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[Are you prepared? ]
“Team Leader Joo. “While we’re at it, I’d like to ask you one favor.”
“What would you like me to do…?”
“It’s nothing special. “A little abuse of power?”
“…I’m already scared.”
Dae-in explained his plan to Joo Sang-wook, who had a shocked expression on his face.
***
The next day.
The Shinjuku Ranger heard the news like lightning.
“Honesty! What does that mean all of a sudden!”
Quang! Hayato got excited and hit the desk. However, Inspector Soma, who delivered the news to them, did not even blink.
“What do you mean? It literally means to rest for a while. “During the suspension period, another team has decided to use the office, so please remove all items within today.”
After finishing what he had to say, Inspector Soma waved his hand as if to say go. However, Hayato simply could not accept those words.
“I can not understand! “You suddenly fired us!”
“It’s not a dismissal, it’s a suspension.”
“That’s it!”
“Oppa, wait a minute.”
On behalf of the excited Hayato, Rin argued with Inspector Soma.
“Shouldn’t we at least explain why we were suspended?”
Shinjuku Ranger and Inspector Soma worked in the same department.
Although it was impossible to say who was superior due to the different areas of activity, the superiors treated Inspector Soma, who had a long history as a police officer, as the representative of the department.
And just now, Inspector Soma broke the news to the Shinjuku Rangers that they had been suspended.
“I don’t know either. It’s an order from above, so if you want to argue, ask the Inspector General of Police. “If it were me, I wouldn’t do that.”
“Lin! Sakai! “Let’s go see the Superintendent of Police!”
The three went to meet the Metropolitan Police Commissioner in person.
However, they were blocked in front of the Commissioner General’s office and had to turn back.
Inspector Soma chuckled and spoke to the three people who returned with vain expressions.
“Look. “They said it wouldn’t be of any use if I went.”
“Why on earth…”
The three people couldn’t understand.
It was only yesterday that they arrested Ken’s gang of marauders. Even if he received an award for his contribution, he was being honest…
Inspector Soma spoke to the three people who were showing offended expressions.
“One month of honesty. Until then, return all combat uniform weapons issued by the government. Don’t go somewhere and cause trouble if you lose your temper. “Did you know that if you have an accident during the period of suspension, you will be subject to aggravated punishment?”
Inspector Soma grinned and continued.
“It’s not right to put my colleagues in a cell with my own hands.”
“You bastard!”
Red, who was in tears at the sarcasm, grabbed Inspector Soma by the collar. Inspector Soma looked troubled.
But the mouth was smiling.
“Hayato-kun. “Do you remember that you are suspended from today?”
“you…!”
Lin stepped in between the two.
“Let’s just go, brother. “I don’t have to deal with people like this anymore.”
“…okay.”
Behind the three people who turned and headed toward the office, Inspector Soma spoke in a mocking voice.
“I should have paid it in moderation. “Why do you do something useless and make your superiors hate you?”
‘…is it useless? Is it because we captured the marauders?’
Hayato stood tall. Rin and Sakai held his arms from both sides.
“Ignore it and let’s go. “Such a lowly human being.”
Nod.
“…okay. let’s go.”
The three went into the office, gathered up their little belongings, and put them in a box.
“The uniform…”
I couldn’t take the ranger uniform and leave.
Although the three people designed it themselves, it was made in a government workshop, so it was government property.
The same was true for the three men’s weapons.
“I feel completely naked.”
Hayato sighed and opened the top drawer of his desk. And inside, I found a note that I had never seen before.
“What is this?”
There was text written in white on the outside of the half-folded note.
-12 o’clock tonight-
‘black’ was written in cursive at the bottom right of the note.
“Guys.”
Hayato looked around and called out to his colleagues. He lowered his voice.
“It looks like a note left by Black.”
“what?”
“!!”
The three closed the door and pulled down the blinds on the windows.
When I opened the half-folded note, there was a map drawn inside.
“I guess that means you have to be here by midnight?”
The two people nodded at Hayato’s words.
It was a note whose contents could only be interpreted that way.
Hayato, who had been looking at the note for a while, raised his head and looked at his colleagues.
“…Let’s go first.”
The two nodded quietly at Hayato’s words.
***
“This place…”
“I think it’s an underground bunker.”
The three walked through the tunnel, illuminating the surroundings with flashlights.
They arrived here after looking at the directions drawn on Black’s note. In the ruins on the outskirts of the empty city, they found the marks left by Black.
The final mark left was the entrance to the underground bunker.
