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Chapter 291
Chapter 291: Manmulsang Raid
—Continue pushing forward with the AL-related transactions that were underway with the Market
However, the information Baek Woohyun had obtained was a directive that came with no proper explanation. Even the content itself was incomprehensible — references to 'the Market' and 'AL' — without any clarification to speak of.
Surely, among those who had played 'Reverse Planet,' the number of people who could interpret that, or even hazard a guess, would be countable on one hand. The possibility that there were none at all was considerable.
With the sole exception of Baek Woohyun, who carried information from 'over there' as well.
Ѐn um̀а̄ . і̀ d́
Based on what he knew, the Market the research facility referred to meant Manmulsang. The shop that had once sold cigarettes — wearing the mask of cigarettes — that were in truth poison, and the place where avenger Lee Jun had taken his first steps.
It meant that two factions who had been openly killing each other in a war were secretly conducting transactions behind the scenes. One could fairly say it was a development that met all expectations.
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And as for the AL that followed.
'······A codename.'
AL was an abbreviation.
An abbreviation for Avengers Leader.
Ѐn̈ũm̊ а́.i̊.d́
In other words, it was a codename referring to Jeong Beomu.
"……."
Interpreting the information obtained from the Last Stronghold research facility through this lens, it became: 'Continue pushing forward with the Jeong Beomu-related transactions that were underway with Manmulsang.'
Regrettably, what specific transactions were being conducted involving him was not recorded. Likely only one among the dead researchers had known.
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Of course, it was difficult to imagine that the transactions being conducted between the research facility and Manmulsang regarding Jeong Beomu would produce any normal outcome. Given those parties' natures, that was an absolute.
It was clear they intended to deliver some deeply wretched end to him. For instance — betraying the people who trusted and followed him and becoming a dog of the enemy faction.
Ėnu m̄ ӑ
'And the cause of that is probably.'
Mixing in the reason for Jeong Beomu's betrayal that he had inferred through his conversation with Jeong Nayeon, a fairly plausible hypothesis emerged.
What if the family Jeong Beomu treated as his very life was in Manmulsang's hands — whether under their protection or imprisoned — and Manmulsang had attempted to leverage that in a transaction with the research facility?
More precisely — what if they had attempted a transaction in which they would hand Jeong Beomu over to the Corporate Alliance lurking behind the research facility, in exchange for guarantees of their own rights?
"……."
···Click.
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In the silence, Baek Woohyun finally finished checking the last of his firearms, and his eyes darkened to a dim depth.
The picture he had just drawn in his head was based entirely on his own speculation. What exactly had been planned to transpire between the two factions was not certain.
Bluntly put, he had come to know what 'the Market' and 'AL' referred to through 'over there' — so in 'Reverse Planet,' they could carry entirely different meanings.
But his gut was screaming right now that he was right. He could not afford to dismiss that as a mere hunch. Because it was the intuition of a realm that had occasionally glimpsed even the future, back when he was a Transcendent.
Even now, having lost all his power, he was occasionally capable of insight comparable to those days. A level of attainment, after all, does not remain in the body — it is engraved in the soul. All the more so for sensory capabilities like intuition.
Just as he had seen through Manmulsang and the research facility's transaction with Jeong Beomu at its center, right now.
Ẅ_e bn ôv̈ѐ l̀ Е̌ ň ů m̆ а
'Even if I'm wrong, there's nothing to worry about.'
Manmulsang was a faction belonging to the underworld. One that was merely permitted to continue existing because its usefulness had been recognized. Bluntly put, if one wanted to sweep it away, all it took was attaching any reason at all and sweeping it away.
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Up until now it had survived by avoiding anything that could draw criticism from the Otherworld Management Bureau and others — but the probability of anything major happening if Baek Woohyun personally went in and obliterated it was extremely low.
The same was true in terms of the Nuclear Tourism content. Manmulsang had been used just once, solely to create the new identity of avenger Lee Jun. After that, he had not even visited.
Most viewers probably would not even remember Manmulsang at this point. Even if they did, they would think of it at most as a new faction one could join in the process of progressing through the story.
'So. Disappear quietly.'
Е̇ṅ u mа
Fft!
···Thud.
Having entered the labyrinthine alleyways of Seoul's outskirts, Baek Woohyun pressed the suppressor-fitted muzzle against the back of someone standing guard and pulled the trigger.
The man, his brain pierced by the bullet, met his death without making a single sound. He likely could not have understood until the very moment of his death what had hit him.
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Only those with sufficient ability, or those to whom the grim reaper intended to make his presence known, would notice the grim reaper descending behind them.
Still, the silver lining was that the man's journey to the afterlife would not be lonely at all.
Ē ṅ ũm á . id̂
The other guard who had been paired with him simultaneously met his death through the same process. The only difference was that it was not the back of his head but the side of his head that was pierced.
And considering the others who would follow them in death here, in this underworld territory controlled by Manmulsang, there would be no time to feel lonely whatsoever.
Fft! Fft!
···Thud.
Firearms are, inherently, not particularly effective weapons against awakeners who possess a particle barrier. Even more so with a pistol rather than an assault rifle. Piercing a particle barrier with a pistol's firepower is close to impossible.
However, for ordinary people, a firearm was a fearsome instrument of death where even a single bullet lodged in the head meant death. If an awakener possessing supernatural abilities were to hold one, no further explanation of the danger would be necessary.
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It was proven by the sight of Baek Woohyun, in the dim alleyways, eliminating the dozen or so people standing guard with just a few crooks of his finger — in complete silence.
"……."
Fft!
Glancing upward, Baek Woohyun pulled the trigger, and the bullet cleanly pierced the cleverly concealed CCTV camera that had been aimed at him.
