Chapter 50 · 13 min

Chapter 50

Hit by such a person

Cheonra's tracker Jo Hyeon-tae stopped the car near the park and concentrated watching the things happening inside the park.

No thought at all of entering inside the barrier Seo I-hyeon set.

Just thinking of watching from outside then leaving the place around when the situation ends.

In fact from the moment seeing Seo I-hyeon until now Jo Hyeon-tae was in a considerably confused state.

In his view Seo I-hyeon was an extremely ordinary ordinary person.

At first speechless at the carelessness of going around without even disguising, without even covering the face, but such emotion soon disappeared.

Because of Seo I-hyeon's ordinariness.

Clearly when using ability to see suffered to the degree blood tears flowing. Couldn't even properly see the face. Because of that light dyed with mystery.

But such a person ordinary like that?

At first thought oneself made a mistake. Thought mistook another person as Seo I-hyeon.

But not. Confirmed several times. When using ability to see Seo I-hyeon absolutely not ordinary.

So even when Seo I-hyeon suddenly disappeared as if extinguishing not surprised that much.

'As expected not that I saw wrong. Then how on earth can be so ordinary?'

There is a saying that if reaching an extremely high realm rather looks ordinary.

But that is words done in martial arts novels, and in this mystery world doesn't apply so.

Wouldn't be able to read the opponent's realm, but absolutely doesn't look ordinary.

Even if not reading the power one has no choice but to know as soon as seeing that something is unusual.

To become that degree the rank has to be different, but in front of an existence of different rank naturally one shrinks.

So couldn't understand. Why while seeing an ability user of that degree continuously looks ordinary?

Jo Hyeon-tae having such thoughts watched the fight happening in the park.

From where came out Seo I-hyeon's colleagues two arose.

They were different from Seo I-hyeon. Very certain. Those are strong ones beyond imagination.

No, nonsensical strong ones.

Even the three swords flying in the sky one can set aside, cutting Arachne's net and rope so simply is not a thing anyone can do.

Jo Hyeon-tae knows too well what kind of things Arachne's net and rope are. Even the net and rope Arachne prepared today is the highest grade.

Cutting that so simply, even the net and rope in a state where ether is activated wouldn't one have to be a skilled one on the Cheonmyeong side to be able to?

The things after that ended in the blink of an eye. Black and White who moved almost as if teleporting stabbed the legs of the Arachne employees, and all collapsed.

Jo Hyeon-tae hurriedly instructed.

"Depart. Quickly get out. Don't get involved for no reason and suffer a terrible appearance."

At Jo Hyeon-tae's words the team member holding the steering wheel tried to turn the handle and press the accelerator pedal.

But at that moment.

"Stop the action."

Including Jo Hyeon-tae everyone opened their eyes wide. Chills rose along the spine. The head tingled, and hair seemed standing on end.

Before he knew it Seo I-hyeon was sitting in the middle of the back seat.

Seo I-hyeon immediately recited the spell.

"Squeeze!"

The bodies of the two people sitting behind stiffened. Hands and feet tightly bound and became a state unable to move even a little.

"Let's go comfortably. If an accident happens for no reason bothersome. Just turn off the ignition and get off obediently. If only listening to words well won't kill. I'm a good person."

Jo Hyeon-tae gulped dry saliva and slowly turned his head and confirmed behind.

Seo I-hyeon sitting in a leisurely posture was seen.

When Seo I-hyeon met eyes with Jo Hyeon-tae gestured with his chin. As if quickly get off.

Jo Hyeon-tae nodded then got off the car. Seo I-hyeon right away went outside the car with shadow movement and opened the back door.

And took out the two people sitting stiffened and only rolling eyeballs.

"If releasing will run away?"

At Seo I-hyeon's question Jo Hyeon-tae answered.

"No."

Knowing the result why particularly try. Just looking at Seo I-hyeon appearing in the car just now, and right away moving outside the car one can know.

The opponent was a space ability user who can freely move space.

Space ability users are very rare.

