Chapter 233

Changing people is a hundred times easier than changing the system.

An American company refuses to install an air conditioning system in its logistics center warehouse, even though warehouse workers collapse from dehydration or heatstroke every summer.

It’s simply easier and more economical to hire another healthy person.

For the same reason, uncovering the truth behind the incident of 발푸르기스 is a laborious and complicated task.

There was no information available on how they entered Korea, why they abducted innocent people, or what experiments they conducted.

However, there was a turning point in the case.

The UN publicly expressed regret, admitting that some senior officials from 발푸르기스 escaped the investigation due to the inexperienced handling by the leadership and military.

Naturally, the public was enraged.

Is this why the UN forces were called in?

Did you inadvertently stir up terrorists and cause the national disaster known as the Bafwadai Bridge tragedy?

“If you did it with good intentions, I would understand, but you even tried to hide it? You’re all doomed. Starting with the president, take off your clothes!”

The Blue House’s desperate attempts to maintain approval ratings manifested in various forms.

One of them was the replacement of personnel for accountability, scapegoating.

The current Deputy Chief of Staff of the ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command and the Army Training Commandant, who had covered up the incident, were the first to be dismissed.

However, the press was quick to catch on, and the people were not fools.

It was evident that they were sending out individuals who were already in low-ranking positions or had been reassigned once.

Even the parties, preoccupied with tearing each other apart, united after much deliberation and decided to sacrifice their cherished individuals.

Cheon Jeong-ho, the chief prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, who was criticized as a political prosecutor from the Republican Party.

A potential candidate for the next Prosecutor General, quietly honing his skills in seclusion.

Republican newcomers decided to shatter his opportunities to solidify their own positions.

[Breaking News] Cheon Jeong-ho appointed as a research fellow at the Judicial Research and Training Institute, “Reassignment for accountability.”

Regrettably, he was a person with great pride.

[Cheon Jeong-ho resigns as a research fellow at the Judicial Research and Training Institute]

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[Comments]

– Loyal dog of 이조조 got too greedy… tsk, ended up getting his head chopped off as an example!

– He’s a real psychopathㅋㅋㅋㅋ Heard they knew about 노나메 since last year?

– Not giving nationality to a terror victim and dropping them at a border orphanage, even Satan would cry.

– Cut the pension and make sure he goes to prison.

It’s like being in a situation where just breathing wrong could get your head cut off.

The media eagerly portrayed politicians as demons, and the public began to feel a sense of fatigue.

This was also the response desired by those in power.

[But what makes 노나메 so special that everyone is making a fuss?]

After all, they’re just an elementary school kid; it’s getting tiring defending them as a terror victim, right?

How long do we have to live just watching sentimental news?

[Comments]

– No, please, they’re not just an ordinary female elementary studentㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

– Selected as one of the 25 most influential teens by Time, nominated for BBC’s Person of the Year, ranked 2nd on Switzerland’s Great Generations list. Does 노나메 look like nothing to you?

– This one is an unprecedented genius. Other than being subjected to human experiments by 발푸르기스, there’s no other explanation.

– If you watch the Korean University segment on Vtube, you’ll be speechless.

* * *

[NoName Official]

[Korea University Law vs. Million Vtuber] [Views: 1.08 million · 7 days ago]

“Well, you finally uploaded it…”

It was a video that had been announced to be uploaded as a Vtube short.

Not just a simple ‘vs battle’, this was a scene where they genuinely sparred according to established rules.

신연호, who had been recorded on 나메’s Vtube, sighed deeply while replaying the sparring video.

“Spar?”

Ban So Wol, seated across from him, tilted her head while putting down her Americano.

“I sparred with 나메 under no-hand rules before. I lost, though.”

“Loser. Weakling.”

“It’s true I’m a loser, but doesn’t mean I’m weak!”

“Then do you enjoy losing to girls?”

“If you put it that way, people will misunderstand!”

“Isn’t that so?”

“Please believe me, it’s really not!”

Slurp—

Bitter coffee flowed through the straw into Ban So Wol’s mouth.

“나메 doesn’t like to be watched.”

She said nonchalantly.

Ban So Wol, who deliberately lost in an arm-wrestling match, felt the aftereffects and confirmed once more the unhealed muscles in her arm.

“I know. But I had a handicap. I had to completely seal my own strikes.”

“Excuses aplenty from a guy.”

“…”

“Sorry, don’t get shy, keep talking. So what you’re saying is, even with the handicap, you did your best but still lost, right? Am I right?”

“I did my best, yes… But at that time, even if I struck, would my attack have reached 나메?”

“What do you mean by that?”

신연호 lowered his head slightly, pondering.

At the last moment, he broke the rules and knocked 나메 against the wall with a punch.

Why was he so certain that 나메 could dodge?

There had been many signs during the sparring.

When 나메 requested close combat, several times his shoulder unconsciously turned to retaliate.

