Kill the Dragon

# Epilogue 1

Minions remain.

Maybe the dragon will come back.

Dragons are a lost world, but peace and coexistence are far words. A human settlement was formed around the Citadel. You've gathered scattered talents, reclaimed the lost sky, and rebuilt civilization.

After three years, the Minions have been cornered. It was only a matter of time before mankind reclaimed the Earth.

There is a sicker at every centre. Saiker was no longer a subject of persecution. A symbol of privilege and a chosen man. The reinforcements are the heroes who saved humanity and are the shields that defend humanity from minions.

“Excellent. Omega, you've done everything you could. ”

Kuro says sarcastically. Hair is pale, pupils white without focus. Kuro, who was hit by Yihan's AP pulse, has been known to have lost most of his collected Psychic Power.

Omega-1 looked at Kuro. Many people think Kuro is no longer as powerful as he once was. The idea of Omega-1, who had been watching Kuro for a long time, was different.

‘Kuro does not intentionally accumulate psychic powers. ’

Omega-1 knows Kuro well. I often saw a shimmering psychic glare in Kuro's pupil.

‘If I swallow one or two psychic cores, no one can stop Kuro. ’

In the catacombs of the Citadel are the remains of dragons. Psychic cores are also stored separately. Resources that will become the center of the Citadel military force.

“Are you leaving? ”

Omega-1 asked Kuro.

“The Citadel is safe now. Isn't it enough without me?. ”

Kuro looks out the window. The Citadel is no longer an underground city. It is the largest city-state and fortress on Earth. The end of the horizon is the area of the Citadel. Apart from the main street, it is a shack for refugees and favelas. People gather around the world for the protection of the Citadel.

“There are still minions everywhere. Kuro.”

Kuro is still a Class S biker. Most of all, Kuro's symbolic power is enormous. Many sickers and soldiers remember Kuro's power. The story from my mouth was like a legend or a myth.

“Don't be ridiculous. Omega. I know you're slowing down the minions on purpose. ”

Omega-1 laughs at Kuro's point. There are psychoframe troops in the Citadel. Air transportation is free because there are no dragons. Every reinforcement trained in dragon warfare is a strategic weapon. With just one reinforcement, you can wipe out all the Minions in the region.

The reason for leaving the minions behind was simple. Humanity is united around the Citadel until there is an external threat. There is a justification for iron dominion, and it justifies irrationality and discrimination that would not normally be tolerated.

“You can go if you want. Kuro. There's no way I can stop you. ”

According to Omega-1, Kuro has been trying to leave the Citadel for a long time. The ambition to create a world without conflict was a young idea. It was just plain idealism. It is a striking notion that even with good packaging, it suppresses others with absolute force.

Kuro rises slowly.

Omega-1 looked at Kuro. His fingers twitch.

‘Can I let him go like this...? It's too risky. What if I run into something I can't see? What if they're happy for me? If he regains his strength, who can stop him? ’

Kuro is much weaker now. He's not as strong as he used to be.

‘I'd rather be here... ’

Omega-1's fingers point toward the pistol in the chest. His eyes turned cold.

‘Given the short-term prediction, if I move my hands quickly.... ’

Kuro stops as Omega-1 makes his move.

Weeing.

Kuro turns around and shakes his hand.

“Forget it. You don't want to die on me. ”

Kuro said indifferently. Omega-1 notices that the pistol in his arms is missing. Kuro was holding an Omega-1 handgun.

‘Material Transmission.’

Omega-1 frowns.

‘Once again, you've seen the drama of psychics... How many traits do you have? ’

Newly known fact, the sicker can have many features. The law of one feature was broken. When cognition and common sense were broken, one of the bikers created a person who dealt with more than one feature. Saikers were confined to limitations, thinking they had one feature with vague certainty.

Kuro is unique, among other things. His ability to handle has not yet been fully determined.

“You caught me.”

Omega-1 gives a hollow smile. He shakes his hand excitedly. The assassination attempt has failed.

“There's only one reason I let you live. Because I'm not sure I can do it better than you. ”

A psychic glare flows from Kuro's white pupil. Omega-1, for better or worse, changed the perception of the Seeker. A ticket called a sicker was subjected to envy and admiration. Omega-1 has established a new social structure called the Citadel to control the human conflict with the Citadel.

