## Chapter 37 – The Whereabouts of Trickster Chaeryeong (1)
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After Jiwoo had fallen as a Corrupted Slave, becoming completely Si-yoon’s minion,
the three of them washed their bodies, soaked with sweat and bodily fluids, and sat on the sofa.
“Whoa! Oh…?!”
Si-yoon was practicing to handle Jiwoo’s ability, ‘Weapon Implementation.’
“Have I not played games for too long…”
When using his Ignition ability, he could easily create even a small flame,
but now he couldn’t even implement a small dagger-like weapon.
“Jiwoo, what exactly does it feel like when you implement a weapon?”
“Uhm… It’s not difficult if you think of yourself as a game character!”
Jiwoo immediately stretched out both hands to the side, concentrated for a moment, and
quickly implemented her most cherished weapon, a pair of handguns.
“Like this!… That’s how you do it.”
“…Difficult.”
Like other ordinary people, Si-yoon had enjoyed computer and mobile games a lot,
but after becoming a combatant in the organization, he had almost forgotten about them for several years.
“Are there any restrictions on the weapon you implement?”
“No! It doesn’t have to be this gun, I can also make sharp weapons or bows.”
In addition to the pair of handguns, Jiwoo also demonstrated a long sniper rifle, a sharp dagger,
and even a large greatsword or spear that seemed difficult to lift.
“Ugh! Like this…! I can even implement large weapons.”
“Oh! I think I know which character that spear belongs to.”
Looking at the spear Jiwoo was holding, as if something came to mind,
Si-yoon closed his eyes for a moment and took a stance as if holding a spear.
“…Oh!”
A long spear held in his two hands, emitting a faint blue light.
It was the same object as the sharp and heavy spear that Jiwoo was holding.
“It seems like Master has also played War of Champions?”
“War of Champions? War of Champions… Are you talking about War of Champions?”
“That’s right! You know it!”
War of Champions was a game that had been loved for a long time, even though it had been released for nearly 10 years.
Si-yoon had also played it diligently in the past.
“Was it season 1 or 2… I think I played it hard for a while and then quit.”
“The character who uses this spear was released early on, so I think you know it.”
As she explained, the character who used the weapon was a warrior character in a macho style,
charging with a spear and shield, who was released in the early days when he was playing.
“Right. That character running around with a shield. I remember now. It’s been a long time?”
“I don’t know… I haven’t played the game…”
Si-yoon, lost in reminiscence for a moment, recalling memories from years ago.
Dohwa, watching the two people talking about a game she didn’t know,
looked sullen, as if feeling left out.
“It’s okay! Unni told me to go play games with her later.
We can go with Master.”
Jiwoo took Dohwa’s hand, who seemed to be sulking.
“Yeah. I quite like playing games too.
But more than that… We’ve been acting like beasts since we got here, forgetting something important.”
“Ah! Trickster…! What happened to them?”
They had forgotten because they had been mating like beasts for over three hours since returning to the hideout,
but the three of them had been on a mission to chase after ‘Trickster’ Chaeryeong until then.
“You said the operation was a success…”
“Of course! The operation was definitely a success.”
Si-yoon, who had disguised himself as an agent, even sent a message saying the operation was a success as if he had taken some action,
but Chaeryeong had clearly disappeared without a trace before getting into the transport vehicle.
Dohwa was curious as to why he had said the operation was a success.
“As stated in the report, it has become clear that Trickster is a Doppelganger ability user.”
***
A few hours ago, in front of the cafe on the outskirts of S City, where the ‘Trickster’ Chaeryeong suppression operation took place.
As Lumi and Dohwa rushed into the cafe,
Si-yoon turned to follow them as Dohwa had told him.
“Is it now?”
Jiwoo grabbed Si-yoon’s arm as he was about to follow immediately.
And pointed to the men in black suits standing next to the building.
“Master…? I see suspicious people over there.”
“Suspicious people?”
Several men wearing sunglasses and black suits standing next to the building.
They weren’t there until Dohwa and Lumi went into the cafe,
but it seemed they had sneaked in from somewhere and were lurking in an unseen place.
They were men who looked suspicious to anyone,
but because it was a street with little foot traffic even on normal days, Jiwoo and Si-yoon were the only ones watching them.
– Shhhhhㅡ
“Is that smoke coming from inside the cafe…?”
“It looks like they released smoke grenades or sleeping gas inside.”
While their attention was diverted elsewhere for a moment,
white smoke was slowly leaking out from inside the cafe.
“Villains often use this method right before their hideout is discovered.
Maybe those men are also… waiting to catch them escaping in preparation for that.”
“I see. Experienced heroes are different.
