episode_0555
by admin
When Jeong Su-jin heard Terence’s sudden declaration, her face turned red and she shouted.
“Dad! What are you talking about all of a sudden! Are you in your right mind?!”
Jung Soo-jin has also almost come over to me now.
That’s what Olivia said, and I saw clearly on the probe that she took action to save her father.
But the first thing the father who had been kidnapped said when he came to his senses was to ask for permission to take care of his daughter… no, to ask for her well-being. It must have been disappointing and absurd.
I also thought for a moment that I had done a bloodletting mistake and had damaged my brain.
I quickly forgot about that thought, though, since Maria’s scan couldn’t have been wrong.
“Sujin, I am more sane now than I have ever been.”
Fortunately, there was nothing wrong with Terence’s head.
So is Terence scared of the power I have?
It didn’t really look like that.
A man who is thought to have left Apophis because of his family.
If he was someone who was afraid of my power and wanted to offer up his daughter, the situation for her kidnapping would not have even occurred in the first place.
“But why are you suddenly asking me? I said my dad was just kidnapped!”
“Wake up! It’s not about me right now.”
Terence softly scolded Jeong Su-jin.
I quietly joined in the conversation because I was worried that things would turn out badly between the two of them even though things had ended well for no reason.
“I’m sorry to say this, but as Janie explained, I’m in relationships with other women here, not just Soojin. I don’t think Soojin’s mind will be at ease just because your father says so.”
“Then is Sujin someone you meet because you’re bored?”
“No. I have never discriminated against women. They are all equally valuable people. This applies to Soojin as well.”
When I spoke so firmly, Terence looked at Jeong Su-jin, who was in his arms, and asked.
“Is that all?”
“Huh… ?”
“Minho’s weaknesses. Like using drugs or hitting you. Be honest. If you do that, I’ll take back what I said.”
“That’s not it, but… ”
“Or do you hate him? Did you force yourself to meet him and introduce him to me even though you don’t love him?”
“No… I like it… ”
Jeong Su-jin answered in a mumbled tone.
Terence sighed softly as he looked at his daughter burying her face in his chest.
And he said, gently stroking her head.
“… Sujin-ah. There is only one thing I wish for. For you to live safely and happily. I thought that at least the former was guaranteed when I left Apophis. And I thought that happiness would be achieved if you met a good person someday. But I still had an eye for people because you were my daughter. ”
“… … .”
“But I’m realizing again that that simple wish isn’t easy. I was convinced that I was kidnapped today. If I was not careful, you could have been in danger. They said they wouldn’t touch you if I just did what they asked of me, but I can’t trust them since they broke their promise and came back to me.”
Terence’s words carried weight, especially since the traces of his dark past that he had buried were now targeting them.
“Apophis is such a scary organization. What you need now is a fence that will keep you safe. If that fence is someone who truly cares for you, then there is nothing more I could wish for. That is my only wish as a father.”
“Dad… ”
Jeong Su-jin also understood that Terence was saying these words for her. And she hugged him tighter because of the pain she felt from his honest words.
“I’m sorry. I wanted to show you only the good side of the world, but my past ended up catching up with me.”
“Euuuung… No. That doesn’t matter. I’m just glad Dad is okay… ”
A father apologizing to his daughter, and the daughter burying her face in his chest and shaking her head.
I gave them both time to sort out their feelings.
After Jeong Su-jin shed a tear and left Terence, the other women clung to her and tried to comfort her.
In some ways, we could say that we are competitors, but seeing him take care of us like that made me feel a little better.
I approached Terence stealthily.
“Are you sure you’re okay?”
“… Honestly, if you were a regular guy, I’d have a shotgun in my hand.”
“I understand.”
Things took a strange turn when Apophis intervened in the middle, but I was prepared for that kind of situation. It couldn’t have been easy to convince the American military father-in-law.
“But now I know you’re not an ordinary man. You’re the leader of the Cyphers, and you have the secret of being a superpowered person… and this probe thing too. I don’t think this is all the power you have.”
