Chapter 190: What’s Obviously Wrong Is Wrong (4)

Chapter 190: What’s Obviously Wrong Is Wrong (4)

-I came into contact while trying to obtain Mana Powder.

-Please, just dont tell my parents!

-I will reflect on my actions! You can take away my ability! Just please, dont reveal that fact! Please!!

Hong Chang-sik begged on his knees.

He spilled all the information he knew, and after obtaining the information, there was nothing more to say.

-Goblin sir! Please, please show mercy!!

-The rest will be discussed with the agent.

I entrusted the negotiation regarding Hong Chang-siks treatment to the societys agent.

You can release the transformation.

I removed my mask.

Although I was transformed into a goblin, dressed in a suit, removing the mask made me look like any other society agent.

Is it okay to show your face to others?

Everyone here is under Gunggis command. After Gunggi purged her subordinates once, theyve all become trustworthy.

After the Mattluk incident, Gunggi re-evaluated and filtered her subordinates once more.

Thus, the agents gathered here were all special agents directly selected by Gunggi, including [Brewer], [Peddler], and [Street Performer].

Like me, they were dedicated to the society and would not betray it.

They wont betray. They wont spill information. Even if they acted like Hong Chang-sik, they are the type of people who, if it means their own harm, would dare someone to expose it.

Themselves?

In cases where a family member or loved one is taken hostage, the society considers extenuating circumstances. Of course, rescue agents move immediately to prevent such incidents.

Thats the Chiefs principle in running the organization.

Yumir, could you endure if your old diary was exposed to others?

Whats the big deal about a diary?

You would say that. But lets talk about ordinary people, not angel-like beings like you. What if it contained all sorts of curses and insults, unspeakable things? If it were someone like Hong Chang-sik, or worse?

Well, theyd end up like Hong Chang-sik? Rather than facing social death, theyd probably try to find some underground bunker to avoid being physically killed.

Right. Even if they dont value honor, being subject to societys disdain in this world is the end. Not just for themselves but for everything around them.

Humans were social animals.

They did not wish to be isolated and eliminated from the society that surrounds them.

Of course, there might be those who were willing to abandon everything around them and destroy themselves.

But such individuals would be one in five at most.

Most, like Hong Chang-sik, were inclined to divulge information for their own protection, and its enough if even one person spoke up.

The society doesnt threaten them with family or acquaintances. It doesnt torture physically by pulling out nails or suffocating. Instead, it attacks using their past and actions, the lives theyve led. Touching on whats called dark history.

Dark history?

Behaviors from their immature days.

An American actor once mentioned in an interview,

When I was young, I was a fool, or in todays terms, immature.

But people didnt know he was immature.

He only acted immaturely within the confines of his room, so the world only knew him as an actor.

Why did he share this story?

He said that such immature, or in cruder terms, idiotic behaviors were now performed in front of others due to modern times.

In essence, SNS was to blame.

Not just SNS, but all media that can leave a record and documentation in the information world were to blame.

Data remained as records, and investigations based on those records revealed crimes.

Criminals try to delete electronic data, while those uncovering crimes strived to recover it.

Top-secret data was recorded manually or stored in a secure network not exposed to hacking, but even those networks could be breached by the secret society.

Through the information I obtained, I learned about Pandemonium from the traitorous agent, Hong Chang-sik.

It was surprisingly easy to get the information. Southeast Asia? I never thought it would be abroad.

In Korea, Cheonriyan is vigilant. Unless one directly accesses a foreign network through a VPN bypass, even Pandemonium cant easily make contact.

Hong Chang-sik and others like him, they all ventured into the dark corners of the internet and ended up making deals with Pandemonium.

Some sought power.

Some sought revenge.

Others sought something they desired.

Mostly, they get involved with Pandemonium in an attempt to obtain Mana Powder. Working for Pandemonium grants regular access to Mana Powder, and through demon research, their power is enhanced without side effects.

Side effects Only possessing the power of demons?

Yes. Thats also why various research institutions are after you, Yumir.

Deepfakes or composites.

Compared to video media, such RPGs (Role-Playing Games) were just minor issues.

[By the way, all those under you have been wiped out. Youre the only one left, and I came for the last check.]

Kill me then. I wont speak.

[Tsk. Foolish. An intelligence agent who even collaborated with the National Intelligence Service to be so short-sighted.]

I extended the Goblin Bat above Park Eun-jungs head.

[Why do you think theres no ability to make you confess forcibly?]

!

[In a world where confessions can be forced.]

Wait, what are you trying to do!

[Hmmm.]

Scanning the history of a human named Park Eun-jung.

From a readers perspective.

Through the history and experiences lived.

Reading the past.

[Its Phuket.]

It can be found.

!! No, you cant read thoughts!

[Not exactly.]

I obtained the last piece of information.

[On May 3rd, you will be found at Baekrokdam, Hallasan. Dont worry. I wont kill you until then. Nor will I torture you. But.]

I aimed the Goblin Bat at Park Eun-jung to continue.

[Even those who reflect and have a chance for rehabilitation carry their sins for life. But a villain like Park Eun-jung, with no chance for rehabilitation, must die here, right?]

What, what are you trying to do!

[Erasing the dark history. Well, inducing amnesia could work too. Lets see. For Ms. Park Eun-jung, erasing about 3 years of memory should suffice.]

What, what?

A human drenched in Mana Powder and accustomed to all sorts of crimes, colluding with Pandemonium, cannot be left alive.

[Park Eun-jung, the villain, will disappear, and you will return to being Park Eun-jung, who wanted to become a righteous agent while studying at Sejong Academy.]

What, what are you saying! Thats, youre going to erase my memory and kill me!

[Kill? Park Eun-jung is alive. Just a little different from the current Park Eun-jung.]

Stop! No! My life, you cant just!

[How amusing.]

I raised the Goblin Bat.

[Selling people for human experiments while hooked on Mana Powder, the 21-year-old Park Eun-jung is less beneficial to society than the 21-year-old Park Eun-jung who held onto her dream of becoming a hero and became an agent of the Hero Association, right?]

Its obvious.

[You should be thankful Im not killing you for real. Right? Im using an ability more difficult and challenging than summoning a Rider Kick or the Sephiroths Giant Soldier.]

Ah, no

[One strike with this bat will erase all the dark history. Completely.]

Thwack.

[Platinum Sun. Do you consider this killing a person?]

[Its ambiguous whether its considered killing the personality or just selective memory removal. Hey, Goblin? Do you know who my favorite comic book hero is?]

[Hmm Superman?]

[I used to think so. But now.]

Yumir approached Park Eun-jung, who had fallen after being hit with the Goblin Bat.

[Batman.]

Thwack.

[She didnt die, right?]

[Shes not dead.]

[Then its fine.]

Yumir, after striking Park Eun-jungs head hard, dusted off her hands and stood up.

On this day,

The villain Park Eun-jung was executed.

What remained was an ability user with holes in her memory.



May arrived.