The Regressor Only Protects Me Chapter 51

#Episode 51. Declaration of War (1)

The police station where it is not yet dawn.

For some reason, there were police officers gathered at the entrance.

I walked down the hill to the barricade.

As I went down there, the police officers parted on both sides like the Red Sea.

I glanced at their faces.

Men and women alike were smoking cigarettes one after another, and some were expressing their emotions without being able to hide them.

I couldn’t figure out why.

Why are only the police officers angry?

“Chief, the manager is here.”

Kim Soo-kyung went down at once and spoke to the police chief who was watching something.

The police chief turned around, holding a cigarette in his hand.

His face was distorted.

The chief took a few puffs of his cigarette and took a few steps toward me.

The chief got annoyed.

“This is a challenge. It is a challenge to justice! How can this happen in the Republic of Korea in the 21st century… … even if it is a disaster.”

“What is the matter?”

“… … The impossible has happened. Look.”

I listened to his voice and looked at where the police officers were looking.

It was soon clear what the police officers were upset about.

-Purrrr… …Purrrr.

There was a deer with a graceful appearance.

To be exact, it resembled a deer in appearance, but its size and gorgeous antlers were so large and beautiful that one would never think it was a deer from Earth.

And on those magnificent horns were many human heads.

Not only one, but all the deer lined up behind it had human heads on their antlers.

The human heads, hanging like Christmas decorations, were frozen blue.

It was a horrific sight.

-Purrrrrr. Purrrrrr.

The deer was leisurely resting its nose between its eyes.

He was eating the dry weeds growing here and there between his eyes.

“What is this?”

I looked at the severed human heads and asked the chief.

The police chief answered in a trembling voice, smoking a cigarette.

I am a member of the family. You have to be judged! ”

police officer?

The chief began to speak to his subordinates in a trembling voice.

I walked closer to the deer, listening to the chief’s voice.

The deer showed no sign of wariness toward me as I approached.

It was a human-friendly monster that I checked last time.

In other words, monsters that can be domesticated.

It seemed that the forces in Anyang City had already begun the work of domesticating animals.

‘… … There is a promising monarch there too.’

Domesticating a monster meant that you fully understood the game’s system and started to seriously engage in the game.

This is the crucial difference between rounds 1 and 2.

Up until the first round, there were many people who denied the system itself, but from the second round, there were many people who recognized and understood the situation they were in and started to actively participate in the game.

That was the biggest change.

‘I have to hurry.’

I stroked the deer’s fur and examined the cross-section of its neck attached to its antlers.

It wasn’t cut cleanly, and there were traces of it being struck two or three times in different directions.

Perhaps the neck wasn’t cut off in one go with a mediocre blade, so it seemed like they had to strike it several times.

That would be the case, since in this world there was no execution device like the guillotine.

The person being executed would have died in great pain.

And among the hanging necks, they found the head of a female police officer.

The policewoman had a piece of colorful, patterned letter stuck between her lips.

I took it out.

It was a letter paper with a pattern that an elementary school student would use.

Hot-.

I opened the letter right away and skimmed through its contents.

The handwriting was scribbled, but it didn’t look like it was written by a child.

Judging from the writing style, she seemed to be a young woman.

-Manan Police Station, the people’s staff! Loyalty, loyalty. I am the monarch of the first force while living in Dongan-gu. Winter is coming, but are you warm and doing well? I am doing very well. Did you receive the Christmas present I sent you? Are you so touched that you can’t speak? Oh, oh, oh. Don’t worry. I will send you presents every day. But, police officers. Can I make a great suggestion? It is a really, really, really great suggestion.

The letter was continued on the back page.

I turned the letter over and read it over again.

– That’s what I’m saying. I don’t want blood. Really! Oh, I mean, I want to see your blood, but I don’t want to see the blood that’s shed to see your blood. When I take over Dongangu, I’ll start sending my soldiers to Manangu soon. If that happens… … there’ll be a really huge disaster. I won’t say much. When I send my soldiers, only your chief and the uniformed cops come out and kneel. The chief… … is he still alive? I hope he’s alive. If only the chief comes out and becomes my precious puppy, there won’t be any bloodshed.

The letter ended here.

I put the letter back in the envelope and approached the chief.

Every time I walked, the sound of snow crunching lingered in my ears.

And he handed the letter to the chief.

“What is this… … thing?”

The chief accepted it while smoking a cigarette, and I answered him calmly as he frantically opened the letter.

