episode_0912

Banrohwan-dong.

It is one of the settings commonly seen in martial arts, and refers to a phenomenon in which an old master who has reached a certain level returns to the way he was in his 20s.

Here, the Chinese character for ‘dong’ (童) means ‘child’, but there are no cases where it actually becomes a child.

Instead of returning to the age of 10, most 80-year-old people return to being in their 20s, and the rate at which they decrease in age becomes like that of a child, which is why it is called anti-aging.

But that doesn’t apply in this day and age.

The oldest person is 26 years old, or 27 years old in Korean terms, so how much younger can you get from there?

Of course, until now, I have carefully confirmed the desires of those who want to look even one year younger.

Even jokingly, it’s a bit ugly, but there were people who said, ‘Since you died and came back to life, you should start counting from age 0.’

There were also people who claimed, ‘Age stopped at the time of death, so I am 21 years old.’

To give an example of a person who actually committed quite ugly villain behavior, there was an old man who killed the woman who was his wife in order to abandon his body and change into a younger body, then changed his body again and possessed the body of a 20-year-old man.

‘Is it Choi Ho-jeong again?’

So, when I first heard the story of the devil in Banrohwan-dong, I was a little worried that someone might have been influenced by Choi Ho-jeong, the chairman of Haeguneul.

Even though I knew that the golden statue of desire, stretching its hand toward the sky, still existed in a certain square in Busan, I was so embarrassed that I had to check the CCTV footage of the scene one more time.

As luck would have it, traces of Choi Ho-jeong’s anti-Roh conversion attempt remain in China, so perhaps someone tried to use that secret to rejuvenate him.

Could it be that as part of that method, they are kidnapping young children and trying to commit some kind of act?

I am truly worried, and there is a high possibility that among the young children captured in this way, there may be some talented people who could become ‘Shennong’ or, at the very least, demons.

thus.

-Everyone, prepare to be kidnapped.

I asked the three with concentrated magical power to freely roam around Wuhan city ‘alone’, and the three readily accepted the offer.

[This is Cheonma. No one is following.]

[The same goes for Firefox. Oh, there was one person, but he was just a police officer.]

[There is no problem with Seong Ji-eun either.]

While in constant contact with the three through the network, I continuously checked the signals of the electronic GPS and magic-like GPS devices connected to the three.

“Hey, Heukseon-gong. Is there any more information about the villain?”

“Unfortunately, I have not been able to confirm it yet.”

“With your hacking skills, you would have surely found at least one trace, right?”

“That’s the problem now because it’s not there at all.”

Black Ship Duke Jegalwook shook his head as if he was truly angry.

“Most criminals are public servants, right?”

“I can’t really generalize, but I admit that we basically have a desire for approval.”

“Yes. Everyone has a tendency to want to expose their crimes, but this child kidnapping villain has none of that.”

Heukseon-gong showed me the profiles of numerous men and women.

“Among the people I found inside China, I made a separate list of those who are truly likely to commit crimes against ‘real-life children’?”

“What are the standards?”

“People who don’t pretend to be like that on the outside, but talk about all kinds of dirty things through their back accounts. These people planned actual crimes based on traces of search terms or data research. These are people who analyze the movement paths of heroes through U-tubes, etc. and set targets along the way.”

“It’s serious.”

“What? I just brought the method from that side to suit this side in a similar way.”

In the organization, the masterminds go around the internet in large quantities to collect data, but Heukseongong handles it alone.

“Do you need manpower?”

“Manpower? All I need is artificial intelligence, a server, and the electricity and cooler needed to run the server.”

The secret is AI.

In our organization, this woman is carrying out the work of filtering out all the work that the head mother manually filters through artificial intelligence.

“Someday, if I fall, I’ll need a successor to take over, but at least it’s okay for now. Rather, let’s talk about the kidnapper.”

Heukseonggong Jegalwook opened a new screen on the monitor.

“This is the CCTV that shows the area near the market in Wuhan, and if I just introduce my system here, it will all be visible like this?”

As the CCTV screen captures people’s faces as if to ‘lock on’ each target, the color of the captured part soon changes for each face.

From green to red and even deep purple.

“Are impure molecules colored in red?”

“Yes. Ah, this is a secret at the Central Party over there.”

“In the first place, wasn’t Heukseon-gong allied with the Central Party?”

“You don’t know that well?”

Heukseon-gong shrugged his shoulders and avoided answering.

but.

