Chapter 149 – Those Left Behind (1)
A special prison for awakened criminals stood firmly facing the mountains on the outskirts of Seoul. Former Black Dragon Ark keeper Choi Soon-hong was licking his lips and looking at the prison scene. From the foot of the mountain where they were, one could see the prison as if from a bird’s eye view, but it was very difficult to find them from the prison side.
Standing next to Choi Soon-hong were several other members of the organization carrying complex equipment. One was equipped with a rocket launcher that could be fired from a distance, while the other had a large blueprint open and alternated comparisons with what the prison looked like.
The reason they came here was to rescue Kim Hyun-ki. The masked man who was given the rescue order also said this in a rather unexpected tone.
“If possible, they will try to rescue them, but in the worst case, they are ordered to kill and silence them.”
One of the members of the organization recalled the situation at that time and said:
“But wouldn’t it have already vomited up everything about the secret base? It’s already been four days since he was captured.”
“It wasn’t that easy. The instrument that extracts and uses that information is a very dangerous thing.”
“Ah, because of human rights issues.”
The other giggled at the criminal’s nonsense. It was because it sounded ridiculous to come and talk about human rights. Was it really not used because of human rights issues in this neighborhood, where murder and persecution are common?
“Human rights are Niimi. It’s a machine that extracts information because it’s nice to speak. It’s actually a brain frying machine. If you use it once, even a sane Hunter becomes an idiot, so what if you use it on an idiot who is already an idiot? They just die before they get the information they want.”
“Isn’t it okay to ask a recovery hunter to recover by your side?”
“Don’t you think all recovery classes are omnipotent? If that was the case, wouldn’t any of the hunters in the gate die? According to the newspaper article, it was already a built-in function when it came in, and it was a miracle that everything was destroyed and alive. If that’s enough, even if you have a recovery hunter, you need to recuperate for at least two weeks.”
“That’s why I’m recuperating right now, so I can’t fry my hair. Good luck.”
The man nodded his head. Choi Sun-Hong said while sitting on a rock.
“By the way, then, he must be under strict surveillance right now, but can he really be rescued with this strategy?”
“Oh, no need to worry. Elderly. Last time we were Kim Deok-bae? What was his name? Is that Kim Deok-bae?”
“Kim Chun-bae.”
Hunter, who finally remembered Kim Chun-bae’s name, nodded his head and continued his words.
“Because of Kim Chun-bae killing him, they always have people with barrier-breaking abilities standing around Kim Hyun-ki saying they’ll kill Kim Hyun-ki this time too, right? But we won’t kill you this time. You don’t even get into it in the first place. According to the newspaper article, Kim Hyun-ki’s ability is very rare, so there is no restraint or prison that restrains talented people like him, so it was newly established this time.”
Hunter, who was loading the rocket gun, nodded and agreed.
“That’s right. What kind of tank did you say you could run current through so it couldn’t go out?”
“Didn’t you say that it was wrapped in water with high voltage or something? Okay. So this time, our captain didn’t specifically get the electrical construction drawings and facility blueprints used during the recent construction work in the prison. If you look here, here is the reserve power used in Kim Hyun-ki’s tank. And the main power here. Destroying just these two places will cut off the power supply to the tank. Then, from now on, Kim Hyun-gi will take care of it. If you can’t go out because you’re sleeping during that time, why don’t you sell yourself?”
Choi Sun-hong frowned and said.
“At the time, I had barriers installed throughout the prison. How are you going to solve that?”
“Old man. It disappeared after being scolded at the hearing last year for wasting taxes. Even if you don’t have that, you’re saying that you can protect yourself as a person or something.”
“Haha.”
Choi Soon-Hong was dumbfounded and let out an empty laugh. The hunter sitting next to him finished assembling the rocket launcher and lifted it up playfully.
“Look at this. It’s done.”
“Then I guess we can do it the way we do. Our elder blows a shot toward the main power, and you blow a blow toward the reserve power in line with that, and it’s over. Okay?”
“Okay.”
Former Black Dragon Ark Choi Soon-Hong nodded her head, then straightened her waist. The Hunter holding the rocket gun was a man with the awakening ability that he could hit wherever he wanted by simply holding it in his hand and throwing it or shooting it. With a confident face, he raised his battery into the sky, and at the same time, Choi Soon-hong flew into the sky.
