Chapter 346 – Side Story) Molu (1)
“I didn’t know we would get back together so soon.”
“Isn’t this the first time since the establishment of the world government that we’ve gathered for the same topic…Or rather, the same person?”
“It’s only been less than two years.”
Although it was the first of its kind, it did not seem that great given the position of a world government that was only established two years ago.
However, as the saying goes, it was too much of a joke to dismiss that first time as nothing special.
Because they had already seen it.
“So, Namgung Muhyul. “Is it true about the report you sent this time?”
Namgung Muhyul, who was sweating profusely again today, responded to the words of Saur Raigarg, the representative of the Lizardmen and one of the council members.
“I swear, it’s true.”
“Hmm.”
Saur gurgled, and a sound escaped from Saur’s teeth as he played with his tongue.
The report they received was as follows.
Hoaran’s disciple, Kang Han-jo, had a serious accident again.
No, it might be too much to say that he had an accident.
Rather, it would be more correct to say that he achieved a feat.
However, the problem was that the achievement was a bit bigger than expected.
“I never thought there would be a clue to the guys we couldn’t track down until now.”
Beings designated by the world government to be human but not human.
Although they were a human race recognized by the world government, the wanted criminals who were treated like monsters were all vicious criminals.
However, simply catching it could not be considered a great achievement.
That was because, in a world like this, there were many people who did not follow the world government and thus became wanted criminals.
But that was also a case.
As in this case… It would have been right to treat the cases of those who completely escape the world government’s tracking.
In particular, an organization that did not spare its own life and carried out an act that was tantamount to a suicide attack had no choice but to be treated as such.
“If it’s natural, isn’t it natural? “We couldn’t find it until now, which means it was in a place we couldn’t find it.”
Saur Raigag said in response to Tai Hu, one of the same council members.
“That is correct. However, even if it was one of the few places where we could avoid our gaze, didn’t we know that too? “It’s hard to understand that something that has never been found before suddenly appears.”
That means that even if he did not devote all his energy to tracking down criminals, he would have done more than the world government.
Of course, it was difficult to believe.
“Isn’t it because the Lord of Heaven intervened?”
These were the words of one of the other councillors, the councilor representing the orcs and the monarch, Badar.
“It did. “If it were him…”
But that was the problem.
Why did someone who does not intervene in most matters intervene in this matter?
Unlike other twenty-two heroes who leave room for one thing or another, he was a really quiet person until now.
If that person was directly involved in this matter, there must be a reason for that.
And now, all I had to do was find out.
Saur Rai nodded and flicked his tongue once again. He then shifted his gaze to Namgung Muhyul, who was sweating in front of him, unlike himself.
“The terrorist attack that occurred some time ago… I received a report that similarities between the monsters from that time and the monster found this time were found. Is this true?”
“You’re right. However… It’s not quite the same. But the reason has been proven.”
Between Namgung Muhyul and the council members, who operated the device clumsily as if they were not used to it… A vision appeared in the center of the round table.
It was a huge monster that looked like a tangle of slime and flesh, the elves found inside the monster, and a small slime-like creature.
“Those who once carried out a terrorist attack while wearing that strange creature, the ‘Guardians of the World Tree’ known to the public as extreme naturalists… The genes discovered in that strange creature they used and what was discovered this time… “We confirmed that the genes between the new individuals, which we named ‘Homunculus,’ showed approximately 87% similarity.”
“That’s ambiguous.”
87% is certainly a high figure, but if you think about it that way, it would be like seeing Namgung Muhyul in front of you and the gorillas or monkeys in the zoo as being of the same species.
In fact, it would be closer that way.
However, Namgung Muhyul’s words continued.
“Yes, it is definitely a vague number. But when the genes of the doppelganger they stole and ran away with are added, the similarity goes up to 98%.”
It was obvious what that meant.
There was definitely some kind of relationship between the people who did what happened last time and the person who created that homunculus creature.
“And this is what was extracted from the bodies of the ‘Ivory Tower Witches’ that were rescued earlier… A ‘homunculus.'”
It was a strange creature that looked like a combination of the giant monster shown earlier and its tiny doppelganger.
“As a result of various experiments, we found that homunculi have tremendous vitality that allows them to adapt to almost any environment. It has been found that it can survive for more than 48 hours even in a vacuum, and even after that, it can remain in suspended animation for more than a year. “It survives in all situations, including high and low temperatures, high humidity and dryness, and is presumed to go into a state of suspended animation in life-threatening situations and endure until the tooth is resolved.”
With those words, an illusion of experiments being performed, such as a writhing homunculus being set on fire, appeared.
“So… Homunculi are very difficult creatures to kill naturally other than by completely physically destroying them. Moreover, its physical measures are also largely unbudgeable due to its formidable regenerative abilities.”
The biggest problem there was something else.
“The problem is the speed of reproduction.”
“It’s the speed of reproduction.”
“Yes, as you can see, a homunculus is a being that is a composite of a doppelganger. And, it has acquired some of the characteristics of its doppelgänger. Later, during an investigation to find out why they stole a creature like the doppelganger, the racial characteristics of the doppelganger were discovered… The doppelganger imitates its appearance… In the process, it matches the creature at the gene level. “It’s the characteristic that does.”
The vision changed once again, and a writhing homunculus was seen pounced on the rat that had entered the space where it was confined.
I thought it was hunting for food, but I soon realized that wasn’t the case.
A rat that was attacked by a homunculus.
