Chapter 1701 – 1701. Hunter Vs Vampire
It was different from the original.
I had already anticipated that things would deviate from the original story, but I didn’t expect it to happen so quickly.
There are several reasons. The biggest one is Seo-hyun Joo. Her appearance in this world a year before the original story began significantly reduced the number of vampires. Vampires, who should have been moving more discreetly, started acting openly.
‘Although the original protagonist, Sang-woo Choi, is active, he’s not on the same level as Seo-hyun Joo.’
Seo-hyun Joo’s achievements were almost legendary within the company. Unless Sang-woo Choi kills the Vampire Lord, he won’t be able to surpass her.
‘The vampires, feeling threatened by the company’s success, are preparing a full-scale attack.’
The Korean branch has also prepared for this by summoning all employees from the provinces to Seoul. The problem is that we don’t know the exact date of the vampires’ attack.
‘Since the story has deviated from the original, I don’t know the exact date of the vampire attack either.’
The fastest way to resolve this situation is to kill the Vampire Lord. Killing him will naturally end the quest.
‘That bastard is probably still turning high-ranking officials into vampires.’
The vampires’ conspiracy.
It’s nothing special.
They plan to turn all high-ranking officials into vampires and make South Korea a vampire nation. Of course, South Korea won’t immediately become a vampire nation. It will take at least ten years for them to fully achieve their goal. Even they can’t turn hundreds of thousands of people into vampires at once.
‘Hmm. It doesn’t seem like I’ll find an answer no matter how much I think about it.’
The vampires will eventually attack the company. The Vampire Lord will show himself then, so I’ll just wait.
‘I don’t care how many company employees die. As long as Seo-hyun Joo is safe.’
Vvvvvvv.
My smartphone vibrated once. A message had arrived. I took out my smartphone and checked the message.
‘It’s a message from the company app. The sender is the intelligence department.’
It’s not a work order. Work orders come under the name of the special forces commander, not the intelligence department.
‘The content is a request for cooperation.’
As soon as I saw that the sender was the intelligence department, I smelled something fishy.
Yesterday, I received a blowjob from Seo-hyun Joo under the desk in the office. I flaunted it to the surveillance camera. Department head Soo-hyuk Kwak, who seems to have feelings for Seo-hyun Joo, must have been furious.
‘I didn’t expect him to pull something so soon.’
I haven’t decided how to kill Soo-hyuk Kwak yet.
‘He must be really pissed.’
I checked the content. The purpose was to go to a shantytown, where a group of vampires was suspected to be hiding, with an intelligence department employee and confirm it directly. My main task was to protect the intelligence department employee.
‘The work itself isn’t that strange.’
It wasn’t uncommon for an employee from the combat or special forces to escort an intelligence department employee.
‘The problem is that I’m the only one being mobilized for this task.’
If I accept the task and go to the shantytown, something is 100% going to happen. I can’t be sure what that event will be.
‘At the bottom, there’s the special forces commander’s approval signature. The groundwork has already been laid.’
Special Forces Commander Myung-sook Kang.
This old hag, both in the original story and here, I can’t figure out what she’s thinking. She’ll do anything to achieve the goal of eradicating vampires. I can’t rule out the possibility that she’s working with Soo-hyuk Kwak.
‘Maybe not. Eliminating me would weaken the special forces. More than anything, it would damage my relationship with Seo-hyun Joo.’
But Soo-hyuk Kwak is a third-generation chaebol. She might have been drawn to his immense wealth.
‘…Hmm. Should I just kill Soo-hyuk Kwak now? Or should I carry out the task and gather evidence first?’
Soo-hyuk Kwak is at the company right now. To kill him, I’d have to attack the company.
I considered the possibility of fighting the company alone. With the proper use of bombs, it’s definitely possible. However, if that happens, the company’s strength will drastically decrease. This means it will be harder in the upcoming large-scale battle with the vampires.
‘It’s impossible to secretly kill Soo-hyuk Kwak in the company… I have no choice.’
I decided to carry out the task.
• • •
“Hello! I’m Soo-mi Kang from the Intelligence Department’s 3rd Division!”
I met the intelligence department employee I would be working with at the location specified in the message.
She was a small woman, about 150cm tall. Her hairstyle was a short bob. The ends of her hair didn’t go below her chin. Her overall impression was round and cute. She was so small and looked so young that she could pass for a middle schooler in a school uniform.
She would be an asset as an informant. Even vampires would lower their guard around a child. She must be disguising herself as a child to gather information.
‘More than that, she’s from the 3rd Division. An employee directly under Soo-hyuk Kwak. She probably received some instructions from him.’
If she were a man, I would have taken her to a secluded place and tortured her, but I scrapped that plan. Soo-mi Kang wasn’t my type of beauty, but she was quite pretty.
“I’m Yoo-jin Sung from the Special Forces’ 2nd Division. This is my first time working with an intelligence department employee. Isn’t the 3rd Division where Department Head Soo-hyuk Kwak is?”
