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Chapter 309
Chapter 309: Dialogue Between Transcendents
The roads were equally congested. Forcing detours through rerouted traffic made gridlock unavoidable.
Had they come by car, it would have taken far longer. They wouldn't even have been able to drive in from this point—they likely would have had to abandon the vehicle.
"Let's hurry."
"Yes."
Еṅum̆а̌ . і d
Tap-tap!
Fortunately, Baek Woohyun and Lee Yujin had run between rooftops on foot and hadn't needed to deal with any of that.
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Leaping over the cars stopped on the road and the murmuring crowd below, the two moved quickly to the location where the proto-Transcendent was.
The crowd control was reasonably effective—the further they went, the fewer people were around, and by the end, even a desolate atmosphere could be felt.
""……!""
Before long, Baek Woohyun and Lee Yujin arrived at a location that bore the full aftermath of what had clearly been a fierce battle.
Е̊ ñ ùm a
Asphalt overturned in every direction, buildings smashed here and there, shattered windows and snapped roadside trees. Saying it had been reduced to rubble wouldn't be an exaggeration.
On top of all that, the Awakener agents who hadn't been rescued yet were scattered carelessly across the ground.
But none of it registered in either of their eyes. What they saw around them didn't matter—because of a presence so overwhelming, everything else was simply unable to assert itself.
In front of the proto-Transcendent, who sat perched atop a wind she had created herself with her chin resting on her hand, the minor details didn't dare make themselves seen.
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There was a person there for whom the phrase on a different level entirely could not have been more fitting.
Bak Sea-a……!
Ĕn ům̃ а
Whooooo—
Bak Sea-a, the proto-Transcendent who commanded wind.
The beauty with soft sky-blue hair that drifted gently in the breeze looked exactly as she had when encountered on that side.
Though her outward appearance alone remained the same—the power she radiated was overwhelmingly greater on this side.
The moment Baek Woohyun faced her, he immediately grasped that Deus had been involved.
Even on that side, when she had been rampaging as a Transcendent in her own right, she had been tricky at most—not difficult. Yet now his instincts were sounding the alarm.
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The opponent was dangerous at minimum as much as the Half-Human Half-Insect had been—possibly more.
*
["A new enemy appears! Unlike the Doppelganger, this is someone who hasn't appeared in anyone else's story, correct?"]
["Oh, the Doppelganger—well, Abrasax, the Otherworld God—did appear in some people's stories during the Otherworld Lord Raid. Though it was mostly cutscenes!"]
- A new beauty appears - But whose side is she on?? - No clue - Given how strong she is, probably Corporate Alliance or a new faction
*
Ėǹ ǔ m̀а̂. i d̂
"Ah……?"
Just as Baek Woohyun and Lee Yujin had spotted proto-Transcendent Bak Sea-a, she too spotted them from where she was lounging leisurely atop the wind and looked their way.
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Her gaze swept past each of them in turn before settling on Baek Woohyun—and the pale sky-blue eyes, matching the color of her hair, curved gently.
Looking entirely unconcerned with the wreckage surrounding her, she waved a hand loosely at Baek Woohyun and Baek Woohyun alone.
"Hello. You're the fifth one, aren't you?"
"……The fifth?"
W̄е̄ b̆ńоv̄ӗ l̊ Еňu̇mа̌
Lee Yujin tilted her head, not understanding what that meant—but Baek Woohyun immediately grasped why Bak Sea-a had called him the fifth.
It was thanks to knowing that, excluding himself, there were four other proto-Transcendents currently existing in Reverse Planet.
The true Transcendent—the Superhuman—born after the four proto-Transcendents representing the four elements of fire, water, wind, and earth, was him.
On that side, he would have shot back: "The fifth? No—I'm the first." Carrying the pride of one who had reached the full realm of Transcendence.
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But here, with Deus's intervention, there was a good chance that wasn't the case—so Baek Woohyun chose silence for now.
The information that there were four proto-Transcendents wasn't something an Otherworld Management Bureau agent would know either.
È n̂üm̈ а
"I'm not sure what the 'fifth' means, but it seems like she's interested in you, Junior…… Can I leave her to you for a moment?"
"Yes. Understood."
Baek Woohyun nodded at Lee Yujin's request.
He had already detected the energy of other Awakener agents who had quietly moved in, so he understood why she was asking him to handle Bak Sea-a.
It meant: keep Bak Sea-a from attacking the agents while they rescued the fallen ones.
Drawing Soul Eater from Shadow Storage, he stepped forward without concealing his hostility.
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Given who the opponent was, it was a thoroughly prepared stance with no room for even a shred of carelessness.
Bak Sea-a was an opponent on at minimum equal footing with him.
"Ah, it's fine. Take them if you want. Just talk with me for a moment first."
"……What kind of talk?"
"Oh, just this and that."
Bak Sea-a said, waving a hand vaguely. Not a trace of fighting intent could be felt from her.
En ü m̄ а
Suspecting it might be a deceptive tactic, Baek Woohyun kept his eyes fixed on her—then quickly realized she was sincere, and lowered his blade. Either way, he just needed to buy time.
Buying time through combat and buying time through conversation amounted to the same thing—there was no reason to refuse.
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"Let me ask one thing first. How much do you know about the current situation?"
"The current situation—that's far too broad a question."
"Ah."
After a brief sigh, Bak Sea-a shrugged and threw the question again.
W̌é b̃ nо̃v̌ѐl̀ Е ńǔma
"I'm asking whether you know about the problem with the dimensional barrier, and about what lies beyond it."
"More or less."
