Chapter 109

Prior to the monster, Miss Backdoor’s pawn shop.

She was in the middle of finishing her work and tidying up.

The main job is information, but sometimes there are people who leave things like a pawnshop.

“No, leave the hard work to me.”

Mr. Rock came over in surprise. Although he had an old appearance, he was as healthy as a tolerable man.

“Hey, what are you making a fuss about? It’s not too heavy.”

“Not a speck of dust suits you.”

“… Just call me by my first name.”

Miss Backdoor wrinkled her nose. Then, after shaking his hands, he pulled out a churro and seduced the cats.

“Inspiration.”

“Yes.”

Mr. Rock replied as he packed his things. She said as she looked at the cats licking Chur with her tongue sticking out.

“Can’t we retire soon?”

“… Did I do something wrong?”

Mr. Rock looked away. But she was still looking at the cats.

“No, just. Because of that guest these days, my life span has been extended.”

It meant that guest, an excellent customer.

“miss.”

“name.”

“… Ekaterina, you already know how to send me.”

Mr. Rock said in a bitter voice.

“The way my atonement ends is one of two things. Either she kills me or I die protecting her.”

He considered himself a sinner. Even though Miss Backdoor had already forgiven him, he still felt he hadn’t been punished the way he deserved.

“So please don’t forget. The fact that I betrayed everyone and put everyone to death.”

Miss Backdoor listened in silence. The cats yawned profusely as if they were in another world.

“Even if it wasn’t inspiration, someone would have betrayed.”

“But in the end I did.”

“… Eh, stubborn anyway.”

“All the secret police will do that.”

“Old man, be careful with your words… .”

It was the moment Miss Backdoor was about to point out with a frown. With a throbbing headache, she trembled and stumbled.

The startled cats ran away.

“miss?!”

“Oh, no. are you okay. It seems that the reservation order has been fulfilled.”

Miss Backdoor pressed her forehead and hurriedly turned on her computer. And immediately picked up the smartphone.

<Did you find something?>

It was the voice of Kang Tae-min, an excellent customer. She lifted one shoulder and held her smartphone to her cheek as she opened her mouth.

“Pete reappeared.”

She knew how Pete looked. It was because after Kang Tae-min dealt with the hands, he made a bust based on his memory and showed it to her.

Miss Backdoor made a deal in advance to obtain information if such a person was sighted in the country.

<Pet? where?>

“The location was just sent. And… .”

Miss Backdoor frowned. Pete’s appearance caught on the CCTV of the hotel kitchen warehouse she hacked. He was injecting something into various ingredients.

It was difficult to see because the lighting was dim, but she had the ability.

“this… ! I think he intends to sow seeds.”

It was not difficult to figure out the identity of the contents because he already knew the information about the seed.

<Okay.>

At the same time, the smartphone suddenly cut off.

* * *

Taemin Kang frowned.

When he arrived, monsters who had already turned into seeds were running wild.

‘It’s contagious, so it’s a newly improved seed.’

Previously, it was nothing more than simple violence, but this time it was different. The monsters opened up the corpse and injected black bodily fluid from my body.

Not all of them changed, but some were revived as black monsters.

‘I must not let even one out.’

Since I had contacted Bae Seung-ju as we left, security hunters would arrive soon.

His job was to prevent the damage from escalating.

‘Even just one.’

Kang Tae-min showed his ability.

He detected CCTVs on all floors of the hotel, destroyed them, and created clones wearing suits.

The clones formed immediately spread in all directions. In the meantime, Kang Tae-min ran to the first floor.

“Ooh, wow!”

A scream was heard along the way.

The guest who had blocked the door to live was screaming. The barricades were too flimsy to block the black monster’s monstrous power.

The frightened guest shuddered and incontinently. The moment Kang Tae-min was about to move, a snow fox ran from the other side.

‘This?’

The monster who tried to enter the room froze. Kang Tae-min smashed it without hesitation and looked at a familiar face protruding from the corner.

“Alexei?”

“ah.”

Alexei gave a brief exclamation when he saw Kang Tae-min’s face.

“No, no, no. Do you know how to speak our language?”

“The current situation?”

Alexey frowned at Kang Tae-min’s question.

“The lobby has been cleaned up. The underground parking lot was also blocked off with an ice wall.”

Taemin Kang shook his head.

Alexei is a nerd, but his brain works. It was an unfamiliar situation, but as soon as I realized that it was contagious, I immediately started locking it.

“This is not a very pretty situation.”

“Where are the other students?”

If there were other Russian national teams, there was a good chance they would still be alive. Even though they lost in a friendly match, they were a pick-and-choose player.

“… We cannot contact you.”

