Hiding A Logistics Center In The Apocalypse Chapter 52

52. Hidden receipts at the fish market (3)

Before I knew it, it was getting dark.

Swish!

Ghost knights who disappear, leaving behind afterimages.

They plunged into the darkness of Fukuoka.

Destruction was here too.

A collapsed city, a capsized cruise ship, and even cracked asphalt.

All of them were stark scenes testifying to destruction.

However, Japan, which had erased destruction through the 'Restoration', was lighting up the port of Fukuoka with the light of an unknown power that had come from another dimension.

Fukuoka Tower was like that, and the conch-shaped building next to it was like that.

Phew!

[Liquidization] The ability to shine.

The Ghost Knights infiltrated the building without much trouble, and walked like shadows up the emergency stairs of Fukuoka Tower and the spiral staircase that runs along the inner wall of the conch shell.

The Japanese fishmen and the fish dragons from the Sharit dimension guarding the place.

Avoiding their gaze, I slowly slipped into the depths of the building.

and…

"Found it."

Hector discovered the Fukuoka representative.

It wasn't hard to figure out.

A command and control room that appears to have been temporarily built in Fukuoka Tower.

Because there was a guy inside who was receiving all sorts of radio messages and screaming loudly.

"You idiots! Does it matter how many people have died now? Why do you keep whining when all you have to do is kill the Busan representative!"

Defeat at Busan Port.

The guy was in for a real blast.

It has a wide mouth like a flounder, and its gills wiggle, spitting out rotten sand.

"……!"

But I quickly looked away.

Modred and Kay headed to the building in another dimension.

Because they were giving me even more important information.

There was no view.

As if trying to be careful, the only sound was the echo from the walls.

It was just a conversation, but the content was unusual.

"…I never imagined that Fukuoka would be taken away. Don't worry. I will make sure that you will never lose any of your investment money…"

A rough and creepy voice.

Yet there was a strange attitude of submission in it.

"Look here, Chairman. Who would take away Fukuoka just like that?"

A thin, sensitive voice answered.

"Yes? But the situation in Busan…"

"Victory is over. But that doesn't necessarily mean defeat."

"What do you mean…?"

"Recall carefully. Did I write down in the conflict conditions that I must not leave the area?"

He came to a conclusion.

"As long as the representative doesn't die, that's fine. Put him in the main office's brain cell while he's still alive. There's no place in Japan that's as sure as that right now."

"Ah…! The branch manager has thought about everything!"

One thing was certain.

The fact that the people we are talking to now are higher ups than Representative Fukuoka.

And I could guess that one of them was the head of the Japanese branch of the Chamber of Commerce I was desperately looking for.

They concluded their conversation with the following words:

"I think we'll have to postpone our trip to Korea for the time being… For now, let's take the gate hack and return to Osaka. It's only natural that a certain amount of loss will follow a defeat. We should focus on reducing the scale of that."

"Yes, Branch Manager. I will keep that in mind."

A door that swings open.

Phew.

The sound suddenly stopped along with the knights disappearing from sight.

After giving the order to the Ghost Knights to return, I was lost in thought for a moment.

I don't know what his rank is, but I was confident that I could catch him by force.

but…

"…You said you had already eaten up all of Japan?"

Awakening Society.

Their influence was not limited to Fukuoka.

Because they integrated the 'Warring States Period', which was stained by invasions from other dimensions, into the world of the mermaids.

According to their story, their headquarters was in Osaka.

"If you're going to do it anyway."

It would be better to stab them in the heart.

That wasn't all.

The one who said he was going back to Osaka was none other than the head of the Japanese branch of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The Japanese branch of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry would also likely be located there.

"This is Osaka…"

Now that we've set our destination, all we have to do is get there…

I thought it would be better if someone took me there.

chuck!

The four Ghost Knights who went on a scouting mission returned.

I hid in a corner of the city center overlooking Fukuoka Tower.

Not long after,

Boom! Boom!