When he had cleared the first Otherworld Lord Raid against the Lord of Storms and met Abrasax, Baek Woohyun had been operating under his Otherworld Management Bureau agent identity.
So the contents of the question Bak Sea-a posed were within the range he could answer. Even with Lee Yujin beside him.
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But simply knowing wasn't enough to satisfy Bak Sea-a, apparently.
She shook her head firmly.
Ӗňu mа̊
"'More or less' isn't enough."
"What?"
"The fact that you answer that way means you don't know how serious the situation actually is."
"……"
He had nothing to say back, so Baek Woohyun stayed silent. He could rebut if he wanted—but that would require bringing in information obtained under a different identity.
Rather than inviting questions from Lee Yujin afterward about where he had gotten such information, he thought it better to simply play along with the conversation.
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And what he actually wanted wasn't to seize control of the conversation with Bak Sea-a—it was time to rescue the fallen agents.
"A fairly large hole has been torn in the dimensional barrier that protects Earth from the Otherworld—and it's been predicted that without intervention, it will persist semi-permanently."
"Semi-permanently."
"Do you understand what that means? It means the war that had paused is about to resume. The Second Dimensional Invasion War is imminent."
*
["Between the trailer and what's being said right now—Season 2 as the Second Dimensional Invasion War against the Otherworld is confirmed."]
Е̊nu.m ă
["The infighting between Earth's internal factions—the Otherworld Management Bureau and the Corporate Alliance—was largely sorted out in Season 1, so now it's time to fight something external as well, wouldn't you say?"]
["Hmm, there is one thing that bothers me—no, actually. I'll mention it later."]
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- Why bring it up and then stop - You've caught Chloe's speech habits;; - "Now does not seem to be the time. I shall speak of it later." - AAAARGH
*
"Whether there's a dimensional war or whatever—that's not something an unregistered Awakener like yourself needs to concern herself with."
Lee Yujin, having finished rescuing the fallen agents, cut in sharply. Her tone implied a clear intent to stop her from muddying the waters with grandiose talk.
Е̊ n ŭ m а .ī d̊
She showed no sign of being shaken by the warning of an imminent Second Dimensional War—because similar discussions had already come up in Bureau meetings.
The war with the Otherworld had only been quieted to some degree through Reverse World technology—it hadn't clearly ended. That was the logical conclusion, and she already knew it.
And so, to her, whatever Bak Sea-a said, she was simply an unregistered Awakener who had attacked agents of the Otherworld Management Bureau—an official state institution.
No more, no less than one of the many that Lee Yujin had subdued and apprehended countless times before.
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The only difference was that she was very strong—but that could be solved by joining forces with Junior.
"……"
Е ǹ ùmа. іď
Receiving Lee Yujin's gaze that carried the meaning of get ready, Baek Woohyun drew a light breath and readjusted his grip on Soul Eater.
Preparations made to charge the moment the signal came, his eyes sharpened.
"You may not know this—but beyond the dimensional barrier, in the Otherworld, a powerful existence that calls itself an Otherworld God has united the Otherworld under its will."
Bak Sea-a kept talking, even as the clear fighting intent radiated openly from both Baek Woohyun and Lee Yujin.
Her eyes were still fixed only on Baek Woohyun.
"If a united Otherworld is allowed to cross over to Earth, the damage will be catastrophic. So Earth needs to cross over first—and make the fight happen on that side."
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"……"
"To do that, all of Earth's factions need to cooperate right now. Especially a strong Awakener like you, even more so."
"—Wait."
Baek Woohyun raised his free hand and cut Bak Sea-a off. He had simply heard enough to last him.
Even if he hadn't shown it outwardly, he knew perfectly well that Bak Sea-a belonged to the Corporate Alliance—the side that had backed the research facility.
And strictly speaking, that place was the source of all evil. They had commissioned the twisted research to the facility, and let the facility's rampage go unchecked.
Е n um̄ а̂ .і̊d
Above all, that was especially true of Project: Transcendence. The facility had merely been a subcontractor—from start to finish, the oversight had been entirely on their end.
And they have the nerve to talk about cooperation from all of Earth's factions?
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If Baek Woohyun hadn't overcome his past wounds to some degree, he would have charged at Bak Sea-a in a rage by now.
There was no way he would allow the last remaining targets of his revenge in Reverse Planet to quietly brush their wrongs aside.
However, information about where exactly Bak Sea-a belonged hadn't been publicly confirmed yet—so he calmly sorted through his thoughts and settled on a question.
Carefully excluding information obtained under other identities, he found a question he could pose using only information obtained as an Otherworld Management Bureau agent.
Ŵ еb n̄ о̃ v̂е̌l̈ Е n ů m̀ ă
"You're an Awakener created by Project: Transcendence, aren't you?"
"That's right."
Bak Sea-a confirmed it easily.
She smiled and added:
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"Same as you."
"Then your current affiliation?"
Ŵ ébn о v е̊l̆ E nu̇ m̈а̌
"Se~cret."
"I can make a rough guess. It would be whoever directed the research facility to carry out Project: Transcendence."
"Sharp. So? What is it you want to say?"
"There are plenty of things I'd like to say—but I'll say just one."
"Go ahead! Say it!"
"Hhh—"
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Baek Woohyun drew a slow breath.
To suppress the anger boiling up inside him.
Separate from having healed his wounds through Reverse Planet, Project: Transcendence was still an object of hatred and vengeance for him.
He wanted to tear apart every last one who had been involved in it—not just those who ran it, but anyone with even the slightest connection.
"Cooperation from all of Earth's factions? Is that something the likes of you get to say? Trash."
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