‘No one can replace Omega-1. Even this...'

Lee Han is a good leader, but not the vessel of a shaman. Kuro slowly learned how to distinguish the multiverse in the world. After a long and long war, the boys quickly grew up. In the Dragon War, good and evil were evident. To them, humans were good, dragons were evil.

But the human world is mostly gray. Darker or lighter. There is only that much difference. The dichotomy of good and evil is easy to understand, but cannot be applied to reality.

“Well, goodbye. Kuro. Well done. ”

Omega-1 naturally said. His smile stinks.

Jubbuck, Jubbuck.

Kuro leaves his office. Everyone in contact bows down to Kuro. Kuro met some people before he left. Among them were Knut.

“Hey, Kuro. ”

Knut welcomes you in his training outfit. After his fitness training, Knut was soaked in sweat.

“Hello, Knut. Would you like a drink?"

Kuro used the material transfer capability inside the vending machine. He holds two drinks in his hand. Knut received a drink.

“If you're that comfortable, you'll get fat from lack of exercise. ”

Knut sipped the drink all at once. Kuro, on the other hand, smiled slightly at the drink.

“Knute, I'm leaving the Citadel. Why don't you come with me? ”

Kuro has offered.

“Hmm. What are you going to do out here? ”

Knut asked as if he didn't want to.

“… protecting people? ”

Kuro said without conviction. Knut punches Kuro in the chest with his fist.

“That's what you do here. Of course, you'll keep people pure, at no cost to you. ”

Kuro thought about what Knut said for a moment. His thoughts changed specifically.

“I'm going back to Japan. I want to rebuild the orphanage I used to live in and take care of it. ”

“That's not what I need my strength for. Kuro. And... I still have work to do here. ”

I crushed the soda can that Knut was holding.

“Okay. I'll call you when I get settled. ”

“Thank you for your offer. Kuro. Take care. ”

Kuro nods and stands up. You leave Knut behind and head for the Citadel underground. Three years have passed since the last Dragon War ended. There were still many questions left.

Is the real war over? ’

Kuro takes the elevator. The underground Citadel is no longer a habitat. I moved my residence to the ground and turned it into a complete military facility.

“If Ihan fails, the dragons will return. ”

Kuro smiles bitterly. No one knows when the invasion will happen again. Even if Ihan succeeds, there is no way to know here. That's why the Citadel was preparing for a future war.

‘Hahn, I don't know. Whether the world is going in the right direction.... ’

Kuro arrives at the Citadel underground. The arc appears to have been absorbed by the Citadel. Omega-1 transferred Arc's training curriculum to the Citadel.

The young Cyclist boys were being trained in the Citadel basement. The boys looked at Kuro with their admiration's eyes.

“Right? The famous... transcendent? ”

“If he's white and black, he's the only one. ”

The transcendent is an informal name. I called the Psychic Core a transcendent after it was created. It is because it is hard to express simply by grading.

Kuro has entered District 6, marked as off-limits. Kuro has access. Zone 6 is only accessible to a handful of people, including Omega-1.

Glug.

Section six is open. Kuro looks at the psychic cores in the incubator. The psychic core retrieved by the Citadel was all here. Psychic cores are still worth a lot of research.

Air bubbles rose from the incubator. Inside the cylindrical incubator was full of liquid. Psychic cores hover in the liquid.

Kuro is past the pile of psychic cores. He goes in the deepest.

“Silence.”

Kuro takes his lips off. He looks at one wall. There was a different capsule machine than the incubator. It was a capsule for a frozen sleep.

“I think this is the last goodbye. ”

Kuro said it was lonely. He stands in front of the frozen capsule.

Silence attempted a psychic exposure by blowing his psychic core in the last battle. It was a makeshift defense to save Lee from being caught in a black hole. The price was Silence's life. Tough Silence's body didn't last half a year. The side effects reached a state that was not unusual even after death.

Silence has gone into cryogenic sleep until a cure for psychic exposure is available. Frozen sleep costs a fortune. It's hard to subtract the budget for one person at a time like this. But Omega-1 dared to go ahead with the frozen sleep plan. They attracted scattered technologists and scientists to work on the project. Frozen sleep was one of the arc's core technologies, so it did not take long to restore technology.

