Episode 31 [Experimental Subject (2)]
Perhaps thanks to the monsters living in the Han River, there were no monsters visible along the Han River.
From time to time, a huge fish monster would jump out of the river and scare him, but it would not come up to the riverside and try to catch Kyung-hoon.
Thanks to this, he was able to arrive in front of Gwangnaru Station before the sun set that day.
Unlike the city center, the area where Gwangnaru Station is located had an open road extending all the way to the Han River.
But unfortunately, because it was a bit far from the Han River, monsters were occasionally seen.
The beast-type monsters were moving while looking at each other.
Kyung-hoon was watching monsters through a telescope on the roof of a high-rise apartment near the road.
“It looks like everyone is getting ready to get out…”
Kyung-hoon frowned as he looked at the monsters through the telescope.
In all my time traveling around this ruined city, I have never seen monsters so desperate.
The monsters looked like herbivores passing by a lion enjoying a nap.
The sun was slowly setting.
I wanted to check if I could get into the subway station before heading back, but unfortunately it was too late today.
Even if the monsters behaved strangely like that, I couldn’t just go out on the open road while there were monsters roaming around.
“One entrance seems to be okay, but I’ll have to check it up close later.” Before
looking at the monsters, Kyung-hoon first looked for the entrance to Gwangnaru Station.
The other entrances had collapsed and seemed impossible to get inside, but luckily one seemed to be fine.
“As expected, there are monsters here . Can’t you check them?”
– This phone’s camera only has 3 million pixels. No matter how much I calibrate it, it is impossible to further enhance the device’s performance. Unfortunately, it seemed difficult to obtain information on the wandering
monsters.
Electronic products in this world The performance was unbalanced. There were things that were ahead of their time, like AI and fingerprint recognition, but there were also things that weren’t that advanced, like cameras. “I guess I’ll have to go back and
find a way. I can’t hold a telescope in front of my phone every time.”
-You can take a picture with a high-performance camera and show it.
I didn’t even bring a camera.
Gyeonghoon ignored Eve’s words and focused his eyes on the wandering monsters.
Now, I had no choice but to remember each one in my head and then go back and look through the monster encyclopedia.
Suddenly, the world turned red. The sun has set.
Kyunghoon looked at the Han River filled with sunset. The Han River at sunset with the collapsed city in the background was very beautiful and lonely.
It was time to go back.
He put the weapon and telescope into his backpack and opened his hand to create a portal in the floor.
“Dimension…”
That was then.
Wow!
Suddenly, there was a commotion on the road.
Surprised, Kyung-hoon hung on the railing of the apartment and looked towards the road.
The monsters that had been ignoring the road and nearby ruins were running away in all directions.
He I took out a telescope from my backpack and looked at the fleeing monsters. Their faces were all terrified.
‘Why are they running away?’
The monsters were all running away from one place.
There, the exit of Gwangnaru Station, which was still intact, was left alone on the side of the road.
At the sudden change, Kyung-hoon decided to watch for a moment longer.
The sunset became redder and darkness swept in from the western sky. It started.
And then a black shadow spread across the exit of Gwangnaru Station, where Gyeonghoon was watching.
Cracking!
The sound of wings flapping and monsters barking echoed through the apartment.
“Is it a bat?”
For a bat, they were as big as a child, but their appearance was no different from that of a bat.
There seemed to be hundreds of bats pouring out of the exit and spreading in all directions.
“It’s getting more and more taesan. “A subway full of bats.”
Kyung-hoon sighed as he saw the flock of bats pouring out.
If I made a mistake, I might have to go far upstream to cross the Han River.
-Is it a bat?
“Wow, that’s a huge number.”
-If it’s a bat type… I’ll need to check, but according to the encyclopedia, there might be a way.
For now, I just hoped that Eve was right.
Seeing the bats flying towards the apartment, Kyung-hoon created a portal in the floor.
He knew the bats would be there. They jumped into the portal before they arrived.
