Episode 94. Scarlet Knights (3)
It was quiet inside the dark warehouse.
Atsukawa held the silenced gun near his face and nodded inward at Shinchoa.
In response, Shin Cho-ah moved through the gap between the shelf and the wall.
‘Huh—you mean you don’t even know how to hide it, but you want to target us?’
Because of that life, I was able to pack my gun without entering the warehouse right away.
Atsukawa couldn’t help but laugh. Of course, I thought it was not the same, but I didn’t relax in the slightest.
Crunches—
There was the sound of something falling.
Atsukawa, not surprised by this, moved his gaze slightly and focused on the place he was originally looking at.
It was then.
Kung— Papak!
The sound of a hard blow was heard. This was the direction Shin Cho-a had returned to.
“Were you aiming that way?”
Atsukawa ran straight ahead.
From the middle of the warehouse, the shelves were tightly packed, so I went around the corner several times.
bang-
At that moment, Shin Choa jumped upside down from the corner and hit the warehouse wall and fell.
In response, Atsukawa slipped into the side of the ledge and aimed at the enemy.
clap—
I immediately pointed my gun at them, but no one was there.
Only fragments of the box the two of them had just broken while fighting were scattered on the floor.
‘Hidden in that gap?’
Atsukawa felt that the atmosphere was unusual. At the same time, I abandoned the idea that I might be an amateur.
“Ugh…”
A shallow moan flowed from Shin Choa over the shelf.
It seemed that he could not get up easily because he had received a lot of damage from the enemy.
In the meantime, Atsukawa fell behind rather than approaching. It was because there was nothing more foolish than heading towards an ally while the enemy had discovered their location.
‘···Where is it? No matter how fast, there should have been a sign…’
But the view was limited by the shelving that filled the garage.
Swoop- Chow!
Suddenly, Atsukawa’s wrist was pulled up.
“Ugh!”
Chew-
Atsukawa took a knife out of his pocket and swung it over his wrist to cut something. The body that floated upward for an instant fell to the floor and rolled sideways.
wajangchang—
There was a loud sound as it hit the shelf next to it.
However, Atsukawa immediately turned and fired at the top of the shelf.
Pooh, pooshuk— pooh, pooshuk—
“Where did you disappear again?”
It was because the moment my wrist was pulled up, I saw a man wearing a mask.
In the meantime, blood was oozing from the thin wire around Atsukawa’s wrist. Part of the silver thread that had been cut to the side was faintly visible.
“…were we lured?”
I didn’t feel it even though there was an enemy right above me just now.
It was a trap from the first time I felt alive.
pop- pop-
Blood dripped from his wrists onto the floor. It was because the gift went quite deep.
In response, Atsukawa took off his jacket except for his left arm and wrapped it around his right wrist.
“Shinchoa! If you wake up, retreat!”
I called with all my might, but this time I didn’t even hear a groan.
Atsukawa carefully stepped back and passed about two ledges to check on Shinchoa.
Shin Cho-a, who had collided with the wall and collapsed, did not move at all. Blood was flowing from the hole in his forehead.
“···gun?”
Pooh, pooshuk— pooh, pooshuk—
Bullets flew from behind and hit Atsukawa both ankles and the pistol in his right hand.
“Keugh—!”
Unable to balance, Atsukawa fell forward, missing the gun.
Afterwards, the man who fired the gun ran up and grabbed Atsukawa’s head by the left arm and broke it.
Wood deuk—
“aaagh—!”
Atsukawa’s elbow turned the other way.
In an instant, Atsukawa quickly regained his composure.
“You, what are you?”
“…”
The masked person was Kang-su.
Kangsu happened after completely subduing Atsukawa. And when he opened his palm, the ring was on it.
It was a cyanide ring used by Savnak.
At this, Kangsu rolled up Atsukawa’s sleeves in pain.
“Isn’t it Savnak…?”
It was a crimson shield and silver sword tattoo, not a lion’s head.
At the same time, Atsukawa’s expression hardened.
