My Alter Ego's Path to Greatness

Hahoe Mask's actions, after the attack on the Beoncheonhoe East Asia branch in Shanghai, did not end there.

As if it was a lie that he had been missing for a while, he took advantage of the momentum and began to completely wipe out all the subordinate forces in the vicinity.

And then, quite naturally, what had happened in Shanghai, one of the most bustling cities in China, quickly spread over the internet.

Not only within China, but also overseas, beyond the borders.

And the place that reacted most fiercely to the news was…

South Korea, which was a neighboring country and the place of origin of Hahoe Mask.

Starting with yellow journalism that took articles from China and reported them as they were, then passing through cyber wreckers who smelled the clicks and rushed in, exaggerating them with all sorts of provocative phrases, and then to the press that had some degree of credibility.

Everyone was interested in the news and showed interest.

And it was only natural that things would go that way.

The South Korean internet community was more on fire than it appeared on the surface.

-What is this class of causing problems as soon as he returns? lol. Following the Yakuza, now he's crashing into the Triads. ㄷㄷ

-??? : I was just bored of walking around in Japan, so I rested for a while and went sightseeing in China. Now that I have started working again, please rest assured, citizens, and work hard on your own affairs!

-Hyung, you came back! I knew I could believe in you!

└Aren't you the one who was whining about where Hahoe Mask had gone last time?

The Hahoe Mask fan site, "Dawn's Seonangdang", which had seemed to be slowly dying, had seen a continuous increase in traffic since the morning when the first news had been released.

-Everyone who said he was dead better bow their head. I'm starting by bowing my head ㅇㅇ

-I acknowledge the quick confession

-I will also bow...

-Wow, he's really alive? Is it not a doppelganger?

└With him causing problems of this scale and more and more evidence continuing to appear, is it possible that he's fake?

└To be honest, if such a perfect replacement is possible, we should just consider it real

└Lol fr

Even those who had been skeptical of Hahoe Mask's disappearance changed their tune like a ghost.

Regardless of this or that, everyone acknowledged his power and reputation.

Whether it was positive or negative.

However, there were also those who could not accept the news with ease.

They were none other than the high-ranking officials of South Korea, who were receiving protests from China after Japan.

As they had no special relationship with Hahoe Mask, they could not help but feel wronged, but they could not just ignore such a problem in international relations.

Whether it was cooperation or whatever, wasn't it diplomacy to take action in some way and create smooth relations between countries?

And one axis that was part of that.

"Then, let's start the emergency meeting. You all know the agenda, right?"

At the South Korean Returnee Association headquarters located at Namsan in Seoul, a meeting of the executive team had just begun.

"No, isn't this topic already over? It just faded away in Japan, right? Why are we discussing this again now?"

"Exactly. We're busy, why did they call us here again?"

-Well, it's an unavoidable problem. I don't know what we can do, though.

"...Can't I join via video call? Why is Seoul a mandatory attendance… it's unfair…"

The executives who had been convened under the chairperson of the association each made a comment.

The meeting room quickly became noisy because of the people who had gathered, who didn't stand on formality, unlike at a government organization.

The power and status of the awakened ones were proportional.

The executives here were all individuals who had had some influence in their world of origin.

Heroes, nobles, organization leaders, famous big names, etc….

They were already filled with conviction and confidence in themselves. Although they would respect others, they would not be overly conscious of others.

It was no exaggeration to say that it was a personnel selection that was thoroughly selected based on practical abilities.

"China's protests are stronger than we thought. According to the government, pressure is coming from all sides."

Of course, as such, there was a definite respect for the strong.

Having such abilities meant that they had survived dangerous hardships.

At the chairman's words, the executives, who had been loudly chatting, focused on what he was saying.

"Huh? No, why are they doing this much? Isn't he just catching criminals? And you're saying he only raided a few organizations near Shanghai?"

-Maybe their pride was hurt? That he had boldly come over and acted like that in their own country?

