Chapter 40 – [What Is Life, Just Live as You Live]

As soon as I turned off Shion’s phone, I got ready to leave. As soon as I go to work, I feel sorry for Baek-ri and Seo-ae, but to be honest, our Zion is more important than that.

“Your sister-in-law was kidnapped?!”

“It’s okay because the minimum safety is guaranteed.”

“Isn’t it kidnapping though? You should report it to the police!”

“It’s a cliche that the police can’t even use the side for things like this from long ago.”

Besides, if you call the police, I can’t punish the bastard who kidnapped our Zion.

“I took half of my strength and spread the force field on Shion. He probably won’t budge even with an attack that would shatter the earth. So there’s no need to worry about Zion getting hurt, limited to this earth.”

“Uh…Then can’t we leave it to the police?”

“There are two more kidnapped children. Bonamana, my wife is kind, so I thought of them and deliberately kidnapped them. To be honest, my wife is not weak enough to go and die even if I don’t protect her.”

I took out the Raccoon Man mask transformation headset from my pocket and held it up.

I don’t know which bastard kidnapped my wife, but I have to destroy them all.

“Ah, I’ve come to where you are. The location is… Jongmyo? I’ve kidnapped you in a very old-fashioned place. Are you the eldest son of a head family? You’re a precious bastard.”

“Jongmyo Shrine? It’s a tourist spot, so won’t there be a lot of people coming and going?”

“It looks like there’s even a separate restricted area. But if you put it in the middle, who knows? It’s like hiding a tree in the forest when people flock to it and you can’t even see it.”

When I roughly figured out the location, I spread my spirits. A radius of several tens of kilometers around me. That alone put the area equivalent to one-sixth of this country into my mind.

At a little distance from here, there are signs of Zion and two signs of a child nearby. And even though he’s hiding, I could feel the presence of a guy who didn’t even know what to do with me.

Just stay there I’m going to change my face

“I’m going to take care of my business today and run away. No, since I won’t be back today anyway, since you’re not the boss, I’ll secretly give you a discount and give you two pieces of Kosik for the price of one, like two pieces of chicken.”

“Your business is ruined?!”

“Just do it today as a surprise event. If you fry it, the taste will be worse than mine, so the amount should be large.”

Today, I left the business to Baek-ri and went outside. And when he put on the Raccoon Man transformation headset and pressed the button, a metal mask covering his face was overlaid.

Don’t worry, this raccoon man will kill any kidnapper who touches an elementary school girl!

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Aram woke up at the sound of Shion and Sujeongi talking. At least Aram was kidnapped a week later than Sujeongi, and it seems that Sujeongi was there, so she wasn’t too worried.

“She looks like an older sister, but isn’t she an older sister? Has she ever lived abroad? America? England?”

“She looks like her age, but she is a married woman with her husband who is fine. And if you ask where she is from, I’ll just say America.”

According to his birth name, he is a foreigner who has been naturalized in Korea from the United States. It’s not just the United States, it’s a setting that there is no connection to that side because I’ve been living in another country.

“By the way, what the horn said earlier. I want to hear it again.”

“Ah”

After talking with A-ram for a while, I asked Su-jeong again about what I had said earlier.

It is said that the kidnapper has horns sprouting from his head.

I don’t know how he noticed the invisible opponent, but it’s a word that worries me.

“When I was kidnapped, I hit the kidnapper on the head while panicking.

Soo-jeong showed Shion the scar on her wrist. She said it healed over time, but her scars remained.

It was a mark that seemed to have been rubbed by something sharp.

“I don’t remember the details, but I think I swung it with a part of the face that could have been hit. It felt like I was hit by something hard. But it’s strange that I hit the head and it hurts like this.”

It’s understandable if it’s a bruise or a wound with teeth marks from a bite. But in this case, the case is shrouded in mystery.

It is possible that the abductor was wearing something like a sharp or pointy helmet, but Shion foresaw another possibility.