The rat’s stomach quickly swelled in the accelerated illusion, and then burst, creating new entities that were much smaller than the original entities, but were clearly the same.
“Afterwards, the entity originating from the rat was erased, but the results obtained before that proved that both the new entity born from the rat and the original entity, the homunculus, were the same entity. “From the beginning, considering that the individuals in question were extracted from the bodies of the ‘Ivory Tower Witches,’ it is presumed that they are capable of mating and breeding with all living creatures, regardless of race.”
Hate-filled words came out of the mouths of female lawmakers along with a grin.
Some even said that the objects left for testing should also be destroyed immediately.
Because it was a completely understandable reaction, Namgung Muhyul said while sweating.
“Yes, I completely agree that we need to get rid of this. However, because of their other characteristics, this cannot be done right now.”
“…Another trait?”
The illusion changed again, and this time, it showed a figure that kept procrastinating, trying to head somewhere.
“What is that…?”
“If no stimulation is applied… That is, it is its normal appearance.”
It was just repeating itself, moving in the same direction endlessly.
“…The same was true for objects obtained using rats, rabbits, etc. No, to be exact, as soon as they were born, they were destined for their father, who was nearby, so it might be a little different. But from there, I came to the following conclusion.”
These had the nature of instinctively trying to become one.
Small entities have a tendency to gravitate toward larger entities.
And, what the outcome would be… It was terrible to even imagine.
Why on earth do those horrible things do such things?
“…To prepare for an emergency, we did not conduct an experiment on mice to combine a newly born homunculus with an existing homunculus, but if it is true that it has this property.”
“That means there are already more of these out there.”
“Yes, other than the ones we captured… No, if the characteristics we discovered are truly like that, there is still a homunculus bigger than the ones we discovered… These are the beings that created them, or those who are collaborating with them. The story is that there is.”
“And with that, we can track their location.”
Namgung Muhyul nodded at Badar’s words.
“You’re right. For emergency purposes, the homunculus cannot be taken out and used for tracking, but at least the direction can be known.”
Before long, it was rumbling.
A list of numerous people appeared.
All of them were women, and it was a list of missing people.
“A list of missing people from all inhabited areas in that direction…Hunters, explorers, and more. Until now, it was thought that they had simply gone missing… They had encountered an uncontrollable monster and had fallen victim to it.”
“Are you saying that you may have been kidnapped by those who created homunculi… And become the mother body that gave birth to them?”
“Unfortunately, we can no longer rule out that possibility. In the case of rats, one animal at a time… Even that can’t handle the homunculus growing larger than its mother and the mother dies, but if it is a certain size, it grows more than once, and… Maybe even bigger than that… By human standards, it is estimated that one can endure at least ten times.”
Moreover, when Namgung Muhyul said that the higher the level, the stronger the individual born from the mother is born, I looked at the homunculus in the illusion that was still trying to move in the same direction.
“…What on earth are they aiming for with this?”
“I don’t know what they’re trying to do, but I think it would be a terrible thing if they… Spread all over the world.”
I don’t know how many homunculi were gathered there, but this alone was a serious situation.
Therefore, the eyes of the lawmakers all turned to one place.
The person who received that gaze, one of the same members, trembled his shoulders.
Seeing him, Saur Rai opened his mouth.
“Choose.”
“…I can’t help it. “I hope they can be held in their mother’s arms again.”
Closing his eyes tightly, he was one of the twenty-two members of the National Assembly… A representative of the elves, and an elf among elves.
Guinevere, the so-called high elf, said so.
So far, those who have been captured.
When the words of the person who protected and supported the ‘elves’ who carried out terrorist attacks on rare zoos around the world fell out, Namgung Muhyul opened his mouth.
“…Then, I understand that we are proceeding with extracting information from the elves who have already been captured.”
Information extraction task.
It was a task of literally splitting the head and pulling out the brain from inside, using all the methods concentrated in the world government to pull out the memories while ignoring all the prohibitions and other things.
Of course, there was no way I could survive this.
In the first place, it was a work that was carried out only after the body itself had already been destroyed, even in order to sever the bond between the soul and the white in order to deal with the spirit.
The body is incinerated, and only the brain… Even if all kinds of electrodes are inserted and only a piece of meat marinated in drugs is left, I don’t know if it can be called alive, but even in this world where many worlds are combined, there is probably no being called alive. .
And now that that decision has been made…
Until now, due to the opposition of Guenevia, the representative of the elves, only humane conciliation and interrogation had ended.
Now they will have to spit out the information they knew, even if it means dying.
“… Let’s go back to the story. Then, was it Hoa-ran’s action that a man named Han Jo discovered these?”
“I think that’s probably the case. “I think they’ve been tracking you since last time… When Kang Han Jo confronted you.”
When he first learned about the strong Joran human, he had already been informed.
I already knew that the terrorist incident was when he first came to prominence.
That means…
“It could be that the discoverer of these was Hoaran, not Kang Hanjo.”
The one who created this, or the one who supported it, was able to escape the eyes of the world government.
There was no way such things could have been kept hidden, and the reason they were discovered in the first place was after many victims had already occurred.
If so, the person capable of causing such damage must have already been there.
No matter how much of a genius Kang Han-jo was, we already had a general idea, it was difficult to believe that he was the one who solved this problem himself.
If that’s the case… The reason why he attributed this incident to the work of a person named Kang Han-jo would be because he is still reluctant to intervene directly.
That’s what I thought, Namgung Muhyul said.
