episode_0111

When I arrived in Minnesota, USA, I was able to meet a crowd of people welcoming Kuk Jin-hwan.

Just looking at it, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people came to see my face.

“This much population arrived in one day?”

Apparently, the subjugation request was accepted yesterday evening.

“Didn’t you know? Lim Yuhan is very popular right now. In America, people especially like it because of heroes.”

“I didn’t know it was popular in the U.S. too… Where are we going now?”

“Wait a minute. They said they would send someone from Minnesota…”

Perhaps because of the crowds, the people sent from the state were nowhere to be seen.

Thanks to this, it was quite difficult to get out of the crowd.

Vehicles and people sent by the state were unable to enter due to the crowd, so it took considerable effort to find them.

“Sorry. There are too many people…”

“No. Who knew people would flock like this?”

Just to match the popularity, drop the pretense,

I was guided by people in Minnesota and went through the process of meeting Minnesota’s governor, lawmakers, and members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Starting with thanking you for coming to the United States as requested,

He even asked me if I would ever consider naturalization.

I was told that the United States would give me any grade A artifacts I wanted, but I refused.

Because now, A-level strength is no help.

They said they would provide an astronomical amount of money, but money didn’t really appeal to me as I was traveling between universes.

Moreover, I have already subdued monsters and sold the by-products to maintain Babel distribution and, in fact, have earned enough money to grow it.

“It’s a pity… Since you have Xenoglossy, you shouldn’t have any language problems.”

“There are a lot of things that matter, such as hometown and emotions.”

“If you still change your mind, please contact me. I will do my best to relay with the U.S. government. We, the United States, are ready to accept Lim Yu-han at any time.”

After this conversation was repeated eight times,

I made the excuse that I was tired from defeating monsters so far and escaped to my dorm.

‘Crazy people, they make you repeat the same thing over and over again.’

As if they had received an order, everyone they met said, ‘I wish Lim Yu-han could become a naturalized American citizen…’ and the country got sick of it.

Well, it doesn’t mean I don’t understand their position.

Not only did I kill semi-S level monsters twice, but I also killed A level monsters 20 times in a row, almost every day, so I was already recognized by the public as having S level combat power.

This is something that the United States, whose global prestige has fallen due to the lack of S-class hunters, desperately needs to cling to.

Perhaps that was in no small part due to the large number of people who greeted me at the airport.

A sense of crisis that even ordinary citizens recognize.

“You can tell just by looking at the fact that the U.S. government has joined hands with the hive mind behind the scenes. By the way… I’m still waiting.”

A familiar presence that had already established itself within my lodgings caught my senses.

I entered the dormitory and headed to the bedroom without even taking off my shoes to meet the person waiting to meet me.

James was sitting on a chair in the bedroom waiting for me.

He looked at me and opened his mouth.

“Why do you come to the bedroom without taking off your shoes?”

“Shoes? In America, don’t you usually take off your shoes indoors?”

Besides, I didn’t want to take it off in case we got into a fight.

“This accommodation has been allocated for you, and you must take off your shoes indoors. Besides, don’t you know that it’s rude to wear shoes inside the house?”

“Perception is different perhaps because he is a fake American.”

I took off my shoes and put them into subspace.

These shoes are custom-made for high-ranking hunters, so they cost tens of millions of won.

It was necessary to keep them carefully, as even the spare shoes had burst and disappeared during the previous subjugation.

In addition, it also served as a show of force against the guy and boasted about sub-space.

“That ability… Ha, you are truly beyond my imagination. How did you become S-rank in such a short period of time?”

“Not S class. It’s just a rather strong A class.”

Even if I said that, he didn’t seem to believe me.

James looks at me with a suspicious expression.

The guy immediately shook his head and said.

“I’m not sure if you have the superpower of the Master Piece or if you have multiple specializations, but I guess I can see your coming here as an intention to talk to me, right?”

“Master piece? What is that, you alien?”

But you’re talking about something you already know.

I pulled out a knife from subspace and threatened him.

“Calm down. If you promise to help me with one task, I will explain any questions you have. Opportunities like this are rare, so think carefully.”

James ignores my threat with a calm face.

He didn’t seem at all worried about whether I would hurt him.

“Hmm…”

He showed up controlling the biological weapon that had previously implanted the relic into his body.

A person who entrusted part of his mind to the biological weapon, and even if the biological weapon died, his body suffered no damage.

Seeing it so proudly in front of me, I wonder if there might be a similar plan this time too.

Even if that’s not the case, if you kill him carelessly, you might get involved with the U.S. government or Oracle.

I decided to accept his conditions for now.

“On the condition that you answer my question first, what is that master piece?”

James nods at what I say.

“Master Piece is the final superpower that must be obtained in order to go beyond S-class and reach SS-class, the pinnacle of each branch. The three superpowers are nullification, time manipulation, and acquisition.”