It smells similar to other incidents that have happened before. Shion also did not live thousands of years next to the worst with his form. If he notices, he goes beyond a hundred steps and reaches a thousand steps. He just pretends to be ignorant to flirt with the worst.

“It’s fine though”

“Huh? Really?”

“As far as I know, someone strong enough to be counted will come, so there will be no problem.”

“……Wait a minute, is the policeman coming?”

“……..”

“Hey, self-proclaimed lady. Say something.”

When Sujeongi argued, Shion exercised her right to remain silent. She stared at Zion with suspicious eyes. If she said that she was an elementary school student, she would be reliable, but since she was older from the beginning, and said to be a married woman, she is less persuasive.

Even if you tell the truth, if the truth is fantasy, it’s natural that it won’t be persuasive.

“But I think I’ll be fine”

Aram intervened in the conversation between the two and spoke softly.

As Shion turned her attention to her, Aram gave her own opinion.

“The kidnapper suddenly kidnapped him, but he didn’t touch it. He gave us food and built us a house and clothes to avoid the sun. If he wanted to do something bad, he would have done it a long time ago.”

“………”

There was a point of its own.

If the other party contacted the parents of the children and asked for money, there might be a reason to treat them well, but now, weeks after the first incident and no contact, the kidnapper’s purpose was not money.

The two children in front of me were fine except for the first victim who died to say that rape or sexual assault was the purpose. Other than not touching and not washing, there is no harm to health.

Only then did Shion arrive at her fundamental question.

What the hell is the kidnapper’s purpose?

“………..”

It’s not money, it’s not sexual desire, if the kidnapped children try to run away, they catch them, but they don’t stab them. Just watch As if he is a child to take care of……. Huh?

When her thoughts reached that point, Shion changed her point of view.

What if, from the start, what was important to the kidnapper was not material things but self-satisfaction?

“If that’s the case, there must be a story you need to hear yourself.

“Subdued? Can the policeman subdue the invisible monster?”

“Because I’m not a cop.”

“……?”

Before Sujeongi could ask Shion about the meaning of the words, the surrounding temperature cooled down in an instant. Even though it was still midsummer and the sun was still high in the sky, a chilling feeling swept over them.

Eventually, a man wearing a metallic raccoon mask landed in a stylish superhero landing from the sky.

The reason why he covered his face and used the mask’s voice-modifying function was unclear, and he spoke his lines openly.

“Do you think I’ll spend more than five minutes going to rescue my wife?”

“Wow! It’s Raccoon Man!”

Aram cheered and hurrahed. Even though he was kidnapped, Raccoon Man’s appearance started a month ago. It wouldn’t be strange even if I knew about it, but there was a side that elementary school kids were more enthusiastic about.

Force users are also treated as heroes, but superheroes who hide their identities are more popular. In addition, the motif is a cute raccoon. It’s not strange that he’s popular with girls.

“Are you hurt anywhere? Oh, both of your kids are there. They seem to be fine. Is there anything wrong with your body or something like that?”

“I’m fine. And I’m worried for nothing.”

“Isn’t there a scratch somewhere? Everything is good, but the durability of the body is the same as that of a normal person. I don’t think I’m worried because it’s a board that gets scars even if it’s rubbed and cut.”

Sujeong, who was more mature than other children her age, realized from the conversation between the two that they knew each other.

And the story that Shion said about her married woman also came to mind at the same time. Then, the true identity of Raccoon Man is…!

Aaaaang!!!

“Ah, the baby is here.”

As the worst raised his hand to parry the invisible attack, a vibration resounded as if something solid had collided with it. It was an invisible attack that would rip even a stout adult man in two with his spine, but he blocked it without even looking.

“Let’s talk to that bastard George. Keep some kids there.”

“Don’t kill me, please subdue it first.”

“Uh, why?”

“I have a guess. I need to hear the story, so I’ll ask you to subdue it.”

“My wife commands me, but I have to do it, no matter. Still, dying at the end is the same, right?”

