Chapter 627 – 627. Kraken 1
Loop Corporation.
Looking back at the information retrieved from Seo Min-jun’s memory, it was previously a trading company.
Now that the world is ruined and trade exchanges with other countries have been cut off, there is virtually nothing we can do… Strangely enough, the company is busy.
I’m curious about the reason, so I look for someone who can read my memories.
Fred Watson. Senior Director of Loop Corporation.
It wasn’t difficult to find him. Since he can use clairvoyance and clairvoyance to find everything as long as he is in the company.
It doesn’t matter what this place did before the world fell and what it does now.
This is what they do in hiding. I’m just curious about that.
The kernel is important, the shell is not important.
As long as these guys are wearing company labels, they’re going to leave work, right? So watch.
Ruler. Fred. Hurry and go home. I’ll read your memories.
I spent time becoming skilled at making continuous recovery potions.
Unlike Korean companies, this is a place where leaving work early is normal.
At 5pm here time, people are getting ready to leave work.
Fred also went to the parking lot with a relaxed look, twirling his car keys in his fingers, and immediately got into his car.
Fred started driving like that and after about 20 minutes, he arrived at a place that seemed to be his home.
Residential area. A place where many similar houses are built along the road.
Really… If you look at things like this, it feels very different from our country.
A typical American building with a single-story wooden house, a well-kept lawn next to where you park your car, and a garage-like building in the backyard.
Anyway, as I entered the house, I was greeted by a woman who seemed to be my wife.
Do you have any children? Do you want to become independent? Well, that’s none of my business.
Since I just got off work, there must still be a lot of time for him to fall asleep, right? I don’t want to wait until that happens.
I wish I knew the location. I should go and take a nap too.
I just remember it anyway, so I can read it in the morning. He won’t be going anywhere overnight.
I looked at the clock and saw that it was morning in Korean time. Really… Damn the time difference. It’s crazy.
After saving this location high in the sky, I immediately returned to the bunker.
Ten o’clock in the morning, Korean time.
Seungmi Sean is all awake, and Seunghee is playing a game in her room.
“Seunghee. Wake me up around 7 p.M.”
“Huh? Just set the alarm, right?”
“Ah. The duration of sleep is so long that I can’t wake up at that time myself.”
“Ah. Sleep? But… Then how do I wake up? Ah. I guess I can use the skill unusable zone?”
“Uh. I’m going to sleep without the seal, so use that and wake me up when I’m asleep. That’ll be fine.”
“Okay. Sleep well.”
Like that, Seunghee kisses me lightly.
Oh, what a pretty thing. It’s just a simple kiss, can it be this good?
With that good feeling in mind, I went straight to bed and immediately fell asleep, putting sleep on myself.
“Oppa, wake up.”
I think I just fell asleep. When I opened my eyes, Seunghee was waking me up.
Judging by the fact that my body is in good condition, I guess I slept well. But. I slept for nine hours, so it’s natural.
I thanked Seunghee, immediately applied the buff, and immediately teleported to LA.
It’s 3 a.M. This time.
I immediately looked into Fred’s house and found him asleep with his wife.
Go down lightly, put the two to sleep, and read Fred’s memories.
Why on earth did Seo Min-jun want to meet you?
There was nothing special about Fred.
He contacted Seo Min-jun, listened to his story, and after parting ways with him, he made a report and reported it to his superior.
Fred was a senior director at Loop Corporation, a trading company, but he also had other jobs.
A scouter from a place called Kraken. After knowing that, I understand why Seo Min-jun contacted this guy.
And what he reported was the head of Kraken’s western branch.
I think Seo Min-jun reported directly to the branch manager because he had 15 skills.
Hmm. Then, we should dig up the western branch of the Kraken.
The western branch is also located in LA, so it flies over immediately.
The good news is that the Western Branch Manager does not commute to work separately, but lives at the Western Branch?
