The Crown Prince Who Raises Alt Characters

#Chapter 320 Boss Quan - Urban Fantasy's Mimic Anomaly ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Viewing Level: Level 1 Security (Field commander and operation control room authorization required)] [Document Number: SAB-Op-7734-Q] [Classification: Operation directive and anomaly ecosystem trend report] [Subject: Post-Subjugation Processing of Special-grade Anomaly 'Queen' and Fragment Recovery Operation] [Drafting Department: Anti-Anomaly Special Management Bureau Strategic Intelligence Division] 1. Overview This document was created to establish unprecedented circumstances that occurred after the special-grade anomaly codenamed 'Queen' subjugation operation led by our nation 20 years ago, and to issue field agent action guidelines accordingly. 2. Changes in anomaly ecosystem trends and Queen's emergence Originally, anomalies at the time of the management bureau's establishment had strong characteristics as a kind of 'phenomenon' that would emerge when specific conditions were met, harm humans, and then disappear. However, due to Executor No. 0, codenamed 'Anomaly Slayer's' activities, many law-based and fantasy-type anomalies were either subjugated or had their fundamental narratives negated and greatly weakened, resulting in a significant increase in the number and strength of anomalies with physical substance that are closer to 'living beings' as a countereffect. These modern anomalies represented by vampires, nine-tailed foxes, werewolves, etc., use physically understandable threats such as tremendous supernatural strength and excellent regenerative ability as their main weapons, and their special abilities are also predominantly simple and easy to understand, like 'creating fire' or 'physically changing appearance.' Accordingly, the combat methods of the management bureau and espers also changed toward pursuing higher firepower and physical abilities rather than the existing law-breaking approach, and while this showed great results, it conversely led to more intense battles and greatly increased vulnerability to the emerging special-grade anomaly 'Queen.' 3. Risk assessment and combat capability evaluation of special-grade anomaly 'Queen.' Queen is an anomaly based on the horror genre known as body snatchers, where something like an alien life form or unknown monster steals the body and personality of the original body's owner or creates a duplicated body to replace them. It basically possessed body transformation abilities and regeneration abilities applied from them, with body transformation having high power and versatility to the extent of extending fingernails and slicing through an entire building, and regeneration ability so fast that even when cut by a blade, the regeneration speed was faster than the cutting, making slashes feel like they just passed through. Decisively, it also possessed the ability to read and mimic the memories of organisms it absorbed, with its copying ability so extremely high that it could even imitate some supernatural abilities. As fantasy and perception interference type anomalies were greatly weakened by the Anomaly Slayer, not only espers but even talented ordinary people no longer fell for anomaly mimicry, but Queen's mimicry succeeded in bypassing this rule because it was physical transformation. Five esper groups that were in competitive or cooperative relationships with the management bureau were completely destroyed by this mimicry ability without even being able to properly use their powers. At the time of Queen's appearance, the management bureau and civilian esper groups had evolved over decades to specialize in physical combat power as countermeasures against biological-type anomalies, so Queen's existence, which was almost immune to physical damage, was perceived as tremendous terror at the time. Due to its nightmare-like ability to be difficult to find, unable to be easily defeated even when found, escaping by dividing its body even when defeated, and recovering power again if even one part survived, Queen was registered as the third special-grade anomaly. 4. Subjugation process and results of special-grade entity 'Queen' While the management bureau was preparing a scenario for luring and mutual destruction using nuclear bombs through cooperation with intelligence sources from various countries, the Anomaly Slayer, who had been missing for decades, appeared at the management bureau through the 'elevator' at just the right time. The Anomaly Slayer who emerged from the elevator had an appearance that looked about 19 years old, but whether this was due to the elevator's characteristic of ignoring the time axis or the Anomaly Slayer's own peculiarity has not been confirmed to this day. The Anomaly Slayer, after hearing the situation explained by Executive Director Gregorio (64 years old at the time), who was the mutual destruction operation commander, Executor No. 1, and also a direct disciple of the Anomaly Slayer, carried out the Queen subjugation operation alone despite everyone's dissuasion. After