Chapter.7 Masquerade (11)
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Head. I’m a little dizzy, but it’s okay. It’s similar to when I stayed awake in the trenches for two full nights during the war.
body. hungry. Now that I think about it, I only ate breakfast and didn’t even eat lunch, which is why I got into this shit. I feel hungry and have a little stamina. I had big and small bruises all over my body.
eight. It hurts terribly. What, you clung to a moving car and snatched a box containing mortar shells? It’s surprising that no joints are missing. I got lucky.
Anything else. There are only a few minor scratches, but nothing major. Overall, there is no problem in carrying out the operation.
‘I’m a little surprised? You really wrote it well and returned it nicely? I thought you were going to yell that you couldn’t get out of the way even if you died?’
[Ugh. I really wanted to do that too, but… actually, I was on the verge of passing out from sleepiness for a long time. I’m a lot more tired than I thought.]
‘I’m tired… Well, that’s understandable. ‘
After skimming through his memories, I was able to quickly understand. Going through all the information stored in my subconscious. It’s the same as accepting all the useless information that our brain filters out, such as a sign on the side of the road being bent or the white paint on the center line of the road being slightly erased. The task of finding the necessary knowledge from the sea of garbage information is quite mentally exhausting.
[sorry. I saw your plan… I couldn’t stand it. I guess I was born that way.]
‘I can’t help it. To be honest, I didn’t think he would follow me 100%. After seeing that, I felt like I wanted to understand the situation.’
The plan I came up with was only an inference of what would happen in the future before Old Picture exploded. In a situation where Old Picture, Raptor Dome, and many other variables are intertwined, a plan made with only such fragmentary information would be ridiculously lucky even if it only half works.
‘Plans on site must always be flexible, but since I was the only one with any intelligence among the three, I was in a situation where I would faint, so I had no choice but to plan in the most passive and safe way.’
If I had been awake, I probably would have moved a little more actively than that, so in a way, Hyde was able to move much better than I thought.
[good job? really? I thought you would get a lot of criticism if you came out!]
‘Go and sleep, dude. I’m just saying I did better than I thought, but it’s not at a level that deserves that much praise.’
After all, Hyde is not me. Rather than using the current situation to induce future events, the goal is to eliminate the threat that is immediately in front of us.
‘If it was an old picture that had gone that far, it would have followed even if it had run away quite far. Wouldn’t it have been great if I had led them to a place where raptors were flocking?’
Personally, I think the 100-point answer sheet is…. dragging the Old Picture to the middle of the battlefield where Dom and Raptor are fighting.
Old Picture’s physical abilities are only at the level of a large Type 2 mutant, and the only thing dangerous is the mental wave. Dom’s troops have the technology to produce their own shields and are equipped with shields ranging from exosuits to military vehicles, and Raptor’s troops mainly consist of old weapons used in the early 21st century. It is obvious who will be more influenced by old pictures. Even if this is a thin shield, the effect is greatly reduced if you have one.
“Still, it’s not that bad. As far as what Hyde did.”
“Gaaaaaaaa! kill! my car! My means of business! Kill them all! “I’m going to stick all the wires into the hole and put it in the oven and fry it!!”
….although there was minor damage. What’s important is that we defeated Old Picture much earlier than expected.
While the professor was looking away from the scolding Ian, little In-young, who had been hesitating behind him, sneakily approached him.
“Hey…”
“Ah, Bex! “It must have been hard to accommodate Hyde, but you worked hard.”
“Of course it’s Hepburn! “I’m back!”
“Ugh hey. I know it’s nice to see you, but let’s clean up the blood and then talk. “You look like some sort of psychopathic serial killer.”
“Kihihihi! “It’s really Hepburn!”
Vex, covered in blood all over, smiled brightly with her red face.
“First of all, since Hyde told me your plan, how did you get to this point? “Now that we’ve caught the monster, what next?”
“Uh, um, my plan… well, let’s just say that. “Good things are good things.”
“?”
