When I made eye contact, his black pupils that seemed bottomless swallowed me up like an abyss.

"Who are you?"

It wasn't just some simple words. I could feel every word and every letter he uttered weighing down on my soul. I didn't sense any killing intent, and since the difference in strength was so overwhelming anyways, any killing intent would be meaningless. Just like how we kill an ant without any intention to kill.

"This is displeasing."

"Like I said... What is?"

Major General Chun Hyun-il wanted to question me more, but he paused.

Bo-ram, who was on edge, also looked at me with a puzzled look on her face. She had an expression that seemed to say "How is this possible, I didn't expect this to happen", but actually this was natural.

In the first place, there was no reason for me to be desperate in front of him. Instead, I should be more confident. Rather, if I hesitated here, I would be falsely accused of something I didn't do.

"Why are you interrogating me? What grounds are you basing it on?"

"No wait, what grounds? That's of course..."

Baffled, he tried to say something more but hesitated. Because there was no such basis for his accusations.

"I came from what you people call Earth-34, and I was scouted one-sidedly. I've never lied about my personal life and neither have I committed a crime. Why should I be treated like this?"

My argument was sound. Because what I said was the truth. And Major General Chun Hyun-il was perplexed by the list of reasonable facts. I guess he didn't expect me to act this way.

"Hmm, but your identity..."

"You've never asked me to tell you every single ability I have. You're the one who approached...