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Ji-heon, who was in charge of security at the airport, found a boy walking inside. Because he was looking so confident, others stared blankly at him.
"Who is this?"
“Is he involved in this?”
From the outside, he looked like an Awakened. Most Awakened look better than ordinary humans. If it wasn't for that, he didn't think someone could have looked like that.
“Should I ask who it is?”
“I guess so.”
Ji-heon moved close to his fellow guards and the boy.
“The airport is under lockdown now. Please tell me your identity.”
The boy raised the corner of his mouth after Ji-heon’s words. Suddenly coming to his senses, Ji-heon realized he was lying face down on the floor.
'What was that?'
He looked to the side and saw an arm bent in a strange way. His arm.
"A-aah."
Ji-heon opened his mouth to scream, but he was immediately kicked in the stomach and passed out. Afterwards, the other guards rushed at the boy, Alberg.
Alberg tossed them away like flies. Those who were thus thrown had one part of their body broken.
'I wonder if this will be enough.'
At least it will be proof that he didn't play around. Alberg wiped his hands at this point. He saw the guard at the back running away, but he did not pursue him.
Because he needed someone to let everyone know that there was an intruder. Of course, this part wasn't something he talked about with Hyeon-woo. Alberg was acting on his own.
“It’s about time.”
He could feel the presence of people in the distance. It was probably Leon and his companions. Now Alberg's role was over so he just left the place.
'Hyeon-woo, I'm sorry, but…'
It was all necessary.
Ainas wasn't a strong demon, but she belonged to a sort that was difficult to deal with. Besides, rather than fighting, he should just run away. Then approach Hydra and attack. It seemed like an act to pass the time. It was Hyeon-woo who naturally got nervous.
'I can't do this.'
Hyeon-woo pulled out the demonic energy again. Then, he caught Ainas who was spinning around the room. Then he approached Hydra and untied his chains.
“Don’t think nonsense and follow me calmly.”
Surprisingly, Hydra moved quietly without resistance. He wanted everything to be resolved quietly. At that time, Hydra, which had been quiet all along, opened its mouth for the first time.
"How stupid."
"What?"
“I said you were stupid to jump into the trap.”
At the same time, a lot of people were felt outside. Hyeon-woo was concentrating on the outside world while dealing with Ainas. In addition, he was looking around for Do-jin, and he couldn't believe this was happening.
It seemed that the other side had done something.
"Kyaaaagh!"
Ainas screamed in the form of Anais. When he opened the blinds on the only window leading to the outside, he saw a crowd of people below him.
Most of them were Awakened, but there were also ordinary people, and they looked like reporters because they were holding cameras.
Hyeon-woo-ya!
He heard Do-jin calling urgently, but he ignored it.
'It’s done. Everything is according to plan.'
Hyeon-woo, who had collected the demon energy, let go of Anais.
“Aww!”
Anais fell to the floor and sighed. Even before the end of that sigh, the tightly closed door opened, and Leon went inside. Entering behind him, the Guardian Guild and the Awakened of Hunter Administration stood with tense expressions.
“Long time no see.”
Leon smiled and said.
“What should I call you? Ji Hyeon-woo-ssi.”
"Don't call me by my name. It's disgusting."
“The disgusting thing is you. Aren't you using demonic energy just like Bacardi?"
"Even if it's the same demonic energy, it's different depending on the purpose of use."
“Even so, the fact that the power came from the demons doesn’t change anything.”
Leon said, stepping aside. There was a man he had never seen before. The intelligent-looking man wearing glasses was Lee Young-jin of the Information Department of the Hunter Administration.
“It's disappointing, Ji Hyeon-woo. That you reached out to that power. That's an unacceptable force. If I hadn't heard it beforehand, I might not have believed it."
Young-jin stopped talking for a moment and took a deep breath.
“We, the Republic of Korea, agree to transfer Ji Hyeon-woo’s personal matters to the United States.”
It was an outrageous act. Hyeon-woo was arrested today, but he agreed to hand him over to the US on the same day. Didn’t that mean that it was decided in advance?
Normally, there would be an interrogation done in Korea. It was as if they believed in the US rather than Korea.
The original plan was to calmly get caught like this, but somehow he got angry. Hyeon-woo covered his fist with his hand and made a crackling sound.
Then Young-jin, who was talking bullshit proudly, quietly stepped back from him.
“Are you going to fight?”
"Then?"
“I have to deal with you.”
As soon as the words were out, Hyeon-woo threw the desk he was holding in his hand at Leon. And while his vision was blocked for a moment, he approached Leon and swung his fist. However, Leon was not one to be hit so easily.
