Chapter Index

    A stranger in a tight suit fell from the ceiling and landed.

    The team members’ thoughts stopped momentarily at that unrealistic sight.

    “… … .”

    Ethan, who came to his senses relatively quickly, raised his head and checked the ceiling where the assailant had fallen.

    However, all the warehouse windows are closed. The alarm that would have gone off if they had forcibly entered the place was also silenced.

    ‘Are you capable of disabling the security system? I haven’t touched a group or individual like that recently… ‘

    At that time, there was one clue that passed through Ethan’s mind.

    ‘No way, because of the request Vincent brought… ?’

    If there was any possibility, that was it.

    It was unknown whether the identity of the gunman was a problem solver sent by a client who had changed his mind, or an associate of the company that was the target of the request.

    Perhaps a mercenary who had accepted the same request had invaded to eliminate a competitor.

    But Ethan’s reasoning did not go any further. This is because the moment when they stopped moving and looked at each other, as if time had stopped, did not last long.

    The gunman slowly turned around and carefully observed the faces of his team members one by one.

    “Ethan Hawke.”

    “!”

    The gunman called out the names of the Phantom team members one by one in a modulated voice.

    “Marcus Gray, Jack Morrison, Alexa Sterling, Vincent Rossi. Are they thieves this time?”

    Seueueuu

    When the gunman who muttered like that tried to raise his hand, Vincent, unable to bear the tension of the standoff, pulled out the pistol from his waist.

    chuck!

    “What the fuck!”

    “Vincent, wait… !”

    Bang bang bang——!

    Before Ethan could stop him, Vincent pulled the trigger in an instant and emptied the magazine.

    widely… widely…

    “… … .”

    Vincent continued to pull the trigger even though all the rounds had already been fired and the pistol slide was cocked back.

    The faint sound of the trigger continued, but the team members could not say anything.

    This was because the gunman who stood still and was hit by a pistol flicked the warhead out of the chute as if he had not suffered any damage.

    Clink~

    “The welcome was harsh.”

    The sound of a crushed warhead falling to the ground was clearly heard in everyone’s ears.

    “… !”

    “Saying hello once is enough.”

    When Vincent let out a groan as if he was being squeezed and took out a new magazine, the gunman with a gauntlet on his hand, of which it was unclear when he had taken it out, clenched his fist.

    And at the same time, Vincent’s pistol shrunk as if it had been put into an invisible press.

    Quaddeukㅡ

    “Ugh!”

    Vincent screamed in pain as his index finger, which was on the trigger, was crushed.

    The team members came to their senses from his screams and moved in different directions.

    Alexa and Marcus, who had relatively poor physical abilities, fell backwards in search of an obstacle to hide, while Jack and Ethan threw themselves into the rescue to save Vincent.

    An incomprehensible incident occurred in which Vincent was subdued when the gunman made a monster-like appearance of holding on to the pistol with his bare body and suddenly grabbed the air. However, he could not just stand there idly.

    As Ethan and Jack rushed at them with their fists raised, the gunman kicked the corner of the tabletop he was standing on.

    Contrary to the light movement, the table made a loud noise and flew towards the two people.

    The two people were scared and threw themselves at the sight of a heavy table flying like a soccer ball.

    thud!

    “Ugh!”

    “Damn, what nonsense is this… !”

    Ethan and Jack narrowly passed by them and clicked their tongues when they saw the table smashed against the wall.

    The gunman who created such an ignorant scene landed calmly on the floor again, making almost no noise.

    Jack, who saw this, grabbed a piece of the table that had fallen next to him and ran towards him.

    “Aaaah!”

    Huh!

    A thick wooden club was aimed at the assailant’s shoulder, but he lightly twisted his body to the side to avoid the attack and walked slowly.

    Jack, who had recklessly rushed forward, was unable to overcome his strength and tripped on the leg of the assailant and fell forward.

    Although Jack is a physically fit man, his specialty is driving. I had never learned or practiced martial arts to fight professionally. This was also the reason why there was a separate member of the team in charge of military force named Vincent.

    In fact, Vincent was the first to be subdued and was in a state of groaning, clutching his hands.

    At that time, Ethan took advantage of the attacker’s attention focused on Jack and attempted to tackle him with his whole body.

    Woe!

    The tackle was aimed precisely at the waist, but the gunman’s body suddenly fell to the floor. In Ethan’s eyes, it looked as if he had lost his footing and was falling.

    “Ugh!”

    In the end, Ethan, who lost his goal, also lost his balance and fell to the floor in the same tackling position.

