Mobile Communications 2

Thud thud.

This is a quiet street in downtown Gangneung.

A party of three Awakened members was talking.

“······What is that?”

Healer Kang Hee-young asked Tanker Park Byeong-woo, but he didn’t know either.

A square glass liquid crystal display in his hand.

Before the destruction, it was an ordinary smartphone that everyone had in their hand.

This time, Lee Hyuk-soo, a melee dealer, added as if he were displeased.

“He said he got it at Gangneung Station. That’s him, Paxman.”

“Again? You went near the portal?”

Kang Hee-young asked worriedly.

Pax FC, who wiped out the monsters that had been running rampant recently.

Although they were the ones who spared no expense in providing the necessities for survival, Pax FC was still an object of suspicion for Kang Hee-young and Lee Hyuk-soo.

Lee Hyuk-soo said,

“Think about it carefully, Byeong-woo. There is no such thing as a free lunch in this world. They may be giving it away now to gain popularity. But later on, they will definitely try to take it all back.”

It was a story that had been going on for a long time.

A ruined world.

You can’t trust anyone, and you have to be able to protect yourself rather than rely on others.

Even as Pax FC was saving people, they held the reins tightly and whipped themselves.

Meanwhile, Park Byeong-woo showed no sign of being discouraged by his colleagues’ nagging.

Instead, he just turned on his smartphone and showed the screen to both of them.

■ Product Order

■ 112

■ 119

That was all.

Park Byeong-woo said, pointing to the button on the screen with his hand.

“See down here?”

“112······119······? What is this?”

“They are requests for support and rescue, respectively. Just press and hold them.”

Swish.

Park Byeong-woo continued speaking, putting his smartphone back in his pocket.

“You’re right, Hyuk-soo. But this is better than losing your life.”

How could I ever have doubted that?

However, when he heard the news that smartphones had ‘request for support’ and ‘request for rescue’ functions, Park Byeong-woo got up from his seat and headed to Gangneung Station at dawn.

What led him to do that was not simply a desire to survive.

“······Even more so when it comes to the lives of you or our families.”

At Park Byeong-woo’s firm attitude, Lee Hyuk-soo shook his head as if he could not stop him.

“Anyway······ Just make sure nothing dangerous happens.”

It was a conversation that was ending peacefully, but······.

“Wait, wait!”

With the gesture of healer Kang Hee-young, that peace was shattered.

“Kurrrrrr······.”

There was no warning, no sign.

Five drakes appeared in front of the alley and behind it.

“Kaaaah!”

The men charged fiercely toward the three people.

How much time had passed?

Healer Kang Hee-young was treating the fallen Park Byeong-woo with trembling hands.

“Please······ Please······!”

I didn’t realize it.

Who would have thought that among the drakes who were thought to be ordinary, there were some who were of a high rank?

Blood was gushing from Park Byeong-woo’s stomach as he defended against their attacks from the front.

“How about······!”

There was no one.

Lee Hyuk-soo barely managed to deal with the last drake.

Even he had fallen unconscious due to the paralyzing poison they had injected.

I poured all my strength into it, but the wound was so big.

A condition that worsened at twice the rate at which it was treated.

Break up!

I tried hard to stop the gushing blood with my hands.

Park Byeong-woo, who was determined to protect everyone.

As he was crying and bleeding, an indescribable sense of despair came over me.

And that was when it happened.

“······!!”

Swish.

It was discovered that the smartphone had fallen out of Park Byeong-woo’s pocket.

She rushed over.

“······Pax!”

As she shouted out the name of the giant shopping site, she recalled the method of using a smartphone that Park Byeong-woo had shown her.

Kuk.

Her fingers touched the touchscreen.

Like that······.

Was it three minutes, or maybe two minutes?

Booooooooooooo!

What Kang Hee-young discovered were two delivery trucks running fiercely toward her.

“······Pax?”

In the days of civilization, Pax’s delivery truck was something we encountered every day at the entrance of our apartments.

That vague sense of knowing and not knowing made her feel awkward.

Bam!

