Chapter 67 – 067. Vampire Detective
067. Vampire Detective
Through Choi Sunmi, I can get information about the Red Light Task Force and the Korean Black Cross Society. Even without me saying anything, Choi Sunmi brought me the information.
The Red Light Task Force is practically defunct. The members of the task force are doing other work, not dealing with Red Light. Occasionally, when a suspect presumed to be Red Light appears, they investigate, but that’s about it. The higher-ups have almost given up on Red Light.
‘The possibility of the task force being disbanded isn’t high. At least, just having the Red Light Task Force means that, outwardly, they’re investigating Red Light.’
The police will definitely use the task force to appeal to the public that they are still investigating Red Light!
‘The Black Cross Society is like a funeral home, right?’
They actually held funerals. The funerals for the vampire hunters I killed. I stopped assassinating vampire hunters after that.
There are now fewer than 10 vampire hunters left in the Korean Black Cross Society. They have to worry not only about Red Light but also about other vampires.
‘I heard some Black Cross Society employees developed mental illnesses because they were afraid of me. That’s too bad.’
They requested support from the British and American Black Cross Societies, but they were rejected. I received information that Lee Moonhyun, the head of the Korean Black Cross Society headquarters, seems to be doing something to overcome the current situation, but I’m not worried.
The Korean Black Cross Society has already lost its influence. All they can do is suppress the vampires who are recklessly running wild.
‘Moon Jihyuk seems to be going around investigating Kantra… but he’s just spinning his wheels.’
From the start, Moon Jihyuk is chasing Kantra in Korea. Only a very small number of vampires in Korea know about Kantra. Even if they do know, they know nothing about the Orb of Life.
Right now, Moon Jihyuk is just digging in the air.
‘I need to provide some information. That way, Moon Jihyuk will chase Doris like in the original story. Should I tell him about Kang Wooksung?’
I shook my head as I thought.
Kang Wooksung is a smart guy. He’ll immediately realize that I gave Moon Jihyuk the information.
I want to maintain a good relationship with Kang Wooksung.
‘Because such a convenient broker is hard to come by.’
After some thought, I took out my smartphone and sent a message to Moon Jihyuk.
Taker – How much have you found out about the Orb of Life?
Moon Jihyuk – No progress. I found some hidden vampires and asked them, but they didn’t know about Kantra either.
Moon Jihyuk – Maybe I have no choice but to go to Europe myself to find out.
Taker – I have information about that Kantra.
Taker – I got information that a Kantra executive is smuggling into Busan from Japan this time.
Moon Jihyuk – You managed to get such high-level information. As expected of Taker.
Moon Jihyuk – What’s the exact date of the smuggling, or the executive’s characteristics?
Taker – I don’t know. Since Kantra itself is a vampire organization that dominates Europe, it’s hard to get information.
Taker – But it’s certain that the Kantra executive is a True Ancestor.
Moon Jihyuk – A True Ancestor would have superpowers.
I paused here.
I naturally knew about Doris Ziegler’s superpowers through the original story.
‘Should I tell him? He tracked her down well even without knowing in the original story…. The current Moon Jihyuk is a bit different from the original Moon Jihyuk.’
The Moon Jihyuk of the original story grew a lot mentally by experiencing and solving various incidents. But the current Moon Jihyuk hasn’t solved many incidents because the story has been twisted.
‘Especially since the bombing of the Dawn Group headquarters, he’s changed a bit. He’s become softer, I guess? He’s lost his edge.’
Not being able to stop Jianseok must have been a pretty big mental shock.
Taker – This is just a rumor, but I heard that one of Kantra’s executives is a True Ancestor with teleportation powers.
Moon Jihyuk – Teleportation? If he had such a cheat-like ability, there’s no reason for him to come to Busan by boat, right?
Taker – There are limitations to a True Ancestor’s superpowers. If they could move between countries, vampires would have already dominated the world.
Taker – 10 meters. The maximum distance of teleportation is roughly that much.
Moon Jihyuk – That’s still a pretty cheat-like ability.
Moon Jihyuk – Thanks.
Taker – What for? This is all part of my job for money.
Taker – Oh, and about the True Ancestor who turned Detective Moon into a vampire.
He was supposed to be caught by Moon Jihyuk a while ago. But as the future has been twisted, there’s no sign of him being caught. He’s hiding in Seoul and acting.
