Chapter 783 – Apocrypha 286) the Chaser(185)
286) The Chaser(185)
Following the memories of the dead serial killer, no, the serial killer grave, we headed to the alley where a person presumed to be the New White Killer had appeared.
I don’t know if it was originally smart, or if it has increased its intelligence with the power it gained in front of the threshold of death, but the cat heads to the alley where it died every day at the same time. There, he takes a pill from a man who always shows up at the same time.
‘Still… About 5 minutes left.’
Checking the time, I hid in the alley and waited for the man to appear. Like a programmed machine, a cat or a man always appears at the same time.
5 minutes passed like that and another 10 minutes passed.
‘… What? Why isn’t this bastard coming?’
The man who always showed up at the same time did not appear today even though 10 minutes had already passed from the set time.
‘Could I have noticed?’
Apparently, the man noticed that the serial killer was dead. Are you leaving?
‘If…’
I closed my eyes and amplified my senses. I could feel the breathing of the few people walking on the street and the presence of people confined to their homes.
‘Fuck. How do I find out with this?’
I muttered to myself and opened my eyes. I checked to see if a man was watching this place from around, but it was impossible to confirm in this way.
But it’s okay.
Didn’t you check that there was a New White Killer in the common area anyway?
That’s enough.
If something is being prepared in the common area, he never leaves. Even when he was parasitizing in the Huang family before, he didn’t run away from the Huang family, even though he revealed my presence.
A lot of time has passed since the Huang family went extinct, so the work he did here must have made considerable progress, so he wouldn’t leave the common area all the more.
‘You’re a rat in a poison.’
And best of all, you no longer have to watch who escapes Red Town with the forces of chaos. Red Town wasn’t usually wide, but it was consuming a lot of the power of chaos.
Of course, over time, the consumed power of chaos can be restored, but the amount of recovery cannot keep up with the amount consumed.
‘If it’s limited to common areas, you can really monitor it 365 days a year.’
If the search range is limited to a common area, 24-hour surveillance is possible like SECOM.
‘What’s the point of just going, I guess I’ll have to go around here first.’
If he’s plotting business here, the hideout should be around here too. If you’re lucky, you might spot him right away, so I wandered around.
*****
Once a week, Tal takes over the people he is carrying and secretly moves them to the territory of the Hong family. Except for the first day, fortunately there were no attacks.
I was worried that the A-class villain Scavenger, who had a deep grudge against Tal, would not appear again, but at that time he did not appear as if he had suffered quite a lot of damage.
But I couldn’t be careless. I know him because he fought a lot with villains, but he never gives up after failing once. It’s like the Joker brother who is obsessed with Batman brother.
Tal and Nayeon were fully aware of this fact, so they moved people with the safety of the temporary shelter and the movement route as the top priority.
“From now on, you just need to follow us. We will move on foot and you must not make any noise. Okay?”
To the people gathered in the building, Oh Tae-sik told them what to be careful about. Those who had already been sufficiently explained by Tal submitted to our control.
“As always, please take good care of me.”
“Don’t worry. See you next time then.”
“Yes.”
When it was time for her parting, Tal spoke to Nayeon.
After the two exchanged greetings, we led the people and moved. The destination was primarily the safe house where we were living, and finally the branch prepared by the Hong family in the common area.
For reference, not only the Hong family, but other families also set up branches in the common area. Later, when the problems of the villains are sorted out, starting from the branch, the ruling families will exert their influence on the common area in earnest.
It was when I was moving between dark alleys to avoid people’s eyes.
‘Hmm?’
I felt an unfamiliar presence in my keen senses. I, who was moving from the front, raised my hand and stopped the party.
“What happened?”
When I signaled to stop, Nayeon, who was in the middle of the crowd, approached me. I didn’t take my eyes off the front where I could feel the presence.
“There’s someone in front of you.”
“…Are you a passer-by?”
“For passers-by, it seems… They’re waiting for us. I’ll go ahead and check them out first.”
After saying that to Nayeon, she walked forward alone. Even as I approached, the person blocking my way did not move.
‘Hmm? Are you a foreigner?’
The man did not hide his appearance, perhaps believing in the darkness. But my eyes pierce the darkness. Looking at the man’s bare face, I realized that he was a rare Westerner in Red Town, where Asians were the majority.
‘Wait for a sec. If you’re a Westerner…’
At that time, one piece of information passed through my head.
Currently, there is a very famous foreigner in Red Town, especially in the common area.
A man who moves alone like a lone wolf in a dangerous common area, no matter where and when the villains may attack, no, an S-class villain.
