The Regressor Only Protects Me Chapter 207

Episode 207. The Last Beginning (2)

The joint funeral was held as a national project.

For three days, reconstruction work was halted and civilians, soldiers, and even commanding officers attended the funerals.

Although they couldn't all wear matching outfits, they held candlelight vigils to commemorate those who died in this war.

At the very front of the mourners' procession was Ha Yoon-ha.

Citizens began to walk around the city of Man-gyeong, centering around Ha Yoon-ha.

The crowd alone was enormous.

Although the joint funeral began as a personal suggestion from Ha Yoon-ha, it was a necessary undertaking in any case.

As a result, it has become a great comfort to the people who make up the country.

And after a big wave passes, the unity of fishermen grows stronger.

The united consciousness and values of the citizens of Mankyung ultimately became the foundation for rapid national reconstruction and growth.

Of course, Kang Jun-ho's role was 60%.

Suwon's overwhelming finances and population were enough to foster Man-gyeong's growth.

One month after the war.

Man-gyeong grew beyond a nation into a great empire.

From territory to population, economic power, and military power.

Just as Suwon has a chairman named Kang Jun-ho and the surrounding autonomous districts, Man-gyeong's Kang Si-on has also risen to the same level as Kang Jun-ho.

Gang Jun-ho was a great empire that connected Chungcheong, Jeolla, and Jeju with Suwonseong Fortress as its center.

Kangsi-on became a great empire that occupied southern Gyeonggi Province, Gangnam and Gangbuk in Seoul, with Mangyeong at its center.

With this, Kang Si-on's official title was promoted from national hero to general chairman in charge of the Seoul area.

This was not a decision made by the leadership of Man-Gyeong, but by the management committee that governs the league.

* * *

The war is over, but Zion has been busier than ever in the past two months.

Immediately after the war, the most problematic thing was the post-war processing process.

Prisoners and residents of the Metro Forces.

Organizing a territory that had expanded several times was more difficult than gradually increasing existing power.

In the process, Ha Yoon-ha's role was big, but more than anything, Jun-ho's support was overwhelming.

Junho visited Man-gyeong almost every day.

Honestly, no matter how much the distance between Suwon and Mangyeong has become shorter, with today's technology it still takes 6 hours for a round trip.

But since Jun-ho had flying skills that were better than Jin Jae-hee's, visiting Man-gyeong was as easy as going to the neighborhood convenience store.

My brother always came into my office with a smile on his face.

“Hyung. What, is there anything different?”

“Brother. Do you want to go to Suwon and eat? A huge whale shark was caught near Cheonan this time.”

“Brother. It’s alcohol. This is really good alcohol, isn’t it?”

“Brother. Last week I said… … .”

“That woman isn’t in Man-gyeong right now. Hyung? I wish she wasn’t there.”

Every day, every day, every day.

He came every day without a set time.

Of course I'm happy. I'm so happy.

No matter what anyone says, it's a happy thing when my little brother comes to visit me every day.

It also helps me a lot when you come every day and send me ten carriages full of gifts.

But talking to my younger brother every day while I was busy couldn't help but be quite tiring.

Is this deja vu?

Even before the league started, my brother had been pestering me to play with him every day.

But I didn't have much time to play with my younger sibling because of my multiple part-time jobs.

My brother doesn't seem to want to do that.

My brother placed something huge on my desk in my office.

Thud-!

I was reviewing the business documents that Ha Yoon-ha had uploaded in the office when I looked up at my younger sister again.

I looked to see what he had brought this time.

My brother opened his eyes curiously and knocked on the object, saying:

“… … Brother. Do you know what this is?”

“… … What is it?”

“You’ll be surprised when you see it.”

The younger brother opened the lid of the black box.

What was inside was shocking.

That was Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.

It's a truly beautiful sight.

It felt a little strange to see the famous painting I had only seen in books right before my eyes.

“The real thing. Mona Lisa. How about it? Kill me. It’s a gift for you, hyung. Here. Here. It would be perfect to put it in this corner of the office.”

