Tidak, apa yang Ariel lakukan di sini?
Aku menatap Ariel yang tiba-tiba muncul di Busan, panik.
Tidak, apa yang terjadi?
[Dipercaya Organisasi Penjahat Atlantik Utara Latis bertanggung jawab atas serangan ini, yang dipimpin oleh seorang penjahat berambut biru. Masih tidak jelas mengapa Latis, yang dikenal memiliki pakta ketidakserangan dengan Egostream, melakukan invasi ini]
Kata-kata anchor terus diputar di televisi dan di layar, gelombang air biru dingin menghantam pantai.
Dan di sana berdiri Ariel, tegak dan bangga.
Tidak, apa yang terjadi?
Ariel, putri Atlas, yang kuselamatkan dari kematian di cerita asli, dan yang mengikutiku ke mana pun aku pergi ke kota laut dalam tempat Atlas berada. Dia juga sangat rapuh karena sudah lama sakit.
Bagaimanapun, kupikir dia anak baik dengan hati yang sangat baik dan orang yang sangat pemalu.
Kenapa dia berenang di sana?
Da-in, bukankah itu orang yang kamu kenal?
Saat aku menonton TV dengan tidak percaya, Seo-eun, yang kelihatannya baru bangun tidur, datang berlari sambil melihat smartphone-nya dan berkata.
Eh, iya, tapi
Apa yang dia bicarakan, Ariel kita yang baik dan polos itu bangun dan menyerbu Korea Selatan begitu saja?
Saat aku menyaksikan adegan mustahil ini, aku bertanya-tanya apakah aku sedang bermimpi.
HP-ku berdering, dan pemanggilnya adalah ayahnya.
Atlas?
[Eh-Egostic! Kamu!]
Suaranya pecah-pecah lewat telepon.
Kedengarannya dia memakai speakerphone, jadi aku menjauhkan telepon dari telinga sejenak dan bertanya.
Atlas. Eh, Ariel di sini, ada apa?
Aku bertanya dengan suara bingung, dan dia menghela napas keras, menjawab dengan sedikit frustrasi.
[Ariel mencuri angkatan dan kapal selamku lalu pergi tanpa bicara apa-apa, dan dia melakukan ini! Belakangan ini dia gelisah, berkeliling sendirian, dan hanya meninggalkan catatan bilang mau datang menemui mu. Haah, dia anakku, tapi aku tidak tahu apa yang dipikirkannya. Aku akan meminta maaf atas namanya. Aku akan jelaskan bahwa ini tidak ada hubungannya dengan kami Latis]
Aku mengerti, Atlas.
Aku berkata sambil tersenyum, seolah menenangkan Atlas yang sudah marah.
Aku sudah punya gambaran cukup jelas apa yang terjadi.
Jangan khawatir soal Ariel, yakin aku bisa membujuknya dan menahan dia.
[Kamu akan melakukannya? Terima kasih banyak, haha, aku merasa hanya merepotkanmu, tapi aku akan menggantinya]
Tidak, Ariel seperti keponakanku, jadi tentu aku akan melakukannya.
Setelah menenangkan Atlas, aku menutup telepon.
Dan lalu telepon mendesak masuk dari pahlawan kelas-A Busan kita, Lee Seola.
Halo?
[!!!!]
Tangisan Lee Seola terdengar begitu aku mengangkat.
Bercampur suara angin berhembus di sekelilingnya, Lee Seola hampir berteriak.
[Da-in, bukankah kamu bilang sudah membuat perjanjian dengan Latis penjahat Atlas itu, lalu kenapa putrinya di sini.!!]
Benar.
Aku berkata sambil berdiri, sementara suara Lee Seola terus berlanjut.
[Tidak, pertama, kamu tahu Da-in. Kamu harus berbuat sesuatu, bisa kamu menghentikannya?]
Mendengar suaranya yang hampir menangis, aku mengambil jas dan berkata.
Baiklah, aku akan coba, karena aku kenal wanita yang melakukan pembomanan ini, aku akan segera sampai, coba hentikan dia.
[Benar? Da-in, aku hanya punya Da-in.]
Setelah menenangkan Lee Seola yang pura-pura menangis, aku langsung pergi ke Eun-woo.
Eun-woo, apakah kamu
Iya, Da-in. Aku siap.
Aku menoleh saat bicara, dan sebelum aku sadar, Eun-woo, berpakaian miko dan siap berangkat, tersenyum padaku.
Sebelum aku sempat bicara, dia sudah sadar apa yang terjadi dan siap pergi. Aku selalu pikir Eun-woo sangat cepat dan bisa dipercaya.
