episode_0089
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Early morning the next day.
“Go up and contact me.”
“Yes.”
“No matter how busy I am, I eat regularly.”
“Hee hee. Okay.”
“Then, see you in Seoul.”
“Yes! I’ll be waiting… !”
It was after Hallyeowon rushed to Seoul on an early morning train.
The rock ripples of light that had been noisy all night continued.
A subtle sense of tension began to spread around the world, and some even expressed concern about the outbreak of World War III.
‘It’s war… .’
If I were an ordinary person who knew nothing, I might not have been impressed by this incident.
In the end, at the center of this conflict is the Beginning Stone, and officially there is no Korean End Stone.
The war probably felt like something that happened in a far away country.
But now I couldn’t do that.
‘Our country is absolutely not safe either.’
It was clear that Ryu Xinyu was already targeting me.
I don’t know why, but he told me to give him a ‘stone’.
Moreover, we have the Stone of Death, which was fortunately taken away by Shin Yuna, who possesses the Stone of Time.
In terms of distance, it is located in front of China.
It was just as dangerous as the United States with the Stone of Power, but it was by no means less dangerous.
‘I should have settled the matter properly then… !’
It was just too bad that he couldn’t defeat Liu Xinyu in Argentina.
“Hmm. It looks like it leaked from the inside.”
Afterwards, Mayeonseo, who woke up early, heard the news about the Shinyuna Stone of Light.
“All nosy people are like that. Pathetic.”
But surprisingly, both people showed a sour reaction.
Should I say bold? On the other hand, it seemed indifferent.
In this respect, it seemed like there was something in common between the two.
“If this happens… . It would be better to delay the announcement.”
“Hmm. That’s what I think too. There is no benefit in advertising for attack for no reason.”
“Well. Rather, I think it would be better to report it and then get help from outside. Anyway, even China knows that there are stones in Korea, right?”
“Seup… .That’s not wrong either.”
It was a time when we were having breakfast and talking about various things.
“More than that!”
Shin Yuna turned the ongoing heavy topic on its head.
“What are you going to do after stopping by the lab today?”
“Huh?”
“You went on a date with Han Ryeo-won yesterday.”
“Uh… . It was like that, right?”
“Then I can date too?”
I inadvertently glanced at Ma Yeon-seo and looked at Shin Yu-na.
She was the second person to stay at Hallyeowon, and her face was filled with great anticipation.
“How about renting a swimming pool tonight?!”
I was talking about renting a private swimming pool that can be used starting from higher-level rooms… .
“Today… ?”
Without realizing it, I ended up reacting skeptically.
“Eh. Do you hate it?”
“No, whatever. It’s not that I don’t particularly like it.”
Is now the time to leisurely play in the water? I wanted to.
“A. If you don’t play now, when will you play?”
However, Shin Yuna has been insisting that she should play now.
“I don’t know what will happen in the future. You should rest when you can.”
“… I think the same thing.”
For some reason, Ma Yeonseo also had the same opinion.
It’s definitely not because he wants to help Shin Yuna.
It felt like he was trying to prepare the groundwork for himself, who was the last person to perform.
‘It’s obvious what’s inside.’
Still, it would be natural to pretend not to notice here.
“Okay. Since we’ve come this far… . Do whatever you want.”
“Yes! I’ll make a reservation for later!”
As I watched Shin Yu-na smiling and Ma Yeon-seo quietly sipping coffee, I thought to myself that my situation wasn’t all that bad.
*
Move to Busan Research Institute.
“Welcome!”
Today again, as usual, the director of the research center came out in socks to greet us.
“I was waiting.”
She had a strangely solemn face.
“Have you heard the news from Europe? We are currently exchanging opinions with the association. In particular, we are focusing all our attention on security.”
The director of the lab led all three of us to the deepest part of the room.
Regarding the test results, it seemed like he had something important to show us all.
‘Did something come out?’
Eventually, with curiosity, we arrived at a small conference room.
There was already a presentation prepared for us.
“Let’s get started right away.”
“Yep!”
For some reason, it felt like every researcher I encountered seemed solemn.
“Hello. This is Kim Doo-hyun, the lead researcher who conducted this test.”
The presentation was led by a researcher who looked very haggard.
He had dark circles all the way down to his chin, and contrary to his tired appearance, he had very exciting eyes.
It’s like a child who sees something he likes right in front of him.
“This inspection was conducted based on data provided by Shin Yu-na.”
Female 3D modeling comes to mind on the PPT screen.
Centered around this, various body components and all kinds of data appeared.
The most important of them all was the primordial stone planted in the lower abdomen.
