222 – Monsters and People (8)
Like most organizations, the Magical Girl Headquarters also has a lot of top-secret information.
As it is an organization deeply related to monsters, of course the information is also related to monsters.
From the list of monsters that the general public should not know about, to various confidential operations. Even magical girls who are carrying out operations without being announced.
Among the many secrets, there are items about citizens who are in secret with monsters.
There is also information about the so-called blacklist.
That was also the information that Blue Sirius used.
“No, I don’t know! “I really don’t know…!”
“It’s not the time to answer like that right now.”
In particular, the number of people in secret with Libra, the leader in the behind-the-scenes world, accounts for more than half of the total number of people on the blacklist.
“I should have said I knew. Even if you don’t know, you should have given a clue.”
It wasn’t that difficult to visit and interrogate some of the people on the list that I had vaguely seen before.
“Now, answer again.”
“What can I do when I really don’t know! Aren’t you a magical girl? “Even if you attack citizens like us so carelessly… Argh!”
Furthermore, Libra’s forces are actively moving now. Catching up with them was easier than usual.
“My, my legs… my legs…!”
“Where is Libra now?”
Even if you catch one person with little information, after just a little interrogation, you will report your boss.
Just like hunting monsters in order from weak to strong in rpg games, it was possible to gradually control the high-ranking executives of the Libra family.
“Crazy b*tch! What kind of magical girl is a b*tch like you! What about heroes, you are just a profit group! “The trash group that left my younger brother to be killed by a monster…!”
“Okay, well, it’s not wrong. But you know what?”
It went smoothly.
“That’s not the answer I wanted.”
“Kaaak!”
“What kind of people are you who cooperate with monsters in the first place? If it happened to me, does that mean it can happen to others too? You know that? Even if you die, you won’t be wanted for a crime. They say they have already been abandoned by society. “Answer me if you don’t want your arms to turn into frozen meat.”
It was very smooth.
“Where is Libra now?”
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Libra’s hideout is not just one.
There are 7 laboratories in Dark Matter alone. They also have similar drug production facilities. There are many more hideouts located throughout Dark Matter and human cities.
He had many enemies and needed a hiding place.
So that you can escape immediately even if you are attacked by someone and resume work without any disruption to your plans.
In a way, it was almost a coincidence that Seolhwa Yoon was able to come to Libra’s hideout.
She appeared at the hideout where he was staying when he came to the city to inspect something.
“What… Why is that b*tch here…!”
Libra couldn’t help but be embarrassed by the news of the attack. I already knew that he was deeply involved with Han Jaejoong, but it never occurred to me that he would attack me directly like this.
“No. Well, there’s nothing strange about it. Did you find out that I had planned this whole situation?…”
Vengeance.
It is the perfect emotion to maximize human execution ability.
“Well, no matter what, nothing changes. You there. As of today, this place will be decommissioned. “Order the others to run away.”
After calming down, Libra handed down orders to his subordinates.
Nothing changes.
Even if Blue Sirius destroys this hideout, the plan will operate normally. There are plenty of substitutes.
Han Jae-joong will sacrifice himself before his life ends, and people will spit on his noble sacrifice and no one will be sad. Even if it’s sad, it’s a minority of a minority. Even that is a situation where one cannot show one’s sadness outwardly.
People can easily grieve when they hear the news of the death of an unknown person whose circumstances they have never known. However, when we hear that someone we hate has died, we tend to marvel at how good it looks.
If anyone is saddened by the news of the death of a socially recognized evil person, they will receive collective criticism.
Life is more fluid than capital, and is truly a relative value.
“Yes, yes?! Wait a minute, Libra. There is no way we can escape Blue Sirius on our own…”
“There is no need for me to take care of your bug-like lives.”
“Now, wait a minute, Libra! “Libra!”
Leaving the begging subordinate alone, Libra activated the scale on his shoulder.
‘If I were of the same mind, I would like to see Han Jaejoong’s face at least once, but the woman next to him is so annoying… I’ll have to postpone the opportunity until another time.’
As soon as a certain amount of gold rose on one side of the scale, a black, oil-like mass began to fill up on the other side.
