Reminisced League of Nine, part 11 (after battle)

There was wilting among the nine.

Those who indulged in research with purity and astonishment on their faces as they did in the old days have already withdrawn their buds.

In exchange, unfamiliar sounds began to fill the air.

Orderly footsteps, sounds of wind-up keys that signify their position, and heavy, low voices.

Why... Why did you tell them the League's location, Aneung?

...Anyone would have done the same.

They said if I don't reveal the source of the technology... I'll be forcefully repatriated to S Corp.

Then you should've braced for it! Have the guts to bite your tongue and die if you couldn't stand to survive alone in the hometown!

W-Why are these people dragging me away?

Why is it a crime that I couldn't yield my technology?

My technology was worthless! You said it yourself, Young-ji! Help! I don't want to go!

……

No matter how hard we think... There's really only one way.

It'll all be over once I go back. If I give away the glass...

If you're caught, the League will be done for. Who knows what might they do with your technology once it falls into their hands?

The voices of desperation ringing in the air did not change a thing.

And so, there were those who rejected the notion of yielding their creations...

I knew my turn would come.

And... I don't believe we'll ever see each other again.

Those who calmly let themselves be taken away...

I'm bored of living in hiding.

I've decided to go my own way. Let's hope we never meet again.

Those who left on their own...

I saw a child who resembled the ocean.

It's not like the glass... or the mirror, but I like the things reflected on the waves and tides of the ocean.

Since I couldn't fathom the depth of the waters, I decided to follow along.

And those who forever disappeared, leaving unknowable parting remarks.

Like that... winter approached.

……

That was a painful experience. It was like I was actually in the shoes of a League of Nine member...

We're synchronizing with their memories. It's only natural that their traces will influence us.