CH 206

A housing complex near Garosu-gil. A bottle of mineral water was in the hand of the man who came out of the convenience store wearing a black hat.

“Hu…”

Kim Woo-jin, who lowered the mask that was covering half of his face and sipped the water, let out a hot breath.

His body was heating in the bright midday sunlight, which reached over 34 degrees. Kim Woo-jin, who emptied the bottle of water and put it in the trash, raised his mask again, covered his face, and moved again.

People who drank and made a fuss could appear at any time of the day or night, so they couldn’t lower their vigilance for 24 hours. In fact, the Four Seasons Guild, who found first, also caught one at 4 o’clock, so there might be a greater chance of daytime than nighttime.

Since he had been walking around Sinsa-dong for several days already withstood the heat, no matter how good his physical strength was, he was inevitably fatigued. Nevertheless, Kim Woo-jin felt pretty good.

「Han Yigyeol: I heard that today is hotter than yesterday, are you okay?」

「Han Yi-gyeol: Don’t overdo it. Tak e a rest and ha ve a drink.」 (적다ㅣㅇ히하고 들어ㅏ와, not sure because he did type the typo one)

「Kim Woo-jin: Ung, I got it.」

He didn’t know how many times he had already looked into the message that came in two hours ago. In the message full of typos, Kim Woo-jin’s long eyes, seen above the mask, were gently curved.

Kim Woo-jin, who had healed his exhausted body and mind, hummed and put his cell phone in. If you looked at the alley in front of him, he could return to the guild. He was already happy at the thought that soon he would see Han Yi-gyeol.

Kim Woo-jin, who was moving his steps with such a happy heart, felt something and raised his hat slightly.

“……?”

Strange. No matter how far away it was from the street, there weren’t many people like this. There was also a housing complex nearby.

The nape of his neck was chilled even in the hot weather that made him faint. He could easily recognize the naked gaze staring at him.

The auburn eyes exposed under his hat sank coldly. As he slowly stopped, strangers appeared from all directions as if waiting for him.

“…what is it?”

“I’m sorry to block the road, can we talk for a moment?”

“Talk?”

When Kim Woo-jin asked again, he thought he was scared and the man in front of him smiled slyly, pulling out his dagger and holding it out threateningly.

“Follow me quietly. If you don’t want to lose.”

What to do. Kim Woo-jin quietly organized his thoughts.

Looking at this situation, he could guess to some extent where the talented people who had caused problems had come to drink in broad daylight. Did they drag them like this and forcibly put it in their mouths?

‘If so…’

If he knocked them down now and caught them, he would be able to catch their tails in some way. There was also a way to take a look at the opportunity by being dragged along, but there was a great risk that he would end up drinking drugs.

Kim Woo-jin, who finished his thought, raised his hand. He quickly took shape as white smoke flowed from his art inventory.

It was an item gun equipped with a silencer just in case. His identity could be revealed, so he couldn’t use his clone ability.

“Oigo, are you going to fight us?”

“Is it because you are young? You can’t quite grasp the situation.”

As Kim Woo-jin grabbed his weapon, the men around him laughed and said one word at a time. With that or not, Kim Woo-jin calmly looked at the situation without much agitation.

There were four opponents. Among them, two were carrying weapons, the front and the right. The way out was already blocked. Kim Woo-jin, taking a slow, deep breath, pointed his pistol and at the same time, the enemy rushed from all directions.

Taang, the first bullet missed as expected. The man in front with a dagger narrowed the distance.

Huung!

Kim Woo-jin, who bent his upper body forward to avoid the tip of the sword coming in at his shoulder, touched the ground with his hand, stretched out his long leg, and turned around. Kuak! Two people who had reached out to catch Kim Woo-jin tripped and fell to the ground.

“What are you doing, you morons!”

The screaming man clenched his teeth and quickly swung his dagger. Kim Woo-jin, who barely avoided it by bending his head, thrust his fist into his opponent’s stomach and shot his shoulder.

“Kuaaak!”

It was necessary to avoid vital points as much as possible because it could kill him. The man slumped down, dropping his dagger, screaming in pain at the blood bursting from his shoulder. Kim Woo-jin pressed the reload button, kicked the dagger that fell on the ground, and pushed it away.

“Da, damn it. What is it?”  

When one was killed in an instant, the remaining three panicked and retreated.

“Are you a B-rank or higher? This son of a… do something!”

The tallest man roughly shoved the man’s shoulder with a jackknife. It wasn’t an ordinary weapon, given its gorgeous appearance and strange energy.

“Uh, ugh! Uaah…!”

The pale man, who had been hesitant, was forcibly pushed and ran towards Kim Woo-jin. The sharp blade of the jackknife gleamed white in the sunlight.

Chaeeng, gigigik.

With his eyes down, Kim Woo-jin twisted his gun to block the jackknife. The tip of the jackknife’s sharp blade snapped right into his gun’s trigger ring.

Hiik, the man who faced Kim Woo-jin from a close distance let out a groan and narrowed his shoulders. Kim Woo-jin, who saw it, swung the tip of his gun to the right and pulled the trigger.

Taang!

A finger was cut by the tip of the jackknife on the trigger and a bullet was fired relentlessly from the gun towards the opponent’s thigh.

“Kuk, uh, huaaak!”

The man who had his thigh pierced screamed and sat down. Clank, a jackknife fell in front of him.

“Fuck, run!”

The remaining two, who were watching the situation, panicked and began to run away.

“Tsk…”

The moment Kim Woo-jin raised his gun towards the backs of the two men who were moving away to catch them all in case of an unforeseen situation, a chilling sensation came over him. Kim Woo-jin hurriedly pulled his upper body back.

“Ugh…!”

The first one, who stepped out and got shot in the shoulder, grabbed a jackknife that had fallen to the ground and swung it.

