Chapter 37 – 3. Saxony’s Great Leader (7)
It is a space that is not enough to be called a deep underground, an abyss.
I looked around in the pouring white light as if I was going to burn myself. I saw the transparent glass wall in front and dozens of men standing beyond it, Hans and Adele Schneider claiming to be their leaders.
At the edge of the side, I saw a luminous staircase that was so dazzling that even a trace of the paint could not be found. Closer to the rear, I saw a thick iron gate that seemed impenetrable even with complex machinery and tank shells.
“Okay.”
Clap, bang! I, who supported the gun that had been slung over my shoulder with both hands and fired without hesitation, was heartbroken.
“It sounds like an outsider.”
How much have you compressed it? The glass, which didn’t even look very thick, easily defended against buckshot bullets containing dozens of marbles. At most, there are only a few scratches, and those standing behind it don’t look too surprised.
That’s how you can be sure that the place is safe. A place like this can never be prepared in a day or two. Originally, beyond that glass wall, it must have been a place where a watchman was placed to prevent a surprise attack by the state power or hostile organization.
“First Lady Seo Jeong-wu, the master of Saxony has shown you special mercy. If you forget everything about Adele Schneider right here and go back, the members of this organization will never bother you in the future.”
“You mean a deal?”
“Zabiji, the great boss bestows on you.”
Bearded Hans, the man who identified me as Schneider, straightened the collar of his suit. His words and actions could have seemed arrogant, but he didn’t seem to be aware that he was acting like that himself. Maybe it’s confidence. It comes out because you have enough skills.
“Clarify your name. I do not do business with the nameless.”
“The moment you hear his name, you cannot escape this abyss.”
“If you do, will you be mine? Like Feininger and his henchmen did?”
“You’ll have to be prepared for more than that.”
I snorted and pointed the barrel of my shotgun up. With very familiar hand movements, he disassembled the gun and dropped the bullets in the magazine onto the floor with a click, click, click, click. Then he took out the tubular magazine he had stored in the inside pocket of his coat and inserted a new one.
Charleureuk!
Loading complete. I’m going to give you an interpersonal judgement. From now on, it’s for killing.
“Tell me the name of your organization and the boss.”
“You will regret it.”
“At least I will regret the choices I made.”
“Do you really have to make things that complicated?”
Hans let out a deep sigh and touched his forehead. This situation seems to be causing quite a headache for you. But unfortunately, I have no intention of resigning as you would like.
“I am Bernhard’s first wife, Seo Jeong-woo. Clarify your name.”
“…….”
“I am Bernhard’s First Lady, Seo Jeong-woo. Clarify your name!”
“Giselle Schneider, the leader of the Schneider family, the absolute ruler of the underworld that rules the streets of Saxony.”
Hans gave me the answer I wanted, and added one more word to his conclusion.
“Welcome to hell in advance.”
“Now you’re showing your true colors.”
“The Great Chief has already discovered your true identity, Bird of Prey.”
I wasn’t surprised in the least. That’s natural. I was prepared from the moment I found out that Adele Schneider, who shared my memories, was an insider. They probably know the secrets between me and Otto.
From Rolf’s death to the meeting with Feininger, maybe even the truth that I am a man who comes back to life even if I die!
“This is what Adele Schneider said. Beatrix Adler loves the Prince of the East very much. Even if you stick a knife in my back, I’ll forgive you, so please approach it differently.”
“…….”
“I assure you, we can bring you more pain than death. It is possible to bring down the Guardians of the Eastern Front or their wives, as well as your lover, a girl from the Knights of the Millennium Wolf.”
“…….”
“So pray if you can. Everyone you care about doesn’t want to follow in the same footsteps as you two.”
“Two people?”
“Victoria, Cecilia.”
The strength I had been giving to my shoulders was inadvertently drained. It wasn’t that I was frustrated. I put the gun down on the floor and peered over the glass wall at Adele, who was standing upright.
Her face was dry. Her expression did not move, and her milky white eyes only blinked once, clear and transparent. There is no doubt that she was indeed beautiful, but she was like a doll.