Jo Hyeon-tae also thought of own safety, but also didn't want to miss the precious opportunity of being able to obtain good information.

"Good. Will believe."

Seo I-hyeon released the binding.

Only then the two people who became able to move gauged the mood of Seo I-hyeon and Jo Hyeon-tae.

Seo I-hyeon gestured with his chin.

"Lead the way."

Including Jo Hyeon-tae his team members total four carefully moved steps.

They entered the park.

The Arachne employees gathered in the center of the park were seen. All covered in blood.

Everyone seeing that scenery gulped dry saliva.

"Alright, go over there and take seats appropriately."

At Seo I-hyeon's words including Jo Hyeon-tae the team members went near the Arachne employees and stood in awkward postures.

Seo I-hyeon clapped his hands.

"Alright, then first will collect. Cheap price, will host at 10 percent so everyone take out phones."

Jo Hyeon-tae wondered what that is. Collecting? Cheap? 10 percent? A few words intertwined in Jo Hyeon-tae's head. And soon grasped the meaning.

'Now meaning tearing money from us? 10 percent of pocket money?'

Jo Hyeon-tae looked at Seo I-hyeon with speechless yet peculiar eyes.

In the investigation process confirmed what kind of person Seo I-hyeon is. On university leave and a bottom life going around various part-time jobs including day labor.

So seeking money not particularly strange. If the opponent wasn't a great ability user who hid identity.

'An ability user of that degree tearing money? Just from us?'

Jo Hyeon-tae having such thoughts took out the phone. Anyway one has to do as instructed. Otherwise doesn't know what appearance one will suffer.

At that time, Seo I-hyeon said.

"Hmm, might deceive."

Suddenly blood water surged on the floor.

Jo Hyeon-tae startled and tried to avoid. But couldn't. Before he knew it when approached Black was blocking the direction Jo Hyeon-tae tried to move.

The blood water on the floor formed a magic circle. A very simple shaped magic circle.

Seo I-hyeon recited the spell.

"Confusion. Compliance. Truth."

The magic circle evaporated as is and became blood-colored mist, and that was sucked into the noses of all people on it as is.

Jo Hyeon-tae tried to hold breath, but the blood-colored mist continuously entered the nose regardless of breathing.

'Magic using blood?'

Jo Hyeon-tae even in this diligently guessed and thought and recorded all situations in the head.

Seo I-hyeon took out a phone from the shadow. A phone with a wallet he uses when receiving coins from attackers or people intertwined with bad relations in this way.

"Alright, first from you."

Seo I-hyeon said while squatting in front of the collapsed Arachne employee on the floor.

"Don't hide the wallet for no reason and confirm all coins there are."

At Seo I-hyeon's words the Arachne employee diligently operated the phone.

Jo Hyeon-tae watching that inwardly snorted.

'Would tell all doing so?'

While doing so calmly calculated in the head what how oneself should hide.

On the phone currently possessed only a coin wallet for Ether Pay. There about 500 coins were in.

A bit regrettable but still if able to block with 500 coins cheaply eating.

Jo Hyeon-tae calculating like that carefully examined Seo I-hyeon.

But a bit strange.

The time the Arachne employee operating the phone was too long. Too curious so sneakily approached that way.

'That crazy bastard, what on earth doing?'

Finding all coins currently there and not there and handing over to Seo I-hyeon.

Even took out the key only in his head, coins one absolutely wouldn't know if not saying.

Even not a simple key. A complex key almost close to random.

Probably when memorizing used the power of mystery. A method of engraving in the mind using mystery.

But disclosed that.

In Jo Hyeon-tae's view that was really a stupid act.

For reference Jo Hyeon-tae also has two keys memorized in that way. One was a dummy key prepared in case someone reads the memory, the other one was real.

Of course even if dummy key stored a considerable amount of coins. So as not to get caught that it's dummy.

'Wow, doing up to that?'

The more going the more spectacle. Gathered all those coins oneself into one wallet and made easy to see.

That is easy for Seo I-hyeon to calculate.

