Chapter 34 - The Question (2) (1/2)

The Question (2)

The gray space within the bubble regained color little-by-little.

Its space went smaller, only stopping at where the man’s head was almost blown off. The explosion is still contained.

The Aegis team members jumped back as soon as they were able to move, astounded by the frozen explosion.

“Crazy!”

Jeong Jin-seong had stopped the explosion before any of them could react.

He was holding it up with one arm outstretched.

“I got it,” Jeong Jin-seong said, as he held out one arm outstretched.

“Are you okay?” Lee Soo-yeon anxiously asked him.

It was difficult to gauge the power of the red energy that was about to explode.

“Am I okay? What do you think?” he replied with a smile.

The explosion was stopped in time – it couldn’t even scratch his body. His defense coat would also be able to take the impact.

“Well? When did you guys arrive?” Il-hyun wondered aloud, as he saw the summoned mice squeaking.

The mice quickly climbed up his shoulders.

He felt a bit embarrassed that he didn’t even feel them approaching despite them being his summons.

They were like ghosts.

“Okay, everyone, pull out!” Jeong Jin-seong announced. “Get away!”

The team members began to run and escape the explosion’s range.

“How disgusting,” Lee Soo-yeon shook her head as she ran. She was thinking about the half-blown off head.

“Did they plant bombs in their member’s heads?” Seok Pil-jun, running beside her, asked.

“No. We would have felt it if they had an ether bomb, even if it’s a small one. The explosion was probably from that man’s ability. It is at least B-rank.”

She stopped running. By her approximation, they were already beyond the explosion’s range.

“If they had enough B-ranked people to send,” Seok Pil-jun continued as he stopped beside her, “it could be a very large organization.”

“Right,” she nodded.

To have a high-ranked awakener to join illegal acts, it’s highly likely that this is the work of an international crime organization.

The problem is that she had no idea who had a good motive to do this. Even IRC, the largest international crime organization, has steered clear from Aegis and the Korean government.

IRC had nothing to gain from going against the most powerful company and the most powerful government with regard to the number of Awakeners.

Who could have the motive to disrupt a gate’s signal knowing that Aegis is handling the situation?

It was ridiculous.

Waging war against the most powerful was like wasting away their manpower and the money they have invested over the years.

Ghost, who was listening to their conversation, joined in.

“Is it a terrorist group then?”

“Well…” she trailed off, thinking.

Terrorist groups have long been eradicated around the world.

During the time of the Great Awakening, the international community took a united front against terrorists and removed their roots completely.

After that, if any budding groups were seen, they were thoroughly removed.

There was also no terrorist group that had such a force to do this.

“Well,” she continued, “it would be impossible for them to reappear…”

“Anyway, they decided to touch us, so we need to look into this matter seriously. We can’t just stand still.” Ghost grumbled.

It wasn’t the first time that Aegis had encountered errors with analysis. Some teams even had long-term injuries because of this.

“Of course, we should,” Lee Soo-yeon answered. “We got the disturbance device, so –“