Boy Monster Chapter 102

“What is this? Did the Deputy Director send a special agent behind our backs?”

“Could it be…! A diversion? To kill everyone and make a run for it…!”

Choi Jungkyung and Hyeon Jaewoong stood dazed for a moment before correcting their postures. They couldn’t hide their confusion, even as they poured out their own speculations regarding the appearance of the unexpected reinforcements.

“…No, I called him.”

Jae Eunho quieted their agitation with a brief answer. Not only had the area around the factory lost power again due to the explosion, but communication with the troops waiting nearby had also been cut off. It was only a matter of time before uncontrollable chaos broke out if Eunho didn’t straighten it out.

Just in time, seeing the hostages pouring out from inside the factory, Jae Eunho ordered the helicopter to land. The factory’s internal CCTV had also been neutralized, meaning the situation inside couldn’t be grasped without entering directly. It was time for Jae Eunho to step in himself.

After asking the nearest unit to handle the aftermath, he put on a bulletproof vest. Receiving a gas mask and a handgun, he stared into the pitch-black factory.

Shi Taehyun believed that Jae Eunho was at risk of being attacked and killed by the enemy here. Right now, that bastard didn’t care about sides; his only objective was Sa Yeonri Jae Eunho. Seeing how he had kidnapped the highest military general, a four-star, there was a possibility he might clean out our government as well as the enemy forces. If left to do so, there was a risk he would be mistaken for an enemy.

‘I must stop him.’

Since Jae Eunho said he was stepping forward, the opposition from Choi Jungkyung and Hyeon Jaewoong was understandably severe. The only way to separate himself from the two, who were dissuading him with glaring eyes, and leave the helicopter was to put them to sleep. Sleep for just 5 minutes, he controlled their consciousness. Leaving behind the two people who were fast asleep in their seats, he passed the crowd of rescued hostages.

The sound of uneven dress shoes echoed through the empty factory. Eunho aimed his handgun toward the smoke, illuminating the dark interior with a flashlight.

If the bastard was still inside here, he would be searching places where Jae Eunho might be. Calming his flushed breath that damply filled the inside of the gas mask, Jae Eunho shouted.

“Shi Taehyun!”

The voice, blocked by the gas mask, echoed over the smell of blood. There was no sign of people in the first-floor workshop, where corpses were scattered all over. Looking around, Jae Eunho turned his direction toward the warehouse building at the back.

Thud, clack. Thud, clack. He entered the center of the gruesome scene without hiding his limping, shod foot. His vision through his glasses grew even blurrier, making it so he could barely distinguish the lights.

Eunho’s foot, while busily guarding the surroundings, caught on a pile of corpses. Just as he stumbled as if about to fall and corrected his posture, a heavy, dull footstep echoed from the basement. The moment he guarded himself by aiming his muzzle toward the direction where the sound was heard, a dark presence that flew out suddenly wrapped around the back of his neck.

“What are you. What the hell makes you not dead.”

“It’s me, it’s me.”

Eunho hurriedly muttered and looked back. The bastard was standing in the hazy smoke. The shadow illuminated by the flashlight split into two and swayed. Approaching as if sliding, the bastard grabbed the back of the neck of Jae Eunho’s bulletproof vest. As he stepped closer, the image that had been split into two merged into one and registered in his eyes.

“How the fuck am I supposed to know you’re you, you piece of shit. Where is Sa Yeonri.”

Both eyes inside the gas mask flashed with murderous intent for an instant. He must not have heard Jae Eunho’s shout and footsteps. It was to the point of being terrifying that he might be bitten by a bastard like a rampaging wild dog. Furthermore, blood, mucus, and flesh were vividly smeared on the axe held in one hand.

“If Sa Yeonri dies, that means I die too, and you guys die too. Everyone just dies, got it?”

The axe blade aimed at Eunho’s neck. Sa Hwelju, in a state where the connection was faint, couldn’t even be controlled at will. It was the moment the horizontally lying axe blade was lifted high.

Chwack.

Light purple wings bloomed in front of the gas mask. The bastard hesitated at the scenery from Chochungdo that suddenly covered his eyes. Jae Eunho, who had made dozens of butterflies fly up fiercely in the shape of an orchid, shouted.

“It’s me. Seriously!”

The bastard pulled the back of Jae Eunho’s neck up even higher. And then, he brought his face right up to Jae Eunho, who was flailing with his feet off the ground. Thud, the bastard, who bumped his own gas mask against Eunho’s gas mask, said.

“Teacher. Your glasses are fogged up, so you look fucking ugly.”

“…….”

Because the glasses inside the gas mask were fogged up, Jae Eunho’s face hadn’t been visible at all. Far from calming his furious energy, Shi Taehyun growled, lowering his voice further.

“Why are you so perfectly fine.”

“…I was in a state of suspended animation for a while after taking medicine, then I came back. It was an intended operation.”

Shi Taehyun let out a sigh, ha, and then tilted his chin up high. The eyes inside the slowly turning gas mask were not normal. It seemed anger took priority due to the feeling of betrayal from being deceived. Jae Eunho, suddenly becoming anxious about his lower body which lacked even a bulletproof vest, pointed at the axe.

“How about we put that away first before talking.”

“Why did you pretend to be dead? Ah… I…! My Teacher really is an expert at deceiving and playing around with people.”

Jae Eunho, who couldn’t deny the bastard’s assessment, quietly put away his handgun. Shi Taehyun said, loosely shaking the collar he had gripped.

