Chapter 495 – #496 Epilogue (1)
#496 Epilogue(1)
Hehe~”
Gina was watering the garden while humming her song. Perhaps it was the flowers Ellis had brought from her parents’ house, so they were far more beautiful and fragrant than the flowers that bloomed on the roadside.
“Sister.”
“Uh Alice. Are you going to school?”
“Yes.”
A white T-shirt, jeans and canvas shoes. It was a normal outfit that you can often see on the street. Kids these days wear makeup from an early age, but Ellis didn’t. What did you say? Did she say that her face gets stuffy when she puts on makeup?
But maybe she was because the original was so pretty, and even though she didn’t wear makeup, Alice was very beautiful. It was like an angel or goddess of beauty who came down from heaven to enjoy the human world.
In fact, Alice was called a goddess at school. Every day, countless men snooped in front of her classroom to see her Alice. She even sent a love call to Ellis from an entertainment agency.
‘It’s pretty, but it’s really pretty.’
Alice was so pretty that even a woman like her could fall in love with her. She wasn’t called a goddess at school for nothing.
Looking at Ellis, Na’s gaze went down to her.
“… Ha.”
“…?”
She sighed. She looked back and forth between Alice’s and her own.
“Ha…”
“Sister? Why is that?”
And she sighed again. Ellis tilted her head as if she was strange. Like a weary old man, the history of her life, she said, gazing up at her sky, her shoulders drooping.
“It’s just… I think the world is unfair.”
“Yes?”
“No. I’ll be late for school. Go ahead.”
“Your sister. I’m going.”
Alice greeted Gina and went outside. Gina, who was looking at Elise’s back as she walked away, opened her mouth.
“Time flies so fast.”
Elise, who was 20 years old, is now 23 years old. Her time passed in the blink of an eye like her bullets.
And that meant that she had already been three years since the day of the nightmare.
Nightmare day.
The world called that day three years ago [Nightmare Day].
The sky split and a monster of overwhelming size appeared in the world. So many people died that day. People thought the end of this world had come and despaired.
No, he was ‘dead’.
Nor did the end come.
It was truly a miracle. As if everyone really had the same nightmare, the world was no different from yesterday. There were no dead people and no buildings collapsed.
Thousands of people just went missing.
Wicked people who cried out to evil spirits, wore gray skin, and offered people as sacrifices to evil spirits.
The reason such a ridiculous miracle was possible was because of the sacrifice of one man.
He had so many names.
A typical name is steel armor, some called guardians, some called heroes, and some called house price boosters (?).
But now he has been called by a new name.
[Dark Knight]
A dark knight who protects the dark city.
Gina honestly still didn’t know why he was called the Dark Knight. That’s because he always wore a suit. He didn’t fit at all to be called a knight.
Still, people, this world calls him the Dark Knight.
In District 73, there was even a religion that worshiped the Dark Knight as a god. Most of the followers were members of the Skull Head, who shaved their heads and tattooed skulls on their heads.
Some call them pseudo-fanatics, but only a small percentage of people hate them and loathe them.
Clean the streets every day and greet passers-by. They also make huge donations every month to orphanages and nursing homes. And at night, with a gun in his hand, he is responsible for the safety of the streets.
Such behavior is called good deeds in this society, and most people like those who do good deeds.
Huh? So who doesn’t like the followers of the Dark Knight who do good?
Aren’t there always people like that? Crazy bastards who don’t donate a penny themselves, but when a celebrity donates, they earn a lot and say shit about the small amount.
Those who hated the followers of the Dark Knight were those who would get thorns in their mouths if they did not hate others even for a day.
“… Miss you.”
Gina, who was staring blankly at the flowers, suddenly drained-! Screamed at the sky
“I miss you, son of a bitch! When the hell are you coming! It’s already been 3 years since I haven’t had sex! I think there’s going to be a spider web there!!!”
Um… Gina must be crazy. She utters words she would never have said three years ago without hesitation.
“Huh… I want to see you… Come back quickly…”
Gina sat helplessly on the floor and whimpered like her own child.
“…”
She knows she too That he won’t come back because of this.
3 years, a whopping 3 years.
For the past three years, she had waited for him every single day for Gina and longed for his return.
But the man who sacrificed himself to protect everyone and this world did not return.
At that point, I could have given up, but… Then I couldn’t give up because I thought I would really break up with him forever.
“… Let’s go to work.”
Gina, who had been crouching on the floor for a while, stood up helplessly. She wanted to rest like a chimney, but she couldn’t.
Isn’t it impossible for the ‘Chairman’ not to go to work at the company?
*****
“Hello Chairman!”
“Hello!”
“Yes, good morning.”
Gina was greeted by her employees with bowed heads. Gina also smiled and accepted their greeting.
