chapter 11
03: Even in this world, the police have a lot of trouble.
The goblin’s sudden designation. scourge caused by it.
The reporters are chattering while imagining with their brains how they found out what was inside the tent, what the goblins asked for, and for what purpose they are moving.
High-ranking people come to their senses only after the goblin disappears, and go on a rampage, asking why they didn’t arrest the son of a bitch right away.
And I, who was thrown in the middle of such a dog mess, hoped that I might be momentarily forgotten and not dragged into the city hall-
Maybe it was a dream because dreams are fleeting.
“Be careful. All conversations must follow us through earphones, and once inside, your biggest concern is to make sure that the masked weirdo doesn’t offend the suspect.”
A negotiator in a suit said, attaching a microphone to my suit.
I nodded, accepting my fate, knowing that being forgotten would only be a dream as long as it was precisely targeted.
Starting from the chief of police, the eyes of high-ranking people are gathering, and it’s almost giving you a stomach ache.
My head struggled to figure out why the goblin had picked me to come into City Hall.
Why did you single out me? As in the novel, the reason why the goblin called New Hope is that she wants to support her because she is a good person by goblin standards. Why me?
This story begins with the appearance of the goblin, and New Hope, who was pointed out alone with the appearance of the goblin, is suspected by the police of whether or not they are involved.
It is the only episode that shows that the main character believes in and helps behind the scenes, pretending to be the main character’s helper and making a secret plan.
However, in the episode where such a development was supposed to take place, everything went wrong because I was chosen. I don’t understand at all. What did you point out by looking at me?
He may be the vice-captain of the special investigation team, but from a normal person’s point of view, what would he be like as a police officer?
So what crime have I committed? No, not even that.
It’s not that I’m a guy with integrity and full of conscience, but there were a lot of bastards who couldn’t believe I was wearing police uniforms, starting with my previous shooter, and since I was bullied by them, I naturally didn’t put my hands on that at all.
How about jaywalking, overcriminal suppression, and so on?
… … Is this a problem?
While looking back on my life so far and contemplating whether or not I should be judged based on the goblin standards I saw in the novel, I realized that this concern was meaningless.
If I had really been a wicked person by the standard of a goblin, I would have been broken from the head with a short saw while walking on the street at night without being called so kindly.
It is true that the case of goblins being widely publicized is the market hostage case. Recently, incidents in which corrupt police officers or politicians have their heads smashed have been reported, so if they really wanted to judge me, there is no need to call me this way.
then why me? It was a situation where the questions were growing, but time passed vaguely without giving an answer, and I looked outside with a bulletproof vest and a pistol hidden under my clothes.
The pitch-black wall still blocked the city hall, and the walls of people made up of soldiers, police, and reporters were also solid.
I stared at the wall for a while, then put a cigarette in my mouth, wondering when New Hope would come. Next to me, Sai was approaching with a weak smile.
As I rolled my eyes, I could feel that I was a little flustered by the sudden large-scale incident. Or are you acting like that.
“Here you are. Vice-captain. Is your body okay?”
“uh.”
“The incident is really big. crazy guy Why did you call the vice-captain? Are you going to embroider?”
“That would be nice.”
Sai’s eyes were fixed on the auditorium, and the slow, very slight movement of her hair from side to side seemed to be contemplating something.
Is Sai also interested in the fact that there is a person with that level of ability and is curious about the identity of the goblin?
The reason why this final boss makes a psychic is for interest, but considering that there is also a purpose of finding a powerful being like himself, it seems reasonable enough.
Or not.
“- But will he come? That hero lady.”
Suddenly, I answered with a sigh as I questioned whether the kid would really come.
“and.”
If it were him, he would come.
If there’s one thing I can be sure of because I’ve met him face to face and talked to him, it’s that he’s such a good kid that it wouldn’t be strange if he didn’t have supernatural powers.
Doesn’t a person have a personality that is the opposite of being good at work? Even though he has such superpowers, he doesn’t use his power recklessly and uses it to save people.
