-I ca into contact while trying to obtain Mana Powder.
-Please, just dont tell my parents!
-I will reflect on my actions! You can take away my ability! Just please, dont reveal that fact! Please!!
Hong Chang-sik begged on his knees.
He spilled all the information he knew, and after obtaining the information, there was nothing more to say.
-Goblin sir! Please, please show rcy!!
-The rest will be discussed with the agent.
I entrusted the negotiation regarding Hong Chang-siks treatnt to the societys agent.
You can release the transformation.
I removed my mask.
Although I was transford into a goblin, dressed in a suit, removing the mask made look like any other society agent.
Is it okay to show your face to others?
Everyone here is under Gunggis command. After Gunggi purged her subordinates once, theyve all beco trustworthy.
After the Mattluk incident, Gunggi re-evaluated and filtered her subordinates once more.
Thus, the agents gathered here were all special agents directly selected by Gunggi, including [Brewer], [Peddler], and [Street Perforr].
Like , they were dedicated to the society and would not betray it.
They wont betray. They wont spill information. Even if they acted like Hong Chang-sik, they are the type of people who, if it ans their own harm, would dare soone to expose it.
Themselves?
In cases where a family mber or loved one is taken hostage, the society considers extenuating circumstances. Of course, rescue agents move imdiately to prevent such incidents.
Thats the Chiefs principle in running the organization.
Yumir, could you endure if your old diary was exposed to others?
Whats the big deal about a diary?
You would say that. But lets talk about ordinary people, not angel-like beings like you. What if it contained all sorts of curses and insults, unspeakable things? If it were soone like Hong Chang-sik, or worse?
Well, theyd end up like Hong Chang-sik? Rather than facing social death, theyd probably try to find so underground bunker to avoid being physically killed.
Right. Even if they dont value honor, being subject to societys disdain in this world is the end. Not just for themselves but for everything around them.
Humans were social animals.
They did not wish to be isolated and eliminated from the society that surrounds them.
Of course, there might be those who were willing to abandon everything around them and destroy themselves.
But such individuals would be one in five at most.
Most, like Hong Chang-sik, were inclined to divulge information for their own protection, and its enough if even one person spoke up.
The society doesnt threaten them with family or acquaintances. It doesnt torture physically by pulling out nails or suffocating. Instead, it attacks using their past and actions, the lives theyve led. Touching on whats called dark history.
Dark history?
Behaviors from their immature days.
An Arican actor once ntioned in an interview,
When I was young, I was a fool, or in todays terms, immature.
But people didnt know he was immature.
He only acted immaturely within the confines of his room, so the world only knew him as an actor.
Why did he share this story?
He said that such immature, or in cruder terms, idiotic behaviors were now perford in front of others due to modern tis.
In essence, SNS was to bla.
Not just SNS, but all dia that can leave a record and docuntation in the information world were to bla.
Data remained as records, and investigations based on those records revealed cris.
Criminals try to delete electronic data, while those uncovering cris strived to recover it.
Top-secret data was recorded manually or stored in a secure network not exposed to hacking, but even those networks could be breached by the secret society.
Through the information I obtained, I learned about Pandemonium from the traitorous agent, Hong Chang-sik.
It was surprisingly easy to get the information. Southeast Asia? I never thought it would be abroad.
In Korea, Cheonriyan is vigilant. Unless one directly accesses a foreign network through a VPN bypass, even Pandemonium cant easily make contact.
Hong Chang-sik and others like him, they all ventured into the dark corners of the internet and ended up making deals with Pandemonium.
So sought power.
So sought revenge.
Others sought sothing they desired.
Mostly, they get involved with Pandemonium in an attempt to obtain Mana Powder. Working for Pandemonium grants regular access to Mana Powder, and through demon research, their power is enhanced without side effects.
Side effects Only possessing the power of demons?
Yes. Thats also why various research institutions are after you, Yumir.
I accessed information on the dark web through the societys network and showed it to her.
Susanoo and Cheonma are rely distractions. In reality, battles have occurred across the country and even under the sea.
Russia?
They descended with a submarine and were intercepted by Snow White. In the south, a submarine erged from the direction of Jeju Island and was captured by Cheok Jun-kyeong.
Theres a wealth of information in the world beyond what was visible.
The society gathered data primarily from the dark web, where silent gunshots were exchanged in places hidden from the public eye.
The reason these people halted The Dark Charisma?
Yes. Even figures from the underworld retreat when a madman like that makes an appearance.
Just as when Duoexini unleashed 72 demons on the Korean peninsula, this ti too, countries withdrew their efforts to rescue or make contact with prisoners entering Sejong Island because of him.
Shall we go confront the person in charge now?
[Transformation?]
[Transformation.]
I adjusted the Goblin mask once more and opened the door to the last agents location.
Hmm. Interesting. I wondered who it would be.
[Park Eun-jung. 21 years old. B-class. From Gangneung, Gangwon-do. At ho-]
Ah, I got it. You know my information. Tell what you want first.
The leader of the traitors, and the one who directly stabbed an agent who ca to smoke them out, Park Eun-jung, leaned back in the chair with her legs on the interrogation rooms desk.
What are you going to do? Torture? Or perhaps, social obliteration?
[Heard that?]
