The Genius Decided To Live An Ordinary Life [EN]: Chapter 299

How Not to Be Consumed by Darkness (2)

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The week after school break had no self-study or supplementary classes.

So much for relaxing at home.

“Captain, the navigator demands you bring the ship!”

“Bring the ship, aye aye!”

The infamous pirate captain, One-Eyed Eugene Sparrow.

And his first mate, the diaper-clad Iron John Jones, no less than Eugene Sparrow.

“Hehehe, alright then. If my little brothers want to go, we go.”

At their wicked antics, the ‘prison slave’ [referring to Jinhyuk, who is playfully being treated as a slave] was dragged out, laughing like a fool.

Huh- huh-.

The pirate captain, Eugene Sparrow, stood proudly at the bow.

Eugene had cut up an old bike tube to make an eye patch. It was a shoddy accessory, but it was very effective in enhancing the captain’s dignity.

“Ahem.”

After a solemn cough, Eugene Sparrow drew his sword towards the enemy.

“Yay! I’m so excited! Navigator! Attack the training center! Let’s go!”

“Let’s go!”

Tweet-!

Haengun, perched on the captain’s hat, added a cheer.

‘Is that guy out of his mind?’

Attacking the training center where his benefactor, Yoo Myung-sun, was staying? What a betrayal.

Those pirates were less than human.

He had to create power, steer the rudder, and bombard the training center.

He was a 3D navigator, indeed.

But it wasn’t a bad experience for Jinhyuk.

His younger siblings were having fun, and thanks to the power system, which was heavier than a rock, he was getting a great workout.

Because of that, he was sleeping soundly and his memories were being restored at a rapid pace.

It was also a meaningful time for high school seniors Choi Mi-kyung and Kim Eun-jung to relieve stress.

“Aigoo, our Eun-jung’s fair face is going to get burned. Come here and use an umbrella.”

“Jo Seul, you’re so romantic. Today’s boat trip is a success.”

It was a relief to see that the cockroach couple [a playful nickname for Jo Seul-chan and Kim Eun-jung] was also enjoying themselves.

Huh- huh-.

Swish swish swish-.

“Jinhyuk, can’t you go a little faster?”

“Oppa, if someone else stepped on that, it wouldn’t move at all. It’s only going this fast because it’s Jinhyuk.”

Choi Tae-yang, who had graduated from college and joined the Taeyang County wrestling team, also came to visit so often that the doorstep was wearing out.

‘Ugh. Seriously. Isn’t that guy overloading it?’

Track and field athlete and wrestler.

Choi Tae-yang was about the same height as Jinhyuk, but he weighed over 30kg more.

Jo Seul-chan looked at the speedometer and made a circle with his mouth.

“Whoa, ten kilometers per hour!”

“Jo Seul, I heard that ships use a different unit of speed.”

“Yeah. It’s called knots. Let’s see……”

After counting with his fingers, Jo Seul-chan came up with an answer.

“Oh, this is a little over 5 knots.”

“Slower than a UFO.”

Kim Eun-jung’s eyes narrowed in disappointment.

That’s when it happened.

Trrr-!

Kiyoooong-!

A roar reminiscent of a combat helicopter was followed by a sharp tearing sound that cut through the sky.

It was the noise made by an unfamiliar aircraft that flew over the group’s heads at tremendous speed.

The fuselage was flatter and wider than a helicopter. It resembled a PC mouse.

There were two pairs of rotating blades at the front and back of the body, and the size of the blades was slightly smaller than half of the fuselage. The height of the blades was slightly higher than the fuselage, and a circular fence surrounded the blades.

“Huh? What is that?”

“Wow! What is that? It’s ten thousand times faster!”

“It’s a UFO!”

Huh- huh-.

Jinhyuk, who was breathing in the fresh air with his mouth wide open, shook his head.

‘No, that’s…’

It’s a passenger quadron [a type of aircraft with four rotors].

Don’t they watch the news? It was heavily reported on the nine o’clock news a while ago that the development was in its final stages.

A flying vehicle that combined the design of a future small drone with ideas from another world.

The recommended number of passengers was 8, including the pilot, and the maximum capacity was 12.

The project name was ARIF EGNYV – 01.

Hong Ki-joon had told Jinhyuk that the project name was not an initial combination. It was a word meaning four wings, taken from a phonetic transcription of a language that did not exist anywhere on Earth.

Because the engine development was delayed, they were testing it using four directly modified Cobra helicopter engines. That’s what the development progress report that Jinhyuk had read explained.

