279 – Chapter 11. How there is darkness behind the light (3)

The sparring at the training ground lasted about an hour and ended safely without anyone getting hurt.

Baek Seol-hee created as many as two alter egos, and the sparring with three S-ranks took place in a 3:3 aspect.

The result was a landslide victory for Baek Seol-hee.

Even though there were three S-class players, Baek Seol-hee won the victory.

Afterwards, the briefing room.

“Ahh.”

Baek Seol-hee, who took the microphone, cleared her voice with an alter ego wearing the same uniform next to her.

“This time, the new ability I developed is the ‘alone self’.”

alter ego.

Whether it’s a movie or a cartoon, the ability to handle a body separate from one’s own.

There are many characters who use alter ego techniques in all kinds of media, but there are almost no ‘persons with special abilities’ capable of supernatural powers.

“Snow White, really, the alter ego…”

“Any questions?”

When the bald minister spoke, Baek Seol-hee interrupted and raised her voice.

“I’ll pick it up in the middle after the presentation is over.”

“Kuhmm…!”

A woman less than half her age openly insulted her, but no one defended the minister.

“Minister Kim.”

“Yes, Mr. President.”

“Miss Seolhee Baek will tell you to ask questions if you ever need a question, so please wait patiently.”

“……sorry.”

It is spectacular that the president sitting here right now can fly with just one finger, but three S-class

Baek Seol-hee, who was defeated with skill and strength, was an irreplaceable existence.

“Then, I will continue the explanation. The alter ego and I are connected by mana, and after a certain distance, the alter ego becomes an ice doll. Just like a statue.”

click.

As soon as Seolhee Baek snapped her fingers, her alter ego immediately turned into an ice statue.

“The closer the distance, the more magic power my clone can use. I’ve already checked the data on this distance through experiments, but it tends to vary a lot depending on the condition. For more information, see the handout.”

“I have a question, senpai.”

Even though the minister was once face-to-face, there was one person who stood firm and raised his hand.

“What is it, Taejo?”

“Is it possible to connect with your alter ego even if you are on the other side of the world? Like a network?”

“…It’s not that far. The maximum detection range is up to 10 km. After that, the clone will just become an ice statue.”

“Then, if you place an alter ego every 10 km, can you control an alter ego from Busan to Seoul?”

“…….”

At Taejo’s question, Seolhee Baek tilted her head for a moment.

Is it possible?

never tried

“Wait.”

Baek Seol-hee sent a text message right away.

“That, Baek Seol-hee? Who are you contacting?”

“A personal talent consultant. There is. Someone I met on the Internet.”

After quickly writing and sending a rather long text message, Baek Seol-hee took the microphone again.

“Armored Taejo, your proposal seems to be better than I thought.”

“Ah, is that so? hehehe, this is actually one of my abilities…”

“Ah, the reply came.”

Cutting off Taejo, who was about to say something excited, Baek Seol-hee looked at the text.

“…Theoretically possible. But to do that, you need to prepare the infrastructure in advance and keep managing it so that the mana does not decrease. A hub where you can go around the country to replenish your clones with mana, or send mana. They say it’s inefficient without it.”

“Huh…”

“It’s amazing thinking power. Apart from whether it’s possible or impossible, it’s whether it actually works or not.”

Everyone in the conference room sticks out their tongues in admiration.

“Hmmm. Then again, speaking of alter egos.”

Baek Seol-hee seemed to be proud of herself for no reason, and she cleared her throat and grabbed the microphone again.

“The most important role of an alter ego is to reveal myself as a whole when I can’t show myself publicly. The first reason I told you. That’s…”

bang bang.

“Pregnant.”

Everyone in the conference room was embarrassed for nothing at the sight of a two-syllable word on the screen.

“I’m half-fifty this year. There are people here who are well over half a century old, but from the point of view of a person with special abilities, it’s safe to say that I’m an ajumma.”

“That, to say that a 25-year-old woman is…”

“Oh my. Didn’t the Minister say that at a drinking party before? If a woman goes over 30 and gives birth to a child, it’s called old age?”

“Kuh, keuh! When did I say that…!”

The minister’s face turned red, but he did not actively deny Seolhee Baek’s words.

“…Well, I did! I said it at the hearing! It’s just my personal conviction, I’m not ashamed of it at all!”

“You can speak directly into the microphone.”

“really?”

“Yes. The following is the same as the minister’s conviction.”

Baek Seol-hee calmly turned the screen to the next page.

