< 58. 21st Century Robin Hood (12) >
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Minjun said it simply, but Ha Eunseong realized that it wasn’t usually that hard once they actually started. This was because every time Jenkinson and the secretaries discussed something seriously, the lines increased and the filming time became longer.
Moreover, Minjun, who guided the acting, was a very strict director.
“Hey! Your tone is so cheap. Again!”
“No, let’s take a break there. Look at this video. This is Chairman Kim Kwang-woo’s usual way of speaking.”
“Stop rubbing your palms. You look nervous. And stop rolling your eyes.”
“Hey, stop shaking your legs!”
“Straighten your shoulders! Control your expression. No, don’t laugh. Why are you laughing? Are you taking a picture?”
Filming finally ended after a longer period of time than expected.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
This was my first time possessing someone’s body for this long, and my first time acting in this way.
Ha Eun-seong sighed, feeling mentally exhausted.
However, the body was in perfect condition.
‘Come to think of it, why is it so light? Even the most excellent psychic would have to show a rejection reaction to this extent.’
There was absolutely no sign of Kim Gwang-woo’s body pushing out the alien soul, so there was no need to force himself to endure.
I could feel the physiological phenomenon of how well my body was adapting.
“Excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom…”
Minjun pointed in the direction as if it was his own house.
“Over there. While you’re at it, change your clothes. The ones Kim Gwang-woo wore when he came here.”
They said they were going to manipulate this footage to make it look like it was filmed months ago. Ha Eun-seong followed his instructions, gathered up her clothes, and went to the bathroom.
And I was amazed.
“and!”
This was my first time in a place like this, alive or dead. A bathroom with all the walls made of glass. It was almost like an observatory overlooking the skyline of downtown Seoul.
‘When I think of my old home, this place feels like a palace.’
Ha Eun-seong felt slightly depressed as he recalled the stinking communal bathroom that had been used by five generations.
There are people in the world who live like this.
“omg!”
Standing in front of the toilet, there was a glass window right in front of the toilet, and a dazzling night view of Seoul unfolded before her. Ha Eun-seong, who had been exclaiming, looked down at the place where her eyes could not help but go, and was amazed again for a different reason.
‘Wow···. Orcs are really··· Wow···. As expected of an Orc···.’
When I returned to the office, unable to contain my admiration, Minjun and the others had finished preparing.
“You know what’s next?”
Ha Eun-seong nodded, slightly nervous.
“yes.”
While going down to the parking lot, CCTV faithfully recorded Kim Gwang-woo’s (Ha Eun-seong) movements. The attendants were already subdued. The scene of him leaving Jenkinson’s headquarters in the same vehicle as when the chairman arrived was also captured.
If he wanted to keep this meeting a secret, he could have stopped recording or deleted the footage, but Dragon didn’t do that.
A few dozen minutes after Ha Eun-seong’s black sedan left the building, the Korean media all began reporting a single piece of breaking news.
The news was that a cargo truck and a luxury sedan collided and exploded in the middle of Seoul.
***
– A cargo truck crashes at an intersection in Munrae District 2, Seoul… All four passengers die.
The road was deserted because it was late, and there were no casualties other than the two vehicle occupants. What caught the police’s attention was the sheer size of the explosion. The investigation revealed that the truck was loaded with explosives.
Obvious terrorism.
Although the body was horribly mutilated, the identity of the occupant was eventually revealed. The DNA of a businessman known as the richest in Korea was found in the sedan, and CCTV footage confirmed that he was indeed driving the car.
The only one left was a truck driver, an ordinary orc who wasn’t on the police’s criminal list. Apparently. The gang did their own inquiries, and it didn’t take long for them to figure out that he was a Red Star member.
However, there were some things I couldn’t figure out until the end.
The fact that the orc driving the truck was already dead and he was driving the car. The fact that he was already murdered by Minjun at the ‘school’ and that his body was relatively intact and being used as an undead was beyond the scope of what the police and the gang could figure out.
“Red Star?”
When Kim Gwang-woo’s death became a fait accompli, real power passed to his children.
The head of the gang was killed in a futile terrorist attack. If not properly avenged, the organization’s discipline and foundation could be shaken.
“But, why the Red Star pups all of a sudden? We were in a ceasefire!”
Some of those gathered for the countermeasure meeting were confused by the identity of the culprit. It was understandable. Not everyone here knew about Kim Kwang-woo’s recent activities.
His eldest son said with a growl.
“There’s no need to join hands with us anymore!”
“yes?”