“Yes, how did you guys get Savnak…”
“That’s not what I know. Since when did the Scarlet Knights cooperate with Savnak?”
Atsukawa’s expression hardened even more than before.
It was because he never dreamed that his name, along with Savnak, would come out of the mouth of an outsider.
Scarlet Knights.
At the time, if Savnak was the worst mercenary to ram into the body, the Scarlet Knights were among the worst solvers who secretly moved on the battlefield.
It was similar to what Savnak was doing now, not before.
“…”
“Yes, that’s right… I won’t say anything.”
At Kangsu’s muttering, Atsukawa glared and looked for a gap.
However, Kang-soo was holding the gun he took from Shin Cho-ah.
“Since it’s the relationship between the Scarlet Knights and Savnak… it must mean Jin-Hoo Kang is on the same side. Same goes for Seo Myung-won…”
In the meantime, Atsukawa breathed heavily and shifted his gaze toward the back door of the warehouse.
He was waiting for Chris Ryan, whom he had diverted earlier.
The back door was visible through a gap in the shelf. And the door opened as if waiting.
But it wasn’t secret.
When you intuitively know something is wrong.
“Ah– that’s filthy heavy.”
Theresa, wearing a mask, dragged a bound Chris Ryan into the warehouse.
There seemed to be no intact place, including the face.
“Are you done? however······.”
“It was a bit heavy. Pretty strong?”
At that moment, Chris Ryan looked at something unfair.
He looked like he wanted to say something, but he was gagged and couldn’t say anything.
“I don’t think so.”
Theresa, on the other hand, had only a small tear in her clothes.
“Noisy, more than that… it looks dead. Did you find out anything?”
“this.”
Kang-soo’s finger pointed at Atsukawa’s forearm.
Seeing that, Theresa’s eyes widened.
“Scarlet Knights? You mean those gloomy bastards?”
Teresa knew, too, having spent years on the battlefield.
“know?”
“When I was young, I had a fight with someone who belonged there. I infiltrated after targeting the person in charge of the place I was protecting.”
“It must have been hard.”
The Scarlet Knights also knew the intensity of precipitation through a similar experience to Teresa.
However, he did not know that the Scarlet Knights were an organization that followed the same path as Savnak.
In the meantime, Atsukawa felt bleak when he saw Chris Ryan completely subdued.
“…”
Kang-soo showed Theresa a cyanide ring.
“huh? that there was This guy didn’t exist.”
“Neither did that woman.”
I was talking about Shinchoa.
Precipitation was monitored even before they entered the warehouse.
Then he saw the ring on Atsukawa’s finger. That was the reason he aimed at Atsukawa for the last time.
“Perhaps he alone is connected to Savnak.”
“Are you going to take care of it right away?”
“Even if you deal with it, you have to use it.”
“···what-“
Push- Push-
Kangsu immediately pulled the trigger and hit Kyoichiro Atsukawa and Chris Ryan in the head.
There was not even a moment of hesitation.
.
.
.
“I found an important trace.”
Kang Jin-hoo received a coded message from Atsukawa and headed to Incheon Port.
“Do you really have to go?”
Seo Myung-won was riding in the back seat.
In response to Kang Jin-hoo’s question, Seo Myung-won pondered for a while before answering.
“I’ll have to see what I found. And it would be nice to meet the people in the organization in person.”
Seo Myeong-won was careful not to leave any traces.
And as careful as it was, there were limits to the information collected.
The case of Jang Eun-seok was the same. Moreover, since the investigation was conducted with completely unrelated persons this time, I wanted to see and hear with my own two eyes.
“They are a bit rough.”
“These are the people we will continue to work with in the future. It would be nice to see your face this time.”
So far, Kang Jin-hoo has also been useful.
It was because it would be useful to Seo Myeong-won if he could use such a talented person more.
The car entered the Incheon Port warehouse site.
The two saw a car parked in front of the warehouse and went inside.
“This way.”
I opened the warehouse door and entered.
At the same time, Kang Jin-hoo frowned. It was because there was a bloody smell in the warehouse.
