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[Role Model]
Joo Sang-wook was dumbfounded right now.
“So, while I was ‘asleep’, the battle was over and the castle changed hands?”
A great man was sitting in front of him, facing him. The great man shrugged his shoulders and looked out the window.
“They said Orochi was much stronger than I thought. Well, that’s what I heard from people when I came here.”
Numerous people were seen busy coming and going, clearing away the traces of the fierce battle last night.
“Believe that…”
Joo Sang-wook’s eyes as he looked at Dae-in went beyond absurdity and were close to anger.
Last night, Joo Sang-wook was in the situation room and returned to his room after hearing Lily’s phone call. It was because he said that a great person was looking for him.
‘And as soon as I got to the room, I suddenly lost consciousness.’
I didn’t feel like I was being attacked by anyone. I suddenly lost consciousness as if the film was cut off, and when I woke up, the whole situation was over.
Anyone could see that the man sitting in front of them was suspicious.
“…It’s really elaborate. “The Vice President called me and I lost consciousness as soon as I returned to my dorm, but when I woke up, I realized the battle was over.”
“Well. “I guess you’ve been very tired these days.”
Daein looked at Joo Sang-wook with a worried expression. That expression could not have seemed so shameless.
Joo Sang-wook suppressed his growing anger and sighed.
“Vice President. Be honest. “You deliberately knocked me out, right?”
“Yes?”
Daein looked at Joo Sang-wook with an expression as if he was wondering what such an absurd thing was saying.
“Why me?”
“Don’t act like a fool.”
Joo Sang-wook leaned towards Dae-in with an extremely serious expression. He spoke in a lower voice than usual.
“I know that you are carrying out ‘something’ without my knowledge. “Do you think I’m a fool?”
Actually, something was strange ever since I was in Orochi.
At that time, Joo Sang-wook attended the party at Youngju’s invitation and suddenly lost consciousness while talking to Daein.
And when he woke up the next day, everyone there was kind to him.
It was the same here too.
It’s like déjà vu.
“…I just woke up with a sigh and the situation was all resolved. Does this make sense?”
Joo Sang-wook, who regained consciousness this morning, got up in a huff and ran out of the room.
Joo Sang-wook ran straight to Mandala’s command center situation room and was able to meet Orochi’s executives there.
‘Ah, you’re awake.’
‘It’s been a long time…’
There, the Orochi executives who had taken over the situation room were in disarray, looking tired and scattered about randomly.
The executives, who were almost in tatters, looked at Joo Sang-wook and spoke pitifully.
‘We worked really hard…’
‘There was zero damage to civilians!’
‘Please speak kindly.’
Joo Sang-wook, embarrassed by their appearance, asked,
‘Huh? What on earth happened here?!’
‘…….’
Orochi’s executives just lowered their heads sullenly, like puppies that had just been neutered.
And now
Joo Sang-wook was looking suspiciously at the prime suspect in this whole situation.
“Vice President. “What on earth are you planning?”
‘Be quick to notice.’
In fact, it was a situation where suspicion was possible.
However, because there was no clear evidence, the great man remained shamelessly ignorant.
“I just came too?”
“Whoa…”
Joo Sang-wook sighed deeply at the reaction he had expected.
He was suspicious of the landlord’s true purpose.
Is the goal simply to expand the guild’s business, or is it something more, perhaps plotting something as absurd as world domination?…
‘What on earth do you want?’
Because of my personality, I wanted to keep holding on to Daein and uncover the truth.
But
“Whew. All right. “I will just let this matter pass.”
Joo Sang-wook had no choice but to sigh and say that.
Because
“…instead, let me make one thing clear.”
“What is it?”
Daein looked at Joo Sang-wook with a slightly annoyed expression. Joo Sang-wook looked at the face of such a great man and
bowed his head.
“I don’t know what kind of magic you did, but… thank you.”
“hmm?”
The great man’s eyes widened at that unexpected greeting. Has he suddenly gone crazy? It was that kind of look.
Of course, Joo Sang-wook did not go crazy.
‘It’s clear that you have something up your sleeve, but…’
Joo-wook saw this before coming here to meet Dae-in.
The sight of civilians who had been treated like slaves by their former lord Kiyoshi being safely protected by Orochi’s soldiers.
Rather than being brutalized by the invading enemy soldiers, they were eating heartily with the food they had taken out of the warehouse.
I also heard that the few injured were all treated with ‘potions’.
