I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 56
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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 056
Event Venue Entrance
Jinhyeok arrived in front of the control room.
# Beep beep. Access denied.
# Beep beep. Access denied.
After trying two keycards, he brought out the next one.
Still the same result.
It seemed all five cards lacked access authorization.
“Seira. Break this…”
Just as he was about to ask her to break it down.
With a whirring sound, the closed steel door opened.
A woman in a neat suit smiled at him.
“How did you get here? This area is off-limits to unauthorized personnel.”
Though he couldn’t see them, he could sense the control room’s attention focused on him.
“How I got here, you ask?”
Jinhyeok smiled and suddenly threw a bomb into the control room.
“Everyone get down!!”
The woman screamed in terror.
The control room erupted into chaos.
Security personnel dove and tumbled over each other.
Taking advantage of the confusion, Jinhyeok entered the control room and spoke.
“Don’t worry. It won’t explode.”
Kancheo had already replaced it with clay.
It only looked like a bomb – inside was completely empty.
“…?”
Everyone stared at Jinhyeok with question marks over their heads.
They couldn’t help it.
Some young guy suddenly barging in and causing this kind of commotion.
“You all seem to know what this is. Judging by how scared you got.”
The security personnel stood up and surrounded Jinhyeok.
They didn’t curse or anything.
They just let out hollow laughs as if dumbfounded.
“Well, I thought only pretentious show-offs boarded this ship, but there’s one reckless kid among them.”
The woman who had opened the door, Bae Mi-seon, approached.
“You’re the partner who came with Jin Seo-hee, right? Who are you?”
“You just said it yourself. I’m Jin Seo-hee’s partner. My name is Yoo Jin-hyeok.”
“That’s not what I’m curious about… Hm? Where did you get those?”
Bae Mi-seon finally noticed the five keycards in Jinhyeok’s hand.
Her face rapidly contorted.
“These? I collected them on the way here. I needed some confirmation before coming to the control room. Confirmation that everyone here is an enemy.”
“What can you possibly do with that kind of confirmation?”
“It means I won’t hesitate.”
Rustle.
A small wind stirred.
And as a result.
Swoooosh!
Red blood sprayed throughout the entire control room.
Bae Mi-seon slowly turned around with widened eyes.
How did this happen?
Her colleagues who had been fine just moments ago were now collapsed, bleeding.
Every single one of them, without exception.
And among the corpses stood a silver-haired woman.
She hadn’t seen what the woman had done just now.
Yet her instincts sent her a certainty.
That woman was responsible for this situation.
“Think carefully about why you’re still alive. It’s not because I couldn’t kill you. I’m not generous enough to show mercy to people who tried to blow up the entire ship.”
Having said this much, Jinhyeok looked up.
“!!!”
When their eyes met, a chill ran through her.
Jinhyeok’s eyes showed not even the slightest tremor.
She had initially thought he was some naive kid who knew nothing of the world, but she was mistaken.
To remain this calm while standing in the middle of a sea of red blood.
This was proof that he wasn’t experiencing this kind of situation for the first time.
“I’m going to ask you several questions now. So please answer well. First question. Who are you people?”
A one-sided interrogation had begun.
At this moment, Bae Mi-seon realized.
If she didn’t answer or showed even the slightest resistance, she would die.
At that time, at the Newcalliope’s opening event venue.
Jin Seo-hee checked the time with an anxious expression.
Thirty minutes had passed since Jinhyeok left the event venue.
‘Is he okay?’
There was no way to contact Jinhyeok.
She couldn’t decide how long she should just stay put like this.
She slowly looked around.
There were no particular signs yet.
There was no one with suspicious appearance, and the Security Team was guarding the VIP event venue entrance.
“!?”
Jin Seo-hee looked down in surprise.
Someone had tugged at her skirt from below.
“Phew…”
Jin Seo-hee calmed her startled heart.
Perhaps because the cheeks were plump like steamed buns.
This was one of the most adorable children she had ever seen.
“Who are you?”
That aside, why hadn’t she noticed while the child came right up to her?
“I’m Momo.”
“Momo? That’s a cute name. Who did you come with? I’ll take you to them.”
Jin Seo-hee unconsciously reached out and touched Momo’s cheeks.
It felt like touching mochi rolls.
“Shh! Must do.”
Momo held up her finger in front of her nose.
Then she pulled out a small note from her pocket and handed it over.
Jin Seo-hee’s eyes widened as she received the note.
# All Newcalliope Security are enemies. Not carrying firearms or explosives.
“Did Yoo Jin-hyeok send you…?”
Her mouth fell open.
Momo was no longer there.
The child had vanished just as she had appeared.
‘What the heck.’
It felt like a dream, but the note was still in her hand.
Jin Seo-hee straightened her body and assessed the situation.
She looked around once more before standing up.
People’s gazes were focused on her, but she didn’t care.
She immediately left the event venue.
“Ms. Jin Seo-hee? Is there something you’re looking for?”
Security personnel who had been waiting near the entrance approached her.
“I was feeling a bit stuffy.”
After giving a light excuse, she counted the number of security personnel visible.
Seven for now.
“Is it okay if I stand here for a moment?”
“Of course. If you’re not feeling well, I’ll bring you some medicine.”
“No. It’s not that serious.”
She leaned her body against the wall.
