The World of Masks

“You're all here. ”

Jinsuk said, looking at the people in front of him. The atmosphere inside the tent is a little heavy.

“Everyone.”

Arongo lets out his arms and sighs. His blunt expression of emotion is quite rare, and in a way it is also an event. But it was worth it.

“Yes, all of them. All three of you. ”

Charles Lemington with the Ueron you gave him. Awesome with Einz, goddess of life and sea. Priya Sharma, goddess of agriculture and abundance. These three were the last remaining 'God-bearers' in AMSS.

[That's a lot less. Not long ago, there were nine of them.]

Even Einz, who was lively and fussy, lowered his voice.

There are not many good memories of all the nine of us. At that time, it was a time when Kim Jin-suk and Hyun Gun-suk were fighting against each other. Some gods and 'those who hold gods' were also so bad that they never wanted to see each other again. I still don't miss them or get better.

However, when I saw their vacant seats, I couldn't help but be embarrassed by the corners of my heart.

[Keep your emotions to yourself, Einz. Whether you're sad or sorry, you can do it later. Right now, the first thing we need to do is clear this mess.]

[Okay. Okay.]

According to Ueron, Einz quietly accepted.

But in order to do that, we have to defeat this crisis. Otherwise, we don't even have time to grieve later.

[Did you come up with something?]

Berted asks Jin with hope. The people's gaze was drawn to Jinsuk.

“Before I do that, I'd like to ask you a favor. ”

“Please. Just give the order." If you die, you could die. ”

Charles pounds his chest. It was an exaggerated gesture and action that tried to dampen the dark atmosphere a little. It was something Charles used to do in meetings of this kind of recession.

Normally, Jinseok smiled at Charles for his behavior. Or rather, I actively accepted it and used it to ventilate the atmosphere. But this time, he said with a serious voice that did not laugh at all.

“You really need to die. ”

“ · · · · · ·. ”

Charles shuts up. I didn't really know that the order to die would come. Arongo and Priya didn't talk either.

“You all know our situation. Almost all the power was destroyed or blown away. It turns out there's a traitor in the organization. Power is the worst, fraud is the worst. when they have some power in their hands in the reversal of knighthood. When more than half of AMSS 'God-bearers', the traitors of the West Eugene, disappeared, we actually completely lost our chance of winning on our own. ”

The silence is darkened, desperate, and without darkness. It came from the mouth of Jin, who was thought to be the last hope, and the speech weighed heavier than anything else, so the despair that people felt was deeper.

“Is there really no way? ”

Charles urgently asked. The feeling of nervousness on his face was what everyone here was feeling.

“Nothing.”

The emptiness in people's faces was young. All their efforts have returned to Blister. But Jinsuk added in a bad way.

“In the usual way. ”

[There's an unusual way.]

Ueron's complexion brightens. It seemed like a beam of light descended from the cloudy dark sky. But Jinsuk shakes his head and says,

“Honestly, this is not a mission. Last fight. Gambling. That's the only way to put it, yeah. It's an act.”

“I don't care if it's an act. ”

Charles said casually. Jinsuk stares at him in surprise.

But Charles didn't really care about his actions. If there was even a 1% chance that it could lead to victory, we could throw everything in there.

“If the reason the chancellor asked you to die is because of this operation, Yes, I will lay down my life. ”

Everyone agreed with Charles. Arongo nods quietly and Priya grips a small fist. Charles proudly said to his colleagues,

“Look, these idiots. Even when they say they're going to die, they will follow the Director's orders without any shaking. You can be proud of it, because this is the trust the chancellor has built up. ”

Trust. Other people smiled at the sound of that word.

“Fools. I see. After spending so long under the Chancellor, who sacrificed everything only to look at the world, I guess I got some bad water. ”

Can you even say that?]

Alongo, who always used a blunt voice on a blunt face, gave a blurry smile on his face, and Einz was frightened by what he said. Arongo's face quickly returned to his usual state.

“We can't even figure out what's going on with this guy. ”

[Now, fellas? How many times have I told you not to say that? No, more than that. What are you, some kind of mood figure?]

Along with Ben Schulz, Einstein was very divergent when it came to understanding the atmosphere of Arongo, which was the farthest from the concept of understanding the atmosphere. No matter how unfair it was, Maggot put aside the word she hated the most.

“Low · · · · · · · · · · ·."

As Arongo and Einz try to get into position again, someone's voice intervenes next to them.

It was Priya.

Like a student asking a question to the teacher, she shrugged her shoulders slightly and hesitated.

“Well, I'm not an idiot. ”

The atmosphere was quiet for a moment. Everyone opened their eyes wide and looked at Priya.

