novelraw Chapter 108 : Chapter 108
Chapter 108 : Chapter 108
Chapter 108 Eve (1)
The most certain way to recruit an opponent.
That was to make the opponent recruit oneself.
This was exactly what Riman did to Pyo Seok-jung.
Making Pyo Seok-jung recruit Riman himself.
And this plan hit the mark.
“...So for these reasons, I intend to get rid of Cha Hak-jun too.”
“Get rid of means...”
“From this world.”
With those words, Pyo Seok-jung gritted his teeth.
The hatred Pyo Seok-jung held for Cha Hak-jun was beyond imagination.
Pyo Seok-jung was a devoted husband enough to unhesitatingly lay down political power solely for the reason of caring for his wife.
But it was Cha Hak-jun who intentionally worsened that illness.
It was impossible to forgive.
No, beyond that, it was impossible to suppress the murderous intent.
Of course, everyone harbors murderous intent in their lives.
But not everyone can realize that murderous intent.
However, if sufficient financial power and authority are accompanied, the story changes.
Murder based on murderous intent becomes a sufficiently achievable goal.
So Pyo Seok-jung could proclaim the goal of ‘killing Cha Hak-jun’ without hesitation.
However, Pyo Seok-jung still lacked one ingredient to achieve his goal.
Martial power.
Of course, he had his own forces, but honestly, it was insufficient to dominate the situation.
Moreover, Cha Hak-jun had the escapees of Mugan, no less.
He had the worst and strongest criminals as subordinates.
The worst criminals that even money-crazed Headhunters couldn't dare to touch.
To deal with such people, there had to be a strongman exceeding that level on Pyo Seok-jung's side too.
Someone just like Riman.
Riman said.
“...I will do anything to kill Cha Hak-jun. Can you help me?”
“Then let me ask too. I will use every possible move to kill that bastard Cha Hak-jun. Can you help me?”
With this, they confirmed each other's intentions.
Riman and Pyo Seok-jung looked at each other and nodded.
It was the moment an alliance was formed.
Riman said.
“Then first, there is something you must do.”
“Speak.”
“You have a business you run, right? You must strengthen the defense there first. Given Cha Hak-jun's personality, that place will definitely become a target too.”
Pyo Seok-jung nodded to express agreement and said.
“Good. And there is something you must do too.”
“...?”
“Go and get proper treatment first. I’ve arranged a special treatment center exclusively for mana users operated on a membership basis. Go and recover your body as quickly as
possible.”
“Treatment... you mean.”
Riman nodded.
Basic first aid was done thanks to Ji Byeong-seo's medication, but his body was not yet in a complete state.
Fatigue had accumulated in his eyes due to overusing the demonic eye, and one arm was seriously injured due to exploding Black Light.
‘...To deal with Cha Hak-jun and his subordinates, recovering my body as quickly as possible comes first.’
After his thoughts reached this point, Riman said.
“Thank you. I’ll receive treatment as quickly as possible and return.”
* * *
“So... Mr. Leman? You just need to lie down comfortably for an hour from now.”
“Ah, yes.”
This was a treatment center exclusively for mana users.
Not just any treatment center, but a VIP-only center operated on a membership basis.
Therefore, it was lined with ultra-expensive rare equipment that commercial hospitals couldn't even bring in.
The place Riman came to receive treatment was such a place.
The doctor activated the machine and went out of the treatment room.
Then the nurse waiting outside asked.
“Um, by the way, that person named Leman White doesn't seem to be on the member list.”
“It doesn't matter if he isn't. He's someone requested personally by former assemblyman Pyo Seok-jung.”
“Ah...!”
As soon as the name Pyo Seok-jung came out, the nurse accepted it immediately.
“Ah, and that snake drinking alcohol in front of that door... is it okay to leave it be?”
“Well... can we do anything even if we have to?”
“......”
WHIRRR...
Meanwhile, the bed Riman lay on began to enter into a machine like a narrow cave.
Inside the machine, countless lenses were embedded on the wall in rows and columns.
