Episode 115

Ko Jeong-hwan was able to change his body flexibly. It could be lengthened, shortened, or even transformed.

It took quite a while to master, but it was worth it.

‘I don’t give up… !’

There was no certainty that he could defeat his opponent. But at least he had enough confidence that he would not be defeated.

because.

‘No attack works on me!’

A flying iron bat hit him in the side. However, his body did not resist the shock and accepted it as it was.

Thanks to this, his back was pushed aside like melted cheese, but there was no damage.

‘It’s my turn!’

Even in such a bent position, Ko Jeong-hwan launched a counterattack. Arms stretched behind him flew like whips, and fists grew like rocks.

Taemin Kang slightly frowned and avoided the attack. A crack appeared in the wall with a dull bang.

‘Is it an ability related to elasticity? It won’t even be cut with a blade.’

Kang Tae-min attacked him several more times and was convinced. He said he was adjusting his power so as not to kill him, but there seemed to be little damage.

However, Go Jung-hwan’s attack was not meaningful. If it was another opponent, it would be powerful enough, but at least it wasn’t against Kang Tae-min.

‘Although waiting for mana to run out is one way.’

The battle would not end at this rate, and the side that consumed mana first would lose.

There was no way that Go Jeong-hwan could beat him who had stored up mana with blood-stained crystals.

‘That would take too long.’

Go Jung-hwan was trying to subdue Kang Tae-min with all his might. Thanks to this, the hiding place was already getting closer to the ruins, and the association was also preparing to respond.

Then, Kang Tae-min’s independent interrogation would be difficult.

‘It can’t be helped.’

Unfortunately for Go Jeong-hwan, it wasn’t the first time Kang Tae-min faced this kind of ability.

“Come on sister… Huh!”

Go Jeong-hwan sighed.

Kang Tae-min’s new form blurred, and he grabbed his face in an instant.

‘It’s no use anyway… .’

Ko Jeong-hwan lengthened his neck while leaving his torso intact. It was the intention to aim for Kang Tae-min’s back.

But I couldn’t.

“What is this… !”

Jaseungjabak (自繩自縛).

It was literal.

Suddenly, Go Jung-hwan’s stretched neck became a rope wrapped around his body.

Both arms and legs were completely wrapped.

Kang Tae-min eventually turned his body to the side and pressed his back. And he said to the head of Ko Jeong-hwan who was holding it in his hand.

“You belong to Nobody, right?”

“My sister… .”

“Hwang Ye-ri is safe.”

Kang Tae-min stopped talking and looked down at Go Jung-hwan with a cold gaze.

“As long as you cooperate properly.”

At those words, Go Jung-hwan’s face became contemplative.

‘Seeing that the karma log is also fine, it must be the same case as Alexei.’

A conformist, but not tainted by evil. It was clear that Ko Jeong-hwan also had his own standards.

‘If Alexei is beautiful, is Hwang Ye-ri that kind of thing to Ko Jeong-hwan?’

There was not a single lie in his heart that worried about Hwang Ye-ri.

‘Then I can use it.’

Of course, Kang Tae-min had no intention of harming Hwang Ye-ri. But Ko Jung-hwan doesn’t know that.

“The association knows that you kidnapped Hwang Ye-ri. If she dies like this, it will all be your fault.”

“you you… ! A person called the teacher of destruction… !”

“So answer me. If you want her to come back safely.”

Go Jeong-hwan bit his teeth and widened his eyes. But then, as if resigned, he closed his eyes tightly.

“I know, because I know. please sister… .”

“Is Pete nearby?”

“No, not now. If my sister accepted my opinion, I was going to call her.”

Go Jung-hwan’s words were true.

Kang Tae-min thought for a moment and then nodded.

“great. Let’s put off cooperation until later.”

“what?”

“It won’t be bad.”

Kang Tae-min threw Ko Jeong-hwan into the open sub-space and concluded his words.

“Because there will be enough time for the two of you to talk.”

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Leaving Ko Jeong-hwan’s wide-eyed face behind him, Kang Tae-min took a breath.