Then should I disguise myself as those men?”
“It would be good for Master to do that… but I can’t.”
Among the burly men who were at least 180cm tall on average,
if Jiwoo, who was not even 160cm tall, was wearing a suit, she would be regarded as very suspicious.
“Then go up to the building and watch the situation. If it gets dangerous, please provide fire support immediately.”
“Yes! I will take your order.”
Jiwoo ran up the stairs that led to the inside of the building next to the cafe.
After sending Jiwoo away, Si-yoon carefully approached the men in black suits.
‘Three people… It doesn’t seem easy?’
Si-yoon approached the men in black suits without hesitation and stood in front of them.
Then, the man who seemed to have the best physique among the three men approached Si-yoon.
“You can’t come this way. It’s dangerous here, so please step back.”
“Pardon? I have to pass this way.”
The men, thinking of Si-yoon as an ordinary citizen, said it was dangerous,
and blocked the front of the alley without explaining the reason in detail.
“Are you arresting a criminal? Maybe… a villain?”
“Didn’t I say it was dangerous? Go away immediately.”
A man pushed Si-yoon’s shoulder, trying to prevent him from entering.
Si-yoon clenched his fist tightly and struck the man’s face.
– Powㅡ!!
“What… What is this bastard!”
“You pushed me first? It’s self-defense.”
The man, whose right cheek was hit hard by a fist, staggered and stood up,
unable to lift his head properly as the impact seemed quite large.
“This bastard… catch him!”
“Yes!”
Leaving the staggering man behind, two men rushed at Si-yoon.
“Heup!”
Si-yoon strongly pushed away the bald man rushing from the left first,
and kicked the rough-looking man who was trying to grab his arm from the opposite side.
“Keuheok!”
“Kehek!”
The bald man who collided with the cafe’s outer wall leaned against the wall and sat down, seemingly with a large impact,
and the rough-looking man who was hit in the abdomen grabbed his stomach and glared at Si-yoon.
– Pewㅡ!
“Don’t move. Put your hands up and stand there.”
A sound that was not as loud as a normal gunshot.
The man who was punched used a pistol with a silencer and fired a warning shot.
‘Tch… It’s a bit difficult to deal with a gun, even if it’s bare-handed.’
Thanks to his life as a combatant, he was confident in hand-to-hand combat,
but having a gun, not other weapons, was a different story.
“Hurry up and put your hands up! Can’t you hear me!”
“Haha…”
Si-yoon eventually stood in front of the man pointing the gun with both hands raised.
– Swooshㅡ
“Keuh?! Ugh!”
The man holding and aiming the gun was stabbed in the neck by a thin projectile that flew in from somewhere,
and lost consciousness and collapsed after a few seconds.
This was the same for the man who was grabbing his stomach and sitting down.
Judging by the fact that he fell asleep immediately as if he had taken sleeping pills,
it seemed that someone had fired something like a syringe needle containing sleeping pills.
‘Could it be… Jiwoo?’
“Ugh… Uaaaaaa!!!”
While watching the man who had fallen asleep for a moment,
the bald man who had been catching his breath after colliding with the wall rushed in again.
‘I’m not confident… but I’ll get better soon if I use it in real combat.’
[ Slave: Uses Yoon Dohwa’s ability ‘Ignition’. ]
Si-yoon used Dohwa’s ability to wrap fire around his fist,
and swung a flaming fist at the man who was rushing in to subdue him with his arms spread wide.
– Pababakㅡ!!
“Kuaaaaack!!!”
The man’s hand reached Si-yoon’s shoulder faster than the fist he swung,
but he screamed in pain from the impact of the exploding flames from the fist.
“Hoo… I might get hurt too if I’m not careful. I see why they wear suits.”
The end of Si-yoon’s fist, which was covered in flames, was slightly scorched,
leaving a slight red burn mark.
Of course, it was also because he was not yet familiar with using the ‘Ignition’ ability,
but as he said, it was because he didn’t have a suit or equipment to prevent injuries from the ability.
– Ttingㅡ!
[ Jiwoo: I have taken care of it as you ordered! ]
“As expected. It seems like Jiwoo helped.”
After checking the text message that arrived from Jiwoo,
he took off all the clothes and sunglasses of the man who was asleep under the influence of sleeping pills.
“The size is perfect. Ugh! Don’t they wipe their sunglasses before wearing them?”
He put on the stripped black suit and sunglasses,
and sat the fallen men side by side next to the trash can in the cafe alley.
“Okay… If I put these in my ears too…?”
Si-yoon, who had perfectly disguised himself as a Union agent.
He slowly walked into the inner area where other agents were likely to be.
