Chapter 67: The Temptation of Paradise (1)
Diesel organized the current situation.
Heavyskull’s sche to induce division among the team had been quite plausible, but in the end, it had failed.
As a result, it had instead placed the spirit core into Diesel’s hands.
In a way, it was an extrely favorable situation.
Without fighting a single battle, they had obtained the most important final objective.
Pinkbit had just finished thoroughly verifying it, so there was no chance that the spirit core was a fake.
If so, then only one variable remained.
‘Kang Da-hee’s whereabouts.’
Whatever the bastard had prepared, pretending not to know and staying still was also an option.
Whatever she had intended to do here, she might have finished her business and withdrawn on her own.
‘But what if that’s not the case?’
The most likely possibility was that she had been captured by Heavyskull.
Given his personality, he would surely try to exploit her sohow.
That was why Diesel chose a frontal breakthrough.
To strike first before being struck.
“Where’s Kang Da-hee.”
“Oh…….”
At Diesel’s question, Heavyskull let out an exclamation of admiration.
And then—
“Hahahaha, hahahahaha……!”
He began laughing loudly.
[That crazy bastard……. What’s wrong with him?]
[…]
[Diesel, who’s Kang Da-hee again?]
[You’ll find out soon.]
After laughing for quite a long ti, the bastard finally looked back down at Diesel.
“I never imagined you’d co at so directly.”
Then, in a low voice, he added,
“Kang Da-hee……. Very well. I shall tell you.”
“…….”
“That young lady, I killed her.”
At his answer, Diesel instinctively realized it.
‘That’s a lie.’
An obvious lie Diesel had thrown out on purpose, to see what kind of relationship he had with her.
If he showed even the slightest hint of compassion here, she might imdiately be turned into a hostage.
“My condolences.”
Sothing like a grin spread across the tallic skull’s face.
In response, Diesel spoke with an indifferent expression.
“Yeah?”
“That’s right.”
“Well, that’s a sha.”
“A truly regrettable affair. She was a very useful talent.”
“Tell about it. Really unfortunate.”
“Was there perhaps sothing you wished to say to her?”
“What?”
“I heard you were quite close. You never know. She might be listening from the heavens right now.”
‘So that’s how it is.’
Thanks to that remark, he could be sure.
Kang Da-hee was listening to this conversation from sowhere right now.
‘You’re pulling cheap tricks.’
The bastard already seed to have noticed.
That if a human called Kang Da-hee beca a hindrance to Diesel, Diesel was prepared to abandon her at any ti.
Thus, the naturally derived conclusion was one thing.
‘So he was trying to pull Kang Da-hee over to his side.’
From the beginning, the premise that he had brought her here as a hostage had been wrong.
Thinking back, Kang Da-hee was currently in the optimal psychological state to be manipulated by soone.
Podvig, the gacorporation she had joined?
The mont she had set foot in this power plant, it was reasonable to assu that she had already turned her back on Podvig.
Her father’s promise to save her older sister?
Her sister was already dead, so it was nothing but empty words.
On the contrary, if he told her the filthy truth, she would obviously burn with a desire for revenge, which would instead beco a powerful driving force to use her.
In short, everything she could rely on had been completely shattered.
With the sole exception of one uncertain relationship.
A private connection with a nonexistent individual called ‘Jas yer.’
Originally, the bastard must have planned to show her Diesel dying here, crushing even that last remaining hope.
But when things didn’t go as planned, he forcibly changed the direction of the conversation like this.
He was deliberately trying to induce Diesel’s cold-hearted attitude and make her feelings wither away.
‘If that’s the case, then what I need to do is…….’
Having reached his own conclusion, Diesel opened his mouth.
“Sothing I wanted to say. Yeah. There is one thing.”
“Oh, is that so?”
That conclusion was—
“Go on. Speak freely.”
Once again, breaking through head-on.
“Hey, Kang Da-hee.”
“……?”
Diesel declared, staring into empty space sowhere.
“You should beco a Ghostcatcher.”
-Your older sister is dead.
It was an unbelievable truth.
No, it was a truth she absolutely did not want to believe.
In fact, she already knew.
The truth she had desperately avoided until now—that her sister had already died a long ti ago.
‘…….’
For so ti now, bubbles had stopped rising from the solution containing her sister.
What that ant, Kang Da-hee understood better than anyone.
Because when her mother had died, the bubbles had stopped rising then as well.
-I will prepare the surgery to save your sister.
Even so, she did not want to let go of hope.
She knew it was a lie, but she could not possibly refuse it.
The technology might have advanced since back then.
And her sister was more special than anyone else.
Soone far more remarkable and stronger than others.
She believed there had to be so way to save her.
-Your father is a sinner.
The man who introduced himself as Heavyskull made her an offer.
-I shall grant you the power to punish that sinner.
But Kang Da-hee’s answer to him was a firm refusal.
At that, the skull accepted it obediently, as if he had expected it, and then showed her a certain screen.
A scene displaying the inside of the power plant.
-Is it because of that man?
-……!
There was the figure of a man she knew all too well.
The man who had saved her life when she was on the verge of dying in the backstreets.
Who had taken care of her for nearly a month.
The face of Jas yer.
-Everything you believe you know about that man is a lie.
Thus, the sowing of discord began.
-In truth, he is known by the alias ‘Diesel.’
