This Universe Needs Old People - Chapter 54



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Apocalypse Needs Old People Episode 054

54. The importance of early education

After the graduation ceremony, there was a deployment of new officers to the punitive force.

This time, the existing unit system will be completely overturned, and only a small number of personnel carefully selected by the commander and I will be divided into 10 teams and deployed to the punitive battle.

Instead of the 10 teams moving all at once, they decided to search in a fan shape centered around the area.

Of course, since there are no more than ten members per team, you don’t engage the monsters right away.

The operation is to gather back at base camp after the search, share the location and movement path of large monsters, and begin the subjugation.

The commander took charge of the center with the experienced soldiers from Team 1, and I was to move with the new officers from Team 10.

“The expedition has just begun, and you are asking me to create a test for you?”

“Don’t grumble so loudly, Haydam. Your teammates can hear you.”

At Meursault’s words, the team members looked elsewhere as if they had not heard a single thing.

Meursault, this guy, goes to Team 1 led by the commander. Why is he causing chaos by killing the spirit of the new officers in Team 10?

By the way, Plato is recognized for his abilities and is currently leading other new officers as a team leader in Team 9.

I think the one I put in the subjugation team is somewhere between 3 and 8 teams made up of regular soldiers.

Of the guys on my team, the only ones I recognize are Lucas and Bones.

Those two guys didn’t seem to have a good relationship with me, so when I looked at them, they were startled and disappeared, saying they would go further to search.

The area we were assigned to search was the edge of the area where there would normally be a barrier, and it was a place where the appearance of large monsters was noticeably low.

It’s a perfect search area for new officers with no combat experience, and it’s also a great search area for me, who came to inspect the barrier.

Meursault said, with the barrier still not visible.

“By the way… I didn’t know you would make a Plato student do something like that.”

“That’s what happened. I didn’t ask you to do anything bad.”

“But didn’t you know that you had to do it? That the graduation speech would cause Plato students trouble in the future.”

I smiled askance at Meursault.

“Since when have you been thinking of others so much? And now you’re not a cadet, you’re a second lieutenant.”

Graduates of the military academy, including Plato, were no longer cadets but officers with the rank of second lieutenant.

Of course, since they are people who don’t even have time, their ranks are practically meaningless…

“But it seems that Haydam hasn’t decided on his rank yet.”

I also thought that the commander would decide my rank when the expedition started.

The commander did not give me a separate rank, perhaps because he realized that I was already talking comfortably to the commander, Meursault, or because it was obvious that giving me an ambiguous rank would cause rebellion.

Well… it was ambiguous no matter what I did, so it might have been best to just call it ‘team leader’.

“Don’t worry Plato. Your father is the captain. Nothing will happen.”

“You’re quite cool-headed.”

“Meursault. Plato himself was the one who caused trouble for others, not the one who deserved it.”

“That was… that’s what it was.”

Meursault closed his eyes tightly, as if he was reminded of the graduation speech he gave the day before, in which he had revealed his past.

Fortunately, the commander seemed to have decided to leave the matter alone.

Of course, I could have already said something to Plato when he wasn’t looking… but at least Plato’s limbs were fine before we went out to subdue him today, so nothing bad would have happened.

“At that time, I also lost my mind.”

“I’m glad it went well.”

Meursault nodded with a face that seemed convinced that it was useless to worry about Plato, and then continued.

“I know you said not to worry about Plato, but… … .”

“Okay, I understand.”

“On the other hand, I would like to tell you that you should not believe in Plato too much. It is not likely that such impulsive behavior will only occur in something as small as a graduation speech.”

I know that Plato’s impulsive behavior sometimes crosses the line, but…

Today is Meursault’s time to nag.

You said it was no big deal to participate in the expedition, but you seem a little nervous.

“Still, you were a little moved, weren’t you?”

“Am I the one talking?”

“No? You were clapping really hard too.”

“Ahem… Ah, over there. Look at me for a sec.”

Meursault coughed awkwardly, then looked in a direction that made no sense to whom he was talking and walked away.

‘That guy really isn’t honest.’

Meursault is an NPC who failed to enter the military academy and started out as a common soldier, eventually rising to the position of major general on his own.

He must have been pushed around by graduates of the military academy to reach that rank.

Even after getting to that position, he would have been ignored by the officers they had sponsored and raised.

But now that we’ve gotten rid of that evil, I feel so relieved.

The reason he worries about Plato without giving an answer is probably because he feels guilty for having pushed the work he should have done onto a young cadet.

Meursault tells Plato that he will be in trouble in the future for asking him to do such a thing, but he does not seem to have realized that, on the contrary, because he asked Plato to do such a thing, he is able to treat him without prejudice, even though he is the son of Anton, the leader of the Chindaphne faction.

‘By the way, Anton must have known that I was the one who gave the test, but he didn’t react at all… ‘

At that moment, the team members walking ahead became noisy.

“what’s the matter?”

“Heydam, Lucas and Bones… … .”

“Get out of the way.”

When the names of the guys who had gone far away to search for me to avoid my discomfort were mentioned, I pushed my way through my team members, wondering if they had been injured.

