Into the Creations 44

Chapter 44 – 044. Vampire Detective

044. Vampire Detective

I had identified all the CCTV cameras in the village.

Sixteen in total.

Six were positioned at the village entrance. The moment I entered, they would immediately notice me.
The remaining ten were installed throughout the village. Most were in places that could monitor the paths and barbed wire fences. The spot where I entered through the barbed wire was partially obscured by a house. It was one of the few gaps where I could quietly infiltrate the village.

I entered the house right in front of the barbed wire fence. The cameras didn’t monitor the inside of the house. Because the house was where they lived. There was no need to monitor fellow members, not intruders.

“Snore! Phew. Snore! Phew~!”

Loud snoring leaked out from the master bedroom. It was the worst snoring I had ever heard.

‘Isn’t this bad enough to go to the hospital?’

I carefully opened the door and went inside. A man in his early to mid-30s was sprawled on the mat, sound asleep. The snoring became even louder as I entered the room.
I quietly approached the man and stabbed him in the neck with my knife.

“Keok?!”

The man’s eyes widened as he looked at me. I didn’t look away.

“Keok. Keuh…!”

He grabbed the knife with both hands and tried to kick me away with his legs. But his legs couldn’t reach me. Because I was above his head.

“Just give up. All you can do is die.”

I said kindly.
The man still didn’t give up. His hands, now covered in blood from trying to pull out the knife, reached out towards me. He seemed to be trying to do something to me, but it was too late.

Thud.

His arm fell to the floor.
His loud snoring was now gone.
After killing the man, I thoroughly searched the house.

It was possible that they had hidden their slush fund in an ordinary house like this, not in the village hall. There might also be hidden enemies.
But there was nothing of value, let alone a slush fund. I wasn’t disappointed. I hadn’t expected anything in the first place.

‘Let’s kill them one by one.’

I crossed the fence and moved to the next house. To avoid the cameras, I had to cross the fences or make holes to move around.

-Oh! Fuck yeah! Fuck! Fuck me! Oh! Yeah!

I peeked through the window and saw a man having a happy time watching Western porn.
Western porn. I like it too. I don’t discriminate against race when it comes to pretty women. If they’re pretty, I don’t care if they’re black.

‘But Western porn is too exaggerated. And there are so many fake boobs.’

If Korea does a lot of face surgery, the West does a lot of breast surgery.

‘That blonde woman has fake boobs too.’

The way her breasts shake is too unnatural. Her nipples are pretty, but that’s about it.

Swoosh.

‘Huh?’

Just in case, I tried opening the window, and it opened. It wasn’t locked. The man’s carelessness was beyond my imagination. I quietly opened the window. The man, engrossed in his masturbation, didn’t notice at all.

-Oh fuck yeah!

He was nearing his climax, but I didn’t wait. I didn’t care about some other guy’s climax.
I beheaded him in one swift motion. His head flew off with a spray of blood. But unfortunately, his lower body twitched. If I kept watching, it would be a disaster. I quickly turned away and went out the window.
Then I went to the next house. As if they thought it was advantageous to be together, the houses were close together. It was good for me.

“You… Ugh!”

I covered his mouth with one hand and stabbed him in the neck with the knife held in reverse grip. Blood spurted out as I pulled out the knife. I immediately moved to the next house.

“Jukgwang?!”
“…Sh. Shit, that’s a real knife!”
“Crazy! Tell the boss quickly!”

I wasn’t an idiot, so I wasn’t going to just stand there. I used my footwork to approach them in an instant and swung my knife.
One guy died instantly, and the other two reacted to my movement. They stepped back and reached for the guns on the desk. It was a trained movement.

‘Still slow.’

A red trail flashed past their necks. Blood gushed out, and their bodies fell to the floor.

‘How boring.’

I thought as I looked at their corpses. In a head-on fight, ordinary people were no longer a match for me.

‘…Maybe vampires are different.’

