마신 강림
한중월야
– STORY –
Chun Yeowun, the Lord of the Sky Demon Order.
An unfortunate accident caused him to stumble into a
distant future.
The GATE is open and he struggles to get back to the past
from the chaotic future.
– GENRE –
Action Adventure Fantasy Martial Arts Sci-fi
My name is Chun Yeowun.
I am the Twenty Fourth Lord of the Great Demonic Cult. It might sound like it's too
much, but my nickname at the world of Yulin is 'Demon God.'
With my unique upbringing, I was able to come this far. There is a secret that no one
else knows about me.
It is something called 'Nano Machine.'
With the help of 'Nano,' the 7th Generation Nano Machine that my descendant from
the far future gave to me, I was able to become powerful. With a speed incomparable
to others, I was able to reign supreme over all those around me, and became the
Lord of the cult.
I know that there are parallel worlds of different times. Of course, I only know the
time that I live in.
There is a reason why I am saying this. My future descendant told me that the leader
of a large corporation called 'Blade Six,' or the Extreme Blade Six Martial Clan of my
time, called 'Blade God' is reigning over the world.
There is a secret to this as well. Blade God, who is called the most powerful being
with infinite lifespan, was also the one who traveled from the future to the past, and
altered the past to fix it to his liking.
My descendant traveled to the past to amend this, and Blade God, who did not know
of other time travelers, became afraid of my growth and tried to get rid of me which
ended up as a failure.
I had Nano Machine and reached the Heavenly Master level, and no enemies could
match me.
I was able to remove my nemesis Blade God and was ready to create a world of
Demonic Cult. But not all things worked as planned.
There was an organization called 'Time Patrol' under the future United Nations
organization, noticed my descendant's existence and tried to take my Nano Machine
away.
Of course, they should've had the ability to trace down Nano Machine, but my Nano
Machine was created with best technology of SKY Corp, the future organization of
my Demonic Cult, and used a mysterious metal called Gaterium that came from
beyond the 'Gate', thus making it untraceable.
It was only a coincidence when Time Patrol was tracking my descendant Chun
Musung that they found out about my Nano Machine. They did everything they had
in their power to take my Nano Machine, so I tried to take them out. Therefore, I
faked my death and my descendant's death so that there would be no more future
track us down.
And that was when the unexpected occurred. Blade God appeared yet again and tried
to hijack the time traveling machine called 'Time Jet' that the Time Patrols used.
Blade God wanted to travel further into the past since he could not defeat me in the
present. To stop this, I got on the Time Jet and was able to kill Blade God in the end.
But there was a problem. The sole survivor of Time Patrol, the pilot destroyed the
control of the time traveling device…
Chun Yeowun ran to the cockpit of the Time Jet.
'Nano. Can you hack this machine so we get out of here safely?'
[The machine has taken physical damage. It might not be possible to hack into the
system.]
'Do whatever you can. WE might die at this rate.'
[Please place your hand over the control panel.]
'Okay.'
Yeowun quickly placed his right hand over the panel. His hand was covered with the
Nano Suit, which was shaped over his hand like a glove, and a line of Gaterium
appeared from it to connect to the panel.
[Initiating the breach into the system.]
Yeowun then heard the sound of ice cracking. Time was running out. As he waited,
he saw LED light of the Time Jet lighting up brightly. All buttons over the control
panel lit up. There were some parts that were still unresponsive, but it seemed to be
working.
'Nano! Is it working?'
[The damage of the panel blocks accurate measurement. We will attempt to exit from
the current time flow and make an emergency landing.]
'What do you mean?'
[It is uncertain which time frame we will land in.]
Yeowun frowned. This meant there was a chance that Yeowun was going to end up in
an entirely different place. He then heard the large cracking sound of the ice that
blocked the hole of the machine. There was no more time. Soon, the machine was
going to collapse and he was going to be sucked into the void of time.
'Mun Ku… '
The face of Yeowun's lover Mun Ku and his child came up. If he died here, he was
never going to meet them again. He had to survive. Yeowun bit his lip and ordered
Nano.
"Let's do it then!"
[Understood. Making emergency landing.]
With Nano's words, the Time Jet began shaking violently. Yeowun held onto the
machine as the machine trembled through time, trying to get out of the void.
As they escaped the time flow, the ice that blocked the hole crushed down, and
Yeowun was sucked out of the jet from the huge pressure coming from the outside.
"Ugh!"
[Activating Gaterium Nano Suit!]
Yeowun was immediately covered with suit of Gaterium that was called the Nano
Suit. He didn't know at first, but the outside of the Nano Suit immediately turned red.
The surrounding area was a mixture of blue and darkness.
'Where are we?'
[We are at an altitude of 60 km above sea level.]
It was the height of the Time Jet going into the time travel, higher than the regular
sky.
'Are we in the sky then?'
He had to go back into the Time Jet then. But Yeowun saw the Time Jet turning red
and exploding across the sky from distance.
'No… '
If he was a bit late, he would have died with it. Now, he had no choice but to fly down.
'Nano! Flying mode!'
[Activating.]
Nano Suit's palms and feet began shooting out electromagnetic energy as Yeowun's
body quickly fell through the sky. The thrusters on his hands and feet dropped his
falling speed, and Nano Suit regained its dark color. After quite some time, Yeowun
saw the land below the sky, but it wasn't the Yulin, the land full of lush green forests.
All there was below were giant buildings.
'What is… going on?'
There was almost no green. There was some, but it was mostly gray. The buildings
had various shapes but none looked familiar. Soon, Yeowun was close to the ground.
[Altitude: 300 meters.]
Now, Yeowun was dropping through between buildings. He became surprised as the
walls were transparent and there were people inside them.
[100 Meters. Landing.]
Yeowun dropped down on the dark gray ground. He got up from his 'Hero Landing'
and moved up. His helmet deactivated and Yeowun looked around the new world.
This wasn't the world he was familar with.
"W… what…? A man dropped from the sky!"
"Did he just come from up there?"
"Wasn't that like a hero's landing? Are they shooting movie right now?"
People began to gather around Chun Yeowun with surprised looks.
'Where the hell am I?' Yeowun thought and heard Nano's voice ringing through his
head.
[Detected WIFI signal. Current year of location – February 19th, 2069.]
tap tap
A man with sunken and tiring looking eyes, but with distinct features and handsome
look in his mid-30s was pressing something rapidly with his two thumbs. It was a
flexible smartphone that was transparent and flapped like a thin piece of paper. The
man, who was smiling as he was sending messages on the smartphone's messenger,
then heard something in his ears.
[Yimyung. Self-driving mode will be deactivated due to congested traffic on the road.
Please have your hands on the steering wheel to be ready.]
It was the voice of artificial intelligence installed on the vehicle.
"Ugh, isn't it about time the car should drive on its own even through rush hours?
Bah."
Yimyung ranted. The self-driving mode had gone public since 2026. Many
automobile companies showed off their self-driving capabilities under the
government's approval, but none of them were able to prevent unforeseen accidents.
Even after so many sensors on the vehicles and upgraded A.I., the self-driving mode
couldn't react to sudden and unexpected movements in times of increased vehicles.
After going through many accidents, the government put a restriction on the selfdriving mode.
rolls
Yimyung then tapped his flexible smartphone on his left wrist, which made the
phone roll around his wrist.
"Whew."
With the smartphone wrapped around on his wrist like a wristwatch, Yimyung
sighed and placed his hand on the wheel. He wanted to get to the Simyang City Public
Security Bureau, or PSB before rush hour, but it seemed he had wasted too much
time. The number of cars on the road was increasing as he drove through.
"I have to hurry, or that bastard Vice Director will go nuts on me again."
Vice Director was his direct superior on the job, but it didn't stop Yimyung from
calling his supervisor a bastard when his superior wasn't around.
rumble
Yimyung pressed his foot on the accelerator. It was 5:10 PM. It was February, but the
weather was still cold and the sun was falling down already. As Yimyung drove
through the risen street through the forests of buildings, he was now driving at a
higher altitude than some of the lower buildings and was able to see giant walls on
the far west. The giant wall had signs of many gray metal patches all over which
circled the entire city. This wall was called 'Gate Wall.'
"God, dammit. I hate that."
Yimyung never liked seeing that giant wall. The wall was evidence of how people,
including Yimyung himself, were helpless and incompetent in this world.
"Has it been 28 years already?"
28 years had passed since the day the 'First Dimension Gate' opened, also named as
the Worst Day in human history. In that year, a total of 20% of the human population
on Earth had been killed. More people could have been killed, but the powers hidden
behind human society appeared and helped reduce the damage to a minimum.
tap tap
Yimyung took out a box of cigarettes and tapped it to take out a piece and placed one
in his mouth. As he tried to light it up, the car's A.I. gave a warning.
-Smoking in this vehicle is prohibited. You may receive a penalty or a warning.
"F**k you."
He was annoyed of this warning every time he tried to light up his cigarette in the
car. It wasn't possible to mute this warning since this vehicle was provided by PSB
for his job.
Yimyung lit up his cigarette and took in a full breath and let out the smoke.
"Whew."
Dense cigarette smoke filled the vehicle instantly.
Buzzz
The sunroof on the ceiling of the car opened up automatically, letting out the
cigarette smoke through its opening.
Swoooooooooosh
"Shut up please."
Yimyung eased his foot on the pedal to lower his speed. The speed limit was 80 km,
but the speed with the sunroof open made loud flapping wind noises that filled the
cabin, making Yimyung's ear hurt. It was then—
beep beep. Beep beep.
A phone rang from the smartphone on his left wrist. Then a face of a noble-looking
woman in her early sixties showed up on the car's center console screen.
"Huh?"
The caller was none other than his own mother.
"I'm not off work yet."
He wasn't sure what his mother was up to, so he connected the phone through
Bluetooth on the car.
"Hello."
-Hello, my son.
"Mother, I am still working-"
-And you think I wouldn't know that? I'm your mother.
"Of course. Then what is it? I'm near the PSB, so I'll hang up if you don't have much
to talk about.
-You know why I called. How can you ruin the arrangements I worked so hard to
make? And with mere a phone messenger?
"I don't know what you're talking about," Yimyung replied, pretending to not know
what his mother was talking about. His mother seemed annoyed at his reaction.
-I allowed you to live however you like. Shouldn't you at least listen to your mother
for once? Is it so hard to stop by Peking for a while and have dinner with Director
Jang's third daughter…
"Of course, it's hard. You know my job doesn't make it that easy."
-… How long are you going to make that excuse?
"Well, there will be a Gate Public Warning given out soon for the 26th Gate. I won't
be able to go out if then."
-Public Warning?
"Yeah. You will hear it through every news station and all castles soon."
-…
His mother at a loss for words after hearing this. Gate Public Warning. It was the
warning given to the citizens when it was predicted that another gate will be opened
soon. If the gate was to open, nobody knew what was going to happen.
-Isn't it faster than usual this time? 26th gate… Your father will be summoned too
then. Ugh…
"I'm nearing the PSB. Hanging up."
-… I know you wouldn't lie about this, but I just hope you didn't just ruin this
arrangement because you are seeing 'her.'
"Yeah, yeah."
Yimyung answered satisfyingly, as it seemed like his mother was giving up. But…
-I persuaded Director Jang so hard. When the warning is lifted, go ahead to Peking
and see them. You know their phone number and messenger ID, so you talk with
them to arrange a time to meet them, okay?
"UGH!"
Yimyung frowned. He declined to meet with them on messenger, intentionally
making his message to sound rude, but it seemed like his mother contacted them
again to make it work. Yimyung was annoyed beyond words and his mother
continued speaking.
-You are my son. I know every inch of your petty schemes.
Mother was on top of him from the beginning.
-Listen to your mother. You are 36 already. Stop wasting your life as a single man. I'm
doing all this just because you…
"Whew."
Yimyung took in a breath on his lit cigarette as his mother started lecturing again.
'You're doing it for me, you said?'
In truth, it wasn't. He was never a loved child in his house. If his mother was hoping
her son would marry, he would have gotten married to so many women in the past.
'It's not like we are being bred for babies or something… f**k.'
Yimyung wasn't one to speak politely, but he couldn't say this out loud in front of his
mother. It was his mother after all.
-Anyhow, please listen to your mother. If you let this one pass, I will not stand idly
this time. Whew… I just hope the world returns back to time when we can just book
a flight ticket and fly over the world. What is going on in this world…
"Yeah, yeah. I've heard that airplane story so many times."
Airplane. It was a transportation method long forgotten in history. His mother
always said that it was possible to move between castles or outside the country by
airplane when she was young. But when the Gate opened, moving through air had
become impossible. Because of this, Yimyung had never ridden on an airplane. His
mother told him that he flew on an airplane when he was about 3 years old, but that
was before he could even remember things.
-Are you making your mother sound like a old hag again? The airplane was the best
thing in the world! You just don't know it.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course it is. I mean, if we can move through skies, why wouldn't
it? But the time we humans used to control the air had gone in the…”
Yimyung then stopped. He had to question what he just saw as something dropped
from skies through the tall buildings.
'What was that?'
It was too far to see it clearly, but that 'something' was surely falling from the sky.
-Huh? Why are you stopping in the middle of…
buzz
The phone call then cut off, with the PSB logo showing up on the screen. Yimyung
then heard the familiar voice of a PSB Communication Agent.
-This is PSB. Unidentified flying object falling in the middle of 2nd Street, Chulsuh
District.
"Flying object?"
He was driving through the 5th Street of Chulsuh District at the moment. It was very
close. The flying object seemed to be the one he just saw falling through the
buildings. And if an object fell from the sky, then maybe it had connection to the Gate.
-All PSB Agents near 2nd Street should be armed and ready to dispatch to the
location.
He was unlucky as hell. He was just on the way back, and now he had to be back on
the field again.
"God, dammit. We don't even have the Public Warning out yet. What in the world is
going on here?"
Yimyung ranted as he pushed the red and blue button located on top of the center
fascia screen. A siren light rose on top of the white SUV he was driving.
Beeeeeeep
The loud siren rang from the vehicle, and Yimyung tilted his steering wheel to the
side. There was one good thing about ringing the siren. Even in such rush hour, all
cars had to move out to the side and make way for him to move through. Yimyung
then pressed on the speaker button on the screen and spoke.
"This is Yimyung, 3rd Team leader of PSB Homicides Department. I am near 2nd
street, and am on my way to the location."
-Understood, sir.
The answer came through right away, and Yimyung drove through now open street
due to all the vehicles that had moved aside and pressed his foot down on the
accelerator. He wasn't that far from 2nd street and he would soon find out what had
dropped where.
mumble mumble
People were gathered around a certain location. There were three PSB vehicles that
had arrived before Yimyung.
Yimyung got out of his white SUV and took out his PSB ID as he looked at the crowd.
'Ugh, people and their curiosity.'
If it was related to the Gate, it could be dangerous, but people weren't running away
from it. It was quite weird since the 5th Grade Danger entity from the Gate was
enough to risk the lives of all the people here. Even if there was only one entity, it
was enough to kill unarmed citizens easily.
'Idiots. They should've dispersed the crowd first if they got here. What the hell are
they doing?'
Yimyung thought and shouted to the citizens with an annoyed look.
"PSB! Get away from here! Get away!"
mumble mumble
But even with his shouts, the crowd didn't budge and kept focusing on something
that they had surrounded. They all had smartphones in their hands but none
snapped pictures on their phone.
'I guess they still had time to turn on the video disruptor.'
The world was full of information from media, and so everyone had the ability to
capture videos with their smartphones. To combat this, the government and PSB
created a device to disrupt these devices from recording videos. All smartphones
being effected by this device erased all recorded videos on the same day.
beep
The smartphone on Yimyung's wrist was also turned off. This kind of measure
wasn't possible in other governments within the Asia Union, but the government of
the former Communist Party of China was the only place where one could enforce
such harsh laws. But thanks to this, it was possible to restrict unnecessary
information leakage.
'I guess we can't do much about the crowd.'
It seemed like a full team of PSB Tactical forces was needed to disperse this type of
large crowd. It was too many for Yimyung to do it on his own.
'But if they are not running away, maybe it's not that dangerous.'
If it was dangerous, all these people would have fled for their lives a long time ago.
Yimyung quickly fought his way through the people and got inside the ring. He then
turned to what the people were focusing on to see what the fuss was about…
‘…Huh?'
Yimyung became dumbfounded as his tense expectation returned with an
unexpected sight. He then mumbled in disbelief, "What the… what is with that
clothing?"
A young man with long black hair and a pale handsome face was standing there. But
he was wearing a dark black traditional clothing, only to be found in movies based
off medieval times, which fit the young man perfectly.
'Uh… is it some kind of movie shooting?'
Yimyung felt like he was a fool for feeling so tense after seeing the flying object.
Aside from the young man who seemed as if he had come from a different time in
history, there was no sign of any unidentified flying objects having dropped here.
click
That's when one of the four PSB Officers aiming their small handguns at the young
man reached toward his waist for the handcuffs. These people were low-ranking
police officers from the nearby station. Two officers then carefully walked toward
the medieval-fashioned unarmed young man. Yimyung then walked up to the other
two who still had their handguns pointed and showed his ID to them. The officers
were holding their guns, so they couldn't salute and just nodded to the higherranking Yimyung.
"I'm Yimyung, 3rd Team Leader of PSB Homicides. I was reported of an unidentified
flying object being dropped here. But why are you aiming your gun at an unarmed
citizen?"
That was what Yimyung couldn't understand. Even with the strange and out of time
clothing, it didn't make sense as to why these officers were trying to arrest an
innocent-looking citizen. That's when one of the officers spoke.
"S-sir. It's him."
"Him?"
"That man in old clothing… he's the unidentified flying object that just fell from the
sky!"
"What nonsense are you talking ab…”
It was then. Something unexpected happened before Yimyung could finish speaking.
THUD
"UGH!"
One of the officers who walked over to the young man with a handcuff was thrown
away with just flick of a hand as if it was a movie.
Crash
"Aaargh…”
The officer couldn't get up as he seemed to be in serious pain.
"Dammit!"
Another officer then tried to handcuff the young man instead, but this time his wrist
was caught by the young man.
grab
"HUH?"
crush
The sound of bones being crushed was heard and Yimyung's eyes grew large.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaargh! MY ARM!!!"
The officer's right arm was twisted in a weird way. The arm twisted in such a manner
that even the bone stuck out of the officer's skin and his clothing.
"Kyaaaaaaaah!"
"Hieeeek!"
"T-the bone popped out!"
Even the crowd who was watching became so shocked at such a gruesome sight and
turned away.
"What the f**k!"
Yimyung, who was questioning officers on why they were aiming their guns at the
citizen, took out his own gun immediately and aimed it at the young man.
End of Chapter
A young man with long black hair was glancing around with sharp eyes that
resembled a sword. He alone seemed to be in a different historical period. This man
was Chun Yeowun, the 24th Lord of the Great Demonic Cult and he was also
nicknamed as the Demon God in Jianghu Yulin. He was cold-hearted and not much
bothered him usually, but he was quite irritated at the moment.
'We… are in the future?'
If what 'Nano' said was true, this here was surely a far future from his own time.
Everything here was awkward. From the asphalt ground to the highrise buildings
built with concrete, everything here was something that did not exist in the time
where Chun Yeowun used to live.
'What's up with their clothing?'
Most people were wearing very tight clothes with varying colors and various looks.
And for some women, skirts were so short that their thighs revealed a lot. It was as if
Chun Yeowun had reached an imaginary place.
'It feels weird.'
And there was one more thing Chun Yeowun that thought was very weird.
'The air is dirty.'
The surrounding air and all the energy in the atmosphere felt dirty. He felt as if there
were all sorts of dirty elements in it. Chun Yeowun was now a Heavenly Master level
warrior, who could sense the great nature and become one with it, so he was able to
sense this clearly.
'A lower stage martial artist will have a hard time meditating in this tainted air and
gaining their energy.'
Dirty energy was actually harmful to the body. Those martial artists of the Forces of
Justice who trained with their religious ways would be afraid of such dirtiness. But it
didn't affect Chun Yeowun. He had a way to purify this energy for his own, and with
all the Sources of the Five Spirits consumed within him, he was able to create natural
elemental energy infinitely, which allowed him to not rely on meditating.
"Aaaaaaargh! MY ARM!!!"
Yeowun looked down at the police officer rolling on the ground while grabbing his
twisted arm. Yeowun just twisted the arm of the officer who was trying to arrest him
just now.
'So, these people are like peacekeepers of this era?'
[Yes, Master.]
Nano explained that these people with uniforms were peacekeepers working for the
government of the era. It was close to a soldier, but it didn't stop Yeowun from
twisting the arm, since he wasn't even afraid of the Emperor in his own time.
'This is frustrating.'
It was frustrating because he had dropped in the middle of a crowd with so many
people watching him. Over a hundred people had gathered to see what was going on.
Counting all the people watching from high-rise buildings above, it was going to be a
few hundred at least. That's when Yeowun heard a man shout.
"It is illegal to attack a PSB Agent! You must get down on your knees with your arms
high and surrender! I will shoot if you do not comply!"
A man in his mid-thirties who just got here was aiming a gun at him. The man was
Yimyung, the 3rd Team Leader of the PSB of Simyung City. Kneeling with his arms
held high was the same thing as telling Yeowun to surrender. Yeowun became
uncomfortable and asked Nano in his head, 'Nano, can't you gather information yet?'
[There is an active signal disrupting the connection to the network. It is not possible
to access it at the moment.]
'Hmph.'
Chun Yeowun shook his head. After these 'police officers' arrived at the scene, Nano's
connection to the web stopped. Chun Yeowun did not know much about this world.
But he had figured 'Nano' who was built in the future, would know about this world.
Yeowun ordered Nano to extract basic information about this era and transfer it to
his brain, but he didn't imagine it to be disrupted in the middle of its process.
'What should I do then?'
Yeowun became hesitant. It was easy to get away from the scene and just hide. Nano
also said that if he can get away from the disruption range, then it was going to be
possible to reconnect to the network.
'But there's one that gets on my nerves.'
There was one distinct person that Chun Yeowun could sense. There was a person
eyeing him carefully from one of the buildings across the street. Because of that
person, Yeowun was able to confirm that this world was not entirely different from
the world he was familiar with.
'I guess it's better I get away for now.'
He had gathered too much attention. He wasn't informed of this world yet, and it was
possible that he could get into more annoying trouble if he caused more issues. Right
when Yeowun was about to step out to move…
"Final warning! Get down on your knees!!"
Yimyung, the 3rd team leader of the Homicides Department shouted. He was having
difficulty pulling the trigger since so many people were around, but his instinct was
telling him something.
'That man is dangerous.'
Maybe he had to shoot the man in the thighs or the ankle at least. If this man was
related in any way to the unidentified flying object that just dropped, then he had to
arrest the man as ordered by the PSB.
'When is the tactical team coming?'
But it seemed like it was too dangerous to arrest the man with just two officers and
mere handguns. A man who could send trained police officers flying with the flick of
his hand was either a Gatekeeper, or…
'Yulin… '
That's when Chun Yeowun started moving. Yimyung couldn't think anymore and
aimed his gun at the man's thigh and pulled the trigger.
bang
He had to arrest the man alive, but he didn't need to arrest him unharmed. That's
when something happened that shocked everyone.
slash
The crowd mumbled in shock and disbelief.
"Im… possible…”
"H… he just cut the bullet."
Yimyung's bullet from the handgun was cut in half and dropped to the asphalt
ground. It wasn't visible at first because the man had a cloak on his back, but now,
Chun Yeowun had a white blade that he just pulled out from the back of his waist.
White Dragon Blade.
Along with the Sky Demon Sword, it was one of two legendary weapons that Chun
Yeowun took pride in. Yimyung was finally able to confirm what this man was.
"Yulinian!"
It wasn't sure why this man was dressed in medieval clothing, but the only one who
could cut bullets was Yulinian, a man from Yulin, in this world.
'But why a Yulinian dressed in such clothes is standing in the middle of… '
It was then.
"UGH!"
Chun Yeowun flashed and appeared in front of Yimyung at the moment. Yimyung
became shocked and tried to aim his handgun again, but he wasn't even given time.
"KEK!"
Yimyung was grabbed by the neck and dropped the gun from his hands. With a bit
more pressure, it seemed like his neck was going to snap, so he had to drop the gun.
Two officers on both sides became shocked and aimed their gun at Chun Yeowun,
but Yeowun spoke without hesitance.
"You shall pay the price for using fire powder weapon against me."
The choice of words and way of speaking sounded like he was acting as a man in
medieval times, but it wasn't time to think about that. Yimyung tried to get out of the
grasp by using the jujitsu he learned when he was a cadet in the police academy.
But…
'W-what's up with this grip?'
He couldn't even pull a finger. It seemed like he was going to be choked to death at
this rate.
"L-let him go!"
Officers then tried to pull their triggers, trying to help Yimyung. But…
Slash!
"M-My gun?!"
They couldn't even see it, but their handguns were cut in two from their hands.
"Hieeek!!"
Both of them became so shocked and scared that they backed away in fear. What was
shown was proof that this man could cut them to their death if he wanted it. This
man wasn't someone the three of them could apprehend. Chun Yeowun speak again.
"You said Yulinian… Are you talking about Yulin? Then you know must know about
Yulin?"
"Ugh!"
Chun Yeowun clearly heard what the man had said. The man said 'Yulinian' when he
saw Yeowun cutting the bullets fired at him. If a civilian who wasn't trained in
martial arts knew 'Yulin,' then this man should know something about it at least.
Yeowun eased his grip to let the man speak.
"Ugh… cough, cough."
Yimyung coughed as the grip on his neck eased. Chun Yeowun asked again.
"You, what do you know about Yulin?"
However, Yimyung asked back an unexpected question instead.
"Ugh… You… are you unregistered Yulinian?"
Chun Yeowun frowned at the question.
"Unregistered…?"
Unless Yeowun was mistaken with understanding the word's meaning, registering
meant to report the information and record it somewhere. He wasn't sure why a
peacekeeper from the era was talking about such a thing.
'What's going on? Are there no nonaggression pacts with the government and Yulin
in this era?'
Something was off. The way 'register' was used sounded as if Yulin was related to the
government in this era. It seemed like this required further research. That's when
Yeowun found something weird while holding his grip on the man's neck.
'Huh? This man… he's not a civilian. He has an internal ene… '
That's when Yeowun found a small red dot appearing over his hand that was
grabbing Yimyung's neck.
'What's this?'
There was more than one of them. Nano's voice rang through Yeowun's head at the
same time.
[Master, 30 sniper rifles are being aimed with laser pointers.]
And before it ended, Yeowun sensed trained, carefully organized movement of many
people in the surroundings. He saw tens of men armed with helmets, bullet-proof
vests and rifles moving in through the crowds and circling Yeowun. All of them had
the PSB mark on their right side of the chests. They were the PSB special tactical
forces.
'It's about time they're here. Ugh.'
Yimyung, the 3rd Team Leader of the PSB Homicides Department grinned with his
pale face that was still in Yeowun's grip. He then said, "I guess the tide has turned,
Mr. Unregistered Yulinian."
Wiyang, the 2nd Tactical Force Squad Leader of Simyang City's PSB became tense as
he was being dispatched to the location where the mysterious flying object had
landed from the sky. There was no Gate Public Warning announced yet, but if
something came out of it already, it was probably a very dangerous situation.
'Why wasn't it detected by radar, or the defense system by the Gate Wall?'
Unless the flying object had way to stealth itself, it should've activated the antiaircraft missile defense system and the anti-air missiles should've flown out. But
those were not deployed. It seemed like the object truly just popped out of thin air
and dropped. As the tactical forces armed themselves and began moving via bus,
another information report came in.
"What? It's a human?"
That was unexpected information to say the least. Wiyang was dumbfounded as he
was relieved that it wasn't what he had expected: a dangerous entity from the Gate.
Then came another question.
"Wait… then a human just appeared and dropped from the sky?"
"Y-yes, sir. It seems to be so."
There was no way his team members would know any more than that since they just
received the news through the radio too. However, the scenario wasn't all that
impossible either.
'Then it must be either Gatekeeper, or a Yulinian… '
It was dangerous to drop from such height even for Gatekeepers or Yulinians, but
few very highly skilled individuals from those groups sometimes showed
superhuman abilities that awed most normal people.
'But a Gatekeeper would have sent a request to the PSB for an Activity Permit prior
to making any fuss. They don't do this out in public like this.'
If then, the answer could then be narrowed down to a Yulinian. But another question
arose: since Yulinians were also registered with their identities, it would deter them
from doing things that would draw the attention of the general public.
'Well, I'll know once I get there. There are always Yulinians who are dying to run
rampant and draw attention.'
It wasn't hard to find the location of the incident. There were police cars from nearby
PSB stations and crowds of onlookers. Wiyang, an experienced squad leader, sent
snipers to nearby buildings in the perimeter first and took out a mechanical
binocular from the distance to take a look at the situation.
He was over 300 meters away, but it allowed him to see clearly on what was going
on.
"Huh? What's with that crazy bastard?"
"Whoa. He sure is crazy."
Wiyang suspected a Yulinian, but the man was also dressed like a man of Yulin from
one of those old, medieval movies. The young man with long black hair and medieval
clothing through the binoculars flashed on the tablet screen. Lieutenant Sopyung
held the tablet while standing next to Wiyang.
"Check his identity with the face."
"Yes, sir."
Sopyung tapped on the tablet a few times and popped open the identity searcher
program. He then dragged the young man's face to search through the data. The
program began processing and started matching through all faces in the database.
The screen flickered quickly, scanning through all the faces very quickly on screen,
and soon, the result was displayed. Sopyung, the Lieutenant of tactical team, frowned
and showed the tablet to Squad Leader Wiyang.
"Unidentified?"
It was an unexpected result. They had searched through the Chinese Government
Identification network, but nothing showed up. It should have at least shown basic
information about the person, but it was blank.
"What's going on?"
There were only two answers to this. One was that the person was unregistered, or
he had changed his face with surgery or some special skills.
"Dammit. Then we have no choice."
It seemed like it was necessary to arrest the man alive and try different methods
such as a retina scan or blood testing to truly identify the man. That's when Wiyang
heard the radio through his wireless earbud.
-A1, in position on the 6th floor of Sangmyung Plaza.
-A2, in position on the roof of Yunwon Apartment.
-A3, in position…
The radio signaled all snipers of the tactical forces were in position and ready to fire
with the order. With the snipers in position, all that was left was to send the tactical
forces out and surround the target. Wiyang then pressed the earbud in his ear and
spoke out loud.
"There are a lot of civilians around, so be careful. Turn on your laser point and
standby."
-Roger that.
Wiyang then hand signaled to his tactical force members to begin moving out toward
the target. It was then—
-This is B4! 3rd Team leader of the Homicides Dept has been captured as a hostage!
Wiyang scowled at the report.
"3rd team leader?! That's Yimyung! What's that idiot doing?!"
There was no time to be surprised. If the PSB agent was being held as a hostage, then
it was necessary to put pressure on the target so that the enemy would not do any
rash move or run away. The reason for the laser points on the sniper rifles was for
this.
"All snipers, aim the lasers at our target right now."
-Roger that.
With the order, all red laser dot points were immediately aimed at the young man
with old-fashioned clothes. As that was going on, the tactical forces who were
originally planning to move in covertly changed their plan and quickly moved
through the crowds to create a barricade around the target. Wiyang shouted loudly
once it was done.
"Stay still! You are surrounded!"
"Whoaaaaa!"
"It's the PSB Tactical Forces!"
With over 40 Tactical Force members appearing at the scene, citizens shouted with
cheers of joy. In their position, the weird young man dressed in medieval clothing
who just snapped the police officer's arm was a dangerous criminal that needed to
be taken in.
"Ugh… If you let go of me now, I will ensure your safety."
Yimyung, the 3rd team leader of PSB Homicides Department proposed to Chun
Yeowun, who was still grabbing him by the neck. The tide had turned. Chun Yeowun
was now being aimed by many snipers around the perimeter. There was no way this
was going to go wrong for Yimyung now.
"It's better for you to let go of my neck fast…”
"You seem to be relieved?"
"What?"
move
"UGH!"
Yimyung's face immediately turned pale again. He was certain that even a Yulinian
had no way but to give up with all these snipers aiming at him, and tens of tactical
force agents were barricading the area. But Yeowun did not seem to care at all and
he instead placed the pure white colored blade on Yimyung's neck.
"W-what are you doing!?… Do you really want to die?!"
Yimyung became so shocked that he even stuttered while trying to speak. But
Yeowun didn't seem to care at all and looked around.
'Hah! So he really doesn't care about dying?!'
Even the 2nd Squad Leader of Tactical Force, Wiyang, became dumbfounded. There
were no blindspots for the snipers; one bullet was enough to kill the target, but the
target was threatening them even harder.
'Is he trying to force his way out?'
There were some instances where criminals tried to fight back against the threat by
acting stronger, but Wiyang had many experiences in dealing with such situations.
'Threatening a PSB agent… he's asking for trouble'
There was one thing the PSB was most famous about amongst all the police forces of
the Asia Union. It was that the PSB was known for killing the target under all
circumstances if a PSB Agent was threatened.
'We'll at least take out his arm or leg.'
Wiyang raised his hand for a signal. He then heard a response from one of the
snipers through his earpiece.
-This is A3. Taking shot.
It was the sniper who was aiming Chun Yeowun's wrist. If the sniper was to pull the
trigger, Chun Yeowun's wrist was going to be blown off.
'You brought this upon yourself.'
With the squad leader's order, the sniper immediately pulled the trigger without
hesitation.
bang!
And Chun Yeowun's wrist, as seen through tactical aim, was cleanly…
psh!
With the sound of the bullet piercing into the flesh, a sharp scream rang around the
area.
"Aaaaaaaaaaargh!!!"
The sniper who pulled the trigger was shocked by the sight. He was one of the top
three ranking snipers in Simyang City's PSB Tactical Forces. That was why he was
aiming at the wrist, the most difficult area to aim for, and there was no way he would
miss his target.
"What in the world…”
Chun Yeowun's wrist was perfectly fine. The one who was screaming after being
shot, was instead, none other than Yimyung, the 3rd Team leader of the Homicides
Department. The moment the trigger was pulled, Chun Yeowun had pulled the wrist
holding the neck, and the bullet had penetrated through Yimyung's left shoulder
instead.
'Damn fool! Why did he make a mistake here?!'
Wiyang, the Squad Leader, thought the sniper just made a mistake by pulling the
trigger at the wrong time. With this, the target was going to grow wearier and make
things harder. But the reaction was weird.
'What?'
The man didn't seem to be bothered at all. Yulinian or not, a man who was
threatened should react in some way or another. Anyhow, there were hundreds of
people watching. If this situation wasn't solved quickly, it was going to bring disgrace
to the entire PSB.
raise
Wiyang raised his hand to change his signal. Aiming at the wrist seemed to be too
risky, so he decided that it was going to be better to aim for the Yulinian's legs
instead.
-Taking shots.
With the order, the sniper who was aiming at the leg from behind pulled the trigger.
bang
The leg was a larger target area than the wrist, and it was less riskier than injuring
the hostage. It was then—
Psssh
"Aaaaaaaaargh!"
A scream burst out again. And this time again, it was Yimyung who had screamed
from being shot at.
'I-it's impossible!'
Wiyang became so shocked that he couldn't even think straight about what he just
saw. The moment the bullet was fired, Chun Yeowun moved Yimyung's body as if it
was a plank of wook to block the bullet. Yimyung now had his thigh penetrated with
the bullet and now he was in extreme pain.
'He knew the sniping was coming?'
It was impossible indeed. But the way Chun Yeowun did it was proof that it was no
way it could have been a coincidence. He precisely used Yimyung to be shot at
instead.
Wiyang gritted his teeth. He couldn't understand how it was done, but he wasn't
against an ordinary Yulinian in the very least.
‘…He must be a highly skilled one.'
If that was the case, things were not good for Yimyung. However, there was no way
they could waste time trying to save Yimyung's life and let the man get away. As
Wiyang was hesitating, Yimyung, who seemed to be in extreme pain, shouted angrily
with veins popping out of his forehead.
"Aaaaargh! Squad leader! Don't care about me, and just shoot this damn…”
grab
"UGH!"
He couldn't finish speaking as the grip on his neck tightened up again. But it was
easy to see that the 3rd Team Leader of Homicides Department was ready to give his
life for the greater good.
'This can be dangerous but… '
The only answer seemed to be to shoot at the target simultaneously from all sniping
positions. They didn't know how the man knew where the bullets were coming from,
but there was no way the man could use Yimyung as a shield to block bullets coming
from all sides.
'Yimyung. You are an idiot, but you are still a proud PSB Agent.'
Squad Leader Wiyang nodded at Yimyung's determined look, and tried to raise his
hand to signal his snipers to fire simultaneously at Chun Yeowun.
Swoooosh
"UGH!"
Wiyang, who was trying to raise his hand, suddenly was pulled up to the air by an
unexplainable force or some kind of magnet. There was no way to resist, or even try
to fight back against this unexplainable force.
At the same time, the man in the shadow, standing by the window at the building
across the street moaned with a surprised voice.
"Force energy!!"
Force Energy. It was a technique to move the object with deep and powerful energy
without touching it. Martial artists with super master or higher stages could only use
that, and if it was powerful enough to move a human, then it meant that the user of
the technique was at least at the superior master level.
'He's a highly skilled martial artist.'
The man's eyes turned greedy at once.
Squad Leader Wiyang was pulled in with the force energy, and was soon gripped
Chun Yeowun's hand, just like Yimyung from the Homicides Department.
"Ugh!"
Now, Chun Yeowun had gained second meat shield for himself. Yeowun then spoke
coldly in sarcastic tone to Wiyang.
"So, you're the boss here."
Wiyang had sent hand signals a few times already, so it was easy to see that he was in
charge of these men here. With the Squad leader being captured as hostages, all
Tactical Force agents became shocked and were in disarray for not knowing what
should be done.
"Ugh!"
"Why don't you send that hand signal to your men at far away again, so they can fire
fire powder weaponries again?"
'?!'
Wiyang's face turned pale at the moment. With himself being held as hostage, it
wasn't easy to order his snipers to shoot anymore.
'Ugh… this bastard!'
With Wiyang silent, Yeowun then turned to Yimyung and spoke with a smirk.
"So, when is that tide going to turn?"
The situation was very dire for the Public Security Bureau Agents on the scene. And
now, the crowds watching from nearby had run away to a safe distance once the guns
had been fired.
"He has two PSB agents as hostages!"
"This man is a serious criminal!"
PSB police officers were the symbol of the Chinese Government, and the defender of
the public. And to normal citizens, Chun Yeowun, who was threatening such a group,
was an evil menace himself. But the crowd couldn't do much other than to hide and
watch silently as the scene progressed.
-S-Squad leader! What should we do?!
-Wouldn't you be in danger also?!
Squad Leader Wiyang heard his snipers asking through his earpiece. They seemed to
be extremely worried about how the situation had turned out.
"Dammit! Stand by! Stand by!"
Lieutenant Sopyung became frustrated as he ordered his men to stand down for the
moment. He had not considered his squad leader also being captured as hostage.
There were 30 snipers aiming at one target, and 40 Tactical Force units barricading
the area. There was no way he would imagine such a situation at all.
"Tactical Team! Move back 50 meters!"
With Sopyung's order, all units from the Tactical Team began to move backward.
They couldn't stay close and give a chance for the enemy to grab more hostages.
'It's not something we can handle. We should've called the 5th Strike Force.'
The 5th Strike Force was unique in all special tactical forces of the PSB. They were
created to handle criminals with unique and supernatural abilities such as Yulinians.
And of course, they should've been requested even if it was quite late.
'But they're on a mission right now…!'
It was unfortunate that the 5th Strike Force was dispatched on another mission just
an hour ago. This had to be done by the 3rd Tactical Forces.
-What should we do, sir?
-Are we acting per manual?
Of course, they were all trained on situations where allies were held as hostages.
They were talking about sacrificing the said ally to minimize the damage and
casualties.
'Dammit!'
But it wasn't easy as it sounded. It wasn't just a few days that Sopyung had spent
time with his leader. It was years that he had worked with him for countless
missions. It wasn't easy to order his team to sacrifice such a man.
'Squad Leader… '
And as he was hesitating, Wiyang, who was being held by Chun Yeowun's hand,
calmed himself.
'Let's calm down. I have to find a way out.'
It wasn't a good idea to push the man threatening his own life in the wrong direction,
but he had to do something or else he was going to end up dying altogether.
"U… ugh… ta… taking us as hostages… won't going to make… you win here."
It was not a sound decision to taunt the criminal, but this man seemed terrifyingly
calm. It was certain that this man was not being moved by emotions. If the target had
clear thoughts, Wiyang thought it was better to explain the situation he was in.
"Even… if you have me… a squad leader… you won't get away… from all bullets…”
"…”
His words were met with no response. Wiyang became frustrated but he couldn't
show his weakness here.
"We… cannot be taken as hostages… we… are ordered… to sacrifice hostages… if it
doesn't work."
This was his bet on the situation. He told the target that hostages had no meaning at
this point. He wasn't sure what this man would do when hearing this, but it seemed
to at least work to let this man know more about the situation. That's when Chun
Yeowun spoke the unexpected.
"Are you saying that because of your 30 men?"
"What?"
"Those who are aiming at me."
'?!'
Wiyang's eyes grew large with shock.
'How… does he know?!'
He was so shocked that he almost reacted emotionally. The Tactical Forces
barricading the area was visible, so it was no surprise even if Chun Yeowun knew
how many there were, but the snipers were a different story. There were countless
lasers aiming at his body, but if he didn't look behind to check the number of snipers,
there was no way he could know how many were aiming at him.
'W-what is this man…?!'
This was not possible even for any Yulinian he knew. But Chun Yeowun was able to
do this easily.
In Chun Yeowun's eyes, a white light particle was quickly moving through as
augmented reality was already in place. Chun Yeowun, a carrier of the 7th
Generation Nano Machine in his body, had access to countless technology from the
far future.
beep. beep. beep.
Through Yeowun's eyes, augmented reality marked the location of all snipers around
the area. This was calculated just by sensing the angle and direction of the laser
points aimed at him.
'If they are aiming from high up, then it must be to minimize other damage.'
Even without Nano's analytics, Yeowun already had vaguely figured out the locations
of all the snipers as they all had a very slight 'killing intention' aura around them.
'Should I get rid of them all?'
This was very easy for Chun Yeowun. They might be feeling safe because they were
at a distance, but they were actually well within Chun Yeowun's range of attack. It
was very easy for Yeowun to kill them all, but Yeowun also had this feeling that
helped him through many tough situations in the past.
'It's going to be annoying if I do.'
There were just too many onlookers here. Even for Chun Yeowun who did not
hesitate to harm his enemies, he wasn't a type to kill those who did not have hostility
against him.
'I am not sure where I am even. I can't show all of my powers in front of all these
people yet.'
Even if Yeowun did not use blade or use a shield, he could have used his deep and
powerful energy to block all bullets from damaging him. But he did not use this
intentionally as he had concerns about his current situation.
[Can you hear me?]
'?'
Yeowun narrowed his eyes. The voice coming to his ears right now was not coming
from nearby. This was a telepathic message. It was a technique used by martial
artists of Yulin, sending sound to specific targets by using internal energy in order to
speak secretly.
Yeowun immediately turned to a certain direction. It was toward the slightly open
window on the 5th floor corridor in the building across the street.
flinch
The person who stood by the window shuddered at that.
'Out of all these people, he found me here right away?!'
The person became shocked, but they were also astonished. He knew the man was
highly skilled, but this was more than what he had hoped for. This power had enough
of value for him to work for.
[Is it you?]
He then heard Chun Yeowun's telepathic message coming to his ears. He nodded
lightly.
[It's amazing. I wasn't expecting you to find me right away.]
[What do you want?]
[My name is Jo Yusung. I'll cut to the chase as we are in a hurry. I want to make an
offer to you.]
[An offer?]
Yeowun raised one eyebrow at the unexpected words. He thought that the man had
something in mind as he kept watching him carefully, and sure enough, he had a
plan.
[I am sure you are more than capable of getting yourself out, but with you exposed to
the PSB and all those people already, you will face hardships in the future if you do
that.]
It seemed like this man was very used to this type of negotiation. He intentionally
spoke so that he acknowledged Chun Yeowun's power and his ability to safely make
it out of this place.
[It has been a long time since your standoff against the PSB, and even with the radio
disruption, the media will soon arrive.]
'Media?'
Chun Yeowun did not know the word 'media' and what it meant.
'Nano, what is that?'
Media was the general term for everything from newspapers, television, the internet,
and others to share information between people, discussing current problems and
so forth. But Chun Yeowun did not know the existence of newspapers, television, or
the internet, so Nano simplified the definition of media to transfer it to Yeowun's
brain.
[Transferring information related to media to the brain.]
With a slight shake and a faint headache, Chun Yeowun was able to confirm and
understand the definition of media in his head.
'So, it's kind of like gossip or rumors shared between people.'
Chun Yeowun understood immediately and frowned at the same time. If the
information that Nano sent was true, then this era was very exposed in terms of
information and rumors.
'It's an annoying world.'
It seemed like it was going to hide or change the truth from the public in this world.
Chun Yeowun then heard Jo Yusung's telepathic message in his ears again.
[If you allow me, I… we would like to give help.]
'We?'
It meant the man wasn't working alone. It seemed like he was involved in some kind
of organization. But Yeowun did not trust anyone coming to him with a hidden
motive.
[Don't think you can play tricks on me.]
Yeowun spoke sternly.
[It is natural for you to be suspicious. I will be honest here. I am astounded by your
martial arts level, and as a fellow martial artist, I want to both help you and also
scout you to join our organization.]
[Scout?]
Chun Yeowun became curious. This man was trying to bring Chun Yeowun into his
group for unknown purposes.
[And if I say no?]
'Ah… '
Jo Yusung frowned at Chun Yeowun who was coming out strong even in such a
problematic situation. Jo Yusung had waited until the last moment so that Chun
Yeowun would feel the need for help but this was unexpected. However, Jo Yusung
was an experienced veteran in terms of such negotiation.
[I will not ask you to decide right now, of course. Why don't you meet with my boss
and discuss your terms to consider?]
He suggested for the second offer as the first offer didn't seem appealing to Chun
Yeowun. He figured this was probably good enough.
'With such power, he is worth many tries to bring into our fold.'
He had decided on the matter after he saw Chun Yeowun using the force energy. But
if Yeowun rejected this second offer… Then there was no other way left, so Jo Yusung
waited for Yeowun with a tense look.
'Hm… '
Chun Yeowun hesitated. He had many ways to get out of the current situation,
starting from just vanishing from the spot to the extreme choice of killing everyone
in the area. But he was exposed by so many people already, and it was evident that
more annoying things lay in wait if he chose the latter option. After thinking for a bit,
Chun Yeowun sent the telepathic message.
[…And how are you going to help me?]
Jo Yusung's lips were raised with a smile.
'Got him!'
It was the first step toward a successful scouting. Jo Yusung became satisfied and
sent a telepathic message about the 'help' he was going to give to Chun Yeowun. But
Yeowun, after hearing this, didn't seem to be satisfied.
At the same time, Wiyang, the 3rd Tactical Force Squad Leader who was being
grabbed by Chun Yeowun, finally reached a decision after thinking deeply. There
were too many people watching them to consider his own safety in the exchange of
public danger. If he made the situation worse in favor of his own life, it was possible
to bring distrust among people for the PSB. Wiyang then carefully sent a hand signal
to his lieutenant. What it meant was…
'Squad Leader!'
Sopyung's eyes shook at the signal. It meant to fire without holding back. Even if the
target knew the number of snipers on him, they figured that there was no way to
block all those bullets being fired at once.