Junho said, pointing to a corner of the office, next to a pot with plants growing there.

“Wow… … That’s true.”

It was certainly surprising.

I got up from my desk and looked closely at the Mona Lisa.

To be honest, I don't know how to appreciate art, but I had some idea of the value that this Mona Lisa represented.

It was surprising that this Mona Lisa was preserved almost perfectly, and I also wondered why this work of art was in South Korea, and why it was in Junho's possession.

While I was admiring the work, I asked Junho.

“But why is this here?”

“I made a deal with the French. For 20 cartons of cigarettes.”

“France? You. Are you saying you can trade with foreign powers?”

“No. No. No matter how great my power is, I can’t cross the sea. Even when I conquered Jeju Island, it wasn’t easy.”

“But how?”

“Community. We’ve gathered foreign resources through the administrator. But do you know? Bro? Almost every country except Korea is still in the middle of the second round.”

If it was round 2, it was bitterly cold.

For me, the middle of the second round was when I was spending time with Chief Park Geon-woo at Manan Police Station.

It didn't make sense.

I thought so positively that no matter how much the world was falling behind, I couldn't understand how the gap could be that wide.

Junho said.

“So this Korean Peninsula is, in a way, the center of the Earth. I don’t know why either. According to what the administrators say… … They say there’s a very powerful force within the Korean Peninsula. Those idiots don’t know why either. So the administrators are implementing a policy to suppress the Korean Peninsula. F*ck. But bro. I’m here. I’m not the type to stop just because those idiots suppress it. Rather, the administrators are making a fuss, right? In the early rounds, all the guys who were manipulating humans died. Well, don’t worry bro. Now I’m going to make you the champion of this league.”

“… … Suppress.”

What exactly is that powerful effect?

I concluded that it was the appearance of 'Jin Jae-hee'.

With the appearance of the regressor, it's certain that something will change, either for good or for bad.

And then I glared at Junho, who was talking to me.

"hey."

“Huh… … ? Hyung. What’s wrong? Suddenly… … .”

Junho opened his eyes wide in surprise.

I warned my younger brother about that.

“Have you been cursing more?”

Junho is an adult now, so I didn't plan on saying anything about smoking and drinking.

But you can't swear.

My brother quickly lowered his tail.

“… … Sorry, hyung. I’ll be careful.”

* * *

Jin Jae-hee walked alone through the ruined city center.

The place she was was Tehran-ro.

As Man-gyeong conquered the area south of the Han River, she was able to come here.

The area where Lotte Tower is located across Tancheon River was occupied by Gangnam forces, and Gangnam Station, where Teheran-ro is located, was occupied by Mangyeong forces.

She walked along the middle road.

And soon he was able to arrive at the place where he had died in the past.

“… … .”

Jin Jae-hee looked down at the place without saying a word.

From the moment she returned, she ran without rest until now.

And finally, I was able to reach the league before the regression.

Although the rounds were different, the time was similar.

If things had gone as planned, Kang Si-on and Jin Jae-hee should have died here, around this time.

But the future changed, and the two survived.

Of course I lost a friend.

Immediately after the war ended, Jin Jae-hee went out to look for Lee Ho-seung, but he was nowhere to be found.

What was a little strange was that there was no change in emotion even though he had lost a precious friend.

Like Lee Ho-seung, Choi Hyun-ji, and many others.

So he left her side.

“… … .”

Jin Jae-hee stood in the middle of the intersection and looked at the tall buildings.

Symbols of Man-gyeong were hung everywhere.

She wanted to grow with the changing times.

Now is the perfect time for Kang Shion to grow and expand his power.

There was only one way she chose.

It was about pushing oneself into a more dire and harsh environment.

She knew the perfect place to train her artifacts.

She had already told Kang Si-on that she would embark on the path of training, and she was willing to leave at any time as long as she could sort out the area south of the Han River.

Gunshots were heard from afar.

