Chapter 2236 – 2236. Gyeongseong 2033
Widow watched Seong Yujin walk away without looking back, feeling resentful. Did he really leave right away just because she told him to? Feeling a pang of regret, she was surprised by her own emotions, but quickly composed herself. This was not the time for that.
“Unexpected. If you two attacked together, you could have killed me for sure, right?”
Kim Dok-rip said. Having had his pistol taken away, he held only a sword in his hand.
He could afford to be relaxed because he had a sword. He was a well-known master swordsman even within the Righteous Army.
A one-on-one fight with Kim Dok-rip was a burden. But with her enemy right in front of her, she couldn’t run away for such a reason.
“I have to avenge my grandfather with my own hands.”
“…Widow. No, Ha Seo-jeong. The Righteous Army is finished. Even if I hadn’t betrayed them, it wouldn’t have lasted long. The Righteous Army and the Japanese Empire. The difference in scale was too great. If the Japanese Empire had been serious, the Righteous Army would have been destroyed long ago.”
“You talk too much. What do you want to say?”
“Abandon the Righteous Army. I’ll help you. I’ll find a place for you.”
“My grandfather died by your hand. Do you think I’d take your hand?”
“…I didn’t kill him because I wanted to. But I guess you wouldn’t understand even if I said that.”
“I saw it with my own eyes. And you think I don’t understand? You’re wrong. I understand 100%.”
Kim Dok-rip sighed deeply and took a stance.
Widow flicked her fingers. The wires attached to her fingers reacted and rushed towards Kim Dok-rip.
Kim Dok-rip calmly deflected the wires and approached Widow. If he could close the distance completely, he could win. Confidently approaching Widow, his legs stopped. His arms were bound. He couldn’t swing his sword.
“…Did you know my sword-swinging style in advance?”
“How would I know that? It’s just that I’ve become accustomed to it from fighting swordsmen better than you.”
She didn’t just have sex with Seong Yujin. They sparred whenever they had time. Her win rate was 0%. When fighting head-on, there was no chance at all. Especially since Seong Yujin used his acceleration ability when things got dangerous.
“Are you talking about Seong Yujin? Damn it. Everything has gone wrong since that bastard joined the execution team.”
Kim Dok-rip’s eyes glowed darkly. Widow knew it was jealousy. Ah, come to think of it, Kim Dok-rip had shown a particular interest in her. Widow smiled.
“It was Seong Yujin who told me you were a traitor. Seong Yujin is a really amazing man. I’m proud to be his woman. Every time I’m in his arms, I feel like I have the world.”
“…I see. The female warrior I knew is gone. Widow. You’ve become an ordinary female.”
“His female.”
*Grind.*
Kim Dok-rip gritted his teeth. Seong Yujin. Everything was ruined because of that one guy. Originally, he planned to eliminate the Righteous Army and capture Widow to make her his woman. He would become a high-ranking official, and Widow, having lost everything, would have no choice but to rely on him.
Kim Dok-rip walked forward. The wires dug into his skin. Even if he took some damage, he had to kill Widow. It was okay if his body was cut. With his abilities and the Empire’s medical technology, he could recover completely.
That impatience became Kim Dok-rip’s biggest mistake.
*Bang.*
The pistol hanging from the ceiling fired. The bullet pierced his neck. It was Kim Dok-rip’s pistol that had been taken by the wires. The trigger of the pistol was wrapped in wire.
“You have to use everything to win.”
She flicked her hand. Dozens of wires lacerated Kim Dok-rip’s body.
• • •
I burst into Lee Wan-nong’s room.
Sensor was leaning against the wall, bleeding. The soldiers opposite her were aiming their rifles and pulling the triggers to finish her off.
‘Acceleration.’
The world slowed down to its limit. The bullets fired from the rifles flew slowly. I rushed to Sensor, grabbed her body, and moved behind the wall.
Time stopped, and the gunshots rang out belatedly.
“Huh?!”
Sensor gasped and looked around.
“…What did you just do?”
“Just be grateful.”
“Damn it. I’m going to kill Lee Wan-nong!”
“Okay, just stay still.”
Using acceleration, I jumped out of the wall. The soldiers guarding Lee Wan-nong pulled their triggers as if they had been waiting. Lowering my stance, I ran in a zigzag pattern, dodging the bullets.
If the enemies hit me, they win. Conversely, if they don’t, I win. How simple is that?
And the enemies failed to hit me.
*Slash.*
I cut down three elite soldiers and approached Lee Wan-nong.
Lee Wan-nong stared at me with wide eyes and aimed a pistol at me. It was a revolver.
“Kuso yarō…. Do you think the Joseon people will be happy if you do this? The Joseon people don’t want independence. Why are you trying to kick away peace…!”
“Peace is boring.”
“……You’re crazy.”
*Bang!*
At the same time as he pulled the trigger, I swung my sword. I split the bullet exactly in half. Lee Wan-nong looked dumbfounded. He looked stupid.
*Bang! Bang bang bang bang!*
Lee Wan-nong pulled the trigger again. It was useless. I cut, deflected, and let them pass. No bullets touched my body.
