NOVEL NEXT Chapter 37
Chapter 37
After Ji-woo had fallen into corruption and become completely Si-yoon’s minion as a Corrupted Slave,
the three of them, soaked with sweat and bodily fluids, washed up and sat on the sofa.
“Wow! Oh…?!”
Si-yoon was trying to practice using Ji-woo’s special ability ‘Weapon Manifestation.’
“Has it been too long since I last played a game…?”
He used to easily ignite small flames when using pyrokinesis,
but now he couldn’t even manifest a small dagger.
“Ji-woo, how exactly do you manifest weapons?”
“Um… Just think of yourself as a game character, and it’s not hard!”
Ji-woo immediately spread her hands to the sides, focused for a moment,
and soon manifested her favorite weapons, dual pistols.
“Like this… this is how you do it.”
“…That’s tough.”
Like any typical person, Si-yoon had played a lot of computer and mobile games,
but after becoming an organization’s fighter, he had almost forgotten about games for years.
“Is there any limit to the weapons you can manifest?”
“No! It doesn’t have to be these guns; sharp weapons or even a bow are possible.”
Ji-woo showed not only dual pistols but also a long sniper rifle, sharp daggers,
and even massive weapons like a greatsword or a spear that looked hard to lift.
“Wow! Like this…! I can manifest large weapons too.”
“Oh! I think I recognize that spear from some character.”
Seeing the spear that Ji-woo was holding, Si-yoon seemed to recall something,
closed his eyes for a moment, and took a pose as if holding a spear.
“…Oh!”
In his hands, which briefly emitted a blue light, was a long spear.
It was the same heavy, pointed spear Ji-woo was holding.
“Have you also played War of Champions, Master?”
“War of Champions? Ah… You mean War of Champions?”
“Yes! You know it!”
War of Champions, despite being nearly a decade old, was still beloved.
Si-yoon had played it earnestly in the past.
“Was it Season 1 or 2… I played it a lot back then but then quit.”
“The character using this spear was released early on, so that’s probably why you know him.”
As she explained, the character using this weapon was one from his playing days,
a warrior-type character charging with a spear and shield.
“Yeah. The one running around with the shield. I remember now. It’s been so long?”
“I’ve… never played games, so I wouldn’t know…”
Si-yoon reminisced about memories from a few years ago.
Do-hwa felt left out as the two talked about a game she didn’t know,
showing a slightly sullen expression.
“It’s okay! You said you’d play games with me later.
We can go with the Master.”
Ji-woo took Do-hwa’s hand, who seemed downcast.
“Right. I quite like gaming too.
And speaking of that… we’ve been so busy mating like beasts that we forgot something important.”
“Oh! What about the Trickster…?”
They had just returned to the hideout after over three hours of beast-like intercourse, forgetting,
but they were on a mission to chase after ‘Trickster’ Chaeryeong.
“He definitely said the operation was a success…”
“Of course! The operation was a success.”
Disguised as an operative, Si-yoon had taken some measures and even sent a text saying the operation was successful,
but Chaeryeong had vanished without a trace before boarding the transport vehicle.
Do-hwa was curious why he declared the operation a success.
“As the report stated, Trickster is definitely a clone ability user.”
—
A few hours earlier, at the cafe on the outskirts of S City where the ‘Trickster’ Chaeryeong capture operation took place.
As Lumi and Do-hwa rushed into the cafe,
Si-yoon turned to follow them in as Do-hwa had directed.
“Now?”
Just as he was about to chase after, Ji-woo grabbed Si-yoon’s arm.
And pointed to men in black suits standing beside the building.
“Master…? There are suspicious people over there.”
“Suspicious people?”
Men in black suits wearing sunglasses were standing by the building.
They weren’t there before Do-hwa and Lumi entered the cafe,
but seemed to have appeared from somewhere hidden, lying in ambush.
They looked suspicious to anyone,
but with the street having low pedestrian traffic, only Ji-woo and Si-yoon were watching them.
– Sssshhㅡ
“Smoke from inside the cafe…?”
“Seems like they’ve used smoke bombs or sleep gas inside.”
In the brief moment their attention was diverted,
white smoke was slowly escaping from the cafe.
“It’s a common method villains use when their hideout is about to be exposed.
Those men are probably waiting to catch anyone fleeing.”