“……what?”

Those two guys were holding something in their hands that shouldn’t be there.

* * *

Love Zone Player, Omni-sighted.

A survival expert before being possessed, he caught the eye of the Love Zone’s deity, the player ‘Shin’, and was given a special mission.

That is, go to the cola district and dig up information about ‘dopamine addicts’.

For that purpose, it was Manshin’s will to even allow the torture of the Cola District NPCs.

Omok-nuni asked what to do if the Cola District NPCs didn’t know about the dopamine addict, but Manshin said that the dopamine addict was in the middle of a bastard attack, so he could find out about ‘Haydam Goodman’.

‘As expected, the Lord knows everything!’

Although some of the ungodly players seemed to doubt Manshin’s abilities, Omok-Nun had faith in Manshin like an iron fist.

That’s why I willingly embarked on the arduous journey from the love zone to the cola zone in the body of a child.

The player, Omok-nun, also had some knowledge about the cola area.

I also knew that around this time of year, the NPCs in the Cola District would be swarming outside the district to hunt monsters.

However, when Omok-Nun arrived at the cola area at the right time, he was faced with a big ordeal.

‘There are fewer soldiers than I thought?’

I don’t know what happened, but the cola army that should have been pouring out in a barrage of water was nowhere to be seen.

The only things that are occasionally visible are soldiers who appear to be on reconnaissance in pairs.

‘This is difficult… … .’

As the saying goes, if you want to hide a tree, hide it in the forest, Omok-Nun planned to hide among the numerous soldiers as if he were a new recruit.

But with numbers so small, a young child like him can stand out.

Are dopamine addicts involved in the operation of the soldiers?

If they had the same starting point as us, dopamine addicts would be just 10-year-old children, but they’ve already reached the point where they can mobilize the military.

‘I think I know why the Lord told me to find out about dopamine addicts.’

In fact, Omok-Nun had been somewhat resentful of the dopamine addict followers of the Love Zone, but after seeing it with his own eyes, he understood why they were so determined to confirm whether the dopamine addicts were on their side or not.

Because while ‘Shin’, the leader of the Love Zone, was at best moving a player like himself, the dopamine addict was already moving the NPC army.

‘First of all… I guess I’ll have to change my plans.’

Originally, I was going to sneak into the soldiers’ midst and ask them, ‘What kind of person is Heydam?’ to get information, but pretending to be a soldier was wrong.

‘But I’m a player. I can cook and boil any NPC in the Cola District.’

It is a well-known fact to all players that the NPCs in the Cola District have lower intelligence than the NPCs in other districts, but better personalities.

Now he looks like a ten year old child.

What if the Cola District NPCs saw a child like themselves wandering in this snowy field?

If you complain that you can’t move because your leg is hurt, they will most likely come to you and try to help you without any suspicion.

At that time, I slit the throat of the guy who approached me first with a knife, then subdue the remaining guy while he is still flustered and drag him away. That was the end of it.

‘It seems like these guys move in pairs, so it’s perfect for extracting information by killing one and leaving the other alive.’

They would never have guessed that a ten-year-old child could harm them, that they, trained soldiers, would be harmed by a child who was left injured in the snow!

I was really looking forward to seeing what kind of expression he would make when he realized he had been fooled.

‘I told you this taste is a safe zone.’

At first glance, possessing a ten-year-old body may seem like a disadvantage, but as a veteran player in the safe zone, he knew how to utilize this body to its full potential.

Even if it’s a cola district with dopamine addicts, the intelligence of the district NPCs is something that can’t be helped.

If I use the Cola Zone NPC here to fuck the dopamine addicts, the Love Zone followers will keep their mouths shut… That’s what I think.

Omok-Nun, completely unaware of the fate that awaited him, lay down on the snow and waited for the Cola District NPCs to approach him.

“-Lucas.”

Soon, a thick, muffled voice was heard from not far away.

“If my eyes aren’t deceiving me, I see a kid lying in the snow over there.”

“what?”

Omok-nun thought as he lay face down in the snow, holding his knees and groaning as if he was hurt.

‘If it’s Lucas, then he’s the new officer… … The guy who came with him is Bones, just from the way he speaks.’

Omok-nun, who quickly figured out the identities of the NPCs in the approaching cola zone, was secretly delighted.

Lucas and Bones are just new officers.

‘It’ll be easy to deal with.’

Bones, this guy has a rough mouth but a weak heart. Even if Lucas were to die in front of his eyes, he wouldn’t be able to readily attack a child.

On the other hand, Lucas is a rational but principled guy, so he should be killed first.

‘Kill Lucas and torture Bones.’

The sunken eye that had been sorted out like that covered its mouth with its shoulder so that the two people couldn’t see it and smiled faintly.

‘Those guys who are new to the punitive expedition are no match for me.’

Thinking like that, I waited for them to come closer… … .

Something was strange.

‘These guys… why aren’t they coming any closer?’

Unable to overcome his curiosity, the sunken eye pretends to twist his body as if in pain and glances in the direction from which the voice came.

There stood Lucas and Bones, looking down at him with eyes colder than ice.