'Squad Leader… I will not forget your sacrifice. You are a true policeman.'
Sopyung looked at Wiyang's determination with a proud look and made a decision.
He raised his hand quietly, and all snipers readied their triggers with bitter minds.
'Leader… '
'Dammit!'
The triggers were to be pulled when Sopyung's hand was put down. It was then—
"Ugh… uh…”
"Argh…”
The moment before the order was made, Chun Yeowun let go of his grip on two men,
Wiyang the Squad Leader of the Tactical Forces and Yimyung the 3rd Team Leader of
the PSB Homicides Department.
He then reached down for the White Dragon Blade he stuck on the ground and
pulled it up and placed it back on his back while speaking to them.
"I'll stop here. I will comply."
'What?!'
Sopyung, who almost cried with the decision, became dumbfounded. It was a matter
of seconds ago when they were in such a dire situation.
‘…What is up with him?'
Just until five minutes ago…
[You should surrender yourself to the PSB for now.]
'??'
It almost made Chun Yeowun rage violently. Ever since the day of the Demonic
Academy, becoming the Lord, and until he earned the title of the Demon God, the
most legendary title of all time, he had never even considered the word 'surrender'
in his life, even if it was just for a show.
'You want me to surrender?'
If he wanted, Chun Yeowun could have killed all the Tactical Force units, including
the snipers in a matter of seconds. He just hadn't grasped the current era and its
world yet, so he was just being careful as to not draw the attention of that 'media'
thing that Jo Yusung warned him about.
[…And you call that help?]
[Please don't misunderstand. I may have chosen an inappropriate word. I am not
asking you to surrender for good.]
[What is your point?]
[The PSB represents the Chinese Government. The government cannot let an
unregistered Yulinian walking down the streets and will try to keep an eye on you.]
Yeowun then remembered the man that he was grabbing by the neck said something
about 'unregistered Yulinian.' This meant that Yulin was now being controlled by the
government in this era.
'Ah… '
Chun Yeowun then remembered what his descendant – Chun Musung had said to
him in the past. Chun Musung also said that the nonaggression pact between the
government and Yulin disappeared in his future. He never imagined he'd be trapped
in such a future so he didn't think much about it until now.
'Being controlled by the government… can only mean that Yulin degraded over time.'
That was the only reasonable explanation he could think of. Until now, he had only
found two traces of Yulin in this era. But of course, that wasn't enough to make an
assumption yet.
[As I looked up from above, I was able to tell that you are not registered with your
identity. Is that true?]
Of course, Chun Yeowun was not from this time, so there was no way he was
registered with the government. Chun Yeowun nodded to show that it was true.
'I knew it!'
Jo Yusung had binoculars in his hand. With this, he was able to peek into the tablet
that Sopyung, the lieutenant of Tactical Forces, was searching through database to
determine Yeowun's identity.
'He's the best one we could ever think of!'
If the man could not be found, then he was definitely an unregistered Yulinian. With
such power, his face or name should have been known, but Jo Yusung had never
heard of or recognized his face.
'Maybe he's a hidden master.'
They were in modern times, but the land was vast and there were still many
Yulinians who shied away from civilizations and their identities. Jo Yusung thought
Chun Yeowun to be such an individual.
[Shall we just say, cooperation with the PSB while you wait?]
[…You want me to avoid fighting them further?]
[Yes, that is correct. If you keep on going hostile against them under this situation,
the problem will only grow worse. That is why I am asking you to pretend you are
cooperating with the PSB. I will need time for us to make preparations for you.]
[Hmph.]
Jo Yusung was talking about preparing something for the identity. Its usefulness was
uncertain, but the only choice Yeowun could make on his own was to either use
violence or hide.
[How long you want me to wait?]
Yeowun looked suspicious as he asked, and Jo Yusung responded.
[I will take care of it within 24 hours.]
'Hmm… '
Chun Yeowun gave some thought to it. It seemed like that was too long. Unsatisfied,
he said,
[That's too long.]
[Pardon?]
Jo Yusung became frustrated that he couldn't hide it. It was already late afternoon, so
it was going to take quite some time in order to start taking care of the identity issue
and solve other problems. He also had to get approval from his superior regarding
the issue.
'There's not much time.'
He needed some slack in the time frame if he were to take care of everything. But the
way Chun Yeowun reacting showed that he wasn't impressed, nor did he like the idea
of waiting for 24 hours.
'He's hard to deal with since he is powerful.'
But even then, he had to show this man how powerful his organization was. Jo
Yusung quickly sent another telepathic message.
[Understood, sir. I will take care of it within 12 hours. I will promise you it will be
done on my honor.]
The time required was cut in half from the original 24 hours. This was the best he
could do, considering all factors. Even then, he wasn't sure if he really could really be
able to keep the time he promised.
[Good.]
Chun Yeowun approved of the decreased time. Jo Yusung sighed in relief as he was
worried that maybe Chun Yeowun was trying to change his mind. That's when he
heard a cold voice from Yeowun again.
[But. You should promise your arm, instead of your honor.]
[Pardon, sir?]
[If you take even a second longer, I will have your arm in return.]
It was terrifying warning. He was surprised by the warning, but he just considered it
a reminder so he decided to try his best to hurry up. Jo Yusung answered casually.
[Understood. I promise.]
After barely finishing the negotiation with Chun Yeowun, Jo Yusung suggested a few
more things for Yeowun to be careful about and quickly escaped the building. He had
to get out of the radio disruption range that the PSB had activated so he can get in
contact with his organization. Time was running out as soon as the discussion
started for Jo Yusung.
Wiyang, the 3rd Tactical Force Squad Leader, became dumbfounded. Chun Yeowun,
who didn't seem to budge after every threat and persuasion suddenly stopped his
hostility and agreed to cooperate with the PSB. It was truly a relief. He was shocked,
but he had also just been saved from the verge of death as he almost got shot at. But
there was a problem.
'This is troubling.'
He first thought Chun Yeowun had given into the situation and fully surrendered. He
figured that even if Chun Yeowun wanted to come out strong, he probably caved
because he feared for his life. But the reaction he was showing wasn't like one who
had surrendered.
"S-squad leader?"
One of the Tactical Force members turned to him and was asking about what should
be done. He had to step in.
"What do you mean you will not surrender your weapon?"
"It means exactly as I said."
Chun Yeowun did not agree to handing over his weapons. In return, he threatened to
cut down any who tried to lay their hands on his blades.
“…Look. You just told us you agree to be questioned at the PSB, and now you say you
will not give up your weapon?"
"Weapons are life itself to a martial artist. Is it not common sense?"
"C-common sense?"
Wiyang became dumbfounded and was lost for words. Even Yulinians who had
permission to carry weapons such as swords had to give up their weapons if they
were being investigated or arrested by the PSB. There was no exception to this.
'This is crazy.'
This man didn't just dress like a man from the past, but even spoke like one out of a
movie.
'Ugh… is he some man from the past who just dropped to the present by a time
machine? Gosh.'
Unbeknownst to Wiyang, he was very accurate in his guess. But of course, time
machines did not exist in this time era so he didn't even think that it could be a
reality. Wiyang glanced around.
"Whoaaaaaaaa!"
Citizens who thought that the situation had been taken care of became relieved and
came out onto the street, cheering for the victory of justice. Some even chanted PSB.
'Dammit.'
If the PSB were to take the criminal into custody without confiscating his weapon
and no handcuffs, then it was going to look very questionable. It was a disgrace. But
he couldn't stay here any longer and quarrel with this out of time weirdo.
'Dammit… only if he wasn't a Yulinian.'
He would have beaten the man into a piece of meat with a police stick and dragged
him in. That's when he heard a voice from his earpiece.
-Leader.
It was Lieutenant Sopyung. He just finished helping moving Yimyung, the 3rd Team
Leader of the Homicides Department over to the medical van, trying to tend to his
bleeding gunshot wounds. Sopyung had something in his hand.
'Ah.'
Wiyang recognized what it was from the distance. He then grinned as he heard
Sopyung speaking through the radio.
-Leader. You should use this.
It was borrowed equipment from the 5th Strike Force who specialized in handling
criminals with supernatural abilities. He scolded his team for not returning the
equipment on time just awhile ago on the bus, and now it seemed like it was going to
save his life.
'Good. For now… '
Wiyang then softened his voice to persuade Yeowun.
"Hey, look. You should give us some slack. We can't just take you in like a guest when
you just harmed our agents. That's an escort."
"I said I will agree to the investigation. But I have not surrendered to you."
Wiyang frowned at the answer. He felt like he would explode in anger, but Chun
Yeowun was right in saying that he never surrendered. Wiyang tried his best to calm
himself and continued, "There're eyes all over us. We are keepers of the Chinese law.
Please, help us out with this one."
"I clearly said I will not."
Chun Yeowun had no sign of sympathy.
"Whew… Okay. Okay! I will give up on the weapons. You can keep weapons on
yourself. But instead, can you at least have handcuffs on you until we bring you over
to the bus? Once we get in, I will take it off immediately. Just at least pretend that you
are being taken in for our sake."
Wiyang almost pleaded, trying to persuade Chun Yeowun.
"Please. I beg of you."
Chun Yeowun watched his eyes silently for a second, but pushed his both arms out,
"Don't try to play tricks."
"O-of course!"
'YES!!!'
Wiyang shouted cheers of excitement within him. But he tried to hide his emotions
and thanked Yeowun for helping and brought Sopyung over with the handcuffs.
Sopyung then came immediately and locked the handcuffs over Yeowun's wrists.
But these handcuffs seemed to be different from those that the police officers from
nearby stations used. They were thicker and there was a small box-shaped device in
the middle. Once Yeowun was handcuffed, Sopyung pressed the button on the box.
And…
tighten
The handcuffs tightened their grip on Yeowun's wrists. In addition to that, a special
energy wave traveled from the machine down to the handcuffs.
[The device is emanating energy waves created to disperse internal energy.]
Yeowun narrowed his eyes after hearing Nano's voice ringing through his head. The
energy waves coming from the device between the handcuffs had a similar effect to
that of the poison from Yulin that was used to nullify internal energy.
'Of course.'
Chun Yeowun shook his head. He had suspected something was up with this squad
leader, and it certainly did not exceed his expectations.
'But something's weird.'
It was weird that Nano, a highly developed technology of the future, was not aware
of the existence of such handcuffs. Wiyang then changed his expression to that of a
smirk and said, "Thanks for that. Now, let's go to the bus and enjoy our time, shall
we? Hahaha…”
click
"Criminal. Move over to the bus."
Lieutenant Sopyung also pressed his rifle at Yeowun's back and pushed. His attitude
suddenly seemed to change from being polite to a rude and authoritative one as if he
were talking to an ordinary criminal.
Chun Yeowun silently walked toward the Tactical Force's bus without question.
Wiyang seemed to be very satisfied by the fact that Chun Yeowun was not resisting
anymore.
'It looks like it's working. Good. I guess we need to request some gear that the 5th
Strike Team is using for emergencies like this in the future.'
The handcuffs that Chun Yeowun had on his wrists were specially made to be used
against Yulinians who could utilize their internal energy to use superhuman
strength. It helped to nullify the internal energy so that the Yulinians couldn't use
their powers.
"Move up."
As the bus door opened, Sopyung aimed the rifle at Yeowun and ordered him to
move up. Chun Yeowun walked up the stairs of the bus entrance without resistance.
"Alright! We're going back to headquarters!"
"Roger that."
Other Tactical Force units all climbed up the bus in an orderly fashion. Squad Leader
Wiyang hopped on the bus as the last one and the door closed behind him. Wiyang
then placed a button on the center fascia of the bus's driver seat.
At that moment, the window of the bus instantly became dark, blocking everything
visible from inside and out. With the interior of the bus entirely isolated, all Tactical
Force units placed their rifles under their seats and set them so they wouldn't move.
They then took out the black sticks from their waists.
shrrriek!
As they swung them with force, they immediately elongated, taking on the shape of a
stick. Sopyung then pulled some cord from inside of the bus and said, "All black box
power is off, sir."
"Good."
Wiyang answered as he tapped the stick on his palm and looked at Chun Yeowun
standing at the center of the bus with threatening look. Wiyang smirked as he spoke
to Yeowun.
"You. How about you act arrogant just like a few moments ago? Yulinian? HAH! You
f**king youngster think you're something because you know martial arts? Arrogant
fool. I will use this stick to teach you a lesson…”
Clunk!
'Huh??'
Wiyang couldn't continue any further as what was happening in front of his eyes was
truly unbelievable. The handcuffs that should hold up against any type of force was
shattered into pieces and dropped to the bus floor. Chun Yeowun shook his head,
"You thought this toy could save you?"
Yeowun's cold voice struck fear into Wiyang so much that he couldn't even speak.
'B-but how?! D-did the device malfunction?!'
Unfortunately, the handcuffs worked as intended. It was just that Chun Yeowun's
internal energy wasn't something that the handcuff could contain. And even if it
could, Chun Yeowun's sheer muscle strength was superhuman in itself and he could
easily break free of such restraints without any issues.
'Godammit…!'
Whatever the reason for the breakage, this was a bad situation. Wiyang had
threatened Yeowun after believing that the handcuffs were working.
"I… I mean…”
"I warned you not to play any tricks, didn't I?"
Yeowun then reached out his hand against Wiyang. Wiyang's body was immediately
pulled into his hand.
"N-NOOOOO!!!!"
Wiyang held on the bus seat to resist from being pulled in, but it was futile. He was
helplessly pulled in, and Chun Yeowun grabbed his wrists. Wiyang shouted hastily,
"W-wait! If you continue harming PSB agents, you will…”
"You brought this on yourself."
Crrrraaaack!
With terrifying sound, both of Wiyang's arms were twisted grotesquely and the
broken bones stuck out from all over his arms.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!"
It was so painful that Wiyang screamed like a madman.
"Leader!!"
"Y-you monster!"
They had to stop this from happening, or do something about it, but all of them
became so terrified that they couldn't move. The sticks in their hands were just toys
in front of the enemy. Chun Yeowun paid no attention to the others and just spoke
coldly to Wiyang who was in serious pain.
"I guess it's time to enjoy, was it?"
siren
Simyang City University Medical Center Emergency Room.
The only place that was open at this compound at 6:30 PM was of course the
emergency room. Medical staff were quickly moving patient Yimyung, the 3rd Team
Leader of PSB Homicides Department, into the emergency room. He was bleeding
profusely, but first-aid treatment was done on the medical vehicle enroute. He was in
severe pain, but he did not faint or anything.
'Ugh… '
On the way over to the emergency room, Yimyung had been wondering. The man
who did not seem to give up no matter the circumstances suddenly stopped what he
was doing and surrendered. It was certain that the man was up to something else
instead.
As Yimyung was moved onto the bed, a doctor and a few nurses quickly ran up to
Yimyung. The doctor shook his head.
"Ugh… you're the third one now."
There were two police officers from a nearby PSB station who had been hauled in
here before Yimyung arrived. Yimyung was third patient from the PSB today.
"Please, stay still."
The doctor walked over to the bed and began looking at the wounds. They had been
treated a bit already, but it was still very painful.
'Dammit. I knew I had a bad dream… but I didn't imagine getting shot at because of
some crazy psycho.'
Nonetheless, it was still better than dying. The doctor brought over a medical scissor
and began cutting Yimyung's clothes from top and bottom that were covering the
wounds.
"You've done great work here."
The doctor complimented emergency medical staff who worked to stop the bleeding.
The doctor took off the linen wrap from the wound and spoke to the nurse next to
him.
"Bring the antibiotics."
"Yes."
As the linen wrap was removed, Yimyung felt searing pain coming back to him and
scowled. A bullet penetrated through it just moments ago, so it was still very painful.
The doctor cleaned the blood off with dry linen and checked the wound on the
shoulder. He soon curiously turned to the thighs.
press
"Aargh!"
He even pressed the punctured wound with his fingers. Yimyung rose up a little from
the bed with a furious look at the doctor for touching his wound.
"Is it bad?"
The Tactical Force member who followed him over to the hospital asked the doctor
seriously. The doctor however, shook his head and answered with a confused look.
"Uh, was he shot with a sniper rifle?"
"Yeah."
"I guess he lives up to the title of team leader of PSB Homicides. It's amazing."
"Huh?"
The Tactical Force unit member and Yimyung both became confused. The doctor
continued answering their questions.
"Well, we will have to look into it more closely, but it seems like these bullets
penetrated through very cleanly. It's the same with both shoulders and thighs. They
didn't touch any of the bones. Just the flesh part."
The reason doctor pressed the wound with his finger was to see if there was any
damage to the bone.
"If what I think is correct, we will only have to tend to the wound on outside, check
to see if there are any infections, and that will be it. He will be able to be back on the
work in a week, at least for simple desk jobs."
Yimyunb became dumbfounded. Even if the medical technology was developed, he
had figured this kind of wound would set him back for weeks in hospital at least,
with severe damage to his muscles or bones.
‘…What in the world happened?'
He thought the out of time Yulinian had gotten him good. But if what the doctor said
was true, then the man didn't just use him as a meat shield — he intentionally aimed
it so that Yimyung would not be hurt badly.
'Is that… even possible?'
That was something hard to believe, even for a Yulinian. That's when the phone rang
in the emergency room. The nurse at the desk answered it.
"ER."
It was an internal line calling in from inside the medical center. The nurse became
serious as she heard the voice over the phone and hastily shouted, "Doctor! We have
10 more emergency patients coming in from the PSB!"
'???!'
Yimyung and the Tactical Force unit member became shocked at the nurse's words.
The doctor frowned.
"PSB again?"
It had only been one hour since PSB Agents were coming in as patients. And now, the
number increased to ten. It was almost a squad amount. The Tactical Force member
asked the nurse carefully.
"Did you hear where the PSB patients are coming from?"
"I think I heard something about the 3rd Tactical Force or something… are you from
there too?"
"W… what-"
Yimyung and the agent both became dumbfounded. They figured everything went
well when the Yulinian said he would comply. This was not expected at all.
‘…What in the world is happening?'
Three black sedans were moving toward Simyang City's PSB Headquarters. In the
backseat of the car, there was a middle-aged man with a beard, sitting arrogantly. He
was the Vice Director of Simyang City PSB, Hou Ilgyung. He was second in command
out of the entire PSB of Simyang City. But he seemed to be in a bad mood since he
kept pestering the driver on their way down to headquarters.
"I mean, shouldn't a person know when is a good time to mess up? I said I had very
important work to do today! Why can't you all do something about it so that your
boss doesn't have to return to work after working hours?"
'Uh, I'm not sure why having an affair with a young woman is very important
work…? Why is he a head of the PSB? Ugh.'
The driver thought to himself as he couldn't say this out loud to a much higher
ranking official of the PSB. Instead, he softened his voice and spoke assuringly.
"I know, right? Boss, why don't you rain hell on them?"
The job required him to play along with his boss. But this boss wasn't easy type to
deal with. Hou Ilgyung frowned and spoke to the driver.
"YOU CRAZY? There's a job to do, and I can't rain hell on my guys for doing their job!
If you don't get your thoughts straight, you will be stuck doing driver work for the
rest of your life."
'You mother f…!!!'
The driver almost cursed him out of his mouth but was able to hold back. Soon, they
arrived at the headquarters of Simyang PSB.
Headquarters was comprised of three buildings. On the left was the traffics
department, in the middle was the main office consisting of a lot of departments
such as homicides and others, and the right was the building with the department
handling people with special abilities and tactical forces.
As the car stopped in front of the middle building, a man in early 40s ran down the
stairs to the driveway. He was Chief Song Wigang of the Homicides Department. Hou
Ilgyung looked at the man coming down through the car window and mumbled.
"If it wasn't for my promotion…”
There was an on-going evaluation for promotions going on, and if things were to go
right, Hou Ilgyung had a chance to become the director. That is, if there weren't any
bad happenings.
"Sir."
Chief Song Wigang opened the back door of the car and saluted toward Hou Ilgyung.
Hou Ilgyung got off the car and nodded while tending to his suit.
"Yes. So, who is this crazy bastard that hurt our PSB families? Where is this guy?"
He asked as if he thought PSB agents were part of his family. As the car door closed,
the driver shook his head and flashed his middle finger to Hou Ilgyung through the
tinted car window. As both men moved into the main building, they got on the
elevator going down to the 5th floor of the basement. Chief Song Wigang briefed
what had happened on the way down. Hou Ilgyung became dumbfounded.
"What? The guy cracked both arms of ten of our guys inside the bus? And all of them
were Tactical Force unit members?"
“…Yes, sir. The doctor reported that they all need surgeries to piece the broken bones
back into place to start the healing treatment. It will take at least 3 weeks for them to
heal."
"Hah."
The healing treatment was developed in 2047. It was a breakthrough in medical
development that was developed in Germany, allowing the healing to take place at
enormous speed. After this technology was developed, most treatments only took 2
weeks at most if it wasn't chronic, so 3 weeks was quite long in comparison to most
injuries.
"And you didn't do anything to him?"
The Vice Chief was asking if the criminal was just kept safe when he injured many of
PSB agents. The Chief shook his head with a frown
"He's Yulinian, so we couldn't do anything. Two teammates from Yimyung's 3rd team
tried, but they got hurt instead."
The Chief saw that with his own eyes. The man just waved his hand casually, but two
homicide detectives were thrown off to the walls. After that, nobody dared to even
walk into the room where the man was being held.
"Ugh, Yimyung and his stupid team. Why don't you just call in the 5th Strike Team?
We're talking about a Yulinian here. Why did they go in instead?"
"Sir… the entire 5th Strike Team was dispatched to the drug trading scene between
the Yulinian groups from the Evil Forces and the Triad Gang…”
The Chief spoke carefully and the Vice Director Hou Ilgyung shook his head.
"Right. I almost forgot. But wasn't that supposed to be at 4 PM? Isn't it about time
they return to HQ?"
"Yes, sir. I contacted them already. They are on their way back after arresting the
criminals. They will be here soon."
The Vice Director smiled satisfyingly. The drug cartel issue had been becoming a
serious problem that was being specifically talked about on the press. It was a great
achievement.
"That's good. Very good."
If it wasn't for what had happened otherwise, it would have been a very good day.
The Vice Director asked, "So, where is our crazy guy from? Is he from that Evil Force
or something?"
"That's…”
"Why? Where's he from?"
"We couldn't identify him. We do not know where he is from, sir."
Chief Song Wigang's words made Hou Ilhyung frustrated.
"So, he's unidentified?"
He had never seen an unidentified Yulinian while he had been working as a Vice
Director. He had heard of an unidentified Yulinian being arrested in other cities, but
he had never thought the problem could also be his own.
"What does he say? Does he say anything?"
"He's been silent ever since he came to HQ."
"Bah. Oh, what about dropping from the sky thing? I think he's very suspicious. Do
you think he may have some connection with someone higher up?"
He wasn't talking about criminals involved in petty crimes. There were Yulin
organizations who had connections with giant companies and powerful politicians.
Those organizations weren't easy to deal with even for the PSB.
'This doesn't sound good.'
They had to bring in the criminal, but they did not know anything about the
individual they had in the compound.
"We scanned his retinas and got his fingerprints, but nothing showed up. We did call
in Doctor Jo for a blood test right before you came in. I think the blood sample should
be ready by now."
"Ugh. Let's go take a look."
They were talking a bit more in front of the elevator, but they soon walked toward
the interrogation room. The man was being held in the 4th Interrogation room. Two
men walked into the door next to the room.
"Vice Director."
A short-haired woman and well-built man quickly got up and saluted. They were
both detectives from the 3rd Homicides Department Team.
"Quiet."
Hou Ilgyung raised his finger to his lips to make detectives go silent. One could see
the interrogation room. It was possible to look into it, but the same wasn't possible
from the inside. There was a lone table inside the room with young man with long
hair and a pale white face sitting down on the chair in front of it. It was Chun
Yeowun.
-I will take a small blood sample for checking your identity. I am not trying to hurt
you.
They heard a voice through the speaker inside. It was Jo Sejong from the PSB Medical
Department, trying to persuade Chun Yeowun.
"Is it him?"
"Yes, sir."
"He looks like he came out from a movie. Why does he still have a weapon?"
“…I'm sorry, sir."
Hou Ilgyung didn't like the fact the man still had his weapon. He then got up closer to
the window to have a closer look. It was then.
‘…H-huh?!'
Chun Yeowun immediately turned his head and looked straight into Hou Ilgyung's
eyes. It should look like a mirror from the other side, but Chun Yeowun was looking
directly at him. Hou Ilgyung asked Song Wigang behind him, "You sure you can't see
us from the other side?"
"Yes, sir. He can only see himself."
It was only a mirror from the other side.
'Is it just a coincidence?'
Chun Yeowun was looking at Jo Sejong again. Hou Ilgyung just thought it was a
coincidence and began looking closely at Chun Yeowun.
"Is he refusing to take a blood test?"
"I think he considers it harmful to himself."
A woman detective answered from behind. That's when Chun Yeowun shot out his
right arm and spoke.
-Take it if you can.
With the voice, Hou Ilgyung became dumbfounded and shook his head with a frown.
"Does he have some issue with his brain?"
He thought it was too much drama for just a blood test. Jo Sejong over in the other
room seemed to think the same as he sighed and raised his needle. He then wrapped
the rubber tube around Chun Yeowun's right arm.
"Relax. It will only pinch."
He then tried to push in the needle onto Chun Yeowun's vein. But…
Crack
"Huh?"
The needle just broke without pushing into the skin. Jo Sejong thought he had made
some kind of a mistake and replaced the needle. He then spoke to Chun Yeowun.
"You should relax. Don't put any force into your arm."
"I am not doing anything."
"Whew… Alright. Anyway, don't put any force, okay? You might get hurt."
Jo Sejong checked Chun Yeowun's fist to see if he was putting pressure on it. After
checking that Chun Yeowun wasn't doing anything, he then pressed the needle into
the vein again.
Crack!
The second needle broke and Jo Sejong realized he had not made any mistakes. The
needle just broke as if it had been thrust into stone.
'Is this human skin for real?'
Even if the muscles were developed to the limit, needles could still penetrate the skin
they were aimed properly. Jo Sejong tried to change his needle for the third time
when…
grab
"Ugh! W-what are you doing?!"
Chun Yeowun grabbed his wrist. Yeowun then warned him with a low voice.
"You had two chances. It's enough."
"Ughhhh! P-Please! Let me go!"
Jo Sejong shouted loudly as he felt the pain on his wrist as if it would break. This was
a signal he was making to call for help to the detectives in the other room.
"Dammit!"
Two detectives hastily tried to run out, but Chun Yeowun suddenly turned his head
and spoke toward the glass window as if he was looking through it from the
beginning.
-If you try anything funny, I'll break his wrist off.
'?!'
Two detectives became shocked as they were trying to go out. They did feel Chun
Yeowun was watching them through the window a few times, but they had believed
it to be a coincidence.
Yeowun then got up from his seat.
"Aaaaaaaargh! P-please! Let go!"
Jo Sejong screamed in pain, but Yeowun ignored it and walked closer to the window.
'Huh???'
Yeowun stopped where Hou Ilgyung was standing across the window. Hou Ilgyung
was now certain that Chun Yeowun was actually looking right into the window at
him. Hou Ilgyung became pale.
Yeowun spoke.
-You look like you are higher in rank than the other guys.
'UGH!'
Hou Ilgyung became afraid and took several steps back.
The room next to the interrogation room became dead silent. Everyone couldn't take
their eyes off the special glass. Vice Director Hou Ilgyung was so shocked that he
couldn't even take his eyes off, and he spoke to Song Wigang standing behind him.
“…Chief Song. Are you sure it's not visible from the other side?"
"I… it's not possible to see it from the other side… unless if you are using a seethrough glass…”
There were special spectacles that could allow one to see through specially treated
glass like the glass they were standing in front of. But Chun Yeowun was talking to
them as if the glass was as transparent as any other normal piece of glass.
"And how the hell can he see me right through the glass then?!" Hou Ilgyung shouted
angrily. Song Wigang couldn't answer the question, and the female detective who
was about to move into the interrogation room spoke.
"Director. Maybe he is just acting to play tricks on us. Maybe he cannot see us."
"Hmm?"
"It's common to see the interrogation room and the special glass in movies or TV
shows these days. There's no way he can know that someone is standing here across
the window."
Hou Ilgyung shook his head disappointingly at the female detective. She was wrong
as Chun Yeowun saw straight into Hou Ilgyung's eyes and even said that he seemed
to be a high-ranking official.
'That man is Yulinian. We cannot think of him as an ordinary man.'
Hou Ilgyung calmed himself to think straight about what was going on. He was the
Vice Director not only because he bribed and befriended many higher-ranking
people, but he did agree to something that the female detective said.
'It may be right that he is trying to shake us up.'
If that was true, then he couldn't stand there and stay shook. He had to stand firm
and not play into the criminal's trick. Even if the criminal could see through the
special window, the window's sound deadening or bulletproof strength still had to
work. Hou Ilgyung pressed the button on the machine in front of the window and
closed in on the microphone to speak.
"Can you see inside this space?"
He knew that for certain, but he needed to make sure.
-Did you think I cannot see inside?
'!!!'
Hou Ilgyung frowned at Chun Yeowun's voice coming through the speaker. It was
certain that Chun Yeowun was observing them through the window. It was as if it
was Chun Yeowun who was observing them instead of them observing the criminal.
‘…Bastard.'
Hou Ilyung became annoyed by Chun Yeowun's somewhat arrogant reaction. But
Hou Ilgyung remained calm and pressed the button again to speak.
"Please let go of the doctor."
Hou Ilgyung asked for Chun Yeowun to let go of Doctor Jo Sejong. Chun Yeowun was
still holding onto the doctor's wrist as if he was now a hostage.
-Ugghhh… P-please!!
Jo Sejong pleaded Chun Yeowun with a terrified look. Hou Ilgyung continued calmly.
"Let go of him, and I will make sure you will not be charged for this."
He was trying to negotiate with Chun Yeowun.
"I am the Vice Director of the PSB. I have the power to do so."
-Vice Director?
"The only one who has higher authority is the Director. It is okay for you to believe
me."
-Hmm.
Of course, it was a lie that Hou Ilgyung was willing to weaken the charge that was
going to be put on Chun Yeowun. Hou Ilgyung was dead set on pushing multiple
charges as much as possible.
'I will put you into a hell hole.'
He just couldn't show his intention as there were surveillance cameras everywhere,
and detectives watching him. He had to act as if he was trying to negotiate so that
they could free the hostage.
"B-but you can't negotiate with the criminal…”
"I will take responsibility."
"Vice Director…”
All detectives thought Hou Ilgyung was trying hard to save Doctor Jo Sejong. Of
course, that was Hou Ilgyung's intention to make him look like he was doing
everything he could to save lives. And there was another reason why Hou Ilgyung
was speaking of negotiation.
'Hah. I will never negotiate with a stupid criminal.'
Hou Ilgyung was looking at something. He was looking Doctor Jo Sejong's other
hand, which was free from Chun Yeowun's grasp, unlike the other hand. The hand
was half into the pocket with a needle with a sedative in his hand. He was a doctor,
but he was also a PSB agent. There was no way he went in unprepared into the
interrogation room with a criminal.
'He'll just need a little diversion… ' Hou Ilgyung thought. All that was required was to
make Chun Yeowun not realize what was happening. Hou Ilgyung tapped on the
button again and spoke through the microphone.
"We will not do the blood test. Please, let go of the hostage…”
-Aaaaaaaaaaargh!
The sound of screaming of Jo Sejong came through the speaker even before Hou
Ilgyung could finish his sentence. Jo Sejong's arm broke and clung on helplessly, with
Jo Sejong rolling on the ground with pain. Hou Ilgyung became furious and shouted
into the microphone with a vein popping up on his forehead.
"You ASSHOLE! What do you think you are doing?!"
He didn't expect something would happen before the needle was put on into the
target. Chun Yeowun then smirked and spoke to him.
-You are dumb. I can see right through the mirror. You think I didn't know that?
'Dammit… '
Hou Ilgyung became lost for words. Chun Yeowun acted as if he was looking straight
through the window, so Hou Ilgyung had forgotten that the window was originally
like a mirror on the other side of the room.
'Argh!!'
He would have stopped Jo Sejong from trying that if Hou Ilgyung realized the
window was the mirror. He became dumbfounded of his mistake while Chun Yeowun
asked,
-Do you think I would take such a man as a hostage?
"What?!"
-Don't do anything stupid. Don't think I'm here because I was afraid of you all.
Chun Yeowun warned and Hou Ilgyung slammed the window with his fist.
-BAM-
"Y… you bastard!!"
He couldn't keep his calm anymore. Song Wigang and the other two detectives
couldn't say anything as they were afraid of Hou Ilgyung becoming furious.
'How dare he threaten the Vice Director of the PSB?! I will not let him!'
He was dumbfounded. Chun Yeowun wasn't acting like a criminal trapped inside the
interrogation room. Hou Ilgyung shook while pressing his fist against the window.
He then thought of something strange.
'Huh? Did I press the microphone button just now?'
He didn't realize because he was so angry back then. He didn't think he pressed the
button when he spat out just moments ago. He then asked Chief Song Wigang, “…Did
I just press the microphone button?"
"Huh??"
It was easy to know that he didn't just by looking at how Song Wigang reacted. When
Jo Sejong screamed in pain of his broken arm, Hou Ilgyung had taken his hand off the
button.
'H… he can hear!'
The interrogation room was supposedly soundproof so that no sound could be heard
from the other room. But Chun Yeowun seemed to be able to listen through the
sound. Hou Ilgyung then glared through the window with his shaking eyes.
"Y… you… what are you?"
Chun Yeowun then answered the question grumpily.
-I have no need to tell you that. Don't annoy me any further while I'm here. This is
my final warning.
"HAH!"
Hou Ilgyung became dumbfounded. Chun Yeowun was talking as if he was going to
walk out of that room on his own soon enough, even if Hou Ilgyung had no intention
of letting Chun Yeowun walk out of there in the first place. Hou Ilgyung's body shook
with rage, and asked Chief Song Wigang, "The 4th and 5th are interrogation rooms
for superhumans, right?"
"Y-yes, sir. He's a Yulinian so we put him here…”
"Good."
He asked to confirm everything. The room Chun Yeowun was in was specially made
for those with special powers. There were a lot of Yulinians or people with special
powers that did not cooperate because of their personal powers. That's why the
rooms were created with special metals and special windows. The window itself was
made so it could resist 15 minutes of constant rifle shooting.
Hou Ilgyung popped open a safety glass next to the microphone. There were two
buttons. The green one on the left was a sedative gas, and the red one on the right
was for unleashing powerful tear gas. It was a suppressor for criminals with heavy
resistance.
"Hmm…”
Hou Ilgyung took a deep breath and looked over to the window and spoke. If Chun
Yeowun could hear, then there was no need to press the microphone button.
"I don't care what background you might have."
"…”
"I've been working as a PSB agent for 24 years. I have seen hundreds of one like you,
not caring about anything because of your own arrogance."
He was talking calmly, but his voice was shaking from rage. His finger went over to
the red button. Song Wigang became shocked and hastily spoke to Hou Ilgyung.
"V-Vice Director! Doctor Jo is still in that room!"
"Stay still!"
Hou Ilgyung made Song Wigang stand back by flashing his palm to him and glared at
Chun Yeowun to continue.
"Did you say not to annoy you until you get out of here?! You crazy bastard. I promise
you as the Vice Director of PSB, you will not walk out of that room. If you do, I will
arrest you as a special criminal, and you will not even hear a trial and be sentenced
to tens of…”
-BAMMMMIt was then that Chun Yeowun slammed his palm on the special glass. It was just his
palm, but the glass shook as if it had been slammed with a large fist. But there was
no damage. Vice Director flinched, but he quickly noticed that the window was not
damaged and gave a smirk.
"Hah! You think this is just some regular window? It will not break to a mere…”
-CRACK'?!'
Before he could finish, the window began to crack from where Chun Yeowun's palm
was placed. It wasn't like he slammed the window again either.
The window began to shake itself with Chun Yeowun's palm at the center. The
shaking began to grow more violent.
'D-dammit!!'
Hou Ilgyung became frantic and tried to press the red button. It was then—
-CRASH!!!"Aaargh!"
"Kyaaaah!"
The window shattered and turned into powder, and the observation room was now
open. Hou Ilgyung, Song Wigang, and the two detectives were thrown to the wall
from the force.
"Ugh…!"
"Unnngh…”
It was fortunate that the window particles turned into powder, or else it would have
penetrated into their bodies. They became shocked and they were in pain from being
slammed into the wall.
That's when Hou Ilgyung heard a footstep. He was not in the right mind, but he felt
something was dangerous and tried to take out a handgun from his pocket when he
was pulled up into the air.
"UGH!"
-BAM!
"NNGH!"
He was then thrown onto the wall and pinned against the wall with his arms and legs
stretched out. Unknown power was pushing him up against the wall and he couldn't
move.
"Vice Director!"
One of the detectives took out a gun, and the female detective also got up quickly and
took out a gun.
-Ssshhh
"Huh?!"
"M-my gun!"
But two of their guns were immediately pulled out of their hand and tossed away. It
flew over to Chun Yeowun who was now standing inside the observation room. He
grabbed both guns in his hand and clenched.
-Crrrack!
Two guns immediately shattered as if they were made out of frail plastic pieces. All
that dropped were pieces of metal.
'H… how can that be… '
Song Wigang couldn't even get up and just saw what was happening. The male
detective then charged toward Chun Yeowun, but Yeowun waved his hand and threw
the man against the wall. He slammed so hard that he fainted.
'W… what the hell is happening?'
Hou Ilgyung became afraid. He had seen many Yulinians in the past, but this man
was not like any of them Chun Yeowun walked up to him and spoke in a low voice.
"I warned you."
It was Hou Ilgyung who did not listen to the warning. Chun Yeowun then grabbed his
own chin and spoke with a grin.
"Hostage… yeah. You should make a fine hostage."
"Hah… hah…”
Heavy pants could be heard from the 4th Interrogation room. The man drenched
with sweat was the Vice Director of the PSB, Hou Ilgyung. He was sitting down on the
chair, but with an awkward look on his face. Both arms were laying low helplessly
with his shoulders drooping, proving that his joints had been pulled.
'Aaargh… that bastard… he pulled my arm!'
Hou Ilgyung cursed the one who did this to him. It seemed like his shoulder joint was
pulled, but his elbow was also pulled off. He couldn't even move without feeling
severe pain.
'How in the world did I turn into this?'
He then saw the man sitting across from him. It was Chun Yeowun on the chair with
his eyes shut. He looked very calm as if he was meditating.
'Damn bastard. Is he free from any worries because he has me as a hostage?'
Yes. That was how it turned out. He had become a hostage to Chun Yeowun and was
now sitting on the chair of the PSB interrogation room even when he was the Vice
Director of this compound.
'DAMMIT!'
It was unfortunate that he revealed his rank from the beginning. He was the best
hostage Chun Yeowun could have. After taking Hou Ilgyung as a hostage, Yeowun
warned others not to annoy him and drove Song Wigang and the two detectives out
of the room. With the special glass window shattered, both rooms were now almost
the same as just one room.
'Where are the others?!'
Hou Ilgyung glanced into the surveillance camera up on the ceiling. Without the
observation room, the only place to look into both rooms from the outside was from
the main camera room.
'They should do something! And where are those bastards? Shouldn't they be here
by now?'
Hou Ilgyung became furious. According to what Song Wigang had said, the Special
Tactical Force was on their way back to headquarters. Even if they were outside near
the wall, it should only take 40 minutes. But there was no sign of them yet. He was in
a painful situation; his arms hurt all over and he couldn't even move because of Chun
Yeowun sitting in front of him.
'Ugh… Damn you, Chief Song. I will send you out to a remote office once I get out of
this hell.'
He blamed Chief Song Wigang for bringing him back to the post after work hours.
Hou Ilgyung then decided he couldn't wait until his rescue and glanced over at Chun
Yeowun. It was late at night, so he thought maybe Chun Yeowun had fallen asleep.
Yeowun did not even move.
Hou Ilgyung then carefully tried to move up from the seat.
"Move one step, and I will shatter your legs so you won't move."
'UGH!'
Hou Ilgyung was startled. He got up very slightly, and Chun Yeowun spoke even
without opening his eyes. Hou Ilgyung then went back down on the chair. Yeowun
was closing his eyes, but he seemed to be able to sense anything moving easily.
"Maybe I should've started with your legs from the beginning."
'!!!!'
Chun Yeowun mumbled annoyingly, and Hou Ilgyung lost all hope of escaping. He
then thought to himself.
'What is he doing with his eyes closed? Does he not even sleep?'
It was crazy. There was a reason why Chun Yeowun was meditating right now. He
was taking time to absorb all the information he had acquired after coming to this
world.
'This is an interesting and unique world.'
Chun Yeowun was surprised by the future world that relied on electricity. Not only
that, but the culture and society were very different from the world he knew before.
'A world without the Imperial Family… '
That was what shocked Chun Yeowun the most. In his time, the presence of the
Emperor was very normal. There was nothing else. But here, in the future, there was
no Emperor. He found out that there were a few other foreign countries that had
royal families, but they were merely symbolic figures rather than actual
governmental entities. Even Chun Yeowun, who was calm and collected in most
cases, was very surprised by this.
'Maybe this is how time flows… '
Even the Nano Machine was the embodiment of unimaginable technology. The only
reason why Chun Yeowun was so calm in this situation was because of Nano which
was even more advanced than the time he was in.
'Anyways, Nano. Is the information you gave me only partial?'
[Yes. The wireless internet connection was disconnected ever since we came into the
PSB Headquarters. That is all the information I was able to muster.]
The time given to Nano to organize every piece of information in this vast, modern
world was so short that it was only partial. The PSB did not use public internet as it
would jeopardize their security. And on their way here, the Tactical Team's bus had a
radio interruption device interfered with data mining. Chun Yeowun had to take
whatever Nano could salvage in the meantime.
'Nano, I want to ask you one thing. I heard you are made hundreds of years from
now. Why can't you just send me information that you already know instead of
collecting new data?'
This was what Chun Yeowun was confused about. He didn't think Nano would be
required to take in new data. Chun Yeowun would not have asked such questions
before, but after taking in modern information, he learned about the existence of the
computer and the internet, so he became curious.
[There are large discrepancies between the saved information and the actual
information.]
'What?'
[History, society, culture, technology… most categories show large discrepancies to
the saved data. I had to process it to analyze and discern it.]
Chun Yeowun couldn't understand what Nano was saying. This meant that this world
was different from what Nano was knowledgeable about. Chun Yeowun frowned
with his eyes closed.
'How can that happen?'
Nano then came up with a fact that was close to the truth.
[It is likely that we have arrived in a different axis of time.]
'Different axis of time…? Oh!'
Chun Yeowun then remembered what his descendant from the future had said to
him. The descendant, Chun Musung, explained why he existed even though the past
had changed in relation to the axis of time. With the different decisions or incidents
happening in the past, the dimension of the universe was split up and changed the
axis of the time.
'Then that means this world is entirely different from the world I was in.'
Then the information from the timeframe Nano had in its database was useless. They
had to start from zero when it came to collecting information.
'How can we return to my world then?'
He had a reason to go back. Starting with the Demonic Cult he was leading, Mun Ku
and his unborn baby were all in the past now. He couldn't stay lost in time like this
forever. Chun Yeowun then asked Nano.
'Nano. When can we have the machine that moves time to… huh?'
Chun Yeowun stopped asking Nano and opened his eyes. He then looked up at the
ceiling.
'Huh? What's he doing?'
Hou Ilgyung also became confused as Chun Yeowun began to act strangely.
2nd floor of Simyang City PSB Headquarters. The office of the Homicides
Department was in a troubled state. All detectives were summoned to HQ, but they
couldn't find any answers to the situation. The Vice Director of the PSB was being
held hostage, but there was no way to rescue him. The female detective with bruises
on her face entered the office and the Chief spoke to her.
"Any problem with the rooms?"
"I checked through the camera. They aren't not moving. The Vice Director is still
safe."
She just returned from the surveillance room to check on the interrogation room.
Chief Song Wigang slammed the desk.
"Safe?! You call that safe?!"
They all saw the Vice Director being treated in right in front of their eyes. They
witness both his shoulders and elbows being pulled out of their joints, along with
Hou Ilgyung screaming in pain. He even pissed from the extreme pain.
“…At least he didn't seem to inflict any more harm."
The female detective answered with a hint of complaint in her voice. Song Wigang
couldn't meet her eyes. After all, Chief Song was the only person who couldn't do
anything against the criminal while in the room. He couldn't go after the female
detective, afraid that she might spill what happened in that room.
"Dammit! Where are the 5th Special Forces?"
He then questioned another detective in annoyance. The detective on the radio
dispatcher answered carefully.
"They are not responding after the last message we sent an hour ago."
"Hah…”
Song Wigang sighed. The Special Force would've arrived at Headquarters a long time
ago if everything worked out. But they too had a problem on their way back. They
were ambushed by Yulinians who seemed to be connected with the Yulinians they
arrested on their bus. Because of that, the detectives were given no help from the
special unit and they couldn't do anything else but wait. Song Wigang became
frustrated.
'It's only a matter of days before evaluations…!'
He didn't think something like this would happen even in his dreams. The Vice
Director was taken as a hostage right in front of his eyes. If he did not solve this
issue, it was likely that he would get demoted.
"Dammit! And we don't even have the criminal's identity! This is shame to the
Simyang PSB."
"Sir…”
A detective spoke to Song Wigang who was in rage. Song Wigang shouted, "WHAT!"
"Why don't we contact the Yulin Organization of Simyang instead?"
Song Wigang frowned. Everyone knew the reason why Song Wigang frowned. The
Yulin Organization was not a government-owned entity. It was shameful contact
private organizations just because government enforcement could not handle
situation.
-Grit
Song Wigang gritted his teeth and spat.
"Nonsense! What do you think it will look like if we ask for help to…”
"I mean, can we at least ask for the man's identity?"
"Identity?"
"You know the Yulin Organization is pushing for their own control over their
members?"
“…Yeah."
Chief Song Wigang became interested in the idea. In fact, they were sitting ducks at
the moment. Any idea would help.
"They always try to solve their own problems. I think they will be interested in the
unregistered Yulinian."
"You mean, you want to use that as bait?"
"Yes. We can probably check if the man really is unregistered, and if they do show
interest…”
"Then they will move in their own interest even without our request. That's a good
idea! You should've told me earlier."
The detective frowned at Song Wigang's complement. Anyhow, Song Wigang then
searched through the contacts list for Simyang's Yulin Organization and pressed the
button on the phone.
-beep beep
After pushing the buttons, he was connected to the familiar sound of music through
the phone.
-We are the proud descendants of Yulin. We will honor our ancestors for their honor
and chivalry~
It was an old folk song with different lyrics. Song Wigang frowned as he heard the
music.
"Ugh, look at their song! Are they still from 30 years ago?"
Before he could finish though, the song stopped and a voice came to him.
-Simyang Yulin Organization.
"Hello. This is Simyang PSB…”
-We are currently off our business hours. Please call back during normal…
"GOD DAMMIT!"
-Slam!
Song Wigang became furious and slammed the phone down onto the desk. It was
almost midnight. It was of course, not business hours for any office.
"Dammit! Damn those stupid orgnizations! Do they even work?!"
Then, he heard tires skidding outside the open window. One of the detectives peeked
out the window, and spoke with a bright face.
"Chief! The 5th Special Force is here!"
Five buses were lined up near the right building of the Simyang PSB Headquarters. A
few of the buses were in terrible shape with damage all over. However, these were
still drivable since these buses were specially made for people with special powers.
