episode_0399

Long ago, in the romantic era known as ancient times, there was an absurd legend that said that a rope was tied to a tree in Turkey, and the person who untied the rope would become the king of Asia.

If you untie just one knot in the world, you will become king.

Those who were taken aback by such promotional phrases tried to untie the knot, but unfortunately, no one was able to undo it.

This was because the knot itself was extremely complicated, perhaps to teach the applicants that the king’s position was one in which they could not eat raw.

As time passed by without anyone being able to untie the knot… the person who finally solved the problem appeared, and that person was none other than Alexander the Great, who belongs to the ranks of ‘great kings’ like King Sejong and King Gwanggaeto the Great.

And he untied the knot in a way that no one had thought of before… and the method he used was simple.

Just then, he pulled out the sword he was wearing at his waist and cut the knot with a single sword.

That was the Alexander knot-solving method, and people who were impressed by the bold approach preserved the anecdote and left it for future generations.

I wanted to let future generations know that changing ideas is so important.

And as time has passed, there was someone who attempted a similar change of idea on a peninsula in Asia, far from Turkey, where the story was set… and that was none other than Amelia.

According to some law, every diplomat in the world is a legitimate and potential spy.

It sounds a bit strange when you express it that way, but it’s the truth anyway.

If you think about it a little, it becomes an obvious fact: what do people who work at places like embassies mainly do?

I said to my home country, ‘Ah, today. Aren’t they reporting, ‘Something like this happened~’?

This is because the information reported in that way is relatively less sensitive, but in essence, it is not much different from the behavior of those commonly called spies.

And… Amelia paid attention to none other than that.

What if every diplomat in the world was a potential spy?

If we were to turn that statement around, wouldn’t we be able to say that all spies in the world are diplomats?

And what about diplomats?

Unlike those called Black, it didn’t really matter if I revealed my identity.

This is because diplomats were originally created to legally(?) dispatch spies to other countries.

then?

I… Amelia Olsen.

From now on, you will become a diplomat…!

An intelligence agent is a diplomat who must hide his or her true identity no matter what happens.

It was literally an act of insanity, but what could you do?

Because the work was handled so sloppily from above, the identity was already revealed, or rather discovered, before even trying anything.

However, since we cannot give up on the target like this, we have no choice but to take a different approach.

Honestly, even if headquarters finds out about this later, they won’t be able to point a finger at her.

Although it is not set by internal regulations, there is an implicit rule in the company that respects decisions made on the spot more than waiting for decisions from superiors when an urgent situation arises during an operation.

As she saw it, this was exactly the situation.

The operation and everything seems to be going smoothly, but if this isn’t an emergency, what is?

Oh, of course, there were many other reasons why she thought she needed to take a different approach.

Tell me what to do.

What if the person who came to disrupt her work in this way belonged to a Korean awakened group, that is, a place called the National Intelligence Service, not the Korean Hunter Association?

Instead of acting like this, she would have simply withdrawn from the scene, reported these facts to headquarters, and waited for their decision.

No matter how much the headquarters respected the judgment of those directly playing the field, directly conflicting with other countries’ intelligence groups was clearly a separate issue.

This is especially true if it is an intelligence group that belongs to an ally rather than a potential enemy country.

However, the person who actually appeared in front of her was not a member of a Korean intelligence group called the National Intelligence Service, but a member of a Korean awakened group that is known to have been semi-privatized. What does that mean?

Even if she raised her middle finger in the other person’s face right now, it meant that the conflict would end at the level of a state-to-private organization, not a state-to-state conflict.

And… as far as she knew, they were just private organizations and could never be opponents of the state.

But is there any reason to hesitate?

So, as soon as I finished the conversation and returned to my seat, I immediately started racing… As a result, I lost some of the trust I had built up, but it gave me the opportunity to have a formal conversation with the person I had to recruit.

‘···I didn’t expect you to agree so readily.’

According to a report on the target I saw before being deployed to the operation, it was said that he had an exciting personality and didn’t care about the little things, but maybe the fact that I just looked at him without thinking about it and tried to get the other person to like him?

Whatever the reason, she had to take advantage of this opportunity no matter what.

That’s why I started to think quickly while feeling internally embarrassed by the other person’s answer, which was much more agreeable than I expected.

‘first···.’

Since the other person wanted to move, we had to resolve that first.

The problem is where to move…

‘···hotel?’

As soon as I thought about that, the first thing that came to mind was the coffee shop at the hotel where she stayed before being sent to the operation, but I quickly shook my head.

Even though those trying to keep her in check were semi-privatized, that wasn’t a very good option considering that they were more powerful than most government organizations, at least here in Korea.

With just a little effort on your part, eavesdropping on conversations could be done easier than breathing, so would you be crazy enough to choose that?

So, excluding places that are relatively easy to access… Should I go to Humphreys in Pyeongtaek?

Since wars and battles changed from human-to-human to human-to-monster, the United States, where she belongs, has reduced or withdrawn its contingent of troops scattered around the world.

It was an unavoidable measure to protect the home country and its people from gates that occur constantly, as large as the land mass is.

However, even while the disarmament of troops dispatched in this way was being carried out, there were places that avoided it, such as Camp Humphreys located in Pyeongtaek, Korea.

In that sense, if you use that place as a place for conversation… you don’t have to worry about the content of the conversation there being leaked to the outside world.

No matter how powerful the Korean Hunter Association is, they will not be able to use their hands on military bases operated by the United States.

Thanks to this thought, the presence of a place called Pyeongtaek suddenly began to grow in her mind… but this time, she shook her head again.

Putting everything aside and just looking at the safety aspect, it goes without saying that it was the best, but if I asked to go to the military base to talk, there was a high chance that Su-hyeon would refuse.

From Su-hyeon’s perspective, it was literally like crawling into a tiger’s den. How could she accept it?

So, if we exclude that from the candidate group… if we exclude that, what are the places left?

‘After all, the only place is the embassy…’

Since it is located in the middle of the city, it may not be as good as Camp Humphreys… but it is still safer than a hotel.

Plus… from Su-hyeon’s perspective, it would be less burdensome than a military base.

“Then… shall we go to the embassy to talk in more detail?”

“The embassy…”

“They said a good car just arrived.”

“Well… I’m not the type of person who enjoys things like tea, but… it’s good. Let’s do that.”

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“Then… shall we leave?”

When they saw Soo-hyeon accepting Amelia’s proposal like that, the two of them were on fire… In a way, Eugene, who could be said to be the one who caused this whole situation, was just watching from the side. He was the main character who ended up falling into a crisis(?).

‘I thought something was suspicious…’

Could it be that he was really a person sent from America…?

Are you also planning to take Yoon Soo-hyun to America?

Yoon Soo-hyun is like that…?

No, even if that’s the case… why does that bastard give permission so willingly!

Could it be that I told you to stop by our guild?

Is that why they are protesting(?) in that way?

Only that bastard, Yoon Soo-hyun, knows the truth, but what was certain was that he should not remain silent like this.

Actually, that was it.

She quietly took out her cell phone from her pocket and contacted someone who would react as sensitively to this news as she did.

Tsk, there’s nothing we can do when the situation has come to this.

It’s a temporary alliance just this time!