Alexei entrusted the process to the spirits and tried to contact his friends and instructors.

But they didn’t respond.

‘I wouldn’t have been easily defeated by monsters, but then I ate hotel food.’

Taemin Kang frowned. Then he turned to Alexei.

“Have you ever eaten hotel food?”

“Food? why is that all of a sudden… .”

Alexei said that, then looked away with a firm expression. He came up from the underground and dealt with monsters, recalling the place where he dealt with the most monsters.

It was a hotel buffet.

“… Could it be that food is the cause?”

Alexei immediately inferred the situation. To that question, Taemin Kang shook his head.

[Karma Log]

[Name – Alexei Ivanovich]

[Alignment – Good (+457)]

[Recently recorded karma activity]

[> Lifesaving (+50)]

‘The karma log is fine, but just in case.’

Alexey came in from outside. So there might not be a problem, but Kang Tae-min wanted to check the possibility.

“this… I can’t allow a look that isn’t beautiful. I’d rather die before that than be ugly… !”

However, looking at Alexei’s reaction, it seemed that the odds had been won.

“Did you eat?”

“I ate some food from room service. Is this going to change 100%? Is that so?”

Alexei asked in an urgent tone. If he answered that it would mutate, he was ready to commit suicide immediately.

Kang Tae-min also had the same doubts.

‘I took the seed, but it didn’t change? Are you a fit? But why is the karma log intact?’

There were many question marks, but the answers were not immediately forthcoming. Because of this, Kang Tae-min decided to secure Alexei.

‘There are still many things we don’t know about Seed. If Alexei is a fit, we need to investigate.’

However, it was a yard that could not explain the circumstances to the person concerned.

“Don’t you know? In that case, leave it as it is now… Kuck!”

Kang Tae-min chose to explain after taking the first action. In the blink of an eye, the blow landed him, and he rolled his eyes and collapsed.

Kang Tae-min decided to put the fainting Alexei in the subspace and finish the work.

* * *

Torso was devastated.

“What? What is this?”

She tousled her hair wildly. It was a completely different situation from the picture I had in my head.

The CCTV was suddenly turned off, making it impossible to grasp the situation. Because of this, I checked the CCTV on the road outside the hotel.

“You mean it didn’t come out at all?!”

Torso’s plan was originally like this.

Monsters at the hotel sweep the interior and scatter in all directions. Making a fuss while raiding citizens inevitably distracted the security hunters.

In the meantime, Pete goes back to the hotel, and if there is a suitable person, he brings him back and retrieves the remaining seeds even if he is not there.

“No, what the hell! How did that teacher come so soon?!”

However, that plan was completely thwarted by the appearance of Kang Tae-min and Alexei.

In other words, only the poor seed was blown away. Despite the torso’s roar, Pete just kept his eyes wide open in silence.

“Ugh… Head would be disappointed if he found out. I tried to prove the spreading power of the new seed, but rather ruined it… .”

Moreover, this plan was carried out behind the scenes. Torso murmured, not hiding his frustration.

“I would have succeeded if the other members just helped me… I don’t understand why they won’t join this awesome operation. Everyone is crazy… .”

But even that was short-lived.

She jerked her head up and shrugged.

“Still, there is no one suitable to replace me right now. So, it’s time for the spirit of ‘what to do’! Doesn’t Pete think so too?”

Pete turned his gaze to her. He stared blankly at Torso, then slowly nodded.

“mmm! It’s like that too! Head will understand everything. Isn’t failure the mother of success? Oh, of course, it’s better to avoid cases with a large number of mothers.”

She smiled and approached the wall. The people mixed with the stone walls rolled their eyes.

Their mouths were blocked by fusion of flesh balls, saying that their torsos were noisy.

“I’m still full of ingredients anyway, so I just have to do better next time!”

Because to her they were mere ingredients.

* * *

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Late at night, the Hunter Association headquarters conference room.

“It was a sudden request, but thank you for coming.”

Bae Seung-joo bowed and bowed politely. In the conference room, the four strongest people were seated, excluding Jung Jun-hyeok and Hwang Ye-ri.

“It was fortunate that Mr. Kang was here.”

“It is as you say.”

The monster that appeared at the hotel ended without additional damage due to Kang Tae-min’s response, but it was for follow-up measures.

Kang Tae-min shook his head at Ju Tae-ji and Pyo Ji-hoon’s words.

“no. A lot of people were sacrificed for not arriving sooner.”

“If it wasn’t for Mr. Kang, the damage would have spread even more. But how did you find out?”

Everyone’s attention was focused on Johanna’s words. But the answer was Bae Seung-joo instead.

