Chapter 168 – Episode 168
What is certain is that Daniel and Grace are now missing. And if left in this state, both of them are destined to die.
That’s why I woke up early in the morning and went straight to the store.
The first woman I met was a woman named Jin A-young.
“Hello, boss.”
She seemed surprised and stood up from her seat to greet me. Looking at her surprised expression, it seemed like it had been a long time since we had seen each other.
“I have something to report to you.”
“Yes, please tell me.”
“Last time, some people came and looked for the boss.”
“What kind of people..?”
“There were quite a few. It’s really scary when five or six people come and say they’re looking for the boss. So I just said he wasn’t there. However, while I was screaming for the boss to come quickly, Han Seo-yeon, who was outside, came in and tried to calm me down by telling me to talk to her because the boss was not there. “All the guests inside were surprised.”
“It must have been a big deal.”
“Yes, really! I really didn’t know what to do either. Should I report it to the police or contact my boss? But fortunately it just went away.”
“Okay… Didn’t you give me anything?”
“Ah! There is. “Here is my business card.”
Jina Young handed me the business card of her man in black. Her business card had the Chinese character “Jin” Written on it, but there was no phone number. So she turned the business card over and there was an address written on it.
“There was no number. There is only one address written on it. But what’s also funny is that they were obviously foreigners, but the address was written in Korean… And I have no idea what it is…”
“I need to get ready to go right now.”
“Go, are you going? What are you going to do? Are you really going to meet those people? “Do you know them?”
“People who know… No. “I have no idea.”
“Then what and how…”
I stayed up all night thinking. What should I do when I combine the futures I saw? First, I had to prevent the deaths of two people. When I came to my senses, it was not right to just ignore the deaths of the two people who had welcomed me like family as if nothing had happened.
But I definitely didn’t want to trade it for my life.
I quickly returned home, and while I was thinking about the number of scenarios and my capabilities, I came up with a few solutions.
‘You will never be taken lightly.’
Rain fell from the sky, as if representing Jin Ah-young’s worries about her. I drove through the rain to the address written on the business card. There was no party. I wasn’t told to come alone, but I didn’t want to get other people in trouble.
We will not send Chiyo to Japan. I will not leave Seo-ah and Yoo-young alone. I won’t ask Yeondu a difficult favor. I will not let Grace or Daniel die.
According to Daniel, the future has changed. In that case, it could also be said that I can change the future with my own power. The existence of a woman named Gu So-min. And the words the man in black said to Seo-ah…
‘I have no choice but to hope that my plan works.’
I arrived at the address with a prayer in my heart.
A quiet space in the countryside. As we squeezed through the dirt road, the tires made the sound of stepping on sand and stones. Then he stopped in front of a house. No, it was too shabby to be a house and was rather a building that looked more like a container. There was a vending machine next to the building and a faucet where water might have come out in the past.
‘Is it a gym..?’
Then it was said that there was a school nearby. But it seems like the school has already disappeared. I tilted my head and glanced through the car window. No matter how much I observed, I couldn’t sense any signs of popularity. It seems that the people dressed in black are somewhere else at this time. I got out of the car. I opened my umbrella, but the streetlight that provided some light was twisted and broken, so I had to use my cell phone flashlight.
It was eerie and scary because there was no noise around. Still, I came this far and couldn’t just go back, so I looked inside the building. In the hope that Daniel and Grace might be here.
Inside the building, dust, cobwebs, and mold that had accumulated for a long time were blooming. I slowly looked inside the building, adjusting the angle. But right then, I noticed something that made the scenes I had seen so far seemed awkward, and I felt goosebumps running down my spine. A shape that looked like a human leg was revealed among the black shadows.
The problem was that the flashlight suddenly turned off. I guess I was so nervous yesterday that I fell asleep without charging my phone.
Fortunately, I brought an auxiliary battery, so all I had to do was plug in the battery jack. I took out the spare battery from my pocket. And the moment I turn on the lighter to find the jack and plug it in.
