episode_0289

dawn.

The morning dawned.

Ymir and I ‘swapped’ with the parties in the underground parking lot near Busan Station, and the parties immediately boarded the car with the agents of the organization in disguise and left the place.

“How are you, Jeon Young-hee?”

“It’s easy to memorize your name, Hyeon Cheol-soo.”

Ymir and I became part of the security team.

Both Ymir and I took on the appearance of those in disguise, and completely changed our appearances using the power of this ability.

“Well, isn’t it okay to speak normally when you use magic to create a barrier around yourself?”

“No. Be thorough. That’s the basic mindset of an agent.”

Even though Ymir dyed his hair black and changed his face to have this ability, whenever they were alone, he wanted to be with Ymir and Do Ji-hwan.

Maybe it’s because it’s still awkward, or maybe it’s because I don’t want to continue to be called by the name Jeon Young-hee from now on.

“But only when the two of us are together. I heard that Jeon Young-hee and Hyun Cheol-soo are lovers.”

“Even if you are in a romantic relationship, you are both professional. If the mission is resolved without any major problems, we will have to return the seats to the parties involved, so let’s not forget our reputation for no reason.”

“How about we make this a fait accompli? If you spread rumors that you are openly patriotic…”

“Don’t say anything strange.”

“Ayat.”

Or maybe it’s because he feels uncomfortable about not being able to be patriotic when he’s with me.

“If you are a bodyguard, act like a bodyguard and professionally. You learned how to act as a bodyguard at the academy.”

“Just because it’s E level.”

Ymir was E-rank.

Although my grade has now been raised to D level, I received appropriate training at E level in the beginning of the academy.

And at the academy, E-level students are given training in advance that is appropriate for E-level students when they go out into society.

Security work is like that.

“I am the senior, you are the junior. And another guy coming in is ‘Black’. Since we are a team of three, there is no need to feel awkward. Got it?”

“Huh? Wasn’t it four?”

“I heard it changed on the spot. I just received it right before I got in the car.”

“Ugh, the variable.”

It’s just a variable that I’m not really worried about.

Rather, it is comfortable.

“Don’t think the appearance of ‘Black Taejo’ is strange for no reason. Got it?”

“Ugh, I guess it’s weird because of my prejudice.”

“It may be embarrassing, but just do it. Then, let’s join in slowly.”

“Heeing.”

Although Ymir whines, I clearly remember her previous time as an agent of the Hero Association.

Ymir is a practical person.

Behave professionally and never troll.

“Gay, Younghee.”

“Yes. Senior.”

After getting out of the car and checking my suit again, I immediately joined the ‘security team’.

“Hyeon Cheol-soo. Younghee Jeon. Did you two kiss in the car?”

“Sorry, team leader.”

“No, no. I was just joking. Everyone seems nervous except you guys.”

The head of the security team, Park Tae-sik, chuckled and pointed to the other security team members behind him.

“Let me introduce you. Mr. K. First of all, the name is ‘Kim Tae-sik’. I don’t have to tell you where it came from, right? It is the National Intelligence Service.”

They were clearly aware of one person, and that one was a ‘black-haired young man’ wearing black sunglasses like the other agents.

“Nice to meet you. Two people.”

Ymir is startled.

I was a little surprised, too, because a low, deep voice sounded completely different from the frivolous, patriotic young man we knew.

“Thank you very much.”

“Please do better for me. Unless it is a SA situation, please follow my instructions first at the scene.”

“Would it be possible?”

Anyone can see that he looks like an agent from the National Intelligence Service.

No, originally, the NIS black agent would be dressed like a reporter or an ordinary person wearing a checkered shirt, but the current Taejo is like a NIS agent operating inside a facility in a Korean crime movie.

“Then, let’s go to our respective areas right away.”

“Yes. Then let’s go by train.”

As soon as they could move as a group with the security team, they disappeared one by one to their respective locations.

“Hyeon Cheol-soo. Did you volunteer for this mission?”

And after everyone disappeared and only our ‘team’ remained, Kim Tae-sik and Taejo began to ask questions carefully.

“Yes. I stepped forward for the national interest.”

“You could die. I heard that you two are getting married this year.”

“Because it’s for the country.”

“…Okay.”

Kim Tae-sik (Cho) nodded heavily and followed up next to me.

“In that case, I will talk to you two separately. The security team will go to Kaesong, and the two of you, including me, will go further north with a very small number of people. To Sinuiju.”

“…….”

Ymir’s eyes wavered for a moment.

The look in his eyes was as if it were different from the area I talked about before, but fortunately, King Taejo didn’t even notice that.

“Okay, before the story. The two of you…maybe…”

Taejo headed to the scene with us and tapped the Taegeuk watch on his wrist.

“Do you know how much gold is needed to make a semiconductor?”

