Ch.151You Are Wrong

“Are you thinking of making me run errands alone? Why don’t you come with me?”

As Gu Seo-ryong, who had been quietly observing Ui with searching eyes, spoke with a smile, something inside Ui laughed noisily.

She’s probably making hopeful observations based on my appearance, which seems no different than usual.

The lingering presence of CXI in W City, the fragile trust Dekel has built so far, the belief that nothing will happen if they just wait until Black Cat returns.

Despite this, she doesn’t want to leave Sa Gu-gu and Ui alone because of her remaining suspicion and vigilance.

As expected of Gu Seo-ryong, her intuition is remarkably sharp.

Her ability to detect danger exceeds even CXI.

Unus has weakened danger detection abilities precisely because he’s too strong, right?

Yes, that must be it.

This woman, she has no real knowledge but harbors exactly the kind of suspicion I don’t need.

“I’m busy because I need to play with Sa Gu-gu.”

“You can do that later, can’t you?”

“Would Sa Gu-gu think the same?”

“Sa Gu-gu wants to play quickly.”

“No, come buy food with me. What kind of child makes their mother run errands?”

“I want to play quickly!”

Gu Seo-ryong clicked her tongue as Sa Gu-gu made a “vroom” sound with her mouth and pushed Ui’s head with her Pipi-kung doll.

She can’t push any further for fear of upsetting Sa Gu-gu, who might run away.

Having a human surveillance camera around is different from not having one.

“Stay put.”

In the end, Gu Seo-ryong left Sa Gu-gu with Ui and went to buy food alone.

Ui checked the time while being shaken by Sa Gu-gu’s hands.

It was lunchtime, quite some time after Unus had left W City in the morning.

She had planned to go directly if Sa Gu-gu came any later, but Sa Gu-gu arrived just in time.

“I can’t miss this opportunity. Number 666.”

“Meow?”

A City’s mass migration plan—a godsend, truly heaven-sent fortune.

Ui looked at Sa Gu-gu, whose eyes were shining.

A slight hesitation, trembling eyes, Sa Gu-gu’s innocent reaction that felt Ui’s emotions but couldn’t properly understand them.

“Ui? What’s wrong? Did something happen?”

Ui raised a trembling hand toward Sa Gu-gu.

Then, clenching her fist tightly, Ui muttered to herself again.

“Number 666, are you trying to ruin the plan?”

Sa Gu-gu, sensing something off about Ui, perked up her ears inside her hat.

“Meooow?”

Ui closed her eyes tightly, then opened them and stretched out her hand toward Sa Gu-gu, who was backing away.

Simultaneously, moisture in the air gathered to form a thin membrane over Sa Gu-gu’s head.

Confused by the strange sensation, Sa Gu-gu blinked rapidly and wiped her face with her hands, allowing the moisture to penetrate into her body.

“Nya, meow?! Meoooow!”

With a sizzling sound, a precisely calculated special ability burned the blood vessels in Sa Gu-gu’s brain.

The sensation of intense burning scorched her brain, and Sa Gu-gu, collapsed on the grass, spun in circles while emitting smoke from her eyes, ears, and mouth.

“Meoooooow!”

“Wh-what?”

“What’s that sound?”

Refugees turned toward Sa Gu-gu’s screams, and Gu Seo-ryong came running with food in both hands.

The moment Gu Seo-ryong reached Sa Gu-gu after throwing down her bags, Sa Gu-gu jumped to her feet.

“Gu-gu! Gu-gu!”

“Meow?”

When Gu Seo-ryong grabbed Sa Gu-gu’s arms, Sa Gu-gu blinked her wide-open eyes.

Gu Seo-ryong held Sa Gu-gu’s face, examined her eyes, and then glared at Ui, who was standing still.

“What did you do to her!”

Gu Seo-ryong carefully inserted her fingertips into Sa Gu-gu’s neck.

Sa Gu-gu had already tried to regain her senses several times, so Gu Seo-ryong probably thought her medication might have run out.

Despite her anger, there was visible anxiety, hoping that Ui hadn’t done anything.

Ui frowned and clicked her tongue.

“Wasn’t it you who was doing something to Sa Gu-gu?”

“Achoo!”

Sa Gu-gu, who had been quietly nestled in Gu Seo-ryong’s arms, sneezed, and a smoky substance mixed with blood spurted from her mouth.

