17 – 017. One cigarette, one suggestion.

The next day.

In the back of the mansion, a small shady backyard between the walls of the building.

I went outside to catch my breath for a while and put a cigarette in my mouth without saying a word.

This morning, Min Chaeryeong and Vegetable Yeon came to this place. Her Ji Ye-won heard that she had awakened and was in order to interrogate her.

No, is it a bit harsh to describe it as interrogation? However, I can’t think of any other words to express it, so let’s just say it’s an investigation.

Unexpectedly, Yewon Ji knew in detail about the situation of the Ryeomendan.

She herself called herself a low-end, but the depth of information she said was different from that.

Maybe the information she heard through her friend Kim Min-ah. Unlike Ji Ye-won, Kim Min-ah was in a position similar to that of a semi-executive.

Anyway. Min Chae-ryeong, who met Ji Ye-won for the first time today, seemed satisfied with the information she gave her.

When I interrogated the sniper imprisoned in the basement two days ago, her face was full of complaints, saying that she would not open her mouth at all, but the subtle smile did not disappear from her mouth throughout the interrogation today.

She was the one who had all kinds of talented people under her command. She must have figured out how to use Ji Ye-Won’s information in her own way.

However, for me, I didn’t know the organization’s composition, whereabouts, or small plans.

There is only one important thing.

The dawn team’s plan involving Talisman in my hands. What was the identity of the plan that she and her friend Mina Kim had tried to stop even by betraying her organization?

“Were you here?”

At that time, Min Chaeryeong approached me from the corner of the building.

“Did you find me?”

“No, just to catch my breath.”

As I hid her cigarette behind her back, she gently shook her head.

“It’s okay. I’m here to smoke one too.”

“Did you smoke?”

“Sometimes. Only when things get tough.”

She took a cigarette from her bosom and put it to her mouth. She immediately takes out a lighter and lights it.

She made a look of surprise at my actions and then smiled.

“What are you so confused about? Looking at it from the side, it seemed that she was quite satisfied with what Ji Ye-won said.”

“It was quite satisfying. The location of some bases whose whereabouts were unknown. Personal information of key members of the base. Some kind of terrorism planned in the future. And so on. Whether it’s handed over to the police or used by me, it’s all valuable information. It’s valuable information-“

Min Chae-ryeong blankly looked up at the sky. The cold winter sky was tinted with gray.

“It’s a bit leaky that there is almost no information about the ‘Dawning Project’, which seems to be the most important.”

“I agree with that.”

The Dawning Project.

That was the name of the plan related to the magic absorption talisman.

From the name of the project, it is a plan related to Talisman, which the main character should have even at dawn, so it must literally penetrate the core of the original story.

However, Ji Ye-won, who betrayed the organization to stop the project, knew little about the contents of the project.

It was Kim Min-a, not her, who saw through the contents of the project in the first place. Ji Ye-won said she had betrayed her organization to help Kim Min-ah.

She

She Of course She Through Mina Kim She heard some details about the project, but it was impossible to grasp the whole picture of the project with just that.

However, with only the rough information she knew, it was easy to guess how absurd the Dawning Project was.

She said the first phase of the project was simultaneous terrorism targeting major cities around the world.

Even if the estimated damage is more than 2 billion people. But she said even that was just the beginning.

The reality of this project, which is the core plan of the Dawning Corps and also the secret wish of the first leader who founded the extraordinary criminal organization called the Dawning Corps, does not end with terrorism.

Even Ji Ye-won did not know more than that. She only heard from Mina Kim that she needed Talisman at the heart of the project.

“Two billion people… ….”

She muttered helplessly as if she was thinking about the Dawning Project just like I was.

“I don’t know if I should believe this straight away. Even though the Dawning is the world’s largest criminal organization, do you think terrorism on that scale is possible?”

“There is no reason for Ji Ye-won to lie to us, right?”

“That’s right. But scale is scale. What the hell are you trying to do? Where are you going to set off a bunch of nuclear bombs?”

“Maybe. Isn’t their ideology to destroy all wrong societies and create a new one? It could be that they are really trying to create a Nuclear Apocalypse situation.”

My prediction was actually something that was circulating in the community quite a bit.

In fact, if you move on to the second half, the atmosphere of the novel itself has been brought to the brink of destruction, such as the occasional massacre of hundreds of thousands of units.

