chapter 17
ingress
“If you save the red panda himself, 100 million. Even if you save only the family of the red panda, 5,000. It’s a request for a total of 150 million won.”
‘150 million.’
This was a considerable amount for a person’s life to depend on on this floor where life is a daily life.
Considering that White Flame, which had just been established, would have weak finances, it seemed as if it had collected all possible cash.
However, there was a reason why no one bid and abandoned.
Ara Kim raised her index and middle fingers and said.
“First is~. That no one knows where the red panda was kidnapped. Shouldn’t you know where it is so you can find it?”
She involuntarily folded her index finger, saw that only her middle finger remained, and quickly lowered her hand.
“greatness. Second is. Anyone can see that this smells like filth. Since the client has already put the money in the brokerage account for peace of mind, the compensation is sure, but it’s a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of. Rather, it is said that the high wages intimidated him more.”
Ara Kim smiled and took the tablet back.
Then, resting her chin on the bar stand, she looked up at Siyoon obliquely.
“What do guests think? He’s the one who’s incredibly looking for one person, so I don’t think that’s the reason for the first one.”
In fact, it was nothing to worry about anymore.
This was an incident that was entangled with Choi Jin-seong with a high probability.
And Si-yoon knew very well that Kim A-ra hated Choi Jin-seong.
From Kim Ara’s point of view, since it was related to Choi Jin-seong, it must have been a request worth missing.
However, the contents of the request, where even the location of the kidnapped lesser panda was unknown, was too vague, and it took courage to readily accept such a request.
Originally, she would have given up eventually because no suitable person to take on the request appeared.
‘But it must mean I’m there now.’
His ability to find people like a ghost was like that, and he must have thought that if it was Siyoon, he wouldn’t miss such a big thing.
‘Although this is half because of Choi Jin-seong.’
There was a return worth taking the risk even if he could understand Kim Seo-ah’s true intentions and bring the Lesser Panda card.
‘There…’
[Discover a new achievement.]
[Rescue the lesser panda and recruit him.]
The message of the characteristic ‘Achievement Hunter’, which is visible in the corner of the field of vision, was also like that.
In addition to achieving the achievement, he also took out one of Choi Jin-seong’s weapons. Truly two birds with one stone.
Above all, the location where the lesser panda will be kept. Choi Si-yoon had a place to study.
“I will take it.”
“Five?”
Perhaps not knowing that he would accept it without much thought, Ara Kim widened her eyes.
“Payment in installments!! A bid!”
“…are you really going to be okay?”
Siyoon nodded at the old man’s stare, which contained many things.
“Okay.”
Eventually, the old man heads to the old computer behind the counter.
In the meantime, Ara Kim brought the documents from the corner of the stand and held them out to Siyoon.
“So… voila! This person is the lesser panda that the customer needs to save. It’s a bit surprising, isn’t it, since he doesn’t match his cute name?”
The picture she showed me was a kind of family picture.
A middle-aged man with an impressive mustache and a blonde woman who looks like his daughter.
There, Siyoon frowned.
“This person is a lesser panda?”
“Yes Yes. I know that feeling too~. To be honest, I was a little awake at first.”
The one Kim Ara was pointing at was the man in the picture.
‘······?’
However, the identity of the lesser panda that Choi Si-yoon remembers, revealed later in the game, was closer to the daughter next to him.
“Are you really sure about this man?”
“…? Are you sure?”
‘Is it camouflage?’
I don’t know what they did, but everyone, including the people who kidnapped the lesser pandas, the White Flame, and the late-night diner, were all on the wrong foot.
Because the Lesser Panda he knew was a woman.
‘The woman’s father pretended to be a red panda instead of the real one?’
Siyoon sighed slightly.
‘But didn’t you know that you would kidnap not only yourself, but also my daughter, a real lesser panda?’
It seemed that there was an inside story that even the deceased person did not know about.
The moment he realized that fact, Siyoon felt his heart pounding involuntarily.
Kim A-ra continued to explain to him who was barely keeping calm.
“First of all, the client sent me the location where the lesser panda was expected to be detained. But there are too many. It’s not very helpful, but would you like to take it for now?”