"Well, only they know the exact reason. Maybe there was someone among the guys that Hahoe Mask hit who was connected to a high-ranking official there."

In one corner of the meeting room, where the conversation was in full swing.

The head of the southern branch of Seoul, Yoon Ji-yoon, who had been forced to be there, was reviewing the information on her tablet with a grumpy expression.

'It definitely seems like it's Hahoe Mask himself.'

It was all data about Hahoe Mask in China.

Not only pictures, but also videos that were centered on CCTV footage, the testimonies of eyewitnesses, and the results of the analysis based on them.

It had not even been a full day yet, but the information gathering was excellent.

'Well, I'm sure most of the evidence that China presented was probably taken from China.'

As expected, the meeting was dragging on.

There was nothing to be surprised about, as it was a problem that had no answer to begin with.

Moreover, Hahoe Mask was in China right now, so what could they do now?

'Were they just trying to put on an act? Taking advantage of this opportunity to secure diplomatic advantages. If it's those guys, they would be more than capable of that… hmm?'

Her gaze, which had been quickly flipping through the data, stopped at one place.

It was a case about a certain building where the first anomaly had been reported.

'It's a investment company on the outside. But suspicious circumstances were discovered during the investigation… There's something fishy about this.'

Except for that one, the rest were generally similar.

Indiscriminate punishment against the Triads and their related organizations that dominated the underworld of the surrounding area.

It wasn't much different from what Hahoe Mask had been doing so far.

'Hahoe Mask, Hahoe Mask… Come to think of it…'

But as she was repeating his name, something came to her mind.

'It was after Hahoe Mask began to run rampant that Beoncheonhoe's tail had been revealed.'

The organization that the Level 9 Blood Ghoul and former head of the Blood Alliance, Alpha, who had caused a terrorist attack in her jurisdiction, belonged to.

She had heard that the reason why those guys had gone into hiding in Korea was due to their conflict with Hahoe Mask.

'I just let it slide until now, but…'

Come to think of it, the trail of Hahoe Mask, which had gone beyond Korea to Japan and now to China, was also not ordinary.

Why was he going to other countries to hunt criminals?

And, what was the correlation between his disappearance while he was cleaning up Japan and this Shanghai incident?

Was it possible that he had gone to China after chasing a clue he had found while turning Japan upside down to find them?

'…I need to talk to Heinz.'

In fact, it was also something that she had been suspecting for a while, although she had not specifically tried to delve into it.

About the relationship between Hahoe Mask and Heterosis.

'He was also active under the name of Phantom as if trying to fill Hahoe Mask's spot, and… hmm, are they from the same world?'

She organized her thoughts after making a somewhat sharp guess and focused on the meeting again.

It was something that she could gradually find out in the future.

However, that was just for a moment.

She got bored with the still sluggish progress and secretly ran a game on her smartphone that she had pulled out from under the table.

She had put it on silent and was trying her best to not be noticed with her superhuman physical control.

'She's playing games.'

'It's a game.'

'Ah, I'm jealous…'

However, those in this place were all Transcendent beings.

Naturally, no one among the attendees failed to notice her actions.

But, only the chairperson of the association, who was leading the meeting, frowned and glanced at her for a moment—.

'Ah, I need to spend more real money, after all.'

Although her position was only a branch manager, no one told her anything as she was equal to the association chairman in terms of ability.

Crash—!

A loud noise echoed in a place that had a harmony of all sorts of high-tech devices and miscellaneous items.

If you only looked at that, it could be said to be the same as usual. But the heart of the one who had caused that today was clearly different.

"Ughh-! This is so frustrating! It's really making my insides boil!"

Clang— Clank— Snap!

The flasks that had been lined up were exploding like bombs, even though he had not touched them.

As if reacting to his emotions.

"Phew, this won't do. All of the precious reagents will be gone if this continues."

