Episode 126
“Umm… Umm… Wow!!”
Mustafa, who was sweating and twisting in the back seat of the car, opened his eyes, breathing heavily.
“Are you awake? “I guess I had a nightmare.”
He realized that it was still dusk outside the window, and it was only then that he breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the voice of Namgoong sitting in the driver’s seat.
“…my father appeared in my dream.”
“Is it because of what I heard? “What can a sorcerer be of such a an spirit of use for?”
“I bla you. “Not just you, but everyone who carried out the operation that day.”
Mustafa said, holding his hands together and placing them on his forehead as if he were praying, as if he was going to confession.
“Kiman Yan… He is truly a great sorcerer, but my father did not approve of his ways. He…”
“Because he used a corpse.”
“…you’re right. As you say, he wants war more than anyone else. “I hope that there will not be winners and losers, but that more people will die as a result of the continued war.”
“Wagen hated it. That’s why you provided us with information.”
“But what is the result? “My father, who wanted peace, died, and a ridiculous world called Carnival opened up.”
Shiririk… Shririk….
Cobwebs as light as cotton candy appeared in his palm, curled up.
“I gained the power of the shaman I dread of… but in reality, nothing has changed. In the end, I had no choice but to bow before him…”
Mustafa clenched his hands together.
His fists were shaking.
“If only my father had been alive… at least my life wouldn’t have been like this… and this is all because of you!”
“If it feels comfortable, think so.”
“…I beg your pardon?”
“It’s the easy way. Blaming soone. “Why don’t you ask soone else to live your life for you?”
However, Namgoong did not comfort him or say sorry.
“How… could you say sothing like that…”
Mustafa looked at his rather cold answer as if at a loss for words.
“When Abdel Siyaf died and you were celebrating your victory, my father was abandoned for betraying the Golden Bough. But… how can you say such a thing!”
“Even knowing that, he decided to help us. Not intentionally, but voluntarily. At least he had a better life than you. “Because it’s the life you chose for yourself.”
“That sounds like a good thing. Even so, since you have achieved your goal, you are no different from those who abandoned your father.”
“….”
Namgung, who had responded bitterly up until now, also closed his mouth at Mustafa’s last words.
“sorry.”
Rather, strangely enough, Mustafa glanced at him as if he was noticing his reaction.
“It was my fault for which there is no excuse for leaving the bargain alone. “I was too busy taking care of my family to check on my benefactor.”
“No, what…”
Namgung closed his eyes for a mont.
‘Kiman Jan.’
The reason Namgung knew him so well was not because he had a relationship with him in a past life.
I had t him much earlier than that.
There was a ti when, in order to cure my wife’s illness, I tried everything and relied on the power of my supernatural abilities.
It may be unbelievable to those who know him as a cool-headed person, but there was no thod that Namgung did not try.
From exorcism to prayer, and even…
I dabbled in the power of witchcraft.
‘This is not pleasant.’
Namgoong slowly opened his closed eyes with a bitter expression.
There was no way that Kiman Yan would be happy to see himself as the one who had wiped out the ISR.
However, the level of humiliation he suffered at the ti did not matter as long as he could cure his wife’s illness.
However, the earthquake that occurred in Yeongdeungpo seed to mock such pain.
Having lost his wife without being able to do anything in a disaster that went beyond the human realm, he gave up everything in a state of despair.
“…sorry. “I’m back to those who threw away my father…”
“I guess I needed strength. “Even if it ans clinging to the person who stigmatized out of a desire to grasp at straws.”
Take off –
Namgung said as he got out of the car.
“Mustafa. But in the end… the answer was not given by others.”
He slowly hid himself in the darkness.
“It’s an experience.”
* * *
Squeak –
Namgung entered the city and ran skillfully through the complicated alleys.
He arrived at a building with an old wooden door that didn’t fit in with today’s tis, and entered it without hesitation.
Chiiikik-
Namgung took out a flare from his arms and threw it.
In Damascus, the capital, electricity had been cut off for a long ti, and only red flares flashed in the darkness.
“Hmm.”
Under the lights, he seed to be examining sothing.
Wow…!!
When the spirit soldiers appeared and lifted the broken debris, a small lever appeared on the floor.
Slam…! Kugggggggg….
When I turned the lever, the sound of the lock being released and the strange sound of the engine running ca from below.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Tung!!
The sound of a generator running.
Soon, the few lights that were not broken started to light up.
Crash.
It was then.
The sound of reloading was heard.
“This is crazy…! Turn it off right now!! “He’s crazy because he wants to die!!”
“We are looking for a way to get to Egypt. “I need to get in without being caught by the garrison… I need your help.”
“Shut up and turn off the power first!! Why are you turning on the lights this early in the morning when the ISR guys co?! “I’m not advertising for you to catch !!”
“What do you think?”
Namgung said, turning his head towards the voice shouting at him.
“You’re stuck with ISR.”
“….”
“is not it? Dice.”
The man’s eyes as he looked at Namgung wavered.
“You… damn you. Why are you here? “You ugly bastard.”
While aiming the gun, he looked at Namgoong’s face under the light and frowned.
“I told you. “I’m looking for a way to get to Egypt.”
