Chapter 99 : Chapter 99
Chapter 99: Kidnapping (3)
Time rewinds briefly.
Before Yoo jin left the classroom.
“Ah!”
As if something came to mind, Yoo jin turned around and spoke his last words to Lee Si-wang.
“Form the best team you can put together and send them to save Seong-hyeon.”
And then he threw his mobile phone to Lee Si-wang.
He took Lee Si-wang's mobile phone instead.
Like that, Yoo jin also created his own trump card.
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.
And currently.
Year 2 Class A classroom.
Lee Si-wang, who was conducting the class in Yoo jin's place, adjusted his sunglasses.
The best team he thought of.
“Since Kang Tae-wook is there…… Jin-ho has become much stronger too. And there's no kid like Ye-na for infiltration, so, well…….”
Although he didn't receive permission.
It was Yoo jin who told him to create the best team.
However.
Gulp.
Cold sweat trickled down Lee Si-wang's forehead.
“…….”
Since he had also quietly sent the Ignis Guild's 5-Minute Standby Unit later for protective measures…….
He did everything he could do.
He listened well to Yoo jin's words too.
But.
“Why am I sweating so much…….”
Lee Si-wang was nervous like a student before getting hit by a teacher.
“But…… it's right. The best team.”
No matter how much he thought.
Trained directly by Yoo jin.
A team better than this combination of children didn't come to mind.
“Please…… do your best, guys.”
Lee Si-wang prayed with his hands gathered in front of the chalkboard.
“That way I live…….”
It was summer.
***
An abandoned factory on the outskirts of Goyang City.
In that place filled with hot heat, Yoo Jin and Little princess were in a standoff.
“Holding the sword, huh…… Well, you could see it that way. But you see. If my disciple has even a single scratch, forget the contract, you die right here.”
Killing intent was placed on top of the low-ringing voice.
Whether it was because of the sharp gaze toward Little princess, or because of the killing intent.
The subordinates guarding Little princess's side stepped forward to protect her.
“Don't worry. Since that guy can't do anything.”
The little princess's hateful smile spread between the fan.
She knows Yoo jin is strong.
And that if he sets his mind to it, he can kill herself, an S-Rank, and these subordinates.
However.
“Don't worry. Since I haven't touched a single fingertip of the disciple. Instead…… that child can only return to school if you stamp the contract.”
“But can I ask one thing?”
“Feel free.”
“You must know there's no way I would be bound by that scrap of paper. Why do you want me to stamp the contract so badly?”
He was continuously curious.
He knows well how dangerous and careful the act of stamping a contract must be.
However, that was a story in ordinary society.
Now is the Era of Great Awakening.
A world where power is everything and rank is everything.
Although there are still cases where contracts are written formally under mutual agreement.
Returnee.
Those existences are called gods higher than S-Rank Transcendents.
Even a passing dog would know there's no way they would be bound by a mere contract.
“As you say, I know well that this scrap of paper cannot bind you.”
“Then why are you so obsessed.”
“Because if you are at the point of stamping or signing here, your heart would have already been broken.”
“…….”
Yoo jin's lips hardened in a straight line.
If that high and mighty Returnee signs this paper himself.
It means he would have no will left to resist already.
It was correct words.
Signing and then tearing it apart?
There's no way a Returnee would do such a thing.
Because there's no reason to go as far as signing in the first place.
An existence possessing the power of a god himself.
There's no way the existence at the highest place in a world where power is everything would do such a bothersome thing.
It means he has collapsed.
And it means he cannot escape anymore.
If he is at the point of signing there.
Although he expected it to some extent…….
‘She has an unbelievable trump card.’
Yoo jin thought so.
Because otherwise, it doesn't make sense.
Although he doesn't know exactly, the Returnee who went from Japan to China.
He must have possessed tremendous power too.
There is already a precedent once.
It means it is that powerful.
The hand this woman named Little princess holds.
Enough to make even a Returnee with absolute power unable to budge and have no choice but to follow her words.
“What is it…… Just what are you hiding, you.”
