095. detective (3)
Slum in District 47.
A girl was crowded into a dead-end alley.
Three men were blocking the way out.
“ha… . ha… . In the end, it would be better if they stopped being caught like this sooner.”
“Because this bitch only walks fast, haha… .”
Judging by their sloppy attire, it could be inferred that both of them were residents of the slum.
The woman’s eyes as she looked at the approaching men gradually became colored with fear.
‘Wow, I’m scared.’
It was certainly true that he was excited.
After a great storm-like war passed, the city’s security was near perfect for a while.
Not to mention the upper-class districts, which were originally frequently patrolled by the police, the middle-class districts were also peaceful.
The same was true of the slums located on the outskirts of the city.
I couldn’t figure out how many times I’ve been walking freely on the streets without being wary of my surroundings.
Because of this, he was excited, and at some point he broke away from the group and was walking alone.
And when I woke up, I was in this situation.
‘I, please who… .’
It would have been nice if she had known.
The criminals didn’t disappear by the storm, they just waited for the storm to pass and kept an eye on it.
“Someone help! Please help me!”
The girl’s cry echoed through the walls of the alley.
The men flinched when they heard the shout, but soon found no one to show up, and burst into a nervous laugh.
“It’s loud and screaming. You think we drove all the way to such a remote place for nothing.”
“Leave it boring. I like that one better.”
One of the men chuckled and licked his lips.
I walked slowly past the rusty sign that read ‘Concentrated Patrol Area’ and approached the woman.
The woman tightly closed her eyes.
Yes, even if someone calls out, how many people in this slum are willing to help?
Now it was all over.
“Yeah, so quietly… .”
bang!
Then a gunshot rang out.
“Hey, sir, what—.”
“Come on, wait.”
Two more gunshots rang out along with some noisy footsteps.
bang! bang!
And silence came.
Every time a gunshot rang, the girl’s shoulders trembled, and her closed eyes did not open for a long time.
He was just trembling with fear, holding his body with both arms.
tak, tak.
Hearing the sound of approaching footsteps, he prayed and prayed inwardly.
In the future, I will listen carefully to my parents and not cause any trouble, so please don’t let anything happen.
widely.
The footsteps stopped right in front of me.
“It’s okay to open your eyes. done.”
The girl slowly opened her eyes.
It was four men.
They were all armed with guns, suits and helmets, and one of them was gesturing in front of him.
“Can you stand up?”
One of the four men, Gadman, reached out to the girl.
In the back, colleagues were sending radios to the superior.
Looking at the three bodies lying on the floor with their heads pierced.
“Yes. They look like simple neighborhood gangsters. It does not appear to be associated with any other criminal organization. Yes, we will escort you to the safe area and continue patrolling.”
The girl did not respond.
With tears in his eyes, he just looked at the outstretched hand.
Gadman sighed inwardly.
‘What am I doing here.’
A mark engraved on the front of the suits of his colleagues stood out.
Two crossed guns in the shape of an X and a shield drawn as a background.
Supreme Security.
It was the name of the organization their commander had founded.
No, I thought it would be right to view it as an organization, a company, or an armed force rather than an organization.
My current job is to patrol and policing all Area 47.
“From now on, your main task will be to keep the streets safe. Those who want to leave may leave now. I will not take it.”
‘I should have left then.’
What the mercenaries wanted was something else.
Fierce battles and operations.
Gunshots and metal sounds relentlessly ringing.
Extreme tension, a sense of being alive.
And the coordinated command that makes all of this possible.
‘There were a lot of people who wanted to feel the sensation they felt during the war again.’
But your main task will be policing.
Why do we care about the safety of civilians?
There were not a few people who left in disappointment, and about 150 people remained.
‘Keep it safe. At the very least, it would be good to deal with an organization of some size.’
However, they were all pulled out before the crime even sprouted, so such an opportunity was far from coming for the time being.
Of course, I was very pleased with the contract pay itself.
