Chapter 78
Chapter 78
Episode 78: 666 Hunter (2)
Yang Ji-chen, running towards another escape route in the abandoned factory, stumbled and fell forward as a bullet struck his leg.
"Kuaaaaack!"
Furious, Yang Ji-chen endured the pain and sprayed bullets indiscriminately.
Ta-ta-ta-tang— Ta-tang—
Bullets ricocheted off the surrounding pipes and iron railings, flying in all directions.
But it was only a temporary reprieve.
Click— Click—
The rapid-fire bullets quickly ran out. Yang Ji-chen, with his left arm bleeding profusely, moved to reload the magazine.
Tang—
At that moment, a bullet flew from somewhere and pierced Yang Ji-chen's left hand.
"Kuh-eup—!"
The bullet that penetrated his left hand went into his torso. As a result, Yang Ji-chen lay on the floor, glaring and shouting.
"Who is it! Which bastards are you!"
In the meantime, Shinwoo, wearing a mask, walked out from the direction of Yang Ji-chen's legs.
Thud— Thud—
Silence flowed.
"……."
As Shinwoo watched without saying a word, Yang Ji-chen spoke first.
"Who the hell are you guys?"
In response to the question, Shinwoo quietly raised his pistol and shot his right arm.
"Aaaaack!"
With his scream, Shinwoo approached and grabbed the radio earpiece from his ear, smashing it.
Crack—
"Were you trying to ask me questions to relay to your superiors and track me?"
From the beginning, Shinwoo had noticed Yang Ji-chen's trick and prevented him from moving.
At this, Yang Ji-chen glared at Shinwoo with wide eyes.
"……."
"Anyway, you damn bastards are meticulous when it comes to this kind of thing. Isn't that right? Mad Jackal? Or should I call you Yang Ji-chen?"
At that moment, Yang Ji-chen's blood-soaked face hardened.
At TSF Investment's China branch, only Warren appeared externally. There, Yang Ji-chen moved like a shadow, only acting on the instructions of the branch manager, Cui Xun.
Aside from the nickname Mad Jackal, Yang Ji-chen's true identity was not publicly known.
"You… what the hell are you?"
"What else could I be? I'm the guy who's going to destroy all of you."
No further conversation was needed. Shinwoo just wanted to see Yang Ji-chen's angry face.
Tang—
Shinwoo smashed Yang Ji-chen's head with a bullet without any hesitation.
Originally, in the future, Yang Ji-chen had wiped out a small village in northern Cafefra, Angola.
It was once a place where the Triad Eye had stayed. But Yang Ji-chen killed everyone, adults, children, and the elderly, for the sake of the 666 Unit's mission. Of course, those people were still alive now, but Yang Ji-chen's atrocities were not forgotten even after the regression.
That was when the real bad blood with the 666 Unit began.
"Emergency Clear."
With the radio message, Shinwoo searched Yang Ji-chen's pockets, stepped on the pipes, and climbed over the passage filled with corpses. He searched the corpses' pockets there as well, then returned to F Point and opened the tightly closed iron door.
Koo-oong—
Lu Xian, the Azure Feather Group's security team leader, who had been tense inside, quickly removed his finger from the trigger of the gun he was aiming.
"I thought it was the enemy."
"I didn't send a radio message earlier."
It was a radio message so that Jang Man-soo, Lu Xian, and other security team members could hear it.
"I know, but you never know."
"More importantly, how is Executive Director Im Hee-yeon's condition?"
"The blood transfusion is helping, but the bleeding isn't completely stopped, so we need to transport her to the hospital quickly."
Shinwoo looked at Im Hee-yeon and picked up the duct tape rolling on the table. He tore the T-shirt inside his Tactical Vest, stuffed it into the wound, and taped it over.
"Ugh-euk—!"
Im Hee-yeon groaned as the wound was pressed down.
Nevertheless, Shinwoo calmly finished and said to Lu Xian.
"This should help her hold on a little longer. How's the helicopter request coming along?"
"It'll be here soon."
Cheeeee—
At that moment, the sound of a radio rang out from a corpse lying on one side. The earphone cord must have come loose, as it was audible outside.
[This is Wolf. What's the current situation? Sending combat situation…….]
Shinwoo approached the corpse and picked up the radio.
"Omnes viri tui mortui sunt.(All your men are dead.)"
A slightly modified form of Latin, not English or French. It was a method used by the 666 Unit members to exchange important conversations among themselves, like the Triad Eye.
Naturally, Warren on the other side of the radio was shocked. Warren also used the language.
[Who the hell are you?]
"No need to wonder. There won't be a next time."
With that answer, Shinwoo crushed the radio in his hand.
Crack—
Shinwoo approached Lu Xian again.
"My participation in today's mission must never leak out."
"...I understand."
Inside the abandoned factory, Shinwoo had single-handedly annihilated most of the enemies. At the same time, the heads of those enemies had escaped the abandoned factory.
If they were enemies, they would try to find Shinwoo's existence by any means.
The mission was completed in that way. Before long, a helicopter arrived and was able to load Im Hee-yeon, who had been taken outside in advance.
"I have somewhere else to go, so please leave first. And I'll use the other equipment a bit more before returning it."
Shinwoo had a bag containing a sniper rifle and various equipment slung over his shoulder. They were things he had received from Lu Xian's subordinate who had just joined.