“Nothing to worry about. Anyway, Old Picture has been subdued, so now we just have to wait for the people from the inspection department to arrive.”
“Inspection Department… Wait a minute. Overpower? Not dead? Even though my head was blown off like that?”
“You said the Type 3 variant is a memory-based creature. Can’t you see that he changed from the shape of a pile of shoes to this giant from the waist up? He’s a guy whose physical form doesn’t mean much. “Right now, I’m just shocked and inactive because I lost close to 30% of my body. If I give it time, it will regenerate and go crazy again.”
If Hyde had studied the Old Pictures a little more from what I remember, he wouldn’t have had to climb up this high and blow off his head. In the end, what is needed to subdue him is not to attack a specific area, but to accumulate damage over a larger area. This means that even if the mortar shells collected were just scattered on the street and detonated, the result would have been the same. If so, Ian’s truck would have been safe, right?
“That’s why the people in the inspection department use things like electric stun guns when catching these huge mutants. “It is easy to stop the movement, and if it is continuously destroyed and burned by area, it will be quickly subdued.”
“The people in the inspection department… use electric shock weapons?”
“Oh, you don’t know. Those strange robot armor-like things are attached to the exosuit…”
Clap, clap, clap!
Since I had nothing to do, I was about to explain the exosuit to Bex when I heard a familiar mechanical sound coming from the other side of the climb that Old Picture had climbed up. Even tigers say they will come when they say so, and the inspection department’s powerful force has already arrived…
‘No. Since there is only one sound, guess who came first? Is it reconnaissance? Even though it’s called reconnaissance, it doesn’t make sense to expose one person individually in a situation where the output of each suit is precious and have them quickly retire…’ “” “
Professor
!”
Kiwooung-
Quad deuk!
A silver mechanical exoskeleton wearing something like yellow gloves powerfully climbed over the hill and landed on the observatory where the group was, with mechanical sounds amplified by the speaker built into the suit.
“”“Everyone, step back! As soon as he
got over the hill, Ezel, who was shouting solemnly at the huge lump of flesh in front of him, was stopped in his tracks by the atmosphere of the observatory, which was not what he had imagined. The professor and the short old man were sitting spread out on the floor. Ian, a large man who was tied up the last time we met, is biting the belt with his teeth this time.
And just hanging in front of the observatory without moving a single thing, it looks like it lacks a single irregularity…
“Oh Ezel! right. You were in the inspection department, right? “Did you get here quickly?”
“” “Oh yeah, it’s been a while…. Not! That monster! That’s an old picture over there, right? “Where did that guy’s head go?” “”
“Oh, that one? I happened to organize it. By the way, did you get here so quickly? rest of it?”
“” “No, I’m trying to save you guys…” “”
Ezel couldn’t figure out what to ask first in this hectic situation. How did this happen? Why did he go on a rampage, and where have all the executives who are responsible gone? No, they all left, so why is that walking disaster turned into a piece of shit like a Dullahan? There’s no one nearby? Could it be… that the three of them really made it like that?
We are doing well in the fight against HIV. This is a fact that both the executive branch and the inspection department know. However, based on the information confirmed so far, its ability to survive is limited. It was presumed to be specialized in crisis avoidance and guerrilla warfare, but are you saying that the three of them took care of Old Picture, which ran rampant with a type 3 variant of a living biological weapon? I came out to do a play and thought, ‘Oh, I crashed. ‘That’s troublesome.’ And you just caught him and killed him?
Jump, jump, jump.
The professor approaches with his exosuit, tapping his wrist. In Ezel’s mind, he was constantly thinking about raising the risk level of HIV.
“T-cha. Ezel, is the communication line open there?”
“uh? “Uh, that’s right… right?”
“Okay then. You came right at the right time when I needed it. thanks. It was really nice of you to come. Open the communication there for a moment. “Because I have something to say about the current situation.”
“Oh, that’s right.”
Ezel was smiling without a trace, but with a strangely powerful look, he was handing the communication device into the professor’s hands, completely forgetting the rules such as “never allowing outsiders to touch the dome’s high-tech weapons.”
