153 – 153. Aegis of Iron Wall (3)
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With a strong explosion, a plume of black smoke rose. Ahn Su-ho limited the direction of the smoke to the vertical direction to prevent damage to the surroundings. Thanks to this, the smoke he shot out formed a huge wall that was over 100 meters high.
“Oh my God… ….”
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Lieutenant Jeong Ji-min, who had barely survived the Aegis attack, looked up at the overwhelming sight in a daze. A thought crossed her mind that this was not something she could handle on her own. Her trembling hand gripped her walkie-talkie, and in a stammered voice she called for the dispatch of her special unit.
-Tuhwaahak!!
In that very moment. Through the black smoke screen, an Aegis came out.
Charleurreuk! He gasped for breath as he slid across the ground. His chest was full of numerous stab wounds, as if he had been hacked with something sharp.
‘You shouldn’t be fooled by appearances. It looks like a simple smoke screen, but there are invisible blades hidden in the middle. If you look at his psychic ability, he must have compressed that black gas to the limit and then shot it out very quickly…….’
Aegis laughed as if it were absurd.
How the hell can the smoke that rises in the middle of the day become a blade that cuts people’s skin? Even the one who used the defensive reflective field for offense was an applied skill.
‘If you shoot so wide, you can’t stop it with your eyes. I have no choice but to leave it to chance and focus my defense on the attacking direction. It’s definitely a filthy annoying ability on my part. But… ….’
However, that smile soon turned into a smile of repentance. As he gazed forward, Ahn Su-ho appeared through the smoke.
“Heo Eok. Huh Eok. Heo-eok…… !”
A drop of blood flowed from the corner of Ahn Su-ho’s mouth. He gasped for a hard breath, clutching his grotesquely gaping side.
A while ago. Aegis was unable to defend against Ahn Soo-ho’s attack, which perfectly penetrated the gap. That’s why he threw a counter that ignored defense. As a result, Aegis was able to cut Ahn Soo-ho’s side deeply.
Ahn Su-ho looked down at his wounds. Red blood flowing ironically.
‘The wound is deep. But it’s not a fatal wound.’
I managed to avoid damaging my internal organs by twisting my body right before the reflection field hit it. It wasn’t a serious wound to him.
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The Token of the Frost Spirit hung around his neck radiated cold energy. White frost spreads around his right hand wrapped around his side. The power of the Frost Spirit frozen his wounds together with the flowing blood and sealed them.
“In a ring, in a bracelet, in a necklace… …. There is no such thing as a walking treasure trove.”
From the point of view of Aegis, all the artifacts on Ahn Su-ho’s body were of the limited class. Naturally, he became curious about the identity of Ahn Su-ho, who was wearing a special artifact.
‘A government agent aware of our mission. Or a member of a hostile organization. Or a watcher on the Chinese side… …. Well, it’s a good thing.’
After thinking for a while, Aegis soon stopped thinking. He focused only on the goal in front of him. Because the assassination team was originally such a family.
He glared at An Su-ho before turning his attention to Xiao-Mei. The next moment, his eyes widen in surprise.
Immediately.
“Kyaat!”
At Xiaomei’s screams, Ahn Suho and Ryu Taehyun hurriedly turned their heads. She stood unnaturally a little away from the two of them. The scenery behind her shimmered like a reflection in a lake.
“Are you here now… ….”
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Looking at the scene, Kim Joo-yeon muttered meaningfully. Shortly after, Xiaomei’s back distorted greatly and a man appeared.
A short height of about 170 cm, with tangled, ponytail hair that covers the area around the eyes. She held a knife in one hand and aimed it at Xiao Mei’s uvula.
-Paat!
At that moment, Ryu Taehyun ran towards Xiaomei. However, right after that, he hurriedly brakes and takes a defensive posture with his arms crossed.
-Perberberberberberberbeobung!!!!!
Dozens of bright yellow cubes the size of golf balls flew over the defense and got stuck. When Ryu Tae-hyeon turned his head in the direction the cube flew from, a grim-looking man was approaching with cube-shaped energy surrounding him.
The company’s code name is Cube. Like Aegis, he belonged to the Assassination Team and was ranked 9th. The name of the ragged-haired man who appeared together was Kang Jun-goo, and he was his partner.
And those two were also part of the Hangaram raiding party that fought the Black Dragon Hunters tens of minutes ago.
“Cube. How do you…….”
