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Chapter 543
'She's watching all day long.'
After the elf Mia, who was supposed to be a secretary and guard, entered the house,
Kim Jihun spent the day restlessly.
He had heard that she would assist him 24 hours a day, but
"No... Following even to the bathroom is a bit..."
"Many assassinations actually happen in bathrooms. Just pretend I'm not here and do your business."
"Who, who's going to assassinate ?"
"We need to prepare for any possibility."
He didn't expect her to follow him even to the bathroom.
'This is the most annoying thing since returning.'
Especially having to act wary of the elf all day long,
This was much more tiring than when he clashed with Yggdrasil's forces while destroying the S-rank World Tree.
'If it was a regular elf, I could just deal with them using the Red Authority, but sothing feels off about her.'
In fact, since Yggdrasil ordered elves to be attached to the top-tier Blue Swords,
He already knew an elf would co to monitor him.
However,
A High Elf.
And one stronger than the Deputy Governor coming as a re secretary.
'Co to think of it, if she's stronger than the Deputy Governor on Earth, isn't she the Governor?'
Of course, the Governor didn't necessarily have to be the strongest,
But no matter how you looked at it, this High Elf,
Didn't seem like an ordinary being.
'I should refrain from directly ssing with her for now.'
It might backfire if he carelessly used his authority on her out of annoyance.
Seong Jihan trusted his instinct on this.
'For now, I'll focus on Kim Jihun's life for a few days.'
They said it would take a week to cultivate Kim Jihun in the lab anyway.
It would be better to go for terrorism after a few days gap.
'Then, I should go level up with this guy.'
He changed clothes to go to the Daegi Guild.
Then,
Mia, who had been constantly watching Kim Jihun, opened her mouth.
"Are you going out?"
"Ye-Yes. I'm going to the guild to level up a bit."
"Level up... You can do that just by sleeping in the Hall of Swords; why are you specifically going there?"
"Just, I want to grow quickly. Since I'm a late starter..."
"But your compatibility is already top-tier. You could enjoy life like others. Why bother?"
The elf secretary's tone was polite, but she kept probing.
'...Should I just use my authority, Governor or not?'
While thinking that in his mind,
Outwardly, Seong Jihan properly embodied Kim Jihun and shrank back.
"I've, I've always wanted to play BattleNet gas if I beca a player... Isn't leveling up better than just playing around? Is there a problem with that?"
"Ah, no. I was just curious."
Mia smiled and went to open the front door first.
"Then, I'll personally escort you to the guild."
So she planned to follow even to the guild.
As Kim Jihun's group went down to the Daegi Guild on the lower floor,
"Oh my, Kim Jihun-nim. Have you co to play gas again today?"
They ran into Lee Hayeon, who was giving instructions to staff in the guild lobby.
She greeted him cheerfully,
But soon blinked, seeing the elf standing right behind Kim Jihun.
"But, who's this behind you..."
"A guard dispatched from the Colonial Governnt."
"Directly from the Colonial Governnt? Wow, you seem to be an elf..."
An elf, a mber of the World Tree Alliance, personally guarding soone.
No matter how important male half-elves were, she had never seen such special treatnt.
"Hello. I'm..."
As Lee Hayeon bowed her head to greet first,
"Jihun-nim. May I ask why you specifically chose this guild? I know its ranking isn't that high."
Mia naturally ignored her greeting and questioned Kim Jihun.
"...The Daegi Guild has the best growth buff in the world. I wanted to grow faster through it."
"Ah, because of the growth buff."
"Yes, that's right."
"Hmm... I see."
The elf Mia nodded, and Kim Jihun glanced at her cautiously.
'...What's this? Naturally, ignoring the Guild Master is one thing since she's an elf, but. Sothing doesn't seem right about this guard.'
Even to an outsider, their relationship didn't seem like a normal guard and protectee.
"Th-Then. I'll go play the ga."
"Yes. I'll keep watch here."
In that strange atmosphere, as Kim Jihun entered the BattleNet connector,
Mia looked around and said firmly.
"Everyone out. Clear this place completely."
"Ah..."
"Um, excuse ."
"Surely you don't forget who your masters are?"
She stroked her long ears as she said this.
This gesture was no different from announcing that elves were the masters of humans.
"Ah, understood!"
Then, regardless of whether they were players or staff,
Everyone hurriedly left the connector room.
After everyone disappeared like that,
Mia placed her hand on the BattleNet connector Kim Jihun had entered.
Then,
Zing...
A system window appeared above her hand.
"BattleNet player authentication, normal. Matches governnt administrative records..."
After verifying that Kim Jihun was playing the ga through normal routes,
She nodded as everything was deed 'normal'.
"As expected, it wasn't..."
She gazed coldly at the BattleNet connector, lost in thought.
'She's really suspicious of .'
Seong Jihan, who had briefly left Kim Jihun's body, was watching all of this.
* * *
The Sacred Fla created the player Kim Jihun.
This profile was perfect, as Mia had just confird.
'Even the contract for this house my sister lent was newly created and left in the moving-in records.'
Compared to receiving normal authentication from the BattleNet system,
Governnt records were far too easily modified.
Any suspicious points about Kim Jihun's activities were altered in real ti.
So, with this profile, there shouldn't be any grounds for suspicion.
