The Returner

2. But is that good? (5)

[The United States government is still not in a positive position in this situation. Experts see this as some kind of biological disaster, but we're still working on identifying the exact cause. Even the most important epidemics have not been confirmed, so the situation is getting deeper and deeper.]

“Tsk.”

Lee Hyuk's head became stiff watching TV.

It was just too bad to look away, but let's do something about it. Lee Hyuk is not going to help.

“Hmm……. ”

If it's about magical power, no one will follow Lee Hyuk, either intellectually or utilitarian, but this is different.

No matter how much the system is related, Lee Ji-hyuk cannot know all the disciplines.

Even the same science is different from what Dr. Physics knows.

What was happening now was out of the field of Lee Hyuk.

Lee Hyuk's specialty was just smashing and dealing with horseshoes, and Mana.

Though it could be said that the task of dealing with shotgun was largely related, the shotgun that Lee Hyuk dealt with was a large monster.

If you ask the zookeeper about the ecology of insects, what will he or she say?

“Knng... ”

Lee Hyuk sighed while looking at the view of the hospital, which was controlled by a yellow wire.

We don't even know what happens to the human exposed to the transformed black magic. There are so many different cases.

Like Yi Hyuk, if you were just a type of puncher, you would get crazy, photosaturated, undead, or one of the three results, but you don't know what the result would be when the worm was exposed to black magic power. Depends on the worm.

Ultimately, it concludes that Lee Hyuk, even though he knows about the ecology of the magic system, does not help as a doctor or a Ph.D. in biology.

“What's going on? ”

“Knng... ”

I feel even more annoyed when I hear you chattering next to me while it's noisy inside.

“Why are you here? ”

“... I heard it's safe here. Stay here." ”

“Who!”

“Jung-hoon Choi. ”

“Hnng... ”

When Lee Hyuk saw Jung-min and Kim Da-som sitting on the couch, he sighed deeply.

“Dasoma.”

“Yes?”

“You have your brother. Why are you here? ”

“Useless.”

“ ……. ”

It's a very empathetic story, but it's also a very sad story.

My heart aches when I think about Kim Da Hyun's position, who is despised by her sister.

“I'm no different. ”

“What?"

“No.”

As soon as Jeong Hoon disappeared, Lee Hyeok revealed his true colors and sighed deeply while watching Lee Ye-won eating sweets like a storm, rolling on the floor of the room.

“That's my brother.... ”

“Why? It's cute. ”

“Cute? Is that it? Are your eyes wide open?”

Lee Ye-won, who heard Lee Hyuk's words, threw away the pillow he was cutting.

“I can hear you! What a crook!”

“This is insane! ”

No matter how the world went, Lee Hyuk's family remained the same. However, just because Lee Hyuk's house was peaceful, the world was not peaceful.

The world outside Lee Hyuk's house is now starting to shake up greatly.

“Is it confirmed?”

“No, I'm not getting any ribs. ”

Donovan McGee looks at the control area with a serious face. Chemical protective clothing was leaking among controlled patients to prevent transmission.

“Did you not identify the pathogen? ”

“It's not an easy task... ”

The doctor opened his mouth a little quietly.

“I wonder if there might be a pathogen. ”

“What are you talking about? ”

“We've sent a test first, but the symptoms themselves are different from common epidemics. It's more like an addiction. ”

“Addiction?”

“Yes, I am addicted. ”

Donovan frowns.

What nonsense is this?

“Addiction, where in the world is addiction?" It's just skin contact that spreads throughout the body! That's what I'm talking about! ”

Sam Wright sighs, watching Donovan get angry with his half-naked head.

“Of course, it doesn't make any sense. ”

“That's right."

“But this is Monster Hazard. ”

“ ……. ”

“Don't think of it as common sense. If only five years ago monsters could have appeared, people would have thought it was all nonsense. But now we live in a world where common sense is broken. ”

Donovan turns his head to look at the patients again, without a word to protest.

“How's it going? ”

“There are no deaths yet, so we don't know exactly how far ahead. I don't think I'll get my own manual until I have my first death. ”

“You have to wait for someone to die! ”

Sam Wright said with a slightly stiff face.

“Sir, you need to wake up. ”

“ ……. ”

“This is just the beginning. The insects that made these things are still spreading across the United States. There's no secondary damage to those bugs yet, but if there's new damage, it's going to get out of control. ”

“Ugh…. ”

“If the bugs poison one person like bees and kill themselves, there would be hundreds of thousands of damage, if not millions, tens of millions... if there were secondary damage…. ”

Donovan's eyes tremble.