“Do whatever you want”

If the opponent didn’t hurt a single person, Shion would have reconsidered, but she already has a girl who has passed away. It is a great sin to kill a child who has more days to live than the days he has lived, even if it is a murder involving resentment.

Even under the current South Korean law, if a force user criminal commits murder, he or she can be sentenced to death. It’s not just the death penalty in a nameless name, it’s actually the death penalty.

Even if he kills them here, the result is the same.

“Huh? This bastard is a bit strange.”

The worst thing was that he recognized the kidnapper who was caught in his stomach and unknowingly spit it out. Unlike when he only roughly sensed his location, he now has the ability to sense the movement of a single strand of his hair in order to fight an invisible opponent.

In a sense where you can imagine what kind of person the other person is and even their appearance, what you can’t see doesn’t mean much.

However, what surprised him was that the opponent did not have a human appearance.

“It has horns on its head, and what should I say overall… Why does it have a hard feeling like an insect alien?”

“You mean an exoskeleton?”

“Yeah, that. It looks just like that?”

During the leisurely conversation, the kidnapper reached out his hand. The opponent was bare, but the worst thing was that his hand was covered with an exoskeleton that was flexible and had great strength.

His claws, strong enough to deflect bullets and sharp enough to knock out the teeth of any sword, furiously aimed at the worst head, but he did not dodge and knocked it off.

“Your fighting sense is terrible? I guess you’re not a professionally trained guy?”

The worst that he evaluated soberly changed his trajectory as he punched the wrist part of his outstretched arm. And when his hand passed over his shoulder, he grabbed it, threw it behind his back, and lowered it to the ground.

Kwaaang!!!

The sound of something heavy crashing echoed. Although it is a light judo technique, it was not a useful technique for humans as even the national team players slammed it with such force and speed that the body would explode. Knowing that the other person looks like a monster, he did it on purpose.

It was said that he did a handshake, but the kidnapper was fine. He aimed for the worst leg, swung his hand again, and distanced himself from him, who stepped back to avoid it.

And it started spinning around the worst.

If you can’t see your opponent, it will have a big impact on your fight. Even more so if you turn around so that you can’t figure out your location.

The hijacker, taking the opportunity to surprise, continued to circle around the worst.

“Since I awakened my second ability, there hasn’t been a single one that succeeded in ambush in front of me, bastard.”

The first worst ability is ‘interference’.

It is an ability that can imitate various abilities and has high versatility, but lacks depth. However, it was also the ability that suited him best, as he used a variety of methods in a complex way.

And his second ability is ‘sense’.

Not only the five senses of the body, but also the sixth sense is an ability that is extremely developed. Transcendentalists who have awakened this ability are different depending on their level, but they boast a superhuman sense of foreseeing the future, preventing surprises, and even guessing lottery lottery numbers by taking pictures.

His ‘sensation’ synergizes with his first ability ‘interference’ to form an absolute sense of aura inside the will force field. It varies depending on how wide you usually open it, but it boasted enough accuracy to match the type of cell phone held by a passer-by from several kilometers away even when it was roughly unfolded.

The advantage of not being able to see the opponent was no different from not having it.

I rushed aiming for the worst back, but I already figured out and reacted, twisting my back and kicking a side kick vigorously while turning around. There was a sound loud enough to hear an explosion rather than the sound of the blow, and at the same time, something invisible smashed a couple of thick trees and shattered them.

“It’s damn strong. It’s definitely not human, right?”

No matter how strong a person is, the internal organs cannot be trained. Even at worst, it only guards with its ability, but the internal organs themselves are not strong.

The force user was also kicked enough to hit him, and beyond breaking his bones, he kicked his side, but there is no doubt that his internal organs were not damaged. However, the worst feeling was that the kidnapper, who staggered but rose up unscathed, was recognized.

“It’s annoying, so show yourself first.”

The worst went on the offensive. When he started to attack in earnest after only defending, the aspect of the battle changed. The hijacker, who had been on the attacking side until just now, had come to a position of blocking the attack on the contrary.

