Codename-Anastasia Chapter 69 - 5.6 Side Story

Kwon Teak Joo muttered boredly. In general, no news ans good news, but Zhenya is

an exception. When he was silent, Kwon Taek Joo started to worry about where he was

and what he was doing. Even if it's just a little bit, it's still worrying. Because Zhenya's

identity is quite sensitive. The Bogdanov family itself has many enemies, and Zhenya is

the type of person who likes to make enemies. Not long ago, Zhenya was also

"kidnapped' because of 'Anastasia'. Thinking about it again and again, it's really

impossible to say.

That was when Kwon Taek Joo went on a long business trip to China for about a month.

But sohow Zhenya didn't show up all that ti. He wondered if Zhenya had heeded

his request not to interfere in his work.

However, Kwon Taek Joo received a phone call at the end of the mission. The strangers

suddenly said that they were holding Zhenya, and if they wanted Zhenya to be safe,

they should obediently bring Anastasia.

The call ended unilaterally. Kwon Taek Joo blankly looked at the silent phone and then

burst out laughing. No cody is this funny. In all his life, he had never heard anything

so absurd. They kidnapped Zhenya, and in exchange for 'Anastasia' was 'Zhenya's safe

return'. From the beginning, he couldn't believe that sothing like this would happen to

Zhenya. Even if that's true. It's the kidnappers who need to worry, not Zhenya. So Kwon

Taek Joo didn't pay attention. Completing the job safely was his top priority at the ti.

After completing the mission, Kwon Taek Joo tried calling Zhenya. Don't pick up the

phone. Can't send ssages either. A vague thought appeared in his mind. No way. No

matter what, he couldn't paint a single picture of Zhenya being kidnapped. Kwon Taek

Joo repeatedly denied that there was no way that was the case and left to return ho.

Why is a two-hour flight so long?

When Kwon Taek Joo arrived ho, even his mother was worried that she hadn't seen

Zhenya. Until then, he still believed that this was not the case and asked Yoon Jong

Woo to find the other guy's whereabouts. With no confird exit docunts, he

frustratedly went to Zhenya's house. The house is empty. The Bugatti was also quietly

parked in the garage. After a while of searching, Kwon Taek Joo found a bottle of soju

under the car. Around that ti, whenever Zhenya went to the convenience store, he

always bought it along with ran.

Are you really caught? That kid's na?

While Kwon Taek Joo was fighting fiercely, the kidnappers sent a photo of Zhenya. The

guy was tied to a chair and had his eyes closed, not knowing whether he was sleeping

or unconscious. Zhenya's mouth was sealed and his body chained. The chains were

tied from the neck to the wrists and then to the ankles, so it seed difficult to move. As

soon as the unimaginable image beca clear, Kwon Taek Joo's spine suddenly

tensed.

Even if it was Zhenya, it would be difficult to survive if attacked or drugged. In an

instant, it was possible that he was overwheld by many people. After making such a

trivial assumption, Kwon Taek Joo didn't even rest and imdiately set off.

He traveled all the way to Jakarta, Indonesia to

find Zhenya. Before that, Kwon Taek Joo stopped by Ajinoki Island for a while to pick up

the item that Zhenya gave him, 'Anastasia'. After such a long ti traveling, it's

surprising how the heck they managed to drag Zhenya to such a remote place from

Korea.

Their base is disguised as a parts factory

for an international company. Wherever he went in Indonesia, security was tight, and

especially there. From the main gate, tight surveillance caras are installed at each

door and wherever you go, you have to face guards ard with heavy weapons. They

are all elite agents. After manipulating each person one by one and silently controlling

them, Kwon Taek Joo's physical strength was greatly depleted.

He found a secret exit leading to the

building's basent with many guards guarding it. That is the main production site of

the factory, if Zhenya was caught it would most likely be there. But for so reason, the

hallway there was empty. Except for one room where the access system was operating,

other places showed absolutely no trace of humans. Maybe this is a trap.

Feeling suspicious, Kwon Taek Joo climbed into the ventilation hole on the ceiling. He

carefully crawled through the narrow, dusty passageway and entered the access control

room. Trying not to make a sound made his whole body tense, the sweat that had

accumulated almost turned into paste along with the dust.

There were sparse human sounds as he crawled closer to the room. There were

occasional screams or groans, and Kwon Taek Joo sighed in despair as he saw

movents below through the grate of the room's ventilation hole. Zhenya noticed and

looked up. He rushed in front of Kwon Taek Joo.

[I'm late.]

Those were the first words Zhenya uttered. The guy didn't seem to be injured by even a

hair, let alone a finger. Those who claid to have kidnapped Zhenya were lying

everywhere with their heads blown off or their bodies strangely twisted. That was the

mont when all the worries about him beca useless.

[What? Late what?]

There is a golden ti for violent incidents such as kidnapping. I was almost in danger.]

[It seems like the people who captured you are the ones in danger.]

[Hmm? This... Anyone can see that this is legitimate defense, right?]