“That’s right. I work under Department Head Kwak. Ah, you’re Ms. Seo-hyun Joo’s partner, right? You’ve been with the company for over a month.”
“Yes. I’m a newbie.”
“I’m a newbie too. I haven’t been with the company for three months yet. If you include the training period, it’s been over a year.”
“Do you train for that long?”
“Unlike the combat or special forces, the intelligence department is half spy. There’s a lot to learn.”
“Ah. I see.”
“Hey, I know we’re the same age, so why don’t we speak casually? It would be nice to be comfortable since we have to work together.”
“Sure, why not.”
Soo-mi Kang smiled brightly.
A smile to lower her guard. In other words, it’s an act.
I smiled back at her.
“Let’s change our clothes before we go to the work area.”
“Change our clothes?”
“Yeah. I’ll wear a school uniform to look like a student. You wear casual clothes. Let’s go with the concept of siblings. Oh, don’t wear anything too nice. Cheap clothes are better.”
“I don’t really like cheap clothes.”
“The place we’re going isn’t a high-income area. If you wear designer clothes, you’ll just raise suspicion as soon as we go in. New clothes aren’t good either… I’m worried. I’ll pick out your clothes.”
“Are you going to order them online?”
“Order clothes? It’s much faster to buy them on a used goods app. Especially used clothes, they even have that used feel, which is better. You can even find a good school uniform if you’re lucky.”
Soo-mi Kang said proudly. She showed me her smartphone, and there were many items listed at low prices.
I wondered if I was behind the times.
The conclusion was that I wasn’t behind the times. I just don’t use used items much in the first place.
‘It’s not like I don’t have money.’
There were many ways to get money. I throw away clothes and other things without a second thought. Sell them used? It’s more beneficial to spend my personal time instead.
“Okay. I found them. Let’s go.”
“Already?”
“Most people sell quickly if you offer a little extra. You have to pay for it, though?”
Soo-mi Kang dragged me to the car. Surprisingly, she was a pretty good driver.
An hour later.
I was dressed like a college student, and Soo-mi Kang was wearing a nearby middle school uniform. We hid the car near the shantytown and deliberately used public transportation.
“If we want to avoid suspicion, we have to be thorough from the start.”
“Is that why we’re moving like this now?”
“That’s right. There’s less than two hours left before sunset. Diligent vampires will be waking up around this time.”
“You know that vampires’ abilities get stronger at night, right? It’s dangerous to go without any weapons.”
Right now, I only had a knife. A pistol was too big to carry. Even if I hid it in my clothes, it would bulge out and be immediately noticeable.
‘I can take it out of my inventory if necessary… but it’s better not to show it to Soo-mi Kang or the vampires.’
Soo-mi Kang patted her chest as if to say there was no problem.
“Trust me. We won’t do anything to provoke the vampires. Vampires don’t just attack people randomly. We’re just going to confirm the vampires and install a bug. There’s no combat planned.”
“Okay. I guess I should trust the expert.”
“Do you know how to identify a vampire?”
“Shadows. Vampires don’t have shadows.”
“That’s right. But you can’t just check roughly. The clothes that vampires wear cast shadows. You have to look closely at their hands and heads that the clothes don’t cover. If they’re wearing a hat and covering their hands, there’s a 90% chance they’re a vampire.”
“They could be human.”
“It’s not winter now. There’s no reason for them to be bundled up like that. And most importantly, there’s this mirror.”
Soo-mi Kang took out a small hand mirror from her pocket. The front was a normal mirror, and the back was made of metal.
“The Witch’s Mirror. This mirror only reflects the true form.”
“…So it reflects the true form of a vampire. There are such amazing things.”
“It’s only provided to intelligence department employees.”
The mirror reflected me and Soo-mi Kang. There was nothing unusual. It looked like a normal mirror. I quietly nodded. My curiosity wasn’t directed at the mirror but at something else.
“The name of this mirror is the Witch’s Mirror? Was it made by a witch?”
“Yeah, that’s right. It’s a custom-made item. A witch who cooperates with the company is making them. You know about witches, right?”
“Not in detail.”
“Me neither. Witches are top secret. Department Head Kwak didn’t seem to know either. Maybe someone at the commander level would know.”
“If they’re witches, they must use magic.”
“Yeah. But magic is limited, and there seem to be conditions for using it.”
That was all Soo-mi Kang knew. I asked her about witches several times, but she didn’t know anything else.
We slowly started to climb up to the shantytown. Looking at Soo-mi Kang, her acting was natural. Usually, in this kind of situation, people’s steps become stiff, and they put more force into their bodies than necessary, but there was no trace of such acting in Soo-mi Kang.
‘She’s been properly trained.’
Unlike her unreliable appearance, she was a thorough professional. That’s why I need to be even more wary of her.