Im B-class. Ive worked abroad and collaborated with the National Intelligence Service. I know how society handles people.
[Then this will be quick.]
I sat down opposite Park Eun-jung.
Yumir seed uncomfortable facing soone who had attempted to kill, and Park Eun-jung began to smirk, sensing that discomfort even through the mask.
Why? Miss. Platinum Sun, are murderers not human to you?
[He didnt die. Unfortunately for you. I saved him.]
Wow. Amazing. You twisted right into the heart. And you saved him? Incredible.
[You!]
Next ti, Ill slice his neck completely. Make it impossible to revive. Hehe.
[It seems like youve killed before.]
When I produced the Goblin Bat, Park Eun-jungs laughter cracked.
[I wont waste words. Answer my questions, and Ill kill you painlessly.]
Oh. I thought you dont kill in front of Platinum Sun?
[Just send her out.]
Platinum Sun. The Goblin is saying theyll kill. What will you do?
[.]
Yumir remained silent.
Apparently, she hadnt expected to be mocked in such a manner, clenching her fist in anger.
Why? Are you angry? Our noble Platinum Sun, so naive and childlike. Like a child.
And Park Eun-jung was an expert at reading such emotions in others.
Its hard for society to carry around such a child. Whats the use of special abilities if the mind is still that of a child?
[People who think theyre grown-up saying such things doesnt matter. Platinum Sun. Dont mind it. Words of soone who will soon die.]
Huh. Going to kill ? Go ahead. It doesnt matter if its not in one strike. I thought I was dead the mont I was caught. Lets seewhat are you doing?
[Digging into dark history.]
I aid the Goblin Bat at the wall.
Soon, an image appeared on the wall, and an agent outside started scrolling through photos related to Park Eun-jung.
Huh, huh. Looking up such things
[We found an interesting novel.]
I found sothing imdiately disgusting and pointed the bat at it.
[Cheok Jun-gongxTusinsu? Really now. Spinning such bait behind, Korean S-classes have quite the ntal fortitudeoh.]
Keke. Why? You think youre not a target?
Even the Goblin now.
[Goblin. Shall we just kill her? How could she, in the public interest, create such a!]
[Do you know what it is?]
[Of courseI do. Its distasteful.]
[Yes. Its unpleasant. Famous ability users have to endure such things.]
Deepfakes or composites.
Compared to video dia, such RPGs (Role-Playing Gas) were just minor issues.
[By the way, all those under you have been wiped out. Youre the only one left, and I ca for the last check.]
Kill then. I wont speak.
[Tsk. Foolish. An intelligence agent who even collaborated with the National Intelligence Service to be so short-sighted.]
I extended the Goblin Bat above Park Eun-jungs head.
[Why do you think theres no ability to make you confess forcibly?]
!
[In a world where confessions can be forced.]
Wait, what are you trying to do!
[Hmmm.]
Scanning the history of a human nad Park Eun-jung.
From a readers perspective.
Through the history and experiences lived.
Reading the past.
[Its Phuket.]
It can be found.
!! No, you cant read thoughts!
[Not exactly.]
I obtained the last piece of information.
[On May 3rd, you will be found at Baekrokdam, Hallasan. Dont worry. I wont kill you until then. Nor will I torture you. But.]
I aid the Goblin Bat at Park Eun-jung to continue.
[Even those who reflect and have a chance for rehabilitation carry their sins for life. But a villain like Park Eun-jung, with no chance for rehabilitation, must die here, right?]
What, what are you trying to do!
[Erasing the dark history. Well, inducing amnesia could work too. Lets see. For Ms. Park Eun-jung, erasing about 3 years of mory should suffice.]
What, what?
A human drenched in Mana Powder and accustod to all sorts of cris, colluding with Pandemonium, cannot be left alive.
[Park Eun-jung, the villain, will disappear, and you will return to being Park Eun-jung, who wanted to beco a righteous agent while studying at Sejong Academy.]
What, what are you saying! Thats, youre going to erase my mory and kill !
[Kill? Park Eun-jung is alive. Just a little different from the current Park Eun-jung.]
Stop! No! My life, you cant just!
[How amusing.]
I raised the Goblin Bat.
[Selling people for human experints while hooked on Mana Powder, the 21-year-old Park Eun-jung is less beneficial to society than the 21-year-old Park Eun-jung who held onto her dream of becoming a hero and beca an agent of the Hero Association, right?]
Its obvious.
[You should be thankful Im not killing you for real. Right? Im using an ability more difficult and challenging than summoning a Rider Kick or the Sephiroths Giant Soldier.]
Ah, no
[One strike with this bat will erase all the dark history. Completely.]
Thwack.
[Platinum Sun. Do you consider this killing a person?]
[Its ambiguous whether its considered killing the personality or just selective mory removal. Hey, Goblin? Do you know who my favorite comic book hero is?]
[Hmm Superman?]
[I used to think so. But now.]
Yumir approached Park Eun-jung, who had fallen after being hit with the Goblin Bat.
[Batman.]
Thwack.
[She didnt die, right?]
[Shes not dead.]
[Then its fine.]
Yumir, after striking Park Eun-jungs head hard, dusted off her hands and stood up.
On this day,
The villain Park Eun-jung was executed.
What remained was an ability user with holes in her mory.
May arrived.
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