Chik chiik-
[Manager Boo! Communication established!]
[What? Hey Ezel. Can you hear me? If you can hear me, answer me, you bastard!]
[There’s no answer? As expected, that explosion earlier…]
[Delmar, you bastard! If you have time to talk nonsense, come quickly to the rendezvous point! hey! Ezel! Answer me! Any words or moans are fine, so just send a signal that you are alive!]
As soon as the communication was connected, the voices of the people in the inspection department rang out in an instant.
“Did you…by any chance deserter?”
“It’s not desertion. The manager and I arrived a little earlier than the rest of the unit, but when he saw you guys dragging old pictures around, the manager asked us to wait. “I can’t just watch…”
“So. You closed the communication channel and came alone? “Leaving the commander alone?”
“Hehehe… I’m afraid you guys might be in danger…”
“Ugh. Good job dude. “My heart feels very lukewarm.”
Listening to the desperate voice, it seems like he was very worried. Well, suddenly a subordinate ran towards a monster the size of a building, and soon after, there was a loud explosion sound. Even if it’s just me, I’m just stamping my feet and thinking, ‘That guy got hit! I should have stopped him too!’ I must have been blaming myself for thinking the same thing.
[Maybe it’s just a communication connection? Because his lungs and throat were injured in the explosion, he was unable to speak and could barely move his fingers to press the communication button…]
[Delmar ugh!!! How long does it take!!!]
[We started with the 1st platoon that was fully armed! It will be there in 3 minutes!]
[In 3 minutes, there will still be time for Ezel to swim across the Samdocheon, you bastards! Our youngest is dying right now!]
“…I heard that’s true? “Shouldn’t you say something quickly?”
“I’m screwed… This is my first time seeing Manager Mong so excited. What should I say…”
Ezel was in exactly that state. When blood rushed to my head, I plugged my ears, pulled out my brain, and rushed forward without thinking, but when I slowly came to my senses, I was shaking from the aftereffects that I couldn’t handle.
“Tsk. “If you don’t have anything to say, I’ll sort it out?”
“I fainted. please! “Let’s have an epic battle with Old Picture together with you and make him pass out!”
Seeing Ezel take off the hat he was wearing and pray earnestly, the professor chuckled and put his mouth to the communicator.
[I can’t do it. I’m leaving now, so please follow me!]
[No, Manager! If the manager follows you into the area where Ezel is already dead-]
[1 minute! Please wait one minute-!]
Chiik chiik chiik-
[Ah. Microphone test. One by one, can you hear me clearly?]
When I spoke into the communicator, the green light for ‘EZ-07’ representing Ezel on the small display next to it came on, and silence fell on the communication line of the inspection department in an instant.
In the embarrassing silence, ‘LM-01′ blinks and turns on green light
[Ezel… is it? The voice is different, but it’s strangely unlucky…]
[If it’s 01, you’re the manager. I… wait a minute. The voice sounds a bit familiar. LM…. That guy from Ezel said he was a manager, so maybe it’s Ralph? Ralph Monclar? Are you the manager?]
[Not Ezel… I don’t know who it is, but if you have subdued Ezel or are protecting him, it would be better to keep him in good stead. If you knew my name, you would know what kind of person I am…]
The professor quickly changed from a worried neighborhood guy to a cold-hearted inspector, hearing Ralph’s threatening voice, he chuckled and continued the communication.
[Oh, then you know very well. A few years ago, he had a good harvest. Wasn’t he so famous that no one knew about the bountiful harvest, Mr. Ralph?]
[Mr. Ralph? Are you sure…?]
Oh my god. I thought I was living alone in the wilderness, but it seems that wasn’t the case. I see old relationships popping up here and there like this.
The professor cleared his voice and spoke, recalling his half-bald uncle-like brother who had helped him a lot when he lived in the dome with his mother without knowing anything.
[Hmm. nice to meet you My name is Professor Park, the head of BDSM and, as most of you probably know, known as H Hepburn of the group known as HIV, and I live in District 47.]