approximately one day of physical brawling so intense that external intervention and observation were difficult, she succeeded in subjugating Queen. However, after the battle ended, the Anomaly Slayer was not found at the scene, and only her baseball bat and exorcism diary remained at the site. Some claimed she immediately left for another place via elevator, but it was difficult to think of a reasonable reason for leaving behind her main weapon and exorcism tool, the baseball bat and exorcism diary, and since the Anomaly Slayer has not appeared again for 20 years from then until now, she is currently processed as deceased. The exorcism diary left at the scene contained the following about Queen: [Beat her down, but some fragments escaped. If left alone, she might resurrect someday. The count was hasty so not accurate, but probably around 100 pieces], and this was later confirmed to be true through investigation. 5. Queen's fragment characteristics and risk assessment Originally, Queen's body fragments were each close to chunks of flesh that possessed their own predation and regeneration abilities, but whether due to the aftermath of the collision with the Anomaly Slayer, the newly scattered fragment pieces have almost no autonomous activity capability and mostly exist in crystal form possessing tremendous spiritual power and some abilities of the original entity. When an intelligent being with will obtains a fragment, they can acquire Queen's abilities and tremendous spiritual power contained within that fragment, and as this characteristic was revealed, tremendous conflict erupted within the hidden society. Queen's fragments are treasures of a level incomparable to ordinary elixirs or spiritual artifacts regardless of whether for espers or anomalies, and it wouldn't be strange to say that almost all members of the hidden society are currently desperate to obtain Queen's fragments. However, Queen's fragments are not just convenient treasures but the flesh of a special-grade anomaly that has entered dormancy, and there is also a very high risk that Queen's main body might resurrect again if mishandled. Therefore, Queen's fragments must be recovered by the management bureau immediately upon discovery, and it is specified that somewhat harsh means must also be used as a necessary evil for this purpose. For Queen's fragment recovery operations only, agents are notified that they may ignore the three regulations of 'Neutral and Unregistered Esper Engagement Restriction Rules,' 'Civilian Involvement Response Rules During Operations,' and 'Mandatory Headquarters Pre-approval for Class 2 or Higher Supernatural Abilities and Weapons Use' at their discretion. The proportion of fragments with clear current locations is 62%, of which 40% are currently sealed and under research by the management bureau. To ensure that the subjugation achievements accomplished by the Anomaly Slayer do not become meaningless, all mobile units shall devote their full effort to achieving 100% fragment recovery rate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Night streets where crackling neon sign lights reflect chaotically in puddles mixed with rainwater. Among the delinquents gathered at the convenience store alley entrance exhaling cigarette smoke, one of their gazes fixed on one spot. "Hey, look over there. She's quite something, isn't she?" "Huh?" The other delinquents who looked in that direction according to the delinquent's words widened their eyes. What was there was a beauty of a level that even the delinquent gang who had quite a lot of experience had never seen before. Her flowing silver twin-tail hair emitted a pale luster under the lighting, and the geometric ornaments attached to the ends made eerie yet rhythmical sounds whenever she moved. Her face still had a youthful appearance as if she had just become an adult not long ago, but conversely, her figure was very voluptuous. Even though it wasn't particularly revealing clothing, her tight blouse drew intense curves, and the striped tights on her lower body nakedly emphasized the firm curves of her thighs, paralyzing the onlooker's reason. "Whoa, damn. Hey. Her proportions are really." "Is she a celebrity?" "She looks like she'd be top-class even among celebrities, don't you think?" When the man who was like the leader giggled and sent signals with his eyes, the other gang members stood up with fishy smiles. In an instant, three or four men surrounded the woman. It was a typical 'operation' of blocking the path ahead, cutting off both sides, and naturally driving her toward the dark alley. "Hey, miss. If you're alone in a place like this, scary old men might take you away? How about going somewhere safe with us to have fun?" One of the men placed his hand on her shoulder and exhaled fishy breath. An ordinary woman would have screamed or stepped back in fear, but the silver-haired woman looked up at them with calm movements. The moment the leader made eye contact with her gray eyes that were not dull or grotesque but beautiful like jewels, he momentarily gasped. "Money and food, are they okay? I'm expensive." Whoo— Someone among the delinquents whistled. They weren't so dull as to not understand what the woman had just said. The leader grinned so wide his mouth seemed to tear and nodded in agreement. "Leave it to me, leave it to me. Your big brother has loads of money." It was typical bravado, but the woman followed them obediently to a secluded place without even a hint of suspicion. Among the men who were grinning in anticipation of what was to come, the woman—Qiana An was also smiling inwardly. 