Jinhyeok had only told her who the enemy was, but hadn’t instructed Jin Seo-hee to do anything.
However, she had no intention of just sitting around waiting for someone to rescue her.
‘If the situation is going to deteriorate here.’
She looked into the event venue.
VIPs gathered everywhere.
What if they were taken hostage?
Any agency in South Korea would be forced to hesitate in their judgment and decisions.
If something happened to them, the repercussions would be too difficult to handle.
‘There’s no security inside.’
In other words, if she could guard just this entrance, the worst-case scenario could be avoided.
While pretending to get some fresh air and observing the security’s movements for a while.
All the deployed security personnel raised their hands to their ears.
It looked like they were receiving something simultaneously.
“Understood. We’ll execute Plan B.”
As soon as they finished responding, one new security member came carrying a large bag.
Whether Jin Seo-hee was watching or not, the Security Team took out bladed weapons like axes and swords from there.
She quietly drew in a breath.
Just as Jinhyeok had said, all of security were enemies.
웨에에에에에에엥—-!!
A sharp siren echoed throughout.
Thudding sounds came from all directions.
Shortly after, all passages leading here – corridors, escalators, and more – were blocked by thick iron doors.
The security sequence designed to protect passengers during emergencies had been activated.
The security personnel who had armed themselves approached Jin Seo-hee.
“Please go inside.”
“I don’t want to.”
The man who appeared to be the leader wore a sinister smile.
“It seems you haven’t grasped the situation yet. This is as far as words go.”
As the man reached out his hand, Jin Seo-hee’s lips curved.
“Go ahead then.”
“!?”
Swoosh!
Blood spurted from the man’s arm.
“Gaaah…!”
Jin Seo-hee drew out a slender blade amidst the scattering blood.
[Kamaitachi / Grade: Unique / Level Requirement: 40]
# Attack Power: 70.
# Weasel’s Protection: Agility stat increased by 20%.
# Elusive: Consumes mana to reverse the user’s movements.
## A weapon used by the night weasel, one of the yokai.
*
Jin Seo-hee steadied her breathing.
Certainly, she would have less actual combat experience compared to her opponents.
However, she was someone who had spent countless hours training in the sword hall.
Jin Seo-hee had no doubt that time had not been wasted.
That’s why she could swing without hesitation.
“What, what is this?”
“Ms. Jin Seo-hee?! What are you doing right now…?”
“Staff! What’s going on here?!”
Commotion also broke out inside the event venue.
Not only were the passages suddenly blocked, but Jin Seo-hee, one of the VIPs, was cutting down security.
It was a situation that was hard to understand.
“Listen carefully.”
She quickly and concisely explained the current situation.
“This isn’t a situation where you can expect someone to rescue you. If you want to live, fight.”
“Who do you think you are, playing hero!!”
As soon as she finished speaking, a weapon came flying.
Jin Seo-hee deflected it and slashed the man’s abdomen as she passed.
“Huh.”
At this display from Jin Seo-hee, the security personnel looked at each other’s faces.
They thought they had gathered only hothouse flowers, but there was one useful one.
Of course, not everyone was like that.
“Do something about this!”
“Why are you yelling at me?! Go do it yourself! You said you cleared the 40th floor!”
“What can I do without a weapon!”
“I’ll give you one I brought, so do something! Your clear count is higher than mine!”
The enemy hadn’t taken any significant action yet.
Even so, the event venue was falling into panic on its own.
In a way, it was natural.
Even among Players, everyone has different mindsets and purposes when it comes to climbing the Tower.
For the influencers here, the Tower was merely a means to obtain wealth and fame.
They only climbed when they had perfect, safe preparations that guaranteed 100% success, and would flee first if anything looked even slightly dangerous.
There was no way such people could fight when told to do so.
“Kuk…!!”
The man who appeared to be the team leader burst into laughter.
“Miss Jin Seo-hee, is there really a need to risk danger to protect those things? Just go inside quietly.”
“Do I look like someone who throws away their life to protect others?”
She was sincere.
To escape the Newcalliope, outside help was needed.
She was only guarding this place so that such helping hands wouldn’t hesitate at the crucial moment.
She had no desire whatsoever to become a hero.
“Is that so? Since you don’t seem willing to bend, we’ll have to get a little rough.”
One of the closed iron doors opened.
About twenty security personnel came pouring out from there.
In their hands were nets with weights attached.
A look of dismay crossed Jin Seo-hee’s face.
Overcoming numerical disadvantage was hard enough, but now such restraining tools were coming out too.
Realistically, it was a fight with no chance of winning.
“Consider yourself fortunate to be the young lady of Genex. Otherwise, I would have cut your throat immediately.”
The thirty Security members began slowly closing the distance.
Even so, Jin Seo-hee didn’t back down and kept her sword pointed at them.
At that moment.
Click.
The lights illuminating the Newcallie went out.
The space was instantly swallowed by darkness.
As their vision disappeared, the Security members instinctively stopped in their tracks.
“What? Why did the lights suddenly go out?”
“Quiet. Bring lights and start the emergency generator.”
Amid the quiet murmuring.
A presence that had been erasing its existence through stealth slowly revealed itself.
And, lowering its stance, it muttered quietly.
[Nazebell-style Quick Draw, 1st Sword]
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