Chapter 138
Chapter 138
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 138
Chapter Title: Blue Blue Aquarium (2)
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Someone had raided the aquarium.
Parents and children got mixed up in the chaos.
In that chaotic situation, the most chaotic thing had to be Suryeon's head.
"Heh heh heh... Finally, my time has come..."
Suryeon covered one eye and laughed sinisterly.
Then she turned her head toward me and said,
"Dad, my time has come."
"Time for your medicine?"
"No, it's time to show my power to the humans."
I shook my head.
Suryeon shook her head and ran off in the opposite direction from the evacuating people.
As if charging straight into enemy territory.
"Hey, Suryeon! Where are you going!"
"Just follow me. Dad, trust only me."
Suryeon gracefully dodged the evacuating parents and children as she ran.
Some adults shouted at us as we headed toward the commotion.
"It's dangerous over there, kid! Don't go that way!"
"Hmm, is that so..."
Of course, Suryeon wasn't one to listen to adults.
'Sigh, what on earth is Suryeon thinking?'
My trust level wasn't that high.
But I stood next to Suryeon, who was running hard on her short legs.
"Suryeon, do you have some kind of plan?"
"Of course, Dad. I'm a planning-type dragon. Blue Dragons always make plans."
"So what's the plan?"
"Shh, hide for a sec."
Whoosh-!
Suryeon pulled me behind a pillar for a moment.
Beyond the pillar, I could see the debris of a collapsed building and the culprits behind this raid.
The guys were wearing bizarre snake masks and had tied up adults and children with ropes as hostages.
"Those bastards are taking hostages like cowards...?"
"Looks like about a hundred of them. And that human with the sword over there. He doesn't feel ordinary."
"Yeah, I sensed it too."
Unlike the snake-masked guys holding guns.
That one with what looked like a machete was definitely different.
The vibe he gave off wasn't like an ordinary person.
'What could those bastards' goal be, raiding an aquarium and taking hostages?'
While I was pondering their objective.
Suryeon mumbled with her small mouth and whispered quietly into my ear.
"Dad, I have a great plan."
"What is it? Let's hear it."
"It's called 'Savior Hidden in the Shadows.'"
"..."
What the hell is that, you chuuni.
As I stared at Suryeon without saying a word, her face turned red.
"W-Why are you looking at me like that, Dad!"
"No, it's nothing."
"Fine! If you're going to act like that, I'll do it alone!"
Hmph-!
Suryeon huffed in annoyance and started walking off by herself.
Stealthily, so as not to be noticed by the snake-masked villains.
Quietly and secretly.
So much so that even I could barely sense her presence.
'Huh, she's pretty good at this? Did she practice on her own?'
I slowly followed behind such a Suryeon.
And quietly moved my body, hiding behind building debris.
"...Dad, this way."
"Got it."
The place we arrived at so stealthily was a passageway used only by staff.
"Hmm."
Tap tap-
Suryeon lightly tapped the wall and said,
"Just as I thought. This passageway connects to all the tanks."
"Then we can ambush those guys wherever we want."
"Correct, Dad."
Clap clap clap-
Suryeon clapped at me like a penguin.
"Besides that reason, I came here for another purpose. To check what those idiot humans' goal is."
"Goal?"
"If those idiot humans' target was the aquarium, they would've taken over this staff passageway. But those idiot humans entered through the ceiling. That means their goal isn't the aquarium itself."
"Then..."
"Probably the humans they've taken hostage. Those idiot humans look like they'll grab a bunch of humans and run."
Sherlock Holmes, huh.
Suryeon seemed to have grasped the entire situation using her characteristically sharp mind.
I ruffled Suryeon's hair vigorously in praise.
"Suryeon, you're so smart!"
"D-Don't...! My hair will get messed up...!"
"I wonder who she takes after to be this smart!"
"Y-You're definitely not it...! Dumb Dad...!"
She was embarrassed, sure.
Anyway, now that we knew their goal, this wasn't the time to fool around.
I stopped joking and put on a serious face.
"Let's go. Before they harm anyone."
"I'm not particularly interested in humans. But I need to show my power. Of course, first..."
Swoosh-
Suryeon extended her hand forward and created two masks.
Unlike the snake masks we'd seen earlier, these were majestic-looking blue masks resembling dragons.
"What? How'd you do that?"
"Converted mana into material. Built the material's structure. Then refined it."
"So you could make cash with this too, Suryeon?"
Zap-
Suryeon glared at me and let out a sigh.
"...Dumb Dad. I said it's made with mana. It'll disappear after some time."
"Ahem, yeah, cash doesn't work, huh? Actually, I knew that and was just asking."
"Put this mask on, Dad. From now on, we're hiding our identities and helping the humans."
But do we really need to hide our identities?
I don't need to hide mine, right?
Suryeon answered that question simply.
"Hiding our identities is way cooler."
"..."
"Heh heh heh..."
***
The aquarium.
The villains had received orders to raid 'Aqua the Reum' today.
If this plan succeeded, humanity would take one step toward a brighter future.
"For humanity's future."
"Toward an even brighter future."
The snake-masked men decided to blindly follow those words.
As a result, they entered through the aquarium's ceiling and managed to harvest quite a few children.
"We've found and brought all the hiding children."
"P-Please send me back to my mom... Waaah..."
Sob sob-
A snake-masked man who had brought crying children.
The man holding the machete responded coldly.