“Director. Please stay here for a moment.”
“···what?”
“I will come and check.”
Kang Jin-hoo first stepped forward and looked inside the warehouse.
After passing a few ledges and turning a corner, I found them lying on the floor.
All were shot in the head and died.
Kang Jin-hoo, who was looking at the bodies, approached Atsukawa’s body.
He died with his eyes wide open.
Then Seo Seo-won, who had been waiting at the entrance, entered without being able to overcome his curiosity. At the same time, seeing the corpses, his expression hardened.
“What happened? Who is this?”
“…the situation seems to be more serious than we thought.”
The message was clearly written in perfect cryptography.
If so, it meant that he was killed after sending the message.
At the same time, only questions piled up, but there was something more urgent.
“Get out of here—”
eee
Just then, police sirens rang out outside the warehouse.
At the same time, Kang Jin-hoo was able to guess what had happened.
“Looks like a trap. Get out quickly.”
The two went out through the warehouse door they had just entered.
Kiyi profit—
The police arrived first.
When the police saw the two men coming out of the warehouse, they were startled and aimed their stun guns at them.
“Stay still!”
* * *
[A body found dead by a firearm in a warehouse in Incheon Port was found by ○○ Seo, a director of S Group, and ○○ Kang, a driver, who came out of the scene. Are you a witness or a suspect?]
[Lots of counterfeit passports and illegal weapons found in luggage believed to be items from the body. The case was transferred to the Metropolitan Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency…]
[The S Group announced its position that it had nothing to do with the incident… The reason for visiting the warehouse is to check the warehouse…]
At the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, Seong Dae-woon went to Nam-seok Lee’s room in a state of anger.
“senior! What do you mean, stop investigating Seo Hwa’s Seo Hwa Seo and Kang Jin-hoo any further?”
Lee Nam-seok, who was checking the documents, sighed when he appeared.
“Whoa— sit down for now.”
“Tell me!”
“There are no charges! accused! Does it make sense to hold more just for being there!”
Lee Nam-seok also had his own reasons.
Of course, Sung Dae-woon was not ignorant.
“However, I looked into the surrounding real estate and warehouse management, but there was no call to inquire. Moreover, the owner of the warehouse is unknown! How do you go to a place like that for business reasons?”
“I know. But there’s no reason to kill him. They didn’t even have their fingerprints on the gun!”
“There are not one or two strange parts, and it is not an issue that can be easily overlooked. Besides, the three murdered people had a tattoo in common.”
Having said that, Seong Dae-woon put down the plastic file he had been holding from the beginning.
Lee Nam-seok did something and opened it.
Inside the file was a bunch of pictures of the dead.
The body of an assassin who died at the Ganghwa-do summit, Tae-yong Gil of RID Construction, and dozens of bodies found in the hills of Gyeonggi-do…
Because they all had the same tattoo.
“When did you do this…”
“After Min Hwan-sik and Kim Chang-soo’s incident. There has been a tremendous rise in gun violence across the country these days. It is the same this time.”
At Seong Dae-woon’s answer, Lee Nam-seok kept his mouth shut for a moment.
There was a lot of talk from above. There were too many cases of people being killed or injured by firearms in Korea, not in other countries, so it was inevitable that it would become serious.
But it was also true that there was no right way.
“So what are you going to do? Shall we catch people and check them one by one, like we are cracking down on drinking?”
“I am not saying that!”
“Tattoos are different in the first place! Why are you showing this now!”
“I’ve been looking into this for a while too. It is said that mercenaries and special forces dispatched to the battlefield from foreign countries often have such tattoos.”
There were papers related to him in the back of the file.
However, there was no data on the lion’s head and the crimson shield tattoo discovered this time because it was an example information.
“first······.”
smart-
A knock rang out.
“Something?”
It was the policeman who informed me of the item that had been delivered the other day.
At his appearance, Lee Nam-seok and Seong Dae-woon made a curious expression.
“There’s a box in front of the special team…”
As soon as the two heard that, they went downstairs with the constable.
Returning life of a retired S-class mercenary