## Chapter 207 – Mobilizing All Connections
Seeing Amelia fall, Scarlett immediately sought out Luke.
Knock, knock, knock.
“Luke! Luke! Open the door!”
“Hmm? Scarlett? What brings you here?”
“Help me! I’m being chased. By some monster!”
A man with a buzz cut let Scarlett into his house, looking puzzled.
“What are you talking about? You being chased? That’s a first. Can’t you just use your powers to get some military or police bigwigs to help you?”
Scarlett was famous among the Returners.
Her nickname was Queen.
It was a moniker given to her by the Returners who saw her turning various powerful figures into puppets with her [Hypnosis] ability.
Scarlett had proven her skills by running rampant during World War I and II, and she was even one of the five members of the ‘Supreme Roundtable Council’ representing the Returner Alliance.
Her reputation was so high that if a leader were to be elected from the Returner group, she would undoubtedly be the top candidate.
And yet, she was running away?
“I don’t have time to hypnotize anyone. I’m barely managing to escape.”
“What’s the worry when you have Clara? You can just run to the other side of the world and regroup.”
“…….”
“Hmm? Come to think of it, I don’t see Clara. Oh, did you finally ditch her? Hey, if you did, can you hook her up with our team? Her spatial teleportation ability…”
Scarlett shouted.
“That’s not it! My whole team is down! Clara, Logan, Carter, they’re all down! Amelia just went down a while ago! And now he’s coming after me!”
“…Is that for real?”
“Do I look like I’m lying?! He’s a demon! I’m going to die soon, and after that, he’ll hunt down and kill all the other Returners!”
Honestly, she didn’t know if he would chase after the other Returners or not, but Scarlett, having learned a lesson from her negotiation with Amelia, was spouting all sorts of uncertain claims.
Trying her best to keep a straight face, mixing in passionate emotions.
Luke, who was less perceptive than Amelia, scratched his buzz cut and nodded.
“Seeing how worked up you are, it must be true. But I have my own reasons for not helping you…”
“Why?”
Luke looked troubled.
“You know Claire’s on our team, right? If she finds out I helped you, she’ll go ballistic.”
“Ugh. Still?”
“She still wants to tear you to shreds. Your name pops up whenever she’s drunk. She won’t be happy until you pay back double the [Rune of Complete Recovery] you stole.”
Scarlett rolled her eyes. She sensed a possibility for negotiation.
“Then how about this?”
“Huh?”
“I’ll give you five [Spatial Teleportation Scrolls] instead of the [Rune of Complete Recovery].”
“Hey, those two have different prices and values…”
“No, they don’t. Did you forget? We’re being chased by ‘Etana’? Scrolls are more useful than a recovery rune for escaping that damn witch, aren’t they?”
Hmm. After thinking it over, Luke nodded.
“That… could be convincing. But can you really give me five?”
“Of course. And if you help me this time, I’ll help you twice when you need my [Hypnosis] ability in the future.”
Luke’s eyes widened. Soon, he stroked his chin and wore a satisfied expression.
“To owe our Queen two favors. That’s a complete steal. Alright. I accept your offer. So, what’s the plan?”
“You buy me some time. Then I’ll go find some military or police bigwigs and hypnotize them.”
“You want me to hold out until then?”
Nod.
“Okay. Sounds easy enough. Holding out is my specialty.”
Scarlett looked at the smiling man with a confident gaze.
Luke.
Age: 1,877 years old. Ability: Super Regeneration.
His regenerative powers were so great that he could even regrow severed limbs.
Because of this, he was known as the toughest among the Returners.
Once, he survived being shot in the head on the battlefield, proving his monstrous abilities.
Hence the nickname ‘The Immortal’.
He should be able to buy her some time somehow.
“Scarlett, but hey.”
“?”
“If I can handle it on my own, is there a bonus?”
Scarlett grinned.
“Of course. If you kill him, I’ll help you five times instead of two.”
