Chapter 90: Knowing You (2)
Seo Hyeon-yul looked ahead.
Four people.
No problem.
Swords were already encircling their necks.
It was Baek Shin-woo’s power.
“If you scream, you die.”
Seo Hyeon-yul kindly informed them and plunged a dagger into the neck of the closest bastard.
The bastards’ eyes widened.
This was a warning.
“I’ll ask simply. By any chance, have you heard news that someone has infiltrated internally?”
The villain only then looked at the clothes Seo Hyeon-yul was wearing.
His eyelids trembled.
A Black Eagle.
“If you know, blink your eyes rapidly. If you don’t know, keep your eyes open.”
Seo Hyeon-yul said as he approached.
When the villain blinked his eyes, Seo Hyeon-yul asked.
“Do you know?”
Seo Hyeon-yul asked, grabbing the sword hovering around his neck.
“Damn you……”
Before the words could continue, Seo Hyeon-yul slit his throat with that sword.
He looked at his own hand.
‘…The feel is good.’
It was startling.
‘Should I ask for one? Would that be possible?’
Seo Hyeon-yul coveted Baek Shin-woo’s sword and moved his feet.
Facing another villain, he tilted his head.
He was desperately trying to keep his eyes open.
“You don’t know?”
Seo Hyeon-yul held the sword for him.
“……I just, I just did as I was told.”
“Is that so?”
Seo Hyeon-yul replied calmly, then used that sword to pierce his neck.
Swoosh.
It went in easier than he thought.
‘Indeed, it’s good.’
Seo Hyeon-yul looked at the last one.
“You don’t know?”
“…Die, Black Eagle!”
Seo Hyeon-yul listened to those words and watched.
The bastard’s upper body was moving forward.
It seemed he was about to approach.
Seo Hyeon-yul waited patiently.
Before he could even take a step, the sword hovering around his neck dug into the bastard’s throat.
Seo Hyeon-yul looked down at the bastard sprawled at his feet and opened his mouth.
<None of these four know that there is a White Sparrow among them. It seems the information hasn’t spread like that.>
Seo Hyeon-yul looked towards where Chu Na-yoon was.
<For now, no one’s coming up. Just wait there for a moment.>
<Do I not need to clean it up?>
Seo Hyeon-yul asked, looking at the corpse.
<It’s fine. There won’t be a problem until the shift change.>
<Yes. Understood.>
Before returning, Seo Hyeon-yul took out a stick and wedged it next to the door.
It was to prepare for any unforeseen circumstances.
<Ji-hwan.>
<Yes, Noona.>
<I think we should go to the control room. I checked if we could break through while looking at the CCTV locations, but it seems impossible. Turning it off would be best.>
<Ji-hwan. Is your mana okay enough to open doors in two places?>
Baek Shin-woo chimed in.
<It’s possible.>
<Good. Hyeon-yul, stand in front of the wall.>
Seo Hyeon-yul followed Baek Shin-woo’s instruction and stood in front of the wall.
<Wait there.>
Baek Shin-woo gave another instruction.
Seo Hyeon-yul waited for the door to appear.
About 15 seconds seemed to have passed when, as soon as the door appeared, Seo Hyeon-yul opened it and went inside.
Everyone there had swords at their necks like bombs.
“Now you can do it comfortably.”
Baek Shin-woo smiled brightly and pointed at the machine.
It seemed this was faster.
“Yes.”
Seo Hyeon-yul replied and pushed aside the bastard sitting in the main seat.
As soon as he moved, swords rushed at the villain like a pack of dogs.
“…Cough, cough.”
Even as the sound of him dying, choking on his pierced neck, was clearly heard, Seo Hyeon-yul calmly operated the machine.
Fear had to be instilled so that they wouldn’t move recklessly even when they left.
For that, they had to build it up one by one.
It would be even better if they felt a sense of helplessness at this opportunity.
“If you speak, you die.”
Seo Hyeon-yul warned, looking at the screen.
Baek Shin-woo, at those words, glanced at Seo Hyeon-yul and then opened his mouth.
He subtly chimed in and smiled at the other villains.
“If you’re curious, you can try.”
