This Universe Needs Old People - Chapter 104



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Apocalypse Needs Old People Episode 104

68. 17 years old (4)

Banggu Seok Yeobo… So, Han Yeobom is a healer who can heal herself.

Players who can now heal themselves without having to hold a Star Candy in their hand, just by placing it in their inventory.

That’s why I brought Han Yeo-bom up instead of Tae-jeong.

No matter how much Taejung and I practiced, it was impossible to heal if we didn’t put food in our mouths, but Han Yeo-bom was able to heal others without touching them after about 3 years, and her self-healing speed was unparalleled.

Therefore, the idea that the addicts of Topamin are obstacles is wrong.

Of course, my head still doesn’t work… … .

“Ugh… … !”

The knife that Han Yeo-bom had thrust with all her might was floating in the air, leaving a gap just wide enough to fit a thin piece of paper between the nape of Mickey Parker’s neck.

Just before he could put it in, he was stopped by Mickey Parker’s power.

“How can you be alive… … !”

However, judging by the veins on Mickey Parker’s neck, it seemed like he hadn’t expected the player he thought he had already dealt with to attack him in this way, and barely managed to stop him.

‘This guy still can’t handle his powers properly.’

I was so impressed by his ability to handle things, but it seems like he can only handle small scrap metal like flying bullets.

‘I guess I’ll have to push through with force.’

As I reached out for the guy’s neck, thinking I could drive it in with more force, Mickey Parker, who realized what I was trying to do, flinched and quickly dodged.

Naturally, Han Yeo-bom, who was holding a knife, fell on me as if pouring down, and I pushed her away.

Han Yeo-bom, lying on the floor, cried out as if she was being wronged.

“What the heck is that kid! Why doesn’t the knife work!”

“It’s a superpower. It can stop bullets, so how can it stop a knife?”

“Huh… Then what should I have done?”

“You should have strangled him from behind.”

“aha.”

I motioned to Han Yeo-bom to get up quickly, then took out the wire from my inventory and wrapped it around my hand.

But in the meantime, Mickey Parker.

He was kneeling in front of us in a somewhat humble posture.

…what?

“what?”

As Han Yeo-bom spoke in a voice that seemed alert, Mickey Parker spoke with a cowardly smile on his lips.

“I’m sorry. I think I was mistaken.”

“……what?”

“That player that Idam mentioned was a nuisance. It was probably not you, but another guy. Haha, me too. I can’t believe I mistook someone for such a rude person. Please forgive me.”

Seriously, what the hell is this kid?

Han Yeo-bom, who frowned at the same time as me, opened her mouth as if she had a lot to say but wanted to ask this first.

“No… who is this ‘Idam’ you were talking about earlier?”

actually.

I still haven’t told Han Yeo-bom my real name.

He never asked in the first place.

The reason I know that girl’s real name is Han Yeo-bom is because that brat taught me to call her by her real name, saying that it was enough for her seniors to call her ‘darling’.

Since Mickey Parker mentioned the name ‘Idam’, he could not reveal his real name to other players.

This only serves to prove that I and the Topamin addict are the same person.

I was wondering if Mickey Parker would come out first and say that the dopamine addict in the unicorn zone was the same person.

To my surprise, Mickey Parker looked at me and said without changing his expression.

“This is… my boss. I’m talking about the dopamine addicts in the unicorn area.”

“I guess Idam is that impersonator’s real name.”

Even though Han Yeo-bom said he was an impersonator, there was no response from Mickey Parker.

I still can’t figure out if they know I’m the same person as the dopamine addict but are hiding it, or if they really don’t know we’re the same person.

As I was not taking any action, Han Yeo-bom looked at me and asked.

“What are we going to do with this kid?”

“What should I do?”

I said, holding the wire tightly.

“I’m going to strangle you, so cover me.”

“Wait, wait!”

Mickey Parker stood up, throwing his hands forward in a hurry.

“I stopped introducing myself earlier. I am Mickey Parker, the pilot of this aircraft.”

At those words, I lowered the wire I had been lifting.

“You’re a pilot?”

“If you just send a flying machine, who will pilot it? That’s why I said it was a gift.”

“Hmm… … .”

‘Right now, there’s no player or NPC among us who can control this.’

In the game, NPCs will drive you if you just authenticate yourself with the system.

But now, there are no such NPCs, and even if there is an auto-navigation system, it only has simple functions such as following a set path or parking in the air.

I thought he was sending me a crazy guy who would suddenly attack me as a gift, but it turns out he was just telling me to use him as a driver.

I don’t know why they chose a player who I don’t like very much and whose mental state is strange and sent him as a pilot.

Anyway, this guy Mickey Parker, he was like that a little while ago, and at least I know he doesn’t intend to hurt me.

Rather, it seemed like he wanted to be acknowledged by me… … .

Even though he’s a sub player for a thief and a Topamin addict, I’ll give it a try for now.

“Hey, are you really going to use that crazy guy as a pilot?”

When I showed no intention of attacking further and was lost in thought, Han Yeo-bom seemed to have noticed that I was thinking of accepting Mickey Parker and spoke in a displeased tone.

“Why would you trust that guy to drive you? If he says he’ll go to another area and come back in a plane piloted by a player from the Unicorn Area, your father will send him there.”

“oh.”

My eyes lit up at Han Yeo-bom’s words.

