History's Strongest Manager

Maria left the boy at home and went out into the open space outside the house with Ko Hyun-woo. Maria couldn't leave the house until she put a few layers of protection magic on the boy because of her anxiety.

Ko Hyun-woo was looking at the landscape under the widespread mountain and the peaks that were rising. The alpine areas were naturally mild, but there was often a harsh climate. If not Mary, the climate would not be tolerable if not for a boy.

“It's not a good environment to raise a child. ”

“ ……. ”

“Still, there's no place to hide like this. ”

“Get to the point. ”

Go Hyun-woo was expressionless. Maria wasn't in the mood to talk about it.

“…… I knew what she was thinking and what she was going through and what she was determined to do next. ”

All I ever knew was Bondi Gwakeun. However, Choi Hyun-woo suddenly realized. It may be some kind of belief that time capability was created, and it may simply be intuitive. However, Ko Hyun-woo was convinced.

I was sure that Kang Jun Choi would throw his own life at the end, and everyone guessed.

“When I felt a strong sense of strangeness about a situation, I had experiences like that that that really came true. We should call it" Jezzie. "”

Like a hallucination, Ko Hyun encountered a fragment of the future. in very simple experiences like switching traffic signals, like car accidents, like someone coming into a convenience store to pick up something. With the experience that the hallucination became a reality, Choi Hyun-woo was convinced of the peculiar potential of his ability.

I have seen Ko Hyun-woo's vision of oxidizing while wearing red armor in a world of chaos that can be anything at the same time as Kang Jun.

He knew it would happen someday. So I tried something I had never tried before. If Choi Jung saw the future that killed him, he decided to change that future.

At first, he persuaded Kwak Dae-wun, and then the Elves joined him.

Gwak Dae-won was building a device called the Destroyer for the last fight, and Ko Hyun-woo recharged the cyonic energy for the last fight. The Elves were responsible for triggering the Destroyer.

What did they do to save Kang Jun?

Knowing Red Core's powerful explosive power, Ko Hyun-woo realized that the chaotic power would not save him from the blast.

In addition to what Kang Jun knew, the Destroyer also included the technical wholeness of AP. Technologies were made that could turn anyone into a mutant using a drug that could turn mutants back into humans, and to that was inserted the gene of Phoenix, a mutant property of snowflake. To provide a temporary output of support, the Elves have formulated a reinforcement medication.

In a short time, I planned to turn Jun Pyo into a super-renewable mutant and rescue him from a planet-grade explosion.

The power of the maximized Phoenix will keep the body at its highest standard within the power of eternal extinction. But there was one more problem.

If the world inside the portal collapsed, the strongest body would be reconstructed indefinitely, but not return, potentially causing only eternal pain.

Once inside the portal and the world inside it collapses, the portal cannot return to collapse. If you survive, it means nothing if you don't come back. Gohyun, Kwakeun and Elf tried to figure out a way to succeed at the highest standards while saving his life.

In the end, the last means were in the power of Ko Hyun-woo.

Ko Hyun-woo realized that after extracting his own cyonic energy, the extra energy would exceed five times the total amount of his energy, and he could use the next level of ability. Impossible for the present self, but an energetic force that can be triggered by extracting his or her ability energy and using the Destroyer.

Time lapse.

It is possible to force the highest standards out of a closed world where the time in the flesh existed.

That's why the Destroyer is designed to have extra energy to trigger time travel.

The structure of the trigger was simple.

The genes of Phoenix are activated to forcibly mutate to reconstruct the strongest body at the wavelength of the red core indefinitely.

While the strongest body survives its destruction, the elf activates the time reversal, bouncing the strongest to the dimension in which the Earth exists.

It wasn't a clear plan. If Ko Hyun-woo's power was too strong, Choi Jung might not be able to go back to the real past, not this reality. Then, even if the portal is destroyed, Kang Jun Choi is still dead in this reality.

It was a reckless attempt to predict the outcome, but I had no choice but to try Elves, Gwang-un, and Go Hyun-woo. And the attempt came halfway through. Ko Hyun-woo knew from the beginning that Kang Joon appeared suddenly was a fake, so he couldn't be happy.

Depending on the rumor that Mary left the battlefield with a child in her arms, Gohyun chased after the trail of Mary.