It feels familiar.
Yes, I’ve read Adele Schneider’s feelings. That was after I returned to March 13, 1942. You are the second woman I met after Beatrix.
“Adele.”
An elf with little emotional ups and downs. You feign composure, but I saw the eyes in your face shake. Even on March 13, 1942, when I was hit a second time, and even at this very moment today!
“Yes, Lord Jungwoo.”
I threw myself at you Even if it caused trouble, I treated you with the truth.
“What are you hiding?”
So forget all the debts between us and tell the truth.
“…….”
They don’t know that I am a man who will come back to life even if I die! Had I known, I would never have brought up the names of Victoria and Cecilia! Even though the name has already been on the lips of many people, it is clear that it is my wrath!
Can you be confident that even an empire built on a rock will last forever in front of a man who defeats death? Not even my Beatrix Adler would!
“A woman from an orphanage!”
I recited Adele’s past that I knew.
“An elf who had no access to learning and all he could do was use his body!”
In front of everyone, she exposed a fact that could be humiliating.
“You were a woman who had to work as a maid from house to house until you were in your mid-twenties. It belonged to the so-called lower class. Until then, until I was lucky enough to be noticed by Beatrix!”
My boisterous upbringing makes the underground here vibrate. Even though I lost the strength of my whole body, I maintained my vocal cords without losing the strength of my vocal cords. It worked just as it was.
“This is your past I know! What more are you hiding!”
That made Adele’s silent lips open.
“…… My past you know is fake.”
He brought out many stories from the woman who was so reticent.
“I was an alchemist here in Saxony, on a street where I shouldn’t be. Since I was young, I wandered around the back alleys, and when I became an adult, I joined an organization.”
About their true past.
“The organization was a place where very special things were bought and sold. There, I showed off my outstanding skills based on my alchemy. Even a fallen aristocrat, a bankrupt businessman, or a wounded soldier would tremble with joy.”
Regarding the sins I committed to survive.
“A life like that almost came to an end as a certain rich man asked me to come to the end, but luckily I was able to escape and was able to get a job at the official residence after being in the eyes of His Excellency.”
With a calm expression, he recited the facts that were no different from shame.
“I was able to live a life that was not miserable.”
“Then I will continue to live that life, so why do you pretend to be a miserable slave?”
“Because I am a mean bitch.”
People can be mean. Human beings are despicable in an environment that is difficult for anyone to handle. Sometimes people called extraordinary people overcome even such circumstances and give us a sense of inferiority or failure, but why are ordinary people different from ordinary people?
“Yes, I was a human breeder.”
Being less great is not a bad thing. I’m not asking if you’re mean or not, I’m asking if you can be better or not.
That nature of you!
“Gong Jeongwoo, I am nothing more than a celestial maiden who has received the karma of the past intact. So I have no intention of telling you why I became like this. It’s because it’s a reward for what you deserve.”
“…….”
“So please.”
“What?”
“Please forget about this lowly girl and leave here.”
Nodding, Adele bowed her head. Her black, wavy hair hung down.
That was it. Those words were all that came back to me, who was expecting an excuse.
Yes, Saxony definitely shouldn’t be there. The abyss-like streets here are where the most people die after ghettos and concentration camps. If Adele really spent her childhood in a neighborhood like this, she can’t help but understand that.
“…… A lowly bitch?”
But you didn’t depend on me You just hit the wall and ran away. I totally agree with you that you got back the karma of the past and that it was a fair price, but it’s not because of what you did to survive, but because you hid the truth and predicted me.
“Gibberish! Ghosts come from the status quo, not from birth!”
It is better to be born with a bad nature and overcome it than to be born with a good nature and continue with it.
“So I’ll ask you, Adele Schneider!”
I have lived my whole life overcoming my evil nature.
“Did you have any part in stealing the families of Feininger and the intelligence agents?”
The greed that almost forgot moderation.
“Have you ever committed a mortal sin that you have not repented of?”
A period that stems from a desire to be superior.