“That’s a good idea.”

“What? What did I say… … .”

Han Yeo-bom trailed off and looked at me with a tired expression.

“I’m done… … This is another crazy idea.”

* * *

“… So. Captain Haydam, Ensign Darling, and Ensign Taejeong have been kidnapped by an unidentified flying vehicle.”

“… … .”

After hearing the report from Major General Plato, Commander Hayden placed one hand on his aching head and spoke.

“I don’t know what I just heard.”

“sorry.”

Plato didn’t look particularly apologetic.

“Let me start again from the beginning. What did my son do?”

If it had been Meursault, he would have realized that Commander Hayden was simply asking this question out of disbelief and would have given his opinion on follow-up measures.

Plato, as always, had clear eyes and reported straight from the beginning.

“I’ll report back. During the search for the subjugation battle, an unidentified flying object appeared in the sky. Captain Haydam left an order to shoot it down if it didn’t return within 30 minutes, and he and Ensign Darling boarded the flying object. Ten minutes after boarding, lightning struck the flying object twice from the sky. After about ten minutes of silence, a man with blond hair, estimated to be 192 cm tall, and in his early twenties appeared on top of the flying object and lowered a rope. There was something like a rolled-up piece of paper tied to the end of the rope, and the players judged that it was a message from Haydam. While checking the contents, Ensign Taejeong climbed up on the rope. At that moment, the flying object suddenly began to fly higher and disappeared into the clouds.”

He added that the players were hesitant to shoot down the airship as it already had three people inside, and in the meantime the airship disappeared from sight.

The commander looked at Plato with a dumbfounded expression, then looked down at a piece of paper in his hand.

“… And this piece of paper you brought me is the message that came down from the plane.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

On the paper was written in an unfamiliar handwriting:

[I will be keeping your son for a while. If you want him back safely, please follow the instructions below.

1. Do not chase the aircraft.

2. Strengthen boundaries between zones.

3. The captain’s deputy will be entrusted to Plato.

4. Regarding the supply to Meursault…

(omitted)

If you follow the instructions faithfully, you will be able to see your son again soon.

Don’t skip meals and work moderately.]

“… … .”

As Hayden read the letter, he felt his head start to throbbing again.

The handwriting was that of a stranger, but no matter how I looked at it, it was not something a kidnapper would have left behind.

What kind of kidnapper leaves instructions for what to do with the kidnapped person?

“Is it true that my son was ‘kidnapped’? No matter how I look at it, it seems like my son hijacked a plane and ran away from home.”

“I’m sorry. I don’t know. But if you follow the instructions that Captain Haydam left… no, if you follow the instructions that the kidnapper left, he said you’ll return quickly, so I think that’s the right thing to do.”

Commander Hayden narrowed his eyes at Plato.

This man also had a legitimate and reasonable suspicion that his son had helped him escape the area by disguising his son’s runaway as a kidnapping.

‘Heydam, this guy… I kept him from going outside the area, and he did this.’

He kept trying to go out of the district, so I gave him the title of captain and restricted his actions. It was annoying that he tried to avoid punishment by committing a fraudulent act like kidnapping, but it was also frustrating that I was not even told why he had to go to another district.

I had no idea where the flying machine used in the kidnapping came from.

When he came back with a hoverboard unexpectedly the other day, should I have properly asked where it came from?

But even if he regretted it, the plane Haydam was on had already left the area.

Even if it wasn’t a runaway but a real kidnapping, I strangely wasn’t worried about Haytham.

I just feel sorry for the unidentified man who happened to be my son.

“ha…….”

Yeah, it was bound to happen someday.

Commander Hayden let out a deep sigh, which rose from his dangjeon, then placed the letter face down on the desk and spoke.

“Haydam… no, do as the kidnapper says. Strengthen the security between the districts, and you, Major General Platon, will act as Captain Haydam’s deputy.”

“As ordered.”

The commander looked at Plato with suspicious eyes as he answered like that and asked.

“You, are you sure this has nothing to do with this?”

“If I had known, I would have gone with you.”

“… Go out and see.”

After Plato left, the commander looked up at the sky in the direction where his son must have disappeared.

The sky was so clear it was almost annoying.

* * *

Just when we needed an excuse to get out of the area, they sent a player to kidnap us.

Mickey Parker was definitely a gift.

Unfortunately for the father of the useless son, the plane we were on was cruising.

Although, there was a very minor problem.

“You don’t know Taejung?”

I looked back and forth between Tae-jung and Mickey Parker with a bewildered expression.

Not only Mickey Parker, who declared that he didn’t know Taejung, but Taejung also looked bewildered.

“Even the Mickey I know wasn’t like this… … .”

no.

Then where is the mikisoccer that Taejeong knows?

‘Looking at how he got angry at the word ‘piracy’, it’s definitely the mikisoccer I know… … .’

Why don’t these two people recognize each other?

Or are you just pretending not to notice?

‘What do you gain by pretending not to know someone?’

“Holy shh… I don’t know this muscle mass. Is this ability muscle?”

Hmm… Maybe Taejung has grown up so much that I don’t recognize him.

And so began the suffocating awkwardness between Tae-jung and Mickey Parker, who didn’t recognize each other.

A broadcast came from the aircraft’s system.

[You have arrived above the Candy Zone. Would you like to descend?]