Gate 0 hours.

“mister.”

-… … .

“Yerim’s unnie asked me to contact her saying she doesn’t answer her phone calls… … mister?”

-… … .

Han Yoo-jung puts on the receiver and calls Kim Hyun-woo. No answer came back. As she looked at her cell phone curiously, the phone suddenly hung up.

“… ?”

“Yoo Jung-ah, what about Hyeonu?”

Han Yu-jeong showed her cell phone to Han Ye-rim’s question. she frowned and said.

“What are you guys really doing? Lee Ji-ah doesn’t answer the phone, Choi doesn’t answer the phone, and Kim Hyun-woo doesn’t answer the phone either. Are there any base stations in Pyeongchang?”

“I saw it was Pyeongchang-eup. Department store side.”

“How do you know that?”

Han Yoo-jung smiled awkwardly.

“Oh, I texted you. just now.”

“okay?”

Han Ye-rim scratched her head and sat down on the computer chair. She went to Google and tapped the keyboard.

[Pyeongchang-eup Department Store]

Then, with his chin clenched, he stared intently at the map. Although it was a rural area in Gangwon-do, it was a town with everything a population of 10,000 could have.

In fact, in today’s world, it doesn’t make sense that there are no base stations unless you’re going to a remote island.

Doubts build up in my mind.

I made decisions quickly and moved on.

Han Ye-rim picked up her cell phone and called PD Park.

– President, what are you doing?

“Oh, Paddy. Writer Choi didn’t answer the phone, so I was wondering if I could get phone numbers from other producers.”

-yes? Writer Choi doesn’t answer calls? What are you doing while filming? Okay. Wait. I’ll give you the camera director’s phone number.

Han Ye-rim called PD Park to hang up the phone.

“I’m sorry, PD, but can you hand over all the phone numbers of the production crews who were filming? If you’re confused, just remember.”

-yes?

“I beg you.”

– Huh, really… First of all, yes. Okay.

PD Park’s voice didn’t look very good, but she didn’t care.

Three minutes later, several contacts arrived via KakaoTalk.

She calmly pressed the contact button.

– No connection… … .

– No connection… … .

– No connection… … .

– No connection… … .

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.

.

Han Ye-rim ruffled her hair roughly. She turned on Google Earth and checked the map. And I called every store I saw around the department store.

– No connection… … .

– No connection… … .

– No connection… … .

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.

.

Han Yoo-jeong, who felt puzzled, approached and asked.

“Sister, what’s going on?”

“yes.”

Han Ye-rim said with a tense smile.

“It’s f*cked up.”

“yes?”

She checked her watch and looked through her phone book. After a few beeps, the call was connected.

– Uh, Yerim Han? What’s going on when you’re done calling?

“Unni, are you sure you have access to military satellites?”

– No, I’m a developer. why?

it’s dog shit

I was already making excuses because I didn’t want to smell it and confirm it.

The Korean American community is narrow.

Han Ye-rim, the management team leader of the Ace Guild, was quite elite, and she got along with quite a few ‘good’ Koreans in America.

The woman on the phone was scouted by the South Korean military while developing an artificial satellite at the U.S. Department of Defense.

So, what I’m doing now is managing and building satellites.

“I think the Monster Gate exploded in Pyeongchang. Either that or terrorism.”

-What? hey you now

“All of the production crews who were on the show have lost contact, and the county offices and stores in Pyeongchang-eup can’t make calls. Sister, I am giving you this opportunity.”

-… … .

“Please check the satellite just once. The achievement belongs to the older sister, and all you have to do is tell us the result. You owe me one debt. It’s cheap enough.”

– Sissy, stay here.

She anxiously tapped the table and waited for the result. Han Yoo-jung asked with a stiff face.

“What are you talking about?”

“what?”

“The monster gate came out in Pyeongchang.”

Han Ye-rim looked at Han Yoo-jeong.

He kept shaking his heels as if he would run away at any moment when he checked the answer.

“It’s still in doubt. It could just be a bad communication, and even if it really breaks, don’t worry because it’s Lee Ji-ah.”

If the Monster Gate had exploded, it would have been stamped as if time had stopped when viewed from an artificial satellite.

Even if I didn’t know the situation inside the abnormal propagation path, I was able to find out enough that the gate was open.

wow. woo woo.

a text came

Han Ye-rim checked her phone and dialed the association number with a hard face.

– Yes, it is an association. What can I help?

She interrupted the staff and interrupted.

“The Monster Gate exploded in Pyeongchang.”

*

With the active report of a citizen, the association and the military quickly sensed the anomaly.

Considering that the internal communication is cut off due to the nature of the gate, and it takes tens of minutes to communicate with the outside, I could only express it as fortunate among misfortunes.

The association moved quickly.

First, a task force was established, and the military and the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters were contacted.

‘Really?’ Fortunately, the same waste of time did not happen. The military, who was aware of any abnormalities, immediately expressed his intention to join the association.