“Why did you pretend to be dead. Let’s at least hear an answer.”

“…To call you.”

“What?”

Shi Taehyun narrowed the space between his brows heavily. It felt as though the smell of blood and the smell of tunnel dirt came from his body. Amidst the gruesome corpses, Jae Eunho looked at Jang Hwonwoo, or Shi Taehyun, with a vision heavily filled with fog.

Shi Taehyun also stared intently at Jae Eunho’s face hidden by the gas mask. It was completely impossible to see what kind of expression Jae Eunho was making inside it. Right then, numerous troops poured into the entrance.

“If you move, we fire! Surrender!”

“Commander! Are you safe! Please respond!”

It was the voices of the special forces vice-commander and Hyeon Jaewoong. Checking that several tens of rifle laser points were aimed at Shi Taehyun, Jae Eunho quickly whispered.

“You’re someone I called. Make up an excuse that it’s a mission I secretly gave directives for. The EMP too… but how did you know about the emergency EMP?”

Since it was a major national facility and an emergency defense system, it was information that couldn’t be known no matter how much he tailed Eunho. Shi Taehyun answered without letting go of the hand gripping the back of Jae Eunho’s neck.

“Unlike the rotten higher-ups who just sit and occupy space, Lim Geonhwi was smart. Fitting for the secret lover Teacher chose.”

It meant when he kidnapped the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Lim Geonhwi, he had interrogated them to find out the method to suppress the scene. Even if that were so, after entering the factory secretly, it was Shi Taehyun himself who utilized that information to establish the strategy of driving the enemy into the basement and slaughtering them. Recalling the boy’s perfectionism and agility, which had surprised Jae Eunho from time to time, he felt a chill. Blocking the approaching flashlight lights, Jae Eunho whispered for the last time.

“He’s not a secret lover. Just a son of a bitch.”

He couldn’t see Shi Taehyun’s expression. Unexpectedly, Shi Taehyun was attacked. The sound of a violent strike vibrated all the way to Jae Eunho’s body.

Amidst the flashlight lights and rifle laser lights, the sound of a physical fight traded with fists was heard. If it’s an invisible person, it’s Hyeon Jaewoong! Hyeon Jaewoong must not get heavily hurt by jumping in for no reason! Jae Eunho urgently shouted.

“Stop! Hyeon Jaewoong, cease attack! He’s an ally!”

While still holding Jae Eunho, Shi Taehyun was dealing with the unseen Hyeon Jaewoong with his remaining hand. A step away, Hyeon Jaewoong smoothly revealed his form. Hyeon Jaewoong, who had attempted an arrest by aiming for Shi Taehyun’s neck, had the clothes above his bulletproof vest severely crumpled, as if he had been counterattacked in the same spot. Hyeon Jaewoong, who aimed his gun at Shi Taehyun, quickly glanced at Eunho to check for injuries.

“Is he really an ally, Commander? You’re alright, correct?”

Shi Taehyun muttered, gripping the back of Jae Eunho’s neck even more firmly.

‘Your reaction is at the speed of light, Teacher. He must be a subordinate you cherish immensely.’

Shi Taehyun twisted his body. It was to check who the Hwelju was that had tried to arrest him. Shi Taehyun and Hyeon Jaewoong’s eyes met. Hyeon Jaewoong witnessed the sharp eyes inside the confronting gas mask turn into a sneer.

“Ah…. A virgin.”

Hyeon Jaewoong felt a sense of déjà vu from the mysterious, blood-stained man who called him a ‘virgin’. That look in those eyes… the classified records room… the black-and-white group photo. The ill-fated family head of the Sashimcheon family, Jang Hwonwoo….

His body shrank back on its own at the gaze piercing through the glass and smoke. Hyeon Jaewoong gripped his gun again. ……Be that as it may, who are you to carelessly crumple and snatch the Commander’s clothes? What kind of bastard are you? Who do you think you are? Fuck….

“What’s with that hand? Won’t you let go?”

How dare you handle the Commander so carelessly like that? Who do you think you are? You son of a bitch…! Because of the anger that surged in an instant, the corners of his eyes trembled. Hyeon Jaewoong did his absolute best to stand against the intense momentum pressing down on him. Gray eyes armed with stillness, dark brown eyes burning and shaking. It was when the gazes of the two men clashed sharply.

The Ji Hwelju and Ms. Yeonri couple called by Choi Jungkyung arrived. Ji Hwelju, who entered the factory directly through teleportation ability, was poised to cause a large dimensional manipulation on a rampaging level if anything went wrong.

“What is all this? Is it Teacher’s fan club?”

The mad dog said. Just as Hyeon Jaewoong, backed by reliable reinforcements, glared at the bastard, unexpected words flowed from Commander Jae Eunho.

“He’s a mercenary I specially hired, he did today’s mission very well. Thanks to him, all the hostages are safe too. Everyone, lower your guns.”

“…Pardon? The Commander… hired him?”

But why… are you being gripped by the collar and practically threatened by a hired mercenary? Hyeon Jaewoong, who had a misunderstanding that wasn’t quite a misunderstanding, turned into a sad face after a brief thought. Ah, I wasn’t helpful to the Commander… Not me, but another mercenary… My ability was lacking compared to that son of a bitch… I still have a long way to go.

Hyeon Jaewoong looked at Jae Eunho with eyes brimming with frustration and desire. Inside the gas mask of the mad dog, who was observing Hyeon Jaewoong as he expressed his ever-changing emotions exactly as they were without missing a single moment, a loud scoff of ridicule burst out.