I am not the hero of this country, and I have no intention of delving deeply into political issues.

There’s no need for that.

“So, I pay close attention to those who become red targets, but if I put a ‘filter’ on them, those who want to commit crimes against children will be singled out?”

As soon as Heukseongong entered a few codes into the system, people’s colors began to change.

“In this case, this person just collects so-called ‘pedo pictures’ from the internet.”

“What?”

The Chinese young man pictured in red and purple by black craftsmen was somewhat short, wore glasses, and his breathing sounded like he was going to make a ‘fu-huu’ sound.

“Isn’t that so? He must be a dangerous person.”

“You don’t just judge based on appearance, do you?”

“I am a person who thoroughly looks at data and makes decisions. Accumulated data does not lie. It can be said that few people who collect such data commit crimes against children…”

With a face full of confidence, Heukseongong pressed the mouse towards the young man and pressed the ‘Report’ button.

“It is true that most of those who commit such crimes have such data.”

“…Wasn’t what we were looking for an ‘S-Class Villain’?”

“He has committed crimes at the level of an S-class villain, but we still don’t know if he is truly S-class or not, right? You can’t conclude that he’s an S-class villain just because he wasn’t even caught by SS-class.”

“They say you are an S-class villain.”

“Well, well, we have to look at various possibilities. Unlike the goblin’s method of thoroughly executing those who have already committed a crime and scaring them to prevent copycat crimes from occurring…”

Zhuge Wook smiled bitterly with a slightly tired face, and used the mouse to highlight the ball as he approached the man.

“I was trying to prevent crimes from happening at all, so the best way to prevent them was to mobilize public power.”

“……Is it each person’s own way? I understand.”

Each person has a different way of pursuing peace, and the method varies depending on the culture, people, and political situation of the country.

I thought it was only Skynet that could monitor everyone through electronic data such as CCTV, but here is a talented person who has already created Skynet on his own.

“Heukseonggong. Are you-”

[Hey, teacher.]

Beep beep.

Iseon Yun’s voice rang softly through my device.

[There is a child who is secretly following me from behind.]

“Child?”

[yes. I’m not a person with special abilities, but something feels strange.]

“Feeling…?”

“Ah, what kind of feeling.”

Heukseon-gong waved his hand carelessly.

“Are you talking about the kid with the dumb hat following behind? All green. He is a young child with no problems. Just a kid who likes playing sword games with his friends.”

“…….”

The data says green.

There is definitely nothing strange about the child’s movements as he approaches Yun Yi-seon.

however.

“I believe in data, but I believe in something even more certain.”

“What is it?”

“Hero’s intuition.”

If Yoon Yi-seon senses something ‘abnormal’, that alone is worth paying attention to.

“Lee Seon. Treat that child as if he is trying to kidnap you.”

“No, it’s a child.”

[A devil disguised as a child, a person with supernatural powers, or a disguise?]

“Keep that possibility in mind. Cheonma and Hyeon…send Seong Ji-eun there.”

“Ha, why is that so…”

The child approaches.

“Goblin is a person who follows his senses more than you think, right?”

“If you don’t have a lot of emotion, it’s hard to become an outstanding person.”

“Sentimentality….”

“As a hacker, I am SS level, but the reason I am unable to develop as a person with special abilities is because I think too scientifically. Daydreaming is the foundation that makes people with special abilities strong.”

I lightly tapped Zhuge Wook on the shoulder and cheered her on.

“Not being able to improve your ability level is stressful, isn’t it?”

“…….”

“You like writing code through hacking, so why not try making something like a metaverse? In that world, you become a god and create codes that allow you to use all of your abilities.”

“Are you teaching me about my abilities?”

“It’s not advice, it’s advice that becomes your bones and flesh-”

A moment when we took some time to talk.

“……!”

“Uh.”

Yoon I-seon disappeared.

Both the electronic GPS and the horsepower GPS have disappeared.

“How is this…? No, wait, disappearing so suddenly…?”

Heukseon-gong, in panic, jumps up from his seat and searches for surrounding data.

“Heukseonggong. Other than there, what is there about 44km away in this direction from here?”

I know where Yun I-seon disappeared.

“Hey, what…?”

“Right now. …You said that Yoon I-seon was the target. So, I put a special GPS in Yoon Iseon.”

GPS that only I can feel in this world

“Patriotic GPS.”

In Yun Yi-seon’s stomach, my alter ego resides.