I Became the Final Boss in the Game

Chapter 126 : Chapter 126

Chapter 126. Decapitation Operation (2)

A few hours ago.

Back when Joseph Han was still hospitalized in the ward.

"You want me to just go straight to Cha Hak-jun and tell him 'I'll protect you'?"

Joseph was on the phone with Riman.

Riman said from beyond the receiver.

"Yes, you understood correctly."

"No, I don't understand at all, Mr. Leman. Would that guy trust me just because I say that out of the blue?"

"He has no choice but to trust you. Because he won't be in his right mind."

"Hmm……."

"I am not telling you to call Cha Hak-jun right now. I'm telling you to call Cha Hak-jun after I kill all remaining 3 escapees and that fact is confirmed."

"…Then what happens?"

"Those 3 are Cha Hak-jun's final weapons. If even they die, Cha Hak-jun has no choice but to lose his mind. Because his hands and feet will be completely cut off."

"Aha……."

"When a person is driven into a corner like that, their judgment declines. And the desire for self-defense and protection rises sharply. Cha Hak-jun will indiscriminately summon those who can protect him and simultaneously search for a place to hide."

"Then in that process……."

"If you offer to protect him, he will accept immediately. Because he is in a situation where he desperately needs someone to protect him. Besides, you are also already employed as Cha Hak-jun's subordinate."

"Aha……."

Joseph unconsciously nodded.

Riman continued.

"For your information, if Cha Hak-jun decides to hide, it will be troublesome for us too. We can crush him if we see him, but there's no answer if we can't. Just searching for him will take ages."

"…But if someone can stick to him up to his hideout, the story would be different."

Since they could fully secure the guy's location.

"Yes. I am asking you for that very role. There is no one who can do it other than Mr. Joseph."

"Understood. But everything sounds good except for one difficulty."

"What is it?"

"Can you really catch those three?"

"If I can't catch them, it means I'm dead… then Mr. Joseph can just return to your previous daily life. There's nothing to worry about."

"…You speak so easily about your own life."

"Haha, is that so?"

At those words, Riman suddenly felt something.

A feeling that a certain point in his heart was worn out.

Thus, he had become indifferent to his own death as much as the death of his enemies.

'Is this attitude also originally Riman Solaris's personality?'

He briefly pondered this, but it wasn't a problem that could be solved by pondering now.

So Riman wrapped up the call around here.

Anyway, a few hours after finishing the call like that.

Joseph looked down at his phone screen with trembling eyes.

Truly, all three escapees were dead.

A laugh leaked out of Joseph's mouth as if he found it absurd.

"…Haha, this crazy."

Riman had really killed all the escapees.

To catch three Mugan escapees at once when catching even one was difficult.

'…He was truly a ridiculous monster.'

Joseph felt goosebumps rising along his spine.

'If I didn't know Leman…….'

And if he hadn't established a friendly relationship with Leman.

His own name might have been on that list of the dead too.

Although it was by coercion, he was also a human employed by Cha Hak-jun anyway.

'Now then, thankful for today…….'

Joseph pulled out the IV needle stuck in his forearm.

Since it was just simple nutrients, it didn't matter if he pulled it out.

And after getting off the hospital bed, he put on his clothes and wore his sword.

The sensation of the scabbard he held after a long time was quite cool.

It was time to return as a fixer.

* * *

Back to the present.

CREAK-

A car stopped in front of the gate of a certain house.

A detached house located in a secluded and inconspicuous place.

The car door opened, and three people got off.

Cha Hak-jun's secretary, Cha Hak-jun, and Joseph Han.

As Cha Hak-jun placed his palm on the wall next to the gate, the security device was deactivated and the gate opened.

This was one of the safe houses Cha Hak-jun had prepared.

Cha Hak-jun intended to shut himself in here.

He had already connected a network sufficient to handle minimal municipal affairs to this place.

He planned to hide here and plan for the future.

For reference, the only person who knew the location of this safe house was Cha Hak-jun.

Even his closest secretary only found out after arriving here.

Of course, now Joseph knew too.

"Please go inside. I will look around the yard a bit."

"I leave it to you."

Leaving Joseph in the yard, Cha Hak-jun and the secretary went inside the house.

After a while.

THUD, THUD-

People approached the safe house sequentially.

Some entered the yard, and some surrounded the house.

These were all agents under Cha Hak-jun.

They were gathered to escort one person, Cha Hak-jun.

Looking around them, Joseph muttered inwardly.

'There sure are many.'

All of them were mana users.

Moreover, perhaps because they received training in advance, they were positioning themselves exactly in locations where they could efficiently take a defensive stance.

Therefore, it was certain that it would be quite difficult if someone tried to break through their encirclement from the outside.

Even if they were all defeated, it seemed likely they could buy enough time for Cha Hak-jun to escape.

'How many are there?'

Joseph pulled his sword out of the scabbard a little, then put it back in immediately.

CLANG……!

The sound of the sword being sheathed again, the vibration of metal hitting metal.

Along with the clear resonance, mana burst out and spread around.

Ripples of mana occurring in the air.

It swept thoroughly around this house and spread rapidly in all directions.

And the shapes, locations, and armament status of everything swept flowed into Joseph's mind without missing a single thing.