Three years ago, the chairmanship of Sanctuary became vacant when the chairman and his wife, Ji-woon Yoo, suddenly resigned due to health reasons.
The management was also not an ordinary person. They were the ones who maintained the position of president by steadily producing good results for a long time under Chairman Yoo Ji-woon, who had overwhelming charisma. They couldn’t be normal.
Employees apart from the selection of the presidency thought that there would be a fierce battle between Gina and her management. The popcorn corner will float.
However, before the staff even put the popcorn in their mouths, they passed by an overwhelming margin and were elected chairman.
They were presidents with outstanding managerial skills, but in the end they were ordinary people.
On the other hand, Gina was a psychic.
She was also the lover of the Dark Knight who disregarded laws and procedures for the sake of justice she believed in.
She uses her psychic powers to secretly infiltrate the houses of the bosses who challenged her for the position of chairman, and have her virgin ghosts steal their yang. The presidents, whose bodies were weakened, could not live their daily lives sanely and ended up being hospitalized on the day of the election of the president.
It was such a refreshing victory for Gina.
The Skull Head was by her side, and there were other superpowers as well. If I did this, but if I didn’t give up my greed for the presidency, I was going to explode the corruption they committed so far… But the game was over before I could take out the weapon.
Anyway, as Jina became the president, the sanctuary company went through a bloody purge for a while… Not until it was just a purge.
It was natural. Most of the executives who occupy the current position are people who followed his father, former chairman Yoo Ji-un. The same goes for the bosses who almost fought for the only chairperson position.
In order to wield great power, it was necessary to oust the people of the previous generation.
Except for those who were really talented and could sincerely serve the young chairman, they were kicked out of the company. And he filled the place with his own people.
Three years later, Sanctuary, led by Gina, merged with Gwen, and the scale grew overwhelmingly. In fact, it was safe to say that Dark City was ruled by the Sanctuary Corporation.
“Ah… It’s finally over.”
Gina stretched out after finishing the work she had to deal with today in her father’s office. After checking her schedule, she went out with her secretary.
Today is the day I go to the orphanage for volunteer work and healing.
*****
“Sister, I’m here.”
“How are you? But is it okay if I come here often? You must be very busy…”
“It’s okay. And you can see our cutie, no matter how busy you are, you have to come. Kyaa! How’s our Kai doing?!”
“Ugh…”
Gina smiled and greeted Emily, the director of her orphanage, and hugged her little boy who stood beside her, sucking her thumb.
Kay Stell.
Gina was the child of Emily and the man she loved. Just like his blood, he resembles his childhood.
A year ago, Gina was in great shock when she first met Emily, introduced by her Sujeongi. I never thought there would be another woman! Even the woman was carrying her brother’s child.
At that moment, Gina was struck by her indescribable feelings.
I was embarrassed and angry. She felt a great sense of betrayal. She was so angry for a second that she even thought about killing Emily.
But the anger she felt was fleetingly tempered by his child, Kai.
‘…’
‘…’
As if he knew what Gina was thinking now, Kai put her tiny hand on her cheek and looked at her with her bright eyes. It was as if she was telling her not to be angry.
In the eyes of a baby just like his brother, Gina had no choice but to acknowledge them as family. This baby is the only sign that her brother has ever been with them.
Even without her older brother, who was more precious than her life, Gina was able to endure until now because of Kai.
“Mongsil mongsil~”
“…”
Falling in love with Kai’s cuteness, Gina smiled broadly and patted the chubby baby’s cheeks. She was so soft and full of flesh that she looked like glutinous rice cake.
Gina, who was massaging her own cheeks, was making a sullen expression with her lips pouting, as if it was an annoyance. Unlike her brooding older brother, Kai resembles her mother and is meek.
“Oh, sister, do you need anything else? Hmm… The kids’ clothes seem to be very worn out. Can I get some clothes for you?”
She let go of Kai to see if she was satisfied enough, and Gina stood up and asked her Emily. Then Emily smiled bitterly and shook her head.
“I don’t need to because I’ve had enough of it right now.”
After her awkward first meeting, Gina supported Emily on both sides of her mind. Emily drew her line, saying she didn’t want this kind of help, but she didn’t stop supporting her, saying that she couldn’t raise her brother’s child like this.
In the name of her brother’s child, Emily couldn’t resist passing by.
She works at the mart and Emily earns money too, but the money isn’t enough to raise Rachel and Kai. If you include Cheetah Girl… No matter how much you save and save, it’s impossible.
Then Gina sent an absurd amount of money every month to her child support. This is how she gets fit with money.
She had so much money that Emily began to support her donations to her orphanage or nursing home, just as the Dark Knight did.