“Huh-.”
Then the girl burst into tears that she had been holding back.
Four strong men were startled and approached the girl.
And I tried my best.
“Hey, hey, you can comfort me.”
“Uh, how? This doll? Don’t girls your age like that?”
“Idiot, why is the doll here now? You seem to be past the age of playing with such things.”
“Well, then what?”
“Sa, candy? Wouldn’t crying stop if I gave you some sweets?”
They were the ones who lived their entire lives on the rough battlefield.
They were not used to dealing with people, especially small children.
It was when the rest of the mercenaries turned to look for something to soothe the girl, leaving only one person behind.
“Thank you, hey, wow. Black, thank you. Whoops, for saving me.”
The bodies of the mercenaries stood erect.
The girl cried even more sadly.
“Really, heh, thank you so much, heuk, heh-!”
I couldn’t hear it properly, mixed with crying, but the meaning was clearly communicated.
Thank you.
It was strange.
As if those words had become seeds, in an instant, strange emotions spread in the hearts of the mercenaries.
It’s not like I’ve never received a word of thanks in my life.
“thank you. This is the reward for this quest.”
“Thanks to you, I was able to protect things.”
“yes? Buying a drink? Thank you for drinking!”
However, most of them were based on financial relationships or were merely formal greetings.
Therefore, the girl’s expression of gratitude was enough to embarrass the mercenaries.
Because it was a pure thank you that I had never experienced before.
“Hib, hib.”
For a brief moment of silence, the mercenaries felt their noses grow cold for some reason.
The girl’s crying stopped, and they took her to safety.
As he started patrolling again, he repeated himself without realizing it.
Thank you.
Girl say thank you.
I thought maybe this wasn’t all that bad.
And two men appeared where they disappeared.
“Now you look like a really well-trained soldier.”
“They are already rich in combat experience. It’s just that I haven’t mastered systematic mercenary skills.”
Milsian and Cain looked down at the floor where the body had been removed and only bloodstains remained.
“I heard that there are not a lot of people who are dissatisfied with their work and leave.”
“I don’t think everyone will be left. Only those who can find meaning in protecting someone will remain. That’s enough. Departures will continue to occur in the future, and in about two weeks, the number of people will be stable.”
Then I heard a murmur from the front of the alley, and a group of thugs appeared.
“This is it! Obviously there are gunshots… !”
“Certainly I heard Hans screaming too.”
They were taken aback when they saw two men in suits standing in the middle of the alley.
He glanced at the bloodstains on the floor and the faces of the two men, then put his hands in his arms.
“This bird—!”
bang!
The thugs pulled out their guns and tried to shoot, but their opponents moved faster than that.
The men in suits also took their guns out of their arms and, without blinking an eye, fired a gun, knocking down all the gangsters.
Exactly one foot per person.
The corpses with their hearts pierced were scattered on the floor.
It happened in less than a few seconds.
“It definitely feels better than any gun I’ve ever dealt with. They said there are people who want to stay because of the equipment.”
All of the mercenaries’ equipment had been replaced with new ones.
With things that are one step higher than the old ones.
replacement of those damaged during the war.
In addition, there was an intention to hide the existing identities of the mercenaries and approach the residents with a new image.
squeaky.
A marked vehicle appeared at the entrance of the alley.
The mercenaries came down and bowed their heads once to greet me.
“After the body is collected, it will be incinerated outside.”
Soon the work started.
Residents who had suddenly gathered in the area watched the scene carefully.
“Isn’t that little Catan?”
“I have all the gangs running around. Me, me, Yangachi. ”
“I thought I was going to get stabbed in the back sometime, but I died well, I died well.”
An unfavorable murmur spread.
Some would point or spit at a body on a stretcher as it passed.
Milsian’s attention was on the other side.
whispered to Cain.
“I think there are people who are noticing the identity of the security forces. Even if you cover your face with a helmet, and the current equipment looks radically different from what it used to be.”