Of course, shooting it now changed nothing about the fact that footage of him eliminating the guards had already been captured. Manmulsang would realize they were under attack and prepare thoroughly.
Even so, the reason he had deliberately shot out the CCTV camera was simple. To issue a warning to them. A warning that he was coming to kill them from this point forward.
Е́ ńum̌ а
In other words, it carried the message: stop making things annoying by being spread out in ones and twos like the guards who had just died, and die quietly in one gathered place.
'They've gathered in considerable numbers.'
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Baek Woohyun gazed in the direction of Manmulsang's entrance, his eyes faintly suffused with a bluish light. The supernatural ability technique named [Heavenly Eye] pierced through the surrounding space and made the presence of enemies plainly visible.
[Heavenly Eye] — a supernatural ability technique that targets only people, and is all but useless anywhere except a downtown area packed with thick concrete buildings — revealed the identity of the build he was currently using.
A build stripped of all excess designed for PVE — that is, for facing invasion entities — and invested entirely in PVP, in person-to-person combat. A build specialized not for killing monsters, but for killing people.
Baek Woohyun had already shown overwhelming dominance with his usual supernatural ability build. The fact that someone like him had opted for a build specialized entirely in killing people was nothing short of terrifying.
W̃ е̃ b̄ n о v̈ еl̄ Ӗnu m а́
Manmulsang, which did not know him well, probably thought of this as an annual event-like raid that occasionally came their way — but how long that complacent perspective would last remained to be seen.
Naturally, Baek Woohyun had no intention of giving them the opportunity to find out.
'They've prepared thoroughly.'
Having walked through the dark to arrive before Manmulsang's building — a shuttered pawnshop — Baek Woohyun swept his gaze around the area. Through [Heavenly Eye], the enemies waiting for the attacker who would soon arrive here were laid bare.
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The numbers were too large to believe they had been gathered in just a short span of time. They were likely forces that Manmulsang, which had apparently suffered a fair number of raids targeting their goods over the years, had prepared in advance.
Even through the gaps between various objects used as concealment, the muzzle of a machine gun — ready to fire at any moment — was faintly visible. A level of thorough preparation that was truly hard to believe for a location in Seoul's outskirts.
Е̌n̆u̇m a . і̇d
'Still, no awakeners.'
However, the fact that Manmulsang had not committed their full strength was revealed in the number of awakeners. The ordinary personnel were substantial in both numbers and equipment, yet there was not a single awakener.
Well — unlike the Corporate Alliance operating on a global scale and the research facility backed by their support, Manmulsang was nothing more than an underworld faction in the end. A single raid was not a situation worth the cost of calling in awakeners.
They could call them if they truly wanted to — but if the raid turned out to be an attack by ordinary non-ability personnel, the losses from calling in awakeners would be enormous.
"……."
Baek Woohyun was pleased to take advantage of Manmulsang's blind spot. Moving through the tense, alert formation of their forces, he placed small gifts one by one, unknown to them.
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Without directly attacking — merely reaching into the darkness to set his gifts in place — the [Curtain] wrapped around him remained unbroken. A true reflection of a supernatural ability technique invested entirely in stealth.
Before long, once the appropriate distribution of gifts had been completed, he pressed the button he had prepared.
Click.
BOOM!
"Aaaargh?!" "Ugh!"
"D-, damn! What is this!"
W е b̌n о v е ĺ Е̂ ňum̈ а
"How did explosives get—"
The gifts Baek Woohyun had distributed — explosives — detonated simultaneously, filling the area with extreme chaos.
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Those who died in the first explosion were the fortunate ones. Those who survived in a halfway state writhed in terrible pain amid the billowing black smoke from the explosions. Among them were quite a few who had lost arms and legs.
Someone who belatedly realized that the attacker who had struck them was an awakener with supernatural abilities ground their teeth and cried out — but for people who were nothing but ordinary, there was no means of recourse to speak of.
Moreover, Baek Woohyun's assault was not yet over. The enemies had been ambushed and thrown into chaos, and his position had not yet been pinpointed — there was no reason to ease up.
Even though detonating the explosives had stripped him of [Curtain], it did not matter. The explosives that had gone off from all sides had also triggered the enemies' own explosives, and the billowing smoke rising from every direction obscured their line of sight.
Е̊ n úm̊ а̄.ĩ d̃
Emerged from the darkness, he slipped silently among the enemies with quiet movements.
Rat-a-tat-tat!
"Aaagh!"
"Who was that?! Who fired?!"
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Rat-a-tat-tat!
BANG!
Е̄ n u̇ m а
"Damn it, stop returning fire! You're hitting friendlies!"
"Shut up! So you're saying we just sit still and die?!"
The gunfire ringing out in rapid succession from left and right drove the enemies' chaos even deeper. The explosions going off just as things started to settle were an added bonus. Calling them a 'bonus' would be too generous given the scale of the damage — but at any rate.
Only Baek Woohyun, who possessed [Heavenly Eye], was free to move even through the black smoke. Additionally, through [Mimicry], he imitated the enemies' voices to compound the chaos. For instance, like this.
"Ugh! Enemy! There's an enemy at the left machine gun!"
"What? No! Stop them!"
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"···Wh-, what are you talking about···?!"
Rat-a-tat-tat!
The enemies reacted promptly to what sounded like an allied voice warning of the attack — but that ended up being their undoing. Baek Woohyun had not gone anywhere near the machine gun in the first place.
Meaning the firepower that the barely surviving enemies managed to pour out simply rained down on their own allies guarding the machine gun. Naturally, the machine gun operator, who had barely managed to recover from the damage, was killed instantly.
"There's a traitor! There's definitely a traitor!"
"Who's betraying anyone!"
Ē_num ӓ
"More to the point, who's the one talking right now!"
"Everyone shut up! Only team leaders speak!"
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