Then, when the director of her orphanage, whom she knew, retired due to her health, Emily took over.
“Really? Hmm… Kai! Is there anything you’d like to bring?”
In response to Emily’s refusal, Gina looked at Kai. A child that wouldn’t hurt to put it in her eyes, Kai was Emily’s child, but she was also Gina’s child at the same time.
“…”
When she asked if there was anything she wanted, Kai hesitated, licking her lips. Then, in a voice that crawled, she answered.
“… Bar.”
“Huh? What do you want to have?”
“… Dad.”
“…”
“…”
There was a moment of silence at Kai’s words. Gina and Emily looked at each other awkwardly.
Dad.
I couldn’t give it as a gift no matter how hard I tried. Even selling Sanctuary was impossible.
“…Do you want to see my dad Kai?”
“… Yes.”
The sight of a young child nodding at her with her sullen face broke both Gina and Emily’s heart. Emily was especially bad.
This is because often, not once or twice, Kai has looked at a child of her age playing with her father with envious eyes for a long time.
In the end, Gina couldn’t present anything to Kai and she had to come back.
*****
“Ha…”
After Emily came out of the orphanage she ran, Gina sighed and walked away. Feeling frustrated at Kai’s sullen appearance, Jina sent the secretary who came with her first.
“… You bastard. Just come back. I’ll hit you in the stomach.”
Where the hell are you and what are you doing that you don’t come back for three years? When her brother returns, she will give her a hard blow, Gina promised.
“…”
Gina, who was walking slowly, stopped her steps. And bit her lip. Her face contorted as if she was about to burst into tears.
Actually I know.
My brother… The man I love… Can’t come back.
It was a huge monster that was bigger than the continent and could cover the sky. My brother sacrificed himself to protect this world from such a monster.
Wanting him to live safely… Yes, it’s greed. Gina was well aware of that fact.
But even so, she couldn’t give up hope that her brother might return. If he gave up even that last hope… He was left with only a deep sense of loss and despair.
“Huh? Gina sister?”
“… Uh?”
Then, someone spoke to her about her. Surprised, she hurriedly wiped the tears from her eyes and looked at the women approaching her.
“Why is your sister here?”
“Gina.”
“Ah… It’s Yuna. Jimin unnie.”
The women who spoke to Gina were none other than ice queen Han Ji-min and aqua girl Yuna Reyes. For reference, the hero class of the two was the same S class.
Three years ago, Aquagirl was an A-class hero. However, after the Dark Knight disappeared, he poured all his energy into hero activities and ability enhancement, and as a result, he succeeded in reaching the S-class level.
“What are you doing here alone?”
“Ah… Well, I went to an orphanage run by Emily unnie. I’ll check if there’s anything lacking.”
“Oh really? Then call us! We’ll be there later too.”
Among the women of the Dark Knight, there was not a single woman who did not know about Kai. Above all, Kai was the only blood relative the Dark Knight had left in this world. Together, they had an obligation to take care of Kai.
Thanks to this, Kai has no father, but he has 9 mothers, excluding Emily, her real mother.
Well… But it seems like Kai needs her dad the most right now.
“Are you busy right now?”
“Why not?”
“We’re on our way to the National Cemetery. If you’re not busy, would you like to come with us?”
“National Cemetery?”
“Yes.”
In the National Cemetery, the bodies of heroes who gave their lives for the safety of Dark City, such as police officers, firefighters, and heroes, are enshrined.
“Why are you going there?”
Gina asked the two women. Both were S-class heroes, the core power of the Hero Association. It’s not like these two people appeared as villains at the National Cemetery, so why is it so simple?
It was Han Ji-min who answered Gina’s question.
“Today is the anniversary of the president of the association.”
“Oh yeah?”
Around this time last year, the president of the Valencia Association passed away.
He worked tirelessly to reform the Hero Association, and finally succeeded in reforming the Hero Association. And he died the next day like a lie.
According to family members, ‘I finally got rid of all my shit. I have to go see my wife now.’
“…Then shall we go together?”
I had nothing to do because I had everything done in the morning anyway. I decided to go with two people passing by to talk for the first time in a while.
“True. Both of you come home. Why are you always staying out all night when you’re not even in puberty?”
“Huang~ I want to go home too~ But what should I do when these villain scumbags are saying shit on an imaginary day?”
At Jina’s nagging, Yuna whined along with her somewhat harsh words.
The Dark Knight sacrificed himself to save the world. And the world he saved by sacrificing himself included villains.
Rather, when the dark knight disappeared, the villains began to play as if they had waited for this day. In addition, the Dark Knight ruled over a whopping 42 districts.
His organization, the Skull Head, is there, but except for the Dark Knight, it’s not much to see. Many villains have invaded the Dark Knight Zone.
