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[Special Mission]
Daein called Lily aside and spoke to her. .
“kid. “I’m going to go somewhere for a few days.”
“Where are you going?”
“I have something to look for when I go to Mt. Fuji. “While I’m there, I’m going to train the rangers at the camp.”
Lily raised her hand.
“I want to follow you too!”
“no.”
Lily’s lips protruded like a duck’s snout at the man’s firm answer.
“…….”
Since coming to Shinjuku, he was a man who didn’t play with me much because he was busy. Lily looked at the great man with a sad heart.
“Can you take me with you too? “I’ll eat only a little and listen carefully…”
Although he looked as pitiful as a puppy caught in the rain, Daein folded his arms and shook his head.
“You can’t look at me pitifully.”
“It’s disgusting….”
‘It’s strange. If it were like before, I would have begged to follow. ‘He’s a bit quiet these days.’
The great man’s large hand covered the top of Lily’s head as she lowered her head in disappointment.
“kid. “There is something you should do instead.”
“…?”
Lily raised her head again and looked at the great man.
The great man looked around carefully and lowered his voice.
“You could say it’s some kind of special mission.”
“Special… mission?”
Lily’s disappointed expression regained vitality and her eyes became bright.
The great man suppressed his laughter and nodded seriously. Then he leaned down and whispered into Lily’s ear.
“Because this is something only you can do.”
“…really?”
“Shh. Lower your voice. “It would be a big deal if someone heard.”
There were only two of us in the room, and in fact, if we wanted to talk in secret, using full voice was enough.
‘But here, creating an atmosphere is important.’
The great man looked around carefully and spoke in a serious voice.
“kid. “The success or failure of our future mission to Japan depends on whether you can carry out this mission.”
It was a bit of an exaggeration, but it was also true to some extent.
The great man looked at Lily with a slightly complicated expression.
‘If the little boy can carry out something properly on his own, I will be able to entrust him with various tasks in the future.’
No matter how much he knew about the future and how strong he was, he only had one body.
On the other hand, there were a lot of places he had to go and people he had to meet.
‘I can’t do everything by myself. I don’t even want to do that.’
Therefore, Daein needed allies that he could trust and that were strong enough to easily respond to unexpected situations.
That was the reason why I tried to entrust Lily with a separate mission this time, half as if I was gambling – or investing.
‘Let’s start with something easy at first.’
Even if a problem arises, it can be easily resolved.
“What is a special mission? “Tell me quickly!”
When Daein didn’t say anything and just stared at her, Lily, who was tired of waiting, urged him on.
The great man made a decision.
“There are two duties you must do while I am away.”
“Two?!”
Lily looked surprised. The great man nodded heavily.
“From now on, listen to me carefully.”
And until the great man’s story ended, Lily listened with a solemn expression.
“kid. “Can you do it?”
“…huh. “Leave it to me!”
Daein suppressed the laughter that was about to escape at the sight of the girl pounding her chest as if telling him to trust her.
“good. Then take this.”
The great man handed Lily a few things. These were items that could be used in an emergency situation.
“I told Joo Sang-wook roughly before I came here. So just focus on your mission.”
“huh!”
“God, watch closely from the side. “Because my abilities are still uncertain.”
“don’t worry!”
The great man chuckled at the sight of the girl with excessive stress on her shoulders.
‘We’ll see.’
“Just trust me, mister!”
That evening. Daein left for camp training with the Shinjuku Rangers.
***
Joo Sang-wook sighed early in the morning.
“Whoa.”
He turned his head and looked at the two bodyguards(?) following him a few steps behind, causing him to sigh.
The two bodyguards who suddenly appeared this morning – one of whom appeared to have been taken by force – were alert to the surroundings.
‘No matter what, this isn’t it.’
Joo Sang-wook stopped in place. And he spoke to the girl who must be the leader of the world’s youngest superhuman security team.
“Lily. “You don’t need my security.”
Lily fiddled with her children’s yellow horn-rimmed sunglasses. The girl spoke in a more mature tone than usual. It seemed like he was imitating some kind of drama.
“Never mind. “This is my job.”
‘If you don’t pay attention to it, it won’t be used.’
Joo Sang-wook continued speaking as he felt the glances of Japanese people passing by.
“It’s okay because there are Japanese police officers here. So…”
“If you let your guard down like that, you’ll end up in big trouble.”