“I don’t know what the intention is. I let it go for an hour. Talisman, the core of the project, is right in your hands.”

Min Chaeryeong looked at my right hand. His right hand was wearing his black cotton glove, in case anyone recognized Talisman.

“…… Good luck too. Thinking of spending billions in that dire situation.”

“You know what? It was an unavoidable situation.”

“Was it really unavoidable?”

Min Chaeryeong came closer to me. The sweet smell of her smoke tickled her nose.

“Didn’t you say that So-yeon collapsed and Ji Ye-won passed out? She said she wore a talisman to stay alone and gamble. Why is there a suspicious corner?”

“…… What do you mean?”

“The situation itself is too complicated. The same goes for breaking through the odds of 1 in 10,000. Isn’t it a bit strange to dismiss it as a coincidence?”

“It’s a coincidence. I was lucky.”

“Ha, coincidence.”

With a fishy smile, her hand gently overlapped my right hand. Her slender fingers caress the back of my hand slowly, like a snake’s tongue.

My heart is pounding. Not in that way, but because of the sheer fear-based tension.

Min Chaeryeong’s eyes curved like crescent moons. Both of her eyes radiated a bright glare. I knew that look in her eyes. Because I’ve already seen it once before.

“In the case of Professor Shin Jin-woo, you first said it was a coincidence.”

Yes, when Min Chaeryeong called me personally for that matter. That was the look in her eyes that she saw then.

A gaze like a snake looking for prey pierced me coldly.

“But if coincidence continues, isn’t it inevitable? What do you think about it?”

“Isn’t it too early to discuss inevitability with only two?”

“I know. But this time, the situation is too complicated.”

Min Chaeryeong took off my gloves. Talisman with a soft blue light appeared.

Her finger crosses the ring. She couldn’t take off the ring on her own. Once the settlement is complete, the talisman cannot be removed from the wearer no matter what.

“How many coincidences do you think have happened this time?”

She whispered softly, tickling around her ring as if he were looking at her.

“One. The case you asked about happened to be related to the Dawning’s core project.”

“Two. The traitor you said you had to save accidentally stole the Talisman, the core of the project.”

“Three. Coincidentally, all of the on-site personnel except for you were incapacitated.”

“Four. That’s why the Talisman, which I wore with the mindset of gambling, happened to break through the atrocious odds and succeed in settling down.”

“And five. After defeating the enemy with only Talisman, the moment you were in danger of being killed by the next enemy due to the recoil, So-yeon, who happened to be regenerated just in time, subdued the enemy in your place and saved your life.”

“How is it? Even if it’s hard to judge with only two, doesn’t this feel inevitable enough?”

I swallowed dry saliva at the chilly voice.

If it’s inevitable, you could say it’s inevitable. This series of processes must have all been arranged by the damn Heavenly Demon of Pleasure, who created this world.

I don’t know what kind of wind blew that gave me a chance to eat the main character.

However, if what he intended was for me to face many troublesome situations because of Talisman, then it must be said that his intention was exactly right.

“If it is inevitable rather than coincidental, do you mean that I intended all of that?”

“That can’t be. You are not a god But I think you might have intended one or two of them.” “Why would I do that?”

“Well, there might be some backstory that I don’t know about, right?”

Min Chaeryeong grabbed my collar and pulled me down. She looked down at me with her overbearing eyes.

“For example, you are actually cheating with the dawn. All of this was an operation to retrieve Talisman?”

“…… If that was the case, I would have killed all of Ji Ye-won and Chae-yeon, and carried them right away.”

“Is there still work left to do in the guard?”

“Doesn’t the team leader know that there is no end to guess after guess like that?”

“Then give me a convincing explanation. Don’t ever gloss over it as a coincidence.”

“Then, what do you call a coincidence if it is not a coincidence?”

“If you keep pulling it off like that, I have a way.”

Her eyes collide with mine. She couldn’t show weakness. If you do, it will only buy you more useless doubts.

No matter what she does to investigate me, she won’t be able to pick up anything suspicious from me. No matter how talented I am, I won’t be able to figure out the contents of the quest because it’s a system that’s only in my head.

‘No. Come to think of it, he has the superpower of reading thoughts.’

Where is that? The world is full of superpowers that are useful for digging up information, such as the superpower that controls the mind, the superpower that makes the truth come true, and the superpower that sees through lies.