The eldest son explained something that only a few people knew. On the day of the accident, Kim Gwang-woo went to meet the Elder Dragon. The orcs’ faces turned pale when they found out that the reason was the rival dragon’s corruption.
“My father was sure that Jenkinson would be returned in good health. He was a wise man. His prediction turned out to be correct.”
The scene where Kim Gwang-woo walks down to the underground parking lot of Goryong’s company and gets into a car and leaves was clearly captured on CCTV.
“The Red Star guys probably expected my father to disappear or be killed there. But they were prepared for that to not happen either.”
Now that the push has been completed, the Changcheon that was threatening the slum business will soon be eliminated. The ecosystem-disrupting species will disappear.
So will the two organizations that have made this place their base from the beginning continue to maintain peace?
It seems the other party decided that there was no need to do that.
“I didn’t think we would be partners for a long time from the beginning, but I didn’t expect it to be this blatant.”
He ground his teeth.
“Anyway, in the eyes of those communist bastards, we are also a group of capitalists that need to be eliminated. But… you have picked on the wrong person.”
There was only one way to avenge this humiliation.
Returning the wounds they had inflicted.
The war has begun.
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The orc gang’s counterattack was carried out in perfect order.
Those who know best the power and arrangements of those hiding in the cesspool are those who also live in the cesspool.
Red Star, of course, insisted that it wasn’t their doing, but it didn’t work.
The most perfect future they had imagined was one where Chairman Kim Gwang-woo was eliminated by Dragon and the gang fell into chaos without being able to take revenge. However, things did not go as planned, and as the gang continued to cause damage, they ended up changing their plans.
Since it had already come to this, they decided that it would be better to completely devour the gang’s territory and take control of the slums. Since Changcheon would soon disappear, they would be the only rivals left.
It was as if they had already been caught in an irreversible torrent. The time for either side to extend a hand of reconciliation had passed.
It seemed that the only way to end the war was for one side to be completely defeated and disappear.
Toodoodoo!
Boom! Boom!
A heavy explosion echoes throughout the streets.
The rotten smell that filled the alley was buried in the smell of gunpowder. The sound of heavy weapons and magic destroying buildings struck my ears. The sound of chaotic footsteps filled the space. Screams.
Because of the sporadic fighting, there are no civilians left within the Orc community. At this point, the only people going out are members of the organization.
A gunfight was taking place between them.
“Damn it, shoot! Shoot!”
This battle also began with a gang of orcs raiding the Red Star Den.
Behind those who were building a defensive line and responding, a half-collapsed building stood precariously. The windows were already shattered, and there was a large hole in the middle, and fire was spreading in all directions from there. It was a sign of a rocket attack.
Indiscriminate shooting awaited the Red Stars as they took refuge outside.
Doo doo doo doo!
A burst of gunfire. A deafening roar. Bullets poured down like a torrential downpour, tearing holes in the walls and floors. The barricades were neither strong enough nor dense enough to stop them all.
Phishing!
A bullet from the gang hit the head of the Red Star Wizard who was spitting fire from behind. A wolf-man leaped over the corpse whose jaw had been blown off.
Gyaaa …
Using thick hide that could block bullets as a shield, the werewolf charged into the enemy lines. The werewolf tore and tore apart every orc it could get its hands on. Flesh and blood were scattered roughly.
“Eww!”
“Stop it! It’s a power user! Send power user support over here!”
The moment the wolf bites the back of another orc gang member’s neck, a blue sword is thrust into his back.
Kwajik!
The body of the orc holding the sword was covered with tattoos indicating that he was a member of a gang. He pulled out the weapon that shimmered with a cold aura. The moment he swung the blade and shook the blood into the air, the wolf was already down.
The examiner spits on the corpse.
“Fuck, you fucking commies!”
The wolf whose heart had been pierced returned to its original form as the water-repelled state was lifted. His true identity was also an orc. In Red Star and the gangs, orcs made up the majority of the military. Thanks to this, at first glance, this war seemed like an internal strife among orcs.
“Kill them! Kill them all!”
It was not easy to figure out how the situation was going and who was winning. There were no media outlets that dared to go undercover and the government responded very passively.
The police focused on protecting the public and keeping the two groups out of residential areas. There was no direct police attack on Red Star or the gangs. The intention was clear.
Meanwhile, police were also given an unusual order to evacuate homeless people to temporary accommodation, which turned out not to be necessary.
This is because the welfare foundation under Changcheon accepted them all into the hospital. Since the existing facilities were insufficient, they rented a building outside the Orc community to accept them. Even the poor who had hesitated because they did not trust the dragon had no choice but to accept the offer this time. If they continued like this, they would have been caught up in a fight and died violently.