“Declare war.”

The wind of blood will blow soon.

It’s a whole different level from when I was at the shopping mall.

The proud chief would not respond to her suggestion, and I had no intention of granting her request either.

I am the one taking over Anyang City.

I had to find my younger brother who was somewhere in Anyang City.

To do that, my forces will unite Dongangu and Manangu.

First of all, the most important thing to me is the monsters that can be domesticated and the bridge… … .

“This is such a shameless bitch… … !”

At that moment, the chief shouted.

The chief, who was reading the letter, shook his hands roughly.

I called out to Kim Soo-kyung, who had been quietly listening to the conversation from behind.

Police officer Kim Soo-kyung came running towards me.

I had to start working.

This one, in its own way, is planning to give a really huge gift.

Through the Ogre… … .

“Everything I say from now on, I’ll have it all ready by tomorrow.”

Kim Soo-kyung nodded silently at my voice and wrote down the things to prepare.

That was when.

The police chief’s voice, now completely calm, interrupted my words.

“Wait a minute.”

He approached Kim Soo-kyung, holding the letter in his hand, and gave her an order.

“We need to arrest this woman first. If there’s any crime involving extortion, intimidation, murder, confinement, obstruction of official duties, or special assault, we need to put together an arrest team to arrest her.”

At that moment, Kim Soo-kyung looked back at me.

I looked at Kim Soo-kyung and said to the police chief.

First, I thought about persuading him.

“This is not the time to be emotional. This is just a provocation, and if you fall for it, you will lose your strength before you can build up your power. Now is the time… … .”

“This, this, this!”

Boom boom boom!

At that moment, the police chief tore the letter into pieces and threw the pieces at me.

The chief took a step towards me, poked my chest with his finger, and shouted.

“To such a ridiculous provocation… … ! The, the police of the Republic of Korea can’t just sit still. Huh? Those. Those. Those people. They were all my colleagues. Do you understand? There’s no negotiating with terrorists. This, this, this kind of bullshit… … ! Should I, should I just leave them alone? Hey! Manager. Speak!”

The chief kept poking my chest with his finger, throwing a tantrum like a child.

Should I say that the personality itself has changed?

It was almost like he had a split personality.

The chief, who originally had a warm impression, became hideous when his expression became distorted.

“Arm yourself with firearms and form an arrest squad right away. What are you doing? Aren’t you moving?”

“Ah, sir. The pistol is out of service… … .”

“Then, arm yourself with a three-section staff! And you have a shield too. What the hell is this kid, if I pretend, he’ll understand.”

Suddenly the chief shouted at the police officers around him.

“Everyone, pay attention!!!”

His shout drew the attention of all the police officers.

The chief shouted, swinging his finger in the air.

“As of now, all police officers here are under the command of the chief. Our colleagues here were our family, our friends. The terrorists killed the police! The police must enforce justice, and order will be established. Do you understand?!!!”

“Yes… …Okay!”

“ancient!!”

At the sound of the chief’s voice, the police officers shouted in unison.

The police chief muttered, pulling the police hat over his armpit.

“Dare to kill the police…

Crisp. Crisp.

He went back up to the police station, very angry.

After that, the police officers followed up.

I took in his back.

At that moment, Police Officer Kim Soo-kyung followed the chief up and looked back at me.

We locked eyes for a moment, then quickly followed him up.

I guess I was concerned.

“Phew-.”

I took a deep breath.

It was just a random provocation, but the chief responded.

Perhaps this is the result the monarch of the time wanted.

The chief was foolishly moving as the enemy wanted.

“… … .”

I turned my head again and looked at the deer.

The deer’s eyes were bright and clear.

I thought as I stroked the deer’s fur.

I couldn’t just leave the police chief alone.

Now is the time to bring him down.

* * *

afternoon.

Dates have long since lost their meaning.

In this world, days of the week are no longer counted, and time is counted by single events.

Again, only the concept of time units in a day remained: morning, a.m., noon, afternoon, evening, and dawn.

I was sitting on the roll call platform, looking out at the distant cityscape.

Buildings towering here and there in a city filled with nothing but white snow.

An unidentified plume of smoke was rising between the buildings.

And at the top of the Acro Tower, which was the tallest building in Anyang, an unidentified monster was surrounding the building.

Also, on the Ho-gye side, fireworks were creating huge plumes of smoke, filling the sky over the city.

For several days, the fire in Ho-gye showed no sign of dying down.

