The Devil’s Dead Child - Chapter 286
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#Episode 286, I will rip off your neck
– General Han! You are surrounded. I advise you not to increase the number of innocent victims by struggling for no reason.
Han Sang-cheol’s head turned towards the owner of the loudspeaker.
“… … .”
The commander of Two Star was watching us with a very tense look.
unfamiliar face… .
Even if I was a junior, I knew the faces of most of the officers worthy of receiving stars.
Probably all the juniors who had even the slightest connection with him or who were suspicious of him would have been separated.
Han Sang-cheol, once again reminded of his situation in this country, slowly looked around.
environment.
Surrounding the base of the wide tower, at first glance there are 10,000 troops lined up.
Did Han Sang-cheol not know that the general soldiers were approaching at the speed of slugs?
I just didn’t care because I had things to focus on first.
Is it because there is no response?
An unknown junior urged Han Sang-cheol in a louder voice.
-Do not tarnish your son’s name any more!
Han Sang-cheol smiled bitterly.
Usually it’s a scolding that starts with ‘in the name of the parents’, but it suited his situation very well.
The bitter smile quickly faded.
The conflicted gaze turned towards the tower again.
Because I couldn’t figure out what the guy was up to.
Feeling the energy of Marduk, I crossed the West Sea, but it was difficult to guess what was happening just by seeing the phenomenon.
The thundercloud that covered the tower’s head was clearly the power of Marduk.
So far, the only time that Marduk directly projected his power onto this land was on the day when the curse was placed on him.
And today… .
An incalculable amount of time has passed now, but there was no way I could forget his energy.
Of course, this would be a deliberate intervention, but
I couldn’t figure that out.
‘Are you calling me? or not… .’
Han Sang-cheol’s agony is one thing… ,
He didn’t know where his son was now.
-I think you fully understand the situation. If you surrender quietly, I promise to treat you accordingly.
Finally, the major general who delivered the conciliatory words must have sent some signal, and the first line of besiegers held on to their guns and advanced.
chuck!
Han Sang-cheol decided that he could no longer ignore them and turned around.
Susssss─.
A low black haze spread around his feet.
“──!”
Just as the soldiers on the front line startled and stop walking, hook! The fog that came in instantly obscured my vision.
At the same time, creepy sounds came from all directions.
That’s it! Quad Deuk!
Slap!
The sound of guns being dropped here and there was also heard.
The command center was also watching the whole scene, but it happened so quickly that they were unable to respond.
Hwiiing.
Soon the black haze cleared with a light breeze.
Fortunately, the tragedy that everyone instinctively imagined did not occur.
The guns of the soldiers in the first row, frozen in their seats, were all bent.
“… … !”
Go Cheol-jin, the B7 division commander, looked at Han Sang-cheol with a bloodless face.
I can’t feel the magic,
However, he did not know the power of the general.
The commander of the armed forces had the duty to thoroughly understand the threat to the nation.
Because the biggest threat to the Republic of Korea in modern times was the man standing in front of him.
Any military general must have watched the video of the Blue House incident hundreds of times.
Because ‘against Han Sang-cheol’ combat training was a top priority for the entire army.
Mock training always ends in victory,
They weren’t so stupid that they couldn’t even make an objective evaluation.
The irony was that as the training continued, the soldiers’ morale improved, but the commander’s fear grew.
Go Cheol-jin, too, was not confident that he would be able to subdue him with only division-level troops and urgently mobilized superhuman strength.
no… I thought it was impossible.
There was no way for him to step back as he just ordered it from above.
The courage I had mustered was quickly depleted.
“Yes, division commander… ? Please give me orders.”
A tactless adjutant was explaining something to which there was no answer.
In fact, the only thing he could do from the beginning was appeasement – selling the general’s son to persuade him to surrender (with a request).
And a little while ago,
One general refused to surrender.
One fortunate thing is that his rejection was not accompanied by blood.
‘now… What do we do… ?’
One step further,
I had to make a decision before taking another move.
However, the thought that many lives depended on his choice did not make him easy to swallow.
‘That’s not it… . ‘It’s not my choice that’s important, it’s probably up to a general’s decision.’
What on earth was he thinking?
I don’t know why he appeared here alone, but
I just desperately hoped that the current confrontation would not lead to catastrophe.
Perhaps that earnestness was conveyed through the eyes that met each other, and a general who had never said a word opened his mouth.