They came down the stairs and walked through the tunnel for a while before arriving at a fairly large cavity.
“I think it’s hundreds of pyeong.”
“Was there an unknown underground facility like this in Shinjuku?”
“…….”
“As far as I know, there isn’t one.”
The three people relied on the flashlight to illuminate their surroundings in the pitch-black darkness.
“Why did Black take us to a place like this…”
It was then that the lights in the cavity turned on all at once.
Faaah! Pot, pot, pot!
Dozens of lights came on from the ceiling, and in an instant, the surrounding area became as bright as day.
The three people, startled, turned their backs to each other and looked out for their surroundings.
After a while, exclamations of exclamation burst from their mouths.
“Oh my…”
“It’s a completely state-of-the-art facility!”
The place they were in was not just an underground bunker.
It was a state-of-the-art facility managed by a fully automated system. It is filled with cutting-edge electronic equipment that is hard to find even in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.
On one side, weapons including bikes, vehicles, and guns were visible, and on the other side, preserved food was piled high.
There were traces of people living there until recently.
“Oh my god… what on earth are we doing here?”
“How do we provide electricity?”
It was then.
[The power needed for the system is supplied by the underground magicite generator. Japan’s technology is also better than I thought.]
The three people turned their heads at the sudden voice.
““Black!””
Black was walking towards them. He was still wearing black armor all over his body.
Hayato stepped forward and asked.
“Where am I? “Why did you call us here?”
[Answer one by one. This is the base of the marauders we arrested yesterday.]
Black answered in a low voice. I started with this voice when it first appeared in black and had no choice but to keep playing it.
“It doesn’t make sense. “How could a looter have such a state-of-the-art facility…”
Lin said with an expression of disbelief.
A group of looters were using better facilities than the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.
Even if it was a joke, it went too far.
[They were not ordinary marauders.]
“Then…?”
[The Lord of Mandala was behind them.]
“!!”
Mandara was the power that ruled the north of Tokyo and had the largest number of engineers among the four major tribes.
The lord there was also an engineer and consolidated his power by seizing engineers before anyone else.
[Mandala supported this band of marauders from behind. They helped turn Shinjuku into a slum through violence and fear. This is the proof.]
Black showed the documents found here last night. In it, there was detailed evidence of Ken’s gang receiving supplies from Mandala.
“You bastards…!”
Hayato, who saw the evidence with his own eyes, trembled with anger.
I knew that the lords of Tribe kept the government in check.
But I never imagined that they would be using criminals to do something like this.
“I will go back and report this right now!”
Hayato was ready to run out of the bunker at any moment.
Black stopped him.
“Why are you stopping me!”
[Can the Japanese government sanction the feudal lords even if it knows the truth?]
“…….”
At that moment, the expressions of the three people hardened. Black spoke of reality in a bitter voice.
[The government may try to bury this fact rather than announce it. Because you don’t want to offend the lords for no reason.]
“That…”
Unfortunately, the three people couldn’t deny Black’s words.
‘Black is right.’
The current Japanese government was small and shabby enough to be noticed by the tribe forces that illegally occupied the city.
Hayato gritted his teeth in exasperation.
“Then you’re telling me to just sit back and watch?”
Instead of answering that question, Black told a different story.
[It’s not just looters. Even within the Japanese government, there are quite a few spies planted by the lords.]
‘Inspector Soma!’
The three people remembered Inspector Soma’s face at the same time. It was a suspicion that bordered on certainty.
Rin asked, tilting his head.
“How do you know all that? “Who the hell are you?”
‘The only person who knows the history Japan will experience.’
Of course, I couldn’t tell the truth. Black paused for a moment and then spoke.
[I cannot tell you my identity. Therefore, you are free to believe what I say or not.]
“…….”
The Shinjuku Ranger looked at Black with a searching gaze.
A mysterious being who suddenly appeared last night and saved them, and today brought them here and told them a surprising secret.
‘Why are you telling us this?’
‘Something is suspicious.’
‘Maybe he’s not human…’
I thought I would learn about Black when I came here, but the mystery only increased.
[If you don’t trust me, forget everything I’ve said so far and go back.]
At that moment, the three people exchanged looks.
‘What should I do?’
‘Let’s hear more about the story first.’
When the two people nodded, Hayato spoke on behalf of them.
“Why did you call us here? Is it simply to show you this place?”
‘Of course not.’
Daein, who judged that expectations had been sufficiently raised, threw in the main dish.
[Do you know about Hell Gate?]
When Hayato heard a word he had recently heard, his eyes lit up and he answered.
