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Chapter 43
Park Sang-hyun immediately held his breath.
Flying his body outside the path leading to the small room, he instantly threw two daggers to the target point.
Judging by the magic emission amount, he was 100% certain that an Awakener was hiding there, and at this distance, there would be no way to escape.
Swoosh! Ting!
But contrary to his expectations, a disappointing sound immediately rang out.
“…?”
Where his gaze landed was not an Awakener but a teddy bear and a metal ball.
‘This is possible…’
Boom!
“Keurk!”
Before he could organize his thoughts, he was sent flying by a punch that came from empty space.
Kang Shin-hwa, who had been hiding with an invisibility ring, revealed himself with the attack.
“Why, did you think I was hiding in such an obvious place?”
Kang Shin-hwa let out a dumbfounded laugh and jumped onto Park Sang-hyun’s body as he flew towards the living room.
It happened in an instant.
The single strike Kang Shin-hwa unleashed was not a simple punch, but a five-layer explosive fist.
“Ugh. Krrrk.”
Park Sang-hyun couldn’t come to his senses and kept shaking his head, trying to settle his dizzy mind.
Naturally, it was futile.
A strong shock, as if he had fallen head-first from a high place, was fully transmitted to Park Sang-hyun, and the aftermath was tremendous.
Even though Kang Shin-hwa had rushed over and crushed him, pinning him down, Park Sang-hyun couldn’t counterattack at all.
Most of all, Kang Shin-hwa’s figure directly in front of him was completely out of focus. The world felt like it was spinning.
“People like you who think the world revolves around themselves are the easiest for me to deal with.”
Boom!
Kang Shin-hwa continued speaking in a calm voice, striking the center of Park Sang-hyun’s face without changing his expression.
He didn’t even show common emotions like anger. It was like a machine crushing a human body.
Park Sang-hyun was already starting to feel fear, having received only two hits.
“Think about it rationally. If you determine that someone can’t hide their magic power, would you hide openly like an idiot?”
“Krrrk…”
He wanted to answer, but his tongue, moving on its own, prevented him from uttering a word.
Whack!
This time, Kang Shin-hwa’s fist precisely struck the center of Park Sang-hyun’s mouth.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Park Sang-hyun felt that more than half of his teeth were definitely broken, even without trying to count.
‘So, he stored magic power in that teddy bear and ball to deceive me?’
That was the only answer Park Sang-hyun could think of.
Deliberately storing magic power in ordinary objects to disguise them as awakened beings.
This was a high-level technique.
Because injecting magic power into any object itself was never an easy skill.
It was something a D- rank Awakener like Kang Kang Shin-hwa couldn’t do, unless they were an S- rank or higher awakened.
Even if he was the one who had made a fool of the A- rank awakened Jang Seong-yeong of the Black Cross!
“Let’s fight a bit. I can tolerate everything else, but I absolutely can’t stand someone trying to kill me.”
Kang Shin-hwa rolled up his sleeve.
Then he sat on Park Sang-hyun’s chest, crushing him and naturally immobilizing him.
“As long as you can talk appropriately, that’s fine. I’ll take care of unnecessary parts in advance?”
And then.
Whack! Whack!
“Kiaaaaaa!”
Finally, he struck Park Sang-hyun’s wrists and ankles with two explosive fists and a crushing fist.
Using a heavy and weighty punch technique that was perfect for instantly applying body weight to break bones.
“Sorry, but this penthouse has excellent soundproofing. No one will hear you, so feel free to scream as loud as you want.”
“Keuuuu!”
Park Sang-hyun’s body trembled.
He had never been beaten so one-sidedly by anyone before.
The targets of his assassination contracts had always been calculable, and Park Sang-hyun could manipulate them as he wished.
But Kang Shin-hwa is different.
Everything had gone off-track from the start.
Completely deceived, Park Sang-hyun had lost the opportunity for his first attack and surrendered the initiative, which never returned to him.
“Your bones might be broken, but not all nerves are damaged, so you’ll be able to move your fingers a bit.”
“Ugh.”
“If you’re ready to spill everything because you can’t bear it, raise your index and middle fingers. Understand?”
“Hmm.”
“Feel free to choose a somewhat dignified death. I already know who sent you.”
After taking a deep breath, Kang Shin-hwa,
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Precisely matching the rhythm, he struck Park Sang-hyun’s face like threshing grain.
With absolutely no mercy, each punch caused Park Sang-hyun’s face to crumple.
His eye bones shattered, his nose bridge collapsed, and his lips burst, creating a miserable sight.
“Kuluk! Kuluk!”
The blood Park Sang-hyun vomited splattered across Kang Shin-hwa’s entire face, but Kang Shin-hwa’s expression didn’t change.
Such blood-splattered experiences were commonplace in his previous life.
He had even slept next to cold, dead colleagues’ corpses.
Having been covered in monster blood numerous times, this was nothing new.
“Looks like all the bones are crushed now. From here, with each punch, the broken bone fragments will pierce unexpected places. If you’re unlucky, the next attack might stab somewhere in your cerebellum. Then you’ll become XX immediately.”
Listening to Kang Shin-hwa’s calm, measured voice, Park Sang-hyun thought of one word,
Killing machine.
It was like looking at a machine completely stripped of emotion, silently destroying its target.
Kang Shin-hwa’s warning was no empty threat. Park Sang-hyun was acutely aware of this.