“Mr. Kang Jun-hyeon?”
“Gasp!”
A man dressed in black thrust his face towards me. Since there was no sign of support, he backed away three times and fell backwards.
“Looking at your dumbfounded face, it looks like your memories haven’t all returned. When you look at things like this, you can see that her abilities are truly outstanding.”
I washed my pale face with my bare hands and observed the man again.
He was tall, had long yellow hair, and was wearing black clothes that made him completely unrecognizable in the shadows. In contrast, his face and hair were so bright that it felt like bright colors were floating in the air. It resembles a devil with only a floating face and no body.
I swallowed my fear and finally spoke to the other person.
“Who are you?”
“It’s me? Or us?”
As the man in black said that, I felt a few more noises coming from behind him. The beings appeared when the streetlight, which was thought to be broken, turned on. Some had black hair that matched the color of their clothes, and some had yellow hair just like the person standing in front of me. There were women among them, and I thought one of the two women would be Gu So-min.
“…”
When I stayed still without answering, the man in black put his hand on my shoulder.
“I didn’t expect you to come here alone like this… But I understand what you were thinking. If you’re here to save two people, you’ve come to the right place. In the first place, our goal was ‘you’, not them. Well… I guess nothing would change even if I didn’t come to visit. We were destined to meet someday.”
I knew everything I had to say. My purpose was contained in what he said. I spoke to stop the yellow-haired man from joking around.
“Please let go of these two people quickly.”
“Is it so. “I will.”
I was rather surprised that the approval was received so quickly.
“The role of hostage is for a purpose only. So there is no use dragging time here. Jin! Please send two people.”
“They are both alive, right?”
“Of course. Do you think we are nothing more than murderers, gangsters, and gangsters?”
I saw what they said, and those words were truly sly. I looked at Grace’s pale face. But I couldn’t say anything here. There was no reason to reveal to these people the fantasy of the future I had seen.
I had to try to act as calm and rational as possible.
Even if you enter a tiger’s den, you will survive as long as you keep your wits about you.
I slowly looked out of the corner of my eye at the man named Jin who opened the lock with a clatter and dragged the two people out of the building. Only after watching the two people get into the car did I turn my attention to the man.
“How can I make sure you two are safe?”
“Safe… What is the definition of safe? There is no safe place anymore. Even if you seek asylum in the United States, your life is in danger.”
“Don’t play with words.”
“Fuha!”
I responded boldly in my own way, but was immediately met with ridicule.
“Hey, Jun-Hyeon Kang… I think you’re completely mistaken, but we won this game. The moment you came here… This game was completely lost to your side. The worst of all handshakes! Do you understand? We could have given up everything else just to have you! You haven’t even been able to properly use the person who protects you like a satellite. I just came here on foot. Now, let’s take a listen. How. Why. Are you here? “Are you crazy?”
I took a deep breath and said.
“Because I thought there was no way.”
“Huh?”
“I was relying a lot on Daniel, whether I knew it or not. I couldn’t even dream of a future without these two people… So I thought of a way to save them, and ended up coming here alone. And now I have completely changed my mind.”
“What did you decide to do? What crazy idea led Junhyeon Kang here?”
The yellow-haired man looked like he was going crazy because he was so curious. I hated that expression so much that I wanted to kill it.
But for now, I had to survive.
“I will stand by your side. “Let’s do something.”
“Fuhahaha! What are you trying to do?”
“Getting rich right away.”
Then the yellow-haired man smiled brightly.
“That’s really nice to hear. A quick win. Let’s collect all the money in the world… That’s very sweet.”
My heart was racing. Everyone is deceived by these sweet words. It’s not hundreds of millions. If it was something that would end in hundreds of millions, I wouldn’t even start it. We will raise more than trillion won. We will become wealthy enough to buy a country, and all countries will bow to us.
“But you can’t do that.”
“..?”
“Mr. Kang Jun-hyeon. “Die.”
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