Meanwhile, Ha Eun-seong visited the undercover office on the date Ji Seon-gyeong requested, but she was not there and only an encrypted note was left behind. It said something urgent had come up and asked to meet at a different time and place.
=You must have noticed, right?=
Minjun shook his head and said to Ha Eunseong, who asked anxiously.
“No, they must have set up a new hideout because of the gang. Red Star must be anxious too, so they must have come to see you.”
The Changcheon Foundation continues its relief work for the poor. Contrary to expectations, there are no signs of Jenkinson disposing of Changcheon.
“The shit line is probably going to come off by now.”
Because their plan is valid under the assumption that Changcheon disappears.
“There’s no way I’d give up the means to spy on what’s happening among the Elder Dragons.”
It was just as he promised.
Ji Seon-kyung appeared in front of Ha Eun-seong, who had gone to the place written in the note.
***
“The next target is Jenkinson.”
When Ji Seon-gyeong, whom he met again, said that, Ha Eun-seong tried to act embarrassed.
‘It’s exactly as the agent said, right?’
He was already in a spirit state, having left Chairman Kim Gwang-woo’s body, and was sending out psychic waves.
=Infiltrate the Ancient Dragon Lair again?!=
Ji Seon-gyeong’s face was much more pale than before. She spoke in a tone that seemed tired and stressed.
“No, it would be better if you didn’t necessarily limit yourself to rare ones. Follow that ancient dragon closely. Who he meets, what he talks about… Remember everything and report it to me.”
A tone of speech that is overtly directive.
Ha Eun-seong shouted as if it was nonsense.
=It’s dangerous! The missing ghost also disappeared on the day he met the dragon!=
In fact, I acted even though I knew that such a ghost did not exist.
=I told you that if it’s an Elder Dragon, there would be at least one bodyguard with a telepathic ability following it around! And you’re telling me to tail an Elder Dragon?=
Then Ji Seon-gyeong gave him a cold look.
“So, are you saying you can’t do it?”
=······.=
Ji Seon-gyeong knows that the current situation is not normal. Chang-cheon is still alive. If things continue like this, they will not be able to get what they were aiming for, and will only engage in a war of attrition with the gang, which could result in their power being reduced.
It was she who conceived this plan and put it into action. Therefore, it is of course Ji Seon-gyeong who should be held responsible for the results.
He had to find out why the red dragon had been lurking around all this time. He had been ordered by his superiors to find out when Changcheon would deal with it… no, if there was even a plan to deal with it.
=No, but this is a bit.=
As Ha Eun-seong continued to hesitate and hesitate, Ji Seon-gyeong said this.
“It seemed like you really cared about your younger siblings, but I guess that’s not the case?”
At that moment, Ha Eun-seong’s face distorted with anger.
This time it wasn’t acting.
“We are currently monitoring this from the outside.”
=?!=
“If you see even the slightest sign of something strange in me, a signal will automatically be sent to my colleagues, and Ha Eun-seong’s younger siblings will have to endure a rough time. Do you understand?”
=You!=
“So, if you have any intention of forcing yourself on me, please give up.”
Ji Seon-gyeong was also a telepath and knew what Ha Eun-seong could do if he put his mind to it.
“There’s no way your colleagues watching from beyond the camera wouldn’t notice the attempt. The moment you try that, your younger siblings will be immediately···”
Ji Seon-gyeong stopped talking. She heard a loud noise and screams from downstairs. Her face turned ashen in an instant.
“no way?!”
Ha Eun-seong knew that the moment he had been waiting for had arrived. Min-jun had started to handle Ji Seon-gyeong’s escort on the first floor.
“this!”
She gave me a poisonous look as if she had noticed something.
“You, really?!”
Ha Eun-seong shouted, gritting his teeth, as if he thought he had leaked information. He was holding a teleportation scroll in one hand.
“Do you think they’ll be okay after this?!”
Instead of explaining that Minjun’s movement was a sign that his siblings had evacuated, Ha Eunseong jumped towards Ji Seon-gyeong. The spirit body dug into the other person’s body just before the scroll was torn apart.
“Gyaaaah!”
Ji Seon-gyeong rebelled desperately.
The scene was being broadcast on video, but there was nothing they could do about it. Her colleagues had already been subdued by Jenkinson’s agents.
“Get out! Get out of my body!”
Ha Eun-seong had a hard time because of a completely different reaction from when he took over Kim Gwang-woo’s body.
=No, what kind of mental strength···!=
There were two reasons why it was difficult to seize the initiative. First of all, Ji Seon-gyeong was not a great psychic like Kim Gwang-woo. Unlike back then, when she had absorbed everything smoothly as if she had oiled her spirit body, this body was very resistant.
