Chapter 153 – Evolving Justice (3)
“…”
“Why, what’s wrong?”
“I’m just feeling really dirty.”
In the dim night, Park Tae-jun, who was cautiously glancing at me from behind the wheel of the car, quietly spoke up. I decided not to hide my feelings and just told him the reason.
“Yikes?!”
Upon hearing that I felt dirty, the guy driving and the one sitting next to him trembled in fear.
“It’s not your fault, so just drive quietly.”
I clicked my tongue and made them focus on driving. Right now, we were on our way to meet the local organization that had given them instructions, and they were kept alive just for this job.
“Then why the long face?”
[…The holy power is getting closer. Has the Saint approached this area again? It’s definitely a combat situation.]
I explained the proper reason to Ren through a mind link. It bugs me. It really bugs me. If you’re a demon by birth, you can’t help but react sensitively to holy power.
Especially in a pure place like Earth, where holy power isn’t contaminated, the holy power radiating from the Saint could annoy my senses from thousands of kilometers away.
“It seems you’re right. I contacted the headquarters, and they said Tigger and the Saint had a brief disconnection before reconnecting. Just as you said, there was a battle.”
[Right. Let them fight it out, and let’s just finish our own business quickly.]
Ren used communication through the mascots to find out what had happened. Just as I expected, they were on their way back toward this area, and they had even engaged in battle.
It sometimes felt like a war was breaking out, but if they have mutual trust, they probably wouldn’t escalate things that far.
“We’ve arrived.”
Just then, the car arrived at its destination, turned off the engine, and switched off the lights. It was a secluded place with no proper artificial light. Perfect for human trafficking.
“They’ll be here soon. Then, um… you’ll hand you over, and the transaction will be done, right?”
“Act well. If you don’t want to die.”
“Of course.”
Seeing their boss and comrades brutally murdered in front of their eyes made them tremble in fear as they treated us with utmost respect.
The guys then bound our hands and mouths again. They even put blindfolds on us. Not long after that, instead of giving up my sight, I picked up the faint vibrations and sounds approaching with my keen senses.
[Get ready. They’re coming.]
“Eek…”
I alerted the others through the mind link. Those who heard the mind link trembled as the sensation tickled their brains inside their skulls, but I didn’t care.
Now that regular folks could see the sound and light of the car approaching this place, within 30 seconds, I heard some people getting out of the stopped vehicle.
“Interesting. Jisook. Where is he?”
“H-Hyung sent us. I don’t know why.”
Among them, someone was searching for Jisook, the leader I had killed in one hit. But the guy holding my shoulder managed to casually brush it off. It seemed he wasn’t too concerned, as he didn’t search for the one who was already dead.
“See? Just as we discussed.”
“Good. The transaction is complete.”
They didn’t seem to take this situation seriously at all, and they received us without suspicion.
Strong hands grabbed us and shoved us into the car, and after exchanging a few more words, they all went their separate ways in their own vehicles.
“Ugh…”
[This is the choice you made, so don’t crumble. And don’t worry, just stay calm. These idiots don’t know who we are.]
With my sight obscured and my mouth and wrists bound, I could feel Park Tae-jun trembling uneasily at the rough foreign language spewed by the local gang surrounding us.
I spoke to him using the mind link to settle him down. Even if he pretends to be grown up, a kid is still a kid. No, even a fully grown adult would feel fear in a situation like this.
“…”
We pressed our bodies together, and I held onto his bound hands. I could feel his trembling hands slowly calming down in mine.
[Urchi. Take care of it.]
Then, shortly after we started moving, I issued an instruction to Urchi, who was following us secretly.
*
“What do we do now?”
“What do you mean, what do we do? The cash has all come in… we have to run off with it. I don’t want to deal with that crazy magical girl or this crazy country anymore.”
Having successfully sold the boys and girls as planned, they eagerly hopped into their vehicle and revved the engine as soon as the other vehicle vanished from sight.
