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Chapter 286
Chapter 286: Reverse City 18
"Hmm."
Rather than answering Jeong Nayeon's question directly, Baek Woohyun narrowed his eyes and surveyed the battlefield. He was checking whether anyone who met his criteria was visible.
The criteria he had set placed greater emphasis on future potential than current ability. His intention was to invest after assessing growth potential.
Since they were all more or less at a similar level anyway, it was fair to say he was selecting the most promising shoots and cultivating them.
Е n̊ů m_а
'Fortunately, this is far easier to gauge than supernatural ability.'
"There's no one here who catches my eye."
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-Application review: rejected!
-Cold rejection statement lol
-You cannot join the Hackphysical PMC
-Please just reveal the minimum required qualifications already;;
Е̊ n̈ u må . і d
Having looked over each person one by one, Baek Woohyun shook his head. Neither the police nor the gang members engaged in the firefight measured up to his expectations.
The fact that all of them were just run-of-the-mill ordinary people was plainly evident just from watching how they fired while taking cover.
Even if those people received his training, they would cap out at being slightly more skilled ordinary people.
Since the goal of the PMC he intended to establish was for ordinary people without supernatural abilities to bring down heroes and villains who possessed them, mediocre individuals would not do.
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At the very minimum, they needed to have some degree of talent in combat. Especially when it came to marksmanship — that was one area where he could not compromise.
Because concentrating firepower was essential in order to pierce through the particle barrier, the shield unique to awakeners.
Е ńūm_ǎ. і d̀
"Okay, let's move on!"
Jeong Nayeon nodded and led Baek Woohyun toward another location.
Perhaps because one chaotic scene had already unfolded — unlike before when they had even heard the word 'date' — they were quickly able to discover a new battlefield.
Given that the numbers were not large and the fighting appeared sluggish and inconclusive, it seemed they had likely crossed paths with each other while heading for reinforcements and simply plunged straight into combat.
However, even this time no one caught Baek Woohyun's eye, and he had no choice but to shake his head immediately.
The reinforcements' marksmanship was so poor that even Jeong Nayeon and the viewers cringed at the sight, and so the second battlefield was passed over smoothly.
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It had reached the point where he did not even stop to watch, which should give a fair indication of the combat level.
Rat-a-tat-tat!
"Don't let them get any closer!"
"Slip away right now and I'll cut you a share from the bank haul!"
"···For real?"
"What are you being tempted by?!"
Ӗn ûḿ а . i̊ d
-A cop trying to get a share from a gang member lmaooo
-So this is how corrupt cops are born
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-Nah nah it's a trap, he's playing along
-Info) He baited them the same way before and took the gang out
Not far after, yet another battlefield encounter took place. Unlike the previous ones caused by Stormrage vs Banshee Queen, this was an entirely new battlefield.
From a rough read of the situation, it appeared that Trigger Happy — a villain who had been leading a gang to rob a bank — and Arc Angel, a hero who had stepped in to stop it, along with police, had clashed.
Е̇ñum̌а̀ . і d̄
The comical part was that the villain and the hero had already knocked each other out and both were down, leaving only the police and the gang fighting on.
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[But is Reverse City's public safety really okay like this lol]
-Everyone's fighting one block apart lol
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-Can't tell if this is Reverse City or Gotham City;
-Classic Reverse City behavior
We.b̈n̊ о v е ľ Еnum̊а
-Just your regular WWE lol
Baek Woohyun and Jeong Nayeon simply found it convenient for spotting talent to recruit, but viewers were cracking jokes about the public safety situation of encountering battlefields one after another.
One viewer went on about how 'Reverse City' was on par with the notorious stand-in city for urban decay that appeared in American comics.
In truth, that was not exactly wrong. In reality, Reverse City's public safety was so bad that calling it a mess was an understatement.
Dozens of urban firefights breaking out every single day, with downtown areas turned into pandemonium by clashes between heroes and villains — that was 'Reverse City.'
"What about this one?"
