161 – [3] Fair Fight
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A black market alley where it rains continuously.
A soft light seeped through the gangsters who were looking at me with sharp eyes.
The sight of sparkles flowing along the rain path was like a scene from a gloomy movie.
At the same time, the noisy noise of the black market became louder, and it felt like I had been completely separated into a different world.
Even if one person died, it probably wouldn’t be a big deal, but they still remained silent.
“So why are you all here? “What, do you want to extort money from me?”
Mouth opened, as if reluctantly.
I put my hand in my pocket and took out my wallet.
But there was not a credit card or a single bill in the wallet.
It was only natural that I trusted only the simple payment and easy remittance functions of my mobile phone.
“But what should we do about this? “I don’t have any cash right now.”
He openly revealed his empty wallet.
Despite this, their gaze remained the same.
The light from the signs hanging everywhere was captured in my eyes without any wavering.
The silence made the already gloomy atmosphere even darker.
“Tell me. What do you want? Money? Me? Or something else?”
The person standing in the middle walked forward.
He was wearing a suit and had the distinction of having four arms.
“Bioware? For someone who lives in a back alley, you’re using expensive things. Are you a hunter by any chance?”
Reinforced implant based on biotechnology.
But that wasn’t everything.
He walked forward little by little and rolled up his sleeves.
Unusually, there was something like a metal prosthetic embedded in his wrist.
“…… “I’m not a hunter.”
Cyberware.
Reinforced implants based on computer engineering and mechanical engineering.
As usual with electronic devices.
It was a reinforcing implant that hunters did not wear and could not use because it did not work in Chareltea.
In other words, this guy was not a hunter.
He is probably just a person who has lived in the back alleys and is just an awakened person or a person who wants to become an awakened person.
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The other person then took out a matchbox from his pocket.
I pushed the box and took out the contents.
Brown dried leaves.
It could have been marijuana or something, but according to my distant memories, it wasn’t Earth Mountain.
“Gwangjeungcho.”
I picked up a few pieces of Gwangjeungcho and put them in my mouth.
He mumbled and took a deep breath.
It seemed as if he was savoring the taste.
How can drug addicts be so consistent?
Finally, the four-armed man nodded his head.
Then the rest of the people took out matchboxes from their pockets and started consuming the Gwangjeungcho.
“We did medicine as a group and it got really bad.”
Looking closely, there were traces that all the others had been strengthened with cyberware.
Some have eyes, some have legs, and some have arms.
It was clear that none of them even had experience as hunters.
Otherwise, there was no way I could have received such reinforcement and consumed the maddening herb.
That was when everyone finished eating.
The muttering sounds of machines and faint conversations could be heard here and there through the rain.
It was judged that something was being discussed.
I opened my mouth to cut it off.
“I’m not a person with a lot of time, right? I think I have some business to do. If you’re going to say something, say it quickly. Or get out of the way right away.”
The four-armed man in a suit smiled.
His eyes contained a will that seemed to devour a human being.
“I heard the news from the cat. “There’s this guy who shows off that he’s rich right from the start of the black market.”
“Rich…… ? “Am I not rich?”
I don’t have much money because it’s all tied up as investment money.
At most, I can only force myself to spend about 1 billion, so what does it mean to be rich?
It’s just like a silver spoon in the entrance exam.
I could never be called rich.
“Can you make that sound just by looking at your wrist?”
He pointed to Hunter Watch.
I couldn’t refute it.
“Hunter watch from Maple Arms. “It’s a good product that only those in the know know about.”
But what?
It’s not a company that’s famous enough to be known in the back alleys.
A company that has always managed to do business on a medium scale.
I wouldn’t know if I was a current hunter, but I didn’t know enough about those guys.
“Do you know the company that made this?”
“I know it well because it is a hunter watch that is very expensive and many people say it is good even on the black market.”
It’s expensive, so you knew.
It was the moment when their purpose was revealed to the surface.
I should have been afraid, but instead I felt better.
At the end of my first year of high school, the name of the company I was involved in by taking up shares spread positively all the way to the back alleys. How could that not be the case?
Honestly, I thought we would barely reach the level of awareness at the start of the gray zone.
However, after hearing that, it seemed like this company was not the type of seller.
“Oh…… Ok, thanks.”
“So, by the way, you have to give us the Hunter Watch you have.”
“Huh?”
＂Hunter Watch. That thing you wear on your arm. If you give it to me, I’ll let you go as if nothing happened.”
Hearing his words, the eyes of the rest of the guys also changed.
Immediately, each person took out a gun from their arms.
“…… “It’s a little different from Korea, isn’t it?”
The Korean black market does not mess with people who wear hunter watches as potential customers.
Perhaps because this is America, there seems to be a culture of screwing with customers, screwing with merchants, and gangsters being rude.
“What can I do even if it’s unfair? “It’s your fault for bringing such an expensive item to the black market.”
“Ha.”
I was sure that the merchants beyond my line of sight were just watching.
Unlike Korea, where those who sell goods are seriously superior, here, those who dominate the region are superior.
My mistake was to only think about the depiction in the gray zone, where the black market appears in a reduced form.
However, I didn’t think it was an entirely negative place.
Unlike the Korean black market, where customers and merchants fight for their wallets, the merchants here were gentle.
