Chapter.7 Masquerade Ball (4)
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The professor began to feel disgusted by Jack’s mask-like smile.
“Is this… an invitation? Or an order?”
“Hahaha, of course it’s a recommendation. “You don’t have to be too sensitive.”
“I’m sorry for saying this, but even an insensitive person would know that this is strange. Do all the guys from the dome work this way? “How about setting everything up from start to finish and then notifying us?”
Ian kicked the box containing the military uniform, knocking it over.
[Hepburn]
[Ian]
[Bex]
The name is clearly visible on the military uniform jacket spilling out from the collapsed box.
This nameplate is not written with paint or ink, but is sewn with thread. This means that from the beginning, clothes were prepared on the premise that the three would accept this job.
“I don’t like it? How can you tell someone who has been discharged from the military to wear his military uniform again? Did you say jack? You’ve never served in the military, right? “Don’t you know what a terrible recommendation that is?”
The sight of Ian standing next to the professor as if he were confronting Jack, showing strong reluctance, made the people around him who were preparing something slowly turn their gaze in this direction.
“Well… everyone is taking it too negatively. As I said before, this is only a recommendation. If you say you can’t do it… there’s nothing you can do. Just”
flutter.
Jack said as he took out a military uniform jacket from a box that Bex had neatly organized.
“You will know that when Old Picture goes into trouble, the person who caused the disturbance becomes the ‘main actor’ to some extent, meaning corporal punishment. If you mess up, you could get killed by that guy. If you avoid corporal punishment… you will be disadvantaged in many ways. Our dome side, which has been refused favors, demands compensation from BDSM Caravan for its repair costs and delay in operations, considers it to be an uncooperative hostile group to the dome, and imposes a ban on transactions in nearby areas. Above all, it is expelled from Area 47. I guess it comes first. They say once is a mistake, but twice is intentional. You don’t know, do you? What if Professor Park, who has been involved with Old Picture twice, has other intentions and is deliberately carrying out terrorist acts in Area 47, which is under Dome’s management? It turns out that the person named ‘Professor Park’ had a huge grudge against Dome?”
A pretentious smile on a snake-like face. The black malice lurking beneath it.
The guy knew. The incident that Dom and I got involved in five years ago.
As soon as the decision was made, a fake smile similar to Jack’s appeared on the professor’s face.
It is foolish to give information to the enemy. Even if it’s something trivial like your mood or emotional state.
“Hey.”
The professor opened his mouth with a smile on his face and an expression that seemed the furthest from his sincerity.
“You know everything? Then why did you say such things as unnecessary favors? “If you don’t want to get kicked out from the beginning, just tell him to put his head down.”
“You’ve already been kind enough so far, right? In fact, there was a lot of disagreement within us about keeping you alive. The question was whether there was a need to save people who had already become completely hostile and create trouble. According to records from 5 years ago, thanks to a desperate attempt by one of the executive branch’s executives to stop you, it was decided to leave you alone as long as you did not show hostility to Dom. The executive who defended you at that time and suffered a great political blow was soon removed from office. Well, comrade in arms. “It’s a heartwarming story.”
Senior executive officer.
Someone who could defend me in the dome when I ran away with my mother.
Comrades in arms.
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‘Your skills have improved a lot, bastard.’
‘It’s been about three or four months since I was discharged.’
‘I couldn’t help it. I didn’t know she was your mother. I have a daughter and a wife here.’
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“Ruwil Bartos.”
My comrade, who gave me a document containing the truth about the terrible thing Dom did to my mother five years ago and ran away with an apology.
“He was a foolish man. The 14th Special Operations Unit was treated like an idol by civilians at the time. “If only he had made good use of that strong and upright image and remained in the executive department, he would have been able to become the head of the executive department by now.”
“What happened to him?”
Sigh-
“Don’t listen to Hepburn.”
“I’ll do whatever you ask me to do, so shut up because I don’t want to live the rest of my life eating porridge, snakehead.”
“ha ha ha! In a group of only three people, opinions are so sharply divided. “The relationship between superiors and subordinates is so messed up that it’s ridiculous.”
Slurp!
Jack, who threw the military uniform he was holding at the professor, chose to ignore Ian’s warning.
“The dome is like a living political creature. “It is not easy for someone who has once fallen to go upward again, nor is it allowed to happen.”
“This bastard said let’s see…!”
“stop!”
The professor’s hand stopped Ian from rolling up his sleeves.
“Well sir. “We will accept this incident and actively cooperate with Dome.”
“hey! “Without threats like that…!”
