Student K-B.
The intuitive codename referred to none other than Park Jinseong.
Being of college student age, “Student.”
The “K” stands for Korean nationality.
The “B” indicates the surname Bak of Park Jinseong.
It was a codename so incredibly simple that one could tell it was coined without much thought by its creator. And this simplicity also hinted that America did not consider Park Jinseong a significant individual.
You might wonder how it makes sense to have a codename yet not regard him as important. However, if the U.S. truly saw Park Jinseong as a threat requiring heavy surveillance, he would have been assigned a codename consisting of “colors” indicating danger, or a combination of words and numbers completely disconnected from Park Jinseong.
Moreover, there wouldn’t be such mishaps happening now, where information sharing was not properly occurring.
This was partly due to Park Jinseong being from allied Korea and also because of his young age. There was also a naive belief that a shaman appearing from a region labeled as the “Magic Desert” of Korea wouldn’t possess remarkable skills.
[Confirming Bravo Uniform Delta. It is definitely Student K-B that collided with Professor D.]
[Has the AI analyzed it? Again, Student K-B is at the M point where the Yankees are. It has been monitored without gaps, and remains confirmed that he is still in the building. The way to be there at the time of the incident would require either space movement or having a clone.]
[The AI analysis has confirmed over 90% compatibility with Student K-B. Given that the remaining 10% decrease in probability is likely due to noise or image quality, it can be considered almost certain.]
[Have you considered possibilities like human skin masks, spiritual faces, holographic skins, or disguises?]
[Due to the nature of magic, a variety of energies have been detected, making accurate confirmation difficult.]
[What are the energy waves near the face?]
[Results from the data captured by Bravo Uniform Delta indicate that various energies emanated irregularly from both Professor D and Student K-B’s entire bodies. Patterns are hard to discern, and even the face repeatedly mixed, disappeared, and reappeared different energies. It is stated that confirming any means based on this pattern is impossible.]
Thus it comes to pass that such incidents occurred.
The intelligence agency is confident that Park Jinseong is in a building on Wall Street.
The intelligence agency is convinced that it was Park Jinseong that collided with Kenneth, under the codename Professor D.
An intelligence agency panicked greatly after realizing the confirmed information was riddled with errors.
This chaotic harmony among the three…
Just listening to their dialogue from these closed-off intelligence agencies is enough to make one’s mind swim!
Fortunately, the personnel of this intelligence agency were quite capable.
[Then is it possible that the one who collided with Professor D wasn’t Student K-B, but a skinwalker pretending to be Student K-B?]
They reached an agreement on their diverging assertions as they ran parallel lines.
Rather than asserting that the shaman who collided with Kenneth was “Park Jinseong,” they opted to attach the term “skinwalker” — a slang for an operative impersonating someone else — and agreed to refer to him as “Skinwalker K-B.”
Simultaneously, they set out to verify materials while watching individuals presumed to have been alongside Skinwalker K-B.
If they could just find out the identities of those two women who accompanied Skinwalker K-B, they could confirm whether this mysterious shaman really was Park Jinseong or merely another shaman mimicking Park Jinseong.
Thus, the intelligence agency’s grasp extended toward the two as well.
And their grasp was so quickly and widely spread that they successfully identified both.
『Saigo Rise. Japanese Nationality. B-1.』
『Odilia A Reich. German Nationality. B-1.』
They verified that it was Rise and Odilia that were with the “skinwalker” by cross-referencing data on already secured travelers. They also discovered that the two had arrived in America on B-1 tourist visas, and confirmed that they had indeed been active in the country as warranted by the visas.
Rise toured tourist destinations across America, while Odilia visited a farm for negotiations related to contracts.
Thus, the intelligence agency was drawing ever closer to the truth.
Using data obtained from surveilling tourists who illegally visited the country.
[Voice data has been secured. Saigo Rise used the word “kannushisama” towards Skinwalker K-B. Given that “sama” in Japanese is akin to “Mr,” it’s highly likely that the name of Skinwalker K-B is Kannushi.]
[Ah, I relay this to the agency. Kannushi is a title, thus it can’t be a name. It could help in identity confirmation but isn’t a definitive clue. Therefore, it’d be better to maintain the codename as Skinwalker K-B.]
[Ah, a search revealed two entries on the passenger list of the airplane with the name Kagehito Narano. One is a businessman in his 40s visiting America for tourism, while the other is a male in his 20s, also visiting for tourism. They are not using fake passports and have verified identities backed by the government. Could this be Skinwalker K-B’s identity?]
[In Japanese, Kage means “shadow,” and hito means “man.” Combined, it forms “shadow man.” Is this not suggestive of a cover identity?]
[Ah. Who is this person being mentioned? In the East, kanji can have identical sounds with entirely different meanings. Besides, if it’s indeed a cover identity, it’s unlikely they would name themselves like that.]
Finally, the intelligence agency uncovered the reality of “Skinwalker K-B.”
They discovered that he was a Japanese individual with the name Kagehito Narano!
This masterpiece was a result of America’s solid intelligence network that meticulously monitored potential infiltrators from abroad!
Had it not been for the impenetrable internal surveillance and intelligence network, they might not have been able to uncover the identity of “Skinwalker K-B” so quickly.
In that light, their speed was indeed remarkable.
Of course, this came at the cost of their understanding of foreign nations, and the dilapidation of their foreign intelligence networks.
[Aren’t Korea and Japan notoriously known for not getting along, much like England and Ireland? Could it be that Skinwalker K-B roamed around with the face of Student K-B precisely because of this strained relationship?]
[That is a plausible conjecture. It not only allowed concealment of identity but also potentially harmed an adversary while sowing confusion in investigations.]
[Is there a possibility that Skinwalker K-B and Student K-B could be related?]
[While that is a possibility, it’s unlikely anything substantial would come of it. No traces of them meeting have been confirmed, and they entered the country under distinct identities. Moreover, both identities were verified by their respective nations, and their passports are confirmed as genuine. Thus, the chances of Student K-B being a clone of Skinwalker K-B or vice versa are tremendously low.]
[We report from where the Yankees dwell. According to information, Student K-B at the M point is continuing rituals to dispel a ghost that has appeared there. A consultation with an “expert” showed it likely that the ghost is either very strong, or the shaman performing the ritual is inexperienced; these are the two major possibilities. Documentation they provide us suggests it is indeed a likely genuine ritual; thus, the chance it’s a dummy is minimal.]
[Recently, Korea and Japan were on the brink of war, and among the HUMINT and local collaborators positioned in both countries, there has been no sign of cooperation between the two shamans. The likelihood of the two shamans collaborating on anything is low.]
[Tracking results have confirmed that Skinwalker K-B visited Wall Street. It is presumed that he used magic to imitate the face of Student K-B at this time.]
[Aside from visiting Wall Street, is there no other intersection?]
[None reported.]
[Okay.]
Thus, the intelligence agency rendered a rational conclusion.
Codename “Skinwalker K-B,” also known as Kagehito Narano, presumably attempted to frame Park Jinseong by stealing his face.
[Was the contact with Odilia intentional?]
[We are currently confirming that.]
Another possibility emerged here.
What if the Great Witch of Germany, Odilia, was attempting to do something in America?
If so…
That could have something to do with terrorism.
