chapter 22
cougar
“Of course, they’ll get a lot of fishermen’s money because of your stupid choice.”
The cost of refusal flowed from Ha Yeon-woo’s mouth, and the atmosphere at the scene was frozen.
It was only natural that everyone talked about death.
Still, no one moved.
Among the Awakeners, the state beyond the 7th hierarchy had enough weight.
Except for Ha Yeon-woo, everyone is having a headache. The most thoughtful person was Lee Il-hwan, the boss of Cougar and the chairman of Black Market.
Do you completely submit to the mysterious person without fighting, or die with a high probability?
There weren’t too many options. Because it was a matter of life or death.
‘The interest is… I mean it.’
Criminals have to be smarter than anyone else. At least he believed so.
Ha Yeon-woo, whom Lee Il-hwan saw and heard, was a person who did not say anything stupid.
Immediately after his return, rumors that he was catching and killing a conglomerate that harmed his family had been actively circulating through sources of information.
And within a few days, dozens of key figures, including the heads of Korea and Japan, were swept away by terrorism.
There were always rumors that he had killed everyone in defiance of the government. As of now, most of them, including Lee Il-hwan, considered that to be half-true.
That was the case with my work here. How did the first hostile gang member die?
He died of excessive blood loss with both hands pulled out with only grip strength. Just because you ran into yourself.
Ha Yeon-woo is now standing on the bloodstains left by the corpse, saying that he will annihilate all of them with an emotionless expression on his face.
As if it was too easy, as if making such a proposal was at his own mercy.
I decided that it was not a situation that I could get out of.
In fact, there was no difference between the fights between the organizations.
Because it was the logic between them that if they lost in a war, all of their businesses would be taken away and most of the leaders killed.
In particular, it is true that death and killing fights have become more frequent after the awakening has entered the game.
Rather, the kind of subjugation proposed by Ha Yeon-woo tends to belong to the noble class because one side bends and enters according to the logic of power.
At least the bloodshed was far less than in the war.
It’s just that in the current case, the problem was that a huge force consisting of thousands of members would go under a single person who suddenly appeared.
The head and chest played separately.
Emotionally, I wanted to make a life-and-death decision right away, but my head was desperately refusing to fight this man.
While Lee Il-hwan was trying to organize his noisy hair, unable to do this or that. Ha Yeon-woo’s words continued.
“If losing everything is the price of refusal, shouldn’t there be something to be gained by accepting?”
“… to get… You mean?”
As soon as he showed signs of throwing carrots, honorifics naturally flowed from Lee Il-hwan’s mouth.
“I promise you one thing. If you touch a cougar or a black market from now on, it’s the same as touching me.”
It was a promise without a specific deadline or content.
However, hundreds of Awakened people in this place could understand, at least roughly, what Ha Yeon-woo meant.
Lee Il-hwan’s eyes shook.
‘Backside. No, to be precise, the real owner.’
He finally realized that the word owner Ha Yeon-woo had uttered was not something he was talking about in order to receive a reward and enjoy a good meal.
The cougar is said to have dominated the criminal distribution network in Seoul and most of the metropolitan area, centered on the black market, and has the best awakening power as a single private organization.
This was the modifier that represented them right away, and it was their reputation in society, but in the end, like any criminal organization, it was like a castle built on orchids.
It’s not strange when it collapses.
Strictly speaking, what the government has done is a black market, not a cougar.
In other words, there is no reason for the government to care whether the owner of this place changes or not.
It is likely that they will just watch and watch the damage done to the civilian population.
That’s why cougar spends hundreds of millions of dollars every month to drug the prosecution, police, and intelligence departments. To obtain even a handful of information in advance and to receive even a little help.
Objectively, it is true that the cougar currently has an overwhelming power among criminal organizations. That was one of the driving forces that allowed them to monopolize Seoul.
However, those who were actually involved did not think so.
In the first place, the dark place is a fight between criminals and criminals, and those who want to eat bean curd in between.
