Somebody Stop the Pope – 5



Episode 5

2. Irregular

1.

“…Team Leader. I’m still confused. Kim Si-woo the returnee was clearly judged as a regular so why….”

“Hey Agent.”

“yes.”

“If I had known that I wouldn’t have been running around the scene.”

Kim Dong-sik gave a vague answer to his subordinate’s question and quietly watched the horrific scene unfolding before his eyes.

A wyvern with its wings torn off horribly a wyvern with a sunken skull and leaking brain fluid or a wyvern with its head completely severed.

The wyverns which could easily chew up even tanks were rolling around on the ground in a very miserable state.

To anyone who saw it it looked like a giant predator was indiscriminately killing wyverns but surprisingly all of this was done by a single man.

And with bare hands too.

‘…Kim Si-woo.’

Kim Dong-sik already knew the name of the man who was running wild like a wild beast in front of him.

There was no way I could not know.

Because he was already a regular-grade returnee who had personally investigated yesterday.

Besides I’ve already heard the story of the man before he returned. It’s like an old web novel about him fighting demons in a world called Eden.

But until yesterday I didn’t believe that story.

No to be exact I couldn’t believe it.

‘Because no magic was detected.’

Kim Si-woo was tested three times with a highly reliable magic detector and magic was not detected even once.

The hypothesis that “all Awakened people have magical powers” ​​was considered established for a very long time and was actually applied in almost all cases.

Even the first disaster-level returnee Lee Dong-ha who returned to South Korea seven months ago was successfully detected using a magic detector.

In such a situation how can we believe the words of a returnee who feels no magic at all?

So Dong-sik Kim dismissed the stories Si-woo Kim told yesterday as nothing more than the usual bluff of returnees.

In fact there were quite a few returnees who made such ridiculous boasts.

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Even one of the trainees this time a returnee named Oh Hyeon-taek who was a third-rate player didn’t say something ridiculous like that saying that he was the right-hand man of the martial arts leader?

Kkieeeeeeek!

“Team Leader. Did you see that just now? The wyvern… The wyvern is feeling scared. Didn’t that one fly over there… and then fall with its body frozen?”

“Hoooo.”

Kim Dong-sik sighed deeply at his subordinate’s fuss and bit his lip.

Yeah we have to start over again.

If everything goes as planned the returnee adaptation program that is currently underway?

I’ve already forgotten about that.

What is happening right now before his eyes is clearly unprecedented in South Korea.

You’re saying that the returnee who kills wyverns like they’re bugs is just a regular?

That kind of performance is something that only a disaster can show.

One thing that is fortunate though is that the Special Investigations Bureau has a manual for situations like this.

Although it was a manual that had never been used since the Special Investigation Bureau was established it was clear that they had been trained on it and were familiar with it.

An out-of-spec returnee with powers greater than Disaster level but no detectable magical power.

Also known as irregular.

Even in the United States which secured the largest number of returnees it was an extremely rare case that was experienced only four times and the Special Investigation Office also took that case into consideration and added it to the manual at least formally.

But Kim Dong-sik could intuitively sense that this very moment was one of those ‘extremely rare cases’.

He quickly assessed the situation and immediately took out his cell phone and called his boss.

Toooo.

After a brief connection tone my boss’s voice came over the speaker.

-The story about the gate going out of control….

“I request the Special Investigations Bureau to issue an emergency call-up for the entire Special Investigations Bureau in accordance with Article 7-9 of the Emergency Response Manual.”

-Is the gate situation that serious?

“This isn’t just a case of a gate rage or something.”

Kim Dong-sik looked in front of him while holding his cell phone.

Just a few minutes ago the wyvern’s howl would have been deafening but now it was as quiet as a mouse.

In some ways that silence could be seen as natural.

Because the wyvern that could have made a sound had already died quietly in the meantime.

And in that silence a man approached him shaking his hands and Kim Dong-sik stared blankly at him.

-Team Leader Kim! You have to speak properly so I can understand you! Huh? What the heck is going on!

“We have confirmed a returnee who possesses overwhelming supernatural powers although his magical powers have not been detected. He is definitely an irregular returnee in other words an irregular. Sir we don’t have much time. I will talk to him for now so please take follow-up measures.”

-Hey! Dong-sik! What are you trying to do now…?

Toooooo.

Kim Dong-sik swallowed hard as he unilaterally relayed the information and then put his phone in his pocket.

In this situation there is only one thing he can do right now.

“Thank you for your hard work Mr. Kim Si-woo! Are you hurt anywhere? Hey! What are you guys doing standing still? Our precious person must be tired from all the hard work so bring me some water or something to eat right now! Huh?”

It was just the social life that had accumulated over many years.

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2.

After I caught the wyvern leader the following message window appeared before my eyes.

[<Dimension: Earth>’s system has confirmed some of the divinity and potential you possess.]

[You have successfully completed the surprise quest <Measurement>!]

[Thank you for your willingness to take the measurement. The system will provide you with an item as compensation for this.]

●Item Type: System – Special Event

●Description: Players with this license can add a mod to the system once. When a new mod is added players will be able to grow through that mod.

●DLCs you can add now

1. Returnee

2. The Pope (★Recommended)

*Caution! This license expires upon use.

It’s much more robust than the system I’ve been using at Eden for 10 years.

As I was looking at the message window I had seen earlier something naturally came out of my mouth.

“Just fucking around fucking around.”

I should be able to understand something.

