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[329] The Last Lie (1)

And now.

The U.S. military, which had almost no military losses, advanced rapidly. Eventually, they handed the battle over to someone, but they came here to face their most dangerous enemy.

After all, it doesn't change as much as the fact that everyone risked their lives. The ground targets were red core, unable to communicate, and all commands were passed verbally.

“SNAA also cannot be reassured. From here on out, remember, everyone is the enemy. ”

Even an ally, SNAA, with enormous power in front of them, could not figure out what kind of outburst they were going to take. So it's impossible to trust anyone here. What the U.S. military is instructed to do is secure the red core and exit Salt Lake to reach the defensive line.

It was a higher chance of failure, but I had to do it. Everyone has made a swift but discreet move, and they are able to reach the target, taking care of the remaining monsters.

“This... ”

But what they saw was not a portal, but a sign of massive destruction.

“What the…. What was the fight about?”

The signs of a massive battle that only the giant pits exist are profoundly clean. This will not happen even if a squadron unit is hit. The vast majority of the land that reaches into sight has been devastated. However, this was not a sign during the battle, but a sign after the battle.

It's already too late, and one of the men whilst kicking his tongue shouts.

“There's something there. ”

“What is it?”

There was only one small dot where the soldier pointed. It was slowly approaching.

“I'm guessing Paladin Maria. ”

A mutant who could improve his eyesight said so. Reportedly, Maria, who handles a stage called RCF, is known as Paladin. But the leader doesn't seem to be wearing any kind of combat armor.

“I'm holding something. ”

The closer he got, the more detailed he could see the shape. Faladin holds something in his arms. Surrounded by something that was a little over a meter long. Maria approaches, holding it in both hands.

The portal has already been destroyed, and Faladin has fought the great lord. Then what was in his arms?

It was not difficult to guess. There, Paladin was not wearing his fearsome armor, RCF. This is an opportunity.

“All hands to battle stations. ”

- Hup!

At that point, everyone went into battle while checking the device. Faladin is approaching, but he doesn't see anything. He just stares down and walks around dazed like a lost wanderer.

I couldn't even see them. But that's why the Americans were even more nervous.

“Halt, Paladin. What is in your arms? Claim it in the name of the Federation.“ ”

“ ……. ”

But Maria, as if she hadn't heard, just kept walking towards the wary Americans. The leader takes out Ethel Sword in a manner that he doesn't want to deal with.

“I said stop! ”

“Just…. ”

Palladine looks up and weeps as if she is feeling a sadness beyond words.

“Just…. Let me go... ”

Maria, holding something in her arms, cries out in tears. This was neither the RCF that frightened them, nor the unitemperature, nor the glorious Paladin.

It's just a figure of a broken man.

The leader couldn't understand what was going on. But in front of you, there was only one person standing against the top 2,000 hunters. Mary bows her head without stopping and passes.

No one in the U.S. military could stop Maria.

“Can I just let Paladin go? ”

When asked by his subordinate, the leader said with a firm expression.

“...... That's not Paladin. ”

He once saw Paladin. He doesn't back down from his enemies, and he's not the one who always bursts out a big smile. I used to admire her. As a knight, as a warrior, I wanted to be.

He was older, but there was so much to learn from the young Faladin.

When I met him at the dangerous battlefield, Faladin always expressed his presence like a giant.

But it's so small. Faladin was so small, so small. Just as Liam Bradley has become an old man, so has Maria. It just seemed like a normal person who occupied the world just as much as I did.

Weak, fragile. That's why the leader was unable to say to stop Paladin. And he saw the giant sign.

“Just let it go. ”

He gazes at the ruins of the void.

“We were late. ”

I felt that what I was aiming for had already disappeared. Just as everyone lost a reason to fight, the U.S. military lost a reason to fight.

The energy cloud is gradually rolling.

Rumors of Palladine's disappearance began to spread after holding a child.

