Humanity Protection Company

TL/Editor: raei

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All accidents happen in an instant. But people who have experienced an accident once handle it skillfully.

The company, having gone through the unprecedented accident of alteration, had preemptively backed up important data like the progress of the war and the dangers of Level 6 entities in an ordinary room.

"Please preserve the current memories!"

The chairman, who had witnessed Yeonwoo altering the world right before his eyes, protected himself.

"You're saying you won't hurt me anymore? Finally, we're going back!"

"Alteration? If I stay here, the world will become hell. No, first to a domain without anomalies! If the war continues, I'll come out again!"

Some could choose to passively observe.

And so, the world was rewritten.

Yeonwoo quietly looked up at the sky. He could do anything as long as the probability wasn't zero. The probability of restoring the World Alteration Device was extremely low, but it still existed, which meant he could alter the world.

Yeonwoo closed his eyes.

In an instant, the world changed. The war had never happened, the world allowed anomalies, and the company existed as the Humanity Protection Company.

The world just before the alteration caused by the device had returned.

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With just a blink of an eye, the world had changed. Yeonwoo, wearing a mask of probability threads, quietly looked at the Club's building.

The Club's headquarters existed as an ordinary high-rise building. It wasn't plastered with gold, nor had it created a domain. There was no need for that in this world.

Only the gold that had been consumed earlier remained consumed. It had been used in transactions and was absolutely spent.

A secretary came out of the building. They looked at Yeonwoo's face curiously before gesturing.

"Mr. Yeonwoo? The chairman says to come up."

"Let's go."

Yeonwoo calmly followed the secretary. He had taken the first step. Many problems still remained. The Humanity Protection Company dreaming of an ordinary world, anomaly groups that had to fight the company. 𝐑

His survival instinct seemed to whisper:

- War leads to destruction. We must prevent such a thing from happening.

Yeonwoo answered inwardly:

'I know. I won't make the same mistake as my future self.'

If possible, it was best for everyone to live together. Rather than accepting loss and pain, it was better not to experience them in the first place.

Of course, if a life-threatening crisis came, he would probably scramble to survive alone again, but now there was no reason for that.

He had the power to save not just his own life, but everyone's lives. He had room to breathe.

'There's no reason not to do it if I can. It's difficult, but not impossible.'

Swish-

Yeonwoo suddenly clenched his fist. The probability threads covering his face. He realized the possibility of them appearing as a human form, replacing part of his brain and face.

As he tied those threads of possibility to his ring finger like a ring, the threads of probability and dice in his head added an impulse.

- So what are you going to do? Can you persuade the company, anomaly groups, and Level 6 entities? You can't, right? Let's just crush them with force.

Yeonwoo, who had entered the building and gotten into the elevator, pressed his temples hard. He glanced at the mirror.

The same face as before. The dice reflected in his eyes. An impulse causing confusion with simple thoughts.

'Gather the directors to threaten them to give up on an ordinary world, and threaten other Level 6 entities not to fight?'

Yeonwoo muttered:

"That's not it."

He coldly pushed away the impulse. Was it because he had become one with the dice? It felt closer to fusion than contamination, making it easier to control impulses and emotions.

The secretary kept stealing glances at Yeonwoo, swallowing hard.

At that moment, ding, the elevator doors opened. The secretary said:

"You can go in. The chairman said he wanted to talk with you alone."

"Alright."

Yeonwoo stepped out of the elevator. Befitting the original world, there was no conveyor belt on the top floor, just the chairman, Golden Omnipotence, and furniture like tables and sofas.

The chairman, looking exhausted, sat on the sofa and glared at Yeonwoo.

"Well done. We've just wasted gold, and now we can't stop the company from moving to eradicate anomalies. Yeah, you're a complete anomalous entity now, so what are you going to do about the company?"

It was the worst situation. The Club had wasted a ton of gold, and the company had returned to being the Humanity Protection Company.

If war broke out in the current situation, everyone would die.

Yeonwoo scratched his head and slowly sat down in the opposite chair. He found it hard to open his mouth.

The chairman wore a frustrated expression.

"Don't you know about ordinary bullets? Even you'll die if hit by those. And it's not like you love humanity like that worshipper. You must have had a plan when you pulled this stunt."

"...I don't have a plan."

Yeonwoo said briefly.

He really didn't. He lacked the ability to handle grand things like policies or strategies. He had learned that painfully while moving through the altered world. Hadn't chaos ensued every time he tried to directly intervene?

The chairman's mouth opened and closed like a goldfish. He wanted to say something, but it seemed like it might come out as curses.

'Without a plan, without thinking, that, that...'

But Yeonwoo slowly spoke:

"I've been thinking, and I don't know how to balance profit relationships or handle diplomatic matters between groups. So..."

