Chapter 56 – Day 56

Day 56

“Ha, haha! This is really driving me crazy!”

Bang!

The man muttered as he slammed his fist on the desk.

He couldn’t see a solution at all.
It was as if the opponent had noticed he was watching, and raised their win rate from 60% to 80%.

However, despite this, the man couldn’t even find a trace of what those bastards were up to.

“At this rate, I’m going to be screwed.”

Grind-.

The man gritted his teeth roughly.

After all he’d done to climb to his current position.
He couldn’t fall because of one little brat and one scrawny-looking guy.

So.

“First, let’s recover the money.”

Beep-.

When the man pressed one of the many buttons placed beside him, swoosh! The door opened and a woman entered.

“You called for me.”

“‘Politely’ bring those two bastards here.”

“Understood.”

At the man’s answer, the woman bowed her head and disappeared.

Well, I may not know what kind of tricks you’re up to, but.

“That won’t save your lives.”

Grind-.

The man muttered, grinding his teeth roughly.

* * *

“Miss.”

“Yes?”

Baccarat.
Cheon Seoa, who was enjoying the game known as the king of casino games, tilted her head at the sudden call from her agent.

“I think it’s time for you to leave.”

“Already?”

“It’s getting late. You can enjoy the game tomorrow as well, so how about calling it a day?”

“Hmm, I guess I have no choice.”

At the agent’s words, Cheon Seoa nodded, put down the cards in her hand, and stood up from her seat.

She had already bet three million-dollar chips, but that amount could be considered just a tip.

As soon as Cheon Seoa left her seat and was about to exit the casino with her agent.

“They’re following us well.”

“It seems the other side has made a bad move. If this kind of behavior becomes known, it won’t benefit them at all.”

“Well, isn’t that the magic of money?”

As they conversed while moving, Cheon Seoa and her agent left the hotel and suddenly entered a deserted alley.

Step. Step. Step.

Cheon Seoa and her agent.
Dozens of bulky figures appeared in front and behind, centered around the two of them.

The representative of those rough-looking men opened his mouth.

“Do you have any business with us?”

“We don’t have any business, but the higher-ups have business with you two bastards. So, why don’t you quietly come with us?”

Crunch-.
Crunch crunch-.

The bulky figure spoke, creating an atmosphere of fear.
However, they were just ordinary people without any special abilities.

Both Cheon Seoa and the representative were too high-level to be intimidated by such figures.
Their accumulated experience was far too great.

“I’m sorry, but it’s getting late. So, could you please relay a message to that ‘higher-up’? Tell them I’ll visit in person later.”

“Ha, shit. Don’t you understand the situation?”

Click.
Click click-.

In response to the representative’s words, the bulky figure frowned and pulled out a gun from his pocket.
The rest of the figures also drew their guns.

Most were handguns, but some had submachine guns mixed in.

Certainly, if the opponent is holding a gun, the story changes.

It was the only tool that allowed ordinary people without any special abilities to defeat those with powers.

But.

“Is that all you believe in? Those mere toys?”

The representative spoke with an incredibly cold expression.

Guns.
They were certainly good.

With just a flick of a finger, even the fiercest beast or the most powerful ability user couldn’t avoid a fatal wound.
With bad luck, one might even die from a single bullet.

However.

“But, are the guns you’re holding really ‘guns’?”

What nonsense is he spouting?

At the representative’s words, it was the moment when the thugs opened their eyes in disbelief.

Hiss-!

“Shit! W-What’s this!”

The thugs were terrified.
Just as they felt the sensation of their guns changing, their weapons had suddenly transformed into dozens of venomous snakes.

Dozens, hundreds of venomous snakes writhing and making sharp sounds.
Some of the thugs had already collapsed and were convulsing with foam in their mouths, as if they had been bitten by the snakes.

“What the-!”

The thugs looked at the representative with eyes that couldn’t comprehend what was happening.

Turning guns into snakes in an instant.
They had never heard of such an ability before.

As a result, at first they dismissed it as a simple illusion, but after seeing some of their colleagues actually die from addiction, they realized it wasn’t just a hallucination.

Then, as the thugs hesitated and retreated, the agent smiled and said.

“Well then, would you please step back now?”

Ugh-!

At the agent’s suggestion, the thugs let out a suppressed groan.

Honestly, they wanted to run away right now.

However.

“Da, damn it! Everyone, charge!”

They couldn’t do that.
They were all bound by money.

If they ran away, they might be able to save their lives for now.
But what about after that?

Not only themselves but even their families wouldn’t be safe.
Knowing this fact all too well, the thugs let out a scream-like roar to shake off their fear and charged towards the agent.

“Haa-, really. Why are humans so foolish?”

