Level 4 Human in a Ruined World - Chapter 91
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Chapter 91 25. Yongsan Park (1)
“Something seems a bit strange today.”
A middle-aged man with graying hair came running over, bowed his head, and reported respectfully.
This man’s name was Park Sang-do162.
A former Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and currently serving as Prime Minister of the ‘New Seoul Government’.
He was the supreme authority of the newly launched government after the reset.
“What’s strange about it?”
Soon, the young man who received Park Sang-do’s report asked back with an indifferent expression.
The identity of this man sitting on a bench with a cigarette in his mouth was.
『Yongsan First Sword』
Yongsan First Sword Kim Do-ha03.
The strongest among the humans staying in Yongsan, and the New Seoul Government’s only combat weapon.
Since all armed institutions including police stations in various regions had essentially become independent and privatized, the current government was literally nothing more than an administrative body.
Therefore, the government, which needed ‘physical force’ at least externally, clung to the Yongsan First Sword’s coattails. Asking him to become their patron.
There was no other choice since the former presidential office, which also served as the government building, was located in Yongsan.
So eventually, the situation arose where Park Sang-do, a former and current high-ranking official, had to bow his head to Kim Do-ha, who once ran a convenience store in Yongsan.
The essentially hollow government had nothing to offer the First Sword, who was the real power in this world, except protocol.
Swish.
Soon Park Sang-do raised his head and continued his report.
“Well… people have been sent from Guro and Gangdong. They say they intend to participate in today’s meeting.”
Guro District, Gangdong District.
Both regions not only failed to participate in the last meeting, but also turned away the envoys sent by the Seoul Federation.
Particularly Guro District wasn’t just a matter of turning them away – it was a region where the envoys had gone missing.
Along with Yeongdeungpo, another adjacent district.
So they were about to put an investigation into Guro and Yeongdeungpo on the meeting agenda, when Guro, one of the high-risk areas, expressed their intention to participate first.
“Oh, really? It’s quite unexpected that Guro is coming.”
However, Kim Do-ha, who heard the news, wasn’t particularly surprised.
He knew well that their main purpose wasn’t the meeting but the ‘outsider on horseback’ that the Gangnam First Sword had announced through his message.
In other words, they were coming to watch an interesting spectacle.
‘Are they finally living comfortably now? They’re even making the trip all the way here in person.’
In any case, it wasn’t particularly welcome news for Kim Do-ha either.
The more First Swords gathered, the higher the probability that troublemakers would be mixed in among them, and then wouldn’t accidents inevitably break out?
And the location where that unknown accident would occur would be right in the middle of Yongsan District.
‘Of course, that might be today.’
The mysterious outsider that the Gangnam First Sword had set out to find, and Guro and Gangdong who belatedly announced they would attend the meeting.
It felt ominous.
“Tsk.”
Do-ha dropped the cigarette butt that had burned down to the filter onto the floor, then stepped on it and said.
“We still haven’t identified the Guro First Sword, right? Could be some crazy Korean-Chinese. It would be better not to station anyone on the west side.”
“Yes. Understood. Are there any other instructions?”
Park Sang-do bowed his head repeatedly, almost servilely.
Anyway, once the meeting ended, he wouldn’t need to face this young First Sword until 3 PM tomorrow.
If he just closed his eyes tightly for a couple of hours, he could live the rest of today as a ‘real prime minister’.
“…”
As Park Sang-do continued standing in place waiting without receiving a dismissal order, Kim Do-ha asked as if just remembering.
“Oh, is there anything going on with the Executive Director?”
“Pardon? Well… I haven’t heard anything in particular.”
The Executive Director referred to Gangnam First Sword Jung Hyun-sik.
The core of the First Sword meetings, and along with Gwanak First Sword Jo Sang-ik, a person who supported the New Seoul Government.
No, more precisely, he should be called someone who understood the necessity of government well.
“…Is something wrong? Should I send someone to Gangnam?”
When the worried Park Sang-do asked this, Kim Do-ha waved his hand.
“No. They’ll all be coming here soon anyway, so we’ll find out before long.”
And Kim Do-ha’s words were true.
Not long after, a man in police uniform came running hurriedly to where the two were.
“Ur-urgent news!”
Thud thud!
Seeing how fast he was moving, he was one of the elite police stationed at the Yongsan District boundary for the First Sword meeting.
“Urgent news…?”
Kim Do-ha, who instinctively realized that the ominous feeling he had earlier was finally becoming reality, jumped up from his seat.
Because police on boundary duty wouldn’t leave their posts and come all the way to Yongsan Park for just any matter.
“What’s the matter? Urgent news?”
Then Park Sang-do asked the police officer in alarm.
The police officer pointed south while panting.
“A… a mutant seems to have appeared on Dongjak Bridge.”
* * *
Han River.
The massive waterway that divides Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea, into north and south.
Due to its average width of 1.2 kilometers, even the superhumans who appeared like mushrooms after rain following the reset could only cross the Han River via bridges.
Because of this, even in the reset world, those who committed crimes didn’t use bridges in the first place.
There was no way to avoid inspection on bridges, and if they were surrounded from front and back, they couldn’t escape either.