Eventually, the door opened with a thump and security hunters rushed in.

“Hey, Master Jeorak! Are you all right!?”

“Who is the culprit?!”

They were the ones that Bae Seung-joo had put on standby in case of an emergency. It was clear that he had heard of the commotion in the hiding place while waiting to support Kang Tae-min.

Kang Tae-min noticed their approach with his metal detection ability and stole Go Jeong-hwan.

“Unfortunately I missed it… .”

As he made a bitter expression, the security hunters nodded in understanding.

“It’s also the ability to move through space.”

“You worked hard though.”

“We will take care of the investigation here. I don’t know if there will be any more clues.”

No one doubted Kang Tae-min’s lies. It was thanks to his reputation and the judgment that there was no reason to release the criminal.

“Yes, please.”

* * *

Bae Seung-joo rode the elevator with a droopy appearance. The elevator leading directly to the president’s office reached the top floor in no time.

As Seol Gyu-jin’s physical condition recovered, most of the security procedures were omitted.

“Ah, chief.”

Now it was to the point of getting up from the hospital bed. However, Seol Gyu-jin is now able to stand alone.

“President of the Association. I will report you.”

“Ah, wait a minute. Whoa, this is pretty sweaty.”

Gyu-jin Seol wiped the sweat from his forehead and sat down. Bae Seung-ju reported the situation with a firm face.

“… It seems that a simple apology is not enough to see the headquarters of the Association playing in the hands of criminals, not anywhere else.”

“Headquarters?”

Bae Seung-ju knelt down. Then he lowered his head and spoke.

“I will take responsibility for this and resign. I’m really sorry.”

Bae Seung-joo’s personality that values principles was applied to himself as well. He couldn’t tolerate his own mistakes.

Seol Gyu-jin looked at him and sighed deeply.

“Captain, I am talking. I really like your personality.”

Usually, when a problem arises and resigns, responsibility is a justification and there were many cases that were close to running away.

However, Seol Gyu-jin had a countermeasure prepared by Bae Seung-ju.

He was preparing for the takeover of the work he had done, as well as organizing a list of people to recommend as the next head of the division.

‘It must have been prepared normally.’

There was no way that this level of preparation could be completed in just a few days. Bae Seung-joo had been preparing for the succession in his spare time in case something went wrong with him.

As the head of the headquarters of the association, he was an example of a person responsible for the safety of society.

“But sometimes, I feel like I’m being too extreme.”

“Chief of the association, this time… .”

“Chief.”

There was power in Seol Gyu-jin’s voice. Bae Seung-joo kept his mouth shut.

“Don’t you know that when judging a person, you shouldn’t only look at one side? When I think of what you’ve done, I think it’s a big loss to the association and society to let this happen.”

Bae Seung-joo led the association while he was on the verge of death. It was not easy to let such a person go.

“You only think of what you lost, but think of what you gained thanks to you. Isn’t that the case with Teacher Kang Tae-min? If you hadn’t recognized him, and hadn’t made him the strongest, how much damage would have been done.”

“Teacher Kang Tae-min is great, but I just… .”

“That’s the reason the association exists. To assist the better Awoken to act.”

Seol Gyu-jin smiled lightly and took out only the resignation letter from among the documents Bae Seung-joo handed out.

Then, with trembling hands, he painstakingly tore up his resignation letter.

“Whoa, you make the patient do everything.”

“The president of the association… ?!”

Seol Gyu-jin recalled what the benefactor in the suit said.

– If you want, it would be better to take over slowly.

‘It was good to hear that.’

If he did not follow that opinion and handed over the position of president of the association, Bae Seung-joo would have resigned from the position of association president because of this incident.

“There is a saying that it is a matter of calculation, but in the end, the person who made a mistake is the best at reflecting. I believe the general manager can get better enough.”

“… Thank you for your trust.”

Bae Seung-ju had no choice but to back down at that stubborn attitude. Seol Gyu-jin shook his head with a faint smile.

