Chapter 75
Translator: True Detective
Chapter 75 - How to Escape From Being a Troublemaker (5)
Without saying a word, I lifted the gun and aimed it at Park Yulhan’s forehead.
“For what did you come?”
My teeth chattered. Are these damn bastards breaking into my house again?
In order to deal with Park Yulhan, I summoned and held the Ring of Divinity in my other hand.
“Whoa, whoa, calm down. I’m here because I have something to say. It’s about the abnormal situation.”
I frowned even more and took out another gun.
“That’s really shameless. You guys created this situation intentionally, right?”
“Ah—I can say yes and no, right?”
“Say it straight.”
“Ah, how fierce. I can’t say anything because I’m scared.”
Despite his words, Park Yulhan grinned slyly and continued.
“To be precise, we didn’t create that strange gate, it’s more like we changed the location where it would occur!”
“…The location of the gate can be changed?”
“Yes. Well. We changed it a little bit for warning purposes. You’ve come to your senses, haven’t you?”
“I couldn’t help but want to kill you guys now that I have, though.”
“Please take a look~”
Is the technology these guys have not a technology to create a gate, but a technology to change its location?
[I can’t believe it failed even in the second round with increased density.]
But judging from the tiger child’s statement, it’s probably…
I asked, glaring at Park Yulhan, who was laughing heartily.
“You don’t have the ability to freely control the occurrence of gates?”
“Of course, that kind of thing is impossible.”
Park Yulhan, who had been smiling the whole time, became expressionless when he said that.
“It’s impossible even for those who have closed the tower door, that is.”
His blood-red eyes were looking piercingly at me.
“Savior probably tried it too. The problem is that that attempt led to a catastrophe eight years ago.”
“…The catastrophe from eight years ago?”
At that moment, a truly absurd speculation passed through my mind.
Gate, relocated, closed, failed, 8 years ago, catastrophe.
It was a far-fetched thought put together by a certain intuition, a far-fetched thought that should never be true.
“… Then, eight years ago, in Yongin—”
“Kang Nahyun.”
At that time, someone suddenly joined the conversation.
“…Teacher?”
It was Teacher, who held a knife to his own throat.
“Don’t listen to him.”
No, that’s not Teacher.
“His words are all deceptive and useless.”
It’s Oracle.
They also arbitrarily robbed the teacher of her body.
“You think that’s impossible, but… I don’t know what will happen to this teacher if you take his side.”
“Wow, scary expression.”
Park Yulhan looked at me and smiled awkwardly.
“I don’t think today is the right day, so I’ll just leave.”
Just as I was about to shoot Park Yulhan who was trying to run away, he added a word.
“And what you expect is probably right.”
Bang—!
The fired bullet didn’t hit the target and split the air.
At the same time, the sound of a knife falling to the floor was heard.
“Teacher!”
Her body collapsed after the oracle left. I urgently supported her.
My teeth were grinding together. Why are those guys breaking into someone else’s house and making threats? Ho, I burst out laughing.
“Let’s try, shall we?”
I picked Teacher up and carried her to her room. I then put the Ring of Divinity back on and put the dual pistols on my waist.
There is nothing I can do if both Oracle and Wild Hunter turn out like this.
I have no choice but to do my best to protect my family.
No matter what it takes in return.
Black Libra. It’s time to meet her again.
“Sister? You’re going somewhere?”
“Mmhm. Got something to do. I’m going to go out for a moment.”
I moved forward with rough steps.
***
There is a barbed wire fence between the middle ground and the illegal settlements. In other words, the area right in front of the barbed wire is a middle ground that is legally habitable anyway.
Even so, not many people want to come and live so close to illegal settlements. Naturally, the people who came here were poor.
I walked past the shabby houses to the border.
“Are you a student? What happened?”
A soldier guarding the border spoke to me. I smiled brightly and replied that I was just on a field trip.
The place where the Black Libra lives can only be reached by using a specific method in the illegal settlement.
This won’t do. I purchased two travel tickets.
[Current meta point: 4380 points]
I cried quietly to myself as I watched the points I had worked so hard to collect disappear.