Transportation transaction favored by Libra.
The principle itself is the same as buying a private jet and traveling around the world faster than others. Instead of paying money, ask them to move you to the desired location.
‘Even if it’s next time, it will be very close.’
Each time it is used, it costs about the price of a light aircraft, but Libra had the ability to pay that much.
“Libra, please…!”
“If you’re lucky, you might survive. Isn’t she a magical girl? Please pray hard. “I will go and see.”
By the time the deal was concluded and black lumps were plastered on Libra’s body.
Kwagwagwagwang-! With a loud noise, one side of the room was completely destroyed. The weapon’s identity was ice. The subordinate was lying on the floor, as if he had just been attacked.
‘It was almost dangerous.’
If she had stayed a little longer, she could have suffered considerable damage.
His body now is not his alter ego.
‘It’s that guy’s fault for the contradiction…!’
All of his alter egos were lost in the battle against contradiction. To be precise, it is the lion’s fault.
If contradiction had not attracted the lion, he would not have had to waste all of his alter ego.
I was now completely accustomed to the manipulation of my alter ego and was able to use it like my own body.
If you think about the capital invested in each of those alter egos and the potential for future use, it can be said to be the most painful loss.
If you add up the amount donated to Gemini, how many buildings can you buy here? To be precise, rather than donating the gold itself, it was to lend Libra’s trading abilities to do a few favors.
The trading ability itself is close to omnipotent, enough to entrust requests to other monsters.
However, he gets paid for being thorough.
The idea that everything can be solved with money means that without money, everything becomes impossible.
This means that the power that is all-purpose in theory is not all-purpose in reality.
Typically, dreams.
The miracle of making a dream come true in an instant is theoretically possible, but it is a miracle that cannot be achieved even if all the capital in the world is gathered and offered.
Therefore, it must be resolved step by step, with time and sincerity.
Entrusting Gemini with the unexpected task of creating an alter ego is also consistent with that context.
Although the creation of an alter ego can be similarly imitated through the miracle of trading.
However, the damage incurred from just creating it is much greater than the profit that can be made by operating the alter ego.
In one word.
‘It takes up too much money.’
That’s why I leave the work to Gemini. It is much more cost-effective than using a transaction.
Even that is a huge loss compared to the costs incurred elsewhere.
Recently, I couldn’t even request for self-immolation because I had a lot of money to spend.
‘I’ve deceived you well so far, but…’
I’ve been pretending to have an alter ego in order to hide how much energy I was using, but in this situation, I didn’t know that I would get caught.
Libra breathed a sigh of relief as she clutched the wound from being hit by Han Jaejoong at the factory.
“Goodbye.”
Our next meeting will be our last.
When her entire body was swallowed by the black mass, Libra felt it again.
The power of transaction is not omnipotent.
“What?”
The black mass causing the whiff froze all at once.
Even mysterious substances are subject to physical interference. The proof was the way it swayed with the wind. It was found that it interfered with the flow of the atmosphere.
There is no need to say whether it will be affected by temperature.
“W-what is happening…!”
“Where are you going?”
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The transaction itself is not canceled. In exchange for the gold, the scales created a medium for movement, the black substance.
But the move was cancelled. Because all the black chunks were trapped in the ice and lost their effectiveness.
There was no way that a grudge that could freeze even the fires of hell could not freeze a lump like oil like that.
The strength and chill of the ice are proportional to the size of Yun Seol-hwa’s love.
Now that I have given up on peace and become blind to love.
“It’s been a lot of hard work going back and forth so far. Don’t worry. “You don’t have to go anywhere anymore.”
There was nothing in the world that could melt the ice of Blue Sirius.
Wow! As she swung her rapier, Libra’s legs froze.
“You will be our refrigerator from now on.”
What are you talking about? Libra did not understand Yun Seol-hwa’s words.
“Food storage warehouse. You will serve as a machine that produces food to save Jaejoong. “Isn’t it a really good job?”
Blue Sirius grabbed Libra by the neck and kicked her to the floor. Thud! His body floated lightly and was pushed into the wall. The wall collapsed easily and Libra’s body was instantly flying through the air.