Zhenya responded blatantly and then gently twisted the last kidnapper's neck. The

trembling man drooped down with a groan of despair.

After cleaning up, the guy looked at Kwon Taek Joo from top to bottom and suddenly

smiled. A mocking smile.

[What were you doing there that was so dusty? Crawling through the ventilation hole

again?]

Kwon Taek Joo felt his body temperature drop sharply. He was worried about that

bastard and ca all the way to this far away place without even resting. Your ability to

evaluate things is too bad.

[Ha, you're such an idiot for believing it right away. Did you have fun?]

[What fun? I don't want to be kidnapped either.]

[Really? Kidnapped? You? Don't you follow people on all fours? Is it easy to kidnap

soone like ?]

What? I was scared because I didn't know when I would be saved.]

The bastard continued to provoke. If I scared him again, maybe even a platoon would

disappear.

[Say. The threatening phone call telling to bring Anastasia was also what you asked

for, right?]

[Why do you speak as if I instigated a kidnapping?]

[Otherwise, why was there such a call? Shouldn't they call the embassy?]

[Isn't it normal to demand ransom from a guardian? The other side got the wrong

person, so I'll just correct it.]

[Guardian of an adult child? So are you injured anywhere?]

Kwon Taek Joo looked at him with dissatisfied eyes. Zhenya was stunned as if receiving

an unfamiliar question.

[What injury?]

[So, being forced to drink drugs or being tortured...]

[Are you worried about now?l

After all, Zhenya's only strong points are her beautiful face and body.

Kwon Taek Joo cleared his throat to regain composure, then he gently tapped his neck.

[Why is that area scratched?]

[What's up? If you knew who made the tea, would you scold that person? If I knew this, I

should have let them live.]

Zhenya looked around regretfully. The bodies were in such bad condition that it was

impossible to determine whether they were alive or dead. Bored and don't want to talk

anymore.

[Even if you are an immature child, you still have to have moderation. Why are you

challenging such a busy person?]

[It's not a challenge. I thought you wouldn't co.]

Zhenya shrugged as if he didn't expect much

[Several days passed without any news so I gave up.]

[Ya, you must have been captured sowhere else. Do you know how hard I worked

outside while you were having fun here?

[If you hadn't co, I wouldn't have died. Even though I was alone, Iescaped safely.

Even so, I'm getting bored so I think I'll deal with this guy and leave. And then he ca.]

Is Zhenya too leisurely? Kwon Taek Joo angrily brushed off his wrinkled shirt. It's

useless. The speckled dirt clung tighter as he slapped his hand against it.

Furthermore, even that was ripped apart by Zhenya. The guy did not change his

behavior at all and still used other people's clothes as handkerchiefs to wipe blood and

bodily fluids from his hands. Looking at him, Kwon Taek Joo's mind went blank.

[...Sigh... Because of a brat like you, I'm getting older.]

It seems like the accumulated fatigue is coming down all at once. Kwon Taek Joo

stroked his face and sighed deeply.

[But are you really okay?]

Right at that mont, even Kwon Taek Joo couldn't understand why he was so worried

about Zhenya. Even though he knew it was the most useless action in the world. he still

kept an eye on him. In any case, Zhenya was still human, so he didn't know if he had

suffered a ntal attack or not, because internal injuries were inherently more

dangerous than external injuries when exposed to strong shock.

And as expected, Zhenya looked puzzled.

[What else?]

[People who go through really bad things often experience trauma, right? Even the most

highly trained agents will be threatened if they are captured and detained or tortured. It

can have a big impact later.]

Zhenya listened carefully then sighed as if laughing.

[You're unexpectedly overprotective. There's nothing to worry about. I'm quite used to

things like this.]

[Are you familiar with it?]

For a mont, Kwon Taek Joo thought he had heard wrong. Because he couldn't

imdiately realize what "getting used to being kidnapped" ant.

[ Was it when you were six years old? It could be a little before or a little later. I'm on my

way ho after a horse riding lesson. The driver was killed instantly by a bullet flying

from sowhere. The car imdiately lost direction and crashed into the river. I just

swam out of the water but there were already many people waiting there. Then a mask

was imdiately placed on her head. When I woke up, I was locked in a musty

warehouse. Don't know what they require at ho. It could be money, it could be so

kind of right, or it could be benefits or power that cannot be asured in money... The

more things you have, the more enemies you have, right? Maybe it was evil acts during

the cri, or simply because of the greed of those who covet other people's things. I'm

definitely the easiest person to bully in their eyes, because I'm still young. No matter

how infamous the family was, they must have thought that the bloodline would be

precious. It was a mistake because the Bogdanov family values pride and pride more

than re blood.]

Zhenya is soone who likes to express things abstractly, so Kwon Taek Joo couldn't

understand what he was saying.

[...What are you talking about?]

[That's just an obvious story. Kidnapped by adults' wishes and abandoned by adults'

calculations, things didn't go as expected, so they began to get stressed. She was

starved, bullied, and never slept. They gave a stethoscope so I could cry and beg

for help. I have endured it. I don't want to beg. I didn't listen to what they wanted but

bowed my head and went ho to beg for my life.]

