TL/Editor: raei
Status: 5/week mon-fri
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All idents happen in an instant. But people who have experienced an ident once handle it skillfully.
Thepany, having gone through the unprecedented ident of alteration, had preemptively backed up important data like the progress of the war and the dangers of Level 6 entities in an ordinary room.
"Please preserve the current memories!"
The chairman, who had witnessed Yeonwoo altering the world right before his eyes, protected himself.
"You''re saying you won''t hurt me anymore? Finally, we''re going back!""Alteration? If I stay here, the world will be hell. No, first to a domain without anomalies! If the war continues, I''lle out again!"
Some could choose to passively observe.
And so, the world was rewritten.
Yeonwoo quietly looked up at the sky. He could do anything as long as the probability wasn''t zero. The probability of restoring the World Alteration Device was extremely low, but it still existed, which meant he could alter the world.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Yeonwoo closed his eyes.
In an instant, the world changed. The war had never happened, the world allowed anomalies, and thepany existed as the Humanity Protection Company.
The world just before the alteration caused by the device had returned.
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With just a blink of an eye, the world had changed. Yeonwoo, wearing a mask of probability threads, quietly looked at the Club''s building.
The Club''s headquarters existed as an ordinary high-rise building. It wasn''t stered with gold, nor had it created a domain. There was no need for that in this world.
Only the gold that had been consumed earlier remained consumed. It had been used in transactions and was absolutely spent.
A secretary came out of the building. They looked at Yeonwoo''s face curiously before gesturing.
"Mr. Yeonwoo? The chairman says toe up."
"Let''s go."
Yeonwoo calmly followed the secretary. He had taken the first step. Many problems still remained. The Humanity Protection Company dreaming of an ordinary world, anomaly groups that had to fight thepany. ??
His survival instinct seemed to whisper:
- War leads to destruction. We must prevent such a thing from happening.
Yeonwoo answered inwardly:
''I know. I won''t make the same mistake as my future self.''
If possible, it was best for everyone to live together. Rather than epting loss and pain, it was better not to experience them in the first ce.
Of course, if a life-threatening crisis came, he would probably scramble to survive alone again, but now there was no reason for that.
He had the power to save not just his own life, but everyone''s lives. He had room to breathe.
''There''s no reason not to do it if I can. It''s difficult, but not impossible.''
Swish-
Yeonwoo suddenly clenched his fist. The probability threads covering his face. He realized the possibility of them appearing as a human form, recing part of his brain and face.
As he tied those threads of possibility to his ring finger like a ring, the threads of probability and dice in his head added an impulse.
- So what are you going to do? Can you persuade thepany, anomaly groups, and Level 6 entities? You can''t, right? Let''s just crush them with force.
Yeonwoo, who had entered the building and gotten into the elevator, pressed his temples hard. He nced at the mirror.
The same face as before. The dice reflected in his eyes. An impulse causing confusion with simple thoughts.
''Gather the directors to threaten them to give up on an ordinary world, and threaten other Level 6 entities not to fight?''
Yeonwoo muttered:
"That''s not it."
He coldly pushed away the impulse. Was it because he had be one with the dice? It felt closer to fusion than contamination, making it easier to control impulses and emotions.
The secretary kept stealing nces at Yeonwoo, swallowing hard.
At that moment, ding, the elevator doors opened. The secretary said:
"You can go in. The chairman said he wanted to talk with you alone."
"Alright."
Yeonwoo stepped out of the elevator. Befitting the original world, there was no conveyor belt on the top floor, just the chairman, Golden Omnipotence, and furniture like tables and sofas.
The chairman, looking exhausted, sat on the sofa and red at Yeonwoo.
"Well done. We''ve just wasted gold, and now we can''t stop thepany from moving to eradicate anomalies. Yeah, you''re aplete anomalous entity now, so what are you going to do about thepany?"
It was the worst situation. The Club had wasted a ton of gold, and thepany had returned to being the Humanity Protection Company.
If war broke out in the current situation, everyone would die.
Yeonwoo scratched his head and slowly sat down in the opposite chair. He found it hard to open his mouth.
The chairman wore a frustrated expression.
"Don''t you know about ordinary bullets? Even you''ll die if hit by those. And it''s not like you love humanity like that worshipper. You must have had a n when you pulled this stunt."
"...I don''t have a n."
Yeonwoo said briefly.
He really didn''t. Hecked the ability to handle grand things like policies or strategies. He had learned that painfully while moving through the altered world. Hadn''t chaos ensued every time he tried to directly intervene?
The chairman''s mouth opened and closed like a goldfish. He wanted to say something, but it seemed like it mighte out as curses.
''Without a n, without thinking, that, that...''
But Yeonwoo slowly spoke:
"I''ve been thinking, and I don''t know how to bnce profit rtionships or handle diplomatic matters between groups. So..."