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As you said, just a moment ago. Upon the appearance of Ryu Tae-hyeon and Ahn Su-ho, Kim Joo-yeon also sent a request for support to members of the Hangaram Raid Team. As a result, the decision was extremely rational. Thanks to that, the war situation, which had fallen into a stalemate, was inclined toward the Dawning Team at once.
“I wondered what kind of support request it was for stealing just one thing, but now I understand. Doesn’t one guy block my surprise attack, and doesn’t the other guy fight the Aegis on an equal footing? Where the hell did they come from?”
Cube shook his head and stretched out his hand. Then, the energy bullets in the form of cubes floating around him start to break into small pieces.
His psychic power is ‘Energy Bullet’. As you can see from its code name, it was a supernatural power that created and fired cube-shaped energy. However, Ahn Su-ho could not determine the identity of that ability. This is because, unlike Aegis, Cube was a character that did not appear in the original work.
Ahn Soo-ho swallowed his dry saliva and took a posture. Then, a decisive word from the falling cube.
“Don’t move. The moment I move, my partner will rip that Chinese b*tch by the neck.”
At those words, Ryu Tae-hyeon’s cheeks trembled. On the other hand, Ahn Su-ho was still looking for opportunities with sharp eyes. Unlike Ryu Tae-hyeon, who set out to save Xiao-mei with her righteous heart, Ahn Su-ho didn’t care what happened to her.
‘Cube shaped energy bullet…… Is it? It’s an ability that didn’t appear in the original. Aegis called it Cube a while ago, but if that’s a codename or something, there’s a chance it’s an assassination team. I don’t know how many of them…….’
The assassination team that appeared in the original work was a total of 4 people. In addition to Aegis, which was ranked 6th, they were ranked 2nd, 5th, and 10th. In other words, the probability that that newly appeared man is stronger than Aegis is 1 in 2.
‘If it’s ranked higher than Aegis, it’ll be difficult to win.’
However, victory was not essential in this fight. Xiao Mei wasn’t even a student at her academy, and she didn’t even have a separate quest related to her. Ahn Su-ho thought that if he had to, he could scatter a lot of smoke around him and run away with Ryu Tae-hyeon.
“Jungoo. Tell that girl I promise to spare her life if I just hand over the ‘thing’.”
“Did you hear that?”
“…… I mean, I said the deal was already over. The goods have already been handed over to Hunter Hangaram!”
“That sucks. Garam Hang is on his way to where I personally picked him up with this knife a while ago. How are you going to hand it over to him? Don’t play nonsense.”
Kang Jun-goo swung the knife around and squeezed Xiao-Mei’s neck even harder. The sharp edge of the blade cut through her skin, dripping red blood.
“Really! It’s real! Face too! The voice was also his! He even told me a password that only the two of us knew! Well, if you don’t believe me, try a body search! I really already handed things over!”
“… ….”
At those words, Kang Jun-gu started groping Xiao-Mei’s body roughly. Occasionally his hand passed over the sensitive area, but as the situation was the situation, Xiao Mei didn’t blush her in the slightest. On the other hand, Kang Joon-gu’s face gradually showed signs of nervousness as he repeatedly searched his body.
“…… What. Are you really not there?”
I searched carefully several times just in case, but nothing was found besides ordinary belongings. Saying that there was no way to do that, Kim Joo-yeon ran and looked at her belongings, but even after washing her eyes and looking for the primordial silver they wanted, she couldn’t find it.
“…… One of the two hid something somewhere. Or really handed it over to the trading partner.”
The words of Aegis, who had been silently watching. At that, Cube shook her head and said. Han Ga-ram said they handled it with certainty. At least there’s no chance that Xiao-Mei handed things over to him.
But Aegis had already thought about it.
“Hey. You there You must have been a detective-type psychic, right? See if there is anyone around here who has supernatural powers such as transformation or hallucinations.”
“…… All right.”
Kim Joo-yeon took out the syringe from her bosom with a reluctant expression at Aegis’ coercive command.
‘Donizetti’, an illegal amplifying agent that forcibly activates psychic powers.
She needed the help of an illegal amplifying agent that put a strain on her body in order to find only a certain person with superpowers among the thousands of amusement park visitors. The blood vessels around her swelled as she inserted her syringe into her throat.
“Kuh… !”
Kim Joo-yeon’s pupils trembled with a moan. She repeatedly opened and closed the iris engraved in the shape of a crosshair in the pupil.