“Yes, please work a little harder.”

After Bae Seung-ju stepped down, Seol Gyu-jin took out the smartphone that his benefactor had handed over.

‘Anyway, I never got a call. Is it that we don’t need the association’s help, or that something has happened… .’

Seol Gyu-jin shook his head and stopped worrying. Isn’t there a saying that no news is good news?

It was the moment he was about to put his smartphone back in.

The smartphone vibrated with a ringing sound.

Seol Gyu-jin answered the phone with his eyes wide open.

<I will take the debt>

It was the first word that came out without saying hello.

* * *

Kang Tae-min’s sub-space.

Hwang Ye-ri felt fear in this unfamiliar space. But she wasn’t alone.

“… Why didn’t you run away?”

Go Jung-hwan, who was tied up with his body, was back to his true form. Hwang Ye-ri felt sorry for him, but did not help.

Even now, they kept quite a distance from each other, and Ko Jeong-hwan was too forceful to go near them.

He was just relieved that Hwang Ye-ri was safe.

“How are you leaving your sister?”

In response, Hwang Ye-ri bit her lip. The word ‘again’ pierced her heart.

“… Do you really have nothing to do with what Nobody did?”

“I sincerely swear there is none.”

Go Jeong-hwan raised both hands as if to claim his innocence.

“If you do that, it will be difficult for you to meet your sister.”

Do not do bad deeds because there are disadvantages.

It was the same reason as Hwang Ye-ri.

However, the only difference was that the standard of disadvantage for Go Jeong-hwan was related to his relationship with Hwang Ye-ri.

“… Anyway, how long does he want to keep us locked up here?”

Hwang Ye-ri wondered if she would notice that she was happy.

“I know yeah. What the hell is this place to eat?”

Go Jung-hwan stretched his legs again and climbed high to look around. It was dark everywhere, so I couldn’t get a good sense of the distance.

In other words, they were the only ones visible in the subspace.

“I told you to cooperate, but nothing came… .”

“Maybe you are waiting to be vulnerable. Do you remember what happened in Brazil?”

“ah… Those gangsters were awful.”

“You didn’t sleep, let alone food. You were really close to dying then.”

It was bloody content.

“If you hadn’t come, I would have really died. Did you really think you were in heaven? Even though it’s a dream, I can still see my sister’s face… .”

“stop.”

But both smiled. For them, it was a memory.

“Anyway, that could be the case this time too. There is nothing here.”

“… Isn’t that teacher a nobleman’s original character?”

“do not know.”

“really? My sister is also the strongest, so don’t you know?”

“Aren’t the strongest people all familiar? Besides, he… A little different.”

“Is it different?”

“The other strongest players gained experience while going through a period of cataclysm. Taemin Kang. Because that man appeared really suddenly.”

Hwang Ye-ri frowned and remembered the demonstration of the Lunatic money detection device. Because she was assigned to the rooftop as a sniper, she was able to see all the activities of the strongest people at the time.

“But those skills… To be honest, I wonder if all the strongest people can attack.”

“… Was that enough?”

“I still have one eye, right? Anyway, I wonder how such a person didn’t make a name for himself in a time of cataclysm.”

“Maybe he was just focusing on his life.”

“What is such a selfish nobleman doing as a teacher?”

“I heard that, too.”

“It seems like there are a lot of secrets in many ways, but it is certain that there is nothing good about making enemies for nothing.”

“It was definitely strong… .”

“So don’t say you’ve woken up and listen to me.”

Hwang Ye-ri smiled at him and added a small afterword.

“Just stay by my side… .”

Unfortunately, the words did not reach her. It was because the subspace opened and Kang Tae-min entered, turning Go Jeong-hwan’s attention to that direction.

“It took some time to prepare.”

“preparation?”

At Kang Tae-min’s words, a question mark appeared on both of their faces. But he didn’t explain.

“Go Jung-hwan, tell me everything you know about Nobody and No Name.”

It was because it was Kang Tae-min and himself who had to listen, not them.

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