Baek Seung-tae realized that his eyes were dark.
The house was burnt down and only ashes remained, and the family did not even know if they were alive or dead, and even the thugs sent by Park Min-gyo were chasing after them.
For now, I decided to get as far away from home as possible.
I rode the mountain behind the apartment, not the road. I deliberately moved to a forest without a trail, not a hiking trail.
“omg… … omg… … .”
I got lost along the way and I think I walked for more than three or four hours.
After barely getting out of the mountain, I find a nearby subway station. Stations always had public phone booths, so I thought of using them.
clap.
Fortunately, there was a pay phone at the subway station.
Baek Seung-tae called the number that came to mind. It was my daughter’s phone number.
While the call was ringing, a thousand thoughts ran through my head.
‘Wouldn’t he have been injured in the fire? Or what if Park Min-gyo set the fire after killing him? Could it be that If it was him, it might have been. Please stay alive.’
About 20 seconds passed while I waited impatiently for the phone call.
-hello.
The moment I heard my daughter’s voice, tears welled up in my eyes.
“Yeah, it’s Dad.”
-dad? uh… … wait for a sec. I’ll change mom. mom. it’s dad get it soon hurry. hurry.
A clatter follows for a moment, then a voice like an angry bull returns.
-What is this? Where have you been stuck and now you’re calling me? Wherever you go, you go, you don’t have to talk and go!
“Honey, calm down for a moment.”
-Calm? Do I look real? Do you know how we’ve been because of you? Gangster-like people keep coming to your house looking for you, and strange phone calls keep coming at night… … .
After that, I thought I could hear the sound of crying for a while, but a full-fledged loud wailing followed.
-So we moved four times, but the house we lived in caught fire. A house that hasn’t even been unloaded yet is on fire! I’m so scared. every day is hell Do you please!
“then… … Shall we go abroad and live?”
– Do you think they won’t be able to follow you if you go abroad?
I will definitely follow you Didn’t you get chased by the police in China until yesterday?
So even if you go abroad, you will have no choice but to live in hiding as you do now.
-Is this because you’ve been doing weird things?
“I’m sorry.”
-Don’t say sorry to me, go to that person and beg him. did it wrong please forgive me
Park Min-gyo is never someone who will forgive you even if you pray. So an apology was not the solution.
“I… … I’ll try to solve it. So no matter who comes… … never open the door got it?”
– What are you talking about all of a sudden? honey? honey?
Baek Seung-tae put the phone down even though the call had not ended. There was a mountain of words I wanted to say, but I couldn’t spit out a single word.
“… … .”
He leaned his head on the phone and wept.
Where did I go wrong?
* * *
-Chijik… … A number of vehicle movements were detected in the warehouse where Target A was staying.
-The direction of cars is south. Estimated to use the Gyeongbu Expressway.
– The eavesdropping result came out. Their destination is Daegu. Moving to secure recruits for Target B’s family there.
The additional fixers I hired send information from all over the place.
Other information here was a side bridge, and the key was where Park Min-gyo’s real-time location and final destination were.
Seok-hoon, who was sitting in the driver’s seat and listening to the information together, opened his mouth.
“The other party seems to be planning to take Baek Seung-tae’s family hostage and find out their location.”
“Call the police and disrupt them as much as possible. Baek Seung-tae must keep running away so that we can move more easily.”
“All right.”
While Seok-hun is giving instructions through the dedicated receiver, a high-pitched voice is heard from the communicator.
-One more car from the warehouse. It appears to be a modified refrigerated truck, car number 88 is also 1661. Please inquire.
– It is a cannon vehicle.
-The passenger is one adult male. Possibly Target A.
Here, Target A meant Park Min-gyo. Why did he move alone without a bodyguard?
I didn’t even have to think deeply. Because the answer came right away.
‘Nine out of ten they’re going to pick up the embezzled money that they turned into dollars or bullion. I don’t trust people, so I’m going alone.’
The fact that it was moving with a refrigerated truck, not another car, also gave me more confidence.
Fortunately, Park Min-gyo’s direction of movement was in the northern area where we are, so it seemed that we could arrive first if we knew the destination in advance.
“Can you secure Min-gyo Park’s car?”
“Are you referring to the trolley he rides in?”
“no. It’s a corporate car that I used to drive. If you check the destination on the navigation there, wouldn’t there be a clue?”
As if Seok-hoon thought it was a good idea, he immediately gives instructions to his team members.
And after a while, the navigation destination I had been waiting for arrived by mail.
Company, golf course, house, company, golf course, pub, house, golf course, hotel… … .
The only navigation destinations were golf courses, bars, and hotels. Gimpo Airport was sometimes photographed, but it seems that I went to Jeju Island or Southeast Asia to play golf.
Then, just one distant destination comes into view.
“Paju?”
“Paju?”
Looking at the list, we shouted almost simultaneously. It is also because the name of the highway Park Min-gyo was heading to was the Pyeongtaek-Paju Expressway.
Seokhun was already opening the map app to see what was nearby.
It is an empty field with nothing but rice fields around it.
We meet each other’s eyes at the same time.
