episode_0422
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‘What kind of eyes… !’
Even though the gunman was wearing a mask, Ethan felt as if his soul was being pierced by his gaze.
He suddenly remembered something he had heard somewhere in the past.
In the East, there is a concept called ‘karma’, which refers to the causes accumulated through words or actions in the past, and there is a story that one will be judged after death according to that karma.
Ethan was not dead yet, but the assailant who broke Vincent’s neck looked like a grim reaper reading karma and judging his sins.
A realistic Ethan would never have done it, but now it was a different story. All the unbelievable abilities that the monster showed were enough to make the group lose their sense of reality.
Even though the gunman was hit by a pistol bullet, he shook the bullet off as if he had not been shocked at all. Then, an invisible force broke the pistol Vincent was holding and took away Marcus’ shotgun.
Even the corpse of Vincent, who had just been killed, disappeared before my eyes.
I couldn’t see any space to hide the shotgun in that tight suit, but even if I were to give in a hundred times and hide the shotgun using magic or something… It made no sense to make the corpse of a person bigger than himself disappear in an instant while he was looking at it with both eyes clearly open.
This warehouse was not a stage with a hidden magic device, but a phantom’s hideout.
So, it was not strange for Ethan to have the unrealistic thought, ‘Maybe it’s the Shinigami’ when he saw the strange man.
“What did this bastard do to Vincent…? !”
Jack, who witnessed Vincent’s disappearance, rushed at the assailant.
Although Jack had the most conflict with Vincent among the group, he still considered him a colleague.
However, the gunman standing in front of them was not someone they could touch just because of their heart.
puck!
“Ugh… !”
When the gunman made a light gesture like he did when he took Marcus’ shotgun, Jack couldn’t even approach properly and flew to the side as if he had hit something invisible.
The gunman said.
“Don’t attack. Because I just killed that guy for the sake of cleaning up trash. There is no value or meaning in killing a petty thief like you.”
Although the voice was modulated, the annoyance buried there was clearly conveyed to Ethan and the rest of the group.
Now that they felt their lives were in danger, this situation was just an annoyance to the assailant.
‘What a monster of a person you are… !’
‘Even at this age, there is still a world I don’t know about…’ ‘
Alexa and Marcus are sighing internally. Jack, rolling around on the floor, glared at the assailant and cried out in sorrow.
“Don’t be funny! You’re Vincent… Even after seeing it done that way… !”
“Pathetic guy. It seems like that scum doesn’t think of you as colleagues.”
“Bullshit!”
“Criminals were gathered in an abandoned building about an hour away from here. Most likely, if you stole the technology, they were planning to intercept it by threatening you with a separate team. Maybe they killed him to silence him.”
“Well, that can’t be possible! Vincent was a bad guy, but he wasn’t that much of a scumbag!”
“I have no obligation to prove it. I am not a prosecutor, and you are not a lawyer. I was planning on cleaning them up after work here anyway, so if you’re curious about the truth, why not investigate separately?”
Wow~
As soon as the gunman finished speaking, a message with no sender’s name arrived on Jack’s smartphone. Just as the gunman said, there was an address written about an hour away from here.
“… … .”
I can’t deny it if I go this far. No, he could deny it, but that didn’t change anything for Jack, who was powerless to stop the monster.
Jack, who had barely managed to get his body halfway up, lost strength in his legs and fell back to his seat. Although nothing was broken, it was a huge shock to my body and mind in such a short period of time.
“Jack!”
Alexa ran to Jack and supported him.
Ethan looked at the scene and quickly shook his head. And I gathered some clues from what the gunman said.
He mentioned Vincent’s betrayal and skills, but the most important thing was that there was only one person who was eliminated and that he killed Vincent by breaking his neck.
First of all, the gunman didn’t seem to have any intention of killing anyone except Vincent.
And as proof, the gunman did not pay attention to Alexa, who went to help the fallen Jack.
“Jack! Are you okay?”
“Phew… are you okay. It’s just a bruise.”
While listening to the two people’s conversation, Ethan mustered up the courage to ask a question. While being careful not to change the mind of the stranger by scratching his temper.
“What on earth is it? Government secret agent… Or maybe a super soldier from a movie?”
