Those Who Live Without the Law

Chapter 128

The Girl Kidnapper

“Hum-hmm.”

While Kairus and Irena were summarizing the situation so far, Nora was also diligently carrying out the task she had to do.

After finishing her makeup and humming a tune as she walked around the university, Nora looked no more than a pretty teenage girl that anyone might glance at once.

Beauty naturally drew people’s favor.

The problem of a face that was hard to forget had long been solved by Lunaseeker’s makeup techniques, so Lunaseeker agents selected children who had the potential to become attractive young men and women.

‘A university on a holiday. Everyone walking around would be faculty and staff.’

And Nora’s mind, humming as she did and scanning Goldiba University, turned quickly to achieve the set objective.

‘If I waited near the professor’s office—’

As her thoughts moved, Nora’s eyes skimmed the university’s layout and buildings just as quickly.

The math professors’ offices at Goldiba University were located on the fifth floor of the science building.

‘It wasn’t necessary to knock them out and take them right away.’

Nora judged that it would also be possible to bring someone and then render them unconscious.

‘If the Alexis couple were about the age to have a daughter my age, it wouldn’t be strange to them.’

Despite the Alexis couple having a good relationship, they still had no children. People who longed for children tended to view, without solid grounds, people around the age of a daughter they desired in a positive way.

“I also know where the Citizen Shelter is. If this went well….”

Nora decided she might be able to finish the job today and prepared to begin the operation immediately.

“Should I send a telegram first?”

Nora stepped out of the university for a moment and sent a telegram to Kairus and Irena.

[Guests expected today. Immediate welcome requested.]

It was a short telegram, but Kairus and Irena who received it could read a lot into those few words.

“Already?”

“She wouldn’t be talking nonsense.”

While Irena expressed surprise, Kairus stood up from his seat. They had been told to prepare, so all Kairus and Irena had to do was get ready.

“You remember what you have to do, right?”

Irena nodded at Kairus’s words.

“You’ll be inside. I’ll be outside.”

Kairus would stay inside the Citizen Shelter with the hostage, talk to Karen Alexis over the phone, and extract the necessary information.

“You’re confident you’ll survive, right? If you’re careless and keel over, it wouldn’t be my fault.”

Irena, who was to wait outside, planned to bring down the Citizen Shelter building if she saw any suspicious movement. Kairus scoffed at Irena’s provocative remark.

“Oh my, how terrifying. Do your job properly.”

If Nora brought the hostage in person, there would be no time left for laughing and chattering like this.

While Kairus and Irena were quickly making preparations to execute their plan, Nora was pacing around the fifth floor of the science building and successfully spotted her target.

“Math is dumb. Think about it, why do we have to multiply before we add?”

“Well, you see… I don’t even know where to begin explaining that.”

It wasn’t just that she had found him. With a friendly approach, she had smoothly gotten into Donian Alexis’s car in no time.

Simple enough. She had made an excuse that she was lost, had no money, and didn’t know how to get back home.

“I’m sorry I didn’t have a handkerchief ready. Once I return home, I’ll give you a proper thank-you. I’m deeply grateful for your kind help in such a difficult situation.”

Even in the middle of all this, from Donian’s perspective, she looked clean and proper enough to be mistaken for a young noblewoman.

“That would be fine. Anyway, about the question you asked earlier—see, that goes back through human history… for now, I can only say that everyone has just agreed to do it that way.”

Even as the conversation continued, Nora’s eyes were scanning the view outside the window. She was waiting for the area to become deserted.

‘The location I gave was fake.’

What mattered was getting out to the outskirts with Donian in the car. The Citizen Shelter, originally meant as a resort facility, was located outside the city.

“The road’s quiet.”

“Well, we are heading out of the city and—”

While he was speaking, Nora’s arm suddenly wrapped around Donian’s neck.

Thanks to her flexible joints, Nora managed to choke Donian using only one arm, and at the same time, used her other hand to turn off the engine.

“Take a little rest, Professor.”

Donian tried to resist by grabbing Nora’s arm, but he had no chance of succeeding in the first place.

Once the blood flow to his brain was cut off, Donian quickly lost consciousness. As soon as his head drooped with a thud, Nora tore his shirt, gagged him, and tied up his limbs.

All of it happened in a matter of moments.

While Nora was kidnapping Donian, Kairus arrived at the Citizen Shelter and immediately checked whether the phone line was still active. Irena was standing by outside the building.

‘Once we get the location, I run in right away.’

As soon as Kairus burst out of the building, Irena would follow close behind. This was a race against time. Once they got the information through the hostage scenario, Karen Alexis would naturally contact Bishop Gallia Methos as well.

‘Before they can pack up their stuff and flee.’

Kairus and Irena had to get there first. There were definitely people stationed at that location, and they’d have to be dealt with too.

“In the end, our job is to stop the illegal distribution of battle gear.”

It would not be enough just to smash the place. If there were transaction ledgers, they had to be secured, and if not, evidence had to be obtained that Bishop Gallia Methos was connected to the recent illegal distribution of battle gear.

As he continued thinking, Kairus felt someone’s presence behind him, reached for his side, and turned around.

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Nora was grinning while hauling a man larger than herself over her shoulder.

“Damn, you surprised me.”

“You reacted though. He’s definitely picky. Usually they don’t notice.”

With a thud, Nora put the hostage down and spoke.

The moment Donian’s body twitched as he was set on the floor, it seemed he had come to.

