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Episode 26. Kidnapping (3)
I don’t want to be in the same space as that cold S-class… … .
“Mr. Kang Chang-ho, I think we don’t need to fight. I’ll surrender.”
I raised both hands and slowly stepped back.
On the other hand, Kang Chang-ho followed me and closed the distance between us.
“Now?”
Even I can’t believe what someone who escaped once says.
It was a tense situation. Kang Chang-ho acted as if he was going to run forward at any moment.
‘Eek!’
And that moment when Kang Chang-ho’s stupidly large fist was clenched.
I thought I heard the wind blowing somewhere in this room. Was I mistaken?
“Boss, I’m here.”
No, it’s not a mistake.
There’s really a cold wind blowing from the right wall.
Awkward Korean.
Everyone’s gaze turned when they heard that.
In the wall we were looking at, a new gate that wasn’t there until just now was open.
To be exact, it’s a yellow-green magical passage that looks similar to a gate.
“Oh. It’s exactly 12 o’clock. I told you that you are really strict about keeping appointments.”
Then someone pops out of the magic passage.
If the old man is acting so friendly, he must be an enemy.
I was frozen, on guard against the sudden appearance of the Awakened One, but Kang Chang-ho’s reaction was in stark contrast.
“Aha, is this guy the porter?”
Kang Chang-ho threw away even the fight with me and approached me happily.
“It’s rare for someone with the teleportation skill to be able to teleport people. Anyway, I’m glad I got to see it in person like this.”
The S-class Awakened one, standing at the top of the hunters, readily bows his head and offers a handshake.
I wonder how generous the treatment is.
“Welcome to Korea.”
“Ah, yes.”
When Kang Chang-ho greeted him, the teleportation wizard hesitated and took his opponent’s hand.
“Hello… … .”
But who knew that this would be the sorcerer’s last words?
I couldn’t believe what happened right after I saw it with my own eyes.
-bang!
As soon as the Awakened One grabbed his hand, Kang Chang-ho grabbed the side of the sorcerer’s head with his free hand and slammed him straight into the wall…
“Gyaaaaaaah!”
Urrrr, part of the wall collapses.
As if to confirm the kill, Kang Chang-ho firmly grabbed the teleportation wizard’s head and slammed it against the cement floor once more.
It happened in about 3 seconds.
“Huh, huh! You, you, what are you… …!”
The walls and floors were instantly dyed red, resembling a painting by a modern artist.
While everyone was shocked, Kang Chang-ho said while patting the porter’s bloody hands.
“It took a lot of money and time to deal with this one piece of trash.”
“what?”
“The awakened space travellers will run away if you let your guard down even for a moment.”
It’s hard to seize an opportunity.
Kang Chang-ho muttered as he looked down at the Awakened person he had killed, and declared to the kidnappers.
“We originally didn’t want to care whether you were smuggling or illegally occupying the gate.”
The old man’s face turned pale at the S-class hunter’s words.
“But it’s a different story if I smuggle my area’s Awakeners overseas.”
With these words, Kang Chang-ho attacks them.
“Eww!”
“Hey, run inside the gate…!”
The criminal gang members were left helpless.
Do you think the association created a separate grade called S for no reason?
Originally, this world only had hunter ranks from A to F, arranged in alphabetical order, but it is said that new ranks were created later due to the appearance of sorcerers one by one.
A hunter with powers beyond the norm, who dare not be compared to those below Class A.
“Kwaaak!”
That’s the sorcerer at the top of the Earth’s food chain.
I nodded as I watched Kang Chang-ho kill the kidnappers one by one.
For a primitive wizard, he’s pretty good. As expected, let’s not give a shit about Kang Chang-ho.
“hmm?”
But wait a minute.
I was so absorbed in the bloodshed that I didn’t notice, but then I suddenly raised my head and heard a strange sound from outside.
The siren sound repeats loudly and loudly.
“police?”
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Kang Chang-ho, who had half-killed the president of this place, stops his actions and looks this way.
“Did you call the police?”
Oh, right.
“That’s what it was.”
When I immediately affirmed, Kang Chang-ho made a strange expression.
Anyway, it seems clear that you are not happy with this situation.
Kang Chang-ho left the unconscious president and approached me.
And gave a light remark.
“Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo, I’m telling you in advance, don’t try to get me involved with this organization.”
“yes?”
“I just stopped those guys from selling Korean Awakeners overseas. Do you understand?”
I know for a fact that he betrayed the kidnappers.
Perhaps the reason Kang Chang-ho became a VIP was to make them let their guard down and meet the transporter.
“That’s the police’s job.”
But questions still remain.
According to Kim Ki-ryeo’s knowledge, this planet had a separate profession for punishing criminals.
Is there no need to step forward?
“If you knew how slow they are normally, you wouldn’t say such things.”
“yes?”
“I’m not specifically blaming the police. Most of the awakened civil servants have moved to the hunter industry, so they must be struggling due to the lack of manpower.”
“I understand what you are saying.”
“I don’t know?”
Kang Chang-ho narrows his eyes.
“If it were normal, it would have taken several days just to find this place.”
After hearing his words, I feel a chill down my spine. What did he say?
“But this time it’s too fast.”
“… .”
“It seems like our Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo has done something.”
The S-class hunter glanced at me up and down, then walked away with a small laugh.
“I’m quite curious as to why you’re doing this, but it’s late so I won’t bother asking.”
Kang Chang-ho headed into the hallway and disappeared shortly thereafter.
I stared blankly at the sight, and only came to my senses after three seconds.
I didn’t notice because the other person was acting so naturally…
“wait for a sec.”
By the way, where is that kid going now?