Silence's cryogenic sleep has been kept secret. Most people think Silence is dead. The closing ceremony was also officially completed. A reinforcement soldier named Silence is dead. I needed to go through all of this in secret.

‘What Silence needs is extinction of the past. ’

Kuro wiped the window of the capsule. The white air circulated inside. Silence's face is faint. Kuro smiles faintly, the face of a stranger Silence.

“When you wake up, you'll have your name and your life back. ”

No one knows when the psychic exposure will be resolved. Right now, I don't have the manpower to study you. Perhaps a long time has passed.

Kuro sat next to the frozen capsule for a long time and chatted. Silence doesn't listen to Kuro while he's frozen. Kuro knew that, so he opened up his heart. An old story flowed quietly like a rusty radio.

Woof.

Kuro opens his hands. Psychic energy spilled. The Psychic Nugget twitches and turns into Lee's face. Only Kuro who excelled at psychic skills was a psychic sculptor.

“Lee might not come back. Now everyone will remember this. But gradually, Lee will be forgotten. Just like the people who have been with us so far. ”

Kuro shakes his palm. This face-shaped nugget of psychic scattered.

“If I had a brother, he wouldn't have been better for me. Even now, I was a burden. I don't understand why he's been so good to me right now. He always dragged me back to the end, not giving up on me, a 10-year-old boy. At the time, he was bigger to me than the grown-ups. ”

They were in their late teens, but their mental maturity in harsh environments was like old age. Friends and colleagues who only talked about yesterday die well tomorrow. There is more mental stress than any war ever waged by humanity. Most reinforcements are small, large, or have one or two mental illnesses.

“It must be because I'm not as crazy as I thought I was mentally weak. ”

Kuro has seen Silence's profile. Currently, most of the reinforcements' past profiles have been discarded. Not only that, a lot of arc classified documents were ashes. It was an omega-1 action.

“I hope you don't put that mask back on. ”

Kuro looked at the emotional history in his Silence profile. It was an old record.

Silence's mask and helmet were psychological defense mechanisms. A means to protect oneself from harsh environments. The mask is a completely different person. The Silence is very strong, cold-hearted and full of justice. Heroes of film-like creations are Silence's motives. Silence, who is talented but mentally unstable, was the best way to survive as a soldier.

Kuro stands up. He looks at Silence's frozen capsule and leaves. He embarked on an arduous journey. I had the opportunity to reflect on many things. I saw the real world that was turning my eyes away.

In ruined Japan, old glory is long gone. Kuro crossed the sea and arrived in Japan. A desolate island with no minimum order. Kuro went to the old orphanage. There is a half-collapsed building.

“I don't have a good memory of this place, but we can make it now. ”

Kuro mutters and rebuilds. I moved the construction materials by myself and set up a column to build a roof. I used my psychic ability to create the shape of the Awesome House. Beginning one day, refugees gathered at the orphanage. Most were children and women who couldn't protect themselves. Kuro accepts them and guards them.

“Kurokami.”

Some people called Kuro God (Kami). It was a title of respect. Kuro appeared to be above the clouds to people. Occasionally, guests of the Citadel came to see Kuro. I supported resources and supplies without Kuro's request.

‘This is Omega's bribe. ’

Kuro knew that and did not refuse. People needed supplies and food. Psychic skills don't make rice and water.

City-state countries have emerged not only in the Citadel, but all over the world. There were some countries where senior officials who had been exiled underground were still alive. Residual military forces took the government's place. But the capital and center of the world was the Citadel. The Citadel's power can destroy city-states that have just been rebuilt overnight. The world was united in the name of the United Nations.

“How are you? Kuro.”

Kuro has been in Japan for two years. Omega-1 came to see Kuro. The Citadel has successfully developed an industrial zone. Like the dawn of humanity, we had the power to pour out communities in bulk. The raw materials were exploited by other city states and reprocessed in the Citadel. Processed goods were again sold at an expensive price in the city state. Omega-1 regulated treaties to prevent other countries from having more than a certain level of military and industrial power. The country that broke the treaty was punished by psychoframe troops.

