Chapter 91
Chapter 91
91.
An Unwelcome Uninvited Guest
Fashion King…….
Shinwoo was momentarily speechless at the thought of Myung Joong-hwan seeing Jang Man-soo that way.
“Ah… that friend of mine might be very late due to an important matter.”
“Is that so?”
“Why are you looking for Jang Man-soo… Manager Jang?”
Myung Joong-hwan’s eyes were full of curiosity.
“I heard he’s quite flamboyant, so I was slightly looking forward to it.”
[As expected, there’s someone who recognizes my fashion sense—!]
[Shut up.]
Along with Jang Man-soo’s shout, Lillian’s murderous voice echoed in his ear.
With the noise in his ears, Shinwoo had no choice but to turn off his earpiece for a moment.
“I, I see…….”
“Anyway, you must have been out of your mind lately, so enjoy yourself comfortably today. Get to know some people.”
“…Understood.”
Myung Joong-hwan walked away with Gu Sang-ho.
The other family members didn’t even greet Shinwoo. In the meantime, Im Hee-yeon, who had arrived a little late at Shinwoo’s request, entered.
Originally, she should have gone to Myung Joong-hwan first to greet him, but since there was a reason for her being late, she went straight to Shinwoo.
“Is the matter resolved?”
“Not yet. But it should be fine for now. Still, keep Song Tae-hoon close, just in case.”
The most important things in carrying out an assassination are the target’s Location, Time, and Route.
He didn’t know how much prior investigation had been done on Im Hee-yeon, but he had at least disrupted the original plan.
“I will. But are you alright?”
“You don’t have to worry about me.”
During the conversation, he made eye contact with Lillian. Seeing her tapping her finger to her ear, it was a signal to turn on the earpiece.
[Suspicious guy spotted. Young Asian man in a waiter’s uniform, 5 o’clock direction. Mole under his left eye.]
Shinwoo subtly turned his gaze to confirm the man’s appearance. Lillian, seeing it from the opposite side, nodded slightly.
“I should get going now. Never allow anyone you don’t know to approach you. No matter who it is.”
With those words, Shinwoo walked away. Lillian, who was next to him, naturally approached and linked her arm with Shinwoo’s.
“It’s been a while since we had a couple mission.”
“It was during Operation El Jadida.”
“That time, I dropped the detonator while dancing, so we had a bit of trouble. I crawled on the floor during the gunfight to find it.”
While conversing normally, they didn’t miss the unidentified waiter at the edge of their vision.
At the same time, there were also a few men who seemed to be gauging the timing to approach, perhaps because of Lillian’s appearance. However, with Shinwoo standing right next to her, they could only smack their lips and avert their gaze.
[Back then, I thought my eyes were going to fall out looking for the dropped detonator on CCTV.]
“Why are you so noisy since earlier? Don’t miss the target and follow him properly.”
[Whatever you say~!]
Suddenly, Lillian’s hand, which was holding Shinwoo’s arm, tightened.
“Both of you, stop it, we are in the middle of a mission. What’s the target doing?”
[Just wandering around. Seems like he’s looking for an opportunity because of the bodyguards around the madam.]
“He won’t move in a public place. Then there’s only one way the guy can think of.”
Shinwoo exchanged glances with Lillian, then released her arm and parted ways.
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Im Hee-yeon found it difficult to talk to people who approached her for business reasons because she couldn’t shake off her anxiousness.
“I don’t think I’ve fully recovered yet. I’ll excuse myself now.”
“I see. Please take care.”
“Oh my… take good care of yourself.”
Everyone had no choice but to step back with regretful expressions.
In the meantime, Song Tae-hoon approached the place where people had been standing.
“Executive Director, are you alright?”
“I need to go to the restroom.”
“I’ll guide you.”
As a professional bodyguard, Song Tae-hoon had basically grasped all the floor plans of the hotel. Accordingly, he surrounded Im Hee-yeon with other bodyguards and went to the restroom that only party attendees could use.