He doesn’t have to wait until morning, so he flies away in a hurry.
A building in the outskirts of LA. There weren’t many people inside, so I was able to immediately find the Western Branch Manager that I had seen in Fred’s memories.
Babies… These guys are really serious about controlling information. That’s why it’s hard to find.
Why are there so many people stuck in the middle? Ugh.
That’s why I’m becoming more and more curious. What does this place called Kraken do?
Immediately phase out, enter the room, disarm, and then cast Nullify and Sleep.
And memory reading.
After reading only the necessary information, I phased out again and left the building.
Under… Look at this.
I finally found something big.
Seo Min-jun, you bastard. How can you help me like this? Thank you bastard. It’s rewarding to have maintained our friendship for so long.
After canceling the phase out, I immediately used the buffs and went up to the sky.
Then take out your smartphone and look at the map.
Destination: San Antonio. A city next to Houston.
When I calculated the distance, it was about 1,800 kilometers from here.
If it were like before, I would have grumbled and cursed. Fuck the ground! It’s so fucking wide! Like this.
But it’s different now.
I have surpassed the skill limit and my flight speed of 50 kilometers per hour has increased to 1,100 kilometers per hour.
Speed almost approaching Mach 1. I’ll probably go beyond Mach 1 when I get the next passive.
If you fly at full speed, it takes less than two hours. So I just started flying right away.
Faster than most aircraft. The most surprising thing is that my clothes and body are fine.
Well, even when the speed was low, inertia and gravity were ignored, so there’s no way friction heat or something like that would be applied now.
As I was flying quickly, I thought about what I had read about from the Western Branch Chief.
The Kraken… It is the name of an organization. Neither Fred nor the western branch manager knew who made it.
These guys probably only know that they are receiving support from the government.
And it gathered people with many skills.
Fred wasn’t called scout for nothing.
Since he only knew the role of a scout, he didn’t know much about the role of the people he scouted and sent to Kraken.
The same goes for the western branch director.
His role was simply to receive reports from scouts, report them to headquarters, and once headquarters decided on the person they wanted, recruit them.
A structure that gives only the necessary role.
And they don’t tell you anything about things outside their scope of work.
Also… In any organization, there is nothing more important than maintaining confidentiality.
I guess Ark should also apply this. What… Seung-gyu, Manager Jeong, and Min-hee will take care of that.
Anyway, I continued flying to San Antonio, the headquarters of the guys called the Kraken, and after a bit of wandering, I arrived at my destination in a little over two hours.
A large forest can be seen far outside the city of San Antonio, with several large buildings inside.
However… This is headquarters? Really? It’s smaller than expected. There isn’t much of a presence inside.
No… Is this really the headquarters?
It’s smaller than expected, so I feel disappointed and worried.
Shit. It turns out that this is a small branch of some sort.
As I was looking from the sky, the sight was a little strange.
When I came down to the ground from a little distance away and looked, I could feel the presence of people underground.
That too, quite deep.
What do you want? Are there any facilities underground? But there isn’t much of a presence?
It seems like there are less than 100 people in total, right?
Anyway, let’s look a little further.
However… Aren’t you being too overt for a headquarters? If there are facilities underground, is there a need to build a building like that above ground?
No. Does it matter that it’s quite far from the city?
I guess so. Since it is a country with such a large land mass, the number of people decreases significantly even if you go to the outskirts.
When I looked at the side I was wearing, it was full of barbed wire and warning signs.
What… I don’t think a civilian would come in by mistake. Because these people are very sensitive to private land.
I can understand.
Anyway, if you go around and look for it without knowing anything, you probably won’t be able to find it no matter how hard you search.
Now that I know about it, I think there must be something here, but if you just fly by and take a quick look, it seems like you’ll just pass by without any suspicion.
Well, there’s no need to hide it. That only raises more suspicion.
Anyway, I should get something from here.
Whose memories do you need to read to find out information?
