Chapter 160: R-Project 2
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They were able to finish the construction on the weekend, and when he reported to work on Monday, a huge weight was off his shoulders. He didn't have to travel from Seoul to Ilsan, hence saving time, and he could train at home. He had the space to practice his teleportation as much as he wanted.
The changes allowed him to train without limitations, so he didn't mind spending the money on the construction and the move.
Since becoming a champion, his powers in the real world had reached an entirely different level, and Junhyuk wanted to practice and get used to them.
He had filled a vacancy in the Champions' Battlefield that existed because a champion had died in his dimension. If he wanted to survive in the real world, he had get stronger in reality. For that, he had to get used to his powers there.
Junhyuk hadn't imagined something like Zaira existed. If he was to survive state-of-the-art technology, he needed his own plans. He wanted his own Zaira, but that would be too expensive.
"They need able people."
Junhyuk parked his car at the Guardians' parking lot and thought about many different things. After parking, he went inside the HQ, passing through the metal detector. He had put the things he needed in the Spatial Bag, so even though he went through the metal detector, Zaira wouldn't know what he was carrying. She couldn't read through another dimensional space.
He had just taken a seat at his desk when he got a phone call. He picked it up, and it was Eunseo on the other line.
"We will renegotiate our terms with China. Bring the monster related materials to the meeting room by 9:30."
"Sure."
Until they found someone to replace him, he was still an employee. Junhyuk gathered the videos Zaira had showed him on the Chinese incident on his tablet. He took the materials to the meeting room, made tea for Eunseo and took a seat. Soon, the door opened, and Eunseo came in. She was with Dohee, and behind her, there were two men.
Junhyuk looked at them and was surprised. They had fifty health each. Because Junhyuk stared at them, Eunseo camly explained, "These are the new members of the Guardians' security team."
Using ordinary people as a measurement, their health limits were astonishing. They had a third of Jeffrey's health, and he was a novice.
Eunseo operated her wheelchair and took her place. Dohee pulled the TV down, and Eunseo looked at Junhyuk.
"Can I see the videos from China?"
"Wait a minute, please."
He worked on his tablet, and Dohee came over and fed the images to the TV screen. It showed the iron soldier being attacked.
"The iron soldier was attacked first."
Eunseo was touching her chin staring at TV and said, "We did the right thing by not attacking. If possible, we have to avoid forceful confrontations." She fixed her glasses and continued, "We cannot be lackadaisical about this either. Other countries might confront the iron soldiers in the same manner. We must pressure them."
"We are dealing with China. Is that possible?" Junhyuk asked carefully.
"This monster situation involves every country. Even if China has a defense system of their own, if they aren't cooperating, we must make an issue out of it," she said calmly.
Junhyuk knew they were dealing with the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China and was unsure, but he decided to trust her. At nine-thirty, the Chinese delegates appeared on screen.
Jowee the member from the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party was on screen. He sat on his chair and smiled.
"What is the matter? It's too early in the morning."
"We need an explanation concerning this situation."
"Explanation?" Jowee shrugged. "Didn't Ms. Guardian CEO tell us that when we exercise our own military, we don't have to sell the residual product from the monsters?"
"Yes, but you attacked us. We want an explanation."
"That's not true!"
The Chinese had attacked, and Jowee was denying it. Eunseo showed him the videos of what had happened.
"As you can see, you attacked first, and we simply withdrew."
"The site commander must've thought the iron soldier was a threat. Private companies shouldn't have interfered with a military operation," Jowee was extremely calm as he said that.
Eunseo rarely smiled, but she was smiling now, and her smile looked dangerous.
"This was the first time our property was attacked. We didn't do anything, but the next time we will make an issue out it."
"Do you mean you will fire back the next time?" Jowee said grimacing.
Eunseo wasn't shaken and answered, "We must protect our own property. If necessary we will use force. I must tell you one thing: if you go to a site with monsters before we do, we won't interfere with it. If we get to it first and are attacked thereupon, we will fire back in order to protect our property."
"You sound dangerous."
"I'm not sure if you know this, but our actions are supported by W.A.N.C.S. and the U.N. I will provide them with the videos concerning this event, and you should prepare to answer them."
"How much power do you think they have on Chinese soil?"
"We've told you our position on this matter," She said, feeling no need to continue the conversation, and Jowee's eyebrow twitched. "So, we will end this conversation," she added.