All lenses carved from expensive magic stones.
After a while.
THUD!
Along with a heavy mechanical sound, light began to spew out from the lenses.
‘Healing rays.’
This treatment device was a machine made based on technology accidentally leaked from the Gnosion Magic Tower a few years ago.
Thanks to that, the president of the company that made this treatment device sat on a tremendous pile of money.
Of course, he died for dubious reasons a few years later.
Of course, everyone thought it was the deed of the Gnosion Magic Tower side.
Although evidence couldn't be found.
And even if there was evidence, there probably wouldn't have been any individual or media with the guts to expose it.
Because a Magic Tower was that cold-blooded and cruel a group.
Anyway, for that reason, this treatment device had become an item whose value was hard to calculate.
HUMMM-
Soon, the light irradiated from the device began to wrap around Riman's whole body.
Light that drastically boosts the body's natural healing ability.
Riman felt the pain in his arm and eyes disappear quickly.
‘Indeed, worthy of Gnosion technology.’
Gnosion Magic Tower is a Magic Tower specialized in healing and body enhancement magic.
Although this device reproduced only a fragment of a fragment of Gnosion recovery arts, it showed considerable performance with just that.
HUMMM-
How many minutes had passed while basking in the light vacantly like that?
‘Light of healing...’
While looking at the pouring light, a thought suddenly flashed through Riman's mind.
‘Wait, why doesn't ordinary light have the ability of healing?’
It was too easy a question.
Because too many kinds of light existed.
Infrared, ultraviolet, visible light, radiation, etc.
Numerous kinds of light existed in the world.
Depending on the form of its wavelength and frequency, depending on the amount of energy possessed, depending on the degree of focus.
As his thoughts reached here, one question related to Black Light was resolved.
Why is Black Light extremely destructive in some cases, but weak enough to simply illuminate the front in other cases?
The answer was simple.
Just as various kinds exist within the large category called light, various layers of light exist within Black Light as well.
For example, although they are the same light, visible light is harmless, and radiation is toxic.
Black Light was the same.
Black Light irradiated by the Extreme Eye is harmless, but Black Light exploded for attack was destructive.
‘In the end, it means the function varies depending on which layer of Black Light is utilized.’
After resolving one question like that.
Riman muttered inwardly.
‘...Well, enough worrying for now. Let’s take a rest for now.’
From after the treatment ends, he had to face Cha Hak-jun again.
Perhaps this was the only rest time before that.
‘Let’s sleep.’
Riman relaxed his body and closed his eyes.
* * *
A reception room in a certain detention center.
An achromatic room with four tables placed in a moderately large room.
In that room, there was one prisoner and one guard.
The prisoner was waiting for someone while sitting on a chair, and the guard stood watch behind him.
CLANK-
The door of the reception room opened, and a man entered.
The guard, seeing the man, was flustered.
“M-Mayor?!”
“Could you leave us for a moment?”
“Ah, yes!”
As the guard left, only the two remained in the reception room.
Mayor Cha Hak-jun, and Doctor Peterson.
Peterson was currently incarcerated in the detention center on charges of operating an illegal drug administration center.
Cha Hak-jun sat facing Peterson with the table in between.
The doctor who continuously administered poison to Pyo Seok-jung's wife under Cha Hak-jun's orders, Peterson.
Cha Hak-jun said to him.
“How is life in the detention center?”
“...Thanks to you, I am staying comfortably.”
“Hah, bullshit.”
Cha Hak-jun chuckled low and said.
“There’s no way a precious person like you, who has only walked elite courses all your life, would find a place like this comfortable. Isn't that right?”
“...Honestly, it is a little hard.”
“A little?”
“...It’s fucking awful.”
“Exactly. How nice it is if we are all honest.”
THUD.
Cha Hak-jun placed the bundle he brought on the steel table.
Peterson asked with a puzzled expression.
“That is...”
“Untie it.”
What appeared when the knot of the bundle was untied was a wooden box.