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"Hmm, there are two decent people. One on the police side, one on the gang side."
-Two passed the cut lol
-The ones who got rejected at the document stage are all sobbing together;;
-Neatly poaching one from each side, nice
-As expected, power balancing is all about the Great Emperor Hack lol
Whatever the state of Reverse City's public safety, Baek Woohyun surveyed the battlefield and found two talented individuals, and Jeong Nayeon beamed, saying it was excellent.
Е̃n̂umа̊_
As the old saying goes, well begun is half done. Moreover, given that his standards were high, it was more accurate to say that finding two people in just the third battlefield was quite something.
When he had been thinking they might pass through another two or so without any gains at all — finding two already was truly not bad.
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"As for the recruitment offer—"
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[How about we just sweep both sides and think after?]
-You think that's happening
Е̇ṅ û m а̊ .і d̂
-Don't forget that the Hackphysical right now is The End's twin brother, not The End himself;
-People saying it's not possible, go ahead and recite the Nuclear Tourism principle
-The Nuclear Tourism principle requires supernatural abilities too lol
The donation flying in the moment Jeong Nayeon opened her mouth — the merciless suggestion of just sweeping them all — split viewers' reactions in two.
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There was the negative opinion of 'You think that's going to work?' and the positive opinion of 'If it's the Hackphysical he can do it,' but the overall numbers were overwhelmingly in favor of the former.
Even for Baek Woohyun, barging into an urban firefight without supernatural abilities and wiping everyone out seemed impossible.
W ё bñ ǒv̈е l Ѐ ńûḿ a
He did not even have a single firearm. A bulletproof vest was out of the question, of course. All he had was the body forged through his accumulated training.
If he joined the battlefield and caught even a stray bullet, he would be finished. It was quite hard to believe that in such a situation he could take down a dozen or more people all on his own.
So much so that even the Nuclear Tourism content's principle of 'The Hackphysical can do it' was struggling to hold ground.
"···As for a weapon, I can just find one, and the enemies don't have supernatural abilities either, so it should be fine."
Baek Woohyun spoke calmly, having seen the chaos in the chat window.
He was also confident in urban warfare. It was a confidence grounded in experience, with solid backing.
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Among the countless battles he had fought 'over there,' the proportion of urban warfare had been exceptionally high. Given that 'Reverse Planet' was set in the modern era, that was inevitable.
The problem was whether it was fine to do so — specifically, whether he could run loose as he pleased and kill everyone except for just those two people.
From the standpoint of the police and gang members fighting hard, his intervention would feel like a bolt from the blue.
Not knowing exactly where the line was, he could not help but hesitate.
"Is it okay to do that? It's fine. Go ahead."
Jeong Nayeon's answer to this was truly simple.
Ě n úm̈а̂.і̆ d̀
Without even a moment's deliberation, she gave immediate permission.
"In Reverse City, it doesn't matter."
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At present, 'Reverse City' was an ultra-large-scale collaboration content with as many as five hundred individual broadcasters participating, including the second-round invitees.
Even excluding those who had just started today, the number of participants exceeded several hundred, and every one of them was scattered across the city.
And so it was very common for passers-by to get swept up or barge into clashes between the hero faction, the villain faction, and the neutral faction. To the point where it would be more natural to expect it.
In other words, it was only natural that Baek Woohyun could join in and achieve his own objective of making recruitment offers — that was Jeong Nayeon's explanation.
Е ñ u m̀ a .і̇ d
"There was actually a time when a fight between three police and two gang members escalated all the way into a full-scale war."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Reinforcements kept barging in from every direction and heroes and villains joined in too, and it ended up like that."
-Ahh lol that one was genuinely so entertaining
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-The real kicker was that the original five who started the fight died fast, came back, and were chatting again lol
-The cause of the war was no longer even present — full-scale war;;
W е̊ b̄ nо v еl Éńùm̃а̂
-It's more fun because it's a mess!!
"Then it's settled. — I'm going."
"Have a safe trip~"
Ta-dat!
