Episode 269 [ Another world? (2) ]
“That’s ridiculous.”
Kyunghoon shook his head.
The laboratory I saw that day was a broken and dilapidated place, befitting a fallen world.
The sensation I felt was that it was the same place I saw that day, but my reason could not accept it.
“Eve. What do you think…”
Kyung-hoon, who had been asking Eve’s opinion as usual, could not finish his sentence.
Eve was not here.
Kyung-hoon, who had been dazed for a moment, soon came to his senses.
It seemed like they had been together too long.
“Please check properly . Let’s take a look and think about it.”
He put aside the distracting thoughts and checked his body first.
Fortunately, the runaway did not take away his abilities.
He could still feel mana and his characteristics remained.
However, his physical condition was quite bad.
Both his body and mana were quite damaged.
He moved the rattling mana.
When he infused mana into the ring, a subspace opened above his hand.
Fortunately, the inside of the subspace was fine.
The rail gun and Mirinae sword were safe, and the stockpiled supplies remained.
First, he took out the potion . I drank it in.
Hwaak.
The potion spread throughout my body. My broken body began to recover.
Kyung-hoon breathed a sigh of relief.
“I think I can heal my body with the potion.”
However, it seemed difficult to recover mana easily.
“Is it about A level now?”
The path and center of mana in the body, commonly known as the mana circuit, was broken and damaged. It
seemed difficult to recover with potions, and in the end, another method had to be found.
“Well, as long as I don’t fight a monarch-level person right now, I’ll be fine.”
Still, he hasn’t lost his ability.
Kyung-hoon decided to think positively.
Whoosh.
He moved in front of the iron door. The door was unlocked.
Kyung-hoon slightly opened the door and looked outside.
There was a long, clean and bright hallway. .
Kyung-hoon’s expression darkened. The atmosphere was completely different, but this hallway was also in his memory.
And there were people.
Security guards and researchers.
It was not the guard holding a rifle, like the body of the security guard in his memory. It was
a stun gun . It was an ordinary security guard wearing a uniform.
In addition, the security guard was sitting on a chair at the end of the hallway on the other side, looking at the people passing by, and the researchers were also talking to each other and walking around busily. It was different from the memory. In the memory, there was a broken and worn-out hallway, white bones, and dead
bodies
. There was only one place left. But the sight in front of him was that of a very ordinary laboratory. The
hallway of an ordinary laboratory was very busy.
‘It doesn’t seem easy to get out…’
If this building is a building in his memory, then where he is is It was on the third basement floor of the building.
To get out of the building, you had to go through this hallway, go up to the first floor, and pass through the lobby.
If the hallway on the third basement floor was like this, it was clear that both the stairs and the lobby would be crowded. It was
a fairly busy route, but I managed to get there. If I wanted to break through, I could just break through.
But I couldn’t cause an accident before finding out what this place was.
‘Or should I just get help?’
However, he did not know the situation and could not reveal himself.
While he was worrying, there was someone approaching the laboratory where Kyung-hoon was.
It was a male researcher wearing a white coat.
The man approaching while looking at the records was similar in height to Kyung-hoon.
Kyung-hoon said I took a step back and the man opened the door and came in.
Boom!
And he immediately lost consciousness. Kyung-hoon grabbed him by the back of his neck and poured mana into him.
Looking at the records, as expected, it was the researcher who manages this laboratory. Fortunately, it was someone else. It seemed like he wouldn’t come.
Kyung-hoon hid the fainted person behind the experimental equipment. After this, he wouldn’t be found until he woke up.
Kyung-hoon put the body armor and clothes he was wearing into the subspace and then placed the unconscious researcher’s gown and He took off his outerwear and put it on.
It was the right length, but it was too tight.
But there was no other way to get out without causing an accident.
Kyung-hoon took the researcher’s ID card and put it on his chest, then approached the iron door again.
“I don’t know if it will work out. ”
He took a deep breath and moved his mana.
Shuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
The grade dropped, but fortunately Mana was able to move it well.
Kyung-hoon’s presence gradually disappeared. He was definitely there, but it became difficult for people to recognize him. He was wearing
a cloak of concealment . It was a mana usage method created by studying James’ abilities.
It was called ‘Mana Stealth Method’, but it was not as great as the Stealth Cloak or James’ abilities. It was
just a technique that slightly hindered recognition. It was a technique that made it feel like a passerby. .
Kyung-hoon opened the door and went out.
He walked down the hallway with a calm pace.
Other researchers passed by him, but no one paid him any attention.
‘Most of them are Korean, but there are also many foreigners…’
Kyung-hoon said . As I passed through the hallway, I looked out of the corner of my eye at the laboratories with open doors.
…[3-3 Laboratory][3-2 Laboratory]
They were all familiar yet unfamiliar.
And [3-1 Laboratory]
Unfortunately, the 3-1 Laboratory had an open door. It was closed.
If I remember correctly, I found Eve’s cell phone in this laboratory.
A cell phone exclusively for awakened people that discovered her characteristics and contained various functions.
The last time Kyung-hoon saw that cell phone, it was flying in the sky on a drone.
He was there . I passed through the locked laboratory and passed by the guard sitting at the end of the hallway.
The guard was sitting with his eyes closed.
‘He’s dozing.’
His eyes were slightly open, but the mana he felt from the guard was no different from that of a sleeping person.
Kyung-hoon passed the guard and headed toward the elevator.
The elevator in his memory was broken, but this elevator was operating normally.
Kyung-hoon frowned at the continued déjà vu . .
There was no one in the elevator when he arrived. He took the elevator and went up to the first floor.