And what was contained inside when the box lid was opened...
“Su... Sushi?!”
“You have to eat things like this in the detention center. Don't you think?”
Peterson swallowed his saliva without realizing it.
Because the gloss of the raw fish and the color of the fish roe flowing brilliantly were quite destructive.
“E-Even something like this...”
“You must have suffered eating trash food that doesn't even suit your taste here. Eat.”
“T-Then Mayor, you too together...”
“Don't give me that bullshit. I’m going to go out and eat.”
“...Then excuse me.”
Peterson put a piece of sushi in his mouth.
It was fantastic.
Enough to shed tears if there were no onlookers.
Watching Peterson swallowing sushi so deliciously, Cha Hak-jun said.
“Right, people like us should live eating things like this. Only those without power and connections go to the army or prison and eat trash food.”
“T-That’s right!”
“So eat it all. If you eat it all, I’ll get you out of here.”
“...!”
Peterson began to empty the sushi box hurriedly.
Flatfish, sea bass, sea bream, sweet shrimp, tuna...
Watching that, Cha Hak-jun said.
“Tasty, right? That’s all wild-caught. Not artificial fish meat, not farmed, but wild-caught.”
“No wonder...! It’s a taste of heaven!!”
“That pufferfish roe is also wild-caught.”
“Haha, I see... Pardon?”
Peterson stopped using his chopsticks.
Because he had just swallowed the only fish roe sushi in this sushi box a moment ago.
Peterson asked with an unnatural smile.
“That, uh... you're joking, right?”
“Would I have come all the way here personally to joke?”
“No, that, what on earth... Ugh...!”
The drug effect began to rise.
Peterson felt his tongue hardening rapidly.
The sensation inside his mouth also began to break down.
The sensation inside the mouth was dying as if stuffed with cotton, and the lips were becoming paralyzed.
It was the action of tetrodotoxin, a poison contained in large amounts in pufferfish roe.
“You know well since you're a doctor, right? What symptoms occur when poisoned by tetrodotoxin.”
“Guk, guk...!”
Must get out.
Must get out and run to the infirmary as soon as possible.
Peterson shouted inwardly like that and kicked his seat to stand up.
But immediately his legs gave way, and he collapsed.
Quadriplegia due to musculoskeletal relaxation.
The body rapidly lost motor skills, and the sensation of the skin evaporated.
The body began to break down to an irreversible level.
And the final stage of tetrodotoxin poisoning.
Respiration began to be paralyzed.
“Guk, guk, gag...!”
Because the muscles responsible for breathing were paralyzed, he couldn't breathe.
Trembling limbs while holding onto remaining breath.
Cha Hak-jun looked down at such Peterson with a grinning face.
“I like watching someone dying like this.”
“Guk...”
“ watching a dying person makes me grateful for the fact that I am alive.”
“Gag...”
“Do you know why people send donations to disaster victims in disaster areas? That is an admission fee. An admission fee paid for the reason that thanks to your death and misfortune, we could realize the preciousness of life.”
“Guk...”
“Francis really understood this thought of mine well. He was an artist with insight. Of course, that... bastard Leman killed him.”
“Kihee... kuh...”
“Well anyway! So Peterson, you will become a message sent to Pyo Seok-jung. A message saying I killed your enemy for you, so don't do anything stupid and stay put. And a message that if you move despite that, you will also end up like this.”
“Guk...”
“You worked hard all this time. I won’t see you off.”
Cha Hak-jun opened the reception room door and left.
Then the guards came in, picked up dead Peterson's corpse, and moved somewhere.
Cha Hak-jun, having left the detention center like that, got into his car.
Then the secretary sitting in the passenger seat spoke urgently.
“Mayor, it seems Jensen is dead.”
“What?!”
“Furthermore, the death of all members of Platoon 3 has been confirmed.”
“...Which bastard did it.”
“It’s Leman... White.”
“Ha...”
Cha Hak-jun buried his body deep into the seat and said.
“Contact Chae Hong-gyu. Summon all escapees.”