I’m Not a Regressor - Chapter 226

I am not a returner Episode 226

Seven Star Council (2)

“Hey, it’s been a long time coming to the Association.”

Ha-eun exclaimed as she looked up at the tall association building in Yeouido.

As she said, it had been so long that she couldn’t remember the last time they visited the association together.

‘I hope Manager Han is doing well.’

Ojin chuckled as he remembered the man who looked like a gorilla reincarnated as a human.

I don’t know about anyone else, but I was curious about how the manager, with whom I had a lot of experience, was doing.

“Oh right. While we’re there, let’s rob the association’s legal affairs!”

“oh.”

After all, she is my older sister.

I don’t know where you can choose such smart words.

“Shall I ask you to buy Korean beef?”

“Of course, the meat that you eat with other people’s money tastes best.”

The two people, excited at the thought of enriching themselves with the people’s tax money, headed to the association with brisk steps.

“It’s been a while, Mr. Ohjin.”

Outside the association, there was a manager who had come out ahead of time and was waiting.

He discovered Ojin and approached him with an evil smile on his face, like a murder gorilla created by a mad scientist, and held out his hand.

Although I couldn’t believe it, it was an expression of pure welcome to Oh Jin, whom I hadn’t seen in a long time.

‘It’s been a while since I saw you, so I can’t get used to it any more.’

Instinctively, he forcibly raised his hand to grab the weapon and held the hand that Manager Han had extended.

“How were you?”

“Well… I had a lot of work to do to say I had a good time. Still, we had no trouble.”

Manager Han nodded with a wry smile.

“I have heard a lot about Oh Jin’s activities. “I knew Mr. Oh Jin was an extraordinary person from the time I first tried to recruit him to the association, but… honestly, I never imagined it would be to this extent.”

From defeating Doyun Cheon, the King of Owls, to his activities in Japan, and right after his activities in San Frutuoso, to dealing with the Leech faction with Damian in the Col Grande family.

Of course, some of these news were spread by rumors that Oh Jin intentionally fabricated or hid.

In any case, these were such tremendous accomplishments that they could not be considered the accomplishments of an individual who had awakened less than two years ago.

“This was all possible thanks to the full support of the association.”

“haha. “I feel sorry for saying that when I haven’t provided much support.”

Manager Han looked back at Ha-eun, who was standing next to him, with a simple smile that did not match his appearance.

“How are you these days, Ha-eun?”

“How am I doing?”

Ha-eun slightly pulled Oh-jin’s arm and hugged him as if showing off.

A manager who saw the two of them clinging to each other smiled and shook his head.

“When we first met, we both said we weren’t lovers.”

“It wasn’t really true back then.”

“haha. From then on, it seemed to me that the two of them were more than lovers.”

Manager Han continued as he glanced down at Ha-eun’s now fine right leg.

“You know what? Oh Jin, who is usually very generous with his money, said that he had to use his own money to make Ha-eun’s prosthetic leg?”

“Huh? Did something like that happen?”

As if it was the first time, Ha-eun opened her eyes wide and immediately hit the floor with the toe of her shoe, hiding her red cheeks.

“When did you do such a disgusting thing again?”

Ha-eun begins to pat Oh Jin’s buttocks from an angle that Manager Han can’t see.

Ojin sighed as if he had a headache.

“…Boss.”

“Oh, was it a secret? “I’m sorry about this, Mr. Oh Jin.”

Contrary to his apology, Manager Han was looking at Ha-eun and Oh-jin with a satisfied expression.

“Please stop going in.”

Oh Jin walked slowly and entered the association.

My face got hot for no reason because I remembered what happened in the past.

‘I’m glad.’

Still, I did not forget this memory.

Not yet.

“You can go straight to the association president’s office.”

A manager got on an elevator that required a card key to press the button.

In the association president’s office, following his guidance, an old man named Tae-ho Han, nicknamed ‘The Viper’, was sitting there.

“Are you here?”

Han Tae-ho got up from his seat and approached Oh Jin.

“yes. “What did you call me for?”

“Sit down first. “Would it be okay to have coffee?”

“yes.”

“Please wait a moment.”

If you were the president of an association, you could probably tell your secretary to make you coffee.

Taeho Han moved directly and handed out the coffee to the table.

“First of all, I heard something bad happened recently, but I’m glad you’re safe.”

Are you talking about being trapped in a demonic realm?

“I was able to survive thanks to other people coming to help.”

“Isn’t it all because of the virtues you have accumulated?”

Taeho Han took a sip of coffee and smiled bitterly.

“…I wish he had come back alive too.”

The atmosphere in the room became heavy.

It wasn’t difficult to figure out who the ‘guy’ that Taeho Han was muttering about was.

“When I arrived, Elder Cheon Sang-gil was already there…”

“Ah, I’m sorry. I don’t mean to reprimand you. “Just think of it as an old man’s complaint.”

Taeho Han shook his head and continued.

His old face was filled with deep sadness, as if he had a personal relationship with Cheon Sang-gil.

“Anyway, hasn’t humanity recently lost two of the seven stars?”

“…Yes.”

Cheon Seon-seong Damian Salvator and Tamrang-seong Cheon Sang-gil.

The news that two of the Seven Stars had died in just a few months created a worldwide panic.

“It seems that the leaders of countries around the world thought that special measures were needed for this incident.”