It was the sound of the surviving hunters resisting.

Jin Jae-hee headed there.

* * *

Bang-! Bang! Bang!

Gunshots were heard one after another in the city center.

They were the remaining Hunters running wild, unaware that the Metro forces had collapsed.

The hunter, left alone on the street, started shooting everyone he saw with his pistol.

Although there was no place on his body that was free of disease, he resisted desperately.

Bang-! Bang! Bang!

“You fu*king bastards… … ! Don’t come here… … ! Don’t come here!!!”

In fact, it was closer to rebellion than resistance.

The tide had already turned, and the remaining hunters had no chance of winning.

Man-Gyeong's elite force hid in cover, waiting for the Hunter to reload.

The hunter, running out of bullets and reloading, muttered with tears in his eyes.

“… … Don’t come. … … I told you not to come. Don’t come.”

The hunter barely managed to reload the magazine and aim forward again.

However, Man-gyeong's elite force was already hiding behind cover.

The aim of the pistol he was holding shook haphazardly.

“fu*k… … Don’t come… … .”

At that moment, a sound of something cutting through the wind was heard.

Whirik-.

A sound rang out, and the hunter felt his gaze fall to the side unusually.

And then he realized that someone had cut off his own throat.

The hunter's neck rolled down and touched Jin Jae-hee's feet.

She cleared her throat roughly and looked around.

“… … .”

The elite unit that had been hiding ran towards her and bowed their heads to her.

“What are you doing at the subjugation site?”

The leader of the elite unit asked her, but Jin Jae-hee did not answer right away.

A few members of the elite unit began to search through the decapitated bodies of Hunters, collecting bullets and pistols.

“How far has the advance progressed?”

“We have now taken over Mapo-gu, and it appears that the Gangbuk region will be subdued within a week.”

With Jin Jae-hee and Jeong Ye-dae in the lead, the mopping up operation was carried out step by step.

As the rounds went on, the citizens lived by one set of values.

That's why, even if the metro collapsed, many people resisted, thinking that the ground was polluted.

Of course, not everyone resisted.

Some of those trapped underground came up to the surface and surrendered.

Man-gyeong protected them on humanitarian grounds.

Of course, reorganizing the status and moving to Man-gyeong for education was inevitable.

The leader of the elite unit said to Jin Jae-hee.

“In reality, the Ogres are taking charge of the entire expedition. Look. If they go out like that, they will push through no matter how much resistance there is.”

Jin Jae-hee looked in the direction that the leader of the elite unit was pointing with his finger.

The ogres were standing in a line, trampling everything.

To begin with, the Gangbuk and Gangseo regions were areas that were under the influence of the metro power, so there were many areas without a single decent building on the ground.

In particular, Gangbuk is a city center that could almost be called a ghost town, with nothing but ruins.

If the ogre tramples them one by one like a farmer tramples barley, the remaining troops will also lose their will to fight.

Ogres were a great asset to Mankyung.

And it was also key to Kang Shi-on's plan.

Jin Jae-hee looked back at the captain of the elite unit and said.

“Advance slowly. We must not allow them to attack us from the rear.”

At her words, the elite unit leader bowed his head and followed the order.

“Okay, just leave it to me.”

After those words, the leader of the elite unit gestured and commanded his subordinates.

The land trampled by the ogres is cleaned by the elite force.

The Ogre's advance speed was comparable to that of modern tanks, and its effectiveness was incredible.

The battle for Seoul was coming to an end.

One thing that Kang Si-on was worried about was Kang Nam’s movements.

If they deploy the troops they have been saving up to now into Seoul, which has become an empty land, the situation will become complicated.

But they did not move, and Seoul was now completely in the hands of Kang Si-on, except for a few areas dominated by Gangnam.

Another few days passed.

And Kang Shi-on finished cleaning.

With this, all preparations are complete.

Kang Si-on and Ha Yoon-ha laid the foundation for national growth, and Jin Jae-hee left.

(Continued in the next episode)