"Move in slowly! Don't step on there!"
Special Force agents came out with heavy arms and herded criminals from the inside
of the bus to the inside of the building. All of them had specially-made handcuffs and
leg locks. Most were heavily injured and had no power to resist as they were almost
dragged into the building. But not all complied.
"Let me go! Let me go you assholes!"
A muscular man with a bald head was resisting. His name was Sohn Mengdal. He was
one of the leaders of Fire Head, the traditional evil force clan. They were originally a
Yulin clan, but they had evolved into more organized mob in recent years. But even
then, they were still members of Yulin at heart. Even though he couldn't use his
internal energy due to the special handcuffs, he still resisted against two special
agents. That's when someone appeared and kicked his stomach.
"Argh!"
Two agents weren't enough to hold him down, but the man's kick was so strong that
it threw Sohn Mengdal back, making him spit blood from his mouth. He became
furious and shouted while wiping the blood off his mouth.
"Argh…! You damn bitch! How dare you use internal energy against someone who is
powerless because of this stupid handcuff!"
If it wasn't for the kick that had internal energy, he would not have spilled blood. The
special agent unit who kicked him then took off the protective helmet from his head.
He had short hair and looked to be in his early 30s. He was Yumchan, the squad
leader of the 5th Special Force.
"You're just drug dealer, Sohn Mengdal. Don't give us more hard time. Be thankful
that we didn't kill you on the spot."
The Chinese government had zero leniency toward drug dealing. It was because the
Chinese land had suffered from opium a long time ago.
"You Forces of Evil never change, even the world changes. Handling drugs… hah."
Yumchan then tried to kick Sohn Mengdal again, but someone jumped in to stop him.
"Yum, stop. He's already in our custody."
"Chief Yi."
It was the Chief Yi Taekyun, of the Special Crimes Unit Department. The department
handled criminals with special powers such as Yulinians, and the Chief was also a
Yulinian who was trained in martial arts.
"But this fool couldn't get things straight…”
"You are a PSB Agent. I understand how you feel, but we should throw these ones
into the cells and move on with our work."
“…Yes, sir."
Yi Taekyun was higher in rank, so Yumchan calmed down and obeyed the order.
"Take him away."
"Yes, sir."
Other agents from the back then grabbed Sohn Mengdal and dragged him away. Sohn
Mengdal then glared at Chief Yi Taekyun and spat sarcastically.
"Trying to play a good cop…? You are all same dogs."
"What?"
"We may be drug dealers, but we ain't no government dogs like you! BAH!"
SPIT
Dirty spit was thrown onto Chief Yi Taekyun's jacket. Yi Taekyun then grinned.
'No!'
Yumchan frowned. He thought he should stop it, but it was too late. Yi Taekyun's
hand was already on Sohn Mengdal's face.
"UGH!"
'H… he's eyes!'
Yi Taekyun was glaring at Sohn Mengdal with disgust. His attitude changed 180
degrees in a second.
"Government dogs…? You should've stopped before going so far. You've gone too far,
you worthless piece of garbage."
Yi Taekyun brought up his internal energy to bring up Sohn Mengdal and slammed
him into the ground.
"Aaaaargh!"
Blood began to drop from his head. His internal energy was locked, so there was no
way he could protect himself from the damage.
"Don't think you are noble. You are still criminals that people hate, and we are the
people's defender."
"Ugh!"
Yi Taekyun then kicked Sohn Mengdal's head, and with brief gasp of pain, Sohn
Mengdal became immobile.
'Whew… '
Yumchan became dumbfounded. Yi Taekyun was usually calm and collected, but he
was famous for not stopping when he became angry.
"Whew."
A special agent unit checked to see if Sohn Mengdal was alive, and sighed in relief
when he checked that Sohn Mengdal was still breathing. It seemed he had fainted
due to the damage to his head.
'Idiot. You shouldn't have done that to Chief Yi.'
Yumchan thought to himself. Yi Taekyun had killed more than 10 criminals once
because he couldn't hold his anger back. It was rumored that Yi Taekyun was once a
Yulinian from the Forces of Evil in the past.
"Take him away."
"Yes, sir."
Agents took Sohn Mengdal and dragged him into the building. And while that was
happening, a familiar face appeared in the front of Yi Taekyun.
“…Have you finished escorting the criminals?"
"Ah… Chief Song."
Song Wigang had been here since five minutes ago, but he didn't approach them as it
seemed like something was going on.
1st floor of the Headquarter building, surveillance room. Chief Yi Taekyun was
looking at the large screen that was showing the 4th Interrogation room on the 5th
underground floor of the building. What he saw was the recording of what happened
two and a half hours ago. Yumchan and the other special units leaders seemed
concerned after checking the video. One of them, Dong Jomyung, spoke with
concerned voice.
"Chief, if I'm not wrong…”
“…Superior master level."
Chief Yi Taekyun said with heavy voice. The team leaders here were all familiar with
the different stages of Yulinians. Using such force energy was proof that the person
was at the stage of superior master level, a very high stage that only a selected few
could achieve.
'And that kind of man is unregistered?'
That was the most curious part of it all, as the man seemed to be extremely powerful
to be hidden. Chief Song Wigang then asked carefully, "Chief Yi. What do you think?"
The only hope he now had was Chief Yi Taekyun and his teammates. If they couldn't
rescue the Vice Director from being captured as hostage, it was evident that Song
Wigang was going to be demoted for sure.
"We have to rescue the Vice Director as fast as we can."
Chief Yi Taekyun asked back, "Did you say you couldn't find anything from his retina
scan or fingerprints?"
"No. We tried to do the blood tests also, but he resisted heavily on that and…”
He didn't add what happened after as they all saw what happened through the
recorded video.
"Hm… Something's not right."
"You think so?"
"If he had nothing to hide, then he would not resist from being searched of his
identity. Maybe he has some connection with some big ones."
Song Wigang also nodded as he agreed with his thoughts. Dropping from the sky to
surrendering himself to the PSB, everything about the guy seemed suspicious. Yi
Taekyun then got up from his seat.
"Whew… then we have no choice. Let's hurry as we don't have time."
"No time?"
"We have to get rid of him within 24 hours."
"What are you talking about?"
Song Wigang became confused, and Yi Taekyun pointed his finger at Chun Yeowun
on the monitor.
"You said he warned to not annoy him until he goes out, right?"
"Yeah. He's one arrogant fool."
Song Wigang gritted his teeth furiously.
"If he's a superior master level, he could have gotten away no matter how many
tactical units we had on the scene. But he walked in here willingly, meaning he is
trying to walk out here legally."
"Legally?"
"If he has a connection to someone higher up, there will be a movement on trying to
take him out before a 24-hour window, or before he is put on trial after a formal
investigation."
"Ah!"
Song Wigang nodded, seemingly astounded by Yi Taekyun's foresight. Song Wigang
was only worried about the safety of the Vice Director that he couldn't think
otherwise. Surely enough, Yi Taekyun was a talented PSB agent. Song Wigang
brightened up from the trust and Yi Taekyun asked him, "Is it okay to kill him if
needed?"
"Huh?"
Song Wigang became dumbfounded after he was almost relieved. It was Simyang
City Hall's direct order to capture this man alive and investigate. He was going to ask
to bring him in alive.
"Can't you take him in alive?"
“…You are asking too much against a superior master warrior. I can do that if you are
okay with sacrificing half our team."
All team leaders nodded in agreement. Song Wigang was not familiar with Yulinian
or its different stages, but he too sensed that it was very dangerous.
'Yeah… taking him alive will require more work. And we might lose him while trying
to do that. It's more important to rescue the Vice Director.'
Song Wigang only cared for his own position. He then decided on what to do and
asked again.
"Then… you sure you can kill him?"
About hours later, the 5th Special Forces and all team leaders of the Special Crimes
Unit team finished preparations to move in on both sides of stairs by the elevator.
They were teams of ten units. Unlike how Yi Taekyun said they must hurry, they
were going in late midnight. Of course, this was also part of the plan. Yi Taekyun
heard the 2nd team leader's radio message through his earphone.
-Chief. Don't you think the superior master stage man will wake up from his sleep as
soon as he feels us?
"Even if he does, it's different enough that he will not be ready. We have to make it so
that he will be completely unprepared. Focus on the mission."
-Yes, sir.
Yi Taekyun's voice seemed edgy. Everything had been prepared, but he couldn't relax
as they were against a superior master warrior. All the other teammates felt the
same way.
"Turn on the camera."
All members turned the button on the cameras on their helmets. Then, Yi Taekyun
was shown all his teammates' videos through his goggles. All other teammates saw
the same videos, and they also had vision of the surveillance camera within the
interrogation room.
'Hmm.'
The video showed the target, Chun Yeowun, still sitting down with his eyes closed. It
wasn't clear if he was sleeping or not. But it was sure that Hou Ilgyung, the Vice
Director of PSB, was falling asleep as his head was slightly tilted to the side.
"We might not be aware of the screen. Keep watch on the surveillance camera."
-Yes, sir.
The goggle showed many small screens, so it was easy to miss on every picture.
"A, B team. Move in on the staircase.
-Yes, sir.
With Yi Taekyun's orders, all teams began descending the stairs. About 20 members
were moving, but their footsteps were soundless. It was the help of their speciallymade walkers that deafened sound.
-A team reporting. 2nd floor of the left stairs.
-B team reporting. 2nd floor of the right stairs.
They were moving very slowly, trying to be as quiet as possible as they went step by
step down the staircase. Yi Taekyun checked the surveillance camera again, became
relieved, and ordered to move again. The teams began to move further down the
stairs again. It was only about a 3-minute descent if they ran, but it took them almost
about 20 minutes until they got down to the 5th floor corridor.
-A team, at the 5th floor.
-B team, at the 5th floor.
Yi Taekyun, who couldn't take his eyes off from the surveillance camera of the
interrogation room, smiled. It seemed like it was right to move down during late
hours. In the video, Chun Yeowun was still closing his eyes without doing anything.
"Move in as planned. Throw the Anti-Energy Tear Gas."
Anti-Energy Tear Gas. It was specially made gas just to fight against Yulinians. The
gas contained toxic chemicals that worked to dissipate internal energy and paralyze
the target's nervous system.
A and B team silently opened the emergency door and threw five tear gas bombs
from each side down the corridor. Two or three were enough to cover the entire 5th
floor, but they were against the superior master level man, so they used 10 of those
expensive gas bombs.
The gas bomb worked silently to unleash the gas and filled the entire place. The gas
had no color or smell, so it was hard to notice that something was up. After 5
minutes, all units relaxed a bit from the tension.
'Whew… I was worried about fighting a superior master Yulinian. That was easy.'
'Maybe we can take him in alive.'
And it wasn't only them who were thinking the same thing. Yi Taekyun, who had
been looking at the surveillance camera in front of the elevator, was also sure that
this mission was going to end well. Taking in 5 minutes of the gas was going to make
even the superior master Yulinian to lose their internal energy and become
paralyzed.
"A, B team. Wait until we go down the elevator, and move in on my signal."
-Yes, sir.
Yi Taekyun heard the answer and spoke to the agent on standby.
"Open the elevator door. We'll move down through the elevator rope."
"Yes, sir."
They were going to open the elevator carriage's ceiling and move down by rope. It
looked okay to go down the floor by elevator, but they had to be careful of every
possible situation. When the agent pressed the button on the elevator, the door
opened.
And that's when something unexpected happened.
'?!'
Inside the elevator, a long-haired young man was standing by the wall. It was the
target, Chun Yeowun.
'W-what?!'
It was unbelievable. The surveillance camera that Yi Taekyun saw through the
googles still showed Chun Yeowun sitting down in the interrogation room with his
eyes closed. But why was he in the elevator?
"D-dammit!"
All units became shocked and tried to aim their rifles toward Chun Yeowun, but
Yeowun disappeared and soon reappeared in front of Chief Yi Taekyun's eyes.
'UGH!'
Yi Taekyun became shocked and tried to jump back to avoid the attack, but it was too
late.
Grab
He was grabbed by Chun Yeowun on the neck. The grasp was so strong that it felt like
if his neck was going to snap in a matter of seconds.
"KEK! KEK!"
Yi Taekyun couldn't even breathe and fought to free himself from the grasp, but it
was no use. Chun Yeowun then spoke to him in an annoyed voice.
"How long are you going to make me wait?"
-Emergency! Emergency! This is the Surveillance Room! The target is inside the
elevator! All units move up!
"What?"
"What's going on?!"
All special unit members and their team leaders became shocked. They were all
relieved that their mission seemed to be smooth sailing up until now. The situation
turned south in a matter of seconds.
"What?!"
"What is with this video then?!"
The surveillance camera inside the interrogation room still showed Chun Yeowun on
the chair with his eyes closed. But they also saw the target on Chief Yi Taekyun's
camera in the worst possible state.
-UGH!!
"Dammit!"
They heard Yi Taekyun's moan through the radio and quickly began running up the
stairs. Squad Leader Yumchan and Baek Wumun of the 1st team moved up quicker
than the others by using their stepping skills. They couldn't let their leader Yi
Taekyun be taken down.
At the same time, the air in front of the elevator was heavy. No one dared to move,
and they only aimed their rifles at Chun Yeowun who was grabbing Yi Taekyun's
neck.
It was a few seconds, but all members felt sweat running down their faces. They felt
like they were standing in front of a predator.
'I couldn't even see.'
'It's not like I blinked… '
The target was faster than them bring up their rifles. They all had to accept what
they were seeing.
'This… is the superior master level!'
It wasn't like any other Yulinian criminal they had faced until now. Among Yulinians,
ones that were called the best asset to the humans in the world after the Gate
opened started from that stage.
'Chief!'
They couldn't think of what to do as their leader was taken hostage in seconds. The
sound of gagging showed that Yi Taekyun was in serious danger. That's when Yi
Taekyun spoke.
"Ugh… Y… you waited… you said?"
His eyes through his helmet were shaking. If what Chun Yeowun said was true, then
he had sensed all of them all the way down from the 5th floor. Even if he was a
superior master warrior, that was way beyond the power Yi Taekyun had imagined.
'He's not just at the entry to the superior master stage… at least established… or
atthe end stage. How can such a monster not be known in the world?'
The entry and the end stage of the superior master stage were different in power.
This didn't make sense at all. While he was confused, Chun Yeowun said, "It sure is
different."
"What?"
Yi Taekyun gawked at Chun Yeowun's sudden comment. Chun Yeowun didn't seem to
care about the answer the question however.
"Three master stage… 8 first class… 3 with weird energy… and 16 is so-so… hmm…”
'?!'
Yi Taekyun became shocked. This man was analyzing all of their units and their
powers accurately. Taekyun, Yumchan, and Baek Wumun were the only ones at the
master stage. The target also knew the number of team members they had.
‘…H-he's a dangerous man.'
Unlike Yi Taekyun, Chun Yeowun was very curious. The future Yulin he had heard
from his descendant was almost down to nothing. It didn't mean that this Special
Force was outstanding, but it was different from what he had heard before.
'I guess this is the different axis of time, as Nano said.'
According to his own time, these people were just government peacekeepers in a
remote region and still had some power. It was easy to guess the power level of the
world. This truth made Yeowun to be more certain of Nano's theory. But whatever
the case, he had to get rid of them first.
[I will take care of everything by 12 hours. But please refrain from doing anything
while you are there.]
Jo Yusung from the mysterious organization had advised him of this. He spoke
politely, but it meant that Chun Yeowun should not do anything while he was here.
However, Yeowun was not the type to stay silent when he was being attacked. He
didn't even bow toward his Emperor in the past. It didn't change even when he was
in the future.
"I was going to stay quiet, but it's you guys who ignored my warning. I assume you
are ready for what'ss to come since you are martial artists?"
Chun Yeowun spoke in a low voice and Yi Taekyun choked.
"Ugh… F… y…”
"Hmm?"
"Fuck… YOU!"
With that shout, Yi Taekyun pressed the button inside his left palm. At that, his
equipment unleashed powerful sparks from within. Sparks ran through Chun
Yeowun's hands.
"NOW!"
Yi Taekyun's finger showed a signal and all units pulled their triggers. Bullets fired,
destroying everything around, including the phosphorescent light and turned the
area to darkness. Only gunfire flashes brightened the area. They didn't care about Yi
Taekyun being held by the neck and fired. It seemed as if they were sacrificing the
hostage, but they weren't.
The bullet struck Yi Taekyun's safety equipment, but they couldn't penetrate
through.
"Aaaarggh!'
Yi Taekyun's vest and armor were specially made to be bulletproof. It was strong
enough to even withstand sword qi. But it couldn't absorb all the shock that came
with the bullet, so he had to take in the pain.
'Idiot! You think you are all-powerful because you are at the superior master level?'
He was shocked when Chun Yeowun appeared in the elevator. But he already had
planned for the unexpected event of facing the target face to face.
'Electrical shocks should paralyze his muscles and nerves, so he can't shield himself
with the energy.'
He wasn't expecting to use such harsh measures, but it seemed like it was successful.
And now, when all the bullets had run out, all he had to do was to free himself from
the paralyzed hands on his neck.
grab
'What?!'
The power of the grasp on his neck became stronger. The hand wasn't paralyzed at
all.
'W-what is going on?!'
Yi Taekyun tried to bring up his internal energy to free himself but—
-CRACK
"Ugh…”
His neck was snapped, and with a gasp, his body fell silently.
'?!'
All agents who were firing sensed something was wrong. The video of Yi Taekyun
was swinging aimlessly while looking down.
'Huh? Did he faint?'
They thought a master level could withstand such pain. It was weird, but they
thought they couldn't fire any longer with Yi Taekyun unconscious and one of the
leaders, Punggi shouted.
"Cease fire! Cease fire!"
"Yes, sir!"
They were almost running out of ammo, so they all stopped firing. But it was too
dark to see anything.
'What's going on?'
All units pressed the button on their helmets and their goggles turned their sights to
night vision mode. Their sights turned red and they became shocked by what they
were seeing.
'W… what in the world… '
They had to question the sight before their eyes. They were certain that all the
bullets they fired had mostly hit the target. But all the bullets were hovering in the
air as if they had hit an invisible wall and were stuck there.
'This is impossible… '
It was terrifying to see hundreds of bullets floating in the air. This was not an energy
shield that most Yulinians employed to protect themselves. They were all trained in
martial arts, so they knew what this was and what it wasn't.
"This… is a superior master stage?"
It wasn't an energy shield, but a wall of an air created by powerful energy beyond
imagination. This was not something that could be done even for a superior master
stage warrior.
"Huh?"
That's when they saw Yi Taekyun slumped down on the ground. They figured Yi
Taekyun had fainted by the pain of bullets hitting his armor, but instead, he had
turned into a dead body.
"D-dammmit!! Fire…”
Punggi became shocked and tried to order his team to start firing again, but Chun
Yeowun waved his hand at them. And…
ssssshhhhh
"Aaaaargh!"
"Ugh!"
Hundreds of bullets floating in front of Chun Yeowun shot back toward the Special
Force units and penetrated through them. The bulletproof armor that could
withstand bullets or sword qi were useless against the attack. The bullets pierced
their bodies and they all fell to the ground.
BAM
Agent Gyochung, who was watching from the Surveillance Room, slammed the desk
with his two fists. 9 head cameras from the special force units immediately went
dark as the bullets destroyed the cameras. The only one that was safe was Yi
Taekyun's camera, but it only showed the cold dark corridor floor, so there was no
way to find out what was happening.
"W-what is going on?"
Song Wigang asked him from the side. He too couldn't understand what had
happened just now. He wanted to hear the answer, but Gyochung ignored him and
quickly radioed team A and B.
"Team A! Team B! Mission failed! Mission failed! Do not go to the 1st floor elevator!
Take the stairs and come up to the 5th floor!"
Yi Taekyun and 9 agents were killed in seconds. They couldn't fight the target face to
face. They had to take a stance on the 5th floor to form a defensive line and ask for
reinforcements. But there was a problem.
"A team! B team! Huh? Squad leader! What are you doing!!"
Gyochung became shocked and shouted at the radio as he was watching every team
member's cameras. They were ignoring the radio and were already at the 1st-floor
door.
"Squad Leader!
-I will ambush the target.
It seemed like they were lost in rage for the death of their leader and teammates.
Song Wigang too felt like this wasn't a good choice and radioed to stop them, but it
did not work.
click
The door opened and they immediately threw the remaining two tear gas bombs out
the corridor. The gas filled the room, and Yumchan's camera turned to night vision
mode. The camera showed the green screen of the 1st floor door, which they opened
and ran in. Other members followed.
"Dammit!"
Gyochung was frustrated as he watched through the screen. He tried to stop them,
but the A and B Teams entered the corridor at the same time. With this situation, all
he could do now was to hope for their safe return after eliminating the target.
'We have the tear gas this time at least.'
The research team who developed the Anti-Energy Tear Gas assured that it was
powerful enough to limit the power of a superior master warrior. It would be
different if that was true, but it didn't feel any safer at the moment.
-Target located!
Yumchan shouted through the radio. All the people within the Surveillance Room
turned to Yumchan's radio. The target stood within the tear gas. The target looked
defenseless, and even relaxed.
-FIRE!
Yumchan shouted and all members shouted their rifles. Then something
unbelievable happened to all of them.
'?!'
The target within the green screen took out a bright white blade from his waist and
swung it. The sound of metal clunking could be heard, and the bullets dropped to the
ground as if they had been cut down in half.
"H… hey… tell me if I'm dreaming. What is happening here?"
Chief Song Wigang became so shocked that he couldn't even stay silent. He had
heard that a powerful Yulinian could cut down a flying bullet, but he didn't think it
was actually possible.
'Impossible… '
Even Gyochung, who was trained in martial arts, couldn't believe what he just saw.
Cutting down bullets that were fired against was not an easy thing to do, even for
expert warriors. It wasn't like the act of defending oneself.
'Superior master warriors could do such a thing? But… '
And there was one more thing that was shocking.
‘…How in the world can he move?'
That was strange. It wasn't the movement of a man who had taken in a heavy dosage
of Anti-Energy Tear Gas. Even if the internal energy of a superior master was too
large, it would still paralyze his nerves. But it seemed like he was totally unaffected
by the gas.
'Huh?'
That's when they saw Chun Yeowun's face appearing in front of Yumchan's camera. It
was a matter of seconds that it happened.
Slash
The sound of something being slashed was heard through the surveillance camera
speaker. Then they heard Yumchan's painful scream.
"Aaaaaaargh!!! My arm!!!"
Yumchan's camera moved frantically as they heard him screaming. Then they caught
a glance of something that dropped to the ground.
"A… arm!"
It was an arm that was cut cleanly from the shoulder. Unfortunately, that wasn't the
end. In the next moment, Yumchan's camera turned toward the right very quickly.
Crrrack
"Ugh!"
bam
Yumchan's camera also turned toward the corridor floor just like the camera for Yi
Taekyun. Nobody spoke out loud, but they all knew Yumchan was killed on the spot.
And that was only the beginning. People couldn't even dare to speak what they were
seeing through the monitor.
"Ugh!"
"Aaaaargh!"
"Gggargh!"
The sound of painful screams continued through the speaker next to surveillance
speakers, and all cameras turned toward the ground at a fast pace. It was terrifying
to see what was happening in a matter of minutes.
"Ugh!"
And with the last camera showing the ground, all of them stood up from their seats.
They figured that they had to escape from their spot or something bad was going to
happen to them.
"Huh?"
That's when the last camera flashed up and showed something. It was the target,
Chun Yeowun. Yeowun looked down at the camera and spoke.
-There's a camera here too.
He tapped on the camera as if he was interested a few times, and turned up toward
the ceiling and spoke.
-You were watching from up there?
All the people within the room became pale with fear.
The Surveillance Room became chaotic at once. The job at the Public Security Bureau
had never been a safe one, but they had never felt the fear of death so close to them
like now.
'Dammit! I should've just gone home when I was told to!'
'Why did I even stay?!'
Other than the detectives who were on duty as scheduled, all the others regretted
staying behind after their normal working hours. It was Gyochung, the only surviving
5th Special Force member who woke them up from the panic attack.
"It's not time panic! We should get out of here by using the emergency stairs at the
back of the building!"
"Y-yeah! Let's do that!"
Chief Song Wigang of the Homicides Department nodded as he became aware of the
situation. The room had four more homicide detectives and three of regular
detectives on duty. They all took out their handguns with tense looks on their faces.
Gyochung took up the assault rifle he placed by the wall and took the lead.
"I'll take the lead."
Gyochung silently opened the door and took out a mirror from his waist to check
outside the corridor. It was late at night, so all phosphorescent lights on the 5th floor
corridor were off. There was only the green light directed toward the emergency
exit.
'He's not here.'
Gyochung checked to see the empty corridor and signaled to the people behind to
come outside of the Surveillance Room. Song Wigang and the other detectives
followed him out slowly. The location of the emergency stairs were located near the
first room to the left corridor of the elevator, near the electrical room.
"Shhh. Let's hurry."
Gyochung whispered and took light steps toward the electrical room. The
headquarters building, already famous for its sheer size, felt so painstakingly large
today as they moved. Soon, they were finally close to the front of the electrical room.
Gyochung quickly tried to open the room as he approached the door. Then—
ring
The sound of the elevator stopping at their floor was heard through the corridor.
'!!!!'
Everyone stopped and aimed their gun toward the elevator. The door of the elevator
opened and a shadowy figure appeared. Everyone's eyes shook as they saw who it
was. Then they heard the voice of the person they'd been hearing through the
monitor speaker from the direction of the elevator.
"Didn't expect you all to come out and wait for me."
Terrifying fear gripped their hearts.
click
The door of the Surveillance Room opened and someone walked in. It was Chun
Yeowun. He checked out the monitors placed on one side of the wall and became
astounded. He had received information about modern times through Nano, but it
was refreshing and interesting to see it first hand.
"This should make things convenient."
Back when Yeowun was in his own times, the only way to watch over someone or
place required manpower. But these surveillance cameras and videos seemed like it
was going to make those tasks much easier than before. The reason for Chun
Yeowun's vist here was very simple.
'Nano. Are all the videos recorded in here?'
[Yes, Master.]
It was to take care of the recorded videos through the surveillance cameras. Yeowun
walked up to the main computer in front of the monitor and placed his hand over it.
tsssssssk
Nano Machine particles then shot out from his skin and covered his glove into a
partial suit that only covered his hand. And from the palm area, a tentacle formed
with Gaterium metal appeared and connected itself into the USB-X port on the
computer.
bleeps
Yeowun's eyes shook and he was shown the recordings of the surveillance cameras
through augmented reality. The video here showed not only the main headquarter
building, but all areas of the compound of PSB Headquarters. Chun Yeowun then
checked out the video that showed some people.
"So, this was why."
On the second floor of the headquarter building, and the first floor of the special
units building, there were about 40 locked up criminals. They seemed to be in panic
after they heard the sound of gunshots throughout the building.
'They were in one place because they were locked in… Come to think of it, this place
was supposed to take in criminals.'
Chun Yeowun's power to sense was large enough to sense all people within the
entire compound of the PSB. He was curious when he found a group of people who
were not moving from one place even under such circumstances, and he now found
out why.
'Hmm.'
His first intention was to remove every recording here in the surveillance room. But
after looking at the criminals, he changed his mind. Yeowun's lips turned into a evil
grin.
The underground prison of the special units building. All members of the Fire Head
gang shook when they heard the sound of assault rifles and felt uneasy. They were
carefully listening to the noise coming from outside.
"Boss. I think they failed."
"FUCK!!"
The bald guy with a heavily bruised face spat on the ground as one of his members
reported to him. The bald guy was Sohn Mengdal, one of the bosses from the Fire
Head gang.
“…I guess the big boss failed. For a second, I really thought we'd be able to leave this
damn place."
Unfortunately, they were heavily mistaken about the situation. They thought the
sound of rifles was due to their Fire Head gang coming to their rescue. Sohn Mengdal
was in charge of all the drug dealing and finance in the gang. Half of the gang's
money depended on him, so he was a very important figure in the Fire Head gang. As
proof, the gang actually already assaulted the bus while they were on their way to
the PSB Headquarter compound.
"We should wait for more, Boss. Big Boss is someone who will make it through in the
end."
“…He failed twice already. He can't do shit, you dumb fuck!"
His usual temper would have made him beat his gang member heavily, but he had
specially made handcuffs and leg locks on him, so he couldn't do more than just
cussing out.
"I-I'm sorry, Boss."
The member became squeamish and closed his mouth. It was then.
beep
"Huh?!"
All locked doors of the prison cells opened at once. The Fire Head gang members
who had given up all hope just until now immediately cheered in victory.
"Whoaaaaaaa!"
After a while of cheering, they quickly ran out of their cells. They ransacked the
special unit offices on the first floor to find the unlock code for the handcuffs and
then freed themselves. Soon, they were out of the building. It was only 4 o'clock in
the morning, but it was still very dark outside. However, the entire PSB seemed
awfully quiet.
"Why is it so quiet?"
The gang members became curious. They heard the sound of assault rifles, so there
should have been a trace of heavy fighting everywhere. But the compound seemed
too quiet and serene.
"This is strange."
Sohn Mengdal freed himself from the handcuffs and focused on his senses to see if
there was anyone around, but there wasn't. One of the members then came up and
spoke to him.
"I think Big Boss called in a professional! Damn, this is nice!"
It seemed like a logical conclusion and Sohn Mengdal nodded. If it was this cleanly
done, then maybe there was no danger in escaping out of here. That's when Sohn
Mengdal heard something.
'There's someone around!'
He turned toward the sound, and it was in the direction of the entrance of the main
building. It seemed like there was a person there. He wasn't sure if it was ally or
enemy, but if it was PSB agent, then he had to take care of it before they called for
reinforcements.
"Follow me. I think we have a mess to take care of."
Sohn Mengdal used stepping skills to move ahead, and his members followed him.
They were all trained in martial arts, so using stepping skills was easy.
Sohn Mengdal approached the main building and pushed open the glass door. As he
walked in, he became shocked at the distinct smell of thick blood.
"Is this blood?"
"Wasn't it all taken care of?"
The smell of blood filled the entire building. This was very strange. It was when they
began to grow weary of this strange situation.
step
They heard another sound of footsteps.
[It's that way.]
[Yes, Boss.]
Sohn Mengdal sent a telepathic message, and six of his members all approached the
direction of the sound quietly. It was very dark as all lights were out, but they still
saw green light going out toward the emergency exit. And when they almost got
toward the elevator—
They felt like they had stepped in some puddle by the floor. One of the members felt
like it was strange to find a puddle and reached down with his hand near his foot
sole. He then smelled the liquid.
"It's blood."
It was a blood puddle. They then felt strange and looked forward.
"!!!!"
They were so shocked that they almost screamed. There were ten bodies that
seemed to be from the special forces lying in front of the elevator. None of the bodies
were in good shape as they were heavily mutilated from countless bullets. They
thought their gang had taken care of things, but it seemed like they were wrong in
that judgment.
[T-this is strange. We should get out of…]
It was then.
BOOOOOOOM
"Aaargh!"
Something flew toward them and penetrated through the six of them. In terrible
pain, one of them was barely able to scream.
"I-it's a trap…! Run…!"
'?!'
Sohn Mengdal and the other members became shocked by the shout and turned
back without hesitation.
'Dammit! I knew it!'
He was worried as things seemed to be way too easy. He quickly ran out of the
building with his members and began using their stepping skills to run as fast as
they could.
And from the glass door of the main building, there was a shadow with long hair
looking at the gang members quickly getting out of the PSB compound. When the
gang members were all gone, the black shadow also disappeared.
beep
The elevator LED that showed the floor location beeped one by one and stopped on
the 5th floor.
In the early morning with not that many people heading out to work, a black sedan
was driving fast through the street. There was one man in his mid-thirties in a clean
suit talking on a flexible smartphone. His name was Jo Yusung.
"Yes, yes, Director. Thank you for taking care of it even though it was late at night. I
will meet you in your office before 10 am."
As the phone call ended, Jo Yusung smiled satisfyingly and wrapped the smartphone
around his wrist. He was tired from working overnight without sleep, but he was
able to get satisfying result.
'All that's needed is to take him out then.'
Every preparation was done. He had the documents and identities. It was perfect. He
was proud of himself for doing all of this within 12 hours.
'What time is it right now?'
He then turned on the monitor placed on the back of the front car seat. The monitor
flashed the screen and showed him the time on the right side. It was a little past 6
am in the morning.
'I barely got it in time.'
It was about 6 o'clock when he suggested it to Chun Yeowun. It was going to take him
about 30 to 40 minutes for him to get to PSB Headquarters. He figured Yeowun
would understand a little delay in the promised time.
-Breaking news.
He then saw a news program popping up on the television with the breaking news.
The channel was set to the Simyang City News Station. It wasn't time for the news,
but it seemed like something big had happened. The person on TV began to speak
hastily.
-Members of the Fire Head gang broke out of the PSB Headquarters' temporary cells
and have killed over 30 PSB agents in the progress…
The news began to show the PSB surveillance camera that showed members of the
Fire Head gang going into the building. Then there was the dark footage of rifles
being fired.
"Hmm…”
That was all there was to the recording. Then came the press conference regarding
the issue. A middle-aged man who seemed to be the director of the PSB was
announcing the matter.
-It is unfortunate that we have…
"Wh-what happened there?"
Jo Yusung became dumbfounded. He couldn't understand what had happened during
the 12 hours he had been gone.
06:10 AM
5th floor of a medical building inside the Simyang City region.
There was a man with a sullen expression lying on a bed inside a six-person room.
The man was the PSB Homicides Department's 3rd team leader, Yimyung. After
going through full tests and observation, the doctor concluded that Yimyung needed
only a week at the hospital despite the bullet penetration wound.
[There's no sign of infection and you have been treated with regenerative treatment,
so you will only need about a week at a hospital and you'll be off to work.]
He was told that he could go back to work desk jobs starting in a week. It was very
fortunate when considering the wound he had taken.
'Ugh… it's noisy.'
He became annoyed at the loud television sound coming from within the room. But
he couldn't tell others to turn the volume down since he shared the room with other
people, especially because these people were old men who couldn't hear much.
'Why aren't they sleeping?'
Older folks did not seem to sleep as much. They even had the television turned on for
the entire night.
'Dammit. I still got shot… why can't they put me in a private room with worker's
compensation insurance or something?'
Yimyung mumbled to himself. He was glad when he heard that the medical bills
would be taken care of by the insurance, but it wasn't the best-case scenario. After
the moment they decided that he only needed a week inside the hospital, he was
moved over to one of the public rooms without hesitation.
rumble
He then heard a rumbling sound within his stomach, asking for food. He couldn't eat
much of his dinner yesterday as he had to take the regenerative treatment, and he
had to wake up early in the morning due to extreme hunger. Just in time, a nurse
came into the hospital room.
"Hi. How are you feeling?"
The nurse checked on Yimyung's state and Yimyung asked, "Excuse me. When can I
have something to eat?"
"Oh? Right. Let me check…”
The nurse glanced over at the patient chart for Yimyung, then spoke with a smile.
"Your doctor will come in to check at noon today, and if you are okay by then, then
you will have porridge after that."
"Ughhh…”
Yimyung frowned. He was already starving to death. He couldn't bear to wait until
the afternoon. He then came up with another question, which he knew the answer
to, but decided to ask anyway.
"Can I maybe have a cigarette…”
That's when he heard the sound of the television ringing throughout the room.
-Breaking news. We have received a report that Fire Head Gang Leader Sohn and his
members have broken out of the PSB temporary cells. They were arrested last
evening due to drug trafficking and… "What?"
Yimyung became shocked and turned toward the television. The television soon
showed security camera footage of the PSB Headquarters and a press conference
with the Director of the PSB.
-… Captain Song Wigang of the Homicides Department passed away while escaping
the scene with the crime scene evidence. We, the PSB, will not let this incident… "DAMMIT!!"
Yimyung shouted with rage. He was dumbfounded of breaking out of the
headquarters already, and now his direct supervisor, Song Wigang, had also died.
'What happened?'
There had been ongoing emergencies during the 12 hours that Yimyung had been in
the hospital. Yimyung then jumped out of bed at once.
"N-no! Sir!"
The nurse became shocked and tried to put Yimyung down on the bed, but Yimyung
pushed her and spoke quickly.
"I have to get out, now."
"But you can't just…”
Yimyung ignored the nurse trying to stop him and pulled out the needles on his
arms. Blood trickled down his arms where the needles had been, but Yimyung
walked out of the hospital room, swaying from side to side. The nurse followed him
out and shouted from behind.
"Mr. Moyong!"
06:45 AM
Simyang City PSB
The PSB was faced with a severe number of casualties even when the Gate had not
been opened yet. The atmosphere was dark and gloomy. All PSB employees were
called out to take matters into their own hands.
"Noo…! NOOOO!"
“…You told us of his passing, and I can't even take a look at my husband's body?"
Families of the dead agents wailed outside building headquarters, but they weren't
allowed to take a look at the bodies of their loved ones. Civilians would require their
families' approval for investigating on the bodies, but PSB Agents were waived from
such permission as their job required to be on the extreme side of things. The PSB
entrance was taped out and blocked any non-permitted entry.
"We heard the footage revealed is the only one that you have! Is the PSB hiding
something from the public?"
"Is the PSB trying to control the media?!"
There were also a bunch of reporters and news media people crowded outside. They
had been gathered outside headquarters ever since the press conference with the
PSB Director. Thanks to all these people, PSB Agents who were called out since the
early morning had been having trouble taking control over at the entrance.
"We will have another press conference after we finish our investigation. Please,
stand back!"
PSB policemen shouted while trying to push back reporters who were trying to push
in. They had been saying the same thing over 30 minutes already. That's when one of
the reporters pointed at a black sedan moving in toward the headquarters
compound and shouted.
"What's with that car?! Weren't all entries outside the PSB all blocked? That car's not
from the PSB! Why is that car going in?!"
"This is unfair! We should go inside too!"
With that, all reporters began to shout with rage. Policemen became frustrated as
they didn't know what to say.
Meanwhile, on the 1st floor of PSB, in the Director's room. Someone was standing by
the window, watching chaos outside with a worried look. This man, a middle-aged
man with a hint of graying hair, was Director Sang Yugeun. He looked outside the
window for a while, then turned around and spoke.
"So… what you're saying is that the medieval-fashioned man in the interrogation
room is related to the Fire Head Gang? Is that it, Vice Director?"
The person he was talking to was Vice Director Hou Ilgyung. He didn't look all too
well even when he was sitting at the couch inside the room. The medical team that
came out to the office early helped put back all disjointed bones back into place, but
the damage did not allow him to move freely. However, even though he was injured,
he was the only one alive from last night's incident so he couldn't go to the hospital.
Instead, he was taken into the director's room and was being questioned.
"I've told you already! The 5th Special Force units were called in to work on that
unidentified Yulinian…”
Sang Yugeun walked over to his desk and pressed a button. A beam came down from
the ceiling, then it began drawing a 3D image over the round desk in the middle of
the room. The image was the video of the 4th interrogation room on the 5th
underground floor.
"Huh?"
Within the video, Vice Director Hou Ilgyung was sitting down on the interrogation
chair, sleeping and snoring. He seemed to be sleeping very soundly. He was told that
every security camera footage had been erased, but it seemed like this one was
intact.
'I was sleeping like that?'
Hou Ilgyung couldn't understand how he slept that well in the midst of that chaos.
He became frustrated and tried to explain quickly.
"D-director! T-that is…”
BAM
Sang Yugeun then slammed the desk with his fist and shouted loudly.
"THERE WERE TWO! Two videos inside Song Wigang's USB that he was hiding WITH
his teeth! One was sent to the public and the other was this. I couldn't bear to let this
one go public and bring shame to our PSB! Do you know what I mean?!"
When Song Wigang's dead body was found, they realized that he was hiding a USB
thumb drive inside his mouth. PSB Agents located Captain Song Wigang by the 5th
floor where the surveillance room was located, so they concluded that Song Wigang
had been killed while trying to escape with the USB drive. Due to this incident, Song
Wigang was being hailed as a hero within the PSB.
"Even the Captain sacrificed his life to secure the evidence and you… of all people… a
Vice Director tied up and sleeping in the interrogation room? This is absurd."
"D-director! You are mistaken! That was not how it…”
"I don't want to listen to your excuses anymore. You are being suspended until
further notice after the investigation. Be on your way now."
Vice Director Hou Ilgyung jumped up from his seat in shock. He then quickly ran up
to Sang Yugeun, went down on his knees, and begged with teary eyes.
"Director! This is all wrong! L-look at my shoulder! And my arm! That Yulinian
captured me and tortured…”
That's when they heard a knock on the door. Sang Yugeun then tried to send away
whoever came over as the Vice Director was still within the room.
"I don't know what it is, but let's do it later."
-Director, this is urgent.
Sang Yugeun then had to have the messenger come in urgently. Hou Ilgyung got up
from his knees and sat on the couch again, pretending he wasn't begging earlier. A
detective walked into the room and gave some documents to Sang Yugeun.
"What kind of urgent can there be when… huh?"
Sang Yugeun's face became grim when he saw a Simyang City Mayor engraving on
the documents. At the bottom of the document, there was someone's name and a
signature.
Near the guest room of the PSB Homicides Department, a man in a clean suit was
drinking coffee with a casual look on his face. He was Jo Yusung, the man promised
to take Chun Yeowun out of the PSB within 12 hours.
"Hah."
There was another middle-aged man with a scruffy mustache sitting across Jo
Yusung with an uncomfortable look. He was Oh Yubung, the 1st team leader of the
Homicides Department. He didn't seem to be glad that Jo Yusung was here.
"I don't know what you've brought this time, but give it up. As you know, it's not
good timing and our Director is not someone who will succumb to outer forces. It
will not end up as you wish."
The reason why Oh Yubung was speaking like this was simple. Jo Yusung had
brought a letter requesting 'that man' to be freed from the interrogation room. He
even brought an attorney from a famous law firm within Simyang City.
"I don't know. We'll see about that."
Jo Yusung smiled and answered calmly. Oh Yubung frowned and shook his head at Jo
Yusung's arrogant attitude.
'Ugh, what an asshole.'
However, he was certain that this man was not going to get what he wanted. The PSB
was going through chaos right now, and the man inside the interrogation room was
taken in because of the direct order from the city itself. There was no way to take
him out.
"Hah. Enjoy your coffee while you still can and get ready to leave. It will be hard to
leave through those reporters while…”
It was then.
"Boss!"
A detective who was sent down to the director's room came back running in. But he
wasn't alone.
'Huh?'
The Director Sang Yugeun also walked in together with the man.
"S-sir!"
Oh Yubung became surprised and quickly got up and saluted to his boss. Sang
Yugeun nodded and glanced over to Jo Yusung.
"Mr. Jo. It's been a long time."
"How have you been, sir? I am sorry I had to drop in at such a time."
Jo Yusung got up and politely greeted the director. It seemed that Director Sang
Yugeun knew Jo Yusung very well.
"I am sorry I cannot treat you better. You know about our circumstances. So, the
letter. Was it written by Director Yoon?"
"Yes, sir."
"You have the approval, so I'll process it right away."
'WHAT?!'
Oh Yubung became shocked. He was certain that the request would be turned down
without hesitation, but it turned out it wasn't. Instead, the Director himself came
down to take care of the matter with his own hands.
'What in the world… '
He became dumbfounded and saw Jo Yusung looking at him with a smile. His smile
seemed to say that he had won, which made Oh Yubung frown.
Ring
The elevator door opened and Oh Yubung walked out from it with Chun Yeowun. Jo
Yusung, who had been waiting by the lobby, bowed and greeted.
"I'm sorry for the trouble, Sir Musung."
"Musung?"
Chun Yeowun was confused before he heard Jo Yusung's telepathic message coming
into his ears.
[I did not hear your name, so I had to create a fake name while working on your
identity. If you tell me your name, I can have it fixed right away.]
Chun Yeowun nodded simply at the message. He thought it was an interesting
coincidence when his temporary name matched exactly with his future descendant,
Chun Musung.
"Who's that next to you?"
"He's Attorney Yi Hyun from KD Law firm. It is our company's retainer law firm.
Attorney Yi worked hard to take care of the documents overnight."
"How are you. I am Yi Hyun."
Yi Hyun bowed simply to Yeowun. Jo Yusung then guided them outside of
headquarters and spoke.
"Why don't we head out? This place is quite busy right now."
As Jo Yusung said, the lobby was crowded with detectives and investigators. They
were drawing white lines by the lobby floor, gathering blood samples and whatnot.
And on the way out, 1st team leader Oh Yusung spoke to Chun Yeowun with an
uncomfortable tone.
"Hey, medieval man. I don't know who's got your back, but be careful. I have my eyes
on you."
He was warning Chun Yeowun about getting out of the PSB unharmed. Chun Yeowun
tried to speak out, but Jo Yusung and Yi Hyun stopped him, saying there was no need
to respond and took him out to the black sedan parked outside the building. Even
when Chun Yeowun was sitting down inside the car, Oh Yubung was still glaring like
an enraged monster. Jo Yusung then closed the door and sat next to Chun Yeowun.
"You shouldn't mind him, sir. We have eyes watching, so it's no good getting into a
fight with a detective within…”
That's when Chun Yeowun, who was looking outside the window, gestured of
grabbing something with his hand.
"UGH!"
That's when Oh Yubung, who had turned and was about to go back inside, suddenly
grabbed his stomach and dropped to the ground, trembling. Investigators around
quickly ran up to him to help.
'Oh no… '
Chun Yeowun had surely done something to him. Jo Yusung became shocked and
quickly spoke to the driver.
"Let's go."
The driver quickly pressed down on the accelerator and began driving out of
headquarters. When they were safely outside, Jo Yusung sighed in relief.
"I understand how you might feel, but you can't react to every single…”
"What time is it right now?"
"Parden? Time?"
Jo Yusung became surprised. He became frustrated that he realized maybe Chun
Yeowun was trying to ask Jo Yusung for the reason of being late.
"If it is because about the time, I apologize. I tried my best to be quick but…”
Jo Yusung then pressed on the smartphone on his wrist.
[07:17 AM]
"It's 7:17 AM. I got to the PSB around 6:30, but I had to ask for my request to be
approved…”
"You have too many excuses."
'Ugh.'
Jo Yusung sighed at Chun Yeowun's cold voice. Jo Yusung had many experiences with
such style of people while working in human resources.
'Is he trying to pick on stuff to raise his wager? He's smarter than I thought.'
Jo Yusung became annoyed and tried to ignore it, but he had invested too much to do
that now.
"Okay, okay. I am sorry, I concede. I will talk to the director to raise…”
SLASH
It was even before he could finish speaking. The flexible smartphone on his wrist
was cracked horizontally in not half. His left hand then dropped to the floor of the
car.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"
Jo Yusung screamed in pain after getting his hand cut off. Chun Yeowun spoke coldly.
"I was going to let it go, but you talked too much."
"Ugh…”
"I see that you did hard work overnight and let it go with a hand and not with an
arm."
Chun Yeowun did go easy on it, but it didn't mean anything to Jo Yusung.
'Ugh… he really… cut my hand…!'
He regretted not considering much about Chun Yeowun's warning but it was too late.
"Aaaaaaaargh!"
Screaming filled the inside the cabin of the vehicle. The driver and Attorney Yi Hyun
also became shocked at the unexpected turn of events.
"W-What are you doing!!"
"Y-Yusung!"
The two of them did not know about 12-hour promise that Chun Yeowun and Yusung
had made, so they had no idea about what was going on.
The driver quickly pulled the car to a stop at the side of the road. He became enraged
and turned around to raise his voice at Chun Yeowun.
