Chapter 113
Chapter 113
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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 113
Chapter Title: Unstoppable
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They moved as they were trained.
One of them stepped forward, aiming his rifle at the intruder, Kanghyeok, while another moved behind him with a radio.
This all took two seconds.
Enough time for Kanghyeok to place his index finger on the pistol's trigger and aim for their heads.
*Bang! Bang!*
Two gunshots rang out, and a strong presence was felt from inside the building.
Kanghyeok met the eyes of a man looking down at him from an upstairs window and immediately aimed his pistol at him.
*Bang!*
Just before the shot fired, the man ducked below the window, so the bullet went through the window and lodged in the ceiling.
“What was that? Who the hell fired that shot!”
“Damn it! It's him. He's here.”
“What? No way. How did he find this place?”
“I don't know! Get moving! Tell the guys upstairs to hurry.”
Their jumbled voices reached him as Kanghyeok entered the building and sprinted up the stairs.
The unlit building was darker than the outside.
The stairs seemed to be waiting for a chance to trip him up, and as he approached the dark hallway, it felt as if a monster hiding in the shadows could pounce at any moment.
Vicious bastards.
Did you have to hide in a building like this like rats?
Guess you're aware you're doing something you can't be proud of in the light of day.
If their plan succeeded, countless people would die.
For now, the people of this city would be annihilated, and the modified drug would create even more casualties.
But this wasn't the end.
They wouldn't stop.
Not until the very moment humanity was destroyed.
*Thud, thud, thud!*
Reaching the second floor, Kanghyeok crossed his wrists, one holding the kukri and the other the pistol.
It was a stance that allowed him to control the pistol's recoil while being ready to swing the knife at any moment.
His upper body was bent about ten degrees, naturally causing his eyes to look up sharply.
*Swish!*
He hadn't moved even a meter.
Yet, a hidden enemy swung a black-coated combat knife, and Kanghyeok dodged it before the blade could touch him.
*Shunk!*
He then plunged the kukri deep into the man's chest,
*Bang!*
and fired the pistol at his head.
The muzzle flash briefly illuminated the oppressive darkness before vanishing.
Thanks to that, Kanghyeok located the other enemies and turned his gun toward them.
*Thud.*
As the corpse with a split chest and a hole in its head collapsed, the others charged in unison.
*Thud, thud, thud!*
At the same time, the sound of footsteps rushing down from the stairs above drew Kanghyeok's gaze and his gun.
*Bang! Bang! Bang!*
“Guhh!”
“Argh!”
Hit by the successive shots, two men tumbled down the stairs and landed in front of Kanghyeok. He raised his shotgun and aimed between their heads.
*BOOM!*
The wide spread of pellets blew their lives away.
*Chkk!*
“He's got a shotgun.”
Hearing the radio call from the second floor, the men on the stairs hastily tried to retreat.
*BOOM! BOOM!*
“Aughh.”
A faint groan told him another one had been hit.
As if to seize the momentum, Kanghyeok kept pulling the shotgun's trigger as he advanced on the men on the second floor.
The immediate priority was securing his back.
To do that, he would kill the men on the second floor first, as there were fewer of them.
*Flick!*
One of them switched on a flashlight and threw it in Kanghyeok's direction.
He kicked it away the moment he saw it, but by then, everyone had pinpointed his location.
*Rat-tat-tat-tat!*
One man bravely leaned out from behind a pillar and fired a submachine gun, while another from a different direction opened fire with a rifle.
*Rat-a-tat-tat!*
He rolled on the floor to get behind cover, but several bullets hit him.
“Huk!”
A pained groan escaped him, and the atmosphere shifted.
Realizing Kanghyeok had been shot, they began to move more boldly.
Kanghyeok clenched his jaw, squeezed his eyes shut, and gripped his rifle.
‘It's okay now.’
The pain hadn't subsided.
But he understood his body better than before.
He knew the power within him wasn't just recovery, but a superior ability of restoration.
Knowing he could fight even if their bullets tore his body apart, even with a bullet lodged deep in his chest, Kanghyeok leaned out from behind cover, pistol first.
“Ugh?”
The man, who had assumed Kanghyeok was neutralized, flinched upon seeing him.
*Rat-tat-tat!*
He ended up taking a short burst from Kanghyeok's gun to the head.
The others intended to wipe Kanghyeok out in an instant.
They were advancing, flashlights in hand, and the men on the stairs were crowded against the railing, aiming their rifles at him.
Kanghyeok was in the middle of it all.
*Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!*
They all opened fire at once, and Kanghyeok, too, charged toward them, pulling the trigger.
*Thwack! Thwack!*
The floor, the walls, the pillars.
Concrete fragments flew even from the ceiling, kicking up gray powder and thick dust.
*Rat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat!*
Each time he briefly lifted his finger from the trigger, another man fell.
*Thwack! Thwack!*
“Keuk!”
Staggering violently, Kanghyeok dropped his rifle, picked up his shotgun, and spun around.
It was just after the eyes of an enemy about to deliver a follow-up shot went wide.
*BOOM!*
The man's shattered head sprayed everywhere as the heat from the barrel and the acrid smell of gunpowder spread thickly.
Immediately after.
*Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat!*
A burst of bullets from one man hammered ferociously into his back and shoulder. As Kanghyeok collapsed, the others revealed themselves and opened fire in unison.
The intense volley of fire, with muzzle flashes bright enough to spill out the windows, continued for a short while before stopping.
“Huff, huff, huff!”
“Stop. Cease fire!”
Seeing Kanghyeok, who must have been hit by nearly a hundred rounds, the men lowered their guns.
“Target eliminated.”
A man with distinct stubble looked down at Kanghyeok and raised a clenched fist, while the others swallowed dryly and exhaled sharply through their noses.