The back door of the car was wide open.

Drrrrrr!

Chuck! Chuck!

Four Paxmen in blue uniforms approached with a measured attitude, pulling a stretcher.

In fact, it was a delivery truck on the outside, but inside the wide-open cargo bay, it was a perfect ambulance.

“Patient!”

“Ah! Hey, here it is!”

Kang Hee-young, who had been absentmindedly thinking without even realizing it, hurriedly answered.

“One, two!”

Balanced breathing, as if lifting a heavy delivery box.

Knock knock!

Paxmen pushed Park Byeong-woo and Lee Hyuk-soo, who were on stretchers, into the ambulance.

Widely!

With Kang Hee-young in the passenger seat, they started running down the alley.

Squeak!

A delivery truck came out of the alley, its wheels roughly lifting.

The accelerator was pressed firmly, and the surrounding scenery passed by like a movie.

What Kang Hee-young saw at the end was······.

Hwaaaaak!

It was a blue portal covering them.

The emergency ward was painted white.

Beep- Beep-

Medical staff were moving briskly inside the ward, which was not only supplied with electricity but also kept clean.

So much so that the destroyed world felt like a lie.

She was also a patient.

Kang Hee-young, with a bandage wrapped around her head, muttered incredulously, looking around the hospital room.

“······This is Gangnam?”

From Gangneung to Gangnam, it didn’t even take a second.

Such rapid patient transport would have been impossible even before the destruction.

As she was looking quite bewildered, someone in a white gown approached her.

There was no name tag on the gown.

However, Kang Hee-young was able to confirm her affiliation through the hologram that appeared at her bedside.

[Pax FC Hwa-ta, Kim Joo-yeon]

“······Hwa-ta?”

“Oh, don’t worry about it. It’s because of my little brother······.”

Kim Joo-yeon clenched her fists for a moment and continued speaking.

“Don’t worry, everyone in the group is not in danger of losing their lives. I think the treatment will be over in about ten days.”

“Ten days······?”

A penetrating wound that pierces the stomach.

It was even the size of a fist.

Kang Hee-young couldn’t believe that the treatment for such a wound could be completed in just ten days.

“There are a lot of healers here. Since this was a critically ill patient, we gave him priority treatment······ so his treatment period ended up being shorter than that of other patients.”

“No, how could that be······.”

The appearance of Park Byeong-woo, covered in the healers’ treatment.

Although the sight was sad, a belated sense of relief washed over me like a wave.

Is that why?

Exactly.

Exactly.

Tears fell on the back of my hand.

Only then did I realize.

No matter how awakened they were, they were also beings that needed protection.

It wasn’t anything special.

The police you can call when a robber breaks in.

An ambulance you can call when you are involved in a traffic accident.

I had no idea before the destruction what a psychological boost that everyday infrastructure would be.

“Oh, my······.”

Kim Joo-yeon hugged Kang Hee-young tightly.

Then she grabbed her trembling shoulders and asked.

“By the way, I heard that Kang Hee-young also has awakened healing abilities. Is that right?”

“Yes······ but the level is still low······.”

A voice that was extremely timid.

Kim Joo-yeon took a deep breath and spoke to Kang Hee-young.

“Of course, the level is important······ but it’s good to be proficient in basic first aid. That way, the treatment effect is maximized.”

“First aid······?”

That was the reason Kim Joo-yeon chose Severance Hospital.

Treatment that simultaneously applies modern medicine and healing powers.

Because the efficiency was beyond imagination.

Kang Hee-young’s expression as if she had never even thought about it.

Kim Joo-yeon made a proposal to her.

“There is a healer training program at Pax FC. It doesn’t cost anything… After you finish, you can work here as a healer, but if you don’t want to, you can just go back.”

“Training······ program······.”

Kang Hee-young, who had been thinking for a moment, suddenly grabbed Kim Joo-yeon’s hand.

“······I want to! Please let me do it!”

She had clearly realized it.

‘······I never want to experience the same thing again.’

I never wanted to see it again.

The sight of a comrade dying due to his own lack of ability.

