Black Badger - Chapter 387



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387. Shutdown (2)

Walker looked back at me.

His thick eyebrows rose.

I stopped next to him and carefully observed his complexion.

“I’d like to ask you a slightly sensitive question.”

“sun.”

I chose my words carefully.

“I have a question about your biological parents.”

Walker stared at me.

“I don’t know.”

“Haven’t you been there since birth?”

“Yes. I lived here and there, mostly living like an old spider.”

Ah. So that’s why it seemed like we had quite a deep connection.

“I don’t know anything about my biological parents.”

“I see. Sorry.”

“You have nothing to be sorry about. But why did you bring this up?”

How should I bring up the story?

While I was thinking about it, Walker spoke first.

“Do you think I’m mixed-race?”

I opened my mouth.

“As I said last time, I didn’t waste my time on the problem solver.”

“… You are amazing.”

This guy always had incredibly quick wit.

It’s hard to believe that he drank so much from the Lord. When I first went out of the core and met Jin, and when I went out to rescue Shu, he showed amazing reasoning skills.

I’m telling you, the head of the personnel department wasn’t forgiven by Ye-Hyeon for nothing.

“It’s a credible inference. Sometimes I find my own strength a bit strange. To be exact, I wonder how other people can survive with such weak bodies.”

“… I have absolutely no knowledge of biology. But just in case, how about submitting your biometric data to the Green Dream manufacturing company and John Mullen, who were dispatched to headquarters?”

“There is nothing I can’t do.”

Walker gave a cool nod of approval.

As I let out a sigh of relief, the man with his sleeves rolled down over his thigh-sized arms asked.

“But isn’t John Mullen in self-quarantine right now?”

ah.

I nodded.

“Yes, that’s right. I’ll bring you a sample when I have time.”

“Do you know the house?”

“yes.”

“Why do you know?”

hmm?

I looked up at the other person in confusion, and the other person also looked down at me.

A man who resembled a giant grizzly bear rather than a human being.

I replied, bewildered.

“… I’ve… been there… .”

“Why did you go?”

“… Drinking with the head of HR… .”

“When I opened my eyes, I was in the house of a genius scientist?”

I felt embarrassed.

I turned my gaze and nodded.

Walker could be heard snorting.

“I told you it would end badly.”

“…I didn’t know it would be this bad.”

Suddenly, I remember that time and it feels like a distant memory.

“Anyway, since I don’t know the house, I’ll deliver it to you later.”

That is, if the calls don’t come pouring in constantly.

If you can’t find time because of all the calls, you’ll have to ask other people.

The giant man gave an affirmative nod. I felt relieved inside and followed Walker, who was about to go and submit the sample.

John Mullen and Giacomo Lo’s share house is a 15-minute motorbike ride from headquarters.

It’s not far, so I can bring it to you right away.

You may not have time to get there at all… .

We need to transmit biometric data as soon as possible.

The sight of my seniors suffering would not leave my mind.

I couldn’t lose the people around me like this.

Thinking that I should follow Walker and extract my data as well, I hurried my steps toward the medical ward.

***

Thomas was holding a gun.

It’s been two hours since I’ve been standing guard with it in my hand.

P District, which has the highest population density in the Center Core. However, the security situation is terrible. Thomas lived in an area classified as Harlem, where the military and police did not dare approach.

It was a place where people with illegal drugs and illegal enhanced body parts were rife.

A place full of merchants who risk their lives to catch and raise creatures to make money.

Now that Black Badger has been shut down, Thomas stands in Harlem, unprotected from the Creature’s attack. He knows the reality. There is no way the military or police can protect this place.

If you come near them, you’ll be lucky if you don’t get shot.

The soldiers didn’t even try to approach this area.

Only experienced police officers patrolled the alleys, but even they would probably be stationed elsewhere now.

So, Thomas also understood how big a deal the Black Badger shutdown was.

There are many people on this street who died while trying to breed 2nd class creatures.

Even the most miserable Badger is a second-rate creature who can answer the phone and deal with it. Thomas has known four people who have died from being bitten by such creatures.

But a 4th-tier creature? A 6th-tier creature?

It was obvious that he would turn into minced meat the moment he appeared.

In reality, it should be considered a dead life.

But shouldn’t we try to rebel before it gets settled?

If you’re lucky, you might only see tier 2 creatures before antibiotics are invented… .

There are a lot of bullets here.

“It’s fucked.”

It’s been three hours since I’ve been standing guard with that thought in mind.

“It came out.”

The creature has arrived.

“Even if you can’t do it, it’s still level 5-.”

Those were the last words of Neil, the illegal creature breeder.

Thomas saw Neil’s body fly through the air like a paper doll, tracing a parabolic arc before crashing down onto the asphalt.

An ominous sound followed.

It wasn’t so bad that I would die like that.

You’re saying that you illegally raised and sold creatures, but you didn’t kill them.

“Scream!”

Of course, there was no time to mourn.

When I came to my senses, the surroundings were filled with gunshots.

“Scream! Scream!!”

Tadadadadadadang!

People were shooting bullets like crazy.

But the bullet didn’t hit the target well. The creature was too fast. It climbed up and down the walls of the building at an odd rate, making it even harder to hit.

Instead, there were many people who were hit by grenades.

Screams and gunshots.

A long creature that leaps down onto the road and then sticks to the walls of buildings as if it had suction cups. A group of creatures that crawl forward despite being hit by bullets.

One of them was stuck to the wall of the building where Thomas was.

A white cocoon-like thing began to climb up the building. Thomas aimed at the white creature climbing up and fired rapidly.

But surprisingly, the creature, with its blunt end curled into a spiral shape, ate all of the bullets he shot.