‘I heard that the development is in its final stages, but it’s still a long way from commercialization. Did they come here on that?’

He had heard the story from his mother in the morning.

Hong Ki-joon and his wife were coming from Seoul for a vacation.

‘Has the safety issue been resolved?’

It must be.

The conservative Hong Ki-joon always prioritized safety.

And even if a defect in the aircraft was discovered during flight, the quadron could be evacuated because the rotating blades were not placed above the head. It was an ejection seat system where the seat was ejected by operating a lever next to the seat, like a fighter pilot.

Anyway.

While he was looking forward to the reunion after a long time, he also felt a little uncomfortable.

Even though they shared the biggest secret, Hong Ki-joon was someone who avoided offline meetings.

“The enemy is attacking! Oppa! Oppa! Let’s go catch that! Let’s go! Fire!”

“Let’s go! Fire!”

Kkyaaaa-!

Okay, let’s go.

I also have to give him the keychain.

“Huuuup!”

Swish swish swish!

Go!

“Oooo! Fifteen kilometers per hour!”

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Buzz buzz-.

The residents and training center staff who were working nearby were gathered around the so-called quadron, marveling at the flying object they had never seen before.

Choi Tae-yang and Jinhyuk’s friends were no exception.

Jo Seul-chan, who had reached out to touch the fuselage but stopped, asked the pilot.

“Excuse me, is it okay to touch this?”

“You can go up. Be careful of the stairs.”

“Whoaaaa!”

No sooner had the words left his mouth than Jo Seul-chan stepped onto the stairs.

“Jo Seul! I want to go up too.”

Kim Eun-jung jumped up and down like a child towards Jo Seul-chan.

“Okay, come here.”

“You have to hold my hand.”

“Hehehe, oh my, oh my. There are so many eyes watching, but you’re being so obvious. Well then, give me your hand.”

Jinhyuk shook his head at the sight.

Sigh, he sighed lightly and moved to the back of the aircraft to carefully examine the engine.

He wondered where the engine would be located in the round, large jar-shaped body located under each rotating blade.

‘The reason for using the Cobra helicopter engine must be for lift, but isn’t a combat helicopter engine too loud?’

The sound of the heavy metal could not be quiet, but he wondered if there were other options.

“The aircraft is very heavy because we put in various things for testing. There’s nothing like the Cobra helicopter engine that Sein modified directly. If we load weapons, it will be even heavier than it is now, but we expect that the mobility will be further secured when we apply the vertical lift engine, which will be completed soon.”

The pilot of the test aircraft.

Since he knew Jinhyuk’s level, it was not strange that he explained it in detail.

However…

“Weapons?”

Jinhyuk asked back with surprised eyes.

There was no such content in the report.

“Ah, the chairman told us not to upload the report yet, so only those closely related know about it. We are developing a military model in addition to the commercial one. The aircraft will also be larger, and it will be equipped with air-to-ground missiles, rockets, and torpedoes.”

“Is it okay for you to tell me this?”

“Yes. He told me to explain in detail if you ask anything.”

It was like Hong Ki-joon, who was full of kindness.

He had even trained the pilot to be kind.

‘But multi-purpose weapon loading? Are you planning to go to war with someone?’

Just as the pilot was about to add something after looking at Jinhyuk’s expression, Choi Mi-kyung’s voice, a high school senior, turned Jinhyuk around.

“Oppa, what is this?”

“A logo? Or an emblem?”

“It’s too complicated for an emblem, isn’t it? It’s not the Sein Aerospace logo either. It looks like the pattern on my mom’s work pants.”

What Choi Mi-kyung and Choi Tae-yang pointed to was a bizarre character that was difficult to define in one word. It was neither Korean, nor alphabet, nor number, but rather a design that looked like a maze arranged horizontally. Nevertheless, it was called a character because of its position. It was in the center of the back of the fuselage, where the model name would usually be.

At that time, Jinhyuk caught Eugene muttering.

“Niteglav…”

Jinhyuk bent down and asked Eugene.

In a whisper so that others could not hear.

“Eugene, does that mean hornet?”

Surprisingly, he could understand the meaning the moment it came out of Eugene’s mouth.

Just like he understood Dugu Elil’s words in the process of giving emergency treatment to Jo Seul-chan, who was poisoned by coal gas.

“Yes, that’s right. Hornet.”

“Can you read this? Is it a letter?”

“Yes. I read it. It’s not a picture, it’s a letter.”

“What country is it from?”