A few sturdy Ichthyosaurs were spotted entering Fukuoka Tower.

It was just a moment.

The sight of the Fukuoka representative jumping up and down like a live fish with his whole body wrapped in layers was amazing.

Kwaaak!

They packed the Fukuoka representative again in a large wooden box, wrapped cables around it, and set him down.

In front of it was a Japanese official helicopter with a red Japanese flag painted on it.

It was a very impressive painting.

"…Is it something like seafood delivery?"

Anyway, the thing that had to be done right away was to attach it to that wooden box.

Boom! Boom!

I aimed for the moment when they were distracted by the helicopter.

The range for opening a portal is approximately 10 meters.

I finally hid my body and designated the coordinates of the portal on the wooden box that the Fukuoka representative was packaging.

'Product recall'

Wedge!

I was sucked into myself in an instant.

.

.

.

Kkudang tang tang!

I rolled over and came into the logistics center.

"Ah…"

He held my sore shoulder.

Inside, my family and my companions, who had been in the middle of a battle, were all drinking beverages.

Kim Sol, with a towel around her neck, asked me.

"…What are you doing?"

"…travel to Japan."

The battle in Busan was slowly coming to an end.

The eldest sister hurriedly transported the wounded to Gangnam Severance Hospital, while the rest of the personnel took turns searching the city to see if there were any stragglers left.

Kim Sol-i asked again.

"Why did you come back? You said you were looking for the Fukuoka representative."

"I found it. I found it, but…"

I opened the portal briefly.

Wheeee!

A view of the dark night sky.

The portal was attached to a cargo hanging from a helicopter and was flying up into the sky together.

"Since I'm already here, I'm going to look around a bit more. For now…"

A helicopter that moves constantly.

As I watched the scenery passing by quickly, I felt a languid feeling.

"I'll take a deep breath."

It was a beautiful night.

I don't know if I should call it Fukuoka's or Busan's…

The comfortable ride of a free rider.

It put me into a deep sleep.

***

The next morning.

Thinking back to the wooden box that had already arrived in Osaka, I opened a small portal the size of a finger and looked outside.

Kuuu…

A dark space.

Small lights placed here and there on the walls illuminated the gloomy interior space.

This is a portal that has coordinates printed on the surface of a wooden box.

Nearby, there was a pile of dismantled wooden boxes, haphazardly stacked, as if they had been cleaned up after the nuts were removed.

"…Shall we go?"

Since there weren't any guards or anything, I finished opening the portal and went outside.

A dark and vast space.

Although it was clearly a building constructed by humans, the unique humidity and gloomy atmosphere made it feel like we had entered the cavity of a huge cave.

As expected, the Fukuoka representative was here.

He was completely tied up to the hospital bed.

There was a gag on his mouth and a blindfold on his eyes.

There were sap drops hanging from the sides, and hoses were connected to various parts of the body.

It was a painting that made one feel the will of the Yushin Awakening Society to save that life at all costs.

Meanwhile,

"……!"

Another thing that stood out was this.

Because there wasn't just one bed in the huge space.

The situation was similar here.

Ringers and hoses dangling from the cage, a gag in the mouth and a tightly wrapped blindfold.

But there was one huge difference.

'…What kind of person is this?'

Maybe in my early 20s?

He was clearly a human being.

"……"

He was calm.

As if everything has been put down now.

It was different from the Fukuoka representative next to him who was struggling with all his might after hearing the sound.

Swish.

The gag was removed from his mouth.

Now that it was confirmed that he was human, it was necessary to confirm 'what kind' of human he was.

"…Huh?"

He looked puzzled as the gag slowly came loose.

A reaction as if nothing like this had ever happened before.

I took out the magic stone and asked him.

"Who are you? Why aren't you a human?"

"……"

It looks like the gagged mouth was in quite a lot of pain.

He was unable to speak for a while, and then he stroked his chin for a long time.

