late night.

 

Lab, entrance gate.

 

A domestic mid-size car stood in front of the blocking bar.

 

The guard, who was playing an idle game in the guard room, was embarrassed and put down his smartphone and left.

 

“What are you doing? The check-in time is over. Tomorrow if you have business… … .”

 

“Ah, I’m Nahye Kim, researcher here.”

 

Kim Na-hye opened the car window and presented her pass.

 

The guard bowed his head and looked inside the car, and confirmed that there was no one but Kim Na-hye.

 

“Can I still come in at this hour? I’ll call the captain for a second.”

 

He was a security guard belonging to ‘K Shield’ and was a person who joined only by force.

 

So, I did not know the usual procedure well.

 

“A- don’t do that. I’m in a hurry. I also came because the director ordered it.”

 

Kim Na-hye’s heart was pounding.

 

It was not easy for an ordinary person like her to lie to a security guard with two Chinese agents in the backseat.

 

“I can’t—.”

 

Laura, who could not see it, secretly used a light enchantment magic.

 

The guard became persuasive.

 

“The new researcher said that the specimen called ‘CH-07’ was not stored in the refrigerator, but that is over 10 million won. If it takes time, you have to throw it away. I’m also here because the director hastily called me.”

 

She made up a plausible story.

 

The guard’s heart fluttered.

 

‘Should I send it?’

 

And the next word from Na-hye Kim put an end to her worries.

 

“A week or so ago, the security guard just sent me away when something similar happened. Isn’t that what you usually do?”

 

“ah… okay?”

 

The guard recalled the worksheet in his mind.

 

If it was a week ago, it was the day the two-year-old senior worked.

 

I don’t know if it would have been okay if he had sent it.

 

‘Well, no big deal.’

 

He nodded and went back to the guard room and raised the bar.

 

“Then go quickly.”

 

“Yes Yes. thank you take care.”

 

Kim Na-hye bowed her head to express her gratitude and stepped on the accelerator.

 

After that, it was a breeze.

 

All security doors inside the lab were opened with her security card.

 

Shinnoda and Laura were just chasing after her in a transparent state.

 

The long-awaited laboratory underground building.

 

Security here was a biometric system.

 

Kim Na-hye had to do fingerprint recognition and iris recognition to open the door.

 

Shinnoda thought from behind.

 

‘Security is great. It was good that I didn’t break through it head-on. It’s worth a little trouble.’

 

The security system was as informed by the intelligence officer, but the bulkhead separating each area was thicker than expected.

 

As if assuming the Awakened’s attack.

 

‘They must have been wary of the subject’s rebellion.’

 

It was a common cliché for a laboratory that was conducting human experiments to be overturned by a subject.

 

It was natural to prepare for it.

 

beep.

 

【Researcher Nahye Kim, confirmed.】

 

When Na-hye Kim completed the biometric identification, the security door opened with a dry voice.

 

“At first, you said you were taking out data, didn’t you?”

 

“okay.”

 

“Then we should go to the control room. That’s where the internal network is in charge.”

 

They went to the control room.

 

The control room had a huge display in front, and other than that, it had a shape similar to a typical office.

 

As Na-hye Kim turned on the power, the dark control room became bright.

 

On the display, images of two test subjects, ‘Alpha’ and ‘Omega’, appeared.

 

They were locked up in their own rooms, sleeping.

 

“This PC is for administrators, but as I said before, the manager will be notified as soon as it is turned on.”

 

Na-hye Kim said, pointing to a PC.

 

“Is this a time attack from here? Come to think of it, there is no CCTV here, right?”

 

“yes.”

 

Laura immediately canceled the invisibility magic.

 

Apparently, it lacked magical power because it was an artificial body that relied on the ‘Sage’s Stone’.

 

The appearance of the ‘Dark Knight’ and Laura gradually revealed as the invisibility magic was dispelled.

 

Kim Na-hye trembled.

 

“The Dark Knight disguise… It looks so real.”

 

“I got some balls. Can I delete the entire database if I put all the data on a USB stick?”

 

“It will take some time, but it is possible. Do you want to make recovery difficult?”

 

Shinnoda nodded and answered in a serious tone.

 

“Absolutely. We have to pay the price for stealing our Chinese stuff.”

 

“I know. I’m not a programmer so it’s not perfect, but I’ll try. Instead, don’t forget the promised pay… … .”

 

“of course. The People’s Republic of China is a country that never forgets its faithfulness.”

 

Stolen important data to USB memory and delete all existing databases.

 

With this in mind, Kim Na-hye turned on the PC.

 

“We come to the rescue of the children.”

 

She nodded roughly at Shinnoda’s words and concentrated on hitting the keyboard.

 

Shinnoda knew roughly the geography of this place with the information she received from the Minister of Information.

 

They used the invisibility magic again and headed to the ‘Omega’ room.

 

Her rescue priority was higher.

 

The test subject’s room had a structure that was opened only by pressing a number key from the outside.

 

Shinnoda dialed the number.

 

473697.

 

I knew about it by asking Na-hye Kim beforehand.

 

Beep, beep.

 

The iron door opened with a light sound.

 

The invisibility magic was dispelled, and their appearance began to appear.

 

***

 

first memory.

 

It was several pairs of eyes staring at him.

 

‘no.’

 

Even though I can’t even learn a language, I don’t have a proper way to express it… … .

 

I was vaguely aware that the emotions I was feeling were negative.

 

They arbitrarily gave themselves the name ‘Omega’.

 

Then I didn’t really care.

 

By the time I received basic education and became familiar with the common sense of society.

 

The other subjects ‘awakened’ one by one.

 

Omega never woke up.