Bagaimanapun, aku menggenggam tangannya, berbalik, dan berkata.
Seo-eun, aku segera pulang!
Eh, sekarang? Ke mana?
Aku tersenyum dan berkata, meninggalkan Eun-woo yang mengaktifkan lingkaran sihir.
Busan.
Ayo pergi, menenangkan keponakan remajaku.
***
Ugh
Di Busan, kota pesisir itu, di bawah langit biru, dengan angin laut harum berhembus, Lee Seola terbang di udara dengan gigi diketatkan.
Kenapa kamu melakukan ini di Busan?
Rambut biru mudanya berkibar, dia meninggalkan jas demi kaos dan celana yang nyaman dipakai, dan terbang dari gedung ke gedung, turun ke pantai di atas gerbang es.
Meski dia tangan hitam di balik layar Yuseong Group, dia juga pahlawan kelas-A, Icicle.
Di saat terorisme besar seperti ini, dia tidak punya pilihan selain keluar sebagai Icicle. Alasan dia mendapat dukungan publik tinggi meski muda dan presiden korporasi adalah karena dia pahlawan, tapi sejauh ini tidak terlalu berarti.
Anehnya, di Korea, semua penjahat berkumpul di Seoul, dan sebagian besar terorisme terjadi di ibukota, jadi tidak banyak yang bisa dia lakukan.
Lagi pula, beberapa penjahat yang ada semuanya ada di informasi yang disediakan Egostic, jadi benar-benar hanya skor saja. Kadang, muncul sebagai Icicle untuk menindak terorisme jadi publisitas bagus. Pahlawan, wanita muda dan presiden korporasi, mengalahkan penjahat. Cerita bagus. Tentu, sebagian besar artikel soal pahlawan berkaitan dengan Stardus.
Baginya, yang masih memikirkan cara menguasai Korea di sela waktu luang, invasi mendadak penjahat kelas-S asing ke Busan datang sebagai kejutan.
Tsunami, gelombang pasang. Pesisir kacau.
Kabar baiknya, mereka belum menembus jauh ke pusat kota, tapi tidak pernah tahu.
[Bos, kami sudah mengungsikan semua warga kota, dan sedang menyiapkan protokol darurat dengan anggota Yuseong Squad]
Baik, ini urusanku, pastikan tidak ada kerusakan lanjutan.
[Baik, kalau begitu]
Setelah memutus kontak dengan sekretaris di telinganya, Lee Seola menghela napas sambil berlari.
Masalah lain dengan penjahat ini adalah dia kenalan Egostic, jadi sulit baginya mengambil tindakan keras. Akhirnya, dia memutuskan hal terbaik adalah mengurusnya sendiri dan menyelamatkan citranya.
Dan mengingat penjahat terorisme ini adalah wanita, situasinya jelas.
Da-in. Ugh.
Apa yang bisa dia lakukan? Soulmate-nya punya bakat mengubah semua hubungan manusia jadi hubungan lawan jenis. Bukankah dia sendiri tertunduk di bawah sihir itu?
Ini pertarungan yang akan dia kalahkan jika dia menyukai hubungan ini lebih.
Dengan rambutnya berkibar tertiup angin, Lee Seola akhirnya tiba di pantai.
Dan di hadapannya.
-Kaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Gelombang dengan ukuran benar-benar menakjubkan.
Sejak Gerbang Cahaya Bulan, monster terus datang ke pantai, tapi penghalang plasma buatan Yuseong Corporation menghalanginya sampai tingkat tertentu, tapi itu pun rapuh dan hampir patah.
Kesimpulannya, untuk saat ini terserah dia menghentikannya.
..
Bisakah aku menghentikan itu?
Berdiri beku di permukaan laut, Icicle menelan ludah sambil menatap gelombang pasang raksasa yang menghantam dengan momentum luar biasa.
Meski dia pahlawan kelas-A, Icicle sebenarnya lebih pengusaha daripada pahlawan, dan ini pengalaman pertamanya menghadapi terorisme skala besar seperti ini. Bahkan kemampuannya pudar dibandingkan Stardus yang sekarang kelas-S.
Tetap, dia harus melakukan apa yang bisa, dan lawannya jelas pengendali air, sedangkan kemampuan esnya membekukan air, jadi dia punya keunggulan! Mungkin.
Sama seperti itu.
Hmph!
Menghadapi tsunami luar biasa yang menghancurkan kota, Lee Seola melepaskan kekuatan es dari tangannya.
Derek, derek, derek-.