Also, Ji Seon-gyeong’s will and mental strength were incredibly strong, even stronger than the orcs who had been committing dirty deeds for a long time!
“Ugh…! This crazy ghost… Get out! Get out!”
Ji Seon-gyeong resisted, scratching her body with her fingernails and rolling around. Ha Eun-seong, who was fighting for control, was already dead, but she felt like she was dying.
=Give up! Give up!=
She had to be held until Minjun arrived so she couldn’t escape. Ha Eunseong crushed Ji Seonkyung’s soul. He concentrated with all his might. He had to take it away. He had to take control of this body. So that Minjun could interrogate this woman!
=Ugh!=
He felt like his spirit was boiling with energy. It felt like his spirit body was going to burst. The rebellion was that strong. The mental struggle continued for a long time. He muttered to himself several times.
You have to hold on!
“go away!”
Ji Seon-gyeong screamed with blood flowing from her mouth. Her body was trying to expel Ha Eun-seong’s spirit, which was no different from a foreign body. Eventually, the spirit that had completely overlapped her physical body began to separate again. If this continued, she would be thrown out of her body.
Ji Seon-gyeong screamed.
“Please… just, get out of here!”
Ha Eun-seong held on desperately.
The ghost shouted with all his spiritual power drawn out.
=You… get out!=
“!”
At that moment, Ha Eun-seong saw it.
A brilliant flash of light spread out from within his translucent spirit body.
He had seen this light twice before: once in the bank vault, and once when it resonated with the magic circle that contained the dragon’s ghost.
And now this was the third.
A radiant and beautiful light spread out from his soul.
=No?!=
A moment of embarrassment.
=!=
Ha Eun-seong heard an eerie scream. It wasn’t a sound coming from Ji Seon-gyeong’s vocal cords. It was a mental scream from someone other than himself.
And then.
Wormwood!
In the midst of the stagnant chaos, he felt something slipping away. Although he couldn’t understand the English, Ha Eun-seong felt the pressure that had been weighing down his spirit body weakening.
Immediately afterwards, a cool sense of openness swept over his mind. The stress that had been fighting and clashing between the two souls in his small body up until now suddenly disappeared. The refreshing feeling of facing the plateau at the end of a steep climb and the cool breeze gently enveloping it.
Ha Eun-seong gasped for breath in a comfort that was difficult to describe.
“uh?”
That’s right. Ha Eun-seong was breathing.
“I stole it!”
He let out a gasp. His body moved. He was in complete control of Ji Seon-gyeong’s body. Her hands were shaking, with her fingernails still embedded in the flesh from the self-harm she had just committed.
bang!
The door flew open, and Minjun came in with perfect timing. There was bright blood all over his body.
“hmm?”
Minjun immediately realized the situation because Ha Eunseong’s spirit body was not visible and Ji Seonkyung was sitting in a strange posture instead of running away.
“Okay, so you succeeded in getting the ice?”
The ghost slowly nodded while controlling Ji Seon-gyeong’s body.
“Ah… yes.”
“Okay, wait a moment while I tie you up. Once you’re completely subdued, you can come out. I’ll do the interrogation.”
That was their plan.
however.
“Ah, I···.”
“what?”
Minjun stopped tying Jiseonkyung’s wrists and looked at her.
“I think you don’t need to tie it.”
“What? You’re going to interrogate the souls in there? If you ask her questions, she’ll answer honestly?”
Possession refers to a state where two souls reside in one body. Even when Ha Eun-seong dominated Kim Gwang-woo, the orc’s soul did not go anywhere and continued to remain in his body.
The problem is that in this state, the body instinctively resists the invader, just like the human immune system.
This is why the state of being possessed cannot last long. It is only a matter of time before the body can be returned to its owner.
Originally, that is.
“Excuse me.”
The ghost spoke in a woman’s voice.
“what?”
Ha Eun-seong witnessed an unexpected phenomenon. The moment a brilliant light swept through his soul, Ji Seon-gyeong’s soul was thrown out of his body. Originally, it should have been the other way around. It was something that made no sense.
I looked around, but there were no ghosts or other phantoms around.
Ji Seon-gyeong’s soul evaporated as soon as it was thrown out. It was thought that she had disappeared into the spirit world like most people who have met death. She would probably never be able to return to the material world again.
This phenomenon can be expressed in a simple sentence:
“Agent, over there. I think I just made this woman’s soul… come to life?”
< 58. 21st Century Robin Hood (12) > End