Destruction.

There's nothing else left.

If the damage were to be completely inflicted on the United States alone, a national collapse would occur.

“Is it really necessary for that to happen? Like you said, you have to have as many mosquitoes as you have malaria pathogens, and that's not happening. ”

“That's right.”

Sam Wright admitted it.

In fairness, that's not going to happen. Most of all, there are only a handful of people who come into contact with humans.

Even millions of worms were too small to be compared to the worms in the world.

“Problem!”

“Hmm?"

“Are these really the habits of worms? ”

“What's that supposed to mean? ”

“Don't forget. These are not worms. It's a worm-shaped monster. ”

“ ……. ”

Donovan, who wants to do this, trembles.

Monsters with dog shapes don't behave like dogs. They are merely dogs in shape, and their behavior is fixed by hunting and swallowing only the creatures in sight.

What if these little bugs had the same habits as those monsters?

“First, I asked for an analysis of the insects that were on the ground. If you get results, you'll get something. ”

“And before that? You're just supposed to watch? ”

“We are not gods. He's just a doctor. ”

“This……. ”

Donovan trembles as he sees patients convulsing beyond the glass.

There's nothing you can do, even if you're a doctor.

As with most doctors dealing with novel diseases, it was not just to cure the cause, but to improve the situation. And even that passive action didn't work.

“What do I do with this? ”

If these little bugs really poison people with monster habits....

There was virtually no way to cope.

We can't get every last one of those bugs. However, it is a problem to try to deal with the defence.

Can the monsters really feel defensive?

“Damn it.”

Donovan sighs deeply, feeling the weakness of him and humanity.

Somehow, now I had to pray that the second victim didn't happen.

“What am I supposed to do? ”

Christopher was in a panic.

The moment she was reported incurable?

No, by the time the bugs that Lee Hyuk had dealt with had spread throughout the United States, he was already fascinated.

That's why I let Yi Hyuk go back and reorganize.

There's nothing you can do about it.

I could instinctively tell they'd crossed a line.

This was more than any crisis America has ever faced.

“You have no idea where you're going? ”

“It's spreading inland. It's just... It's not fast enough, so I haven't gone far yet... ”

“Where's the ocean? ”

“We're heading that way, too. ”

“Bug! ”

I can't believe the bugs are out at sea! I've never even heard of them!

It's not a creature in this world, so it should be...

“You're not crossing the sea, are you? ”

“… unknown. ”

Christopher bursts into laughter. If it crosses the sea, it will be a global disaster, not just in the United States.

It was hard to distinguish between shouting, "We cannot be alone," or, "You must live," too.

Previously, he would have dared to choose the former, but in one corner of Christopher's brain, the situation was almost brought to a state apocalypse.

“What about you, sir?”

“Reported, he ordered me to mobilize troops to exterminate the bugs first. ”

“Hehe.”

The laughter keeps coming out.

How can I catch bugs as small as baby fingernails?

Even if they pass right now, I can't tell if they're really bugs or other bugs.

“Director, you have a call from Korea. ”

“Who's there?”

“I'm Choi Jung-hoon.”

Christopher sighed.

How did he come into contact with the deputy director of a small country?

But I couldn't ignore the reality. Now, if there was a place to raise your hand, you'd have to go anywhere and tie your head.

You should be thankful to hear from NDF, who is making the best progress in the situation.

“Connect me.”

“Yes.”

Christopher waits a moment, then picks up the phone.

- Director, it's Choe Jung-hoon.

“Let me make this simple, Jung-hoon Choi. I'm very busy and busy right now. ”

- Any countermeasures?

“I'd like to ask. Are you calling me now because there's a way to handle this, or are you just curious? If you've taken away a busy man's time, there must be a price. ”

After Christopher's harsh voice rang, Choi Jung-hoon remained silent for a while.

‘Bastard. ’

If you need information, get it from the underlings. A country boy who's never been in a crisis has caught fire in the back of his foot and taken his time!

― About how to deal with it……

“Huh?”

- First, I want to get as much information from Lee Hyuk as possible. I think you'd better hear it for yourself, but if you have a moment, I'll take you there myself.

“Hmm?"

Christopher's eyes sparkled.

“Does Lee Hyuk know something? ”

- Yeah, maybe. I don't know the details, but I do know something.

“Well……. ”

Christopher's eyes became serious.

“Then I will ask in the name of the United States of America. Please send Lee Ji-hyuk right now! ”