The Returner

4. What the hell happened? (4)

Woohoo.

The gate was opened, and Lee Hyuk came out of it. Afterwards, Appeldrich, Jeong Jeong-min and Kim Da-som, who made Choi Jeong-hoon, followed behind him.

“Something's not right. ”

“It's a national emergency. ”

“So there are no people in the Blue House? ”

“You're probably going to a disaster center right now. ”

“Huh? It can't be. ”

“… Yes? ”

“Isn't the President at the palace no matter what? It's lunchtime. We should eat, right? ”

“What are you talking about? What is the situation... …. ”

“Did you go to your head? ”

Lee Hyuk tilted his head and Choi Jung-hoon sighed deeply. I couldn't understand what he was saying.

Choi Jung-hoon ignored Lee Hyuk and walked forward. How often I went in and out, now I think this is my second job.

Even the guards guarding the interim council didn't try to stop them at all.

I rush to them and give them the news.

“The President and the Cabinet are on their way. Please wait in the waiting room. Once again, I apologize for any confusion this may have caused. ”

“I'm fine.”

Choi Jung-hoon replied, but they did not give him a single glance and waited quietly for Lee Hyuk's answer.

Lee Hyuk turned around and opened his mouth.

“No, it's okay. I'll have a Coke, please. ”

“I've got it ready. Sure."

Lee Hyuk shrugged.

“This is the power of power. ”

“Ugh.”

Choi Jung-hoon bowed his head, feeling a bitter defeat.

At this point, even if it is not at this point, he and Lee Hyuk cannot be treated the same. The importance is different.

But do I really have to pick that up and talk about it?

“This is not a good enough situation for you to play around with. ”

“What did someone say? ”

Lee Hyuk whistled.

“Hnng.”

Choi Jung-hoon shook his head and headed to the waiting room. When I entered the waiting room where snacks and drinks were set, Lee Hyuk said as if it was fun.

“I see you're still in good spirits to take care of this. ”

“Of the spots currently revealed, North Korea is the quietest. ”

“Hmm……. ”

Lee Hyuk nodded as if he knew. What happened after he fainted that day was already heard. If the Demon King and the Devil come through the Spot, Borenza is breathing and the others dare not hesitate.

Heave-ho.

Even before Lee Hyuk touched the food, President Yoon Young-min rushed in with an urgent face.

“Hello, Lee Ji-hyuk! I'm glad you're awake.”

“You look like shit. I'm sorry.”

“You're welcome. I want to, and I want to hear a lot of things, but it's not a good time to have a conversation. Let's start with a briefing of the current situation. This way.”

When Yoon Young-min cleaned up the situation and opened her mouth, Lee Hyuk looked a little surprised.

‘This guy... I don't think he was this type of character. ’

Occasionally

Usually a person who looks like he is numb, but when the situation is really serious, he moves as if he is awake.

I was surprised that Yoon Young Min was that type, but it was fortunate for the country and the world. Lee Hyuk followed Yoon Young-min to the meeting room without saying a word.

Lee Hyuk who had entered the meeting room turned out without a chance to say hello to the ministers, including Song Jeong-su, who was already seated, and the front vision turned on.

“As far as it's concerned, there are six open gates to the Magic Cube. North Korea, China, India, Germany, the United States, and -- Congo. ”

Song Jung-soo spoke with a serious face.

“Of course, this is only what's been revealed now, but in Africa, there's very little country that's done its job properly. I hardly ever get in touch with other countries. So there may actually be more where the door was opened. ”

Lee Hyuk nodded.

It didn't matter whether it was six or not. Six is enough to destroy this world. Even if only one door was opened, the world would not be easy to bear.

“We are deploying nuclear weapons directly to Africa to neutralize it, but the other side is populated, making it difficult to deploy weapons of mass destruction. ”

“Hmm……. ”

Lee Hyuk scratched his cheek and said.

“What did Christopher say? ”

“I'm still trying to get through. ”

Soon Christopher's face appeared on one side of the vision.

It's Christopher who's been frozen his whole life since we jumped over things together.

But it was never the first time I saw Christopher with such a bad face. Even when the President of the United States was defeated by Herkana, Christopher did not look like that.

“You've lost weight. ”

- … in three days' time, Mr. Lee.

“Oops.”

Lee Hyuk kicked his tongue.

- Why don't you come to America and take care of these assholes first? It was serious during the zombie apocalypse, but this time it's a different dimension. The United States has never been hit directly on the mainland before. When the enemy infiltrated the country, I knew for the first time whether it was this or this powerless country.