Acidic poison that burned Gu Seo-ryong’s poison.

Gu Seo-ryong’s eyes widened as she inhaled the poisonous smoke floating in the air.

As a Venom Alchemist, she realized that the poison she had injected was immediately expelled.

“Meow!”

After coughing and hacking, Sa Gu-gu broke free from Gu Seo-ryong’s embrace and leaped onto a nearby utility pole.

The refugees were shocked to see a child jump onto a utility pole in one bound.

“Huh? What’s that? That child.”

“A superhuman?”

“Gu-gu! Come down! Quickly!”

When the flustered Gu Seo-ryong called out to Sa Gu-gu, Sa Gu-gu looked down at her and said:

“Why should I come down meow?”

Sa Gu-gu, crouching on the utility pole and making crying sounds, raised her hind legs and knocked off the hat that had been covering her ears.

Her feet gradually became covered with fur, and her claws extended sharply.

“A cat?”

“It’s a cat-human!”

“What? Is that kind of superpower possible?”

Sa Gu-gu, who had shaken off her ears and hair, blinked her eyes and cried loudly.

“Meooow~!”

As the infrasonic wave spread around, Gu Seo-ryong’s expression hardened.

It was the same wavelength used to call Black Cat.

But it was slightly different from usual.

“Meooow~! Meow…?”

“Whoa!”

“Look out!”

When there was no response, Sa Gu-gu tilted her head and kicked the utility pole.

People dodged the cracking pole as it fell, and Gu Seo-ryong, who had been standing still, locked eyes with Ui, who was also motionless.

“…Kuk!”

Her eyes confirmed that Ui must have done something to Sa Gu-gu.

Gu Seo-ryong, her body covered in scales, leaped up to chase after Sa Gu-gu.

“Wh-what?! Another one?”

“Isn’t that a villain? She’s destroying property!”

“Huh? That woman just now.”

Gu Seo-ryong landed on a building rooftop and called out to Sa Gu-gu, who was crouching on the railing and emitting waves.

“Meooow~! Meooow~!”

“Gu-gu, come here.”

At that voice, Sa Gu-gu, who had been calling for her brother, turned her head.

“What is it meow? I don’t want to brush my teeth yet meow!”

Nyak! Sa Gu-gu, angry at Gu Seo-ryong for chasing her, frowned at her own words and tilted her head from side to side.

“Meow? Brush teeth?”

“I won’t make you brush your teeth, so hurry.”

“I’m busy meow. I’m looking for Sa Gu-gu’s brother…?”

Confused by her memories, Sa Gu-gu twisted her head from side to side.

“Meow? Brother?”

Sa Gu-gu, who had been scratching her head deeply with her claws raised, got blood in her eyes from her forehead.

“Brother? Meooow? Brother, is.”

“Claws, put your claws away! You’re bleeding! Stay right there, be still…!”

“My head hurts meow…! I, I am!”

“Gu-gu, it’s okay. Mommy will make it stop hurting. Come here.”

“Mo-mommy?”

Sa Gu-gu’s vertically slit eyes looked at Gu Seo-ryong through her fingers.

Her pupils expanded into circles and contracted repeatedly.

“Am I mommy?”

“That woman is Gu Seo-ryong, Sa Gu-gu.”

Ui, who had risen from the ground and instantly taken form beside the confused Sa Gu-gu, spoke.

“She’s the escaped experiment who killed your brother, Number 444. The bad woman who has been controlling you until now.”

“Ui!”

With a bang! Gu Seo-ryong’s claws, which had struck the ground and lunged, penetrated Ui’s head.

Ui’s body distorted like a rippling water surface, and her semi-transparent, mucus-like body grabbed Gu Seo-ryong’s wrist.

“Youuu!”

“You’re too late, Gu Seo-ryul.”

With a sizzling sound, Gu Seo-ryong’s wrist rapidly burned in Ui’s acidic body.

At that sight, Sa Gu-gu’s tail stood straight up, twitching.

“She’s already starting to remember.”

Gu Seo-ryong’s large tail swung toward Ui’s neck.

But before the tail could reach Ui’s neck, an arm covered in black fur grabbed it with claws extended.

“I’m not mommy meow? I, brother, my brother…?”

“Kugh…!”

Sa Gu-gu, revealing sharp teeth, stood still with her head tilted and looked at Gu Seo-ryong.

