Chapter 189 – Lives of Others (7)
“I threw away the troublesome things and left.”
Everyone nodded their heads at Yeonju Choi’s words. She was a little relieved that only three people, including herself, had seen the archives. The origin of the fragments of the Almighty was not something [Paradise] Could handle. It was unknown how many countries held such a secret, and it was unclear whether revealing this secret would change anything.
Yeonju Choi bit her nails. Her head was spinning tight. May I publish this information? What do you gain by publishing? What else do you lose? Is there any evidence for this information? Choi Yeon-ju belatedly noticed that there was one more attachment in her email from her researcher.
The attached file was compressed, but a memo was enclosed inside the file.
[This is the USB file in the researcher’s notebook.]
When Choi Yeon-ju unzipped the file and checked her contents, a video came out. The quality of the video wasn’t very good because it was filmed with a camcorder, but I could clearly see what was going on inside. She was talking to a group of people with the black lump in the middle. These words came out of the black mass.
[Philip Muller]
I couldn’t understand the words that followed, but it was easy to guess what this video was about. It must be an interview video that was conducted at the time. There are videos and documents as well. A situation that only needs to be announced. Choi Yeon-joo felt resentful of the Frenchman who handed over this material to her.
Her conscience was pricked for her to ignore this, and it was hard to deal with it to announce that it was. When I glanced at Jeong Su-hyeon and Almighty Je with nervous faces, the two of them stared at the screen without saying a word. Yeonju Choi stopped biting her nails and said,
“Tell me something.”
“That is…”
Suhyun opened her mouth. His eyes were also spinning around. The fragment of the Almighty had a pensive expression. She squinted her eyes for a while, she thought about something, then opened her mouth.
“In the end, I guess you can’t tell who I am from this content.”
Choi Yeon-ju nodded her head at the question the fragment of her omnipotence ritual gave her. She couldn’t figure out who the Almighty Jeon Soo-hyeon had was based on this content alone. She could only know that the Almighty Shard must have once been a very powerful hunter. Yeonju Choi said.
“Did you learn Korean from Hunter Jung Suhyeon?”
“No. From the beginning I have spoken in this language.”
“You must be Korean then. Aside from using an old-fashioned way of speaking, it is very likely that you are a modern Korean.”
Suhyun nodded his head as if there was some truth in what he said. The fragments of the Almighty from the old Gaul region spoke Celtic, and the Germans spoke German. Since a Frenchman spoke French, it meant that she was a Korean of at least the 20th century, and she could communicate naturally with modern Koreans.
Jung Soo-hyun said.
“Then, if you find the missing person among the A-class and S-class hunters…”
“No.”
Yeonju Choi said. In the time she knew, no Hunter had gone missing or disappeared in that way. She put forward another guess.
“Gate doesn’t distinguish between the future, the present, and the past, so he could be a hunter from the distant future. Doesn’t it make sense to think like that? You speak Korean, but we don’t know who you are. By looking at your abilities, we might be able to infer your true identity.”
“I can change my body around. Look at this.”
Almighty Emperor changed his limbs into various weapons in front of Yeonju Choi. And even her attire was changed to Misaki’s idol outfit or the bunny girl outfit she showed me before. Choi Yeon-ju asked with a puzzled expression when a rabbit costume suddenly appeared.
“…What is that outfit? Cute.”
“It’s a bunny girl.”
Choi Yeon-ju looked at Jeong Su-hyeon again. Seeing her frown, Jeong Su-hyeon spoke confidently.
“Everybody likes stuffed rabbits.”
“Yes.”
Yeonju Choi looked at Almighty Emperor with a complicated expression. She had an idea, but she never mentioned the possibility. Instead, Choi Yeon-ju said:
“It’s a little hard to say with my own mouth, but this ability itself is a very easy ability to promote to S-class. It’s easy to catch monsters inside the gate and raise their stats because you can attack any monster with firepower and catch it. Therefore… By chance, someone with the same ability as me appeared in the distant future… After reaching the S rank, he must have gone missing beyond the gate. Thinking like that makes the story a little easier.”
At her Choi Yeon-ju’s answer, her Almighty Emperor stared blankly at her. Choi Yeon-ju, who met her gaze, looked away from her and said.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Is that right?”
“What do you mean?”
“Do you really think so,” She asked. I have a slightly different opinion, but since you don’t bother talking about it, I won’t say it either. If you don’t agree, it’s just specter’s nonsense.”
“… That’s probably not it. I don’t know what it is, but I think my guess is correct.”
Almighty Emperor once again stared at Yeonju Choi. Among them, Jung Soo-hyeon sat on a chair in an awkward posture and just stared at the two of them alternately. Choi Yeon-ju met her gaze with Almighty Emperor and opened her mouth.