The elf copies his personality and data just like Kang Jun, and Ko Hyun chases Maria around the world with him. CCVT from all over the world, searching for records of immigrants, and chasing after Maria. At last, I found traces of Mary and was able to reach the end of my inquiry.

Then, I checked the results of the trigger.

“That's half the success. ”

Although not as good as the best plan, the results of the long plan were half successful. It was because of the excessive force of time travel that Kang Joon was difficult.

“I don't know if it's the time reversal or the collapse and reconstruction.... ”

Choi Jung lost all his memories.

Thanks to that description, Maria was able to understand the message. Wounds heal because Phoenix's genes are embedded in her body.

The boy is the strongest he knows and not the strongest he knows. Mary did not know what to call it. Maria said, looking at Ko Hyun-woo with a bold expression.

“You…. Are you here to see the results? ”

“Yes.”

However, Choi Jun was not completely revived. I lost my memory and became a child. Maria was confused because she didn't know how to deal with the situation. But Ko Hyun-woo said.

“Maybe it's better that way. ”

“What? Why is this so good...? ”

“…… You don't know anything about clones. ”

“Clones?”

Maria had no idea that the best clones appeared and lived as if they were real, because the sole purpose was to run away. Go Hyun-woo briefly explained the situation, and Maria burst into laughter.

“Bastard…. ”

It was really the best choice. If he had left immediately, he would have thought that clone was really Kang Joon and gone to find him. I can't believe you have your own fake for people to leave behind.

“If there were two of you, that would be a difficult situation. ”

Fake Choi Jun had all the memories, but fake, and the real Choi Jun lost all the memories and even became difficult. As if the difference between the two individuals was rather fortunate, Ko Hyun thought that half of the success might be a real success.

Maria's head aches after hearing too many confusing stories. The real Kang Joon has become a child, and the fake Choi Joon is pretending to be real.

Maybe it's a good thing you're a kid. Maybe it's better not to have memories.

“You then... Are you here to pick me up?”

“Well…. ”

Maria seems reluctant, and Gohyun stares at her. He said, "What are you talking about?"

“Maybe that's the right thing to do. ”

The words make her look as if she had been beaten by something. Boys are not things. I have to choose my life. Excluding such a natural idea, I realized that it was a foolish question to ask whether Ko Hyun-woo would take the boy or not.

“Let me ask you this first. I think clones will take good care of you if they find out you're alive. ”

I am alive. I take care of myself. It's strange, but it's all true, and I thought that Ko Hyun-woo would do it if he was the best.

“Let me ask. ”

Maria couldn't stop Ko Hyun-woo, and she thought she couldn't. Eventually, the boy needs to know a little bit about himself and choose his own life. Just like Kang Joon told me to choose how to live the rest of my life, just like Choi didn't kill Maria.

After returning to the hut, Maria set up a boy and started talking. Go Hyun-woo didn't come in because he wanted to wait outside until the conversation was over.

“Listen to what I'm about to say. ”

“Yes.”

“The man outside is a friend of yours before you lost your memory. ”

“That guy and I were friends? ”

“Yes, you had a lot of friends. If you follow him, you'll get to meet all your old friends. ”

“What kind of people? ”

“That's …. I don't really know. But they're good people, and they've been good to you. ”

“Isn't Maria a friend of theirs? ”

“No.”

“Why not? ”

“Because you're not close. ”

“Why aren't you close? ”

“I don't want to get along. ”

“Why don't you want to be friends? ”

“You little brat! Are you fucking kidding me? Come here!"

“Hiic! Help me! ”

Mary's patience had reached its limit as she continued to ask, and eventually her brow flew with tendons. Within a narrow hut, there was a hidden hideout, and naturally, the boy was caught by Maria.

“I got you, punk! ”

“Whoa!”

Mary grabs him and scratches his head with her fists, and he screams and dies. After a long time of retribution, Maria sighs. The boy wept with his head wrapped around him.

“It hurts.... ”

“Then don't talk about it. Anyway! If you follow him, you don't have to live in this shitty house or use dragons to eat my shitty cooking. ”

“You know you're a terrible cook. ”

“Why do you keep picking on me? And I'm not your mother! ”

“I was wrong!”

The boy desperately shakes his head. He expressed a strong willingness not to see the taste of Maria's fists again. If Mary tries to ask a serious question, the boy keeps shouting and making her feel better.