“I guess I have no choice but to move on. The issue that was negotiated through the efforts of Ruwil Bartos was ‘if no hostile action is taken, it will be saved.’ Because it was. If a person who refuses to play and is uncooperative in the Dome’s events is listed as a hostile person who causes damage to District 47, the executive branch will have a legitimate reason to kill that person again. “All of the groups he belongs to, including Professor Park.”
Jack smiled in front of the three people as if he had said everything he wanted to say, then walked to the other side, turned his head slightly, and spoke one last time as if to emphasize it
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“So, I hope that you will continue to show ‘cooperation’ in various ways with our executive branch’s events. Of course, even if it were the other way around, we would still welcome it. Ha ha ha ha ha.”
The professor was watching his back with cold eyes until the end. Body type, gait, dominant hand, as if engraving in one’s mind which side the body’s balance is biased. Because I might need it someday to stick a knife in the author’s throat.
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“It looks like election day is approaching.”
After Jack left, the professor spoke softly to the two who were fussing behind him.
“election? Are you talking about voting or something?”
“yes. “No matter what they say, Dom is calling himself the guardian of the old civilization’s democracy and the rule of law.”
Even though he knows my past, he seems a bit overly aggressive. A large-scale project called ‘Taming Old Pictures’ was decided suddenly and without any warning. Overall, there seems to be a rush, and more than anything, there is an atmosphere that seems to be in great conflict with the inspection department.
“The Dome adheres to the system in which power is divided between three departments, the Executive Department, the Inspection Department, and the Executive Department, and three candidates elected from each of the three departments are elected as mayor through the votes of the Dome residents. On the surface.”
Sigh-
“Hepburn, this.”
“hmm? Ah, thank you. I was already thinking about it. “When did you get it?”
“The two of us started guessing when Joe kicked the box with his foot earlier. Since the atmosphere is unusual, I thought I should have at least one weapon that the enemies don’t know about. “A sneak attack begins outside of the opponent’s awareness.”
The professor took the great sword that Bex had gently handed to him, ripped it open from inside his uniform pants, and placed a hook inside it.
“A wasteland person must have quick hands or a quick head. The faster both are, the better. hey! there! Someone please look here! You’re obsessed with props! Great sword! Are you going to take responsibility? “If I mess up the details and get eaten by that monster, Dom’s project will collapse!”
After Jack left, the people who were watching and moving around heard Vex’s words, and one of them came over and saw that the place where the great sword should be was empty, and soon brought a new great sword to the group.
“Anyway, looking at what you said on the surface, it doesn’t seem to be very democratic in reality?”
“of course. It is a dome that is so secretive and dirty that it is one of the few in the wasteland, and they are selecting a leader who will control a part of the demon cave. The lower class people living in the underdome actually don’t even have a chance to vote, and the votes of ordinary people living above are about 4-5%? “The remaining 95% is decided by influential people in the upper class of the dome.”
In fact, it is closer to a Roman oligarchy than a democracy. The upper class of Dom, who occupy a position similar to that of a noble family in the Middle Ages, respect as their representative those who bring more benefits to them.
“The fact that I first mentioned the inspection department and revealed that I had a connection with them was probably an indication that if I cooperated further with the inspection department, things would not end well. The reason why the extraordinary project of taming ‘old pictures’ is being pushed so rapidly is probably because the executive branch feels a bit behind in the achievements made over the past four years. In fact, it was the inspection department’s achievement to successfully tie up the Old Picture in the center of District 47 and drastically increase the safety of the entire District 47. Now that the Inspection Department has succeeded in tying him up, we will make him available to use! “It probably means that they will gain an upper hand in terms of performance by showing things like this.”
“Then why did he deliberately provoke you by bringing up your past? Just by looking at it, it looked like he was hoping for you to attack him?”
“Because we still have something left in our hands that can be a great achievement. “Vex, that key hasn’t been sold, right?”
“huh? Oh right. “I set the price back at a fixed price and put it up for sale, but when the guys who had been raising the price endlessly set the price, the love calls stopped.”
“I guess so. It’s the security key for the dome’s next city. The moment one of the three administrative inspection and enforcement agencies takes over, the political performance graph tilts sharply to one side. “They are probably keeping each other in check extremely fiercely.”
A sly smile. Words and actions that provoke trauma in others.
All of his actions clearly revealed his intentions.
[Please attack him.]
If I had lost my senses and attacked him, the powerful force of the executive branch, which had no problem with legally punishing me, would have killed all of us and robbed us of all that was left of BDSM. From the security key to the Area 45 bunker, which will become a powerful political weapon, to the shelter generator weapon, everything is swept away without leaving a single speck of dust behind. Politics runs smoothly only when money is invested.