Bersamaan, gelombang raksasa itu perlahan mulai beku dari tengah.
Ugh
Dengan itu, Icicle mengeluarkan seluruh kekuatannya, akhirnya berhasil membekukan seluruh tsunami.
Ugh. Tidak, serius
Kekuatan esnya memang tidak sekuat itu.
Akhirnya, gelombang es yang goyah itu mengeluarkan suara retak mengerikan.
Icicle berusaha sekuat tenaga bertahan.
-Quagga, quagga, quagga.
Akhirnya, es itu runtuh dan gelombang raksasa akhirnya menghantam tempat dia berdiri.
Ugh
Itu momen Lee Seola mencoba menahan es di depannya dengan sisa kekuatan terakhir, tapi tepat sebelum dia tersapu gelombang, seseorang menangkapnya dari belakang.
Sebelum dia sadar, pandangannya bergeser dan dia sudah di udara, menatap gelombang di bawah.
Dia menatap ke bawah bingung, sampai akhirnya dia melihat sesuatu dan menoleh dengan wajah cemberut.
Dan di sana dia berdiri.
Lama tidak bertemu, Icicle.
Partner-nya, tersenyum di balik topengnya, Da-in.
No, what the hell is Ariel doing here?
I was looking at Ariel, who had suddenly appeared in Busan, panicking.
No, what the hell is going on?
[It is believed that the North Atlantic Villain Organization Latis is responsible for the attack, which is being led by a blue-haired villain. It is still unclear why the Latis, who are known to have an inviolability pact with the Egostream, have invaded]
The anchors words continued to play on the television and on the screen, a tidal wave of cool blue water was crashing over the shore.
And there was our Ariel, standing tall and proud.
No, what the hell is going on?
Ariel, the daughter of Atlas, the one I saved from death in the original story, and the one who followed me everywhere I went to the deep sea city where Atlas was. She was also very fragile because she had been sick for a long time.
Anyway, I thought she was a good kid with a very good heart and a very shy person
Why is she splashing in there?
Da-in, isnt that someone you know?
Just as I was watching the TV in disbelief, Seo-eun, who looked like she had just woken up from sleep, came running over while looking at her smartphone and said.
Uh, yes, but
What the hell is she talking about, that our good, innocent Ariel would wake up and invade South Korea out of the blue?
As I watched this incomprehensible scene, I wondered if I was dreaming.
My phone rang, and it was her father.
Atlas?
[Uh-Egostic! Its you!]
His voice crackled through the phone.
It sounded like he was on speakerphone, so I took my ear away from the phone for a moment and asked him.
Atlas. UhAriel is here, whats going on?
I ask in a puzzled voice, and he sighs harshly, telling me with a hint of frustration.
[Ariel has stolen my army and submarine and disappeared without a word, and shes doing this! Shes been restless lately, wandering around by herself, and only left a note saying shes coming to see you Hah, shes my daughter, but I dont know what shes thinking. Ill apologize on her behalf. Ill just explain that it has nothing to do with us Latis]
I understand, Atlas.
I said with a smile, as if to reassure Atlas, who was already saying so in an angry voice.
I had a pretty good idea of what was going on.
Dont worry about Ariel, Im sure Ill be able to talk her out of it, and keep her in line.
[Will you do that? Thank you so much, haha, I feel like Im causing you nothing but trouble, but Ill make it up to you]
No, Ariel is like a niece to me, so of course I will.
Having reassured Atlas, I hung up the phone.
And then an urgent call came in from our Busan A-list hero, Lee Seola.
Hello?
[!!!!]
Lee Seolas sobbing sounded as soon as I answered the phone.
With the sound of the wind blowing around her, Lee Seola almost screamed.
[No Da0in, didnt you say that you made a treaty with Latis of that villainous Atlas, then why the hell is his daughter here.!!]
Thats right.
I said, rising to my feet, meanwhile, Lee Seolas voice continued.
[No, first of all, you know Da-inYou have to do something about this, can you stop her?]
Listening to her almost crying voice, I grabbed my coat and said.
Okay, Ill see what I can do, since I know the woman who did the bombing, Ill be there soon, just try to stop her.
[Really? Da-in I only have Da-in.]
After reassuring Lee Seola, who was pretending to cry, I went straight to Eun-woo.
Eun-woo, are you
Yes, Da-in. Im ready.
I turned around as I spoke, and before I knew it, Eun-woo, dressed in her shrine maiden outfit and ready to go, was smiling at me.
Before I could say a word, she realized what was going on and was ready to go. Ive always thought that Eun-woo was very quick and trustworthy.
