Kim Cheol-kwon, who is building up reinforcement -1-
Kim Cheol-kwon, who is building up strength
I registered Kim Cheol-kwon in the sanctuary and let him in for a while.
Actually, I came here a few days ago.
He said he knew there was a sanctuary in his house, so he was just waiting for an opportunity nearby.
Then, he found out that I was up on the rooftop and chased after me.
I treated myself to a cup of warm coffee.
Kim Cheol-kwon received the coffee with trembling hands and drank it.
“What happened?”
“Hoo······”
Kim Cheol-kwon looks into the empty teacup.
After a while, I finally answered.
“I was betrayed.”
“Betrayal? To whom?”
“Who would they be? My subordinates, no, those bastards! Those bastards! Who picked them up from living in the back alleys and raised them! You raised those bastards who couldn’t eat even once in three days into level 2 superhumans, and now you’re stabbing them in the back! You’re going to kill them all!”
Kim Cheol-kwon shouts, gritting his teeth.
Level 2 superhuman.
That is, the iron fist faction executives.
I stared at Kim Cheol-kwon.
I thought it was a coincidence.
‘I was betrayed in the game, and now I’m betrayed here too.’
Honestly, I thought it was over after the last human hunter thing.
The betrayal of the Iron Fist faction.
But it seems that the Iron Fist faction’s betrayal was planned.
Last time it was just a low-level gang’s deviance, but this time it’s to the point where even high-ranking officials are involved.
“Did all three of you betray them?”
“······I don’t know. One is certain, but the other two······”
“Who is it? The guy who definitely betrayed me?”
“It’s that guy, Go Jun-beom.”
Go Jun-beom?
Who is that?
When I make a face that says I don’t know, Kim Cheol-kwon smiles bitterly.
“The guy in charge of the Shinwon Market. Last time, a thug tried to lure Superman and kill him.”
“Were you involved at that time as well?”
“I’m not sure.”
“Why did you betray me? I didn’t seem like the type of person who would betray easily.”
“No.”
Kim Cheol-kwon shook his head.
“What meaning do loyalty and righteousness have in this world? Getting stabbed in the back of the head is a daily occurrence. The person who gets stabbed is a fool.”
“Well, that’s true.”
“It’s my fault for not making a magic pact or planting a hacking code. Phew, I thought you’d think of me as an older brother if I treated you like a younger brother, but I was too naive.”
Kim Cheol-kwon clutching his chest.
“That bastard, Ko Jun-beom, in particular, was not happy about the ban on human trafficking.”
“A lot of back-alley money comes from human trafficking, especially when it comes to body modification.”
“Yes. After the Master gave me the Geonwoobong facility, that bastard Go Junbeom insisted strongly. We should also sell the children’s bodies after modifying them like the Janitors’ Association.”
“The boss was against it?”
“It wasn’t just that I opposed it, I strictly forbade it. Well, actually······”
Kim Cheol-kwon hesitates for a moment.
He instinctively examined his severed arm and said:
“My brother and I were sold when we were young and had our bodies modified. As a result, my brother was left unable to move properly, while I was able to make a living by using my modified body.”
Yes, that’s right.
This is the content that appears when you clear Kim Cheol-kwon’s personal quest.
When I nodded calmly, Kim Cheol-kwon smiled faintly.
“I guess you already knew.”
“I guessed it.”
“Anyway, because of that memory, I couldn’t tolerate human trafficking and forced body modification. The Geonwoobong facility was only used for our gang. I think that’s what Go Jun-beom was dissatisfied with. Honestly, the Geonwoobong facility is a really good thing. Whether you make s*x slaves or use it for illegal body modification for a fee, it’s a really good thing for making money. That one thing alone is comparable to all the protection fees from other areas of Sillim-dong.”
In the end, it’s all about money.
There was just one blind spot.
“But you’re a level 3 CEO, and three, no, two level 2 executives betrayed you and you suffered like this?”
“It wasn’t just the two of them. There was a level 3 mercenary.”
“Level 3 mercenaries? How? As far as I know, you have to pay billions to hire level 3 mercenaries.”
The amount of money Lee Jae-yeol spent on hiring human hunters was 20 billion won.
It’s because there are conditions attached to assassination and keeping secrets, but even if you use mercenaries normally, you’d have to spend at least several billion.
You’re not even a gang boss, and a mere executive has that much money?
Kim Cheol-kwon lowered his voice.
“When I was attacked, I was poisoned, drugged, and mentally attacked.”
“Huh? Is that by any chance······”
“Yes. I suspect that the poison faction and the nudist faction were involved.”
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Then it makes a difference.
The Poison Party had made a lot of money by selling drugs, and the Nudist Party had made a lot of money by collecting forced donations. Since they were being attacked by the Iron Fist Party, they probably wanted to fight back somehow.
The outline has been roughly drawn.
Instead of driving out Kim Cheol-kwon, why not make a deal by acknowledging the current territory of the Cheol-kwon faction?
Currently, excluding Kim Cheol-kwon, the Iron Fist faction has three level 2 superhumans.