The bats that arrived late wandered around the rooftop of the apartment, but could not find anything, and soon flew west in search of food.
***
Gyeong-hoon, who returned to Hong Kong in his original world, dressed up in nice clothes the next day. I headed to downtown Hong Kong.
Exploring the other world was important, but first I had to finish my work in Hong Kong and return to Korea.
People glanced at Kyung-hoon as they passed by. Kyung-hoon, who was dressed in a nice suit, looked quite decent, unlike before. .
Thanks to his developed muscles and size, his hangers weren’t that good, but he was creating a classy look that wasn’t found in clothes made with money.
“Do I have to wear such an expensive suit to go to the Gold and Silver Room?”
Kyung-hoon grumbled as he stretched the collar.
-It’s not that expensive. I didn’t have enough time to make a handmade suit, so I just chose one of the luxury classic suits. Kyung-hoon couldn’t
match Eve’s sense of money when she said that a multi-million won suit wasn’t expensive. A huge amount of money has come in, but he still hasn’t realized it.
-And the amount of gold the owner is buying now is not a small amount. In order to not arouse people’s suspicion, you have to give off an atmosphere that matches the item. What Eve said is right
. He did. Buying billions of won worth of gold while wearing cheap ripped jeans was a very sloppy move even in his eyes.
However, Kyung-hoon just couldn’t easily adapt to the sudden change.
“But Eve, weren’t you a network control AI? Looking at it now, it was rather sloppy.” “More like a secretary?”
Eve responded through earphones to Kyung-hoon’s words.
– It is true that my body was developed as a network control AI. However, both I and the body are mana AIs that absorb knowledge and grow. Currently, I am trying to support my master where he needs it most. He’s growing.
Kyung-hoon needed a secretary the most right now, and the first thing he said was that he was developing the skills that a secretary should have. In a way, it was a
natural story, but Kyung-hoon felt like he had a nagging older sister.
“I guess he’s worried about being full. ”
Kyung-hoon re-tightened his stretched collar and entered the jewelry store.
The name of China’s largest jewelry company was written on the top of a huge jewelry store that cannot be found in Korea.
A few hours later, Kyung-hoon was leaving another jewelry store accompanied by a bodyguard.
The jewelry store. When he came out, he was dragging a travel bag.
Employees were greeting him at the entrance of the jewelry store, but Kyung-Hoon didn’t even look back. Kyung-Hoon
loaded the travel bag into the taxi that was waiting and got into the taxi.
The taxi departed. As the bodyguard with his head bowed walked away, he exhaled loudly,
“It would be easier to grapple with monsters in the other world.”
-But in the end, it felt really natural. There was no awkwardness at all.
“I guess I’m getting used to this, too.”
During the morning, he went to five jewelry stores and bought gold bars. He bought a million dollars worth of gold bars each and put them in his backpack. At first, he made
mistakes and behaved awkwardly, but after passing a few jewelry stores, he was able to relax and be treated well in the VIP room. All the gold I had bought so far
was in my backpack inside my travel bag.
Now it was time to go home. I was disappointed that I couldn’t go sightseeing in Hong Kong, but I had been away from Seoul for too long.
Kyung-hoon used an excellent translation app called Eve . I asked the taxi driver to take me to the airport.
The driver, who had received a lot of money for a day’s ride, excitedly headed to the airport.
***
While I was in Hong Kong, Korea didn’t change much.
Politicians still fight over things that happened not long ago. There was, and the registration law for mutant humans had only just passed the standing committee.
‘Electronic anklet…’
Kyung-hoon, who saw the broadcast while leaving Incheon Airport, looked bitter at the news of the registration law.
Rather than the progress of the other world , It was much faster, but there was still a long way to go.
Moreover, it became more difficult to make progress from now on. In order
to change the situation of the awakened ones, the abilities of the mutant monsters had to become stronger. That took time, and it was not something that Kyung-hoon really wanted.