Lily spoke in Korean, conscious of the gaze of those around her. His voice was low, as if he were the protagonist of a spy movie.
“Joo Sang-wook is an important person, so there is a high probability that he will be kidnapped, threatened, or murdered by bad people.”
It was obvious who would have told Lily that.
‘This person, the landlord…’
It was clear that the landlord disappeared after saying he was going somewhere for a few days last night.
Lily said, pushing her sunglasses up her nose with her fingers.
“But don’t worry. “I will protect you.”
Joo Sang-wook gritted his teeth inwardly.
‘Landlord. ‘You left the two kids on me and disappeared.’
Considering the current security situation in Japan, it was quite possible that there could be a threat to Joo Sang-wook’s safety.
‘No matter what, that’s true.’
It didn’t look good for a grown man to be protected by a young girl who looked to be about ten years old at most.
Even if that girl is a superhuman.
‘It’s an image problem. ‘Japanese people may look down on the Korean government.’
Joo Sang-wook spoke to Lily with a stern expression.
“Thank you for your concern, but I don’t think you need security.”
But Lily also did not give in.
This was one of two special missions entrusted to me by Daein.
Lily said, waving her finger.
“You are too weak to walk around alone.”
In response to those confident words, Joo Sang-wook said, “Okay.” He moaned.
‘If this continues, I’ll end up having to take the kids around all day.’
Joo Sang-wook, who thought for a moment, opened his mouth.
“Lily. Actually, I’m not that weak. Even if you look like this…”
And he was about to add a little explanation, but Lily first looked him up and down and said,
“I only have a little bit of magic power and my body is weak… It’s the size of a fist?”
“…okay. “It may seem that way to you.”
In the end, Joo Sang-wook decided to give up persuasion.
In fact, if you just have to endure the shame, there is no bodyguard as reliable as this.
‘But it’s not like a fistful.’
Grumbling to himself, Joo Sang-wook began his schedule for the day.
***
“This is the place. “It used to be the location of the International Medical Center, but the entire building collapsed during the First Gate.”
In response to the Japanese Foreign Minister’s explanation, Joo Sang-wook shook his head as he looked at the site where the International Medical Center once existed.
The land was completely devastated, as if it had been bombed.
“It must have been a fairly large monster.”
“According to our classification, it was a first-class large-species monster. “It was the biggest thing that had appeared so far, and a lot of the central government’s troops were sacrificed to deal with it.”
The Foreign Minister’s expression was very bitter as he talked about the past. However, he soon regained his composure and asked Joo Sang-wook.
“What do you think when you see it for yourself? “Do you think this would be a suitable place to establish a branch office of the Korean Embassy in Japan?”
“yes. I think a site of this size would be sufficient.”
Joo Sang-wook looked at the ruined land and nodded.
Accessibility to the surrounding area was good and the site was sufficiently large.
Although a significant amount of capital and manpower would be needed to build a building here again, White House decided to take on a large part of that responsibility.
‘…In return, the White House Japan branch will be built here as well.’
When that thought came to mind, a deep furrow appeared between Joo Sang-wook’s eyebrows.
Some conditions that Whitehouse demanded while promising enormous support to Japan.
‘If we exclusively distribute potions for 5 years and even provide free cross-border gate usage fees that will be received after 2 years….’ Just
imagining it made Joo Sang-wook feel like his vision was becoming distant.
‘How big is White House going to grow?’
Japan was just the beginning.
The Korean government & superhuman guild alliance (actually White House) was pushing for a global alliance to stop Hellgate.
To achieve this, gates will be connected between major cities around the world in the future, and Whitehouse Guild branches will be established.
‘It’s a superhuman alliance to prevent a catastrophe, but in the process, White House’s influence naturally increases.’
At that moment, Joo Sang-wook felt goosebumps rising.
It occurred to me that one person had designed all of this from the beginning.
‘Landlord. As expected, you…!’
Whitehouse’s current guild leader, Baek Chang-su, is not a very ambitious person.
However, its successor, the lessor, is different.
‘He’s controlling all of this behind the scenes.’
Landlord. He was truly a scary man.
On the outside, he was a carefree, relaxed, lazy, and laid-back man who was somewhat strange, but he also had a sense of humanity.
‘Recently, I walked around with him and only saw him as a friendly person, so I forgot about him. … Did they really calculate this and bring me here?’