You know very well that the castle will collapse at any moment the moment you lose your guard.
As a direct example, if three of the top teenage organizations excluding Cougars unite, they become a similar force.
If the four sides join forces, the cougar will be at a disadvantage. Even if they said they could win, it was a friendship.
Thousands of awakened people are rampaging in Seoul, but the government won’t stand still, so even if they win, they won’t win.
The reason they kept the throne of the shadows for five years was not because they built a perfect castle that was sturdy and would not collapse.
The government’s gaze, the relationship between criminal gangs, the nuns fight, their respective factions, and so on. It was entirely dependent on external factors.
That was the beginning and end of Lee Il-hwan’s idea of maintaining the status quo.
The mysterious returner in front of me. The words of a person who is sure to receive the strongest treatment anywhere in the world as of now. I heard this in Lee Il-hwan’s ears.
‘You can have a perfect last name. It’s not the kind of criminal organization that appears and disappears countless times, but the one that rules the real shadows.’
“Do I need more time to think?”
* * *
A rental warehouse complex near Incheon Port in the late morning.
Large 5-ton trucks came and went non-stop in the huge gray factory-type warehouse, and people close to spirit were busy with logistics work.
The lights were brightly lit at the entrance of the warehouse, and at first glance, there were over two hundred people who were absorbed in their work.
But in fact, if you exclude warehouse managers, truck drivers, and a small number of loading and unloading workers, about 90% of them are Awakeners for security.
This is because it was the largest drug distribution route in Incheon Port, where as many as 40% of the drugs coming and going from China came and went.
The organization that manages it is Korea’s largest drug organization, Dae-ho, who has always been an enmity with the cougar.
It was a great feeling that engulfed the coastal border along the west coast to Incheon, Ansan, Hwaseong, and Pyeongtaek.
“Originally, these are the guys who shipped counterfeits from China. It wasn’t really this person, but it seems that there were quite a few awakened people 10 years ago. From then on, he began to fight with the drug dealers, and he bribed a customs officer and took over the position… .”
“it’s okay. I am not interested.”
They were dead anyway.
Lee Il-hwan and Kang Hyeon-woo, as well as practical cougar executives and attendants, followed Ha Yeon-woo and got out of the stopped car.
I didn’t necessarily need them, but it was better than not having them on site.
With Ha Yeon-woo and the same dream, they also wanted to be together with only a few executives.
Tsukeukkeok-
When I lightly waved my hand, the fence that was built like military barbed wire was powerlessly cut off.
When I stepped over the fence and trudged as if I was taking a walk, the cougar executives, who had expressions wondering if this was right, also jumped over the fence without lowering their guard.
“It’s an intruder!”
Weing- weing-
just as expected.
Within 10 seconds, they were discovered by security personnel disguised as workers along with sirens.
It’s strange that people close to 20 openly cut the fence and enter, but don’t notice it when hundreds of people are watching.
Soon, the Awakeners of the Great Lakes began to gather in front of them.
“f*cking bastards. Where are you from?”
“uh! me, there… . A black market manager?”
“It’s Lee Il-hwan!”
For awakened criminals as well as general awakened people, the black market is recognized as a neutral zone.
It was a kind of absolute rule that Cougar had established since taking over the black market.
The fact that it has now become the largest private gate market in Korea is not simply thanks to the cougar’s strength and the geographical advantage of the market. It was the result of the active movement to go out into the sun.
Because of this, people quickly came to recognize Lee Il-hwan, whose face was already well-known, and the executive who was the manager of the black market.
As befits an organization that took control of Chinese drugs, the core of Korean drug distribution, and Incheon Port, where most of them are distributed, the commotion quickly subsided and a man stepped forward.
“Are you here for business?”
It was a good enough idea to see a group of people standing still without taking any action.
Moreover, the opponent is the opponent. I have already contacted the inside of the organization, so it is taking time.
“I have already been contacted above. If you wait a little bit, the superiors will… .”
“Have you been contacted by the boss of Daeho?”
