Storm Warrior - Chapter 325



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#325, Distributor

As I stood up, dusting myself off my knees, a light breeze blew through the suffocatingly heavy atmosphere.

“Very… , were you going to kill me?”

Seo Beom-jin immediately smiled bitterly at Kwon Ha-seon, who was putting the iron hammer on his waist, and Kwon Ha-seon also looked at him with a little pity and made a half-serious joke.

“The habit of drawing one’s sword before speaking can only be corrected with proper discipline.”

“Yeah. It hit me hard in the heart.”

“… … .”

Knock knock!

“Wow~ It’s youth. Good! Good!”

Ham Seong-ah clapped my shoulder, stood next to me, and put her arms around me.

I dodged her arm and nodded backwards.

“What, how much of a difference do you have to act so old to be so old? There are parents of graduates, and they are in their 30s.”

Only then did Ham Seong-ah look surprised and straighten her posture before bowing her head toward Cha Jeong-seok and Park Dae-geun.

“Oh, my! By the way, I’m late in greeting you. These guys came after such a long time and pulled out their swords, so I was out of my mind.”

They also responded with smiles.

“It’s been a while.”

“I know you’ve had a hard time. But I’m glad that it was resolved peacefully.”

While the adults were being polite to each other, the gazes of the classmates, who had been relaxing and exchanging brief glances, eventually ended up on Gayoung.

The interest in the youngest, who was the first to leave Cheongsong and from whom there had been no news for the longest time, has now changed to a look of wariness toward an unidentified villain.

Gayoung wiped away the smile that had been on her face, saying she was having fun, and pretended to look pitiful.

“Oh, please don’t look at me like that. If you think about it, I’m also a victim, right? Even when I was still in Cheongsong, I didn’t know that so many ‘future selves’ would come to me.”

“… Anyway, the problem is that you’re not the cute girl I knew. Oh my… That weird old man I met at the top was actually you.”

As Kwon Ha-seon had taken care of Ga-young like a younger sister, it seems that the shock he received was the greatest.

“I’m telling you, it’s just one future. My past lives are all different, and my current lives are many, so how can my future self be one? Some futures are ones that I know will never come. At least that old man is saying that it’s not the future that my older sister knows.”

Although Gayoung had argued her case, it seemed difficult for the distance between her and his bizarre identity to completely disappear.

But no one seems to believe that the guy truly regrets that.

As expected, Gayoung, who had quickly regained her appetite, turned her head to me.

“… … .”

Now the pupils of the indifferent transcendent being were openly turned towards my eyes.

Now that I’ve categorized him differently, that guy’s appearance no longer looks so disgusting or hateful.

Maybe it was because I too was becoming more and more accustomed to inhuman thoughts and feelings.

Meanwhile, the ‘adult’ group that had finished greeting each other also seemed to be paying attention, as Cha Jeong-seok opened his mouth during the gap.

“If it’s okay with you, I’d like to continue talking.”

“Ah. Yes. Let’s do that.”

“Yes. I understand that the culprit is the god Marduk. The more I study magic, the more I believe in the existence of gods. In fact, you already look like half a god to me. If there is a being that can torment you, the only one who can do so is a god. Or a devil. And originally, I just believed in you.”

“thank you.”

“Nice to hear. Also, if I summarize what I understand… Lost Thirty-Three? It seems like the only turning point in the cycle your father repeated for so long was that you recalled one life through that game.”

“you’re right.”

“That’s why the ‘distributor’ is becoming even more important. The answer has already been given in the circumstances.”

“It must be Marduk.”

“I guess that’s probably the case, seeing as how the game was structured to pit the player against a general.”

Cha Jeong-seok nodded in agreement with Ma Dong-wook’s words, who gave the same answer as he had thought, then looked at me again and continued speaking.

“If the distributor is really Marduk, then you should consider the possibility that the memories you believed would happen in the future are distorted. In that case, you should not be the one leading the future plans.

Even if you haven’t had any doubts so far, you may have left some very subtle, yet crucial, misinformation. Since thoughts come from what you know, isn’t this a very good way to interfere? No matter how much you try to plan, it will eventually lead to failure.”

Indeed, Cha Yu-ra’s brilliant mind was damaged.

I too have suspected that Roko33 might be Marduk’s work, but I never once thought that there might be distortion of information in it.

First of all, it was a memory so close to me that I thought it might have been a reincarnation rather than a past life, and it was thanks to that memory that I was able to endure and become this strong.

Moreover, since he had just received a failed future, it was definitely a sharp observation that would make him exclaim, “Ah!”

But, I thought differently.

Firstly, because many things were going differently from what I already knew, and secondly, because I got a glimpse of Marduk’s urgency in the process.

The fact that I suddenly blew up the ‘believed dead son’ trigger, that I escaped the chaos that I had fallen into by blocking the Lumpgate, and that I found a clue to counter his power in the tower were all things that Marduk had not expected.

“That’s not right… .”

When I opened my mouth to try to dispel Cha Jeong-seok’s concerns,

“Ah. I forgot… .”

Gayoung opened her mouth at the same time.

For a moment, all my heads turned around because Cha Jeong-seok and the other people were looking at me.