However, no sooner than he had spoken while trying to calm himself down, the remnants of the flasks and their contents had returned to their original positions in an instant, as if time had been reversed.

The middle-aged man with gray-brown hair slowly nodded, seemingly relieved after checking them again.

And then—.

"I don't need them!"

Crash—! Smash—!

He just pushed them down and threw them onto the floor.

Dr., the source of Beoncheonhoe's technological prowess and the right arm of the leader, nervously messed up his matted hair.

Both the news he had gotten today, and that nothing had been going as he had planned recently.

A trap had been prepared for a while now, but that vampire named Heinz, who was supposed to be the key to the 'Complete Evolution Lifeform Project', wasn't showing any signs of coming to Europe. And Yullyeongja, who was somewhat useful, had been defeated by the suddenly appearing Hahoe Mask.

The loss of the one who had been controlling the entire East Asia was a very big loss.

It was obvious that the control of that area would be reduced for the time being.

"Argh! What a waste!"

However, the point that Dr. was angry about was slightly off.

"I had conceded for that guy! Aaaah, what a waste. I was going to secretly steal it once I had collected the field usage data!"

He was more saddened by the loss of the magic engineering items that he had given to Yullyeongja than the loss of Yullyeongja himself.

Even though the one who had been defeated was a high-ranking member who was within the top ten ranks of Beoncheonhoe.

'The devices that assist the arms and legs can be made again, but I really want to recover the prosthetic eye from Callicas.'

Of course, he had already ordered his subordinates to thoroughly search the place where the East Asia branch had been.

However, just like what had happened with the previous victims of Hahoe Mask, he could not find the magic tools, let alone Yullyeongja's body, at that place.

"I should not have conceded! I should have just attached it to my eye… no, to my forehead! If I had done that, I would have three eyes by now… huh?"

Dr., who had been murmuring mindlessly, suddenly stopped his actions and blinked.

"Three eyes? The third eye?"

Then, he tilted his head a few times.

"Ohohot~! This is very interesting!"

As if he had not been angry just now, he began to smile broadly while lifting the corners of his mouth.

Now, only curiosity was flickering in his expression, which had been filled with anger.

"I have to choose an experimental subject first! Let's see, I need to make a hole in the skull and connect it to the pineal gland of the brain… then, a strong awakened individual would be good!"

And then he rubbed his hands together and left the room with light steps.

'Someone will take care of cleaning up East Asia! That woman or whatever.'

Unfortunately, he no longer cared about Yullyeongja's accident.

Right after capturing Yullyeongja, the highest-ranking guy among those he had hunted so far.

Naturally, Hans had also looked inside his head.

Expecting to obtain real, high-quality information this time.

'The results were not that satisfactory, though.'

It was true that the process was not easy from the beginning since he was a guy who had reached the peak through mental-type powers.

Although, if he had to categorize his level, it could be said that he was at the edge of the peak level, but in terms of difficulty of the operation, it was as if he surpassed the transcendent-level.

'I didn't think that that madman would be able to format his own brain.'

A scheme that had ended in an instant without Hans even having time to interfere.

Furthermore, Yullyeongja had destroyed his own mind in the process.

So that he would not be able to extract any information even if he used his soul.

He was truly a relentless man.

'At least I had the soul bead.'

If he had not borrowed the power of the bead he had gotten right after the previous mind attack and restored even a part of his memories like a forensic process, he might not have gotten anything.

He had ended up seeing the benefits of the thing he had obtained through that guy. You never knew what would happen in this world.

And after obtaining information about them, even if it was only a rough idea.

What was he doing first?

"Elder, I'll be away for a while!"

"Huh? Suddenly?"

The dwarf workshop in Tarak.

Jaonic blinked at Howard's sudden words.

However, even with that reaction, Howard simply nodded heavily.

"Yes, I'm just going to… experience a new culture and gain some insights."

The eyes of the young dwarf who was about to go to study abroad on Earth were burning with desire.