My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness - Chapter 71

#71

New order (1)

Flutter flutter—

[Hehehehe… How has it happened that no matter how much I clean up the trash, I can’t see the end.] A

dark night without even the moonlight.

On top of a high-rise building, there was a black hem blowing in the wind.

The only thing clearly visible from the appearance that appears to be covered in darkness is a pair of blue eye lights.

Those two eyes were shining coldly like an absolute being looking down at the splendidly shining night view and viewing the world.

In fact, it was not wrong to say that he was absolute.

Because he was the Disaster Immortal King of the Outerica dimension.

‘The crime rate in the area once swept has decreased, but as the area covered continues to expand, the number of jobs is increasing.’

Using the infinite magical power gained by becoming the Immortal King and skills such as “Way of Sorcery” and “Magic Control,” I extensively modified the ‘Contagious Work Magic Final Version_Revision_2nd_FINAL(3)_Real Last’ that I had been using so far. .

Thus, the ‘Complete Edition of Contagious Work Magic’ was born.

It has become more stealthy, more accurate, and can detect over a wider range.

As a result, his area of activity continued to expand even after covering the entire Seoul, and the number of evildoers he was punishing was becoming too numerous to handle.

[This world, seething with malice, is truly deplorable. [I wonder how big the poison in their hearts must have been.]

How can it be their fault that society has become so confused?

Aren’t they also just another victim of hurt in this world?

So….

[Yes, I will accept all your anger toward the world. So that you can no longer vent your malice outward… you will enjoy eternal peace in my arms. Hehehehe—]

Someone needed to break that cycle of misfortune.

And Hans, who can be said to be the embodiment of all uncleanness, would be the most suitable person for the job.

At that time, a new signal was detected again.

A robbery and murder using supernatural powers. Unfortunately, it appears that several victims have already occurred.

[Oh… he committed it.]

If this happens, won’t he have no choice but to reap it again?

Hans’ body was engulfed in darkness and his appearance slowly began to blur.

Before disappearing completely, hundreds of things vibrated in the shadows beneath his feet as if they were shouting.

As if eagerly welcoming the soon-to-be-arriving newcomer… very roughly.

***

“how is it? Do you understand something?”

“Hmm… I guess I get the idea. “If certain conditions are met, the trauma is replayed over and over again, and the curse is mixed with resignation, making bypass impossible.”

A man wearing a baseball cap answered, placing one hand on the head of a sleeping person in a hospital bed.

“I already knew that. What is the solution? “Can you do it?”

“Oh, that? I can never do it. There are also different systems, but first of all, they are of a higher level than mine. “If I touch it by mistake, I will get hit too.”

The man in the suit who asked the question seemed dissatisfied with his answer and glanced at him with a frown.

“Then what can you do? “Have you found out anything else?”

“I know one thing for sure. The man who placed this curse is a ridiculous monster. “If it were me, I would rather just kill myself gracefully than fight with this guy.”

“…is it that much?”

Park Han-cheol, head of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ability Management Bureau, scratched his head roughly and sighed.

Seeing that, the man in the hat pondered for a more detailed explanation before opening his mouth.

He was currently cooperating with the investigation as an advisor on black magic.

“First of all, the level of black magic is high. Looking at the complex and solid structure, I feel like I have systematically learned something that has developed over a long period of time at some level.”

It was clear that he had not just scratched the surface, but had fully realized and mastered the vision.

“And the density of dark magic is beyond words. It’s not just a matter of quantity, but the quality itself is different. “I’d like to ask you how on earth you built up such pure energy.”

As you increase your energy, impurities are bound to accumulate, but the black magic used here was surprisingly pure.

This was the first time he knew that black magic, which was an unclean energy in the first place, could go this far.

“Lastly… I don’t know if it’s a unique feature of that system or a vision, but the way they use curses doesn’t seem human-like.”

“What do you mean by that?”

The man in the hat looked closely at the person lying on the bed with his sharp eyes, as if penetrating even their insides.

“In the first place, curses are a double-edged sword, so you have to be very careful when using them, right? “If you make a mistake, it could come back to you.”

