Kim Haewon’s thoughts wouldn’t exactly match reality. This novel had been making romantic descriptions about Kim Haewon for quite a while. But after receiving the confession, it was definitely uncomfortable.
My chest area felt ticklish and I didn’t know what to do about it. I scratched roughly over my t-shirt for no reason and scrolled down the rest. The perspective had switched. It was MK’s office, which had never appeared before.
When K arrived at the warehouse, the organization members opened the steel warehouse door. In the empty steel warehouse, two corpses were hanging. The two people who had died cruelly were organization members who had stolen the fake ring.
{Did you confirm the possibility of them being double agents?}
{Yes, K. There was none at all. It seems we were deceived.}
{Being deceived is also a crime.}
{You are absolutely right.}
The man bowed his head to K respectfully. After Alexa Lu’s death, K treated the organization members more coldly. Her death also meant the alliance leader’s distrust.
Alexa Lu’s position was taken by her younger sister, Tilda Lu. She was angry about her sister’s death. But she sublimated her emotional anger into coldness. K was satisfied with having appointed her in that regard.
Tilda was tapping on her laptop with a peaceful expression where the dead organization members’ blood was flowing.
{Were you able to contact them?}
{The reaction is lukewarm. It seems they’re testing the waters.}
{It’s not the time to have leeway?}
{They’re checking if there are other forces approaching besides us. For now, it’s been confirmed that it’s not VENT. That side seems to have made recruiting Kim Haewon their top priority.}
{You never know. They’re the most cunning bastards, so keep a closer watch.}
{Yes, I’ll confirm once again.}
{Kuhne?}
{There are many suspicious points. External movements are strangely few. They’re trying not to get involved in this Pamundong matter at all. It seems they’re plotting something.}
{Only bring accurate facts. Speculation isn’t necessary.}
{Yes, I’ll correct that.}
Tilda, who came from the US military, answered very quickly. Her expression was devoid of any emotion. It was like a machine’s expression. That appearance resembled Alexa while being strangely more chilling.
{Contact them again. Tell them his will is no longer important. And proceed with the work immediately.}
{Yes.}
K finished speaking and turned around. When he became invisible to everyone in the darkness, he frowned mercilessly. He bit his molars so that his masseter muscles were pulled taut.
In the early days of the alliance, MK was recognized as the most excellent of the four organizations with superior attack power. But as things progressed, MK was merely cannon fodder. K hated those who just rolled their heads powerlessly. That was also the reason he didn’t acknowledge the other organizations.
He was seized by the impulse to pick up a machine gun right now and kill every living creature before his eyes. When the steel door opened and it became bright, K returned to a calm expression as if he’d never frowned.
Was the person K wanted to contact Akutagawa Yu? Or someone else? Given the circumstances, the probability it was Akutagawa Yu was high. Seeing that he showed a lukewarm reaction, it seemed he hadn’t made a decision in his heart yet.
But K was greatly angry at the current situation, and said he would proceed with the work regardless of his will.
First, while observing Akutagawa Yu’s movements, I needed to find out who MK was contacting. The next incident would definitely break out here in San Francisco. Whether it was in the form of a gate or MK collectively picking up machine guns and shooting people down.
‘When Kim Haewon comes out, I should ask how much he knows about Tilda Lu.’
No matter how much she maintained her coldness, since her sister died, she would have anger. She was also a person to be careful of since impulsive actions could follow.
The next perspective was VENT. Since they kindly showed each organization like this, from my position, it felt like frustrating parts were being relieved.
Chairman Kim Seonhyeop looked at the phone. Haewon didn’t answer the phone. It seemed he had blocked everything except the Association.
“Even to his father he’s this cold, there’s no reward for raising a child.”
Chairman Kim Seonhyeop spoke in a tone not bitter at all. Will Taylor examined the situation on his tablet PC and continued.
“MK has appointed Tilda Lu, Alexa Lu’s younger sister, as her successor. It seems K will make a move soon.”
“MK acts like a corpse if you remove revenge. Not knowing that’s hastening their own fate.”
Chairman Kim Seonhyeop clicked his tongue. He didn’t like MK’s such radical methods. Because they weren’t elegant at all. He stroked the head of the dog sitting next to him and looked at Will Taylor. It meant to continue reporting.
“Rather than persuading Kim Haewon directly, it seems better to appease or kidnap the guide.”