-That man’s ho is the apartnt directly above the one you live in. Did you know that?
-A tech doctor? Ha, a Ghostcatcher doing dirty work in the backstreets introducing himself like that? How absurd.
-Perhaps even those who attacked you that day were acting under that man’s orders.
-Think carefully. A man who just happened to save you from an attack and could also cure a virus. Doesn’t sothing seem strange?
At first, Kang Da-hee did not believe any of it, but a small crack began to form in her heart.
Noticing this, Heavyskull spoke as if driving in the final nail.
-Do you know who this woman is?
A photograph of an elf appeared before her eyes.
The one who appeared in her nightmares every ti, spewing flas.
A photograph of Betty Barosi, the daughter of the Brain Dragon Magic Tower Lord.
-Th-this is…….
In the photo, she was smiling and talking with Mr. Jas.
-That Ghostcatcher called Diesel seems to be very close with the half-dragon nad Betty Barosi.
-N-no…….
-Perhaps he even obtained your information from that half-dragon.
-No…….
-Do you still intend to trust that man even now?
-…….
-Open your eyes properly and face reality. You were used.
Kang Da-hee collapsed to the ground as if her soul had left her body.
Seeing that, Heavyskull clicked his tongue and said,
-Watch carefully from here. This lowly one shall take revenge on that man for you.
Kill Mr. Jas?
Kang Da-hee could no longer tell what was what.
-Kang Da-hee, where are you.
Contrary to Heavyskull’s intentions, Mr. Jas did not die.
He even openly called out the na Kang Da-hee while looking for her.
-That young lady, I killed her.
The skull-faced man spoke as if testing him.
Watching that, Kang Da-hee’s heart was pounding like crazy.
Because—
-Yeah?
The truth she never wanted to face was unfolding before her eyes.
-Well, that’s a sha.
‘In truth, you knew too, didn’t you…….’
In truth…….
That her safety was not all that important to Mr. Jas.
-A truly regrettable affair. She was a very useful talent.
-Tell about it.
To him, the human nad Kang Da-hee was rely…….
Soone to collect Qubits from.
A tool to extract magical knowledge.
A tool to use a Personal Matrix.
Nothing more, nothing less.
-Perhaps even those who attacked you that day were all acting under that man’s orders.
Thinking about it, every situation fit perfectly.
The way he wanted to know magical information, her field of expertise.
The way he wanted the matrix, a Test Chamber.
-You were used.
Faced with circumstances that could only be interpreted that way, she could not get a hold of herself at all.
-A truly regrettable affair. She was a very useful talent.
-Tell about it. Really unfortunate.
After even witnessing Mr. Jas’s utterly emotionless expression.
It felt as though her heart dropped straight down.
‘Right…….’
What on earth had she been expecting?
Soone who would pull her out of the darkness where she could not see even an inch ahead?
‘In the end, you too…….’
A savior who would rescue her from a life filled with nothing but pain?
‘You were the sa kind of person as him.’
Such dreamlike things do not happen.
The miracle she prayed for desperately every night before falling asleep.
That kind of miraculous event where soone would save her does not happen.
She knew that very well.
‘But still, at least once…….’
A hollow laugh burst out of her like a madwoman.
“Just once…… sothing like that miracle could have happened…….”
That was when it happened.
[Hey, Kang Da-hee.]
The man beyond the monitor looked at her.
As if he knew she was sitting collapsed right here.
[You should beco a Ghostcatcher.]
‘…….’
What on earth was he talking about?
[Yeah. I’ll be honest. I’ve been hiding a lot from you.]
She was confused.
[But I’m not going to go into every pathetic detail.]
What was this man saying right now?
[Kang Da-hee. I need you.]
[……Sir Diesel. What on earth are you saying…….]
[So not these corporate bastards.]
Her heart started pounding again.
[Beco a Ghostcatcher and stick with .]
The man tapped his own chest lightly as he spoke.
[I’ll save you.]
The power of an Awakener called a Seed that Kang Da-hee possessed.
It seed that even she herself had not yet realized it, but Diesel knew a way to awaken it.
However, to do that, he first needed to know where she was.
‘Hoo…….’
After pouring out words for a while, Diesel secretly swallowed his dry saliva.
There was only one thought on his mind right now.
‘What if it’s not that cara?’
He should have looked more carefully.
Otherwise, he would definitely look like a crazy bastard muttering nonsense while staring at so strange place.
‘Ah, damn it. I don’t know.’
Words already spoken could not be taken back.
After continuing to stare in one direction like that, he soon turned his head back toward Heavyskull.
As expected, he had a dumbfounded look on his face.
‘Even though it’s just a skull, I can see the expression.’
[Diesel. Who were you just talking to?]
To Matafil and Pinkbit, it must have been completely incomprehensible.
So Diesel explained briefly.
[That skull bastard brought one of my acquaintances here and was trying to coerce her into betrayal.]
[What? Betrayal?]
Having already experienced it repeatedly, they reacted especially sensitively to the word betrayal.
[Don’t worry. At this level, it’ll probably be fine.]
[Who on earth is she…….]
Would Kang Da-hee move as he intended.
She had to.
Otherwise, things would get very troubleso.
‘Because from now on, that skull bastard is…….’
“Indeed, you do not take the easy path.”
Going to attack.
Along with Diesel’s expectation.
A massive fireball appeared before his eyes.
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