Baek Shin-woo’s gaze moved steadily and stopped at the dead villain.
That was Seo Hyeon-yul’s way.
He had no intention of saying anything.
Baek Shin-woo, while keeping an eye on his surroundings, thought.
‘I guess I’ll have to keep catching villains.’
“Are you going to keep holding them?”
At the same time, Seo Hyeon-yul’s question was heard.
Baek Shin-woo looked at Seo Hyeon-yul as if surprised.
“Killing them will be faster. They’ll just get in the way.”
“I know too.”
“Understood.”
Seo Hyeon-yul didn’t ask further.
Even if there was a faster way, not doing it would be Baek Shin-woo’s choice.
Seo Hyeon-yul acquired all the information he could extract from the CCTV, then used darkness to cut the internal wires.
“It’s done.”
“How about completely breaking it?”
“I did that. Since I was touching it anyway, I also secured the CCTV. We’ll be able to check in more detail what happened.”
Seo Hyeon-yul walked to the door and locked it.
“Well done.”
“Not at all.”
“No. It’s progressing very quickly, isn’t it?”
Baek Shin-woo was genuinely impressed.
It wasn't just that there was one more person; because that one person was Seo Hyeon-yul, the speed itself was different.
The lack of hesitation was indeed a point of concern.
The brakes that a person should naturally have seemed non-existent in Seo Hyeon-yul.
This was a problem that needed to be coordinated, not something to be mentioned now.
Seo Hyeon-yul nodded slightly, then looked at the villains with his eyes.
He approached a bastard who looked roughly high-ranking among the villains there and grabbed the sword aimed at his neck.
“What did you hear from above?”
“Kill me, you son of a bitch!”
At the words uttered through gritted teeth, Seo Hyeon-yul stared blankly.
Try me if you dare.
This kind of spirit usually appeared with a 69% probability when they knew something.
It was written in a book that it was because they instinctively recognized their own importance.
“It seems you knew after all.”
Seo Hyeon-yul pushed the villain as he was.
The moment he moved, blood splattered as the sword plunged deep into his neck.
Because it was a chair with wheels, it slid all the way and collided with another villain.
“Don’t… cough!”
Before he could even finish his words, a sword pierced his neck.
‘Convenient.’
Seo Hyeon-yul thought, looking at the dying villain.
Baek Shin-woo’s power solved everything without him having to lift a finger.
“Ah, I apologize. I didn’t intend to kill them together.”
Seo Hyeon-yul belatedly apologized and looked at the other villains.
The villains busily moved their eyes as if avoiding Seo Hyeon-yul’s gaze.
Baek Shin-woo felt that the atmosphere had changed from a moment ago.
Was it intentional?
If so, it was impressive in a different way.
Because they were Black Eagles, there were many moral restrictions they couldn't cross.
Seo Hyeon-yul was breaking them.
It didn't mean it was entirely good.
There were also aspects to be wary of.
“Are you scared?”
Seo Hyeon-yul asked, reading Baek Shin-woo’s hardened expression.
Even when he was a villain, many people were afraid of him.
He had wished the leaders of each villain faction would treat him that way, but they only used him.
They didn’t even uphold a single word written in the contract.
“No.”
Baek Shin-woo spoke the truth.
“It’s just unfamiliar. You have to give me time to adapt.”
“Is that so?”
Whatever the unfamiliarity meant, Seo Hyeon-yul accepted it calmly.
“That’s how it is. You’re enduring it too, aren’t you?”
“…Did you know?”
Seo Hyeon-yul’s fingers stopped.
“Goodness, of course I know. Because I know, I’m not scared.”
Baek Shin-woo laughed as if dumbfounded.
The very act of enduring meant he was being mindful of them, so how could he be scared?
Seo Hyeon-yul, in his own way, was trying hard.
He had just come out of the villain world, how could he adapt immediately?
“There’s no clause saying a Black Eagle can’t kill a villain either. You’re doing well within the bounds of the law, what do you think I’d say?”
However, there were few Black Eagles who could kill even a villain.
What could be done when the moral concepts learned since childhood, the social education, held everything back?