I didn’t feel stressed about cutting it down or raising it.
“Really? Do you want this so much? “Then there’s nothing we can do.”
What you need to worry about is not using your brain, but only fighting with your body against the ruthless.
Therefore, I immediately drew my sword.
“I don’t think it would be a good idea.”
A fight between guns and swords.
Of course it is right for the sword to lose, but that was always the case when it was a fair fight.
[Vitality: 10/10]
[Shield: 5/5]
If it wasn’t a fight to be won in the first place, I wouldn’t have been left alone.
He may seem like a bad guy in many ways, but in the first place, he who survives is the strongest.
“If you hand it over right now, it will go back to the academy without saying anything…” ….”
– “Evil! Argh! “Let go of this!!!”
– “Stay still! “I won’t hurt you!”
– “Nyaaang!!!”
Unhealthy sounds were heard inside the building.
Then the sound of someone crashing to the ground filled the rain.
“…… “I will send it to you as generously as possible.”
There was no need for a rebuttal.
The air began to distort to the limit, and blue particles were faintly swirling around my legs.
Boom!
I rushed in immediately.
A click was heard as the lock was released.
They were stupid things.
I did not intend to shoot right away and calmly set the lock.
Belatedly, the muzzle looks in this direction.
I kicked the floor once more.
The cursed gunshot rang out endlessly and passed through my ears.
Because my actions were faster than their eyes, the bullet did not reach them.
Of course, there was no problem even if I reached it.
Because of this, it suddenly stopped in front of the four-armed leader.
Because my colleague could have been hit, their shooting stopped for a moment.
I smiled and quickly swung my sword towards the opponent in front of me.
From top to bottom.
I wanted to make a big cut.
“This bastard?!”
Unfortunately, people’s physical abilities did not remain the same in the face of crisis.
The four-armed leader gritted his teeth and held my sword with all four hands.
I briefly felt like my flesh was being cut.
I soon felt like I was blocked by bones or something.
“This bastard?! “What are you doing if you’re not shooting?!”
Blood dripping before my eyes.
He endured the pain and held on somehow.
He had amazing mental strength, but he had chewed the Gwangjeungcho in the first place.
Furthermore, if neural networks had been used, the concept of pain itself could have been quite ambiguous.
Incapacitating through pain is difficult.
Then there were two options left.
I decided to take a somewhat moderate approach.
The moment the trigger was pulled again, magical power was poured into the sword.
“Hwaap!”
In that state, he struck down the sword with force.
With a rattling feeling, all of the guy’s palms levitated in the air.
In a situation where bullets were flying, I had to quickly retreat.
However, that could have given the opponent room to attack.
I immediately hugged him.
We twisted it a bit so that it can handle all the bullets coming from one side.
“What on earth— kkeok! Wow! “Kwaauk!”
A man was hit by a bullet.
It was a miserable end for Quad Core Arms.
I kicked it and sent it to the panicked guys.
Then, he rushed at the guys who were shooting from the opposite direction.
I got hit a little and my shield was slightly worn down, but I still had some room left.
The sword blade, filled with highly saturated colors, was waving, creating a sword dance.
mana is kept to a minimum.
But it was enough.
He collapsed with his neck, arms, legs, chest, and face cut.
If the opponent had been an awakened person, he would have been counterattacked, but since he was an ordinary person, he handled it without much trouble.
“Hey, you crazy idiot!”
“Alejandro! Wake up quickly! “If you fall like this, you’ll really die!”
“Well, I told you not to touch me because I thought you were just a cadet…… !!!”
They show a variety of reactions.
When I took a step closer, they also took a step back.
“Are you seriously idiots? How many guns are you attacking the hunter with?”
“Let’s run away for now. Then I told everything to the captain and somehow—”
“Can’t you hear me? “Who told you to do this?!”
When I tapped the floor with my sword, it seemed to get scared and started shooting indiscriminately.
Because the shot was so hasty, the placenta missed and became lodged in the wall.
[Vitality: 10/10]
[Shield: 4/5]
All attacks made so far have created 1 shield.
It was really bad.
“Hey! Shotgun! “Hand over the shotgun quickly!”
In the end, a man took someone else’s gun and tried to shoot him.
Along with this, what rang in my ears was the sound of the door of the angel store.
“Perforated Spear!”
The moment I turned my head to the sound of fire.
The guy who was robbed of the shotgun, and the guy holding the shotgun, was pierced through the chest by a short spear.
“hehehe…… !”
It was Ines’ attack.
One fell silently, and the other collapsed screaming and coughing up blood.
As soon as Ines saw them fall, she started running.
The remaining people quickly fired their guns, and I also ran towards the front.
He grabbed the face of someone nearby and threw him to the ground.
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I raised my head and tried to deal with the next opponent, but it didn’t seem necessary.
“Crazy Hispanic b*tch— Billion! “Ugh!”
“How dare you shoot someone because you are an inferior bastard! And I’m not hispanic?!”
“Why on earth is this a bullet…?” … “Kwaak!”
“It was already a good time, but you ruined it?!”
“Sleep, wait! “I force myself on other people— wow!”
“You must die! “You f*cking bastards!”
A word that I have no idea what it means.
Anyway, I was so angry about something that I knocked out three thugs with just my bare hands.