As soon as Leon stepped back, the Awakened outside rushed in. They set out to subdue Hyeon-woo, but it was not easy to catch him running wild.
"Aaaagh!"
However, because they had prepared accordingly, there were no serious injuries despite the splendid rampage. Later, Moo-hyuk, Leon, and Anais had to work together to manage to hold on to Hyeon-woo.
In the meantime, Hydra disappeared again. And that day, Hyeon-woo was the only person on the chartered plane heading to the United States.
***
“I should have stopped him.”
Seon-woo let out a deep sigh. He was going crazy because he was worried about his Hyung. He wanted to go to America right away and retrieve his Hyung.
“Be patient.”
Do-jin stopped such Seon-woo.
“Why are you so unconcerned?”
Seon-woo poked Do-jin.
“...Does it look like that?”
In fact, Do-jin was nervous and anxious as well. Hyeon-woo insisted that it would be okay, and it was a plan that he insisted on executing, but there was no way he wouldn't be worried. It was because he went inside the enemy’s territory.
"That's right."
Do-jin washed his face dry with both hands.
“It’s not like that. It’s just that I—”
There, Do-jin cut off his words. And just as he was about to speak again, he heard a knock at the door.
“Come in.”
The door opened and a familiar face entered.
“How is it, are things going according to plan?”
It was A-yun.
“Yes, so far it’s going as planned.”
“Then we will move quickly as well. I’ve arranged a flight to America.”
"Thank you. How is he now?"
“You mean Hanil-ssi?”
“Yes.”
A-yun's expression showed embarrassment.
“I have to bring him with us somehow, but the problem is that there are too many reporters and Awakened around. If he goes missing now, it will be a problem in many ways. So, after things progressed a bit more, I decided to persuade him and bring him in.”
“Can you persuade him?”
“If it doesn’t work, we’ll have to go out a little violently.”
Ja-yun and A-yun also noticed the ideal of Hanil. But because of Leon's protection, he couldn't do anything. Then, he heard the truth about this incident from Do-jin and Seon-woo.
He hesitated at first, not believing it, but now he knew it's not a lie. It was because he noticed something strange about Leon's behavior.
In addition, verification was completed through a unique Awakened that exist only within the Yoram Guild.
The Scale of truth. It was the ability that the Awakened possessed. If someone tells a lie, the scale tilts and inflicts damage. However, both Do-jin and Seon-woo were fine.
The problem was that that alone could not convince him that Leon was a bad person. Because he had made too many achievements so far, they couldn't move people's hearts to this extent.
“Get up at once. We don’t have much time left on the plane. Monitor of the phone we gave you. All information will be sent through there."
“Is there any concern about leaking information to the outside world?”
“It's a machine not built to do that. Don't worry about that."
"Thank you."
"No. It's for the sake of Earth. It's very cheesy and awkward when you say it like this. Does it feel like being part of the Earth Defense Force?"
A-yun replied with a small smile. She seemed to be joking with the idea to ease the burden on the two of them.
Ga-jun was waiting outside when the two left the room.
“If something like this happens, please tell me in advance.”
Ga-jun said as if he was sad.
“I just couldn’t do that. Rather, where are Miriel and Alberg?”
“I put them in the safe house of the Baekho Guild. But this time, are you going to leave without those two? Wouldn't it be helpful to take the demon?"
“We can't trust him.”
Hyeon-woo did not trust Alberg. Alberg followed orders well but he couldn't fully trust him because he was a demon by nature. Besides, he had disappeared a few times for no reason recently. That was why he only gave him superficial information, and after that, he told him to keep him under vigilance. He also said to attach Miriel to him.
Although she was still a child, she was more skilled at reading the spirits of demons than humans. At least in the current situation, Miriel was more reliable than Alberg.
"Alright. Then I just have to keep an eye on Alberg and Miriel, right?”
"Yes."
“I want to follow you.”
“But don't you follow Miriel better?”
“What a creepy thing to say that!”
Ga-jun scratched his forearm with his hand. However, Do-jin's words were not wrong. Miriel opened her heart more when she was with him, probably because Ga-jun took care of her.
HM: Alberg, I’m begging u… don’t do this.. please…
Davine: I really ship miriel with gajun but miriel is really a baby angel.
HM: omg… I understand
YRR: OOoo, the plot thickens. Double crossing galore
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Translator: Hoshi Miya
Editor/Proofreader: Davine, YaagRabRag
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