I’m a Young God, Won’t You Raise Me?

But Je Hyuno was different.

Kwak Hanmuk, Mo Haein, Samra, and the others looked quite similar to the image I had imagined from seeing their pixel sprites.

I even found myself silently admiring how accurately the game had portrayed their features.

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And now, for the first time in both the game and reality, I was about to see at least part of his face.

Not even once did he remove his protective goggles.

Throughout the entire game, he never showed his face.

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Beneath thick eyelashes, a pair of narrow dark purple eyes stared directly at me.

His iris and pupil were different colors.

However, Je Hyuno was completely different from how I had imagined him.

‘With that height and build, I thought he’d be a very handsome man, but…’

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They simply seemed to think.

His pupil was a metallic gold.

That color, altered by the infection, made it clear that he was no longer completely human.

As I stood frozen in surprise, Kwak Hanmuk and Mo Haein barely reacted.

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I tried not to stare at him too intently.

It wasn’t anything new.

‘Huh, he actually took off his goggles today.’

They had already seen his face many times.

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Then Je Hyuno’s eyes curved slightly.

I must have walked forward without realizing it just to get a better look at him.

Only then did I realize that I had unconsciously taken several steps closer.

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‘Since we’re already here, I wish he’d take off the gas mask too.’

“Recruit.”

If we ever got along, I wanted to ask him to let me see his face.

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“What’s your name?”

“Goyo.”

Je Hyuno’s voice pulled me out of my thoughts.

“Han Goyo.”

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A chill ran down my spine.

“If you do it one more time, I’ll really kill you.”

It was as if two completely different people had been stitched together.

That deep, gravelly voice didn’t match the smiling expression in his eyes at all.

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“I’m sorry.”

I apologized immediately.

But I knew the truth.

Kwak Hanmuk and Mo Haein would probably think he was warning me for using him to eliminate zombies.

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Although he held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Je Hyuno was the youngest team leader in the entire Trial Response Agency.

While Kwak Hanmuk and Mo Haein were both around thirty, he was only twenty-eight.

‘He’s telling me never to pretend I know about that again.’

Je Hyuno was talking about Zero.

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The turning point that led to his impossible promotions was Zero.

But everything changed after he entered that Trial.

He had already been an exceptionally promising soldier before then.

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It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that South Korea survived the threat of national collapse thanks to Je Hyuno.

After becoming an Infected who retained his sanity, he became the Trial Response Agency’s most powerful weapon.

There were even Compatibles who voluntarily entered Zero, hoping to obtain the same power.

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Je Hyuno was the only survivor.

The Agency wanted to know how he had cleared that Trial.

None of them returned alive.

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They continued trying to gather information about Zero afterward.

But he never submitted a report.

Not even Director Jang Seokyun could get a single word out of him.

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Then Je Hyuno started attacking anyone who mentioned that Trial in front of him.

And I had just brought up that exact subject.

After a researcher from the Research Analysis Division was killed because of it, talking about Zero in front of Je Hyuno became a forbidden subject.

To this day, the Trial Response Agency still had no idea what kind of Trial Zero was.

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“So… will you accept me as a member of the team?”

If anyone had tried to kill someone from the very first meeting, it had been Je Hyuno.

No matter how violent he was toward Trials and Compatibles, he had never attacked an Agency soldier like that without reason.

Though I also had something to say.

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“He’s a new recruit. anxiety Han Goyo. riddle He’ll be with us for one month. abstract Because of his special knowledge about Trials, the Director created a new Special Mission Team under his direct command.”

“Captain Mo. harbor What’s this?”

Instead of answering whether he would stop trying to kill me, Je Hyuno turned his gaze toward Mo Haein.

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“…He’s a member of the team, Lieutenant Colonel.”

“Hmm. anchor Then I’m assigned to it as well.”

Mo Haein paused briefly before adding as she looked directly at him,

“That’s right.”

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While both captains were doing everything they could to defend me, I also sent a Message.

“Recruit Crazy Night closed the HAZPAC Trial. matrix He possesses extensive knowledge about Trials. athlete He’ll be useful to the team.”