“It's nothing much. To deal with the species called Returnees who are called gods, naturally, one must have a hilt of a sword fitting for that. Well…… right now it is just your disciple. Your disciple is the hilt of my sword.”
A smirk flowed.
No.
That's not all.
Clearly, Yoo jin cannot kill them because of his disciple.
Because his disciple is that precious.
However.
There is no such thing as 100% in the world.
And yet this woman.
Even with a Returnee in front of her.
Was making an expression convinced of 100% victory.
“Guess it's not a bluff. Seeing your expression.”
Yoo jin possessing the strongest power.
But now he couldn't move rashly.
If so, what to trust now is.
‘I beg of you. Lee Si-wang.’
Probably the best team selected from the Ignis Guild went to save Seong-hyeon.
Perhaps, the Ignis Guild Master might have gone.
Good.
Let's stall for time first.
Since Lee Si-wang would have formed the best group.
“Then shall we listen first? What conditions you guys brought. Last time Group 3 was a bit petty. Being so narrow-minded.”
Yoo jin attempted something called stalling for time for the first time in his life.
***
Year 2 Class A classroom.
Chatter chatter chatter!!!!!!
The sound of teeth clattering rang in front of the chalkboard.
“Ah, it's distracting, Mister!”
“Assistant Homeroom Teacher. What's wrong.”
Despite the children's nagging.
Lee Si-wang's body standing in front of the chalkboard was trembling mercilessly.
“Ah, I should have just gone myself!!!”
Even if he regrets it, it's already too late.
***
Seong-hyeon's Rescue Team.
A hellish smell created by filth and dirty mold covered the sewer.
Enduring that smell and entering a little, one door was visible.
The children walking in a line looked at each other.
Heads nodding simultaneously.
Although they didn't speak, they were certain Seong-hyeon would be there if they entered here.
They didn't know if the room where Seong-hyeon was would appear immediately, or if a passage connected to the room would appear, but it was clear it was the entrance for now.
Just in case, Ye-na moved in front of the door and grabbed the doorknob.
And then used her Stealth skill to make her body invisible.
The doorknob turning slowly.
Following that, the door began to open.
Jin-ho and Kang Tae-wook standing in the back hid their bodies as much as possible while maintaining tension.
The door opened halfway.
Ye-na, who had turned invisible, entered the door.
“It's a passage.”
Ye-na's small voice as the advance party rang out, and Jin-ho and Kang Tae-wook began to move slowly.
They didn't hurry.
Since it was a passage anyway, they had to find the room where Seong-hyeon was.
And that wasn't their job, but Ye-na's job.
High-level stealth art that isn't easily detected even by detection-type Awakened.
Approaching Seong-hyeon without being detected by anyone.
That was a job only Ye-na could do.
Ye-na, taking the lead, walked into the passage killing her footsteps.
There were several rooms, and every time a door appeared, she quietly opened that door.
One, two, three.
Then.
Click.
As she quietly opened a room's door, a familiar room scenery was visible inside.
The scenery of the photo seen on Teacher's mobile phone.
So.
“What? Why did the door open suddenly? It's not time for the Princess to come yet.”
A man wearing black clothes of a baldy.
It was the subordinate who was next to China's S-Rank Awakened Little princess seen previously.
And behind him.
“…….”
Seong-hyeon sleeping while sitting on a chair was visible.
“What is it? Is it the wind?”
The baldy who came close to the door checked outside the door.
There was no sign of anyone.
It seemed he thought the door opened simply due to the wind.
As expected, Ye-na's invisibility was amazing.
To the extent he couldn't even suspect at all.
Ye-na's eyes headed toward Seong-hyeon.
Once the rescue team found the target, there was only one thing to do.
Snap!
Ye-na flicked her finger.
“Wh… What? What sound is that? Is there a ghost or something?”
The moment the flustered baldy turned his body this way and that.
Crackle!
The sound of freezing air was heard.
And then.
“Uh… Uh…….”
The baldy became trapped inside ice as he was.