Perhaps because everyone was spending a lot of time at the party, there weren’t many people. Moreover, when Im Hee-yeon entered, the women who recognized her glanced at her and went outside.
Standing alone in the quiet restroom, Im Hee-yeon let out a long sigh.
“What is this situation…….”
The sudden assassination notice made it difficult to calm her mind.
She wanted to wash her face with cool water to clear her head even a little, but she couldn’t touch it because she was afraid of ruining her makeup since she had to go back to the party.
Im Hee-yeon kept letting out long sighs and looked at her reflection in the mirror. She felt haggard even though it hadn’t been an hour since she arrived at the party.
Click—
In the quiet atmosphere, the inner restroom stall opened, and an Asian woman in a black dress came out and stood next to Im Hee-yeon. She calmly turned on the faucet at the sink, washed her hands, and tried to turn around and leave.
It was then.
The woman’s eyes sharpened, and she swung a knife at Im Hee-yeon, which she didn’t know where she had taken out from.
Clang—
However, her knife was blocked by a black stick that popped out from the side.
“Who swings a knife in the restroom instead of fixing their makeup?”
It was Lillian who was holding the stick.
The reason she was in the restroom was because Jang Man-soo had discovered the existence of another assassin. So, she was hiding together in another stall in the restroom, waiting for a chance to intervene.
Meanwhile, Im Hee-yeon, who watched the situation through the mirror, was so surprised that she collapsed on the spot.
“Madam, get out of here quickly.”
Im Hee-yeon’s legs didn’t move easily.
In the meantime, the woman dropped the knife, grabbed it with her opposite hand, and tried to swing it again.
Lillian didn’t miss the action and knocked her arm away with the stick, then wedged herself in between.
"What are you?"? ???Is there a female caretaker?. (Who are you? I didn’t hear anything about a female bodyguard.)”
Chinese flowed from the woman’s mouth.
“What am I? I’m the person who came to catch you.”
In the meantime, Song Tae-hoon and the bodyguards, who heard the restroom getting noisy, tried to rush in.
“We’re going inside!”
“Kyaaaa!”
At the same time, the woman changed her expression in an instant and screamed, then pushed Song Tae-hoon’s group and ran out.
Lillian clicked her tongue when she saw Song Tae-hoon, who came in late.
“I’ll take care of that woman, so please protect the madam.”
“…Yes?”
Before she could hear his question, Lillian took off her heels, tore the green mermaid dress that had come down below her ankles up to her thighs, and tied it short to one side.
“Aish—! I bought it as a dress I liked after a long time! Ah, please take care of my heels too!”
With a shout, she unfolded the remaining Tonfa that was folded on her opposite thigh.
Whoosh—
Lillian pushed Song Tae-hoon and the bodyguards away and started running.
“Where did she go?”
[3 o’clock direction. They’re not ordinary kids, so be careful.]
“Just tell me the location quickly.”
Listening to the situation through the earpiece, she crossed the kitchen, where party food was being prepared, through the staff entrance, then ran with all her might.
Thwack—
Lillian’s foot forcefully kicked the arm of the female assassin who was running through the staff passage.
It was thanks to Jang Man-soo’s navigation that she was able to overtake her.
“?of! (Damn it!)”
The woman didn’t drop the knife and hurriedly got up and held it out in front of her.
“Hoo! I thought I was going to die chasing you.”
“How dare you follow me alone? Are you crazy and want to die?”
Lillian scratched her sweaty hair with the Tonfa.
“Aren’t you the one who’s crazy and wandering around alone because you want to die? Lim Do-hwa of the Three Fiends?”
At that moment, the woman’s expression hardened when she heard her name.
The Three Fiends, three assassins famous for their cruelty in the Chinese underworld. They were sworn siblings united by their bizarre acts of murder.
Lim Do-hwa was the assassin in charge of the youngest.
“What? Were you in the same industry?”
“Eii~ No way.”
“Shut up and get out of the way!”