“Hey, Professor. Since you’re awake, open your eyes. I might pull them out otherwise.”

From the moment a person was kidnapped, Kairus’s threats carried the real possibility that they could actually happen.

In the end, Donian had no choice but to open his eyes.

“Well, it’s nice to see each other’s faces.”

Of course, since Kairus and Nora were in disguise, it didn’t matter if Donian remembered their faces. Kairus slapped Donian’s cheek lightly and said,

“If you’re thirsty or hungry, tell me. You came a long way; I can give you that much.”

Water and a simple meal were prepared. They had not brought him with the intention of killing him.

Kairus took out Myeongmyeol and used it to loosen the gag that had been blocking Donian’s mouth. He could have left it on, but he wanted to intimidate him.

“What... will you do to me?”

“That’ll depend on how your wife behaves.”

From Donian’s perspective, he felt as if he were already backed against a cliff. He had never experienced anything like this before; every word Kairus uttered sent a chill through him.

“Let’s see.”

Kairus whistled and used the prepared phone to contact the security force.

― Goldiba Security Headquarters speaking.

After confirming the line was connected to the security force, Kairus pressed the blade to Donian’s neck and said,

“Tell them you want to speak with the Security Captain. If they ask who you are, say you’re the husband.”

― Please state the name of the caller.

Kairus poked Donian’s neck with the tip of the blade and handed him the receiver.

“I... I’m Donian Alexis. Karen’s husband, that is.”

His voice trembled, but Donian managed to perform the task he had been given.

― Ah, please hold for a moment. I will transfer the call.

Although his voice shook, saying he was the Security Captain’s husband left the Goldiba Security with no choice but to transfer the call.

When Donian nodded with a pale face as he looked at Kairus, Kairus immediately took the call.

― Hello, honey, what’s happened? All of a sudden.

“Hello.”

A woman’s voice came through the receiver, and Kairus greeted her.

― Who is this?

Karen’s voice turned cold the moment she realized it wasn’t Donian.

“You’re the one holding your husband.”

― What the hell. Who do you think you are making a call like this?

Karen sensed a faint ill omen in the conversation she had just picked up. No sane person would call the Security Captain and say such things.

“Want to hear his voice? Hold on a moment.”

Kairus handed the receiver back to Donian.

“Hel-lo….”

― Donian? Where are you right now?

There was no need for a long conversation. Kairus confirmed Donian’s words and took the receiver back.

“Your husband is alright for now. Of course, depending on circumstances, he may not be.”

― Do you know who you’re threatening?

Karen’s voice sounded calm on the surface, but it trembled faintly.

“I know exactly who I’m dealing with. By now you must have checked where this call came from.”

Silence came through the receiver at Kairus’s words. They were checking, and according to the memo Karen had just received, the call had originated from the currently closed Citizen Shelter.

“I wasn’t going to hide it anyway, so I’ll tell you. This is the currently closed Citizen Shelter.”

Kairus did not hide the location Karen had found. Karen fully understood the danger of a building left neglected for years while awaiting renovation. One wrong move….

“If you try to send the Security Force and make a fuss, it won’t be fun. The whole building will collapse. Then this place will no longer be the Citizen Shelter but Donian Alexis’s grave.”

― Say what you want. Money and an escape? We can provide them. I’ll do my best to get you out safely.

Karen thought as rationally as she could. Sending the Security Force to rescue her husband was difficult. If they had usable battle gear, bringing down a closed Citizen Shelter would not be hard.

If it really collapsed, Donian Alexis would be buried alive. By physical strength alone he was no better than an ordinary person. Being trapped and buried alive without escape would mean death for an ordinary person.

“A place where Bishop Gallia Methos stores the illegal battle gear he distributes.”

― Wait, what are you saying? Bishop Gallia Methos stores illegal battle gear?

Kairus clicked his tongue at Karen’s words, then grabbed Donian’s index finger, twisted it, and pulled it free.

A horrible scream echoed through the receiver, loud enough to be heard even over the line.

“Because you came out with that attitude, your husband’s left hand flew off. What are you going to do about that?”

She had not actually severed his hand. It was not a wise choice to make an enemy of a city’s Security Captain.

― You bloody lunatic! I’ll find you and kill you!

“Do whatever you want later—cut me to pieces or slit my throat for all I care. Just tell me the location. You already know it.”

Even though her husband was being held, Karen kept her head. It was not that he mattered less, but she knew that panicking now would be meaningless.

― Fine… fine! I’ll say it, alright? Just tell me and I’ll.

“If you lie, something bad will happen. We’ll have a few people left here. If we go to the place you named and find nothing, we’ll send the signal immediately.”

Karen had already finished her calculations in the short time she had. In any case, the storage place that Bishop Gallia Methos was supposed to use for distributing battle gear would be guarded by capable people.

At this point it was better to tell them the location and pray that those defending the place would hold.

They could hold, she thought.

Moreover, mobilizing the Security Force right now was difficult.

“Give a proper location; while the defenders hold out, secure Donian Alexis and immediately dispatch the Security Force to Bishop Gallia Methos’s warehouse.”

It was the best course Karen could take under the circumstances.

If the Security Force succeeded in securing the warehouse, Karen would destroy all information linking the bishop and herself, and publicly claim that the Security Force had raided a criminal warehouse storing illegal battle gear — and that would settle the matter.

“Speak quickly.”

― The wine cellar owned by Solimyu Monastery.