If Ignis the Flame Witch, Raonjena the Nine-Tailed Fox, Dark Lady Liellaos Greviola, Witch Ilia Noi, and finally the S-class villain Godmother Eas Floen had not helped the Skull Heads, many sacrifices would have occurred.
“You seem to be a little quiet these days. Again?”
“Yeah. Especially recently, we found a place where [Doctor Hugo]’S hideout is supposed to be, so the current S-class heroes are on standby.”
Doctor Hugo.
He was one of the S-class villains who dominated Dark City. He was the worst of evils who used his knowledge to foster superhuman soldiers and commit all sorts of crimes.
In addition, there was also an intelligence report that Dr. Hugo would commit an indiscriminate infection bombing in Dark City, so he had to catch it this time.
“Huh~ If I knew it would be this hard, I would have beaten the hero right away!”
“If you’re tired, quit. No one will stop you.”
“Ah~ If I quit, my unnie can’t because she’ll be lonely~”
At Gina’s words, Yuna smiled broadly and crossed her arms with Han Ji-min next to her.
“Hey, how’s the academy? Are there any good guys?”
“There are many children with promising futures. Especially Rachel, I have high expectations for her.”
Han Ji-min answered Gina’s question with a smile.
After the Nightmare Day occurred three years ago, the Hero Association established [Hero Academy]. It was an educational institution that specialized in teaching promising youngsters with strong cotyledons to nurture heroes.
As if getting a job at the original company, the hero was selected by interviewing the applicants and testing their superpowers.
However, Cthulhu, who appeared on Nightmare Day, made many heroes feel the need for change. For reference, Hero Academy was also one of the works of the Valencia Association President.
“There are many other children who are looking forward to it. And the child who decided to come from outside is also looking forward to it. I heard that he is the youngest monster hunter?”
“Huh? Outside? Where outside?”
“The land of monsters. And sooner or later, we decided to tear down some of the steel barriers.”
“… Huh? What did you say? Tear down something?”
“The steel barrier. Recently, I got back in touch with the monster hunter village living outside the city. We talked several times and decided to break down some of the barriers and start interacting with them in earnest.”
“…”
Gina’s face hardened at Han Ji-min’s words. This was something I had never heard of.
It’s a very important thing to break down the steel barrier and interact with monster hunters. However, the president of Sanctuary has not yet heard this important information.
That meant that the intelligence team was not doing its job properly.
‘These bastards…’
Gina’s tightly clenched fists trembled. Tomorrow, the resignation letters of the intelligence team employees will be on her desk.
The three women, who were talking about this and that, arrived at the National Cemetery before they knew it.
“Chairman of the Association. We are here.”
Han Ji-min, who had a silent prayer in front of the tombstone of the head of the Valencia Association, organized the surroundings. While Han Ji-min and Yuna were tidying up the graveyard, Gina looked around. He had no acquaintance with the president of the Valencia Association during his lifetime.
“… Uh?”
Just then, a man of considerable stature entered her eyes.
He was very tall and had the size of a wrestler. A bird was bouncing around on the shoulder of a man in a black suit, perhaps to mourn someone.
“…”
Gina’s eyes trembled violently when she saw the man. She slowly approached the man.
Jureureuk-!
The man poured the liquor he was holding in his hand towards a tombstone. Without leaving a single drop.
“How are you? I’m a bit late. I should have come right away… Who would’ve known that bastard could break through the safe in that short time? After all, one life force is tougher than a cockroach.”
“But it’s okay to be relieved. This time, I really took my breath away. I really went to all 50,000 places to go after that bastard. That’s the North Pole, the South Pole, the Red Town, the Purple Hills, the White Islands, the Green Fields… There really isn’t a place I haven’t been to.”
“And how many monsters there are… It’s not for nothing that monsters rule this world. If it weren’t for our Ren, I would have died of boredom.”
Beep beep!
As the man stroked the chin of the bird perched on his shoulder, the little bird chirped happily.
“Anyway, your revenge is guaranteed, so… Really, really, relax.”
“… I’ll go. See you again when I get a chance, friend.”
The man who stroked the liquor-soaked tombstone turned around.
“Hey, wait! Hold on!”
When the man was about to leave, Gina hurriedly called him and chased after him. But somehow the man walked and ran, but the distance between the two did not close. Rather, it happened more.
In the end, when I arrived in front of the tombstone where the man had been standing just before, the man had disappeared.
“Haha…”
He had barely run, but his breathing was rough. It was as if he had sprinted 100m with all his might. Exhaling heavily, Gina looked at the tombstone where the man had just stood.
-Memory Hunters, honoring true heroes who always stood by the weak-
“…”
It was the tombstone of a dead S-class hero memory hunter.