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The time is 12:30. It was a time when a drowsy energy was spreading in the prison due to lunchtime. After the person with the barrier ability covered his face with his hat, he buried himself in the chair he had brought and slept soundly. Kim Hyeon-gi was staring at the flowing water with a sleepless face.
In the main power room, a technician who came to inspect the facility for a while was simply checking if there were any problems, and since the reserve power was literally a reserve power, no one came to see it at this time.
No one expected a big event to happen in the quiet hallway, where the sounds of the second and minute hands were particularly loud.
The moment the minute hand changes to 12:31. Everything happened as if he had been waiting for that moment.
Bang! The exciting sound woke Hunter from sleep. Kim Hyun-ki heard a sharp sound like fireworks being launched from a distance and raised his body with his eyes widened. The rocket launcher penetrated the wall of the reserve power room, which no one was guarding, and rolled on the floor. Then, with the alarm of the trigger device that activated a beat late, it started to burn the hallway with passionate flames.
Bang!
The barrier ability person was startled by the fire from the reserve power room and used his ability to stop the flames from sweeping the hallway. A transparent barrier blocked the corridor, and the technicians who barely entered the barrier were complaining of pain with their faces and arms burned red.
And just as they gathered their eyes toward the reserve power room, Choi Soon-hong, the black dragon ark, came down in front of the prison watchtower. Landing on the roof of a building in a deserted suburb, he once again recalled the location of the blueprint the hunters had told him about, then put his hand forward and drew in the black energy. He used the technique he used earlier to catch the A-class monster Chariot to protect people, but now he was using it to free the terrorists who were killing people.
“Ha!”
Along with Choi Soon-hong’s spirits, something like a black mist changed into a shape similar to an arrowhead and was shot out. The energy that penetrated the wall of the power room and destroyed all the facilities, wandered inside the building until it was exhausted, and when Choi Soon-hong changed the shape of his hand, it coiled like a snake and exploded.
Bang!
The ensuing explosions made the hunters panic and couldn’t come to their senses. Kim Hyun-ki slowly raised his head and looked around. I watched the rippling water through the transparent wall. He carefully put his foot out and felt nothing. The electricity was cut off due to an explosion a while ago.
Kim Hyun-ki smiled of her conversion and carefully started to break through the wall. The Hunter who blocked the flames by hitting the barrier shouted.
“Uh, huh? Where are you going hey! Quickly press the switch! Switch!”
“Is there no electricity?”
Leaving behind the conversations of the embarrassed hunters, Kim Hyun-gi ran outside. I could see the Black Dragon Ark standing on the roof of a building in the distance. Kim Hyun-ki reflexively shook one hand that had already fallen off, then switched to the other hand and shook it again.
The Black Dragon Ark found Kim Hyun-ki waving her hand and threw something. Round sphere. Kim Hyun-ki knew what that sphere was. With a bright smile on his face, Kim Hyun-ki ran forward and permeated into the ground. Her bullet just barely passed over Kim Hyun-ki’s head. Kim Hyun-ki’s left hand grabbed the button of the escape device and pressed it firmly.
The bullets made sharp movements and dug into the dirt floor.
But nothing was left there.
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Kim Hyun-gi giggled at the corner of the city. He still thought the sky was giving him a chance to avenge himself. He smiled and turned his head. A masked man was approaching. In a dark back alley, a man wearing a mask and a dark hood seemed to become one with the background.
As if he had been looking for Kim Hyun-ki for quite a long time, her body was full of sweat and her eyes were shaking.
Kim Hyun-ki said.
“What’s the matter? Why are you looking for me like this? Huh?”
“…Location tracker”
“What?”
“Stay still.”
Sparks flew lightly from the masked man’s hand. He pressed his abdomen with his hand and discharged electricity before Kim Hyun-ki had time to respond.
“Uuuuu!”
Kim Hyun-ki screamed and fell to her knees. Black smoke billowed from his body. Said the man.
“The captain did. Just in case, the association said they put a location tracker in when they operated on you. It had to be beaten a little too hard to ruin it.”
Kim Hyun-ki’s face was distorted.
“You… You are this baby… !”
The man said calmly.
“You should be grateful. Now it’s your turn to kill Jang Ji-wan.”
Hearing that, Kim Hyun-ki’s face brightened as if he hadn’t gotten angry.