In other words, thanks to the Han River’s vast width, the riverside naturally became a safe zone. Of course, strictly speaking, the safest places would be each First Sword’s residential area.
For these reasons, everyone wanted to live by the riverside both then and now, the actual resident population was the highest, and because of this, security personnel were deployed at maximum capacity.
Just as Young-woo was seeing now.
‘Just how many of them are there…?’
Young-woo frowned as he looked at the police officers gathered in a black mass at the far end of the bridge.
Not because he felt bad, but purely to see their appearance in more detail.
‘Those over there are probably Yongsan police.’
When Young-woo turned around, he could see another group of police officers gathered at the starting point of the bridge as well.
‘Those must be Dongjak police.’
Dongjak Bridge, 1.3 kilometers long, connecting Dongjak District, Seocho District, and Yongsan District.
Young-woo had just crossed about half of Dongjak Bridge.
Then the police, who hadn’t shown even a trace earlier, suddenly appeared and blocked the bridge from front and back.
When he came up onto this bridge from Dongjak District earlier, there was no particular interference, so he had proceeded straight, but apparently the police had been hiding somewhere watching this side.
‘Well, it doesn’t matter anyway.’
Young-woo shrugged his shoulders and drove Negwig forward again.
Clank.
Slow pace for now.
There was still time before the meeting started, and he had no intention of threatening the police by picking up speed unnecessarily.
After all, wasn’t this side the one with the power of life and death?
Although he was surrounded by dozens of police, Young-woo’s mind was utterly peaceful.
Clank, clank.
Each time Negwig’s steel hooves made metallic sounds, the Dongjak Bridge visible in Young-woo’s sight grew slightly shorter.
‘Come to think of it, it seems no monsters or mutants appeared on the bridge. There’s not a single trace of damage.’
It would be fortunate amid misfortune.
Except for the stone-transformed train lying like a fossil on the 11-meter-wide railway track created by breaking through the center of Dongjak Bridge, it didn’t look much different from before the reset.
Clank.
Soon, as the Negwig carrying Young-woo nearly reached the Yongsan side of Dongjak Bridge, the Yongsan police guarding that area began to hesitate.
“Is the First Sword still not here?”
“Should we at least try to buy some time somehow?”
“…I heard that mutants can also speak.”
They couldn’t quite think that the one riding that bizarre iron horse was human, only considering that a mutant from another region had come up to Yongsan.
“St…stop right there! If you come any closer, we’ll consider it hostile intent and counterattack!”
Finally, the Yongsan police side shot a sharp warning toward Young-woo.
But if the opponent had really been a mutant, it was such a naive response that their necks would have been severed before they could finish their lines.
Well, had these people ever actually encountered a mutant?
“Hmm.”
Young-woo first stopped the Negwig, then looked over the police blocking the exit from Dongjak Bridge.
Unlike that sloppy response from just before, their eyes were quite fierce.
To Young-woo’s eyes, having fought against First Swords and mutants all this time, they might look like mere chicks, but if all Seoul citizens were lined up, these people would also belong to the upper ranker tier.
Some of the police here were even excited at the thought that they might get to fight a mutant this time.
It was because they mistakenly thought they had become strong enough after hunting monsters for the past three days.
They didn’t know that the combat power of monsters and mutants was incomparable. Those who had the chance to realize this were all dead.
So some people thought of mutants as just ‘slightly stronger monsters.’
They figured the First Swords were monopolizing them because there was as much as 3 million won on their heads.
But this ‘mutant’ didn’t particularly have an owner, did it?
“Ah, don’t get excited. I’m not a mutan…”
Just as Young-woo was saying this and trying to raise both arms to show them.
Swish.
“I told you to stop…!”
Contrary to Young-woo’s advice, some officers who were extremely excited rushed in to subdue the ‘mutant.’
Dash!
“What? St-stop it!”
“Hey!”
Of course, the majority didn’t budge from their positions.
There was instinctive fear of mutants, but more than that, it was because they belatedly thought the opponent might be human.
That iron horse was just too bizarre, but what was making a flustered expression on top of it was clearly human to anyone’s eyes.
“Damn. Aren’t you all being too hasty?”
Young-woo also didn’t expect the police to rush forward like this, so he had no choice but to spread his ‘First Sword’s Authority’ while tapping his left chest.
Tap!
It was to bring out the First Sword title he had deliberately hidden before crossing the bridge.
‘This might cause even more misunderstanding.’
The reason Young-woo, who was clearly a legitimate First Sword, was worried about this was none other than.
「Gyeongbuk First Sword」 – Epic Title
【First Sword’s Authority】
【Voting Rights】
【Roam’s Bottom】
It was because of the new martial arts that replaced ‘Gyeongbuk Sword Technique,’ which was a main component of the Gyeongbuk First Sword title.
Roam’s Bottom.
Perhaps because this legendary sword technique was incorporated into the Gyeongbuk First Sword’s tooltip, his title’s appearance had changed bizarrely.
Whoooosh…!
The summoned epic title ‘Gyeongbuk First Sword’ finally began to reveal itself above Young-woo’s head.
And at the same moment, everyone in the assembly opened their eyes and mouths wide in shock.
Grade 4 Human of the Ruined World (Serial)
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