The answer I've been waiting for…

"My name is Sato Daichi. Of course I'm not a fisherman. I refused to cooperate."

Surprisingly, it came back in Korean.

Regardless of Masuk's interpretation skills, the awkward accent typical of foreigners was intact.

"You can speak Korean?"

"Yes. A little… I've seen it a lot before."

"What?"

"It's called Winter Sonata…"

"……?"

slap!

I turned my head and looked at him.

He looks like he's in his early twenties at most.

The shock of the Korean Wave that has lasted for 20 years hit me hard in the face.

'…What is your identity?'

Whether he knew what I was feeling or not, he just lowered his head and blushed.

'It's a little strange, but…'

No matter how you look at it, it wasn't an enemy.

Not only was I not a human, but no one from the Yushin Awakening Society would be so kind as to answer me in Korean.

Sweep!

He took out his reinforced spear and released his bonds.

Then he put the now useless magic stone back in and asked the question again.

"Why were you locked up here?"

Daichi looked down at his body for a moment.

"My awakening ability is <Seal>. There is only one at a time… and there are some restrictions…"

A body that doesn't match her innocent-looking face.

His body was covered in dense tattoos.

Phew.

Daichi sighed and revealed the details.

"I was completely fooled. A 7th-rank monster called Madougui (馬頭鬼) appeared in Osaka, where they lost the bidding competition… The government asked me to seal it away. I complied. I wanted to protect the people. But…"

He let out a hearty laugh.

"I found out too late. The government had already been taken over by the Yushin Awakening Society… and thanks to sealing that annoying demon, they were able to take over Japan."

"Then why am I being held here…"

"It's because I'm scared of the demon sealed in my body. That's why I tied it up and kept it alive like this."

"…okay."

After calculating the situation for a moment, I asked him.

"I'd like to confirm. Is this the headquarters of the Yushin Awakening Association in Osaka?"

"That's right. Didn't you know about it?"

"Um…I didn't drive."

"……?"

Daichi's expression looks as if he is dumbfounded

I tried to ignore that expression and asked again.

"By any chance, that damn thing… once you release it, it's hard to seal it again?"

He shook his head.

I know what you're thinking, but it seems like it's impossible.

"The seal itself isn't difficult. But if we release it in such a narrow space, we'll both be caught in an attack. More importantly, how did you get here? We need to get out of here…"

Daichi gradually becomes more talkative.

I didn't explain it in detail in front of him.

I just opened a portal to subspace.

Jiying.

He asked, startled, as he saw a blue portal suddenly appear.

"…What is this?"

"Please come in first."

A portal that will become an invincible shield.

It would be faster to experience it yourself.

***

Kwaaaaang!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

A landscape of broken, crumbling, and burning things.

As soon as we released the demons, we returned to subspace.

This was the result.

Woozikkun!

The headquarters of those guys is being destroyed from the roots.

As I looked at the surface of the subspace portal that contained all of that so thoughtlessly, I felt like I was watching some kind of disaster movie.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Hurrah!

"…Is this okay?"

Daichi asked cautiously.

This is because Hollywood blockbuster-level scene changes are happening one after another right before our eyes.

Kwaaaaang!

A demon that destroys buildings and burns fishmen and dragon-like monsters.

I couldn't help but applaud their efforts.

Of course, that guy was also a monster from another dimension.

It would have been enough to lock him in Daichi's body again, but it was clear that he was not under our control.

Destruction after destruction.

At the end…

Sizzling.

A bright sky was revealed.

The demon demon razed the entire headquarters building of the Yushin Awakening Society.

A guy who, having achieved his intended goal, is slowly moving away to another place.

"Let's go."

I grabbed Daichi's arm and pulled him.

Because you'll have to put the spilled beans back in.

Now all that remained was my role.

We've burned down their base…

'I have to go check. How will the landlords react?'

President of the Yushin Awakening Society.

And even the head of the Japanese branch of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Now it was time to take their heads.

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