“You bastard, fuck! Serves you right…!”

Kim Woo-jin, whose side was cut long, unable to avoid it, narrowed his eyes at the burning pain.

He made a mistake. He should have pushed it far away like the dagger so it couldn’t be touched.

“Gasp…”

As expected, the jackknife was no ordinary weapon, his head was spinning and his eyes were dizzy. In the meantime, the opponent left the place in a hurry, holding his bloody shoulder.

He tried to catch all four of them but things went to be like this. Kim Woo-jin raised his head, wrapping his hands around his wet side. Now all that was left was him and the man who had passed out with his thighs pierced.

“Haa…”

Barely putting the strength into his fast-hardening body, he pulled out his cell phone and made a call. The person who answered the phone didn’t take long to show up, pulling the car in front of the alley.

“You worked hard.”

Kim Woo-jin, who was sitting next to the man who passed out with a gun in hand just in case, woke up to Park Geon-ho’s voice. In the meantime, the back of his neck was damp from the cold sweat he had shed.

“I have contacted Healer Min Ah-rin, so hold on a little longer.”

“…it’s not that bad.”

Kim Woo-jin, who struggled to get up from his seat, followed after Park Geon-ho. Park Geon-ho, who dragged the fainted man into the car and threw him into the car, confirmed that Kim Woo-jin was properly seated in the passenger seat and immediately started the car.

* * *

Min Ah-rin and Woo Seo-hyuk, who were waiting in advance, quickly approached as he parked the car in the innermost part of the underground parking lot so as not to be noticed by other employees.

Park Geon-ho took the fainted person to be interrogated, and Min Ah-rin and Woo Seo-hyuk supported the injured Kim Woo-jin and moved him to the hospital room.

“It’s paralyzing poison. Even so, there is a small amount of poison that has entered the skin without cutting deeply, so it will be cured immediately. What a relief.”

Seeing the scar on the side, Min Ah-rin breathed out relief and brought the antidote. After drinking the antidote and healing the side and the finger with Min Ah-rin’s ability, his condition was much better.

“How about it?”

“It’s alright.”

Min Ah-rin smiled brightly when she saw that Kim Woo-jin’s complexion, which had been pale with the paralyzing poison, had returned to its original state. It was then that Kim Woo-jin, who had touched the side, who had been in perfect condition without a trace of the cut, pulled down his top again.

“Kim Woo-jin.”

A familiar voice was heard along with the sound of the hospital door opening. Kim Woo-jin’s eyes, who reflexively raised his head, widened. Min Ah-rin, who was next to him, was also startled.

“Han Yi-gyeol?”

“Oh my, Yi-gyeol-ssi?”

Surprisingly, Han YI-gyeol was the one who came to him. Behind him was Cheon Sa-yeon, who had a relaxed smile as always.

He wouldn’t be able to get out of the 23rd floor because of the shackles. Han Yi-gyeol’s ankles, striding towards him, were neat. Did the Master released the shackles? Why the hell?

Cheon Sa-yeon, who read the question from the expressions of Kim Woo-jin and Min Ah-rin, shrugged his shoulders skillfully.

“He got so angry that I couldn’t hold him any longer. I said no once and he got so mad.”

“Be quiet, please.”

Han Yi-gyeol, who replied to Cheon Sa-yeon’s joke with a hard voice, opened his mouth with a rare expressionless face.

“How about it, Min Ah-rin-ssi?”

A chill that couldn’t be hidden flowed from his tone of voice. Min Ah-rin, who was staring blankly at Han Yi-gyeol, came to her senses at the question.

“Ah, um. His side and fingertips were cut by the knife and there was a small amount of poison on him, causing a paralyzing reaction. Everything is cured now.”

“Haa…”

Han Yi-gyeol, who only sighed deeply at the answer that he was cured, said to Kim Woo-jin.

“Kim Woo-jin, you?”

“Oh? Ung?”

Kim Woo-jin, who was mesmerized by the first sight, blinked.

“How is your body? That’s all the injuries? Any more?”

“Ung. I’m fine now.”

“Are you sure?”

“…ung.”

When asked again, Kim Woo-jin quietly nodded with a strange expression.

“But, Yi-gyeol-ssi, did you come all the way here to see Woo-jin-ssi? The shackles… ah, what about Fox?”

“If he’s injured, of course, I have to come. I left Fox in the room. The shackles had to be released anyway.”

They couldn’t interrogate him in the room on the 23rd floor. Han Yi-gyeol, who muttered as if lamenting, looked at Kim Woo-jin with complicated eyes and turned his back.

“Take a rest. Min Ah-rin-ssi, please take care of Kim Woo-jin.”

“Wait, where are you going?”

“I’m going to go see the guy you caught. I already sent Kwon Jeong-han.”

“Then I…”

“No.”

Han Yi-gyeol flatly rejected Kim Woo-jin, who tried to follow him, without even giving him a glance.

“It’s been hard for you to walk around for a few days. Take a rest. I’ll be back after I’m done.”

After that, Han Yi-gyeol left the hospital room with Cheon Sa-yeon and Woo Seo-hyuk. Kim Woo-jin, who couldn’t hold back anymore, looked down at the closed hospital door without hesitation and lowered the corners of his eyes.

“Umm, I think Yi-gyeol-ssi was very surprised because Woo-jin-ssi was injured. He seems angry…”

“……”

“Yi-gyeol-ssi is right. You’ve been running around nonstop for days. He said he will be back later, so in the meantime, you’d better take a rest.”

At Min Ah-rin’s words, Kim Woo-jin nodded and got up from his seat.

“Where is the bathroom here?”

He should at least wash up before Han Yi-gyeol came back. He was covered in sweat and blood, looking terrible.