episode_0097

“Haa…”

I don’t know how long I ran.

I fell down countless times while running like crazy on the cold asphalt road.

The knees were peeled off and the toenails fell off.

But I couldn’t stop.

Only after the silhouette of the mountain I had descended from had completely disappeared was I finally able to catch my breath.

However, it is not yet time to relax.

The woman who was captured in my place, Siho.

We have to save her.

“I’ll tell you everything when I get out.”

That means she knows something about the missing Do-hyeon.

I ran and ran again until the sunset.

I barely managed to get a ride from a passing car.

The man who gave me a lift was also heading to Seoul.

I asked him if he could drop me off at Sindorim on my way there.

Luckily, he decided to set it up not only in Sindorim, but also near the bar.

“The bartender there is really good.”

The old man had an ecstatic look on his face, as if he had tried alcohol there before.

Is that it…

I knew that Moment was a famous bar, but I didn’t know it was this well-known.

After running for about an hour, you will see the collapsed Sindorim sign.

The old man stopped me nearby.

“There – If you go back, it’s a moment.”

“Thank you…”

I stumbled out of the car.

Fortunately, the old man didn’t ask any questions even after seeing my appearance.

Just tell me to ‘cheer up’.

“Strength…”

I wonder if I can save her.

The opponents are rankers…

I’ve even lost miserably to them.

Compared to him, I am alone.

Can I face them alone?

I opened the door to the moment with my lips tightly shut.

The place I had planned to go with Dohyun and his colleagues.

I arrived there… alone.

“Welcome.”

A tall, handsome man I’ve never seen before greets me at the counter.

He soon sees my appearance and opens his lips.

“Is there a monster outside? Are you badly injured….”

“Sent by Siho.”

I cut him off.

When I say ‘name’, the expressions of the Moment staff become awkward.

“She’s dangerous. She told me to come here if there’s any trouble…”

The name Ji-wook is engraved on the employee’s name tag.

After hearing what I said, he grabbed his head with both hands.

“What should I do…They haven’t come yet…”

“They…?”

“Yes, there are two rankers who are really close to Siho. But they haven’t come yet…”

I swallowed hard.

And then ask him subtly.

“Where are those two now?”

I stood in front of a huge company.

Below the building, a magnificent monument comes into view.

‘One mind.’

I never thought I’d come face to face with the most vicious organization in Korea…

But what can you do when there’s one person here who can help Siho?

I looked at the clothes I had changed into.

This is Moment’s staff uniform.

I had no choice because those were the only clothes in the store right now.

I headed confidently to the entrance of Ilsim in that outfit.

“Hey, wait!”

A man in a black suit stops me.

He looks down at me intimidatingly, his arms crossed.

“What brings you here?”

“I have someone to meet.”

“Have you made an appointment in advance?”

I don’t have time for this right now…

Time is of the essence!

“I didn’t have time for that, I have something urgent to tell you!”

“To whom?”

The man indifferently ignores my words.

Then I shouted in a loud voice.

“Enemy!”

They just shouted the name.

But the moment he heard that name, the man’s face turned very fierce.

“How dare you, Team Leader…”

He rolls up his sleeves as if he finds it uncomfortable to hear.

Moreover, his colleague who had been far away also quickly approaches upon hearing the word enemy.

He looks like he’s going to beat me up right now.

But getting hit a few times is nothing compared to the humiliation she must be going through right now.

The man grabs me by the collar.

I was held by him and kept shouting louder and louder.

“There’s no time for this! Siho is in danger!”

At the word Siho, his raised fist suddenly stops.

He asks me, his eyes wide open.

“Miss Siho is in danger…?”

The expression on Sangmun’s face turns pale.

His younger brother, who had been chasing after him, also had a very distorted face.

“Did you just say that this woman, Siho, is in danger, hyung?”

“Dongchun… Look at the front door for a moment”

Sangmoon mutters.

Then Dong-chun, who knew the seriousness of the situation, nodded silently.

Soon, Sangmoon takes the lead before me.

He suddenly looked even more nervous than I did.

“What are you doing? Why aren’t you coming?”

He starts running so hurriedly that his dialect and standard language become mixed up.

I followed him and hurried into the headquarters.

Past the huge stone monument with the words ‘Ilsim’ written on it.

A man comes stomping up the central staircase.

Seeing that, other members of the organization also started climbing the stairs.

We form one huge line and head to the top of the building.

And on the top floor, there is a conference room that looks like it will house high-ranking people.

Sangmoon knocked on the door there without hesitation.

Then, because I didn’t have time, I just opened it up.

I followed him into the conference room.

There were four executives and a woman who appeared to be the captain sitting at a long table.

“Now, what safety is there…”

A middle-aged man looks at the door with a displeased expression.

Then a woman with green eyes stops him.

“It seems urgent, but let me hear it first.”

“I’m sorry, but I think you really have to hear this…”

Sangmoon answered, out of breath.

He nods at me and urges me to hurry and tell him what’s going on.

I responded by placing my hands on the table and shouting in a loud voice.

“Siho is in danger!”

“Poem…?”

The vice president frowns.

The same goes for other executives.

But just one person.

The expression on the face of the woman with black hair and red eyes was different.

Her red eyes are fully dilated and she glares at me.

I almost hesitated and stepped back at the sight of those overwhelming eyes.

“What does that mean?”

“I tried to save her… but I got caught by the association’s rankers.”

When they heard the word ‘association’, all the executives’ expressions hardened.

“Our daughter-in-law was caught by the association?”

The vice president stands up from his chair.

The red-eyed woman’s mouth also opens as if she is in great shock.

“How did that happen…?”

I explained what had happened to me and her.

From the Counters’ rankers attacking and killing Hunters to using several victims, including me, as test subjects…

And now it’s Siho’s turn.