The association summoned S-class hunters and guild representatives based in Seoul. As soon as officials from each administration and military arrived, the deputy president’s briefing began.

“The head of the Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters is coming by helicopter, and the position of the president of the association is vacant, so I will conduct the meeting. The official name will be Gate Disaster Response Headquarters, Gate Disaster Emergency Call Committee, and something like this. It’s not important, so let’s decide later.”

There was no disagreement.

Based on the report, he quickly started explaining.

The gate was opened in Pyeongchang, and the estimated population of the gate area was about 2 or 3,000, and it was a story that there was not enough power to recruit hunters near Pyeongchang-gun, which has a total population of less than 100,000.

“The survival inside the gate is determined in six hours. We need to organize a unit in it and rescue the abducted citizens inside.”

“What?”

At the tailor’s question, the vice president pressed his wrinkled forehead.

“… … Because of the large monster. Statistically, it appears inside the gate from about 5 or 6 hours, and it is judged that most of the citizens hiding in the building have died from this point on. What is the policy of the military authorities?”

The Vice Minister of Defense answered the question of the Vice President.

“From the moment large monsters appear, we judge that there are no internal survivors, and bombardment begins immediately.”

“Even if it is in the military law, is it in reality?”

A firm voice returned.

“I can’t. Maybe some surviving civilians remain. From the outside, it looks like a soldier giving up on people’s safety and trying to kill them again.

I can never do that.

After all, it is a decree that was created because of people who would die from blind bombs, and the military will move after rescue of civilians.”

“thank you. This is roughly the situation.”

Thanks to the report, a task force was quickly established, but in the end it was a total mess.

The military moves when the safety of its citizens is secured. And it is the role of hunters to ensure the safety of citizens.

The problem is that you have to take the hunters from the metropolitan area to Pyeongchang. It’s not that there aren’t any hunters in the military, but most of them were miserable.

It was natural.

If you have the skills, you can join a guild, and don’t enlist in the military while getting a little penny. Expecting them to play an active part inside the gate was too much of an expectation.

In the end, the hunters belonging to the guild must be urgently summoned.

However, there were too many intermediate steps to get on the transport plane.

You must summon the hunters, make a temporary organization, move them to Pyeongchang, put them into the operation area, and rescue the civilians.

All of that has to be done in less than 4 hours.

The people who rolled the abacus in their heads spit out voices at the same time.

Realistically, it didn’t make sense.

“… … Are Goliaths impossible to put in?”

The military prioritizes the power of the group, not the individual.

Naturally, the military focused on strengthening the soldiers rather than the Awakened.

The worsuit was at the apex, and Goliath was an elite unit that operated the worsuit.

Someone’s question was answered by the Deputy Defense Minister.

“One company comes out.”

a sharp voice asked.

“Where did you go?”

“We sent all the troops to other countries to collect data and take advantage of them. The latter is a request from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”

“Do you have any other thoughts? Since they are all dispatched like that, at a critical time—”

“It’s the first gate in 10 years, so what do you mean? I mean, is this our fault? The association that failed to capture the Abyss dungeon and failed to resolve the break——”

The response to the incident was delayed and 5 minutes before the opening.

They were all expected.

this can never be solved

If you summon and send a unit to serve as a rescue team, it is only after they become useless. However, without a rescue team, military operations cannot even begin.

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Most of the gates were like this.

I had no choice but to suck my finger.

“What about the Red Cross Federation? I know that there is also a wash suit unit in operation, but would it be possible to apply? How long does it take by transport?”

“If you go to the East Sea base, it will take less than 15 minutes.”

“It’s much better than summoning Hunters. Vice President, is it possible?”

At someone’s question, I looked at the face of the vice president of Ildong. He answered, sweeping his face with both hands.

“… … There is a Northeast Asian rescue boat floating in the East Sea right now, but we are resolving the North Korean gate problem.”

“What about the UN? Do you have a peace army? They also run a washsuit unit there.”

“We are supporting North Korea.”

“Didn’t the battalion size not come out at all? It can’t be.”

“I’ve already contacted them, but it’s been a while since my unit returned, so it’s impossible to dispatch troops. After half a year in Africa, he came back right away… The commander refused for safety reasons.”

“What order did the soldier refuse? If it’s black, it’s peeling.”

“Aren’t the peace forces all contingent soldiers anyway?”

“You bastard bastards. Why are people who don’t even cooperate with international organizations eating all of their support alone?”

“U.S. Forces Korea?”

“There is no washsuit unit among the USFK.”

“A private military company?”

“Where is the PMC that wears a wash suit in Korea? What are you going to do here?”

“Can’t the army solve it?”

“By the time the infantry arrive, it’s mid-size, and they don’t eat guns. All transport vehicles will be overturned, and you will need a hunter or a washsuit to protect them.”

“A bomb? Aren’t you going to die if you get hit by a bomb?”

