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Chapter 196

The foundation ceremony began.

The event started with a song by a famous singer. A song with sad lyrics in a solemn atmosphere.

It was called to commemorate the victims of the cataclysm in the past, and it was held the same every year.

“……”

Lee Min-ah watched the singer’s song indifferently.

At first, I wasn’t interested in celebrities, so I didn’t know who that man was or what the song was.

‘The next patrol route is… .’

After a brief rest, she got up. She had rested enough to rest, so she was thinking about looking around again.

“…Huh?”

A familiar man appeared in her eyes.

Park Si-Jun. He was looking at something with a serious expression. Lee Min-ah followed his gaze.

At the end of it was Shin Yun-woo.

‘Why are you looking at me like that?’

Park Si-joon’s expression was cold.

She tried to approach him, but she was pushed back by the crowd.

“…I can ask you later.”

She was curious, but now was not the time. Lee Min-ah swallowed her regret and she withdrew.

And Park Si-joon stood there for a long time.

“Take it!”

Then Ishimi grabbed him and shook him. Only then did Park Si-joon come to his senses and raise his head.

‘Is that what I saw a little while ago?’

His expression contorted again.

His gaze slowly turned to the stage. After the performance, people continued to congratulate them.

And among them was Shin Yun-woo.

[Wow!]

When Shin Yun-woo went up on the stage, people’s cheers resounded. He smiled softly and waved to the people.

And when the cheers subsided, he put his mouth close to the microphone.

“It’s the anniversary of the founding… It’s already been 10 years since the cataclysm happened. Someone lost a family, and someone lost a friend.”

It was a voice that captured people’s hearts. He turned to the audience and continued his speech.

“I was in the city center at the time. I saw with my own eyes cracks appeared and monsters attacked people.”

Shin Yun-woo’s speech continued, and people listened to him. Park Si-jun opened a system window while watching it.

It was Shin Yun-woo’s talent window.

[This is a talent that cannot be confirmed with the current attribute rating. However, with the Eye of Horus effect, you can now see some of your talent.]

A message pops up as soon as you open the talent window.

As if following him, the talent window he saw a while ago appeared.

[Shin Yun-woo][ALIGNMENT] One who burns with ambition

[Potential] S

[Talent]

1. One who deceives the other world (S)

2. Confidential Sword (A)

Only two were visible. There was a talent for a long time under him, but he didn’t show it.

‘Write, the noise… .’

Park Si-jun frowned. Shin Yun-woo’s talent window was noisy like a broken television.

But that was enough.

[The one who deceives the other world (S)]

A special power was obtained by trading with the deep abyss. But as of now, there is no way to figure it out.

[Clearance Sword (A)]

On the outside, it sounds like it was put on the lips, but on the inside, it holds a sword. He is good at hiding his inner feelings and can easily win the favor and support of others.

It is a talent close to innate charisma.

Because these two talents were key.

It was the first talent that made Park Si-joon speechless as soon as he saw it. One who deceives the other side of the world.

‘Abyss?’

His face turned cold. It’s a familiar name. It was also an unforgettable name for him.

‘The ruler of the deep abyss.’

The malignant I met on the subway. Shin Yun-woo was a player and at the same time a trader with a malicious one.

So what does it mean to be a villain?

‘No, but… .’

I’ve never heard of such a thing.

Players often check their opponent’s status window when playing party play. The same goes for associations.

If he was as high as Shin Yun-woo, the association must have confirmed it. But he didn’t get caught?

“Is that possible?”

“Kyahoo…”

Park Si-joon’s face became even colder.

Ishimi carefully grabbed his hand.

He then relaxed a little, but his expression.

‘… do not know yet. But one thing is for sure.’

Yoon-woo Shin is somehow related to malignancy. Based on that, he thought of what had happened so far.

cracks in the basement. It was also near the association. Is it possible that he hasn’t been caught up until now?

‘If there was someone intentionally hiding it.’

Suddenly the news came up. The shadow worker’s home base in the basement of the warehouse.

Its owner was a member of the Han Min-hyuk faction.

And that Han Min-hyuk is closely related to Shin Yun-woo.

‘No, recently, I heard that the relationship between the president of the association was separated… . Anyway, it was close.’

That means that both influential members of the association have contact with the villains in some way.

There’s something I’ve been hearing a lot lately. The association is not such a clean group.

Suddenly it became real.

‘It’s still just a suspicion… .’

Park Si-jun looked up at the stage.

“Seoul, which collapsed 10 years ago, has been restored as it was in the past. I am no longer afraid of monsters that once seemed like an unbeatable opponent.”

Shin Yun-woo was giving a violent speech.

“We have overcome many crises, and have overcome them. The same goes for the villains, folks. We will overcome their terror without succumbing to it!”

The content of the speech was not particularly special.

But there was an unknown appeal to that voice. Should I say that just listening to it makes me shed?

Everyone was listening intently to the speech.

“Please give a strong applause to the association who will protect us from such a crisis, and to the president of the association, Song Baek-chan, who has protected the association for a long time!”

A loud applause rang out on the stage. Shin Yoon-woo looked at Song Baek-chan, who was sitting behind him, and smiled.

Song Baek-chan had a shaky expression on his face.

“Wow, what is this sucking? It sounds like you’re possessed.”

“I heard that that person is that good? He’s very famous abroad.”

“Hey, people just…”

No one is suspicious of Shin Yun-woo.

“It is the moment when the congratulatory speech of player Shin Yun-woo is over, and the two heroes of this era are facing each other.”

Everyone was looking up to him.

“…Could you call me a hero?”

only one of them.

Only Park Si-jun was looking at Shin Yun-woo.

* * *

After the congratulatory speech, the moderator was running the event. Song Baek-chan’s speech time has not come yet.

