National Power Level 2
"It won't be difficult at all. Those people are just thrilled because they believe they have power and that they have the backing of a power holder, so they're making a big fuss."
"What I want from you is quite basic."
"I hope the entire world sees how the whole truth about what they posted is false, and how they were punished for hurting others with falsehoods, beyond just the nation."
"Besides that?"
"Even if the Baekho Guild, which led it all, becomes known worldwide, the Baekho Guild, one of the top 10 guilds, won't fall. After all, the Baekho Guild is already in trouble since it's collapsed, so I just want it to suffer a huge blow to its reputation."
The Baekho Guild didn't want Seomun Ye-jin to fall immediately either.
They wanted to push her higher, and then have her fall from the top.
If I just let them collapse here pointlessly, it would be revenge for me, but it wouldn't be satisfying for Seomun Ye-jin.
I wanted to drive them to hell, and make them pay miserably for touching the beloved young lady.
And the women's groups and the slanderers would be at their peak of excitement right now, so I would let them taste hell step by step.
"However, I want you to strip the women's groups and these slanderers bare, and publicly announce their crimes nationwide and show how they are punished."
"Punishment. They will definitely come out with a lot when stripped, won't they."
Women's groups that take advantage of others as a matter of course would have infinite things to reveal when stripped.
Even in this world with small influence, they thought it was natural to embezzle donations.
"And this time, it's systematically lynching a 15-year-old girl, so the crime is even greater. Moreover, the target is a female power awakener."
If they mention in the media that the reasons were just jealousy, the national public opinion would be even more outraged.
"However, even so, they won't die, and at best they'll go to prison... I want you to extend the period they spend in prison a bit more."
Choi Kang-in casually mentioned extending the prison time to me.
Since he didn't intervene, but if he wanted to, he could change South Korea's laws at will.
'Having power equivalent to national power, and previously holding national power, makes him National Power Level.'
He holding national power could be called truly National Power Level in another sense.
"I can handle the rest on my own. After all, I won't see them again on Korean soil."
They are not power awakener, they are villains.
Even if those villains suddenly disappear, most people in South Korea's public opinion won't care.
The people who were shouting about villains' human rights, those who were there in the past, most of them died at the hands of villains before I was born in this life.
The person who dealt with those villains and shook his reputation was the man in front of me, Choi Kang-in.
"Yes. Then is this all your request?"
"Yes, for now."
It seemed like an unexpectedly strong person had come for a trivial reason.
"Seomun Ye-jin, what is your relationship with this young lady?"
Having received information as Kim Ho-jun, an SSS-class power awakener, he probably knew about me and Seomun Ye-jin cohabiting. Yet he asked this, meaning he wanted to hear my definite information.
"Today is day 1."
"...This is surprising. Hahaha, are you really 15 years old?"
"Yes."
It seemed his age was being doubted now.
Even with memories from the previous life, my age was legitimately 15.
"It's hard to believe. I want to know what your real identity is, what your purpose is."
At least not as much as before, there was still caution towards me.
Since the request I made was too easy for him, he agreed to it, but he was thinking dangerously because he suspected my identity.
It was natural considering his purpose.
"Perhaps your purpose is to protect the world? Especially from the terrifying existence from another world that seeks to destroy this world."
"?!"
Choi Kang-in's expression showed shock as he looked at me.
A very small number of people knew his purpose, but I knew his purpose through the original novel.
The reason he created the Kangin Guild, expanded its power and influence greatly, and chose a successor to inherit it all.
It was to raise a hero to prevent the world's destruction.
The Kangin Academy also served to find those with the qualities to become such a successor.
In the original story, the protagonist Baek Seo-jin was chosen as the successor, but with me, it would be different.
"How do you know that?"
"It's the same for my purpose."
I displayed a video. And showed the fact that happened recently in Somalia, controlled by the Fox that Devours the World, involving So Gang-seok.
"It happened just recently."
Even the situation that would have happened if I hadn't stopped it, I showed directly through the video, and Choi Kang-in laughed helplessly after seeing the information.
"Haha, haha. He prepared so much to save the world, but it turned out to be an issue in an unexpected place."
He knew about the existence seeking the world, but didn't know that it had changed from Lamia to the Fox that Devours the World.
If he knew that the existence he was trying to stop was the black snake now hanging on my shoulder, it could cause misunderstandings and be troublesome, so I didn't bring up that fact.
- That human is quite strong. For a human, it's quite strong.
Choi Kang-in's skill evaluation by Lamia was exactly this level. Even though strong, it was only as strong as the humans in this world she thought.
'It would seem like a harsh evaluation to the old man who prepared to protect the world, but this is the truth.'
Feeling self-reproach that he didn't know about the things So Gang-seok did in Somalia even now, but there was nothing to do.
I didn't know what So Gang-seok was planning, and stopping him was coincidental.
If Choi Kang-in could see through the concealment done by the Fox that Devours the World, it meant his skill surpassed mine now. Then I would have been thinking dangerously about coming to this place and hesitating a bit.
"There's nothing to blame myself for. I didn't know at first and found out by chance."
"By chance?"
"Yes. I went because I had personal grudges against So Gang-seok and things to find, and by chance discovered and stopped it."
After saying that, I removed the disguise that made me look like the fictional character Kim Ho-jun to others besides Seomun Ye-jin, and revealed my true appearance.
"Hmm?"
Choi Kang-in, upon seeing my appearance, seemed to recall someone immediately.
Unfavorably, my face resembled a mix of Baek Hyeong-won and Kim Yu-jeong, and except for the age difference, it resembled Baek Seo-jin a lot. The only difference was my ruby-red eyes, completely different from Baek Seo-jin's green eyes.
"If I don't reveal my true identity... Choi Kang-in, old man, you will continue to suspect me, right? My real name is Baek Seo-jun. Five years ago, I was sold as an experimental subject to the villain So Gang-seok by my biological parents, Baek Hyeong-won and Kim Yu-jeong."
"Baek Seo-jun... I see, so that's what happened. Was the grudge against So Gang-seok like that?"
He nodded as if he understood my words, but was staring at me with sharp eyes.
He was carefully judging whether I would be a hope to save the world or another threat.
But in the end, he had only one choice.
"Can I turn on the video for a moment?"
"Ah, yes. Connect it here."
There was a wall-mounted TV in Choi Kang-in's room too.
By connecting to that wall-mounted TV, I played the video containing the truth from five years ago, that day.
The appearance of Baek Hyeong-won and Kim Yu-jeong telling Baek Seo-jin to die for their eldest son, me, and the mention of the discrimination they did as a couple, and my appearance being dragged away, screaming in pain, and suffering in the torture experiment until thrown into a crack.
After watching all these videos, Choi Kang-in's expression hardened.
"I see. Did you obtain power through surviving in the crack?"
"Yes. That's correct."
It was the correct answer. The crack was still an unknown area, so Choi Kang-in would only guess that I obtained power through something in the crack.
"However, are you really okay?"
"What do you mean?"
"Experiencing such things at a young age, aren't you hating the world? The Baekho Guild sacrificed you, and the parents who lost their child and acted as if they were grieving took unjust profits. Aren't you hating this world?"
Choi Kang-in, the old man's words, was worrying that I had gone mad due to hatred and become a villain.
"Those who hate are Baek Hyeong-won, Kim Yu-jeong, and Baek Seo-jin. And the villains are enough."
My targets for revenge were always set.
There would be no thought of harming people unrelated to my revenge, before or after.
Choi Kang-in's eyes changed after hearing my answer. The eyes full of caution until just now looked like he had found hope.