There Is No World For ■■ - Chapter 803



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EP.803 Красная звезда (9)

***

Browning, who was watching the nuclear explosion from a distance, whistled softly.

Although he was acting triumphant, he was actually swallowing his worries inside.

Surely, I won’t become a real eunuch.

The idea that radiation could turn a superhuman into a scorpion was not a scientific fact, but merely a rumor… but if something like that were to happen, not only the saintess, but also the count would come to kill him.

Well, there is a price to pay for making another man’s child a eunuch. Browning waited for Dawn, even considering the possibility of stealing the elixir from the Emperor and feeding it to Dawn.

Now all that was left was to finish off Dawn. If he fell with one of the future Secretary’s fancy attacks, the operation would be perfectly over.

The stupid CIA bastards, the Navy that tried to run a perfectly good ship aground and trap him on an island, and Moscow that dreamed of a cold war will all get screwed.

The military and the president would blame him for the defeat, but… well, when did the government and the military ever like him? Browning prepared for defeat with a light heart.

But the moment he saw Dawn flying across the sky, his instincts screamed that something was wrong. Dawn’s urgent movements were too real to be an act.

What is it? Browning took a cool-headed look at the situation. And he quickly realized that the direction the dawn was heading was not towards him, but towards the secret CIA base where the children were sleeping.

What happened? – Browning, who had thought that far, belatedly checked his communicator. On the already half-shattered communicator, there was a vague confidential order.

[Erase all evidence inside the CIA base.]

Delta Force, Browning immediately started running towards the CIA secret base.

The rubble of collapsed buildings and damaged roads blocked his path, but he was a 10-year-old. He quickly made his way through the city using standard US military martial arts, including Air Dominance.

He didn’t care, though his mana was running out and his stomach was in shambles from running so fast.

Running at such a speed that he could barely fly, Browning reached the CIA’s underground warehouse, which was 10 kilometers away and had been torn apart by the earth, faster than dawn.

Bang! What greeted him as he fell underground were numerous children sleeping while being pickled in drugs and a single Delta Force member.

The boy was staring blankly at the children with his gun in his hand, and Browning approached him cautiously and said:

“…Delta Force. Rank and name.”

But Delta Force did not answer. He turned his head blankly and looked at Browning. Through the cracked frontal armor, his right eye, panicked, met Browning’s.

[… Lieutenant General.]

“Your rank and name.”

[Have you come to kill the children, too, Lieutenant General?]

“… .”

I’ve heard that somewhere. While Browning kept his mouth shut, Delta Force continued speaking in a robotic voice.

[Why are there these children in the CIA base? Why did the government order these children to be killed? Isn’t this something that only commies do?]

“… As you know, our government is not particularly clean.”

Delta Force would have known that much. But the constant fighting, the raw killing intent, and the orders to kill children must have shaken his mind.

Just like his old adjutant who left him and became an academy teacher.

[Are you going to kill me?]

Browning shook his head.

“no.”

[Are you saying you will disobey orders?]

“You may have forgotten, I am a lieutenant general. That rank allows me to change field operations at my discretion.”

[… .]

“This is why I gave stars to all the dirty things I saw.”

[… the higher-ups will not accept the lieutenant general’s judgment.]

“It doesn’t matter. The presidential term is almost over anyway… You can just take off your military uniform and join another candidate’s presidential campaign. Honestly, I feel a little bit wronged that I’m the only one among the Big Three who remains politically neutral.”

Delta Force looked at Browning with bewildered eyes, perhaps being too honest.

[Why do you say such things to your wife and children?]

Then Lieutenant General Peter Austin chuckled. Why did Delta Force, which has no family, mention family? No, because they had a similar conversation in the Ayatollah’s nightmare.

So, General Austin could give the same answer he gave then.

“I am fighting for a country that does not turn away from the children and wives of veterans.”

[… .]

“So, for me to give up my conscience here for my family is in itself a betrayal of my family and a treason against my country… Is this your answer?”

Delta Force nodded absentmindedly.

[Yes, Lieutenant General. I understand.]

“If you understand, then leave. I will guard this place… Go and save your comrades.”

Browning, who had said so, connected the space with Jin’s martial arts. Soon, corn-guns and bullets poured down from the air. And while the Delta Force agents hurriedly gathered their weapons.

“Browning. You were here.”

The voice of the red star was heard from the sky.

[Red Star…!!]

As Delta Force raised his gun in surprise, a red star descending from the sky as if down a staircase recognized him.

“That’s the agent riding in the armored vehicle.”

Red Star looked back and forth between Browning and him, then quickly put his weapon away and said:

“When you shot me, you were aiming for somewhere other than the head… Did it bother you that I said I was not a communist?”

[Shut up! You red bastard!]

“I say again, I am not a communist.”

[I told you to shut up!]

Dawn glanced at Browning. His eyes were filled with a plea for mercy. Dawn did so.

So, he said this.

“What is the motto of Columbia University in New York?”

[…?]

“Surely with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light… Psalm 36:9. Don’t Americans know this?”

[… What, what?]

“Think about it. Have you ever seen a communist who mentions both the Bible and the motto of an American university?”

[… .]