"If you treat me this way, you will regret it later!"
Eunseo didn't answer, and instead, she hung up. Junhyuk watched Jowee's angry face disappear from the screen and looked at Eunseo.
She looked back and placed a piece of paper in front of him.
"Translate this page. We will send it to W.A.N.C.S. and the U.N. with the video."
"I understand."
For Junhyuk, the translation was easy. He took the document, and Eunseo operated the screen. Soon after, Elise appeared on it, and Eunseo asked, "How is the research going on the monsters' corpses?"
"So far, we have fifteen different monsters. We are finished with the research on the different species and are evaluating the best weapon to use against each of them. We'll soon come up with the most potent weapons for all fifteen species."
"OK. Tell me right away when you are finished. Send the information to every country, but when you have results on the Chinese monster, don't tell them anything."
Elise smiled.
"Good thinking. I was wondering about what to do with the Chinese side."
"We will fire back if the iron soldier is attacked again by the Chinese. Just don't make any civilian casualties, but prepare to fight back."
"Just don't create civilian casualties, right?"
"Right."
Junhyuk already knew the iron soldiers could do it all without creating civilian casualties. He had watched the zombie situation, and the iron soldier had made a killing field out of the surroundings.
It might have to change weapons in to avoid civilian casualties, but if the Chinese touched an iron soldier again, they would be embarrassed.
"How is Ms. Sora Shin?"
"We are still investigating. Do you want a report?"
"I will head over," she said and turned the TV off, turning back to Junhyuk. "Do the translation, please."
She went out on her wheelchair, and Junhyuk smacked his lips. He had already given her his resignation letter, so she didn't want to let him know what was going on with Sora.
He cleaned up the meeting room and went back to his office. While he was translating, he kept going over all the events. Doyeol had covered up the incident. They had saved Sora, the novice, and people knew there was a rescue, but they didn't know who it was.
No one really knew about Sora.
Junhyuk thought of her. She had the highest movement speed and she specialized on survival, She also had a lot of health. Her attributes looked like a tank's, so she shouldn't be running away. Instead, she should be chasing her enemies.
"Sora Shin."
Doyeol had told her he would tell her more about the Dimensional Battlefield. Jeffrey was with her, so her starting line was different from other people.
"What about the security team I saw today?"
They didn't look like a normal security team because their attributes were far above those of regular humans. Compared to novices, they were weak, but they still had five times the amount of health of regular humans.
Junhyuk kept thinking for a moment and came up with a theory.
"The mana stones made the iron soldiers, so they were made from the bloodstones!"
They had to be buying the bloodstones because they had a use for them. They couldn't be as powerful as the iron soldiers, but bloodstones had a use of their own. They were for humans.
Junhyuk had some time, and Zaira allowed him access to fifty other videos. He was watching an iron soldier deal with monsters. The iron soldier carried heavy artillery and had more firepower than a fighter jet.
He wanted to learn more about their weapons, so he watched carefully. The iron soldier killed the monster and took care of their bodies.
Two iron soldiers were picking something up, and Junhyuk stopped the video.
"Is that a mana stone?"
A light blue gem dropped out of the monster's corpse. If it was a mana stone, there would be conflict over who owned it.
"The Chinese must know it too!"
Junhyuk stared at the screen and shook his head. Mana stones were expensive. Even mana stones from monsters should cost several hundreds of thousands of dollars. He also wanted the money, but he couldn't interfere.
"If I interfere, they'll send even more monsters"
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Sora was enjoying the track around the lab. Eunseo watched her and asked, "What is the result?"
Elise turned on a few screens.
"On average, she has superhuman powers, and her powers are increasing slowly."
The screen showed a comparison of Sora's physique to an ordinary person's. Elise tapped on the microphone and said, "Ms. Sora Shin. Use your power."
Suddenly, Sora disappeared from sight, and Elise calmly explained, "Sora can run a hundred meters in one seconds. She can also do it backwards."
"A hundred-meter dash in one second? Can you use that power on other people?"
Elise shook her head.
"We don't know how she got it. We did a blood test and found that her blood is different from others."
"Her blood is different?"
"She has an inherent wavelength. If we use that information, we will find more people with powers."
As Elise spoke, Eunseo fixed her glasses and watched Sora running on the track.