“Use your judgment. “I am no longer just a rebel leader.”
“… … .”
General Han’s gaze turned towards the sky at the end of his words.
There was a drone cam floating there.
‘He is not simply the leader of a rebellion… ?’
It was a time when Go Cheol-jin was pondering General Han’s words.
“Communication security. B7 Company Headquarters… yes? Did you hear wrong? omg! yes! Now, Operations Commander… .”
“What?”
There seemed to be a small commotion coming from behind, and the operations officer came running in a huff.
“Division commander!”
Go Cheol-jin, who was looking around to see if there was an additional command from superiors, felt a vibration in his wrist and immediately inserted the cockpot.
This is because the direct line to the superiors was more important than the radio waves to the unit.
The operations officer who had just arrived also kept quiet, thinking that the timing was no different from the news he was about to deliver.
-I am the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
It was not immediately above, but far above.
“Loyalty!”
-I just issued Fast Face.
“… … !”
Suddenly, DEFCON 2 (Accelerated War Preparation) came out of nowhere.
-North Korea… No, the United States opened all guns and launched fighter jets. Crazy bastards… . They are saying that if they touch even the slightest hint of their leader, they will immediately start fighting.
Go Cheol-jin was surprised and looked back at General Han.
Only then did I understand what he meant.
The current Han Sang-cheol was the leader of a country.
“then… “Should we just withdraw?”
-no. There is no withdrawal yet. Avoid provoking General Han as much as possible and wait.
“Time… Are you saying drag it? “We don’t know what variables will arise if we continue to confront each other.”
-Whoa… . okay. The VIP will soon arrive at a place where you never know what might happen.
“Ji, are you coming in person?”
Go Cheol-jin wondered if the president was sane.
What was the outline of the ‘Blue House Incident’?
It was an incident in which Han Sang-cheol broke into the Blue House targeting the president.
However, the reason why the prey wanted to appear directly in front of the beast was unknown.
-The Joint Chiefs of Staff tried hard to stop him… I couldn’t break my stubbornness. The VIP seems confident that the conversation will work.
anyway. This means that the mission assigned to the B7 Division has been changed to escorting VIPs.
“Is there no additional support?”
-Three companies of the super special brigade are going together. But as long as the two noblemen are facing each other, it doesn’t matter how many security forces there are.
In the end, it was no different from saying that 100% security was not possible.
In fact, in a normal country, this is not a move that would be possible no matter how stubborn the president is.
Because he is a scarecrow president,
Perhaps the Joint Chiefs of Staff did not ‘do its best’ to dissuade him because there was a real enemy named Han Seong-jun.
“… All right.”
-I’ll contact you again.
“Loyalty.”
After ending the call, Go Cheol-jin breathed a sigh of relief.
There was no order to withdraw,
I thought it was fortunate that the order to arrest General Han was withdrawn.
Go Cheol-jin looked at Han Sang-cheol.
Although it feels brutal at first glance,
Go Cheol-jin’s eyes looked relaxed.
Because feelings are subjective,
Go Cheol-jin briefly thought of words like solitude and meaninglessness.
Suddenly, it occurred to me that a person like General Han might have heard all the phone calls that came and went from here.
“… … .”
Go Cheol-jin, who was quietly making eye contact, bowed silently.
Judging from the words of a general who said, ‘Use your judgment,’
This is because he did not seem to have any intention of using unilateral and merciless force.
Although he didn’t actually make any judgment, he was grateful for the opportunity.
Even though we were enemies now, we were seniors for a long time, so it wasn’t something to hurt our pride.
Either that or not.
Han Sang-cheol, who had been watching Go Cheol-jin without any reaction, suddenly looked at the northwest sky.
Naturally, more than 10,000 pairs of eyes turned to the northwestern sky.
After a while.
Doo doo doo doo doo doo!
Eleven transport helicopters in formation appeared,
Go Cheol-jin swallowed with a different sense of tension than before.
***
Despite the tension of his subordinates, Ga Guk-hyeon was smiling.
Ga Guk-hyeon stopped the bodyguards who were following closely behind him, then walked up to Han Sang-cheol alone and held out his hand.
“Long time no see. General Han.”
Han Sang-cheol, who had already heard about VIPs, was actually surprised when Ga Guk-hyeon got off the helicopter.
“I knew from before that he was an unusual person, but… , It really surprises me.”
“That’s not something the person who made me run in surprise would say.”
“I just had business to do here, I didn’t think about it before moving.”