“…I’ve heard that a lot.”

“But this guy has no defense against him. A method that pursues only efficiency, faster and stronger. But then again, it fits so naturally.”

There was nothing extra to protect himself from the curse.

I would have tried anything, even if there was some kind of detour, but I couldn’t even do anything about this.

“Don’t you have a curse immunity skill?”

“Maybe so… I don’t think this is at that level? It feels like something is slightly off? Should I say that I don’t feel humanity…”

“Ha! Humanity is frozen to death by the curse. Even if he went crazy, he would have gone crazy a long time ago.”

“I mean, that’s how it feels. And not all dark magic users are crazy, right? “Isn’t this just fine for me?”

Park Han-cheol looked at Ahn Seong-jin, a man wearing a hat, and sighed again.

Of course, he was usually calm, but he had a history of having a fit and causing an accident and being arrested.

Although he was able to prevent mental contamination from dark magic with a special skill, the problem was that it was not perfect.

Immediately after his return, he witnessed gangsters storming into his parents’ store, where he had been struggling to make a living, and wreaking havoc, and his control was broken.

Fortunately, he didn’t end up committing murder, and due to various factors being taken into consideration, he is currently helping out with the work of the Supernatural Abilities Management Bureau.

‘Even though he looks like that, he’s also a high-ranking warlock. Actually, he could have run away, but he was so conscious that he was caught out of consideration for his parents.’

It is true that he has helped me a lot so far, so I couldn’t say anything more to him.

“You said it was Hahoe Mask who placed this curse, right? “After you kill a criminal, you take the body with you?”

“Yes, there are cases where only blood full of dark magic is left behind, and there are cases where it is taken away without leaving any trace.”

“Wow… Necromancy used by a warlock of this level? That’s really scary. Even your soul will become a slave.”

“…really?”

“Death in front of a necromancer is not the end. We will recycle it until its body and soul are worn out. “I didn’t say it was better to commit suicide for no reason.”

Of course, like Ahn Seong-jin, that was not my major, so I might be weaker than I thought.

The corpse may have been taken for practice purposes.

However, it was foolish to hope for such a fluke from an opponent of this level.

“Actually, this guy has been here for quite some time. “He was killed when Hahoetal was at its peak and has not been discharged from the hospital yet.”

Park Han-cheol said while gesturing at the man lying asleep on the bed.

Since the man was also a criminal, they let him sleep without permission to make the investigation easier.

“But Hahoe Mask, which had been quiet for a while, has started to become active again. So, there are some who just came in today, and their treatment has barely finished, so I would like you to take a look.”

“What will change no matter how much time passes?”

“Still, wouldn’t it be possible to read something more from the person immediately after being attacked?”

“Hmm… then shall we take a look?”

Since what he said wasn’t wrong, Ahn Seong-jin nodded obediently.

And after they entered the intensive care unit, they came face to face with a mummy with bandages wrapped all over her body.

“Uh… what did this person do wrong to end up like this?”

“Let’s see… it’s arson. Fortunately, there were no deaths, so it seems like it ended like this. “These days, Hahoe masks are mostly used to catch violent criminals, so most of them are summary executions.”

It was only natural that I became busier as my scope of activity expanded.

Seongjin Ahn nodded and moved to the sleeping patient’s bedside, placed one hand on the patient’s head and closed his eyes.

Just for a moment….

“Inhale!”

His eyes widened for a moment, and he hastily released his hand and took a few steps back.

”

why? Is there something else?”

“Aha… Ah haha—so, team leader! “What are you doing with this Hahoe mask?”

Ahn Seong-jin does not answer questions, but instead laughs and says something else.

Park Han-cheol frowned for a moment, but answered the question obediently.

“Rather than trying to catch him, it’s better to figure out his identity first. After that, it will be verified again and then appeased. “Because he seems to have the ability and maintains his own good standards.”

“Like me?”

“Well… right? No, but why is it like this all of a sudden? “Did you find out anything?”

When he became frustrated and scolded him with a frown, Ahn Seong-jin smiled softly with eyes that seemed to be looking into the distance.