 

Researchers’ attention was drawn to the awakened children, and Omega was terribly neglected.

 

He obviously hates them, but he was terribly lonely by himself.

 

It’s been a while, but I thought it would be nice if I could do an experiment on myself.

 

Then one day, Omega met a child similar to him.

 

His name is ‘Alpha’.

 

Like Omega, he was a child who could not awaken and was abandoned in indifference.

 

“Let’s be friends.”

 

“yes.”

 

The two always went together when doing group activities, and they developed a deep bond.

 

After about a year like that, they too experienced the ‘awakening’ belatedly.

 

“You have awakened.”

 

A translucent message window appeared in front of you.

 

Omega was confused and didn’t know what to do.

 

“Can you see this too?”

 

She asked Alpha, and he answered with a nod.

 

“yes. My skill is ‘reflex’.”

 

“skill? Uh- I’m a ‘fragment of Kronos’. You can make time pass fast or slow it down, and only once, you can send a person back to the past. It is said that depending on the grade, how far back in the past can be sent.”

 

After that day, they received a lot of attention.

 

In particular, in the case of Omega, researchers stuck to it and started intensive care, and conducted experiments that were delayed in the meantime.

 

“If you use this ability well, can you use it like a time machine?”

 

“Even though it has a very short range, it might be possible if you strengthen it.”

 

‘Fragments of Chronos’ was a skill that had never appeared before.

 

An independent discovery in a laboratory by inserting a variable into a DNA sample.

 

Right now, one day was the limit.

 

However, no one knew what would happen if the intelligence level went up and the skill proficiency was filled.

 

Now, at the level of going back to just a day ago, it was a vain story, but the head of the research institute was looking at the big picture.

 

Through long experiments, he measured how far into the past one can travel as intelligence and proficiency increase.

 

Results up to 150 years.

 

Both intelligence and proficiency were attainable if they achieved an S-level or higher.

 

An ambition arose in the mind of the head of the institute.

 

It’s a story that I can’t tell anyone for fear of being rebuked for saying it’s crazy right now.

 

‘If I could go back 100 years… .’

 

If the awakened Superman is sent back to the past, he can avoid the dictatorship and prepare for the gate that will appear in the next generation.

 

If that happens, the motherland will be reborn as a powerful nation in this gate era.

 

“Let’s focus on omega research.”

 

Instructions to deliver results as quickly as possible, even at the cost of loss.

 

Even if Omega died due to the lab’s unreasonable experimentation, it didn’t matter.

 

Because you can make clones.

 

There is no guarantee that clones will be awakened, but if you make 10 instances, at least one of them will awaken equally.

 

As directed by the Director, the lab returned to focus on amplifying Omega’s abilities.

 

Of course, I did research on the Awoken Legion, but this was only an incidental dimension.

 

The main goal was to strengthen Omega’s skills.

 

However, Omega was suffering that much.

 

When he didn’t get attention, he felt apathy, but it was hard work, such as taking poisonous experimental drugs every day and putting on a machine whose safety was not verified on his head.

 

Thick metal outer walls to prevent escape.

 

The cold invaded Omega’s bone marrow.

 

Tears flowed from her eyes every time she slept in her room.

 

‘Why do I have to suffer like this? I wish I had moderate abilities like Alpha… … .’

 

Having been able to think beyond a middle school student with a growth stimulant, she understood roughly why researchers cling to her.

 

“Black. ugh.”

 

But that was it, and it was an unavoidable providence to be blessed with sorrow.

 

Omega also wanted to go to school while living with caring parents like the children in the video when they were educated.

 

“Why me… … .”

 

She thought that the prince in the fairy tale book would save her.

 

Alpha’s face immediately comes to mind.

 

The children made with Chinese samples are basically western handsome men and beauties, so they all look like princes and princesses in fairy tales.

 

“No, that kid is in the same situation.”

 

Alpha and Omega were just cattle.

 

Omega hoped to get out of this prison every day.

 

Then one day, there was a big experiment.

 

“Finally, you are putting in the ability amplification device.”

 

“okay. Gamma said it was a success. died from infection. I am weak.”

 

“Is that a countermeasure?”

 

“Have you applied a semi-permanent bio-coating? It’s not our field, so I don’t know.”

 

The researchers talked about how the other subjects died in front of Omega, and the subjects failed because they were weak.

 

‘It would be great if I had the fighting ability to defeat all of those guys.’

 

Omega was only delusional about himself smashing the lab in his heart.

 

The reality was dreadful.

 

She was taken to the lab as scheduled and had an amplifier implanted in her stomach.

 

Omega returned to his cool room and picked up his clothes.

 

A long, horizontal belly with ugly scars.

 

There was also a feeling of something foreign in the stomach.

 

Had it not been for the Awakened, this horrendous operation could not have been tolerated.

 

“Black, huh.”

 

On this day, Omega cried a lot.

 

However, there was no kind-hearted person at this institute to comfort her.

 

If there is, only the same test subject.

 

Alpha was in a communal situation, but there was little time to meet, and my nose was small, so I couldn’t afford to comfort her.

 

Omega stayed up all night in tears and went to bed today.

 

beep. Chunkyung.

 

Then, with a mechanical sound, the door to the prison holding Omega opened.

 

“Are you an Omega?”

 

A monster wearing a black robe.

 

Perhaps a prince riding a white horse appeared to bring Omega out of this hell.

 

She also had basic knowledge of heroes and villains.

 

This is because the news or entertainment shows are played to manage the stress of the subject.

 

“The Dark Knight… … ?”

 

Tears running down Omega’s cheeks.

 

It was a positive tear filled with anticipation for the future, different from the usual tears of agony.