[Ugh… it's okay. Let's head over to the hospital.]
Jo Yusung sent a telepathic message to stop him from doing that.
[B-but! That guy's crazy! He's insane!]
Surprisingly, the driver also knew how to send telepathic messages. This was
because the driver was also a Yulinian who was trained in martial arts. He spoke
through telepathy with rage.
[You worked so hard to take him out of the cell overnight, and how can he just cut
down your…]
[It's okay. Just go!]
The driver saw Jo Yusung's pale but furious face and gritted his teeth, then turned
away to put his hand back on the car's steering wheel. There was no need to make Jo
Yusung's rage target back at himself.
'I underestimated this man.'
As the driver expected, Jo Yusung was barely able to surpress his anger. He was no
match against the man anyway and was in the process of hiring Chun Yeowun, so he
couldn't let out his anger.
‘…I guess this is a kind of warning.'
Jo Yusung figured this to be a warning. It was a warning to show what might happen
if Jo Yusung was trying to use or trick Chun Yeowun into something.
‘…He's probably not from Forces of Justice at least.'
If he were from the Forces of Justice, there was no way he could be this cold and
deliberate. Anyhow, Jo Yusung figured he had to be careful around this man as there
was no way to expect what this man might do next.
After the pain subsided a bit, Jo Yusung quickly pressed on blood points by his wrist.
The bleeding stopped and Jo Yusung took out a handkerchief to wrap the cut wound.
He then reached down to pick up his cut down hand.
That's when his hand was brought up into the air by an invisible force. Jo Yusung
became surprised. He had felt it from the beginning, but this man had a very deep
and powerful internal energy, fitting to be a superior master level warrior.
'Whew… I should ask him for permission.'
They were already on their way toward the hospital, but Jo Yusung tried to ask for
permission from Chun Yeowun anyway.
“…Thank you. I am sorry, but can we stop by…”
Before he could finish, Chun Yeowun spoke.
"Don't mind about me. Go to that 'hospital' first."
'?!'
Jo Yusung became surprised.
'Did I speak through telepathy?'
There was no way to tap into telepathic messages without using a special sound
wave machine. Jo Yusung thought it weird, but soon thought otherwise.
'Oh well.'
It was natural for a man to want to go to a hospital if his hand was cut. Maybe he was
being too paranoid as the man had been doing unexpected things from the
beginning.
At the Headquarters of Simyang City, 3rd team office of the Homicides Department.
"What the hell are you talking about?!"
The man who was shouting in rage from the office was 3rd Team Leader, Yimyung. In
front of him, there was a short-haired female detective, Dan Younghyun, trying to
hush her team leader.
"Ssssh! Boss, you're too loud!"
"I know I am! And how in the world can I be silent when… UGH!"
Yimyung grabbed his aching wound by the shoulder. It had only been a few hours
since his regenerative treatment had been done, so he still had pain coming from it.
All detectives within the 3rd team were looking at him. They all seemed to be
concerned about their team leader who came running in with hospital clothing into
the office.
"Boss, why don't you go back to the hospital and get some rest first? I just finished
being questioned, and it's not like we can do anything now."
Dan Younghyun tried to calm Yimyung down. She understood why Yimyung was so
infuriated, but there was nothing they could do now. The incident was too big to be
handled by themselves, so the PSB had a special investigation team being deployed
to further work on the matter. They were no longer involved in the investigation.
"This is also for the special units team…”
"Special units?! Captain and eight of our detectives died! It can't just be their side of
the work! And we have freed a likely suspect because of some outside pressure?!"
Yimyung shouted toward Dan Younghyun, to which she sighed. This kind of attitude
and persistence gave Yimyung the nickname of 'idiot' within the PSB.
'Ugh… there we go again.'
But she did not hate her boss. Yimyung did not like following orders or going by the
books, but he was an affectionate and kind man. But of course, only detectives from
the 3rd team knew this. Dan Younghyun then turned to other detectives and spoke.
"He's starting again. Can someone take him to the hospi…”
"I should go talk with the Director."
"What?!"
At once, Yimyung jumped up from his seat and tried to run out of the office. Two
detectives quickly tried to stop him from leaving, but Yimyung easily overpowered
them.
"UGH!"
"Argh!"
Two of them were thrown off easily like ragdolls. Yimyung was already famous for
his fighting prowess, but he was too strong for a patient who was recently shot by a
gun.
"You two can't even stand against a patient? You should work out more."
Yimyung then ran out of the office.
"Ugh! Go after him!!"
All detectives from the 3rd team quickly ran out after Yimyung. But Yimyung was so
fast that before anyone could catch up, he was already on the first floor by the
Director's room. Yimyung ignored the secretary trying to stop him from bursting
into the room and forced his way in.
"No, you can't just barge in like that when he's on a phone…”
"DIRECTOR!"
Yimyung bursted into the room, and the director Sang Yugeun, who was on the
phone, frowned. But he didn't seem to be too surprised. This kind of thing happening
wasn't all that rare from Yimyung. Yimyung always ran straight into the Director or
Vice Director's room when something he could not understand happened.
“…They're moving to a medical building? Okay. Keep your eyes on them."
Sang Yugeun then pressed down on the button on the phone to end the call. The
secretary behind Yimyung became frustrated and tried to drag Yimyung out of the
room, but Yimyung did not budge. Sang Yugeun got up and raised his hand to let the
secretary know that it was okay.
"You can stay outside."
"Y-yes sir."
The secretary closed the door as she walked out of the room. Sang Yugeun then
turned to Yimyung with an uncomfortable look on his face.
"What is the meaning of this? Didn't I tell you to speak to your supervisor many
times?"
Most detectives would not even dare to run in and speak to the director like this. But
Yimyung was nicknamed 'idiot' and for a good reason.
"That 'Supervisor' is dead."
“…And what do you propose I do?"
"Is this something that I have to hear from a 'director' of the PSB?!"
Yimyung spoke disappointingly.
"You must know if you heard the questioning from Detective Dan from my team.
Whatever happened to the surveillance video, only two people survived the incident.
If you think about it, that man is very likely a suspect! You can free him after
investigation is over, but you can't just let him go free without doing anything to
him!"
"…”
Sang Yugeun did not say anything to Yimyung's enraged shouting, and Yimyung
shook his head.
"I always respected you. I respected you as a policeman who never succumbed to
outside forces. But I learned today that you are no different."
Yimyung glared furiously toward Sang Yugeun, then turned to walk out of the room.
Sang Yuguen then called out.
"Stop."
Yimyung then turned back, and the director spoke to him.
"Do you think I am the kind of a person who just let this incident go because I was
forced to?"
"What?"
The director then turned the monitor he was looking at on his desk around to show
it to Yimyung. Yimyung became surprised.
At the medical room of Simyang City. A surgeon was looking into a cut arm of a man.
The doctor gasped and said, "Hm… was this really cut by a saw machine?"
“…Yeah, something like that. Why? Is it bad?"
Jo Yusung became curious at the doctor's reaction. The doctor then pointed at the
picture of the wound and magnified it to explain.
"Ah…”
There was a picture of the side from the wrist, and then from the hand. Even before
the doctor explained, the cut area was way too perfectly cut that it matched each
other perfectly.
"Even if the saw cuts it off at once, human bones and muscles are so dense that they
can't be cut cleanly like this. But this wound looks like a plastic human figure
purposely made to show the inside."
That was the reason why the doctor was surprised. Jo Yusung too, was beyond
shocked by what he saw. He knew the man was a powerful man, but he had not
imagined him to be this powerful.
"With this, I think we we don't even need to do extensive surgery. I think we can just
go ahead with regenerative treatment after sewing it backtogether."
Surgery to put back cut body parts usually required a very complicated process. It
required more than one surgery session that would also require a long time to
regenerate. But the doctor concluded that this wound did not require much surgery.
It just needed simple sewing in and a regenerative treatment over it.
"You will need to be in hospital for four days after the surgery, and after 3 weeks, you
will be able to use your fingers like before."
It was fortunate. It could be great if he could take the surgery now, but he had an
important matter to attend to first. The doctor recommended having surgery at
lunch hours, but Jo Yusung pushed it back further toward the late afternoon and left
the hospital with quick temporary treatment. When Jo Yusung walked out of the
medical room, the nurse whispered to the doctor.
"Doctor, do you think it's the Yulinian case?"
"You sure did work long enough, Nurse Jang."
The nurse had worked at the clinic for eight years. There was no way they would not
recognize what wound was done by what. Those who did not lose calm like that even
when losing a hand were only those from Yulin or Gatekeepers.
"Only Yulinians can cut so cleanly like this."
The doctor then looked at the monitor again and shook his head.
"I don't know. I don't think even Yulinians can do such cut…”
At the same hour at the lobby of the hospital. There was a white-haired man who
was waiting for his number by the chair. He was wrinkly, but his back was straight
and he had an intense look on his face. His two hands were placed on something like
a staff — it was a green blade inside a scabbard. The scabbard was decorated with
lavish ornaments, proving that it was no ordinary blade.
'Whoa. He has a blade.'
'Is that old man a Yulinian?'
It was easy to see that the old man was Yulinian. The old man seemed like he was
used to such whispering and was looking somewhere calmly. That's when someone
quickly ran up to him. A man in a dark blue suit quickly ran up to him, bowed, and
spoke.
"Elder Feng Nungkyum. I am Moyong Yisun."
"Oh. Director Moyong."
These last names were all from famous families of the world of Yulin. These were
descendants were from the five famous families of Yulin, the Habuk Feng family and
Moyong family. The man, Moyong Yisun, was a director of the biggest company of
Simyang, Yun Co.
"Please, don't call me like that, Elder."
"Haha, how can I do that? You are a future president of the Yun Company."
These two knew each other very well, as the five families kept close ties with each
other even to this day. Moyong Yisun then looked at the number tag that Feng
Nungkyum was holding and spoke.
"You should've just called me that you were coming and I would not have made you
wait here… why didn't you call, Elder?"
"Haha, there's no need for that. I am just here for a routine check-up. Oh… and I saw
you looking at someone when you were coming in. Do you know him?"
Feng Nungkyum noticed Moyong Yisun looking at a certain man when he coming in
to the lobby. The man had a wrap over his left hand. Feng Nungkyum would not have
minded much about the man if the man was an ordinary person, but the man was a
martial artist.
"Oh, yeah. Business related."
"I see."
It seemed Moyong Yisun purposely avoided to go into the details, but Feng
Nungkyum didn't push any further. It wasn't his business anyway.
"Anyway, Elder. It is amazing."
"What is?"
"Aren't you here because of the Gate Warning that will set off soon? You're over 80
years old, and you still work for the greater good… it's amazing."
"Hahaha, that's nothing. If my old body can be of help in the world with the Gate
opened, that is enough… huh?"
That's when Feng Nungkyum became grim. Moyong Yisun was going to ask why, but
Feng Nungkyum grabbed his blade and ran out of the lobby with his stepping skill at
an enormous speed.
"Elder!"
Moyong Yisun quickly followed him out. Feng Nungkyum was already outside,
looking at a certain direction where many people had gathered.
"Is there an accident?"
Moyong Yisun spoke as he went up next to Feng Nungkyum. Feng Nungkyum was
looking at a white SUV that had crashed into a pole and stopped. It seemed like the
front tire had blown out, making the car go to side roads and crash. What was
interesting was that both of the front wheels' tires were ripped apart.
"Did you come out because you heard the accident?" Moyong Yisun asked, and Feng
Nungkyum mumbled in shaking eyes.
"There was a powerful movement of enormous power… did you not feel it?"
Moyong Yisun became surprised. He had never seen Feng Nungkyum, a man ranking
100th in power as a registered Yulinian of Chinese Government, this surprised.
"Is it among one of them?"
Moyong Yisun pointed at two men walking out of the SUV. Two men were slamming
the SUV hood, looking to be enraged by the accident. Feng Nungkyum shook his
head.
"No. It was very sudden, and it disappeared."
Feng Nungkyum then grabbed his blade.
'How did I lose the source of such power?'
The user of the power seemed to be extremely powerful.
The black sedan moved silently out of the hospital building. Jo Yusung, with his arm
wrapped around with a wrap, carefully asked to Chun Yeowun who had his eyes
closed.
"The SUV that crashed behind us… did you do that?"
Chun Yeowun did not deny it. He had already shown his fist gesture as he looked out
at the SUV. Jo Yusung knew that it was Yeowun who did it, but he asked only to ask
why. Chun Yeowun did not answer. That's when Jo Yusung heard the driver's
telepathic message.
[Yusung. I was going to tell you when you completed the treatment… that SUV… it
started following us since we left the PSB.]
[What?!]
Jo Yusung then became shocked and looked at Chun Yeowun.
'He noticed that?'
Jo Yusung couldn't hide that he was surprised. Of course, he himself had been
concentrating on his cut off hand, which he couldn't pay attention outside. But it was
even more surprising that Chun Yeowun, who had been staring forward the entire
time had found out that someone was following them. It proved that Chun Yeowun
had a wide sensing area.
'I never knew the superior master level was this powerful.'
Among all the Yulinians who had trained in martial arts, there was only a handful of
people who achieved the superior master level. It required stepping stages starting
from low, middle, top, master and super master stage to reach the superior master
stage. Jo Yusung had been learning martial arts since he was very young, and he was
barely able to get to the master stage when he was in his mid-20s. Even then he was
called a genius from those around him, but seeing at this medieval-fashioned man
made him feel like nothing in comparison.
'He only looks like in his 20s… '
Chun Yeowun looked like he was barely 20 years old at most. The world sure was
unfair. Jo Yusung was already in his mid-30s, and he had to focus on his work at the
company, so there was no chance he will become more powerful anymore.
'Everyone has their places.'
Jo Yusung managed to cut off his thinking before he fell into depression. But if he had
known the true power stage of Chun Yeowun, he would have passed out from shock.
'Anyway… so the PSB tagged with us, did they?'
The Director himself came down to agree on the request to release the man from
custody, so it was surprising. It seemed the incident at the PSB had triggered such a
action from them.
'Hmm… '
Jo Yusung glanced toward Chun Yeowun who was sitting silently with his eyes
closed.
Jo Yusung didn't think Chun Yeowun was related to the Fire Head gang, which was a
group of Yulinian from Forces of Evil. These gangs were merely low-life
organizations dealing with drugs and various liquor businesses to earn petty money.
'He was pressured from above and still defies it, eh?'
It seemed Jo Yusung had underestimated the Director of Simyang PSB. The PSB was a
federal organization working for the government. If that organization kept on
digging up, it was bound to become annoying.
'Whatever the case, I should cut it off before it gets too annoying.'
While Jo Yusung was thinking through various issues, Chun Yeowun still had his eyes
closed. He just looked like if he was meditating, but his eyelids were shaking very
shallowly.
[Transfer of organized information to the brain is completed.]
Nano's voice rang through his head. After they had driven out from the PSB, Nano
was able to connect to the wireless internet network. Chun Yeowun then ordered
Nano to gather and organize all information about the current time. He did receive
vague knowledge already, but it was only partial. And since then, Nano was able to
find the difference betwen its own database to the information of the current time.
Then Nano organized it and successfully transferred to Chun Yeowun's brain.
'This gives me a headache… '
[It is because too much information was transferred at once.]
Thanks to the vast internet network, information about current times was
enormous. This was too vast, not even close to those martial art books Yeowun had
been transferring to his brain back in his original time. It was natural for him to have
a headache due to the side effect of taking in too much information.
'It almost feels dizzy.'
The transfer of information was complete, but Yeowun now had too much
information coming up in his head that made him dizzy. After he reached the
heavenly master stage, he was able to acquire superhuman thought process, but it
still gave him a headache and dizziness. If it was a normal person, they would've
become unconscious.
'Hmm… this society is overly complicated it seems… '
That was what Chun Yeowun thought after he received the information in his brain.
Modern times were much more complicated compared to his own time. It also had
more restrictions in general.
'The society is very unforgiving of murder or violence.'
This was what felt strange to Chun Yeowun who had lived in Yulin, where the
survival of the fittest was normal. But this world had many restrictions starting from
the law to moral issues and cultural acceptance.
'So, this was why Nonaggression Pact between Yulin and the government was
abolished.'
From analyzing from the information, it seemed that Yulinians couldn't go against all
those restrictions set by the people of the world including themselves, and had to
live by the world's rules. And the ultimate answer to this was Yulinians becoming
organized under the government.
'Yulinian registration… '
This was a very annoying system to Chun Yeowun. In this world, all the people of
Yulin had to register with the Yulin Department of the government. Only through
registering, were Yuliniansallowed to carry weapons and do other kinds of stuff.
‘…This is ridiculous.'
This Yulin Department of the government even had Yulinians ranked according to
their stats. Back in Yeowun's days, Yulinians ranked their own most powerful people,
naming them the Top Five warriors of the Yulin, or Nine Strong. But now, even the
ranks were given by the government. What's interesting was that Yulinians seemed
to be obsessed with ranks given by the government.
'This is too regulated. Is it because of that?'
It seemed this kind of control started due to the 'First Dimension Gate' or the socalled Gate that happened 28 years ago. It was a catastrophe that happened with no
explanation. When it suddenly opened, unidentified dangerous entities poured out
from within and brought chaos to humanity. That's when Yulinians appeared in front
of the world. Before the catastrophe, Yulin had been hidden under society, but now
they were fully revealed in the eyes of the world.
'Press… phones with cameras… internet… all these are the problem.'
Once it was revealed in front of the people, there was no way for Yulin to hide behind
the scenes anymore. And with start of the First Dimension Gate, more Gates
appeared, requiring Yulinians to help out to save mankind.
After going through the information for a while, Yeowun asked with curiosity.
'Nano, is this all information you have regarding the government, the Yulin
Department, and the Yulin Organization?'
[Yes, Master. The information from the Yulin Goverment Department and the Yulin
Organization is contained within their intranet, which is impossible to access from
outside. There is a limited amount of data that can be collected through the public
internet network.]
Chun Yeowun frowned. It seemed much of the information he wanted to know was
omitted due to the issue. And even the Yulin Organization required its registered
Yulinians to have access to their information due to their ranks, so the amount of
information that was open to public was limited.
'It is the same with this Dimension Gate.'
Same with the Yulin, information about the Gate was also very limited that the public
couldn't have any access to. It was even more restricted in some way in terms of
restrictions as any related information that was uploaded to the internet was
immediately removed.
'This is too annoying.'
The only way to find out this information was to take action. The simplest way was
to sneak into these places and figure it out himself. Even if the information was
stored in the intranet, if Nano could gain access to it from the inside, then it was easy
to extract the information in a matter of seconds.
'But I need more clues. I don't have any leads right now.'
That was only way for Yeowun to choose what to do next. But even if the world was
different from what Nano knew, there were a lot of common things. This meant that
a lot of things were probably unchanged from the past. For example…
'The energy I felt back at the hospital… '
While Jo Yusung was being treated at the hospital, Chun Yeowun sensed some
energies from within. This was the energy of the very familiar breathing skill he
knew from the past.
'Who did I sense this from…?'
After becoming the Heavenly Master, Chun Yeowun was able to identify all types of
energy very precisely. After thinking about all energies from his memories, he struck
up a memory of a distinctive energy and its breathing skill.
‘…Habuk Feng and Moyong Family!'
If he did not make a mistake, the energy was specific energy created through Habuk
Feng and Moyong family's breathing skill. Chun Yeowun then regretted leaving. It
was better for him to get off this vehicle and make contact with those individuals
within the hospital. But it was too far to sense any energy now.
'At least I have a clue. If those from the Five Renowned Families are here in this time,
then my cult should be here in the world also.'
The information Chun Yeowun wanted to know the most was the information about
the Great Demonic Cult. It was better to find his home, the Demonic Cult, to get back
to his world than trying hard all alone in a strange world.
'Was it called the SKY Corporation?'
He was told by his descendant Chun Musung, that in the future where Nano was
created, the Demonic Cult was renamed and existed under the name of SKY
Corporation.
'Oh! Nano, can you access the internet and search for SKY Corporation?'
[Yes, Master.]
Nano began searching right after receiving Chun Yeowun's order. The search didn't
take even a minute.
[There are a total of 7 groups under that name.]
'There's seven?'
Not one, but seven searches popped up. Nano then spoke while Chun Yeowun
remained puzzled.
[There are 0 results for the SKY Corporation existing within the Chinese
Government.]
'What?'
And to the confused Chun Yeowun, augmented reality was activated in his eyes and
was shown a world map in a round ball form.
'Ah… '
Chun Yeowun gasped. The information had been transferred, but it was very
amazing to see a larger world even bigger than China. That's when the red dots were
placed over each SKY Corporation scattered around the globe. None of the red lights
were pointed within Chinese territory.
‘…This is impossible.'
Chun Yeowun became shocked. He was certain that the Demonic Cult existed within
the territory in name of SKY Corporation. But strangely enough, there was no
corporation under that name within the territory.
'Did any of those corporations move out from China? Or something similar like that?'
[No, master. All these corporations are foreign entities owned and created by
foreigners from the beginning.]
All red dots then were shown a picture of its owners or company creators. They
were all foreigners from other countries. Chun Yeowun became shocked.
'But why?'
He had found a trace of Habuk Feng and the Moyong Family in this world, which
were from Five Renowned Families. But it was impossible that he couldn't find any
trace about the Demonic Cult. The Demonic Cult he had ruled back in his time was
more powerful than the Five Renowned Families.
'Did the Demonic Cult meet its demise in this time frame?'
It seemed there was possibility of that happening from the current standpoint. But if
that was true, then it was shocking news to Chun Yeowun who was the Lord of the
Demonic Cult. Chun Yeowun, who was lost for words for a while, then came up with
an idea.
'Maybe the name of the corporation is entirely different.'
The timeframe was different. As proof, the power level of Yulin in this timeline was
more powerful than what he had heard from his future descendant. Then, there was
no way that the name of the Demonic Cult's new corporation was going to be the
same. If his theory was correct, then maybe he had to search through another way.
'Nano, can you find a company owned by or created by people of Moyong?'
[Yes, Master.]
The search results came up in an instant.
[There is a total of one search result with a company owned by Moyong. It is YUN
Company with 13 sub-companies.]
'Ah!'
It was as he thought. If he tried it with this method, then maybe he had chance to
find a trace of the Demonic Cult.
'Nano, find a company with an owner with the last name 'Chun.'
[Yes, Master.]
Again, the search results came up very quickly.
[There is a total of 108 companies with owners whose last name is 'Chun.']
'What?!'
Chun Yeowun was stunned again. There was only one company under the name of
Moyong, but with his own last name, there was now so many that he couldn't even
look through them all.
'This is just… ugh… '
There were too many. Chun Yeowun quickly found his calm. There was more than
what he had imagined, but it also meant that there was a possibility that he had
found what he wanted.
'It's going to be one among these… how can I narrow it down?'
All these companies should have their internal information that was not open to the
public. Even the YUN Company he just searched was created with an automobile
production as its core, not as a Yulin's family. That's when the sedan came to a stop.
"We are here."
Jo Yusung spoke and Chun Yeowun opened his eyes. The car had stopped in front of
an approximately 40-story building. When Yeowun got out of the car, Jo Yusung
guided Yeowun into the entrance.
"This is our company's main building."
As they walked in through the entrance, they were now at a large grand lobby with
dark blue stone floors. In the middle of the lobby, there was a large, 5-meter high
robot toy standing proudly. Toward its back was a help desk with a company name
on the back wall.
'Six Road Toy'
Jo Yusung then spoke to Chun Yeowun who was looking around he lobby.
"Our company name is Six Road Toy. We started last year in September, so you might
not know of it, but we specialize in toy mantufacturing."
"Toys?"
It seemed that was why that huge robot was standing at the center of the lobby. Jo
Yusung smiled and pointed toward the elevator on the right side of the lobby.
"Our Director is waiting for you right now. Why don't we move up… oh!"
Jo Yusung, who was about to guide Chun Yeowun into the elevator, came up with
something he had forgotten and clapped his hand. He then reached into his pocket
for something.
"Come to think of it, I didn't even ask your name yet. I have to introduce you to my
director."
Jo Yusung then took out a business card from his pocket and handed it over to Chun
Yeowun politely.
"Let me introduce myself first. I am Jo Yusung, Human Resources Manager of the Six
Road Toy."
It was a paper business card with red and yellow colors. Its front side showed the
name of the company Six Road Toys, Jo Yusung's name and his title, along with his
company and smartphone number.
"It's quite old-fashioned, isn't it? I will send you an electronic business card when
you tell me your phone number."
There was something that did not change even when the time changed. It was the
business card. Chun Yeowun nodded as he knew what this was for from the
information transfer. He then flipped the business card to look at the back.
'?!'
His face froze. Jo Yusung smiled and spoke proudly at that sight.
"Surprised? You might have thought our company is a new company. Well, Six Road
Toys did start last year, but we have huge support from our main company. We are a
company that you can trust to work for as you can see."
“…Is this your true company name?"
Chun Yeowun asked as he flashed the backside of the business card to Jo Yusung.
Yeowun's eyes were narrowed. On the back of the Six Road Toy business card, was its
mother company's name and logo.
'Blade Six.'
It was a company name that Yeowun would never forget. It was the very
organization that he and the Demonic Cult had fought for the control of Yulin back in
his time.
Blade Six was the other name for the Blade God Six Martial Clan.
The mega-corporation, Blade Six. It was one of the five largest corporations within
the current Chinese Government land. World population had gone down
dramatically after the Gate Catastrophe, but the Chinese population was still the
highest in the world, and its own economy was enough to make Blade Six earn huge
sales every quarter. Just two years ago, Blade Six was voted the most wanted
company to work for due to its social-friendly policies that gained huge popularity.
'Hah… '
This information was what Chun Yeowun received in the slight second from Nano
about Blade Six Company's general information.
‘…Blade God Six Martial Clan.'
The information he had received through Nano's search was very brief and showed
as if the company was very normal company. But the Blade Six Chun Yeowun knew of
was a company name for the Blade God Six Martial Clan in the future.
'This man is proof of it.'
Jo Yusung was definite proof for that assumption. He was just a employee of the
company but had trained in martial arts. Blade Six's hidden side was a Yulin
organization.
‘…Nano. If the timeframe is different, then is there possibility that the Blade God
himself is still alive in this world?'
Yeowun asked Nano with a stern face. Blade God was the leader of the Blade God Six
Martial Clan and the owner of the Blade Six Company. Nano's voice rang through his
head.
[If this timeframe is formed under the incident where Master did not kill Blade God,
yes it seems like it's certainly possible.]
Chun Yeowun did not feel good about Nano's affirmation to his theory. It sure was a
possibility that the Blade God had survived or even achieved victory against the fight
with Chun Yeowun in this parallel universe.
'I just killed him yesterday… '
Before he was dropped in this different time period, he was able to kill Blade God
within the TimeJet. If Yeowun was in his original time, there should have been no
sign or trace of any Blade God Six Martial Clan no matter how much time had passed.
'This is not funny.'
Yeowun bit his lips. He couldn't find the trace of SKY Corporation, which was the
future version of the Demonic Cult, but he was able to find his sworn enemy, the
Blade God Six Martial Clan instead. No, it was actually them who had found Chun
Yeowun in this case, even more ironically, in order to recruit Chun Yeowun into their
fold.
"Excuse me?"
Jo Yusung became confused at the sudden change of atmosphere from Chun Yeowun.
Unlike his expectation, where Chun Yeowun would be excited to see the true
company name behind this event, Yeowun seemed hugely displeased.
"Do you find anything uncomfortable?" Jo Yusung asked carefully. He had to be
careful as Chun Yeowun had very unpredictable reactions.
'Does he have some bad relationship with our company?'
If it wasn't for that, there was no way Chun Yeowun would react like that. Chun
Yeowun then spoke up with a somewhat dark look.
"What's the name of the company's owner?"
The low voice had some aggression attached to it. There was no way Jo Yusung
would not have felt it as he too was a Yulinian who had trained in martial arts.
'How can he exert that kind of aggression in the lobby where civilians are walking
by?'
It was troubling. This kind of aggression was sure to alert anyone that was around
the lobby. Jo Yusung thought he should calm Chun Yeowun down first before doing
anything else.
"I-if you can just tell me what is causing you to…”
"Tell me the name."
The voice showed that it was not going to ask twice. Jo Yusung became tense and felt
sweat running down his back. Jo Yusung then revealed the name of the owner hastily.
"H-he's name is Geum Sungryong."
“…Geum Sungryong?"
Chun Yeowun frowned. He was certain that name of Blade God was going to come
out of Jo Yusung's mouth. His aggression disappeared in an instant.
Jo Yusung then became relieved, and felt all energy to lift him up on his legs going
out and almost fell down to the ground.
'W… what kind of aggression is that?'
He was so afraid that he even forgot that he was in the lobby of his own company. He
was barely able to relax when Attorney Yi Hyun next to him asked Jo Yusung
confusingly.
"Our President is famous among Yulinians too. Have you not heard of him?"
‘…What?'
Jo Yusung became shocked and turned to Yi Hyun. Yi Hyun made it seem like nothing
had happened.
'Wait… did he concentrate that aggression only towards me?'
The aggression aura was created from the emotion of someone that was targeted
toward others in violence. It was a kind of a Qi, but it was highly concentrated aura
that any ordinary people could feel. However, Yi Hyun did not feel anything.
‘…I was mistaken. This man is not just at the entry to superior master stage. He is
either established, or at the end stage of the superior master stage.'
Considering Chun Yeowun's age, Jo Yusung figured Chun Yeowun was a warrior at
the entry to the superior master stage. But it seemed that assessment had to be
reassessed at this time. That's when Chun Yeowun asked Attorney Yi Hyun, "What do
you mean he's famous amongst Yulinians?"
"I believe our President is also the Vice President at the Yulin Organization."
"Vice President?"
Chun Yeowun became more confused at what he had heard. He then was given the
basic information about the Yulin Organization that Nano had transferred. The Yulin
Organization was comprised of twelve officers, and the Vice President andPresident
stood above it.
'Comprised of individuals of the Forces of Justice…?'
It was described that all Yulin Orgnization officers were comprised of members from
Forces of Justice. The name of each officer was not public information, but it seemed
like registered Yulinians and other related members knew who their officers were.
'Blade God Six Martial Clan… I mean Blade Six is a group from the Forces of Justice?
Hah… '
This was absurd. They were far from the Forces of Justice. They were rather closer to
the Demonic Cult who only sought for power above everything else. Blade Six was a
kind of group that did not hesitate to sacrifice many for their need.
"Do you not know him?"
"No, I don't."
Chun Yeowun shook his head at Attorney Yi Hyun's question. Even if he had gained
basic information about the world, there was no way he would find out about
information that was being controlled.
'He doesn't even know our President? He sure must be a hermit type of Yulinian.'
Jo Yusung's eyes brightened up from Chun Yeowun's reaction. If Chun Yeowun did
not know about the President of Blade Six, one of most famous individuals within the
Yulin Organization, it was proof that Chun Yeowun had been staying hidden in
remote places, only training his martial arts.
'But at this rate, he's an uncontrollable, volatile weapon.'
However, they needed a weapon that could be controlled. Chun Yeowun's will was
too strong and it required a show of force to contain its power.
'Let's use a carrot on him, and if it doesn't work, I will have to trust the Director with
his skills.'
Jo Yusung thought to himself and spoke carefully.
"If… something is bothering you, we can move the meeting appointment to another
day…”
"Are we on the way to meet the Director of this company, you said?"
"Yes, that is true."
Chun Yeowun looked up at the ceiling with a grim look. On the building, there were
over 100 people that seemed to be trained in martial arts, with at least two that had
a vast amount of energy. It seemed like one of those two was the person that they
were going to meet.
'Hmm.'
Chun Yeowun then glanced around the lobby and found many surveillance cameras
installed above. There was a total of 40 cameras, much more than cameras installed
at the lobby of the PSB. It seemed the security of this building was more secure.
'Let's check out this place first.'
If Chun Yeowun in his own time, this place would have become a mess already. All he
needed was to save a few people and use any methods such as torture or hypnosis to
acquire the information he needed. But Chun Yeowun did not have any evidence that
the Blade God was alive, or any trace of it yet, so it was better to not stir up any
trouble.
Of course, if nothing was going to work, he was always open to go back to his usual
methods.
"Okay. Let's go meet him. Take me to him."
"Oh!"
Jo Yusung sighed in relief at the positive answer.
36th floor of the Six Road Toy Building…
Other floors were used by many departments full of employees working on different
tasks, but the 36th floor was used by one person as his office. It was because the
person who used this floor had a title and authority that required such a room. Of
course, he wasn't alone on the floor. There were four beautiful women secretaries
who assisted the man, and twelve security agents on guard at all times. Within his
office, there was also entertainment such as a private bar and other amenities.
There was a man swinging his golf club on top of a golf practice mat. The man was in
his early forties, with slicked-back hair. And the man sitting politely in front of him
was Jo Yusung.
"That is all, Director."
The man was the owner of this floor, and the Director of Six Road Toy, Yun
Munpyung. He was being briefed of what to expect prior to the meeting. Throughout
the briefing, he did not even glance at Jo Yusung, and when it was finished, he spoke
out.
"He cut your hand because you did not keep the promise on the time?"
“…Yes, sir."
"That's an untrained punk."
Yun Munpyung threw his golf club into the golf bag and sat on the sofa across from Jo
Yusung. He then crossed his legs and drank a glass of whiskey that had its ice melted
halfway through. Jo Yusung then spoke to him again.
"If we keep him on a leash, he will be of good use. With that amount of power, I think
he has good potential for our future use."
"Are you saying that he's not a one-time use?"
“…Yes, sir."
Yun Munpyung stared at Jo Yusung and laughed, "You had your hand cut off, and you
still come up with the same conclusion. I guess the man is really useful then."
It was normal to have hostility for the situation, but Jo Yusung still analyzed it
without considering his emotions. This was also why Yun Munpyung valued Jo
Yusung as his employee.
"Good. I will see him and decide myself. As you said, if he sure is at the superior
master stage, then it is a shame if we just use him once or twice."
"Thank you, sir."
Jo Yusung bowed deeply to show his thanks. Yun Munpyung then flicked his finger to
gesture it was okay to move on with the meeting. Jo Yusung then walked out the door
and Yun Munpyung caressed his chin and mumbled.
"Tsk, tsk. I think you are wrong this time, Jo. If the man was really superior master
stage, then I should have known the moment he walked into the floor."
Director Yun Munpyung. He was one of the two superior master stages who was
stationed in this company. But to his senses, he was only able to sense an entity who
seemed to be at the end stage of the super master stage. Considering the man to be
in early 20s, he still was a valuable individual, but it was proof that Jo Yusung was
too weak to assess a more powerful warrior than him.
Yun Munpyung then rose up and put a top suit jacket over his body. Whatever the
case, it was a meeting and he had to look professional no matter the case.
The door to the room opened again, and this time Jo Yusung came into the office with
someone else.
'Oh?'
Yum Munpyung seemed intrigued. As he was told, the man was dressed in medieval
time fashion as if he had come out from a movie. It was especially striking to see
Chun Yeowun's super long hair which not a lot of people choose to have in modern
days.
"He is our director, Yun Munpyung."
Jo Yusung introduced Yun Munpyung to Chun Yeowun. Yusung already reported
prior to the meeting, but he introduced Chun Yeowun again to Yun Munpyung after.
"He is Yeowun, as I briefed earlier."
Chun Yeowun had revealed that his name was Yeowun, but did not disclose his last
name. He thought about revealing his full name including the last name to see how
Blade Six would react, but he quickly changed his mind.
'I should not make any trouble before I get a clue on what is going on here.'
This company was a mere satellite company to its bigger original company. There
was no need to reveal his identity so that his enemy can prepare for what's to come.
If this world was a parallel universe where the Blade God was alive, then the Blade
God could go into hiding if Yeowun's existence was known.
Yun Munpyung reached out with his hand for a handshake.
"Greetings. I am Yun Munpyung. It seems I look like to be older, so excuse me for
skipping formalities."
Chun Yeowun then looked down at the hand. He was not used to handshakes as a
sign of greetings, which was a culture that came from Western civilization. But
Yeowun was quickly reminded of the information that was transferred to his brain
and grabbed the hand back. "Yeowun."
'Ugh!'
Jo Yusung frowned. He expected at least some kind of respectful attitude from Chun
Yeowun, but it seems like it was a false hope. Yusung then glanced at Yun Munpyung,
and as expected, Yun Munpyung did not seem to like how Yeowun was acting. But
Munpyung quickly found calm and spoke as if it was nothing.
"Hahaha. You seem to have trained too hard in hiding that you did not learn much
about social manners. Why don't we sit down and talk more?"
Munpyung then pointed at the sofa and moved over and sat on the chair. He then
crossed his legs and pressed on the phone button to speak.
"We have a guest. Get us some tea."
-Yes, Director.
Soon, a female secretary with a short miniskirt came in with steaming hot tea. She
placed down the teacups on the table and left.
"Have some tea."
Munpyung reached down toward the tea and drank it. Yeowun looked at it for a
second and took a sip. The tea was unexpectedly delicious.
"It's good tea. I prefer whiskey over tea, but this one is an exception."
Yun Munpyung placed down his teacup. He then continued, "I am sure you heard
before that our company values talented individuals. Especially ones like you with
highly trained martial abilities. You will be treated as so."
'Ah… '
Jo Yusung frowned and looked at Yun Munpyung. He planned to start things by
briefing Yun Munpyung and moving slowly, but he did not expect Yun Munpyung to
cut to the chase right from the start.
"I am not sure how you heard of me from Jo, but I don't like taking detours and
formalities. I don't like wasting time."
Yun Munpyung reached toward his desk and a transparent, glass tablet PC floated up
from the desk. It was then pulled toward the sofa. It was a show of his power by
using force energy.
Yun Munpyung grabbed the tablet and tapped on it to press a number.
[3,000,000,000 Yuan + bonus]
All of the currency within the Asian Union was now unified with Yuan. Yun
Munpyung showed 3 billion Yuan and spoke arrogantly.
"Considering that a Yulinian at the end stage of the super master level registered to
the Yulin Organization is being paid 300 million Yuan, I am paying you much more.
The bonus will be paid according to your evaluation after each mission."
"E-excuse me, Director. I think there's been a mistake. He is…”
Jo Yusung tried to point out that Chun Yeowun was a superior master, but Yun
Munpyung reached out with his hand to stop him.
"I think Jo here have been mistaken because he is weaker than you. But I'm sure you
will be pleased with the salary."
Yun Munpyung laid his back on the sofa again and took out a cigarette from his
pocket. He then created a fire on his finger with his use of Qi and lit up his cigarette
as he spoke.
"Hmmph. If you listen well to orders and complete all given missions, I can be your
support in the future. I am only a director in a satellite company, but once the
company stabilizes, my relocation to headquarters has already been decided."
Yun Munpyung explained that he was going to return to the mother company pretty
soon. He was talking about this because he was assuming anyone would know about
the famous Blade Six company. Yun Munpyung let out smoke from his cigarette.
"What do you think?"
He thought this offer was too good to turn down. But Chun Yeowun replied with the
most unexpected answer.
"You think money can buy everything? You speak of missions… isn't it first for you to
reveal what the task is at hand if you are to hire someone for the job?"
“…ha… HAHAHAHA!!"
Yun Munpyung was speechless second, then burst into laughter. He then turned his
face into a stern look and spoke.
"You brat. You don't know what position you are in? Who do you think was able to
get you out of the PSB? I have been treating you with more respect than you deserve,
and you still try to be a punk?"
BAM
Yun Munpyung slammed his palm on the table. The table, which was created with a
heavy stone, crashed into half and crumbled.
'Ugh… '
Jo Yusung sighed from within. As expected, Yun Munpyung became angry at Chun
Yeowun's attitude.
"Whatever. I was going to send you to Hojung to get you in check no matter what you
decide. I guess I will just take matters to my hand!"
As he finished speaking, Yun Munpyung tried to jump out like lightning to grab Chun
Yeowun's neck.
"Huh?!"
Before Yun Munpyung's hand reached its target, His wrist was snatched up by Chun
Yeowun. Yun Munpyung did not expect his attack to be blocked, so he frowned and
glanced toward Jo Yusung.
'Was it true then?'
Yun Munpyung only felt energy that seemed to be the match the superior master
stage. Even now, the energy he felt from Chun Yeowun only seemed to be about the
power from a super master. But since his attack was blocked before it could even
land, then it could only mean that Chun Yeowun had hidden his true power.
‘…He's only in his early 20s and is about powerful as me?'
It was hard to believe. He was barely able to reach his stage just when he reached
40s. Yun Munpyung became uncomfortable at the realization and increased his
internal energy to 100% to be freed from Chun Yeowun's grasp.
"Get off!"
But…
Chun Yeowun's hand grabbed Yun Munpyung's wrist like if it was locked tight. It did
not even budge. Yun Munpyung's eyes shook from the shock.
'W-what kind of energy is this…!?'
-Sir, I think they are leaving.
-Let's follow them. Let the blue car behind us go first, and let's tag along slowly.
-Yes, sir.
The video showed movement with the steering wheel moving. It was then.
BOOOOM
With the sound of something exploding, the video bumped.
Screeeech
-W-what?! Aaaaargh!
The camera shook severely and the screen was sent to the right. The video then
couldn't find balance even with the break, and soon the screen was struck into the
pole at the side of the street at the entrance of the medical building.
BOOOM
-UGH!
The sound of an airbag deploying filled the vehicle.
-Dammit!
-What happened?!
-Get out of the car!
With the car door opening, the video now showed two men walking up on the front
side of the car. Two men checked the front wheel, then glanced at the black sedan
moving away in the distance and shouted with rage. It was a real time video
streaming to another place.
PSB Director Sang Yugeun pressed his forehead with one hand from the headache as
he watched the video.
"No…”
He didn't think they would be caught following in just a short amount of time. From
the way the detectives acted in the video, it was evident that the front tires of the
vehicle were rigged.
'I purposely went down myself to show that we are being hospitable… '
Sang Yugeun tried to be friendly so they would be relieved, but it didn't work. At
least one thing was certain now.
'At least it's confirmed that the man is also very important to them.'
Sang Yugeun figured that there was probably a sniper waiting at the hospital for any
followers. If it was the case, then they had to act fast.
'Huh?'
That's when Sang Yugeun saw Homicides 3rd Team Leader Yimyung focused on in
the video. He was looking at something.
"Did you find any clues?"
Yimyung looked away from the video.
"N-no, sir. It's nothing."
"What are you… Hmm?"
The video Yimyung was looking at was showing a man in his late 30s in a blue suit,
standing at the entrance and an old man with a lavishly decorated blade in his hand.
'He is… '
Sang Yugeun frowned and looked back at Yimyung. He had lived in Simyang City for
over 30 years now. There was no way he would not miss the face of Moyong Yisun,
officer of the large corporation based in Simyang, and the city's old noble family.
'Moyong Yisun of YUN Company at the scene… hmm… '
Sang Yugeun knew very well that YUN Company was a part of the Yulin itself. It
seemed like something was going to be very complicated.
'Hmm.'
Sang Yugeun now knew why Yimyung couldn't take his eyes off from the screen. But
a detective at his duty should not be hindered by emotions. Sang Yugeun, who was
going to give Yimyung a chance by showing the video, changed his mind.
"3rd Team Leader. You are ordered to be dismissed from his incident, get some good
rest to recover."
"What?!"
Yimyung was shocked. Just a moment ago, Sang Yugeun was showing him live
footage of following the suspect and was asking if Yimyung could handle it, but he
immediately changed his attitude. Yimyung bit his lips.
"If you are talking about that man from YUN Company… I already cut my ties off from
my family…”
"I told you to stay out of this case."
"But Director! This case is no longer only for the Special Unit!"
There was no way Yimyung 'The Idiot' could give up now. But Sang Yugeun shook his
head and pressed down on the internal phone and spoke.
"3rd Homicides Team Yimyung is being temporarily released from his duty. He is
suspended for 3 weeks. Tell security to have him restricted from entry for 3 weeks."
Yimyung became shocked and walked over. He never expected to be suspended.
"DIRECTOR!!"
Sang Yugeun hung up the phone and replied coldly.
"Did you not hear me? You are suspended as of now. Return to your hospital."
"Director! This is not right!!"
"I have nothing to discuss with you. Mr. Yim. Call security."
"Ugh!"
Sang Yugeun was going to drive him out by force. Yimyung grimaced and shouted
furiously to the Director.
"You can't do this!"
"Mr. Yim!!"
The Director, as he claimed, had no plans to talk with Yimyung anymore. But there
was no other way as Yimyung was officially suspended from his duty from the
Director of PSB. Yimyung had to walk out before he was dragged out of the office.
When Yimyung left, Sang Yugeun sighed from his chair.
"Hmmph…”
He then reached toward his cigarette on the desk, but stopped in the middle and
looked down under his desk. There was a small safe beneath.
"I have no choice."
Sang Yugeun reached down toward the safe and scanned his fingerprint, then
punched in a secret code. The safe door opened and there were about five small
walkie-talkie device. Sang Yugeun grabbed the far right one and pressed on the
button to speak.
"This is Alpha. This is Alpha. Do you hear?"
Soon, the walkie-talkie radioed back.
-This is Beta. Listening.
It was the coarse and rough voice of a man. The director spoke.
"Any sign of tapping?"
-No, sir. I am in the city.
"Good. The agent who snuck into that 'place' — are they still safe?"
-Yes, sir. There has been no problems so far, but it's mentally unstable.
"I guess, so."
-Is there any progress on the technical support team?
"…”
Sang Yugeun thought for a second before pressing down on the button again.
“…They are doing their best at the moment."
-Alpha… Director. This isn't a matter of doing their best. As I said earlier, the agent is
not in good condition.
The person beyond the radio spoke with a serious voice. The Director sighed and
replied, "I heard the researcher from MS Company is located there. I will let you
know when we find something."
-Yes, sir. So, why did you contact me?
"I will send the files to the secure line. Have the agent find out about this man. He
should be there by now."
The director then turned back at the monitor. On the monitor screen, there was a
picture of Chun Yeowun sitting comfortably in the chair of the interrogation room
last night.
'This is crazy.'
Jo Yusung, who was sitting down on the sofa, was in serious trouble. Director Yun
Munpyung was sitting down on the sofa with all his blood points sealed, rolling his
eyes in trying to say something. But of course, it was easy to see what he was trying
to say.
'Director… '
Of course, Jo Yusung was dying to help him out. He wanted to unseal the blood points
or ask for help outside, but he couldn't move. He wasn't locked down, but he was
sure that if he made any foolish moves, he was going to end up like the Director. Jo
Yusung then glanced at the mechanical clock hanging on the wall. It was already 30
minutes past.
‘…There's no time.'
He was feeling nervous already, so Yun Munpyung was surely going crazy. Yun
Munpyung said it would take 15 minutes for the person with antidote to come over
to the office, so he now only had 15 minute before One Time's spread through his
body to kill him.
'That evil bastard!'
Jo Yusung glanced over at Chun Yeowun who was sitting by the chair at the desk.
They had figured he will ask for something right after he poisoned Yun Munpyung,
but he had been neglecting them until now. Thanks to him, Jo Yusung and Yun
Munpyung's minds were becoming weaker as time went on.
'Dammit!'
Jo Yusung even wished for Chun Yeowun to threaten them with the poison. This was
worse than torture.
'What the hell is he doing anyway?!'
Chun Yeowun was looking at Yun Munpyung's working computer since then. The
computer at the company was locked down with very powerful security so there was
no way to find out any information from it, so it was a waste of time doing something
on the computer. Hacking into a security-locked computer like that was hard for
even professionals.
But of course, Chun Yeowun had Nano with him.