When I tore the travel ticket, my body was gently moved across the border to the destination. I got my feet wet again and arrived at a nearby squatter’s village.
It was clear that I would attract attention if I entered the place too casually, so I changed into the old hooded zip-up I had prepared in advance.
“It’s a face I’ve never seen before.”
“Isn’t she someone who’s sold?”
Nevertheless, I continued to hear whispers about how strange it was for a new person to come into this closed village on their own.
After beating up the gang that was following behind, I wandered through a deserted alley and finally found a wall with a black scale symbol engraved on it.
I grumbled as I swept the pattern on the wall.
“They’re making it unnecessarily difficult to find.”
There is only one thing to do now. What is it, you ask?
…Recite a spell.
It’s not a joke, for real.
“Ugh…”
I took a deep breath and stood in front of the pattern.
While reading the novel, I was fortunate to have re-read the place where the spell was located a few times to find the clues. Didn’t I memorize it like this thanks to that?
“The one who created the tower, the first creature They created, the one who judges and changes the world, the one who is fairer than anyone else,”
Little by little, the pattern begins to glow dark.
I finished reciting the spell as I watched the pattern slowly change as if it was being filled with something.
“I ask the Black Libra to make a deal.”
And darkness swallowed me.
[Confirming the existence of Black Libra near the meta system user.]
[Components are being analyzed for updates.]
***
“It’s been a while, soul of another world.”
Behind the red veil, her voice could still be heard.
Her voice suddenly reminded me of the time when I first met her.
Of course, this was not the time for me to leisurely recall the past, so I quickly shook those thoughts away and approached her.
“I guess you came to me because there was a problem with the transaction?”
“Right. I asked you to ‘make sure that my orphanage teacher and younger siblings never get involved with criminal groups.’”
“I would have said you were an exception.”
“The only exception is me.”
Black Libra sucked in the tobacco pipe once and then exhaled.
“That’s right. Hmm… But actually, the ‘Wild Hunter’ part is a bit ambiguous.”
“What?”
She chuckled. Then she lightly bumped the end of the tobacco pipe against her own hand.
“I’ll ask you. Can’t someone who is willing to sacrifice 1 for 100 be called a hero?”
“…What are you talking about? We’re discussing whether Wild Hunters are criminals or not, right?”
Black Libra laughed lightly at my reaction.
“Fufu, that’s right. Then I’ll explain it so you can understand.”
Then she bit the pipe again and exhaled.
“It’s a group that earns money and operates in the behind-the-scenes world, but its purpose is somewhat righteous.”
“If they make money and operate in the underworld, they’re just part of a criminal group. And it’s a group that tried to kill people in the first place, so where is the justice?”
“I see. That’s how you defined it. If that’s the case, then we’ll have to deal accordingly.”
She clapped lightly. Then the shadow of a huge scale appeared behind her. The scale was tilted to one side.
“I broke one promise. So add one wish to balance the balance.”
She turned the tobacco pipe up.
“What do you want?”
“I want ‘Teacher and all the children at my orphanage to never get involved with Oracle.’”
I said what I wanted.
“It will come true.”
And she answered.
Then the shadow of the tilted balance slowly moved and became horizontal again. I blurted out something while looking at that scene.
“I’d like to add one more transaction, is that fine? Whatever you ask for in return, I will definitely give it to you.”
“Tell me about it. I will charge you the price if what you ask for is realized.”
“That’s both thankful and ominous. If you were to kill the people at our orphanage—”
So, the deal was done.
***
I finished the transaction and exited the space through the wall.
I was lost in thought as I swept the wall I had come from.
What I asked for is certainly likely to happen someday.
So what will Black Libra demand in return then?
It felt like I was carrying a time bomb that I didn’t know when it would explode.
This is all because of Oracle and Wild Hunter.
I clicked my tongue in frustration.
I finished my business and was about to go back to school when someone I had never seen blocked my path and spoke to me urgently.
“What on earth are you thinking? To think that you make a deal with that!”
I had a hunch. This is Oracle.
And laughed.
“Hey.”
While grabbing that bastard by the collar.