Whoosh-!

Aaagh!
Argh!
Sa, save me!

The moment the agent’s eyes turned black with a deep sigh.
The approaching masses were instantly engulfed by black flames.

It was the flame bestowed by the demon contracted through the Nine-Fold Devil Subduing Technique.
There was no way that mere criminals could withstand such intense and cruel flames that even high-level Repairers couldn’t endure.

As if to prove this, the masses swallowed by the black flames disappeared without leaving even a handful of ashes in less than 3 seconds.

However.

“Do you also have business with us?”

The Agent spoke while looking at the empty air.

If someone else had seen this, they would have looked at him as if he were crazy. But in the Agent’s eyes, there was a light of certainty.

And, as if to confirm the Agent’s certainty.

“This is an unexpected development.”

Noise was etched in the air, and soon a group revealed themselves.

The number was exactly twelve.
Among them, a woman who seemed to be the leader was emanating a considerable aura…

“At least a 6-star ability user.”

“What are you mumbling about?”

“It’s nothing. Anyway…, can I take it to mean that by blocking our path like this, you have some business with us?”

“That’s right, isn’t it?”

Haah-.

The Agent let out a deep sigh.

Today was a monumental day spent alone with the young lady.

However, on that monumental day…

“What kind of vermin are interfering like this?”

Shudder-!

The agent muttered as if whispering.
At the same time, an eerie energy overflowed from the agent, spreading in all directions.

Feeling the agent’s chilling aura, the intruders trembled and slowly backed away.

‘What-!’

Especially, the reaction of the woman who seemed to be the leader of the intruders was intense.

Just by the black flames she had summoned earlier, it was clear she was no ordinary being.

But.

‘What on earth is this energy?’

Simply feeling the aura spread by the opponent made her want to flee this place with all her might.

It was such a chilling energy, as if stimulating the primal fear inherent in living beings.

As the woman’s expression gradually hardened.

“Miss, would you mind waiting for a moment?”

The agent turned to Cheon Seoa and asked.
As Cheon Seoa nodded as if it was no big deal.

‘That’s it-!’

The woman’s eyes lit up.

Although she couldn’t understand how such a monster could be controlled as a subordinate, that little kid seemed to have no power at all at first glance.

That means, if we could just take that little one as a hostage, it wouldn’t be impossible to control that monster to some extent.

With that thought, the woman made a subtle gesture, and a few of the strange beings quietly hid themselves.

Whether he knew this fact or not.

The representative, with the woman at the forefront, simply displayed an icy cold smile towards the insects that had disrupted this monumental day and said.

“I’ll kill you all.”

Thud-!

The air around them becomes heavy.
Simultaneously, behind the representative, the terrifying form of a demon that would be frightening even in dreams flickered.

It was a demon that resided in the first of the nine heavens.

“Let’s start lightly.”

Whoosh-!

As the representative gestured, black flames blossomed in the air.
Soon, the black flames became a surging wave, stretching out towards the insects.

“Scatter-!”

As the black flames that suddenly bloomed surged like a wave towards them, the woman shouted angrily.

However, one insect that reacted too slowly was engulfed by the wave of black flames without being able to avoid it….

Aaaaargh-!

The insect disappeared in an instant, letting out a terrible scream that resonated from deep within its soul.

The representative muttered while looking at the spot where that insect had been.

“That’s one for now.”

‘Damn it-!’

The woman who heard the agent’s murmur cursed inwardly.

She knew they would be strong, but this was beyond excessive.
Where on earth did such a monster suddenly pop up from?

And what on earth was that little kid’s identity for such a monster to voluntarily bow its head?

Everything was full of unknowns.

The only glimmer of hope for the woman was that her subordinate would take that little kid hostage as quickly as possible, but…?

“Huh…?”

Suddenly, the woman showed a blank expression.

Her subordinate.
Her subordinate who had moved stealthily to take the little kid hostage.

“What is that?”

Had turned into a red ball.

Clearly, the subordinate had revealed himself behind the little kid’s back, avoiding the monster’s eyes.

However, that was all.

As soon as her subordinate appeared, the little kid’s shadow snatched the subordinate’s neck as if it had been waiting. Furthermore, as the surrounding space seemed to compress, the subordinate was instantly compressed into a sphere the size of a fist.

The subordinate who died without even being able to scream.

No way.

‘Is that little kid a monster too?’

The reason why that monster bowed its head to the little kid.
In fact, that little one was an even bigger monster?

As soon as that thought crossed my mind.

“Ha, life is fucked.”

The woman let out a hollow laugh.

“Everyone die.”

The agent, enraged at the bugs who dared to interfere with his date with the young lady, passed a death sentence.