    “Ma, that’s ridiculous… ”

    Alexa, who was watching this, opened her eyes wide.

    As she watched from a distance, she could clearly see what the strange man who had disappeared from Ethan’s sight was doing.

    The gunman, who had avoided Jack’s attack, was lying horizontally on the floor, supporting his weight with only one leg, with his upper body twisted.

    Seueueuu

    And then, when Ethan’s tackle failed, he calmly got up again as if nothing had happened.

    A bizarre movement that seems not to be governed by gravity or inertia.

    It seemed like he was the only one moving outside the laws of physics.

    While Alexa was staring at the sight, a loud noise was heard next to her.

    bang!

    “Don’t move. Even if you wear a bulletproof vest, you won’t be able to survive this.”

    It was Marcus who fired his shotgun into the air as a warning. While Jack and Ethan were biding their time, he brought a shotgun that was more powerful than a pistol.

    “Marcus!”

    “Alexa! You’re hiding!”

    The gunman turned towards Ethan and Jack and looked at Marcus.

    Alexa watched the scene with a very nervous face. Although Marcus told him to hide, he planned to block him with his own body if the gunman ran towards him.

    Marcus, who was the oldest member of the team, was essential to the team with his expert security knowledge, but he was also like a father to Alexa, who was raised by her grandparents without any parents.

    Losing him in such a sudden attack was unthinkable.

    However, as if laughing at her nervousness, the gunman stared at Marcus’ face and waved his hand lightly in the air.

    Then the shotgun that Marcus was holding was sucked into the gunman’s hand as if it were connected by an invisible string.

    Pop!

    “Ugh!”

    “Marcus!”

    Alexa helplessly ran to Marcus, who had lost the shotgun, and blocked his path. If a gunman fires a shotgun, he immediately hugs Marcus and prepares to run away.

    However, the gunman seemed to have no intention of shooting the shotgun.

    The gunman, who was twirling the shotgun around to examine it, nodded, and the shotgun in his hand suddenly disappeared into thin air.

    “What on earth… Can I become a superpower? How do you know our names?”

    Vincent, clutching his hand, shouted in a groaning voice.

    The gunman’s eyes turned to Vincent again.

    flinch!

    No one could move their body.

    This was because an unidentifiable eerie energy spread around.

    It felt as if there was a knife pressed to my throat and if I moved even one step, I would be cut. Ethan’s teammates didn’t know it, but it was the effect of the tangible killing power of a warrior who had reached the peak.

    The gunman, looking at Vincent with murderous intent, opened his mouth.

    “You are not just a thief. This guy has already tasted blood.”

    “What, what? What nonsense is that… !”

    “Vincent Rossi. Former U.S. Marine Corps Special Reconnaissance Team. After being discharged from the military, he joined Phantom at the suggestion of Ethan Hawke. Afterwards, he successfully carried out several theft operations and made a lot of money.”

    Vincent was horrified by the sight of the stranger reciting his personal history as if he were reading documents stored in an intelligence agency.

    “Yes! What’s wrong with that! When soldiers carry out operations, they sometimes see blood! Is that really why you’re targeting me?!”

    “The blood I am talking about is not the blood of the enemy.”

    “What… ?”

    “Would it be used if a former soldier killed his own citizens? Also, powerless citizens. You are not just a thief, you are a robber and murderer.”

    “Well, what is it… How… !”

    “!”

    The gunman’s remarks came as a huge shock not only to Vincent but also to the rest of the team.

    I knew that Vincent’s attitude was becoming more and more delinquent, but it was still difficult to believe that he committed robbery while killing people.

    Because that was against the team’s principles.

    However, looking at Vincent’s reaction as if he was caught off guard, it didn’t seem like the gunman was lying.

    Before Ethan and other team members could come to their senses, the gunman stretched out his arm, grabbed Vincent’s neck, and lifted him up.

    The sight of Vincent, a large, muscular man being lifted up like a doll with just one hand, was like a scene from an unrealistic action movie.

    “Ugh… !”

    “Now that I see it, they even formed a separate team. First go to the underworld and wait. In addition to the thieves here, I will soon send the mercenaries you gathered separately. Wherever I got it, I collected similar trash well.”

    “Now, wait… !”

    “This turn was just about thieves, so I thought everyone would survive, but there was one person who was eliminated. It was a waste.”

    Wood dduk ㅡ

    “Vincent!”

    That was the end.

    Vincent’s thick neck was unable to withstand the attacker’s grip and broke. And Vincent’s limp body disappeared from the group’s sight like a shotgun.

    The gunman’s gaze turned to the remaining group.

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