Black Dragon Society (3)
Heinz looked at the other person with cold gaze.
Just because of that, a heavy pressure as if the entire world had turned against them poured down on that single point.
However, despite the pressure that would have taken most people’s breath away, the old man was still stroking his beard with a smile on his face, as if he was so happy.
‘He was the former branch leader of the Buncheonhoe?’
Heinz’s eyebrows twitched.
It was definitely surprising content.
So much so that even he, who had thought of many possibilities, could not have predicted it at all.
But the biggest question right away was not the content itself.
‘Why are you telling me that?’
That was a fact that Dark Young had not heard even though he had thoroughly debunked all the information he knew.
As the person involved said, it was probably a secret that no one else knew, only he knew.
To Heinz, a man who was seeing such a thing for the first time… no, it was an act that he could not easily understand, to gently confide in an enemy who invaded the organization he had raised.
“What on earth are you thinking?”
Heinz did not hide his doubts.
Anyway, the current trend is already absolutely favorable to this side.
There was no need to look closely to find out the other person’s inner thoughts.
If it were necessary, it would be enough to force them to tell it by force.
“It doesn’t really have any special meaning. “I just thought it would be good to talk openly with comrades who have the same goal.”
“It’s the same purpose…”
“To destroy Beoncheonhoe. “Isn’t that what you wanted?”
The Black Dragon Master looked at Heinz with deep eyes.
A jet-black energy flickered inside his black pupils.
“—At the masquerade ball.”
“Hmm.”
Heinz shook his head.
I wasn’t surprised that the other person knew the name.
It wasn’t long before the Masquerade began its activities in earnest, but unless there were one or two eyewitnesses, the story had no choice but to proceed one way or another.
I had no intention of hiding the name in the first place.
“I can’t believe it.”
The problem was the other side.
“You went first and now you are comrades with the same goal…? No matter how I look at it, it seems like they are just making up excuses to avoid the situation.”
It’s a question of trust.
Even though we are now having a peaceful conversation, this was never a place made for friendship.
It was a place to punish the invaders who broke into one’s bedroom and wandered around as they pleased.
“Uhm, sorry about that. But there were unavoidable circumstances here too.”
“Circumstances?”
“How much do you know about the Prophet of the Buncheonhoe?”
“prophet? “Are you talking about Oracle?”
“···Hmm, I was just wondering, but it turned out to be true. “I never thought I could say that name and still avoid her gaze.”
Heinz’s eyebrows furrowed.
I was wondering what kind of excuse he was trying to make, but then suddenly he said something else?
“Her prophecy is not just a glimpse into the future. “It’s closer to predicting fate by reading the flow that passes through the past, present, and future and the thoughts that people unconsciously emit.”
Perhaps sensing the cold atmosphere, the Black Dragon Master immediately began to explain.
“The scope of its influence is the entire Earth. Moreover, the moment someone utters a word that clearly refers to her, she is immediately caught in their gaze and becomes a target. Of course, there are many abilities in the world, so it’s not like there’s no way to circumvent them…”
After saying that for safety reasons, it is best to leave as little trace as possible, he looked at Heinz with a strange expression and at something surrounding him.
“But this is the first time there has been no response like this. “It’s not that tracking has been prevented in any way, but it feels like it’s not even recognized from the beginning.”
Then he shook his head lightly and continued what he was saying earlier.
Why did he and the Black Dragon Society have no choice but to use such a complicated method?
“Unfortunately, our Black Dragon Society does not have the same abilities as you. Even otherwise, her vigilance would have been heightened to the maximum because of what you guys did in Southeast Asia, but in the current situation, if we tried to make contact with the intention of cooperating with the clan…”
That action alone greatly increases the risk of being discovered.
So, it is said that he did not even mention anything related to it to Heukyoung, the executor, from the beginning.
In the end, it meant that the commotion was just a way to bypass the surveillance network and contact him.
‘Oracle said that much?’
Heinz slightly raised an eyebrow at the sight of him being overly cautious.
In fact, if you look at it, he didn’t know much about Oracle.
All I know is that they are part of the headquarters that has the ability to see the future and directs the actions of the Buncheonhoe.
“Even though he is from a non-combat world, he has reached the level of Mythological Sutra, so isn’t it natural? Even though I had to give up most of my status because I committed the crime of leaking the world, most of the restrictions on Earth have disappeared, so I can never ignore it. …Well, from the looks of it, he seems to be the complete opposite of you.”
However, the Black Dragon Master’s reaction was rather natural.
At the same time, as he continued to look around him, it seemed quite strange that he was completely free of the Oracle’s abilities.
“Yes, I understand that. I will talk about the details slowly… “Now the most important question remains.”
Heinz narrowed his eyes and quietly looked at the other person.
At the same time, the surrounding air, which had been quiet during the conversation, began to stir again.
The moment it shows even the slightest hint of something suspicious, it seems as if it will tear the person it encounters to pieces.
“Say it. Former East Asia branch director of Beoncheonhoe, Yeok Cheonja.”
A thick fog of blood spread throughout the surrounding area.
“Your true purpose, why you betrayed the Buncheonhoe and wanted to oppose them.”
A stern gaze that did not tolerate any lies was looking straight at the old man’s thoughts.
“And why I should trust you.”
The black dragon master could no longer maintain a calm demeanor as the feeling of intimidation gradually increased with each word.
He flinched a few times, as if he was trying to suppress his body that was about to go into a response mode, and then sighed deeply.
“hehehe, isn’t that obvious?”
And then he spoke again with a stern expression on his face.