[Searching through all the files in the storage device is completed.]
Yeowun saw many pdf documents popping up on the screen. If Yun Munpyung or Jo
Yusung saw this, they would have been shocked beyond belief. These documents
were very confidential. If leaked, it was going to hurt the Six Road Toy company
itself.
'No. Disregard these types of documents.'
But these weren't ones that Chun Yeowun was looking for. He was looking for any
information related to Blade Six, or the Yulin. Nano tried its best to find any related
documents through Yun Munpyung's computer, but not much was stored that was
related to Yulin.
'I guess the security is strong.'
Yeowun thought searching in the computer was going to give him something, but it
was not as he expected. The task with Yulin was being handled with something else
other than the computer at work. If it was just being secured within the computer, he
would have known by now.
‘…hmph. Nano, did you say important files are usually stored on separate drives?'
[Yes, Master. Sometimes, portable drives are also used.]
'I should search his body then.'
Yeowun then got up from his desk and walked over to Yun Munpyung.
'Ugh… is it starting?'
Jo Yusung became frightened and looked away in fear. He figured that Chun Yeowun
could not earn what he wanted, so there was going to be a threat or torture. It was
then.
"NNNGH!"
Yun Munpyung's body floated up from the sofa.
'W-what is he trying to do?'
Yun Munpyung became shocked and tried to speak out with fear. But he couldn't say
anything as his blood points were sealed. Chun Yeowun ignored and reached out
toward his body.
An amazing thing happened next. All of Yun Munpyung's pockets from his clothes
emptied themselves and were sent over to Chun Yeowun's palm. There was his
wallet and all kinds of other stuff. His flexible smartphone on the wrist and rings
were also pulled off. Yun Munpyung finally realized what Chun Yeowun was trying to
do.
'He's looking for the USB drive!'
It was obvious as Chun Yeowun didn't seem to find what he wanted from the
computer.
'N-no!'
Yun Munpyung was shocked. It wasn't because his smartphone was taken away. The
phone also had the security application from the company that all important files
were to be removed automatically.
'Please, don't notice it!'
Yun Munpyung prayed from within. He had made it so that it was going to be hard to
notice it from the outside, but he was still worried. Chun Yeowun then threw most
stuff he took out from the pocket and only grabbed the smartphone and a certain
object.
"Hmm?"
It was a small robot action figure. It was small as a pinky finger, and Yun Munpyung
began to shake with disbelief.
'H-how?!'
He was certain that no one would notice, but it was found. He couldn't understand
why it was found the moment Chun Yeowun grabbed it.
[There is a security chip within the object. The chip's coding shows that it is used to
unlock a certain security device.]
It was a quite well made decoy — no one would have known that a mere toy would
be such an important object.
'This toy thing is some kind of key?'
[Yes, Master.]
Chun Yeowun looked around the office. Other then the entrance to the office, there
was no door or a safe of any kind. Then what was it used for? What key was it used
for?
'How can I find the thing to use this on?"
[Reach out your palm toward the office, and slowly turn clockwise. I will scan it.]
Yeowun then reached out after hearing Nano's words. Red laser light began to flash
out and scanned through the office.
'?!'
Yun Munpyung and Jo Yusung couldn't understand what was going on.
'W-what the hell is this?!'
This was an entirely different type of light from the qi light. That red light looked like
the light of a barcode scanner used at supermarkets. Chun Yeowun then heard a
sound over his head.
-BEEEEEP
Through his eyes where augmented reality was activated, the red dots pointed at one
point of the office. It was targeting the picture hung up on the wall. It was a picture of
Yun Munpyung standing in a suit. Chun Yeowun began to walk toward it.
'NO!!!'
Yun Munpyung became pale. Chun Yeowun did not seem to have any professional
equipment, but he easily located the secret safe. Yeowun reached over and moved
the toy closely to the picture. And then…
Beep
The picture beeped and moved sideways to open it. Inside, there was a hidden safe.
'H-how can he do that?! Who is he anyway?!'
Chun Yeowun found out everything so easily. There was nothing that stopped him
from searching through the office. The last level of security left for him was the
fingerprint and passcode to open up the safe. Of course, a martial artist of that stage
can easily cut open the safe with force qi, but doing that was going to activate the
security measure. Yun Munpyung hoped Chun Yeowun would use his force, but he
knew that Chun Yeowun was not fool to do something like that.
'DAMMIT!'
The fingerprint could easily be done as Chun Yeowun could just drag Yun Munpyung
over to stamp his finger, but the only thing that remained was the passcode. Yun
Munpyung looked over at the mechanical watch. Only 8 minutes were left for him to
do something to save his life. There were two choices now.
He was to either tell the passcode and live, or keep the company secret and die.
'DAMMIT!'
He could not stop cursing within himself. He had spoken proudly that he would die
for the company any time, but with the stake at hand, he was more focused on saving
his own life.
'No! You can't do that, Director!'
Jo Yusung shook his head while watching Yun Munpyung. If Yun Munpyung were to
reveal the passcode, then the important thing was going to be revealed. But Yun
Munpyung already made up his mind.
'Dammit! I've done so much to come this far! I can't die now!'
Yun Munpyung decided to tell the passcode in exchange for his life. He began to
moan his best to call upon Chun Yeowun.
"NNNNGH! NNNNGH!"
'HERE! LOOK AT ME! LOOK!'
It was then.
Beeep
'?!'
The door to the safe opened even without the fingerprint or the passcode. And there
was no security measure being activated either.
‘…This is impossible.'
Yun Munpyung stopped thinking.
The inside of the safe was divided into two compartments. The bottom compartment
had a suitcase-like object and the top compartment had a piece of paper and nothing
else. It seemed like there was not much of an important piece of evidence to be
found, which was not expected.
'Is there a USB drive inside that suitcase?'
Chun Yeowun thought as he reached down toward the lower compartment. But he
changed his mind as he became intrigued by the piece of paper that was left alone on
the other compartment and reached to pick it up instead.
That's when he heard Nano's voice ringing through his head.
[Alert. Detected wireless signal printer and a data removal device at the top ceiling
of the safe.]
'Removal device?'
[When the safe is forced open, the device is to shoot out fire to burn the document to
be incinerated. It seems to be a security measure.]
The safe did not only have a security alert as a security measure. When forced open,
it was created so that anything inside would be destroyed by fire. The safe measure
was highly sophisticated and had multiple steps to make it secure.
‘…It's well prepared. So, what's with that printer?'
[It is a device that prints out documents received wirelessly and transferred over to
the device.]
'Outside signal? Can you track where the signal is coming from?'
[The signal is created with short-range YTD wireless signals, so it can only be
tracked when the signal is being directly sent to the device and the device is printing
the document.]
It seemed like the signal wasn't sent to the device from a remote region. It meant
that someone came very close to the range of the company building to send the
signal to the device. Chun Yeowun was astonished.
‘…Is it a must for this world to try to remove tracks? Nothing is easygoing here.'
Yeowun needed to utilize the printer inside the safe to track down who was sending
orders to this office. It was when Yeowun was thinking if he should stay here until he
got something coming from the outside that Nano offered a different solution.
[I will copy the device's wireless registered receiving code. It will allow me to detect
the same wireless signal that comes into the device while in a two-kilometer radius.]
'Oh?'
If that was possible, then there was no need to stay within the office. It was thankful
that Chun Yeowun at least had highly advanced technology, or the 7th Generation
Nano Machine from the future, to help him out in this unknown world. It did not take
long to copy the code from the device.
Chun Yeowun then took out the paper from the safe and took a glance. He was
curious as to what kind of information was written on the paper. There was a total of
four orders that was printed onto the paper.
[ 1. Requested research proves that it is highly likely the Agent Kin Jongse from Team
07 is a spy agent. Termination required.
Kidnap PSB Homicides 3rd Team Leader Moyong Yimyung.
Gate Emergency Alert to be expected on 2/23 to 2/24 on the 26th Gate. Terminate
all classified data.
Reviewing assassination plan of YUN Company's Director is underway. Will be
announced of result before the Gate Emergency Alert.]
The bottom of the paper showed the Blade Six logo and someone's printed signature
there. It was hidden information that Chun Yeowun had been looking for. The true
nature of a giant mega-company had now finally revealed its shadow. Starting with
the assassination, it even was dealing with the kidnapping of individuals.
'I knew you would be the same as always.'
Chun Yeowun's mouth turned into a smile. It was exactly the kind of thing that
Yeowun knew Blade Six might be doing. They were pretending if they were now on
the side of justice, the side of good. But Blade Six as Yeowun knew it was always up
for doing everything they could for their own profit and there was no way they
would change their ways.
'This one's quite good.'
If this order paper were to be revealed to the world, Blade Six as a mega-company
was going to take a significant hit. Chun Yeowun folded the paper and put it into his
clothes pocket.
'Hmph.'
After determining the true nature of the company, Yeowun needed more direct
information to Blade Six, but there wasn't anything about that. Yeowun now reached
down toward the bottom of the safe toward the suitcase. The suitcase had a lock on
it.
[It is a fingerprint scanner, Master.]
'Is it?'
Chun Yeowun then reached behind him and Yun Munpyung's cut right hand was
sucked into Yeowun's palm. Yeowun grabbed it and pressed the thumb on the
fingerprint scanning area of the suitcase.
Click
It opened the case and Yeowun looked inside. He frowned as he checked to see if
there was any device or information that might hold the data he was looking for.
Instead, there was something that he did not expect.
'What is this?'
Yeowun thought as he grabbed and picked it up from the case. It was a syringe about
the size of a palm, created with thick glass and silvery metal hardware around it.
Inside was a blue liquid.
'Nano, can you check what this thing is about?'
There was another syringe inside the case. It seemed like there were 10 syringes
originally, but 8 of them were missing from their supposed spots.
[I will scan it, Master.]
Yeowun's palm began to shoot out red light, scanning through the syringe that the
hand was holding. After scanning, Yeowun's eye was activated with augmented
reality which showed the unique shape of a metallic ball. Within the blue liquid,
there were thousands of these floating within.
[This is a nano bomb. I have zoomed in so that Master can see it with your naked
eyes.]
'Nano… bomb?'
To Chun Yeowun's amazement, these small balls that could not be seen with the
naked eye were actually nano-sized bombs. Yeowun became curious.
'Nano, do you mean this world also created Nano Machines too?'
[The development of nano technology is in progress, mainly in the medical field, but
it seems like the technology is still 200 years behind for any possibility of creating a
nano machine that includes artificial intelligence.]
The current world was not technologically advanced enough to create Nano Machine
like Chun Yeowun's Nano. After nano technology came into the scene in 2015, the
world was now able to create remote nano devices. It was still far from creating
something as advanced as Chun Yeowun's Nano, but it was still an amazing feat
during that time with its technology if it was able to create such a thing like a nano
bomb.
'Hmph.'
Yeowun deactivated augmented reality and checked the syringe. On the metal
hardware on the syringe, there was a small red circle and the letters MS engraved on
it.
'Is it the name of the bomb?'
Yeowun thought of when he also found the MS engraving on the small portable
device inside the suitcase. He realized that it was rather name of a company that
created this nano bomb.
'What is this anyway?'
Yeowun asked and Nano scanned the device right away.
[The device is registered with a radio signal coded to activate the nano bomb inside
the syringe.]
The device's purpose was to set off the bomb that was used. On one half of the device
was a monitor screen, with ten different colored small buttons beneath it. Yeowun
pressed on the red button, and a red circle on the small monitor window popped up
with a message:
[Activate the nano bomb? Yes / No]
It seemed like the monitor screen was touch-sensitive. Touching Yes seemed to
trigger the bomb to explode. Yeowun glanced back at the syringe he was holding on
with his other hand, then glanced over to another syringe inside the case.
"Huh?"
It seemed like the color of the circle engraved on the metal hardware of the syringe
was different. This meant that the device's ten colors matched with each bomb's
color that was on the syringe.
'Oh?'
Yeowun became intrigued. It was then.
"NNNNNNNGH!!!! NGHNGHGGNGGG!!!"
Director Yun Munpyung began to make noises like crazy with all of his might.
Yeowun looked back and saw Yun Munpyung sweating, nodding his head hastily
toward the wall clock, trying to say something. Yeowun turned over to the clock and
immediately realized what he was trying to say.
"Oh. You have a minute now."
After exactly 1 minute, only 15 minutes remained before One Time's was going to
activate. That was the reason for Yun Munpyung's last-minute rampage. If he did not
get the antidote within that time, he was going to die from the poison.
"nnnnngh!!!! NGHHGNGHHH!!!!"
'P-Please! I want to live! Not like this! PLEASE!!!'
It was a mere moan because Yun Munpyung couldn't speak due to his blood points
being sealed, but he was desperate to live. Yeowun looked at Yun Munpyung's eyes
for a second, then walked over to him. Yun Munpyung became tense. It was a matter
of life and death as per Chun Yeowun's decision.
'Please… PLEASE!!!'
It was then.
All blood points that were sealed were opened, and Yun Munpyung was able to move
his body. And also…
"Nnngh… URGH! M-my voice…!"
All of it was now freed. He became shocked and looked up to Chun Yeowun when
Yeowun handed him over something. It was the flexible smartphone that Chun
Yeowun took off from Yun Munpyung.
"Call. Make them bring your antidote."
"Huh?"
Even if the safe was open, Chun Yeowun did not say anything, and neither did Yun
Munpyung. He was becoming suspicious of Chun Yeowun's sudden change of mind.
"Why? I thought you wanted to live, didn't you?"
"O-of course!"
Yun Munpyung became shocked at Chun Yeowun's words and quickly began to tap
on the smartphone screen to make the phone call. If he did not speed up, it was going
to be dangerous really soon. The phone made a signal while Yun Munpyung bit his
lips in desperation.
'Come on… COME ON!!!'
The phone seemed to go so slowly in Yun Munpyung's time. It was when the phone
rang about 10 times when someone finally picked it up.
-Yes, Director. It's me, Hojung.
Yun Munpyung's face brightened up at the voice answering the phone from the other
side.
At the convenience store, 800 meters away was Six Road Toy's main company
building.
Someone dropped a heavy basket full of snacks starting from drinks to chips and cup
noodles on the counter. The female employee working on the counter frowned at the
basket. The basket contained different products and it seemed like it was going to
take some time to scan every item being purchased.
"Can you make it fast?"
The employee frowned and looked at the man asking her a rude question. The man
had handsome features and a spot on his right eye, with short rough hair. Whatever
the case, employee replied with an unhappy voice.
"Uh, excuse me. It's not like this thing is done by a machine, so…”
"Oh, yeah of course. It's just… see the scary-looking Mister back there? He's in a real
hurry. So… please?"
The man pointed his finger behind him, and there was a large man with a grey coat
and sunglasses standing tall with a stern look on his face.
"Hmph."
The man felt the female employee's scared look and shook his head. Then he walked
over to the magazine section of the convenience store to give them space.
"I-if you are in a hurry, can you put these in the paper bag while I scan these?"
"Sure thing."
The employee handed over five paper bags and the man took the bags with an
intrigued look. He opened the bag and began placing all purchased goods that were
scanned. On the hand he was pulling out after putting down the goods, there was a
small piece of paper with small writing on it.
[Request to abort mission dismissed. Technical Support Team is doing their best.]
The man immediately grimaced as he read the message. He became annoyed,
crumpled the paper, and threw it over to the other side of the counter. When his
paper bag was full, he moved onto another bag and took out another hidden message
from within.
[New mission. Investigate the target specified.]
'God-DAMMIT!'
The man became furious. He requested to be taken out of the mission three times
already, but his request was being ignored and instead he was getting more and
more new missions.
'Why am I stuck in this hell hole?'
He crumpled the message again and glanced toward his bag. The big man was
moving through the magazines, but he was still eyeing himself still.
'Ugh… this is crazy.'
He was frustrated. At first, he was only searched through his smartphone and his
personal belongings. But starting two days ago, that 'team leader' began tagging
along and stayed with him for 24 hours straight.
'Dammit. Are they really trying to get me killed?! Damn PSBs!'
He pretended nothing was going wrong as he was being watched, but he couldn't
stand any longer. It was certain that he was almost uncovered on his mission. He
even thought about escaping from all of this if it wasn't only for 'that.'
'Dammit. Shit. FUCK!!!'
All he could do was curse from within. After crumpling another piece of paper, he
moved over to another paper bag, pretending to put all purchased snacks into it. In
the next bag, he took out a piece of l paper that had a picture printed on it.
'Huh? Is it something form a movie?'
It was a picture of a medieval-fashioned man sitting within an interrogation room. In
the middle of the picture, there was the name 'Musung' written down on it.
'Who the hell is this guy, and why do they want me to investigate him? Ugh… '
After taking a good look at the picture, he crumpled it yet again and rolled over to
the other side of the counter. Just during those 3 minutes of scanning items, he was
able to take new missions.
"It's 43,520 yuan. Please confirm your amount."
"Sure."
He had purchased a lot in order to drag as much as time he can, and it resulted in
quite an amount. He scanned his fingerprint on his smartphone, and paid the
amount with his phone's payment system.
"Sir, it's done."
He grabbed four paper bags in his arms and walked out of the convenience store.
The 'team leader' man reached into the paper bag to take out a can of soda and
spoke.
"Why does it take so long?"
"I bought a lot, you see?"
The man answered as if there wasn't anything wrong. Team Leader tapped on his
forehead and growled in a low voice.
"Kin Jongse. I warned you multiple times. Don't try to do anything funny. Don't forget
I am watching you."
The man, Kin Jongse, became grim. He was annoyed by the warning, but he
pretended he wasn't and answered, “…Yes, sir."
"If I find something… you know right? The thing inside of you will… BOOM!!"
Team Leader exaggerated his gesture by throwing his both arms open wide. Kin
Jongse's face darkened even more.
'Dammit! I shouldn't have taken this job! The prison would've been better than this!'
He regretted his choice when he noticed something.
"Sir, you have a phone call."
The flexible smartphone on Team Leader's wrist was flashing. He slapped his
forehead as if he had forgotten about it.
"Oh, it was on silent mode. Hmm… huh!?"
He then quickly answered the phone.
"Yes, Director. It's Hojung."
Team Leader's name was Hojung. He answered the phone, then became weird.
"Yes, sir. I will head over at once."
He then hung up the phone and became curious.
"This is strange…”
"Is something up?"
"I heard a new guy was coming… but why does he sound so nervous?"
The Director would have spoken in his distinct arrogant tone, but his voice had a hint
of urgency in it.
“…Isn't it because the new guy is holding off?"
Kin Jongse knew very well what kind of things the Director did to new agents. But
Hojung shook his head.
"You should come with me. Something might be up."
"Huh? Me too?"
He was rarely taken to the Director's office.
'Oh!'
Maybe there was a chance. If the new agent was being hired, the director was
definitely going to open the safe. Maybe it was a chance for Kin Jongse to try to find
out the password to the safe.
"Let's go."
"Yes, sir!"
At the same time, in the director's office—
"Yeah. Hurry!"
Yun Munpyung sighed in relief after he made the phone call to bring the antidote.
'What is he thinking anyway?'
He then returned to being suspicious on what Chun Yeowun was thinking. It was
certain that Chun Yeowun was planning something instead.
'Maybe I should offer him something instead.'
Yun Munpyung then carefully opened his mouth.
“…Thank you for letting me take the antidote, sir. If there is ANYTHING you need… I
can…”
It was then. Chun Yeowun reached toward his back, and something was sucked into
his hand. And in that moment, Yeowun stuck something into Yun Munpyung's neck.
Yun Munpyung's eyes turned wide in shock as he realized what was being stuck into
his neck. It was the syringe containing the blue liquid nano bomb.
"n-NOOOOOOOOOO!"
He felt the liquid moving into his body. It felt even more desperate than when he was
given One Time's.
Yeowun smiled and replied to him.
"Don't thank me… you work for me now."
'Y… y… you BASTARD!!!'
Yun Munpyung couldn't say anything out loud as he saw the detonation device in
Yeowun's hand. That's when Yeowun reached toward the case again. Another syringe
was sucked into his hand and Yeowun looked up on the ceiling of the office and
spoke.
"Upstairs is the president's room, right?"
40th floor of the Six Road Toy Company building.
This floor was the top floor of the building, and the president's office and private
area. Just like the 36th floor of the Director's office, it was decorated with lavish
interior designs. On the president's desk, someone was answering the internal
phone call. The man was bald and dark-skinned, looking to be in his 50s. He was Yum
Gisub, the president of Six Road Toy. Just like Yun Munpyung, he was sent from the
Blade Six Headquarters, and a Superior master stage martial artist. His enlarged
upper torso and thick arms showed that he was trained in a special type of martial
art that comprised was comprised of special muscular training.
"What? There's an emergency order coming directly from headquarters?"
-… You should come down to see it, sir.
"I am on my way."
-I'll see you in my office.
Yun Munpyung hung up the phone on the other side and Yum Gisub's face grimaced
in anger.
"Ugh… this bastard. He acts like he's got everything after he was told he will be
brought back to headquarters in two months."
Yum Gisub disliked Yun Munpyung because of the distinct arrogant nature of the
man already. Yum Gisub became even more furious as Yun Munpyung hung up on
him, even when Yum Gisub was still his direct supervisor. Yum Gisub slammed the
desk and mumbled, "DAMMIT! Am I a president? And why does HE have the safe, not
me? What the hell is HQ thinking?"
The safe that contains the printer for receiving orders was usually stored with the
leader of the remote offices. But in a few cases, it was rather installed on its officer's
office than the actual leader. This kind of action made Yum Gisub feel like if he was
just a dummy then the actual president of the company.
“…I guess they don't trust anyone from their main company."
Yum Gisub shook his head. He was actually from the smaller company, Esix Toy
before he moved over to the Six Road Toy. His old clan name within the Yulin was
called the Sun King Fist Clan. The reason why he was now at Blade Six was because
his company was bought out by Blade Six.
“…I am just a dummy for the press."
On the surface, Blade Six was a friendly company that was very popular. To maintain
this position, the company had done multiple tasks to look hospitable on the outside.
Hiring the president of the company they bought out as their new company's
president also consisted of such an action.
"Ugh."
But there was nothing he could do. He had to follow the order of the main company.
The only hope he now had was to have the safe move over to his own office when
Yun Munpyung was called back to headquarters.
Yum Gisub walked out of the president's room and all secretaries outside his office
rose up immediately.
"It's alright. Stay in your seat."
"If you are moving, we will go with you, sir."
If the president were to move, a team of secretaries had to follow. Yum Gisub shook
his hands annoyingly and spoke.
"Director Yun has some important matters to discuss. I'll be back soon, so don't
worry."
"Oh…”
The secretaries all nodded. They very well knew how the company was being run.
The rumor of the company said that it was actually Yun Munpyung who was running
the whole company.
'Damn!'
Yum Gisub became more annoyed when even his secretaries were acting as if Yun
Munpyung was ranked higher. Yum Gisub was now officially a dummy in his own
company.
He moved out of the secretary room and pressed on the elevator button. The
president's private elevator stationed on the 36th floor immediately moved over to
the 40th floor. This too was also shared with Director Yun Munpyung.
'Bastard. If I catch you with any mistakes at all… '
He hoped Yun Munpyung would make a mistake so that Yum Gisub could pick on it
to bring him down. He was stronger in martial art stage also, so he was certain that
he can outpower Yun Munpyung if given the chance.
As he mumbled, the elevator arrived on the 36th floor. As he walked past the
corridor and arrived at the front of the secretary office, there were two familiar men
waiting there.
"Sir."
The man with a coat immediately took off his sunglasses and bowed. The man with a
spot on his eye also bowed.
'Why are they here?'
Yum Gisub didn't feel good seeing them here. He knew these men very well. He
wasn't sure of the younger man's name, but the large man with the grey coat was the
team leader, Hojung. It was the covert ops team that took missions sent directly from
headquarters.
'I told him to have them stay away from the company building because there are eyes
here… he just doesn't listen.'
These people weren't the company's employees. It was very dangerous to call these
men into the building as such with the nature of their job requiring them to stay in
the shadows.
"Hojung. It's been a long time."
Yum Gisub's mouth turned into a smile. He was actually enjoying Yun Munpyung's
misfortune.
'Ha! Look what you have brought upon yourself.'
It seemed like the poison Yun Munpyung tried to use had backfired. Yum Gisub
hoped dearly for Yun Munpyung to make a mistake, and the day had finally come.
Yum Gisub then glanced over at Chun Yeowun.
'Hm… his power… '
The power only seemed to be at the super master stage. But if Yun Munpyung was
overpowered like that, then it was likely that the true power was being hidden.
'He is either about the same or stronger than me.'
Yum Gisub thought to himself. He didn't think such a young man could be stronger
than that. Yum Gisub was at the established superior master stage. He figured he
could overpower the man if done together with the two other men who were with
him.
'I see no need for that, but if the man already took One Time's… '
That's when Yun Munpyung shouted angrily.
"What the hell are you doing?! Hojung, give me the antidote NOW!"
Hojung couldn't decide what to do. He had to hand over the antidote as Yun
Munpyung was his direct supervisor, but it seemed like it was more dangerous to
hand over the antidote in the current state. Yum Gisub then scolded Yun Munpyung.
"Enough. Director Yun, you must think straight. Just because you are being kept as a
hostage, you can't just give up the antidote away to him. You have been misguided."
"W-what the hell are you talking about?!"
"Stay calm. If time passes, the situation will be solved."
Yun Munpyung then became grim.
'T… that asshole!'
The president and the others were mistaken that Chun Yeowun was poisoned. But
there was no time to waste. Yun Munpyung bit his lips and shouted.
"It's not him!"
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm the one who's poisoned!!"
"What?!"
Yum Gisub became shocked. He thought it was Chun Yeowun who was poisoned, so
he couldn't believe it.
"What the hell are you…”
It was then.
"What-!"
The case Hojung was holding onto flew out of his hand and flew over to Yun
Munpyung.
"F-force energy?!"
Hojung became shocked and looked at Chun Yeowun. Yeowun just gestured dragging
something, so it was obviously Chun Yeowun who had done this.
"T-thank you, SIR!!"
Yun Munpyung thanked Chun Yeowun for handing over the antidote, then quickly
popped open the suitcase to take out the brown syringe that seemed to be the
antidote and injected it into his thigh.
"Ah…”
Yun Munpyung's desperate face was immediately filled with relief. It was a matter of
a second which might be too late for him before the poison was to spread over his
body.
'Dammit!'
Yum Gisub, who now realized the situation correctly, became furious. He had to put
that man down before it was too late. Yum Gisub shouted, ordering the two men
behind him.
"Assist me with my attack!"
Yum Gisub's body immediately shot forward as he finished, flying toward Chun
Yeowun who was sitting down on the sofa. Yum Gisub's internal energy was pulled
up 80%, and his torso expanded, tearing his suits and revealed the enlarged muscles.
'I will take him down with my best formation!'
He knew the enemy was a highly skilled martial artist that required his best attack to
finish him off. Yum Gisub's right hand began to glow blue, which was the force qi
wielding over his fist.
'7th formation of the Sun King Fist!'
His fist rained down upon Chun Yeowun as if it was going to destroy everything in its
path. He had attacked first, so Yum Gisub prepared for his enemy to react to his
attack. But something was strange.
'Why is he not moving… '
It was then. Chun Yeowun raised his fist up and down while still sitting on his sofa.
"UGH!!"
Enormous power beyond imagination pulled Yum Gisub's body down as if he was
being pushed down with weight of a building.
'W-what kind of power is this?!'
This wasn't something that he can resist. Yum Gisub's two knees were sent down to
the floor, and even made a crater around it with the power of it pushing down.
"Urgghhhhh!!!"
Yum Gisub pushed his power to 100% to pull his knees back up, but there was no
use. Yum Gisub now knew who he was dealing with.
'He's more than superior master stage!!'
There was no way the same superior master stage martial artist could be
overpowered with just the force of energy like this. This was the only possible way
through the immense power difference.
"Y… you…! Who are you!" Yum Gisub asked, to which Chun Yeowun replied with an
answer that was not even closely related.
"Thank you for coming to me all by yourself."
"What- ARGH!"
Yum Gisub felt something sharp being stuck into his neck. He then felt something
seeping into his body through the neck.
"W-what are you…?!"
He wanted to shake it off, but the power pushing him down was just too strong to
even try to resist. That's when something dropped to the ground.
'!!!'
Yum Gisub's eyes began to shake like an earthquake as soon as he saw what dropped
from his neck.
'That's… '
It was the nano bomb syringe. The blue liquid that should've filled the syringe was
now empty as the syringe rolled on the ground.
'H-how did he get this…?!'
This should have been within the safe behind the wall. Yum Gisub became lost for
words when he heard someone scoffing from distant.
'…?'
The man who scoffed was the director, Yun Munpyung.
Yum Gisub spoke with a smile. But his real message was sent over by the telepathic
message.
[I told you to stay away from the company under daylight. Didn't you hear anything
from Director Yun?]
Hojung frowned and replied with a telepathic message.
[Yes sir, I have. But the matter at hand required me to visit him directly, sir.]
Hojung then flashed the suitcase he held and Yum Gisub frowned. Yum Gisub knew
very well what it was.
'Antidote!'
Director Yun Munpyung always meddled in dirty work. But because of that, he was
very successful in finishing the tasks that were given to him.
‘…I remember. There was a new recruit today. I guess he had some rough times if he
had to use One Time's.'
For these team members, it was required to be highly trained in martial arts rather
than ordinary Yulinians. It was common to hire Yulinians with no families or those
who had been training under hiding. Because of that, a lot of them were very proud
of their skills. Of course, Yun Munpyung's dirty work did very well to them. Starting
with One Time's to nano bombs, there was no way to resist.
[Sir, Director said he was in a hurry. Can I go in first?]
Hojung was actually about to move into the office. Yum Gisub nodded and spoke.
"I have business with him also. Let's go in together."
"Yes, sir."
Yum Gisub knew of their secret, so there was no need to hide anything from him.
When they walked in, female secretaries became surprised and rose up immediately
and bowed to Yum Gisub. Even if Yun Munpyung held the true power over the
company, Yum Gisub was still a president.
"Sir, why are you…”
"Director called me down. Haven't you heard from him?"
"No, sir. We have not. Our sources said that he was going through an interview…”
Yum Gisub shook his head. It seemed Yun Munpyung didn't even let his secretary
know that the president had come down to visit. There was no respect for the head
of the company.
"I guess the Director must have forgotten it. But he does that often, doesn't he?
Hahaha."
The secretaries laughed awkwardly but they couldn't decide what to say. It was
apparent that the president was furious at this.
"We will let him know that the president is here. If you just wait for…”
"No. Our director wants me because of the interview. I'll just walk myself in. HMPH!"
"Uh…”
Yum Gisub then walked through the secretary room. Secretaries knew that the
president was angry, so that they sent a messenger to the director that the president
was going in.
Yum Gisub then walked into the office with Hojung and Kin Jonse in tow. Kin Jongse
closed the office door and walked in.
'If he needs an antidote, then he probably didn't use the syringe yet.'
Kin Jongse's only focus was on the safe's password. He saw Yun Munpyung using the
robot figure from his pocket to reveal the safe beneath the picture on the wall. Yun
Munpyung's office was so big that they needed to walk through a small corridor.
'Hmm.'
There were signs of three people within the office. Yum Gisub shook his head as he
walked through the corridor. They felt one person was breathing heavily and the
internal energy being disrupted since they walked into the corridor.
'I know the purpose for these people is for one-time use, but he always overdoes it.'
Yum Gisub thought as he became frustrated by Yun Munpyung's dirty work. He even
caught the thick smell of blood. And when he passed through the corridor, he
couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"W-… what is going on here?"
He couldn't hide his shock. At that moment, he found the cut right hand rolling
beside Yun Munpyung's working desk.
'God, dammit. He even cut the hand? Yun Munpyung you mad… huh?'
Yum Gisub then sensed a person and turned to the sofa. And he couldn't believe what
he was seeing. Hojung and Kin Jongse who followed from behind also became
shocked.
"D-director!"
It was Yun Munpyung whose hand was cut off. It was hard to guess what had
happened in this office. That's when Yun Munpyung shouted hastily.
"Hojung! Antidote! Hurry!"
There was no arrogance and pride in Yun Munpyung anymore. There was only
desperation. His bloodshot eyes proved that he was not in good condition.
'Huh? That man… '
Kin Jongse's eyes grew large as he saw the young man with long black hair with
medieval-fashion clothing sitting comfortably on another sofa. The man was Chun
Yeowun.
'It's him!'
It was sure that this was the man that Kin Jongse was ordered to take a look into. The
clothing made it easy to recognize even without recognizing the face.
'Was it about the new guy that the PSB wanted me to look into?'
But something was off here. The situation wasn't as what they had expected. Yun
Munpyung shouted toward them again.
"What the fuck are you doing! GIVE ME THE ANTIDOTE!!"
"D-director!"
Hojung became dumbfounded and couldn't decide what to do. The look on Yun
Munpyung's face proved that it was Yun Munpyung himself who was being held in
custody.
'Dammit.'
He hesitated for a second, but thought he should first give the antidote and tried to
open the case. That's when Yum Gisub made him stop.
'Why?'
Yum Gisub shook his head and spoke.
"Director Yun. What happened to you?"
YUN Company, located at east side of the Simyang city.
On the 42th floor, the director's office, there was a late 30s man with a blue suit
sitting front of his desk, concentrating on something. This man, was the successor of
the YUN Company, and the current director, Moyong Yisun.
He was looking through screen, pushing through pictures of many individual. These
pictures inside of the screen shared two main common things. First was that all of
these pictures were taken from afar, without the person knowing if the picture was
being taken. The second common thing was…
"Jo Yusung…”
Most of pictures consisted of someone who was staying by the HR Manager of Six
Road Toy, Jo Yusung. Of course, there was a man with a coat and a sunglasses who
was in many of other pictures but it wasn't sure who this man was. All it was known
was that the man was named 'Hojung' but there was no further information. It was
certain that the man was Yulinian, but he wasn't registered either.
'There are eight of them like him.'
There were total of eight pictures, with Jo Yusung contacting with eight Yulinians
who were not registered through the government. Jo Yusung had been collecting
these men for past 3 months.
'If I can just have someone from our company to sneak in there… '
Moyong Yisun had tried sending two individuals to spy on them from inside after
working on the identity, but all had came to fail. One had enough stage of power that
Six Road Toy wanted, and second was found out that he was a spy so the man killed
himself before being exploited.
After going through pictures, it was now the last picture. The picture showed black
sedan moving out of PSB Headquarter. This vehicle was Jo Yusung's exclusive
company vehicle. The time stamp on the picture showed it that it was taken this
morning.
Moyong Yisun tapped on the picture at the screen.
'I missed the 9th one in front of my eyes…!'
He never missed any others, as he had been watching Jo Yusung closely for past 4
month. Unless Jo Yusung was inside of his company or his home, he was always
being watched.
'Damn those PSB… getting in our way.'
The reason why he couldn't have eyes on Jo Yusung today was because of PSB's radio
disruption signal. Because of the signal that erases all files of any video capturing
capable device, all of watcher's device had been formatted. There was only one
information that was acquired.
'The man have long hair and a medieval times fashion… '
That alone was far from being enough. He needed at least picture of the man's face to
run the program to find him. It was when he was being frustrated at the situation at
hand.
A internal phone speaker sounded and the secretary called out.
-Director, there is a guest.
"Guest?"
There was a late meeting afternoon, but there wasn't anything that was supposed to
happen right now. Secretary continued.
-… Uh I mean… Excuse me! You can't just barge…!
click
The door was burst open right after and someone walked in.
“…Yimyung?"
It was Yimyung, the 3rd Team leader of PSB Homicides Department. Moyong Yisun
turned off the screen quickly and got up from his seat at unexpected guest.
"What brings you here? You should be at hospital."
Yimyung frowned at Moyong Yisun's words. Yimyung did not even let his mother
know yet, so it was annoying that Moyong Yisun knew about it already. Yimyung
spoke uncomfortably.
"You spy on me or something?"
"HAH! You still talk like that to your older brother? I am too busy to spy on someone
like you."
Moyong Yisun came to know of it by conincidence. When he was trying to have
someone take picture of 9th person, he was reported that Yimyung had been shot
and was taken to the hospital.
"Cut the bullshit. You are never my brother. Since when you ever even thought of me
as a brother?"
Yimyung's word furiated Yisun, to which Yisun tried to jump out but stopped. He
then turned cold and replied.
“…Hmph. No need to dirty my hand on trash who can't even use martial art."
This time, it furiated Yimyung to which he reacted by turning cold. Not being able to
use martial art was like trauma to Yimyung. Moyong Yisun spoke sarcastically.
"So, why does our great team leader at PSB visits this mere hard working civilian like
me?"
"Jo Yusung. Yun Munpyung."
Moyong Yisun's face frowned at the name that was mentioned. They weren't the
ones that detective at PSB would be mentioning about, especially when the detective
is not even on special units.
"Jo Yusung came into PSB this morning, and took one of our suspect who was being
investigated by using Yun Munpyung of Six Road Toy's power."
“…And why does that matter to you?"
"I said, cut the bullshit. I know you were there at the hospital that Jo Yusung stopped
by. What are you planning?"
"What?"
Moyong Yisun became dumbfounded at the accusation. It seems Yimyung was
thinking that Moyong Yisun was somehow related to Six Road Toys. But in fact,
Moyong Yisun was also investigating these said people himself.
'That grey RV was a PSB vehicle… it means the PSB is now investigating on Jo Yusung
also.'
But this gave new information to Moyong Yisun. Yimyung continued without
knowing what Yisun was thinking.
"The media has been going all out on YUN Company and Six Road Toy working
together recently. Tell me if you are hiding something."
Yimyung continued coldly, pressing Yisun to speak out. Yisun then became
uncomfortable and replied, "That's enough. Don't trust your badge will help you with
everything."
"Are you threatening me?"
"I am just a humble civilian. How can I threaten our great officer at the PSB? Hmph. If
you want to know, then get a warrant."
Yimyung frowned at that. To be honest, he wasn't even a detective right now as he
was officially suspended from his duty. If he were to press deeper, it was Yimyung
who was going to be in trouble.
"Bah!"
There was no other way. Besides, the man standing in front of him shared the same
parents but were always more than willing to press down on Yimyung to secure his
position as a successor. Yimyung gave up and turned around to move out of the
office. That's when he heard Yisun's voice.
"You don't even have a warrant… and poking all over the place. Let me give you a
friendly warning."
"What?"
Yimyung turned his head back, and Moyong Yisun warned in low voice, "Jo Yusung…
no, Yun Munpyung is a very dangerous man. If you don't want to die, then don't dig
too deep and just stay out of this one. I mean it."
At the same time—
Director's office at the 36th floor of Six Road Toy. Someone politely handed over
something over to Chun Yeowun who was sitting down on the sofa. The man, or the
'very dangerous man,' was Yun Munpyung.
"Don't try to play any tricks."
"O-of course, sir! I would never even think to do that!"
What he handed over with his remaining left arm was freshly printed, warm pages of
paper. These pieces of paper contained information about Blade Six that Yun
Munpyung had.
'Dammit.'
Yun Munpyung did not show it outside, but he felt miserable to say the least. The
situation had turned a hundred percent upside down. They were planning to use
Chun Yeowun as a one-time use agent, but it was them who had to put down their
knees and hope that Chun Yeowun will let them live instead.
'Ugh.'
Yun Munpyung glanced over to the right armrest of the sofa that Chun Yeowun was
sitting on. On top was the nano bomb control device. If Chun Yeowun was to press on
that button, people, including Yun Munpyung himself was going to explode to death.
That's when someone who was kneeling beside the sofa spoke carefully to Chun
Yeowun.
"I am not sure if those are enough for you… there is some good information on the
tablet PC I have in my office…”
"Shut up."
“…Yes, sir."
The man who closed his mouth at Chun Yeowun's snap was the president of Six Road
Toy, Yum Gisub. He too was frustrated from the despair for a while, but now he was
concentrating on trying to please Chun Yeowun at the moment. But Yum Gisub had
been working as the top of the company for a long time, so it was not easy to please
someone as if he was a new employee. He then saw Yun Munpyung shaking his head
with a shameful look on his face.
'Y… you asshole!!'
Yum Gisub became so furious that veins popped up from his forehead.
'It's you who brought us into this hell!'
If something like this had happened and the man had the right mind, then he should
have at least sacrificed himself to let others know that there was a problem. But he
did not do that, and rather he was mocking others for doing the same thing that he
was doing. Yun Munpyung seemed to recognize Yum Gisub's fury, and coughed
awkwardly and looked away.
'Hmph.'
Whatever the case, Chun Yeowun was concentrated on reading the document
handed over to him. Documents that Yun Munpyung gave him held information
about Blade Six as a clan within the world of Yulin. Blade Six divided its group to its
main and joint companies to control its large group.
'There is a total of 87 remote companies, with 13 joint ones… so a total of 74 are
leaders among Blade Six.'
On the back page of the document, there were names of these companies and their
presidents. Yun Munpyung who had the ambition to go on top of all of these people
had contact with others. His main goal was to become the 75th leader. If it wasn't for
this incident, maybe he was able to achieve his goal.
"There's no information about your main company."
From what it said on the document, Blade Six was controlled by six officers and the
president of Blade Six Company. But the information was omitted on the document.
The only information was the picture of Geum Sungryong's face, which Chun Yeowun
already knew as Nano searched for it on the internet and sent it over to Yeowun's
brain.
'He's not the Blade God.'
Geum Sungryong did not look like the Blade God. But even in Chun Yeowun's original
time, the Blade God had used decoy under name of Blade Master to lead the Blade
God Six Martial Clan before, so there was no telling what was hidden beneath.
"Any information about officers?"
"U-uh… only seven presidents who are leading our main companies are given the
chance to meet those 6 officers in the stockholder's meeting."
Yun Munpyung spoke and Chun Yeowun turned to Yum Gisub. Yum Gisub shook his
head and replied, "I was appointed to be president at this company only a few
months ago after my company was bought out."
It felt bitter to speak about the company buy out and Yum Gisub looked down. This
meant that Yum Gisub had less important information than Yun Munpyung.
'Then this is all they have about the Blade God Six Martial clan for now."
But it was better than nothing at least. Now, it was time to ask what he really wanted
to know. If these people were the descendants of the Blade God Six Martial clan, it
was sure that they had fought against the Great Demonic Cult. If then, he had to ask
about the cult's nemesis.
"Do you know anything about the Demonic Cult?"
"P-pardon?"
Yun Munpyung asked back weirdly. It seemed as if he had never heard the name.
"Are you pretending you have not heard of it?"
Yun Munpyung became startled at the slightly annoyed voice and hastily shook his
head and hands to deny the claim.
"O-of course, not sir! I have never heard of it."
"You've never heard of it?"
Chun Yeowun became grim. He even began to worry that maybe the Demonic Cult
had not existed in this world. That's when Yun Munpyung, who had been repeating
the name, suddenly became startled and asked, “…S-sir. Are you maybe talking about
the 'Black Sky Company,' that disbanded 26 years ago? Those who were called 'the
cult' back in the days?"
"What?!"
Chun Yeowun became shocked and jumped up from his seat. This meant that the
Great Demonic Cult had disappeared again. Chun Yeowun glared at Yun Munpyung
and asked again with a low voice, "You better talk to me in detail about…”
It was then. He felt a slight move of energy.
The bomb control device on the sofa's armrest was pulled into someone's hand. It
was the man in a grey coat: Hojung.
"Hahahahahaha!!!"
He couldn't hide his excitement for taking control of the device that could set off a
nano bomb. He had been waiting for this moment when Chun Yeowun might lose his
attention at the device. Hojung was not at the superior master stage, but he was a
super master stage who could use his energy to control small object to pull it into
him.
'OHHH!!'
Yun Munpyung and Yum Gisub also became surprised. They had never expected
Hojung to show this kind of courageous act.
'Good!!!'
If Hojung had taken the device to set off the nano bomb, then he had to be given time
to run away. Yum Gisub shouted excitedly.
"GOOD! Hojung, you must…”
That's when something unexpected happened. Hojung used his energy to
immediately shatter the control device into pieces. Yum Gisub became dumbfounded
and mumbled.
"Y… you… what are you…?"
"If the device is no longer available, there is no way to detonate the bomb, nor to
disable the bomb at all. And now, the device has been destroyed." Hojung began to
laugh maniacally at Yun Munpyung and Yum Gisub who seemed to be shocked.
"Hahahahaha! You thought I will stay quiet for your orders forever because of the
nano bombs?!"
"What?"
"I have no way to fight both of you anyway, but who knew I would be given such a
chance? Now, you two should learn the pain of carrying nano bombs inside your
bodies! Hahahaha!"
Both of them became shocked and dumbfounded at Hojung's words. He was
appointed as the team leader because of his loyalty, so they never expected the man
to betray him in the end. Even Kin Jongse seemed to be shocked.
'T-this bastard!'
There was something he had heard before being injected with the nano bomb. He
was told that the device that had been shattered was the only device that could set
off the nano bomb, or disable it. But now, it was destroyed all thanks to Hojung.
'There's no way I can disable those bombs if we don't have that!'
Even if there was no way to threaten them for activating the bomb, it still carried the
danger of carrying a bomb that could kill him at any time. Hojung shouted, "Hahaha!
You should all run if you want to survive from that monster! Go! Run!"
With that, Hojung tried to take stepping skills to run out of the window. He was
planning to break out of it and jump down, while taking the risk. He figured he
couldn't run out of the office against such powerful martial artist. It was then.
Everyone heard someone snapping their finger. And…
BOOOOOM!!
Hojung's body who was trying to jump out toward the window let out the sound of
an explosion and red light. His body immediately burned into black soot.
"W-what did just h…”
As Kin Jongse tried to speak, but Hojung's body immediately turned into ashes and
fell.
'N-nano bomb exploded!'
Yun Munpyung had seen the nano bomb exploding through the video when he was
given this bomb. The best part about the nano bomb was that it only killed and
destroyed its target without affecting any others on the outside.
'But there's no detonator! HOW?!'
Everyone became shocked and looked at Chun Yeowun.
And Chun Yeowun heard Nano's voice ringing through his head.
[Sending signal to black device of copied code is completed.]
Nano already had copied all ten detonation codes on the device. Yeowun did not
require the device from the beginning. Yeowun then turned his head and looked at
Yum Gisub who was about halfway standing up.
'UGH!'
Yun Munpyung from his left then shouted hastily.
"I didn't make any movement, sir!"
Chun Yeowun seemed very displeased. And with that, everyone within the office was
now cautiously eyeing Chun Yeowun. Yum Gisub was especially in a concerned state.
When Hojung was able to steal the detonation device, Yum Gisub complimented
Hojung and tried to run away together.
'Dammit, dammit, dammit!!'
The man killed Hojung without blinking an eye. Now, Yum Gisub was full of fear for
his death. His face was drenched with sweat and he couldn't think of anything other
than that. It was almost a sad sight.
'He's too frightened.'
Kin Jongse thought as he looked at Yum Gisub. Yum Gisub now had no will to even
try to resist. And it was same for Jo Yusung who was kneeling at the corner of the
room with a pale face. He was also shaking all over.
'That man… he showed it purposely to shake us.'
Kin Jongse was certain of this. He was curious as to why the man did not seal
people's blood points, even if the man was so strong in his martial arts. Even with the
nano bomb, there was no telling what might happen as something might change.
'The reason why Hojung was able to steal the device was because that man let him
do it.'
There was no way such a monstrous man could let such an important device be
taken away just like that. Come to think of it, it was strange from the beginning that
the man just left it on the armrest of a sofa, instead of a pocket or somewhere safer.
