“What, what the hell is this...!!”
“No way, was that... was that thing here???”
“Then it’s not just that our position’s been exposed!!”
“We have to run imdiately...!”
“First calm down, let’s take action before we panic.”
The won, thrown into panic, blurted out a storm of words.
The surroundings were nothing but pitch-black darkness, and silence weighed heavily.
In such a situation, all that screaming grated on the nerves—but it couldn’t be helped.
There were only two forr officers here, two people even remotely used to circumstances like this.
At least those two took steps to stabilize the situation.
One began untying the bonds of a woman left drenched in sen, and the other woke a fainted woman and worked to reboot the shut-down detection sensors.
That bastard is toying with us.
Han Chae-young massaged her feverish head with her fingertips, cursing Go Muyeol.
When that mysterious woman appeared and slaughtered the squad, he could have captured or killed her and the other won alongside her.
But he didn’t.
And now, the sa thing again.
If they had enough ti to knock one woman completely unconscious and rape another, then they had more than enough ti to subdue or abduct the rest.
But they didn’t.
It was obvious.
He was toying with them.
This was a hunt, plain and simple.
Entertainnt, amusent, as if it were a ga.
“Th-there were two of them... a man and a woman. I heard a sound behind and turned, and then—he stunned with an electric shock, and f-forced himself... ugh...!”
Her head throbbed.
How was she supposed to get out of this?
She had already lost her squad. And she had only three S-types, with a strict ti limit.
Worse still, every one of the technicians who could handle the equipnt was dead. All they had managed to load were the S-type capsules themselves.
That ant they couldn’t maintain the S-types’ condition. Even if they were activated, there was a high chance they wouldn’t perform at full capacity.
And these won here... they’re useless....
The two with officer backgrounds were at least a bit sharper. But that was nowhere near enough.
And to make matters worse—
“Why don’t we just go back first? C-can’t we?”
“What?”
The won, already eaten up by fear, started proposing sothing entirely irrelevant to Han Chae-young’s objective.
“No, I an... that model, it transforms into a boat too, doesn’t it?”
“! R-right! It’s amphibious! We can just—just use it to get to the mainland! Why the hell are we still here—”
“That’s...”
A growing sentint: stop wasting ti here, and escape to the mainland using the vehicle.
Even the two ex-officers, who had been keeping the others calm, turned to look at Han Chae-young.
“...”
Of course,
Han Chae-young could never allow it.
“That’s impossible. As I told you earlier, my mission is to rescue the Headquarters Intelligence Chief.”
“Then what, you’re telling us we have to stay here?!”
“After what happened to her?!”
“...Aren’t there more than two hundred won on this island besides you? We have to rescue them too.”
She gave the reasonable answer, but the won didn’t calm down.
“If we stay here, we’ll all end up—!”
“No, but even the ones you brought here... they’re all d-dead now, aren’t they? Doesn’t that an it’s hopeless? We should retreat, reorganize, and then—”
Selfish words, one after another.
To Han Chae-young, it was so absurd her head rang.
She had thrown away everything—her mission, even her life—to infiltrate enemy territory and rescue her sister. And they were telling her to retreat? It was nonsense.
“...We’ll move sowhere else. And we’ll tighten our night watch.”
Ignoring them, Han Chae-young climbed into the vehicle.
Seeing that she looked ready to leave ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) imdiately, the two ex-officers quickly climbed in as well, and the rest, though reluctant and tearful, followed after.
They secured a new “camp,” pitched tents again, and doubled the night watch.
It was a heavy burden, but at least they wouldn’t be caught completely off guard next ti.
But this ti, a different problem broke out.
—Are we... really supposed to just stay like this?
—So what, we sit here waiting to be violated?
—That’s....
—We only need to seize that vehicle.
The won rose up.
They decided that instead of obediently following Han Chae-young’s mission, it was better to take her vehicle and escape the island.
Ssk.
They crept carefully toward the vehicle and reached for the door handle.
Of course, it was locked. Disappointed, one woman turned and shook her head.
—Can we force it open?
—I’ve worked on this kind of vehicle during training. It’s designed with manual overrides in case of ergencies.
Even the ex-officers joined in, attempting to hijack Han Chae-young’s vehicle.
But by a stroke of luck, Han Chae-young—exhausted and asleep—sensed the faint commotion and woke.
