The Regressor Only Protects Me [EN]: Chapter 55

#55. Tamer (1)

“Aaaaaaagh-!”

A woman’s scream shattered the early morning calm.

It was still early for roll call, but the woman’s scream woke people up one by one.

“What’s going on……?”

“Huh? Uh……?”

“……Wait a minute.”

People rushed to the source of the scream in an instant.

There, police officers lay dead, side by side.

One had a knife stuck in his neck, and the other was hacked to pieces all over his body.

The blood they had shed all night flowed to the people sleeping nearby, and some woke up covered in blood.

A man covered in thick blood screamed.

“Ugh… Ughaaaaaah!!!!!”

Some people were vomiting.

A commotion broke out, and just in time, the sound of multiple footsteps echoed from the hallway.

“Move! Move aside!”

Sergeant Lee Cheong-chun and several police officers pushed through the crowd and approached the bodies.

They soon faced the police officers’ corpses, which had already turned cold, and couldn’t bring themselves to speak.

The two police officers were the on-duty officers who had been in charge of the second floor last night.

“What the hell…….”

“…….”

Even Lee Cheong-chun, who had seen countless bodies while working as a police officer, couldn’t easily speak.

Lee Cheong-chun remained silent, then clenched his fist and ordered the subordinate next to him.

“Secure the second floor immediately. No one is allowed to enter without my permission. I’ll report to the chief.”

“Yes… Yes, Sergeant. Understood. Ah, I understand… No, that’s…”

The subordinate police officer, who received the order, trembled and answered him.

When the subordinate couldn’t come to his senses easily, Lee Cheong-chun shouted at him.

“Get a grip! Secure the area first!”

“Yes… Yes!!!”

Clack-!

The subordinate unfolded his baton to clear the area.

He began to move the citizens around him out into the hallway.

Lee Cheong-chun clenched his fist as he looked at the dead bodies of his fellow police officers.

“Damn it…….”

Something was going terribly wrong.

* * *

The bridge extended from the rooftop of the building to Anyang Station.

The workers were reinforcing the completed bridge to make it even more solid.

After the bridge construction was completed to some extent, the work crew hurried on to the next task.

A group of men crossed the bridge and approached me.

I listened to them without making eye contact.

“As you said, we took care of it.”

Choi Myung-joon approached me and bowed his head.

I still stared ahead and asked him.

“Any witnesses?”

“No. We handled it perfectly.”

“What’s the situation?”

“Even though a police officer was murdered, the arrest team left this morning, but the number of troops has been reduced by about half. Lee Cheong-chun is focused on finding the culprit who killed the police officer, but it won’t be easy. And the chief hasn’t made any significant moves yet.”

I nodded in response.

It was going according to plan.

This was a shake-up.

Soon, there would be infighting within the police station organization.

Due to the infighting, the organization would slowly begin to erode.

Because a police officer was murdered, the police would forcibly control the citizens.

If that state continued, the citizens would no longer be able to withstand the oppressive police control and would withdraw their support or try to break free from control.

It would be even better if the internal forces were divided like this.

Of course, the citizens would not move easily.

The citizens also knew what the chief’s power was.

It wasn’t difficult to organize an attack team and workers right now to take over the forces.

But there was no justification.

After taking over the forces, I had to get the support of the citizens.

The power of a force does not come solely from the individual ability of the ruler.

Overwhelming citizen support.

I need that.

‘I’ll raise the approval rating like this.’

In fact, even though I had only killed two police officers, my approval rating had risen by 2%.

If I keep killing two, four, six more people like this, the approval rating will increase dramatically.

I kept thinking as I looked at the entrance to the underground shopping mall.

At that time, an ogre, holding a few frozen human corpses in its hands, lumbered out and disappeared onto the opposite road.

Looking at it, I instructed Choi Myung-joon.

“Handle it every other day. Keep that in mind. Never get caught.”

“Yes. I will keep that in mind.”

Choi Myung-joon bowed to me and headed back to the police station across the bridge.

Choi Myung-joon now obeyed my words.

As I thought, he became my loyal dog.

Choi Myung-joon is one of the strongest humans in the force.

He will be a useful human resource if a full-scale war breaks out.

As Choi Myung-joon disappeared, Jin Jae-hee naturally approached me and said.

“How is it going?”

“Just two more to go. Are you ready?”

“We made capture equipment specifically for the workers, and now all we have to do is execute the operation.”

Thump, thump!

At that time, another one crawled out of the underground shopping mall and walked towards Anyang Station.

I turned to Jin Jae-hee and said.

“If the plan goes wrong, just kill it then.”

In a situation where we have to clean up the inside, there should be no more loss of manpower.

If necessary, Jin Jae-hee will kill him.

“Okay.”

Jin Jae-hee nodded in response.

A week has passed since the Anyang Station accident.

I completed the bridge during that time, and Jin Jae-hee also improved her artifact utilization skills.

She said it was still in the practice stage, but there was no problem with subduing the ogre.

And soon, the last one crawled out of the underground shopping mall.

-Guaaaaam-!

The guy yawned, opening his huge mouth.

At that moment, my heart began to pound as I looked into the ogre’s red and black maw [mouth or jaws].

The fear from the underground shopping mall a few days ago came to mind.

But I didn’t hesitate.

I couldn’t hesitate.

Whoosh-.

I made a big circle with my hand and sent a signal, and people ran out of the building near the underground shopping mall one by one.

From now on, we will capture him.

* * *

The first characteristic of the ogre that I learned from observing it for several days.

Despite having a heavy body and a correspondingly small brain, the ogre’s physical reactions rely solely on instinct.

