I’m Not a Regressor Chapter 227

I am not a returner Episode 227

Seven Star Council (3)

The venue for the Seven Star Council was Shanghai Tower located in Shanghai, China.

A skyscraper with a whopping 127 floors.

The area around the stylish building, which had a curved exterior as if a dragon ascending to heaven, was crowded with people from all over the world and broadcasting station officials who had gathered to capture them on camera.

“Wow… at this rate, there’s almost no year-end awards ceremony?”

Ha-eun laughs and says, “I should have come dressed up in a dress.”

She looked back at the people crowded around the tower and clicked her tongue.

“Still, it’s a competition to select the Seven Stars, so is it okay to have a festival atmosphere like this?”

“For people, it will be no different from a festival.”

To people, ‘Chilseong’ was a kind of symbolic entity.

An awakened person who represents a hero who protects humanity.

In that sense, the existence of Chilseong should not be secretly hidden, but should be as widely known to the public as possible. Because there was no value in a symbol that no one knew about.

“A lot of people who have seen awakenings on TV have come here.”

Ha-eun kept looking around as if she was curious.

As she said, the area around the tower was crowded with world-famous high-ranking Awakened people, such as Awakened people who had made great achievements in subjugating monsters and the guild leader of a very large guild who leads 10,000 guild members.

It is probably possible to count on one hand the number of times so many high-ranking awakened people have gathered in one place since the first rift occurred.

“Our Ojini… It’s still famous in Korea, but when we come here, there’s no such thing as Jjuuri?”

“shut up.”

Because there were so many famous people, little attention was paid to Oh Jin.

Is this exactly what it would feel like if a famous Korean actor went to Hollywood and was treated coldly?

“Hi-Hi. But don’t worry, my sister will be by your side no matter how wrinkled she is.”

Ha-eun burst into laughter and slapped Oh-jin’s butt with her palm.

‘I thought it would be like this so I tried to come alone.’

Since Ha-eun insisted on following him, he had no choice but to bring her with him.

‘I don’t have anything to do if I come anyway.’

Since there was only one person, Oh Jin, participating in the competition representing Korea, all she could do if she came along was cheer.

“You guys have no interest in you right now, but as soon as the competition starts, you’re going to freak out and jump 3 times in the air.”

“What kind of crazy reaction is that?”

Well anyway.

“When you become Chilseong and come back, this sister will give you a special gift, so do well and come back? Understand?”

With Ha-eun by my side, I felt more motivated.

“What gift?”

“Hi-Hi. “It’s the joy of coming back.”

Ha-eun winks and gives a naughty smile.

In addition to Yongmaek, there are more reasons to become Chilseong.

“Anyway, how many candidates are participating?”

“They said there were twenty-eight people.”

“Quite a lot, right? “In our country, only one person gets out.”

“Each country has a certain number of candidates it can submit.”

The more powerful the Awakened nation was, the more candidates it could submit to the Seven Star Council.

In the case of China, the United States and the United Kingdom, which are considered the strongest, as many as four candidates from each country ran for the Seven Star Council.

“…Was our country that low?”

“Globally speaking, it’s in the middle.”

Originally, it was ranked high thanks to Cheon Sang-gil, but this time, Cheon Sang-gil died and Cheonhye guild was wiped out, and the ranking was lowered significantly.

“Below that, you can’t even attend at all.”

In the case of countries such as Japan, which are commonly called ‘land abandoned by the stars’ without any high-ranking awakened people, they could not even participate in the Seven Star Council.

in other words.

This means that Korea is the lowest among countries eligible to participate in the Chilseong Council.

“You guys are such disgusting bastards.”

Ha-eun frowned as if she didn’t like it at all.

“No, but doesn’t it make sense to make differences by country when selecting the Chilseong in the first place?”

If you think about it with common sense, Ha-eun’s words were natural.

“I heard that the influence of Chilseong is so great that it can control an entire country.”

Considering the state of Korea after Tam Langseong’s death, it is understandable that such a petty method was chosen.

It wasn’t something I could understand, though.

“It doesn’t matter if there is one person or four people.”

Anyway, the only way to become Chilseong was to defeat all other candidates.

“You’re so confident, aren’t you?”

Ha-eun grinned and poked Oh-jin’s side.

While I was having a random conversation with Ha-eun.

“Oh, you two are here.”

Manager Junman Han, who had followed us as a guide, approached us.

“Candidate registration is over, so let’s go to your room.”

“What is the competition schedule?”

“The real competition will begin in two days. “There will be a light opening ceremony in the evening today, and tomorrow we will gather candidates and disseminate detailed competition rules and precautions.”

Manager Han continued his explanation by flipping through the schedule he received from management.

“You can freely use the training room inside the tower until two days later, and if you need a meal or anything, you can tell the management and they will prepare it right away.”

Two days later.

It was a fairly tight schedule, as the selection of Chilseong was clearly urgent.

“Have you heard anything about how the competition is conducted?”

“Yes, it will probably be announced tomorrow.”

Oh Jin nodded and followed Manager Han into the Shanghai Tower.

The room we were shown to was on the 15th floor.

Considering that the Shanghai Tower has a total of 127 floors, the number of floors was quite low.