“What the hell is that crazy girl’s identity? She didn’t even transform!”
“I don’t know, damn it. But… that damn girl probably thinks she won.”
The guy in the driver’s seat chuckled as he retrieved something. It was a small chip containing data. Inside that chip was a graphic account of the chaos that unfolded within their organization, with details of who did what.
Connecting it to his phone, they watched the footage of a black-haired girl in a plain white sleeveless shirt and blue hot pants, who looked like an ordinary person, killing their boss in one strike without a change of expression.
“She can use her power without transforming, but it’s seriously gonna complicate her life, that damn girl.”
“Let’s just get out of here. I’m freaking out.”
Feeling disconcerted, his buddy urged him to leave the place. But as the man who had just put away his phone pressed the accelerator…
“What’s that sound…?”
He suddenly perked up, hearing something through the engine noise. But no matter how much he looked around, nothing could be seen in the abandoned farmland, far from any local homes.
“I don’t know. Let’s just go. Quick… Ugh!”
“What the hell?!”
A strong impact suddenly smashed into their van. The crushed and crumpled van flipped and rolled on the ground as they screamed and thrashed inside.
“Ugh, ahhh…”
Covered in blood from the shattered windows, he saw something through the upside-down vehicle that absolutely shouldn’t have been there. From the crumpled window, partially visible was a massive wolf’s paw with sharp claws—the size of which was roughly the size of a human face.
Realizing their impending doom, he simply sighed in despair. And that was the last moment of their lives.
[My Demon King. I’ve eliminated the remaining ones as commanded.]
Inside the vehicle, only the horrifically mangled bodies remained. The wolf, which had breathed fire from its mouth, gazed at the vehicle melting away in hellfire and let out a low whimper.
That whimper mixed with the mind link began to echo far and wide. The recipient of this mind link was an entity capable of interpreting what flowed through the air.
[Received.]
In reality, she heard Urchi’s mind link reporting the execution of her orders. With the determination to leave no one alive who had seen her, she intended to ensure that no future repercussions remained.
[Are we almost there?]
She anticipated arriving soon as she heard the sounds of her vehicle slowing down while passing through a sort of checkpoint.
“Drop us off. I’ll hand them over to the bastards first thing tomorrow.”
The vehicle that arrived at their hideout came to a stop, and they dragged the prisoners they had brought somewhere.
[It’s a kind of barrier that blocks magical power. How could these guys even have something like this?]
In that moment, she detected a strange resistance against her body, like passing through a curtain, and chuckled inwardly. The reason she couldn’t send Urchi to scout was precisely this barrier.
[Now it’s your turn, Ren. Go find my friends… and those kids’ parents.]
“Wha-What?!”
She stepped neatly into the cage they were putting her in, and made the mascots free themselves to examine the facility.
Once she confirmed that the main objective and hostages were safe, she planned to begin her operations.
“I found it! Over here! The parents of that Oh Min-jung girl are captured. Park Ha-young’s parents are here too!”
After a few hours passed. Complaining while efficiently checking through the facility, Ren rushed back, panting.
[…The missing kids are annoying, but it can’t be helped.]
Hearing the report, she decided to take action. Taking advantage of the lack of enemy presence nearby, she tore the restraints and lifted her blindfold.
Kicking down the lock of the small cage that was just big enough for a petite child to squeeze into, she emerged with a scowl on her face.
“It seems I’ll need some special power to get this done right.”
Chuckling at the fact she had been stuffed like an animal in that dirty little corner, she mobilized her enormous magical power.
[28-Type – Large Area Temporary Sealing Spell]
“Magic isn’t really my style.”
She moved her hands and activated the spell. The massive and complex joint magic circle usually cast by dozens of high-level demon mages was just a mildly annoying chore for the Demon King.
“…?!”
“What in the world! Hey!”
Soon, she started hearing the shocked voices from outside as they detected something unusual. The entire facility, which had been modified from a factory complex, began to separate from reality, trapped within a crimson magic circle.
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