I couldn’t even struggle because my legs were frozen.
She threw her body straight up in the air and plummeted towards her ground. Libra’s body also naturally began to fall.
Boom! Libra’s body hit the gray concrete floor and the floor cracked as if a rock had hit her window.
“Wow!”
“I’m sorry, but all your plans and projects will have to be nullified. Of course, your dignity too.”
Libra has continued to interact with humans for a long time, which is unusual among monsters. To that extent, he was proud of his understanding of human ecology.
She planned everything, including her principles of action, way of thinking, and even emotional turmoil, and acted accordingly.
“Do you understand?”
But I couldn’t understand the woman in front of me right now. Her behavioral principles, way of thinking, emotions, even how she had such powerful power… All of it was beyond my understanding.
There are two attitudes that intelligent life forms have towards ignorance. One is inquisitiveness. It was an intellectual desire to lift the veil of ignorance.
Another one.
‘Something is wrong with this woman.’
Fear.
‘What on earth are you talking about? Refrigerator? Form? What on earth are you talking about? In the first place, magical girls tend to protect citizens. No matter how criminal they were, they had no hesitation in using magic on this many people…?’
Confusion arose in Libra’s thoughts. No matter how much she thinks, she cannot understand.
‘What on earth is this woman…?!’
That’s why she was afraid.
In this situation, where a being stronger than herself was saying things that could not be known, she felt the fear that any living being should naturally have.
“All the capital you have will be managed according to my judgment from now on. First of all, that light powder drug is out of print starting today.”
Blue Sirius tightened his grip on Libra’s neck. Suddenly, his copper-like skin crumpled.
“Whether or not you go out of print depends on my judgment.”
Yun Seol-hwa’s eyes did not waver even an inch. He was saying those words sincerely, without any hesitation.
I am sincere. If you go against it, you will die.
“Interesting… What happens if you grab my neck? “Is this body really mine?”
But Libra calmly played the trick.
“…Are you saying you won’t follow me?”
“It’s a family story. “If I’m an alter ego, there’s no use killing me here.”
“No, not that.”
The corners of her mouth rose.
“If you don’t follow what I say here, you won’t follow me next time either. If you have a body in the first place, you have something to lose…”
It’s an inappropriate smile, like a snowflake on a midsummer night. Libra felt fear again at the distortion.
“A guy who has something to lose acts like that. Ah… I see.”
Yun Seol-hwa, who was silent for a moment and looked at Libra, soon smiled and shook her hand. The attitude of evading it as if it was all a joke.
“More than anything, I know how you operate your alter ego. It moves by infusing each of your clones with the light of four stars. “Up until now, I thought you had hidden the amount of starlight you had and didn’t know if anyone would notice… But it’s different when you feel like your life is in danger like now.”
At the same time as those words were said, Libra’s force on her neck increased.
“Look. “How much starlight there is.”
Hope was in Yun Seol-hwa’s eyes.
“You are the body. That’s right. It’s the main body. “My refrigerator!”
There was emotion in her eyes and happiness at the corners of her mouth. She smiled broadly and turned her head. Then she began to call someone vigorously.
“Jaejoong! Jaejoong! I found it! “Libra!”
When her cry was repeated a couple of times, Yun Seol-hwa briefly let out an ‘ah’ sound in her throat. She then snapped her fingers and made a clicking sound.
Crash. With the sound of a chain being released somewhere, someone came out of the collapsed building.
“…It’s a folktale.”
“Did I do well? Huh?! Now this will be our refrigerator. hehehe, isn’t that a fun analogy? “Just as you take the food that sustains your life from the refrigerator, from now on, this will sustain your life in our home.”
Han Jaejoong frowned and swept his wrist. There was a slight mark left on the wrist, and it looked as if ice had been applied to it earlier.
“I’m… Sorry. But it couldn’t be helped? If you’re not careful, Jaejoong might fight while you’re transforming… Oh, seat belt? That kind of feeling… hehehe.”
In fact, ice was wrapped around his wrist. It was an ice chain specially made by Yun Seol-hwa. Although the temperature is higher than other ice, it does not melt and is stronger than steel. It was a very convenient item, but I couldn’t give it a positive review since I used it on myself.