It might have been better to just be able to catch him with a normal weapon like this.
“Well, I guess I’ll have to look at the situation first.”
My nose was three feet wide. Kyung-hoon decided not to worry about that matter for now.
Kyung-hoon turned on the cell phone he originally had.
Tiririririn.
Messages and missed calls flooded the screen.
I went there without roaming just in case, but I was getting calls right then.
Hye-rin’s greetings and phone calls from people who are not that close to her. Spam messages. And, among them, I saw a missed call from Jinhyuk.
“What’s going on?”
Kyung-hoon called right away:
“What’s going on? “Now it’s confirmed.”
Kyung-hoon came up with several excuses for not answering the phone, but there was no need for excuses.
“Can I meet you?”
It was a meaningless statement, but Kyung-hoon answered right away,
“I’ll be home in three hours. “I’m going to stay home today, so come home.”
“I’ll buy you a drink and go.”
It seemed like something important. After picking up his luggage, Kyung-hoon immediately caught a taxi.
From Incheon to Seoul. Although it was a long distance, there was no hesitation at all. He seemed to be slowly getting used to it.
That night. A small drinking party was created in Kyung-hoon’s room.
A drinking party consisting of a few bottles of beer and snacks.
Normally, both of them would have already been half drunk and laughing and wandering around, but now the room was filled with a serious atmosphere.
Kyunghoon continued to stare at the piece of cloth in front of him.
“…I guess there was no one I could talk to except my brother.”
Thanks to his experience in the military, Jinhyuk trusted Kyunghoon excessively.
If it had been Kyung-hoon not long ago, even if he had heard this story, it was clear that there would have been nothing he could do other than have a drink with him.
‘I might have come with that in mind…’
Kyung-hoon glanced at the half-left beer bottles.
Kyung-hoon looked at the piece of cloth again. The pieces of cloth had words written in blood.
[Several people detained by soldiers. Please save me. Human experiments. Front. Near the 21st Division]
It was a typical rescue signal.
Kyung-hoon, who looked at the piece of cloth for a long time, eventually shook his head.
“Let’s have a drink. “I can’t help this.”
Hearing Kyung-hoon’s words, Jin-hyuk sighed with a resigned look on his face.
“Well, I guess so. “It’s really hard because every time something like this happens, I have doubts about what I’m doing…”
After Kyung-hoon’s answer, Jin-hyuk took a long gulp of the drink he had brought.
After working on his masterpiece for a while, Jinhyuk took a taxi and returned to his house. He was sound in a strange way.
After sending Jinhyuk away, Kyunghoon sat on the floor and glared at the piece of cloth. For some reason, Jinhyeok left the piece of cloth here instead of taking it with him.
“just. “What happens if I pretend not to know?”
-If you’re lucky, you may work as a hidden awakener for the military or the government, or secretly release them after promising to keep their secret through threats and appeasement.
Eve, who had been silent while Jinhyuk was there, answered Kyunghoon’s question.
“What if I’m unlucky?”
-In many cases, you will be killed or have an accident.
Anyone else would say that such a thing could not happen in a democratic country, but the military that Kyung-hoon experienced was a place where such a thing could happen.
Kyung-hoon was concerned about his own safety and security . He weighed the ramifications of being rescued.
He knew the military well. And, although he didn’t check, he was equipped to block guns.
However, if he was caught or exposed, all he had built so far would be in vain. After struggling for a while ,
he finally lost his temper.
“No, if I only found it safe, I would have just come back from Hong Kong. There was no way I was going to dimension shift again!”
Excluding the money tied up in Hong Kong, the gold bars in his backpack were enough to live on for the rest of his life.
“I’m just going to burn the fire I’ve started to the end.”
Awakened people who suffered from being unfairly imprisoned. There was no better way to create an argument.
And the same reason as just now was a perfect excuse for Kyung-hoon to do something.
Kyung-hoon made a decision.