It didn’t even take 20 minutes to search all the houses except for the village hall. I had killed 11 people.
I hid on one side of the gate and watched two men patrolling. The two men were slowly approaching my side.

“Ugh… I’m so bored. Even when I was in the army, it wasn’t this boring.”
“I’m on leave tomorrow. I’m going to get some action.”
“Oh right, didn’t you have a girlfriend?”
“…We broke up. She kept asking what I did for a living… You know. Our work is secret. Sigh.”
“…Cheer up, man. At least we make a lot of money.”
“Damn it. If it wasn’t for the money, I would have quit this job right away. These days, I wonder why I even learned judo…”

[Hacking successful.]

[You can hack the cameras for 30 minutes.]

After hacking the cameras, I immediately ran out and split the man who was complaining into two, separating his upper and lower body.

“You sh-!”

The guy next to him quickly pulled out his gun, but my left hand snatched his pistol in an instant. I shoved the knife into his Adam’s apple.
After taking out the two men in an instant, I confidently walked towards the village hall. There were no gaps near the village hall, so the only way to sneak in was to use hacking.

[Hacking successful.]

[You can hack the cameras for 27 minutes and 11 seconds.]

[Hacking successful.]

[You can hack the cameras for 23 minutes and 27 seconds.]

I hacked all the cameras I could see. The guys monitoring the cameras would feel like the video had suddenly stopped.

[Hacking successful.]

[You can hack the cameras for 19 minutes and 40 seconds.]

I reached the entrance of the village hall and opened the door.
Eleven men who were playing poker and Go-Stop turned their heads and looked at me.

“……”
“……”

My eyes met theirs. As a greeting, I beheaded the man in the front.

“Jukgwang!”
“Why is that guy here?!”
“What are you doing! Kill him!”
“Damn it, kill him!”

It instantly turned into chaos. They pointed their guns at me, and I lowered my body and quickly approached them. A narrow and crowded place was advantageous for me.

‘Acceleration.’

[Acceleration is activated. It will last for 10 minutes.]

Bang bang bang!

“Aaaah!”

Gunshots and screams rang out. The bullets they fired hit their own comrades, not me. Yet, the gunshots didn’t stop.
It wasn’t that they had no camaraderie. They didn’t particularly hold a grudge against me either. They were just afraid of me. Fear had paralyzed their reason, and they were just trying to kill me.

“What the hell!”

Click click.

The last remaining guy kept pulling the trigger of his empty gun. I spoke to him in his pitiful state.

“You have to reload.”
“…Ah.”

Swoosh!

His head fell off. I didn’t stop and opened the door. There would be hidden enemies, and the slush fund would be somewhere here.

“You bastard! What do you think this place is!”

As soon as I opened the door, a grenade came flying as if they had been waiting for it. I caught the grenade in the air with my left hand, threw it back at the guy, and closed the door.

Boom!

When I opened the door again, I saw the mangled bodies of the men who had been hit by the grenade.

“Not here either. Is it on the second floor?”

I went up to the second floor and opened all the doors, killing the remaining five men. On the second floor, there was a place to monitor the CCTV and a break room.
Smartphones were scattered on the floor. They must have requested backup after hearing the commotion on the first floor, but it would take at least an hour for them to get here from Seoul.

‘Ah, shit. They did end up requesting backup.’

It was a bit disappointing because I had moved as carefully as possible because of that.
Should I have infiltrated through the second floor instead of the first? No, the only entrance to the village hall was the front door on the first floor. The windows on the second floor weren’t big enough for a person to enter. It couldn’t be helped.

‘Where is Kim Chun-seok’s slush fund?’

I searched the second floor thoroughly, but I couldn’t find a single ten-thousand-won bill, let alone a slush fund.

‘Not here either. Then… is it in the basement?’

It couldn’t be that there wasn’t one. I tried to ignore the slight unease I felt and started searching the village hall.

“Found it!”