“If you don’t attack, that’s fine. Like the inspection department, the executive department seemed to have a high opinion of our capabilities known as HIV. If the inspection department tried to attract us through appeasement, the executive branch is trying to use us as a tool through threats. “Whichever one is chosen, it is beneficial to the executive branch.”
The professor, who was putting on his jacket over his wide military uniform pants, clicked his tongue when he heard a jingling sound coming from his front pocket. A dog tag. There are so many different things.
“So, as long as I’m in Area 47… I have no choice but to be dragged around by these guys? “Hey professor, are you serious!”
“Not in District 47, but if you’re hated by Dom, you won’t be able to live properly no matter where you go, right?”
“so. Are you going to live like this? If you don’t want to die, you have to work hard and do what you’re told like a dog on a leash? Don’t be damned. “It would be better for the three of you to be chased for the rest of your life than to live like that!”
He’s such a fun guy. He must have been quite disappointed to see me bowing my head to the dome, as all the emotions were visible on his face. And yet, you describe being chased around as ‘three’. Should I call this stupid or loyal?
“Am I crazy? If it was confirmed like that, there would be no need to think about anything else, just rip that Jack’s head off and attack the dome. “I pretended to bow down because there was a way.”
“chuck?”
“Yeah dude.”
Knock, knock, knock.
Kang! Cheer up!
The professor, still wearing a military uniform, spoke as he looked at the people trying to make the surrounding area look a little more like a battlefield.
“This must fall down. “The executive branch will be forced out of office because this project has become self-destructive.”
Teaching old pictures? That sounds funny. The Executive Department is where most of the powerful units and practical factions gathered, so the research staff would have been insufficient compared to other factions. So, this kind of digging is being carried out as an operation.
When the Department of Inspection mobilized the research staff of the administration to understand the principle of its behavior and developed a plan that left no room for even a needle to enter, and succeeded in trapping the creature in a model garden, the number of dead people was officially 127. No matter how similar they are to the psycho gang and that they follow certain rules, they are still a variant. He is not someone who just acts like a psycho gangster.
I can’t believe I’m going to teach a guy like that and control him. It was also a hastily planned operation ahead of the election. It’s so absurd that I’m almost laughing. This probably means that the situation of the executive branch is not good.
“That guy said it earlier. “The dome is not easy enough for someone who has once fallen to go up again, nor does it allow that to happen.”
The face of the guy who announced Ruwil’s death with the expression of a triumphant survivor.
“I really hate Dom, but if he goes to punish those fallen executive friends, I’m willing to lend a hand. “If you don’t participate, I will participate even if I have to pay.”
miss you. The faces of those who fell to the ground and were completely shattered due to a change in their situation. I will spit on their crumpled faces, call my mother’s name, dance around, and dismember their corpses.
“Just stay away from the mud where I am, you bastards. “I will definitely treat you well.”
[Giggles]
The professor swallowed the old anger that had surfaced in his consciousness for the first time in a long time and recalled Ruwil’s document, which he remembered clearly even after many years.
Three researchers from the administration. Five intelligence officers from the inspection department who took money and wasted money. And…
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Executive Department: Olinda Barbatos
Executive Department: Adler Kiel
Executive Department. Executive
Department
Executive Department
Executive Department
Executive Department
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73 members of the executive department.
“They said it would be too early for a gentleman to take his revenge in 10 years, but I am not a gentleman… I think I have endured enough for 5 years.”
Jjiiing-!
At exactly 12 o’clock, a mental wave that seemed to scratch glass penetrated the entire central area.
“Let’s go, friends. “I don’t want to be late to the executive send-off party.”
Old Picture comes out of its hiding place at 12 o’clock and begins wandering around the miniature garden. There’s quite a bit of time until we get to the prepared stage, so we’ll start briefing on how to tame him.
‘The executive branch is completely wrong about the type 3 variant. This probably means that information was not properly shared with the Inspection Department, which led the previous Old Picture Project. It looks like the political conflict inside the dome is more serious than we thought.’
This project will inevitably fail. District 47 will lose its sheriff, Old Picture, who regularly eliminates naturally occurring psycho gangs and other mutants, and someone will have to bear the blame.
‘For now, I will follow their orders, but I have no intention of dying or leaving the two guys to die. ‘We’ll have to make a desperate move.’
With the perfect execution of the operation, no one should have found fault. The moment you make even the slightest mistake, the executive branch will claim that the failure of the operation was caused by that mistake and will try to blame it on the professor and his group.
All resentment should be attributed to the incompetence of the executive branch.
“So, I’ll do my best. Feel free to use it as you please! Even though I look like this, I’m called the impossible man, so do you know? He might really work a miracle!”
Jjiiiing –
As if responding to the professor’s promise, the spirit waves of the old picture echoed from afar.
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