“sorry. I was originally planning to get a higher floor…”

A manager scratched his head with an embarrassed expression.

“It seems like our request was… misdirected. haha.”

Manager Han lets out an awkward smile and avoids Oh Jin’s gaze.

Oh Jin could easily figure out why he looked so embarrassed.

‘I was pushed out by other candidates.’

There are a total of twenty-eight candidates participating in the Seven Star Council this time.

Among them, except for Ojin, they were all high-ranking awakened people of 9 stars or higher.

Most of them are high-ranking awakened people with powerful stigmata of the 12th star of the ecliptic.

No matter how much Ojin possessed the stigmata of the North Star that all awakened people envy, he could not help but be treated poorly among prominent candidates.

‘No, it would be even worse because he has the stigmata of the North Star.’

Doesn’t the good of envy include the meaning of coveting?

It was close to human instinct to harbor malice toward beings who had what one did not have.

“Hmm. Anyway, your two rooms are room 1 and room 2 here.”

“Is one room enough?”

Ha-eun returns one of the card keys given by Manager Han.

She grinned and held the key to room 1 in her hand and waved it.

“…okay.”

Manager Han looked at Oh Jin with eyes full of envy, as if tears of blood were pouring down.

“ha. “Please come to the banquet hall on the 100th floor by 7 p.m.”

A manager turns and walks away with his shoulders helplessly dropped.

In a low voice, I could faintly hear a middle-aged person complaining, ‘I’m dating a lover because it’s dirty.’

“Uh… Was I a little oblivious?”

Ha-eun looked at Manager Han walking away and scratched his head with an embarrassed expression.

* * *

After resting in Ha-eun’s room for about 3 hours.

Oh Jin went up to the 100th floor where the opening ceremony was held.

‘It’s crowded here too.’

The 100th floor was filled with broadcasting officials and famous people seen outside the tower.

As soon as Oh Jin entered the banquet hall, the surrounding eyes focused on him.

“…That’s him, right? “With brains?”

“The only one among the candidates with 8 stars?”

“A guy who couldn’t even get 9 stars will become a chilseong.”

Ridicule and ridicule poured in from all around.

Ojin ate the food laid out on the table as if he didn’t care.

Is it because the seat is the seat?

All of them were high-quality food so delicious that it melted your tongue.

“iced coffee. “Then we will soon begin the opening ceremony of the Seven Star Council.”

As we were eating and waiting, the host holding a microphone came up on stage.

“Before the official opening ceremony, there will be a speech by Wei Ogak, who helped make the Seven Star Council a success.”

Following the host’s words, a middle-aged man with a handsome beard came on stage.

“First of all, I would like to thank the Awakened people who gathered here to become heroes.”

He continued speaking in a low, deep voice.

“Over the past few months, humanity has faced great trials.”

“Cheon Seon-seong and Tam Rang-seong, who fought against evil for humanity, lost their lives at the hands of the wicked Black Star Society, and countless victims were created all over the world due to the Black Star Church’s terrible acts of terrorism.”

“It is not only the Black Star Society that poses a threat to humanity. We are also hearing information from all over the world that Named, which has been inactive for some time, has started to move again.”

A boring speech.

“At this moment of crisis, we need a star that will become a lighthouse for humanity more than ever.”

When Wei Wujie made a gesture, twenty-eight lights illuminated the candidates.

“Let me introduce it to you! These are the awakened people who attended the council to become the new Chilseong!”

Clap clap clap clap!

Applause poured in from all directions.

“As a representative of the candidates, Nam Gung-hwi Awakened, who represented China, will tell us his thoughts!”

Namgoonghwi.

Ohjin was also a famous high-ranking awakened person that I had heard of several times.

‘It was definitely a high-ranking awakened person of Leo like Lee Woo-hyuk.’

I also heard a rumor that it reached 10 stars not long ago.

“Nice to meet you. “My name is Namgunghwi.”

Namgoong Hwi, who was walking up to the podium, was a handsome man with a fine jawline and skin without any blemishes.

Namgoonghwi bowed his head with a faint smile.

“As Mr. Wei said, we are now facing an unprecedented crisis. “It’s probably a bigger crisis than when the first crack opened and the world fell into chaos.”

Namgoong Hwi clenches his fists.

“but.”

Hot eyes scanned the crowd.

“As always, we will rise. “We will fight against a great evil!”

A heated voice echoed throughout the banquet hall.

“Please look at the candidates who have gathered here to become stars that will brighten the future of humanity!”

Twenty-seven lights illuminated the candidates.

“Jason Hardy, famous for his title of Iron Fist! Orlando Bale is said to shoot an arrow that pierces the sky! “All of the candidates gathered here are excellent people who have everything they need to become Chilseong!”

Applause rang out each time the lights illuminated the awakened candidates who attended.

‘I’m going to tear it down, I’m going to tear it down.’

Oh Jin laughed as if he had participated in some kind of year-end awards ceremony.

When I picked up my fork and thought I should just forget about it and eat something.

“Oh.”

Namgung-hwi’s gaze turned to Oh Jin.

He had a wry smile on his lips.

“Except for one person.”

Twenty-seven lights focused on Oh Jin.