If others see it, it is nothing more than punching the air, but seeing the aftermath of the battle causing a roar and shock changes their mind. When you hear a puncture sound tearing through the air, claw marks left by wild animals on nearby trees.

Keying!!

In the worst case, both hands were placed above and below the head and moved simultaneously to draw the Taegeuk (太極). The martial arts and abilities he uses are specialized for killing rather than suppression, so he had to pursue a style, not a strong one, in order to catch it intact.

When Taegeuk was extremely activated, and applied to combat use, strange phenomena began to occur. The force began to tremble around the worst, and soon even the force that covered the kidnapper’s appearance was scattered, revealing the figure of the kidnapper.

“Kreuk……”

As the kidnapper emerged, his bestial howls were heard. His characteristic is not simply to hide, but to be able to conceal everything that can be tracked, such as sounds and smells.

Other than the overall blue exoskeleton and two arms, legs, and a head, there is nothing that looks like a human, but if there is one thing that is human, it is that it is wearing clothes, albeit in tatters. The sleeves of the top and bottom of the top and bottom, which were presumed to be originally white, were worn out and turned yellow to become short sleeves and shorts, but it seemed to be evidence that they were human.

“What?”

The worst feeling of deja vu hesitated for a moment. I had seen the appearance of a human but a monster-like appearance once before.

Taking advantage of such a momentary gap, the kidnapper, no, the monster stretched out his hand and rushed at the worst neck. As his legs swelled for an instant and he spurred on the ground, he accelerated so much that it took only two seconds to reach zero to hundred. Even if you slam the body as it is, the impact is equivalent to colliding with a large truck.

But the worst reacted closely. If he was going to measure combat at speed, he had to come after three digits per hour. After bending down to avoid the monster’s outstretched arm, he applied the Taegeuk wave drawn in a spiral over his arm. Then, the monster’s arms and fingers twisted and twisted in different directions.

“Keep it off!!!”

“One arm at a time”

The Taegeuk, which Choi made by waving his arms, touched the monster’s legs this time. Then the monster’s legs twisted like a pretzel and his body rolled on the ground.

“Two legs. First, I took care of one arm.”

As things came to a close, the worst walked over to Zion and his children. He also had to talk to the kids to keep his mouth shut and he had to know what Shion was trying to figure out.

But the worst that had been moving his steps stopped. The monster was frothing with blood from his mouth and holding onto the worst ankle with one intact arm, preventing him from going. He couldn’t move even if he was in pain, but that desperate look was certainly not an instinctive act at the worst, but a rational act.

“Can’t speak, doesn’t seem to understand. What’s the case with being almost like a beast, but only humanity remains?”

The worst sighed.

Because the worst words given to humans were the condition the monster was in right now.

Worst of all, though he was a little worried, he stepped on the monster’s wrist and broke it, holding onto his ankle and not letting go. He writhed and screamed in pain, but he didn’t mind the worst.

However, even though the monster broke his wrist, he still did not let go of his hand that held the worst ankle.

“No matter how malicious it is, a sin is a sin. You can forgive kidnapping, but you can’t forgive murder.”

The worst thing about murder was that he knew best. That’s why he can be infinitely cruel to those who cross the line.

The girl the monster kidnapped and killed for the first time passed away without even letting go of her youth. The sin is far too short to pay for in a lifetime of human beings.

“So let’s return those kids to their parents, okay?”

I don’t know if the monster understood the worst words. If he had been able to talk, things wouldn’t have turned out this way sooner.

But for now, it seems that the worst words have been spoken to him. The monster’s hands, which he desperately held on to and did not let go of, let go of the worst.

“Okay”

He said to hate sin, but not to hate people.

Worst of all is the sin he committed, but he expressed compassion for the humanity he had left. He thought he would at least be treated like a human rather than a monster.

And from the depths of the worst, a quiet rage arose.

Anger at the culprits who made people like this.