We Have Crossed the Line (2)
Min-su extended his knife toward Jeong-han's abdomen, aiming to pierce it.
Jeong-han twisted his body to evade the strike, then drew a gun.
However, the suppressor snagged, so he dropped the gun and kicked it with his right foot, sending it sliding toward the sofa.
In the meantime, Jeong-han drew a karambit knife and engaged Min-su in a fierce knife fight.
"Yubin-ah!! Come here!!"
The wife among the elderly couple called out to her granddaughter.
But due to the shock of what had just happened, she was simply sitting there blankly.
Seung-gyu pointed his gun at Min-su, but since he was too close to Jeong-han, he couldn't pull the trigger recklessly.
'Damn... The distance between them is too close.'
And he stared at Yubin, who was sitting blankly.
'For now, I have to protect the hostages.'
Seung-gyu approached Yubin and asked her.
"Sung Yoo-bin. Correct?"
Yubin rolled her eyes at Seung-gyu, and he extended his hand to her.
"Come with me to grandma and grandpa."
She stared at Seung-gyu's hand for a moment, then cautiously took hold of it.
And Seung-gyu took out a handkerchief, unfolded it, and covered her eyes with it.
"First, unfold this and cover your eyes. You don't need to see the sight of a cute girl."
With those words, Seung-gyu took her to the kitchen.
Yubin, with her eyes covered, sat on the chair next to Seung-gyu's body.
Seung-gyu looked down at Juseong's corpse with his head blown apart and inwardly sighed in admiration.
'At that perfect timing, a brain shot in one go, direct hit, instant death. As expected, amazing shooting skills.'
And he moved the corpse so that it wouldn't be visible to the elderly couple and Yubin, to the corner of the kitchen.
A short while later, Seung-gyu removed the handkerchief covering Yubin's eyes.
"Don't look at the floor, only look at the table. Understand?"
With that, Yubin slowly nodded her head.
Min-su and Jeong-han were still engaged in a fierce knife fight.
'The karambit has incredible power, but its reach is short. So, let's widen the distance and watch the timing.'
Thinking that, Min-su stepped back, and Jeong-han closed in on him.
'Since the karambit's reach is short, is he trying to widen the distance?'
Jeong-han swung the karambit toward Min-su's left thigh, and Min-su pulled his left leg back.
Simultaneously, he stepped back with his right foot, dodging the attack.
And Min-su tried to stab at Jeong-han's neck who had approached closely.
In response, Jeong-han knocked Min-su's right arm away with his left hand, blocking the attack.
At the same time, Jeong-han tried to slash Min-su's side with the karambit.
Min-su blocked the attack with his left fist, then pulled his hand back and extended his fist toward Jeong-han's solar plexus.
Jeong-han knocked Min-su's straight punch away with his left hand.
At that moment, Min-su's knife flew toward Jeong-han's neck.
Jeong-han blocked Min-su's wrist with his right hand holding the knife, and at the same time slapped Min-su's right arm with the edge of his left hand.
And he swung the karambit to cut his neck with the outer blade.
Min-su leaned his body back to barely dodge, but the blade grazed his neck.
'First, I need to widen the distance more...!!'
Instantly, Min-su recalled Seung-gyu who had pointed a gun at him earlier.
'Damn, if I widen the distance, that guy will shoot. So, it's better not to widen the distance.'
Thinking that, Min-su did not widen his distance from Jeong-han, but rather closed in and slashed his knife at Jeong-han.
Seung-gyu, watching the two men's knife fight, briefly lowered the gun muzzle and checked on the hostages.
"Are you all okay, elders?"
With that, the husband among the elderly couple, enduring the pain from the gunshot wound, asked him.
"You are... Who are you...?"
"I am a friend of your son-in-law. I came to protect you at your son-in-law's request."
And Seung-gyu took out bandages and disinfectant from his pocket and applied them to the wife's wound.
After that, Seung-gyu checked the gunshot wound on the husband's thigh, then called someone on his phone.
"Alpha, Alpha. Respond Charlie."
"Charlie. Received."
"Gunshot wound patient. Accompany with medic."
"Copy."
And Seung-gyu wrapped the bandage he had around the husband's thigh to stop the bleeding.
'Fortunately, didn't hit the artery. If he died it would be troublesome, so I deliberately avoided the vital points.'
Min-su and Jeong-han were still fiercely fighting.
'Should I widen the distance and use the gun?'
Min-su was mindful of the Glock 19 pistol attached to his side, and blocked Jeong-han's blade with his knife.
'That guy has gone crazy about the old folks. Then...!!'