“Go check.”
Hearts pounded and hands trembled.
They knew how many of their comrades had fallen to Kanghyeok on the cruise ship.
They also knew how wary their boss, Iron Mask, was of him, and that he wasn't someone who could be easily eliminated.
That's why they couldn't believe it.
That they had eliminated Kanghyeok.
Even though their minds told them Kanghyeok was dead, they couldn't bring themselves to approach easily.
*Gulp.*
A man swallowed dryly and took out his phone.
He began to step forward cautiously to take a picture of Kanghyeok, while the others lit his path with their flashlights.
And that's when they saw it.
Kanghyeok was breathing.
His blood-soaked right hand was moving toward the shotgun.
*Click.*
As Kanghyeok's hand closed around the grenade launcher, the man dropped his phone, pulled out a pistol, and fired lead slugs into Kanghyeok's back.
“W-Waaah!”
*Bang! Bang!*
Kanghyeok's body twitched as the bullets hit.
Seeing Kanghyeok stop moving, the men thought it was really over this time, but they were wrong.
Injured too badly to even scream, he was staring at the index finger of the hand holding the grenade launcher.
‘I have to move it...’
They've let their guard down.
And they're clustered together.
A single grenade will be enough.
Then I can turn the tables.
*Crrk, crk, crrrk.*
Feeling the sensation of ruptured ligaments and damaged muscles being restored, Kanghyeok desperately tried to move his index finger.
*Click.*
And miraculously, his finger moved, activating the grenade launcher.
*Thump! Thump-thump-thump.*
The grenade flew to the wall, rolled across the floor, and stopped just a meter away from the men.
“What was that...”
“Get back! Everyone, get back!”
The effective blast radius.
He was caught within it, but Kanghyeok forced a breath out from between the faintly raised corners of his mouth.
And then it happened.
*KABOOM!*
A violent explosion engulfed the entire building. The men close to the grenade were caught in the blast, and Kanghyeok, too, was thrown toward the stairs.
*Psh! Pshhhh!*
“Gack, gurgle.”
“Ahhh...”
Falling debris.
The groans of those who hadn't died instantly.
Amidst it all, Kanghyeok pushed himself off the ground, raising his upper body.
“Cough, hack, gack.”
After stumbling several times, Kanghyeok finally managed to get to his feet.
His muscles screamed in protest, his hands trembled like leaves, and his knees buckled, making it difficult to even stand.
But there was no fear.
Unlike them.
“Guhhhh.”
“Ugh, uhk.”
The men caught in the explosion lay on the ground, their faces contorted in pain, turned toward Kanghyeok.
How are you unharmed?
Their fear-soaked eyes clearly said as much.
“Hoo.”
Kanghyeok exhaled sharply and moved his trembling hand.
Toward the rifle slung over his body.
*Click!*
As his difficult yet firm grip closed around the rifle, their eyes filled with an even deeper terror.
Leaning his shoulder against the wall for support, Kanghyeok shouldered the rifle and aligned his sight with the target.
And he aimed at the heads of those who were still breathing.
“Guhhh, dam...”
“Eek! Eeeeeek!”
*Bang!*
When he pulled the trigger, a more painful recoil than usual slammed into him.
Still, Kanghyeok didn't stop pulling the trigger.
*Bang! Bang!*
Between the gunshots hammering his ears, he heard a faint sound.
The sound of his body healing.
No, should he call it the sound of restoration now?
Fascia, ligaments, muscles, blood vessels, bones.
The sound of damaged parts returning to normal echoed endlessly from within his body.
*Click.*
He switched the selector to full auto, clenched his jaw, and squeezed the trigger hard.
*Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!*
Bullets sprayed out with a recoil his body could now withstand.
He fired in bursts, putting at least one bullet in the head of each fallen man, then let out a deep breath and stopped shooting.
Then, he turned his gaze to the stairs.
*Step.*
Taking what looked like a difficult first step, Kanghyeok ascended the stairs, then took two at a time, looking much better.
From the landing, he sprinted up the rest of the stairs, reaching the third floor fully restored.
His eyes met the panicked gazes of the men who were setting up bombs and barrels.
They looked like they couldn't understand how he had gotten there so quickly.
Or how he was standing there completely unharmed.
Or why he was displaying such intense fury.
It felt like they were facing a being beyond their comprehension.
‘Iron Mask?’
Strangely, seeing Kanghyeok unharmed by the gunfire and explosion reminded them of Iron Mask.
Their boss, whose entire body was bulletproof, a body that could not be killed by bullets.
“Stop him!”
One man shouted as he turned his attention back to the bomb, while the others hesitantly got up and raised their rifles at Kanghyeok.
Kanghyeok raised his shotgun, shielding his head with his arm.
Gripping the top of the heat shield with that arm to protect his head, he charged at them, shotgun in hand.
‘There’s no time.’
There are many more like them. In this city.
This isn't the end.
Unfortunately, there's no time to fight from cover.
That's why Kanghyeok didn't dodge, even as the muzzles aimed at him spat fire and lead.
*Rat-tat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat-tat!*
Bullets tore through his dress shirt and burrowed into his body.
Bullets hammering his suit jacket destroyed his newly restored body once again.
“Uwaaaaaaah!”
*BOOM! BOOM!*
The roar of the shotgun echoed through the third floor, and with each blast, another man was completely neutralized.
*BOOM!*
Kanghyeok ran, killing everyone who stood in his way.
The man connecting the fuse, hearing the terrifying presence and the approaching gunshots, quickly turned his head.
*BOOM!*
Blood sprayed across his face.
A falling comrade.
And Kanghyeok, now right in front of him.
The dark muzzle of the shotgun in his hand moved toward the man.