From the mention of technology, it was possible to guess that the identity of the gunman was related to the IT company being requested, but it did not seem possible for a single company to employ mercenaries with such power.
If so, it meant that there was a hidden swindle behind it.
“If I tell you, can you afford it?”
“… … .”
Ethan couldn’t answer.
As the gunman said, Ethan couldn’t handle whatever answer he gave.
A request worth 30 million dollars, the hidden secret of Vincent, whom he thought was his colleague, and even the use of a power that was hard to believe existed in reality to instantly overpower all of the team members.
The gunman was wearing clothes that did not work with pistols, and he was also able to use invisible powers such as telekinesis. In addition, the shotgun and the unidentified ability that made Vincent’s body disappear could not be left out.
Today was the day when his common sense completely collapsed.
It was a story too heavy for them to bear, as they barely made a living by stealing from bad guys.
The gunman spoke in a relaxed manner.
“Among the younger brothers I know, there is one who is a kleptomaniac like you. I don’t want to deal with even vague thieves for no reason. I’ll save your life, so give up this request.”
‘Brother… ?’
It was hard to understand what they were saying, but anyway, they were saying that they would be saved.
Although he is a being with monstrous strength, he still seems to feel uncomfortable when he kills someone who is not a violent criminal. Then, it was better not to feel like I was leaving behind regrets for no reason.
Ethan obediently accepted the instructions. I had no intention of dying in the face of a natural disaster.
“I will give up on the request and keep this matter a secret until I die. It was a request that Vincent accepted on his own from the beginning.”
“If you want to see me again, you can spread the word.”
“No, that won’t happen.”
“You have good insight.”
Ethan was heartbroken at the attitude of not having any regrets at all.
‘Anyway, if someone is going to invade this hideout just because they accepted the request, it wouldn’t be an effort to come back after spreading the rumor. This incident must be buried for the rest of our lives.’
The gunman looked around, turned his back as if he was about to leave, then stopped and spoke.
“Oh, and I have something to ask.”
“… What is it?”
Unsure of what the gunman was going to say, Ethan tensed up again.
However, the following question made the atmosphere so far dull.
“Are there any famous restaurants nearby? Since I’ve come this far, I’d like to stop by if there’s a good restaurant.”
“… … .”
Ethan let out a frustrated sigh and called out the name of the restaurant where the group often went for lunch.
The gunman nodded his head a few times. Although he couldn’t see his face because of the mask, Ethan somehow seemed satisfied with him.
This time, the gunman completely turned his back on them and lightly kicked the floor. With just that, he jumped several meters into the air and disappeared through a window whose opening was unknown.
There was silence for a while inside the hideout that the gunman had swept through like a typhoon.
The remaining Phantom team members felt as if they were dreaming.
If it weren’t for the remains of the broken table and the dented warhead that fell on the floor, I probably wouldn’t have thought we were seeing similar hallucinations as a group.
Ethan barely managed to get his voice together and gave instructions.
“… Alexa. Check the security system.”
Alexa helped Jack sit on a chair and checked the system.
“There is no sign of anyone breaking in. Except for our team members, there are no records of anyone entering or leaving the warehouse.”
“What about the window? It was closed earlier, but now it’s open.”
“That part is the same. It was supposed to be open from the beginning.”
“… … .”
In that case, it should be seen that the gunman did not simply hack the alarm so that it would not sound, but neutralized it so thoroughly that no trace was left.
Considering that it was possible to look up Vincent’s name and criminal records by looking at his face, it was clear that all information about the team members had already been passed over.
‘Are they really aliens? Or future people?’
Either way, he was the type of person I never wanted to encounter again.
Marcus asked Ethan, who was lost in thought.
“What do you plan to do now?”
“What should I do? Is there a way? It doesn’t look like the client will be safe either, and it wasn’t the request we received in the first place, so we should give up. Even though $30 million is a lot, it doesn’t compare to getting involved with an unknown person like that.”
Ethan looked around, sighed heavily, and called Alexa.
“… Alexa.”
“Huh?”
“From now on, don’t even pay attention to the darknet.”
“… Uh.”
The other team members nodded silently at Ethan’s words.
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