If you look at them from the side, they’re not friends, they’re just bastards who want to piss people off.
They say a hero can’t be a prudent person, but he’s really serious.
No, I was late for the exam, but I was late while helping a child who lost his way. I introduced him to a part-time job because he said he had no money, but he was late while helping an incident while going to an interview.
How could a guy like that, worried about how he would earn a living later, stay still in the middle of a hostage situation like this?
Even if the original story doesn’t develop, the character of Mina I saw will definitely come here.
It’s second to making things go wrong, and coming will definitely come.
The moment I thought so, my eyes were fixed on one place. Between the forest made of buildings, I saw something black in the sky noisy with helicopters and drones.
Soon, it quickly moved towards me, and I could see the identity of something pitch-black crossing the forest of buildings.
“Here you are. Forgive me for being late. Detective. We have arrived.”
“New Hope… … .”
As soon as New Hope appeared, the surroundings started to get noisy in an instant. Reporters shouted for interviews, and police expressed their displeasure at the appearance of masked vigilantes.
Responds to appearances and attention that seem to show who the main character of this world is in a cool way. New Hope does not care about the reaction of those around
It was a while when he came to me, who was alone in the midst of this commotion, with a bright face reminiscent of a big puppy, and smiled as if he was happy to see me.
New Hope said, with the perfect expression on his face that he was feeling cold at the sight of the scar on my head.
“Then, as soon as we enter, we just need to knock out the goblin, right?”
“no.”
There is also a hostage, so I’m going to fuck you. New Hope suddenly exudes a bad mood. He seems to have a worse brain than what I saw in the original novel. Why is he like this?
I felt a sense of incongruity in my strange appearance, but I kept my mouth shut as I was leaving the special investigation team and aspiring to become the first police officer.
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What kind of city is Seoul in this world? It is a city where special crimes do not cease because psychics appear on a fictional day and run amok.
On such a subject, the police and politicians are at a level where corruption is so simple that even a fly cannot be touched. Since it was such a city, it was not strange even if a goblin-like being appeared.
So, according to the novel, New Hope also had many thoughts about the appearance of goblins.
Is my method correct? Can you stop the crimes of politicians yourself?
Is the justice people say correct? It is said that the reason for such concern is the appearance of goblins.
It’s obvious, but just because you’re worried doesn’t mean you hate the other person.
In any case, the goblin does not harm civilians and seeks to achieve justice in its own way, so it is said in the novel that New Hope respects him in its own way, but-
“Once you go in, how about the detective shoot you in the back when I draw your attention?”
“Are you a thug?”
Seeing New Hope burning with strange hostility, I wondered if this bitch had eaten something wrong.
dry air. The pitch-black wall that surrounded the city hall had cracked, leaving a path barely wide enough for the two New Hopes to enter.
As they proceeded to talk at the goblin’s request, the words New Hope said were roughly a few million light-years away from peaceful conversation.
My daughter-in-law – I don’t think this reaction was like that in the novel… … .
It was very strange, but now that the details of the novel are slowly being forgotten and different developments have already occurred several times, I passed it off as if she was just in a bad mood today.
The first thing I need to worry about now is what to do after entering that city hall.
It’s different from the story development I know, so it’s possible that the goblins are different from the ones I know, and that means I can’t be sure of the safety of the hostages there.
I learned how to deal with hostage situations at the police academy, but since the other person is not just a guy with a knife or a bomb, but a supervillain with psychic powers, it is impossible to subdue and rescue hostages.
All I could do was talk to the goblins, buy time pretending to listen to their demands, send inside information via earphones, find a way to get rid of that wall, and enlist the support of outside forces? but how?
… … Whatever the purpose, in the worst case, I think I’ll have to fight the goblin anyway. I think it would be better to do what New Hope said.
Rubbing his chin, he checked the pistol in his arms. All the bullets are in the chamber, but there is no way that a handgun can do anything against a goblin who is one of the strongest in the world.