“I repeat, I am not a communist and I have no intention of hiding that fact.”

After saying that, Yeomyeong coughed and added,

“If you understand, then leave now. I have business with Browning now. Punishment of your and your companions’ crimes can wait until later.”

[How dare you…!]

Then Browning intervened.

“Go away.”

[Lieutenant General…!]

“Have you forgotten the order I gave you a little while ago? Go and rescue your comrades.”

[… .]

“Trust me, I will not be defeated.”

Only after Browning said that did Delta Force pack up their guns and bullets and leave. They kept their eyes on Dawn until the very end… well, Dawn didn’t care.

Anyway, by the time the sound of the departing Delta Force’s footsteps began to grow fainter.

Browning said with a sigh.

“That was a close call.”

“Yes, if the kids had been hurt, it would have been all for naught… and Delta Force wouldn’t have been able to leave alive either.”

“Well, Delta Force is also human… Thanks to that, I was able to say something meaningful.”

“…?”

“It’s a personal matter.”

Immediately afterwards, Browning sank to the floor and said,

“Now all that’s left is to finish it… What are you going to do? Take me down now and announce that the kids here are the work of the CIA?”

“I don’t know much about the CIA, but I would assume it’s a red conspiracy.”

“That’s… I see. Then what are you going to save and return?”

“It seems like it will be difficult.”

“I guess we’ll have to find another way.”

As Browning said that, he was lying on the floor when Yeomyeong took out the radio. Yeomyeong looked at the radio for a moment and smiled like someone who had just remembered a conspiracy.

“A good idea occurred to me.”

“Good number?”

***

By the time Benjamin and the Secretary’s lovers arrived at the CIA basement, the situation was already over.

Browning lying on the ground, and the Red Star standing in front of him, holding up the sickle and hammer of the people…

But there was something else that caught Benjamin’s attention. Children sleeping all over the walls and floors. Connected to strange hoses, the children looked to anyone like they were victims of human experimentation or something similar.

It was a scoop. He picked up the camera, his hands trembling.

The next moment, Browning shouted as if he had been waiting.

“Red Star…! If you touch even one hair on these children…! My country will never forgive you!”

He died protecting his children. Benjamin was not a patriot, but as an American, he was moved to tears. But he was not a superman, and all he could do was capture Browning’s tragic end on camera.

But contrary to his expectations, the Red Star did not finish Browning off. Instead, it responded with the arrogant smile typical of those in power.

“Who forgives whom? You are blinded by patriotism, Browning. You are not worthy of the name Ten Strong.”

“Shut up!”

“No, no one can silence a revolutionary. I will tell you the truth.”

The next moment, Red Star lowered his head and whispered something to Browning. I don’t know what he was talking about, but judging by the way Browning’s expression changed from moment to moment, it was clear that it wasn’t an ordinary story.

And when the red star raised its head again, Browning shook his hands and shouted:

“Even if that is true, my patriotism will not change! If our cause is just, we will definitely win…! That is the true meaning of True Strike!”

Benjamin swallowed his tears as he realized that the true meaning was part of the national anthem. How could such a true soldier be defeated and fall to the Reds?

He wanted to jump up from his seat and cry out for mercy. He wanted to demand that the Red Star’s rescue of the child in front of the barracks be all an act.

But before that, Browning and Red Star had a small conversation.

This time, Browning took out a shotgun from the subspace with an expression he had never seen before, as if he had been having a serious conversation. And-

Thud!!

He shot the red star as it was. Was it the pride of the 10th generation that did not lose their fighting spirit until the end? Benjamin took turns shooting the red star and Browning, who were staggering and getting up.

But for some reason, there was no end this time either. The staggering Red Star suddenly put the weapon serum back inside him, then looked back and forth between Benjamin and Browning.

“Is that all for today? Tsk, you’re lucky. Browning.”

“…Are you trying to run away?!”

“Run away? Where, I will watch you closely to see if you can remain so confident in the face of the truth. Browning.”

The next moment, the red star began to rise into the sky again.

As Browning watched him disappear, the women standing behind him suddenly said goodbye to Benjamin.

“Thank you for your hard work, reporter.”

“Get it on the internet before the government censors it. Okay?”

“Look carefully and see what the truth is.”

With the sound of the three women’s footsteps leaving, the Apollo City disaster came to an end.

maybe.

***

Soon after, Miri’s first question upon joining Yeomyeong was this.

“Dawn, what was the last conversation you had with Browning that made him so angry?”

Yeomyeong, who had expected the story of the deceased to come up first, answered slightly flustered.

“Well, it’s nothing special. He just asked me what I thought of Catherine.”

“Browning’s daughter? What did you say?”

“It’s not my style, but I said he’d make a good superhero.”

“… .”

“… .”

While Miri and Nettie were serious, Siri made a short comment.

“You shot your father’s shotgun twice in such a short period of time… It’s your brother-in-law’s fault.”

Why is it my fault that I answered honestly when you asked me to? Yeomyeong swallowed her resentment and took out her poor cell phone.

[Saint’s Missed Call 591]

[43 missed calls from the governor]

[1430 characters not yet read…]

He put his phone away without saying a word. The battle was over, but it seemed like his role as secretary was just beginning.