Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 237

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

Chapter 237

Immortal Project (8)

Outside.

UN Garrison Base Indian Army Outpost.

Bang! Crash!!

“Ugh, aaaaah!”

“W-wolves are pushing their way in…!!”

“Where is Rudranath! When the hell is Rudranath coming!?”

The Indian Army soldiers only pointed their gun barrels in that direction, but couldn’t fire recklessly.

The awakened ones from the Psychic Monitoring Bureau were the same. They had activated their full power but couldn’t rashly attack.

‘Damn it…!’

‘Of all people, they had to mess with Jet…!’

‘Do you know how much the base is treating Jet like a hero right now!! Even if we drive those bastards away, how are we supposed to handle the pressure from other countries…’

In international relations, justification is very important. Because it directly connects to morale.

In that sense, the name ‘Jang Lee Hyeon’ or ‘Jet’ was now like an untouchable sanctuary within the encampment.

A savior who, even after crash-landing in the middle of the desert, ultimately rescued the missing people and returned.

Or a hero.

He was equally an idol to the Indian Army soldiers and awakened ones.

But now their superior might have messed with him…

The problem was that if it was the Rudranath they knew, he was fully capable of doing such a thing.

Unlike being known to the world as an enlightened high monk,

In reality, Nat was nothing more than a corrupt monk full of greed, jealousy, and envy.

There were already many victims within the Indian Army who had suffered from his abuse of power.

As a result, no matter how much the commander shouted, there were no soldiers who would listen.

“You bastards! Shouldn’t you throw your bodies to block them!! Are you going to keep letting the US Military act so arrogantly!”

Even so, everyone just hesitated to approach. Whether they aimed their guns or not didn’t matter.

On the other hand,

The US Military side was in a completely different situation from the Indian Army.

Zhu Bajie was pressuring those guys along with the soldiers, and Logan was frantically ransacking each barracks indiscriminately.

In that process, there were already three barracks that had tilted due to broken foundations.

It was absolutely maddening.

“Where the hell did these bastards hide?”

The problem was that Lee Hyeon and Nat couldn’t be found anywhere.

Sniff sniff.

“The scent is definitely coming from this direction…”

Logan kept twitching his nose while scanning the surroundings menacingly.

“Why the hell would Jet even be here! He must have gone somewhere else! And even if we really did take Jet, White Burn would look for him, so why is the US Military searching!!”

Finally, Colonel Kolhapur shouted with a bright red face.

But Zhu Bajie and Logan didn’t even pretend to listen.

“Can’t you sense anything?”

“It’s like they opened a subspace! Damn it! We should have been prepared from when we knew they were glaring at us from the Temple of Bel, but in the moment we looked away…!”

Logan gritted his teeth hard.

“Listen here!!”

Colonel Kolhapur was about to shout angrily, but suddenly flinched when both Zhu Bajie and Logan turned to look at him simultaneously.

Because the two were starting to approach with terrifying expressions.

“Huh? Hey! Wait a minute! Stop! If you harm me now, this is a clear violation of international law…!”

But the two didn’t care at all and both reached out their hands.

“Hiiiik!”

Colonel Kolhapur’s complexion turned pale as he hurriedly ducked his body down low.

But what the two were aiming for wasn’t him, but behind him.

Swoosh!

The spot where they pulled the curtain aside.

Crackle!!

A subspace opened and Lee Hyeon and Nat were walking out side by side in a friendly(?) manner.

With their arms around each other’s shoulders.

“Oh? What are you all doing here? Were you perhaps waiting for us?”

“Wha… what?”

Zhu Bajie was about to rush to Lee Hyeon but stopped, blinking his eyes at the strange feeling.

Not only was it a completely mismatched combination with their arms around each other’s shoulders, but this was, how should he put it,

‘It’s exactly like a nasty rugby team captain dragging around a nerdy kid with glasses to make him an errand boy…’

The problem was that the captain was Lee Hyeon, and the completely cowering nerd was Nat.

What the hell happened?

He couldn’t understand what was going on, but he could tell just one thing.

‘Our master has done something strange again…’

Zhu Bajie let out a hollow laugh.

* * *

“What? Puhaha! You put a leash around Rudranath’s neck?”

The briefing had been canceled due to the incident of Lee Hyeon being kidnapped in the middle.

Thanks to that, Zhu Bajie and Logan could comfortably listen to Lee Hyeon’s heroic tale(?) in the US Military quarters.