Siyoon glanced at the map she showed her. After confirming that one of the candidate sites had the place he was thinking of, he folded the map and put it in his arms.
“And?”
“If you rescued the lesser panda, right here~ Cross the Han River with this bridge to Namyangju and the mission is complete! I don’t know why, but they seemed to think that it would be safe to leave Hanam City.”
Namyangju City.
It was where Ia-rin’s parents’ house was. With this, it became clear that even Iarin was involved in the incident.
‘Honestly, the outside directors of White Flame are Lee Arin.’
In addition, the fact that the opponent will not be able to come to Namyangju City.
‘Choi Jin-seong is certain.’
It was because his domain was Hanam City. Reckless use of force even in Namyangju was an obvious violation of authority.
After grasping the general outline, Siyun stood up.
“Is it done now?”
“No, there is one more.”
The old man who had just come back to the counter shook his head as if he was in trouble.
“what?”
“The client just added one more condition.”
“what?!”
At that, Ara Kim stood up as if she was displeased.
“What’s the point of adding a condition after you bid for a request that was almost abandoned because no one took it?”
In an instant, her true nature was revealed, but it made sense. It wasn’t before bidding, because it was out of the ordinary to accept and do this.
However, Siyoon decided to listen to the story for now.
“What is the added condition?”
“They say you must be accompanied by the collaborators they sent.”
“…you mean you don’t trust me at all?”
Ara Kim mumbled.
“It’s not that I don’t understand… but they say it’s a newly established company, so they don’t seem to know anything about this floor.”
The old man shrugged and looked at Siyoon.
“Have you not changed your mind yet? Now, you might be able to bid on it. It’s the broker’s fault, so the fee is your responsibility.”
It was a quest that could not be dropped as long as it took an achievement anyway.
he thought
‘The attitude over there is unpleasant, but it’s not necessarily bad.’
In his memory, the White Flames had their own useful talents.
If that side sent decent power, even unofficially, it could have helped to minimize the risk that would happen in the end.
“No, continue. Where is the rendezvous?”
“That is for you to decide.”
Siyoon nodded and pointed to a corner of the map without hesitation.
“Tell them to come here.”
It was near an abandoned factory complex once run by Silver Robotics.
The old man looked at him in silence for a moment, then nodded.
“I see.”
Seeing the old man go inside the counter again, Siyoon stood up without hesitation.
“Have a good trip~!”
After a lively greeting from Ara Kim, we leave for a late-night restaurant.
In the past, when performing side quests related to Choi Jin-seong, you could often find rice cakes about lesser pandas.
One of them is that the lesser pandas are just following Jinseong Choi for some reason, and there are many reasons for that.
Among them, the suspicion was sparked by her traces found in the basement of a factory closed by Silver Robotics.
A text message as if someone had been locked up for a long time, and a damaged laptop presumed to belong to a lesser panda with a panda sticker on it.
And ‘wait for me, I’ll definitely find you’ found in a corner of the basement. the phrase.
Even those Easter eggs, which were vague at the time, fit together like a puzzle compared to the current situation.
‘In the end, it’s most likely that the real red panda is revealed to be the daughter, and the man who is supposed to be the father is taken hostage.’
Arriving at the rendezvous point, he looked around.
The place he requested from the client was in front of a collapsed public toilet not far from the abandoned factory.
‘Who else will be the collaborator?’
The faces of several names related to the White Flame pass by.
They didn’t think that they would send a baboon as well, as they bet a huge amount of money on this request.
After waiting for a while, I felt the presence of a person in the dark.
Soon after, Siyoon frowned at the appearance of a collaborator revealed through the bush.
‘What is this again?’
Black armor in a dark commando uniform.
A long sword wrapped in black tape is not enough, and a strange fox mask.
And the subtly blurred impression seemed to be under a perception-deterring spell.
“Is this the service you were entrusted with?”
On top of that, there’s even the questionable tone.
‘her.’
He, who is rarely at a loss for words, was at least momentarily speechless.
But soon he came to his senses and asked again.
“…Is it true that you came here because of the Lesser Panda?”
“Looks like I’ve come to the right place.”
A low, subtly modulated voice scratches his ear.
The way he approached him readily showed his confidence in his skills.
The fox mask held out his hand and introduced himself.