“Through this test, we discovered that the primordial stone implanted in the body has an effect on the body.”
The PPT that moved to the next page was full of complex data.
“The proof is this.”
Among them, parts where the value stands out even at a glance were emphasized.
“This is the ‘magic resistance value’ of the Beginning Stone. It is a numerical value of the horsepower transmittance, through which the structure and composition of the material can be known.”
The PPT screen moves again.
The lower abdomen of the female model floating in the center was painted darkly in green, representing the Stone of Time.
For some reason, compared to the size of the stone, the painted area seemed quite large.
“We express this as ‘the stone of the beginning melted’.”
It turns out that the primordial stone implanted in my body is melting into my body.
“… !”
Startled by this unexpected fact, I inadvertently glanced at Shin Yuna sitting next to me.
“… … .”
But she had a calm face, as if she was okay with it.
“Through this study, we were able to find out what would happen if a primordial stone was planted in the human body.”
Researcher Kim Doo-hyeon, who was giving a presentation, suddenly turned his gaze to me.
“And… . The following are the test results of Yuchan Kang implemented based on this.”
A new PPT screen comes to mind.
This time, male modeling was floating in the center.
A model painted green from head to toe.
“Uh… ?”
“… This… .”
“!”
We were surprised when we remembered what the green color painted on the modeling meant.
“99%.”
Kim Doo-hyun explained in a voice that suppressed his excitement.
One of the Stones of the Beginning has already completely dissolved in my body.
In fact, I was no longer human.
‘no… . why?’
As I watched the following presentation blankly, I was struck by a strong question.
‘why?’
I couldn’t even guess when and where I became connected to the stone.
*
Time to take a short break.
“Do you know anything?”
“Think about it carefully!”
Ma Yeonseo and Shin Yuna asked me about stones.
“… well… .”
But I couldn’t answer.
How can you answer when you don’t even have a clue?
‘Summons… is it?’
The only thing that was suspicious was the summons contract with Ma Yeon-seo.
The biggest turning point in my otherwise ordinary life was the contract with her.
“… That won’t be it.”
However, Ma Yeon-seo shook her head and denied the possibility.
“Summoning contracts never work on humans.”
It is not that his body changed due to the summoning, but that he was summoned from the beginning under the influence of the stone.
‘So, this is why I’m not human?’
In many ways, it wasn’t a very pleasant feeling.
“Hmm… . Then, as I heard earlier, it must have been planted when I was young.”
Shin Yu-na paid attention to the hypothesis put forward by the researchers earlier.
They claimed that the stone planted in Shin Yuna’s body must have been planted when I was young, based on the fact that only 3% of it had dissolved.
In fact, I, the person involved, have never even used a knife on my body.
“… Seup… .”
It was a time when I was racking my brain and trying to remember memories that were not there.
‘In the first place, there was no one in our family who could bring a stone… .’
Suddenly, a person I had forgotten for a long time flashed through my mind.
‘uh?’
That person is known to be quite a strong awakener.
“… Uncle?”
“Huh? Who is it?”
“… !”
Ma Yeon-seo, who knew about ‘Uncle’, immediately reacted and helped.
“That’s right. I heard your mother’s boyfriend was a class A awakened person.”
“Eh. Really?”
“… Yes.”
In reality, the man was a quite strong awakener.
When I was young, I often showed the appendages I got from the tower.
-Yoo-chan. Do you know what this is?
-What is that?
-It’s the feather of a blade eagle!
-omg! That monster whose entire body is covered in blades?!
-yes! You can even cut steel with this. Do you want to give it a try?
-I want to do it!!
-What are you giving her?!
Every time that happened, my mother would hit me on the back for letting me play with something dangerous.
… Now it was all just a past memory.
‘That guy threw a stone…’ ?’
It was certainly a very plausible story that he had obtained the stone.
Wasn’t the primordial stone that appeared in India also found on the first floor of the tower?
Considering that a lot of the monster parts found on the 8th and 9th floors were also brought in, it didn’t make sense.
What is important is the process by which the stone entered my body.
“… But. I have never planted a stone in my body.”
Shin Yu-na, who was born unable to control magical power, said that it was implanted directly into her body through surgery.
I also can’t handle magical power.
‘driving me crazy.’
Everything was explained back and forth, but the most important part was tightly covered.
“… anyway. You got the hint, so let’s think about it slowly.”
Since I couldn’t find the answer in the end, I decided to finish the test first.
If you think about it right now, you won’t get an answer. One way or another, the fact that I am closely related to the Stone of the Beginning remains the same.
‘… ‘Let’s solve what’s in front of us right away.’
I still had a mountain of things left to do.
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