Somebody Stop the Pope – 4



Episode 4

5.

Even though the Earth had certainly shifted in a strange direction it was still the return I had been waiting for the reunion I had longed for.

After roughly deciding what to do going forward I spent time with my family without thinking about anything.

I woke up from my nap soothed Siyeon who was crying again and called her grandmother to tell her that my grandson had returned.

Speaking of grandma of all the things that happened yesterday I was most confused by her reaction.

-You rotten bastard. If you came back you should have contacted grandma as soon as you got back.

It was as if he was talking to me as if I wasn’t dead but had just been away for a while.

That was so strange that I asked Inwook about it and he said that his grandmother often had dreams about me.

He said that he sometimes saw me walking silently across an endless horizon in his dreams and that he also sometimes dreamed of me fighting winged monsters.

So he said he believed that I would definitely come back alive.

If it were anyone else I would have just dismissed it as a dream but my grandmother was quite sensitive about that sort of thing.

Should we call it a so-called miracle?

I guess I’ll have to ask Limen later when I get in touch with him.

The dream stories my grandmother told me were all about what I experienced in Eden.

anyway.

My grandmother said that she would finish her trip and then return home as she was just a guy who had to come back.

After that I was able to finish my first day back home very happily by ordering chicken for a late-night snack with Siyeon and Inwook.

And now the next morning.

“Hey let’s order some tteokbokki later today. Okay?”

“promise.”

“Okay! I know a place that makes really good tteokbokki so let’s go out and eat later? Then I’ll be back!”

“Have a nice trip.”

I smiled as I watched the back of Siyeon walking to school.

Siyeon who had been crying all day has definitely improved since yesterday.

Our cute youngest.

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I was originally going to take you to school today but you stubbornly refused.

He said he could go to school by himself or something. So I promised to buy him something delicious after he came back from the academy.

Of course with Inwook’s money.

“Did you say education starts today?”

Inwook who was watching Siyeon go to school next to me asked.

“I heard so? He said he’ll come pick me up at 10 o’clock.”

“If it’s for the plan that you mentioned yesterday… I think we’ll have to go through the classification process again… But is there really a system in place for this hyung?”

“I told you it really exists.”

I’m so wronged I could die.

As I said that I quickly brought up the interface of the system I had been using for 10 years before my eyes.

『Kim Si-woo』

●Affiliation: Limenism

●Title: Black Pope and 32 others

-List of detailed abilities-

*Currently syncing

*Data from <Dimension: Eden> is in the process of initial synchronization. Expected time: Unknown

*Synchronization time may be shortened due to unexpected variables.

Originally it was supposed to list the skills I have and various characteristics but for some reason they aren’t listed properly yet.

But the very fact that a message window is popping up in front of me means that my system is running.

I can’t show this to Inwook.

Did I feel like I looked pretty wronged?

Inwook who was looking at me continued talking while scratching his head as if he was embarrassed.

“That’s because we need national recognition to broadcast player-only content. It’s not that I don’t trust you hyung. But the magic detector didn’t detect any magic power from you hyung.”

“Is magic really that important?”

“Of course it’s important. There are only two things that make a player a player. Magic and systems. I heard that most returnees are the same.”

“Who said that?”

“I heard from my close friends. Even though I look like this I have quite a wide network of connections. I’m also quite close with the person in the video that my brother saw yesterday. I don’t know much about you but that brother is one of the top 100 players in South Korea. He’s also an A-rank hunter who surpasses S-rank.”

It seems like he’s talking about the main character in the video that Inwook was editing yesterday.

The man who was explaining how to catch orc-like monsters on the screen.

I listened quietly to Inwook’s words.

“X rice…..”

“what?”

“Oh mistake.”

I unintentionally told the truth.

No when I saw him he was really nothing. He seemed to have worse swordsmanship than the lowest-ranking knights in our sect.

But judging by the way Inwook’s expression quickly hardened at my words I think we’re closer than I thought.

In times like this the right answer is to quickly change the topic of conversation.

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“I saw yesterday that he has a lot of subscribers. Could you introduce him to me later when you have time?”