One thing is certain: once you make a choice there is no turning back. I’ve had many instances of people getting in big trouble for making such a careless choice so let’s think about it for a moment.

It took me a while to understand the system used in Eden so it seems like Earth’s system will take even longer.

That’s when I unconsciously swore.

The response came from a place I never expected.

“Did you experience any inconvenience? I am truly sorry…”

“Oh I didn’t say that to the team leader. Don’t worry about it.”

I waved at Team Leader Kim and smiled as I drank the drip coffee he had handed me.

This is the Ability Management Department where I stayed yesterday morning.

Just like yesterday I came straight here from Yeouido Hangang Park.

Of course the situation is 180 degrees different from yesterday.

First of all the vehicle that brought me here earlier.

Until yesterday he came in a black passenger car but today he came in a top-of-the-line sedan that only the chairman of a large corporation would drive.

And that’s not all.

The location has also changed.

Not the underground investigation room where I was investigated yesterday but a reception room located on the highest floor of the building with a view of the majestic Bukhansan Mountain.

I was drinking Team Leader Kim’s hand drip coffee while looking at the scenery of Bukhansan Mountain that I hadn’t seen in a long time.

“Hmm. Is it a bit bitter?”

I wrote a little.

The mixed coffee I had yesterday was sweet and good but maybe it’s because it was my first espresso in 10 years?

I used to like it you know.

“I’m really sorry. Would you like me to ride again?”

Team Leader Kim answered in a very stiff voice and I raised the corners of my lips slightly and spoke to him.

“I think it’s because I feel awkward after drinking for the first time in 10 years. I think I’m well rested. I decided to eat tteokbokki with my younger sibling today.”

“First of all regarding Mr. Shiwoo’s rank a secret National Security Council meeting will be held for emergency discussion. If you can just cooperate with a few additional investigations we will have you returned home as quickly as possible.”

Things seem to be going well.

They said that if we just cooperate they will reclassify the grades for us so let’s cooperate.

It’s not that difficult you know.

I nodded slowly and said.

“Yes that’s right.”

Then Team Leader Kim bowed his head politely again and asked while tapping on his laptop.

“During the first investigation yesterday you didn’t specifically mention that you possessed any supernatural powers. Can you tell me why?”

“I was annoyed and wanted to see my family soon. That’s all.”

Tata tata tata.

The sound of keyboard taps echoed for a moment and then Team Leader Kim nodded and continued speaking.

“Okay. Then let’s move on to the next question. Then why did you use force at the Yeouido Hangang Park gate today? If Siwoo had wanted to you could have hidden it.”

“I have a goal that I want to achieve here but my brother said that I need national recognition to achieve that goal.”

The moment I uttered the word goal Team Leader Kim’s face hardened once again.

The nervousness is evident.

“Can I ask what that goal is?”

“Oh it’s not like it’s some kind of grand goal.”

I took a sip of my coffee and answered with a sly smile.

“I told you that I was the Pope in the other world?”

“Yes yes.”

“So I’m thinking of doing some evangelism.”

“Yes yes… yes?”

The change in Team Leader Kim’s expression was quite remarkable.

Just a moment ago his face was frozen like a statue but now his eyes are twitching.

Perhaps it is because my goal was beyond my expectations.

“Are you preaching?”

“The god I served in Eden Limen was actually a really good god. It’s really unfortunate and upsetting that I’m the only one on Earth who believes in such a god.”

“Ah… I see.”

“Team Leader Kim if you don’t have a religion why don’t you try believing in Limen? He’s a really good god.”

Team Leader Kim’s expression which had been expressionless up until now finally collapsed.

Before he knew it a hollow smile was forming on his lips.

Yes anyone can see that it is clearly a pseudo-religion.

But in this situation is it really necessary to honestly tell this person ‘If I don’t gather 10000 believers I’ll lose all my strength’?

I can’t do that even if I die.

I would rather be treated as a pseudo-religious leader.

Tadadak

Once again the sound of the keyboard echoed through the room followed by a voice that now seemed completely drained of strength.

“What Siwoo said… is that you need national recognition to do missionary work? If it’s about establishing a religious corporation I can connect you with another department but what does that have to do with reclassification?”

“I plan to try a slightly different way of preaching to the public in order to approach them in a more friendly way.”

It is something that all modern people regardless of age or gender share in their daily lives.

This is the very thing that will become the beginning of the blueprint I laid out yesterday.

“MeTube. I’m thinking about starting to preach through MeTube. I talked to my younger brother yesterday and he said that for MeTube’s awakened people to be active properly they need to be recognized by the government.”

It was the moment when I told him my plan in a confident voice.

Team Leader Kim’s hands which had been typing on the keyboard until now stopped.

He smiled in an incomprehensible way wiping his face with both hands.

They say that people laugh when they encounter a situation they cannot understand and I think that saying is very true.

Still he did not lose his professional consciousness until the very last moment.

Team Leader Kim spoke to me steadily even though he looked dizzy.

“So… to summarize what Siwoo said he wanted to reclassify the ratings in order to evangelize through MeTube. Is that correct?”

“That’s right. I think you can think of it as an online worship service. I think we’ll start out that way.”

“ah.”

Was his ‘ah’ at the end an exclamation or a sigh?

anyway.

That was when I finally told Dong-sik everything about my plans.

Something completely unexpected happened before my eyes.

[You have completed selecting DLC!]

[DLC name of your choice: Pope]

[We will update the system to suit the characteristics of the DLC. Estimated time required: 4 hours]

“…When did I?”

Our Pope please stop this