So if New Hope and the goblin start fighting – you’ll have to rescue the hostages first.
The number of people held hostage, including current staff at City Hall, is over 60, including staff and guards… … two buildings.
The goblin, who has supernatural powers, is a strong person who can control such a number alone, but if I try to rescue the hostage-
ok i have to admit Today I will be following in the footsteps of my comrades who have not yet woken up after being hit by a supervillain.
Did people say that people always repeat the same regrets? If I knew this was going to happen, I think I’ve repeated the phrase several times recently, but I’ll say it again.
If I had known this was going to happen, I would have left the special investigation team even if I had to poop on the floor. No, I should have just taken off my police uniform and grabbed a lifeline.
In the first place, if you don’t have a retirement pay and pension, you’re worse than a part-time job at a convenience store as a police officer.
People’s greed is endless, so they suffer and suffer. If you let go of all your greed, you will feel comfortable.
If you live like this, you should definitely open a chicken restaurant. As I thought so, New Hope and I arrived at the entrance to City Hall.
A pitch-black object was blocking the entrance to the city hall, but when we arrived, the black object began to slowly disintegrate. As if we were allowed in.
‘[I’ll say it again. Negotiations must be made through us, and you must not say anything that might provoke the suspect.]’
“All right.”
‘[Listen to what the other person is saying, and I’ll tell you in real time what to watch out for, so relax. Don’t forget to prioritize hostage rescue.]’
Because I knew.
I narrowed my eyebrows at the negotiator’s voice coming through my earphones. I don’t know if it’s to relieve tension or to annoy me.
Anyway, as I continued to listen to what the negotiator was saying, I felt the gaze of New Hope quietly following me and looked away.
Even though their eyes met, New Hope’s gaze was fixed on the wound on his head, and the same worry as when he saw a child bleeding profusely dripped from his eyes.
“Are you okay, detective? I heard that you have just been released from the hospital. But this… … It would be bad for your body to move directly into the case. I’d rather be alone-“
“What about being alone? That guy called me too. So let’s go. And my body is fine because I take good care of it. It will be better if you put a bandage on this much.”
“but… … .”
but what I gave New Hope a light slap on the back to keep him from spouting any more nonsense. I’m just an old man, but it’s not enough to make a kid like this worry.
And I tried not to think about the fact that I was dragged out of the hospital and got caught up in this incident, but I am grateful for deliberately reminding me of it.
The black object completely disappeared after holding back the complaints. New Hope and I made eye contact for a moment and slowly opened the door.
After crossing the door, a strange thing appeared in front of me with the noise of the communication being cut off in my earphones. A strange monster with long white fur was baring its fangs in what appeared to be a forest.
Creepy monsters that don’t seem to have been born naturally. It was a visual that seemed impossible to communicate or control to the extent that even animal protection groups hated it and ran away.
Okay, it’s definitely not an original development. Originally, in the novel, the goblin warmly greeted New Hope when he arrived at the city hall, but this isn’t about being kind, it’s about peeling off the flesh.
As if to prove my thoughts, the monsters attacked us as soon as they found us. Terrified, I drew my gun and tried to fight back, but New Hope charged the monsters faster than that.
“Suck!”
Bang!
A black afterimage ran in front of me with a shout like a new hope, and boom! With a sound, the two monsters exploded like water balloons bursting.
A miracle where afterimages move faster than sound. It was terrifying to imagine how quickly he attacked, and he couldn’t help but understand why that girl was called a ‘super’ hero even if he didn’t like it.
I’ve seen it a few times, but he’s a really great guy. I admired it and put the pistol back into Holst.
“… … I have no feeling in my hands. Strange. I definitely attacked, but it seems like I hit the air… … .”
… … strange, la. It’s definitely weird. It doesn’t make sense to come into the Seoul City Hall headquarters and suddenly see a forest and a monster like that appears.