After arriving, the SNAA, and the pentagonal alliance, all of the strongest colleagues arrived at the portal point. And I saw the scenery that had already disappeared neatly. Red Core, Portal, and the fighting spirit here have all disappeared somewhere.

Some of the strongest people who knew something couldn't move like a stone. Naturally, SNAA and the United States insisted on interrogating the strongest forces who fought directly with Union. Of course, they were traitors, so there was no reason to cooperate with those questions. They also had no intention of raising their swords at those who could make contact with Union.

SNAA and the U.S. military, who realized they could not salvage anything, began to withdraw, and so did the pentagonal alliance.

Everyone pulls out, and the rest of you are the only ones standing in line.

Support, Seo Aran, Kang Ju-yeon, Choe Gina, Dojin Hee, Yoo Sulan, Seo-yeon Park, Go Hyun-woo, Song Jae-seok, Ryu Sooa.

Those you can call your best friend are where the portal disappeared.

Everyone knew. Even though I didn't fully know it, I thought that it would be the way Choi Jun would end.

However, I couldn't fully believe that Kang Joon would make such a sacrifice to build up his life through lies and deception.

“Really…. Is this going to work? ”

Seo Aran shed tears in the place that disappeared without anything as if she couldn't be trusted. Kang Ju-yeon was crying as if she was angry with the handwriting.

“Really…. Selfish to the end.”

I knew I couldn't stop it. They were overwhelmed by the fight they were given. Many people were grieving in their own way in their own sadness.

Choi Jung is dead. This situation with nothing tells me everything. Ryusua smiles bitterly, looking around him.

“This isn't like you. ”

Ryusua stared at the sky dazed, not crying but unable to conceal his confusion. This is not the best ending. This is the end of denying the strongest standards so far. In the sea of tears, Ryusua bites Ziggy's lips, thinking of her dead friend.

Ko Hyun-woo was still standing motionless. I didn't know if I felt sad or if I thought it was nothing.

Choi Na sat down, covered her face, and had a fever.

Everyone was relying on Choi Jun to some extent on their own time and life. Most of the lives of these people are given by Jung Jung Choi. While Choi Jun could have said he used them, they eventually needed Choi Jun.

He was precious to everyone.

When it's all over, no one's happy to win.

“Who's dead? ”

Suddenly, you hear someone splashing cold water.

“Huh?"

“? ”

“! ”

There, everyone was looking at him, and Choi Jun, who had become full of shit, was smiling helplessly.

“Uh, uh... Uh..."

Seo Aran slowly approached Gangjun, shaking her fingertips with tears. Everyone else was confused in sadness, embarrassment, and confusion as if Choi Jun, who appeared out of nowhere, didn't understand.

“No, what are you crying about? Someone thinks someone's dead. ”

“Oh, how... How...?"

Choi Kang Joon smiled.

“I told you, I'm not dying. ”

Like he said, Kang Jun, who was alive, was in front of everyone. It is sufficient that I do not have to explain how I survived.

In front of you, it is as it is. Choi Jun is smiling as they remember him. You leave like you're going to die, and then you start making jokes.

It is the strongest Jun they know. Ryuzua sighs and laughs as if she were nothing.

“Yes, this is the best. ”

“Son of a bitch! ”

Ow! Ow!

“Cough!”

It was not Seo Aran who ran into Kang Joon in anger, but Kang Joon.

“Yi, Yi! Lee! Lee! Huff, huff! Son of a bitch... You scared the shit out of me! Hehe! Oh, brother! ”

Kang Ju-yeon hung around Kang Jun's waist and burst into tears. I grabbed Kangjun's arm and cried horribly. Soon, everyone on the River team, as well as support, came running to Kang Jun.

“No, it's heavy! ”

However, as if saying so, Kang Jun was smiling at those who were dependent on him. Kang Jun called out to the person who was crying horribly without saying anything.

“Mr. Aran.”

“…… Yes. ”

Kang Jun looked at Seo Aran and said.