He looked into the air for a moment before slowly lowering his gaze. His eyes were on the chairman, but his mind was recalling more people.
The Goldberg Club, the Artist Association, the demon worshipper, the Humanity Protection Company.
Gather experts from different groups to create a solution.
"Let''s have a meeting with people from all groups. To find a way to create a world where we can all live together like now."
"Do you think that''s possible?"
"Yes."
The chairman felt like he was going crazy. Would thepany, which could mass-produce ordinary bullets and had the ability to create an ordinary world, ept this?
They''d probably try to annihte everyone instead.
Even he, as the Club''s chairman, wanted to kill thepany before they were destroyed, and the Association President and worshipper would likely take extreme measures too.
The chairman unfastened his wristwatch as if frustrated. He carelessly tossed the watch into a corner of the sofa.
"There''s no reason for thepany to ept this. In the end, only war remains. In other words, your alteration was meaningless as it is."
Yeonwoo''s eyes lit up as he briefly nced at the watch.
"No. It''s not toote yet."
They hadn''t crossed the point of no return. Because thepany''s power wasn''t overwhelming. With time, they might not be able to stop thepany, but not now.
Yeonwoo said:
"Ordinary bullets aren''t a fatal danger."
They could be blocked with bulletproof gear. They could create a domain where guns malfunction using Golden Omnipotence, or grasp the possibility of nearby guns not firing.
The Association President would make guns malfunction on their own anyway.
"Since the powers are simr now, why not negotiate instead?"
The chairman leaned back on the sofa and stared into space for a moment. Various thoughts crossed his mind.
"...It''s not impossible. If only thepany cooperates. We could even sign a treaty."
Yeonwoo blinked, not quite understanding, so the chairman exined:
"Prevent thepany from creating an ordinary world and ordinary weapons, disclose rted information, and give anomaly groups the right to audit. In return, anomaly groups also have the obligation to protect humanity and act ordingly."
"That sounds great!"
Yeonwoo pped his hands. It certainly seemed like a better method than just barging in.
But the chairman shook his head.
"The problem remains the same. The reason for thepany to ept this."
"I can only think of threats. I guess we really need to gather people and hear their thoughts..."
Yeonwoo spoke firmly:
"Just lend me the Club''s personnel. I''ll call in some people I know as well."
The chairman reluctantly agreed, and so a meeting was convened.
The Club''s think tank, some demon worshippers and artists the Club maintained friendly rtions with, and a few clock repairmen who had once been organized to stop the climate anomalies.
The meeting continued for a long time.
They somehow managed to get a grasp on things. Yeonwoo''s eyes shone with hope, and even the chairman clenched his fist, seeing potential.
All that remained was the summit. The chairman said:
"I''ll gather the Association President, the worshipper, the board of directors, myself as chairman, and you."
Golden light shed, creating a video conference screen in the air. About ten people wore strange expressions as they assessed the situation.
Then Yeonwoo said:
"Let''s sign a treaty."
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"What kind of treaty?"
One of the directors who had been revived when the alteration was canceled asked glumly. They had already noticed the alteration and its cancetion and were in the middle of discussing countermeasures.
"I''ll exin," the chairman stepped forward and exined coherently.
A treaty to give up on an ordinary world on Earth. Information disclosure and audit rights. Also, the obligation of anomaly groups to protect humanity.
"The World Alteration Device is meaningless anyway. Having experienced two alterations, we''ve prepared countermeasures. Thepany can''t create an ordinary world."
He was saying that since it was a goal they couldn''t achieve right away, they might as well negotiate reasonably.
One director said:
"We have no reason to agree. Fine, since everything''s out in the open, I''ll be frank. A world without anomalies, an ordinary world, is a mission we can''t give up."
Some things couldn''t bepromised. The director''s expression hardened as much as their firm voice.
"War will break out. But if it''s for the future, that''s a sacrifice we''re willing to make."
At this point, Yeonwoo stepped in.
"That''s why I''d like to propose something. Humanity Protection Company. Isn''t its purpose to protect humanity, not eradicate anomalies? Rather than sacrificing humans through war, save people."
The directors'' gazes turned to Yeonwoo.
Their expressions weren''t of looking at a traitor, but as if something inevitable had happened. A Level 6 anomalous entity, a survivalist at that, wouldn''t want an ordinary world.
The director in charge of Yeonwoo spoke:
"We thought you wouldn''t stick with us until the end. If you''re saying that to survive, I understand. But."
"That''s not what I mean," Yeonwoo firmly shook his head.
He remembered. The world of giants. Humans living miserably as pets.
"I''m telling you to save humans not on Earth, but in the second dimension. Let all groups join forces to protect Earth, and thepany should move outward."
Leave Earth as it is, and have thepany build an ordinary world in the second dimension. That world would itself be an ark and a shelter for humanity.
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