“Not bad. ”

“Of course. Our Citadel is taking a toll and providing support over here." ”

Omega-1 smiles.

“You're despicable. ”

Kuro despises you. The evil of Omega-1 has reached Kuro's ears. I made a dictatorship like a thousand years of empire.

“I don't have to listen to you badly enough. ”

“So why did you come here in person? ”

Kuro didn't want to talk about it for long. Omega-1 shrugs.

“Return to the Citadel. You need a symbol of strength. No matter how much I look around, there's no one like you. My methods are limited. It's the United Nations because it speaks well. After all, they're only assholes who think only of their own interests. It's not a public advance, it's just going to hit the Citadel one way or another, and they're thinking about going up there. Surveillance is blocking the development of nuclear weapons, but we can't hold out much longer. We can suppress them now with the power of the Citadel, but once the nuclear weapon reappears, they will challenge the Citadel. That means there's a war going on over the world. You can suppress that war. ”

Kuro can stop even a nuke. You have to show them the truth.

“You know the answer. I refuse.”

Kuro was not confident that he would have complete control of his power. And I didn't like Omega-1's offer.

“Taking care of these kids here doesn't change the world. If you don't change the world yourself, it doesn't mean anything. Kuro.”

Kuro looks at the orphanage playground. Rusty rides, but the children were laughing.

“... but it still means something to those kids. ”

Omega-1 frowned explicitly. He spits out his swear words.

“Idiot. What's the best biker? Transcendent? That's funny. You're just a coward. Damn it, I'm doing the best I can.... Do you think there's a way to avoid getting fingered or cursed by anyone? There is no ideal way. What we can always choose is a bad choice! Idiots who practice ethics and morality are scum who are prepared to defile their own hands, without fear or courage. You're a fool who's afraid of sacrifice and who's holding out his hand to save everyone. If it wasn't for that hothead Lee Hwan, he would have held hands with me! At least he understands the rational choice! ”

Kuro hears the emotional voice of Omega-1. I felt the nervousness of Omega-1. Something doesn't seem to be working. That's why I came to see Kuro.

“Yes, I'm not brave. You're just a coward. So it's natural to think differently, right? ”

Omega-1 shakes its head with a weak face. I didn't want to be angry anymore. He leads his men back to the Citadel.

Kuro sighs as he sees the plane leave, as if it had been overcome.

Shortly after, Omega-1 died. It was a massacre.

The assassin killed Omega-1. The assassin is Knut Meier. Sitadell is shocked to hear that a promising psychic enhancer is an assassin. The reason Knut killed Omega-1 was neither for the world nor for tyranny. It was just revenge from a friend.

After a lengthy investigation, Knut discovered that José's killer was Omega-1, not Eugene Teller "The Devil." The results of Knut's investigation were true... I had no idea what was really going on. It is because Omega-1, the party, died with all its secrets.

Someone at the top of the Citadel said that Knut was seduced by the Devil and killed Omega-1. The assassination of Omega-1 Ribel Akima of Citadel City State is grave. Knut was sentenced to death in a military court. Knut himself was keen. Private execution in progress. Word has spread that Knut is dead.

No one really knows if he's on death row. Did the strongest arc reinforcements let Knut die? Could a Knut with a healing factor have easily been executed? Perhaps he is spending the rest of his life in a fishing village in his hometown of Norway. Predictions and conspiracy theories were overwhelming.

The death of Omega-1 was the beginning of the Citadel's division and weakness. The politics were unpredictable to anyone. Some insisted that we join forces in preparation for the return of the dragons. However, most people only tried to strengthen their troops, advising against the grounds that dragons would not return. Despite the starvation of their own citizens, several countries focused heavily on R&D have succeeded in deploying nuclear weapons.

Nuclear weapons, referred to as the worst weapons, are once again in the hands of humanity, and the human and sicker conflict has escalated day by day. The privileged bikers tried to retain their power, and humanity tried to subdue the bikers to military weapons.

War, War, War... Humanity had only three centuries to make Earth a planet of death. Humanity succeeded in holding hands and reconciliation before the end.

They had to make a decision for the survival of the species.

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