Chapter 589 – Yeonghaeng
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Rebellion’s mission is less than a week away.
The guardian education completion program ordered by Gabia, the home education supervisor, has ended.
“Thank you for your hard work. I heard from the instructors that you received training steadily without falling asleep. I don’t know why you didn’t do what you can do so well.”
Gabia held out her hand to me with a satisfied smile.
Looking at her bright expression, I could feel that her liking for me, which was close to contempt, had increased significantly.
This is exactly what the fake Bark did, but on the last day, I came out and shamelessly shook her soft hand.
Originally, the last hit had to be hit by the person himself.
After parting ways with Gabia on good terms, I decided to visit the mystery research club for the first time in a long time.
First, I am also a guidance teacher.
It’s been a while since I saw Veronica’s face.
It was time to take a step towards the club.
A large van stops on the road next to it.
And the two men who got off there blocked my path.
“…?”
They were two very suspicious men wearing black suits and sunglasses.
“Mr. Bark, we need you to come with us.”
I couldn’t help but be surprised by the guest who came to me out of nowhere.
“What… Happened?”
“I can’t tell you because it’s confidential.”
The thought of grabbing these creeps up.
Under my crooked gaze, they belatedly revealed their identity.
“I came out of the military.”
They were looking at me with an arrogant attitude, as if that was enough.
Well… Follow me quietly before bloodshed breaks out, is this it?
Normally, my fist would have been blown away by that cocky attitude, but the word ‘gun’ made me think twice.
My mind became complicated.
After the Pantera avatar disappeared, similar guys came from Selby. And I sent it back well.
But it came again.
This time, it seemed like the intention was not to just talk.
He commandeered a van that looked suspicious to everyone and said, ‘Let’s go together.’
‘Did you get caught?’
Naturally, I couldn’t help but think that way.
I don’t think it’s because I figured out that I’m the Great Devil. If that were the case, martial law should have been imposed.
It doesn’t seem to be the work of Selby Research Institute…
Chaos destroyed the magic flag, saying it was some kind of squadron, but there was no way he would send two such shabby guys.
Still, just in case, I sent a raid message to check.
「Unho: I came to see you from Zephyria Army. Is everything okay with you guys?」
「Chaos: There is nothing wrong with the club.」
「Suni: Zephyria’s army came to visit? I think this one is okay too…”
「Celestia: I don’t feel like there’s a presence that can deal with us.」
「Suni: What should we do?」
「Woonho: Then, for now, you guys act like you normally do.」
Fortunately, it seemed like I was the only one these guys came to visit.
‘… Is it because of Pantera’s work?’
That is the most likely.
The only difference between them and me is whether I accessed Pantera using a virtual reality capsule.
But there’s something strange about that too.
If it were revealed that I was the culprit who destroyed Gregory, there was no way I could come out this calmly.
I knew how angry Gregory was at that time.
‘Then…’
I conducted an investigation by interrogating Panthera users, but since I slipped away like a loach… Nothing would have come out.
It would have been nice if I had given up there… But I guess I didn’t want to.
It seemed like they wanted to conduct further investigation.
Anyway.
These guys’ attitude was unfortunate, but unfortunately I didn’t have the right to veto.
Unless you give up looking for Helena here and return to the Great Devil Castle.
“Please return the link terminal.”
As I was about to board the van, a guy stuck out his hand and demanded that I return my phone.
“Hmm… The link terminal was inserted into the brain…”
He speaks with a grin as if he had seen through my clumsy lie.
“I already know that you use an external terminal.”
The clumsy maneuver did not work.
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The link terminal has a protection that cannot be unlocked by anyone other than the user… Of course, these guys will be able to unlock it without difficulty.
At that moment, I quickly looked back in my mind to see if there was something stuck inside my link terminal.
Fortunately, I had no hobby of taking photos or videos.
Although my flesh-colored search history bothers me…
I had no choice but to return the link terminal to them and get into the van.
Inside the car, the view outside the window was completely blocked. This is similar to what Rebellion did.
It’s a device that doesn’t mean much to me, but…
-Crash. Crash.
As I sat down on the chair, the two men placed magical restraints on my wrists and ankles.
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This is treated like a complete criminal…
If you’re like me or Celestia, you won’t be affected by wearing a restraint device.