With Logan present, the facts related to Indra were somewhat edited, but that alone was sufficient.

Logan, who was also a top ranker, had a strange expression, while Zhu Bajie laughed heartily.

“Hmm! A leash, you say. By any chance, do I have one too…?”

“There are quite a few conditions required to activate the leash. You don’t need to worry, Logan.”

“Well, that’s a relief then.”

Logan finally had a considerably relieved expression.

Zhu Bajie asked.

“But what exactly are you planning to use that guy for?”

“For now, I’m thinking of using him as a vanguard.”

“Vanguard?”

“To get as close as possible to U.C.O., I need someone to protect me.”

“Well, that makes sense too.”

Zhu Bajie smiled slyly.

“But since you said ‘for now,’ I guess you have other real schemes?”

“As sharp as always.”

“Hehe. Of course.”

“I’m thinking of using him as bait to hook Chairman Peng.”

“Bait?”

Zhu Bajie’s eyes flashed.

Lee Hyeon nodded and continued.

“Yes. Both of them are key figures in ‘The Gathering,’ and even just for matters related to the Research Institute, Chairman Peng will have no choice but to move to eliminate Rudranath.”

Lee Hyeon hadn’t simply ‘restrained’ Nat in the Land of Desolation.

Using this, he was able to extract various information related to ‘The Gathering’…

“The shadow that wouldn’t emerge despite such close cooperation with the CIA all this time is finally showing itself.”

Zhu Bajie received all that information and his eyes flashed coldly.

“【The Dark Side of the Moon】… Even the name itself gives off a suspicious and sinister feeling.”

China, Russia, India, Brazil, South African Republic.

A ‘gathering’ born from the union of five emerging superpowers from each continent.

But behind it lay a vast inner circle of capital and power that brought them together.

The research institute and the five-nation Guangzhou talks were merely small tips of the iceberg that the inner circle showed to the outside world.

Even the organization members didn’t know how deep and wide those roots ran.

Even within that, countless factions split off and repeatedly fought each other.

“So Chairman Peng is also just a small part of them?”

“It seems so. More precisely, it appears to be the will of some of the Heads.”

“They’re nothing but scattered beans. Even their leadership can’t unite and instead fight over interests among themselves. But,”

Zhu Bajie’s eyes gleamed sharply.

“If there’s a common external enemy, their unity would be outstanding. Usually those types are the most troublesome to deal with.”

Lee Hyeon nodded heavily.

Thud!

Zhu Bajie placed his hand on Lee Hyeon’s shoulder and gave him a thumbs up.

“Still, you did well. We’ll get more details by interrogating him further. However,”

“Yes. I’ll keep quiet about this fact for now.”

“Thanks for understanding.”

Zhu Bajie’s eyes sank deeply.

The Dark Side of the Moon’s goal was clear and firm.

Immortality and eternal life.

And… transcendence.

The problem was that despite their repeated unions and separations, they could unite for one purpose.

Also, they never revealed themselves to the outside world.

‘Even I and the CIA didn’t know… No, perhaps there are other hands within us making sure we don’t know.’

Zhu Bajie intuitively knew that the Dark Side of the Moon’s reach extended not only to the five emerging nations, but considerably to various parts of the world, including the United States.

“We’ll have a lot to do right away, won’t we?”

When his partner Logan, who was beside him, spoke with his arms crossed, Zhu Bajie nodded heavily.

“We’ll start as soon as we finish dealing with U.C.O. First… from within ourselves.”

Then Zhu Bajie suddenly had a thought and asked Lee Hyeon.

“Then, Lu Wucheng is…”

“Lu Wucheng says he’s not a member. Rather, he had to be forcibly secluded all this time because he refused to join them.”

“Wait, that means?”

“Yes. Things should go well with Lu Wucheng.”

Lee Hyeon nodded heavily.

* * *

After it became known that the friction between the US Military and Indian forces was a small misunderstanding,

the meeting was quickly reconvened.

A place where Nat and Lu Wucheng were also present.

Lee Hyeon presented all the facts he had discovered at the Temple of Bel before the multinational commanders, along with evidence.

Naturally, chaos erupted inside.

“Ha! How on earth should we accept this fact…”

“Immortality and eternal life? Those crazy bastards, what they’re thinking.”

“But isn’t the part about researching transcendence interesting? Actually, to be honest, we all know that everyone’s secretly researching it anyway.”