[Professor Park…. Professor Park…? wait for a sec. Could it be that the executive branch was such a bigot six years ago?]
[Hehehe. It’s been a while, Ralph.]
[You, you… you’re definitely dead…!]
‘It must have been known in the Dome like that. It would be much cleaner for the executive branch if it was known that the new member had died in the line of duty, rather than a situation in which a new member ran away after the executive’s corruption was revealed through a whistleblower. It’s not like I’m going somewhere and talking about myself as Professor Park.’
Until now, people have called me ‘professor’ in chat rooms and here and there, but they only refer to my nickname ‘professor’ and no one knows that my real name is Professor Park, except for Ian Bex and old man Woojin, who were involved in the executive branch. There wasn’t.
‘But not anymore. The executive branch made a huge mistake, exposed its weakness, and walked away from the invincible shield called the dome. ‘There’s no reason why I shouldn’t reveal my name.’
5 years. It was long. It is said that it is long enough to sharpen the sword of revenge until the sword wears out.
Now that the moment of revenge is upon us, we need to know who is holding the sword.
The professor left Ezel, whose mouth was wide open and his eyes popping out as he pondered over the name Professor Park, to reply to Ralph’s panicked message.
[Iknow, right. I should have died that day, but somehow I survived again. Brother Ralph and members of the inspection department. From now on, please focus on what I am saying.]
The same silence as before, but a completely different silence.
[First of all, Ezel is alive and well.]
[Waaah!!!]
[Well, even if the Grim Reaper took him away, that idiot would throw it away because he was so noisy!]
[Is he hurt anywhere?]
The professor nodded at Ralph’s words. When I looked back, Ezel was silently pretending to slit his throat with his hands.
[Um… I’m fine. It was so fine that I was worried that I would get scolded when I went back. He asked me to tell you that he passed out-]
“Hey!!!”
[-yo. this. Hahahaha!]
“Professor Park, you…!”
“If there is something to give, there must also be something to receive, right? Are you going?”
Well, feel relieved. I paid back about 1/100th of it.
[Okay then. What about that explosion sound? The exosuit didn’t explode?]
[Oh, that’s because our BDSM business vehicle exploded. Because I was dealing with an old picture, I had to stop. You will have to settle this later. Because the Dome event was handled by BDSM, a private company.]
[Handled? Are you saying he killed it? Old picture?]
[Ah, you think about it knowing that he won’t die. I have subdued it. Right now…]
Pop, pop, pop, pop!
[Uh… 7 minutes? It will start to move slowly in about 8 minutes.]
[So, you really just defeated him with that black truck. By the way… I’ve known for a long time that he was an extraordinary talent, but… he had a hard time anyway. If he has been subdued, this matter is almost over, so leave it to us now-]
[Ah, brother too. What do you mean it’s over? It’s just getting started. I don’t have time for this. Emergency means emergency.]
[Emergency? Are there any other problems besides old pictures?]
[Huh? Don’t you know anything?]
Judging by the atmosphere, it seems like they are not hiding information but really don’t know.
‘Oh my. Considering the fact that the inspection department has yet to get a feel for it, does this mean that a terrorist attack has not yet occurred internally?’
As expected, thanks to catching the old picture first, we were one hour ahead of the progress on the other side. Unintentional luck. If you don’t use this, you’re an idiot.
After gathering his thoughts for a moment, the professor sent the message in simple, clear words so that the confused members of the inspection department could easily understand it.
[The executive branch betrayed and joined hands with the Raptors, and even while we are talking like this, the members of the Executive Branch remaining in the dome may carry out a terrorist attack, and the Raptors who flock in like a pack of dogs could devastate the Dome.]
[What are you saying? !!!]
“What?!”
The professor answered happily while listening to the shock ringing through the communicator and in his ears.
[So, I’m sorry to those who rushed all the way here, but you need to go back right away. I’ve cleaned up this place, so all I have to do is prevent people from robbing empty houses.]
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