Chapter 138

It was a cauldron of chaos.
Days of table talks were forced to stop. Traces of the explosion could be seen inside the conference center, which was built of bluestone. Debris from the collapsed roof could be seen falling.
“Uh, what’s going on!”
“Oh, no…! Director of the Dothrish Guard, do you have anything!”
Presidents, kings, prime ministers. Even those who wore colorful robes were not so different from others when stripped down to the bare bones. Most were untrained and weak.
On the flip side, there were a few people who took a hard look at it.
“Crown Prince Adrian, how do you view this situation?”
“Most likely the Legion. I’ve experienced their methods once already. They’re vicious and bold, and they’re not to be trusted with common sense.”
Führer Klawbert broke out in a cold sweat.
“You’re crazy.”
As if to prove his point, there was a second shock.
Kwaah!
The rooftops of eight buildings were blown off during the binge. As the building he was staying in exploded, the Führer felt his lips go dry.
‘……Luckily, there will be no casualties.’
At first glance, the direct aftermath of the explosion only reached the roof and the floors immediately below. The top floor was where the Führer stayed alone, and the bodyguards mostly guarded the president.
How he managed to plant the bomb with CCTV running around the clock is a mystery, but if it was hidden on the roof, it wouldn’t have been easily detected.
Someone sneaked onto a rooftop with a spell and hid a bomb…. Not impossible. What is more puzzling and suspicious is how the bomb was brought in.
Was there a connection between Geneva and Legion?
Was it a planned attack that involved the government of Lucerne?
Meanwhile, the Führer is under a cloud of suspicion.
Kushan glared at the Emperor of the Empire.
‘This doesn’t make me feel any better.’
His expression didn’t change much if he cared about the eyes of others, but Kushan saw through it with a glance. The emotion the emperor was feeling now was not fear or confusion.
Pleasure. A faint candle-like fire burned beneath his eyes, which had been free for days. The devilish man was enjoying the unexpected.
The Emperor, looking out over the room, slowly turned his head. Their gazes met in the air. The Emperor was asking an unspoken question.
Did you do this to me-.
Kushan didn’t react, merely stood at attention and watched the Emperor. To see how far the madness he’d allowed to go would go.
“…I really don’t know.
It was hard to swallow the sigh.
* * *
Outside, it was chaos.
“There may be a bomb left in the building! Be careful!”
“Wake up, asshole, we’re going to serve the Führer!”
So far, it’s been well organized, but ultimately a shallow connection. Each country is different. I had to prioritize protecting my boss over fighting terrorism.
This was the most chaotic time. Sooner or later, Geneva’s security forces would swoop in and take control of the situation. Even then, blame is inevitable.
“I feel bad for you guys.
Setting aside my personal dislike of the phrase “sacrifice of the little guy for the greater good…”, you don’t have to rationalize it, just do it for yourself and your colleagues.
As Polaris has grown older, so has the steel plate on his face.
“Hey, hey, hey, what’s going on. Mr. President. Is this okay?”
“Not good. It’s probably Legion.”
“Those motherfuckers don’t fit anywhere, man!”
“This is not the time for chit-chat, I’m ordering you to join the riot police.”
Chelsea made a fuss and relayed Bryce’s message. True to the adage of fooling your enemies with your allies, she didn’t tell Dustborne the plan.
“We’re going to do most of it in labs anyway.
There’s no role for Dustborn to play this time. He just needs to let things happen as naturally as possible. Just as Kim is about to follow Bryce, something crunches in her snow.
Asterike’s face was oddly familiar as she looked over.
“Asterike. What’s wrong?”
“Huh? Oh, meh. Nothing.”
followed by a sneaky whisper.
“Is it a string?”
“…What.”
“That’s right, that’s how I felt.”
He says, as if convinced, and walks away again. The corners of Asterike’s mouth twitched, proud that she had noticed. Kim couldn’t help but be surprised.
“He knows and he doesn’t know.
I was surprisingly quick to recognize it, and I kept my face in check in case it showed. After a few moments of consciously avoiding it, I heard the voice I had been waiting for.
-Uh-oh, my heart is all pounding. So far, so good.
Here are the pillars of this plan
Ghost, a specialist in stealthy behavior.
Pereira and Mirage, a 4-star and 5-star agent, respectively.
Pereira is a specialist who can temporarily “filter” the camera, causing it to transmit still images. In the game, she is a buff character that grants stealth to designated agents for 5 seconds.
Mirage has a spell that lives up to its intuitive codename. She can cast up to two illusions at the same time. In game, each time she uses her spell, an aggro token with 1 HP is placed.
Over the course of three days, Ghost found the most inconspicuous way in, and a short time ago, while Mirage was setting up the illusion and establishing an alibi, he slipped into the building with Pereira’s help.
