episode_0602
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In any case, if we were going to deal with the Chinese who were crossing the West Sea by boat, we needed to have the right to make our own decisions on the spot.
Even though the West Sea is relatively narrow and not an ocean like the Pacific or Atlantic Ocean, it is still a sea.
It would not have been strange for anything to happen out at sea, where signals from land could not reach very well.
‘But it might be a hassle later, so it’s better to deal with it once it enters our territorial waters.’
Since the Chinese government has already declared that the Justice League guys do not follow its orders, it has nothing to say no matter what happens to the armed group that invaded Korean territorial waters.
Inspector Seo Min-jeong looked slightly nervous at my words that I would handle it myself.
“… Please try to avoid collisions as much as possible.”
“Let’s try.”
Even though it was a voice modulator, she seemed to understand that he had no intention of making any effort.
She let out a small sigh and helped me into her car.
As time was running out, we had to move to Incheon Port immediately.
I also couldn’t use the key anywhere on a ship sailing the West Sea, so I just got in the car.
Anyway, there was still some time left before the Justice League entered Korean territorial waters. So, contrary to Inspector Seo Min-jeong’s worries, there was actually some leeway.
She focused on driving for a while, but after some time, she seemed to relax and opened her mouth.
“When you arrive at the scene, there will be a hero waiting for you. You can approach the ship with his assistance.”
“There’s a hero waiting for me who arrived before me?”
“He’s a hero named Blue Phantom. He originally worked around the Han River, but since he has the superpower to control water, he took action as soon as he heard the news. He must have figured out the Justice Alliance’s route by now and returned.”
“I’ve heard of Blue Phantom.”
It was definitely the name I saw in Bae Yeon-hee’s report.
Blue Phantom, Kim Ye-in.
You said you were a superpower who could control water and hide underwater?
I don’t know how the difference between the Han River and the sea, which were the main stages, will apply to her superpowers.
It may be that he chose the Han River as his main activity area because fresh water is more active, but since his previous job was as a marine researcher, his compatibility with the sea may not be so bad. He also said that he is sometimes dispatched to the West Sea.
It was definitely a good hire.
However, there were some parts that I didn’t understand when Blue Phantom came out.
“But if he can use his superpower to manipulate water, wouldn’t he be able to force the ship to turn around? Why not just send it back to China? I don’t think I need to get involved.”
Thinking back on my experience of putting out a fire that was burning down a bandit’s base with water drawn from a river using a water cannon, it didn’t seem like such a difficult task.
It seems like something Blue Phantom could have solved on his own, so wasn’t it unnecessary to call me?
I politely asked why he was bothering me by calling me when it was something that had already been resolved.
But Superintendent Seo Min-jeong reacted as if she had heard a ridiculous joke.
“The ship that Jeong Ui-maeng is riding is a small cruise ship. Even though it is small, it is a large ship with a displacement of thousands of tons. Are you forcing such a ship to turn around?”
“… It’s small, but it’s heavier than I thought.”
“And while Blue Phantom’s superpower is water manipulation, it’s not like he’s an incarnation of Poseidon or anything, but rather the ability to move his body freely underwater or shoot arrows. His stealth ability is also invisible, but it’s not like he becomes water itself like in the comics and can’t be attacked. The number of superpowered people from the Justice Alliance coming is in the dozens. It’s not known exactly, but it’s estimated to be around 50. It’s too convenient to assume that none of them have the superpower to attack her while she’s hiding underwater.”
‘In a world where there are superpowers, how can you argue about reality while talking about comics? There was even a villain who regenerated even after his head was blown off.’
I thought that Inspector Seo Min-jeong lacked imagination, but I understood what she meant by it being impossible.
Well, if that were possible, Blue Phantom would have taken care of the matter while he was out scouting and returned.
And who would have thought that the scale of the Justice League’s superpowered people was larger than expected?
Unless I use the Super Water Dongbaekjang to my advantage, it would be difficult to turn the cruise ship over like a ferry on the Yangtze River. I also understood that it would be impossible with Blue Phantom’s abilities.
This was a misunderstanding that arose because they did not know the size of the Justice Alliance and what ship they were coming on.
‘By the way, Cruz? Are these kids here to play?’
I haven’t been on a cruise yet. I’m starting to get a little upset.
-Master, you’ve been to space, so do you envy cruise travel?
Although Maria nagged me like that, it didn’t really ease my discomfort since I had never set foot on a luxury cruise before.
Inspector Seo Min-jeong didn’t specifically say that the cruise they were on was a luxury cruise, but it didn’t seem to make much of a difference to me.
I decided to vent my jealousy to the guys I was meeting soon, and asked them what I probably should have asked first.
“But why is that group called Justice Alliance suddenly coming to Korea?”
“They say it’s to encourage superpowered people in Korea to join the Justice Alliance. Like the Blue Dragons in China, the government in Korea controls superpowered people through the Hero Office. For the freedom and honor of superpowered people. That’s the reason.”
“What the hell are you talking about… ”
“That’s nonsense.”
In Korea, heroes whose names are on the Hero Office are called government heroes, but that does not necessarily mean that they are under government control.
Since the system was originally only able to register with a hero name, not a real name, the government had no way to force heroes, and if they wanted to get help at the national level, they had to send a request for cooperation rather than giving instructions like they would to soldiers.
If the request for cooperation did not suit the hero’s taste, he could just chew it up or go into hiding.
It’s not that there weren’t heroes who readily cooperated with the carrots offered by the government…
Unlike countries with shattered social systems, Korean heroes valued their popularity among the people, so they could not make unreasonable demands like the Chinese government made to the Blue Dragons.
If you do that, there will be a lot of people who try to gain popularity by exposing government corruption.
Even if they aren’t heroes, there are people everywhere who will do anything for attention.
The Justice League’s claim was nothing more than a tattered excuse to somehow come to Korea.
“The real reason is most likely political.”
Inspector Seo Min-jeong continued the explanation.
The Justice Party has come to stand against the current government through an official press conference.
But the fact that they were not immediately branded as reactionaries despite committing such acts meant that there were quite a few powerful people in China who looked askance at the current government.
So, it was presumed that they were planning to send the Justice Alliance abroad to avoid the eyes of the Chinese government and, if possible, recruit new superpowered people.
It is common knowledge that the average level of superpowered people in Korea is higher than that of other countries, although this is partly due to the image-making of the media.
Korea is a country located right next to China across the West Sea, so it must have been a target of envy for them.
Since Korea seemed to have looser control over its heroes than China, they probably thought they could just reach out and get what they wanted.
The Chinese government is turning a blind eye to the problem, letting them go and buying themselves time to regroup and shake off the troublesome superpowers that have risen up against them.
‘In short, you’re saying that you’re going to give Korea a hard time by taking care of its troublemakers and also take away its useful manpower?’
This isn’t some hero version of industrial espionage…
They were truly shameless to dare do something like this.
Both the Chinese government and those dissatisfied with them viewed Korea as a den of folly.
I laughed inwardly.
‘Yeah… I knew it when you said Justice Blind. What kind of justice is that?’
The world of the Tale of Two Swordsmen is a fictional space where martial arts and chivalry exist, so even though it is set in China, it is a place where justice is alive.
But even if we make a hundred concessions, it seems difficult to expect such things from the China of this world, which does not seem much different from reality.
The weight of the crime of contempt imposed on the guys has become heavier.
While I was pondering over how to deal with these people, the car driven by Inspector Seo Min-jeong arrived at the Incheon Port dock.
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