Saving My Favorite in a Doomed World Chapter 94

“My story, huh.”

 

At Cha Jaeha’s sudden suggestion, Hwashin rubbed his chin.

 

How much is it okay to say? Hwashin weighed his options.

 

This dimension is recorded as a book, is currently being modified in real-time, and because I read that book in another dimension, I know the future. Therefore, this summit will soon turn into a chaotic mess.

 

…He couldn’t say something like that.

 

Hwashin appropriately chose a topic that would connect to this. Wang Hao waited for him with eyes full of expectation in his sunken gaze.

 

“I agree with the opinion that Red Gates will increase in the future. As for the related manuals…. I think it would be better if I drafted them.”

 

Smiling brightly. Beaming. Ignaty asked Hwashin, who was armed with a good-natured face.

 

His heavily scowling face contrasted with Hwashin’s expression, making it even more terrifying.

 

“…..You’re going to draft the manual?” 

 

“There’s no reason to be surprised. I know why you guys are so obsessed with treaties, rules, and manuals. Depending on what’s included, the benefits that return to your countries could be determined.”

 

At the same time, Hwashin slung an arm around Cha Jaeha’s neck.

 

“But there’s a hero here who says he doesn’t care about any of that, right? Shouldn’t the manual be created in a country with a hero like that?” 

 

“….Hmm.” 

 

“Th-that might be true.” 

 

“Is that so?”

 

Various voices were heard. However, Hwashin never lost his relaxed smile.

 

“Right. In that sense, we will make the manual. It seems we are the only ones here who know the exact method for clearing Red Gates anyway. If you want to refuse, you’ll need a valid reason, and that reason must strictly exclude ‘profit’ as a cause.”

 

Amidst the confused situation, Hwashin quickly brought up another topic.

 

“Now! Then, the topic I want to propose now is something else. Do you all happen to know about a group called ‘Freak’?”

 

As his tone switched back from polite to informal, a comfortable atmosphere returned to the summit. As if she had heard something from the SH3 unit, Izawa nodded her head slightly. The other heroes merely shook their heads as if they had no idea at all.

 

“Freak is an illegal Awakened group in our country.”

 

Only then did Ignaty nod his head, as if he understood.

 

“Ah, if it’s illegal Awakened, we have them too. Isn’t it rarer for a country not to have them?”

 

Nathan spread his arms wide. Statistically, it was true that the US had the highest number of illegal Awakened.

 

“If there are those who block, there will always be those who leak out. That is a given.”

 

Fomin Ignaty said.

 

The immense power that appeared after the emergence of the Awakened could not be left unchecked by each country like an unbridled foal.

 

The unknown ability was a power that required state management. If one did not wish to come under that management, they could not use their abilities. That was the law, and those who broke it were criminals.

 

“I don’t know what Freak is, but isn’t everyone managing illegal Awakened on their own just fine?” 

 

“The thing is, it’s a bit ambiguous. In the Red Gate we entered with the US side, there were parts that flowed in a completely different direction than expected.” 

 

“Expected?” 

 

“At that time, there was a separate prophecy ability given to me inside the gate. As an auxiliary ability to Magic Manipulation. A prophecy ability presents a fate on an almost absolute level, and breaking it requires a somewhat special qualification. For example.”

 

Hwashin held up a single finger straight.

 

“Someone who originally wouldn’t have done that, does.” 

 

“What does that mean?”

 

Cha Jaeha, who had been keeping quiet, also opened his mouth. Since he had participated in the 「Battery War」 together, it was natural for him to have this reaction.

 

“It means our heroes weren’t the only ones who entered the Red Gate.”

 

Heo Mugong of the Red Gate had said this,

 

“Yeah. They were just a little different from me. I always thought sacrifice was inevitable for the greater good. I thought they’d be the same. ……It can’t be helped if it’s to claim the real thing, right? But well, recently I met a friend who shares my opinion and got some good information. Thanks to that, this operation seems like it’ll proceed smoothly.”

 

“A friend who shares your views?” 

 

“Similar to you. They appeared suddenly. Well, that person disappeared suddenly too. Regardless.” 

 

A friend with the same views. No such friend appears in the original work. Someone who suddenly appeared, someone who suddenly appeared. Furthermore, it was a person who appeared in a form that didn’t even exist in the original work.

 

That very ‘someone’ changed the development inside the Red Gate.

 

“Someone who intentionally entered the gate interfered with us. Thanks to that, cough—.”

 

And I died.

 

Hwashin spread his arms with a Buddha-like smile. However, there was no one else laughing in that room besides Hwashin. Even Wang Hao was lost in thought with a hardened expression. 

 

In the case of conventional gates, an alarm is sent in advance to the military, police, etc., in addition to heroes, for the evacuation of ordinary citizens. However, in the case of Red Gates, no alarm went to anyone other than the heroes of the level capable of handling that gate. That was the same for the US.

 

“Then what you, Yoo Hwashin, are trying to say right now is.”

 

Fomin Ignaty’s face contorted like an ogre. The heroes around him subtly edged away.

 

“Are you saying there is someone within the Association colluding with illegal Awakened?”

 

***

 

The summit concluded. On the evening of the day the summit ended, a short banquet was held, and the next day, everyone would return to their respective countries.

 

A few things were decided during the daytime summit.