“I know. It’s a disaster that will begin simultaneously all over the world…”
[I’ll show you for myself.]
Black used a beam projector to project an image on one wall.
It was an edited video of the battle with the Demon King’s army filmed in Busan.
Wow!
Kiyaaa!
Zombies rushing in like a tidal wave, destroying the ruined city, and numerous monsters pouring out of the gate.
“omg…!”
It was a short video of only about a minute, but it was enough to capture the spirit of the Shinjuku Ranger.
dump.
They sat down on the floor and muttered with devastated expressions.
“Are things like that really going to attack Japan?”
“How are you supposed to stop it?”
“…….”
[That’s just a trailer. [The main story is much more terrible than that.]
That was the truth without an iota of falsehood.
When Hellgate begins to open in earnest, a disaster that cannot be compared to the disaster that occurred in Busan will occur all over the world.
[That’s why.]
Black stared at the three people. A blue ghost flickered in his eyes.
[You must prevent that disaster.]
Soon a more violent reaction than expected came back.
“Nonsense!”
“We can’t last even a moment there!”
In the face of a huge disaster that seemed impossible to fight against, the Shinjuku Rangers looked like they had already given up.
Black asked them.
[Then are you going to die while waiting for disaster like this?]
“That’s not true…”
Hayato bit his lip tightly.
I wanted to stop myself too.
I wanted to save people from those horrible monsters.
“…We are not as strong as you.”
Black’s skills I saw last night were amazing.
It moved at an invisible speed and several people fell with a single gesture. I couldn’t even imagine how strong it was.
But Shinjuku Ranger wasn’t like that.
“I don’t know if there are people as strong as you, but there are people in the world who cannot become strong no matter how hard they try.”
Hayato gritted his teeth and lowered his head, as if he was angry with himself.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t think we can help you with this.”
[Hmm. [It’s an effort.]
Hayato said that the great man wouldn’t know, but the great man fully understood Hayato’s feelings.
Because he also lived for 20 years without any mediocre skills or talents.
[Have you really tried your best?]
“Of course!”
[I’ll prove that those words are lies.]
“What…”
The great man raised his entire body’s magical power.
Fuwaaaaaaaaaa!
His overwhelming presence made it difficult for the Shinjuku Ranger to even breathe.
“omg…!”
Black took a step closer to them. The three felt pressure as if a mountain was walking on them.
[You have great potential that neither you nor you know about.]
“…….”
The eyes of the three people were seen shaking.
They were by no means geniuses, but they were by no means dull either.
‘What they lack is a magic teacher, new equipment, and confidence.’
The great man spoke with confidence.
[If you bring out that potential, you can become dozens of times stronger than you are now.]
By using all the means known to Daein, that time could be miraculously shortened.
[Instead, it will be so hard that you die, but if you have the determination….]
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Demonic energy rose roughly onto the surface of the Heavenly Demon Goddess.
The shape, which seemed to be engulfed in black flames, caused fear in enemies and awe in allies.
[I will make you strong.]
“!!”
The last words were the final blow.
The two men, fascinated by Black’s overwhelming presence, immediately knelt down.
“I will learn!”
“…Teach me!”
“Sakai? “Did you just say that?”
“Huh!”
Sakai quickly covered his mouth and nodded slowly. It seemed like there was a story, but Daein wasn’t really curious.
“…I want to learn too.”
Lin hesitated until the end before answering. Unlike her two simple brothers, she looked a little more worried.
Lin asked cautiously.
“But why did you choose us?”
Black answered without hesitation.
[Because I liked you.]
“…….”
There were many other reasons, such as publicity effect, appearing naive, or political purposes, but I decided not to say anything after seeing the three people’s touched faces.
Black said as he looked around the underground bunker equipped with state-of-the-art equipment.
[This will be our headquarters from now on.]
The facilities were well-equipped, so it was the best place to focus on training. Honestly, I was lucky to find this place.
Daein made eye contact with each and every Shinjuku Ranger.
[Gentlemen. Are you prepared?]
“Yes!”
They met Black’s gaze with faces filled with determination. The great man nodded, as if satisfied.
[You can start training right away.]
“I’ll do my best!”
“We have a lot of time now. “I was suspended today.”
“…Please take care of me.”
The three people strengthened their resolve. Because Black warned me that it would be extremely difficult.
As expected, Black’s warning was correct.
However, it was accompanied by a different kind of suffering than what the three people imagined.
[Let’s change our eating habits first.]
The hellish training has begun.
[Are you prepared? ]End
ⓒ Ganjjajang