Since there are only two level 2 superhumans in the Poison Wave and the Naked Wave, it is burdensome to go all the way.
I guess they thought it would be a good deal if they just got rid of Kim Cheol-kwon.
“Superman!”
Kim Cheol-kwon suddenly knelt down.
“Please help me! I have no one else to rely on but you, Superman. If you don’t help me, I will die and my poor, kind little brother will die too!”
“No, why are you doing this?”
“Please! Please! I beg you! I will do anything you tell me to do! If you tell me to lick your shoes, I will lick them. If you tell me to die, I will die. So please! Please!”
Kim Cheol-kwon looks up at me with desperate eyes.
To be honest, it was burdensome.
I was comfortable with a moderately cooperative relationship, but I didn’t want to take full responsibility for anyone.
So, he turns down countless requests to join and works alone.
Work life, organizational life, group life.
Because out of all those experiences, I don’t have a single good memory.
But, but······
If I don’t accept it, Kim Cheol-kwon will die.
The back alley connections you worked so hard to build up are gone.
Go Jun-beom?
Another member of the Iron Fist faction?
There is a high possibility that those two do not have upright personalities like Kim Cheol-kwon.
Maybe he’ll try to eat me like he did Kim Cheol-kwon.
At least Kim Cheol-kwon doesn’t betray.
These are the lynxes who have already proven their humanity by betraying others.
The answer to which one to choose was already given.
A decision made based on cold calculation, far removed from loyalty and human relationships.
I held out my hand quietly.
Kim Cheol-kwon can hold it with his left hand instead of his right.
“Okay, I’ll help you.”
“Thank you, Superman! No, Brother!”
“Just call me Superman.”
“How can you call me Superman! Absolutely not!”
“Then I won’t help you.”
“Th, uh, uh, um, yeah! Okay! I’ll call you Superman! Superman-hyung! No, Superman-sama!”
Kim Cheol-kwon, who always had a cold face.
At this very moment, he looked like a private who had just graduated from training camp.
I pretended not to see him and brought my golf bag.
He glanced at the severed right arm and then asked.
“Don’t you have a spare prosthetic arm?”
“It’s in the car. It’s the lowest level, so if I wear it, I’ll be level 1. Should I use that? Oh, and Superman, please speak comfortably.”
“Okay. I’ll take that one, and I’ll use this one if I have to.”
I handed over the rifle I used to use.
Even with an underbarrel grenade launcher attached.
I went out and got into the car.
The sun has already set.
It was quiet outside. If I were you, I would have been watching my house, but the traitors didn’t seem to be doing that.
Oddly enough.
Kiing, Chuck.
Kim Cheol-kwon had a spare prosthetic arm attached to his right arm.
A normal level 1 prosthetic hand.
It was the prosthetic hand I saw in the game tutorial.
This is a characteristic of reinforced soldiers with implanted bodies, such as Kang Hwa-byeong, Kim Cheol-kwon, and Director Kang.
The level is determined by the body level.
So, while it was easy to level up, it was also easy to be consumed by the magical power produced by the body.
“I’m ready.”
“let’s go.”
Vroom!
The old, worn-out car started up.
Kim Cheol-kwon drove the car with a determined face.
A road that goes all the way around the foot of Geonwoobong Peak.
There was no ambush.
Only a musty stench wafts in on the cool autumn breeze.
I knocked on the passenger window.
‘That’s strange.’
Why is it so quiet?
And how many days has Kim Cheol-kwon been hiding near my house?
If only the three gangs, the Iron Fist Gang, the Poison Gang, and the Naked Gang, had joined forces, that would have been possible.
There is probably no one who knows those three better than Kim Cheol-kwon.
But he clearly said that he also hired mercenaries.
Level 3 mercenary.
A mercenary who is as skilled at killing people as a human hunter.
‘Maybe this······’
pitfall?
The trait was immediately replaced.
[sixth sense][insight]
I think of Kim Cheol-kwon as a passing remark.
“You said that three days ago? You managed to escape.”
“Whew, that was really close. God helped me. I’m thinking about having faith when this is over.”
Kim Cheol-kwon shuddered as if he didn’t even want to think about it.
It was filled with nothing but respect and admiration for me.
There is not even a shred of sinister malice that seeks to betray.
then······
I put my goggles on inside out.
Kim Cheol-kwon looks at her with a puzzled look, but soon understands.
Because the Iron Fist faction’s stronghold began to appear in the distance.
Looks like they thought they were ready for battle.
Actually, it was different.
[Detection]
It was because of this characteristic that I had to wear goggles.
I stared at the Iron Fist faction’s stronghold, a ten-story commercial building standing tall alone, surrounded by a wall of managed one-room apartment buildings, and frowned.
A dark aura is rising in clumps.
It’s not magic.
It’s just my gut feeling and inspiration warning me and visualizing it for me.
‘It’s a trap.’
Kim Cheol-kwon is bait.
What you’re really after is me.
Why? Who?
There are many things to consider.
I had to go around here and there to draw aggro.
I had no choice either.