“Looks like you got it right.”
* * *
Park Min-gyo’s irritation soared to the top of his head.
The place where he was was on the highway, and the car hadn’t thought to move, as if there had been an accident in front of him a long time ago.
“What are you doing in front of me? If an accident occurs, you should think about fixing it quickly. this… … pestilence.”
Frustrated, I turned on the radio. Just in time, news about highway congestion was coming out.
-A fire broke out in a 25t tank lorry that was operating on the Pyeongtaek-Paju Expressway. There have been no casualties so far, but traffic is under full control for fear that the liquid nitrogen loaded in the tank lorry will explode… … .
An accident that doesn’t happen several times a year would happen today. It was truly astonishing.
“Damn it… … It’s all because of Samjae. Samjae.”
It made me want to leave the car and walk.
However, I had to wait for the road to be opened because I needed a car to carry the goods, not just to go to the villa.
After more than an hour, the car started to move like a turtle. It took exactly 1 hour and 40 minutes to completely evacuate the accident area.
Still, the road was open, so it was only 30 minutes to our destination, the villa in Paju.
Just as he was about to pick up some speed again, the car started to roll out of the tunnel again.
bread! Bread! bread!
Baaang!
Two cars were stopped about halfway through the tunnel.
It seemed that there had been a contact accident.
In case of an accident, they would just take pictures and leave, and even the police, who were fighting among the drivers, would be dispatched and it would not be a fuss.
Fortunately, the police quickly sorted out the situation this time, and the road was opened again in 10 minutes.
But this wasn’t the end.
“What else!”
A tank lorry fire, a tunnel accident, and this time, a dump truck fell on its side and one lane of the road was completely blocked.
At this point, Park Min-gyo also began to feel strange.
What if you had three accidents in a row that would have been embarrassing even if you had just one in a day?
‘Something’s strange. No matter how bad it is, it doesn’t make sense for accidents like this to happen one after another.’
He pulled the car out onto the shoulder of the road and started running.
Cars blocking the road on the way were chased away by a series of loud noises, and if there were any obstacles, the car would break through or not.
“hurry. hurry. hurry. Move!”
The closer the distance to the villa, the greater the anxiety that has settled in one side of the mind.
arrived too late No, you made it arrive too late?
If someone intentionally created this situation, the villa is already… … .
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“No, that’s not going to happen.”
I forcibly shake off my anxiety and step on the accelerator pedal more deeply.
Then, I noticed a red light hovering in the sky near the villa. It sounds like a loud siren.
tadak. tadak… … .
The cottage was on fire. When he arrived, the fire was already out of control.
“No, that is nonsense. my money! my money! my money!”
Park Min-gyo runs into the burning villa like a madman.
However, his attempt to enter is blocked by firefighters in command at the entrance.
“You must not go in.”
“Let go, you bastard! I’m going in! Or put out the fire quickly! What are you doing? turn off! Turn it off!”
Park Min-gyo himself knew better that he tried to hit the firefighters, but to no avail.
profit.
Park Min-gyo trudged back and barely lit a cigarette with trembling hands.
It was only then that I was able to think with my head intact, and my excited body regained its stability as usual.
‘It’s all about hanging a few pictures on the ground anyway. I put all my cash and gold bars in the basement of the villa, so I can save them if I turn off the fire.’
After watching the fire nervously, Yo-ui comes to me. I’ve been stuck in my car for hours now, so I couldn’t help it.
There was no toilet, so I decided to work in a suitable bush.
As I was walking towards the bush, I heard a roaring engine sound out of nowhere.
Boaaang-!
The sound came from behind.
A motorbike was running frantically towards this direction.
Park Min-gyo instinctively jumped, but the speed of the motorcycle was too fast to dodge.
puck!
My eyes flashed and my body floated. An indescribable agony pours out.
Right after that, as I hit the ground, a second shock rang in my head.
thud.
Through my blurry vision, I see a motorcyclist wearing a helmet walking this way.
“Uh, uh… … .”
I tried to get up, but there was no strength.
Park Min-gyo stretched out his hand with all his strength to ask for help. But instead of helping, the motorcyclist tramples his hand with his foot.
“Turn it off!”
Cold liquid pours down Park Min-gyo’s lower body, who is struggling in pain.
At first I thought it was water, but it smelled different.
It was the smell of petrol.
“no!”
Park Min-gyo squeezed out his last strength, grabbed the opponent’s crotch, and stretched. And the next thing he did was to put his hands together and empty them.
“Sah, live… … Help me… … ask… … give. please… … Please save me just once.”
Park Min-gyo had never prayed so desperately in his lifetime. However, despite desperate pleas, the opponent took out a lighter from his pocket.
profit.
The moment he saw the light of the lighter, a kaleidoscope unfolded in front of Min-gyo Park.
Memories from when I was a snuffer with blurry memories, school days, weddings, two divorces, and a fire at the villa.
Finally, the lighter flying like a slow motion.
Fire.
A motorbike is seen leaving over the blazing flames.
Park Min-gyo’s slingshot came to an end with a black curtain coming down on its back.