And thanks to that, everyone now learned that Chun Yeowun had a way to detonate
the bomb without the device.
'How in the world did he do that anyway?'
It wasn't sure what magic he had pulled off, but that man did not require a device to
set off the nano bomb. The situation had taken a turn the worst. Starting with the
company's surveillance camera, all security agents, including Yun Munpyung who
was at the superior master stage… Kin Jongse had been frustrated about how he
could infiltrate through all that to steal that device.
'He is a monster who rammed through all that with brute force.'
The monster now had control over the nano bomb. Kin Jongse's life was now under
the hand of a mysterious man who even the PSB did not know anything about. Kin
Jongse became frustrated.
'I have only two ways to do it.'
It was to wait until the PSB Technological Support team found out a way to
deactivate the nano bomb, or let that monster man deactivate the nano bomb
himself. The first method seemed to be failsafe but…
'Will they really deactivate my bomb?'
The PSB did not like the risk of them using spies like Kin Jongse, as if it was revealed
to the public, it was going to be a major setback for the PSB. That's why Kin Jongse,
who was not an official PSB agent, was chosen to be the spy in the first place. There
was always a chance for the PSB to just discard him if needed.
‘…It's risky, but maybe it might be better I try to make a deal with him.'
Kin Jongse then carefully looked at Chun Yeowun who was concentrating on the
monitor on Yun Munpyung's desk. It was a scary sight as Chun Yeowun seemed to be
angry at something.
‘…Whew. He's not big and scary looking like Hojung, but he's even scarier.'
Chun Yeowun had some kind of an aura that made people feel pressured. It felt like
doing something funny will risk his life.
'Should I give up and just trust the PSB…? No. I can't trust them. I need to save
myself.'
Kin Jongse thought again. There was no other way around the situation. It was better
to take the risk than to just stand there and die.
'From his reaction… maybe I can use that information to make a deal.'
Kin Jongse then looked back at Chun Yeowun. Chun Yeowun was still deeply
concentrated on the monitor. On the monitor, there was a lot of information that
popped up over it.
[SIMYANG NEWS – July 14th, 2043.
Black Sky Company, one of three major Chinese mega-corporation falls!
After company president Chun Woojin's arrest last year, the company stocks fell to
rock bottom, and its officers announced on the press conference, that as of today,
July 14th, the company will cease to operate. All 63 sister companies will soon follow
its lead to close down, and the government expects it to hit on the financial…]
It was an internet article dated back to 26 years ago. There were other similar
articles about the Black Sky Company. Most wrote that the president's arrest had led
to the company's ultimate closure.
'This is impossible.'
Just after one year of the president's arrest, the company fell entirely. This was just
too fast. Chun Yeowun just got transferred some modern world knowledge, but it
still did not make sense.
'There should be more to this.'
This was the only information revealed on the surface. Chun Yeowun thought there
should have been more on the Yulin side, which was hidden from the rest of the
world. A clear example was another article that popped open next.
[July 25th, 2943.
Yulin Department has been created.
Prime Minister Tang Jisan has announced the creation of the Yulin Department…
The government aims to have at least 60% of all Yulinians to register by the end of
this year.]
It was only 10 days after the Black Sky Company's closure that the Yulin Department
was started. This event was the day where the nonaggression pact between the Yulin
and the government had crumbled entirely. Chun Yeowun figured this was not a
mere coincidence that both events happened so close to each other.
'I need more information on this.'
He required more information, but it was 26-year-old information and not much left.
And according to Nano's analysis, it seemed like there was a lot of erased data
revolving around this issue.
"Whew…”
He sighed in disappointment. He hoped Yun Munpyung would know something, but
he did not know much either. All he knew about it was that Black Sky Company was
once a company that was rivals with Blade Six in the past. There was a limit to how
much Yun Munpyung could find out with his rank.
'Useless.'
Chun Yeowun glared at Yun Munpyung with a disappointed look. Yun Munpyung
flinched as if he sensed Yeowun's glare and shivered. Yeowun propped his chin on his
hand and began to think.
'Even if the world is different here, how can the cult fall that easily…? I can't believe
it.'
He couldn't accept it as a 2nd Chun Ma, and the former Lord of the Demonic Cult. The
Demonic Cult as he knew it never gave up against any threat or danger. There was no
way the cult disbanded this easily.
'There's only one way to find out.'
If the Demonic Cult had to go into hiding because of certain danger, then Chun
Yeowun only had one job.
'I will find them! I will!'
After going through the information for close to two hours, Chun Yeowun finished
organizing what he had to do and rose up from his seat. Everyone turned over to
Chun Yeowun at once. Chun Yeowun then called out to one of them.
"Yun Munpyung."
"Y-yes, sir!"
Yun Munpyung answered quickly. He had been waiting for the past 2 hours
nervously. Chun Yeowun then spoke to him with unexpected words.
"You said your job is to contact your supervisor?"
"Y-yes, sir."
"Good. Tell the company that you have successfully hired the new guy without a
problem."
"P-pardon?"
"Did you not get what I said?"
Yeowun's eyebrow was raised, and Yun Munpyung quickly shook his head and
answered.
"Y-yes, I did sir! I will make sure all that happened here will stay a secret!"
Chun Yeowun nodded. It seemsed like Yun Munpyung was quick to understand, just
as how fast he can think. Chun Yeowun's intention was to cover up what happened
here so that Blade Six will not be aware of it.
"I'm sure you know what to do also?"
"Y, yes, sir!"
Yum Gisub also shouted hastily at the unexpected question. Yum Gisub too thought
that it was better that they do not talk about what happened here. But there was
something he couldn't accept amidst this.
‘…I am the president, but why is he pretending as if he's the one who's in charge
here?'
Yum Gisub became annoyed every time he looked at Yun Munpyung. But whatever
the case, Chun Yeowun was going to move on with his plans. Since he came into
contact with Blade Six first, he was going to use them to find the Demonic Cult and
sneak into Blade Six's heart.
'They don't know my existence. I will rout them out before they do.'
Nothing was certain at the moment. But it was certain that Blade Six had taken part
in dismantling and removing the Demonic Cult's existence. It wasn't a guess, but a
fact.
'I should use him well,' Chun Yeowun thought as he looked at Yun Munpyung. Yun
Munpyung was in a good position for variety of uses. Chun Yeowun had decided to
use him on all he could. Yun Munpyung couldn't feel better as he felt something was
strange.
That's when Chun Yeowun took something out from his pocket. It was the order
paper sent by Blade Six.
[1. Requested research proves that it is highly likely that Agent Kin Jongse from Team
07 is a spy. Termination required.
Kidnap PSB Homicides 3rd Team Leader Moyong Yimyung.
Gate Emergency Alert to be expected on 2/23 to 2/24 on the 26th Gate. Terminate
all classified data.
Reviewing assassination plan of YUN Company's Director is underway. Will be
announced of result before the Gate Emergency Alert.]
In order to make sure Blade Six doesn't find anything strange, then these orders had
to be taken and done. Chun Yeowun was especially interested in number two. It
seemed like there was something to do with the member of the Moyong Family.
'Good.'
He needed more information about this world anyway. If the man was a descendant
of Moyong Family, a famous family from the Forces of Justice in Yulin, there was a
chance that the man had more information. The order was to kidnap Moyong
Yimyung.
'I should hit two birds with one stone with this.'
Chun Yeowun then called out to the 'very dangerous' man again.
"Yun Munpyung."
"Yes, sir!"
"I need clothing for this world, and a skin mask."
"Pardon?"
Yun Munpyung frowned at the weird order. The word 'this world' was already weird,
but that was less weird than the other one. He wasn't sure what the 'skin mask' was.
"Uh… sir. If it isn't too much, can you explain to me what a 'skin mask' is?"
Skin Mask. It was a mask made by human or specific animal skins to change into
another person's face. It was something Chun Yeowun used often back when he was
in his time. He figured he had to change his face as the PSB now knew his face very
well.
"Don't you know what a skin mask is?"
That's when someone jumped in.
"Are you talking about some kind of human skin mask that you use to change your
face?"
It was Kin Jongse. Yun Munpyung too seemed to understand what Chun Yeowun was
talking about and nodded.
"I will take a look…”
"Director. I have a professional who works on such masks. If I may…”
Kin Jongse interrupted Yun Munpyung and spoke out. Kin Jongse thought this was a
chance.
'Good. I needed a chance to strike up a deal with him anyway.'
Yun Munpyung didn't look too pleased as he looked at Kin Jongse. Yun Munpyung
already saw the order paper on the safe, so he already knew Kin Jongse was a spy
from the PSB. Yun Munpyung carefully tried to send a telepathic message to send a
warning.
[S-sir. That man is…]
[I know.]
[Ah…]
Of course, Chun Yeowun also looked at the paper so there was no way he would not
know. But Yeowun did not care about it. If Kin Jongse was the PSB's dog, he was
going to use Kin Jongse also.
[It doesn't matter. I will take care of him. Mind your own business.]
[Y-yes, sir.]
Yun Munpyung had no power to say no, so he just nodded and accepted it. Chun
Yeowun then turned to Kin Jongse and spoke.
"Lead the way."
"Yes, sir! I will lead you right away."
Kin Jongse became excited and quickly tried to move him out. He was already being
watched by Hojung as he was becoming suspicious, so he wanted to leave before
someone else tagged along. It was then.
"Wait!"
Yun Munpyung stopped them.
'Dammit!'
Kin Jongse frowned at the front of the office door. Nothing seemed to go easy. His
heart began to pound.
"What is it?"
Chun Yeowun stopped and turned back, and Yun Munpyung pulled out something
from his business card wallet and handed over politely.
"Please take this."
"Huh?"
"This is my company credit card. You will need clothing and a hair cut. You will need
this… hehe. You can use as much as you want, sir."
Yun Munpyung was dying to please Chun Yeowun as best as he can.
'Whew… '
Kin Jongse sighed in relief. He was worried that maybe someone like Jo Yusung will
tag along to keep an eye on him, but it did not happen. He quickly walked out and led
Chun Yeowun to outside of the building. When they were out, they walked few blocks
away to dead Hojung's SUV parked nearby.
'It's good that I drove.'
If it wasn't, the car key would have also turned to dust when Hojung had been killed.
Kin Jongse politely opened the car door to help Chun Yeowun into the car, and
quickly drove out. He needed a place to talk with Chun Yeowun privately.
Kin Jongse began to drive out toward north side of the city. He knew a place where
he would not be watched by either the PSB or Six Road Toy. After driving out about
30 minutes, they were now in the area where there were no large buildings or
people walking around. That's when Chun Yeowun spoke from the back seat.
"Where are we going to have a talk?"
'?!'
Kin Jongse became shocked at Chun Yeowun's question. He had not expected Chun
Yeowun to know what Kin Jongse was up to.
‘…He knew.'
Kin Jongse looked around. There were only poles around the streets with no people
walking around.
'This should be good enough.'
Kin Jongse parked the car to the side of the street. He thought it wasn't good idea to
try to lie, so Kin Jongse turned to talk honestly.
"I am sorry. I should have let you…”
It was then.
"NO!"
He saw a black SUV coming at them with full speed from behind. It was evident the
vehicle was running toward them to ram into them with full force. It was too late to
start the car again and run away from it. Kin Jongse quickly shouted.
"W-we have to get off…!"
"So annoying."
That's when Chun Yeowun waved his hand toward the back, as if he was pushing
something away. And with that, the black SUV rolled to its side with a large crashing
sound.
There were two cars, one black SUV and one grey sedan following the white SUV that
Chun Yeowun was in. The people in those two cars were professionals spies. They
were given a good opportunity for past three months of spying on the target.
"Kin Jongse is moving with the 9th group separately."
After tailing a car through a lot of traffic or hard to track places, they were now
moving toward a place where there weren't that many people. This area was one of
few places among the Simyang City walls where no surveillance cameras were
around.
The car finally stopped at some open space. The team leader who was in the grey car
pressed on his earphone and spoke into it.
"This is a good chance. What should we do?"
The sound came back in his earphone right away.
-Bring him in alive.
"Yes, sir."
With the permission, the leader then pressed the button on the earphone on the
opposite side and spoke.
"Ram it in."
-Roger.
With the order, the black SUV sped up, charging in toward the white SUV parked in
the open space.
"Get ready."
"Yes, sir."
Four other men beside the driver took out their guns with silencers. These were
loaded with not regular bullets, but tranquilizers.
"Fire when they are out of the car."
"Yes, sir."
Even if they rammed it into the parked car, they knew that their targets inside the car
would not die as they were Yulinians and would walk out easily. It was then.
The black SUV driving in front of them was suddenly thrown to the side and rolled
over. It was even before the was able to ram it into the target car.
"T-the car flipped!"
"What the hell?!"
It was hard to understand what had happened, but they had to proceed with the
attack anyway.
"Do it ourselves!"
The leader shouted and the driver came back to his senses from being dumbfounded
of what happened and stomped down on the accelerator. The car sped up and came
to about a 10-meter distance from the white car before slamming into it.
The car suddenly stopped. All the people inside the car were thrown forward from
the sudden break and the leader shouted annoyingly to the driver.
"You dumb ass! What the fuck are you doing?! Why did you stop!?"
The driver then shook his head frantically and replied to the leader.
"I-it's not like that!"
"What's not like that?"
"I'm pressing on the gas pedal!"
"What?"
Then they heard the skid and smoke coming from the rear wheels of the car. The
wheels were spinning but the car couldn't seem to move forward even though there
wasn't anything in their way.
'?!'
Everyone became shocked. The car that was moving at full speed had come to stop
by an unknown force.
"Dammit!"
The leader then realized something was strange.
"Get out of the car! N…”
But before he could finish, they saw someone opening the back door of the white
SUV in front of them. The person had a black medieval fashioned robe, just as if he
was shooting a movie. The man, who also had long black hair, was their other target,
Chun Yeowun.
"9th!"
That's when Chun Yeowun stretched his arm and toward the grey sedan. It wasn't
sure what he was trying to do, but the team tried to open the doors to get out
anyway. But…
"H-huh? Why isn't this working?!"
"L-leader! I can't open the door!"
And the leader couldn't open the car door either. He even pulled up his internal
energy to break it open, but it didn't even budge. The leader shouted frantically.
"Break the window!"
If they could not open the door, then they had to get out by breaking open the
window. then, Chun Yeowun gestured with his hand as he were crushing something.
And then…
"W-what!"
"The car!"
The car began to crush in as if it was being crushed by a giant hand from the outside.
The car immediately lost its shape and was helplessly crushed into a grotesque,
compressed shape. Kin Jongse could not believe what he was seeing as he got out of
the car a bit later. He was already shocked when Chun Yeowun flipped the car trying
to ram into them, but now he even crushed the car as if it was some piece of paper.
'T-this is impossible.'
It was an unbelievable sight. The car, although it was usually made with metals that
could bend easily so that it wouldn't hurt the people inside, was still not something
that a mere human could bend through sheer power.
‘…He's not a human.'
It was as the dead Hojung had said. He was a monster. Kin Jongse couldn't even guess
what kind of internal energy allowed him to do that. That's when he heard Chun
Yeowun's voice.
"Get them."
Two men made it out of the car before it was compressed into a metal ball. It was the
leader and the man sitting behind the leader's seat. They were able to break the
window and escape, but they were so shocked that their faces were pale.
'Is he trying to test me?'
Kin Jongse realized what Chun Yeowun was trying to do, and checked those two men.
One was at about the master stage, and another was at about the super master stage.
If they were that powerful, then it seemed like they were sent by some powerful
group.
'But I can handle them.'
Kin Jongse glanced back at Chun Yeowun. If he wanted to strike up a deal with Chun
Yeowun, then it was important for Kin Jongse to prove himself.
'I won't be able to hide my power from him anyway, so let's give it my all from the
start.'
Kin Jongse then charged out toward them. As Kin Jongse was one of the agents that
the Blade Six carefully selected to do their secret biddings, Kin Jongse was very
formidable himself.
"Dammit!"
The leader fired his gun toward Kin Jongse who charged in by using stepping skills.
Kin Jongse already knew where the gun was pointing, so he easily dodged it and
charged in.
Kin Jongse's martial arts included the fist skill. Rapid fists were thrown at the leader,
and he quickly threw his gun and reacted to it. The leader was also a martial artist
who used fists. He also seemed to have a lot of experience, so even in his awkward
stance, he was able to fend of Kin Jongse's attack.
'He's good.'
He was an enemy, but he was strong enough to be complimented for his skills. But
the power was still on Kin Jongse's side, so the longer they fought, the better it was
for Kin Jongse.
'There!"
Kin Jongse quickly noticed the leader's weakness in his formation and tried to attack
it. That's when he felt a sharp attack coming toward from his left side.
"Ugh!"
Kin Jongse stumbled a few steps back. The attack was coming from the master stage
man who had two short knives in both hands. Both knives had white blade qi on
their blades.
'Dammit.'
He thought it was going to be easy, but it was more annoying than expected. As Kin
Jongse distanced himself, the two men got into their formations. It seemed like they
were well trained to fight alongside each other.
'Shit. Should I have gone for the weaker one first?'
Kin Jongse tried to attack the stronger one first, but it gave them a chance to attack
together. It seemed his plan to overpower both of them quickly to prove himself was
going to fail. Kin Jongse glanced back.
‘…What.'
It was astonishing. There were six men lying on the ground near Chun Yeowun. It
seemed like those men were from black SUV that was thrown away. It only took a
short moment for Chun Yeowun to take care of all six.
'He sure is a monster.'
It was going to be hard to live up to his expectations. Kin Jongse frowned.
'Ugh… I was only told to use this under emergencies.'
It seemed he had to use his hidden power. If he were to make this fight fast, he had to
use much more sophisticated martial arts. Kin Jongse thought to himself and charged
in.
The leader thought attacking carefully would work and thus tried to fight cautiously.
But Kin Jongse who was certainly going to use his fist changed his movement.
'What?'
Kin Jongse feigned his fist, but changed to a kick. The leader tried to block the kick
when…
"Ugh!"
Kin Jongse's kick stomped the leader multiple times, then struck up his chin. The
other man tried to help, but Kin Jongse's kick was much faster.
"No chance!"
"Ugh!"
Kin Jongse's kick twisted above in the air, and struck the head. It was a kick with the
internal energy from a super master martial artist, so the master stage man could
not withstand its attack. His neck was snapped immediately and fell.
'Dammit! His martial arts power got stronger all of a sudden!'
The leader took internal damage and glared at Kin Jongse. They were about the same
level when they were using fist skills, but the power balance tipped the moment Kin
Jongse turned to his kick skills.
"Ugh… you hid your martial arts…!"
But he was lost because he was weaker so there wasn't anything more to say.
-Hmph… Achan. You know what you need to do.
That's when the leader heard a voice from his earphone. The low voice was easily
recognizable. The leader had failed in both following and capturing so there was only
one thing left to do.
Kin Jongse grabbed the leader's neck and tried to seal his blood points. That's when
the leader bit on his own teeth.
"You!"
Kin Jongse became shocked when he heard the sound of something popping within
the man's mouth, and tried to seal the blood point but it was too late. Th leader's
eyes turned bloodshot red.
'Haha… it is too late. You will never find out anything.'
The man swallowed the liquid that the popped capsule contained, and it was going
to kill him within 10 seconds. The earphone also was to purge itself once the biology
signal was cutsoff or the earphone was pulled out of the ear.
In just three seconds, the poison began to damage the leader's internal organs and
blood soared from his mouth. Kin Jongse frowned.
"Dammit!"
If he had been able to seal the blood point a bit faster, he could have questioned the
man.
"Hold him."
"Yes?"
That's when Chun Yeowun came over to him and placed his hand over the leader's
stomach. Strong energy began pushing into the man's body.
"Ugh!"
The leader who was almost dying, was shocked by the incoming power and popped
open his eyes. He would have died if he stayed like that for three more seconds. Chun
Yeowun then reached for the earphone with his other hand, to which the leader
smirked.
'Y… you fool… that won't do… anything… '
It was no use. There was no way Chun Yeowun could do anything with the earphone
without any professional equipment. Besides, the machine was set to purge itself the
moment it was pulled forcefully from the ear.
"Ugh!"
That's when his ear pinched the area that the earphone was in. Not even five seconds
had passed when Chun Yeowun said something that shocked the dying leader.
"YUN company building… So, it's the Moyong family."
'!!!'
The leader's two eyes opened wide from the shock. It was the same for Moyong
Yisun who was listening to everything from the YUN company building tens of
kilometers away.
Moyong Yisun was about to turn off his speaker with disappointment that his men
had failed and he also lost good men at tracking others. But the voice that came
through the speaker chilled him.
"H-how?"
He then heard the voice speaking further that became more terrifying.
"I'll see you soon."
The crushing sound came through the speaker and it became silent. It seemed the
earphone was destroyed. Moyong Yisun was so shocked that his face became pale
and he couldn't move from his spot for a while.
Kin Jongse threw the dead leader's body to a dug hole nearby and shook his head. He
didn't think he would see anything more surprising, and he was wrong. He didn't
think that there was a way to find out where the signal was coming from by just
putting a hand next to the earphone.
'What is this man anyway?'
Now, it didn't seem like the man was just some hidden, lone martial artist. Kin Jongse
even started to think if the man was some kind of hidden weapon from the
government or some secret organization.
'This is crazy.'
This made him terrified. He was now questioning himself if it was right choice to
even try to strike up a deal with this man. But he shook his head and went over to
the barrel made out of special material next to the hole and opened its lid.
'Ugh.'
Foul stench came out of the barrel. The barrel was filled with sulfuric acid. There
weren't many people around as this was a remote place from the city, but they
couldn't just bury dead people here. Luckily, the car they drove here was team leader
Hojung's car, which had lot of weird things to be used for all kinds of missions. This
acid was one of them.
The liquid was poured over the hole where bodies were piled up, and began to melt
down those bodies. Smoke began to rise as bodies melted, along with the foul stench.
"Nnnngh."
Kin Jongse frowned and turned away. After cleaning out any possible traces of
evidence, he got up in the car again and spoke to Chun Yeowun who was already in
the back seat of the car.
"I will find another place, sir."
It was hard to do anything here, and he thought he should rethink the deal with this
man. Kin Jongse began to drive out of the area and got away. They had been driving
for 20 minutes when Chun Yeowun suddenly spoke.
"We are well away now, so cut the bullshit and reveal yourself."
'Dammit.'
Kin Jongse frowned. It seemed Chun Yeowun already knew something about Kin
Jongse's identity.
'Did Director Yun Munpyung say anything about me?'
He did feel like Yun Munpyung was sending telepathic messages to Chun Yeowun
when they were leaving the office. Maybe Chun Yeowun found out that Kin Jongse
was related to the PSB. Kin Jongse began to think about how to explain his identity
when Chun Yeowun asked something unexpected.
"You… where did you learn that martial art?"
"What?"
Kin Jongse became so shocked that he could not find how to respond to the question.
"I-… I am not sure what you are talking about?"
He did not expect his martial arts to be questions. It was common rules for Yulinians
to never ask the origin of another's martial arts. Chun Yeowun then glared and asked
further.
"I said, cut that bullshit. Your martial arts. That is the top quality kick skill from the
Great Demonic Cult's Pure Kick Clan."
'!!!'
Kin Jongse's face turned pale from the words.
Kin Jongse went back to distant memories of the past.
The man with a hint of white hair was hastily packing things up in the middle of the
night. He then was about to leave when he found Kin Jongse looking at him, then
walked up to Kin Jongse and caressed his head.
[Things have changed. I… no. We will do our best to turn everything back to where it
was… You are now the head of the family. Take care of your mother.]
Kin Jongse's eyes became teary and he looked up. It was hard to remember the face
anymore, and the darkened face lowered to match Kin Jongse's eye level.
[…If I don't come back alive, you must forget all the memories you have in your head
and live a normal life like any other person.]
Kin Jongse felt his eye swelling up with tears as he heard it. The man then spoke
further with a shameful voice.
[If I knew things would turn out this way, I would have taught you everything… no,
maybe it's all for the better. Jongse, unless it is an absolute emergency, you must not
show what you learned to anyone. If we don't return, you are no more… no,
nevermind. Remember, my son.]
That's when the hand shot out a small force of qi, and the memory ended there. Kin
Jongse glanced back at Chun Yeowun through the rearview mirror but he couldn't
keep himself calm.
'What is that man?'
It had been 27 years already. Contrary to his father's concern, no one recognized Kin
Jongse's hidden martial arts, as if everyone had forgotten all about it through time.
'Dammit!'
He didn't know how he should react. It was fine even when he was in Peking, which
was closer to the central land, so he never thought something like this would happen
in a remote city like Simyang.
'Do I have to run?'
He would have if he had a choice, but it was impossible. There was a nano bomb
inside him, and that monster would easily capture him if he tried anything funny.
Kin Jongse chewed his lips. There was only one way to solve this, which was to face it
head on.
Kin Jongse stopped the car at the side of the road. There were many cars driving past
them, but this area was also not as populated. Kin Jongse did not turn his head back,
but asked, “…Who are you?"
If his martial artd was recognized, there was only one of two possibilities for the
man's identity. Enemy or ally. Kin Jongse was quick to gather his thoughts. He knew
that there was no point in trying to lie his way out of this. The only hope he had was
on what Chun Yeowun had said before.
'Times have passed, but no Yulinian calls the cult as the 'Great Demonic Cult'.'
Black Sky Company, or the Cult. That's how it was called back in the day. The only
ones who called it the Great Demonic Cult was themselves, the cultists. Chun Yeowun
then opened the car door and spoke to him.
"Get out."
Kin Jongse became surprised but he had to comply. He walked out of the car and
went around it to stand in front of Chun Yeowun. But Kin Jongse was too afraid to
look straight at Chun Yeowun. Chun Yeowun then spoke to him.
"Your kick skill. Show me everything."
"Pardon?"
"I won't say it twice. Do it."
Kin Jongse frowned at the sudden order for him to use all of his skills. There weren't
many people around, but there were still cars driving by from time to time, so it was
not an ideal situation.
'What is he thinking?'
It was hard to even guess what Chun Yeowun was up to. Kin Jongse hesitated for a
while, but he began showing the martial arts. He readied the stance for his kick skill,
and the formation of kicks were fired into the air.
Fast and grand kicks were rapidly repeated in the air. It was a hidden martial arts
that Kin Jongse couldn't show to anyone, but he never stopped training it. He was
certain that he was able to fully grasp all formations he had learned. When he
finished his formation, what Chun Yeowun commented on it was unexpected.
"It is a mess."
Chun Yeowun shook his head with a disappointed look. Kin Jongse became
uncomfortable and asked back, "What do you mean?"
It was absurd that Chun Yeowun was saying something like that when he must have
not learned the kick skill himself. Chun Yeowun spoke to him.
"I am not sure how you learned that formation, but why does every move show a
difference in the stance? And where are the other two formations?"
'Huh?'
Kin Jongse became shocked yet again. He actually learned this martial art when he
was barely five years old, so he wasn't actually 100% sure if he had trained it
perfectly, so it was acceptable Chun Yeowun might have noticed some flaws in the
movie, but knowing that there were two more formations wasn't something to heed
lightly.
"H-how did you…?"
It was then.
"Ugh!"
Chun Yeowun suddenly came up to him and snatched Kin Jongse's wrist. And before
Kin Jongse could even speak, a powerful energy began to move into him.
"Ugh!"
If he were to resist here, he was going to take severe internal damage. He had to stay
still unless he had more powerful internal energy. After a powerful energy scanned
through Kin Jongse, Chun Yeowun let go of the wrist and spoke.
"Why did you not learn the Pure Wise Breathing Skill?… Or should I ask, why did you
stop learning it?"
'?!'
Kin Jongse completely lost for words. He did not expect the man to know the
breathing skill for the martial arts itself. Pure Wise Breathing Skill was the pair skills
for the Pure Wise Kick martial arts technique itself.
"You are destroying your formation."
It was possible to use another breathing skill to maintain the formation of the kick
skill, but that was not going to bring its power to full potential. All formations were
created to work along with the unique breathing skill.
Kin Jongse's voice began to shook as he asked, "W-what are you? Who are you? How
did you…”
He could not even continue. He was shocked that someone else other than the true
heir of his clan knew about the martial arts better. But of course, thanks to Nano,
Chun Yeowun knew almost 70% of all the cult's martial arts completely. And for all
the higher ranking clans, he knew all of their martial arts as well. But of course, there
was one more reason that he knew well of this kick skill.
'Bakgi.'
The Pure Wise Kick was the martial art used by Bakgi, one of Six Swords guards of
the Lord himself. Bakgi was one of the Six Swords, and one of Lord Chun Yeowun's
closest friends. There was no way Chun Yeowun would not recognize the martial art
even in its underdeveloped form.
'If Bakgi saw this, he might become angry.'
Bakgi was a perfectionist in his martial arts, so it was certain he would become
angry for the level of martial arts that Bakgi himself perfected. It seemed like the
man had not learned it correctly. It was easy to see that the man stopped his training
before it was finished just by looking at it.
"W-who are you? Do you know my father?"
Kin Jongse asked, but Chun Yeowun replied with another question.
"Are you descendant of the Pure Kick Clan, from our cult?"
That question contained many things. Chun Yeowun just revealed that he was from
the Great Demonic Cult. Kin Jongse's voice began to shake as he realized this.
"Are you… are you really one of our cult members?"
The voice contained true joy from finding someone from the cult. Kin Jongse first
thought he should try to lie his way out as much as he can, but now he had forgotten
everything about it.
"Listen to my question first."
Chun Yeowun did not deny it, and Kin Jongse bowed and said, "Kin Jongse from the
Pure Kick Clan greets the senior member of our cult!"
But before he can finish, Chun Yeowun suddenly moved in.
"Ugh!"
Chun Yeowun grabbed Kin Jongse's neck and Kin Jongse became shocked.
"Stop lying to me. If what you just said is true, then you are not one of us."
Chun Yeowun's grasp began to strengthen and Kin Jongse's eye grew large. Kin
Jongse actually tried one last time to test if Chun Yeowun was truly from the cult, and
it seemed like he was right. Kin Jongse was barely able to speak out.
"I… I was only… trying to see… if you are really… from our cult… I… apologize… sir…”
As he finished, Chun Yeowun let go of his hand. It wasn't for long, but it was so
painful that Kin Jongse coughed for a while. He then bowed again and politely
introduced himself.
"Bak Jongse of the Pure Kick Clan of the Great Demonic Cult. At your service."
It was revealed. Kin Jongse's true name was actually Bak Jongse. He figured if Chun
Yeowun was truly from the cult, then he should recognize that one from Pure Kick
Clan should use the name Bak instead of others. If Chun Yeowun did not recognize
this, then it only meant he was an enemy. Bak Jongse became teary at the joy of
finding one from the Demonic Cult.
"I… I am so glad to find someone from the cult."
His eye reddened and Chun Yeowun's mouth turned into a smile. He was concerned
about how to find the trace of the cult, but he was able to find a descendant of
Bakgi's in an unexpected place.
'Descendant of Bakgi… this is interesting.'
It was first time Chun Yeowun had been in a good mood ever since he was thrown
out in this random time period. But of course, there was one thing he did not like
even after finding a member of his own cult.
"Since when the descendant of the Pure Kick Clan of the Great Demonic Cult become
a dog of the PSB?"
Chun Yeowun did not like the fact that Bak Jongse was a spy of the PSB, which was
the government itself.
'Ah… so he knew already.'
Bak Jongse's face became grim. He knew that he was being watched at Blade Six, but
it seemed his identity was already uncovered by Director Yun Munpyung. Or else,
there was no way Chun Yeowun knew of his identity.
"There was… a reason for this."
"Reason?"
Bak Jongse's shaking voice had a hint of rage in it. It seemed he had a personal
problem with this issue. Chun Yeowun tried to ask him why when Bak Jongse spoke
out first.
"Sir. Can I ask you something before I answer anything?"
Bak Jongse was truly curious about one thing. If the man knew so well about his clan
and his martial arts, then the man should be related to his father or a highly
powerful figure of the Great Demonic Cult.
"I will allow it."
Chun Yeowun nodded and Bak Jongse began asking.
"Thank you. If I may, can I ask your name? Or a title when you were addressed to
when the Black Sky Company was still in existence?"
Bak Jongse wanted to know Chun Yeowun's identity. He was young, but he knew a
few names that had ties with his father. But he couldn't remember his own father's
face, so he had to cling on titles or names to see any relations and if he remembered
it. But Chun Yeowun's answer did not come from his mouth.
Chun Yeowun raised his right arm and sent his energy down to the black metal
armguard on his right arm.
An astonishing thing happened. The metal began to disengage itself and formed itself
into a sword. Bak Jongse's eye became shockingly wide.
"T-this is…”
Bak Jongse carefully looked at the sword and noticed the word engraved in the
middle of the blade.
'Sky Demon Sword.'
'!!!!'
Bak Jongse became so shocked that he shivered. He hastily went down on the
ground, bowing his head down on the ground as he shouted.
"Mere cultist Bak Jongse, at service of the current Chun Ma!!"
5 years old.
Bak Jongse wasn't that old to remember a lot of things. All faces were vaguely
remembered and he couldn't remember much after he reached his 30s. But there
was something humans could never forget. The Great Demonic Cult, which lasted for
a long time through history, had few legendary tales. Young Bak Jongse often heard
these tales of the legend from his father on his bed. Even now, he still remembered
this.
[When the disappeared Sky Demon Sword and its owner reappears, the glory of the
Great Demonic Cult will be above all else.]
It wasn't exactly sure if the wordings were correct, but it was similar to it. Just like a
young boy believing in Santa Claus, Bak Jongse also believed that one day, a master of
the Sky Demon Sword would reappear.
'It's just a legend.'
Just like all other tales, that legend also became like Santa Claus. The memory was
pushed aside in the corners of his brain as the Black Sky Company was dismantled
and he wandered all over. But now, the legend came true in front of him and he
couldn't find himself from his overwhelming emotions.
'I never believed I would see the Sky Demon Sword with my own eyes!'
Bak Jongse's eyes were swollen as he drove in the driver's seat. He cried so hard on
the ground as he saw the sword. 'Chun Ma' was like the God to the Demonic Cult. On
their way back to the northern part of the Simyang City, Bak Jongse told everything
he knew to Chun Yeowun.
"And like that, my father left us and me and my mother had to wander for years."
His father never returned after that fateful day. Just after 2 weeks, young Bak Jongse
had to leave his home with his mother from Peking City.
"I was young, but I was able to know one thing."
"You were being chased."
Just like Chun Yeowun said, they were being chased. For almost five years, they
couldn't settle in one place as they had to run from their dwellings often. They
sometimes stayed in the same place for a month to several days.
"And we ended up in Simyang city."
Simyang was a city that was the farthest away from central China, and was closer to
the Korean government. There were PSB and Yulin Organizations here, but it was
better than the mainland.
"But there were dangers here also."
He was okay as he was only five years old, but his mother was well known. Even in
Simyang, they still had to move around as often as they could.
"That's when my step-dad helped us."
"And that man is the one who taught you the fist skill."
"Yes, my lord."
The fist that Bak Jongse first used was something that Chun Yeowun did not know.
The way that it attacked the eyes, and had collection of weird low-level skills looked
like if it was…
"He's from the Forces of Evil."
Bak Jongse nodded as he realized Chun Yeowun was truly brilliant.
"He was one of the bosses of the Black Wolves, one of four gangs from Forces of Evil.
But he was quite a likable guy for a man from the Forces of Evil."
Hiding from many chasers required secrecy, so they had to meet many people who
worked in the dark. And that's how Bak Jongse and his mother met the man, Wi Jung.
"He was a broker who found us a place to hide, until he fell in love with my mother
and proposed. He was a great man."
His mother never trusted anyone, but he eventually accepted Wi Jung's love. Or
maybe she had to accept it. She was too tired from running for five long years.
"He told my mother that she did not need to forget our late father. He only wanted to
be part of our lives, and that's how we became family."
Bak Jongse's face showed the man's character. Wi Jung helped Bak Jongse and his
mother hide their identity, and found a skin mask for Bak Jongse's mother who
refused to take plastic surgery.
'That's why he knew a place.'
It seemed it was true that Bak Jongse knew a professional at making masks. Chun
Yeowun thought it was only a scapegoat that Bak Jongse took to talk to Chun Yeowun
in private, so it was a pleasant surprise. Bak Jongse continued, "We were given peace
for the next 15 years or so."
But it did not last too long. Wi Jung was killed in a gang war against another Forces
of Evil gang, Fire Heads. The gangs had their rules so Wi Jung's family wasn't
involved, but it was shocking enough for Bak Jongse or his mother for losing a family
yet again.
'Fire Head… '
Chun Yeowun grabbed his chin as he heard the name.
“…After that, I had to do whatever I could to take care of my family."
But his upbringing did not allow him to live an ordinary life. He had to live a life of a
runner, and became a son of a gang boss so his life was more open to the dark side.
His main job became thieving.
"I didn't plan to thieve from the beginning."
The first time Bak Jongse started thieving was when he robbed a house of a PSB
official.
"My mother never mentioned anything about my father or the Black Sky Company."
Bak Jongse used to get into a quarrel because of that until he became 20 years old.
But he realized that it was for his own good, so he did not bring up anything about
the Great Demonic Cult after that.
"And so, I had to find out myself about what happened to our company."
Bak Jongse figured that the PSB had to have something to do with the Black Sky
Company's downfall. That's why he robbed the houses of PSB officials to find
information.
"But since I did not have my step-father to feed me, I needed money."
As a result, Bak Jongse robbed houses for information, but came out with expensive
goods from the houses. Time turned so that no one used real cash, but he stole
expensive goods to sell it on the black market at high prices. After the first attempt, it
wasn't so hard to do more robbing afterwards.
Soon, Bak Jongse became famous for thieving and that eventually got to him.
“…I was a fool. I did not expect they would take my mother to get to me."
Bak Jongse's grip on the handle tightened. His eyes were turning red from crying
again.
'So, that was why… '
This was the reason why Bak Jongse ended up being an agent for Six Road Toy, as a
secret spy of the PSB. His mother was being held a hostage so there was no choice
for him.
'It's all the same.'
Chun Yeowun shook his head. Even the government still took dirty measures if it was
necessary. It did not change even during this time. Bak Jongse held back his emotion
and spoke.
"Lord Chun Ma. I know this is too much to ask, but I do not have the power to rescue
my mother in custody. Although we are in such a state, my mother was also the
cultist."
Bak Jongse was dying to find a way out of this. He knew it was too much to ask to
rescue his mother who was being taken hostage at the PSB's hidden safehouse, but
he wanted to rely on the title of 'Chun Ma.'
'The current Chun Ma… '
He was actually the second Chun Ma. Of course, Bak Jongse couldn't guess that Chun
Yeowun was someone who traveled time into the future. But Chun Yeowun did not
reveal this. He couldn't trust Bak Jongse that much yet, and it was too early to tell
release that information.
"My mother should know more about the cult than me. If you help us, she would be
more help to…”
"Enough."
"Pardon?"
Bak Jongse's face turned grim as Chun Yeowun cut him in middle of the speaking. If
Chun Yeowun wasn't going to help, then there was no way to rescue her. Chun
Yeowun spoke to him.
"How do you get into contact with them?"
"Ah!"
Bak Jongse's face brightened immediately as he knew what the question meant.
"A-are you really helping us?"
"Don't make me say it twice."
'Thank god!'
Bak Jongse became extremely happy. It had been a long time since he found anyone
to trust and rely upon after his stepfather died. Chun Yeowun then spoke to him with
a frown.
"Stop crying like a little girl."
"Yes, my lord!"
Bak Jongse then immediately turned the steering wheel and made a U-turn. Chun
Yeowun looked curious to which Bak Jongse added, "Shouldn't we stop somewhere
first?"
"Hmph."
Chun Yeowun looked at himself in the mirror. His long black hair that stretched
down to his waist was now cut off. This was something that all people of his own
time would become too horrified to even see, as it was forbidden by the teaching of
Confucius to cut one's own hair. But Chun Yeowun did not care much about it
anyway.
'I am not used to this.'
But he still felt awkward with his new look. He was transferred general information
about this time, so he knew that his long hair drew too much attention that made
him cut it despite his reluctance.
‘…But why am I getting more attention?'
Chun Yeowun did not like people glancing at him. The woman who cut his hair, to
other women in the room were all glancing at him. Chun Yeowun thought maybe the
information that was transferred wasn't all that correct.
'Hey, look at that handsome guy!'
'He's so cute!'
'I was turned off by his long hair, but damn. Look at that fine cutie!'
'Hey, you have a boyfriend.'
But soon, Chun Yeowun was able to realize why they were looking at him like that.
They were trying to whisper, but Yeowun was able to hear everything. Chun Yeowun
had a bit of a harsh look, but he was quite handsome anyway.
"Hmph."
Bak Jongse got up to him.
"Is it all done? I already finished paying it."
Bak Jongse then looked at Chun Yeowun who was looking at himself. Chun Yeowun
did not like the idea of cutting his hair until while ago.
‘…Didn't he not want to cut his hair up until now?'
It seemed Chun Yeowun was smiling at his new look.
The grey SUV was driving through the city street. Chun Yeowun was now completely
different with his new look and hair. He was wearing a fresh new black suit with
boots, and a long coat that matched modern times. His atmosphere made him look
like a young businessman. It was awkward at first, but Chun Yeowun actually liked
his new look.
'I should get used to this.'
He also bought many extra suits, so there was no problem with clothing anymore.
His old clothes were packed in a paper bag and were stored well in the car, so he
could take it when returning to his old times.
-The call cannot be connected…
Bak Jongse frowned at the voice coming through the Bluetooth speaker on the car.
He was calling the professional skin mask maker, but he wasn't picking up. The store
wasn't open to the general public, so he had to call in before visiting.
"This is strange. He should pick up at this time."
"Is there any problem?"
"It seems he is out of his store."
"Is he?"
"Should we just go anyway?"
Chun Yeowun shook his head. He needed the mask to hide his face, but it wasn't
necessary at this point. There was something he had to solve first.
"Is there any place to train or meditate around here?"
"Training, you said my lord?"
"Aren't you a martial artist? Don't you have a place for your training?"
"Ah…”
Bak Jongse then remembered a place. It was his old home. His father was also a
martial artist, so he had a training room in his own home. But that place had a
problem.
"There is one… my home. But the place might be littered with surveillance cameras
and all kinds of taps installed by the PSB."
It was sure that the PSB had installed them when they took Bak Jongse's mother.
"I stayed at Six Road Toy's agent dormitory after that, so I am not sure. But I think it
should be like that still."
"Good. That's much better."
"Pardon?"
"Let's go to your home."
"Uh… yes, my lord."
Bak Jongse became curious at Chun Yeowun's order but changed his direction. He
hoped that Chun Yeowun would go straight to the PSB to rescue his mother, but he
couldn't talk back to the current Chun Ma.
After an hour, at Bak Jongse's house at southern part of Simyang city. It looked like a
regular house, but there was a large training room inside. The room was filled with
traces of old training, and on the side, there was some weird machine. It was a large
barrel-like thing with a glass wall with a cushion on the ground for a man to walk in
and sit down.
'What is this?'
[It is unknown, Master.]
Nano answered Yeowun's question. Bak Jongse scratched his head and spoke.
"It's a bit old, but it is useful for meditation. My step-father used a fortune to buy
this."
"Is it for meditation?"
"Yes, my lord. It's old, so it is a bit lacking in power but… have you not seen one of
these?" Bak Jongse asked surprisingly. He thought there was no way a powerful man
like Chun Yeowun would not know about the machine. But it seemed Chun Yeowun
truly did not know. Bak Jongse then walked over and pressed the button on the
machine.
The LED light inside of the barrel lit up and the machine began to activate. Chun
Yeowun became shocked. As the machine activated, the environmental energy
around it began to concentrate into the interior of the machine.
[Pure energy is being concentrated inside the machine.]
'Yeah. I know.'
Chun Yeowun was more sensitive to the qi flow than Nano. Bak Jongse spoke to Chun
Yeowun.
"Regular meditation becomes much more effective when done inside the barrel."
The purpose of this machine was to help with meditation. Chun Yeowun nodded as
the question he had for a while was now solved. He thought that the energy became
tainted in this time that it was too hard to increase internal energy like this. And this
machine seemed to be the answer to that.
'Nano, if you don't know this machine, then this world sure is very different.'
This was quite amazing. Nano was created from a much more distant future, but
even that future did not have a machine like this, resulting in very weak martial
artists.
'Interesting. They solved the problem with a creative way.'
He even wanted to compliment these people in this time for such work.
"Do all Yulinians use this machine?"
"No, my lord. These are expensive so I think not even half will get to use these. But
there are medicines that can help just like this one. Oh, but those are expensive too."
It meant the Yulinians of these times required lots of financial investments to
increase their power. Bak Jongse looked at the machine and thought to himself.
'It's good that the PSB only installed those surveillance cameras.'
This machine was so valuable that it was often stolen. The only reason it was intact
even after the long time of absence of its owner was probably because of those
cameras. Bak Jongse then asked with a telepathic message.
[But why did you tell to come…]
Bak Jongse, who tried to ask the reason for coming here, couldn't finish. He realized
that maybe there were machines that could tap into telepathic messages also
installed within the premise. This place was like a minefield. It was when he was
thinking about what to do—
"Ugh!"
Bak Jongse fell to the ground at the sudden blood seal. He couldn't move nor speak.
Only thing he could do was to look at Chun Yeowun with a confused look.
'W… why?'
The safehouse was located about 500 meters away. The building did not look any
different from other houses nearby, but the inside was totally different from other
places.
Within the interior of the building, there were about ten PSB tactical forces standing
guard with fully-armed weapons and three regular-clothed men looking at the
situation. That's when the man with a grey jacket turned around and shouted
frantically at the man in his 40s.
"Captain! Look at the living room monitor!"
The man who was called captain turned to the surveillance camera showing the
living room. There, Bak Jongse was on the ground.
"What? What happened?"
"That man suddenly sealed the blood point of our agent!"
"I know that. I mean, WHY did he do that?! Give me the sound!"
"Yes, sir!"
The man in front of the monitor quickly tapped on the keyboard, making the speaker
volume of the living room sound grow larger. They then heard the low voice coming
through.
-No harsh feelings for you, PSB scum.
'?!'
The three men who were listening to the speakers became grim. It seemed that the
agent's cover had been revealed. It was an emergency situation.
-Well, thank you anyway. If I report that you are from the PSB, I will be awarded as
such.
The captain became weird at the continued words.
'It's not completely blown yet.'
It seemed like the only person who knew the secret agent's cover was the man in the
living room. If it was like that, then they had to do something. It was then.
Chun Yeowun suddenly reached down toward Bak Jongse's stomach and placed his
palm over it and mumbled.
-You are going to die anyway, so I will take 'that' from you.
Before he can finish, the captain became frantic and shouted, "Dammit! I think he's a
Energy Absorber! Get the men in there and arrest him now!"
Energy Absorber. It was a name for a martial artist who learned to use a skill that
allows the user to suck the energy out of another person. It had a huge side effect as
it was not a normal way of collecting energy, but it still gave a short large boost to the
user, so it was rarely used by martial artists in the Forces of Evil. But even then, it
was an unpopular skill because of its bad side effects.
All tactical forces armed themselves and got out of the safehouse to get on the black
SUV parked outside and after the captain got in the car, the SUV quickly sped away.
"Dammit! We can't lose him!"
The captain became frantic as he worked hard to install the spy agent at the Six Road
Toy. If the cover was blown, then it did not matter if he could save the man or not,
but if it wasn't, then the agent must be saved.
The SUV arrived in front of Bak Jongse's house and the tactical forces quickly got out
of the car and burst open into the yard. Four of them then took something up. It was
anti-energy tear gas.