Moon Jihyuk – No way. You found that guy?!
Taker – I found him. I even investigated his identity.
Taker – His name is Im Moun. He’s 28 years old. His superpower is transformation. He can’t use his powers during the day, and at night, he can change his appearance for about 3 hours. He can’t turn into a woman, and his voice doesn’t change.
Moon Jihyuk – Amazing. You investigated him in such detail.
Taker – Actually, I found out about him a while ago. To confirm, I hacked into the CCTV near him and observed him.
Taker – His current residence is an officetel near Sindang Station.
Moon Jihyuk – Should I… kill him?
In the original story, if a vampire is caught, they die in prison. The government secretly kills vampires because prisons are made for ordinary people.
If you put a vampire in prison, they’ll try to escape using their natural physical abilities.
Taker – Vampires taken to prison eventually die. Do as you please.
Taker – By the way, True Ancestors are more dangerous than ordinary vampires.
I thought Moon Jihyuk would arrest Im Moun. He did in the original story. Well, Im Moun eventually dies like other vampires transferred to prison.
Moon Jihyuk – I have to kill him. True Ancestors are too dangerous.
Moon Jihyuk’s reaction was unexpected.
‘What is it? Moon Jihyuk has changed. …Is it because of Red Light?’
Taker – Do as you please.
•••
November 19th.
Im Moun died at the hands of Moon Jihyuk.
Im Moun died instantly after being stabbed in the chest with a silver-plated knife.
It seems Moon Jihyuk secretly went to Im Moun’s house during the day and stabbed him in the heart with a knife. He successfully finished his revenge. But from what I saw, he didn’t seem happy.
After killing Im Moun, Moon Jihyuk immediately went down to Busan and began investigating the vampire True Ancestor who was coming in through illegal immigration.
‘Moon Jihyuk. This bastard has become a bit cold. And he’s strangely obsessed with the Orb of Life? He wasn’t this obsessed originally.’
Feeling something was off, I started investigating Moon Jihyuk. Actually, it wasn’t even an investigation. It was just hacking into Moon Jihyuk’s smartphone. Since I know Moon Jihyuk’s number, I could hack into his smartphone even from far away. However, in this case, the hacking maintenance time becomes a bit shorter.
‘Aha.’
I could tell by looking at his call history and chat history.
‘Moon Jihyuk has changed a lot because of the female lead, Yang Jungmin.’
In the original story, he works in the criminal investigation department, not the Red Light Task Force, and is swamped with work. He doesn’t have time for romance with the constant incidents happening. Come to think of it, the romance portion of the original drama was very small, almost nonexistent.
‘But he has more free time since joining the Red Light Task Force.’
He used that free time to date Yang Jungmin.
I scanned through all of Moon Jihyuk and Yang Jungmin’s call records and chat logs.
Perhaps it’s a detective’s occupational habit, but Moon Jihyuk automatically saved his call content. He saved everything, no matter how trivial, without deleting it. I was able to listen to Moon Jihyuk and Yang Jungmin’s sweet conversations.
‘They’ve kissed, but they haven’t done the deed yet.’
I understand. They’re both virgins. To make matters worse, it’s their first relationship. It’ll be hard to make progress. Moon Jihyuk is a bit of a gentleman, after all.
‘Moon Jihyuk is completely smitten with Yang Jungmin.’
I chuckled to myself.
Should I go to Yang Jungmin’s house right now and rape her? Yang Jungmin’s parents are no threat to me. I could violate Yang Jungmin in front of their eyes.
‘……No, no. It’s not too late even after I use Moon Jihyuk.’
If Moon Jihyuk found out that Yang Jungmin was raped, his mentality could be shattered. If he does something rash because of that, my plan could go awry.
‘It’s not too late to do it later. Judging by the looks of it, they won’t have sex this year. …Hmm. No, maybe there’s a possibility on Christmas?’
I chuckled and looked at the internet on my smartphone.
These days, every site was full of stories about Red Light.
-Red Light-nim! Please kill my boss!
-Are the useless police digging in the dirt again?
-Red Light this, Red Light that. When is that killer going to be caught?
-If Red Light is caught, he’ll be 100% sentenced to death. It doesn’t make sense to keep a superpowered person alive.
-Red Light’s blade shines, and his blade delivers judgment.