What if a superhuman with such abilities is one of her subordinates, and she forces her to tell me the truth?

My expression hardened at the moment of chilling chill. A deep smile was drawn on Min Chaeryeong’s mouth, as if she had captured the change of the moment.

“Why are you anxious? Are you afraid I will find out your secret?”

A question that hits the mark.

Min Chaeryeong’s hand gently caresses the nape of my neck. At first glance, it seemed like a kind gesture, but I couldn’t stop the creepy goosebumps from creeping up on me.

A sensation as if a blue-edged blade had been pushed through.

“Or are you afraid that I already know everything?”

Even though I knew that all of that was a bluff, I almost averted her gaze from her quiet intimidation.

I instinctively felt it. The moment you bend here, it’s game over.

The moment I show weakness, she will do whatever it takes to uncover my secret.

Because she had enough motivation and her ability.

“So, let me make a straightforward suggestion.”

However, unfortunately or fortunately.

Min Chaeryeong chose to embrace me whole rather than dig out my secret.

“Would you like to come under me?”

Be my subordinate. If you don’t, I’ll dig up your nook.

At first glance, it was in the form of a question, but the meaning behind it was nothing more than a threat.

Min Chae-ryeong seemed certain that no matter what she was, there would be circumstances she couldn’t tell others about. He probably thinks I’m somehow connected to the Dawning or a criminal organization of its kind.

“When you say come in, do you mean that you will be transferred to the Special Investigation Division?”

“Right.”

“Looks like you’re going to stop watching now.”

“You don’t need to season it anymore. The old you was just moderately useful. He is a talent that no one should ever take away from you.”

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Like he said, my value jumped beyond compare to before just by the presence of Talisman in my right hand.

“I thought someone would snatch it if I waited longer.”

Her hand rests on my right hand, over the talisman.

One hand on the nape of my neck, the other on my right hand.

As if dancing at a ball, Min Chaeryeong was gently clinging to my body. She was taller than I was, but I was held in her hands as if I were a country girl unfamiliar with a ball.

Her thinly torn eyes drew an arc and gave off a strange eye smile.

“So I won’t wait anymore.”

Her breath tickled the tip of her nose. Whether the cigarette he smoked was incense, or whether it had such a sweet scent, the sweet scent spread gently.

“If the existence of the Talisman in your right hand is known. All organizations will be looking for you.”

As he said, there must be any number of organizations that covet Talisman, not to mention the Dawning Corps.

Even if Talisman can never take it off once worn, it can still be stolen by killing the user.

“But I can protect you from the hands of the Dawning. Even if it is against another organization, of course.”

A small whisper lingers in my ears.

Now that I have experienced it, I know that those words are not a bluff.

Finding Ji Ye-Won, who was running away from the Ryoon Brigade, covering up the traces of the previous battle so that the police wouldn’t get caught, and arranging the safe house we are in right now. Because it was all her skill.

“Can I have a suspicious guy whose identity I don’t know as a subordinate?”

“Didn’t I tell you last time? No matter what your identity is, you have the confidence to press down and use it. I don’t care if you’re actually a Dawning or a criminal. As long as you show your ability as much as I expect.”

“In other words, if you go under the team leader-.”

“Right. I will stop digging into your secrets. At least while you are my loyal subordinate.”

Eyes meet. A kind eye smile at first glance, and a cold look hidden behind it, passed over my body.

That gaze spoke to me without a word. You should choose your next answer carefully.

I thought about it for a moment, but in the end, it was a problem that I didn’t have to worry about.

“…… Great. Let’s go under the boss.”

Bending over and pretending to Min Chaeryeong in this place. It was clear which of the two would benefit me.

“Well thought out.”

A deep smile appeared on her lips. Her tongue licked the cold dry lips of a winter day.

A face that seemed delighted that he finally got it in her hands. From that expression that melted sweetly, I could get a glimpse of how strong her possessiveness was.

Her hand, which had been caressing the nape of her neck, stroked my hair as if she were admirable.

“Work without regret. I will treat you without regret.”

So.

About three weeks after joining the guard. On this day, I officially became Min Chaeryeong’s subordinate.

“Yes?”

I thought it was.

“…… Did the captain of the guard reject my personnel transfer?”

Two days later, until the captain of the guard suddenly appeared.

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