Now all he had to do was pass through the lobby and go outside.
[Ding. The door opens.]
But behind the elevator door, an embarrassing scene unfolded.
As he entered the lobby , there was no one there. There was a checkpoint set up at the end of the hallway.
Contrary to what he remembered, there were no bar doors or iron doors, and it was just a simple ID check and confirmation, but it seemed like things were going to be complicated. After getting off the elevator, he slowly approached the checkpoint and checked people. Check it out himself
. There were two guards and one female employee watching from the back.
Behind them, the lobby connected to the main gate was visible.
Kyung-hoon ate up his appetite. If he had known this would happen, he wouldn’t have minded breaking through from the beginning.
The guards were ordinary people, but they were watching from the back. The woman was an awakened person.
It was difficult to avoid the awakened person with fake hiding.
‘It’s difficult…’
It seemed like she was too complacent after seeing the security inside. As expected, this lab seemed to be conducting some important research.
Awakening To the extent of using someone as a security guard, it might have been a government-affiliated research institute or an important company research institute.
If I did something wrong, I could have been accused of being a spy or a thief. I tried to
avoid surveillance cameras as much as possible and hid my face, but if I made a fuss and got wanted, things would become a hassle. It was obvious.
Kyung-hoon sighed inwardly.
‘If Eve had been there, we would have escaped easily…’
Eve’s absence was painfully felt again.
‘There’s nothing we can do. We’ll put the guards to sleep, knock out the awakened person, and escape. ‘Let’s go out.’
With that in mind, he approached the checkpoint and made eye contact with the awakened person.
The awakened person had been looking at him since he first got off the elevator.
‘Huh?’
When Kyung-hoon made eye contact with the awakened person, he had a strange feeling.
It seemed like he had seen her somewhere before, as if he had been to this building before.
“Just place your ID card and swipe your fingerprints here as always.”
When Kyung-hoon stood in front, the guard guided him as usual.
But Kyung-hoon did not follow the instructions. Instead, he raised Mana with a regretful expression.
I wanted to find out more about the female awakener, but it was time to leave.
“Stop for a moment.”
It was the moment when Kyung-hoon was about to throw his fist.
The female awakened woman suddenly opened her mouth.
The guards looked back with surprised faces and Kyung-hoon lowered his raised fist again.
“He is my guest. Please just let him through. They will randomly give you your ID card and fingerprint you.” There won’t be a match.”
The guards looked bewildered at her words.
“It’s against the rules.”
The woman put her hands together with her index fingers raised.
“Please take a look.”
The guards sighed at her words.
“The person who never said that… I understand.”
“thank you. “I’ll treat you later.”
She thanked the guards and gestured toward Kyung-hoon.
“Did you enjoy the field trip? “Come out now.”
Kyung-hoon also looked at the awakened person with a puzzled expression.
I had never been a customer and had never received an ID card.
The woman narrowed her eyes without the guards noticing.
Kyung-hoon decided to follow her play.
“I enjoyed it.”
He thanked the woman and exited next to the examination table.
“Then I will leave today because of the guests.”
“It can’t be too late.”
“Do not worry.”
After greeting the guards, she grabbed Kyung-hoon’s sleeve and crossed the lobby.
The floor of the lobby, which he had blown up with an homemade bomb, was left intact.
He was led by a woman’s hand and left the main entrance of the building.
“Damn…”
He groaned at the scene unfolding outside the building.
The city spread out before my eyes.
High-rise buildings were rising tall, and people were going in and out of the smaller buildings in between.
The road was fine and cars were racing happily on the road.
Kyung-hoon saw a sign erected on the road.
[Yongsan 2 Gongdong Yongsan Middle School]
It was the same place. But it didn’t look the same.
In the end, Kyung-hoon had no choice but to come up with one hypothesis.
Kyung-hoon asked the woman a question.
“What year is it?”
The woman looked at Kyung-hoon with a puzzled look.
“It’s 2005?”
Kyunghoon touched his forehead.
“Is it 20 years ago?…”
The world of Awakened people 20 years ago.
In the end, Kyung-hoon flew back 20 years into the past of the destroyed world.
“Oh my God….”
While Kyung-hoon was frustrated, the woman looked at Kyung-hoon’s face. He was looking at me with a curious expression.
Fortunately, Kyung-hoon was able to come to his senses quickly. Thanks to his numerous experiences after awakening, his mental recovery was extremely fast.
“Do you need any help other than getting out?”
The woman asked Kyung-hoon, who had come to his senses.
Kyung-hoon looked at her with a puzzled expression.
He still didn’t know why the Awakened had brought him out.
“Where should I go to find a human Awakening?”
The woman tilted her head at Kyung-hoon’s words.
“Is it because she was overseas for a long time? Or was she held captive in a research lab or on an island?”
Seeing Kyung-hoon asking strange questions, she seemed to have doubts.
The woman shrugged her shoulders.
“The Awakened Center will be the easiest to find, right? Anyway, all the awakened information would have been registered.”
“Ah…”
It was a place that Kyung-hoon also knew.
Where the wooden monster that surrounded the building lived. And it was the place where Kyung-hoon blew up.
“Follow me. I’ll guide you to the car.”
She started walking ahead.
Kyung-hoon stared at her as she walked ahead.
Kyung-hoon didn’t know why she kept showing him favors.
But I could remember where I had seen her.
I saw a face that looked exactly like hers at the airport.
There was a woman who looked exactly like her in a broken hangar at Seoul Airport.
She was the first doppelganger that Kyung-hoon met, and he cut her face in half.