-Ah, there are so many Red Light fanboys. They were selling Red Light masks everywhere on the street today. Of course, I bought one too.
-Red Light’s swordsmanship! Taught at the Incheon Cheonhye Swordsmanship Center!
-Super Hero Red Light! He’s been quiet lately, what’s he up to?
The internet was the same as usual.
•••
‘Found him.’
Around 8 AM. Moon Jihyuk found a foreigner who had secretly entered the country by boat from Japan.
He looks to be in his mid-30s. He’s wearing a trench coat over a suit. His appearance is very neat, making him look like a British gentleman. He’s carrying a briefcase in one hand.
Moon Jihyuk was watching him from more than 100 meters away.
‘At first, I was doubtful. But….’
Moon Jihyuk had a small mercury mirror in his left hand. He had checked through the mercury mirror as he passed by the foreigner earlier. The foreigner’s image was not reflected in the mercury mirror. In other words, he’s a vampire.
Moon Jihyuk quietly followed the man and sent a message to Taker.
Moon Jihyuk – I found a foreign man presumed to be a Kantra executive. He’s a vampire.
Moon Jihyuk – (Photo 1) (Photo 2)
Moon Jihyuk – It seems the Orb of Life is in his briefcase.
Taker – Ah. You even took a good picture of his face. Just a moment. I’ll investigate.
‘The opponent is a True Ancestor vampire like Red Light. And he’s a Kantra executive. His senses will be sharp. I need to increase the distance.’
He increased the distance to 200 meters. Honestly, even this distance was unsettling. If he could, he wanted to follow him from 500 meters away.
‘This distance is the right amount.’
Taker – His name is Doris Ziegler. He’s in his 60s, unlike his appearance.
Taker – He’s the True Ancestor with teleportation powers I mentioned before.
Moon Jihyuk – It seems difficult to steal the briefcase. Is there a good way?
Taker – How about shooting him with a sniper? But that would be difficult too.
Taker – For now, follow him and gather information. He just arrived in Korea, so he’ll be on high alert.
Moon Jihyuk agreed with Taker’s opinion. Even if it’s daytime, if Doris uses teleportation to escape, there’s no answer.
‘First, I’ll gather information. He said the teleportation distance was within 10 meters last time. If I plan well, I can deal with that.’
He put his hand in his coat pocket. He could feel the touch of a small revolver. It was a revolver he had obtained through Taker. The revolver was naturally loaded with silver bullets. It was prepared to kill a True Ancestor.
‘I must obtain the Orb of Life and return to being human. After returning to being human… I’ll propose to Jungmin.’
Doris calmly went to a Korean restaurant and started eating breakfast.
After that, a car came and picked up Doris, and they started driving somewhere. Moon Jihyuk also started running after the car. But Moon Jihyuk soon frowned.
‘……I’ve been found out. They’re trying to shake me off.’
Moon Jihyuk clicked his tongue. He couldn’t approach them openly. There were definitely at least three vampires in the other car. He was outnumbered.
‘I have no choice but to let them go for now.’
Pretending to be shaken off after following them for a while, Moon Jihyuk stopped his car and sent a message to Taker.
Moon Jihyuk – I lost him. I think they noticed me.
Taker – I finished checking the car number. It’s a ghost car, as expected.
Taker – But I got new information, so I can deduce their destination.
Moon Jihyuk – Really? Where is the destination?
Taker – Seoraksan.
Taker – What Doris has is the Flower of Life. The Flower of Life absorbs the energy of nature and bears fruit. And now is the time when the energy of the Korean Peninsula is the most abundant in 300 years.
Taker – Seoraksan is the center of the Korean Peninsula’s energy. If they’re going to absorb energy, that’s the perfect place.
Moon Jihyuk – I understand. I’ll head to Seoraksan right away. It’ll be faster to take the train than to leave the car.
Taker – They’ll move by car. Since they’re vampires, the work will eventually start at night.
Moon Jihyuk felt a sense of incongruity for a moment.
Taker was giving him information as if he had been waiting for it.
‘It must be a coincidence. I can trust Taker. Taker has never given me false information so far.’
Above all, thanks to Taker’s information, he was able to kill Im Moun, who had turned him into a vampire, not long ago.
‘Right now, I need to find a way to face them alone… no, to steal the Orb of Life.’