“Come here.”

Kang Jun said as if someone still had more to hug. Seo Aran stares at Gangjun like that. Soon, I shook my teeth and ran.

-Warak!

“Uhhh! ”

Due to the reactions, Kang Jun eventually lost his balance and fell. Seeing everyone stumbling around each other, Ryusua kicked his tongue as if it were pathetic.

Choi Jung survived.

And Ko Hyun-woo was just staring at the strongest Joon like that. They had been dividing the seas for a long time, and soon, they woke up.

“Let's go back.”

The fight is over, and there are no monsters in the world now, but they still have a lot of work to do.

In the deep basement of AP, Kwak Dae-wun was looking at the empty bioports. His expression was so complex that it could not be explained.

“With this.... Are you really okay?”

He muttered as if he were talking to something that was not in the world. I didn't hear an answer.

A long time ago, while building the AP and running the Terraframe, Gwak Dae-won had a very secret conversation with Kangjun Choi.

I'm going to die. ’

"What?"

"Please make a clone of me. so that when I die, I can live like me. ’

Choi Jung planted a chip in his brain. Send his own memory and brainwave data to AP so that if Choi Jun dies, he can act afterwards.

Gangjun was forebrainizing his brain in real time. And when Kang Jun dies, the biological clone that planted the forebrain remains the strongest. For a long time, Choi Jun has been doing that at the heart of AP.

‘I feel sorry for the people who are going to stay. ’

I knew there would be people in my life who couldn't accept their loss, no matter what. I didn't want to give someone another loss because I knew the pain of the loss. That's why we've prepared clones so that even if you die, you can pretend to be someone you are.

Kwak Dae-woon activated the bioports when Choi unlinked the brainwaves.

‘…… How are you feeling? ’

‘Good.'

It is unquestionably the best. I received all the memories and emotions. The body is constructed based on energy but ultimately has all human traits.

What's different about a clone with all its memories and emotions? In a world where the body has disappeared, clones are no different from the real thing. But it's not just that nothing is different.

It's just a fake after all. The fake life is not given to fake people, but to another individual who is ultimately the best.

Can it be called fake? Choi Jung denied his forebrain. The fake is just a fake. However, Kang Jun knew about it and chose to create a clone. It was for those who remained.

Gwak Dae-won sent clones to the portal point in a dimensional transmission. I dress up as if it were after a proper battle.

Fakes will live as if they were real.

That's the last lie of the best. The worst lie and deception, but Kang Jun did not change until the end. I left such a vicious deception to my loved ones.

People do not change easily, and Choi Joon wanted to remain a liar even after he died.

What is real and fake.

After all, for those who only have to live, Kang Joon will play the perfect real life. No, you won't have to. The fake is no different from the real Kang Joon.

However, as someone who knows the truth, I am just not sure if this is really okay or not. But it was the best choice, so I had to accept it. Gwak Dae-won steps out, leaving an empty bioport behind.

“Sir, we're ready. ”

“I see. Let's go. ”

Kwak Dae-won was a person who knew all about the many conspiracies and plans that took place in this huge but narrow place.

Among them, Choi Jun did not know. Kwak Dae-won did not know what happened to the other plan.

However, I only wished that there was salvation for the real Choi Joon. Kwak Dae-woon did not know what happened to the eyes of the dice thrown into the abyss.

Gwak Dae-wun led the staff of the AP to the subway.

The AP will be closed as of today, and all data has been destroyed. The Omega project is all gone, and the world is now forgetting unauthorized technologies. Terrafrane will cease to operate, and the forbidden simulations will no longer be conducted.

Kwak Dae-wun boarded a car that left the basement without any sense. There were those who mourned and groaned over the skills that fell asleep here. But everyone was agreeing to abandon the facility when the time came.

However, some people feel sorry for themselves.

“I don't know how long it's been since I've seen daylight. ”

Most of the people who left were just looking forward to the sun, which they would face in a long time.