* * *

At that time, Harbin.

A street lined with shabby, old buildings.

The concrete walls are cracked as if they could split at any moment, and the streets are littered with trash.

It’s not trash.

There are homeless people covering themselves with what looks like piles of trash and protecting themselves with mats and newspapers.

“Ugh, uhhh….”

Their behavior was like zombies, but it is impossible for there to be zombies in modern times.

Demons exist, but zombies have not yet appeared, so zombies cannot exist, but they are definitely slow-moving like zombies and just repeat the same actions without any purpose.

It’s no big deal.

You’re just under the influence of a drug, and that drug is opium.

“Hehe, great leader comrade….”

I mutter nonsense to myself, and my focus is on illusion, not reality.

While the streets are filled with such people, several black vehicles are crossing the street and heading toward a warehouse.

Sigh.

The car stopped and the door opened, and blonde women got out from inside.

They were all wearing black suits, their faces were covered with sunglasses and masks, and they all had swords on their waists.

It was obviously strange to see people who looked like they should be wearing pistols wearing swords, but if you could see the magic sparkling in their eyes under their sunglasses, there was nothing strange about it.

What is stronger than the tank is a 17-year-old high school girl with special abilities, and these are the ‘agents’ that evolved from those high school girls.

It rattled.

The blonde woman who was the last to get out of the car leisurely heads into the warehouse.

Unlike other agents, she wore only a light, transparent dress and leisurely opened the warehouse door from side to side.

Sigh.

As the doors of the warehouse opened to the left and right, sunlight seeped into the warehouse.

Inside the warehouse, where only the ventilator was running, a mixture of men and women with black hair were playing mahjong in groups of four, all wearing shirts with various patterns.

“Hello, traitor?”

The blonde woman approached the black-haired woman who was waiting in the middle of them, alone with a mahjong board spread out.

“Following.”

“Oh my, can I kill you?”

By all accounts, it was a meeting between a Chinese and a Russian, but the parties leading the conversation actually began to converse in Korean.

“Before killing each other, how about killing the common enemies first and then killing each other?”

“Have you watched too many noir movies? I guess I got into the habit of watching movies to show off to Snow White?”

“Wouldn’t it be fun to just live a boring life? Since you also have the name ‘Cheonma’, how about ditching that suit and waving a black long gun like you’re straight out of a martial arts movie?”

“It’s noisy. He says he is ‘Rasputin’, but why isn’t he dressed as a monk?”

“That’s right.”

The blonde woman, Rasputin, lightly lifted the thighs of her dress with both hands.

The Heavenly Demon immediately frowned at that action, but Rasputin giggled and sat down opposite the Heavenly Demon.

“So why did you call us this time?”

“Why are you asking that when you already knew?”

“That’s because I want to hear it from your own mouth. Hurry up and brief me.”

“I am not your friend. Hey, I was a certified S-rank in Korea, but you were judged as S-rank in Russia.”

“Why are you arguing when you and I are both traitors anyway?”

It seemed like an imminent situation, and the subordinates were sharp at each other, but the parties talking were actually calm.

“I’ll get to the point. A gold mine was discovered beneath this lake in North Pyongan Province. It’s a very high purity gold mine.”

“Gold mine? Isn’t there really nothing wrong with being buried in North Korea anyway?”

“That’s because it’s not just gold.”

Cheonma flicked his fingers to the side, and soon his subordinate was holding a black steel case and placing it on the mahjong board.

“Look at this. How about it?”

“……Oh. This is kind of interesting.”

“If this is the case, aren’t you willing to join forces with us?”

“Heung.”

Rasputin licked his lips and reached for the gold.

“If I hadn’t intended to cooperate in the first place, I wouldn’t have come down here.”

“It’s a good choice. Then, there is something to do with your kids and my kids.”

Kwa-ang!

The Heavenly Demon raised its legs high and immediately stamped the mahjong board with its legs.

“Sneaking in secretly and discovering the true nature of the gold mine.”

Suddenly.

At the bottom of the mahjong board, which was split into left and right, a hole appeared that was large enough for one person to fit through.

“And to seize the gold from the gold mine.”

“What do you share?”

“Without any regrets, unconditionally 5:5.”

“Good.”

Rasputin looked down a rather deep hole and licked his lips.

“If this is not a distribution of losses, if it means taking away something from Korea, there is nothing I can do. Especially….”

Smirk.

“If it’s gold that can infuse mana.”

* * *

“After the cataclysm, the world changed.”

“After Sejong Island was created, the resources of the surrounding area gradually changed over a long period of time.”

“Yes. We will protect the gold mines in North Korea.”

“Gold is purer than anywhere else in the world, and allows for the most efficient management of mana.”

“To put it in a slightly fantasy way…”

“We must protect the ‘magic stone vein’.”