“I don’t know what you’re imagining, but that’s true.”
“So here’s a favor to ask. Not as a soldier, but as a father with a daughter. If you truly care about Soojin, please protect her.”
Terence met my eyes.
Honestly, no matter how capable he is and how much he likes other women, there probably aren’t many fathers who would want to entrust their daughters to a womanizer like me.
This is especially true for someone who values his family so much.
Nevertheless, he asked me to take care of his daughter.
Maybe he was blaming himself, thinking that this situation was all his past fault. It was for his daughter’s safety, but I wondered if he felt like he was selling his child to a bastard.
‘That’s the part I’ll have to prove in the future.’
Although things were surprisingly easy, I was glad that I was able to get permission from my father-in-law. This would help me make up my mind not only for Jeong Su-jin but also for other women.
To gain Terence’s trust, I looked him in the eye and spoke with confidence.
“I will protect you no matter what danger comes. So don’t worry. Sujin will be safe. And I will do my best to make sure no one feels disappointed.”
“… Yeah. I believe you.”
He nodded, got up from his bed, and touched the inner wall of the probe.
“Still, I guess it’s fortunate that you have this much power.”
“Is that so?”
“Compared to the tyranny of the powerful I saw when I was on a mission under Apophis’ orders, having several women is nothing. In fact, considering that he seems more than capable of protecting his own women, it’s incomparable. I hope you keep that feeling for a long time.”
Fortunately, it seemed like he didn’t think that he had sold his daughter.
As expected, the perspective of a man who had direct experience of belonging to a secret society had a different side.
He looked around the probe and then turned his head to me again.
“I got distracted by my daughter’s conversation. Let’s get back to the main topic. There’s no way to know when something like today will happen again. What did you say about the transport plane?”
“All the electronic components were destroyed and dropped into the Pacific Ocean.”
“Wow… To erase the traces? Good job. But since contact has been cut off, the Apophis officers who gave the order will soon notice something strange. They probably didn’t think I could handle all the agents assigned to the mission. In fact, I was defeated without a fight.”
“Then?”
“The first agents sent were all wiped out, so they’ll send better ones. I guess they’re guessing there’s another source of interference.”
“What do you mean, Dad? They’re coming back?”
Terence’s words were being transmitted to the other women through the earphones he was wearing. Since some of them couldn’t speak English, Janie had prepared them.
After hearing his words, Jeong Su-jin approached again.
But Terence spoke to me without looking at her.
“I don’t blame you. You saved me. But I need to prepare for the next attack. I’m fine. Take Soojin and keep her safe.”
“Dad!”
“Sujin, I’m fine. If you stay in the unit, they won’t try to kidnap you like they did today. And now that I know they’re after me, I don’t plan on just sitting back and taking it.”
Terence held his daughter’s shoulder and tried to reassure her.
But to me, it just sounded like he was trying to be bait to protect his daughter.
Because I don’t think the guys who kidnapped us once from a military facility would be more passive about a second attempt.
I intervened to stop Jeong Su-jin from shedding tears again.
“I think my explanation was a little lacking. I have no intention of leaving Apophis alone. I didn’t dispose of the transporter because I was afraid of them, but because I wanted to prevent things from becoming a hassle.”
“I heard you have superpowers. And this probe… It’s hard to believe, but I can’t help but believe it when I see it with my own eyes. However, Apophis is different from the rich criminals that Cyphers dealt with. Most of its members are soldiers or retired soldiers, so if there’s a conflict… ”
The next words were just an earful. They were words explaining the fear of Apophis, but since I had already learned this through interrogation, it wasn’t very important.
Perhaps it was because I had lumped my abilities together as superpowers to Terence. He still seemed to think that I could protect my daughter, but that it would be impossible for me to confront Apophis head-on.
I only told him this much because he was Jeong Su-jin’s father, but I didn’t want to tell him more about my abilities.
So I just calmly said what I had to do.
“The organization called Apophis will disappear tomorrow.”
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