“So... If you want to go to school and make friends, you can follow him. That's good for a kid. ”

“You can't go to school with Maria and make friends? ”

“Yes."

“Why?”

“I have to live in hiding. You don't know why. ”

“Why do I have to hide? ”

“Are you sure you want to keep talking? ”

As Mary stares at you, the boy mutters in a flawed, crawling voice.

“But I wonder... ”

“Hah... ”

To solve this boy's curiosity, he will have to stick around for a lifetime, not a few days. Mary sighs and shifts her teeth.

‘I really don't know...' If a person tries to get serious... ’

Maria thought about it and suddenly looked at the boy. The boy smiled and looked at himself. It was a smile so pure that it didn't seem like she knew Kang Joon.

Maybe.

Maybe it's not the boy who doesn't know, but himself.

Maybe it's because I don't want to talk about it. So if you take out what you're saying, you might just keep catching up and turning the conversation around.

‘Kang Jun is also Kang Jun... ’

I didn't want to talk about sensitive things, so I thought I was Kang Joon even when I was young. Maria glances at the boy and spits it out.

“Do you want to stay with me? ”

Let's do it hard.

“Yes!”

nod your head.

“You said my cooking was terrible. ”

“Yes.”

“If I stay here, I can't go to school. ”

“It's okay.”

“I can't even make friends. ”

“You have Maria. ”

“... I can't even meet your friends. ”

Mary's voice grows deeper and deeper.

“It's okay.”

The boy said as if he was fine with it.

“Ugh…. Hmm! Well, still... You…. you…. ”

“Maria.”

Eventually, the boy approached Mary, who was crying, and hugged her. And boldly stroked the head of Mary, the SSRank Knight and nobleman.

“Without me, Maria will be lonely. ”

“... because it's not. ”

“That's right."

“ ……. ”

“My friends wouldn't be alone without me. But she's alone without me. ”

The boy stared directly at the weeping Mary without properly opening his eyes. Maria was surprised, embarrassed, and grateful that the child knew how to say this. Just because you look like a child doesn't mean you can't remember anything, you're not just a child.

It's not what it seems.

Maria closes her eyes because she can't control the tears that are pouring out.

“You'll be sad to be alone. So I'll stay with you. ”

Maria accepts the boy, crying horribly as she strokes her head. The boy thought there was a reason for this solitude. That's why I never gave a damn.

The boy continued to sweep Mary's head off until she stopped crying.

A grown man was crying horribly in the arms of a small child.

And when Mary stopped crying and opened the door of the hut to talk to Ko Hyun-woo, all she encountered was an empty field.

“ ……. ”

Go Hyun-woo left a long time ago. It means you don't have to listen to the answer. Maria thought that Go-hyun-woo would never come back.

Maria faces outside the door, gazing down at the mountain waist.

The boy will not even know what his power means. I don't know if it's a world I've always wanted and don't need anymore. What he wanted so badly was to lose himself.

Maybe not. Kang Joon was a human when he last encountered Maria. He did not alter his own body because he wanted to remain human. He may have wanted to win against Mary as a human.

But those things don't mean anything anymore. The beast is gone, and the world will no longer want Hunter.

But apart from such a world, Mary and the boy will live in this deep, unmanned place, isolating themselves from the world. We will live only with each other, not curious about the world.

The night Ko Hyun-woo left, Maria once again made a tasty dish, and the boy always emptied out that tasty dish without words.

She brushes her teeth, washes them with long water, and washes the boy's hair, whining.

“Do this on your own! ”

“I'm a kid. I can't do this alone. ”

“You're not just a child who uses you as a child. ”

“But he's just a kid. ”

“Ugh, this sucks. ”

Mary covers the boy's head, grumbling. Water is a long way to go, and it was unhealthy Mary, so you can climb to the top of the mountain a few times, so there is no problem in everyday life.

It's just annoying.

There are many things missing in this hut. You need to buy extra clothes, laundry, and ingredients in a village far away. The boy had no time to wear clothes because he was running around like that. I also need sewing tools.

‘I don't know how to sew... ’

I have not tried it, but there is a lot to do.

First thing tomorrow, let's get a bunch of clothes, go to a remote city, and if there's a construction site nearby, take some steel or bricks and renovate this shabby hut.

The day after tomorrow, let's build a bathroom.