"The timing of the Arena Owner's return, the Red Administrator's appearance, and now the ergence of Kim Jihun, a growth-type ability user that never existed before... Is it all just coincidence?"
Tap. Tap.
Mia tapped the system window a few tis with her finger, then stepped back.
'Did she co to verify because the timing of appearances was similar?'
At first, he thought a High Elf ca directly just for such a trivial reason,
But it seed that among all the awakened players so far, no one had abilities like Kim Jihun's,
So, while monitoring, she also conducted a detailed verification.
Then,
Zing...
Deputy Governor Tria's face appeared on the system window Mia had opened.
[Governor, have you finished the verification?]
Tria spoke in Elvish.
She was clearly addressing Mia as Governor.
"Yeah. Kim Jihun's authentication records are all normal."
[Then please return quickly. Governor, matters are piling up that need your approval.]
"I've been out for less than a day? How can there be so many issues?"
[Didn't Yggdrasil say she would personally look into Earth's affairs this ti? There's much for you to handle, Governor.]
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"Alright. I'll be back in 3 days."
[3 days...]
"You know my intuition is good? Sothing doesn't feel quite right about Kim Jihun."
[...Understood. Please make sure to return in 3 days.]
Thinking humans couldn't understand Elvish anyway,
The two elves conversed without hesitation.
'Hmm, no wonder she was so strong. She's the Governor.'
Why would such a high-ranking person co here pretending to be Kim Jihun's secretary and guard?
It's not like she didn't have work to do with the Deputy Governor pleading like that.
'Will she be replaced by a regular elf after 3 days?'
He could use the Red Authority without much concern with a regular elf.
Was it just a matter of not getting caught until then?
'No. Rather than staying quiet, it would be better for the Red Administrator to actively cause trouble during this period.'
Instead of lying low for 3 days and starting after the Governor withdraws,
While the Governor was directly monitoring Kim Jihun,
If the Red Administrator was actively operating and World Tree planets were exploding, it would solidify the alibi.
Alright.
Then, after this ga ends, he should find a chance to burn a World Tree.
Seong Jihan made that decision and waited for 'Kim Jihun's' ga to start, but,
[Matching players...]
After re-entering the BattleNet connector,
Only the ssage that it was still matching players kept appearing.
'Why is this taking so long?'
Last ti, it matched quickly and went to the dump map.
Seong Jihan waited for a while, but
[Matching players...]
This ssage just kept appearing.
As he watched this quietly,
'Ah, right.'
A good idea suddenly occurred to him.
'While I'm in here, even the Governor who follows to the bathroom can't intervene...'
The Governor was monitoring Kim Jihun 24 hours a day.
But she couldn't look inside the connector.
'Looking at the matching ti now, it seems like it'll take a few more minutes.'
And maybe because it was a BattleNet connector exclusively for male half-elves,
The ga loading ti was quite long at first, too.
Putting all this together, it seems like there would be about 5 minutes of free ti.
That was enough ti to eliminate a World Tree on one planet.
'Alright. Should I go destroy one while the matching is running?'
This terrorism was to show the Red Administrator's activity for the alibi,
So, there was no need to specifically destroy an S-rank.
'I should go for about a D-rank.'
Thinking that, Seong Jihan,
Hiss...
Left Kim Jihun's body.
And going to a place without any presence,
'I'll go here.'
He checked the list of D-rank planets and moved to one of them.
Hiss...
A World Tree was different in size from the S-rank.
'The defenses are practically nonexistent.'
At this level, like when he first invaded,
He could even cut down the World Tree without being detected at all.
But,
'I ca to make a scene, so I should burn it all.'
Seong Jihan, with his entire body afla, dropped straight from the atmosphere onto the World Tree.
Whoosh...!
The Red Administrator falling like a massive teor.
It quickly scorched the area around the D-rank World Tree, burning everything.
'Got one for now.'
Stab...!
Seong Jihan checked the ti after absorbing the D-rank World Tree with Blue and Red.
The ti spent so far was just over 3 minutes.
'I can go for one more.'
Since he had already invaded, one felt lacking.
He moved to the coordinates of the next D-rank planet.
And just like before,
Whoosh...!
Seong Jihan, transford into a huge fireball, was about to fall to the ground.
But,
'...Hm?'
The closer he got to the ground,
Sothing felt familiar there.
'What is it?'
Was the Eternity stat resonating or sothing?
Thinking that as he was falling to the ground, Seong Jihan
'...Oh.'
Discovered Kim Jihun standing blankly near the World Tree.
No, what was this?
'...Why is he there?'
Could the map matched in BattleNet be related to this place?
But what would a Bronze have to match here?
Seong Jihan hesitated for a mont, but,
Whoosh!
The flas rising from his body,
Had engulfed everything even before touching the ground.
And the fire that spread to the World Tree,
Of course, quickly reached Kim Jihun who was nearby.
Sizzle...!
He instantly turned into a lump of charcoal, then,
Flash!
Kim Jihun disappeared, turning into light.
Besides him, other weak entities that looked like players
Instantly changed into light and vanished.
'...Fortunately, they were in-ga characters.'
Otherwise, they wouldn't have disappeared into light.
Anyway,
'I... killed my own alt character.'
Landing on the ground, he gave a hollow laugh.
An alibi.
He didn't want to create one to this extent.
'...Let's go back.'
Flash!
After absorbing the World Tree,
He quickly returned to Kim Jihun's body.
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