“Mm...?”
—Oh! So we can start it too, right?
—I checked earlier. That woman isn’t even a registered user. She was using a dead squad mber’s ID card. If we grab it, we can take the vehicle.
Clack, clack.
“...?”
—Damn it, the lock’s waterlogged, it’s not easy.
—Hurry up! If she wakes—!
“!”
Han Chae-young snapped fully awake and, without thinking, yanked her pistol from her belt and fired.
Bang!
—Kyaaah?!
The windows and doors were closed, so the shot only punched a hole in the driver’s window. Still, the effect wasn’t nothing.
The won froze and scread, their movents halting.
But the ex-officer prying at the door kept at it. And she succeeded—she managed to force the door partway open.
If it opened fully, Han Chae-young would be exposed.
“Dammit!!”
She fought desperately, dragging the door shut with all her strength, but the officer was stronger, and the door edged open further.
Bang!
She fired again through the gap.
But the officer sheltered behind the door. Panic-ridden, Han Chae-young just kept pulling the trigger until the magazine was empty.
Bang!
Bang!
Wild, unaid shots.
Click.
Click.
“!!”
The dreaded mont ca: empty.
—Stop her from escaping!!!
There was no ti to reload.
The ex-officer shouted, and several won hurled heavy stones at the passenger window.
The sounds rang threateningly in her ears.
“Eek?!”
The glass was bulletproof, so it didn’t break, but it cracked badly, obscuring the outside.
Worse, the ex-officer and others shoved their arms through the driver’s side gap, trying to wrench the door wider.
“You ungrateful—!”
Pain shot through Han Chae-young’s hand, but she clung on desperately to keep the door closed.
—Give it up! Just co with us!
“Shut your mouths, you vermin!!”
She twisted her body, freeing her legs, and kicked furiously at the arms reaching inside.
—Aaagh!!
—You bitch!!
“You’re one to talk!”
One hand clinging to the door, one leg lashing out at the intruders, she used her free hand to start the engine.
Extre multitasking.
Her body scread as she used muscles she never had before, but she had no choice.
Finally—
The engine roared to life.
—No, stop her!
Han Chae-young straightened her posture and slamd the accelerator.
Screeeech!!
The tires spun furiously, then the vehicle jolted forward.
—Kyaaaaaah!!
The ex-officer and several others, still clinging to the door, were dragged along for several ters before tumbling to the ground.
Han Chae-young managed to slam the door shut.
“Shit... shit... shit!!!”
Her hands shook as she steered, eyes darting to the rear-view mirror.
Behind her, so of the won chased briefly on foot, but soon gave up, screaming insults instead.
“Haaah, haaah,”
At least she had escaped.
If she’d lost the vehicle, she would have been finished.
When the won finally vanished from sight, she slumped into her seat and let go of the wheel.
“Ah...”
The AI engaged automatically, guiding the vehicle along the road.
Only then did she realize she hadn’t needed to fight like that to start it.
She could have just shut the door and given a voice command. But panic had blinded her.
“Sis....”
After rough sex with Go Minji, I was asleep when my secretary woke in haste.
Han Chae-young’s group was playing out a rather entertaining scene.
The won with her had betrayed her, trying to steal the vehicle.
“Damn... now that’s a tasty story.”
“....”
Go Minji yawned, but didn’t take her eyes off the screen.
I, worried the scene might turn into a bloodbath, had sent Levi nearby.
Fortunately, although Han Chae-young fired wildly in panic, her aim was so hopeless that no one was hurt.
“In the end, she escaped. Feels like watching a zombie movie.”
“Doesn’t it.”
Go Minji seed to be enjoying it. Even freshly woken, she wore a smile.
“So this was your plan too? Stirring up infighting, sowing division?”
“Uh... y-yeah?”
“Not bad. Not bad at all.”
Ahem.
“I told you—hope has to be stripped away slowly. That way despair and hope get all tangled together, and you get fun little episodes like this in between.”
“So, what’s the next plan?”
“The next plan....”
They’d just lost hope again—so it was about ti to spark their will back up.
I don’t know the exact reason Han Chae-young ca here, but I can guess.
Her sister, Han Chae-hee.
She probably ca all this way to rescue her.
“Since I’ve got her sister, let’s use that.”
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