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“The car exploded? You’re not hurt, right?”

[no.]

“Okay then. I already wanted to change it to a sunshade one, but it worked out well.”

As soon as I returned to Busan through the portal, I reported the ending of the sports car to Baek Seol-hee, but Baek Seol-hee didn’t think it was a big deal.

“Instead, let’s resolve this quickly. Otherwise, I have to buy a Haegeuneul Motors car.”

[That is a serious problem.]

I don’t mean to criticize Korean cars, but the Haeguneul Motors of this world are really serious places.

Rather than thinking about how to develop technology and sell good cars, it was a place where they studied how to make foreign cars hit the elk well.

“You won’t tell me if it’s your son or your daughter, but when your child grows up and goes on a trip with your father, are you going to take Sunshade’s car?”

[I think we need to solve this dark world right now. If you want to receive a foreign car, whether from the US or Germany.]

There is one more reason to solve blackout right away.

[What is the status of Busan?]

“Don’t even talk. Isn’t the former president attacking the NSC with his magical powers, and aren’t the big guys acting up, saying they are traditional Busan gangsters?”

[For some reason, there were ice pillars on every street.]

The situation in Busan was also ridiculous.

“I caught the brainwashers. In Busan, he ran around and whispered into people’s ears.”

[Turning ordinary people into superpowers with a whisper?]

“Yes. They say it’s called brainwashing, but they say it doesn’t seem like they’re awakening someone with a special ability. I just feel like I discovered something, a new law of the world…?”

[Did you feel that way too?]

I don’t know if it’s because Busan has a lot of things to consider as examples, or because Baek Seol-hee controls all of Busan, but thanks to that, I was able to gather more clues.

[If an unspecified number of people, rather than people with specific abilities, are awakening people in that way, then there are even more reasons to go to Sejong Island.]

Busan is truly safe.

The ice crystals that Baek Seol-hee has spread all over the place act as artificial satellites and instantly freeze the villains, and at the same time, in the case of the vulnerable interior of the building, the Hallabongs, which are traveling north from Busan to Ulsan, serve as CCTV inside the building.

[It’s an unfair exchange fee. Here, the number of S-class members has increased by one, but over there, the official number of ‘activators’ has exceeded 10,000.]

bow engraver.

Those who were awakened to possess superpowers by the Hwalbindang.

I think it would be okay to just describe them as awakened people, but it is said that Hwalbindang was added in front of them on purpose for the non-competent people who will truly become awakened someday in the future.

[I want to become a person with special abilities. Is it that earnest?]

“Because everyone wants to become a person with special abilities. Since it was impossible in reality, I wanted to have children that way, but more fundamentally than that, people want to become people with special abilities.”

[If this continues, everyone will become a person with special abilities….]

Everyone is.

Talented person.

‘every’.

[…This bastard, no way.]

“Teacher!!”

Just when I thought I had one more clue, Ymir opened the portal and appeared with an urgent voice.

“Now, the bridge leading to Sejong Island!!”

[What?]

Coo coo coo.

I feel vibration.

A large tremor spread throughout Busan and the entire Korean Peninsula.

“Ah, ah…!”

Baek Seol-hee clings to the window and is shocked.

Beyond the window, a bridge stretching northeast from Busan Port began to slowly sink.

“The author’s masterpiece…!”

“All you have to do is rebuild the bridge! Because it’s old anyway! And still in Pohang….”

[I think it’s already too late.]

Cassak, Cassak, Cassak.

A sound comes from far away.

Although they could be heard overlapping on the radio, the sounds heard at the scene also seemed to have flown into Busan along with the sea breeze.

[The leg is being eaten whole.]

“Eating? …Huh?”

Passs.

The road made of concrete and steel was suddenly covered with something white.

Although the white powder appeared to be moving, it was actually a swarm of termites so numerous that it was impossible to count them.

“Insect wizard…? No way, they are trying to destroy the leg by eating it using termites… Oh, no, that’s not true. Not termites…!”

“Magical power itself in the shape of a termite.”

[It’s a manifestation of fantasy.]

No matter what the process is, as long as the result is good, it’s okay.

Termites cannot chew through entire concrete and rebar, but if such an ‘image’ is established, there is no major problem in manifesting this ability.

[I can see it. Those who can be seen through the ability to see far away. Are the ‘real executives’ of the Hwalbin Party on Sejong Island?]

When I look towards Sejong Island with magic in my eyes, I see masked people slowly walking towards Sejong Island on top of the Sejong Island Ipdo Bridge, which is disappearing as if it is corroded and melting.

Different from the Hahoe mask given to the lower class, there are various ghost masks that look a bit like goblins.

[It looks like the boss rush will begin once you enter Sejong Island.]

“How are you going to get there? If you’re in that state right now, you won’t be able to run the car…! The corrosion rate is too fast!”