-Pot!
Jooyeon Kim quickly climbed the wall of a nearby building. Clinging from the roof of a building about five stories high, she scanned the entire amusement park with her wide-open field of vision.
-Pajik! Fall out!
Then, information from hundreds and thousands of people hit her brain all at once. Enduring the agony of bugs crawling through her head, she quickly filtered out and filtered out information she didn’t need.
The result.
“…… The hallucination class is 0. There is one transformation class.”
“Location and features?”
“The location is the fountain in front of the main gate. Outwardly, she looks like an ordinary girl in her twenties……. Oh, my hair is black, but only the ends are light blue.”
Ahn Suho’s heart sank at those words.
‘How?’
How. The first question that popped into his mind was ‘how’. As far as he knew, the psychic ability to discern a person with a specific psychic power in such a wide area had never appeared in the original work.
Because I gave in 100 times. Even if you have superpowers, Kang Ha-neul’s avatar abilities should be transferred to you now because of the cherry blossom effect.
But, why?
How the hell.
A variety of questions popped up in Suho Ahn’s mind. But circumstances did not wait for him.
“What should I do, Aegis? First of all, since you are the highest here, I will follow your opinion.”
Aegis was troubled by Cube’s question. But he didn’t last long.
“…… If there is only one person with the ability to transform, it’s probably the right answer. Cube, can you bomb around the fountain at the main entrance with a howitzer?”
“That’s enough.”
“Okay. In the meantime, Jun-goo, you go with Joo-yeon Kim and kidnap her. If you bring it along with that Chinese broker and interrogate it, you will be able to find out the whereabouts of the goods.”
“What about these guys?”
“If it’s just you and me, we can handle it. As soon as these guys are sorted out, we can take that broker and leave.”
“Okay! I understand!”
According to Aegis’ instructions, the Dawning Team moved quickly. Kim Joo-yeon and Kang Jun-goo to Kang Ha-neul. Cube and Aegis were positioned to face Ryu Tae-hyun and Ahn Su-ho. Xiaomei was in a state where Yoo Seong-tae took over from Kang Jun-goo and suppressed him.
‘Damn it… ….’
In that situation, Suho Ahn thought quickly.
‘There are two people heading toward the river sky. That woman called Kim Joo-yeon and a person with invisibility by the name of Jun-goo.’
‘The female side is strong enough to exchange with Ryu Tae-hyun in close combat. The invisibility ability also looks pretty annoying. Can Sungmin Ha or the others win against these guys? If it’s a head-to-head match, I might be able to win. But what if the sky was the only one who tried to kidnap him in the middle of the confusion because of that man’s bombing?’
‘They already killed Garam Han while two A-class hunters were guarding it. No matter how long Seongmin Ha or Naeunsol fly, they are at the level of A-class pull-ups. I can’t guarantee that I can protect the sky 100%. Then, should I return the ability to the sky right away? But if that’s the case, there’s no way I can win against the two assassination teams.’
“…… Brother. A person with the ability to transform with sky blue hair. Isn’t that what the sky is talking about?”
At that time, Ryu Tae-hyeon asked Ahn Su-ho with anxious eyes. At that moment, an idea hit Suho Ahn’s mind.
‘Why don’t we just hand over Xiaomei and the sky sticks to our side? Okay. Let’s do it. Ryu Tae-hyeon knows that Ha-neul is in danger, so he won’t insist on protecting Xiao-Mei.’
Ryu Tae-hyeon is the owner of a righteous heart befitting the main character. However, he was not an unconditional good man as if he had been painted in a picture.
If a person you know and someone you don’t know are in danger at the same time, he’ll want to protect the person he knows.
In fact, he was greatly conflicted with the fact that Kang Ha-neul was in danger.
However.
‘But will they let us go? Even if you send it, it’s a problem. If we give up on Xiaomei and run straight to Kang Ha-neul, it becomes a picture that we can’t help but think that Kang Ha-neul has the primordial silver. But if we don’t join them, we’ll be silent. Think. Thought. There will be a way to do anything please…… !’
Ahn Su-ho seemed to think for a long time, but in reality, not even 10 seconds had passed. But that was not positive news. Whether 10 seconds or 1 minute passes, if a solution is not found, Kang Ha-neul will fall into danger.
‘A way for me and Ryu Tae-hyeon to escape safely while guaranteeing the safety of Haneul. That… ….’