Because there is no way to become strong by living round and round.
‘Among them, those who can be linked to the executives of the poison faction, the nudity faction, and the iron fist faction······’
Mobilize all your gaming knowledge.
Equip all relevant traits and roll your head.
A transcendent sense that goes beyond the sixth sense and touches inspiration soon led to one conclusion.
‘Human Hunter!’
You will become accustomed to the back alley ecology.
There will be some contact with the gang.
It must have been entangled with me long ago to the point of plotting a conspiracy.
The only ones who meet all of these conditions are the human hunters’ brothers.
Bomber and demolition expert.
The linked quest that I had been preparing for while chasing the human hunter was triggered late.
‘then······’
This is where it has to end.
As with the human hunters, if you miss them both, they will attack you more severely the next time.
I leisurely observed the Iron Fist faction’s stronghold.
I know what the plan is.
‘We need a way to track the bomber.’
To do that, you have to walk into the limbs.
If you make it look like you’re trapped and let the bomber down, the bomber will leave traces as usual.
If we can just catch those footprints, we can track the bomber just like we did the human hunters.
The demolition expert will obviously be guarding the bomber.
“Go in.”
“Shall we go right in? I don’t feel well. How about gathering some information first?”
“It’s okay. Just trust me.”
I’m currently at level 4.
It’s on a different level from when we attacked the dagger faction.
[Einherjar Training Method][Magic Heart][Magic Shield]
[Shooting][Rapid Reload][Insight]
bang!
I kicked the door open and went in head on.
Clank! Clank!
The defense was already prepared.
Behind the steel barricade, members of the Iron Fist gang were aiming rifles, shotguns, and even machine guns at me.
There are almost a hundred of them.
Iron Fist faction executives were also seen.
Now, there’s Ko Jun-beom and another person whose name we know.
There were originally supposed to be three, but it is not visible whether they are absent or did not participate in the betrayal.
“Hehehe.”
Go Jun-beom stepped forward and started talking.
It wasn’t a defenseless situation.
A translucent wall with dancing waves was erected in front of them.
It’s been a while since I last saw him, but half of his face is covered in an iron mask and both of his arms are replaced with exaggeratedly large steel prosthetic arms.
“You’re really barging in. You punk! Are you a level 4 superhuman? I’m a level 3 superhuman too! If you’d just behaved, we’d have taken care of you appropriately, but since you’re on that old bastard’s side, you too······”
Why is this guy like this again?
There must have been some secret story and psychological change, but I don’t care.
I took the shotgun, [shock] the multi-purpose gun, and aimed it at Ko Jun-beom.
Go Jun-beom burst into laughter.
“Shoot! This is a bulletproof station! Shoot!”
Bulletproof station master.
An object that can easily block normal gunfire.
I chuckled and pulled the trigger.
Pupupupu!
A much duller and heavier sound, noticeably different from a normal gun.
I fired all 10 shots.
You can vividly feel the magic power being consumed and the magic stored in the ring being transferred.
And the bulletproof station master.
It gets pushed backwards with a loud bang.
[Shock] The ability to push away bulletproof fields as if they were tangible objects.
After a few more steps, it passed through Go Jun-beom and flew far away.
Go Jun-beom opens his eyes wide.
Before the prosthetic arm could even properly activate its magical powers, a 12-gauge shotgun shell sank into the area.
“Kwaaaaak!”
The combination of shotgun and impact capabilities was formidable.
Each and every iron ball is imbued with shock power, pushing away everything it encounters.
What if that was a human body?
It’s torn.
As if being torn apart, torn to pieces, and beaten to pieces.
You said you inserted a new body and became level 3?
So what?
Without proper defensive properties, it would be difficult to even stop a normal rifle bullet.
This is especially true if it is an SR grade enchanted gun made by a level 8 wizard.
“uh······”
“What, what······”
“Tongue, bro?”
The Iron Fist gang members look dumbfounded.
of course.
Because the scene where a level 3 superhuman standing behind a bulletproof station master gets blown up like a blender is something you don’t see even in a snuff movie.
Crunch.
By utilizing the rapid reload characteristic, the reload was completed in just 1 second.
When he aimed the shotgun at another officer, the officer screamed in frustration.
“Shoot! Shoot!”
Pufufufu!
Tata! Tata!
The sound of gunfire intersects.
Kim Cheol-kwon behind me instinctively cringes, but it’s meaningless.
Because the magical shield that had grown in the meantime blocked all the bullets.
If it was a magic shield, it would have been broken without being able to withstand concentrated fire.
On the other hand, the magic shield was different.
Pufferpung! Pufferpung! Pufferpung!
It held up great while I poured bullets and magic power on it.
“Eww!”
“Cough!”
“Hey, save me! Save me!”
Neither bulletproof barriers nor steel barricades were of any use.
The impact shotgun shells I fired while sharpening my magazine and exhausting my magical power pulverized everything in front of me.
Just one minute.
The time it took for the Iron Fist faction to be annihilated.
“What the······”
Kim Cheol-kwon looked at me like I was a monster.