 

1. Yoo Hwashin will draft the initial manual for Red Gates. In this process, the Korean hero Ha Cheongwon, who also participated in the Red Gate, will be listed as a creator. Based on this manual, all nations can create new manuals. 

 

2. The relationship between illegal Awakened and the Associations of each country will be re-examined. The reasons behind the recent exponential increase in the number of illegal Awakened must be looked into once more.

 

3. Focus will be placed on finding the reasons for the occurrence of gates and methods to reduce their manifestation.

 

After the summit concluded, the entire hotel building became lively due to the evening banquet. Key officials from each country who hadn’t attended the summit flew in on private jets. Fomin Ignaty was busy checking out the newly arrived liquor bottles, and Wang Hao was also captivating the attention of those around him with his glib tongue.

 

“It’s champagne.”

 

Staff dressed in uniforms navigated throughout the banquet hall. One of them showed an empty tray to another staff member and said.

 

“We’re out of glasses. I’ll go get more from the kitchen.” 

 

“Come back quickly, the speed they’re drinking at is no joke.”

 

The masked staff member stepped out of the banquet hall and made a phone call to somewhere.

 

“Jeyu-nim, they’re all gathered in one place.” 

 

-Yeah, good job.

 

“Everyone took the champagne too. It’s exactly as the Boss expected. You guys are truly amazing. Then I’ll take my leave from here. I’d get caught up in it too if the Red Gate opens.”

 

-Great work. I’ll praise you lots when you get back. You packed the item I gave you, right?

 

“Yes! Of course! I always carry the item the Boss gave me.”

 

Hanging up the phone, she untied the ribbon holding her long hair and looked out the window.

 

At the same time, she took off the white mask mimicking a cat and tossed it into the hallway.

 

“Haa, the air is nice.”

 

The army of Awakened smuggled out of the Russian human experimentation lab was also ready.

 

She thought it would be harder to sneak into the summit than the experimentation site, but it wasn’t. They probably didn’t think anyone would infiltrate the banquet rather than the summit, right?

 

Stupid, foolish high-ups.

 

“Everyone is so weak.” 

 

Besides, now that they’ve been made to drink the champagne, the inside turning into a chaotic mess will happen in an instant. If the key officials are paralyzed by the poison all at once and lose their reason, it’ll be bedlam.

 

A hum naturally flowed from her lips.

 

Stroking her cheek where a long scar had been hidden by the mask, she stepped closer to the window.

 

“Shall I get going now.”

 

It was then. From behind a pillar in the hallway, a man’s voice was heard.

 

“Are you done with your call?”

 

As she turned around, a man entered her field of vision. She, too, replied with an extremely relaxed gaze, just like the man.

 

“Were we close enough to use informal language? I don’t remember seeing you.”

 

Silver hair. An extremely relaxed expression. That eye smile that giggled every time he looked at someone. It seems this is the man the Boss mentioned. The man who appeared disguised at Freak’s underground meeting.

 

‘He said that person definitely killed everyone left in the basement.’

 

She suppressed her irritation as much as possible and replied to him.

 

“By the way, the exclusive banquet hall for summit attendees is inside, you must be lost. Shall I guide you?”

 

“I didn’t even realize I was lost because I followed you out. Did your conversation end well?”

 

She had to rack her brain quickly. How much did Yoo Hwashin know, and how much of the operation had he ruined? If he didn’t know about the operation and had just followed her out of a simple sense of incongruity, there was a chance to overcome the situation.

 

“May I ask how much you know?”

 

She leaned her arm on the windowsill.

 

“First of all, I told everyone in the banquet hall to just pretend to drink the champagne. Because I already knew you have an outstanding ability in that area.”

 

He had also already received news through Jin and Theo that the building used for experiments was empty.

 

Was it too late to change the main storyline of this book after all?

 

In the end, a Red Gate will burst open here. But aside from that, a separate battle between the Awakened will take place.

 

With the artificial Awakened, born from that experiment Cha Jaeha had called ‘Greed.’

 

Boom—!

 

A loud roar echoed throughout the hotel. As if the vibration reached the banquet hall on the top floor, ear-piercing screams rang out.

 

Unflinching even at that sound, she opened her mouth in a peaceful voice.

 

“Our Boss said he likes you.” 

 

“Is that so?” 

 

“He said he likes you more because you’re special. But at the same time, our Boss hates heroes. He also wishes for you to die. Honestly! He’s so fickle. That’s what’s good about him, though.” 

 

“Why do you like the Boss so much? He’s a criminal anyway.”

 

A laboratory like darkness. Gates they had to see every day. People dying in front of them. The abilities of a few Awakened manifesting in terrible agony. And when the fact that she was born in that place tormented her.

 

That man appeared then.

 

She opened the window and sat on the windowsill. A girl with an impossibly ecstatic smile was there.

 

“Because he’s the one who saved me. I’ll be going now! It’s almost time for the drug’s effect to kick in!”

 

With an innocent laugh, she waved her hand. Swoosh. She threw her body out the window just like that. When Hwashin ran to the side where she fell, she had already vanished into thin air.

 

Below where she disappeared, countless zombie armies could be seen entering the hotel. The Awakened poisoned by her toxin.

 

“Hwa, Hwashin-ssi!” 

 

The one who came running looking for Hwashin was Izawa Chisaki.

 

“From below, along with a l-loud noise, something…!”

 

Finally, everything began to turn.