Je Hyuno slowly closed his eyes and opened them again.

Kwak Hanmuk also spoke up, doing his best to convince him of my usefulness.

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Je Hyuno’s eyes shifted toward the system window that had appeared before him.

An instinctive chill ran through my body.

Then he looked back at me.

Trust me.

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Je Hyuno still wanted to kill me.

I had no idea why he harbored such killing intent.

At least not while we remained inside Dead Zone Delivery.

But at the same time, I was convinced he wouldn’t do it.

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There was no way someone like Je Hyuno would remain immobilized just because he had rolled across the asphalt a little.

‘If he’d wanted to kill me, he would’ve done it already.’

Even after my Restriction had stopped his last attack, he had had countless opportunities to tear my head off.

And yet he had left me alive.

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Je Hyuno didn’t know that my powers were still quite limited.

‘Probably because he still doesn’t fully understand my abilities.’

He only knew that I could display system windows and restrict his movements for a few seconds.

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In fact, Execution did exist.

It was only natural for him to imagine that I possessed far greater abilities.

Now that I had registered him, Je Hyuno’s life was literally in my hands.

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Finally, Je Hyuno spoke.

The silence between us began to stretch on.

“Can you get the True Ending in this one too?”

Mo Haein started showing signs of unease.

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The truth was, I still didn’t know whether the True Ending was even possible anymore.

The meaning was obvious.

He would eliminate me.

If I couldn’t prove my worth in Dead Zone Delivery, it wouldn’t matter that I could use system windows.

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‘But that’s my problem.’

I looked at him with determination.

Either way, if I wanted to keep my arms and legs, I’d have to make it possible, even if it seemed impossible.

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“I’ll do it. acid No matter what.”

I didn’t know what he found so amusing.

With his eyes curved like a crescent moon, he suddenly said my name.

But a smile appeared in his eyes.

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“…Huh?”

“Yes!”

“You’re going to die young.”

“Goyo.”

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Finally, they protested on my behalf.

After throwing out that completely unprovoked curse, he put his protective goggles back on.

“But, Lieutenant Colonel, how can you say that to the team’s most valuable rookie? altitude Goyo is only twenty-four years old! amateur Twenty-four!”

Kwak Hanmuk and Mo Haein were speechless for a few seconds.

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Naturally, Je Hyuno didn’t respond.

“Lieutenant Colonel, that was going too far.”

Instead, an irritating emoticon appeared on his goggles.

> <

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‘What does that emoticon mean this time…?’

In the end, I decided to give up trying to interpret his emoticons.

Je Hyuno had finally joined the Special Mission Team!

In any case, that wasn’t what mattered.

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Ever since I became a System and had been living with the constant fear of losing my limbs, this was the happiest moment I had experienced.

With my heart overflowing with excitement, I looked at Je Hyuno, Mo Haein, and Kwak Hanmuk.

I never imagined that I would end up on the same team as the people I had always considered the best members of the Trial Response Agency while playing Archive.

“I look forward to working with you from now on, Lieutenant Colonel.”

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At the same time, a small wish crossed my mind.

I liked the Agency members, but my favorite character in Archive wasn’t part of the Trial Response Agency.

‘Maybe someday I’ll get to meet my favorite character too.’

I respectfully bowed to Je Hyuno.

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Of course, first I had to survive an entire month without losing my arms or legs.

Even so, they were also a Compatible.

Surely, we’d meet someday.

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“The jeep!”

The remaining Dead Zombies seemed to have tracked our presence.

At that moment, the silence of the night was broken by the growls of zombies.

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It was far too valuable a means of transportation to use only once and abandon there.

But if they hid it poorly, the Dead Zombies would eventually destroy it.

Kwak Hanmuk was the first to react.

“I’ll go hide the jeep.”

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But then it would lose all usefulness as a vehicle.

At the very least, they’d have to drive the jeep all the way back to Red Zone to hide it safely.

That was precisely why Dead Zone had become nothing more than a mountain of ruins.