“Did you betray me for your own self-interest?”
Anger at the reality of things not going the way you want.
“Do you really want to be left alone among those gangsters?”
The arrogance of taking for granted what is given to oneself.
“In Adele Schneider with free will, do you want to be enslaved against your will?”
Even though I made an extreme choice in the process.
“I…….”
“I don’t need an answer!”
All my life I have tried to overcome my evil nature. That fact will never change.
“Because I already heard.”
Yes, I must have lived a messy life. I understand that you are lowly of yourself. That’s why I hate myself so much. I don’t know, but your desolate feelings prove what the turmoil you’ve been through has been like.
However, you will also have a desire to come out to the sunny side. A desire to become a better person. So unless you abandoned that desire and betrayed me, I will turn a blind eye to you for once. In return for the favor you did me.
“I’m sorry for interfering in the middle of a serious situation, but I’m embarrassed. What are you going to do there?”
Hans, who was standing over that glass wall, knocked on it. The time for contemplation is over. Now is the time to make a decision.
“Hans Schneider.”
Without a word, I straightened my gun and replied.
“Tell me.”
“Bernhard’s First Lady will show you special mercy. If you leave Adele Schneider here and go back, I will at least spare your life.”
“This is really, how spirited it is…….”
The silence is heavy It feels like my heart is sinking coldly. However, my evil has already been overcome, and I will not stop even at the cost of my life.
“Okay, if I can get over this wall, I’ll be happy to deal with you.”
Hans nodded his head as if to ask. Meanwhile, he politely begged Adele for his pardon and ordered his men to back off.
Clap.
Can I win I do not know. But I have changed. I have grown more than my past self, so I will not get frustrated or collapse.
Tung, shit!
The glass walls crack like dry earth. A transparent figure becomes hazy without coming and going. I can hear a buzzing sound from over there in the sudden situation, but on the floor that is still cracked and intact, it informs me that my opponent is still in place.
Clap.
It’s time. Unlike buckshot bullets, slug bullets made of one solid lead ball are also effective against cheeky bulletproof glass.
Tung, damn it!
I will pour out this fury that is quiet within me in a storm.
“Bite your molars tight, it will hurt like hell!”
Tung, wajangchang! And bang!
It’s a hit. As the glass wall collapses, Hans gets hit by a huge bullet in the abdomen and is pushed to the edge. There is no way that bulletproof glass, which has not been grafted with a single magic with the technology of this era, can block slug bullets fired from close range.
“…… Cool!”
The guy coughs up blood and collapses.
“Did you bite your molars?”
“Courage, admit it…….”
But soon, surprisingly, it happens again.
“What? How?”
“No matter where you break, don’t hold grudges…….”
It roars with its whole body inflated, then rushes towards me.
“You wolf cub…… !”
“…… After transforming, I can’t control myself well, kid!”
Before long, growl! A beast as big as an old tree attacked me!
* * *
A motorrad with a sidecar stopped in front of Casino Babel on Beckenbauer 3rd Avenue, a colorful night street. As soon as the woman got out of her car, in her suit and without her helmet on, she found the nearest entrance and approached the gatekeeper in charge of it.
“Welcome to Casino Babel. This entrance is for staff use, so please use the door next to it.”
“Are you inside Mr. Adele Schneider?”
“…… Ha, fuck Like that bastard earlier, why are you like this today?”
The woman glanced at her name tag on her chest and said earnestly to her gatekeeper, her yorg.
“Mr. Yorg, I came from the Führer’s residence. This is an urgent situation, so please cooperate.”
“Catch your dick. I don’t know if there will be.”
The woman nodded. Placing her hand behind her shoulder, she crossed her diagonal line and drew her line.
Chew! One of the gatekeeper Yorg’s little fingers fell off, cut into three pieces. There was no time to stop, so it was a blink of an eye.
“Hhhhh!”
“Say it.”
The woman who had cut off her flesh without a drop of her blood groaned as she stretched her freshly drawn sword.
“Right now.”
Elisabeth Mittemeyer was very serious.