"Fire!"
Windows were shattered and tear gas was thrown in. The whole house immediately
was filled with dense smoke and tactical forces with helmets quickly moved in. The
captain also took out an anti-gas mask on his face and took up a pistol to follow in. It
was then.
-UGH!
-ARGH!
-NGH!
He heard a sound of screams through his wireless earphone. Captain became
shocked.
"W-what is happening?!"
The anti-energy tear gas should have nullified almost any martial artist because of
its effect of disabling the use of internal energy. But it seemed there was a problem.
-UGH!
-AAARGH!
Screams continued and the captain became hesitant on what to do. He had to charge
in to find out what was happening, but he couldn't as he might meet the same fate.
"D-dammit! We should fall back! Sanyoung! Get the car moving right…”
"Captain!"
Sanyoung suddenly shouted at the captain's order and the captain began to shake in
terror. There was a hand on his shoulder, but that was enough to give him chills to
the bones. The captain bit his lips and slowly turned his head.
'N… no…!'
The one who had his hand on the captain's shoulder was Chun Yeowun. Chun
Yeowun smiled and spoke to the captain who was too pale to even speak.
"Got you."
'What?!'
The captain then realized that they were lured in.
Inside of the van that the PSB Agents came with…
"Ugh…”
Bak Jongse moaned as he still could not shake off his paralysis. When his blood
points were sealed by Chun Yeowun, he had to take in the anti-energy tear gas, and
he had his internal energies all scattered within him. Fortunately, the PSB had
antidotes with them which Bak Jongse took it immediately, but he still did not fully
recover. His internal energy had not returned completely yet.
'How can he hide it from me?'
Bak Jongse thought to himself for a second, but shook his head. He was actually more
astonished than disappointed at the incident.
'He used surveillance cameras and taps to his advantage… he is amazingly brilliant.'
Thanks to that, the PSB agents and tactical force teams were trapped. It was a great
feat. It even made Bak Jongse think that not telling him was beneficial as Bak Jongse
did not need to pretend he was being attacked.
"Ughhh!!!"
That's when a painful moan came. Bak Jongse got off from the van and turned
toward the house.
'Is it the 12th now?'
A man with a grey jacket was fighting hard to withstand the pain, but his face was all
red due to the pain. A finger that stuck into his right shoulder was pulled out. It was
just a inch of puncture, but it brought a world of pain to the person. The person
inflicting such pain was Chun Yeowun.
"Ughh… nngh… argh…”
The man panted roughly as fingers were pulled. He then looked up at Chun Yeowun
and glared while shouting.
"You… damn asshole! You think torturing us like this will change anything? I won't
tell you anything!"
Chun Yeowun nodded to the man. Surely, these people seemed to be trained in such
torture as they all withstood it well. All 10 tactical force members and two agents
were given gradual pain but no one talked.
'Hmph.'
Of course, Chun Yeowun did not go all out on them either. If it was Yulin of his time,
he would have cut off a finger already, but this was not his world. He did it so lightly
that if his people back in his time saw him right now, they would have thought
thatChun Yeowun had gotten softer.
"Well, I see that. But let's see if your leader can take it."
"You assh…”
The man then fell unconscious as Chun Yeowun sealed his blood point. Yeowun then
turned to the side toward the leader of the agents. The captain became pale from
fear and turned toward the torturer. He had seen Chun Yeowun torturing his
teammates mercilessly, so it was bound to be terrorizing.
'Damn bastard!'
The captain was dumbfounded that he was tricked into such a simple trap. But Chun
Yeowun was quite smart. Yeowun walked over to him and calmly stated, "Let me ask
you the same question. If you answer me, you leave safely."
Chun Yeowun's finger then touched the captain's right shoulder. The captain began
panting.
'Dammit. My men could bear this. I can't let them see me break on this.'
He was ready for the pain. Chun Yeowun asked the captain, "Kin Jongse's mother.
Where is she?"
“…I- I don't know."
"Yeah, I thought so."
Chun Yeowun's finger pushed in into the captain's shoulder about an inch. The
captain was ready for the pain, but still, the pain was excruciating.
"Nngggggggggh!!!!"
He now felt why all the agents gnashed their teeth.
"GOD DAMMIT!"
It was just once, but it was enough to make him splatter all profanities he could think
of. As Chun Yeowun's finger was pulled out, the clothes around the shoulder became
wet with blood. Chun Yeowun's finger then moved over to the left shoulder.
"Let me ask you again. Where is Kin Jongse's mother?"
"Ugggh… fuck! I don't know, you mother f- AAAAAAAAAARGH!"
Captain screamed again from the pain of the finger pushing into his shoulder. Chun
Yeowun, however, looked calm and moved his finger down toward the thigh.
"Where is Kin Jongse's mother?"
The captain however, had his face turn all red and veins popped up on his forehead.
He quickly shouted, "Stop! Stop!"
"Where?"
"You… Do you think you can get away after doing all this?"
"That's not the answer I want."
Chun Yeowun tried to push his finger again and the captain hastily added.
"Y-you don't have time to torture us like this!"
Chun Yeowun became curious at the weird claim and looked at the captain.
“…What do you mean?"
The captain was successful in grabbing Chun Yeowun's attention, so he became a bit
calmer and began to talk.
"You've made a mistake."
"Mistake?"
"Do you think no one will know if you break all surveillance cameras and other
devices around the house?"
As the captain said, the entire house was in a mess because Chun Yeowun destroyed
every machine within the house. The captain thought his threats were working and
wore a smug on his face as he spoke.
"You think the camera is the only thing watching us? You try to be smart-ass but you
aren't. Do you think no one will care with all the videos going off at once? Hah! I'm
sure all the PSB forces will be on their way here by now."
"You are bluffing."
"You think so? Hah! Why do you think we took the torture and didn't give you
anything? We are just waiting for our reinforcements!"
Chun Yeowun then looked at the captain's eyes. His eyes were shaking, but it was not
avoiding Chun Yeowun's gaze. That's when Bak Jongse came into the living room. As
Chun Yeowun looked at him, Bak Jongse nodded without any words.
"You are lucky."
Chun Yeowun took off his finger from the captain's thighs and left him behind as
Chun Yeowun left the house. After hearing the sound of the car starting and leaving,
the captain sighed in relief.
"Ugh… hah…”
He was so scared that he might have to feel the pain of a finger puncturing into his
flesh. It was fortunate that his quick wits had worked.
'It's good that he got fooled.'
All he said about reinforcements was a lie. He and his team were the PSB, but they
worked covertly under the radar. Because of this, their equipment were made to be
untrackable from headquarters.
'Ugh… but it's good that everyone's safe. I should tell boss that Six Road Toy found
out that we have spy in their… wait. What is this?"
The captain then found out something was weird. He did bluff about the
reinforcements coming in, but it didn't make sense that Chun Yeowun kept all of
them alive anyway.
'Dammit. I almost got fooled.'
The captain then quickly squirmed to move over and picked up a piece of glass from
the floor. His blood points were sealed so he needed something to cut off the rope
from his hands. After untying himself, the captain woke up all agents who were
asleep.
"C-captain! You're safe!"
"There's no time to waste. Wake everyone up. We'll talk in the van."
The agent nodded as the captain looked like he was in hurry and began to wake up
others. After waking up everyone, they all got in the van. After the van began to
move, the captain began to explain what had happened briefly. Agent Sanyoung
spoke with sigh of relief.
"It's good that your bluff worked! I guess he wasn't as smart as we thought! Why
didn't they rig our cars so we can't move?"
The captain shook his head.
"No. They did that on purpose."
"What?"
"We almost got fooled. He's a smart guy."
"What do you mean?"
"He let us go intentionally. He knew he couldn't track anything from what we have, so
he played along with me."
The captain first thought his bluffing worked on Chun Yeowun. But that quickly
became confusing as there was no way that a man who took PSB agents as hostages
would give up the hostages that easily. Even if it wasn't for him, Kin Jongse would at
least come and ask for whereabouts of his mothers with rage, but he was also too
calm.
"Then what should we do? We can't go to our boss either."
"They won't track us right away. I think Kin Jongse came back from outside because
he placed a tracking device on our van or something."
"Shit! Hey! Search the car for any tracking devices!"
Sanyoung ordered tactical teams to search the car, but the captain shook his head
again.
"Stop. They aren't some fools. They won't install it where you can just look around
and find it. Drive to nearest car repair shop."
"Yes, sir."
The driver answered and searched the navigation. The captain became tense as he
dove into his thoughts. He had to search the car at the repair shop and remove the
tracking device and then call his boss.
Director's room of the Simyang PSB Headquarters. Sang Yugeun who was sitting
down with a walkie-talkie was grim. From the walkie-talkie, a rough voice came over.
-Director. What should we do? Captain Ko is awaiting for the order.
Sang Yugeun rubbed his chin at the words. He was getting frustrated by the situation
that was not turning as he expected.
'It's him again.'
He sent the man to investigate, but did not expect his man to turn over to the target.
But since the man was working for them only because his mother was being held
hostage, he expected a problem sooner or later.
'It's annoying.'
Sang Yugeun then glanced at the picture of Chun Yeowun sitting on the interrogation
room. Chun Yeowun was making a mess in every project that Sang Yugeun had
worked on.
'I don't know what the hell you are up to, but you've crossed the line.'
If this man was left alone, then it was going to cause more trouble. The director
decided and talked to the walkie-talkie.
"Neung. Tell Captain Ko to stop deactivating the tracking device from his car."
-Huh? What do you mean?
"If Six Road Toy found out about our spy, then he's no use anymore."
-… Are we disposing of him?
Neung's voice became heavy. It wasn't sure if it was the guilt of disposing the person,
or disappointment for all his hard work turning into nothing.
"That was the purpose from the beginning, wasn't it?"
-Yes, sir.
"I'll send the rendezvous point. Tell Captain Ko to lure them there. Bring the 4th and
5th tactical forces and special agents there."
-Yes, sir.
"Oh, and I got some good information from our Technical Support team. I will send
you the file now."
Sang Yugeun opened up a window on the screen. There was a line that seemed to be
a waveform and a number aligned beneath.
[MS Nano bomb detonation code]
That was the number's identity. Sang Yugeun mumbled as he looked at the window
over at the monitor.
"I didn't think I would have to use this like this. Tsk."
At the same time, there was a SUV not too far away from the PSB Headquarters.
Within the car, there was a man with an earphone concentrating on something. This
man was Homicides 3rd Team leader Yimyung.
 I didn't think I would have to use this like this. Tsk.
Surprisingly, Yimyung's earphone was listening to Sang Yugeun who was in his room
in the PSB Headquarter building. It turned out that Yimyung had planted a bug into
Sang Yugeun's room when Yimyung visited the office. Yimyung already thought the
director was suspicious.
"Ugh…”
Yimyung became dumbfounded. The tapping was just something cautionary and he
was ready to drop it if he couldn't find anything fishy, but he did not expect to hear
information beyond his imagination.
"Dammit! What the hell are they doing?"
He was disappointed beyond belief at what the PSB was doing behind everyone's
back. He knew that director Sang Yugeun was hiding something, but Yimyung never
imagined a police force talking about a human as disposable. Yimyung thought for a
second and started the car.
After an hour, in the southern region of Simyang City.
There was a old abandoned factory building not too far away from the southern wall.
All buildings around were destroyed as if it was bombarded, but there was one
building that was still intact. But even then, it was very creepy as the sun went down
and it became dark everywhere.
The gate of the factory building creaked open and two men's footsteps rang through
the building. It was when footsteps moved into the middle of the building when the
opened gate slammed shut. And at the same timeFLASH
All LED lights within the building turned on, brightening up the middle of the factory.
The two men standing there were Chun Yeowun and Bak Jongse.
"Freeze!"
"Surrender yourselves now!"
Many tactical forces revealed themselves from the shadows. Over sixty tactical forces
at the 2nd-floor terrace and 1st floor aimed their rifles at the two men.
[T-there are too many!]
Bak Jongse sent a frantic telepathic message to Chun Yeowun. As the PSB expected,
they had followed tracking device down here. The inside of the building seemed to
have some kind of device that blocked any senses, so they knew something was
hidden but this was too much.
"Hahahahaha!"
That's when someone's laughter came about. Three men appeared through tactical
forces barricading around Chun Yeowun and Bak Jongse. One person was very
familiar. It was Captain Ko who was tortured by Chun Yeowun a few hours earlier.
"Neung Domyung!"
Bak Jongse growled a name of another middle-aged man! Neung Domyung also
mumbled Bak Jongse's name.
"Kin Jongse…”
His voice seemed to have grief. The middle-aged man was short and had slanted
eyes. He was one of two captains in the PSB Special Units Department. It was he who
sent Bak Jongse to be the spy at Six Road Toy.
'Hmm.'
But Chun Yeowun's eye turned to another man. This man had curly hair, and unlike
the other agents, he did not have a rifle but a blade in a grey scabbard. He was
glaring at Chun Yeowun with a daring look. Captain Ko walked forward with a smug
as if he was enjoying all this and spoke.
"Fools. Do you think we'd be fooled by your petty schemes?"
Ko then threw something on the ground. Bak Jongse frowned. It was the small
tracking device they planted on Ko's van. Ko then pointed at Chun Yeowun and spoke
with a confident voice.
"Hahaha! Now, who's in trouble huh?"
Only two hours ago.
'Nano. It's a success. '
The palm of his hand was placed on the abdomen of Bak Jongse, who fell down in the
living room of his home.
Not knowing what was going on, Chun Yeowun succeeded in adjusting the current to
collect the nano bombs in Bak Jongse's body.
[If you absorb it into the user's body, bombs can be decomposed with nano
machines.]
'You want me to absorb it into my body?'
[This is a nano device with only a simple frequency code, so it's easy to adjust.]
'…… Is it possible to keep the bomb on my body for later use then?'
[It is possible.]
'Good.'
The nano-bombs in Bak Jongse's body fell far short of future technologies. It was
easy for Nano to control this nano bomb.
The team captains and mobile strikers who died on the floor were killed by a nano
bomb injected by Chun Yeowun. It seemed like torture when he pressed his finger
into their bodies, but it was for this reason.
'I don't have to use everything.'
There was no need to use much bombs to make the corpse to turn into dust. Sending
just the right amount of nano bombs to the heart or brain has effectively killed the
enemy.
This death were the result.
'What just happened?'
It was hard to believe for Neung Domyung who do not know the technology of this
nano. Even the technical support team of the Public Security Bureau studied nano
bombs from Bak Jongse's blood for nearly a month, but found no way. MS Company's
technology was at the peak of current era.
'Captain Ko… '
Neung looked down at the late leader with a look of absurdity. If the man said was
true, then the captain just dug up his grave with my own hands.
"Shall we move on with the topic then?"
Chun Yeowun took a step forward toward Neung. It was a mere step, but enough to
overwhelm him with fear. Neung stepped back and shouted in an urgent voice.
"Don't move! Can't you see the machine guns that are aiming at you? "
Special Force units immediately took up their rifles at Neung's shouts. The red laser
point from the machine gun was precisely aimed at the head and heart of the heart.
Twelve were dead, but fifty were still in good standing.
"Dammit!"
Bak Jongse looked at soldiers targeting gun at them… He is also a super master stage
warrior who can avoid bullets if he is only looking at the direction of the muzzle.
But that's about the level of a pistol, not a rifle.
'Damn it! To think it was over… '
The maximum speed of a typical pistol is 300-500 m / s, but the machine gun
exceeds about 1,000 m / s. Speed is weight. Even its destructive power is
significantly different.
It was difficult to avoid or prevent such a machine gun, especially when surrounded
by 50 people, and no matter how high the person was with his martial art stage.
'Even if you are a Chun Ma… '
He was not sure. The present era was when the Yulinians also used firearms. Unlike
Chun Yeowun, who still has an expressionless face, Bak Jongse's nervous expression
was able to calm Neung Domyung's trembling heart.
'Good. I can't give up here… '
It was still their advantage. Even if the enemy was super powerful, it was only two
people. Also, Neung himself also learned martial art.
'He's pretending to be calm, but it is a bluff. He can't get away from guns pointing at
him from all sides.'
Neung was sure that even superior master stage warrior cannot avoid being shot at
this level. With that idea with his mind, the trembling gradually subsided.
Then…
Chun Yeowun once again stepped forward toward Neung Domyung.
'Is this guy really crazy?'
Fifty machine gun muzzles are aimed at it, but there is no sign of fear at all.
"You- you really want to die? stop! Stop now! "
But Yeowun kept on walking.
"I'm warning you!!"
Yeowun ignored and kept on walking toward him, whichi made Neung to raise his
hand and down toward Chun Yeowun. When the hand signal fell, soldiers were
aiming to pull the trigger.
"W-watch out!"
Bak Jongse plunged forward of Chun Yeowun. That moment,
"It's annoying."
Yeowun lifted his palm up, then down. And that……
"Ugh!"
Even before the trigger was pulled, the soldiers were sent down on the floor. There
were no exception to this on all 50 soldiers around.
"M-my body…”
"I can't move!"
All of them could not hide their shock. Unknown intangible forces were forcing them
on.
"What the hell are you doing! Shoot him now!"
Neung Domyung rolled his feet and shouted, but no one could pull the trigger. It was
as if a giant appeared and steping on them to crush them alive. They had no time to
pull trigger…
Neung Domyung felt goose bumps rising all over the body. He wasn't aware until
now, but now he did, he felt powerful flow of energy surging through the area. He
could not possibly measure the level.
"H-how can a human can use such…”
He had never experienced it before. His internal energy felt like handful of sand
compared to this level of energy.
"Ugh!"
That's when several soldiers on the second floor endured the crushing pain, tried to
forcibly pull the trigger. Chun Yeowun then lowered his hand further with a bored
look.
-CRACK!
A crack occurred on the floor where soldiers were put down. The sound of broken
bones came from all over the soldiers was crushed.
-CRAACK!
"Argh!"
"AAAAARG!"
The screams rang out through the factory and it didn't last long. Soon, only three
people stood in the factory.
And one of them, Neung Domyung, slumped down on the floor. He wanted to step
back or run away, but in horror he couldn't move one step.
"Hieeeek!!!"
Neung Domyung looked at Chun Yeowun with terrified look. He had set trap to get
the man who was using their tracking devoice. But…
'How did this happen…?'
Nano bomb detonator, including all special agents in Shenyang Public Security
Bureau. And just in case of emergency, they also brought Special Agent Jun
Yeomyung, one of the best seven Yulinian of all the special police departments.
But it was all too easily smashed.
"Monster, monster!"
Even Bak Jongse agreed to the terrified scream. He knew Chun Yeowun was strong
because he saw it in the Six Roads Toy Building, but he didn't know it was this level.
'It's astonishing.'
He was overwhelmed in Yeowun's all overcoming power. As soon as the situation
was cleared, there was only one thing to do.
Bak Jongse ran to Neung Domyung who sat on the floor and kicked his abdomen.
"Ugh!"
Neung vomited with blood and rolled backwards. Bak Jongse, who caught him from
the neck, shouted.
"My mother! Where is my mother? "
Bak Jongse's fist then hit his left cheek. It was just the beginning.
"Where? Where you asshole!!"
He kept on smacking him.
"UGH!"
His anger, with his mother had been taken hostage, was not easily extinguished. He
pounded on Neung Domyung until Neung's face was destroyed. Fist did not contain
internal energy, but continued hitting made eyes go swollen bad.
"Tell me. Where is my mother? Answer me if you don't want to die! "
Bak Jongse shook on Neung Domyung, but the answer from the mouth of Neung was
a completely different sound.
“…W… who the hell are you? A guy like you, an unregistered Yulinian? "
His swollen eyes were passing by Bak Jongse and headed to Chun Yeowun. He gave
up everything, but his eyes were full of questions. Chun Yeowun then approached
Neung.
"Stop dragging time."
"Yes, my lord?"
"Move away."
"Y-yes, my lord!!"
Bak Jongse moved to the side, then Chun Yeowun pushed his finger over the
shoulder of Neung.
"Argh!!!"
After a while, Chun Yeowun pulled out his finger.
"I put a nano bomb in your body."
"W-what?!"
Neung Domyung shouted with disbelief. He just stabbed his fingertips, so there was
no way that can inject nano bombs.
"You are talking nonsense…”
Yeowun then snapped his finger. A small explosion sound was heard. At that
moment, intense pain came from the bottom of Neung's left hand.
"Aaaaaaaaaaargh!!!"
Neung stared at her palm. The middle of the palm was burned black from the inside
as if burned.
"W… what is this?"
"You have 1,000 nano bombs in your body. It's evenly distributed in the body by the
blood vessels, 500 of which are in the brain. "
"What?"
The swollen eyes of Neung trembled. The pain in the palm proved everything to be
true.
"Howcan this happen…”
"That's not what you need to know. There's only one thing you need to answer. "
Yeowun's finger snapped again and this time, intense pain was came into the palm of
Neung's right hand.
"Aaaaaaaaaaargh!!!"
The pain of a small bomb exploding in the body could not be explained in words. It
was so painful that Neung shook his body and sweared at him.
"Y… you bastard!!"
Chun Yeowun continued.
"From now on, I'm going to explode one by one."
'!?'
Neung's swollen eyes became so wide with terror. As Chun Yeowun said, there were
1,000 nano bombs in the body. It broke two, leaving 998 left. It was natural to be
frightened.
'Ugh… '
Even Bak Jongse who hated the man became terrified. If he was in Neung's position,
he would have committed suicide then taking such suffer.
"Y… you monster…”
"I won't ask any questions. I'll pop one every five seconds. "
"W-what?"
"Let's see how long you can keep your mouth shut."
Along with the words, Chun Yeowun extended his fingers and folded one by one.
Whenever one's fingers were folded, the expression of Neung Domyung became
desperate. When the last one was about to fold, he screamed urgently.
"Wait!!! wait. I… I don't know! I really do not know! It's higher up who decided on
location of the safehouse…”
A nano bomb exploded in the sole of his right foot.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!"
The pain made Neung to scream and cry. If not, the hoarse voice sounded more
hoarse.
"Aaaargh… Really…… I don't know."
As he continued to claim, Chun Yeowun folded his fingers again one by one without
expression. Neung's face drenched in cold sweat. He couldn't forget to say something
in the expression of a thousand fingers folding my fingers without blinking one eye.
'This… this guy is really going to do it.'
Neung too was trained in torture. But this was the first time He's been
psychologically pressured like this. Rather than indiscriminate pain, he slowly drove
to the cliff, causing endless fears.
'He's not a monster. He's a devil!'
And now, only one finger was left. At that time, Neung Domyung shrieked and
shouted urgently.
"I'll say it! Please… please… Stop it! "
A declaration of surrender popped out of his mouth. Bak Jongse, who was nervously
watching, struck him with a bright face.
"Spit it out! Where is my mother? "
"Please guarantee one thing before that!"
Neung Domyung did not trust Chun Yeowun. After answering, he was sure Yeowun
will kill him.
“…Are you trying to bargain?"
Chun Yeowun raised his finger again. Then, Neung shouted in fear.
"N-No! You can't go there without me! "
"What are you talking about?"
Chun Yeowun asked and Neung answered with trembling voice.
"I'm not lying. It is not a place you can go just because you know the place. I will
make a request to the Defense…”
At that moment, Chun Yeowun frowned and stood up. Then he looked northwest.
'What…? What is this energy?'
Enormous energy has been spreading to surprise even the feeling of light. It even felt
like shaking the space. It was then. Ominous siren rang out outside the waste plant.
This was not just a nearby sound, but a siren sounding throughout Simyang.
Neung Domyung then mumbled with shocked look.
"No way… out of all moment…? The Defense Bureau said it would take three days…”
It was not only Neung who was shocked. Bak Jongse also rose from his seat and
spoke in a trembling voice.
"G-Gate Warning!!"
Gate Defense Department at the City Hall site in Simyang. The sun went down and it
was dark, but the entire floor of the Defense Department was lit up. The Gate
Defense Department returned to a 24-hour system, day and night, in case it doesn't
know when or where it's going to explode. They never relax because it was a matter
of citizens' security. As such, gate defense was a big mission.
"Eastern B-1Wall is clear."
"Eastern B-2 barrier clear."
Reports were continuing on the side of the barrier monitor room every 30 minutes.
Agents sit in front of more than 300 monitors and report abnormalities sequentially,
which was critical to security.
This manual was used not only by the Gate Defense Bureau in Simyang, but also by
the Defense Bureau around the world.
"F-1 barrier east, clear."
"Hmm."
The ensuing report showed a short-haired, middle-aged woman wearing a gray
military uniform standing in the monitor's center nodding. Her name is Wi Soyong.
She was Lieutenant Colonel at the Defense Department, who was in charge of
tonight's shift.
Wi Soyong, who was being briefed, folded her arms as she watched the D-day
electronic display on a large monitor in the monitor room.
'Do we have 3 to 4 days left? Ugh.'
She made a sigh. She was a soldier, but not a soldier by nature. Her main concern was
that the gate would be opened on the fourth day.
'Please don't let that happen only when I'm on call.'
The gate had been opened about two times while she was on a shift. The first was
lucky enough to prevent it, but at the second gate, the southwest barrier was
completely breached and one factory site was destroyed. Casualties alone number
about 400. It was the worst memory for Wi Soyong.
'Why build a factory site in that place… '
Originally, it was illegal to build any building near the Gate Wall, but only a son-inlaw of the mayor of Simyang was authorized at that time. Thanks to the scandal, the
mayor was fired afterwards.
'I was lucky at the time.'
If the barrier was breached this time, there was no excuse. For her trauma, she was
eager to be held when she was not on duty.
"All clear on south G-25. "
"All right. Keep up the good work. I'll be back out in half an hour."
It was as if she was turning to go back to her office after the report.
-Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!
A warning tone was heard from the main detector in the monitor room.
"Ma'am!"
A soldier shouted while monitoring the situation. There was no way she could have
missed this warning.
'Gate!'
The soldiers in charge of monitoring became noisy. It was also much faster than the
announcement made by the Gate Investigation Team. The siren automatically
activated five seconds after the main detector's warning tone.
It was the Gate Warning. The whole city of Simyang is alarmed by the siren. Wi
Soyong turned quickly and asked the so-called detection officer.
"Where's the origin?"
"The coordinates are… 41°46'48.4"N 123°01'17.5"E. 26 gate! GE Wave activation
38% complete!"
The coordinates are on the west side of the city of Simyang.
"Ugh!"
If it was Gate 26, it was surely faster than expectation. Moreover, if the GE (Gate
Energy) wave activation was 38 percent, the gate was half open. She hoped this not
to happen when she was on duty, but it was shattered. But she didn't have time to
dread.
"Type size!?"
Her shouts quickened the keyboards of soldiers in charge of monitors in the western
wall. They were not only in charge of CCTV cameras near one wall, they were also in
charge of cameras installed on the outside of the wall. Then shouted a soldier in
charge of monitoring the western wall.
"Ma'am, you have to see this!"
The soldier pressed the keyboard and connected to a large screen in the monitor
room. The coordinates shown at the top of the screen were very close to the gate.
But the camera video was shaking. It trembled more and more at a very rapid rate.
Everyone looked at it with shocked eyes. Soon, something was caught running over
the horizon on a green screen that switched into night-vision mode. The soldier
enlarged the camera's screen.
On the trembling screen, a monster of a shape that does not exist on Earth was
caught.
"I-it's a type entity!"
Monster was shown on the screen with a sharp, long fang, with six horns about the
size of a hippo with a speed as fast as a cougar. The number was uncountable on the
screen.
'Type Entity.'
Wi Soyong was a little relieved inside. There are three types of hazards that come out
of a gate:
Entity, Disaster, and Special.
One of the most harmless was the entity, but it did not mean that they were not
dangerous. Because last time, it was the Type Entity that breached the barrier.
"What's the risk?
"Wait a minute, please!"
Soldiers searched for information on dangerous objects that appeared while typing
on the keyboard. Soon after, search data appeared on a large screen.
[Danger Object - Horned Jackal : Class C
Gate Appearanacerecord: 12 at European gates. 7 at Asian Gate
-Berlin 15 Gate 2049.05.20. 19:23 (First)
-Munhen 29 gate 2051.07.15. 20:02.
.
.
-Gate number 43 at Chengdu City Gate 2058.02.19. 19:40]
"C, class C!"
Again, the monitor room became noisy. Hazardous objects were divided into six
classes in total, and the risk levels were considered higher as they were raised to E,
D, C, B, A and S. The reason why the soldiers in the monitor room were surprised was
simple. Although all types are dangerous, the difficulty of risk increases significantly
from grade C and above.
'C grade… '
Wi Soyong bit her lips. It was the first time since she was promoted to the City of
Simyang and transferred to the Defense Department. The last mistake was a D-level
risk, and above that, it was simply a crisis. One of the monitoring soldiers told her.
"Defense forces are on their way to the western barrier We will send them the object
type information."
She nodded at the remark. The situation happened anyway and there was no time
for further confusion. She is the commander responsible for this danger.
"Summon Gatekeepers in Simyang, and send gate defense requests to the Yulin
Organization."
"Yes, Ma'am!"
At the same time. There were three buses running across the city of Simyang toward
the west. On the side of the bus, it said "Gatekeeper" at the Defense Bureau of
Simyang, which was literally a bus carrying Gatekeepers. The buses had departed
three minutes after the alert was issued. It was much faster than the Defense
Department's summons.
In bus number one at the front, A yellow-dyeed, all-white-haired young man in his
early 30s, who was riding in the front seat, snapped at chewing gum and shook his
head at the text message on the screen of his smartphone.
[Gate Keepers are requested, divided into three teams: D-8, D-13, and E-3.
Hazardous objects - Horn jackal: Class C]
"Slow. Too slow. You should have sent me off as soon as the alarm went off."
"Why don't you stop fooling around and put on a protective suit inside?"
A middle-aged man with a beard taking out a protective suit from the top of the bus
from his seat was scolded him.
"Captain. You know I don't need that. It doesn't look cool with that."
"Yang Taepyung! Are you going to get yourself straight after you get poisoned from
toxics outside the Gate?"
The yellow-haired young man, Yang Taepyung, rose from his seat and opened the
luggage compartment of the bus.
"You know me, a B-Grade keeper, doesn't get infected with something like that…”
"Stop blabbering and put it on."
"Yes, sir."
Yang Taepyung, a self-respecting and arrogant man, showed such weakness at the
old man because he was the leader of the gatekeepers in Simyang.
Do Jungrak. He is 42 years old, he was only A-Grade keeper and superhuman in the
city. He have a special ability to make the skin of his body steel, and he has enough
power to lift a bus and throw it.
Do Jungrak touched the right earphone on his ear and said,
"You got texts from Defense Department, right?"
The question was heard by the voices of two men and women in Class B, the platoon
leader on bus No. 2 and No. 3.
-Yes, sir
-I got it.
"Bus 1 will go to D-13, bus 2 will go to D-8 and bus 3 to E-3 wall."
-Understood, Captain.
There was no answer from B-class keeper Ko Yoon, the platoon leader of bus No. 3.
When the curious Do Jungrak tried to tell him to answer, he heard his voice.
-Captain… I'm in urgent need of a lump sum money. Can I go to D-13 this time?
"Ah…”
If you look at the coordinates with which the gate is open, it is in line with D-13. It
was relatively more likely to encounter alpha-hazardous objects with gate cores. The
gatekeepers' main task was to handle the cores of alpha-hazardous objects so that
the gates could be closed while the defense forces blocked ordinary dangerous
objects.
"I guess Brother Yoon needs a commission."
Yang Taepyung was sarcastic when he heard the earphones because he was a
platoon leader. Gatekeepers work at the State Council at a high salary. But not all of
these gatekeepers were paid the same amount of money, as was the way it is the
economic system. As a result, gate keepers try to improve their ability to raise their
grade at a time when the gate is not opened. But apart from this, there is a special
allowance.
"Well, if it is the core of a Class C alpha-hazardous entity, you'll get 4 to 5 billion in
bonus, so I guess it explains it."
The amount was beyond imagination. Considering that the annual salary of a B-level
keeper was around 1 billion, the pay was great. This forced the Keepers to risk their
lives to deal with alpha-type objects.
"Bro, but you know what? I'm looking to buy a commercial building, so I can't…”
-BAM
"Argh!"
Yang Taepyung held his head and screamed. It couldn't have been better that he had
been hit by a steeled fist by Do Jungrak. Ignoring such Yang Tae-pyung, Do Jung-rak
put his finger on the earphone and said,
"Okay. I'll go to the E-3 wall."
-… Thank you! Captain.
The voice of Class B keeper Ko Yoon brightened at Do Jungrak's favor. Then said Do
Jung-rak.
"Don't lose the core to the Yulinians. Okay?"
-Definitely!
With a voice full of determination, Do Jungrak grinned and said to the driver.
"Hmph. Let's go to the E-3 barrier in the southwest."
Meanwhile, a nearby road northwest of the city of Simyang. The white sedan was
quickly heading to the branch of the Yulin Organization. In the back seat of the car,
two men with colorful swords on their sides were talking. Sitting on the right was
Moyong Yisun of Yun Company. And on the left was a man in his 60s with gray-white,
dark eyebrows, Moyong Geum, the chairman of the Yun Company.
Moyong Yisun looked at the screen of his smartphone with his arms up to see a text
message. Moyong Geum asked.
"Is all the people in the organization are gathered?"
"I think most of them have arrived. Father, we're the only ones who have to go."
The current building of the Yulin Organization branch had gathered most of the
registered people in the city of Simyang. They were waiting for the head of the
Simyang branch, Moyong Geum.
"The old man's here, isn't he?
"He had been at the Yulin Organization while refusing to accept our offer of a private
residence."
"Hmph."
It was Feng Neunggyeom who was the target of Moyong Geum's scoff. Feng
Neunggyum was much older, and senior in Yulin's order, but Moyong Geum did not
pay respect him. Still, he couldn't ignore him, so he sent Moyong Yisun to provide
accommodation, but athe old man turned it down and went to the Yulin
Organization.
"He's old and still greedy. Why is he nosing in on every other places for the core?"
"Well, there's no way we can stop it."
They couldn't even issue a restriction order because he came here to help. It wasn't
like the entire city of Simyang is the territory of the Yun Company. They had no way
to drive out of the city.
Moyong Yisun then spoke with a sigh.
"The problem is the time the Gate opened…”
"Keep calm. You are future head of the Yun Company."
"……”
"It is not too late to consider the Six Road Toy case after gate matter."
"But those men I sent…”
"I told you not to stay calm."
Moyong Yisun stopped speaking as Moyong Geum looked uncomfortable. So far, he
has fallen short in every way of transcending the stronghold of his father and
chairman, Moyong Geum.
"First, focus on the core. A C-rated core can further enhance my internal energy. Of
course, so will you."
Core. It is a crystal of pure energy. Governments in each country utilize this as an
alternative energy, but the Yulin Organization had the technology to refine the core
and enhance the internal energy.
It was a crucial reason for the Yulin Organization's voluntary participation in gate
defense.
Moyong Geum clenched his sword and said,
"It will be harder than the last time. Not only the Gate Keepers, but also the old man
are after the core."
"Don't worry. I'll definitely get the core."
It was a good move as they would get the core. This time around, they will even get
the honor of playing a crucial role in closing the gate.
"Oh, no, but I won't overdo it. If you're a Class C alpha-risk person, you might have a
hard time with your skills."
"All right!"
The two rich men, who are descendants of the Murong Sega, cemented their
commitment to the core.
An abandoned factory building in the southwestern part of the city of Simyang.
"Argggh!"
At the kick of Bak Jongse, Neung Domyung the captain of Special Forces of Public
Security Bureau collapsed. Bak Jongse's face was red, unable to overcome his anger,
shouted, holding him by the collar.
"What's wrong with you? The safe house is outside the barrier?"
"Ugh…”
That was why Bak Jongse was furious. Since the gate alarm was issued, Neung
Domyung pushed into talking about the secret. But the words from Neung's mouth
were absurdly true.
"You crazy bastard. How could you do such a thing!"
"T-that's why I said… You can't go there without me…”
"Bastard!"
Bak Jongse kicked Neung on the jaw. The midst of suffering, Neung Domyung was
also feeling unfair in its own way.
'Dammit. I'm not the one who built the safe house outside.'
In fact, what he revealed this time was information that would be a fatal weakness
for the Public Security Agency. Usually, safe houses are used by public security
agencies or special intelligence agencies to keep secrets. It was a place to hide
something.
Before the Gate, a deep mountain valley or a deserted place used to be used as a safe
house. However, since the Gate appeared, the Public Security Bureau has had a
reverse idea. The most dangerous place is to build an underground safe house
outside the barrier.
'That way, people like you won't be able to find them.'
Outside the barrier, everyone is usually kept out. This was because there could be
dangerous objects that could not be removed, starting with toxic substances.
“…How could you do that…”
Bak Jongse's eyes turned teary. Everyone in the present age was aware that outside
the walls was very dangerous. But now that he found out that his mother was held
hostage in such a place, he felt like crying from the dread. He wanted to rip off the
limbs of the Neung right away.
‘…No. First of all, I have to save my mother.'
A Gate Warning has been issued. It wasn't sure what would come if he didn't save his
mother quickly in this situation.
Bak Jongse grabbed Neung by the head and asked.
"Where? Where's my mother's safehouse?"
"T, that's…”
"Speak quickly, if you don't want to die in my hands."
"Western, about a kilometer west, underground…”
At that time, the Defense Department's emergency text message appeared on the
Flexible smartphone on Bak's wrist.
[Gate 26 Alert.
Residents within 30 kilometers of the western barrier are advised to evacuate to
designated shelters nearby.]
'!!!'
Caught in the collar, the face of the Neung who saw it with him hardened. He himself
never dreamed that this would happen. Neung Domyung spoke hurriedly in an
hurried voice.
"The entrance to the safe house is made of superalloys over 1 meter thick and there
are our agents in it…”
"So what? that's not going to…”
"That's enough. Stop it."
Then Chun Yeuwun cut off Bak Jongse's words. Bak Jongse shouted with bloodshot
eyes.
"But my mother…”
"Do you think you can save your mother by beating him to death?"
"I know. One gate alarm is issued and dangerous people are flocking outside the
barrier. What do we do?"
"Don't worry."
"Yes?"
"Do you think I'll let my cultist die?"
'!?'
Bak Jongse's eyes trembled at the words of Chun Yeowun. With his reaction behind
him, Chun Yeowun spoke to the Domyung, who were in the grip of his head.
"The location of the safe house. Call the coordinates."
Right after the gate warning went off, the city of Simyang has begun preparations for
a defense war.
The iron protection net, thick with doors and windows of all buildings, came down,
and citizens quickly moved to shelters assigned under the guidance of the Defense
Department soldiers.
"Go slowly. Start with the child and the old man."
Twenty-eight years have passed since the gate opened. Because of the periodic gates,
people were used to disasters. There was no confusion. Everyone calmly moved to
the underground shelter, and when it was completed, the doors of the bunker in
Simyang City closed one by one.
More than 70 percent of the defense forces within the city of Simyang were
dispatched to the western barrier. The remaining 30 percent of the defense forces
were minimal forces to guard the barrier in other defense. As soon as the western
barrier is breached, it's all over.
This was a war to protect everyone from the dangers of humanity.
More than 30 tanks came loud sound that has been moved. The fourth generation
tanks of the 30-35 model arrived in front of the D-13 barrier in the west, a straight
line where the gate was opened.
From the area next to the tank of 20 ZRV-30s, mechanical fixings came down and
sank into the ground. In one column the angle of the gunship of the tram fixed 500
meters ahead of the barrier was raised, and ready to fire shells at the enemy beyond
the barrier.
The ZRV-30, which has a 130-millimeter diameter and a 7 meter-long gunshin, is a
tank with a maximum range of 8 kilometers.
Ten ZRV-35s have been transformed into mechanical legs. The ZRV-35 was not
intended to fire long-range guns within the barrier as a maneuver operation tank.
A mechanical bridge climbed up the wall like a robot. So the ZRV-35 mounted on top
of the barrier was firmly fixed to the barrier and aimed at the cannon.
-All tanks ready for fire.
-Got it. Wait for the signal from the command.
-Roger!
 Stand by where each unit's artillery is deployed.
-Roger.
Over each barrier, countless soldiers stood in front of various weapons, including
mid-range artillery, and looked at the horizon in the dark.
"Whew…”
"Dammit. I'm so nervous."
The most nervous were the infantrymen encamping in front of the outer wall of the
barrier. Sergeants with plenty of combat experience were also helpless. The start of
the war is from the moment the dangerous object crosses the range of each gun and
comes close to the barrier.
'They're not even nervous.'
"Be quiet, man. "
Some seemed relaxed in the eyes of such infantrymen. The gatekeepers were made
up of the foresters and the special talents and the foresters of the Yulin Organization,
who camped behind the infantry and held up a sword or a sword. Their true worth
begins as soon as their position nears and goes into the platoon. Ordinary
infantrymen were a big force because they were forced to become relatively
vulnerable to close combat against dangerous objects.
[Father. Can you see Do Jungrak anywhere?]
Moyong Yisun sent telepathic message to Moyong Geum, who was polishing his
sword. He then looked at the gatekeepers. There was no sign of Do Jungrak, the
captain of the gatekeepers, who should normally be at the forefront.
[Good.]
The Yulin Organization and Gate Keepers were more competitive than cooperative.
From the moment they start the fight, the struggle for the core was going to begin.
[I have a good feeling.]
Moyong Geum was quite excited. With the intervention of Feng Neunggyum, the core
competition was expected to intensify, but there was no sign of Do Jungrak nor Yoon
Moonpyung, one of his competitors.
[The fewer the better, Yisun.]
Along with the message, Moyong Geum looked at Yum Gisup and Feng Neungkyum
the president of Six Road Toy and Feng Neungkyum. There were only two people in
the way. He considered it a good chance to get a C-level core if he did well.
'Hmph.'
Feng Neunggyum laughed to himself as he felt Moyong Geum peering at him.
'He has not changed at all.'
Feng Neunggyum's real purpose was not the core. However, he did not come here
because of his moral obligation like Yisun told him to he has at the hospital. It was
just to taste more of the real war as a martial artist.
'I guess there's no need to explain it.'
Although he wasn't as obessed, he did not want to give up the core easily either.
It was that moment while everyone was waiting for with their own thoughts. A fine
tremor was felt.
'!!!'
Everyone's eyes were all set in the dark. Major Bu Hyundong, who is in charge of the
western barrier, stared at the horizon with a night vision telescope. Over the night
vision telescope, he saw something black that was dawdling and filling the horizon.
'It's here!'
A six-horned, sharp, long fang. And dangerous creatures with four legs were running
at a tremendous rate. It must have been a Horned Jackal.
'It's fast.'
The speed at which they ran was very fast.
It ran like a cougar, while the size was big as hippopotamus. And that number was
too much to count. It was afraid to see the entire horizon filled with waves.
'I wish we could fire from farther away.
Technically, it can fire rockets up to tens of kilometers. However, the rocket had to go
above atmosphere, which was impossible in the present situation where no plane
could fly.
'There's no choice.'
Even at the current maximum range, the number had to be reduced a lot. Bu
Hyundong aised its hand and shouted.
"It's in our range. Ready to fire!"
-Roger!
His radio-sounding command moved the guns of tanks above and within the barrier.
Bu Hyundong focused on the telescope with its hands up. The vibrations of the earth
grew louder and louder.
Then a huge flock of Horned Jackals passed through where the glow lights were lit.
Lieutenant next to Bu Hyundong spoke.
"Targets have reached the first firing point!"
At that moment, Bu Hyundong shouted out loud.
"FIRE!"
-Fire!
As soon as the order was given, the gun was fired with a binge from the DH of all the
tanks. Through the darkness, a red-colored shell fell across the flock of Horned
Jackals that filled the ground. There was an explosion where the gun fell. They could
still see wiggles amid the soaring flames and smoke.
"Keep firing!"
-Roger!
The western part of the country, seven or eight kilometers away, was devastated by
artillery shells. In the spirit of the attack, the Horned Jackals seemed it could not
pass through the point of the shells fell.
Through the exploding flames, some of them began pushing through. These were so
fast that those dodged or survived the shells were rushing toward the barrier at a
tremendous rate.
"Damn it! There are too many."
The gap between shells overflowed with objects crossing the range. More than 30
percent of the front row of the rush was handled, but now they had to be reduced as
much as possible from three or four kilometers in the mid-range. Otherwise, the
infantry in front of the barrier could not handle the population.
"Each artillery is ready to fire!"
-Roser!
It was not long before mid-range guns were fired 4 kilometers from the barrier. The
sound of heavy drinking and the smell of gunpowder rocked the barrier. Men held
the machine gun of the infantry camping in front of the barrier and did not relax.
Corporal, Sgt., who fought several times to defend the gate, knew. If a shell falls not
far from the barrier, something comes in.
The gunner's grip gave him strength. It was a time when he was watching the front
covered with smoke from the explosion.
"No!"
"There's a lot of them!"
Horned Jackals came out of the smoke one after another. It wasn't enough to fill the
ground as before, but at first glance, the population seemed to be well over a
thousand.
"Here they come! Infantry fire!"
"Open fire!"
While leading the infantry in front of the barrier, the staff shouted loudly. The tensely
awaited infantry rallied and opened fire on the front. The noise of machine gun fire
made noise in front of the wall. Infantrymen screamed and fired forward nonstop.
"Die! DIE!"
"You monster bastards!"
Those dangerous creatures that were rushing in were not in this world. Even with
dozen of bullets into its body, it didn't budge without being hit by the heart's core.
"It's about time."
Yulinians and Gatekeepers waiting behind the infantry pulled out their weapons in
unison for the upcoming battle and were on a critical stage.
"Aaargh!"
"NO!!"
The faces of the infantry turned white. Horned Jackals that endured hundreds of
thousands of bullets, reached their front. The number has decreased a lot, but the
odd form of the monster, about the size of a hippopotamus, was enough to put a
strain on the infantry.
"Get away!"
The roaring Horned Jakals tried to swoop on the infantry when Yulinians stood
forward.
"Get back! We'll take over now!"
A sword-bearer stretched out the sword, blocking the front of the Horned Jackal. His
swords cut the head of Horned Jackal. The man expected monster's head to be cut off
by the sword. Far from being cut off, there was not even a scratch. It merely made it
stop for a moment.
'What, what? This monster's too dense!'
Then an angry Horned Jackal blew out his nostrils, and soon lifted up his front foot
and smacked him. Man quickly brought his sword to stop, but the force of the sword
was great.
"Argh!"
The sword broke on the front claws of the Horned Jackal and the man was torn off
like a sheet of paper. He was a first class warrior but died so quickly. The people
became surprised by this.
"Don't deal with the front! Aim for the back!"
But it wasn't easy. They weren't dealing with only one dangerous monster. A series of
Horned Jackals appeared in front of them. The number of Horned Jackals who have
been rushing to the wall to support the defense system has increased.
Gi Yun, the platoon leader of Gate Keepers in charge of the D-13 barrier, extended his
hands to the horns. Then a large disk emerged from his hand, emitting a purple
spark.
"Die!"
The violet disk flew at a tremendous speed, cutting off the two front feet of Horned
Jackal.
"Not yet!"
Gi Yun moved the disk, aiming for the monster's hind legs. Horned Jackal, which was
cut to the back, collapsed on the floor. Having a free hand with the embodied energy
blaster, he was able to easily neutralize a single Horned Jackal like a B Grade
Gatekeeper.
'What about Alpha?'
After overpowering one of monsters, Gi Yun looked around. There was no immediate
emergence of an Alpha object, which can be called their leader, but it was only
possible to find it first.