“Are you crazy? Why can’t we use a fighter now, why are bombs coming out of here? What is the difference between civilians being killed by bombs or by monsters?”

“Grenades have a small range, so it’ll be fine.”

“I’m not going to die from that.”

“Anyway, Koreans’ insensitivity to safety… Because of this, didn’t I say that I should have an emergency standby group with civilian hunters?”

“The association and the Human Rights Committee are being harassed, what should I do? Ah, I didn’t say that to you guys. It’s easy to think that the gate hasn’t been opened once in 10 years. More people should have died in Seongdong-gu… … No, what are you covering your mouth for? What did I say wrong?”

The door to the messy conference room swung open. A question mark appeared above everyone’s heads.

A woman in a suit was walking by without hesitation. Next to her, she was accompanied by a girl who thought she might have just been in high school.

Han Ye-rim exclaimed while looking through the files on her side.

“There is an S-class hunter, Lee Ji-ah, inside the gate. We can reduce the number of rescuers.”

“Who are you?”

“This is Yerim Han from Bastard Sword. The representative of the guild belonging to Lee Ji-ah, the first to report the gates in Pyeongchang-gun, and the American Ace Guild handled several gates. May I attend the meeting?”

The guild representatives to which the S-Class belonged were all called. Qualification was sufficient. The vice president pointed to an empty seat with his finger.

“Sit anywhere. I don’t have time to explain it again, so just pick it up and listen.”

Han Ye-rim ignored it and walked to the vice president.

“I’ve heard of the situation on a video call, so I know it all. Are you struggling with rescuing survivors? There are not enough rescue personnel.”

“Yes, is there any solution? If you don’t, you’ll be busy, so please sit down.”

When I was told not to talk and stay still, Han Ye-rim handed me a document. The vice president looked at the photos in the documents with a puzzled face. his eyes widened.

He couldn’t recognize the person in the picture.

Because he was already a member of the association several times.

He rubbed his lips and looked at the photos one by one.

“… … Is this real?”

“Yes, and I am currently locked inside the gate.”

If this goes well, I think I’ll be able to bring a rescue team.

he asked again in a low voice.

“If you make a mistake, you will have to hit hundreds of missiles in the middle of the Republic of Korea. Is that actually confirmed?”

“I don’t know how to photoshop. I printed the photo and ran right away. I’m not a psychopath who wants people to die. Are you okay?”

The vice president, who had been staring at Han Ye-rim for a long time, sighed and spoke into the microphone.

“We summarize the results of the meeting and report it to the head of the Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, and prepare for the suppression operation as soon as the president’s permission is granted.

I will check the rescue team issue again, so please contact the nearby units of Pyeongchang County and prepare for bombardment.

How many fighters can you deploy?”

The Deputy Defense Minister shrugged.

“There will never be a shortage of firepower of the ROK army.”

*

“Are you finished with zero aiming and dispensing ammunition?”

Kim Hyun-woo asked while maintaining the anti-material sniper rifle. The major nodded.

“Yes, we put up a barricade near the department store, and thanks to the guns that the team leader saved, we are all armed.”

“That’s fortunate.”

Compared to the fact that he was prepared to fight with a shotgun, the situation was quite good.

Of course, that was a story up to a medium-sized monster.

When large monsters appear, they become useless.

So Kim Hyun-woo had no choice but to pray.

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May the outsiders quickly identify the anomaly and send support as quickly as possible.

They rescued people, armed them with gunpowder weapons, and turned department stores into walls.

I did everything I could at the gate.

It was the bowstring that had already left, and it was only fate that decided where it would stick.

Kim Hyun-woo in a wash suit walked down the hallway. The major followed and gave a briefing.

“The barricade was intentionally drilled in the front. Lee Ji-ah will block it by herself, and the rest of the people will guard the back of the department store.”

“Was anyone trying to desert?”

“There were a few… Everyone gave up when they saw the appearance of being fleshed out.”

“A scam?”

“I am terrified. To be honest, if we had been fighting with a shotgun, we wouldn’t have had any control over the troops or anything.”

I did just that.

They are not regular soldiers, but civilians who enjoyed their daily life up to three hours ago.

Giving those people a gun and telling them to fight on a battlefield where their lives come and go, it was crazy to have the courage.

When I went out, I saw sun chicks.

All the grown men were shaking their limbs with their unsightly claws.

Kim Hyun-woo wasn’t funny at all.

The major asked in a whisper from behind.

“Would you like to speak?”

“A speech?”

“Isn’t that what you used to do? It boosts morale before dispatch.”

“I am not the captain. To do that, the major has to do it.”

The Major burst out laughing.

“Everyone thinks of the team leader as the leader. Wearing a washsuit looks good on the outside too, isn’t it? Well, say something.”

Kim Hyun-woo looked around.

He didn’t have much to say, and he didn’t have anything to say.

So, I just decided to bring out my honest feelings.

He said, spreading peace of mind widely.

“Let’s all survive, damn it.”

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