“What if it’s a special measure…?”

“The Seven Star Council will be held soon.”

Seven Star Council.

It was a type of competition in which candidates selected by each country gathered to take an exam, and the awakened person with the highest score and evaluation received the new title of ‘Seven Stars’.

“Are you saying that the two vacant positions will be filled this time?”

“That’s right.”

Taeho Han nodded.

The fact that he went so far as to call Ohjin and give him information about the Seven Star Council.

“I would like you to run as a candidate representing Korea in the Chilseong Council this time.”

“…Do you mean me?”

Oh Jin looked at Han Tae-ho with a bewildered expression.

Are you going to run yourself as a candidate for Chilseong?

“But I’m still an 8-star.”

A candidate eligible to be elected to the Seven Star Council must be a high-ranking awakened person of at least 9 stars.

No, in fact, the prevailing opinion is that even 9 stars are not enough to be considered as the Seven Stars, but it was obvious that there would be controversy if he, who only had 8 stars, became a candidate.

“Isn’t there a rule that only awakened people with 9 or more stars can be selected as seven-star candidates?”

“Isn’t there an unspoken rule?”

“It’s just an implicit rule, so it doesn’t violate any actual regulations.”

As Han Tae-ho said, there was no rule that only awakened people with 9 stars or higher could be selected as candidates.

“Aren’t there other awakened people besides me?”

Although Korea did not have many high-ranking awakened people, there were still more than 20 high-ranking awakened people in the country as a whole.

Of course, most of them have stigmata of a low rank, commonly called ‘miscellaneous stigmata’.

However, this did not mean that there were no high-ranking awakened people with stigmata of the zodiac level or higher.

“Isn’t Lee Woo-hyuk alone a 9-star awakened person?”

The news that Lee Woo-hyuk, who had entered closed training, had recently overcome the 8-star barrier and reached 9-star, was so famous that even Oh Jin, who was lying down in the hospital belonging to the Col Grande family, heard it.

“I contacted guild leader Lee Woo-hyuk in advance and asked for his consent.”

“Is there any reason you would do that?”

“That guy from the past, Cheon Sang-gil, said that. “It won’t be long before a new Chilseong will emerge in Korea.”

Han Tae-ho turned his deeply sunken eyes towards Oh Jin.

“You are the new Chilseong that Cheon Sang-gil spoke about.”

“….”

Have you been saying things like that without even realizing it?

‘I didn’t know you thought of me that much.’

To put it bluntly, there was no deep connection between myself and Heavenly Road.

We only had actual conversations a few times.

“And considering the performance you have shown so far, I don’t think it would be surprising at all if you were selected as a candidate for Chilseong.”

As Han Tae-ho said.

Over the past year or so, the activities that Ojin has shown were so great that other awakened people could not even dare to surpass them.

“Can you attend the Seven Star Council?”

“That’s…”

Ojin narrowed his eyes and was lost in thought.

Chilseong.

It was definitely a great opportunity to gain great honor and power in an instant, if you could do it.

‘Honestly, I don’t like it.’

First of all, the timing was urgent, but it was too urgent.

It’s been about a year and a few months since I became an awakened person.

Even though he had done a lot so far, it was still too early to aim for Chilseong’s position.

‘Because it feels like a new actor winning the Academy Award for Best Actor.’

Skills are important, but isn’t experience just as important?

And above all.

‘Even if you become Chilseong, there isn’t much to gain.’

In Ojin’s current situation, there was no particular need for the honor and power that Chilseong possessed.

There may be various rewards, such as receiving the entire autonomy of Ganghwa Island as soon as you become a Chilseong, but it was not a very attractive reward for Ojin, who was most urgent to raise the level of the Black Heaven right now.

“Please. “Korea needs a hero like you right now.”

Han Tae-ho bowed his head deeply towards Oh Jin.

After Tamrangseong Cheon Sang-gil died.

Right now, Korea was in such a state of confusion that it wouldn’t be awkward to call it a mess in a vulgar language.

Stock prices hit bottom as if they had jumped off a cliff, various crimes and terrorism increased rapidly, and riots broke out all over the country.

The difference between having ‘Chilseong’ and not having it had an impact on the country beyond imagination.

Especially now that fear of the terrorist organization called the Black Star Society is reaching its peak.

‘It has nothing to do with me.’

Oh Jin’s thoughts did not change despite Han Tae-ho’s appeal.

He is not a patriotic independence fighter.

There was no reason to sacrifice oneself for the country.

“I’m sorry, but I decline your offer…” “Of course, even if you become the Seven Stars, I know very well that nothing will be of much help to you other than receiving the ‘baptism of stars.’”

Baptism of stars?

“…What is star baptism?”

“Hmm? “You didn’t know?”

I didn’t even think that I would be mentioned as a candidate for Chilseong, so I didn’t know much.

“The moment you become a seven-star, you will be baptized by the constellations at the fountain of the Milky Way in the sanctuary. “It is said that the Milky Way Fountain is a place where three dragon veins intersect, and that in some cases, just receiving baptism there can elevate the level of an awakened person to a higher level.”

Dragon vein.

It is also a place where not one, but three dragon veins intersect.

“I always thought I would sacrifice my body for my country.”

Oh Jin held Han Tae-ho’s hand firmly and nodded.