Woof-. Woof-. Woof-. Woof-.
I became lost in thought as I heard the sound of a police siren nearby.
The corpse of a teleporter with his head smashed.
An old man bleeding profusely.
In addition, there are three seriously injured people lying unconscious in this room.
That rotten S-class quickly ran away.
Then, of course, the situation becomes like this.
“Hands up! This is the police!”
“Huh, what is this place? It’s covered in blood!”
“From now on, if you use your awakening ability, you will be subject to increased punishment. Do you understand?”
Soon after, people arrived and surrounded the area.
The police look back and forth between the fallen people and me and shout in shock.
“What did this kid do to the victim he kidnapped!”
I hope this ends as a simple incident where ‘it was hard to testify alone instead of Kang Chang-ho’.
“I am the reporter.”
“Don’t move! From this moment on, you are under special treatment for violating the Awakening Crimes Act… … .”
“I am the whistleblower.”
The police must have misunderstood something, but they were very strict. They handcuffed me and started to drag me away roughly.
“No, that’s ridiculous.”
This is how you treat good aliens.
The good news is that this criminal treatment didn’t last long.
A few minutes later, as I was led out of the building by the police, I ran into a familiar face.
That hunter in front of the police car is definitely… … .
“Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo, why are you wearing handcuffs?”
I spoke to the Earthling with a puzzled expression.
“That’s true, Seonwooyeon.”
It seems like Ahn Yoon-seung safely received my text.
***
[Yoon Seung-ah, I’m sorry, but I’ve been kidnapped.
But I don’t know where this is, so I contacted you. If you know someone like Seon Woo-yeon in the association, could you please ask them to look for me?]
[I asked because I thought you would be able to contact the association since you are an A-class.]
[(Attached front camera photo)]
***
About 20 minutes ago.
Late at night, just before midnight.
An urgent phone call came to Seon Woo-yeon, who was buried in bed.
“hello?”
The sender is Ahn Yoon-seung, a class A hunter.
We met often for work and were close friends.
“What? Who was kidnapped… Kim Ki-ryeo? Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo was kidnapped?”
But the news that Ahn Yoon-seung delivered was shocking.
An F-class hunter has been kidnapped.
No matter how chaotic the world has become due to the Gate, it is not uncommon for people to be kidnapped.
“Hunter Ahn Yoon-seung, stay calm. I’ll contact Seo-rang right away.”
Ahn Yoon-seung is a polite college student.
Not only would I not call you late at night unless there was a special reason, I would definitely not make prank calls.
So Seon Woo-yeon was convinced of the seriousness of the situation.
There was no hesitation after that. She activated her skill as soon as she was contacted.
‘The location is not far from here. If I leave in my car, I can meet up with the police.’
This is how Seon Woo-yeon appeared.
“Is there really a missing person in this direction?”
Seonwooyeon’s participation was also a great move in another sense.
“Just keep going straight down this road. You’ll be fine.”
The place where Kim Ki-ryeo was taken was in a deep mountain valley where radio waves could not reach the building site, making tracking him difficult.
A situation where the search almost ended without anyone finding the building.
“This is the building! Here on the first floor, do you see that protruding part? That’s the room.”
It’s amazing that this crumbling, abandoned building is still running.
It is a landscape that is full of anxiety.
“Please go quickly!”
Seon Woo-yeon was a B-class hunter, but he was not an agent suited for combat.
In that the only technique that can be used is tracking magic.
So she stayed outside so as not to interfere with the rescue operation… .
‘Please, be safe.’
Do these prayers reach heaven?
“ah!”
Fortunately, the investigation team successfully rescued the hostage.
There were some minor hiccups along the way though.
“Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo, why are you wearing handcuffs?”
“That’s true, Seonwooyeon.”
Anyway, it was something that could be explained in detail. Kim Ki-ryeo was released from custody without much difficulty.
“Thank you for helping me. But why can’t I see Seung-i Yoon?”
“Hunter Ahn Yoon-seung is currently suppressing a dungeon break that occurred outside the city. I heard he received your text while on duty.”
At this point, I thought everything was going well.
But a little later.
From the moment the kidnapper’s identity was revealed by the police, a strange atmosphere began to flow at the scene.
“Wait a minute, aren’t these guys the wanted human traffickers?”
Lately, the police have had a big headache.
This is because a new criminal organization has emerged that kidnaps Awakened people and traffics them overseas.
Moreover, they cleverly hid the identities of their leaders to avoid being tracked by searchers like Seon Woo-yeon.
Since the name and nationality are not true, it is natural that the skill will not activate.
Even if they managed to find the members of the organization, it only resulted in cutting off their tails. In the end, the investigation continued at a standstill for a while.
But this was none other than their meeting place!
‘And the organization is already on the verge of collapse?’
Seon Woo-yeon was bewildered by the evidence that was being discovered one after another.
Except for a few who escaped and were captured, all of the kidnappers in the building were unconscious or seriously injured.
“It wasn’t me, it was that crazy guy Kang Chang-ho who did it.”
Kim Ki-ryeo made this excuse in the beginning.
Then, when a group of unconscious Awakened people were discovered near the second floor, he quietly changed his remarks.
“I did that because I was trying to protect my body.”
… Now that I think about it, this guy doesn’t seem to have any scars.
‘what?’
A member of the organization who was knocked down by someone.
The bloody room of the organization boss.
The F-class hunter who was found in the problematic room, not at the exit… … .
Seon Woo-yeon, who was organizing his thoughts, couldn’t bring himself to open his mouth.
Was Kim Ki-ryeo really kidnapped?
Is it really true that he has no intention in all this?