“There is a way to use this ability to run on the sea, but then there is a loss of magic power…”

[This is difficult.]

I don’t know exactly what Amgil-dong is planning.

The real executives of Hwalbindang, like Seonmudang – Seonmudang was not actually visible from the bridge – but they are all on Sejong Island.

They advertise themselves as saying that Amgil-dong is also on Sejong Island, but in reality, it is impossible to reach Sejong Island with wheels only because the bridge is broken.

Unless you use magic power to run on water.

“Shall I make a road out of ice? If it’s on the sea, I think it’s somehow possible.”

[no. Protect Busan. Don’t overdo it.]

“…If I have to, I’m going to tell Mir to stay by my side. okay. I won’t overdo it. Still, when it comes to protecting citizens, can’t we just do our best without compromising our health?”

[As long as it does not cause strain to the body and mind.]

Hwalbindang.

It must be dealt with quickly.

The confusion has been resolved immediately, but if the blackout continues, what will happen to the world is unknown. Above all, if communication is restored and the ‘awakening terrorism’ committed by the members of the Active Bin Party spreads, the Korean Peninsula will be at an end.

A world where everyone has special abilities.

A world where one does not become a person with a special ability through a certain order or time, but simply by ‘believing in Hwalbindang’.

The confusion will increase, and if that happens, many people with special abilities will become ‘devils’.

Or already…

[Let’s find another way to get to Sejong Island. Even if I use a little magic power…huh?]

Beep beep.

Even though there was no satellite, someone contacted me through Death Watch.

Not even an SMS text message, but a text message via data.

[Has the base station been restored? Probably not. It is still difficult to transfer it directly from the base station…]

The moment I saw the text.

[Seolhee. Let’s go right away. Ymir, get ready. This is a message from the fairy.]

I opened the window right away.

[A golden carriage is coming that will take you to Sejong Island at high speed.]

Puuu

* * *

Sejong Island(?), near the southwestern coast.

“Bridge dismantling completed! No one will be able to enter Sejong Island with this. Hehehe.”

A woman wearing a gaksi mask with a lower crown giggled and pointed to where the bridge was.

The bridge on Sejong Island, where cars and trucks passed several times a day, no longer exists.

“It’s a shame. I should have taken a picture of the bridge at the end.”

“What’s important about photos? It disappeared anyway.”

A young man wearing a nobleman mask sarcastically pointed to the sky.

“The important thing for us is to prevent anyone from entering this island anymore. Until the ritual is over, do not allow a single ant baby to enter. You know?”

“Okay. Until the ritual is over…you must never be caught.”

The person wearing the middle school clenched his fists in a determined voice.

“If the party leader completes the ritual, there will no longer be anyone in this world who suffers from being born without special abilities. Ah, party leader…!”

“…Rather than that, Seonmudang is okay, right?”

“Uh huh. It’ll be okay. Even though it is said to have been zen-loss, lives have not been lost.”

“…….”

“Don’t forget. A person who is zen-lost is a symbol of a ‘sinner’. In a world where everyone is born with special abilities and live without discrimination, losing magical power is a symbol of someone who has made a mistake.”

A young man wearing a choraeng-ital mask slightly lifted his mask and smiled wryly.

“All we have to do is bring in a lot of the mechanisms that are convenient for us. Hehe, guys, your head will hurt a bit.”

“In contrast, we just need to pass time safely…”

“How much is left?”

“Now….”

The moment the young man was trying to check his analog wristwatch, which was different from the Taegeuk watch.

Puuu!!

Somewhere, in the southwest, a horn sounded.

“Gi…cha?”

It was so absurd, but the sound was clearly a train horn.

“Didn’t you hear it wrong? Here, in the middle of the East Sea!”

“It must be the horn of a boat. …Now that I think about it, what happened to the people who went on the voyage? In this darkness.”

“There was nothing I could do. I had bad luck. A lucky person will find the light of the lighthouse and return…huh?”

The executives of the Hwalbin Party saw this.

“That, something, is sparkling…?”

“It’s getting closer, no, it’s running…?”

On a sea of darkness like space.

“Um, what is that?! Why on earth is something shining golden…!”

“It’s not something! That’s a train…!”

“Gi, train…?!”

Passing through pitch-black darkness.

“Um, that can’t be right…! Managold…?!”

“That’s…! A real golden train…?! That’s all managold…?!”

“……!! You can see what looks like railroad tracks underneath the golden train! Then, that must be…!”

Running on a steel railway that sparkles like the Milky Way.

“Oh, it’s coming…!! Everyone, avoid itㅡㅡㅡ!”

“Ah, Armored King Taejo…! They say he embezzled managold, and took it by train…!!”

“Ugh!! It’s a flying golden trainㅡㅡㅡㅡ!!”

Kwa—–!!

A golden train made of 99% pure managold flew through the sky and struck the executives on Sejong Island.