It was near the kitchen. It looked like a boiler room on the outside, but there was a door leading to the basement in the corner.
It definitely looked like the kind of place where a slush fund would be. I went down, happily, and found a man standing in front of a huge safe.
He was a man in his 40s wearing a suit. His face was crumpled, and his sanpaku eyes were glaring at me fiercely.
I tensed up as I looked at him.

“You. You’re a vampire.”

Pale skin and an aura different from humans. He was definitely a vampire.
It seemed that Kim Chun-seok’s money and power could even make vampires his subordinates.

“…So you’re Jukgwang. Judging by your actions, I thought you were a vampire… but you reek of human.”

The man was holding knives in both hands. His upper body muscles, including his arms, were no joke. It seemed he had continued to train his body even after becoming a vampire.

“What? Vampires can distinguish between humans and vampires by smell?”
“A vampire of my caliber can sense the unique smell of humans. It’s slightly different for each person… but your smell is rotten.”
“The rotten smell is from the blood of the guys upstairs. Even if a vampire’s sense of smell is better than a human’s, how can you distinguish people? Stop with the nonsense.”

I pointed my knife at him.
By opening the characteristics of the Yeongcheon style, I could intuitively sense the opponent’s openings and range.
There were openings. I could see them. The problem was that those openings were deliberately created.

‘It’s a trap.’

If I ignored it and got closer, I would likely be cut to pieces.
The opponent was a vampire. And a vampire who had been constantly training. I couldn’t overpower him with my physical strength either.

‘…Hmm.’

This situation wasn’t unfamiliar to me.
In reality, I spar with Jin Se-young every day. And this situation was very similar to the situations I faced when fighting Jin Se-young.

‘In these situations, she told me to either trust myself and go in… or throw something like a stone to force an opening.’

I opened my mouth.

“Hey, did you become a vampire willingly?”

There were surprisingly many vampire progenitors, and most of them acted as they pleased and created vampires. But among them, there were also those who made people into vampires for a price.

“Yes. The human body is weak. That’s why I chose the vampire body. If you’re careful during the day, you can become a superhuman at night. No matter how you look at it, vampires are superior beings to humans.”
“You’re too weak against silver.”
“Just don’t get hit. Besides, it’s only professional vampire hunters who use silver… and they’re nothing special if you’re careful of snipers.”
“I agree with that.”

I kept looking for openings while talking. But he was too calm.

“I can tell that you’re strong for a human. But you’re still just a human. You’re going to die by my hands.”
“Stop with the bluff. You can feel it too, that my skills are no joke.”
“……That level of martial arts. I’ve never heard of it. Where did you learn it?”

Did he figure out my martial arts skills just by my stance? This guy was definitely not ordinary.

“I learned it at an academy. But you know, there’s something I’m really curious about.”
“What is it?”
“Is it good to have sex with a female vampire?”
“……”
“Ah. Have you never done it with a vampire?”

The guy stared at me intently. He seemed to be thinking about what my purpose was.
There was no ulterior motive behind this question. All there was was pure curiosity.
I was honestly curious. If I had the chance, I was even thinking of raping a female vampire.

“…I have. But if it’s about holding a woman, it’s better to hold a human woman.”
“Oh, why? Wouldn’t a vampire have a better grip?”
“The grip is definitely better than a human’s. But there’s no warmth. Their body temperature is low. It feels like holding a corpse.”
“……Low body temperature but a good grip… I don’t know. I guess I have to experience it. If I get the chance, I should try it once.”
Having somewhat satisfied my curiosity, I moved first.

He probably wouldn’t be shaken no matter what I said.
If that was the case, there was no choice. I had to kill him by fighting.

‘What’s advantageous for me hasn’t changed.’

I had the Yeongcheon style.

“…Hmm.”

The guy swung his knives from outside my range. And suddenly, the knives stretched out long. The knives, which had turned into whips, were aimed at me.

“Shit!”

I cursed. And I stepped back, using my knife to deflect the knife whips. It wasn’t that the knives were special, it was that he was special.

“Superpower…! You were a progenitor!”