However, I couldn’t feel good about being treated like a criminal.
I don’t know what they are trying to do. But for now, I had no choice but to wait and see.
The vehicle rises into the sky.
You cannot fly carelessly in each city.
There were limited places where you could fly, and it was illegal to fly outside those limited places.
There was nothing to say inside the academy where Zephyria’s growing sprouts studied.
It is normal for the police patrol boat to catch up soon after.
But that didn’t happen.
The reason is that what they say about coming from the military is most likely true.
A vehicle speeding through the skies over Zephia entered the flight path.
I tried to expand my cognitive scope to figure out where I was going, but I soon gave up.
Vehicle passages or flight passages connecting cities usually have signs showing where they are heading.
However, there were no signs visible on the flight path where my vehicle entered.
I was able to guess that it might be a flight path exclusively used by the military.
There was only suffocating silence inside the quietly moving car.
The guys who took me away kept their mouths shut and didn’t seem to have any intention of opening them.
I decided to use the power of deception to get some information from them, but then stopped.
There is probably a surveillance device installed in this car.
Well… Even if there was a surveillance device, the two guys who took me away didn’t have a lot of magical power, so the possibility of getting caught even if I used the Power of Deception wouldn’t be that great…
If it was the Zephyria Army, not the Public Security Agency, there was a need to be careful.
And since it seemed unlikely that these people, who were only at the bottom, would have great information, I thought there was no need to take such a risk.
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The vehicle that had been moving for a while stopped.
There was a huge metal barrier blocking the entire flight path.
As if by some kind of signal, a door opens in one corner of the wall.
The van carrying me entered there.
Is it like a military base inside the flight corridor?
Since I was taken into custody by the military, wouldn’t it be right to think that way?
And those guys.
He was thrown into a small room that was less than two pyeong in size and disappeared.
The bed is a little different.
It’s a shabby bed that doesn’t even fit my large body.
The good news is that it is cleaner than I thought.
‘Anyone can see this…’
It seems like a prison.
And it is solitary confinement.
“…”
I ended up in prison out of nowhere.
I never thought I would end up in a cell here that I had never been to before on Earth.
Escape isn’t difficult… But it’s not an option in the current situation.
I don’t know where this is.
Well, it’s okay.
It wasn’t difficult to figure out the approximate location.
The raiders have a system that allows them to determine each other’s locations.
「Suni: My position with the other raid members. It’s easy to figure out where the owner is if you follow the direction he’s going. It looks like it’s near the equator… I don’t think it’s a place on the registered Zephyria map?”
Suni, who quickly figured out my location, said.
If you think about where the vehicle entered… It might not have been a city, but a military base hidden somewhere in the flight corridor.
-Jiing…
A small hole opens in the wall and a bowl comes in.
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I guess it’s meal time.
It appears to be a meal provided by an automated system.
What was on the tray was shabby.
There is only one bowl.
And inside it was something that looked like green honey oatmeal that I couldn’t tell what it was mixed with.
It exerts a magical power to completely eliminate your appetite, not just in terms of appearance but also smell.
“Are these… Are you giving me this as food?”
I didn’t even ask for a sumptuous feast.
Still, the military jjambap I ate on Earth was better than this.
It was a scene of human rights abuse.
〈Didn’t you say there was no need to take care of the human rights of criminals? 〉
‘Cosmos, don’t you know the principle of presumption of innocence? I’m not a criminal?’
Moreover, you can eat the food you want from the inventory with just a lift of a finger, but there’s no way you’ll notice something like that.
And this body had already reached a point where it no longer needed to engage in eating activities.
Of course, I haven’t done any experiments to see how long you can starve…
Even when standing still, the body maintains its best condition by attracting magical energy from the surroundings.
Still, the reason I eat food is that I still have a desire to eat something delicious.
And I was glad about that.
I laid my butt down on the small bed, thinking I would secretly eat chocolate pie later.
‘Hmm… Now that I think about it, what about Rebellion’s mission?’
When I saw that these guys had me locked up here, it seemed like they had no intention of letting me out easily.
「Suni: Master. This is urgent breaking news.”
「Unho: Emergency breaking news?」
「Suni: Yes! Now, a special report has been sent that the leadership of Rebellion and the leader of the Helena Liberation Front have been captured by the military!!”
