Chapter 22

Chapter 22

This time's goal

Park Gyeong-ho and Ye Ju-hwan kept silence without saying a word for a while.

The one who opened his mouth first was Ye Ju-hwan. Anyway there was an obligation to explain in detail.

"Not visible means, my ability didn't work at all. In cases where the opponent's class is excessively high it's like this."

"What degree of difference is it?"

"The case I failed until now was exactly one."

Ye Ju-hwan paused for a moment then continued.

"When trying to look at an outer god."

Park Gyeong-ho looked at Ye Ju-hwan with shocked eyes.

"Then... does it mean the opponent is an outer god or a person comparable to that? Is that... possible?"

"It won't be up to outer god. It will just be a person with very high class. I also don't know where my limit is."

"Why would such a person of all things our company laboratory..."

Not just attacking but even took the werewolf that was there. Why would such a great person take the werewolf.

"Another possibility is the case protected by a person of that high class."

Park Gyeong-ho's mind became complicated.

"Probably using sorcery or magic, or other mystery they would have put a class umbrella. Then for me there is no method either."

Ye Ju-hwan looked at Park Gyeong-ho for a moment then opened his mouth.

"Anyway since failed I'll regard the just now as none."

Park Gyeong-ho at those words suddenly came to his senses and quickly said.

"Then I'll find another person."

When saying he will find a person again, Ye Ju-hwan's expression became peculiar.

"Who is it?"

"Seo I-hyeon."

Park Gyeong-ho first said the name and continued the explanation.

"It's a person who came to our company a while ago to do ether battery charging side job."

Ye Ju-hwan looked at Park Gyeong-ho with an expressionless face and asked.

"Is it okay to use me to find just such a person?"

"This side also whereabouts are unknown and there is something bothering the mind so it is."

Ye Ju-hwan nodded. If wanting he just has to do it.

He tightly closed his eyes. Soon mystery flowed riding his body.

After a moment, Ye Ju-hwan who opened his eyes said with a troubled expression.

"This person is also not visible."

Park Gyeong-ho asked with absurd eyes.

"Don't tell me... the same person? That shouldn't be?"

"They must be using the same umbrella."

"Ah...!"

Ye Ju-hwan shook his head repeatedly.

"This kind of case is also the first for me. Anyway since no results today the opportunities to give to the team leader still remain two."

Ye Ju-hwan stood up from his seat and continued.

"Usually I don't do this but looking twice my energy is bottomed. Looking more today is difficult, so if there's something to find out please call again a few days later."

Park Gyeong-ho stood up following and said.

"No. Others are fine. So don't care and rest fully."

Ye Ju-hwan lightly bowed his head and left the room.

Park Gyeong-ho as soon as Ye Ju-hwan left sat on the sofa leaning his back and sagged.

"Fuck. What on earth am I involved with?"

* * *

Geomuhwe is on the relatively small side among organizations active in Korea's hidden world.

A lower organization that receives and handles all sorts of miscellaneous requests, yet the request success rate is extremely high and cases of organization members being injured in each request were also almost none.

This was because Geomuhwe's chairman Kim U-jin properly supports the subordinates' equipment.

But this time a very big failure came out. Five people went and the request failed as a request and equipment was all lost and returned.

Others aside losing the swords was really bone-aching. Geomuhwe as the name uses excessively good swords compared to other equipment.

Kim U-jin was sitting surrounding a round table with the five subordinates who failed this time.

The five subordinates were just bowing their heads deeply with no face.

"First tracking the coins you lost, it seems it went over to a black market side wallet."

After that it was split into dozens and scattered here and there so there was no more meaning in tracking.

Also finding out who handed the coins to the black market is also impossible. Because the black market won't cooperate.

"You, it's certain you don't remember, right?"

"Yes. For us too it's a situation ghosts would cry. Why we were there why we were hit by swords we don't know even one."

Even examining the wounds they were hit by the swords Geomuhwe uses. That is, it means they were hit in reverse by the stolen weapons.

Yet they don't remember? The thinkable cause is exactly one.

"They erased the memory."

Everyone nodded with an as expected expression.

"Being able to erase memory means, the opponent is not ordinary. It's greatly different from the request information we received."

Kim U-jin glanced around the five men who raised their heads and continued.

"So I put in a protest to the requester side. That side also seemed to know. Well, it's not that they deliberately tried to feed shit, that side also didn't know it was that degree."

"How can we believe that?"

"If not believing? What can we do?"