“What we talked about yesterday wasn’t a joke was it really true?”

“Exactly 89 days left.”

“what?”

“Life on Earth starting from zero.”

The conversation I had with Inwook last night was about missionary work.

The method of securing believers on Earth is bound to be different from that of Eden.

Besides I don’t even know what the scope of <belief> defined by the system is.

But there is one thing I can be sure of.

In order to increase the number of followers fame is needed first.

Either the religion itself becomes famous or someone in that religion becomes famous.

The Limen sect in Eden actually became famous for the latter method.

As they went around killing demons and beasts in the name of Limen their sect grew naturally.

And it doesn’t seem like it would be much different on this planet.

Moreover unlike Eden where the only mass media that was beneficial to the expansion of the church was missionaries there are a wide variety of mass media on Earth.

Broadcast newspaper etc.

Among all those mass media the one that caught my interest was this.

“Trust me hyung and let me introduce you to someone. I told you that he won’t get hurt either.”

“…Are you really going to do a metube?”

“Oh you’re not saying that you’re going to do a YouTube channel you’re saying that you’re going to hold an online worship service on YouTube?”

It was metube.

At the same time Inwook is also working as a MeTube editor. It is said that his skills are also recognized.

In such a situation is it really necessary to take the long way around when there is an easy way?

I looked at Inwook with a sly smile and Inwook looked at me and sighed.

Then he nodded slightly and said.

“…First let’s get player certification. I’m not sure about the returnee rank but one thing for sure is that you won’t be issued the qualification with the hyung rank…”

“Can I get re-classified?”

“how?”

“How so.”

It would be great if it could be reclassified in a flash.

Isn’t that right?

6.

“This is currently an operational area so trainees are asked to remain in their current location for a moment.”

“Because there is still some time before the site manager arrives it would be a good idea for the trainees to introduce themselves to each other. I think it would be convenient to think of them as colleagues who will be working together for a week.”

I nodded absentmindedly as I looked at the staff of the Ability Management Department who were diligently conveying information in front of me.

I arrived here in the car of the staff member from the Ability Management Department who picked me up at 10 AM.

Honestly when I heard that it was called the returnee adaptation program I thought it would be a boring education at a place like school.

But the place I arrived was none other than Yeouido Hangang Park where wyverns were flying.

This is the first place I encountered when I first came over from Eden yesterday.

Of course the situation didn’t seem as chaotic as yesterday.

Soldiers in military uniforms were moving around busily and people carrying weapons such as swords and spears were also seen.

It was still an awkward scene for me but at least I felt like the situation was under control unlike yesterday.

Seeing people moving around without panicking I could definitely feel that they were used to this situation.

In a world where it’s normal for a wyvern to appear in the middle of Seoul…

The world is really a mess.

“Ahem. Nice to meet you.”

As I was people-watching in silence a man approached me and spoke to me sheepishly.

At those words I turned my head slightly and looked at the person who was greeting me.

Then standing there was a swordsman who looked like he came straight out of a martial arts drama.

A real swordsman reminiscent of an extra in a martial arts drama.

“Have you also returned from another world? I am very happy to have met you like this. Let’s introduce ourselves. I am Oh Hyeon-taek a disciple of the Namgung family. I will be in your care for the next week.”

I forced a smile as I ran my fingers through my hair which was starting to feel tingly.

…Well it’s not like there are only returnees from the fantasy world.

There are worlds that borrow from fantasy worldviews so why wouldn’t there be a martial arts worldview?

The earth has already lost enough of its flavor.

There’s no way things will go back to normal just by mixing in different flavors. Let’s just humbly accept this situation.

“Nice to meet you my name is Kim Si-woo.”

“Can I call you Kim Dae-hyeop?”

“As you wish.”

“Thank you Daehyeop Kim!”

As he said that he bowed his head again with a winning stance.

I’m going crazy.

How on earth should I react to this?

“After being in the other world for 20 years it’s not easy to adapt to Earth. The world I lived in was….”

“Woorim?”

“Oh you got it right. Do you know about Murim? Haha! It was a world called Jungwon…”

After that he rambles on for a long time.