He himself was like that too.
Even when he felt like killing, he hesitated.
Baek Shin-woo, looking at Seo Hyeon-yul’s stopped fingers, suppressed a laugh.
Could those words be that shocking?
Baek Shin-woo, while once again monitoring the villains, was dumbfounded by the villain’s quickened breathing.
“Ah……. You didn’t know we were Black Eagles?”
Even though they were displaying their Black Eagle identity with their whole bodies, the villain couldn’t recognize them.
It was truly a strange experience.
<You can move now.>
Chu Na-yoon’s message appeared, and a door materialized.
<You can go right away.>
Mr. Ji-hwan informed him.
“I’ll be back in a moment. Don’t move. If you move, as you can see, you die.”
At Seo Hyeon-yul’s warning, the atmosphere turned frigid.
‘This is pretty good, isn’t it?’
Baek Shin-woo experienced the Hyeon-yul effect.
Honestly, how many villains disregarded them?
The Black Eagle couldn’t kill them anyway.
It was true, but knowing it and still getting angry was unavoidable.
“Let’s go.”
Baek Shin-woo, somehow pleased, moved towards the door.
As soon as he stepped out, he looked around.
It was a break room.
Turning his head to the left, he met the eyes of a surprised woman.
She almost dropped something from her hand but barely caught it.
It seemed to be a cookie.
“Shh.”
Baek Shin-woo placed a finger on his lips.
The woman seemed to nod, then looked at Seo Hyeon-yul and her eyes widened in surprise again.
It seemed she was startled by the helmet.
Seo Hyeon-yul took out his phone and compared the photos of the 4 White Sparrows who needed to be rescued.
“It’s her, right?”
“It is.”
At Seo Hyeon-yul’s answer, Baek Shin-woo suddenly raised his finger.
He poked various parts of his own body.
It might look like a strange action, but it was a signal.
They could change their faces to disguise themselves.
The woman calmly poked various parts of her own body.
“Which team are you?”
When Baek Shin-woo asked, the woman replied.
“Team 32.”
“Correct.”
Before moving, Baek Shin-woo touched his wireless earphone.
<We can go, right?>
<Plenty.>
Chu Na-yoon’s reply was heard.
“This way.”
At Baek Shin-woo’s answer, the woman only then looked towards the CCTV and threw the cookie she was eating into the trash can.
Her gaze changed as soon as she heard she no longer needed to be conscious of the CCTV.
“Are the others okay?”
“For now, let’s go.”
Baek Shin-woo didn’t tell her.
Being on the same team, she could waver.
The woman also didn’t ask further and moved to where Baek Shin-woo pointed.
<I’ve arrived. I’ll open a separate one towards Noona.>
At Mr. Ji-hwan’s message, Baek Shin-woo asked.
<Is your mana okay?>
However, no reply came.
No new door opened either.
Baek Shin-woo stuck his head out towards the door that hadn’t closed yet.
Mr. Ji-hwan was standing there blankly.
“…Excuse me, could you shake him a little?”
Baek Shin-woo asked the White Sparrow who had just entered.
The White Sparrow shook Mr. Ji-hwan, who was standing blankly.
After shaking him several times, Mr. Ji-hwan finally came to his senses.
“…Did it happen again?”
“That’s fine, don’t worry about it. More importantly, is your mana okay?”
Baek Shin-woo asked, more worried about Mr. Ji-hwan than what had just happened.
“I’m fine.”
Mr. Ji-hwan nodded.
“Then, I’ll wait next to you for a moment.”
As Baek Shin-woo went inside, he waved his hand for Seo Hyeon-yul to follow.
Seo Hyeon-yul looked behind him.
The door that had led to the control room had disappeared.
‘I need to check once before I go.’
He had never left a villain alive without killing them, so it bothered him.
He followed Baek Shin-woo inside.
<Except for the White Sparrow who was just captured, the movements of the other two have changed.>
Chu Na-yoon’s message immediately appeared.
<One was sitting and working, but now he’s going to the break room, and the other one was cleaning the hallway, but he’s moving to the restroom. The break room is a different one from where we just were.>
“The targets are moving to different places simultaneously.”
