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Chapter 50
Parang looked around the room she was in and put on an innocent expression.
Since the more information she had, the better. She had no intention of revealing her true colors right away and screaming at the bitch.
And well, although the chances were extremely slim.
There was always the possibility that she had been brought to a spare room simply because there was nowhere else to talk.
Thud- thud- clank.
As soon as Parang entertained that possibility, the Government bitch strode over to the wall and picked up a massive bladed weapon.
Possibility, deleted.
Son of a bitch, confirmed.
Yoo Parang, pissed.
Still, she had to act for now.
"Excuse me, what is all this?"
Parang's voice trembled slightly. It actually stemmed from anger, but she packaged it nicely to feign terror.
Feigning terror was a field Parang was incredibly confident in.
She just had to recall her memories from her days as a rookie Deep Sea Hunter.
Her eyes quickly began to waver, and the tone of her voice grew unstable.
Her acting was so good that she even gave herself goosebumps.
The masked Government bitch stroked the blade as if checking its condition and spoke.
"Hunter Yoo Parang, please don't resent me too much. After all, this is entirely your own karma."
"W-what do you mean? I don't understand what you're talking about at all."
"It seems you are slow to grasp reality."
"A-answer me!! You said we would cooperate, so why did you bring me to a place like this?! Who exactly are you!!"
"Cooperate? Us? With trash like you? There is a limit to such nonsense, Hunter Yoo Parang. Did you really believe you could cooperate with us after committing such acts?"
'Huh?'
Parang tilted her head in confusion.
Calling her trash was hardly an appropriate insult for someone from the World Government to hurl at her.
It wasn't that calling her trash was strange simply because the Government was evil and Parang was good.
It was just incredibly unnatural for a figure from the World Government to hate Parang for being trash.
Of course, it was true that she and the World Government were fiercely opposed to each other, but that was strictly due to their strongly conflicting stances.
Even if Parang had caused harm to the World Government, it was simply a natural countermeasure taken against an enemy.
It was the same logic as how no one would curse an enemy Soldier as trash just for shooting at them on the battlefield.
And it wasn't as if Parang had committed any actual crimes, either.
Of course, it could have just been a thoughtless remark, but still.
There were plenty of other expressions that fit the context much better if a Government official wanted to insult Parang. Scum, a Rat, a thorn in their side, and so on.
Leaving all those aside to call her trash was an expression that completely missed the mark, no matter how she thought about it.
That was why the phrase *such acts* really caught her off guard. It felt somewhat unnatural.
Parang decided to dig into this during their conversation. She immediately began to act.
"T-trash?! I committed such acts? What on earth are you talking about! S-send me home!!"
"Are you still going to play dumb even after things have come to this?! You don't have a shred of awareness regarding the evil deeds you've committed."
It was definitely strange. What evil deeds? The only side of Parang the World Government could have observed was her streaming.
If they considered that an evil deed, they were sorely mistaken.
Furthermore, that tone of voice. Didn't it carry the nuance of truly believing Parang was a morally corrupt and wicked person? It seemed suppressed, but she could even sense a hint of resentment in her tone.
While Parang racked her Head, the Government bitch grabbed a grotesquely bent Iron Skewer from the wall and began heating it in the Brazier. As if she couldn't care less whether Parang was under Binding or not.
Of course, she was likely someone who didn't need to care much whether Parang was under Binding or not. She was probably a strong individual who could crush Parang at any time, as long as they weren't underwater.
In an attempt to gather even a single piece of extra information, Parang bombarded her with questions.
"What exactly did I do wrong?! I'm just an ordinary Hunter! Let me out of here!!"
Unfortunately, the answer she wanted did not return.
"It's an order from my superiors to torture and execute you at my discretion. Hunter Yoo Parang. I'm sorry for lying about everything."
Torture and then execution.
That was an order that couldn't have been given unless they held a significant grudge against Parang.
However, it seemed unlikely that a massive organization like the World Government would hold a personal grudge against her.
No, did they really hold a grudge?
Cylo had mentioned that the current World Government was rough in their actions, slow, and utterly incompetent.
Then perhaps them doing this to Parang was also...?
Leaving Parang alone in this space with that Government bitch was an example of that.
Shouldn't there naturally be multiple people keeping watch when doing something like this?
Ah, it felt like something big would be revealed if she acted just a little longer. The acting was also more fun than she thought. To think she'd find enjoyment in something like this. Parang threw an even more violent fit.
"W-who are you!! W-why are you doing this to me!!!"
At those words, the Government bitch paused.
For a moment, Parang felt as if she could see the expression beneath that Mask, even though it was hidden.
The woman placed a hand on her Mask.
Yeah, take it off, take it off! Show me your bare face!
And then, thud. The Government bitch's Mask fell from her face.
"......You won't say you still don't know after seeing this."