The ogre’s first instinct is to protect its nest.

First of all, ogres do not eat living creatures.

They do not distinguish species as prey, but when they leave their habitat, they only fill their stomachs with dead corpses.

The ogre came out of its residence every three hours and roamed the city in search of prey.

It was expressed as prey, but it was actually closer to scavenging.

I don’t know if it’s an instinct or their preference, but ogres don’t react to moving creatures outside their habitat.

They are not hunters, but corpse cleaners.

The plan we are implementing now was the first method using this instinct.

“H-Hyungnim [term of respect for an older brother or male friend]……! Do you think this will really work?”

“Hey! It’s already happening, what else can we do? We have no choice but to try……!”

The two men chosen as bait ran towards the ogre who had just come out of his residence.

Thump, thump…… Thump.

The ogre saw the two humans running towards him and stopped.

The two men quickly approached the ogre and stopped in front of him.

“Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo……!”

“Wow…… Damn it……! This is no joke.”

This is why a monster is a monster.

This is why rabbits or deer that are not a threat to humans are just animals.

This is why lions or tigers that are a threat to humans but can be controlled are also animals.

This is why a monster is a monster.

They could definitely understand.

The ogre standing blankly in front of the men made them feel the meaning of ‘fear’ included in the noun monster.

-Guuuuuuu……

A huge foot that could easily crush a car, a bulging lower belly, and corresponding plump breasts.

A rotten smell vibrated from his whole body as if he were in a sewer, and at the same time, a telephone pole in his hand.

And even the monster’s gaze looking down.

“Hic……!”

Even if a man hiccuped in fear, everyone could understand.

Among them, the older man threw the stone he was holding at the ogre with all his might.

To others, it was literally suicide.

But Sion believed in his observations and analysis.

Thud- Thud.

The stone that left the man’s hand hit the ogre’s belly fat and bounced out.

The stone weakly embedded itself in the snow.

At that time, the ogre moved his hand.

Swish-.

“Hooooo……!”

“Aaaaaaagh!!!”

The two men, who thought they were dead for sure, cowered.

But the ogre did not attack them.

Scratch, scratch.

The ogre was scratching his belly fat with his fingers where the stone hit.

The men slowly opened their eyes and looked up at the ogre.

“Did it work……?”

“Looks like it worked……?”

“Did it work……?”

“Y-Yes! Hyungnim!”

The ogre did not attack the men.

The men hugged each other in relief that they were alive and sent a sign to Sion on the rooftop that they had succeeded.

Then they ran away to a safe place.

Sion smiled at them.

“Good.”

The ogre is carnivorous, but its instincts are closer to those of a herbivore.

It does not show much reaction to creatures that harm it outside its residence or to creatures that are much smaller.

But things are different inside the residence.

They attack all creatures that they consider intruders inside their residence.

That’s why we waited for him to come out of his residence.

Of course, everything was just speculation.

But it became clear with the experiment just now.

Above all, there was a decisive reason why Sion thought he could domesticate the ogre.

That was his weakness, his eyes.

If you subdue his eyes, he is just a corpse cleaner.

Sion turned his head and looked at Jin Jae-hee.

Her outstretched hand was firmly holding the bow, and the hand pulling the string was pulled up to her chin.

It was a bow made by investing time with the workers recently, collecting junk.

The bow, which was completed after many trials and errors, differed greatly from the crude crossbow in the shopping mall in terms of accuracy and power.

And handling the bow was still Jin Jae-hee’s role.

Juuuuuuuk-.

Her arm pulling the string trembled slightly.

She was aiming exactly at the ogre’s eyeball, but the zero point was not well set due to the cold wind.

But in her previous life, she had handled almost all weapons, including swords.

Hitting the ogre’s eyeball from this distance was a piece of cake.

Whoo-.

Jin Jae-hee exhaled and then inhaled again.

Now her breathing was calm.

The arrowhead she was holding was aiming at the upper left of the ogre’s eye.

She trusted her senses.

And she finally released the bowstring.

Thwack-!

The sound of the bowstring hitting the wind was loud.

The arrow shot from the bow flew towards the ogre in a constant parabola.

The wind changed the direction of the arrow.

The ogre moved, changing the aiming point.

But there was no need to worry.

Jin Jae-hee had calculated all of that and shot it.

Whirrrrr- Pow!

The arrow she shot hit the ogre’s eyeball exactly.

“Hoo.”

Jin Jae-hee finally took a deep breath.

-Kuaaaaaaak! Kaaaaaaak!!!!!

And the ogre screamed and made a bizarre cry.

Thump, thump!! Thump!!!

It was so painful that he twisted his body wildly, and every time he did, nearby buildings and cars were smashed.

The ogre pulled out the arrow stuck in his eyeball and was looking for the person who shot the arrow, shedding tears of blood.

-Kuaaaaaaa……!!!!! Kaaaaaaak!!!!!!

He finally made eye contact with Jin Jae-hee on the rooftop and began to run towards her with all his might.

Thump, thump, thump, thump!!!

The building shook every time he moved.

Nearby birds were startled and flew away.

Sion’s heart also began to beat faster as he got closer.

He ran towards Jin Jae-hee, no, Sion, with a body the size of a building.

The tremendous pressure and fear are indescribable.

But at the same time, I also had this thought.

What would happen if we could turn this guy into a fighting force?

‘……We could instill great fear in the enemy.’

Even though I was afraid, I smiled.

I was sweating, but the pounding of my heart was close to excitement.

Sion waited for him to approach, and when the time came, he said to Jin Jae-hee.

“Now.”

At his words, Jin Jae-hee immediately grabbed her sword.

(Continued in the next episode)