“Wow. To owe the Queen five favors? I definitely have to put some effort into this.”
Luke cracked his knuckles. Then he pulled out a dagger. Scarlett, remembering Amelia’s experience, said.
“Knives won’t work on him. His body seems pretty tough. Amelia stabbed him several times, but he didn’t even flinch.”
“In that case, if an assassin skilled in daggers failed, I’ll have to rely on more modern technology.”
Luke opened a wall and took out some guns. As he was loading them, the doorbell rang.
“Who is it?”
“I heard Scarlett was here, so I came looking for her.”
Luke looked at Scarlett.
Scarlett nodded.
“That’s his voice.”
“Is that so?”
Confirming that the opponent was at the door, Luke wore a deep smile and picked up a large gun.
Then he aimed the muzzle at the door.
“Alright, let’s get started?!”
Rat-tat-tat-tat!
With a rough gunshot that tore through the ears, fire spewed from the muzzle.
“Kyaaak! You should have warned me before shooting!”
“Hahaha! What does it matter?! As long as the result is good!”
Scarlett cursed and covered her ears with both hands.
The door was already tattered and reduced to powder, and the opponent was lying on the floor, being mercilessly pounded by bullets.
“Hoo.”
Smoke billowed.
Luke, who had emptied an entire magazine, threw the gun aside.
“Is he dead?”
As Luke tried to approach the entrance, Scarlett grabbed him.
“Don’t go near him, it’s dangerous.”
“Hey, hey. I have to check if he’s dead or not. Our Queen should just hide here. And prepare the proof for my five gifts.”
Rustle. Rustle.
The opponent lay sprawled on the floor, not moving an inch.
Luke, with a slightly nervous face, snorted and kicked the opponent.
“Who does some nobody think he is, stalking people like that?”
Thud. Thud. Hearing the kicking sounds, Scarlett peeked out from beside the stairs.
“Luke. Is it over? Is he dead?”
“Yeah. He’s not moving. Even if he’s a Returner, he can’t stand up to a gun. Unless he’s a special case like me.”
At that, Scarlett’s face brightened, and she came out of the stairs to check the body, but then stopped.
Luke tilted his head.
“What’s wrong?”
“No. It’s… isn’t it strange?”
“What is?”
“Usually, when someone gets shot, they become a rag, right? You can’t recognize their shape, or their insides are rolling around. But that…”
Luke looked down at the opponent again. A man lying still, covered in dirt.
“…There’s no blood at all? Could it be?!”
At that moment, the opponent’s eyes flashed open. Jung Woo-jin grabbed Luke’s leg and knocked him down.
“Kuh?! This bastard wasn’t dead?!”
“Unfortunately. That’s how it is.”
Then, Jung Woo-jin punched Luke. His strength was so great that six of Luke’s teeth went flying with just one punch.
But Luke just chuckled.
Thud, thud, thud.
Even as his body was dented and broken with each punch, he just laughed as if he was getting a comfortable massage.
“Kekekeke. You can’t kill me with that! You’d have to set off a nuke to kill me?!”
As he said that, the dented and broken bones began to mend in an instant.
“…….”
Seeing that, Jung Woo-jin paused, and Luke reached out and grabbed Jung Woo-jin’s hair tightly.
Then he shouted.
“Scarlett! Go to our guys right now! Go get the military or the police ready! I’ll hold this guy until then!”
Thud, thud, thud.
The punching started again, and Luke just grinned and took all the punches that Jung Woo-jin threw.
“Hey. Try harder! Is that all you’ve got? You’ll never take me down like that? If my buddies come, you’re really screwed. Hehehe.”
Luke, laughing like a madman and acting nonchalant.
But Luke’s nonchalance didn’t register in Scarlett’s eyes.
Stumble. Stumble. Scarlett stepped back, looking at the unharmed Jung Woo-jin with fearful eyes.
‘Knives don’t work. Guns don’t work. Bringing soldiers or police won’t help.’
