Volume 8 - CH 8

Volume 8 – Motive

Chapter 8

Haneul immediately got into a combat ready stance.

It was an instant response.

His vision pierced through the darkness, and sharply looked around every direction.

‘What the? What was that feeling just now…..”

The feeling was too real to be called an illusion. However, there was nobody around the vicinity. He had reacted instantly. Does that mean someone was able to disappear from his senses that quickly?

There were no traces of a human anywhere.

Haneul was alone within the darkness.

He wasn’t sure how long he was standing there while looking at the surroundings, but Haneul took his armor off. Clang clang clang. Following his will, the armor separated from his body and changed back into the ring.

‘Is this some kind of aftereffect?’

Haneul figured that the tension from the most recent fight, hadn’t gone away yet. Thinking back on it, it was quite an intense fight. It wasn’t weird if there was still some sort of tension left over. Since he was going back to the Organization tomorrow, Haneul decided that it would be best to ask them about his current situation.

Haneul began to walk towards his house again.

Silence within the darkness.

About 10 minutes after Haneul left the location, a figure of a doll slowly slid out. It was the passerby that had passed by Haneul.

It wasn’t an illusion.

“His reaction is quite sharp.”

The young voice filled with laughter, mumbled to himself, then quickly called to a certain location.

“Yes, it’s me. It’s just as you have said. He’s quite interesting. It was definitely worth coming to this small country. There’s a high chance that it’s the thing that we’ve been looking for all this time.  It’s not your average Kraken weapon. The thing responded first, before he could even feel or react to me. Of course, even still, I can’t really say if it’s the Dimension Matter, but I’m sure that it’s a special substance that I’ve never seen before. Hahaha. Yes, of course. It’s beyond our expectations. Just as promised, I’ll be working together with you.”

The call ended.

The man walked out to a street covered with streetlights, and had a content expression.

“Interesting. So interesting,”

It seemed like he could hear it. The collapse of the current equilibrium, and soon, everything will accelerate into the prelude of collapse.

The man’s name was Doctor Grey.

He was the genius scientist to ever utilize the Kraken matter found within rifts, in order to create Kraken weapons. And, he was also a person presumed to be dead about 20 something years ago.

The night sky was filled with dark clouds, as it hid the moon behind it.

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The next day, Haneul went to the Organization. Passing the familiar lobby, he got onto the elevator and went up to the 4thfloor.

Knock knock.

YooShik was sitting down within the conference room staring at a thick stack of paperwork. He then lifted up his head and spoke.

“I’ll be counting on you today as well.”

Following YooShik’s guidance, Haneul walked towards the big conference hall.

“Have you confirmed the money?”

“Yes, it was deposited into my account.”

YooShik was quick-witted and knew that Haneul was sensitive to money. Yooshik also liked these type of people, as it was easier to talk with people who were sure of what they wanted. If someone was stuffy to no purpose, the talk would just drag out. In that respect, Haneul clearly knew what he wanted.

“What you will be doing today is conversing with over a 100 people.”

“Conversing?”

At that moment, a door opened.

Haneul’s mouth dropped.

A huge chandelier that was radiating out a beautiful light, and the interior was something you would see within a TV drama showing high class people.

“You can just be at ease, and go back home once the time is up.”

After speaking those last words, YooShik left the room, leaving Haneul inside.

“Even if you tell me to be at ease and leave…….”

Haneul looked around. There were many people staring at him, and their eyes made him feel uneasy.

‘Let’s go eat something for now.’

Haneul walked towards the food, and he felt hungry just in time. As he filled his plate up with food, he began to eat in the corner by himself.

Suddenly, a woman walked towards him and began to speak.

“First time meeting you. What’s your Hero name? Most of the Heroes here are acquaintances, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen you before.”

“So, this place is well known to the people here.”

“Yes, we occasionally meet up like this. Although, the Organization strangely set us up with such a gorgeous place to meet at this time.”

At last, Haneul looked straight at the woman. She seemed to be about 2-3 years older than him, and her clothes……her fashion senses were great. She wore her clothes well. On one side it looked cute, while the other looked sexy.

“Scanning me? So, what’s my score?”

“Huh? Ah, I’m sorry. I just think you have great fashion sense.”

“Thanks for the compliment. But, you still haven’t answered my question. What is your Hero name? Ah, now that I think about it, I didn’t introduce myself yet. They call me Black Cat.”

“Yeah, I’m known as…….Silver Knight.”

At that moment, everyone’s eyes looked towards Haneul.

As Haneul slightly became flustered.

‘Wh, what’s this?’

“You’re Silver Knight?”

“Ah, yes I am.”

“Are you really Silver Knight?”

“What an honor this is!”

Everyone’s interests grew as Haneul was the hottest topic on the internet these days, and yet he was now standing in front of them. There were many who wanted to speak with famous people.

With a gush of questions being asked at once, Haneul was at a loss.

As he was busily trying to answer all of the questions and conversing with the people, an hour quickly passed by, then the 2ndhour came.

“C, can I get your autograph?

“Autograph?”

“Yes.”

An innocent looking woman took out a piece of paper, and passed it over to Haneul.

“Ah, and I would also be happy if you can take a picture with me.”

Haneul was amazed to be experiencing something so new, and it made him feel like a celebrity.

However, it wasn’t as bad as he thought it would be.

Chapter 8 Completed.