“If everything goes according to Buncheonhoeju’s plan, at least half of the humans on Earth will never survive.”
It was a more humanitarian reason than I thought.
At the same time, it was a problem on a more global scale than expected.
***
‘Masquerade…is it a group of opponents?’
Beoncheonhoeju slowly raised his head.
The great law that governs this entire world was reflected in his gaze.
‘Is this what you mean, Akasha?’
A part of a hyperdimensional system that only he can fully observe in the world.
That was the source of the power that gave the blessing of awakening to humans, the only intelligent beings on Earth, and thereby enabled them to enjoy the miracle of mystery.
‘At the same time, it is also the key to destruction that will lead to the destruction of the world.’
Jiying—
-I never give up… It must become…
Ugh—
-Do whatever it takes… No matter what sacrifice you make…!
Tinnitus rang in my ears along with the now familiar headache.
A voice that seemed to be my own, but was somehow unfamiliar and foreign, buzzed and shook my brain.
But he stared at the laws of the world without blinking an eye.
Now, there was nothing new about it.
At the corner of his eyes, an image of a future that had now become the past passed by.
Just as a country that was pursuing a policy of isolation collapsed because it could not overcome foreign forces—this is the image of a world that was ultimately destroyed without being able to overcome it.
‘I expected there would be disruption.’
It was always like that.
No matter how much I responded in advance with accumulated knowledge, it was useless.
As if it was an inevitable fate, it always came in unexpected forms at the most unexpected moments and ruined his plans.
‘But I’m definitely moving forward.’
I was able to confirm.
The response based on accumulated experience was effective.
Raising market share to this level despite all the restrictions could be said to be the best so far.
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There is only one problem.
As he progressed, the deterrence power of the system also reached a level that could not be ignored.
As his achievements grew, the level of his opponents also became more threatening than ever before.
‘Hahoe mask and phantom, masks of saint and lion from another world, and…’
There are not just one but many enemies who can freely cross dimensions like you.
It was a very big problem that we couldn’t even fully understand their identities yet.
First, we need to understand the enemy before we can come up with a plan…
“aha! Let’s go! “There you are!”
When he was deep in thought.
The voice of someone somewhere sane interrupted his thoughts.
“I had something I wanted to say and it went well!”
The doctor, a middle-aged man with gray-brown hair, strides towards where he is.
A pair of fluorescent yellow eyes flickered as if luminescent, wondering what on earth he had done to his body.
“Ahh! It looks like you also recognized Hoeju? Aren’t these eyes very cool? “I added this and that based on factors extracted from a person called the Watcher of the Lodeca dimension…”
Then, as usual, he wandered off and started chatting about various things.
A body that is a fusion of materials from various races, an artificially tuned and engraved spiritual power circuit, and even an artificial body that is a mixture of the products of all kinds of scientific civilization.
As if showing them off one by one.
“After all, the body cultivated as a homunculus is much more flexible in this respect? If I had known this would happen, I would have changed my body sooner. A body with too much pure human content is completely inflexible!”
The mad scientist who conducted human experiments using his own body as research material grumbled dissatisfiedly, regardless of whether or not his reputation had been diminished.
Of course, he was able to resurrect like this because he had torn his body into several pieces and cultivated them in advance.
“It would have been better if the fully evolved biology project had succeeded… ah! Speaking of which, by the way. I think the friend with the lion mask in Masquerade was the same as me. As I listened to the story, something vaguely came to mind…”
“Doctor, let’s get to the point.”
At that time, Beoncheonhoeju, who had been quietly listening to his frantic words, quietly said a word.
Just waiting until now would have been enough to treat him with respect for his position.
Since I had just finished eating up a dimension, I was free enough for the time being to not have to confine myself as long as I didn’t use too much strength, but I didn’t intend to continue to listen to his endless nonsense.
“hehehe! “I was so excited about this that I forgot about it for a moment!”
The doctor slapped his forehead and looked at Hoeju with a smile.
And then he spoke again, looking somewhat pleased.
“I looked through the log while I was asleep this time, and I found one very interesting fact! “Someone tried to hack into the system I locked?”
“hacking?”
“It wasn’t just some nonsense! “The fact that it even got that far means that it is more than a quantum computer of some super-scientific civilization.”
This also meant that not only the performance of the device but also the level of handling it was challenging.
If it weren’t for the “Deus Ex Machina” he had, I don’t know if he would have really gotten through it.
“So I tried to trace it back, but it wasn’t easy to pinpoint the location because they paid a lot of attention to security! hehehehe~ This is really, really embarrassing!”
Of course, it wasn’t that I didn’t get any income.
Although they were not able to find out where it originated, they succeeded in finding traces left by the talented hacker.
“···This is a large-scale hacking of all of Southeast Asia.”
The decisive reason that made them hold an emergency meeting.
It was evidence that the unknown hacker was deeply involved in the collapse of the Southeast Asia branch.
“Masquerade.”
“That’s it! The fact that they have that many hackers means that they aren’t just strong! Woohyoho~ I’d like to meet him in person once, but it looks like he’s stopped working again recently! “It’s a shame.”
Beoncheonhoeju quietly closed his eyes, ignoring the doctor who was truly regretful.
Masquerade, a group of opponents who interfere with his plans.
It was never good news that a person with information and communications skills that the Doctor admired was affiliated there.
‘But we will get through it. No matter what obstacles there are. Even if it means making more sacrifices.’
Everything is in this world.
To protect the Earth from destruction.
That was his mission as a returnee that he could not tell anyone about.