“Does that guy have that much attachment?”
“It appears to be a bond by necessity rather than attachment. After Park Garam’s guiding, his condition is overwhelmingly better compared to before.”
He raised and lowered his eyebrows after seeing the materials Will Taylor presented.
“I didn’t pay attention since he’s from C-class, but he seems to be quite useful.”
“However, I’m concerned that the young master reacts sensitively to bringing in Park Garam Guide.”
“Isn’t that natural? We should pin it on Kuhne or MK.”
He laughed despicably. Will Taylor nodded and continued.
“I’ll proceed with MK.”
“Time it well. It’ll be a pain if those murderers notice.”
“Yes.”
Will Taylor answered briefly and stood up. As he walked, he brought up Park Garam’s photo on his tablet PC. While flipping through the photos, he soon frowned. A strange sense of déjà vu enveloped Will Taylor. Where did I see him? He moved his steps while tracing the impression that he couldn’t remember but remained clearly in his head.
Will Taylor had seen me before. When I was in the abandoned hospital in my dream, it was he who felt my presence and shot. But seeing that he didn’t remember clearly, he might be confusing it with a fantasy. Where was the dream and where was reality? Even I was at the point of being confused now.
Anyway, the important thing was that MK was highly likely to target Akutagawa Yu, and VENT was highly likely to target me. Did the alliance leader know about their plans? If he knew, in what direction would he move? Thinking about it, the alliance leader was also said to be targeting me.
“What? Am I the most dangerous one?”
It became certain I had to be careful for the time being. Perhaps Kim Haewon’s overprotectiveness also came from such speculation.
“Ugh, my head hurts.”
I tapped my forehead. After forming an alliance saying they’d trust each other, the power struggle was no joke. Deceiving and killing to win somehow… At this rate, it made me question why they even made an alliance in the first place.
I scrolled down a bit more. This episode 23 had quite a long length. After showing VENT’s situation, the perspective returned to Kim Haewon. It described in detail Kim Haewon’s appearance after I washed up and handed him clothes.
Haewon recalled Garam who had been defenseless while receiving the falling water stream. That expression looking at him with a clear face while dripping water from his head. That face that couldn’t take his eyes off his own upper body and blushed.
Just thinking about it felt like heat was rising to his lower body. Haewon endured with effort. When he imagined him clinging to him drenched in sweat, it felt like his vision would turn white. Haewon swept down his body and naturally reached his hand below.
“Cr-crazy bastard, isn’t he!”
As soon as I saw the description, I screamed and threw my phone. It seemed not Kim Haewon but the author was the crazy one. Heat rushed to my face. I couldn’t even look at the next part.
With my heated face, I looked at the bathroom door, approached closer, and put my ear to it. It was quiet except for the sound of water. I tiptoed back to where the bed was.
“Gone crazy, fuck. This novel has completely lost it.”
There was still the rest of episode 23 plus episode 24. I had to read quickly while Kim Haewon was washing, but the heat on my face wouldn’t cool down so I couldn’t read. I picked up my phone again with tears in my eyes. A deep sigh came out.
Haewon gripped his thighs tightly. Then he cooled his heated body with cold water. He didn’t want to do anything guilty toward him. The bit of conscience remaining in his current self wouldn’t allow it. He thought it wouldn’t be too late to do it sufficiently when he fully allowed himself.
‘Impatience only ruins everything.’
Haewon thought so while washing his body for quite a long time. Then he dried his body appropriately and left the bathroom. Garam looked at him with a clear face on the bed. For some reason, his face was red.
“Are you sick somewhere? Your face is red.”
“D-don’t come close!”
Garam said so while covering his lower body with a pillow. Haewon thought something was strange and snatched that pillow.
“No!”
When Garam screamed, Haewon’s gaze fixed on Garam’s lower body.
The scroll wouldn’t go down any further. I opened my mouth in confusion.
What about my lower body! Why my lower body!
I was almost in tears. The author had definitely gone crazy. I wondered if it was fortunate or unfortunate that it was a serial while clicking on the next episode. I didn’t even want to see the comments.
With a nervous heart, I clicked on episode 24. My eyes closed automatically. I took several deep breaths and opened my eyes. But what I saw before my eyes wasn’t the novel but a warning message with the red letters “19” on a white page.
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My mind went blank.