“This is crazy.”

That’s so out of the ordinary.

“Where can I find something like that?”

But there was.

That too, right in front of his nose.

A mouth that gapes open.

A black mouth appears before your eyes.

The mouth had opened so wide that Thomas could now see only the deep abyss of the throat.

This is the last one.

The moment I thought about it, the black color split in half.

“uh?”

Thomas was dumbfounded.

“ah?”

There was light.

A beam of light appeared, splitting the abyss in half. The streets of Harlem appeared between the darkness splitting on both sides.

Thomas, who had been frozen with his eyes blinking, realized that the silvery glint was the light from the sword only after the cheers were heard.

The pale light emitted by Black Badger’s sword.

It’s Hildebert.

“Fuck! Seriously!”

People were already aware of Badger’s arrival.

The guards looked out the window and swung their fists.

“Taleb! Taleb! Taleb!”

“It’s real!”

People cheered and threw down their weapons.

“It’s the Black Badger!”

“Fuck super antibodies!”

“Jedi!”

“May the Force be with you!”

Hildebert swung his sword.

A sharp sound that cuts through the air.

Cheers and cheers erupted. Thomas didn’t even realize what was happening. All he could see was a man with white hair waving around, swinging his sword.

By sound. Eyes cannot follow.

With that one swing, the rushing white creatures were torn apart.

I swung it twice and no creatures moved.

People were screaming like crazy.

“Eww!”

The streets were filled with cheers that shook the buildings.

“Taleb! Taleb! Taleb!”

Hildebert sheathed his sword.

“Taleb! Taleb! Taleb!”

A white-haired badger who shakes his body.

Thomas, who had been looking down at him, came to his senses belatedly.

ah.

“Hildebert!”

I hurriedly leaned out the window.

A man heading towards his motorcycle raises his head at the shout that is loud enough to drown out the cheers.

Thomas didn’t miss the moment when his yellow eyes looked at me.

If you wait a moment, the busiest person in Center Core right now will disappear on a motorcycle.

“Thank you for saving me!”

I shouted quickly.

“I like Lexi noodles too!”

Hildebert smiled brightly.

It was just as someone on the internet had said. It seemed like the fact that Lexic Noodles were delicious made him feel good.

The man smiled brightly and raised his thumb.

Then he turned around and ran to the motorcycle.

Badger sets off without paying attention to what people are saying.

Thomas quickly took his cell phone out of his pocket and filmed Hildebert riding away on his motorcycle.

The most famous person on the Internet today quickly disappeared from sight.

Leaving the afterimage of white hair in my eyes.

***

About a day and a half had passed since the shutdown.

Hildebert became the most famous person in the center core.

{Mario Badger Deployment Video}

{I told Hildebert that Lexic Noodles tasted bad.}

{‘That’ appears}

Lee Ho let out a hollow laugh and clicked on the last video.

Since the shutdown, people have been reluctant to come out.

Internet usage skyrockets after announcement.

Naturally, comments poured in over the video of Hildebert being captured so well.

– Did you draw the sword? I don’t see any movement of drawing it;

– Return of the Jedi

– Ah, Mario won’t collapse just because there’s an infectious disease going around. White-haired Mario has to eat Rexic Noodles. He gave a thumbs up yesterday because people said Rexic Noodles were delicious.

└ It’s me! Mari~o!

└ Ting ting ting!

– So handsome.

-Why do you like Lexic Noodles so much??

└ I guess your tongue is fine.

– I want to cut your hair.

– But aren’t Lexic noodles really delicious?

– It doesn’t make sense that the reinforced body, which was created with tax money, suddenly collapses one by one. It’s also obvious that they keep pushing only the white hair and that they’re manipulating public opinion.

└ Next Creature Feed 1

There have been only a few deaths so far.

It wasn’t that there weren’t any. They couldn’t have been nonexistent. The military and police couldn’t deal with creatures as well as the badgers. And the number of badgers who were infected and fell just kept increasing, not decreasing.

Another person died from the disease two hours ago.

Soldiers, police officers, and civilians were dying here and there. The number of casualties was steadily increasing.

There is no proper solution yet.

The second isolation ward area was also said to be packed with tents.

‘The calm before the storm.’

Lee Ho looked at Hildebert’s video gloomily.

It was surprising that the storm hadn’t arrived yet. This contagion must have been spread by Kyle’s side. It must have been part of a biochemical attack. It worked brilliantly.

‘Of course I won’t let you suffer like this and die.’

Surely, before the situation is resolved, I will use magic to pour the creatures into the core.

I don’t know when that will be, though.

Last night was quiet.

Today was pretty much the same. The day was coming to an end, but nothing major had happened yet.

But how long will this peace, which doesn’t seem like peace, last?

Lee Ho sighed and turned off YouTube.

A pair of unfamiliar eyes appeared on the pitch-black screen.

“Eww!”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

As I bounced my body, the woman who had been looking down at her phone widened her eyes.

“Thank you for surprising me.”

A woman covering her mouth shyly.

Lee Ho blankly looked at the pixie-haired woman.

This is the elegant air of the medical staff I saw when I was in quarantine.

The black-haired woman smiled at Lee Ho.

“You were watching such an attractive video that I didn’t realize… I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to sneak a peek.”

“it’s okay.”

Lee Ho answered in a trembling voice.

“How are you feeling?”

The woman asked with a big smile.

“If it gets worse, please let me know….”

Kwaaaaang!

A collapsing isolation ward wall.

Medical staff and reporters screamed in horror.

The badgers raised their heads. Those with remaining energy ran out of the barracks.

Those who reflexively take up weapons in their hands.

“It’s a creature!”

A horde of creatures pushed through the wall.

“Creature!”