“go away. “This guy who only drank the sweet water and threw it away as soon as the project was over… How did he co to see ?”
“I couldn’t help it. You know it too. “Suah was sick.”
“The bastard is pulling out a card that you can’t win… I know that, so turn off the lights.”
The man said, ruffling his hair nervously.
“It’s been a long ti since I fell out with the ISR, so if they catch , I’ll be like a corpse lying on the street.”
Pajik-!
At his words, Namgung stepped on the lever as hard as he could.
“You will end up as a corpse.”
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh…
Then the generator stopped and the lights that had been lighting up the room turned off all at once.
“By the way, weren’t you in Korea? You turned out to be quite a hero. “Why are you in Syria all of a sudden?”
“Why don’t we move first? The fire has been turned off, but it must have already been captured. As you said, ISR will co soon.”
“Anyway, it’s as arbitrary as it was then or now.”
The man threw away the gun he was holding and started stuffing laptops and electronic devices into his bag.
“Can I throw away my gun?”
“Why listen to that when you are there? It’s just a burden. “He’s the one who goes around breaking demon heads.”
Namgung chuckled at his words.
“I ca with the shaman of the Golden Bough.”
“Could it be… Are you going to Egypt to et Kiman Yan? You’d better give up. “They’re not there anymore.”
“why? “Isn’t Cairo their headquarters?”
“Didn’t the shaman who ca with you say anything? If so, it’s likely to be terminal. Or it’s just a card to be used and thrown away.”
At the man’s words, Namgung glanced at Mustafa standing outside the building.
“…What do you an?”
“Just three hours ago there was a large-scale movent in Cairo. “It’s most likely the Golden Bough guys.”
“Where?”
“I don’t know the location.”
“You know everything about things on the other side of the world, but you don’t know where they are?”
“huh. “You should be on the sea by now.”
“what?”
Namgung frowned.
“All the servers are down because of those damn ISR guys, so I don’t even know for sure. “Just based on the expected route, I think it is highly likely that it went south through the Suez Canal.”
“why?”
“There was a request from before. As you know, dungeons were created after the carnival started. At the sa ti, monsters began to appear occasionally, even outside of dungeons.”
Like animals from legends, monsters called giant beasts were often discovered in snowy mountains or deep under the sea.
“They asked us to locate a giant tree in the Indian Ocean. So, I’m not sure, but it’s highly likely that it’s heading in that direction.”
The man said while carrying a large backpack.
“I don’t know why they’re looking for you, but I’m telling you because it’s you. Those guys… it’s hard to think about them like they used to. “It is linked to the ISR that has taken over the Middle East.”
“I know that much.”
“And ISR is working with the Egyptian governnt. “You know what that ans, right?”
“I guess the revived ISR is a fake created by Egypt. “Because we know that Daesh Adnani is an Egyptian stooge.”
“okay. “They must have been planning to occupy the anarchic Middle East and use them as an excuse to advance into the center.”
“I was roughly expecting it. “It’s not surprising.”
Dice looked outside and continued.
“well. Is that so? “Everything we predicted just changed.”
“…?”
He handed Namgoong so photos he had taken out of his arms.
“look.”
The photo was so full of black fog that it was hard to read, as if it were a black and white photo.
“This is a picture taken from the cam that was planted in Cairo Tower a while ago. “It hasn’t been announced publicly yet, but if you look at this, you will know that this incident was not planned by Egypt.”
“…what’s this?”
“It doesn’t have a specific na, but people here call it Heukun (black cloud). “The mont a black cloud suddenly appeared early this morning and covered Cairo, transportation communications…all ways to connect with the outside world were cut off.”
he said
“It’s not just that. I don’t feel any life in the city. This ans that the city itself is polluted. by the way.”
Namgung looked at the photo and looked at Dice with a stern expression.
“Listen carefully. Give up the idea of going to Cairo. Because it has now truly beco a land of death. If this were the case, Heliopolis would be no different. “You know what that ans, right?”
That is where the presidential residence is located.
That ant that the Egyptian governnt was likely to have collapsed as well.
“Egypt did not revive ISR and join hands with the Golden Bough to eat the Middle East. Rather, Golden Bough took advantage of the governnt and ISR.”
“well. That’s strange too…”
“Why?”
“We had received a request for cooperation from the EU in the ISR case. But the Golden Bough also asked to handle the ISR.”
“Golden Bough ISR? No way. “They asked you to destroy the power they created?”
“That’s why it’s strange.”
“What… Are you saying that it wasn’t even Golden Bough who planned this? Hmm….”
Clatter-clatter-
the man thought as he rolled the two trademark dice in his palm.
“Then they say there’s soone else behind it… Could it be the Revelator?”
“I don’t know. No need to worry. “If you don’t understand, just look for the clues right in front of you.”
Clap –
Namgoong looked at him as he left the building and opened the car door.
“Find Kiman Yan. “You can do it, right?”
“My request fee is high….”
“It’s not a request.”
Namgung spoke to him.
“It’s an order.”
At that mont, the look in his eyes almost made the man raise his hand as if he was going to salute.
Charring….
The old necklace that was still hanging on my backpack because I couldn’t throw it away had my military service number engraved on it.
Belonging to Unit 711. Sergeant Ju Ju-in.
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