Friya froze her face red with a joke that made her feel better, and then curled up a little more.

[Puhhh!]

Someone bursts into laughter. As Priya looks for the man who burst out of laughter and turns her head, Berted realizes it by her side, blindfolded.

[Yes, everyone. My contractor, unlike you, is not an idiot. Well, I'm good at jumping into things for the world, and I'm an idiot.]

What was so funny, Berted said as he plunged.

“Well, well, well, well. ”

[I see. I took a hit.]

Charles and Ueron mutter indiscriminately. Priya rolls around on a chair, feeling helpless. Now it's almost like a big ball.

Charles scratches his head.

“Well, as you can see, no one seems to be opposed to your actions, whether you're stupid or not. Thank goodness."

Three gazes turned to the truth. I felt a strong will to overcome any hardships together.

“· · · · · · Thank you very much. ”

Jinsuk bows his head deeply before them.

“Then I will take care of your lives in the light of your hope. ”

“Whatever it takes.”

Charles gladly replied to the sheep not to burden them. The other two nod.

“Then I'll explain that move from now on. ”

Then Jin-seok looked at Charles.

“First, I need to check with Ueron. ”

[What? I'll answer as best I can.]

“It's about a unified global consciousness. ”

Earlier in life, Charles and Ueron talked about the ritual of the 'world'.

[I'll tell you everything I know, but I honestly don't know much about that ritual. It's just a rough guess.]

“But you said it was pretty reliable, right? ”

[Yes. It's the same principle you know anyway.]

“That's fine. Whatever we do, we do. That's enough to keep you out of trouble. If it's credible, we should hire it even more. ”

[Now that I think about it, Good. Ask me anything.]

Now the real story begins. The man and God both listened to the story.

“You said that the world has to come down to this world in order to merge with this world, right? ”

[Yes. It's not uncommon for the world to fuse, so it's not easy. Maybe those structures are needed for fusion, so we should assume they're conscious in one of them.]

“Take a look at this. ”

Jinsuk gave me something. Everyone's gaze is drawn to it.

It was a photograph that he gave.

“This is recent. ”

“That's precious. ”

Charles touches the picture in a new way. Even if you have the best power right now, there is no electricity in AMSS's presidential residence. It was also very difficult to develop a picture.

[It's...]

Ueron groans in shock.

“Yes, this is the building they're building. ”

[That's a different shape.]

The structures in the photograph were larger and slightly different in shape than those installed elsewhere at first sight.

“Built in the middle of Seoul. You can see it's being built especially for Chuck. I've collected information as soon as I could, but only one place in Seoul has seen this guy. ”

[Something special about him.]

Ueron, who was all alone, opened his eyes wide.

[No way!]

“Yes, the building where the world is about to come to consciousness. That's what I see. ”

[Hmm.]

Ueron shed a tear. If this is really a construct for consciousness.

“Can you identify the timing of consciousness? ”

[You want to hit the world yourself.]]

“That's right.”

The voice of Jinseok is lowered while keeping the heaviness.

“The whole reason Satan was born in the first place was because the 'world' ran for its own survival. So he's the source of all evil. If only he could be killed, the enemy's objective would be complete extinction. ”

It may bring us victory on Earth. Enemies beyond the control of the 'world' may continue to invade the Earth. But it's worth a try.

[Once the ritual begins, no matter how defenseless the world may be. If we succeed, we'll be able to reverse it.]

“Huh? So you can win? ”

Since it's a gamble, I was determined to scare it, but I think there is a chance of success. Charles' voice rises naturally with expectation.

But Jinsuk and Ueron shook their heads at the same time.

“No, it's a foolproof plan. ”

The truth was just cut off and denied.

“First, the timing is tattooed. You have to enter while you're doing the ritual. If we move quickly, the world will destroy our power to itself. If you're late, you know the consequences. ”

With the world's fusion complete, the Earth will suffer a catastrophe of micro-element and AMSS will be defeated.

“Even that is a loss that the assumption of us entering the world's consciousness may have to be successful. ”

[If that big, glamorous structure is meaningless or a fake built to lure us away, we can't even try to interfere and fail.]

“And even if our families are right, the enemies will try to defend themselves at all costs, if that's where they're conscious. We don't have that much power. ”

Jinsuk and Ueron alternately trampled the hopes of innocent Charles thoroughly, relentlessly. Charles slumps back into his seat, moaning.

“But if you can do it, like Charles said! ”

Bang!

Jin punched the desk with his fist.

“We can win. ”

Beyond reversing this hopeless history, you can get the sweet juice of victory. The eyes of the people sparkled.

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