“That's why experience is so important. Think of it as a good experience. ”

― I wish I had a better experience, but before I did, my country would be ruined.

Christopher began to get to the point that he had cried enough.

― Lee Hyuk, I will ask you directly.

“Yes.”

― Six spots have been discovered, where the Horseman, Demon King, and the Horseman are emerging.

“I know.”

- Is there a possibility that the situation could get worse? How far are the Demon Kings?

Lee Hyuk sighed and replied.

“You won't get all the power out. You can't get over it. ”

- Are you sure?

“Warfare doesn't put my troops in enemy countries. Moreover, the Demon King is not just a Field Commander… he's like a Prime Minister or President, so we can't just evacuate our territory. Half of them, at most. ”

- Exactly how much power is that class?

“Remember those Demon Kings you saw last time? ”

- Can you forget that?

“Most of them will be just twice as strong. ”

- Destruction.

Christopher grumbled in a senseless voice.

I wasn't bluffing, I wasn't bluffing. If we calculate based on what Lee Hyuk said, we should assume that we have no power to stop them.

“You can't normally deal with it. ”

― Can I close the door?

“I don't know if it's easy to apply a level of physical force to solve the dimensional distortion. This is actually the first time I've experienced this.... We might be able to do it if we hit it with a nuclear bomb, but the Demon Lords are guarding it, and that won't be easy either.

- Right.

Christopher also watched the Demon King appear at the gates of the Pyongyang to disable the ICBM.

- Then, Lee Hyuk, on behalf of the United States, I'd like to ask you a question.

“Yes, go ahead. ”

- Is there hope?

Lee Hyuk silently shut his mouth without answering.

After Lee Hyuk pulled out his cigarette, Choi Jung-hoon lit a fire.

Lee Hyuk secretly opened his mouth after he smoked a cigarette deep.

“I'm not sure what hope means. If you're asking if there's a chance of defeating them, I can honestly tell you there's very little chance of defeating them. ”

- Right.

“But just because there's no chance, you don't expect me to just cut my throat and do whatever I want? ”

- Of course. If it's just a gesture, it's human etiquette to do the right thing.

“Well, there's no point in saying it's a possibility that it's hope. Let's give it a try. ”

- That's what I wanted to hear. We will pass all the information we have on to the Korean side. We need international cooperation.

“I'll cooperate.”

- Yes. Let's talk again as soon as we have a response system.

After Christopher disappeared from the screen, Lee Hyuk rubbed off his cigarette and asked him for a new cigarette.

“What's with the smoking? ”

“Well……. ”

I heard nagging, but now I can't get out of this stuffy stomach without smoking a cigarette.

‘What I was worried about really happened. ’

It is said that if the door is opened like a habit, it will be the downfall of mankind. It was like a statement of willingness to prevent that from ever happening. But in the end, what I wanted to prevent so badly happened.

“What about North Korea? ”

“It has been confirmed that the magical objects are filling the Pyongyang, but strangely, they are not moving. ”

According to the minister of defense, Cho Jeong-hoon informs.

“The same is true of monsters and devil kings who have appeared in other countries. The area around the spot has been devastated, but since then there's been no major movement. ”

“I will. ”

Lee Hyuk said as if it were natural.

“Are you up to something? ”

“No. More than that…. ”

Lee Hyuk opened his mouth thinking about how to explain this.

“They are immortal. ”

“… Yes? ”

“I'm not planning anything. I'm not doing anything else. It's moving. But that's just slow. ”

“Slow?”

“Don't think of the concept of time as being the same as a centuries-old human being. According to their time concept, the invasion has only just begun. It might take a day or a hundred years to move. When we do land operations, we divide by a few hours whether it's lunchtime or on-the-go, but they break for hundreds of years. ”

“I understand well……. ”

Lee Hyuk smiled bitterly.

Since the gate was opened for those who live forever, the time to come has been nothing but fleeting.

“Does that mean you can stay like this and not move for hundreds of years? ”

Only Jung-hoon seemed to understand what Lee Hyuk said.

“I wish I could, but given the time of the Demon King's arrival on Beraf and the time of the Demon King's arrival on Earth, there's very little chance of that. They don't want to relax on the other side either. ”

“Mmmm... ”

Choi Jung-hoon shook his head as if he had no idea.

“Besides, they could blow up an entire continent if they wanted to. Can you carry a bomb with you that you don't know when it's gonna go off? ”

“Not enough.”

Choi Jung-hoon shook his head and asked.

“So what do we do now? ”

Lee Hyuk smiled and said.

“What can I do? It's time to fight.”

That's right, too.