Chapter 550 – Gaiden 53) Rachel, a Girl Specializing in Kidnapping (2)
Abduction Specialist Girl Rachel (2)
“Hee hee!”
“Kaiya, is it delicious?”
“Yes! Mint chocolate is delicious! I want to eat rice with mint chocolate!”
“That, that’s a bit… Anyway, I like our Kai, so my sister likes it too.”
Hee hee! Yum!”
Kai smiled brightly and alternately ate the mint chocolate ice cream in her hands.
‘Is it that delicious?’
Seeing Kai like that, Rachel tilted her head and when she bought Kai her ice cream, she tasted the ice cream she bought along with it.
‘Ugh! It tastes awful…’
Scripting the tip of her tongue on her ice cream, Rachel wrote her impression. The ice cream in her hand was the same mint chocolate as Kai’s.
‘It’s not my taste either.’
Kai tried to buy this because it was delicious… But it was really bad.
‘Huh?’
Then, Rachel realized something was wrong with her.
There were many people who came to play in the park.
People like them who came to exercise, families out on picnics, lovers walking arm in arm…
There were people who didn’t belong anywhere.
“…”
“…”
And they were watching themselves. While exuding a ferocious spirit that only those who have killed people can possess.
At 14 years old this year, Rachel has been through a lot of things that are difficult for children her age to experience. And one of them was kidnapping.
Rachel experienced a kidnapping that is difficult for others to experience once in her life, as many as three times. She speaks of a sense that only those who have experienced it can have.
‘The authors… They’re targeting us!’
That they targeted them.
‘We? Or… Me?’
Rachel slinked away from Laura and Kai to see if they were after them or if they only wanted her.
“…”
“…”
Then their eyes moved. What they were after was themselves.
At that, Rachel let out a sigh of relief. If she moved alone, she wouldn’t endanger her one and only sister, her best friend.
‘First, from Master Kevin…’
Rachel looked down at her little puppy, who was yawning in her own arms. Master Kevin was dangerous if she was with her.
“Laura.”
“Huh?”
“Take care of Master Kevin.”
“Yes why?”
“I have something to see. It’s going to take some time, so you guys go home first.”
“What’s going on?”
“It’s a personal business. Oh! And can you tell Daddy when you get home?”
Rachel said, pretending to be as natural as possible.
“‘I’m so glad my dad saved me three years ago.’ You can say it like that.”
“Huh? What?”
“Anyway, please!”
“Lee, Rachel!”
Rachel cradled Master Kevin in Laura’s arms and started running in her opposite direction. Seeing Rachel walk away, Laura and Kai tilted their heads at her.
“I’m so glad my dad saved me three years ago? What does that mean?”
“Laura, where are you going?”
“Well? I guess there’s work. Let’s go first… Huh? Puppy!”
At that time, Master Kevin, who was in Laura’s arms, jumped off her pole and chased after Rachel. Laura frantically tried to catch her dog, but with her short legs she ran so fast that it was gone in an instant.
“… What the hell is this?”
*****
‘To the Hero Association… No, it’s too far. They might attack before then. Then… Should I go to a place where there are as few people as possible?’
Rachel ran at high speed, looking for safety. In the park, she ran at Laura’s pace, so her stamina was relaxed.
“Little girl, where are you going in such a hurry?”
“!!!!!”
Rachel was frightened at the sound of her voice beside her. Looking next to her, there was a man with a relaxed face as if walking. He was running at Rachel’s pace, not a single sound of her breathing becoming harsh.
Rachel, who was glaring at the man, opened her mouth.
“Mister.”
“Huh?”
“Are you a kidnapper?”
“Ugh?”
The man was slightly taken aback by Rachel asking if he was the kidnapper with a slight frown on his forehead. First of all, he’s a kidnapper right now… But this was the first time he’d been so bold to ask if he was a kidnapper.
The man, who quickly regained his composure, nodded his head.
“That’s right. I came here to kidnap you.”
“Why?”
“Huh? Is there a reason for kidnapping? Doesn’t your family have a lot of money?”
“Is it really about the money?”
“What?”
“You’re not trying to kidnap me for money. Even like me, I’ve had a bit of kidnapping experience, so I can roughly tell what the kidnappers are thinking just by looking at their eyes.”
“Huh… Are you really a kid? Why do you talk so calmly?”
The man admired Rachel for trying to dig up information even when he was running away. According to what I heard from the ‘bear’ guy, he is 14 years old this year, but he was calm and not embarrassed for his age.
“Anyway, how about we stop running now?”
“Where are you taking me and for what purpose?”
“Hmm… Do people have to die to stop? You’re such a calm kid, did you even notice? My kids are all over here now. If I give the order, everyone here will die.”
“…Then you’ll be chased by the heroes, is that okay?”
Hehe. If you’re afraid of a hero, you can’t do this.”
“…”
At Rachel’s words, the man burst into laughter. I felt free from him. The man was genuinely not afraid of heroes.
Anyway, as Rachel continued to run without stopping, the man raised her hand. Then those who were hiding among the people put their hands into their bosoms. It was about to get the gun out.