"Where are you going?"
"I have to finish things up. And please tell the chairman to make sure he keeps quiet about today's events. There will be a lot of traces to erase."
Shinwoo repeatedly urged, closed the helicopter door, and moved away.
The helicopter immediately took off and flew towards the hospital. Meanwhile, Shinwoo headed for the motorcycle used by the 666 Unit member.
It was to deal with the group that had escaped from the abandoned factory.
* * *
Cui Xun, who was completely leaving the abandoned factory site by car, had a complicated mind. Currently, only those who had helped them escape and secure the escape route had joined them.
"Are you saying that Yang Ji-chen and his subordinates who remained in the abandoned factory were really all taken down?"
Warren, who had been quietly lost in thought, was only holding the radio, which had been silent since the last communication.
"It seems that way."
"...How could that be? What was that last radio message?"
Cui Xun had also heard Shinwoo's voice answering over the radio, which had been quiet earlier. However, he had waited quietly because they had been talking in an unknown language before asking.
"It must be the enemy commander."
"What did he say?"
"What he used was our SHASS's operational code."
At that moment, Cui Xun's expression could not help but harden.
"...How the hell does he know that?"
"It seems that the organization's exposure is more severe than I thought."
Cui Xun nodded at Warren's answer. In the meantime, the sound of something breaking was heard from the front of the vehicle, and the speed began to slow down. Then, it stopped before long.
The other cars that were running around it had no choice but to stop as well.
"What's wrong?"
At Warren's question, the expression of the subordinate sitting in the driver's seat became troubled.
"It seems there's a problem with the car."
"Check it quickly."
The subordinate immediately opened the hood and began looking for the problem.
"Boss… the car's timing chain is broken."
"What?"
Why at this timing…….
The timing chain was an important part that transmitted the power of the vehicle. That it was broken meant that the car could not move unless the part was replaced.
"You should move to another vehicle first."
Warren, who was listening to the subordinate's words, was suddenly overcome with a sense of foreboding.
"Check the condition of the other vehicles as well."
"Yes?"
"Quickly!!"
At the shout, the subordinates moved busily. They immediately opened the hoods and checked the inside, their faces hardening.
"Boss! The timing chains and belts of the other cars all have scratches on them!"
Warren recalled the enemy's last words that he had heard in code on the radio.
【No need to wonder. There won't be a next time.】
He could not help but realize what that meant at once.
"Check the current location of the support troops, and build a barricade around the main vehicle."
Warren had requested support troops while escaping because he had not easily judged the current situation.
At this, the subordinates moved without arguing. In the meantime, Cui Xun opened the window and said.
"What's going on?"
"The enemy has tampered with our vehicles. They must be tracking us now."
"From there to here?"
"They seem to be more meticulous than I expected. All we can do is hope that the support troops arrive before them."
The subordinates surrounding Cui Xun's vehicle in the darkness guarded the surroundings with night vision binoculars. The surroundings were mostly treeless, so the view was open except for the hills.
Then, one subordinate was diligently looking around the green-lit surroundings when…….
Thwack—
The sound of something being embedded was heard in an instant, and his vision went dark as his head was thrown back and he collapsed. In the meantime, a bullet flew again and pierced the head of the man who was guarding the other direction.
"Enemy appearance at 5 o'clock!"
"Fire all at once!"
Ta-ta-ta-tang— Ta-ta-tang—
The sound of gunfire began to ring out loudly.
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.
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Shinwoo neatly dealt with the two and went down the hill.
'There are three remaining. Cui Xun's figure can't be seen outside the vehicle, so it seems he's inside.'
He had considered targeting Cui Xun from the beginning. However, the TSF China branch manager's vehicle was surrounded by bulletproof film, making it difficult to penetrate with the sniper rifle he currently had.
At that time, Jang Man-soo's voice was heard in his ear.
[The enemies' attention is focused in the direction you were in.]
"I'm flanking now."
He had connected his phone and binoculars to the previous sniping location so that Jang Man-soo could check the situation below.
[They've split up. It looks like they're trying to flank from the left from their perspective.]
"Ok."
Shinwoo quickly left the spot and took a position further away from them. This time's target was the location where he had been concealing himself just now.
He immediately raised his sniper rifle and watched the area through the scope.
Before long, Jang Man-soo's countdown flowed through his earphones.
[3… 2… 1…….]
Pshyuk—
As soon as something appeared over the ridge, Shinwoo pulled the trigger he had his finger on. And something at the end of the sniping point shook for a moment before disappearing as if collapsing over the ridge.
At the same time, firing began from that point.
Ta-ta-ta-tang— Ta-ta-tang—
Shinwoo had expected it, so he ducked his head.
"One Clear."
[Your sniping skills are still as good as ever. Not as good as Hector, though. The enemies found the phone and immediately blew it up.]
"Good job. And Hector is a madman for shooting."
Hector Hammond. He was a professional who was in charge of all shooting divisions at the Triad Eye.
In the current situation, if it had been Hector, he would have sent at least four people instead of two like Shinwoo in the first sniping.
[Now straight to the center?]
"I have to."
Shinwoo put down his sniper rifle, went down the hill, and ran at a faster speed. This time's target was Cui Xun, who was waiting proudly in the car.