Min-su widened the distance, and Seung-gyu, who had just finished first aid, took the opportunity and pointed his gun at Min-su.
Instantly, Min-su threw the knife into the air and caught it with his left hand.
Simultaneously, he drew the Glock 19 with his right hand and fired a barrage of bullets at Seung-gyu.
The bullets he fired hit Seung-gyu's abdomen, and he fell backward.
Seung-gyu, with a frown, pointed the gun back at Min-su.
'Damn... If it weren't for the bulletproof vest, he would have died without a doubt.'
At that moment, Jeong-han rushed toward Min-su and swung his blade at his neck.
Since the distance between Jeong-han and Min-su was close again, Seung-gyu couldn't pull the trigger recklessly.
With that, Min-su blocked Jeong-han's attack with the blade and pointed the gun at his jaw.
Then, Jeong-han tilted his head to the left and grabbed Min-su's gun with his left hand, pushing it to the right.
Since the slide and lower frame were caught together, Min-su's gun malfunctioned.
And Min-su discarded his malfunctioning gun and resumed the knife fight with Jeong-han.
The two men continued their intense exchange for a long time.
During that time, Jeong-han leaned his body to the right to evade the flying knife.
At the same time, Jeong-han slapped Min-su's arm with his right hand.
Instantly, Jeong-han used the snap at the wrist to spin the karambit ring on his index finger, hooked the bent blade on Min-su's arm.
'Fuck...!!'
Min-su tried to pull his arm away, but it was already too late.
The blade that Jeong-han had suddenly pulled cut Min-su's arm.
With a slicing sound, Min-su's arm was cut, and panicked Min-su tried to back away further.
And Jeong-han swung his fist toward Min-su's exposed right ribs.
With that, Min-su blocked Jeong-han's attack with his right elbow, then moved the knife from his right hand to his left hand, extending the blade toward Min-su's neck.
Jeong-han evaded Min-su's attack, but the blade grazed under his left eye.
And Jeong-han slapped Min-su's left arm with his own left arm at the same time and slashed at his neck.
With that, Min-su stepped back, widening the distance from Jeong-han and mocking him inside.
'When fighting the karambit, if I keep widening the distance, it's over. Since the reach is short, at this distance I can't hurt me...?!'
Instantly, Jeong-han extended his bent right arm, and the blade came right in front of his eyes.
And Jeong-han's outer blade cut Min-su's right eye out.
"Kyaaah!!!"
Min-su grabbed his right eye with tears of blood flowing from it, and backed away.
'Gripping the ring part of the karambit with index and thumb, spinning to extend the reach instantly...!! Not a rookie who used the karambit once or twice!!'
Pressing the momentum, Jeong-han approached Min-su closely and slashed the karambit at his side.
Due to the pain of the eye being cut, Min-su couldn't maintain composure and allowed the attack, getting slashed multiple times on arm and side.
The sight resembled a sandbag being pummeled by a professional boxer.
Min-su, severely injured, staggered while desperately slashing the knife at Jeong-han.
Jeong-han easily dodged Min-su's attack and slashed Min-su's left thigh in one go.
As Min-su staggered, Jeong-han stepped back slightly, then with his right foot delivered a low kick to Min-su's right thigh.
'Damn... I... Lost to this newbie...!! Is this even possible?!'
Min-su gritted his teeth and tried to endure, but his body had reached its limit.
His staggering figure looked like he might suddenly fall.
Jeong-han pulled his right foot back, spun his body quickly counterclockwise.
And he used a side kick with his left foot to hit Min-su's abdomen, knocking him down.
Thus, Min-su was overwhelmingly defeated by Lee Jeong-han.
"Hah... Hah... This bastard..."
Min-su, barely leaning against the sofa, looked up at Jeong-han and breathed heavily.
And Jeong-han looked down coldly at the seated Min-su, then squatted in front of him.
Min-su, with blood dripping from the cut areas, faced Jeong-han in an ugly state.
"Lee Jeong-han!! Even after doing this... Will you be safe?!"
Min-su shouted at Jeong-han, unable to stand up properly.
And he glared at Jeong-han with his only remaining eye.
"What makes you so great... You or us... We are the ones who kill people and live off it..."
With that, Jeong-han pressed the tip of the bloody karambit to Min-su's remaining eye and said.
"Yeah. In cases where murder is inevitably tied to the profession, it's unavoidable. Like where I worked before."
After saying that, Jeong-han slowly stabbed the blade into Min-su's remaining eye.
With a bad sound of the blade digging into flesh, Min-su's eyeball was pierced, tears of blood flowing.
"Kuuuaaah!!!"
Jeong-han slowly twisted the deeply embedded blade in Min-su's remaining eye counterclockwise.