Upon seeing her face, Parang was deeply bewildered.
'Who is she?!'
She was someone Parang had truly never met in her entire life. Who on earth was she?
Realizing the Iron Skewer was fully heated, the Government bitch pulled it out of the Brazier.
"It's time to pay for your sins. Hunter Yoo Parang."
Well, I guess conversation time is over now.
What a shame. There's still a lot of information to dig up. Isn't there some way?
Parang also considered turning this Bunker entirely upside down since she was already here.
But as expected, she decided against it.
Parang had seen it while coming here earlier.
The numerous diverging paths that could easily be called a labyrinth, and the surveillance Cameras attached to every corner.
The Government was definitely watching the current situation from outside the Bunker as well.
She didn't even know if she could look around the entire Bunker, so she couldn't just wander around while being caught on Camera. That would be exposing too much information.
So as Parang pondered it over, a lightning bolt struck her Head with a crash!
A decent idea came to mind.
Once a plan was made, the faster the execution, the better.
She pulled two small blue Spheres from her chest and smashed them together with all her might.
Crackle!! A blue Energy Wave erupted and swept through the Torture Room.
Cylo's special EMP Bomb. All electronic Equipment in the room—excluding the Warp Machine, as it wasn't an electronic device—would have stopped working.
The Cameras were naturally dead.
Meaning the only one who could witness Parang's 'Departure' now was that Government bitch.
Whoosh!!
The moment Parang showed abnormal behavior, the Government bitch lunged at Parang with fiercely cold eyes.
Holding the fire-heated Iron Skewer in her hand.
A speed so fast she wondered if it was even humanly possible.
But Parang was faster.
'Departure.'
Splash!!!!
At the same time, the entire room filled with water.
The Government bitch looked at Parang with an expression of disbelief. Due to the momentum of her lunge, the Iron Skewer touched Parang's neck, but it couldn't even leave a scratch.
"!!!!"
The Government bitch's Eyeballs widened. She looked like she wanted to say something, but being underwater seemed to pose a significant difficulty.
Parang guessed she was trying to say something like 'Why?!'.
But what could she do when it had already happened?
Parang checked the Cameras one more time.
The Cameras sparked and showed no movement, having completely died.
Her body had been tingling for a while, and it must have been because of those.
Well, anyway.
Since the Cameras went dark, the people above would realize something unusual had happened and come running this way.
The fewer witnesses, the better, so Parang quickly sprang into action.
First, she bound the Government bitch to the torture bed so she couldn't move a single finger.
Originally, Parang would have been the one to suffer this, but the field had changed to water.
The Government bitch tried to emit electricity with a crackle, but she was immediately neutralized by Parang.
An electricity user. Was this a pathetic attempt to create a type advantage?
Seeing how she didn't panic and immediately attempted to fight despite suddenly being submerged in water, she seemed to be quite a veteran.
Not that Parang cared.
She attached one of the Warp Devices she had brought onto the Government bitch.
She also broke a few Joints to prevent her from putting up any Resistance. Just the wrists and ankles should suffice.
And then, beep, beep. Click. She pressed the attached buttons in sequence.
Soon after, the Government bitch emitted a pure white light and disappeared from the room.
Immediately, Parang also used her Warp Device.
Her vision briefly flashed bright, and the surrounding scenery changed.
What appeared before her eyes was the Government bitch sprawled on the Floor, and Cylo's troops surrounding her with their Weapons aimed.
With that, Parang's infiltration of the World Government Bunker came to an end.
Any abnormalities with Parang's condition? None.
Information exposure? The World Government personnel would swarm in and confirm that the Torture Room Parang was in was full of water, so the fact that Parang could generate water would be discovered. But that was it. They wouldn't even know if it was due to Departure, Parang's Skill, or some other special technique.
Achievements? The kidnapping of a high-ranking Government official.
Summary. A massive success.
Parang left the Warp Station and headed to the Hotel Room Cylo had prepared for her.
She took a short rest there and let the worried Oceanus know she was alive.
She also had a conversation with a Cylo representative who visited her in the meantime.
About the peculiarities shown by the Government bitch, the detailed situation at the time, and finally, about the Secret Base.
Recalling her memories, she also stated everything she knew about its location, the stationed troops, and personnel.
After about two hours, Cylo contacted her again.
"We are thinking of beginning the interrogation now, would you like to participate?"
"Of course. Where should I go?"
Going down to the hotel Basement, she saw a space resembling an Interrogation Room through a glass window in the wall.
And inside, she saw the Government bitch sitting there, restrained by high-tech Equipment.
Parang listened to a few precautions.
Things like, do not kill her, do not knock her out, do not beat her too severely.
She was even handed a list of her Skills, excluding her Personal Skill, and her personal information, wondering when they had extracted all of that.
Parang opened the door and went inside.
With the mindset of simply hearing what she had to say.