Anyway, I grabbed her hand, turned around, and said.
Seo-eun, Ill be right back!
Uh, right now? Where?
I smiled and said, leaving Eun-woo, who was activating the magic circle, behind.
Busan.
Lets go, to appease my adolescent niece.
***
Ugh
In Busan, that coastal city, under the blue sky, with the fragrant sea breeze rushing by, Lee Seola was flying through the air with her teeth clenched.
No Why are you doing this in Busan?
Her light blue hair fluttering, she ditched the suit in favor of an easy-to-wear T-shirt and pants, and flew from building to building, flying down to the shoreline on icy scaffolding.
Although shes the black hand behind the scenes of the Yuseong Group, shes also an A-list heroine, Icicle.
In times of great terrorism like this, she has no choice but to step out as Icicle. The reason why she has such a high level of public support despite being a young corporate president is because she is a hero but so far, it hasnt mattered much.
Strangely, in Korea, all the villains seem to congregate in Seoul, and most of the terrorism happens in the capital, so theres not much she can do.
Plus, the few villains that were there were all in the information provided by Egostic, so it was really just a scorecard. Occasionally, it was good publicity for her to appear as Icicle to put down a terrorist attack. The hero, a young woman and corporate president, defeated the villain. Its a great story. Of course, most of the articles about heroes were related to Stardus
For her, who was still thinking about how to control Korea in her spare time, the sudden invasion of a foreign S-class villain into Busan came as a shock.
A tsunami, a tidal wave The waterfront is a mess.
The good news is that they havent penetrated deep into the city center yet, but you never know.
[Sir, weve evacuated all the city residents for now, and were working on emergency protocols with the Yuseong Squad members]
Okay, Ill take care of this, just make sure theres no further damage.
[Okay, then]
After cutting off the contact with the secretary in her ear, Lee Seola sighed as she ran.
The other problem with this villain was that she was an acquaintance of Egostic, so it was difficult for her to take a hardline response. In the end, she decided the best thing to do was to take matters into her own hands and save her image.
And seeing as how the villain of this terrorist attack was a woman, the situation was obvious.
Da-in Ugh.
What could she do? Her soulmate has the talent to turn all human relationships into opposite-sex relationships. Didnt she fall under that magic spell in the first place?
Its a battle shell lose if she likes this relationship more.
With her hair fluttering in the wind, Lee Seola finally arrived at the beach.
And there it was in front of her.
-Kaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Waves of truly overwhelming size.
After the Moonlight Gate, the monsters kept coming over the beach, but the plasma barrier made by Yuseong Corporation had blocked them to some extent, but even that was fragile and about to break.
In conclusion, it was up to her to stop them for now.
..
Can I stop that?
Standing frozen on the surface of the ocean, Icicle swallowed hard as she looked at the huge tidal wave coming at her with tremendous momentum.
Although she was an A-class heroine, Icicle was actually more of an entrepreneur than a heroine, and this was her first experience with such a large-scale terrorist attack. Even her abilities paled in comparison to the now S-class Stardus.
Still, she had to do what she could, and her opponent was apparently a water manipulator, while her ice ability froze water, so she had the advantage! Perhaps.
Just like that.
Hmph!
Facing the overwhelming tsunami that was crashing down on the city, Lee Seola released the power of ice from her hand.
Chirp, chirp, chirp-.
At the same time, the huge wave gradually began to freeze from the center.
Ugh
With that, Icicle used all her strength, finally succeeding in freezing the entire tsunami.
Ugh No, really
Her ice powers werent that incredibly strong to begin with.
Eventually, the precariously swaying wave of ice made an ominous cracking sound.
Icicle tried her best to hold on.
-Quagga, quagga, quagga.
Finally, the ice collapsed and a giant wave finally crashed over where she stood.
Ugh
That was the moment when Lee Seola desperately tried to block the ice in front of her with her last remaining strength, but just before she was swept away by the wave someone grabbed her from behind.
Before she knew it, her vision shifted and she was up in the air, looking down at the waves below.
She stared down at the tidal wave, dumbfounded, until she finally caught sight of something and turned around with a smirk on her face.
And there he was.
Its been a while, Icicle.
Her partner, smiling through his mask, Da-in.
***
[Breaking news! It seems that an Egostic has appeared in Busan at this time]
Of course.
Stardus, a Korean S-class hero, was flying in the sky with her blonde hair flying around her ears as she listened to the news.
When she heard that a major terrorist attack had occurred in Busan, she immediately went to help.
Never in her wildest dreams did she think shed end up there and so in Busan, a mysterious four-way meeting was about to take place.
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