And he growled with a low voice full of killing intent near Min-su's ear.
"But you guys... Have gone beyond the line as humans."
Jeong-han, since his special forces days, had to kill sometimes due to missions, but he didn't enjoy it.
Moreover, their main targets were terrorists and other criminals threatening the nation.
But the killers of Gangryonghoe treated people like tools and had no hesitation in taking lives.
They enjoyed killing, torture, and rape as if they were games.
Not for survival, but for simple amusement.
And like just now, they committed and enjoyed those crimes without caring who the target was.
Thinking of their actions, angry Jeong-han pulled the blade out of Min-su's eye, then swung the karambit to cut Min-su's left neck.
"Kurrr... Kuhuue..."
Min-su, bleeding from his neck, fell sideways, twitched his body as he died.
And blood spurted from his cut neck in rhythm with his slowing heartbeat.
Seung-gyu, who had been watching the fight between Jeong-han and Min-su while sitting, stood up.
And he looked at Min-su's corpse with cold eyes, then at Jeong-han with interest.
'Wow... If that guy was from my unit, it would have been fun to train him. Well, since he's the team leader's son friend, maybe there's a chance to train him directly later?'
Thinking that, Seung-gyu approached Jeong-han, staggering while holding the gun.
'Ugh... Even with the bulletproof vest, it still hurts...'
Jeong-han, seeing the gun in Seung-gyu's hand, quickly picked up the VP9 he had been pushed and pointed it at Seung-gyu's head.
Since the person holding the gun couldn't be sure if friend or foe, it was dangerous.
Then, Seung-gyu raised his finger on the trigger guard and raised both hands above his head.
Jeong-han kept the gun pointed at Seung-gyu and asked him.
"Who are you?"
"Just remember that I'm an information officer."
"Why did you come here?"
"To move these people to a safe place."
"How can I trust that?"
"If that were the case, you would have killed me long ago when I was interfering with the hostage rescue. Any method, right?"
Jeong-han, hearing Seung-gyu's words, fell into thought.
If the purpose was to secure hostages, himself trying to save them would clearly be an obstacle.
Perhaps he used the elderly couple or Yubin as hostages to stop him from killing Min-su.
Or pointed the gun at Juseong, not himself, to not let him have an opening.
But Seung-gyu did nothing to the elderly couple and Yubin, and didn't try to stop Jeong-han.
"Still suspicious eyes. Then, I'll disarm myself."
And Seung-gyu dropped his USP pistol to the floor and pushed it in front of Jeong-han's feet.
"The knife is useless at this distance anyway, so pretend it's gone."
"Discard the knife too. You might suddenly use it on hostages."
"Very suspicious. If I was planning a hostage incident, I would have done it long ago."
Seung-gyu pushed his knife toward Jeong-han as well.
"Is this enough? If I were your enemy, I would have used my weapon to make these people hostages."
With that, Jeong-han slowly lowered the gun muzzle as suspicion cleared.
At that moment, other people entered.
Suddenly, a large number of people entered, startling Jeong-han, who pointed his gun at them.
Then, some of them pointed guns at Jeong-han.
'What? Holding guns... In Korea, not a foreign country??'
"Boss, are you okay?"
Then Seung-gyu answered them and instructed.
"Since the conversation just ended, put down the guns. And that friend is not affiliated with Gangryonghoe, so never harm him."
With that, they immediately lowered their guns.
And Seung-gyu told Jeong-han.
"These are my subordinates I called to handle the aftermath. So lower the gun."
With that, Jeong-han also lowered his gun.
And they assisted the elderly and Yubin who had finished first aid, taking them out of the house.
"Where are you taking us...?"
"To a safe place where your daughter and son-in-law are. Don't worry."
As the hostages left the house, the remaining members moved toward the corpses of dead Min-su and Juseong.
They took out short modified machetes, expertly chopped the corpses of Juseong and Min-su into pieces, and put them in a large plastic bag.
Seung-gyu, lowering the gun, approached Jeong-han who was staring blankly at him and smiled faintly.
"Lee Jeong-han, right? Friend of Park Jae-hyeok. The police lieutenant Park Jae-hyeok who infiltrated Gangryonghoe with you now. You guys went to middle and high school together, right?"
'What? How did this guy...?!'
Jeong-han, gripping the gun, warned Seung-gyu and asked him.
"Who are you?"
"I'm the person cooperating with your friend Park Jae-hyeok now."
And Seung-gyu gently held Jeong-han's hand holding the gun, continued with a smile.
"I won't eat you, so relax. There's a place I'm taking you for a while, how about talking while going?"