“Null ability, time manipulation, acquisition?”

This is a superpower that everyone has heard of for the first time.

“Yes, in order to reach SS level, you have to find and obtain all the superpowers of each branch. Physical enhancement is a trait, telekinesis is for all sub-types, and extra senses are individual super powers.”

“All super powers…”

“It is a task called system completion. And each lineage has 10 of these superpowers. And the reason a master piece is called a master piece is because it is extremely rare. It is so precious that there is not even one person among the billions of people.”

“So, if I don’t get that master piece, I’ll never be able to reach SS level?”

“As far as I know, yes. So, there are only a rare number of SS-level psychics in the universe. I also heard that this is one of the reasons why Menas adults invade other stars.”

hmm.

It was a story with a lot to think about.

Now that I think about it, I asked before if this guy had the superpower nullification trait.

Since I have extra senses, should I look into this acquired ability?

“I understand about the master piece. By the way, do you know a guy called Hive Mind Darten? The clone army was destroyed while they were giving me an ark and all.”

“Different? I’ve heard his name, but I don’t know much about him. The only thing is that he is a collaborator in the Ark project. In fact, we aliens are not even close enough to know each other.”

is it?

I was going to ask this guy about other alien refugees, but it’s too bad.

“Then the last question… Ark? You can probably guess just by hearing the name, but what exactly is it? Is this a preparation for Saint Menas?”

“Ark… I will explain this well since you also have to choose as an S-class ability.”

James said that and took out a pen and paper from his pocket.

Then write two symbols and two names on a piece of paper.

Inner Circle and New Human Alliance.

“The Ark Project is a secret project carried out jointly by the Inner Circle, a group of key power figures of humanity and most alien refugees. To put it simply, let’s run away to another planet to avoid the Menas saints. The problem is that the number of people who can escape during this process is at most 50,000.”

I was impressed by the fact that only 50,000 people could escape, but he was the key person in power to carry out this project.

Isn’t this a project where ordinary citizens abandon themselves and run away to survive for themselves?

“Wait a minute, what about the collective consciousness of humanity? I heard that the Saints of Menas use that as material to tear apart the source of stars?”

So no matter how far away you are, you won’t die?

“Collective consciousness does not mean that we are connected across interstellar distances. For the human race, the range of collective consciousness would probably extend all the way to the moon. It’s not for nothing that there are alien refugees. There are quite a few gaps.”

Indeed, if you decide to run away, you can survive.

“Next is the New Human Alliance. They are a group led by Earth’s high-ranking psychics that was formed in opposition to the Inner Circle. Their current goal is to annihilate the Inner Circle and rebuild the world around them.”

“Reconstruction? Is it like a unified government?”

“Similar. It’s just more of an oligarchy where superpowers are nobles. All power, support, and wealth are centered around high-ranking psychics. Like Luis Amber, who is now Brazil’s president for life.”

These bastards are crazy too.

“Where is Oracle? If you look at the news that the relationship with the US government is not good, it doesn’t seem to be the inner circle.”

“Oracle is close to being independent. Although I support the New Human Alliance, I do not belong to it because it does not match ideologically.”

I said, taking a moment to organize the information I heard from him.

“So, the purpose of the New Human Alliance is to create a world with superpowers and new humans as the upper class, and to mass produce high-ranking superpowers to fight against the corps commander of Saint Menas?”

“It’s a little different. The goal is to find the Master Piece, gather SS-class psychics and S-class talents who can be of use, become qualified, and join the Galactic Federation, a cosmic organization that opposes the Menas Saints.”

“Galactic Federation? What is that again?”

It seems like the scale keeps getting weirder.

“The Galactic Federation is a cosmic organization that only civilizations with SS-level superpowers can join. The ultimate goal of the New Human Alliance is to completely avoid confrontation with the Saints of Menas by joining there.”

“How on earth do you know that? Aren’t you alien refugees also tied to Earth in the first place? Or is there some other cosmic means of information that I don’t know about?”

“The source of information about the Galactic Federation is the Oracle. It’s a problem I can’t answer even if you ask me.”

“Oracle…”

Where did Oracle get that information?

Are you seeing something as a premonition of the future?

“I think I’ve roughly explained everything you’re curious about. As promised, I need you to help me with one thing.”

“First, tell me what it is. I can’t listen to just anything. I will listen and judge.”

“I will also give you compensation, so don’t just refuse. First of all, what I want is to attack the research institute where the ‘Complete’ project, which is currently being researched by the US government, is being conducted. You can also see it as hitting the inner circle.”

“Complete?”

“A superpower who artificially possesses all superpowers. It’s one of the pursuits to reach SS level ability. It’s not the right way.”

“Hmm… Are you asking me to attack there?”

“What exactly you want is depossession. The core of the completionist project… is to bring back a very special artifact.”