Park Si-jun watched it and answered the phone.

It was a call from Han Go-woon.

[Park Si-Jun. As you said, I followed Kim Jung-hyun. but… .]

She blurted out her words.

[I missed it.]

“Did you miss it?”

[Yes. I have nothing to tell you. I went into the crowd on the stage, but disappeared in an instant.]

There were many people on the stage.

It’s not a suitable environment for chasing one person.

But Han Go-woon and her men are experts. The environment cannot miss the goal.

What I missed though.

“Isn’t it possible that you changed your appearance?”

[I didn’t feel any signs of movement. But it literally disappeared, blended into the surrounding crowd and disappeared. Yes. The possibility is high.]

If Park Si-joon’s prediction is correct, Kim Jung-hyun is highly likely that Renee changed his appearance and infiltrated.

That means that Jormungand has come.

[The villain is hiding. If it is Jormungand, there is a high probability that monsters too.]

“Yes. That….”

Park Si-joon was trying to tell Han Go-woon about the cracks in the basement, but he stopped.

If even Shin Yun-woo is related to villains, this is not a normal situation. A situation where you have to hide something and say something.

It was sudden, but he couldn’t believe her.

“…what do you think about Shin Yun-woo?”

[You mean Shin Yun-woo?]

Han Go-woon was puzzled. I couldn’t help but wonder why I was suddenly asking that.

[I do not know. He is a person who lives up to his nickname. There were times when he personally found it suspicious and investigated it… .]

“By the way?”

[I couldn’t find anything. Even the smallest corruption. The tax evasion that players usually commit is frighteningly clean in any field.]

He didn’t stop there, and he continued to volunteer while he was busy playing.

The main destination is the cataclysm area.

He said that he also lost his family in the cataclysm, and that he came to help because it was nothing like that.

‘Am I wrong?’

Even looking at it with his own eyes, he thought so. But it can’t be.

Because scouts have never been wrong.

[Come to think of it… .]

Han Go-woon spoke carefully.

[The president of the association strangely did not like Shin Yun-woo.]

“The president of the association? Why?”

[I do not know. They’re just joking that they say it’s too clean to feel bad… . Hmm… .]

Han Go-un was speechless. At that moment, Song Baek-chan was walking in front of the podium.

It was his turn to speak.

[Nice to meet you, this is Song Baek-chan.]

A heavy voice resounded across the stage. However, people’s reaction was quite different from Shin Yun-woo’s time.

Should I say it’s a little cooler?

‘… Did you say that your reputation has been slashed a lot lately?’

Song Baek-chan continued his words without hesitation.

[10 years have passed since the Cataclysm, and already 8 years have passed since the association was established. When the association was first established, this place was empty. It was destroyed, and only the remains are still vivid.]

Song Baek-chan looked at the association, which was quite a distance from the stage. The tall building of the association.

What did you do to build it?

[The association has continued to grow since that day. We discovered many players and established a training center to systematically nurture them. Of course, this is because of the help and sacrifice of many people.]

As Song Baek-chan said that, he bowed his head deeply.

[Thanks to everyone. And the Association is willing to offer the help and sacrifices of such people… .]

Perhaps it was because he felt sincerity, the reactions of those who were skeptical at first began to change little by little.

Feeling that, Si-Jun Park listened to Baek-Chan Song’s speech.

– Fragile!

At that moment, a spark exploded in front of Park Si-jun’s eyes. It felt like my eyes were about to explode.

He couldn’t stand it, and as he lowered his head, an unfamiliar scene began to appear vaguely before his eyes.

[When Seoul fell, a lot of people said so. Can I go back to my old self? I answered. Yes. I hope I can go back.]

In the meantime, I could see Song Baek-chan giving a speech.

It was a voice full of passion, unlike the calm voice he had before.

Park Si-jun frowned.

‘What? This… .’

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– Whoa!

There was a loud roar from not far away. Everyone’s eyes turned to it. Shin Yoon-woo and Park Si-jun.

And Song Baek-chan.

– Aww!

[Big… !]

An ominous sound spread across the stage. the sound of slicing flesh. And a moaning as if suppressed and the sound of something falling.

Park Si-joon hurriedly looked at the stage.

[…] I was careless.]

There, Song Baek-chan, who lost one of his arms.

[Today, this tough relationship ends.]

A monster of an unfamiliar shape was standing there.

– Fragile!

“Huh!”

As soon as I saw it, sparks exploded right in front of my eyes. Park Si-jun stumbled as he grabbed his eyes.

“Cheap! Kauwoong….”

Ishimi hurriedly supported him.

The boy’s worried voice was heard.

Park Si-jun reassured him.

“No, that’s fine. Thank you.”

He shook his head.

There was nothing wrong with the stage.

Song Baek-chan continued his speech without a hitch.

There were no broken arms, no strange-looking monsters.

‘Is it a hallucination?’

Park Si-jun shook his head.

No, it’s not a hallucination. His own senses were saying so. This isn’t a hallucination, it’s different… .

‘… future.’

In the original story, the Eye of Horus had the power to see a part of the future, even for a very short period of time.

Park Si-jun opened his eyes.

[When Seoul fell, a lot of people said so. Can I go back to my old self? I answered. Yes. I hope I can go back.]

– Whoa!

The moment Song Baek-chan put power into his voice, he heard something like a huge explosion nearby.

Everyone’s eyes turned to it.

Song Baek-chan and Shin Yun-woo.

Among them, only Park Si-jun.

“……”

He was moving as if possessed by something.

His new form disappeared as if melting into the shadows, and rose like a wave behind Song Baek-chan.

And.

– Kaaan!

The sound of a sword being struck rang out.