"What, just 1470? Even a clumsy anomaly hunter had thousands. Really useless. How much money I used today. Let's roughly calculate. Except 150 hand over all. Here."

At Seo I-hyeon's words Jo Hyeon-tae's head became complicated.

'Huh? Didn't say 10 percent? Wait, opposite? Meaning leaving 10 percent?'

Suddenly the spine became chilly.

'Shit, how I gathered this. Absolutely not snatched. Spirit tight.'

Jo Hyeon-tae repeatedly resolved.

In the meantime Seo I-hyeon diligently received coins from the Arachne employees. Most similar to the first person. A level a bit over a thousand. Even thoroughly scraping all was so.

"Oh, this person a bit cheats. 13700? Excellent. Good. Did a favor. Hand over only 12000."

The person handing coins now was the Arachne side team leader, Mun Chung-bae. Mun Chung-bae had an expression as if lost the whole world. One could fully understand. Still didn't save as many as 330. One has to comfort with that what can one do.

Jo Hyeon-tae while looking at Mun Chung-bae's appearance resolved once more and thoroughly checked the plan in the head.

Like that the Arachne side all ended. Time didn't take particularly much more than expected. Everyone how cooperative when looking at one person, the rest gathered coins to one place on their own. Convenient to give to Seo I-hyeon.

Jo Hyeon-tae couldn't understand that. He self-diagnosed own state. The magic Seo I-hyeon spread earlier bothered the mind. But no matter how coldly diagnosing no particular problem. Too same as usual.

Jo Hyeon-tae watched the process of Seo I-hyeon receiving coins from own team members. This time also couldn't understand. Same as the Arachne bastards.

Anxiety gradually creeps.

Jo Hyeon-tae tightened spirit. When tensed as much as possible, Seo I-hyeon approached him.

"Alright, seeing what everyone doing know? First let's gather coins to one place."

Seo I-hyeon said that and looked at Jo Hyeon-tae with a bit peculiar gaze.

"Cheonra?"

Jo Hyeon-tae nodded.

"Right."

"Team leader?"

"That also right."

"So so? A bit different?"

Jo Hyeon-tae tensed more.

"Everyone neatly organizing before own turn comes, you didn't."

Jo Hyeon-tae urgently answered.

"Will do quickly."

Hurriedly gathered the coins scattered here and there into one.

"No coins stored separately?"

"None."

No ones stored separately. Only two keys memorizing. That is not stored separately, right.

"I see. Continue. Would be good if hurried a bit? Somehow seems someone else will come."

Jo Hyeon-tae didn't roughly pass Seo I-hyeon's words.

'Someone else comes? Are there guys moving besides us? Don't tell me not riffraff like Geomuhwe?'

Knew well that including Geomuhwe small guys are stirring here and there.

But they were only digging completely wrong places. The one with possibility was the side monitoring Seo I-hyeon's acquaintance Jeong Sang-cheol, but seeing today's atmosphere seemed no thought of going that way at all.

"All gathered."

"Let's see, hmm? Not even a thousand?"

"Yes. I have many occasions to use money."

"Probably not?"

Seo I-hyeon looking at Jo Hyeon-tae grinned. Jo Hyeon-tae as soon as seeing that smile felt something wrong.

"I have too much mercy so became like this. Adjusted strength worried the brain might melt, but it can't be helped."

"Remembered. Will move right away!"

Jo Hyeon-tae said that then hurriedly moved the coins using the memorized key.

Even in that only used the dummy key, didn't use the real key.

Seo I-hyeon looking at such Jo Hyeon-tae nodded.

"You won't do."

"Was trying to now."

Jo Hyeon-tae in the end used even the real key. He even while moving the coins was confused. How on earth knew?

"Let's see. Oh! Over 30 thousand? Know the fee? Except 10 percent hand over all."

Jo Hyeon-tae hesitating asked.

"Don't cut me a bit?"

"You no. Because annoying. Why? Unfair? Shall not leave 10 percent?"