“Indeed. Experienced heroes are different.
Should I disguise myself as one of those men?”
“It would be good for you to do so, Master… but not for me.”
Amongst men who were at least 180 cm tall and robust,
Ji-woo, who wasn’t even 160 cm, would look extremely suspicious in a suit.
“Then please go up to the roof and keep watch. If it gets dangerous, I’ll need immediate sniper support.”
“Yes! Understood!”
Ji-woo ran up the stairs that led inside the building next to the cafe.
After sending Ji-woo off, Si-yoon cautiously approached the men in black suits.
‘Three of them… It won’t be easy, I suppose?’
Without hesitation, Si-yoon approached the men in black suits.
Then, the man who seemed to have the best physique among them came towards Si-yoon.
“You can’t come this way. It’s dangerous here, please step back.”
“Huh? But I need to go this way.”
Considering Si-yoon as an ordinary citizen, the men said it was dangerous,
and without explaining further, they blocked the alley entrance.
“Are you arresting a criminal or something? A villain, perhaps?”
“I told you it’s dangerous. Leave now.”
The man tried to push Si-yoon away by his shoulder to keep him from entering.
Si-yoon clenched his fist and punched the man in the face.
– Thwack!!
“What the… what are you doing!”
“You pushed first, didn’t you? It’s self-defense.”
The man, struck on his right cheek, staggered and struggled to lift his head properly,
suggesting the impact was quite significant.
“This bastard… grab him!”
“Yes!”
With the staggering man stepping back, two others charged at Si-yoon.
“Hup!”
He first pushed away the bald man rushing from the left with force,
and then delivered a kick to the rough-looking man trying to grab his arm from the other side.
“Argh!”
“Kehek!”
The bald man, slammed against the cafe’s outer wall, slumped down against it, overwhelmed by the shock,
while the rough-looking man, hit in the stomach, clutched his belly and glared at Si-yoon.
– Pew!
“Freeze. Put your hands up and stay there.”
A sound not as loud as a regular gunshot.
The man who was hit first had fired a warning shot with a silenced pistol.
‘Ch… I can handle hand-to-hand, but a gun is a different story.’
Thanks to his combatant training, Si-yoon was confident in close combat,
but dealing with a gun was an entirely different level.
“I said raise your hands! Don’t you hear me?”
“Haha…”
Eventually, Si-yoon stood in front of the man pointing the gun at him, raising both hands.
– Swoosh!
“Guh?! Urgh!”
The man holding the gun was suddenly pierced in the neck by a thin projectile from somewhere,
and lost consciousness a few seconds later, collapsing.
The same fate befell the man clutching his stomach, who fell asleep instantly as if drugged,
indicating someone had fired needles loaded with a sedative.
‘Could it be… Ji-woo?’
“Argh… Argh!!”
While watching the now sleeping man for a moment,
the bald man, who had been catching his breath against the wall, charged again.
‘I’m not confident, but I’ll get the hang of it in real combat.’
[ Using Slave: Yoon Do-hwa’s ability ‘Pyrokinesis’. ]
Si-yoon used Do-hwa’s ability to wrap his fist in flames,
and with his arms spread wide, he thrust his flaming fist towards the man rushing to subdue him.
– Pababak!!
“Aaaaaaah!!!”
The man’s hand reached Si-yoon’s shoulder before the punch landed,
but he screamed in pain from the explosion of flames from Si-yoon’s fist.
“Phew… I could get hurt too. Now I understand why they wear suits.”
The tips of Si-yoon’s fists, which had been wrapped in flames, were slightly singed,
leaving a bit of a bright red burn mark.
Of course, it was also because he wasn’t used to using the ‘Pyrokinesis’ ability yet,
but as he said, it was because he lacked the suit or gear that would protect against such abilities.
– Ring!
[ Ji-woo: I’ve handled it as ordered! ]
“Just as I thought. Ji-woo helped out.”
After checking the text message from Ji-woo,
Si-yoon stripped the sleeping man of his clothes and sunglasses.
“The size is just right. Ugh, don’t they clean these sunglasses?”
Now dressed in the black suit and sunglasses,
He lined up the unconscious men next to the trash cans in the cafe alley.
“Okay… and if I put these in my ears…?”
Fully disguised as a coalition agent, Si-yoon.
He slowly walked towards where other agents would likely be.
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