I had a gut feeling then.

“… There’s something I forgot to mention earlier. Can I continue talking?”

I was just talking to the guy and I was wondering if that was the case and it turned out to be true.

At the same time, a puzzle that had been puzzling me for a long time was solved.

‘Why did you make an arrangement that would benefit the bully?’

When I nodded with eyes that seemed to know what was going to come out of her mouth, Gayoung smiled playfully as if she was surprised. Then she looked at Cha Jeongseok and said.

“Well, one thing I want to point out in what you’re saying is that we need to divide it into those who simply distribute games and provide information, and those who add a transcendent system to it.”

“Is there a reason to think of two criminals in the extension of one incident?”

“Uh… First of all, one of them is me?”

“What? What is that…?”

“Lost Korea 2033 is a game I created.”

“…!”

Those who were once surprised by Gayoung’s suspicious identity were once again shocked.

“!”

“Eek!”

In particular, Seo Beom-jin and his group, who had a detailed understanding of Loco33, and Goo Chang-soo, who was a player himself, were even more surprised. I was the only one in the room who didn’t open my mouth or glare.

Actually, if you think about it a little, it’s an obvious story.

To tell all those stories, the character had to be someone who remembered at least one life, or someone who could see into the future, not necessarily an extension of the present.

Excluding the fact that I only encountered it as a user in my previous life,

Except for my father, who realized early on that the portrait world was a dimension that could not be reached and ended his own life.

Unless some god appeared in the dream of some game designer and gave him inspiration, then it would be no other than him.

“I have to be clear here that I literally made the game. It’s not my job to bring players here and keep them playing the system. I don’t have that talent.”

“… Then what was your purpose?”

“Um… What’s your purpose? I guess I just wanted Sungjun hyung to remember his past life?”

I personally supplemented Gayoung’s poor answer.

“It was probably for the purpose of remembering my past life, knowing who I really am, and making me and my family miss each other more, and as a result, causing us to suffer more. It’s the kind of childish reason to think that her mother was stolen by another man.”

“… … .”

For a moment, murderous intent radiated from Gayoung’s eyes, but I held back his gaze with even greater murderous intent.

No matter how much knowledge he had about the future, he could not match my energy, which had been inherited from my father.

If the guy had the power to directly confront his father in the first place, he wouldn’t have been hiding behind him and plotting such dirty tricks.

After confirming Gayoung’s face, which quickly turned into a smile as if asking when she had been looking at him, he turned to look at Cha Jeongseok.

“… … Marduk fleshed out this friend’s intentions and used them to his advantage.”

Of course, neither Gayoung nor Marduk had any intention of making any arrangements that would benefit me.

The developer authority that seemed to help me was ultimately just an arrangement to give me, who was weak, some hope in life, or to make my father, who had become insensitive to pain, pay attention to me, and thus experience greater despair and loss.

However, I survived by overcoming both evils.

“This guy. Please tell me he is a certain side of me.”

Cha Jeong-seok shook his head as if he was tired.

“… I see. It’s even worse because it’s so simple. I wonder why a being capable of all those things would choose such a childish and persistent method as a punishment.”

At first glance, it seemed like a reaction to Gayoung, but when you listen to the end, it was a criticism of the punishment called shackles.

“It’s true that he’s a childish brat, but another reason is that any further interference would weaken his power.”

Ham Seong-ah suddenly raised her hand from the side.

Perhaps it is because the person you are talking to first is Cha Jeong-seok.

“Go ahead.”

“I’m still not sure about the concept of the place where God exists… but doesn’t that mean that it’s that much harder to use the power to go beyond where you belong?”

“Yes. You understood it exactly.”

“Then the opposite would be true as well. It wouldn’t be easy to get there, but you might not be able to use your strength there.”

“Maybe so. Either way, if you look at it as if the one who manifests directly is going to have their strength reduced unconditionally, it could definitely be disadvantageous. But I will definitely do it. If you want, I can cut off that little bastard’s ear and give it to you.”

Even though it was a time when I had to appear confident even though I wasn’t, whenever I spoke to Ham Seong-ah, I always mixed in some jokes.

“Oh my! The ear of God. Yay. I was a little excited just now.”

Laughter erupted here and there at Ham Seong-ah’s teasing.

Thanks to this, many people continued to ask questions in a somewhat comfortable atmosphere.

I answered their questions without asking them to help me.

He didn’t actually want to help me.

This was not only related to my family’s secret from long ago, but it was ultimately a problem for all of humanity, and I wanted them to stand up for themselves.

Our Q&A went on for a full four hours, and I finally ended the session just as they started asking for specifics about their plans.

“I’ve arranged this meeting today because I want to be honest with those who believe in me and those I trust, but I think it’s too early to talk about my plans right now. At the very least, I don’t want people to tilt their heads because of my own abilities when I talk about my plans. I’ll make another meeting as soon as I’m ready.”

Once the question-and-answer session stopped, there was no more holding back, perhaps because they felt that there were quite a few new concepts they had to accept.

I dispersed the barrier by greeting people.

When I was thinking that I should solve the problem of Seo Beom-jin and his group’s treatment and looked away to find Kim Hae-na, Lee Na-eun approached me.