'Ah, easy. So easy. Humans are truly so foolish and stupid.' 20 years ago. The special-grade anomaly called Queen was subjugated, and her remains were split and scattered into about a hundred fragments. This was a very unfortunate situation from humanity's perspective, but at the same time, it wasn't a very desirable development from Queen's perspective either. Originally, her fragments were close to limbs that could move freely according to Queen's will even if they were separated, but the Anomaly Slayer had done something that turned all the scattered fragments into crystal-like forms, blocking active movement. The situation of her own flesh being used like a raid boss's loot couldn't possibly be pleasant for Queen. But perhaps the god of anomalies was looking after her. A very small stroke of luck came to Queen. One of the scattered fragments succeeded in parasitizing a couple who were troubled by not having children—specifically, the mother. Queen succeeded in being reborn as the couple's child, in other words, with a human body, and unlike other fragments, obtained a body that could act according to her own will. Well, due to side effects, there was the problem that she had forgotten her own identity until she was hit in the head by a flying soccer ball a year ago, but since she regained her memories anyway, it was a trivial matter. Queen's purpose was clear. To absorb the remaining scattered fragments. And thus regain her power and once again bring despair to humanity as the queen of anomalies. The 'hunt' she was currently conducting was also one of her routines to stockpile power. "Miss, you're incredibly calm? You must have done this kind of thing a lot?" One of the men placed his hand on Qiana's shoulder and made advances. Qiana answered appropriately while actually surveying her surroundings. 'No surveillance cameras, a place where outsiders don't come often, perfect.' Thanks to being born with a human body, she gained autonomy, but for Qiana, whose combat abilities had greatly diminished, almost none of the overwhelming supernatural abilities she had when active as 'Queen' remained. Therefore, hunting needed to be conducted efficiently. It was the moment when she changed her fingernails to be like blades and was about to slice the men's vital points. "Why don't you stop there?" The darkness of the night alley. A voice echoed from beyond it. Black hair. Gray suit. Sunglasses hiding his eyes. The eyes that glimpsed through were probably black. He was a man whose atmosphere was more reminiscent of a mafia member or organized crime figure rather than a polite office worker. "You kids there. Leave that woman alone and get lost while I'm asking nicely." The delinquents flinched momentarily at that ominous atmosphere, but soon confirmed that there was only one opponent and growled. "What are you saying, you crazy bastard? This lady already made an appointment with us." "Hmm, so that's not allowed?" "Of course not! You should get lost before you get hurt!" The man calmly nodded his head. And with that same calm attitude, he threw something. Pat! A knife grazed the delinquent leader's ear and lodged into the wall. A beat later, the severed strands of hair scattered and fell down, and a long thin line was drawn across the leader's cheek. While everyone was frozen, the man took out a cigarette, lit it, and spoke while exhaling smoke deeply. "I'll ask again, do you want to just get lost? Or do you want to die here?" There was no answer. Because the delinquents were busy running away without anyone taking the lead, instead of answering. Left alone, Qiana was inwardly annoyed that her plan had gone awry, but soon created tears in her eyes and sat down on the spot. "Th-thank you. I said I didn't want to, but those people forcibly dragged me here…" Qiana sat slumped on the ground, covering her face with her delicate hands wearing orange fingerless gloves while trembling her shoulders slightly. Her voluptuous chest heaved rapidly through her jacket as if terrified, and her legs in striped tights were stretched out attractively as if drained of strength. To anyone watching, she looked like a pitiful 20-year-old college girl who had just nearly suffered something terrible. She portrayed the kind of pitifulness that would make any ordinary man feel sympathy or secret desire just by looking, and it was when Qiana was trying to gather information about her new prey. Click. Something cold touched Qiana's head. 'Huh?' And before Qiana could even react, the trigger of the gun barrel was pulled. —Bang!!