Chapter 791 – Abduction 294) the Chaser(193)
294) The Chaser(193)
“What are those people? They’re the right subordinates? How come they don’t even know where their boss is going?”
After leaving the shelter, Nayeon looked back at the building with dissatisfied eyes. She and Nayeon found Tal’s shelter, but none of her men there knew where Tal had gone. All she could hear was that she had been lost after leading her men out.
“If the end knows every move of the boss, that’s just weird.”
“That’s true, but… Ha… I’m going crazy, really.”
Nayeon sighed at her frustration.
The mask plays a very important role in her plan. Right now, she is working on getting the people Tal is protecting into the realm of the Hong family, but she plans to carry out other plans sooner or later through Tal.
As long as the ruling families have made pacts to minimize intervention in the common areas, Nayeon must abide by the pacts whether she wants to or not.
If it openly ignores the agreement and moves, it becomes a public enemy. I don’t know if it’s just one family, but all the other families will be hostile, so even the Hong family couldn’t stand it.
So, Nayeon secretly planned to expand Tal’s power by taking care of Tal’s back. Secretly relocating people to the Hong family was a build-up to the plan.
This is because the mask can move more actively if there are fewer people to protect. Currently, even though Tal is being called a candidate for the king, the reason why he is passive is because there are many people he needs to protect.
Tal’s forces grew rapidly, and later, when the moment came to end the agreement, if Tal expressed his intention to recruit the Hong family, he could occupy a large part of the common area.
Even the ruling families couldn’t get in the way of that. When the other families were sucking their fingers, relying only on the agreement, Nayeon, who worked hard under the water, took the biggest piece of the pie in the common area.
“It’s hard to find another guy now…”
But that plan was disrupted. Just as the mask disappears.
“Na Yeon-ah. I think it’s better to think that Tal is dead.”
“Yes? Tal is dead? What do you mean by that?”
When I said to think of Tal as dead, Nayeon’s eyes widened. Oh, it’s so cute, it’s not like this.
“They say he moved with his men. Wouldn’t that be obvious?”
“Is it obvious?”
“Tal attacked somewhere with his men and was defeated as a result. If he had won, he would have been contacted right away.”
“Where did he attack?”
“It’s… Most likely a red pill factory.”
“The red pill? Oh, is that what you said?”
“Huh.”
Even if Tal hadn’t died yet, it was practically dead. If he was caught by the New White Killer, not by another guy, he would have said everything. He wouldn’t have let a good test subject like Tal run away.
“Anyway, let’s look around a bit. He said he led a lot of his men, so there must be someone who has seen it.”
“Wait.”
“Yes why?”
“But wasn’t that what you and Tal decided to do together?”
“Right. Oh, didn’t I tell you? He hit me in the back of the head.”
“Yes? You hit the back of the head?”
I didn’t tell Nayeon because it seemed like she was telling me something like a child. I told her, stunned, that her mask had hit her in the back of the head. Then, Nayeon let out a devastated laugh.
Haha… So the mask tricked you and acted independently in order to monopolize the red pill, which has a psychic power-enhancing effect?”
“Exactly.”
“Haa… Then should I say this was cheap?”
“Huh? What do you mean? What’s cheap?”
Nayeon said with a disappointed face.
“If I had stabbed you in the back of the head because of my momentary greed, then I wouldn’t have tried to do the same thing when I was done with him later on. Because those who can’t let go of the greed in front of them always do the same thing.”
“That’s right.”
There was no law saying that the guy who stabbed me in the back should not stab Nayeon in the back because of his greed for psychic power enhancers.
“It’s unfortunate, but I have to discard the plan through the mask and proceed with another plan.”
“Have you prepared anything?”
“It’s nothing special. I’m just looking for a replacement for the mask. Thanks to you, I have a decent replacement.”
“Thanks to me? Are you talking about Lee Ho-shik?”
“That’s right.”
“Hmm…”
Na-yeon was thinking of Lee Ho-sik, a tiger man, as a substitute for the mask. But I wasn’t very happy.
It is true that Lee Ho-sik is a man to be liked, but unfortunately, his psychic powers are much weaker than those of Tal and he lacks charisma.
‘Well, Nayeon will take care of that.’
Strictly speaking, this is Nayeon’s business and at the same time, it is the Hong family’s business.