Dynamite and Alarmbot made by Kim Yi Hyun, plus a thermobaric grenade.
Complete with synaptic spells that relay instructions in real time. It wouldn’t be as simple if any of them were missing.
-We’re not on CCTV, are we?
-It’ll be fine, we’ve done this before.
-Did you?
-I heard that you recently stole confidential documents the same way.
For some reason, I was able to communicate with the professor. Apparently, I solved the main episode in a different way than in the game. This is a good thing, because it shows that I’ve become more flexible in my thinking.
‘This may seem contrived, but….’
One has to wonder. Hasn’t there been too much terrorism to make the Legion a Chapter? Unless you’re an idiot, you can’t help but feel uncomfortable.
“But so what?
Leave no evidence and you’re done. The likelihood of a self-inflicted terrorist attack on a secured conference center, or the likelihood that the Legion is indeed responsible. The scales naturally tip in favor of the latter.
Legion has done some crazy things.
At the end of the day, your actions speak louder than words.
“I don’t think anybody’s going to go out and snipe at Rap when Legion’s in town.
And best of all.
“It was going to happen anyway.
Episode 13.
In the game, you’ll actively discuss tough measures against the Legion. The talks seem to be going well, but on the final day, something happens.
The Legion actually storms the conference center. More precisely, soldiers undercover as members of Guenevera’s Security Service cause a disturbance.
In other words, they’ve been robbed of a player. They won’t dare to do anything after today, because their guards will be even tighter.
The plan was now down to the final step.
-Wait a minute. Oh, we’re at the location.
-Tell them to shoot in plain sight.
-Of course.
Kim’s last special weapon. [A9 Paintgun]. A 4-star secondary that grants Slow, its performance is dismal for a 4-star. In the real world, it’s even worse.
“It doesn’t overlap and has a maximum range of 50 meters.
I’d rather shoot a real gun.
It’s a device you’ll never take out.
But there’s a place for everything.
Bam!
A paintball, flying stealthily from somewhere, slammed into the wall of the conference center. Crimson paint clung to the bluestone walls. The crowd’s attention was drawn to it.
A chill ran down my spine at what was happening.
The paint has rebelled and turned into letters. Pastel’s spell, a four-star agent. She used her powers unnoticed by the crowd, forming clear sentences.
“See, you who are blind, see!”
A Legion taunt that was dismissed as insignificant.
It’s not unreasonable to assume that it’s ─.
-That’s perfect.
Kim giggled, covering the corner of her mouth with her hand.
* * *
The ripples were huge.
Geneva’s side tried to rush to the scene, but it was ineffective. Miraculously, no lives were lost, but terrorism is terrorism. The incident could have been catastrophic.
Inevitably, the talks were suspended. Geneiva’s security services, with their heads firmly in the sand, searched for the terrorists with lights on.
Unforeseen events have caused chaos, and there are many who are confused in different ways than others.
“Khalifa, you’ve been so careful to be discreet, and I can’t stand that bird…!”
“Bullshit. I don’t know.”
“If not you, then who is doing this shit!”
Two members of the Guard talked in private, away from prying eyes. The Legion had only been active for a short time, but the work beneath the surface had been going on for a long time.
For those infiltrating Gueneva’s security services, this was an important opportunity. A golden opportunity to strengthen the Legion’s influence, depending on how they acted.
All of a sudden, the blueprint was broken.
“You screwed up the plan. You didn’t have to do this!”
We had two plans ahead of time.
The first. To cause terrorism on schedule.
Part two. Watching the summit and being silent.
Originally, it was almost a done deal at 1, but as the talks progressed, the scales tipped toward 2. This was due to the fact that the Legion agenda had been sidelined.
“The organization is faltering even if it isn’t, and it’s time to conserve strength under cover, not bring it to the surface like this…!”
Khalifa chewed his lip at his colleague’s accusation. He had been a steadfast advocate of terrorism, even as others in the organization were calling for a wait-and-see approach.
It was only natural that arrows of suspicion would be pointed at the Khalifa. It was too much for him to bear. If the roles had been reversed, he would have done the same thing.
But he was genuinely frustrated.
“…… I know I’m under suspicion, but I didn’t do anything, and how do you bring explosives into the country in the first place? You know how strict the procedures are, even if you somehow managed to get them in.”
Khalifa irritably swatted away Munian’s hand on my shoulder.
“I would have blown myself up in an empty, unoccupied building. I would have taken any one of them with me. Do you still think I did this?”
It’s a convincing story, and Munian stops his pursuit. He assumes it’s not the Legion, and then he has another theory.
That left only one possibility.
“Who could have sabotaged this…?”
Only a few saw the truth.