“I have a bit of a headache. I have to think about whether I should publish this material or not. Please leave now.”
Both Jung Soo-hyun and Almighty Jee nodded silently. The door opened and the two disappeared. Yeonju Choi took her seat and sighed deeply.
She’s not stupid She can’t be ignorant if she throws a clue here. But she couldn’t accept it. She couldn’t even understand. He didn’t know why the world treated him this way. One more mail arrived.
Choi Yeon-ju opened her mailbox and laughed.
[CEO. Based on her research data, I tried to make a bracelet that attracts fragments of the omnipotence ritual using high-purity Excidia. I will send it tomorrow.]
This feeling that the arrow of fate is aiming precisely at the top of the head. Only those who have experienced it can understand this feeling. Choi Yeon-ju looked at her monitor screen and she laughed for a while before closing her mouth. She hardened her expression and got up from her seat.
She didn’t want to die Before she died, she had a lot of things she wanted to do.
For example, she had never been in love. Because she was always busy with work. She had never had a relationship with a man, and she had never clung to anyone. It was because Yeonju Choi had always lived a noble life.
So, she always longed for passionate love and dreamed of a wonderful drama. She dreams of becoming the wife of a famous general and accompanying her all her life. A dream of becoming a person that everyone looks up to and welcoming the man you have loved all your life as your groom.
“I don’t want to die.”
Yeonju Choi said as she looked in the mirror. No danger ahead seemed greater than now. Soonhong Choi. It was unlikely that there would be a more threatening existence than Choi Soon-hong, who had grown into an S-class by using drugs. So, she said that if she were to die, this was the most dangerous moment for her.
“I mean, I don’t want to die.”
Yeonju Choi held back tears. She hated the feeling that one day she would die and be buried beyond the gate. She was terrified that she would be buried in the ground for a long time, and she would lose her memory. She shook her head.
She didn’t want to die
Even an S-class hunter was afraid of death. She packed her clothes and sprinted out the door of her office.
*****
I turned my head at the sound of a knock. After leaving the room, the Almighty Emperor hadn’t said anything. I walked down the aisle in silence and greeted the women waiting for me. The fragments of the Almighty were shocking enough to slightly harden my expression.
The bodies of the hunters were melted lumps. Who is the Almighty Almighty? Hunter Yeonjoo Choi suggested the possibility that it might be the corpse of a hunter in the distant future. The Almighty was thinking of another possibility, but he didn’t tell me what he was thinking.
Knock Knock Knock
I had just taken off my top when I heard a knock.
I turned my head. Ichie, who was standing by the door, opened it wide. Then, startled, he took a step back. Yoo-jeong, who was lying on the bed, and Seong, Ha-yeon, who was lying on the sofa, both stood up and looked at the other person across the door.
“Jung Soo-hyun. Let’s talk for a minute.”
Choi Yeon-joo was in front of the door. She was stamping her feet with her nervous face, her face flushed red. Her watery eyes twinkled. I hesitantly took a step forward, while my women were mumbling about what had happened.
Ichie asked.
“What happen?”
“Let me talk. Come to my room.”
Yeonju Choi said that firmly and turned her body around. I couldn’t understand why, so I was frozen in place. Seong Ha-yeon said.
“What? Isn’t the atmosphere unusual?”
As she said, the atmosphere in the room, which had been harmonious for a while, froze at Choi Yeon-joo’s words. Ichi, senior Yu-jeong, and I all knew that Choi Yeon-joo was in a strange mood right now.
But we couldn’t figure out why, so we just rolled our feet.
“I’ll be back. I must have done something wrong.”
The women who would normally have called me ‘a flirt’ or ‘I’m increasing the number of women again’ nodded their heads. That’s why Choi Yeon-ju’s atmosphere was unusual. I moved cautiously.
Way down to the first floor. Still the Almighty remained silent.
“The Almighty Emperor.”
Even when I called out loud, only the echoes in the corridor answered my questions. I called out the Almighty’s name several more times before stopping in front of her door.
I met Choi Yeon-joo in the middle of the night. At that time, I was in my underwear, and Choi Yeon-ju was staring at me with her clothes on.
As I knocked and waited in the hallway, I remembered that moment.
There was the sound of a door opening. The mechanical beep of the fully automatic lock sounded cheerfully. Moist eyes appeared on the other side of the door. Sleek neckline and soft shoulders. And pretty underwear covering her breasts.
“Uh?”
Choi Yeon-joo showed up in her underwear and hugged me tightly. I was taken aback and couldn’t say anything.
“No…”
“Be quiet.”
Her words had weight. When I shut my mouth, there was silence in the hallway. Yeonju Choi’s voice fell like fog.
“Just, just come in.”