Thud thud.
Kang Tae-wook and Jin-ho approached the front of the door before anyone knew.
“What, did she leave only this one guy? It's boring.”
“Indeed. Since he's a hostage, I thought there would be many bad misters guarding him.”
Kang Tae-wook and Jin-ho made expressions that were regretful yet uneasy.
Pat!
As soon as Ye-na released her invisibility, she said.
“You guys talk like people who really wanted to fight?”
“Well, not necessarily that, but….”
“Still, I thought I could get some combat experience, tsk.”
As Kang Tae-wook grumbled, Jin-ho smiled lightly.
“Anyway, well, it's good if we save him easily like this.”
“Well, that's true.”
“Since we saved Seong-hyeon, Teacher will also now comfortably…… beat them up.”
At Jin-ho's voice, the children's expressions became the same.
“Ugh…… Just imagining it hurts.”
“Pitiful, that pretty Sister.”
The children, shivering their bodies, moved around Seong-hyeon.
Ye-na picked up her mobile phone and started calling somewhere.
Like that.
Seong-hyeon's rescue operation succeeded too easily.
However, just one person.
“…….”
Only Kang Tae-wook was making a dark expression.
He thinks it's a good combination.
Although they are still high school students, considering just their ranks and Unique Skills, their coordination is good too.
He's not disregarding them.
However, strangely.
The uneasy feeling does not disappear.
Leaving behind Kang Tae-wook's hardened expression.
Ye-na's voice, with the mobile phone to her ear, began to ring.
“Teach.”
***
Goyang City's abandoned factory.
In that place where only a cold atmosphere lingered.
“What?! Why are you calling!!”
Yoo jin's voice rang out loudly.
A greatly flustered voice.
[Yes? Assistant Homeroom Teacher sent us? Seong-hyeon's rescue team. You said so too, Teacher. To send the best combination.]
“…….”
At Ye-na's voice heard over the receiver, Yoo jin's hand touched his forehead.
“Who is there?”
“Me, Jin-ho, and Tae-wook.”
“Ah…… Lee Si-wang…….”
I'm smashing his sunglasses.
Yoo jin's forehead throbbed.
He expected the Ignis Guild's 5-Minute Standby Unit, no, the Guild Master to go.
Lo and behold.
He sent the kids.
“Ha… Ha… Ha…….”
Soulless laughter flowed from Yoo jin's mouth.
Smashing sunglasses won't be enough.
Yoo jin vowed to throw him into the deep sea along with the sunglasses.
[Anyway, Teach. We secured Seong-hyeon now. We will take him well and move to the school.]
Well, what can he do.
It already happened.
And
The result is good too.
“Okay, since it's dangerous, as fast as possible to the school…….”
“I guess you secured the disciple who was in the sewer?”
The little princess cut off Yoo Jin's voice speaking on the mobile phone.
Yoo Jin's gaze headed to the Little princess.
“Well, it turned out that way. What do you do now that the hilt of the sword is gone?”
Despite Yoo jin's provocation.
“Well, this was all within the plan too.”
“What?”
The little princess showed no sign of fluster at all.
“…….”
Yoo jin's eyes narrowed.
It's not a bluff.
There is not even a small movement or tremor.
This woman is not agitated at all.
Still.
Her hand remains as is.
“You, just what did you…….”
At that moment.
[Seong-hyeon! Seong-hyeon!]
An urgent sound rang from over the mobile phone Yoo jin was holding.
“Ye-na! Ye-na! What happened!”
“Hahahahahaha!”
Little princess's laughter ringing the abandoned factory loudly.
Yoo jin's expression sank.
“Just what did you do!”
Eyes turned like arrowheads captured Little princess.
“I told you. The hilt of the sword is with me. Except, to deal with monsters like you…… I thought an ordinary hilt wouldn't be enough.”
The little princess showed her lifted hand.
Little princess's hand shining white.
The moment he captured that hand, Yoo jin's heart sank with a thud.
In that place.
There was Seong-hyeon's remaining lifespan.