"Ugh!"
Then another horn knife rushed at him. Gi Yun hurriedly created an energy blaster
disk and sent it to him. Meanwhile, Gi Yun was not the only one looking for Alpha.
"Hmph!"
A Horned Jackal was decapitated. It was Moyong Geum, chairman of Yun Company
and head of the Yulin Organization that cut the head off at once. He was killing
monsters faster than anyone else with his force qi of sword, as the one of four
Superior Master warrior in the city of Simyang.
Two Horned Jackals were cut at the same time on a sword.
"Wowah!"
The infantry nearby cheered.
"Great!"
"Yulinian!"
His sword has already killed eight horned jackals. He was clearly showing great
strength compared to other struggling others. Of course, it was to find an Alpha
object, like Gi Yun, the captain of the gatekeepers, that he was going to kill his horn
so quickly.
"He sure is still up to his sleeves."
Yum Gisup, president of Six Road Toy, spoke to himself. He too was certainly a
superior master stage warrior. It was a master of the same picture, but it was a stark
fact that the Moyong Geum was a step ahead. But he was not easy, either.
Yum Gisup's powerful fist attack made a hole in middle of Horned Jackal and threw it
meters away. The blow itself was great.
"Nice!"
There was a sigh of amazement in the small town of Bu Hyundong who was looking
down from above. Every time the gate was opened, he was worried but Yulinians and
Gatekeepers were quite powerful to deal with those monsters in close combat
without guns.
The barrier has not been breached yet. But…
'There are too many. Is this really class C?'
There weren't this many at last time. Despite such a reduction in the number due to
the shelling, the wall was brimming with Horned Jacakals. Despite the continued
shelling, how many people had popped out of the gate was pouring in without a
break.
"If class C is this dangerous, then how dangerous is it above?"
He, who had never experienced more than that, thought to himself. Then the
lieutenant spoke.
"Major! Look over there."
"What?"
Curious, Bu Hyundong saw the place pointed by his lieutenant through a night vision
telescope. A fairly large number of horned Jackals, about 1.5 kilometers away, were
huddled together and sniffing for something. He was wondering why, but something
came to his mind.
"Lieutenant… isn't there a safe house made at underground bunkers?"
As a defenseman, he knew all the locations of the safe houses around him.
Lieutenant also nodded as he knew.
"That's right."
Although it was usually used as a safe house, it had to be emptied when the gate was
opened. But the problem is that the gate opened much earlier than originally
predicted. Bu Hyundong murmured with trembling eyes.
"Who's in the bunker now?"
Otherwise, there was no explain of Horned Jackals doing such a bizarre act. Such
ominous foreboding of Bu Hyundong was not wrong.
Inside the bunker, about 1.5 kilometers southwest of the western barrier. The place
was full of fear because of the worst.
"Damn it…”
"It's going to break the entrance."
There were total of four people in the bunker. The three men wearing navy blue
uniforms were members of the Public Security Bureau. They could not hide their
fear as they watched the door of a slightly crumpled alloy in front of the bunker.
"Damn it!"
Every roar from the alloy door was distorted slightly. The entrance of the bunker
seemed not to last long just by looking at the concrete wall in the seam next to it.
"We should've left this place earlier!"
One of the agents spoke in a trembling voice as he looked at the crumbling entrance.
In fact, they also heard a Gate Warning. However, the house did not have a separate
protective suit in place to prevent the detainee from escaping. It was only supposed
to come from the outside to go out. Such measures had trapped them here.
The sound of another roar shook the whole bunker this time. The three agents gazed
angrily at the woman in her mid-50s, who sat like if she's meditating.
"God dammit. Who do you think we are in this situation?! You think your god-damn
religion can save you?!"
Woman was mumbling something, It seemed to memorize something truly
reverential, like their complaints.
"This one-body torch burns alive and well. I will light up the light on my way, and all
my joy and sorrow will remain as dust. It's a carefree, heavy life."
What she recited was the epigram of the Great Demonic Cult. Her name is Kin Oyun.
Bak Jongse's mother and a cultist of the Great Demonic Cult. Sensing her death
directly from the sound of a gate alarm and the bunker being broken, she was
reciting the scriptures.
"This one-body torch burns alive and well. I have come to light on my way to go, and
all joy and sorrow are dust…”
One of the agents eventually shouted impatiently.
"Damn you! You are making me more afraid! Stop your bull…”
It was just then. The bunker's alloy door was blown open by another shock. From the
outside of the open bunker came the same cries of fierce beasts.
Red gazes flashed here and there in the dark. They were Horned Jackals.
"Hieeek!"
Surprised, men tried to crawl inside the bunker,
"Aaaaargh!"
A Horned Jackal that came into the bunker ate the entire torso of one of the agents.
The screaming and wriggling agent's body didn't move soon.
"Aaaaah!"
"DIE!"
Two terrified agents pulled out their pistols and fired wildly as their colleague died.
However, a Horned Jackal that does not die easily even after being hit by dozens of
machine guns ,did not collapse with a few bullets.
"UGH"
"NOO!
Two agents were torn off at the same time on the front claw of Horned Jackal. The
entrance of the bunker was splattered with blood.
Kin Oyun's face turned pale as she watched it from start to finish. No matter how
much she memorized the epigram, not many people remained calm in the face of
death.
'Ah… Jongse… '
Fear came to her mind as she reminded of her son. Thinking of her son becoming sad
of her death made her sad than fear.
"My son… My poor boy…”
"Krrrrrrrrrrr!"
Woman wept as the Horned Jackal revealed its bloody sharp fangs. It was a moment
to walk slowly, erecting his claws, as if he knew his opponent had already given up
everything. At that moment the whole bunker reverberated with a tremendous
tremor.
When the bunker shook as if it had been hit by an earthquake, the Horned Jackal was
about to escape.
The Horned Jackal fell down at the entrance with the sound of cutting something.
Kin Oyun, who did not know what had happened, rose from her seat, and in the dark
someone walked into the bunker entrance.
A young man in a black coat and a black suit was Chun Yeowun.
"It's not too late."
Kin Oyun became shocked and asked.
"Who, who are you?"
"Are you Bak Jongse's mother?"
The words Bak Jongse shook her eyes. After the Black Sky Company collapsed, Bak
was using his mother's surname, Kin. If he revealed his real name…
"A… are you one of the Demonic Cult?"
Chun Yeowun, who became annoyed to explain everything, raised his right hand.
Then the black iron protection on his right wrist was dismantled and turned into a
form of a sword.
Kin Oyun's mouth opened when she saw a black sword shining brightly. Her gaze
lingered on the words engraved on the black sword.
"Tha… that sword…?"
Then Chun Yeowun muttered, turning back toward the entrance.
“…it's getting annoying."
There was a mass of Horned Jackals around the bunker. The number reached
hundreds. Kin Oyun, who followed Chun Yeowun outwside, were filled with fear. She
didn't know there were so many monsters outside the bunker.
Monsters were drooling in the mouth with long teeth as they smelled the flesh and
its blood flowing out of the bunker. They were ready to attack at the same time.
"Dirty monsters dare show your teeth?"
Chun Yeowun shook his head and soon reached for the night sky. At that moment, a
cold chill arose from the air. Hundreds of ice swords were made in the air. Chun
Yeowun, who has absorbed the origin of five mystical creatures, can handle all the
five energy of nature.
'By the gods…!'
Kin Oyun couldn't keep her mouth shut at the sight. But it was not the end.
"Die."
Chun Yeowun clenched his palms that stretched into the sky. At that very moment,
hundreds of ice swords were covered with blue force qi, and rained down upon the
ground.
Blue streams that cut across the dark night sky struck the ground like lightning.
Hundreds of Horned Jackals surrounding the bunker collapsed helplessly through ice
swords, which was bombing everywhere like laser beams.
The screams of Horned Jackals broke out constantly around.
"What am I looking at…”
Kin Oyun couldn't take her eyes off the stream of light from the rain-splitting force qi
swords. The name of this unimaginable sword formation that shocked her is the
Heaven Fall Lights.
It was an absolute attack that made Chun Yeowun to be called a Demon God.
"Ah… Lord Chun Ma…!"
Kin Oyun laid flat on her face toward Chun Yeowun, unable to contain her tears.
-Quaquaquaqua-qua-boom!
Rain of force qi swords were tremendously powerful. The hundreds of horned
jackals that came here smelling human flesh and blood were helplessly penetrated
and died.
It was no use trying to escape. The scariest thing about this attack was its accurate
targeting.
-Beep! Beep! Beep!
Coordinates were marked on Chun Yeowun's eyes as augmented reality became
active, as Horned Jackals were targeted in red. Nano Machine's computer controlled
hundreds of swords at once and increased its accuracy. It was an absolute
combination of martial art and technology.
“…What the hell is that?"
Bu Hyundong became dumbfounded, who was looking toward the bunker with a
perspective telescope. Unable to send reinforcements because the defense of the
wall was more important, he was looking at the bunker with regret. Then something
unknown suddenly appeared.
He couldn't see what it was at first because it was too fast, but soon he saw what was
unbelievable.
"Is it some kind of laser bombing?"
The light source was so bright that it looked like a laser beam. One thing was certain,
though not exactly. The horned jackals around the bunker were almost exterminated
by that huge bombing.
'Jackals are avoiding that place.'
Jackals also felt the danger, slid into a bunker around the barrier had been moved
around. Nobody couldn't understand what had happened at all.
'What's that?'
'A newly developed weapon?'
It wasn't one or two people who saw this. More than half of the soldiers who were
firing mid-range artillery from the barrier also witnessed the amazing sight.
"Huhh… what?"
The lieutenant, who was looking at the same place with a perspective telescope,
frowned. Then he touched his finger on the wireless earphone, which is plugged into
his left ear, and said,
"What's that supposed to mean?"
The surprised lieutenant rushed to inform Bu Hyundong next to him.
"Major!"
"Hmm?"
At urgent voice, Bu Hyundong took his eyes off the telescope. The lieutenant then
shouted, pointing in the southwest direction.
"We have an issue. The alpha object is said to be heading towards the E-3 barrier, not
here!"
"What!?"
The unexpected situation shocked Bu Hyundong. Currently, all forces, including the
Defense Forces and Gate Keeper, were concentrated around the D-13 barrier.
However, Alpha, who is the leader of an object and has a gate core, appeared in the E3 barrier, which has relatively low power.
"What shall we do?"
The defense forces were in a state of limbo at the moment. Even if not Alpha, there
were too many Horned Jackals rushing to this place, which is in line with the open
coordinates of the gate.
'Dammit! We are in trouble.'
There was a reason why Bu Hyundong was so frustrated. As for the object, Alpha was
their leader before it was the solution to close the gate. The danger and strength are
not comparable to the average type.
'Is this a coincidence?'
At times like this, it seems that dangerous objects are not driven solely by the killing
instinct. Even the on the surface, it just looked like a ferocious monster.
"Major!"
Now, however, there was no time to ask such questions.
'With the ability to deal with Alpha and the ability to move quickly… '
Bu Hyundong opened his mouth after touching the earphone radio three times.
"This is command."
Meanwhile, in front of the wall below, infantry, Yulinians and Gatekeepers continued
their constant battle with the Horned Jackals. So far, no Horned Jackals have reached
the barrier. That was because the people of the Yulin and superhumans were so keen
on it.
The most powerful among them was…
"HAH!!"
The Moyong Geum's sword made horned jackals to become dozens of pieces. The
hard skin was useless in front of his sword. Along with Moyong Geum, there was a
man who was killing dozens of horned swords alone.
"Dowoncham!"
Four Horned Jackals were cut simultaneously in the sword formation. It was the
sword formation of Habuk Feng family, which exerts great power in the hands of its
successor, Feng Neunggyum.
'That's an inspiration. He is stronger than Chairman Moyong Geum.'
Yum Gisup, president of Six Road Toy, thought to himself. Even if they were masters
of the same picture, there was a natural difference in their skills. In this regard, Feng
Neunggyum's ability was definitely a triumph.
‘…but compared to that monster.'
He was still a match. The man who made Yum Gisup to kneel like a child was a
different level. That's when a voice came from the radio in his protective helmet.
-This is command. It's an emergency. Alpha is approaching the E-3 barrier. Those in
the Yulin Organization with mobility should go support them.
Stepping skill. It was a kind of skill that the people of the Yulin all knew. Learning
this will effectively counteract the enemy and make the body light and run faster
than anyone else. The speed is comparable to that of a car. That's why the command
asked for support from the Yulin.
'Alpha!'
Yeom's eyes widened. Alpha was thought to appear on the D-13 barrier.
'I was barking up the wrong tree.'
Alpha's core was the best reward for the Yulinians participating in the Gates defense
campaign. They couldn't let others take it away. Yeom Ki-sup flew straight to the
southwest and he was not the only one who showed such a pattern.
More than 30 percent of the Yulinians fled the D-13 barrier area at the same time as
the radio ended. It was a scramble from the moment Alpha's identity was identified.
[Hmph! Look at all those thieves trying to steal my core. Yisun, I'll go first. You lead
people in the company and follow after.]
[Yes, father.]
Moyong Geum then quickly hit the road ahead. He went all out to catch up with Feng
Neunggyum who was ahead of him.
The force qi swords that had been devastated around the bunker has subsided.
[We removed all dangerous objects within 200 meters of radius. Shut down the
panel control system.]
When Nano's voice was heard, Chun Yeowun collected internal energy. Within a 200meter radius, there were no more signs of Horned Jackals. Chun Yeowun turned his
head. Kin Oyun was lying down on the ground, weeping with emotion.
"I never dreamed that my life… would have had such an honor before my life was
over. The Sky Demon Sword…!"
Kin Oyun's gaze did not depart from the Sky Demon Sword in the right hand of Chun
Yeowun.
She had only been heard of the Sky Demon Sword as a legend since she was a child
so she couldn't control her emotions easily. She said with her head on the floor.
"I'm sorry I didn't recognize you at first. To see Chun Ma happening in our time…
Hail, my lord! This is blessing to our Great Demonic Cult!"
Chun Yeowun nodded in silence. Like Bak Jongse, Kin Oyun regarded Yeowun as a
newly created Chun Ma. Likewise, he didn't have to explain, so he tried to pass it on,
but something unexpected came out of her mouth.
"I have heard repeatedly from Captain Ko that Chun Ma of our time is trying to rally
his strength to rebuild the cult on behalf of the chairman in prison."
'!?'
The eyes of Yeowun narrowed. For now, he listened to her on.
"I was guilty of not being able to participate in the great work, and you rushed to
such a dangerous place to save this old woman… I am deeply touched."
Kin Oyun hit her head twice on the floor to show her gratitude. Yeowun looked
strangely at Oyun.
'Someone trying to rebuild the cult?'
If Oyun's words are true, the collapsed Black Sky Company did not disappear into the
background of history. They were dreaming of a resurrection in the dark.
'So if she's saying she didn't recognize me earlier… this woman is mistaking me for
someone else.'
Yeowun was right. Kin Oyun raised her head with a tearful face and said,
"I didn't expect you to grow up so brilliantly when you were so young. Chairman will
be very pleased."
'Hmm.'
Perhaps she was mistaken Yeowun for either the son or grandson of the late Black
Company's chairman. Yeowun thought they should have a real talk.
It was then.
"Chun Ma… cough"
Kin Oyun suddenly coughed. If it was just a cough, it wouldn't be a problem.
"Ugh…”
Blood trickled down her lips. When looking closely, the white of Oyun's eyes was red,
and it was not because of the blush of tears.
'Hmm?'
Chun Yeowun approached her and felt her pulse. His spirits had been very weak.
‘…Her internal energy is… '
Chun Yeowun frowned. As the wife of a high class clan leader, Yeowun thought she
must have some internal power, but the it was damaged and she had no power at all.
'The pulse is weakening. What's wrong with her, Nano?'
[It is because she is exposed to air contaminated with toxic substances.]
'Dammit.'
It was the part where Chun Yeowun did not think about. When the bunker was
closed, the air purification system was operating normally, but the entrance was
broken by the horns and polluted air was introduced. All the soldiers, Gatekeepers
and Yulinians outside the barrier were wearing protective clothing to counteract the
toxic substance.
'She's not in good shape.'
He noticed that the air was significantly bad when he came over the barrier.
However, it had no effect on Chun Yeowun, who has reached the stage of invincibility
on poison, so it was inevitable to be overlooked.
"M… My lord, I'm fine."
"Don't talk."
Chun Yeuwun gave her a internal energy to protect her body. Then Yeowun reached
out and pumped out polluted air from the surrounding area with the gust, and the
wind stirred up and replaced it with fresh air. It was a safe zone up to a radius of 10
meters.
"Haa…… haaah…”
She raised her head as her breathing became more comfortable. However, treatment
was needed quickly because she had infected to polluted air.
'I can't do it here.'
The sing of horned jackals that had not been around the bunker for a while was
gradually felt. They had to go back inside the barrier to stay out of the way.
Cheon Yeowun lifted Kin Oyun's body up. She shook her hand in embarrassment and
said.
"M-my lord! You don't have to…”
"Stay still. I'm going back to where your son is."
"Ah…”
Her view changed completely before her exclamation was even over. As if she were
on a high-speed train, the scenery around her was rapidly changing, and she was
startled and screamed.
Meanwhile, the E-3 barrier area west of Simyang City. Fighting was taking place
about 200 meters from the barrier, different from the D-13 area.
"God dammit…”
Rough sound came from Yang Taepyung's mouth, a Class B gate keeper. The face
inside the helmet was soaked with sweat.
"It's a monster."
His right arm was shaking violently. It was easy to see that the bones in his arm were
completely shattered without being examined by a doctor. Even though he had been
defended with a force of kinetic energy, it failed to completely stop the destructive
power.
“…Captain!"
Where Yang was looking, Do Jungrak, the captain of the gatekeepers, was fighting
something. Its size was different from that of a normal horned jackal. It was a
Horned Jackal, but several times bigger, almost the size of a bus and a huge sharp
horns on its back.
That was the Alpha.
"UGH!"
On his front foot, the Do Jungrak flew more than 20 meters He did not look good,
however strong the shock was, even though he was protecting himself.
'Ugh… It's not the same as it was a D grade.'
He was A grade Gatekeeper, but there was no way to deal with the monster. In a way,
he was a bad mixer. He was much stronger than a regular Horned Jackal, so Jungrak
failed to cut the bus with a knife made of a special alloy. The broken knife in the hand
was the proof.
"AAAAARGH!"
Then someone was torn off by the front toe of an Alpha Horned Jackal.
Do Jungrak shouted with shock.
"Ja Gyung!"
He was a C Grade Gatekeeper, but he got hit while circling. Furthermore, gatekeepers
below grade C were not even a match. The only role they played was to keep him
from approaching the barrier.
'What am I supposed to do?'
It was when he was occupied with thought. Then a force qi flew in and hit the back of
an Alpha horn jackal. The Alpha Horned Jackal hit by a long-range ballistic force qi
got angry and turned his head toward it and roared.
"Gwaaaaaaaargh!"
"UGH!"
"My ears!!"
The deafening sound wave caused the soldiers near them to collapse. Even the
gatekeepers screamed, blocking their ears.
"It sure is an Alpha. Survived my force qi?"
The man was Feng Neunggyum. He was the first to come running after receiving a
request for help, and he threw force qi as situation was dire, but the alpha horned
jackal was fine.
'Again!'
Feng Neunggyum, who has narrowed the distance to the front of an Alpha horn
jackal, took the leap. It is the most powerful sword formation he had. Powerful move
aimed at the neck of his horn-jawed sword with a pompous energy. At that moment,
the alpha horn jackal swung at a tremendous speed.
'What?!'
The horned jackal, who turned sideways, hit his front foot to the side of Feng
Neunggyum as if to counterattack. Surprised, Feng Neunggyum took the leap and
hurried to defend himself.
The giant claw hit the new Feng Neunggyum's body and flipped to the side. Although
he did not fall like Do Jungrak, he could not keep his balance and his knee touched
the floor.
"Hmph! You are something."
It was powerful. When he found out that the Alpha Horn is strong, Feng Neunggyum
became eager. It seemed possible to wage a real war over his death.
"It looks like its worth it. It'll be hard to finish before that Moyong fool comes, but
let's have a fight until then!"
There was a blue force qi on the sword of Feng Neunggyum. It was then. There was
something buzzing in his ear.
"Look over there!"
"Well, what is that?"
"Horned Jackals are strange!'
Feng turned eyes to something, and saw Moyong Geum running hard through the
northwest, the direction the gatekeepers and the infantry pointed.
'Hmm?'
Feng thought it was because of his appearance but saw an incredible thing right
behind.
"Well, what is that…”
Something like debris was splashing up from the back of the Moyong Geum, which
was running to avoid the horns as much as possible. It was the dismembered body
pieces of the horn-knife, just as if they had been swept away by something. Moyong
Geum also turned his head to see something he felt strange, too.
'What is making them to have such reactions?'
At a moment there was a shadow right behind him.
"What!"
Moyong Geum became surprised moved aside side. Something slipped through his
path. It was so quick that he didn't see it properly, but it was definitely a man.
Moving faster than my stepping skill?'
After such a fearful turn of events Moyong Geum was stunned. Even more absurdly,
the person seemed to hold someone.
"Kwaaaaargh!"
Then the alpha horn jackal roared. He also saw someone coming at him, so suddenly
he turned away from Feng Neunggyum and charged toward the person, who was
making a great dash of light.
"N-no!!"
As he couldn't miss the alpha horn jackal, Feng Neunggyum followed. It wasn't sure
who was coming through those Horned Jackals, but that Alpha horn jackal was a real
danger. It was a monster with enormous durability to withstand even a force qi.
'I don't know who he is, but he can't go head to head!'
Unlike its size, however, the Alpha horn jackal boasted a tremendous speed. The legs
of the horns itself had structures to move at high speeds like cougar, so the speed
was not easily caught up with even for Feng Neunggyum.
'It's too quick!'
Alpha then charged in and tried to ram its six horns into the person running at him.
Feng Neunggyum couldn't catch up so he shouted out in a loud voice.
"Get away! It's dangerous!"
It was just that moment.
"What is this now?"
The man who was running at a great speed frowned and stretched his hand forward.
A sharp energy shot up in an instant.
It was so intense that the whole body of Moyong Geum, called the best of the Yulin of
Simyang, or Feng Neunggyum, a three-generation master of Chunjin city, had
goosebumps.
'What was just now… '
'What?'
Then there was a scene that shocked them. The whole body of the giant alpha horn
jackal, which was racing like an ox forward, was split in half. Feng Neunggyum was
so surprised that he couldn't shut his mouth.
'By the gods… it didn't even get damaged by my force qi?'
It was like if a radish was sliced off.
Force qi.
It contracted form of qi that shaped it upon a blade. Its sharpness and destructive
power were incomparable to mere qi. But the hard skin and horns of an Alpha horn
jackal boasted great robustness enough to withstand even such a force qi.
But the body of the Alpha Horn was split in half and collapsed.
Feng Neunggyum, who had faced him in person, could not accept this fact easily.
'Who the hell is he?'
His eyes filled with surprise. When the air was extended at tremendous speed, it
looked hazy, with the man stopping while cutting his alpha horn, it became clear.
Flapping his long coat, he was wearing a black suit, and it was Chun Yeowun…
'He didn't wear protective clothing?'
Outside the barrier, they are exposed to toxic substances. Feng Neunggyum was also
able to protect his body from it, but he wore protective clothing because he could not
be exposed to toxic substances for a long time.
But what surprised him more than that,
'He was carrying a woman and cut that monster off?'
A woman in her mid to late fifties was in his arms. It was hard to understand how he
came out of the barrier just by looking at him.
Then Chun Yeowun reached for the body of Alpha Horned Jackal. Then the left side of
the Alpha horned jackal, which had been split in half, bulged, and soon something
popped out through the flesh.
It was a black sphere the size of a man's head.
"Ah! It's a core!"
"Core!"
There was a shout from the mouths of several gatekeepers around. It was the core
that popped out of the body of a dead Alpha horn jackal.
The exact name was…
[It is the Gate Core.]
Nano in the brain of Yeowun explained.
'Gate core?'
[Yes, this is the center of the energy wave that is similar to the nucleus of other
Horned Jackals, but this one is the one connected to the energy maintaining the
Gate.]
'Gate is the energy source of the northwest, right?'
[Yes, the gate will be closed if the outer skin of the core is broken.]
Nano's explanation was understandable, and he nodded. The ability to sense the
energy of Chun Yeowun, who was at Heavenly Master stage was different from that
of ordinary martial artist. That's why Chun Yeowun, who was just going to go after
cutting down an Alpha object, stopped for a while.
'It's similar.'
Chun Yeowun sensed that the energy flowing out of the core was the same as the
energy waves felt at Gate 26.
'If we keep it open, these monsters will keep popping up.'
[Yes.]
'Hmm.'
Chun Yeowun, who frowned, pretended to pull. Then the core, which popped out of
the cut cross section of the Alpha horn jackal, was sucked in by Chun Yeowun's hand.
Chun Yeowun, holding the core in his hand, lifted into the air.
'That's pretty solid.'
The skin was harder than he thought, but it was not indestructible.
-Suddenly!
Cracks broke out in the black envelope.
The outer skin of the core, which began to crack like a glass, led to the entire surface.
A strong energy wave erupted from the crack. The wavelengths spread rapidly in all
directions, with the broken core. But something strange happened here.
As the waves spread in all directions, a flock of horned jackals which had been
constantly coming, suddenly turned away from a distance and ran toward the west.
'Oh?'
It was as if it was about to go back before the gate closed.
"Monsters are turning around!"
"This is our victory for us!"
"Wah!"
The sight roared infantrymen under the barrier and soldiers above. The
characteristics of the Type Entity was that the war ended as monsters went full
retreat when the core was broken.
But it's not all over yet. Officers shouted in front of the barrier.
"Don't let your guard down! There are still others left!"
"Get rid of them!"
The broken core did not mean all the horned jackals ran away. One or two kilometers
away, the horn jackals retreated. But the hundreds of horned jackals near the barrier
remained as if to cover the fleeing brethren, attacking infantrymen and gatekeepers.
It was moving strategically, hard to consider them to have no intellect.
The coat of the core broke and dispersed like powder. But there was something
amazing in it. A sphere as big as a fist emitting light, like a bright LED bulb, was
revealed in the broken outer skin.
[It is the Pure core.]
'Oh. It's just like the Source, isn't it?'
This fist-sized sphere was spouting great energy. However, it did not have the same
energy as the Source, but it had to be regarded as a pure energy synthesis.
'I am lucky.'
Yeowun was inwardly pleased. He closed the annoying gate and earned a good extra
gift. Since all the work to be done here, he had to get out of the barrier as soon as
possible to heal Kin Oyun.
Then someone came up to him.
"Well, it was very dangerous for you to come out of the wall without a protective
suit."
He was Do Jungrak, the captain of the gatekeepers in Simyang. He was captivated by
the sight of an alpha horn jackal killed on a single sword strike, especially by a man
who did not wear a protective suit and while holding someone in his arms.
"Haa…… haaah…”
Kin Oyun's pale face was red with eyes. She looked ill and worried Do Jungrak.
"I think she's infected to contaminated toxins. Is she okay?"
With that he pulled something out of the pack from his waistband. It was a
respiratory system with a small oxygen can attached.
"Use this."
"What is this?"
"It's a respirator that breaks down and is exposed to toxic substances. As far as I
know, there's a vaccine in this oxygen can that suppresses the toxins. This will
stabilize her."
Chun Yeowun's face softened at the kindness of Do Jungrak. He was the first man
after Yeowun fell into this world who offered a pure favor to his face. It was
inevitable that Yeowun became friendly.
"Thank you."
Chun Yeowun, who judged that he had no other intention, took a breathing machine
after putting his core in his pocket. He then had Kin Oyun wear the respirator. Her
expression became more comfortable when she took a few breaths with the rubber
band fixed and the respirator on.
"Oh! I think it's working."
Do Jungrak grinned, showing his teeth as bright as his job. Chun Yeowun nodded at
the sight.
'He's a good man.'
Do Jungrak was a good man to be friendly with.
"I will not forget this. What is your name?"
Chun Yeowun was able to release toxic substances from the body with a severe
stupor, but Chun Yeowun asked for his name because still have received help in the
urgent situation.
"Hahaha, it's nothing. It was to save live, and it's only natural to help. I'm Do Jungrak,
who works as a gatekeeper in Simyang City…”
Then someone showed up and cut in.
"If you don't mind, would you mind if I chat for a while? Captain Do?"
He was Moyong Geum, chairman of the Yun Company. Cutting in while talking, then
asking for persmission was quite rude. The two knew each other closely because
they were always in a rivalry during the Gate Defense War.
'What's he up to?'
To Do Jungrak, Moyong Geum was both a man of martial art and a businessman, who
was very calculative. He must have got in on something and his prediction was
correct.
'I can't afford to miss this great opportunity.'
The gaze of the Moyong Geum was directed into the coat pocket of Chun Yeowun,
where the light of the core flowed out. He had been wanting of a C-grade core so he
jumped into talk Chun Yeowun into giving him the core.
'I couldn't handle the Alpha myself, but it's a stroke of luck for a Yulinian had got it,
not a gate keeper.'
When gatekeepers get it, the core is owned by the government. That way, no matter
how much money, it was not possible to get it back. In this regard, the young man in
front of him was sure to be Yulinian, so he thought it would be enough to offer
compensation for a high position and small fortune.
"My young friend has great martial arts skill. As the head of the Yulin Organization of
Simyang City, I would like to congratulate you on this contribution…”
"Do Jungrak. I'll repay you separately later."
Cutting off his words, Chun Yeowun said to Do Jungrak.
'This bastard!'
The impression of the Moyong Geum in the protective helmet was horribly distorted.
Do Jungrak, who was feeling better after such a response, replied with a big smile.
"No need for that. It was good meeting you, that's all. Hahahaha."
On the other hand, the displeasure of Moyong Geum grew. However, he had many
eyes around him and his position made him unable to express his feelings easily. He
pressed off his displeasure and said.
"My young friend seems to be very just. I like…”
"Then I'll be off."
Chun Yeowun cut him off once again. This made Moyong Geum to finally snap.
"What a rude young man you are! Don't you know who I am?"
Moyong Geum was a man of high pride. As chairman of Yun Company and a key
member of the Yulin Organization, he thought most Yulinian were under his
jurisdiction. This made Moyong Geum become angry at being ignored.
"Don't make me annoyed. I'll come and see you when the time comes. Descendant of
Moyong family."
"What!?"
The Chun Yeowun's word struck him dumb. The man was the first to speak like a
master before Moyong Geum who dominated the city. Calling him as a 'descendant'
of his family, rather than calling him with a proper title like 'Chairman' made him
even more angry.
"Descendants of Moyong!? Ha! Looks like a young friend is going too far! You dare
make mockery of your senior?! You are making a disgrace to the community of
Yulin!"
As soon as the word was finished, Moyong Geum sent telepathic message. This was
because he couldn't talk comfortably in front of Do Jungrak and Feng Neunggyum
who was watching them from the side.
[Do not test me, boy. You are crossing on the Yulin Organization.]
Chun Yeowun shook his head. Angry at this, Moyong Geum pressed in a hue and cry.
[I was going to talk to you in a nice way, but if you keep coming like this, I'm going to
have to put a stop to you as the head of the…]
"UGH!"
At that moment, Chun Yeowun's hand struck on Moyong Geum's neck. The sudden
blow forced Moyong Geum to take hold of his neck and back off.
"U… Ugh… You, you…”
It was strange. He was protecting himself with an energy, but it was so painful as the
energy flew into his body.
'What?'
Then Yeowun came and laid his palm on Moyong Geum's helmet. He tried to cut
Chun Yeowun's wrist with a sword but…
"I told you not to be annoying."
"Argh!!"
Energy shock came into his helmet and made him and dropped the sword. The brain
shook and his head circled dizzy.
"Ugh…”
Blood began dripping from his two eyes, nostril, ears and mouth, as he shook then he
dropped and fainted.
"Hmmm…”
There was a sigh of exclamation from Feng Neunggyum who was watching this. He
thought Yeowun was a great master at first from killing the Alpha, but it was more
than that. He didn't expect to overpower Superior Master warrior like a child.
'He's truly a monster.'
He looked only in his early twenties, and he was amazed. But making the chairmain
of Yun company and the head of Simyang's Yulin Organization wasn't going to end
well. The prediction was quite accurate.
"Father!"
About thirty people from Moyong Yisun and Yeon Company came to the E-3 barrier.
The angry Moyong Yisun shouted as he saw his father fall in the hands of Chun
Yeowun in the distance.
"YOU DARE!?"
Moyong Yisun and the soldiers pulled out the sword in a fight. Chun Yeowun glared
at them with cold look.
'No… '
Feng Neunggyum thought what he should do in this situation. It was a hair-raising
situation.
It was just then.
"Stop!"
Someone cut in between them and Yeowun. It was…
"President Yum Gisup?"
Yum Gisup, president of Six Road Toy. With the appearance of unexpected person,
Moyong Yisun and Yun Company warriors had to stop. Moyong Yisun shouted as
Yeom Ki-sup, the former president of the rival company, intervened.
"Mr. Yum, this is not the time for you to intervene."
Moyong Yisun thought Yum Gisup had stepped up to mediate the dispute as an
organization member. However, Yum Gisup's words gave an unexpected answer.
"Anyone who tries to attack this man will have to knock me down!"
"Wh-what?"
Yum Gisup, president of Six Road Toys, glanced behind Chun Yeowun. He first had no
intention of going forward at all. Although he arrived later than Feng Neunggyum or
Moyong Geum, he could also see Chun Yeowun cutting an alpha horn jackal in a
single stroke. When he saw a core in Yeowun's hand, he made up his mind. Who can
take it when it gets into the hands of such a monster? He thought it best to go back to
the company, but realized he had a golden opportunity.
'Yoon Moonpyung. You think you went ahead by giving out that corporate card?'
Although both of them was in a state of oppression, but Yum Gisup still hated the fact
that director Yoon Moonpyung was ahead of him.
'Now is the right time.'
The only possible enemy already collapsed. There were no one who can be Chun
Yeowun's opponent in the Yun Company?
In addition…
"Protect the boss!"
Soon after arriving, Yulinians of Sixth Road Toys joined Yum Gisup on the right and
left. There were only about 20 people, but Yum Gisup still was more powerful than
all those people combined.
'Yum Gisup, why did he cut in?'
Yum Gisup was one of the only four superior master warrior in the city of Simyang.
The only person who can face him in the Yun Company is Moyong Geum.
"Is this how you are going to cross us?"
Moyong Yisun spoke. Beside the gatekeepers, there were also a small group of
Yulinians from the Yulin Organization of Simyang City. It was bound to draw more
attention when remaining Horned Jackals are taken care of.
'Damn it.'
In fact, the answer was simple. All Moyong Yisun had to do was to take his father and
back off without complaint. Enduring humiliation for a moment was going to
minimize loss. But being in a position was a drag.
'With my father in such state, if I just step down like a defeated man, my position for
the position of future leader of Yulin Organization is shaky.'
Simyana City's Yulin Organization had been under control by Moyong family for
decades. Of course, the company itself was okay, as the succession occurred through
the family line. But it was very hard to revamp the once-fallen image. Moyong Yisun's
eyes were constantly conscious of the surroundings. Crowds of Yulinians were
watching the situation with interest.
The Yun Company, which is the most dominant force in the city, and the company
under Blade Six were at odds, so it was natural for people to gain attention.
Moyong Yisun was angry and glared at Chun Yeowun, who stood behind President
Yum Gisup. If it weren't for him, this embarrassing situation wouldn't have
happened.
'Why is Yum Gisup taking his side when he's not in the interests of his company or
anyone else?'
Then Moyong Yisun frowned. The sight had dimmed with anger when his father
collapsed. But then, when looking closely, he came to recognize the face. He had a
good memory of his own. He never forgot the face he saw. The eyes of the Moyong
Yisun have grown large with shock.
'I remember who that is.'
Chun Yeowun's style had changed completely, but he must have been the ninth agent
to be recruited from Sixth Road Toys.
'That's him!'
He was the one who removed all the pursuers he had sent. Moyong Yisun's hand
holding the sword began trembling. When he became convinced that Chun Yeowun
and Yum Gisup were in the same group, Moyong Yisun became even more angry. It
was as if their attitude was small and a thorough trap to humiliate the Yun Company
and its successor.
"You bastard."
He didn't like that relaxed look of Chun Yeowun.
"Do you have no intention of giving up?"
Yum Gisup stepped forward to control them. His advance cracked the floor. His
destructive power, both inside and outside, was recognized by all the people of
Simyang. At this rate, it will be a real war between the two. Moyong Yisun's eyes
instinctively turned to Feng Neunggyum, who was watching from one side. He was
the only superior master other than Yum Gisup right now.
'There's no other way.'
There was no way. It was fortunate that her father, Moyong Geum, had collapsed.
Moyong Yisun sent telepathic message to Feng Neunggyum.
[I know it is rude to ask, but please help me once as a descendant of the same five
families.]
The eyes of Feng Neunggyum, who was watching silently, narrowed.
Moyong Yisun stared at him without saying a word, but kept sending a message.
[If you help me, I can beat President Yum Gisup and the man who did that to my
father.]
[Hmph.]
[I know you have a bad relationship with my father. But I'm not like my father. I have
admired of your achievements since I was young.]
In fact, Moyong Yisun has always been courteous to Fang Heng-kyeom. Feng
Neunggyum, too, treated Mo Yong-sun in likewise attitude.
[I'm not just asking for help. If you help me, I'll hand over C-rated core to you.]
Moyong Yisun was a businessman. He knew that the most basic principle in deal was
to give something in return. Core was the only thing that can move Feng Neunggyum.
'If I can just reverse the situation…… '
Moyong Yisun looked eagerly at Feng Neunggyum. But the sound from his mouth
was far from what he had expected.
[Sorry. Yisun.]
[Huh?]
Moyong Yisun looked at him with dumbfounded look. He had offered a huge reward,
so he didn't expect a refusal to come out.
[But why?]
[Maybe I can help if you are asking to assist as mediator as an organization
member… But this issue is incident between same Simyang's organization members,
so it's not for me to step up.]
Moyong Yisun then quickly sent respond to Feng Neunggyum's refusal.
[No, he is not from the organization. He is an unregistered Yulinian. If such a man
acts without law the organization may find itself in a difficult position to achieve
independence from the government.]
Moyong Yisun was a eloquent speaker. He tried to persuade Feng Neunggyum
somehow. But Feng Neunggyum remained unchanged. He breathed a sigh of regret
and sent a message
[Hmph… I'll tell you honestly. I think you'd better take your father away from this
one.]
'What is this old man saying?!'
Moyong Yisun's face became horribly distorted. He was looking forward to help, the
refusal made him very furious. He even spoke the name of five families for that.
'Now I understand why my father doesn't like that old man.'
Feng Neunggyum tried to give advice to the angry Moyong Yisun.
[Listen to me. Yisun, I'll tell you for your sake. If we don't end it here…]
[That's enough. I won't ask for your help anymore.]
'Huh?'
Feng Neunggyum frowned. He was going to tell Yisun important point, but Moyong
Yisun seemed very disappointed and cut off before listening.
[Even when my father and you had a bad relationship, I still respected you. But I
guess my father was right.]
[Listen. First of all…]
[No. I won't listen to a man who does not seem to care about my father in such state.
I will never consider you… no. The entire Feng Academy to be one of our fellow
Yulinian anymore. Thank you for everything until now.]
[…]
At the sound of Moyong Yisun's promise to end the relationship, Feng Neunggyum
shook his head. Moyong Yisun was not able to grasp the reality calmly. Even if he did
not see the Alpha being cut down in one strike, Feng Neunggyum believed that if the
man was powerfulenough to take down his father, Yisun would think reasonablely.
However, his eyes were blindfolded by anger and the reputation around him
'I guess he's not much different from his father.'
Feng Neunggyum no longer sent the message. He judged that it would be useless to
say more. He even thought maybe it was a good chance for Moyong Family to meet
the unfortunate fate for being so arrogant.
'Hmph! Good. Then I have no choice but to… '
Unable to get help from Feng Neunggyum, Moyong Yisun changed the method. Now
that it have come to this, he had decided to narrow down the target. here was
nothing good after confronting Six Road Toys, an affiliate under Blade Six, anyway.
[Mr. Yum.]
Moyong Yisun sent a message to Yum Gisup. Yum Gisup looked suspiciously at his
sudden telepathic message.
[The one standing at the back of you. He's the ninth unregistered agent to recruit
from Six Road Toy, right?]
Yum Gisup frowned at the sound of the Moyong Yisun. It was a secret of the
company, but Yum Gisup did think Yum Company will have vague idea of it. But this
was still too accurate. Even so, it was not something to admit.
[What are you talking about?]
[It's no use pretending. We have information. Or should I send you some evidence?]
There were a lot of photos that could be evidence. He only had it as a future hand
because they haven't moved directly yet. Yum Gisup glared at him and sent a
message.
[What do you want?]
[The guy behind you has harmed my people quite a bit, not just my father. We can't
just pretend it had not happened.]
[So?]
[If he's a man on your side, I'm sure you've got control over him, right? Take care of
him and hand him over.]
[What?]
Yum Gisup was dumbfounded. But Moyong Yisun continued.
[This bid for a munitions factory to be built on the southern outskirts of the city of
Simyang. We'll give up.]
[What?]
Yum Gisup's eyes widened at the words. Now Moyong Yisun has made a huge offer. It
was the biggest reason for the debate over the assassination of Moyong Yisun was
because of the order for the munitions factory after all.
'He's giving up the bid?'
It was a proposal that, if usual, would have to be shaken at once. Winning the bid was
going to let the company enter defense industry and make a huge profit. It was a bid
coveted by all the companies in Simyang. If it wins the bid, it could be a huge
achievement and be recognized as a great achievement by Blade Six, its
headquarters also.
‘…this is an opportunity to grow the size of our headquarters.'
Moyong Yisun judged that it would be better to kill Chun Yeowun if given choice like
that. This proposal was deemed inevitable for Yum Gisup. As a company, the bid was
huge, compared to unregistered Yulinian that is disposable.
'Haha.'
Moyong Yisun grinned as he looked at Chun Yeowun. He was mocking on Chun
Yeowun who did not seem to know that his defender was making an agreement with
the enemy…
'It's almost over for you to be so relaxed.'
Man stood there behind Yum Gisup, snapping his fingers. Moyong Yisun was going to
break those fingers. It was then when Yum Gisup shouted out loud.
"This corrupt man is trying to strike up a deal, asking to take care of our guest! You
dirty corrupt man!"
"What!?"
Moyong Yisun's face hardened at once.
'What's he doing?'
Yum Gisup continued shouting.
"Don't think you can get away from this! Moyong Yisun, you said you will give up the
bid for a munitions factory because you can't take care of my guest alone! Didn't you
just ask us to do that for you? Even if our guest is too strong for you to handle, how
can you ask for a dirty favor that goes against the moral principles of the Yulin
Organization!"
'T… this bastard!'
Moyong Yisun was dumbfounded. It was the same way that he revealed the secret
proposal, but added even the words he had not even said, which made him feel like
he was going to explode. Eyes of the Moyong Yisun went back and forth. There was a
loud murmur of the surrounding Yulinians.
'Did he really make a deal?'
'But he's future successor of Yun Company?'
They seemed to doubt whether they really were true, but to Moyong Yisun it seemed
as if everyone despised him. It was an embarrassing situation for him, who was
conscious of his reputation.
"H-hey, w… what are you talking about…”
"I reveal this to all of our brethren at the organization. If anything I say is false, I,
Sixth Road Toy's president, Yum Gisup, will live like a dog as someone's slave!"
Yum Gisup came out even stronger. As the head of a company that moves the city of
Simyang did not hesitate to make disparaging remarks about himself, it was natural
for public opinion to become more shocked.
Only Moyong Yisun was going crazy.
"Nnnnngh!!!"
He had to say something at least, but once but the strike was too much for him to
think clearly. Already the situation was hard to control. This was because Yum Gisup,
who was head of big company weighed in on his remarks.
'Phew…… '
People around were watching Moyong Yisun, but Yum's face in his protective helmet
was soaked in cold sweat. Earlier, when Moyong Yisun was making a telepathic
message, Chun Yeowun suddenly began to snap his fingers. Yum Gisup was so
surprised by this sound, and was taken back to reality of nano bombs inside his
body.
'Maybe I was thinking too much. There's no way he can listen to telepathic message
without a device… it still made it terrifying.'
The mere sound of a crackling noise has now brought the game to a head. Then there
was a voice of Yeowun behind him.
"You are useful than you look, for a dog."
As soon as the remark was finished, the air disappeared from behind. When Yum
Gisup turned his head, he could not see Chun Yeowun holding Kin Oyun. The man
behind him suddenly disappeared, and he and the man who knew this immediately
was Feng Neunggyum. Yum Gisup mumbled as he looked around.
"Useful…?"
Yum Gisup's face brightened. Then he suddenly frowned.
'Why did I like that comment?'
He felt if he was going crazy.
Meanwhile, a waste plant southwest of Simyang City. There was a man in it who was
nervous and couldn't stand still. He was Bak Jongse. The time he waited for Chun
Yeowun, who had gone to save his mother was so painful to wait. He wanted to go
together, but had to keep an eye on the Neung Domyung.
"Nngh…”
The sound of Bak Jongse's sigh made Neung Domyung to flinch. Bak Jongse's attitude
showed that if Chun Yeowun can't save her mother, he would kill Neung Domyung
right now.
'Damn it… '
Neung Domyung's heart was almost in desperation. With the Gate Warning active,
there was no way to successfully rescue the woman from outside the wall. The
coordinates were given, but he considered it impossible.
'I'll die when he comes back.'
Neung Domyung became frustrated at how he got into this position. He went back
and forth with a dark face. It was time to look at Bak Jongse, who is nervous and
distant. Then the sound of the door opening at the junkyard rang inside. Bak Jongse
looked there tremblingly at the whim of the entrance.
But at the entrance,
"What…”
A man, not Chun Yeowun, stood with a machine gun. The man was dismayed at the
sight of the dead security task force in the junkyard.
'What?'
The pupil of Bak Jongse shook. The man who appeared now was well known to
himself.
"Captain Yimyung!"
He was Yimyung, the Captain of Homicides Department of the Public Security
Bureau. Neung Domyung felt he was like a hero.
"Captain Yimyung! Did you bring back reinforcements?"
Unfortunately, the suspended Yimyung could not bring back reinforcements.
Yimyung shouted at Bak Jongse aiming machine gun, as he was unable to move
because of the situation inside the waste plant and the blood - stained tombstone.
"Don't move! Move or I'll shoot!"
Bak Jongse pulled dagger from his sleeve. He had to be careful because he was
aiming for a machine gun, not a pistol.
'Please…… '
Neung Domyung hoped that Yimyung's bullet would pierce Bak Jongse's body.
Yimyung shouted once again with his rifle fastened.
"This is the last warning. If you don't surrender, I will shoot unconditionally."
He had never let his guard down after he was beaten. The reason why he brought a
machine gun was because he decided he had to be prepared to kill the people in
order.
'Head. Then heart.'
His fingers were about to pull the trigger. Bak Jongse shouted with a suddenly bright
face.
"Mother!"
'Mother?'
The sudden noise missed the timing for Yimyung to pull the trigger. At that moment,
someone grabbed him in the back of his neck.
"Argh"
He was frightened out of my wits, but he heard a familiar voice.
"Wasn't being shot enough for you?"
'This man…!'
It could not be forgotten in a short period of time. His body was turned like a shield
of a sniper rifle.