Han Jaejoong glared at Yun Seolhwa without saying a word.
“I said I’m sorry… Don’t look at me like that… I’m hurt. And I got a little excited… Well, I did a good job though! Huh? You didn’t do anything bad at all! We also shared the location of the Libra drug factory with headquarters… Like this! Catch bad monsters too! Chi, praise… if not now, can’t I give you a reward later…?”
Han Jaejoong sighed deeply for a moment and held out his hand. Yun Seol-hwa lifted his chin like a pet dog resting his face on his master’s palm.
“…I meant to catch you.”
“Did I do well? Huh? Did you do well? Praise me quickly! “With a little bit of cursing!”
“…Oh, okay, good job. Good job. “You damn b*tch.”
“hehehe….”
Yun Seol-hwa rubbed her cheek in her hand and smiled as if she was the happiest in the world.
“Then, since I did a good job, you should punish me with lots of praise when I go home later. Understand?”
“I’m asking for a reward, I’m asking for a punishment….”
“Don’t they mean the same thing?”
“….”
Yun Seol-hwa, who had been rubbing his cheeks for a while, soon removed his face from his palms and turned his gaze back to Libra.
The sweet eyes filled with affection that had been shown until now disappeared like a lie, and became cold eyes again, putting pressure on Libra.
“Did you hear everything?”
“What do you mean, you’re crazy?”
“No, this is what you have to do from now on.”
Yun Seol-hwa lifted the rapier with the other hand that was not holding her neck and aimed it at Libra’s forehead.
“Use the miracle of trading to extend Jaejoong’s lifespan. “Whether it’s money, your lifespan, or starlight, invest everything.”
Frost bloomed on Libra’s body even though she had not yet made direct contact with the blade. Libra shuddered at the sensation of her eyes blooming, but couldn’t because Yun Seol-hwa was holding her tightly.
“For your information, if you try to do something stupid, I will stop you. Did you see it earlier? “You won’t die well.”
“That’s what a magical girl would say….”
“It’s already been a while since I was a girl.”
Yun Seol-hwa chuckled.
“The magic is still there, but since she is a woman… Yes, it would be right to be called a witch.”
She wasn’t even self-help.
“The witch speaks to you. Extend Jaejoong’s lifespan. Right now.”
Libra closed her eyes for a moment and began to think.
‘Hmm….’
To extend Han Jaejoong’s lifespan.
‘Hmm…?’
When I thought about it, there was nothing bad about it. Extending his lifespan would give her more time to proceed with her plans.
You may be captured by Blue Sirius for a while, but that’s all you need to do to escape later when you have the chance.
In an instant, her and Libra’s understanding coincided.
“…Okay. Good night. “It will greatly extend your lifespan.”
Libra raised the corners of her mouth and moved her scales. The corners of Yun Seol-hwa’s mouth also rose slightly along with him.
She had to keep threatening, but she couldn’t hide her joy. After all, she is a b*tch. Libra smiled and placed gold on the scale.
The subject of the transaction is Han Jae-joong’s lifespan.
Even though he raised a considerable amount of gold, the scale did not move.
I thought it wasn’t enough, so I raised the gold again.
I raised the gold.
I raised real estate.
Stocks rose.
Uploaded….
“…What.”
Before she knew it, Libra had used up all of her own capital. Still, the scale showed no signs of tipping.
She did not judge it to be an appropriate price.
“It doesn’t make sense.”
His lifespan was stagnant, as if blocked by some great will.
That will is like the sky. It is vast and infinite. Of course, there will be an end, but he cannot guess that end right now.
Trade is close to being omnipotent, but it is not an omnipotent miracle.
The reality he had already felt once weighed down on him once again.
“aaa- aaa-!!!”
Libra shouted in a panic.
In the end, he gave his starlight and his life to the balance of that transaction.
Only then did the scale tip.
“I will not forgive! I will definitely kill you with my own hands! And I will prove it! Normally, I wouldn’t do such an ugly deal!”
The deal was concluded.
Golden light covered the area.