“I know. “If our Department of Defense was anything to worry about, the first place they discovered General Han would have been my office.”
“Don’t worry, I don’t intend to attack the route I failed on once again.”
It was a serious joke about the previous ‘Blue House incident’, but both people laughed it off cheerfully.
“So… , I thought that the general’s sudden appearance here had something to do with the cumulonimbus clouds hanging over the tower. “If that’s the case, it’s not something to be taken lightly.”
“That’s right. It’s a big deal, but I still don’t know what effect it will have on the tower. “First of all, I need to know where my son is now.”
“I will cooperate. But… “Have you really had no contact with your son at all?”
“Even though I’m an Abby, I don’t necessarily understand. “It’s not like there’s no way to contact me across the street, but I’m in a hurry so I don’t have any communication devices.”
Ga Guk-hyeon made a bitter expression.
Regardless of who was right or wrong, the situation of a general who was separated from his son as a father was pitiful.
One beat later, General Han’s words came back to me.
“… “You don’t have any means of communication?”
“exactly.”
“You said you didn’t plan on coming.”
“ah… . I heard that DEFCON 2 was issued because our side opened fire. As you may have guessed, this is not what I ordered.”
Ga Guk-hyeon shook his head with a bewildered laugh.
“You have some scary subordinates. First, please reassure your subordinates.”
I was also afraid of blind loyalty, which was not just a simple thing to say, but no distinction between the two sides.
I was also relieved.
According to the original response strategy, a preemptive strike was planned as soon as such signs were discovered in the North.
Fortunately, now that it has become ‘Han Sang-cheol’s country’, it has been treated as a hasty strategy.
Sangcheol Han asked, pointing at the drone.
“Are you continuing the broadcast?”
“It was not controlled separately.”
Han Sang-cheol nodded and waved his hand toward the drone cam.
“… … ?”
“… “I’m sure you understood.”
Ga Guk-hyeon quickly agreed and took out the cockpot and inserted it.
I didn’t expect him to give orders through cameras at the eve of the war, but if he did, he would.
Deputy General Manager Jeong Soo-bon’s voice came from the other end of the phone.
“Let’s fly.” I know that you are in secret contact with the headquarters manager. It’s an emergency. “Understand the direction of the head of the department by any means necessary.”
Ga Guk-hyeon looked at Han Sang-cheol as if to wait a moment, and Han Sang-cheol nodded and looked back at the tower.
As a few minutes passed, Han Sang-cheol was lost in thought towards the tower, and Ga Guk-hyeon was looking at Han Sang-cheol and thinking.
At that time, Ga Guk-hyeon’s secretary, who was a few steps away with the bodyguards, approached.
Han Sang-cheol and Ga Guk-hyeon looked at the secretary at the same time.
“This is a report that came from the Paranormal Environmental Science Institute. It is said that no waves in the sky around the tower have been detected since the cumulonimbus cloud appeared.”
Sky waves are a type of magic wave that is usually detected at safe coordinates, and refer to a magic phenomenon that occurs at a point moving from other coordinates.
In other words, the absence of waves in the sky around the tower means that no one came out of the tower.
There was no way that neither Han Sang-cheol, who was once the commander of the Chojak Command, nor Ga Guk-hyun, who was the Minister of Paranormal Technology, could not understand its meaning.
“… … !”
Ga Guk-hyeon opened his eyes wide and looked at Han Sang-cheol’s complexion.
In fact, we still don’t know if Han Seongjun entered the tower.
I couldn’t help but associate the ominous thoughts with the actions of a general who first looked for his son.
Han Sang-cheol muttered to himself.
“I can’t wait.”
“yes?”
Han Sang-cheol looked back at Ga Guk-hyeon and said.
“If you find my son outside, make sure he never enters the tower. “Don’t even tell me I went in.”
“Are you really planning on going inside?”
“I’m glad you’re not in there, but if you are, I don’t have time to wait.”
“Not a single general may come out.”
“Even if that happens, if my son comes to the tower later than me. “At that time, I will do whatever it takes to jump out and slit your throat.”
The tone is joking,
The content is a threat,
Anyway, I meant what I said.
Ga Guk-hyeon could fully sympathize with his feelings, so he nodded seriously.
“… … “I will keep that in mind.”
The moment he answered,
Shwaaaaagh—!
Black smoke stretched out in a straight line from where the general was standing to the top of the tower’s entrance and base.