Chapter 69
“Grrgh, grrrrgh!”
While trapped inside the box truck, Yeom Taeksu used every last ounce of strength he had to undo the cable ties.
It was not an easy process.
The cable ties Eunseong had used to bind Yeom Taeksu were not ordinary cable ties.
They were made by mixing Etherium into synthetic plastic, so they were tremendously strong, and on top of that, they even interfered with a Hunter’s ability to release Ether.
However, after more than ten hours of effort, Yeom Taeksu succeeded in undoing the cable ties.
Though his wrists had been scraped raw beyond repair, his blood vessels damaged, and white bone exposed.
Grit!
Yeom Taeksu gritted his teeth and summoned his Spirit Sword.
It was a Spirit Sword in the shape of a shield studded with spikes.
THUD, THUD!
With the shield in front of him, Yeom Taeksu charged toward the freezer compartment door.
BAAANG!
After several attempts, the door finally broke.
THUD!
Yeom Taeksu crashed onto the ground, which was littered with pieces of concrete.
“Grrgh!”
Yeom Taeksu gritted his teeth and forced himself up.
His whole body was covered in white frost, and white breath flowed from his mouth without pause.
His eyes shook without focus.
“Hehe!”
A laugh full of madness flowed from Yeom Taeksu’s mouth.
“You damned bastards...... Now you are all screwed...... I will tell Boss right a......”
Yeom Taeksu stopped muttering and closed his mouth.
Eunseong was smiling broadly.
“......!”
Yeom Taeksu’s face went rigid.
“Attention.”
“......Attention.”
Yeom Taeksu’s body straightened reflexively.
“Good job.”
“Yes......?”
“I said good job. You are not dead yet. As someone said, it would have been troublesome if you had turned into frozen pork belly.”
“......”
“Why are you not answering?”
“N-No, sir. I will answer. Uh...... Th-Thank you.”
“What are you thankful for?”
“Uh. Um.”
Yeom Taeksu wracked his brain with all his might.
“Because it seemed like you were worried about me......? Yes, that is why I said thank you. Hehe, hehehe......”
“Our Taeksu is such a good boy.”
“Y-You flatter me......”
“Hand.”
“Yes......?”
“Hand.”
At Eunseong’s urging, Yeom Taeksu held out his mangled hands.
“It must have been hard undoing them.”
“N-No, sir.”
“What do you mean, no?”
Squeeze. New cable ties wrapped around Yeom Taeksu’s wrists.
This time, there were no fewer than three of them.
“Try undoing these too?”
“That will absolutely never happen. I promise.”
“Do not talk about promises. What meaning would something like that have for people like you?”
“......”
“Go. Forward.”
“Yes, sir.”
His answer was spirited, but Yeom Taeksu’s shoulders sagged.
He looked exactly like a pig being dragged to a slaughterhouse.
“See? He did not die.”
“You are right.”
“By the way, where is my iced Americano?”
“Do you not have hands or feet?”
“Tch.”
Choi Yura pouted.
***
One hour later.
“Phew.”
After gulping down the iced Americano Duhyeon had bought, Choi Yura looked as though she had finally come back to life.
“If there is anything you need, please just tell me. I will go buy it right away.”
Duhyeon, who had joined them only after the wild dawn had ended, was quite helpful to Eunseong’s group.
After all, Eunseong, Choi Yura, and Oh Taegwon were Hunters whose faces were known, so they were in no position to wander around Bucheon carelessly......
“Sorry, but go out and buy us something to eat, roughly.”
“Yes, brother.”
After filling their stomachs with the food Duhyeon bought, Eunseong’s group discussed their future plans.
“Poking the hornet’s nest had an effect.”
Eunseong sneered as he checked drone footage and traffic CCTV provided by portal sites.
Even in broad daylight, biker gangs wearing Joker masks were stirring up every corner of Bucheon.
In addition, Nine-Tail Crew members armed with all kinds of firearms were spread throughout the area around Bucheon Station.
“What are you going to do? The situation has become like this.”
“What is there to worry about? We have the Trojan horse we are going to ride over there.”
Eunseong pointed with his chin at Yeom Taeksu, who was crumpled in the corner.
“You want to use him to infiltrate?”
“Yes.”
“That is not a bad idea.”
Oh Taegwon, who had been quietly listening, slightly raised his hand.
“Go ahead and speak. It is fine.”
“What do we do after we infiltrate? Those bastards will swarm us like a pack of dogs......”
“You do not need to worry about that. It will be handled on its own.”
“Pardon......?”
“It means do not think about what comes after.”
“If you could explain in a little more detail......”
Choi Yura poked the confused Oh Taegwon in the ribs with her elbow.
“Just accept it. He is always like that.”
“What do you mean by that......?”
“What do you think it means? It means he is sinister. That guy hides a lot even from his allies.”
Choi Yura threw out a pointed remark, but Eunseong pretended not to hear and continued doing what he needed to do.
He inserted a needle he had taken from his Inventory into a vein in his arm and connected the line to an Etherium IV bag.
Soon, the Etherium IV fluid flowed through the line and slowly entered Eunseong’s bloodstream.
His forearm was firmly packed with dense muscle.
A faint light spread along the bulging vein.