He had somehow endured until now, but if Kang Shin-hwa’s fist struck him again, he might truly be sent to the afterlife!
Each of his strikes was incredibly destructive, like dropping a 100kg piece of iron.
“According to the Special Awakened Persons Act, unauthorized home invasion can be considered justifiable self-defense, even if the intruder is killed. You know this, right? The world is so dangerous that the scope of justifiable self-defense has broadened.”
With Kang Shin-hwa’s emotionless comment, his shoulder and arm reached the perfect point for attack.
Just then:
Tap. Tap-tap. Tap.
Park Sang-hyun quickly raised his index and middle fingers, striking the ground with all his might.
He abandoned his dignity, pride, and shame, driven only by the desire to survive.
The fact that Kang Shin-hwa is a D- rank had long been erased from his mind.
“Do you have something to say?”
“P-ple-please sp-spare me.”
Park Sang-hyun, with no intact teeth left, barely begged for his life.
“You need to say what I want to hear, not what you want to say.”
Boom!
This time, Kang Shin-hwa’s fist struck a not-so-good place for Park Sang-hyun.
Momentarily, only the whites of his eyes appeared and disappeared. His gaze was half-shocked.
“Joo, Joo-joo, Joo-joo.”
“Joo-joo, what?”
“Joo Cheon-ho sent me.”
“As expected.”
It seemed to be revenge for nearly crippling Jang Seong-yeong in their previous battle.
He probably had many difficulties in seeking revenge directly.
Joo Cheon-ho, the leader of the Black Cross.
He was among the top 3 most wanted awakened persons with a bounty from the KSA.
Just reporting his hideout would earn dozens of billions of won in reward, and capturing him alive would fetch at least 200 billion won.
No matter how much of an outlaw one might be,Â
It’s difficult to easily reveal oneself in the White Zone where KSA’s surveillance network is tightly established.
“You’re probably not from the Black Cross. Most likely, you received this commission from somewhere like Dark Forest?”
“Y-yes, that’s correct.”
Dark Forest.
An underground information network among criminals, with its base in China.
A diverse contract request network established primarily by the Five Star Society, Black Society, and Triads.
“Those Chinese guys are just useless,”Â
Kang Shin-hwa grumbled, dusting off his hands and standing up.
As he had expected from the beginning.
From the moment he had touched Jang Seong-yeong, he knew things wouldn’t go smoothly.
But he was somewhat confident.
Unless Joo Cheon-ho came directly, anyone he sent would never be his match.
“W-will you spare my life?”
“I have one more thing for you to do.”
“Please tell me.”
“Call Joo Cheon-ho.”
“What?”
“Didn’t you hear me?”
“O-okay, understood.”
Park Sang-hyun barely pressed the number with his uncooperative right hand. The pain from his shattered wrist bones was almost making him black out, but he had no time to groan.
Kang Shin-hwa confirmed the call was connecting and took the smartphone from Park Sang-hyun.
And quietly waited to hear the voice from the other end.
The next moment, a low, deep, cold bass voice reached Kang Shin-hwa’s ear.
-Have you subdued him?
It was Joo Cheon-ho’s voice. Asking if he was subdued, it seemed he wasn’t initially intended to be killed.
Of course.
Without the antidote, Jang Seong-yeong couldn’t be restored to his original state.
“Subdued? What subdued, you’ll freeze to death! Hey, Joo Cheon-ho. Don’t cowardly commission through places like Dark Forest and come directly, you XX. Is that all the Black Cross is capable of?”
Kang Shin-hwa swore coolly.
He had no grand sense of justice, but compromising on those who tried to harm him was absolutely impossible.
-It’s Kang Shin-hwa who put Jang Seong-yeong in that state. You took down the fairly expensive A- rank awakened I sent?
“That’s why I’m saying why waste money in the wrong place. Why don’t you come directly?”
Kang Shin-hwa provoked Joo Cheon-ho.
Of course, he wouldn’t come.
Though an SS-rank awakened with considerable skills, he was never the type to be emotionally drawn into a fight.
Joo Cheon-ho was rational, cold, and skilled at judging his own advantages and disadvantages.
-Kang Shin-hwa, hand over the antidote. If you give me the antidote to restore Jang Seong-yeong to his original state, I swear on my name I won’t touch you.
“Sure, one bottle for 1 trillion won. If you can pay that price, deal.”
-Crazy bastard.
“The crazy bastard is not me, but your subordinate who’s drooling like an idiot in a hospital bed.”
-Aren’t you afraid of me?
Joo Cheon-ho’s cold words were sharp enough to freeze the depths of one’s heart.
It also implied turning him and the entire Black Cross into enemies.
Kang Shin-hwa had no intention of becoming a justice advocate.
But whether it was Jang Seong-yeong who initially picked a fight with him, or Joo Cheon-ho sending assassins for revenge.
Compromising with such people and being nice was far from his personality.
Perhaps that’s why.
He suddenly wanted to reveal the secrets he’d heard about Joo Cheon-ho in his previous life.
This meeting was wrong from the start.
Since it had become an irreversible bad relationship, he wanted to provoke thoroughly.
“What’s there to be afraid of? You’re a pervert who reveals his sexual orientation, and you can’t even react down there except when using the toilet, you eunuch?”
Perhaps because he had struck the bones so suddenly and strongly?
-…….
A long silence followed.
And so, extremely private and secret future knowledge was… Unfiltered, spread directly to its subject.
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