Although he has never revealed his ambitions on the outside, Joo Sang-wook has glimpsed part of a plan so grand that it is difficult to guess from Daein’s actions so far.
‘What on earth is his purpose? Are you trying to conquer the world?’
It may seem like a ridiculous story, but Joo Sang-wook wouldn’t be surprised if Dae-in became the emperor of the Earth in 10 years.
“Whoa….”
“Are you worried about something?”
Joo Sang-wook suddenly returned to reality at the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
“Oh, I’m sorry. “I guess I was thinking about something else for a moment.”
In any case, now was the time to pursue an alliance with Japan.
If we save humanity one year from now, humanity will still be there 10 years from now.
‘Landlord. If you wait, the time will come when you will reveal your magic. Until then, I will quietly watch over you.’
Joo Sang-wook strengthened his resolve and continued his conversation with the Foreign Minister.
***
Lily and Shin were following Joo Sang-wook at a distance of about 10 meters – a distance that Joo Sang-wook desperately achieved to maintain dignity.
Shin looked at Lily with an incomprehensible expression as she constantly looked around to see if there were any dangers.
“Why are you working so hard?”
“Because it’s a mission!”
Shin was momentarily speechless at such an easy and concise answer.
After a while, God spoke again.
“…It’s adults’ business anyway.”
God’s voice was a little harsh.
Lily tilted her head and asked, “Why is that?”
God thought for a moment and then spoke very quietly.
“I don’t trust adults.”
Shin, who was born in Shinjuku, lived here until he was 12.
After my parents passed away, I moved around from place to place, and a year ago I ran away to Orochi in the west with my friends.
However, both here and there, children were objects of abuse and entertainment by adults.
It was natural for the boy to have distrust of adults.
“…all adults are monsters.”
The reason Shin spoke so honestly was because Lily was his age.
‘I should have run away.’
Shin thought as he played with the hem of the dress he was still wearing.
When I arrived in Shinjuku, I saw an opportunity and tried to run away.
But it was still mumbling here.
As he continues to cross-dress like this.
‘If I run away from here… where do I go now?’
The original plan was to run very far away from Tokyo.
To a place where no one knows you.
And he planned to come back one day and take revenge.
‘Those who treated me like a toy, those who killed my friends, and all the humans who stood by… I will kill them all!’
Not long ago, there was a burning anger inside the boy, like an active volcano.
But for some reason, it was now like a soggy cola.
Why?
‘Is it because of this kid?’
Shin looked at Lily.
An innocent, simple, and frighteningly strong being.
Shin instinctively felt what kind of being Lily was.
‘monster.’
It’s not enough for people to call her that, but Lily wasn’t called that.
It was because of the man walking next to him.
‘…Because there’s an even bigger monster next to me.’
While in Orochi, Shin spied from afar the Great Man fighting Genji. In fact, I had been secretly following him even before that.
I didn’t think I got caught at the time, but now that I think about it, I think I got caught.
‘If you knew, why did you pretend not to know?’
God was very curious about the reason. If it were me, I wouldn’t have left the person who stole my secret alone.
But the great man was no longer here. Even if I wanted to ask, I couldn’t.
‘A monster-like adult… but not a monster like other adults.’
Lily spoke while still being wary of her surroundings as Shin gave a strange evaluation to Daein.
“My guardian angel said that before.”
“…?”
A guardian angel out of nowhere?
Shin was puzzled, but Lily’s expression was serious, so he stayed still.
“You will be in danger later. “So I have to help.”
“…….”
Shin couldn’t understand what Lily was saying. However, the serious atmosphere was clearly conveyed.
Lily said, clenching her small fists.
“So I decided too. From now on, I won’t make an accident and will listen well. “I’m going to practice fireworks more.”
“Are you trying to help me?”
“huh!”
Lily nodded without a moment of hesitation. The eyes of the girl and the boy met.
“But this is a secret from you. Understand?”
“why?”
“Uhm… just.”
Anyone could see that it seemed like he was doing it because he was embarrassed, but Shin decided to pretend not to notice.
At that moment, God had a place he wanted to escape to.
“Hey, when I go back to Korea, I too…”
Shin couldn’t finish his sentence.
“Hey, you’re Kurodama Shin, right?”
God’s expression turned pale at the sound of a voice coming from behind him.
[Special Mission] End
ⓒ Ganjjajang