Vice President Na Hyeon’s expression turned cold after hearing the whole story.

“Vice President…”

The enemy’s expression is especially sad.

She looked up at her boss with sad eyes.

“Team Leader Han, don’t worry…”

The Vice President picks up the longsword placed at the back of the conference room.

And he looked down at all the officers with his sword drawn.

“Guys.”

“Yes, Vice President.”

“The association guys have kidnapped our people.”

The executives all listen to their superior’s words.

Her sharp sword flashes its teeth.

“Isn’t this a declaration of war against us?”

“That’s right.”

The enemy answered first.

She clenched her teeth as if she was going to tear those Association guys apart at any moment.

“What did our chairman teach us to do in this situation?”

“You asked me to respond immediately.”

A middle-aged man speaks in a firm voice, as if reciting a code of rules.

Even the expression on Hwangsa’s face, sitting next to me, is determined now.

“Let’s go.”

The sword was completely pulled out of its scabbard.

She walks out of the conference room, holding the sword in one hand.

“Miss.”

“Yes…”

“Where is our girl caught?”

“That was…a mountain in Ilsan. There’s a big resort…”

“Resort?”

The vice president’s eyebrows twitch.

Then the enemy immediately explains to her where the place is.

“It went bankrupt during the monster incident. It is now owned by the association.”

“Hey- Those guys from the association are really shady. They even think about kidnapping people in places like that.”

Vice Chairman Na Hyeon slung a sword over his shoulder.

And then leisurely go down the central staircase.

Dozens, if not hundreds, of organization members follow her out of the building leisurely.

They are only one.

He rose from his giant nest to save Siho.

“Lady, get in my car.”

The vice president points to the black Benz.

I rode there with the woman I had seen earlier, the Red Devil.

Sangmoon is in the driver’s seat, and Jeoksa is in the passenger seat.

Finally, the vice president and I sat in the back seat.

“Over there… This is not the road to Ilsan.”

“Oh, I know too.”

The vice president answers my questions firmly.

Then the enemy turns his head and explains on behalf of the high person.

“I have already asked the Ilsan organization members to investigate that place.”

“So what happened?”

“They said there was no one at the resort.”

The woman’s red eyes glared at me.

But I did not give in to this and responded with even more determined eyes.

“No way… Did you search the basement? There was a research lab there that locked me up.”

“Don’t underestimate our dedicated investigative power. We looked into it, but they’ve already closed down the facility and run away.”

“Fuck…”

It’s too late.

If only I hadn’t wandered around the streets like an idiot…

“So, where are you going now?”

“Let me answer that for you.”

The vice president speaks while supporting his sword with both hands.

“Has the lady ever been in a fight?”

“A fight…?”

I shook my head.

Even during my school days, I never got into a fight…

“As for the fight, if you just take care of this big one, the rest will take care of itself.”

Her green eyes smile brightly.

I swallowed without realizing it at the sight of those eyes.

“That research institute director who caught that girl also ended up getting kicked out by the association.”

no way…

I took her words and rolled them around in my mouth.

By the time the answer was known, the car slowly slowed down.

Then, the vice president opened the car door wide before the driver could open it for him.

“Yeah, we’re going to hit that big one now.”

I opened the door and came out.

Soon you come across a huge building.

Korea Hunters Association.

I never thought I would come to both the headquarters of Ilsim and the association in my lifetime.

I was drenched in cold sweat as I gazed upon the magnificent building.

Soon, the hunters of the association see us and quickly block the entrance.

They start to set up barricades and contact headquarters in a hurry.

“Sangmoon, did you bring that?”

The vice president orders the knight with a determined expression.

Then he takes a black radio out of his trunk and hands it to her.

Vice Chairman Na Hyeon begins testing the microphone while holding the walkie-talkie to his mouth.

“Ah-, ah. Can you hear me?”

It was just one word.

At her single question of whether I could hear well, I had no choice but to immediately cover both of my ears.

because…

“Yes, Vice President!!”

Because behind us, hundreds of voices echoed as one.

I looked back leisurely.

A line of countless black cars.

It’s like a mutual aid company coming to clean up the pile of corpses coming out of the association.

“Well, if our babies can hear it, you’ll be able to hear it well too.”

“Listen, you Association guys. You kidnapped someone very important to us today.”

“You know very well that we cherish our family so much. So is this a declaration of war?”

The vice president’s voice penetrates all the way to the association headquarters.

The chief of police and the chief of security, who were listening to that on the first floor, looked at each other awkwardly.

“What’s going on all of a sudden?”

Dae-eun asks Eun-chan again.

Eunchan simply shakes her head to his question.

“Who would know? Who are we kidnapping…”

“Bring out my girl quickly!”

“Colorful…?”

Dae-eun tilts her head at the unfamiliar word.

Eunchan was the same.

“Bring out the poem!”

Only then could the two understand what the vice president was saying.

Eunchan, in particular, smiled faintly as if she was in despair.

“Wow- So those two really had that kind of relationship…”

“What are you talking about?”

“No, anyway, it looks like something happened to Siho right now.”

“But why is he looking for us?”

“Well… Oh, no way….”

Eunchan stares blankly at the police chief as if something has come to mind.

Then, the chief of police looked at the captain of the security guard as if something had occurred to him.

Both people speak at the same time.

“Rep. Park…?”

“I’ll count to three. If you don’t bring me out, I’ll really end it here. One…”

Someone starts running out of the building on the first floor.

Vice President Nayeon, who saw that, slowly slowed down the countdown speed.

“Two-ul…”

“Okay, wait a minute!”

The two rankers came running out of breath and stopped in front of the gate.

They wave their hands there.

“They pop out quickly. They’re not even big things.”