Everyone became honey-eaten mutes.

Kim U-jin snorted once and continued.

"Anyway we don't have to pay the penalty, and that side also seemed to want to pay a bit of attention so requested an additional request. I decided to receive."

"What request is it?"

"The Seo I-hyeon we missed. The request to find that guy."

The five men's expressions darkened.

"Will that be possible?"

"We just have to find. Since it's certain they stopped by the black market start from there. And this matter, all of our Geomuhwe will step up. It's a request that big."

Only then the five men's eyes sparkled.

"Your equipment the association will support again, so absolutely don't lose it."

"Thank you."

Kim U-jin regarded the possibility of succeeding this request as high.

First in Geomuhwe there is one ability user specialized in tracking. Also there is an ability user regarding hacking.

If using those two well won't it somehow work?

The requester didn't entrust the work only to Geomuhwe. Kim U-jin knew that well.

And he also knew that this request is extremely dangerous.

The broker who mediated the request to Geomuhwe also didn't know the requester's identity.

It means they used a double broker. If something goes wrong they intend to remove the broker stuck in the middle and erase the traces.

The broker also knows the danger, but the compensation is sweet enough to accept that.

If danger is high the price is also high.

Kim U-jin was also confirming which organization this request entered.

Once finding out, he planned to stick a straw there too and steal information.

With the information gathered like that ultimately the essence Geomuhwe will eat.

Kim U-jin stood up from his seat with a confident expression.

There is no time to be like this. He has to hurry even a little.

* * *

While Etherix was scattering requests here and there to find him, Seo I-hyeon was sprawling in the new house with good fortune.

After going to the black market and obtaining a new house and entering, placing appropriate furniture and household items, he sprawled on the bed for three days straight.

For three days lying and rolling he continuously drew and gathered blood.

Because it seemed there would be many occasions to use blood from now on.

"As expected one has to use a good bed."

The bed firmly supports the waist yet is soft. Just closing eyes lying satisfaction to the degree sleep comes gently.

Since sleeping well, drawing blood was also less annoying. In fact drawing blood is closer to annoyance than pain. Of course annoyance one doesn't want to feel if possible.

Still drawing blood all three days somehow the body seemed to cool and creak here and there so the mood wasn't only good.

Of course it's really just a feeling.

Because Seo I-hyeon's body tries to maintain homeostasis so no matter how much blood is drawn it is filled to original almost immediately.

Anyway since he gathered blood a lot now it's time to gradually start activity.

Tonight, the plan is to go to Etherix.

It's the turn to return what was received.

If not Etherix he would still be living well in the one-room. There would have been no occasion of urgently obtaining a new house and massive monthly rent going out.

"Well, the house is to my liking, but that's that and this is this."

Seo I-hyeon muttered like that while raising his body from the bed and walked to the entrance.

At the entrance there was one delivery box received this morning.

It was an item ordered as soon as entering the new house.

Opening the box, a large clothes came out from inside.

There will be many occasions to use Black from now on, but even so one can't go around accompanying in a state of only bones, right. So he prepared to at least put clothes on.

Black was close to 3 meters in height. The build since made of bones even if the thick hard bones unique to werewolves it was slender.

So he ordered clothes appropriately from a large clothes specialty store. He also ordered a balaclava to cover the face together.

The balaclava can cover everything from the head to below the eyes leaving almost only the eyes so it's very perfect for Black.

What came out from the box was a large hoodie, and training pants bottoms, gloves and combat boots, lastly the balaclava.

Before putting clothes on Black there is work to do.

Black is usually inside the shadow. And inside the shadow is also a kind of void space.

The longer inside the more the existence blurs. If long inside, one also has to be long outside for the existence to be maintained. A process of refilling the blurred presence is needed.

To escape that one condition is satisfied. If it's something Seo I-hyeon made it's fine.

Even if other materials are mixed a bit if the materials that came from Seo I-hyeon's body played a leading role no matter how long inside the shadow the existence doesn't blur.

So there was a need to do such work on the clothes.

Of course the clothes if newly buying is enough. But then the clothes price won't be small.

It's not that he's trying to use Black as a porter.

While fighting the clothes will be pierced and torn and ripped and chaos will arise, every time newly buying clothes is a bit so, right.

Seo I-hyeon drew a magic circle on the living room floor using the shadow.

There he first placed the balaclava.

It's bothersome but he decided to work all separately. Because he wanted to put one different function in each clothes.