He looked into the air for a moment before slowly lowering his gaze. His eyes were on the chairman, but his mind was recalling more people.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

The Goldberg Club, the Artist Association, the demon worshipper, the Humanity Protection Company.

Gather experts from different groups to create a solution.

"Let's have a meeting with people from all groups. To find a way to create a world where we can all live together like now."

"Do you think that's possible?"

"Yes."

The chairman felt like he was going crazy. Would the company, which could mass-produce ordinary bullets and had the ability to create an ordinary world, accept this?

They'd probably try to annihilate everyone instead.

Even he, as the Club's chairman, wanted to kill the company before they were destroyed, and the Association President and worshipper would likely take extreme measures too.

The chairman unfastened his wristwatch as if frustrated. He carelessly tossed the watch into a corner of the sofa.

"There's no reason for the company to accept this. In the end, only war remains. In other words, your alteration was meaningless as it is."

Yeonwoo's eyes lit up as he briefly glanced at the watch.

"No. It's not too late yet."

They hadn't crossed the point of no return. Because the company's power wasn't overwhelming. With time, they might not be able to stop the company, but not now.

Yeonwoo said:

"Ordinary bullets aren't a fatal danger."

They could be blocked with bulletproof gear. They could create a domain where guns malfunction using Golden Omnipotence, or grasp the possibility of nearby guns not firing.

The Association President would make guns malfunction on their own anyway.

"Since the powers are similar now, why not negotiate instead?"

The chairman leaned back on the sofa and stared into space for a moment. Various thoughts crossed his mind.

"...It's not impossible. If only the company cooperates. We could even sign a treaty."

Yeonwoo blinked, not quite understanding, so the chairman explained:

"Prevent the company from creating an ordinary world and ordinary weapons, disclose related information, and give anomaly groups the right to audit. In return, anomaly groups also have the obligation to protect humanity and act accordingly."

"That sounds great!"

Yeonwoo clapped his hands. It certainly seemed like a better method than just barging in.

But the chairman shook his head.

"The problem remains the same. The reason for the company to accept this."

"I can only think of threats. I guess we really need to gather people and hear their thoughts..."

Yeonwoo spoke firmly:

"Just lend me the Club's personnel. I'll call in some people I know as well."

The chairman reluctantly agreed, and so a meeting was convened.

The Club's think tank, some demon worshippers and artists the Club maintained friendly relations with, and a few clock repairmen who had once been organized to stop the climate anomalies.

The meeting continued for a long time.

They somehow managed to get a grasp on things. Yeonwoo's eyes shone with hope, and even the chairman clenched his fist, seeing potential.

All that remained was the summit. The chairman said:

"I'll gather the Association President, the worshipper, the board of directors, myself as chairman, and you."

Golden light flashed, creating a video conference screen in the air. About ten people wore strange expressions as they assessed the situation.

Then Yeonwoo said:

"Let's sign a treaty."

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"What kind of treaty?"

One of the directors who had been revived when the alteration was canceled asked glumly. They had already noticed the alteration and its cancellation and were in the middle of discussing countermeasures.

"I'll explain," the chairman stepped forward and explained coherently.

A treaty to give up on an ordinary world on Earth. Information disclosure and audit rights. Also, the obligation of anomaly groups to protect humanity.

"The World Alteration Device is meaningless anyway. Having experienced two alterations, we've prepared countermeasures. The company can't create an ordinary world."

He was saying that since it was a goal they couldn't achieve right away, they might as well negotiate reasonably.

One director said:

"We have no reason to agree. Fine, since everything's out in the open, I'll be frank. A world without anomalies, an ordinary world, is a mission we can't give up."

Some things couldn't be compromised. The director's expression hardened as much as their firm voice.

"War will break out. But if it's for the future, that's a sacrifice we're willing to make."

At this point, Yeonwoo stepped in.

"That's why I'd like to propose something. Humanity Protection Company. Isn't its purpose to protect humanity, not eradicate anomalies? Rather than sacrificing humans through war, save people."

The directors' gazes turned to Yeonwoo.

Their expressions weren't of looking at a traitor, but as if something inevitable had happened. A Level 6 anomalous entity, a survivalist at that, wouldn't want an ordinary world.

The director in charge of Yeonwoo spoke:

"We thought you wouldn't stick with us until the end. If you're saying that to survive, I understand. But."

"That's not what I mean," Yeonwoo firmly shook his head.

He remembered. The world of giants. Humans living miserably as pets.

"I'm telling you to save humans not on Earth, but in the second dimension. Let all groups join forces to protect Earth, and the company should move outward."

Leave Earth as it is, and have the company build an ordinary world in the second dimension. That world would itself become an ark and a shelter for humanity.

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