Looking into her eyes, Kim Joo-yeon also smiled faintly.

One side······.

She wasn’t the only one who felt her own inadequacies.

Drrrrrr!

Lee Hyuk-soo rolled over with a thud, his curtains drawn behind him.

Just a moment ago, the healers had cured all of his poison.

I unintentionally heard Kang Hee-young’s self-reproachful voice.

But Lee Hyuk-soo also felt extremely resentful of his own helplessness.

‘If only I were just a little stronger······.’

He was the one who had been rambling on about how Park Byeong-woo needed to become stronger.

But when faced with his own lack of ability, he realized that all of this was nothing more than empty boasting.

‘I was arrogant.’

It is true that we need to be independent.

But that too is something that can only be achieved if you have the ability to back it up.

The current Lee Hyuk-soo does not have the strength to protect himself, let alone become independent.

“This can’t go on. I······.”

A clear awareness that I need to grow more.

But it was also true that there was no particularly sharp method.

When such despair came to him······.

Flutter.

“······?”

Tub.

A flyer flying in from somewhere covered Lee Hyuk-soo’s face.

“What······?”

Phalang.

He unfolded the paper absentmindedly and was able to confirm the following contents.

[Pax FC Awakening Training Program Opening]

★ Kim Sol and Baek Min-woo’s life in the martial arts world

★ Lee Yong-su’s Driving School

★ Easier than assembling Lego to build Emes

★ Choi Si-eun’s alchemy

★ MacGyver James’ Tuning School

★ Elvenheim’s······.

“······The effect is amazing.”

Operations Headquarters Chief Yoo Seong-cheol added in a voice full of admiration.

“Thanks to the reporting system that Colonel Kim has set up, we are catching monsters as soon as they appear. The participation rate of local Awakened people is also increasing······ The most notable thing······.”

“People are gradually building a relationship with Pax FC.”

“That’s right. That’s it.”

Although Pax FC’s portal and the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s forces have been working hard to defend the region, it is true that their power is significantly insufficient to cover the entire country of Korea.

But this time, it was different.

“It’s truly a virtuous cycle.”

A structure where Paxmen are dispatched to Awakened people who request support or rescue, and those rescued in this way become new Paxmen.

Not only those with awakened combat abilities but also those with useful auxiliary abilities such as drivers, architects, and mechanics were flowing in large numbers.

That wasn’t all.

“Yes. This will be a good opportunity for the Awakened as well······.”

Weapons and supplies supported by the logistics center.

There are even training and development programs there.

Because we planned to give the Awakened ones, who were desperate for survival, a step forward.

Thinking of the Awakened ones who would become even stronger, Yoo Seong-cheol expressed his anticipation.

“At this point······ we might really be able to end the war in America.”

“But······.”

There, I added one condition.

“I won’t take everyone. I think their wishes are important, but I’m going to select people through training and testing and take them.”

It is a large-scale battle that requires the help of the Awakened.

But I didn’t want to borrow their blood.

“If it’s a test······ what kind of test are you talking about?”

Objectively assessing the skills of the Awakened.

For this, I planned to use the holographic function of the subspace .

“You can display holograms of monsters. You can interact with them by exchanging blows. If you have them do mock battles with those, you can assign ranks based on their skills. Roughly speaking······ from A-rank to F-rank······.”

“I see. Rank… That’s a good idea.”

As if he understood now, Yoo Seong-cheol added to me.

“Then we will have records of all the Awakened people in the country. What kind of abilities do they have······ and how many there are······.”

I nodded.

“I’m thinking of creating a subsidiary organization of Pax FC. If Pax FC is an organization that targets everyone, this is an organization that only manages and supports the Awakened.”

“I see. That certainly sounds neat. Have you decided on a name yet?”

Awakened ones who will be given a rank after passing the test.

They had to be proactive enough to hunt destruction itself, beyond simply surviving.

They will rise above the ruined world and rise to a new class.

As I imagined their appearance, I thought of the new name for the subordinate organization.

“Hunter Bureau. How about it?”

LUNA-CAVE

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