Cain responded indifferently with a polite, expressionless face.
“There are some people who have good eyesight. But there won’t be many.”
A criminal organization that had been fighting over a scourge was transformed in an instant into a police force that protects the safety of the residents.
It was something that was not easily imagined by common sense.
“And even if you notice, it doesn’t matter. Rejection will eventually subside. Because the important thing for the residents is not the origin of the city’s ruling powers, but how much less sparks they throw at them. Rather, they will accept it without saying a word, as they will protect their safety.”
Milsian nodded.
“understand. You said that your top priority is to secure the safety of the location you will be using as your garrison, but it seems that you also intended to capture the public opinion of the residents together.”
“There’s no reason not to choose if there’s a direction that benefits from anything.”
Cain and Milsian left the alley as they watched the bodies being removed.
I started on the roadside and stood in front of two waiting limousines.
“Then let me set off for the next auction. I will also investigate the location where the last pursuit of the Pavli brothers and sisters took place.”
“Please.”
“Yes.”
As Cain got into the car and was about to close the door, an employee came with a file file and said:
“CEO. I have found what you are talking about.”
“Where?”
“Street 42. It’s a bar in District 2.”
Cain nodded.
After handed over the documents and closing the door, he said to the driver.
“It’s not far. I’m leaving right away.”
“All right.”
Old and shabby buildings continued out the window.
widely.
We arrived near our destination and got out of the car.
He changed his attire to that of a sloppy traveler, and also changed his face to a disposable face that will only be used this time.
I took a few extra steps and arrived in front of a shabby bar.
「Travelers House」
The signboard, which was broken and dusty, was blinking even during the day to see if it was broken, and the rusty iron door had a hinge off and was tilted at a strange angle.
quiver-
Opening the door reveals a dark interior.
Daytime drinkers were strewn all over the table like wet rags.
The man who appeared to be the shopkeeper was dozing on a chair inside the bar.
‘Hey there.’
Cain found the rat-headed prisoner lying on the table in the corner of the store without difficulty.
He strode over, grabbed a bottle of water on the table, and poured it over his head.
“Get up.”
“Key, key profit!”
The guy, who had become like a wet mouse, raised his head with a strange iron noise.
“You, you, you what, what, what! Kihik!”
The boy’s eyes gleamed with madness.
Syringes and small bottles of gray liquid lying on the table suggest that they are heavily drugged.
“Hamelak, a former mercenary of the Greenhorde, expelled for drug overdose. Am I right?”
“What, what, Kiik, do you know my name, Kick?”
“Looks right.”
“Who is who, Kick! Mo, I don’t know, but get out!”
The guy who had been smirking suddenly swung his long fingernails.
It was so fast that I couldn’t even think that he was drunk with drugs or alcohol, but his hand was frozen in the air by the “gravity field” I had unfolded.
No, not just his hands, but his entire body.
“Key, key kick, hey, what is this, kick!”
“I think I need to wake up from alcohol and drugs.”
I poured water into a plate of height and width.
And there he buried his face.
Soon, bubbles burst out of the water with a bubbling sound.
After a while, he raised his head.
“Kihak!”
“Are you out of your mind now?”
“You, you, I will kill—!”
with a plop!
He put his face back on the plate. And the same behavior as before was repeated several times.
“Wake up, wake up! Kick, G, you’re all awake now!”
“Good luck.”
I let go of the hand that was holding the boy’s back.
His face fell on the table, and then he heard the sound of heavy breathing.
I said, wiping my hands with a piece of cloth that was nearby.
“Do one thing with me.”
* * *
squeaky.
A tall building located in the city center.
A luxury limousine stopped in front of him.
The guards bowed to greet the man who got out of the car.
“Did the representative come?”
Cain nodded and went inside.
The staff who were walking around also bowed their heads politely towards him.
After giving Hamelak some instructions, he was about to return to the headquarters of Supreme Security.