I’m not currently married to Nayeon, and I shouldn’t get involved unless Nayeon asks me to help her first. Oh, of course, if there is a problem with Nayeon’s identity, I will intervene right away.
“But just in case, I’ll have to look for a mask.”
“Undress? Why?”
“If you’re alive, you can erase your debt.”
“Do you still believe him?”
From what she said, Nayeon seemed to still trust the mask. Contrary to my thoughts, however, she shook her head.
“No. I do not trust anyone who has betrayed my trust even once.”
“But why?”
“However, it remains unchanged that the mask is still useful. So this time, if he’s alive, I’m going to tie the leash tightly so that I can control him.”
“Oh.”
I admired Nayeon’s words that she would leave me on a leash. She becomes a charming and lovely woman in front of me, but a ruthless ruler lurks inside.
“I’ll go after the mask. In the meantime, you’re doing other things.”
“Are you going to move yourself?”
“Yeah. I was chasing the red pill anyway, so I’ll take care of it.”
“I’d appreciate it if you would. It’s nice to have someone who’s definitely excellent and can be trusted by my side. I can do multiple things at the same time.”
“You know what to do if you’re thankful, right?”
As she quietly poked her side, Nayeon let out a sigh as her face blushed.
“Ugh… Is that all you have in your head?”
“Exactly, I have no intention of doing that with you.”
“Really… He’s a sly man.”
It was Nayeon who shook her head with a face that did not dislike me.
“Oh, that’s right. And I’ll be away soon.”
“Where are you going?”
“Tsk. My brother had an accident again, so I have to go back to my family.”
“Accident? What accident did you have?”
At my question, Nayeon sighed deeply as she remembered Hong Dae-yong, her one and only brother and head of the Hong family.
“You left without telling me. No, it’s okay to leave… But the problem is outside of Red Town.”
“Ugh? Really?”
I was surprised to hear that he had gone out of Red Town.
It was truly exquisite timing.
I was constantly monitoring the main body to see if anyone was leaving Red Town, but I stopped watching not long ago after I realized that there was a New White Killer in the common area. At least when I was monitoring the whole of Red Town, no one went outside. It seems that Hong Dae-yong went out right after I stopped monitoring.
“But why did you go outside?”
“I don’t know. Actually, I said I was going to be away before I came here, but I didn’t tell you in detail at that time. So at that time, I just thought that he was complaining because there were too many family matters… But I guess that wasn’t the case. I plan to find out if he went out of Red Town after I return to my family.”
“I see. Then I should prepare myself.”
“Yes? Ready for what?”
“Your bodyguard. Outside the common area, Steel Armor, not Park Bo-gum, will protect you out of sight. So wherever you go, don’t worry.”
“That’s very reassuring. Hehe. Please take good care of me.”
Nayeon smiled when she said that the steel armor, which was unmatched even if the heads of the ruling family united, would protect her.
*****
The very next day, Nayeon returned to the Hong family with some of her powers. The rest of her abilities remained to defend the safe house in case of an unexpected situation.
And I set out in pursuit of the mask that disappeared alone. Just in time, the red pill seller, who was watching as another alter ego, was on his way to meet the middle supply to get the medicine.
Unexpectedly, the two met at a cafe that was open.
‘What? That guy…’
I narrowed my eyes when I saw the intermediate supply handing over the bag supposedly containing the red pill. I couldn’t be sure because I couldn’t see his face, but judging from his body shape, he was similar to the man who fed a dying cat a red pill and turned it into a serial killer.
The seller and the supplier got up immediately after exchanging medicines and money with each other. Once the middle supply was found, there was no need to keep an eye on the sellers anymore. I went after the supply man.
After confirming that he was going into a deserted alley, I appeared in front of him.
“Hey mister. Let’s see me for a second.”
“…”
The man looked up at the building I jumped off of and then at me again. Then the man turns around.
“Hey. Do you want to see me…?”
The moment I put my hand on his shoulder to grab him, he swung at me the dagger he had hidden under his coat.
“It’s dangerous to wield something like this at people!”
She withdrew her hand from his shoulder and turned to avoid the man’s dagger. Then, like a thunderbolt, he threw two jabs. My fist hit the man’s face, which was covered by sunglasses and a mask.
“Big!”
A man with a short moan. I hesitated for a moment, but then the man started attacking me again.