“All right.”
Before the gun roared, Rachel stopped first. It was hard to breathe because it was hard to run, or because I was angry at the man who was threatening the lives of innocent people.
“Good idea.”
When Rachel stopped, the man stopped too. And soon after, a car stopped beside them.
“Then shall we go?”
“Mister.”
“Why? You’re not going to cry and cry and ask me not to come and help you now? By the way, I really hate it when kids whine? To the point of killing everyone here.”
“… You, no, you guys are making a mistake now.”
“What? A mistake?”
“Yes. My dad is really nice to me, but I get very scared of bad people like you.”
“What? Hehe!”
The man burst into laughter. And he stroked Rachel’s head like he was cute.
“Kid, please pray to God that your father won’t find you. So your father will be safe?”
“You don’t have to.”
“Huh?”
Rachel passed the man and got into the car. She said it was strange to see the abductee get into the abductor’s car by herself.
“Because my dad is a god.”
Rachel, who got into her car first, glared at the man with her cold eyes.
“Ku-k-k-k-k! He’s a funny kid.”
The man who burst out laughing rode next to Rachel. The door was closed and the kidnappers’ car with Rachel set off.
And-
“…Bruises.”
A small puppy with white fur was hanging under the car.
*****
The vehicle with Rachel moved along the road. They went around the same area as if they were suspicious of location tracking, and also went around different areas.
After a while, the car stopped.
“Get off.”
“…”
Is it confidence? The men didn’t do anything to Rachel. Rachel obediently complied with their abduction, so she didn’t know it was like that. Or maybe she decided that no matter what Rachel did she couldn’t harm them.
Rachel got out of the car and followed the man. Soon after, the man entered a building that looked like an abandoned house.
‘… 11 people, no 12 people.’
Rachel crossed the old gate and counted the number of people inside, no, kidnappers. There were 11 men and women in the abandoned house, and there were 12 including the man who brought him.
’12 officers and 78 subordinates.’
When she was separated from Laura and Kai at the park, Rachel wasn’t just running. She counted the number of people who felt alien in the crowd. That number reached 78 people.
‘In addition to that, if you add other subordinates… There are over 100 people. Too many.’
Rachel bit her lip in secret. She was too many to escape on her own.
She checked the faces of the people in her lungs. They were bare-faced, probably not afraid of their faces being known.
‘… Strange.’
Rachel’s eyes stopped on a man. His size was almost as big as her father’s, but his head was the size of a fist. He was a man whose body was out of balance.
And the moment Rachel saw the man next to the strange-looking man,
“Everything, you…!”
Opened her eyes
In the past 3 years she has never forgotten.
Just as Rachel was helped by her dad and her memory hunters, she wanted to help others as well as they did. That’s why she wanted to be a hero so much.
But she had another reason for Rachel.
The reason she wants to be a hero she hasn’t told others, even her family.
It was that man.
“… Is it you? The one who kidnapped me?”
Rachel wanted to become a hero because she wanted to get revenge on the man who tried to take the lives of her precious mother and Kai, whom she couldn’t replace three years ago.
“Yes. I kidnapped you Rachel, no…”
When Rachel recognized him, the man got up from the floor happily.
“Heir to the blood of the dragon.”
[Won], A man, a bear beast, smiled.
*****
When they first met, Won, a bear beast, and Baron Demon, a former S-class villain who was growing stronger in the shadows, recognized that they were strong men who could not easily predict victory.
Just as a hero recognizes a hero, a villain recognizes a villain.
One wanted to rule the Dark City, so he teamed up with the Shadow Killer in the past. And the Demon Baron also joined hands with the Shadow Killer for a similar reason as Won.
The Demon Baron had only one purpose, to turn Dark City into a royalty hell. Demon Baron, who obtained superpowers through a contract with the devil, could become stronger the more pain, screams, and despair in the world.
He also planned to sacrifice a large number of people to summon the demons who had contracted him into the world.
Occasionally, some people saw the demon baron who only ruled one area and said it was the best villain among the S-class villains.
However, that was a sound that could come out because he did not know much about the demon baron. Daemon Baron was a man with a stronger desire for power than anyone else.
He planned to plunge the Dark City into the pit of Hell, increase his strength, and summon demons to devour the demons as well.
The first to notice this side of the Demon Baron was the Shadow Killer. The Shadow Killer was a meticulous and cruel man even to the demon baron, whose human mind was removed due to a contract with the devil.
So, the Demon Baron decided to move with the Shadow Killer. He calculated that by his side he would be able to carry out his plan more quickly.
Of course, in the end, that choice led to the worst result of ‘drum barrel punishment’.
Anyway, the reason Baron Demon teamed up with One was similar to Shadow Killer. He was strong enough to compare with himself, and the road to his goal was the same until the middle.
With Won, he will be able to raise royalties a little faster.
And,
‘Humans are foolish and repeat the same mistakes.’
If there was a Dark Knight in this position, he would have said this to Baron Demon, who joined hands with Won.