“I think I should take back what I said earlier.”

“oh? “I guess I figured something out!”

He nodded proudly and slowly opened his mouth.

“I… think I should die right now. … Still, I’ve helped the country quite a bit so far, so I’ll get a pension as a person of merit, right? “How much money did you have saved up…”

Ahn Seong-jin suddenly started talking gibberish, and only then was Park Han-cheol able to read his expression properly.

His eyes, whose pupils were dilated and lost focus, were staring blankly into space, and his face, which forced the trembling corners of his mouth to smile, was soon filled with cold sweat.

“…Are you okay?”

Seongjin Ahn recalled what happened a little while ago with a blank face.

The moment I looked closely at the curse to get information.

He made eye contact with ‘that being’.

[Hoo—? What are you doing?]

I thought it was a simple thought that I had seen in previous curses… but something was different.

A pair of blue glowing eyes were looking clearly at me in a shape that seemed to have formed an infinitely dark abyss.

Ahn Seong-jin’s mind instantly turned white as his eyes seemed to penetrate right into his soul.

When he came to his senses, he realized that he was hastily disconnecting, as if he was having a seizure…

In the meantime, a pair of eyes were just staring at him.

I continued without taking my eyes off him even for a moment until the moment he left.

“hey! why are you like this! Wake!”

“Ahaha… it’s okay. But I think I need to call my mom first, so could you please leave me alone for a moment? “I think it would be good if you said I was on a secret mission for a while and treated him as a death in the line of duty.”

The difference between the curse I first looked at and this curse.

It wasn’t just about becoming stronger or growing.

The density of existence itself was different.

Just a brief glimpse of the side was enough to shake my soul.

Since he was also a high-level, high-ranking warlock, I knew a little bit about it.

He looked down at his hands.

Looking at my hands shaking mercilessly, I clenched my fists and made up my mind again.

‘I’ve already discovered your existence. Since he has directly observed my soul, he will be able to find my location whenever he wants.’

Depending on Hahoetal’s whim, his surroundings could become dangerous at any time.

If he comes to visit me when I’m at home…

‘No! It’s better to die now! And now, I might be able to attain Buddhahood right away without my soul being captured…’

Snap—!

“hey! Seongjin Ahn! “Are you out of your mind?”

I came to my senses in an instant with a burning pain radiating from my cheek.

Only then did I begin to see my surroundings properly.

“hey! “I have a rough idea of what’s going on, but just calm down!”

Park Han-cheol sighed when he saw Ahn Seong-jin’s eyes return after he slapped him in panic.

“First of all, here’s what you need to know. So far, Hahoe Mask has only punished criminals. “It also sets its own standards and differentiates depending on the crime.”

In the case of violent criminals such as intentional murder, they were summarily executed. Other than that, they were executed according to their own judgment, just like the criminal next to them.

“And he knew all along that we were after him. “But they haven’t done anything to us until now.”

Because Hahoetal had a clear line of judging only criminals.

“Did you understand? You are out of your mind right now. “Calm your mind and think calmly.”

“Ah…”

Ahn Seong-jin listened to his words and took a deep breath to organize the situation.

Okay, now that I think about it, I didn’t find out any great information.

All I knew was that Hahoe Mask’s identity and location, as well as its abilities, were ‘amazing.’

It’s just that we happened to make eye contact through meditation.

Eventually, he was able to look at his condition objectively.

I only encountered a small part of existence through a curse for a very brief moment, but I was so scared that I fell into a panic.

“Ahaha… I see…”

“Have you calmed down?”

“Yes… Hey, team leader?”

“uh! okay! why? “Do you have anything to say?”

“I’m going to rest for a moment…”

Shake—!

Ahn Seong-jin, who was relieved of his tension for a moment, fainted on the spot.

“ok? hey! suddenly? here?”

Park Han-cheol’s voice could be heard as if coming from afar, but he no longer had the energy left to consider many things.

***

[Hmm… This kind of thing happens all the time.]

In a space surrounded by darkness on all sides, Hans quietly stared at one side.

At the end of the direction his blue eyes were facing…there was exactly a hospital.