Perhaps thinking that someone he had neither seen nor heard intervened, he frowned for a moment and glanced at Ha Yeon-woo.
They are located on the outskirts of a warehouse complex. It was in the dark without a single light.
However, from the physical ability, the one who deviated from humans is an Awakener. It was easy to see through the dark sky at dawn even at a certain level.
“Uh, uh… Hayeon… .”
“Did you contact me? To the Great Lakes Boss.”
only twice. A face that was briefly shown through the media, but everyone already knows.
His eyes widened to the size of a lantern, and Ha Yeon-woo cut off his stammering words.
“Oh, I didn’t… .”
“Then do it. Everyone come this way. entire. Without missing a single one.”
The guy’s thoughts about what the hell this was going on were conveyed to Ha Yeon-woo.
After being absent-minded for a moment, he looked back and winked as if he had thought that he couldn’t do anything on his own line.
* * *
According to Ha Yeon-woo’s will, there was a lull until Dae-ho’s boss came.
Tens of minutes passed like that.
The number of people on the Daeho side increased one by one, and it was only when you looked around that you could only see their heads, and four luxury foreign cars stopped right nearby.
“The author is the boss of the Great Lakes.”
A group of people getting out of the car. Seeing the middle-aged man in front of him, Kang Hyeon-woo, the real second-in-command of the cougar, approached and conveyed it in the ear.
“Do you think everything is here?”
“I can’t say for sure. However, it is safe to say that all practical forces have been gathered.”
That was enough.
When I glanced at him, who had already walked away cautiously as if he were serving his master, a man who appeared to be the boss of the Great Lakes broke through the crowd.
“This is an unexpected combination. Cougar boss and black market manager. Famous people gathered together and came all the way here… .”
Wow-!
It is less than the environment of Seoul, but it is an environment where various government offices and police stations are only 10 minutes away by car.
Besides, I would not have expected that the boss, the executives, and a few attendants would fight.
In fact, at a meeting like this, it was an unspoken rule between them to send them well even if the conclusion wasn’t good.
The only problem was that Ha Yeon-woo did not care about such things.
“… uh?”
“Eh, what is this… .”
What would happen if thousands of invisible tons of weights were shot down from the sky?
The boss of the Great Lakes was completely crushed, leaving no traces of organs or bones left on the hollowed floor.
“This f*ck… !”
“Kill!”
The Awakeners on the Great Lakes only raise mana after a few awakened screams.
Ha Yeon-woo just lightly raised his hand with Yeo-sang’s dead eyes.
It was the beginning of a massacre.
* * *
Not hours, not tens of minutes, just a few minutes.
It was the time it took for all the Awoken of the Great Lakes to die horribly.
If he really wanted to do it neatly, he could have done it in a few days without leaving a single piece of corpse behind, but Ha Yeon-woo did not kill them finely.
The boss of Daeho turned into porridge, being crushed from head to toe by his one-shots mixed with mana and will.
Starting with him, there are some people whose hair just fell off neatly. A corpse with disintegrated limbs or torn to shreds is standard.
In severe cases, more bones were visible than flesh.
It was obvious that not a single drop of blood had splattered, but out of habit I straightened up and looked back.
Lee Il-hwan and his executives with hardened expressions.
At least, they were yangban who experienced frequent murders from the bottom up.
The members of the organization who came along as training were visibly trembling.
“As you wished, Daeho is no longer in the world. I guess you can eat whatever you want with the drugs coming from China and the distribution business at Incheon Port.”
At first glance, out of focus. Ha Yeon-woo’s dead eyes met Lee Il-hwan’s unanswered eyes.
“This is the first and last time you judge me. The reason I got rid of Daeho is because I expect you guys to do something worthwhile in the future.”
gulp-
The sound of Lee Il-hwan swallowing his saliva echoed once in the surroundings, which had been filled with white noise.
starting with him All cougar executives and black market managers. The backs of the members of the organization who had followed through asceticism bent as if they were about to fold.
“Until I die, no. I will see you even if I die.”