Baek Shin-woo fiddled with his chin.
He looked at Mr. Ji-hwan’s condition.
He was occasionally dazed, but today the speed was fast.
It seemed to be because the building scale was large.
‘Is he really okay?’
He was worried.
As Mr. Ji-hwan smiled, Baek Shin-woo smiled back and shifted his gaze to Seo Hyeon-yul.
“I think we’ll have to split up, what do you think?”
“It’s fine.”
“Are you really sure it’s okay?”
“Yes. It’s fine.”
Baek Shin-woo, hearing the answer, walked over to Mr. Ji-hwan and placed a hand on his shoulder.
“Right now, can you open two places?”
“I can open them. Ah, I’m really sorry, but if I happen to be dazed, could you shake me like before?”
Mr. Ji-hwan, while speaking, asked the White Sparrow and showed his embarrassment.
“Okay.”
The White Sparrow understood what was happening and nodded.
“Now, rest easy, Brother.”
As Mr. Ji-hwan said with a smile, Seo Hyeon-yul looked at Baek Shin-woo and Mr. Ji-hwan.
He finally understood why Mr. Ji-hwan’s deployment wasn’t considered from the start, and why he didn’t go in alone last time either.
‘The frequency of being dazed seems higher than I thought?’
Seo Hyeon-yul noted a new aspect.
While waiting patiently for the next instruction, he pretended to look around and turned his back to avoid their gazes.
One of his eyes melted and moved towards the control room.
He had given a warning, but it bothered him that he hadn’t killed them.
‘This is a bit inconvenient.’
Seo Hyeon-yul learned something new.
The eye swimming through the darkness stopped at the control room.
He looked from top to bottom.
Everyone was unable to move, just filled with fear.
Looking again, the ability Baek Shin-woo possessed was a good ability.
‘This place is fine.’
Seo Hyeon-yul turned his eyes back and looked at Baek Shin-woo and Mr. Ji-hwan.
Chu Na-yoon’s instruction hadn’t come down yet, so they were also waiting.
Seo Hyeon-yul pretended to walk.
His ear inside the helmet melted and flowed downwards.
A little while ago, following Chu Na-yoon’s words, various locations were marked on the map that had appeared on Mr. Ji-hwan’s palm.
Seo Hyeon-yul recalled the locations marked at that time and moved his ear.
Basement.
Even at a glance, that was the place.
It was also the most suitable place to interrogate someone.
Seo Hyeon-yul sent his ear to the basement and then moved, following the sound.
He heard breathing.
It was extremely fast, as if he was about to stop breathing.
“Speak, you bastard!”
“……Huff, huff.”
“Who are you? Where were you sent from?”
“…N-no. No… sir.”
That faint voice seemed to belong to the White Sparrow.
His condition seemed worse than what Chu Na-yoon had seen.
Wouldn’t he stop breathing if he was hit a few more times?
“What do you mean, no? You think I didn’t know you were secretly leaking information?”
Thwack!
“…Cough.”
A groan was heard along with the sound of hitting.
‘Are they just hitting him?’
Seo Hyeon-yul felt a question at that fact.
Why were they being so kind?
Soon after, the sound of a door opening was heard.
Following the sound of the villain swallowing, the sound of a gentle breeze continued.
“……Welcome!”
‘High rank.’
“Boss!”
Seo Hyeon-yul reacted quickly to the word ‘boss’ and slightly raised his gaze.
‘…The boss came.’
It felt like the corners of his mouth would go up any moment.
To think he would come all the way here.
<Just a moment.>
Chu Na-yoon also reacted.
<Someone came to the White Sparrow I mentioned was captured earlier. Something about the atmosphere is different.>
<How is it different?>
Baek Shin-woo asked.
<I think it would be best to change the order.>
Seo Hyeon-yul threw out the words.
<I will go. I would like Big Brother Baek Shin-woo to think about urgently rescuing the remaining two.>
At the sudden statement, Baek Shin-woo and Mr. Ji-hwan looked at Seo Hyeon-yul.
However, Seo Hyeon-yul had no intention of yielding.
That bastard’s neck was his.