‘[Swamp]?’
It was S-class Villain Swamp, one of the candidates for the common area emperor.
‘What? It’s a real Swamp, isn’t it?’
I’m not sure exactly what a Swamp looks like. I’ve seen him once, but I didn’t memorize his face because he was a man.
But I knew at once that the Westerner standing in front of me was Swamp. It was because the man’s hair color was green, Swamp’s biggest feature.
An S-class villain who appeared while returning to the safe house with people.
It was truly exquisite timing to dismiss it as a coincidence.
‘This shit.’
Recognizing the identity of the man standing in our way, I frowned inwardly. Swamp has supernatural powers so strong that he can walk alone in a common area and is called a candidate for the king. In particular, the more opponents he has, the stronger he becomes.
Currently behind me are Nayeon, the talented people of the Hong family, and about 20 people Tal has been protecting.
If Swamp uses his psychic powers now, even if Nayeon and the people with powers are safe, about 20 civilians will die.
‘I’ll have to drag some time.’
Nayeon opened her mouth to buy time to escape with the people. And he was prepared to come here as a doppelgänger.
“It’s amazing. I never thought I’d see ‘Swamp’ who is making a name for himself in the common area at this time. Oh, nice to meet you.”
“…”
I deliberately raised my voice and emphasized the word swap. Then Nayeon will know how to evacuate people.
Sure enough, I felt something rushing behind me.
Sloppy-!
But Swamp was much more crazy than I thought.
“… Uh?”
My eyes widened as I looked down. It was because my feet, which had been stepping on the hard floor just before, started to fall. The moment he used his psychic powers, the floor turned into a swamp.
“Bah, feet…!”
“Ugh! My feet won’t come off!”
The voices of panicked people could be heard from behind. Some of the civilians were already crying. Nayeon and the talented people also fell into a swamp.
Right now, only the top of my feet is drowned in the swamp, but if a little more time passes, I will fall all the way to the top of my head. Nayeon and other talented people struggled to get out of the swamp, but they couldn’t get their feet out.
It is a swamp created by a level 10 psychic. Those with a lower level than that could not overcome the suction power of the swamp.
So you need to deal with the swamp before your body sinks further into it.
“You don’t really like the peaceful way.”
“…”
Calmly talking to Swamp, he pulled his foot out of the swamp and moved. Swamp’s eyes widened slightly. I would have never dreamed that I would get my foot out.
In an instant, standing in front of Swamp, I reached out and grabbed his neck. Without hesitation, I strained my hand to break my neck.
Tsupuk-!
‘Ah fuck.’
But Swamp’s neck didn’t break. I don’t know if he was preparing from the beginning or if he used his psychic powers the moment I grabbed his neck, but his body was also turned into muddy mud like the floor.
Puck-! Puck-! Poo-!
I punched Swamp’s heart and stomach. Swept away by the wind pressure, his body was scattered all over the place. Mud splashed on the wall.
After three punches, all that was left was the lower half of the body, but the swamp that formed on the floor was still sucking us in.
1 minute, 1 second is an urgent situation.
No time to think about how to solve this here.
‘Let’s come as a doppelganger.’
I prepared to come here in the body of my doppelganger living in the villa with Eun-joo.
It was the moment when he was about to come here using his non-frost psychic powers with the power of chaos.
“Have a conversation.”
Swamp, who had been silent, opened his mouth. Its voice came from the swamp that generated on the floor. Also, the swamp that sucked up his thighs didn’t suck us in any more.
“…A conversation?”
“Okay.”
“It’s not a situation we’re comfortable with wanting to talk to.”
“Only like this, I can have a comfortable conversation. Didn’t you actually shake off my power and even attack me? I also need a minimum safety device.”
“Wasn’t it you who used psychic powers first?”
“Even though we haven’t exchanged a few words, the conversation is already drawing parallel lines.
“…”
What is this bastard up to now? Tilting my head, I looked at Swamp, whose lower body remained.
At first it seemed clear that he wanted to talk to me. Because he kindly explained what would happen when he unlocked his psychic powers.
“For reference, if I release my superpowers now, you don’t know, but your colleagues over there will have their lower bodies cut off and die.”
“…”
Look at this bastard Are you threatening me now?
First of all, I summoned my doppelganger here. I (doppelganger) appeared on the roof of a nearby building. Having prepared a contingency plan, I opened my mouth to have a conversation.
“Okay. What do you want to say?”
“Cooperate in killing Tal.”
“… Ride?”
Why are you wearing a mask all of a sudden?