“The problem is that even if such research was conducted, the casualties in the process were enormous.”

The French Foreign Legion commander’s eyes flashed coldly.

“While fallen gods might be acceptable given the past South African incident, innocent citizens and refugees being hurt is a serious international crime. I propose classifying the Sima Society as ‘GEO Grade 0’ and Feng Jinghao as a ‘Designated Major Threat Actor.'”

“…!”

“…!”

“…!!”

GEO stood for Global Elimination Order, meaning ‘Global Elimination Order Grade.’

Being classified as Grade 0 essentially meant being designated as a target that UN multinational forces or each nation’s awakened units must eliminate with top priority.

Since many of the 13 criminal organizations belonging to the axis of evil were classified as Grades 1-2,

they would face persistent pursuit from intelligence agencies of various countries including the UN.

‘It’s not just a verbal declaration, but the international community will actually move. Awakened terrorists are incomparable to ordinary terrorists.’

For this reason, UN-affiliated awakened units had considerable freedom to use actual force.

What if they protected these people?

Then that country could also be driven into isolation as a terrorist state by the international community and face major sanctions.

This meant Russia’s isolation, already under pressure for protecting the Sima Society, could intensify further.

Classifying Feng Jinghao as a designated major threat actor was similar.

It was incomparably more threatening than an Interpol red notice.

And,

the fact that such words came from Europe, not the United States or Korea, was important.

It meant this was an incident sufficient to anger everyone.

Of course, some commanders harbored completely different thoughts during this process.

‘If there were leashes and such research was conducted very actively…’

‘We might achieve great results by extracting just a few Sima Society personnel!’

‘I need to radio home country immediately and track them down quickly.’

Even if immortality and eternal life were impossible, they calculated that just stealing the research results obtained in the process would greatly help advance each nation’s magical engineering.

Naturally,

‘They all took the bait. Perfectly.’

All of this flow was exactly as Lee Hyeon had designed.

Rather than simple justification for international peace, instilling confidence that there would be benefits would more certainly move them.

‘Now you have nowhere left to set foot in this world, Feng Jinghao. What will you do now?’

Lee Hyeon smiled coldly, thinking of Feng Jinghao who must have begun moving by now.

“What is the Chinese side’s opinion?”

Then, someone asked for Lu Wucheng’s opinion.

A moment of flowing silence.

In some ways, this incident was deeply related to the Chinese Central Heroes Committee.

If they interfered or claimed exclusive rights to the research results, problems could arise.

But…

Lu Wucheng answered calmly as if he didn’t need to think otherwise.

“Feng Jinghao and the Sima Society are clearly public enemies threatening the peace of international order. They are also criminals who tarnish our home country’s honor and people’s safety. This committee feels grave responsibility and regret for unknowingly harboring their wrongdoings.”

While it was an expression drawing a line from the Sima Society’s crimes, all the officials who grasped its meaning widened their eyes.

Lu Wucheng’s hollow eyes stared at the expressionless Lee Hyeon.

“Therefore, I and this committee will take the lead more than anyone in eradicating them and resolving this matter. Give us any orders. We will follow.”

“…!”

“…!”

“…!!”

“Also, regarding any information or results obtained in that process, our home country will not claim any ownership rights.”

“…”

“…”

“…”

Lu Wucheng even bowed his head in apology along with those words.

Considering the temperament Chinese people had shown in international society and Lu Wucheng’s reputation, this could be called a groundbreaking attitude.

“Ahem! There was no need to go that far…”

“Still, I can feel the sincerity.”

“We understand China’s position well. We look forward to much assistance in subjugating the Sima Society.”

The commanders nodded with satisfied expressions.

Since they weren’t claiming ownership of the research results either, now whoever subjugated the Sima Society could become the owner of the Immortal Project.

However,

“….”

Lee Hyeon was somehow bothered by Lu Wucheng’s hollow eyes.

「That bastard, you said his predecessor was the Flame Emperor Shennong, right?」

As if responding to Lee Hyeon’s reaction, the cotton ball-shaped Bull Demon King sitting on his shoulder muttered with a puzzled tone.

‘That’s correct, but is there some problem?’

「There is. As far as I know, the Flame Emperor Shennong,」

‘…?’

「Has been extinct for a long time.」

‘…!!!’

* * *

A few days later.

An operation unit was formed to attack U.C.O. and moved together with helicopters.

Inside the helicopter at the front,

Lee Hyeon and a small number of members were aboard.

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