[The family saw their actions as a challenge to the Bogdanov family and, moreover, to

the Kremlin. They wanted to use that as an example, so they started using force to

completely wipe them out. They poured artillery shells in as if they forgot I was still in

the hands of the kidnappers. Dozens of hundreds of bullets and bombs flew through the

walls and ceiling. The heads of those who threatened her were blown off and their limbs

were torn everywhere. Incredible.]

Zhenya nonchalantly recalled that mont. How could such a chaotic thing happen to a

child only 6 years old? Pitiful.

The survivors did not surrender in the end. I've been playing with grenades since I was

little. Maybe it was the first ti. Taking the lives of others with these two hands.]

The story is so cruel.

At that ti, Kwon Taek Joo was about ten years old. The ti when he went to school

without worrying about anything but just hanging out with friends and playing soccer. He

didn't know how to comfort soone who lived in a completely different world from him.

He didn't expect Zhenya to grow up in a normal environnt, but he didn't know it would

co to that.

[You don't need to be sad, Taek Joo. Every family has its own traditions, and everyone

adapts or resigns to it. Even though it's a bit cruel and inhumane, who knows, maybe

that's why the current Bogdanov family exists. People give birth to people, animals give

birth to animals. Monsters will give birth to monsters. To not be overlooked among

monsters, you must be stronger than anyone else. That's how I beca the person I am

today. First it's my peers, then it's my adults, then my family, and finally, even the world

can't look down on . It's all thanks to Anastasia.]

Surely, who would dare to touch a state employee Psych. Even Zhenya's family couldn't

treat him arbitrarily. Zhenya always lives according to his wishes, but is that good?

Olga's words suddenly appeared in Kwon Taek Joo's mind: "How long will you live

alone?". Kwon Taek Joo looked at Zhenya, he looked lonely and tired because he had

never been at peace.

[Don't you think that Anastasia makes you more tired? Like Olga said, why don't you

give it to those who want it? If so, at least there won't be any trouble like this. These

bastards also wanted that, so they kidnapped . Now I don't need that anymore, so

whether you take it back or leave it, you know how to do it yourself. Anyway, if I can

confirm that you're safe, I'm planning on handing it over to these guys...]

[Ah, that's right. Taek Joo. I gave it to you. He blew one up before. I hid one at my

parents' house and one at Ajinoki. Co to think of it, I did give one to the little woman]

(He's talking about Taek Joo's mother)

Gave "Anastasia" to mom? Kwon Taek Joo's eyebrows furrowed.

[What are you talking about? Why do you keep saying such incomprehensible things?]

[I told you, Taek Joo. Anastasia may or may not exist. I'm the only one who can prove it.

If what I gave you was called Anastasia, everyone would think it was Anastasia. Also, if

you na that pistol over there Anastasia, it will be Anastasia. Anastasia is ultimately in

the mind of the person who desires it, and whether it exists or not is up to you. You are

the only one who knows this secret.]

[What? Is that a lie to preserve life? I thought if that disappeared, sothing big would

happen to you.]

While Kwon Taek Joo was angry because he thought he was tricked, Zhenya took a

step closer. His face was filled with blue eyes.

[Right. Your breath. My weakness. And the secret weapon that makes you the strongest

person in the world. Now Anastasia is before your eyes.]

The hair on the back of Kwon Taek Joo's neck stood up. Zhenya is very good at

spewing that goosebumps-inducing sound in people's faces. At such tis, the cold,

reptile-like eves also beco soft with unprecedented warmth.

[Taek Joo]

[Why. Why are you so close?]

[If you co to save the princess trapped in the castle, then that's the end result isn't

it?]

(He's talking about a princess trapped in a castle and 'the end' would be a kiss to wake

the princess up or sothing)

[Who is the princess? Don't make fun of .]

Kwon Taek Joo didn't want to rub his lips like that in a place filled with the sll of

blood, but Zhenya showed a pitiful look.

[Actually, I was waiting. I tested my patience every day, every hour, every second.]

Even though he was determined not to get carried away, Zhenya always opened Kwon

Taek Joo's latch with absurd ease. It was strange that he couldn't act strong when

looking at that gentle face. It's all just a mask, just a trick like a fox trying to trick you. No

matter how you think about it, it doesn't an anything.

[..Damned. Co here, Yevgeny.]

(He's getting babied right now hahah)

[Taek Joo, my Rabbit.]

So, that face is very...

"Argh!"

Kwon Taek Joo shivered as soon as he rembered the mory of kissing in a place

where corpses were scattered. He scratched his head in frustration. Or is it because the

inside is soft that the brain is also soft? He didn't know if Zhenya's madness was

contagious or not.

Kwon Taek Joo couldn't say his life was always peaceful anywhere, but after getting

entangled with Zhenya he really didn't have a good day. It's not that he doesn't know

what kind of person Zhenya is, but it's also his fault for holding such a bomb.