…Right now, the only person in Japan who has the potion is the landlord.
‘And yet he doesn’t know about it. Is it meticulous or sloppy….’
Joo Sang-wook still couldn’t figure out what the landlord had in mind.
But
if this was really all planned by the landlord,
it was clear that what he did was right.
“I hated that bastard named Kiyoshi. He said he was a lord and all, but he acted like a yakuza. I think liberating this place was definitely the right thing to do. Well done! thank you.”
“Isn’t that what I did?”
In reality, all work was done by Lily Shin and Genji.
All the great man did was watch from afar, say a few words, and come back at the end to pick up only the good things.
Joo Sang-wook sighed as he looked at Dae-in, who played the fool until the end.
“I’m only looking at you for today.”
“Is that so?”
As Daein grinned, Joo Sang-wook also grinned without realizing it.
Then, as if he had missed it, Joo Sang-wook’s expression hardened.
‘Come to your senses, Joo Sang-wook! ‘You must not fall for that man’s acting!’
Joo Sang-wook rolled his eyes and warned Dae-in.
“We will continue to watch!”
“yes yes. Please.”
“But what happened to the former lord who ran away? And what about the younger brother who ran away with you?”
The great man tilted his head as if he did not know.
“well. “They said he ran away and they haven’t caught him yet.”
“…Are you sure you don’t know?”
“Oh, that’s because you don’t know.”
The great man looked truly aggrieved.
***
Shinjuku underground secret base.
The deepest prison within it.
“Please…”
“Please save me…”
The Kiyoshi Sakura siblings were tied to a sturdy iron chair.
They both looked like they had been in a rough situation. His entire body was covered in bruises and dried blood, and his eyes were filled with fear.
Genji, the man standing in front of them like a Shinigami, licked his lips with his tongue and spoke.
“what. “Are you tired already?”
As the world’s best assassin, Genji knew a variety of ways to torture the human body to its limits. In that respect alone, he was several levels higher than Daein.
With the addition of the ‘potion’ given by Daein, he was able to torture as much as he wanted without worrying about human limitations.
Half a day like that.
The siblings, who had been extremely silent at first, were now in a situation where they were crying and begging.
“I’ll hand it over to you, please!”
“Please forgive me now… Ugh….”
The two struggled while tied to the chair. At first, he resisted fiercely, but now he just flailed helplessly.
The great man arrived at the place after they had vomited out all the information and had fallen asleep.
“Genji. How is work going?”
“Himura-san!”
Genji smiled brightly and looked back at the great man. His shirt was soaked with blood splattered during the torture.
Just looking at him, there was no such thing as a bizarre serial killer.
“I thought it would take a little longer. “These things seem to lack more of a pulpit than I thought.”
The great man frowned as he looked at the blood splattered on the prison floor.
“If you endure this, you are not human. Anyway, was there any harvest?”
“He held on for a while, but eventually he started blowing as much as I asked. “Check it out for yourself.”
Genji handed the tape recorder from prison to Daein. Most of the recorded voice was full of tearing screams, but the latter part contained the information Daein wanted.
“great job. “I’m busy, but you can go back now.”
“Call me again whenever you need me.” Himura-san.”
Genji smiled brightly, showing his white teeth. Kiyoshi, who woke up briefly, saw that smile, foamed at the mouth and fainted again.
“okay. “I will discuss the alliance issue with Joo Sang-wook and handle it.”
“don’t worry. “Then I’ll go.”
Faaah!
Genji used teleportation to disappear from prison.
The great man belatedly remembered that he had forgotten to ask him one thing.
“…But why does he still call me Himura-san? “There’s no way you don’t know my real name at this point, right?”
I was curious, but it wasn’t that important, so I decided to ask later.
Daein looked at the brother and sister, who were unconscious and tied to a chair.
‘Mental patients.’
Those siblings were famous even before Daein’s return. The older brother, Kiyoshi, claimed to be the new emperor of Japan and started a war, while the younger brother manipulated him to satisfy his own desire for power.
‘It was a true example of what happens when crazy things gain power.’
Daein knew that they had built secret bases in various places underground in Tokyo.
However, I did not know the exact location.
Through various tactics using these secret bases, Mandala really came close to unifying Tokyo.
If the three major tribes, who felt a sense of crisis, had not formed an alliance, they might have gone beyond Tokyo and unified all of Japan.