From the shadow wrapping the magic circle blood undulated and surged and wet the balaclava damply. Not just wetting degree. As if coating each and every fine strand of the thread constituting the cloth with blood he wet.

The balaclava only decides the form and material, practically no different from making again with blood.

Seo I-hyeon placed his hand in the space above the magic circle. Then, mana firmly connected the magic circle and Seo I-hyeon.

"Connection to shadow. Cognition inhibition. Restoration."

The balaclava collapsed then regained form.

Seo I-hyeon took out the finished balaclava and put in the gloves.

The function put in the balaclava is cognition inhibition. Since Black is a skeleton he put it thinking there should be about one function of that degree.

In the gloves he put 'precision'. Already Seo I-hyeon's hands entered as material so advantageous for delicate work compared to other skeletons, but he developed that a bit more. That way he will fight better.

In the hoodie he put 'agility'. Also to be advantageous when fighting.

In the combat boots he put 'leap'. Because when fighting, an ability good for creating variables.

The combat boots had additional work. A process to wet the sole and heel with blood.

He drilled countless fine holes so blood can seep into every corner and worked. Of course that was also resolved with magic.

In the pants he put 'weight adjustment'. This is also an ability put to be advantageous when fighting. Probably like leap it will have considerable effect on creating variables.

All clothes he obtained ones without plastic or metal as much as possible. Because he has to wet with blood, such things hinder. Just sticking blood is insufficient.

He put the automatic restoration function in all. Because from now on bothering to pay more attention to Black's clothes is annoying.

Anyway he finished making all the clothes and took out Black. Thanks to the high floor height even Black standing straight the head doesn't touch the ceiling. Very satisfying.

"Wear."

At Seo I-hyeon's command Black began to put on clothes fumbling. If carelessly extending hands upward the ceiling might be pierced so he put on slowly carefully.

After wearing pants and wearing hoodie and wearing balaclava and putting on combat boots, lastly he put on gloves.

Seo I-hyeon watched that appearance with somewhat peculiar eyes.

Until now there were countless skeletons he made, but Black was a bit different in texture.

Putting clothes on a skeleton is the first, but there were several times he made them equip armor or weapons.

But every time just instructing to wear like this cases of properly equipping weapons were rare.

Even though the wearing method was simple it was like that. But Black performed instructions much more complex than that with one simple command.

A skeleton that performs such commands in daily life not combat is really hard to meet.

It seems not an ordinary guy came from the void but a somewhat special guy.

'Well, how much blood did it eat.'

Didn't it almost lack. There was that much blood. Probably if so after repeating worries he would have cut one finger.

Just thinking was terrible. Seo I-hyeon trembled his body once and commanded Black.

"Enter."

Black disappeared as if seeping below the shadow.

Now preparations are finished. What's left is only waiting.

Seo I-hyeon lay on the bed again. Since he used a lot of blood he has to fill again. Through the needle stuck in the arm blood flowed continuously riding the tube stuck in the shadow below the bed.

Seo I-hyeon feeling the comfortable and soft bed's touch tightly closed his eyes.

He fell asleep briefly then woke, and before he knew it the sun was setting gradually.

Now gradually getting up and preparing and going out and eating then going will be perfect.

Seo I-hyeon roughly organized the house and washed then went outside.

The face he will change later going near Etherix. Of course he is thinking of using the face from when going to Etherix before.

Today unlike last time he set the plan a bit more in detail.

At that time he just went aimlessly and examined the inside with the shadow eye and because he discovered the werewolf he only brought that and ended.

But this time he will also obtain other results.

Anyway since he will break everything, rather than doing that bringing some would be better, right.

There's also the shadow warehouse.

'At that time the thought was too short.'

There was only the thought of feeding one hit, and because eyes turned seeing the werewolf it was like that. But this time is different.

He decided in advance what to bring.

Seo I-hyeon's goal was the ether battery.

He heard from Lee Yeong-su, that is that expensive. Because there is only exactly one place that can make it in our country so the calling is the price.

If he knew that he would have brought them all cleanly not broken them all at that time.

Seo I-hyeon thought that and walked leisurely.

This time he will also move by subway. But the moving time will be very short. Because Etherix is on the Gangnam side. Just going two stations by subway is enough.

Going near Etherix he ate first. And entered a coffee shop where Etherix is visible and confirmed the inside of the Etherix building with the shadow eye.

Today is also weekend so the building is as if completely empty.

'Alright, then shall we examine in earnest?'

© Kim Kang-hyeon #12i09