The same goes for Luke’s comrades.
‘Ordinary people won’t do. It was a mistake to think of him as a human like us. We need a more powerful ability. A powerful force to subdue him.’
Scarlett used a [Spatial Teleportation Scroll] to escape.
And Luke, confirming that Scarlett had disappeared, looked up at Woo-jin.
Woo-jin was staring down at him.
No matter how much he attacked, the wounds were healed instantly, so he didn’t know how to attack.
That was Luke’s strength.
He was a veteran who had crossed many battle lines with that ability.
And now he was about to use his strongest move.
‘I don’t know where this guy came from, but guns don’t work on him. He’s a monster, just like Scarlett said.’
But this one will work.
“Hey.”
“?”
“Do you like bombs?”
Luke took out some kind of device from his pocket and activated it.
“!!”
Immediately, flames erupted from inside the house, and a tremendous explosion erupted.
The powerful flames instantly covered a radius of 100 meters, blowing everything away.
Swoosh.
Dust rose in the middle of the city.
Sirens blared loudly.
Corpses, mangled by the explosion, lay scattered on the streets, and people screamed and began to run away.
And in the center of the explosion, Woo-jin took out new clothes and dressed neatly.
He handcuffed Luke, who was slowly recovering, and casually spat out a comment as if he was giving an appraisal.
“Now even bombs don’t leave a scratch on you.”
He had even tried getting hit by the [Encyclopedia] because it said it would be fine… it just felt a little hot.
And a little dazzling.
“That was quite an interesting experience. Let’s try getting hit by something stronger next time if we get the chance.”
With that, Woo-jin, who had restrained Luke so that he couldn’t move, took out a [Fragment of God] from the store window.
‘That reminds me, an ability to regenerate even severed limbs… They all have cheat-like abilities.’
Luke, who had regained consciousness, looked at Woo-jin and burst out laughing.
“Ha, to think there’s someone as tough as me in the world. Amazing.”
“…….”
“But you still don’t know how to deal with me, do you? Hehehe.”
“Don’t know how to deal with you? I’m actually grateful.”
“Huh? What do you mean…?”
Super regeneration. It was truly an amazing ability.
A toy that recovers immediately even when broken.
Isn’t this the ultimate dog stick that never breaks?
‘Thanks to you, my hunting dog will be happy.’
Woo-jin, who had been indifferent all along, revealed a deep smile.
“Y-you….”
Luke, feeling that something was wrong at that expression, struggled, but his arms and legs had long been restrained by handcuffs.
“What are you going to do to me?!”
“I’m just going to send you back to ‘the Island’.”
At that, Luke sneered.
“Ha! Do you think I’m afraid of being trapped on that island?! I’ve already cleared that island before! If you send me back, I’ll thank you!”
“Is that so? Then try clearing it again. I’ll cheer you on from afar, at least in my heart.”
Woo-jin grabbed Luke’s hair as he struggled and used the [Fragment of God].
In an instant, they were transported to the Island.
But Luke narrowed his eyes and looked around.
“This is the Island…?”
The environment around them was ambiguous to call it an island.
Well-paved roads.
Various buildings soaring high.
Colorful and dazzling lights illuminating the night.
Various vehicles and robots moving around the wide runway.
And various airplanes being dismantled on it.
Luke stared blankly at the changed scenery of the Island as if possessed, and Woo-jin took Luke with him and teleported.
After landing at Lee Hyun-ji’s settlement, Luke finally nodded.
“This is the top of the mountain in the center of the Island, under the waterfall.”
As expected of someone who had lived here for hundreds of years, he immediately recognized the place just by looking at the surrounding environment.
“But why here?”
Instead of answering, Woo-jin looked around the desolate, rocky area.
“Oh my.”
And then, the owner of this place peeked out from beside the rock.
“You said you’d give me a new toy soon, and you’re giving me so many these days.”