“Well, that won’t happen anymore.”
The brother and sister who once ruled the northern part of Tokyo have become nothing more than ruined people, and the Tokyo War project, a secret base they had prepared as a secret weapon, has fallen into the hands of the great people.
“I will put this place to good use.”
After catching a glimpse of his siblings, Daein left the prison.
God was waiting for him outside the prison.
“mister.”
“Where is the kid going and are you here alone?”
“I asked Lily to leave for a moment.”
Seeing the boy’s serious eyes, the great man guessed his intention.
The great man took a step to the side and said.
“If you want revenge, do it. “I won’t stop you.”
The great man saw Shin’s friend Hotaru killed by Kiyoshi.
…It happened so suddenly that I had no choice but to watch. At that time, the great man clearly observed how angry and sad the god was at that moment.
“You have the right to take revenge.”
But God shook his head.
“I saw him being tortured. “Right now, leaving it as is seems like a greater revenge.”
“Then why were you here?”
“I want to ask you something, not the humans in there.”
“To me?”
The great man pointed his finger at himself and the god nodded heavily.
“…….”
“Why are you holding so much weight?”
God looked at the great man with transparent eyes. The boy remembered. What happened from when Daein first saved him until he came here. He reflected on everything he had personally seen and experienced.
Then, a question arose.
gulp.
Shin was nervous but asked honestly.
“Mister… are you planning to rule over Japan?”
“what?”
“It’s the same with Orochi and here. He’s already taken over two tribes. “If you take two more, Tokyo will be yours.”
Although he was young, Shin was not an innocent boy.
From a young age, in order to survive, I paid attention to my surroundings and carefully observed what adults were doing and what their goals were.
“You could become the king of Japan if you want to. “Are you planning on doing that?”
The great man frowned and answered as if he had nothing to think about.
“That doesn’t even seem like something to say. “Why do I do such a bothersome thing?”
“…isn’t it really true?”
The great man sighed deeply and said.
“Of course not. People often have strange misunderstandings about Joo Sang-wook, too. “My goal is to just retire and live comfortably.”
It was something no one would believe now, but Daein steadfastly insisted.
But God believed him.
“I see. phew. Thank goodness….”
I trusted my own eyes, and I trusted a girl who was busy praising her uncle whenever she got the chance.
“When I grow up, I want to become the prime minister of Japan.”
“This suddenly?”
Daein looked at the boy who suddenly spoke about his future aspirations as if it were strange.
God continued speaking.
“I want to create a better country than now.”
The boy’s face turned a little red, as if he was embarrassed.
I said it. It was a thought that had been floating around in my head ever since I talked to Lily yesterday.
It may be too much of a dream for a boy who has always been pessimistic and distrustful of humanity. But…
“I lived among monstrous adults.”
After losing his parents in a catastrophe, the boy became a monster just like them in order to survive among the monster-like adults.
“If I hadn’t met you guys and Lily, I would have grown up like that.”
However, meeting these three people greatly changed the boy’s life.
“I want to be like you guys.”
“Someone like me?”
The great man asked back with a shocked expression. Does he also dream of becoming a rich unemployed person? A child shouldn’t be affected by something like that… I was very worried.
“really?”
Shin nodded slowly but strongly.
“yes. “Someone who helps those in need, doesn’t turn a blind eye to injustice, and makes the world a better place.”
“Um… Is that so?”
The boy felt very burdened by the boy’s bright gaze, so he slightly averted his gaze.
“I want to create a Japan where children like me and Hotaru will never be born again.”
Shin spoke to Daein and organized his thoughts.
“For that, you have to be the highest person in Japan. “You should become prime minister.”
“That’s amazing.”
The great man smiled and nodded.
Unlike himself, who dreams of being unemployed and retiring and having fun for the rest of his life, doesn’t this kid have a really great dream?
“okay. try. “Is there anything you can’t do?”
The great man stroked God’s head. It was a precious head that might become the Prime Minister of Japan in the future.
“Please take good care of me when I become prime minister later. Understand?”
“yes!”
Shin smiled broadly and nodded. Daein also smiled happily.
At that time, Daeindo Shin had some business to attend to.
“Then prepare slowly for the election and then go somewhere with me.”
“Huh? Where?”
“I’ll find out when I get there.”
A boy who has awakened a unique trait in the world.
Daein had no intention of leaving such a talented person alone.
[Role Model] End
ⓒ Ganjjajang