Perhaps this is the ability of goblins, hallucinations created by witchcraft. Due to the nature of the goblin’s magic, hallucination itself does not have killing power.
He probably didn’t mean to kill him, seeing as he wasn’t using the trick of hiding something like a weapon inside an illusion, a technique usually used when attacking people, but-
But that’s only something that I know about, and as someone who doesn’t know me, he suddenly attacked after being summoned. Isn’t this a declaration of war, not a story? What is the goblin thinking?
“- Cool! I think that’s really great! An attack to the extent that even the sound is delayed by one step! The real Miss New Hope is right!”
The moment I had my doubts, a voice came from behind me. Looking back, I saw a strange man sitting in a stylish pavilion, waving a fan.
Villain Goblin. The goblin mask, which is the source of the tinnitus, and a goblin wearing white burlap clothes spread out both hands as if to welcome me and New Hope.
“Come on. Miss New Hope. Kim West. Call me a goblin Thank you from the bottom of my heart for accepting my invitation.”
“… … .”
New Hope just clenched his fists with a cold face at the goblin’s greeting. Yes, it’s a luxury to be kind to a bastard who suddenly points a knife at you when you invite him.
I entrusted the goblin’s vigilance to New Hope and rolled my eyes at the situation where there were no hostages around.
Because of the goblin’s ability, the location of the hostage has not been confirmed, so if the two fight, you don’t know how much damage it will cause.
Normal people die too easily when superpowers fight. Even though I was caught up in a fight between Shik-Gwi and New Hope before, it was a miracle that only my head was broken and it ended. Will such a miracle happen again?
Probably not.
“Not yet.”
“- yes.”
Fortunately for me, New Hope killed the momentum. Seeing me and New Hope like that, the goblin spat out a laugh that matched the old nickname.
“This is true. I’m sorry. You’ve done a great disservice by being mischievous in wanting to make sure you’re really the New Hope. Still, the monster from earlier was just an insubstantial hallucination, so there was no harm in that case.”
“Furthermore, I came here to judge the criminal ducks, not the one who kills innocent citizens, so there is no need to look around and be vigilant.
The reason I called them was not only because I wanted to have a chat, but also because I was a fan of the famous hero New Hope, so I was greedy.”
“Uh, ha?”
The goblin raises both hands as if it has no intention of fighting. I could see New Hope’s face distorted at the word fan, but
I couldn’t understand why it called me even more.
If you’re a New Hope fan, why me? Thinking so, let’s stare at the goblin’s mask.
The goblin kindly told me why he had found me, making the fan he was holding bloom so strongly that it made a clicking sound.
“Don’t look at me as if you don’t understand. The reason why Kim Seobang called you is simple. It’s because I thought there was no one more qualified than you when I wanted to judge the corrupt ducks here by law.”
“who? I? why?”
Most of the police in this world are corrupt people, but on the contrary, there are many police officers who are united with a sense of justice that cannot be compared to me. but why me?
In particular, people with a sense of justice are gathered in the special investigation team.
Even the class president, whose conscience has been stripped off along with his head, is an upright human being, united by a thorough sense of justice, without corruption based on his worldview. Of course it’s ‘itself’.
– No, let’s exclude the class president. huh.
First of all, to chase down corrupt politicians, it would be better to find another police officer with a sense of justice in the special investigation team than me, but why me?
“Didn’t you prove it already? That you are the right person for this job.”
The goblin answered my question and waved his hand. After that, a piece of paper appeared in the air and fell into my hand.
The paper was a collection of small printed pieces of news about the arrest of a member of the National Assembly for the murder of a child and the very uproar over the revelation of corruption by politicians.
Even though there is no mention of me, the biggest mistake of my life is written on B4 paper.
why are you showing this? The moment I questioned it, I realized. The police who uncovered the corruption of politicians. If you’re a guy who works for the justice of the self-proclaimed society, it’s definitely something you’ll love.
Yes Sipal, the best way to dig your own grave is to dig your own grave. I tore the paper with all my might.