It was Lee Hyun-ji. Her eyes sparkled. Luke trembled when he saw her.
He looked puzzled, as if he didn’t know why he was doing it.
But Woo-jin seemed to know.
You know how it is, right? When a mouse stands in front of a cat, its body instinctively shrinks and it can’t move.
Swish.
Lee Hyun-ji fully revealed herself from beside the rock, and Kim Jae-joon and Han Do-kyun, who were leashed, crawled out on all fours behind her.
With their hair grown out like women and piercings in their nipples, they followed closely as Lee Hyun-ji pulled on the leash, making their now very small penises erect inside their chastity belts.
“W-who is that woman?”
“She’s the mistress you’ll be serving from now on.”
“What…?”
“Then try to get along.”
“What does that mean! Wait a minute!”
Luke struggled, rolling on the floor because his wrists and ankles were handcuffed, so he couldn’t move properly.
Woo-jin threw the keys to Lee Hyun-ji and said.
“You can play with this toy as much as you want because it won’t break no matter how roughly you treat it.”
“Really? You mean I really don’t have to control my strength? You said the ones you brought me before were okay too, so I put a little strength into it and they broke right away.”
She was talking about Scarlett’s male companions. Woo-jin shrugged.
“He recovers and comes back to life in an instant even if a bomb explodes right next to him.”
“Hee? That’s interesting. He’ll be useful in the future. When I’m relieving stress, and when I’m going into the sea.”
Lee Hyun-ji looked down at Luke with a chilling gaze.
Hoo-hoo-hoo. Kim Jae-joon and Han Do-kyun trembled at her low laughter.
Han Do-kyun, in particular, even pissed himself.
At the sight, Luke stumbled back, crawling on the floor and grabbing Woo-jin’s leg.
“H-hey. Can we negotiate privately? That woman seems a little dangerous.”
Woo-jin stared at Luke for a moment, then smiled brightly.
“You’ll be able to adapt quickly. You’ve already survived this hellish island before, right?”
“T-this is different from that time. The situation and the level are different…!”
Grab.
“Let go! Let go of me! Get this crazy woman away from me! I’ll do anything you ask!”
Woo-jin just waved his hand.
“Sorry. I’ve already transferred ownership. Then see you next time.”
“No! Just kill me! Please kill me!”
Lee Hyun-ji grabbed Luke’s hair, and Luke’s face turned pale in an instant when he saw the huge weapon dangling from Lee Hyun-ji’s crotch.
Woo-jin looked at Luke as if he were looking at a grasshopper in a cage, then turned around.
‘Men as toys for hunting dogs. Women as pregnancy pouches. Rags as onaholes for my bitches.’
There is no other use for them.
“Aaaagh!”
Woo-jin snorted briefly at the screams coming from behind and returned to Earth.
To chase after Scarlett again.
To hunt other new ghosts.
And in that short time, Scarlett turned on her smartphone and wrote a post in a specific group chat room.
‘Ordinary humans won’t do. Even so-so Returners won’t do.’
The number one assassin was defeated.
Even Luke, one of the Supreme Roundtable Council members equal to Scarlett herself, was no match for him.
So, you can’t try to deal with him with just anyone.
‘We need someone with a very powerful ability. A monster that transcends the human category, like that Korean bastard.’
Or we can all join forces.
Whatever direction it takes, her job from now on was decided.
Scarlett posted an announcement in the group chat room.
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Title: Summons
Writer: Scarlett
Content: This is an emergency. Code Red. As one of the Supreme Roundtable Council members, I am issuing a summons as of this moment. I ask that all members gather at the designated location at the designated time if possible.
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Scarlett smiled as she confirmed that the number of views was rising rapidly.
“That’s it. He’s finished now.”
And Woo-jin, who was sitting next to Scarlett and watching the contents of that text together from an [Omniscient Observer’s Viewpoint], also smiled.
‘If this goes well, I’ll have a full load of fish in one go.’