[Detection]

That was the name of the superpower Joseph possessed.

"…Total 37 people. All armed."

Joseph muttered the information that just entered his mind.

Then the agent standing next to him asked.

"What are you talking about right now?"

"Your headcount."

"Headcount?"

"It's a sufficient headcount. Not only that, but the defensive formation currently in place is excellent. A form capable of efficiently crushing attacks from the outside."

"So why are you suddenly saying such……."

"But what if it's an attack from the inside?"

"What?"

SLASH.

Something sharp cut through the agent's Adam's apple.

The skin split, and blood erupted from the opened gap.

That moment when life was cut off.

"Uh……?"

What the agent saw last was the figure of Joseph with his sword drawn.

"Gah……!"

THUD.

The agent's corpse rolled on the floor, and Joseph stood next to it holding his sword.

"…Now 36 people."

The remaining headcount flowed from Joseph's mouth.

Killing.

A murder that happened too quietly and instantly.

Therefore, the agents also couldn't grasp the situation momentarily.

Some were bewildered, and some were indifferent.

Information asymmetry.

Into that gap, that fissure, a single sword began to rampage.

SWISH!

Cha Hak-jun's last remaining force of thirty-seven, no, thirty-six agents.

Joseph began to slaughter them.

* * *

That time when he talked with Riman previously.

Riman had told Joseph this.

That there is no one who can do this job except you.

It was true.

Even if it was a surprise attack from the inside, humans capable of slaughtering over thirty mana users within a short time were very rare.

And Joseph was one of the few humans capable of that act.

Following Cha Hak-jun into his hideout to secure location information, and then slaughtering all the escort forces residing there.

That was the final mission Joseph undertook in this affair.

"What?!"

"Why is that bastard suddenly……!"

"Kill him!!"

Blades flashed with light and gun muzzles spat fire.

Fire and explosions bloomed in the air, and cold air ran over the ground.

And severed necks and limbs rolled heavily over that battlefield.

In the first place, there were none among the agents who exceeded Joseph's capabilities.

Of course, there were a few, but they all died fighting Riman a long time ago.

Therefore, the agents here were unilaterally sliced down by Joseph.

Of course, it wasn't an easy fight for Joseph either.

Not content with swinging his own sword, he even picked up the agents' guns to return fire and continued the battle.

Explosions, shouts, and screams bursting in all directions.

Cha Hak-jun and the secretary hiding inside the house were flustered.

"What is it……?"

"What on earth……?!"

But that fluster didn't last long.

Thirty-seven agents.

Because all of them were killed by Joseph.

"Haa, haa……."

Joseph sat on a rock in a corner of the yard, breathing heavily.

Blood and dust were stained all over his body.

In that state, Joseph activated [Detection] and swept the surroundings again.

'…All dead.'

Like that, he confirmed that all forces here were killed.

Now there were only three survivors inside the premises of this safe house.

Joseph Han, Cha Hak-jun, and his secretary.

Joseph took out his phone and called somewhere.

"Ah, Mr. Leman."

The one who answered the phone was Riman.

"Pre-processing for the decapitation operation is finished. I'll shoot the coordinates of this place right away."

"Thank you for your hard work."

Joseph hung up the phone.

And looked at the firmly closed front door.

The final target, Cha Hak-jun was alive inside that door.

And Joseph had the power to kill that Cha Hak-jun.

He could easily slice through walls and doors with his sword and enter inside.

And actually, he intended to do so.

But he didn't.

Because Riman told him not to.

"Don't kill Cha Hak-jun? Why?"

"Mr. Joseph, what is the reason we are trying to kill Cha Hak-jun?"

"Uh… isn't it because of Mr. Leman's desire for revenge?"

"That is correct. But there is one more key reason that Mr. Joseph and I share."

"What is it?"

"Money."

"Ah……?"

"Mr. Joseph and I aren't moving personally purely due to anger and desire for revenge. We are strictly moving with the backing of a big shot named 'Pyo Seok-jung', matching his support and request."

"Does that mean……."

"We have to move according to the intention of the person giving the money. In short, it's best to move in a direction that maximizes the satisfaction of the financier. And Mr. Pyo Seok-jung… is in the position of having the greatest hatred for Cha Hak-jun among us."

Because it was Cha Hak-jun who harmed his wife whom he loved most in the world.

"Aha……."

"Of course, in unavoidable cases, it doesn't matter if Mr. Joseph kills Cha Hak-jun. Pyo Seok-jung will still be satisfied. However……."

"It won't be sufficient. Since he couldn't kill the enemy with his own hands."

"Yes, exactly. So we must give Mr. Pyo Seok-jung a chance."

"…A chance to kill the enemy personally."

"Correct."

"…You are a pro."

"I have to work as much as I'm paid."

VROOOM-

SCREECH!

Just then, three black sedans stopped in front of the main gate of the safe house.

And men in black suits got off in a crowd, and Pyo Seok-jung got out of the car last.

Joseph opened the gate and said.

"You came."

"…Good work. Is he inside?"

"Yes. Shall I open the lid for you?"

"Please."

SHING.

SLASH!

As Joseph swung his sword, the front door and wall of the house were sliced like tofu and collapsed.

It was the moment the final box containing Cha Hak-jun was opened.