"No. Already moved. Please see."

Probably used the head most fiercely while living until now. Jo Hyeon-tae quickly calculated and sent the rest excluding 10 percent to Seo I-hyeon.

Still where thousands remaining. Seemed blood tears would flow, but it couldn't be helped. Better than all snatched.

Seo I-hyeon made a satisfying smile.

Today's earnings fairly okay. Because earned over 50 thousand coins.

"Seems still not coming. Then time also remaining so one has to ask a bit curious things."

Seo I-hyeon said that and looked at Jo Hyeon-tae.

"Whatever ask will answer sincerely. However... please know only that restriction is hung."

Seo I-hyeon nodded then said.

"First before that let's delete records a bit. If records regarding me erase all."

"Will erase ones on the phone right away, but remaining records at the company can't erase."

"That it can't be helped. Everyone erase only ones one can erase."

At Seo I-hyeon's words all fourteen found and erased records. In fact nothing special, but still tracking process or basic matters regarding Seo I-hyeon were on each's phones.

When all erased records Seo I-hyeon properly asked Jo Hyeon-tae.

"How on earth found me? Seemed found extremely fast."

Jo Hyeon-tae blankly looked at Seo I-hyeon at that question.

"Why looking like that? Did I do something wrong?"

"No... didn't know would ask such a question... no thought of hiding at all. But how found..."

"What sound is that? No thought of hiding. Careful going around and such."

Also changed the face. Seo I-hyeon looked at Jo Hyeon-tae with such thoughts.

Jo Hyeon-tae calmly explained.

"Didn't erase even one trace, right. Know that smell also remains fairly long? Going while informing the going path with the whole body, how couldn't find that."

"No..."

Seo I-hyeon tried to make excuses then closed his mouth. No words to say.

Thinking about it, really went around without measures.

This all because of the witch. Doesn't know how many times the brain was extracted. Continuously pulling the brain like that the head became this shape.

Also a problem that lived a monotonous life for a long time.

Thinking using the head in one's way, being careful, but didn't know holes were densely pierced here and there.

Jo Hyeon-tae continued as if determined.

"Whether because the rank is high one can't see with fortune-telling one knows, but that rather acts like a brand to ability users like me. When using ability to see only teacher shines brightly how wouldn't know. Only can't recognize the face almost the same as all visible."

"Huh? Can't see with fortune-telling? What words is that again?"

Jo Hyeon-tae again blankly looked at Seo I-hyeon. Don't tell me didn't know even that?

Then acted like that while not knowing? While regarding oneself careful in one's way and put the mind at ease?

'I got hit by such a person.'

As expected strength is the gangster. Strong so trivial tricks become nothing.

"There is a famous fortune-teller called Ye Ju-hwan. Contracts with companies or organizations here and there and does fortune-telling, failed seeing teacher with fortune-telling. For reference Ye Ju-hwan failing fortune-telling was only when trying to see a foreign god. Before teacher."

Seo I-hyeon scratched his chin with interesting eyes.

But soon roughly shook off thoughts. Anyway good, right. Then enough.

"Alright, gradually time seems up. Then now let's end. Because a guest seems coming."

"Guest?"

Seo I-hyeon without answering drew a magic circle on the floor. Blood water surged and a large magic circle that could wrap all people here arose.

"Confusion. Mental weakness. Bulk deletion. Faint."

Seo I-hyeon recited the spell while scooping a lot of blood from the shadow. The blood immediately became mist and entered the noses through the breathing of fourteen.

Then the fourteen simultaneously lost consciousness and collapsed.

Roughly blew away about four days' worth of memories. Probably if waking a bit confused, but that is their circumstances. Well, will organize well and adapt on their own. Humans are animals of adaptation, right.

Seo I-hyeon gestured with his chin to Black and White standing nearby.

Then the two skeletons quickly moved and put the collapsed ones into the bathroom in the corner of the park.

Doing so and waiting about 30 seconds, one person entered the park.

The guest waiting, no, watching here from earlier.