Maria bursts into laughter after such troubles.

How the world was, how humanity was, how war came to be.

How I ended up whining and moaning over a child's head, sometimes picking a life to argue with this guy who calls himself a mother. Is this even the right choice? Is this even atonement? Maria continues to question, but nothing concludes.

“Why are you smiling? ”

“Just…. It's funny.”

She wipes the boy's head with a towel, and Maria smiles like a fool.

“Isn't Maria washing up? ”

“I'm an adult. I don't have to wash. ”

You don't need to wash if you just use cleansing magic. I could give it to the boy, but somehow Maria was reluctant to use it.

Magic was due to an unsubstantiated suspicion that it might be bad for the body. Magical water, for example, was the same as not eating water. It's okay to do it to me, but not to a boy. Maria was sometimes amused by that herself.

Funny, but I kept doing it. Wash your hair, wash your hair.

It's going to be something.

The night of the mountains is fast. A new darkness took hold, and Maria summoned a yellow, warm light and placed it on the ceiling. The light emits a warm energy that suddenly warms up the little hut.

That light will keep you warm until morning. The wooden bed on the sheet has a hard floor, but it's enough for two to sleep on.

A little bit of wind is fine. This hut is warm.

No pillows, but the boy sleeps with Maria's arm cut off.

Mary takes off her shoes and lies roughly on her back, watching the boy lie down with his arms cut off. The boy turns to Mary and stares at her.

In the yellow light, the boy's cheeks are warm. It's warm enough without a blanket, but let's get one ready.

There's too much to buy. There are too many things in this house prepared as a fist bump. It's too long for her to fill up.

The boy whispers as if to say something.

I know what to say. The boy hesitates, briefly, when he calls Mary his mother. You know Maria's not your mother, and you say that.

Why does the boy keep calling himself Mom? Actually, it's not that hard to guess. Maria's parents were killed by a monster, but she's not the best.

Choi Jun's mother disappeared. It's a little different from death. Maria saw and recognized her parents' death, but in the case of Choi Jun, she was just gone.

Maybe he's still alive. Maybe he's back.

Maria knows that during the return, she pretended not to be Choi Jun, but was expecting it. Perhaps his mother is among the dearly departed.

Maybe he'll come back and try to find himself.

Choi Joon waited, but the mother who was waiting didn't show up, and Choi Joon was even more distressed because of that thought. I knew I had to give up hope, and I was going to be disappointed.

I thought my mother was dead, and I told her I thought so. However, Choi Jun is a liar. You shouldn't have said that.

In case you were wondering, you would have lived with a loss that was still unfilled.

Even if you lose all your memories, there are traces in your heart.

The soul also has a scar.

so that the boy can fill something he has been reluctant to fill for a long time. Maybe they call themselves mothers. They do it like instincts, without even knowing why they do it.

“If you want to call me Mom, do it. ”

That's why Maria said so to fill this boy's loss with lies.

“Mom.”

The boy laughed as he said so. Maybe this is it. Maybe you should just smile. Whatever the truth is, whatever the conclusion is.

If there's something missing from each other, maybe it's just filling it up. It may not be necessary to leave it empty. Apart from that, Maria was looking at the boy with a complicated mind, and the boy knew that complicated gaze.

The boy says.

“Do you hate me? ”

The boy knows. I know Mary's feelings that cannot be completely love and affection. Sometimes I know I was looking at myself with a mixture of deep resentment, anger, and sadness.

So the boy's question came from a very, very deep concern. Maria knows that she shouldn't answer roughly because she knows it.

Maria says.

“Yes.”

The boy says.

“How much?”

Maria says.

“The best in the world. ”

The boy's face is blurry, so I keep my eyes peeled. As sad as it is, the boy cries. Soon, I saw a boy start to weep.

Maria says.

“Still.”

Maria says.

“I hate someone the most in the world. ”

Maria says.

“That's how much you have to love him. ”

Maria grabbed the boy's head.

Say it.

“I hate you the most in the world. ”

Mary closed her eyes.

Whispering.

“That's why I love you the most in the world. ”

We don't know if it will be enough, but it won't be bad.

This may be lonely,

I won't just be lonely.

This cabin is warm.

That's why it's okay to take in a little bit of wind.

The mountains around it and the world around them are now entirely the world of the boy and Mary.