“I used up a lot of Ether last night.”
Eunseong said with a slight grimace.
An Etherium IV caused severe pain due to vascular irritation, so it was a method even Hunters avoided, but its effect was certain.
“Taeksu.”
“Ah, yes, sir.”
“You know what you need to do, right?”
“Pardon......?”
“Why are you pretending not to know? You heard everything from beside us.”
“......”
“You can handle it properly, right?”
“I-I will do my best.”
At Eunseong’s question, Yeom Taeksu showed a servile smile.
***
That night.
The area around Bucheon Station was more ominous than ever.
With every gang member belonging to Nine-Tail Crew, whether ordinary person or Hunter, stirring up the streets, it looked as though not even a single ant could get in or out.
But there was a vehicle leisurely approaching Bucheon Station......
“We will conduct a brief inspection.”
Nine-Tail Crew members stopped the white Rolls-Royce Cullinan.
“Inspection, my ass.”
Yeom Taeksu rolled down the window and growled.
“Ah, Brother Taeksu.”
“What do you mean, ah, fuck. You bastard, where are you pretending not to know me? Do you not even know my license plate?”
“I-I am sorry. Boss Taeil ordered us to conduct inspections thoroughly......”
“What bullshit. Did Boss Taeil tell you to search even my car......”
Just then.
Boss Taeil
A call came from Gu Taeil.
“Yes, Boss.”
“I was a little busy escorting new VIPs. I apologize, Boss.”
“It is a little difficult to explain in detail right now, but they are the children of some very important people.”
When Gu Taeil’s voice came from inside the car, the gang members who had stopped Yeom Taeksu’s car hurriedly opened the way.
When Yeom Taeksu stepped on the accelerator, the Cullinan smoothly glided forward.
“They are the grandchildren of a chairman whose company ranks among the top ten in our country.”
“I will work hard, Boss.”
“Pardon......?”
From Gu Taeil’s mouth came a torrent of curses, along with stories about what had happened the night before.
“S-Something like that happened?”
“Then what should we do about today’s auction? Should we cancel it?”
The “higher-ups” Gu Taeil mentioned naturally meant Incheon Union.
Nine-Tail Crew, which controlled Bucheon, was clearly a subordinate organization of Incheon Union.
“I will keep that in mind, Boss. By the way, where are you?”
“Yes, Boss. Please be careful on your way.”
The call ended.
“Good job.”
Eunseong, who was sitting in the back seat wearing a skull mask, casually praised Yeom Taeksu.
Even sitting in the car, the fit of his tuxedo was no ordinary sight.
“Indeed. That was fairly good.”
Choi Yura, who was sitting beside Eunseong, agreed and added a word.
She was wearing a seductive red dress and a leopard mask.
Her tattoos were all covered with special makeup, so unless she took off the mask, no one would recognize her as Bloody Mary.
“Th-Thank you.”
Yeom Taeksu answered while breaking out in cold sweat.
***
The place where the Rolls-Royce Cullinan driven by Yeom Taeksu arrived was the underground parking lot of a hotel.
Club Golden Sun was located at the very top of this hotel.
The hotel was guarded like an iron fortress by Nine-Tail Crew members, so vehicles that had not been approved in advance could never enter.
When eight o’clock in the evening arrived, luxury imported cars worth hundreds of millions of won entered the underground parking lot one after another.
Rolls-Royce, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bentley, Aston Martin, and more. The cars varied by brand.
One unusual point was that most of the vehicles were large SUVs, regardless of brand.
Multi-passenger vehicles like Kia Motors’ bestseller Carnival, Hyundai Motor’s Starex, and Mercedes-Benz’s Sprinter were also visible.
The customers who got out of the vehicles were all wearing animal masks, such as goats, lions, monkeys, horses, and more.
“This way, please.”
Yeom Taeksu, who had gotten out of the driver’s seat, escorted Eunseong’s group.
Thanks to that, unlike the other customers, Eunseong’s group took an elevator that only Nine-Tail Crew members could use and moved to Golden Sun’s VIP room.
“Um, will you really spare me once this is over?”
“Who knows.”
“......”
At Eunseong’s answer, Yeom Taeksu’s face turned deathly blue.
“I am joking. I should keep my promise. Unlike human trash like you, ordinary people like us try to keep our promises when possible.”
“Th-Thank you.”
At Eunseong’s answer, Yeom Taeksu seemed somewhat relieved and stroked his chest.
Ding!
The elevator doors opened.
Ding!
At the same time, the doors of the elevator right beside them also opened, and Nine-Tail Crew members poured out in a crowd.
“Is that you, Taeksu?”
“B-Boss Taeil.”
Yeom Taeksu discovered Gu Taeil approaching and flinched.
By coincidence, it seemed Gu Taeil had also arrived at a similar time and taken the elevator.
‘Krrgh!’
Yeom Taeksu felt as if he would go mad from wanting to tell the truth right away.
That it was these bastards, that these people right here were the ones they wanted to grind up and drink.
But he could not.
Because if Eunseong pressed a single button in his pocket, the two one-kilogram TNT blocks installed on the inside of Yeom Taeksu’s thigh would explode and blow him to pieces.
Rainy Lotus
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