I’m Obsessed With the Suspect - Chapter 74

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74

*Korean dialogue is marked with “”, foreign languages with “”+italics.

The man holding the gun pointed the barrel at Yushin as they conversed among themselves.

“Who is it?”

“Manager Oh. He’s asking why there’s no response.”

At the same time, the corners of the gang members’ mouths curled up as they faced each other. A conversation exchanged in Tagalog. And Cheong-a could understand their dialogue perfectly.

Manager Oh. Why is that name suddenly coming up here?

Cheong-a listened intently to their conversation.

“This bastard is really a coward.”

“Even so, how could he think to send just a woman with only one guard attached?”

“Because he’s a total coward.”

The men laughed loudly.

And Cheong-a reflexively turned her head toward Yushin.

He very calmly shrugged his shoulders once.

“Ah, I’m sorry.”

“….”

“Manager Oh asked me to report on your movements.”

Reporting movements to Manager Oh.

Understanding the hidden meaning in Yushin’s words was immediate.

It meant that what was flowing through the earpiece was really Oh Semin’s voice.

But Oh Semin beyond the earpiece was fake.

It was probably synthesized or modified audio, and Chamkkae would have created it.

‘These crazy bastards from the National Intelligence Service.’

You were planning this operation and kept quiet about it to me?

A hollow laugh escaped from Cheong-a’s mouth.

The Yongyon Gang members watching this also laughed loudly.

“Wow, really. What is this?”

Rather than feeling deceived, she felt thrilled that they had properly fooled those guys.

In fact, she had properly shown a reaction of being deceived by Yushin, and the Yongyon Gang bastards had believed it.

The suspicion about Yushin and Cheong-a ended there. And the man who had seized the earpiece walked across the deck, heading toward the stern. It was exactly the direction where Yushin and Cheong-a had climbed up the ladder.

Cheong-a’s gaze endlessly followed the man’s retreating figure.

The small boat left in the black sea was moving away, half-submerged in darkness. If not for the very small light leaking from the wheelhouse, it would have been difficult to find.

The man clearly looked in the direction where the boat was disappearing, then held the earpiece and muttered something. Then he threw it into the sea and pulled out something from his waist.

Bang.

Bang bang.

Bang.

Gunshots rang out over the night sea without any warning or explanation, and flashes sparked several times.

“…!”

She could see the navy petty officer collapsing in the wheelhouse. The hand that had been holding the wheel fell powerlessly, and soon no sign of life could be felt.

‘What the hell…?!’

In an instant, she felt breathless.

Yushin quickly approached and supported the swaying Cheong-a.

“It’s okay.”

And he whispered in a very small voice without using his vocal cords, just as he had done before.

“The probability of being hit is low. Even if hit, he would be wearing a bulletproof vest and there’s support personnel nearby. So focus.”

While Yushin supported Cheong-a, the men were giggling among themselves in chaos.

“Did you see? Looks like it hit?”

“Wow, I just fired warning shots to tell him not to open his mouth, but he got cleanly erased? Kahahaha.”

Fear began to surge again.

From the moment she boarded this ship, her life might not have been a subject for negotiation.

Cheong-a could barely stand while leaning against Yushin.

***

The men used quite polite speech to guide Cheong-a inside the ship.

The two followed the men across the deck and into the cabin.

A narrow corridor.

Rusty iron doors.

Following the path heavily scented with salt, they arrived at a small meeting room.

There were several more people inside. Those who had been attending to their own business began gathering in small groups upon seeing Cheong-a’s face.

“Please sit.”

At those words, Cheong-a looked at Yushin intently, and Yushin pulled out a chair to make a seat for Cheong-a, no, Rachel.

The men each dragged over chairs or casually sat on the surrounding floor, gathering near Cheong-a.

“It’s quieter than I thought.”

Cheong-a looked around and casually made that comment.

Then the man who looked the oldest stepped forward. He introduced himself as Liu Jian and smiled broadly.

“We’re skipping customs and opening the door wide to welcome you like this, so bringing many people would just cost more money.”

“The people on deck were armed, it was a bit scary.”

The man answered while tapping the table.

“That’s natural. Do you know how much the stuff loaded here is worth?”

“But even if Manager Oh pulls strings, having armed forces visible to Foreign Affairs Division people could be problematic.”

“Pretty lady doesn’t need to worry.”

The man’s voice was full of confidence.

“There’s a modified cargo hold below the cargo hold. If you lock it from inside with a double mechanism, it’s absolutely invisible from outside and can’t be opened.”

“Then I’m relieved.”

Cheong-a quietly recalled the ship’s structure in her mind, trying to pinpoint where the cargo hold below the cargo hold they mentioned was.

“Well, now that we’ve grasped the basics, can I see the goods?”

Laughter erupted from the Yongyon Gang members.

“You were trembling earlier, but you’re quite impatient?”

“Manager Oh insisted I check. Big money is involved on this side too. Today’s transaction goods and the decoy goods to hand over to Foreign Affairs Division. Please let me check both.”

“Okay! Let’s go. Come on.”

***

Deep in the cargo hold. A group of people stopped at the end where containers were lined up like huge walls.

What lay before them was a container still in sealed condition.

“This is it.”

Liu Jian confidently banged on the container as he spoke.

“It opens after Foreign Affairs Division collects it.”

“Of course I know that.”

Cheong-a walked around the container, quickly scanning it with her eyes.

Earnestly recalling the brief crash course from the customs officer, she found no particular abnormalities in the container. The seal, the number tags. Everything was identical to normal cargo.

“What about samples?”

“You’re not asking to try it now, are you?”

“Do I look that stupid to you?”

“Wahahahahaha!”

The men laughed loudly again at Cheong-a’s small sarcasm.

Liu Jian swallowed his cackling laughter and gestured to another man. Then he pulled out a small bag and threw it to Cheong-a.

Cheong-a caught it and immediately handed it to Yushin.

“Please check.”

Yushin only nodded without saying anything.

Cheong-a turned her head to Liu Jian again and asked another question.

“It’s not like there’s different stuff inside than the sample, right?”

“What?”

“They could give us a clean sample and mix in bad stuff.”

At that moment, the man’s laughter stopped.

“Are you showing off that you’re a rookie at receiving goods? You think we’ve been dealing with Manager Oh for just a day or two?”

“Well, you can never check too many times.”

Then one of the men shouted loudly toward Yushin.

“Hey, your sister is doubting whether the goods are quality, so check them well. Rub them hard on your gums and everything.”

It was a silly joke spoken in Tagalog.

Yushin, not understanding, looked blankly at Cheong-a, and Cheong-a interpreted it for him.

Yushin sighed deeply and responded in Chinese.

“Gums, really. Have you been watching too many movies?”

At that one comment, the cargo hold turned into a sea of laughter again.

“That woman’s new to this, so she’s probably suspicious and anxious about everything. I’m okay with it.”

“She’s pretty but acts as fierce as a wildcat. Isn’t that cute?”

“Don’t you know whose woman she is? You’ll be in trouble if you talk like that.”

At Yushin’s follow-up response, everyone awkwardly averted their gazes.

And while Yushin deliberately made idle conversation to draw attention, Cheong-a pretended to be anxious from not understanding Chinese while scanning the people.

In reality, she was moving her body to create Morse code with the communication device attached to the lining of her clothes.

Goods confirmed.

Multiple armed personnel.

However, no callback came.

Normally, vibrations should have returned by now. Why?

Cheong-a tried a few more times, but the result was the same.

“….”

She felt her fingertips turn cold in an instant.

Was it the communication equipment that was the problem?

Or was it this ship?

Cheong-a looked at Yushin with a pale face.

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