"140 in total, including adults."
"Yes, 49 adults and 91 children."
"Start sorting them."
"Yes!"
At the machete-wielding man's command, the snake-masked men bustled about.
They aimed their guns at the adults and said,
"Everyone, move to the corner! Hurry!"
"Eek, eeeek-!!"
"M-My son-!! Hey, stay there quietly-!!"
Once all the parents were herded into the corner.
The children, separated from their parents, immediately started crying.
The machete man clicked his tongue at the sight.
"Tch, so noisy. I'd love to just kill them all right now."
Killing the adults would make the kids even noisier.
But he couldn't kill the children now either.
They'd be valuable materials later.
'For Imugi to become a dragon, we need more children.'
The machete man gestured to his subordinate and said,
"Find more hiding brats. We'll take more before the helicopter arrives."
"Yes!"
At those words, the subordinate hurriedly ran off.
The man sighed and looked at the large tank full of fish.
"Ever since the dimensional gates appeared and the weather got weird. In times like these when humanity's future is at stake, they're indulging in useless luxuries like this."
What was so great about fish swimming in water?
Was this the kind of place children flocked to?
"It's good for us since we can catch a lot at once."
The machete man stared at the tank motionlessly.
Amid the tropical fish and rays swimming diligently.
A wriggling white creature caught his eye from afar.
"Beluga...?"
The white beluga was wriggling toward the machete man.
He didn't pay much attention to the beluga's actions.
Because.
"W-What? Its speed is faster than I thought-"
-Kyu!
Crash-!!
"Y-You crazy dolphin bastard!!"
He never dreamed the beluga would shatter the tank and come out.
Behind that beluga appeared an adult and a child wearing not snake masks, but blue dragon masks.
Among them, the child covered one eye and made her remaining blue eye gleam as she said,
"Heh heh heh... The main character has arrived..."
"..."
At that sight, the adult clamped his mouth shut.
Even though it was his own daughter.
'Suryeon...'
It was just too embarrassing.
***
"Heh heh heh... You followed my orders well. Beluga!"
-Kyukyu!
The beluga that had come out of the water flapped happily, delighted by the praise.
Next to it, fish from the broken tank were flopping around.
"They won't complain if those die, right?"
"Dad, the humans don't know who we are."
"Oh, right."
Suryeon really did have a plan.
"But that doesn't mean I'm going to let my fish friends die."
The massive tank's water poured out fiercely.
And the machete man and his cohorts rose, jolted by the impact.
"Ugh, what the hell are these guys...?"
"They seem to be imitating us, boss!"
Crackle-
The man aimed his machete at us and said,
"Fuck... Forget capturing them alive. Just kill those bastards. They're pissing me off!!"
Click-!
At his words, the snake-masked men immediately aimed their guns.
'Totally 24 of them.'
I immediately hugged Suryeon.
"Suryeon!"
"Hmm."
At the same time, bullets were fired.
Rat-tat-tat-!!
A barrage of bullets rained down.
I rubbed my stinging back and glared at the guys.
"You dare shoot at my daughter? You guys are done for."
Grip-
I clenched my fist and charged forward.
Watching my back, Suryeon shouted,
"Heh heh heh, move according to my plan, Dad!"
According to Suryeon's plan.
I passed by the villains without engaging them.
And slammed the floor, lifting up chunks of earth.
"Hup-!"
I repeated fixing those chunks to the floor.
And per Suryeon's plan, I created a circular giant tank.
So that even if other tanks broke, the water wouldn't flow elsewhere but gather here.
"Suryeon, like this?"
"Heh heh heh... My plan is fully complete now!"
Swoosh-!
Suryeon confidently extended her hand forward and declared,
"I'll show these idiot humans my power."
Crackle-!
Suryeon's blue eyes began to glow even brighter.
Then Suryeon looked at the nearby children and said,
"Humans. The water will protect you."
"W-Who... are you...?"
To the children's question of who she was.
Suryeon answered simply.
"Heh heh heh... I can't reveal my identity that easily... Figure it out yourselves..."
This is driving me crazy.
Suryeon seemed fully immersed in her roleplay.
Anyway, Suryeon spouted cringeworthy lines and deployed her magic.
"Move as I command, ocean. Drive away the idiot humans, waves. Protect the humans, river currents."
With those words.
The water behind Suryeon surged like waves, starting to engulf the snake-masked men.
"G-Gaaah!!"
"S-Save me!!"
The guys lost their senses in the powerful waves and began to be swept away by the water.
-Kyukyu!
Thanks to that, the beluga and fish could swim freely again.
Even as the circular tank's water rose to the humans' heads, Suryeon and the children stood calmly like they were in a gentle stream.
Only the enemies were getting swept away by the water.
"So this is the power of a Blue Dragon."
She had some weird chuunibyou phase.
But Suryeon's abilities surpassed imagination.
"Heh heh heh... As expected, I shouldn't have released the seal of the Blue Dragon in my right hand..."
"..."
"Better to keep it sealed for a while... Heh heh heh..."
She'll be kicking blankets about this when she grows up.
Thinking that, I stepped out of the circular tank.
And waited for them to come out.
"Cough, cough... Damn...!!"
"Oh, you finally came out."
The strongest one.
I clenched my fist as I looked at him.
"Let's see how much stronger I've gotten."
Time to check the results of my special training.
I adjusted my dragon mask and charged at him.
"You're dead. Come at me!"