Sa Gu-gu’s body gradually became covered in fur as she blinked her bloodied eyes.

“I am….”

Her feet elongated, taking the form of cat-like joints.

Sa Gu-gu, with a blank expression, kept tilting her head as if she didn’t understand.

“Number 499?”

Woong, a heavy wave burst from Sa Gu-gu.

The cold air around her turned into blades, scattering ice shards.

Crack! Gu Seo-ryong, hit by the blade storm, gritted her teeth and jumped far back.

“You, damn brat!”

Click! As she snapped her fingers, Gu Seo-ryong, who had been floating in the air, split into dozens of pieces.

Mental disruption—Ui’s gaze followed Gu Seo-ryong, who had temporarily escaped Sa Gu-gu’s senses.

Gu Seo-ryong wasn’t running away but rushing toward Sa Gu-gu.

Whoosh, Gu Seo-ryong caught Sa Gu-gu, who had been pushed off the railing, and inserted her hands into Sa Gu-gu’s back and neck.

Paralyzing poison, sedatives, mind-altering drugs.

As various drugs were injected, the ground approached rapidly, and citizens who spotted the black and white figures crossing as they fell shouted.

“Over there!”

“Something’s falling!”

“Kyaaaah!”

At that moment, both of Gu Seo-ryong’s arms holding Sa Gu-gu were severed.

Sa Gu-gu, who had crudely grabbed and broken off Gu Seo-ryong’s arms one by one, blinked innocently and asked:

“You deceived me? I’m not mommy?!”

“Now you realize!”

When Gu Seo-ryong wrapped her tail around Sa Gu-gu and stabbed her back with the tip, Sa Gu-gu hugged Gu Seo-ryong’s tail and spun her body.

Vroom! Gu Seo-ryong, whirled faster and faster by centrifugal force, was slammed into the ground like a hammer.

“Khaak…!”

“Nya!”

Sa Gu-gu, who had been thrown into the air by the impact of striking Gu Seo-ryong, spun skillfully and landed.

“Huh? Huh?”

“What?! An alarm?!”

“Isn’t the alarm broken?”

Woong! The monster alarm sounded in response to Sa Gu-gu’s undisguised wave.

Hearing a sound they hadn’t heard since Black Cat created the safe zone, citizens froze in place instead of evacuating immediately.

Sa Gu-gu, now on all fours, lunged at the fallen Gu Seo-ryong.

Slash! Standing over Gu Seo-ryong’s body, which had been cut apart by her claws, Sa Gu-gu tilted her head back and glared at the real Gu Seo-ryong who had escaped into the air.

“Brother is already dead? I killed him?!”

Gu Seo-ryong, clinging to the building’s exterior wall, exhaled a cloud of sedative-filled poison, but Sa Gu-gu became even more excited and howled.

Sa Gu-gu’s form grew increasingly closer to that of a large cat.

Seeing a large black panther emerging from the fog, similar to the Black Cat in their memories, the citizens froze.

“Huh? Was that a person just now?”

“Black Cat, isn’t it?”

“N-no! It’s a different monster!”

By now, W City’s citizens could distinguish between Black Cat and monsters that resembled Black Cat.

The alarm sounding around them indicated a Despair-rank monster—what stood before them was not Black Cat but a monster.

Just then, heroes arrived urgently, spreading their abilities from the sky and shouting:

“Citizens! Please evacuate immediately! This is not a drill!”

“Please evacuate to the shelters! This is a real situation! Please evacuate quickly!”

“Kyaaaah!”

“Monster, it’s a monster!”

“How can there be a monster when Black Cat is here?!”

Above the evacuating citizens’ heads, heroes flew in and surrounded Sa Gu-gu.

Busy communications flew back and forth as heroes designated the monster that suddenly appeared in W City’s park as an urgent elimination target.

Gu Seo-ryong glared at Ui, who was sitting on the rooftop.

What does she gain by making heroes fight Sa Gu-gu?

Why isn’t she rampaging directly, why is she just watching, could this chaos itself be her goal?

Ui, who seemed to read Gu Seo-ryong’s thoughts through her eyes, said with an expressionless face:

“Unfortunately, you’re wrong.”

Drip, drip, raindrops began to fall one by one.

Inside Ui’s semi-transparent forehead, something glowed with a mysterious color.