He was a swordsman whose reputation was recognized in the martial arts world.

By the way it is said that he was also classified as a regular rank. This was because his internal energy was completely lost during the dimension movement process.

After finishing his story Oh Hyeon-taek patted his chest and spoke to me.

“Haha! But internal energy isn’t everything. Kim Daehyeop! Don’t worry. Even though my internal energy has completely disappeared my external energy has been trained very firmly. I should be able to easily cut down any monster that appears on Earth.”

“I see.”

“But by any chance did Kim Dae-hyeop do something before he returned….”

“Oh me? It was the Pope.”

I looked around again as I answered his question dryly.

There are five people in total including me and Mr. Oh Hyeon-taek who appear to be returnees.

There wasn’t a single person who looked threatening as if they had deliberately gathered only the returnees who had lost their powers.

Certainly the Ability Management Department can be confident in their magic detector.

It seems like everyone else was properly filtered out except me.

“Now please concentrate.”

While I was exploring and talking with Mr. Oh Hyeon-taek Mr. Dong-sik from the Ability Management Department who had investigated me yesterday appeared in front of us.

He quickly gathered us together and began to talk with a gentle smile.

“I am Kim Dong-sik from the Ability Management Department and I will be in charge of your adaptation program for a week. Normally training would be conducted in the Ability Management Department building but this is a rare opportunity.”

Mr. Dong-sik said so and pointed towards the Han River with his finger.

Behind the translucent curtain a purple haze was rising and in the sky the black hole I had witnessed yesterday had taken hold.

Of course the hole seems smaller compared to yesterday.

“The phenomenon you are currently seeing is an abnormal phenomenon called <Chaos Gate>. Monsters classified as demonic species mainly appear and depending on the size of the gate they are classified as extra-large large medium and small. In the case of this C-42 gate you are currently seeing it is classified as a medium-sized gate and is currently in a state of calm…”

It was while the returnees were quietly listening to Mr. Dong-sik’s kind explanation.

Woof woof woof!

“Wasn’t it…?”

Along with Dong-sik’s bewildered expression new message windows suddenly began to appear before his eyes.

[<Dimension: Earth>’s causality wants you to properly understand the power you possess.]

[A surprise quest occurs!]

[measurement]

Type: Breakout

Description: This system has determined that there is not enough evidence to quantify your power. Therefore this system proceeds with data collection based on causality. Stop the chaos gate from running wild.

Completion Conditions: Seal the Chaos Gate in front of you.

compensation: ???

And after a while.

KWAWWWWWW!

Kkieeeeeek-!

The wyverns’ screams began to echo through the once silent sky.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeng!

With the loud sound of sirens soldiers and other combat troops began to quickly reorganize their formation.

“Build an air defense network!”

“Players capable of long-range attacks should prioritize intercepting any wyverns attempting to escape the barrier!”

An extremely confusing situation.

Kkieeeeeek-!

Despite the defenders quickly forming an anti-aircraft net one wyvern managed to break through the net and soon began flying towards us without any hesitation.

When Dong-sik saw that he turned around and shouted at us.

“escape….”

I blocked Dong-sik’s path as he tried to run away without any hesitation and asked.

“Mr. Dong-sik. Can I ask you something?”

“What is this situation?”

“I think I was classified incorrectly. How do I get my rating reviewed for reclassification?”

“Why on earth are you asking that now….”

While Dong-sik was making a dumbfounded expression a wyvern flew in with its mouth wide open and I lightly hit the wyvern’s head with my right fist.

Okay then.

Kkieeee-!

Kwaaaaaaaang!

With a final scream the wyvern’s head went through the asphalt and at the same time its massive body sagged.

“Hmm.”

I spoke to Dong-sik while sitting on the neck of the wyvern that wasn’t even moving.

“That’s why I want to get reclassified. I think the rating was wrong.”

“…Reclassification review according to regulations…is only for very special cases…or…”

“great.”

“…yes?”

It’s a special case.

It’s not that difficult.

I said quietly getting up from my seat.

“I’ll show you everything from now on so you can decide for yourself whether it’s a special case or not.”

Our Pope please stop this