His thoughts, which had been agonizing over and over again, soon converged into one answer. Ahn Su-ho carefully placed his hand in his bosom. A hard ampoule was held at the tip of that finger.
‘I have to tie them all up here somehow.’
‘You don’t have to beat them all. After making such a fuss, the superhuman special lease will soon be dispatched. Even if it’s an assassination team, you wouldn’t want to fight head-on against the special lease team. Even if we plan for the future, we will probably retreat for now.’
‘In other words, I just need to wait. Time only. If only it takes time…….’
Soon Soo-ho Ahn took out a small ampoule from his bosom. A silver liquid dripped from the inside.
“Hey.”
At his words, all eyes were on him. Soon, all eyes are stained with astonishment in an instant.
“How do you…….”
Xiao Mei’s embarrassed words. That one word convinced everyone. Aigis, who had surprised eyes, laughed and then said something dumbfounded.
“…… It saved me the trouble of finding it.”
“I mean. It was dark under the lamp. There is nothing wrong with the old saying.”
Cube smiled viciously at the words. The two of them tried to get closer to Ahn Soo-ho while smoking a bloody murder.
That moment.
“Don’t come closer.”
Ahn Suho held up an ampoule with his left hand. At the same time, a black storm raged from his right hand.
“If you take even one step closer, I will blow it up.”
“What?”
“I’m going to blow it up. With my abilities. After breaking the glass bottle, I’m going to blow the liquid inside in all directions. I won’t be able to find it and pick it up again.”
“Unlike a bluff-“
“Does it sound like a bluff?”
-Pacang!
A black blade protruded from An Su-ho’s right hand and neatly cut the top of the ampoule. The ampoule was still airtight thanks to only the tip of the thick cap being cut off, but that was enough to reveal his will.
“Do you see now that I am not bluffing?”
“…… Seeing him openly threatening you, it seems he wants something. Tell me now.”
“You speak well. Even if you are a foreigner.”
Ahn Suho said, stretching forward as if handing over an ampoule.
“I offer a deal. I will hand over the silver of the beginning, me, Ryu Taehyun, and even Xiaomei. Ensure the safety of the three like this. It’s just saying to just take things and leave.”
“…… Any guarantee that the item is real?”
“If you saw Xiao Mei’s reaction earlier, you would have known. If you still need a warranty…….”
The next moment, Ahn Soo-ho’s body was enveloped in white light and changed into a completely different figure. In the disguise of Han Garam from when he made a deal with Shao Mei.
“Come on. I’m the one you all suspected of having the ability to transform. I approached Shao Mei in the form of Hunter Hangaram and got the primordial silver. How about it, is it a story that goes back and forth?”
“… ….”
Aegis did not answer. She didn’t answer, she turned her gaze to the cube. Then he nodded. Gesture that Ahn Su-ho’s appearance is the same as Han Ga-ram’s.
‘…… Indeed. Did that happen?’
Aegis did not grasp the whole situation. However, it was possible to guess that Ahn Su-ho tried to steal the primordial silver and actually succeeded in stealing it. If you think about it that way, the situation fits pretty well.
“You better hurry. After making such a fuss, the special lease will come soon. No matter how good the Assassination Team of the Dawning Team is, wouldn’t it be difficult to fight head-on against dozens of special task force members?”
“Aegis. What are you going to do?”
“… ….”
Aegis thought quietly at the urging of the cube.
‘Things are probably real. It’s hard to believe that he prepared a fake knowing the real thing that even we couldn’t figure out, like that broker’s reaction.’
‘Besides, what he said is true. It is this side that is at a disadvantage when a special lease comes. In fact, even now, it’s already dangerous. If possible, it is good for us to get out of the way even for a second. But… ….’
Aegis was uneasy about letting Ahn Soo-ho live. From his point of view, Ahn Su-ho was an unprecedented superman who used at least two supernatural powers, including the information power of obtaining the information on the silver trade in the beginning that they had barely discovered, the financial power of having all sorts of artifacts wrapped around his body.
‘If he is a person who is hostile to us… …. He should be killed while he can be killed.’
It was a judgment made not by Aegis as an individual, but as an assassination team that had killed countless people for the future of the organization. After a moment of thought, Aegis snapped his fingers.
-Whee-ae-ae-ae!!
The next moment, 12 reflective fields flew at Ahn Soo-ho.