It was still early morning in LA, but due to the arrival time and time difference, it was already morning here.
People jogging with earphones in their ears, people moving around bustling, people moving to eat…
All kinds of people walk around.
But everyone has a strange angle. Amazingly.
Go up again to a high place in the sky and take a close look at the building and the basement using clairvoyance and clairvoyance.
Where should I start looking? I can’t figure it out.
If possible, I should have come a little earlier. If I had come in the middle of the night, I would have sneaked in and read your memories.
Time is ambiguous. It’s very ambiguous.
I’ll just have to watch and improve my skills today.
Just watch leisurely and see if anything catches your eye.
That’s how you master the skill of making continuous recovery potions.
The task of repeating making it and putting it in storage, making it and putting it in storage.
Under. I’m bored.
I’m tired of skills with long skill names. Why can’t it be abbreviated? Those damn beggars.
After mastering my skills like that, it was around lunchtime… The weather is getting unbelievably hot.
Above all, the humidity is high. The humidity is so high that it’s really annoying.
Is it because the sea is nearby? It really sucks.
Even if I’m in the shade of a tree, I sweat and feel bad.
Under. Fuck. I miss summer in winter, and I miss winter in summer.
It’s so damned.
I should have learned ice skills. Ah. Should I call Mina and tell her to use just a little bit of small-scale freezing?
Ah. Is it already time to sleep? It’s two in the morning in Korean time. It’s a waste.
Hmm… Shall we turn Catastrophe until the cold wave comes out?
Ah. Because it’s hot, I’m thinking a lot of crazy thoughts.
After that… I really felt like an idiot.
Why am I doing this? Are you stupid?
I searched through the storage, took out a bowl, took out a bottle of bottled water, and poured it in.
Bower. Place it in a place where you can easily see the Kraken headquarters and then zoom out.
Then he took off his clothes and entered the bowl naked.
Under. I think I’m finally going to buy it.
It should have been like this a long time ago. Why were you fighting the heat so foolishly?
I leisurely lean back against the bowl and look down at the Kraken headquarters.
As the heat goes away, what you see changes. It feels like it looks a little clearer than before.
After all, when your body and mind are comfortable, your head will also be clear.
But it would be hilarious if other people saw me underwater wearing invisibility masks. It’ll look like there’s a bug in the physics engine, right?
I watched for a while and leisurely became skilled at making potions… There was some movement at Kraken headquarters.
About 20 people lined up and coming out.
Almost all of them were men and there were a few women, but they were all wearing the same clothes. White top and white pants.
It looks a bit like a navy uniform, doesn’t it?
Then they opened a gate and started entering that gate one by one.
Oh. Where should we go? I don’t know where it is, but I’m curious, and I can’t help it.
I immediately got out of the water, refilled the seal in the area where skills could not be used, and blinked right in front of the gate.
And then go over and blink back to the sky.
However… Wow. What is it here? It’s a bit cheap, isn’t it?
Is it because I am naked and come from a hot place? It feels a little cheap here.
After I quickly cleaned my body and put on my clothes, I was in good condition to be active. However… Where am I?
Judging from the view of the sea in the distance, it seems to be a coastal city.
And there is no sense of presence. No, I can feel it from far away.
Meanwhile, all the people who had boarded the gate earlier have come over, and they all start flying, following the person in front.
A place where a presence can be felt through detection. Twenty-one people flew there.
After going for a while, the guys stopped in the air, and the man in the lead looked at the remaining twenty people and tried to say something.
Ah. I’m curious, so I’ll have to listen. Let’s get closer.
I placed a seal on detection and blinked near them.
At the same time, the man opens his mouth.
“The operation will be carried out for six hours from now. We will move by team and return to this location when the operation time is over. Any questions?”
Twenty men and women with no answer.
The man who saw it shouted briefly.
“Go!”
And the twenty men and women who heard those words gathered in groups of four and began to disperse.