“In 2020, according to the statistical data that the minister submitted in the past when he was a member of the National Assembly, there is a high probability that women will be born with birth defects and deformities after the age of 30. Did you actually submit this data and say it?”

“Ugh.”

When the Emperor clicked his tongue briefly, the Minister nodded heavily with an embarrassed face.

“…Yes. I said so.”

“Yes. There is an opinion that there is a difference between ordinary people and people with special abilities, but there is a big difference. After all, even people with special abilities are women. It has a high chance of giving birth.”

Several men, including the minister, nodded involuntarily.

Even President Tae Chae-jin just silently kept his mouth shut, his eyes fixed on the 20-24 age range in the birth rate graph.

“It is helpful to the nation and the world for people with special abilities to get pregnant quickly and give birth to children. Well, at all times, do you think of people with special abilities as some kind of stallion or sire? It is an act that violates individual freedom. There is a lot of talk about what to do with the power gap during that period.”

Slowly, the president and other ministers began to harden their expressions.

Because the story Baek Seol-hee tells is a real story?

Do you think those who say such things will actually say such things after Baek Seol-hee is pregnant?

no.

“I have a question for you, sir.”

“Tell me, Tushin.”

“Aren’t you in the same position as the people who originally said that? That even a hero has the right to choose pregnancy…”

“Yes.”

Because I couldn’t figure out Baek Seol-hee’s intention to say this.

“People on the Internet say that.”

When Seolhee Baek passed the next screen, all sorts of comments and comments from the community came out.

The ministers frowned and lowered their heads, but soon the screen enlarged and everyone could see the text and content in the community.

“Baek Seol-hee is the head of Hero Goldsmith. There are so many people with special abilities who have not had children at the age of 25 in other countries, so I don’t know why they call me their head.”

“Unn…isn’t it because you’re the strongest?”

“I think so too. Since the eldest woman and the strongest woman aren’t pregnant, they think I’m the representative of some kind of goldsmith. Really.”

Tuk-tuk.

Baek Seol-hee tapped the screen with her hand and shook her head.

“I’m sorry, but I want to tell these people that this is a serious misunderstanding. It’s just a thing.”

“But now it’s different.”

Baek Seol-hee’s alter ego took a step forward and took over Baek Seol-hee’s words.

“Now, even if I remain pregnant from behind, my alter ego can take the place of Seolhee Baek.”

“You can even hide a pregnancy, and if it is known, you can make it appear that the pregnant woman is not fighting.”

“No matter how important the fight with the villain is, I thought it wouldn’t be good for everyone in the world to have a pregnant woman with a bloated belly beat and fight with the villain with the momentum to kill each other.”

“That’s right.”

Everyone agrees.

No matter how much the world is on the verge of ruin, unless it is a case of dropping a nuclear bomb as a last resort in Busan, where civilian evacuation has not yet been completed, it is humanly a bit human to ask children and pregnant women to fight villains.

“In other words, now that I’ve learned how to clone myself, even if I get pregnant, I have the advantage that the various problems of pregnancy are offset. This is the introduction.”

“…How long is the main topic?”

“It’s not that long. Then, shall we briefly talk about the conclusion and get to the main point?”

Baek Seol-hee took a deep breath and continued with her hand on the shoulder of her alter ego.

“If it’s not a big problem to get pregnant, then I want to choose the man I want to get pregnant with.”

“……yes?”

Moment.

The ministers nodded and tilted their heads as if a fishbone had been caught somewhere in their throats.

“Pregnant…?”

Something seems to be missing.

“Wait. Seolhee Baek. No way…”

“Even if there are minor legal issues.”

“…That’s the point.”

President Tae Chae-jin corrected her posture and looked at Seol-hee Baek with a serious face.

“Using the National Assembly, please make a problem that is illegal at this point not illegal? As if it wasn’t the Baek Seol-hee special law?”

“As expected, he is the President.”

“Yes. Then what kind of special law do you want?”

“What I want.”

Baek Seol-hee took a look at the people in the meeting room.

“This is my legal protection for the man I choose and the child I will be born with. First of all, first.”

With a confident face, the iron plate was placed on his face and he slowly opened his mouth.

“If I want the genes of a married man, does that come first with adultery or ‘patriotism’?”

“…I’m from the legal profession, so let me ask you one thing.”

Tae Chae-jin asked without changing his expression.

“Is that man a foreigner?”

“I am a Korean born in Korea.”

“Ah, then I’ve said that.”

Tae Chae-jin jumped up from her seat and answered by placing her right hand on her left chest.

“Patriotism is always right.”