“It’s not a country.”

Eugene looked up at Jinhyuk and smiled.

“Krasipa Dugu.”

Jinhyuk’s eyes widened.

Oh my god.

The language of the gods.

‘It’s the character that Dugu Elil uses. Some of his abilities have passed on to Eugene, so is that why he can read it? Even if the power is weakened, the innate knowledge does not seem to disappear.’

Anyway, he was an unreliable shadow.

Eugene’s talent, which was said to disappear soon, was still there.

‘What do you mean it’s a talent that was discovered by chance?’

Last time, when he asked him to find the place where his grandfather was buried, he made nonsense that he was buried somewhere in Gungnae Fortress of Goguryeo [an ancient Korean kingdom]. It went all the way back to the Three Kingdoms period.

– 【Isn’t the word grandfather a term for a verifiable male direct ancestor? I took the trouble to trace back your father’s father’s father’s father’s father’s father’s… father. The people of that country all ran without walking. You are similar to them. So I was sure.】

– “No, I’m asking you to find my father’s father. My father’s father is called grandfather.”

You stupid bird!

Just because they run, does that mean they are all Son Jinhyuk?

‘Ugh, God is God. Idiot.’

Anyway, that character.

Hong Ki-joon is the only one who can use that puzzle-like character.

Jinhyuk could not find Hong Ki-joon anywhere in his restored memories.

– 【The old man stayed with me and watched over you.】

He not only collected technical information, but also stayed with Dugu Elil and learned the language of the shadows.

It was a fact that he did not know because Hong Ki-joon did not tell him, but it was not difficult to deduce.

‘I should ask him in detail when he comes.’

When are you coming-.

Just as Jinhyuk was about to turn around, wondering when Hong Ki-joon and Yoo Se-ra, who had gone to greet Yoo Myung-sun, would come, a hand strongly pressed down on Jinhyuk’s shoulder.

“Ah! Ahjussi- Chairman!”

“It’s been a while.”

Hong Ki-joon, who had finished greeting Yoo Myung-sun, was smiling kindly.

Seeing him appear at the right time, he was definitely not a gentleman.

Still.

‘I’m so happy to see you, I could cry.’

He hugged Hong Ki-joon without realizing it.

He sat on a fountain away from the group and talked with Hong Ki-joon.

“天下雖安忘戰必危 (Cheonha suan mangjeon pilwi).” [A Chinese proverb meaning: Even if the world is at peace, if you forget the war, you will surely be in danger.]

That was the answer Jinhyuk received when he asked why he was securing the ability to load weapons on the aircraft under development.

It sounded like Hong Ki-joon’s determination not to let his guard down.

“Sein is ahead in all fields.”

“But do you think that enemy countries will threaten us? Even if you combine the army, navy, and air force, the national defense power already overwhelms North Korea and Japan.”

“It’s not like that. We have to always be ahead so that the regime can’t touch Sein no matter what they do, so we are preparing. With the US and even Russia being monitored from the top to see if they are doing anything foolish, the enemy far away is not scary. The enemy within reach is dangerous.”

“So that’s why you didn’t hand over the advanced technology weapons?”

“That’s right. A country can turn into a huge violence at any time. They can create a war situation on purpose and issue a general mobilization order at any time. It becomes legal violence. Wouldn’t it be easy to seize a company with military power?”

“If that happens, a civil war will break out between the country and Sein.”

“Yes. I’m going to make sure they don’t even try.”

A country above a country.

A law above the law.

A chairman above the president.

A person who no longer cares about the world’s opinion.

In his previous life, Chairman Hong Ki-joon was thirsty for power even in his old age.

He was furious at the fact that the executives were gossiping behind his back, but he could not openly get angry in front of them. It was not just because of his gentle nature. It was because he was weak and had to be careful.

Even though he had finally gained the firm power he had so desired, he said he would give it to Jinhyuk unconditionally.

Since he did not know the details, he had no choice but to ask directly.

“Why did you do that?”

Hong Ki-joon looked around for a moment.

“Ogu ogu. My baby. It’s been a year since we saw our Eugene, right?”

“Yes. I’ve become a pirate captain-”

Yoo Se-ra hugged Eugene and made a fuss.

On top of that, it was noisy because of the crowd looking at the quadron.

And it was not a story to be shared in a place where there were many people.

“Let’s walk a bit.”

Hong Ki-joon got up from the fountain and took a step.

Just as Jinhyuk was about to leave his seat to follow Hong Ki-joon, Eugene called out.