“Though it’s hard to believe, at every moment, 나메 was already prepared for me to throw a punch.”

If the opponent had approached with a light hook, 신연호 would have immediately broken the left rib.

Of course, since it was the opponent, he didn’t do that.

But reflecting on the stance 나메 had taken back then sent chills down his spine.

“She threw a hook, and immediately aware of the counter, she was already guarding with her left arm while leaning back. Is it possible to do that on instinct?”

신연호’s eyes widened, and he showed signs of confusion.

As the man fell into deep thought, Ban So Wol spooned a piece of carrot cake and handed it to him.

“나메 also defeated me in arm wrestling. It’s definitely possible.”

“What?”

Defeated Ban So Wol in arm wrestling?

That would be impossible without her allowing it.

She was a woman with the title ‘Iron Man’ at the age of just 17, capable of perfectly handling her aura.

She grabbed 신연호’s hand, which was about to put the spoon down.

“Let’s stop talking about other girls. Do you know why I like arm wrestling?”

“Uh…? Ah, no. I don’t.”

“Because when I hold hands like this, I can see my opponent’s face well. Do you feel it?”

“No?”

“Then how about this?”

“Wah!”

A delicate thread of aura climbed up 신연호’s hand, glowing gray.

The thread was spread thin and wide enough to cover all of the male’s face.

This was how she sensed her opponent.

When she let go of his hand, the gray thread lost its strength and disappeared into the air.

Ban So Wol calmly finished the last of her drink.

“But can you just grab any guy’s hand like this…”

“You don’t mind, though.”

“Hmm?”

신연호’s face turned red, wondering if this was the green light he had heard about.

“연호, didn’t you like me?”

“Pfft! Kugh! Huh?”

“나메 said so. She asked for my number because she said she liked me.”

“This kid…!”

“Still, even so, to go and tell the party involved?”

With this sparring incident, 신연호 vowed for revenge on all of this someday.

* * *

The Q&A broadcast for the seven challenges selected by 나메 received worldwide acclaim.

Unlike the ambiguous and unique expressions shown on Vtube, this was clear.

When 나메 replaced the terms with those actually used in mathematics to explain, they couldn’t help but acknowledge it now.

This proof was very likely genuine.

Mathematicians who had doubted until now began to crack open their long-neglected textbooks to dive back into the forefront of modern mathematics.

But at some point, there were one or two people holding their necks and coughing blood.

[So how did you even prove the convergence of the demon lord sequence?]

[Why is the left side’s Stirling approximation always greater than the right side’s integral term?]

No matter how you looked at it, the method used by 나메 could not be viewed as a rigorous proof written by an experienced mathematician.

To prove A, you have to prove B, and to prove B, you need to prove C.

She somehow interconnected seemingly unrelated theories to spin around the correct answer.

And as they worked hard to untangle the threads, what they ultimately encountered was a broken chain.

The last puzzle piece that would complete the beautiful picture was never seen due to the damn proof of 1+1=2 or the construction of a regular 17-gon.

“Why on earth is the proof not being completed?”

Humans always seek answers from the past.

Sometimes, there were some eccentric mathematicians who refuse awards or give up on follow-up proofs.

Most of the reasons are due to some dissatisfaction.

A colleague may have stolen their paper, or they were mistreated by their country.

Wondering if 노나메 was also one of those cases, it turned out, unsurprisingly.

“In Korea, I just don’t feel like talking. Maybe it’s because Korea abandoned me?”

As expected.

Based on the testimonies of the outraged mathematicians, media articles were in a flash.

They had to hurry to appease her mood.

Only then could they escape this frustrating maze.

With a decisive personnel change, the public sentiment that had barely calmed down surged again.

[QBS News]

[Korea’s abandoned talent… is already eyed by other countries?][Views: 2.3 million · 2 days ago]

– Hell Joseon has no answerㅋㅋㅋ I think leaving for advanced countries is better for the child’s future.

Voices telling her to leave Korea sounded resigned, yet;

– In neighboring Japan, they created tailored training programs at the national level as soon as the Swiss documents were made public. What on earth is Korea doing? How long will they keep losing talents like this? They don’t seem to have any intention to catch them; at this point, leaving is the right move.

While some still expressed a bit of love for their country, the voices telling her to leave Korea were intertwined with anger.

However, reality was always harsher.

Who would have thought a paparazzi at Incheon International Airport would capture a departing photo of 나메?

[Dispatch]

[Star Spotted) 노나메 boarding a flight to Frankfurt]

[ThesePatch=Reporter 강화령] The only survivor of the Korean 발푸르기스 extermination operation ‘노나메’ departed for Frankfurt, Germany, through Incheon International Airport in Jung-gu, Incheon on August 2nd.

[Best Comment]

– Why is she really leaving? [Likes: 4.4k]

One of the major routes heading to Zurich, Switzerland, just happened to be Frankfurt in Germany.