“CEO. All repairs to the building have been completed. Here is a breakdown of the cost of the workers and the materials that went into it.”
A man who appeared to have a rank followed Cain.
When Cain accepted the pile-cheol, he made a nervous face.
“… … .”
“The underground arena must be closed for now. We will use it for other purposes later.”
“Yes. All right.”
When Cain looked at the documents and didn’t respond, he sighed in relief and took the file again.
As Cain walked down the hallway, the staff grabbed papers and clinged to each other.
It was because the representative who was often away from work did not have many opportunities to receive approval.
Shuuk.
With a single gesture of Cain’s hand, all the piles the employees were holding were sucked into his hand.
“Let’s talk after review. Come back and wait.”
The faces of the employees were contemplated.
It was because the person who took over the facility they had been in charge of was able to understand within a few days that it was not easy to pass on anything written on the document.
I saw someone who was embezzling being dragged to the outskirts.
Rumors were circulating that those who failed to manage documents properly were fired from the group.
ding-.
Whatever their expression, Cain got into the elevator.
The door closed, and I soon arrived on the 13th floor with a sense of rising in my body.
ding-.
After passing through the well-polished hallway, we arrived at the office.
At the desk in the middle was a blonde woman whining with a pen in front of a pile of papers.
“Is it worth doing?”
“I am dying. no more No, I will not.”
She tilted her head back and threw her neck behind the back of the chair.
And it started making strange noises like a cat with neurosis.
He was wandering around in the office with an escort as an excuse, and he was caught and entrusted with some of his work.
“I won’t interfere with my work, so give me another job. other things… . other things… .”
“… … .”
Cain looked at her slowly and pulled something out of his arms.
And it was sent floating in “Yeomdong”.
It was a mithril ore that Milcian had recently obtained at an auction.
“It is the material that will become your equipment. Think about what you’re going to make.”
“uh? uh? is it mine? really?”
She was surprised to see the gemstones floating in front of her.
Then, with a slight gap under it, he put both palms on it.
“Can I dare touch Mithril-sama? He is more expensive than his 20-year salary combined.”
Her eyes were hazy like a woman of aristocratic family standing in front of splendid precious metals.
If there was a difference, the mithril was strictly used only to craft combat equipment.
“If it’s a burden, you don’t have to take it.”
“no! When did I say no!”
When Cain raised her hand, she hurriedly snatched the Mithril.
He gently wiped the outside with his collar and put it in his bosom as if he were serving a shinjukdan.
“I’ll go back to my room later and take a closer look. I just have to make a weapon that fits my hand.”
She couldn’t hide her laughter and got up from her seat, and Cain walked over and took her seat.
tung.
Putting the newly received papers on the desk.
Although all illegal facilities such as arena, gambling halls, and drug exchanges were closed, there were many facilities that had to be managed.
In addition to large department stores targeting the upper and middle classes, there were more than 20 small facilities.
“I saw it while looking through the documents. A number of investigators will be dispatched from the capital at the command of the Commissioner of the National Police Agency.”
It was information obtained through the information guild.
It cost a lot of money for information, but it was worth it.
“Wouldn’t it be better to save yourself for a moment? Leave the facility management to someone else and go to another area for a while… .”
“No, I’m not running anywhere.”
Cain replied, reclining in his chair.
And I remembered the communication I had with Bama at dawn.
“The boss has not given any instructions yet. However, the police’s movements are unusual, so I told them to be careful about their activities for the time being.”
Cain assessed the current situation and plans for the future.
‘Are you going to move there first? An order to get rid of a particular criminal carries the risk of being suspicious, but an order to hold onto it would not be so unnatural.’
As I have already said, I had no intention of leaving Area 47.
However, since a considerable number of guests will come, they should have prepared accordingly.
wow.
Cain’s palms covered his face.
And when the palms came down again, the face had changed.
Cain’s too.
Not Evan’s either.
in the face of a third person.