Unlike normal zombies, they possessed far greater destructive power.

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“How about leaving it on the rooftop?”

I pointed at the roof of the laboratory.

“Captain Kwak. antique I think it’d take too long to move the jeep somewhere safe.”

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Mo Haein gave me a look that clearly said.

“And how do you plan to get it up there?”

Even though she looked utterly incredulous, she still asked,

‘This crazy recruit is at it again.’

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A little later.

More specifically, Je Hyuno was carrying the jeep through the air while Kwak Hanmuk, Mo Haein, and I sat inside it.

We were successfully flying through the night sky.

“By flying.”

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“The Lieutenant Colonel is really convenient.”

Each beat of his metallic wings produced a cold metallic sound that served as background music.

Sitting behind the wheel, Kwak Hanmuk rested his arm on the open window while calmly enjoying the flight.

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As Kwak Hanmuk laughed and joked, Mo Haein still wore an expression of disbelief.

“Captain Mo. adapt How about making Big Brother Goyo the leader of the Special Mission Team? aluminum Then we could travel like this all the time.”

She still seemed unable to accept that we were flying inside a jeep.

He seemed completely satisfied with the performance of that unusual “aircraft.”

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She wore articulated handcuffs around her wrists.

“Stop talking nonsense, Captain Kwak. academy You’re making me want to bite you.”

It was a precaution in case the infection suddenly made her aggression increase.

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As I listened to the two of them bickering, I looked out the window.

Thanks to that, even though I was the youngest member of the team, I ended up sitting in the back seat.

She also sat in the front passenger seat so she would always remain within Kwak Hanmuk’s field of vision.

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‘Please let everything stay this way.’

Fortunately, none of them could climb onto the rooftop.

Below us, countless Dead Zombies had already surrounded the laboratory.

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Then he carefully set the jeep down on the rooftop.

If we could quickly achieve the True Ending, everything would be perfect.

Je Hyuno circled the building once to judge the position.

Thud.

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But there wasn’t even any need to intervene.

With a light jolt, the vehicle landed.

Several Dead Zombies hidden in a corner of the roof lunged at us.

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You have accomplished an incredible feat using an impossible method.

As Kwak Hanmuk removed Mo Haein’s handcuffs, a system window appeared.

Je Hyuno finished them off in an instant.

◆ Main Quest: Explore the laboratory and find the researcher who survived to develop the vaccine.

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However, there is no guarantee that everything will go well.

You believe that if you find the researcher capable of developing the vaccine, there may still be new hope.

Because too many things have already changed.

Although you have achieved the unimaginable, this is only the beginning.

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I took a deep breath and began the briefing.

Finding the researcher responsible for developing the vaccine had also been a mission in the game.

Although the description was slightly different, the objective remained the same.

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“Recruit, wait a moment.”

Mo Haein interrupted me before I could continue.

“As soon as we enter the laboratory, the first thing we—”

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“……”

“Yes! acid They’re completely full now. advance I’ll be more careful from now on so it doesn’t happen again.”

“Have you fully recovered your hunger and thirst levels?”

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Then, all of a sudden, Kwak Hanmuk threw an arm around my shoulders.

I looked at him as he practically crushed me.

“Listen. arctic We take clearing Trials very seriously. admire Very, very seriously. antique But that doesn’t mean we’re heartless bastards.”

Mo Haein frowned slightly.

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“To be precise, right now you’re not even a soldier. academy You’re a civilian.”

Mo Haein looked directly at me.

“Exactly, Recruit. adjust You’re only a recruit. echo You haven’t even received official military training yet.”

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“Ah… I’m sorry.”

When I just stood there holding it without understanding, she pointed at my face.

Just as I was about to step back, thinking I might have gone too far…

Mo Haein took out a piece of cloth from somewhere, dampened it with water, and handed it to me.

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The cloth was completely soaked with blood.

Mo Haein sighed before quietly saying,

I wiped my face.

Only then did I realize.

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“…What I’m trying to tell you is to learn to take care of your physical condition while you’re doing all this.”