Swords can’t beat guns? That’s a common sense that doesn’t apply to me, a sword master.
Lee Wan-nong sweated profusely as he pressed the trigger. No bullets were fired. The magazine was empty, so there was no way they would come out. Lee Wan-nong quickly reached into his pocket.
*Slash!*
His arm fell off.
“Kuaaaaaaack!”
“You’re too loud, Lee Wan-nong.”
I kicked his neck, and he collapsed, gasping for air. I looked around. I was worried there might be more soldiers… but there were piles of other soldiers’ corpses. Seeing several bullets embedded in the corpses, it seemed like Sensor had done it.
Sensor also came out from behind the wall. Her body was also full of wounds. Her left shoulder was drooping, and blood was dripping.
Sensor raised a submachine gun and aimed it at Lee Wan-nong’s head.
“You have no idea how much I’ve been waiting for this moment.”
“You bitch…! You’ve ruined Gyeongseong! The Japanese Empire will retaliate against Korea! You are the enemies of Korea.”
“Baek Seon-woo, Gu Young-mi.”
“……Those names.”
“My parents, whom you purged. The reason for the purge was ridiculous too. It was because they didn’t give you bribes.”
“…I heard there was a daughter you missed. Was that daughter you…!”
“It took a long time, but it finally happened. Lee Wan-nong. You traitor who sold out the country. You don’t care about independence or peace. Die!”
I grabbed the submachine gun and turned it sideways. The bullets ricocheted off the floor.
“What are you doing?!”
“If you shoot him in the head, it’s too easy. Shoot him in the stomach. That’ll be a little more painful.”
“……Oh, thanks.”
“I, I’m sorry. Save me….”
*Ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta tang!*
Sensor unleashed a barrage of submachine gun fire into Lee Wan-nong’s torso. She emptied an entire magazine in an instant and kicked the dead Lee Wan-nong’s head. Even with her small body, she was a reinforced human. Lee Wan-nong’s skull cracked and caved in.
“Congratulations on your revenge. How does it feel?”
“It feels great. Damn it. It feels better than sex. I wanted to kill that bastard my whole life.”
“Let’s get out of here. No time to cry.”
“Who said I was crying?!”
Sensor ran outside, even while getting angry. On the way, she joined up with Widow, who had killed Kim Dok-rip, and successfully escaped the Gyeongseong Governor-General’s residence. It wasn’t difficult thanks to hacking.
We went to Incheon Port and boarded a passenger ship prepared by Yu Mal-seon. Having killed a member of the nobility and even the Governor-General of Gyeongseong, we couldn’t stay in the Korean Peninsula. The Japanese Empire would start chasing us in earnest.
Fortunately, Nazi Germany had agreed to take us in.
On the passenger ship, we washed our bodies, treated our wounds, and gathered in one place. Yu Mal-seon, who had become the leader of the Righteous Army, looked much older.
“The activities of the Righteous Army have become difficult. What are you going to do now?”
“…I’m going to fight to the end for independence. Honestly, I don’t know if we can achieve independence. The public opinion in Korea is hostile to us. It seems like Koreans… don’t want independence.”
Widow said with a sigh. She looked exhausted. It seemed like she was having a moment of clarity after killing Kim Dok-rip.
“I wasn’t really interested in independence from the beginning. I’m satisfied since I killed that bastard Lee Wan-nong. It’s not like I’m going to leave. I have nowhere else to go anyway… and there’s also the bastard who fucked me here. I can’t just leave. I’m going to make him take responsibility.”
Sensor glared at me. Widow also glanced at me. Yu Mal-seon also looked at me.
Somehow, I had become the center of these people.
“What are you going to do? Are you going to join hands with Germany?”
Yu Mal-seon asked.
“We have to join hands with Germany for now. There’s no other choice, is there? It seems like Germany has also decided to go to war with the Japanese Empire….”
Korea’s independence isn’t something that can be achieved by killing the Governor-General. Public opinion is skeptical about independence.
To force independence, we have to destroy the Japanese Empire. It would be more meaningful to find and assassinate the Prime Minister of the Japanese Empire.
“Is the meeting over? We have time until we arrive in Germany… let’s have sex. Shire is in bed… and the old lady can take care of work.”
Yu Mal-seon shook her head and left.
Widow and Sensor didn’t avoid my touch.
• • •
Arriving in Germany, I headed to a Nazi German Führer’s residence with men who seemed to be secret agents. And I had a one-on-one meeting with the Führer.
It was incomprehensible. What did he believe in to have a one-on-one meeting? A guy who had never met me trusted me? And that was the supreme leader of Germany, one of the countries that divided the world?
“The Deus Ex Machina has finally arrived on German soil.”
The Führer stood up from his seat. He was a toothbrush-mustached man in a black uniform. Half of his body was a cyborg made of machines.
Adolf Hitler II.
He had the same appearance as Adolf Hitler, the first Führer of Nazi Germany.
“Without further ado, I will make a request. Seong Yujin. Become Hitler III.”
“Okay. From this moment on, I am Seong Hitler III.”
I was ready to become the Heavenly Demon Hitler.