The result of a failed mission was only retreat. Of course, Lim Do-hwa was thinking of killing Lillian to minimize witnesses.
Accordingly, Lim Do-hwa swung the knife faster and rushed at Lillian.
Clang— Clang clang clang—
The sound of metal scraping echoed busily as the knife and two Tonfa collided. Lillian easily blocked her attacks with the Tonfa in both hands and even added counterattacks.
Thud— Thud thud thud—
Lim Do-hwa groaned in pain, clutching her side from the attacks that came in from time to time.
‘Where did this kind of woman come from?’
When Lim Do-hwa first checked the contents of the request, she thought it was easier than any other job she had ever taken on. A request to kill just one woman surrounded by bodyguards. Moreover, there was even a large-scale party where loopholes in security were likely to occur.
But that expectation was shattered as she began to fight Lillian.
Without a moment to rest, the Tonfa came in like the wind from both sides. Moreover, she was able to freely use the horizontal and vertical handles of the Tonfa, making the reach complicated, so she was busy defending rather than counterattacking.
“Keugh—!”
In an instant, when Lim Do-hwa’s defense loosened, Lillian stabbed the Tonfa into Lim Do-hwa’s solar plexus while holding it upside down.
Soon, Lim Do-hwa’s eyes glazed over and she collapsed to the floor, having been hit in a vital spot on top of the accumulated damage.
Lillian looked at that sight and hurriedly stopped her hand as she was about to finish her off completely.
“Ah, I can’t kill her here.”
This was because Im Hee-yeon’s assassination attempt had been officially revealed, so she had to be handed over to the police.
“Jang Man-soo. Send some people here.”
[Ok—!]
In the meantime, Lillian lifted Lim Do-hwa’s arms as if pulling them back, then pressed them down with her knees at once.
Snap—
“Kuaaaaa!”
Lim Do-hwa, who had fainted, had no choice but to come to her senses from the pain.
It was because she was the famous Three Fiends in the Chinese assassination industry, not just anyone. Even if she was tied up, she could use all sorts of methods to escape, so she broke her elbows in reverse so that she couldn’t use her arms.
“Hoo—! I feel a little relieved now.”
Lillian crushed Lim Do-hwa, who was struggling in pain, and waited for people.
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At the same time.
Shinwoo was chasing Gye Jong-wi, the second of the Three Fiends, who was dressed as a waiter, after parting ways with Lillian.
[Turn left there, go down the stairs and turn right. Huh?]
Shinwoo was also puzzled by the voice of Jang Man-soo, who was diligently telling him the way.
“What’s wrong?”
[Go Sam-woo is fighting someone? I don’t know his face because he’s wearing a mask, and Gye Jong-wi seems to be going there now based on the direction.]
“What?”
With a question, Shinwoo increased his running speed even more. He was able to quickly pass through the hallway and stairs and arrive near the location Jang Man-soo had mentioned.
Gye Jong-wi joined forces with Go Sam-woo and fought the masked man.
A 2-on-1 fight. Both of them were holding knives and swinging them at the masked man.
However, the masked man quickly dodged to the side and pushed them hard with his back.
Thud—
The masked man’s attack didn’t stop there, and he stepped on the handle embedded in the wall and jumped up, hitting Go Sam-woo’s neck with his knee, who was at the very front.
“Keueup—!”
Gye Jong-wi, who was sandwiched against the wall, stabbed the knife next to Go Sam-woo’s head as he fell to the floor.
However, the masked man seemed to have expected it, and he kicked off the wall with his foot and turned around to create distance. Of course, that was only for a moment.
As if he had touched the ground at some point, he leaped forward low and struck Gye Jong-wi’s abdomen with his elbow.
Thwack—
The heavy blow made Gye Jong-wi’s eyes roll back. But that wasn’t all. His body rotated, and he connected his elbow to his neck, ribs, and solar plexus in a flowing motion.
Thwack—
“Eueugh…….”
The masked man, who had knocked down the two, turned his body to Shinwoo, who was standing to one side.