“The hotel had students and leaders from the Moscow Academy. As soon as they realized the situation, they asked Kang Tae-min for help.”

“Yes, so I immediately contacted the general manager and I set off.”

As Kang Tae-min, there was no reason to expose Miss Backdoor’s existence.

“Without contacting the Association right away?”

“Well, isn’t that something other people can do?”

“Certainly, asking for help directly from the strongest would be a better option.”

Taemin Kang replied with a bitter expression.

“Yes, but in the end they died too.”

As the atmosphere became solemn, Bae Seung-joo drew attention by clearing his throat.

“Keuheum, so shouldn’t we pay more attention to post-mortem measures? What we’ve found is… .”

Bae Seung-ju briefly briefed on the results of the investigation. It was information that Kang Tae-min already knew.

“As expected, it must be Nobody’s work.”

“Yes, I matched the person named Pitt that Hwang Ye-ri gave me.”

The warehouse CCTV screen appeared on the screen of the conference room. The lighting was a bit dim, but the eyelidless man’s face was clearly distinguishable.

“It’s not solid, it’s liquefied, and it’s contagious… .”

Johanna frowned. It became a completely different form from the prototype she made.

“It has a different texture from the stimulants on the market.”

“Yes, so I would like to announce the existence and danger of Seed this time.”

Bae Seung-joo looked back at Joo Tae-ji and Kang Tae-min with a serious face.

“I would like Ju Tae-ji, who has been tracking stimulants, and Kang Tae-min, who is the main player in resolving this situation, to join us.”

“Hmm, is it to raise awareness?”

It would have been more persuasive to have Choi Kang-ja beside him than to have only Director Bae Seung-joo come out and talk.

“I’m fine, but what about Mr. Kang?”

“I’m fine too.”

It was for the public good, so there was no reason to refuse. When the two responded immediately, Bae Seung-joo bowed his head again.

“Thank you for your cooperation. Also, I would like to ask Pyo Ji-Hoon and Johanna to investigate the samples of the monsters collected from this hotel.”

“Well… .”

“I’m going to leave it because I have experience.”

The association is also conducting research, but it will not be comparable to the three people who tested the prototype.

Hwang Ye-ri, one of the early members of the Ubermensch, is in quarantine, so she asked the other two.

“I will do that alone. Even if you have a sword, it won’t be of much use.”

Bae Seung-ju turned his eyes to Johanna’s answer. Pyo Ji-hoon wrinkled his nose, but then shook his head.

“You are not wrong.”

“Then I understand. We will deliver it to both of you as soon as the schedule is set. Thank you again.”

After the meeting, everyone dispersed, but Kang Tae-min called Johanna aside.

“what’s the matter? Is there a problem with the seal?”

“no. We will talk about the details in subspace.”

Yohanna had a puzzled expression, but followed Kang Tae-min. In the empty subspace, only Alexei, who hadn’t come to his senses yet, was alone.

“… What else is he?”

“I am a survivor.”

“A survivor? Wait a minute, please… .”

If it meant simply surviving, there was no need to bring him. Johanna could see the meaning.

“I can’t believe it.”

Johanna immediately looked at Alexei. Kang Tae-min did not disturb her. As for Cid, she was an expert.

“Oh My God… .”

Her silver eyes widened.

“I don’t have seeds… .”

“I beg your pardon?”

What does it mean that there is no seed? It was confirmed by the karma log that Alexei’s words were not false.

“In the seed, traces of the soul are concentrated. It’s to the point of replacing the soul like Suho. The reason why Go Jeong-hwan, the fiancé of the royal courtier, died is because different souls couldn’t mix.”

Johanna also did not think Kang Tae-min had made a mistake.

So, there is only one conclusion.

“But this child has completely fused with Cid. Do you know what that means?”

“… Are you saying there are different souls mixed in one body?”

“yes. The impossible happened.”

Johanna concluded with an incomprehensible face but in a slightly excited voice.

“It means that the paradigm of mana will change.”

She was delighted as a mage and scholar. On the other hand, Kang Tae-min realized two things.

‘The seed is injected and there are no side effects. Alexei is a fitter.’

First, the fact that Alexei is a fitter.

‘Different souls, and the soul affects the body.’

The second is the characteristics that the ‘suitable people’ have shown so far.

‘… Is the changed appearance in the barrier realm the other side of the soul?’

The barrier area must have been the unique ability of the fitters. Like a dungeon, it is to cover the reality with the world you want and the look you want.

‘But the question still remains.’

Such fitters always had a broken karma log. But why did Alexei stay the same?

‘Could the function of the seed be… .’

It wasn’t just Mana that changed the paradigm.

‘Isn’t that what makes a villain?’

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