Since Baek Woohyun and Jeong Nayeon had gone up to the rooftop in order to get a good view of the battlefield, now that he had made up his mind to join, getting back down had to come first.
Ordinary people would have sprinted to use the stairs, but as always, the creature that was Baek Woohyun was a far cry from an ordinary person.
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He simply chose the 'shortcut.' Which is to say, he flipped right over the railing that had been installed to stop people from falling.
"Oh!"
-Whoa
-What the
-Big decision lol
-H-hey?
W e b n̂ ôv̄e_l̂. _Ѐ n̂ú m̂а̇
Naturally, Jeong Nayeon, who had been waving to see him off, and the viewers were startled.
Even if this was the rooftop of a four-story building and not particularly high, it was not a height that someone without supernatural abilities should be jumping from.
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They had no choice but to urgently crane their necks over the railing to confirm what had become of the one who chose the shortcut.
But the scene they saw when they urgently poked their heads over the railing was very different from what they had expected.
Baek Woohyun stepped lightly on the small decorative protrusions on the building's outer wall, making his way down, and touched the ground without any difficulty.
It was a feat that looked simple — yet one that would make anyone who actually tried it go, 'How does that even work?'
Е ńú m̃ а̂ . іd̈
"Wow···."
-You said he doesn't have supernatural abilities! What even is that!
-He's perfectly fine after jumping from the rooftop of a four-story building and he doesn't have supernatural abilities my ass lol
-We all know he's using it on the sly
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-(Not human emoji)
"······."
Ẁеb̊ ň о̇ vеl̆ E ṅ u m̌â
Ta-dat!
Unaware of whatever admiration was flowing from the rooftop — and even if he had known, he would not have cared — Baek Woohyun dashed forward at speed.
He gave no thought whatsoever to worrying about footsteps. With gunfire still ringing out endlessly, the sound of one person running would easily be swallowed up.
Following the mental map he had built up from surveying things on the rooftop, the speed with which he pushed through what was a battlefield mid-firefight was hard to believe.
"Just stop advancing! You're not breaking through here!"
Rat-a-tat-tat
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Before long, the first enemy Baek Woohyun encountered was a police officer. The officer had mounted an assault rifle over a cover object and was busily pouring out bullets.
There was no way the police officer could have noticed Baek Woohyun slipping in between the shouts meant to crush the enemy's momentum and the thundering gunfire.
Thwack!
"Guh?!"
-Guh lmaooo
-The scream is hilarious lol
Еńǔ m ȧ . і d
-One word to make you laugh: "Guh"
-That ambush landed clean for real
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Baek Woohyun kicked out the back of the officer's knees from behind to throw off his posture, then stepped alongside him and cracked him across the jaw, wiping the awareness right out of him.
He then smoothly relieved the officer of the revolver at his hip and pressed the muzzle under his chin — all at a speed that allowed for no response whatsoever.
The bullet fired point-blank beneath the jaw with a bang! cut the officer's life short without fail.
"Wh-what···!"
Е_n ũm̄ а
"······."
-Reaction speed is practically sloth-tier
-Asking 'what's going on' after you're already dead;;
-This gentleman is experiencing his first ambush, apparently
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-Weren't you all saying the ambush landed clean a second ago lol
The downed officer cried out in belated shock, but it was a reaction so far too late that the viewers just snickered and laughed.
W ѐb̈ n.ov̊ѐl̀ Е́n̈ u m а̀
Since this officer was not even a recruitment target, Baek Woohyun simply said nothing and quietly went about taking not only the revolver but also the assault rifle the officer had been using.
Click.
'Not bad.'
Using seized firearms was something that had come up constantly 'over there' as well, and so Baek Woohyun demonstrated a remarkably proficient weapons check and reload.
He thoroughly inspected the assault rifle's functions, confirmed the remaining magazine count, and then swapped it out — behaving in every respect like a professional who had completed the relevant training.
Naturally, the viewers who had been focused on his every move were not about to let that pass without comment.
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