It seemed like the survivors were fighting among themselves over territory.

I knew this would happen someday.

With the world’s order broken, outlaws will fight for their own territory.

The same was true for the forces during that time.

Those who wanted to become new kings in a new era moved quickly.

Because it is easier to occupy unclaimed land than to occupy land that has an owner.

Their method of conquest was to quickly swallow up other powers whose fighters had not yet been established.

I too had to tailor my plans to kill more humans more efficiently.

As that thought crossed my mind, I felt like a devil.

‘… … The population of Dongangu is much larger than that of Manangu.’

If we clash head-on, the police force will surely be annihilated.

Even if they are police officers who have learned basic subduing techniques or basic martial arts, they are different from a group formed to kill people.

In fact, soldiers would be better at that.

What had to be done here was to use asymmetric power.

Now, if the chief was interfering with what I was doing, I had to get rid of him.

I looked up at the sky quietly.

The steam that rose as the boiler heated continued to rise.

People belonging to the police station were busy moving around differently every day.

The police force has grown significantly in the past few days.

That steam served as a signal flare.

Many people came here following the smoke and became new members.

My primary goal of quickly gathering survivors from the Manan District area and increasing my power was being realized.

At that moment, someone shouted at me from behind.

“older brother!!!”

dump-!

I heard someone fall to the floor so hard that their knees cracked.

I just turned my head slightly and looked at him.

It was Choi Myeong-jun.

He was wearing only trousers, with his upper body exposed, and holding a knife in his left hand.

Choi Myeong-jun nodded to me.

He has been voluntarily confined in an underground detention center until now.

“Brother, I’m sorry. I was short-sighted. After you scolded me, I reflected on it and realized that I was ungrateful and acted rashly. Please forgive me!”

Choi Myeong-jun bowed his head to me and asked for forgiveness.

I looked at Choi Myeong-jun, who was bowing his head.

After Choi Myung-jun rebelled against me, he left the police station.

I had the complacent thought that I could survive in this world alone.

But soon after, he returned to face the harsh environment of the city.

Even though he asked for my forgiveness back then, I locked him up in jail again.

For a disobedient dog, it’s not a carrot, it’s a stick.

He has now been reborn as a hunting dog who is more obedient to me than anyone else.

I stared at him blankly, then turned my head back to look at the city.

Two or three people were coming to the police station.

It wasn’t just them.

The number of survivors who came here today has more than doubled compared to before.

‘If only I could… …power them all up.’

It would be even better.

They are power.

It is also regulated within the system.

One in ten thousand, a special player is chosen and the rest become powers.

The power to solidify the match.

The league is a place where chosen players determine their fate, but they need the power to follow them in order to win the match.

That power was exactly what I needed right now.

Now it was time to take over the police station in earnest.

Police chief and city councilman.

I’ll take these two down and take over this group.

In the current situation, if the chief were to lead the police officers and respond to the Dong-an forces’ declaration of war, there was only one thing I had to do.

Declaration of war on the West.

“Hyung-niiim! I’m sorry. Really. I’m sorry. Please forgive me with one finger! Please!”

At that voice, I got up from the stage and approached Choi Myeong-jun.

Choi Myeong-jun was about to cut off his own little finger.

Phew-.

I walked up to him and snatched the excess away from him.

And I crouched down and looked down at him, who was lying face down on me.

I asked him in a mumbled tone.

“You… can kill a person?”

“older brother……?”

Choi Myeong-jun, who had been crying, looked up at me with his head raised while lying face down.

I told him again.

“Would you kill someone for me?”

Phew-.

I looked down at him, poking the knife into his eye.

Choi Myeong-jun looked at the excess and smiled faintly.

He said, raising his head slightly and giggling.

“Yes… …! It’s professional.”

Dozens of people approached behind Choi Myung-jun, who was kneeling.

Choi Myeong-jun looked back carefully.

They were half of the people who were part of the strategy team that had been formed.

And I called them to prepare for the event.

They were my own special forces led by the gangster Choi Myeong-jun.

They were all people who were liberated from the detention center because of me.

And Choi Myung-jun would know them better than me.

Now was the time to let loose the well-trained hunting dogs.

“Prove it.”

At my voice, Choi Myeong-jun looked up at me again.

And then he bowed his head to me with a faint smile.

“yes……!”

Choi Myeong-jun politely pulled out the knife that was stuck in his eye.

(Continued in the next episode)