“Call me Eugene. I’m pretty good at magic swords, so I won’t get in the way.”
‘What kind of character is this really?’
he said with a small sigh.
“It’s Wesley.”
“Wesley. Do you have your roots in Europe?”
Siyoon was also wearing sunglasses enchanted with perception-damping magic, so he must have thought that way.
“I don’t think you know.”
“That’s right.”
‘…wasn’t there nothing like a historical drama here?’
I expected a certain amount of camouflage, but I never dreamed that he would appear with such a concept openly.
‘Who the hell are you?’
Shiyoon, who was silent a little, shook his head.
There were many talented people in White Flame. Among them, the person who used the sword was the placenta.
There was no point in worrying about who it was.
“Let’s talk while moving. It’s probably around here.”
“You sound like you’re sure the lesser panda is here?”
“It was only here that I was most aware of it.”
Yoo-jin asked as he followed Si-yoon into the thick forest.
“May I ask why you came here?”
“Let’s call it a trade secret.”
“That sounds pretty suspicious.”
“Do you buy by looking in the mirror?”
“Is this so strange?”
Shiyoon looked at him again, speechless.
He shook his head at the questioning gaze, as if he sincerely did not know, and moved on again.
“It’s downright weird.”
“Only you who wear sunglasses at night will do it.”
“…”
Accompanied by a bizarre collaborator who didn’t say a word, Si-yoon arrived near the factory site and muttered while examining the situation with the folding telescope he had brought.
“It’s a jackpot.”
In the abandoned factory, where there should have been no human presence, there were many people who looked like armed servicemen at a glance.
Yujin, who saw that, shut her mouth.
When I magnify the magnification of the telescope, I can see Overlock embedded in their uniforms.
‘Zenon.’
Unlike late-night restaurants, they were one of the service companies established through proper procedures.
“Looking at them, it looks like your employer has touched something they really shouldn’t be touching.”
“…are they that dangerous?”
“Zenon Security. It is a subsidiary of Geo Motors, famous for its streetcars.”
Siyun, remembering all the guards deployed outside, put the telescope into her bosom and moved her body again.
“They are scum who are famous for doing all sorts of dirty work for entrepreneurs.”
Abduction, imprisonment, murder, torture… The variety of services they provide is varied.
When I actually carried out the quest related to Zenon, I could see how vicious they were.
“Seeing that you don’t know Zenon, it must’ve been a while since you came to this town.”
“greatness.”
Eugene cleared his throat slightly and turned around.
“Anyway, to find out right away like this without really giving any clues… That trade secret is pretty amazing.”
“If the opponent is Zenon, you’d better hurry.”
“What do you mean?”
“They’re hot-tempered, so they might have half killed the lesser panda.”
If the lesser panda resists futilely and destroys any leg, the difficulty of rescue rises rapidly.
“Then what do you think should be done?”
He said, showing a longsword wrapped in black tape.
“Looking at you, you don’t look like a avant-garde… Can I take the lead in breaking through?”
“Don’t be ignorant.”
“No, no knowledge…”
Siyoon took out the Magic gun from inside her arms and put a silencer on the muzzle.
Seeing that, Yujin’s gaze feels crumpled.
“I can’t believe that…”
“Why, are you seeing a gun for the first time?”
“No… that’s not it. What are you going to do with a toy like that?”
“Just keep watching.”
I had no intention of going in noisy from the beginning.
This could lead to a long-term battle.
It was necessary to delay the arrival of reinforcements as much as possible.
“Then go.”
He climbed the bush and approached the factory.
Even at night like this, two sentries can be seen smoking cigarettes in front of the premises with the lights off.
Si-yoon quickly attached herself to the wall and pulled the trigger without hesitation towards them.
Pick, Pishun…!
The only gunfire that sounds like a masterpiece of a silencer produced only as a prototype is a faint sound.
However, the two bullets fired emitted tremendous power different from the sound and penetrated the guards’ regular barriers and barding in an instant.
“Ouch!”
They collapse like unraveled dolls.
Yujin, who watched this, opened her mouth.
“Bah, just replaced…!”
But before he could ask anything, Shiyoon cut off his words.
“Don’t fall behind.”
He flung himself into the factory grounds.