Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 168
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Skill Devouring Up to Floor 666 Episode 168
168. True Purpose
Not long after Weihao subdued the assailant.
I arrived at that house together with Han So Ra.
“Oh, Mom!”
Han So Ra ran to the living room and hugged her mother.
Mother still seemed unable to recover from the shock as she embraced her daughter with trembling hands.
“Sora… you’re calling me Mom.”
Mother’s voice was mixed with relief and regret.
The awkwardness that had built up over time seemed to melt away in this single moment.
“I’m sorry… All this time I tried too hard to control you. You’re a child who can do well on your own… I was probably too scared. Afraid of losing you too.”
“Mom…”
Han So Ra shed tears with a choked voice.
It seemed like the emotions she couldn’t express all this time were bursting out.
Watching the mother and daughter reconcile, I approached Weihao.
“Looks like we weren’t too late, fortunately.”
“Yeah. Right when I went in, this bastard was about to do something. Almost got bloody.”
Fortunately, Weihao happened to be near Han So Ra’s house, so I sent him there. Good thing I did.
“Good work.”
“It’s nothing. But this bastard was hiding poison.”
Weihao pointed proudly at the assailant collapsed on the floor.
“He had a capsule hidden in his mouth, but I managed to remove it. Looks like he was trying to commit suicide.”
“As expected, they’re organized. Well done.”
I approached the assailant and lifted his body with telekinesis.
The guy who had lost consciousness from his broken arm woke up in pain.
“Kugh…”
“Now let’s have a proper talk. About what your real purpose is.”
“Wh, what purpose are you talking about.”
“A large-scale organization like yours wouldn’t have planned only this small-scale operation, right? Why don’t you start telling me your real purpose.”
“…”
Is he trying to buy time?
When he didn’t answer, I broke his other arm with telekinesis.
Crack!
“Kyaaaah!”
“Don’t waste time and speak quickly. Don’t tell me you’re confident you can endure pain well?”
“…”
“You’re overestimating yourself. You don’t know about pain. If you want to know how much pain you can endure, I’ll teach you this time. What real pain is.”
I grabbed his left pinky finger with telekinesis.
Slowly, very slowly, I began to twist it.
“Kugh…”
“You’re already making sounds when I haven’t even started? Disappointing.”
I didn’t break it completely.
The purpose was to twist it just until the breaking point to inflict extreme pain.
I couldn’t kill him until I extracted all the information.
“I’ll give you one more chance to speak. Tell me what Black Circle’s real plan is.”
“I really… don’t know…”
[The target is lying.]
It was a lie.
I could tell even without seeing the message.
It was clearly evident from his eyes that he was hiding something.
“Is that so? Then, next is the ring finger.”
Crack!
“Kyaaaah!”
This time I broke it for sure.
His screams filled the house.
“Last chance. Tell me the truth.”
“Kugh… I really don’t know…”
[The target is lying.]
To others, it might look like he was pleading the truth, but he couldn’t fool me.
“How dare you lie so shamelessly in front of me.”
I got angrier.
This time I twisted his right leg.
“Kyaaaah!”
“Keep enduring like that. I’ll let you experience what it feels like to be twisted alive.”
“Ah… I got it! I’ll talk! This operation was… a diversion!”
Finally, the truth was starting to come out.
“A diversion?”
“In reality… we took a large number of Korean citizens hostage. The current hostage situation… was all an operation for that.”
Amon Guild, Supporters, and even Han So Ra’s mother.
Only five people were deployed to take these people hostage.
An organization estimated to have at least dozens of members only invested five people?
Something felt strange, so I thought there must be another purpose.
‘But it was for a large-scale hostage situation?’
Feeling my body grow cold, I asked him.
“How many people did you take hostage?”
“About 3,000… The boss probably posted a message on Transcendence Net.”
Posted on Transcendence Net?
I hurriedly opened my status window and went in to check.
There was definitely a conspicuous post.
[Author: Black_Circle_Boss]
<Title: Message to Amon>
└Content: I’ve taken 3,000 of your fans hostage at Seoul Sports Complex.
If you don’t show up by noon, I’ll kill every single hostage without leaving anyone alive.
Hurry, Amon.
[Total Comments: 16]
└This bastard’s got a weird concept going.
└Looks like an Amon hater is acting up again lol
└Did he think Amon would even talk to him if he posted this? lol
└What’s the administrator doing? Not deleting this trash post
└This isn’t real, is it?
└Anyone know what’s happening at the stadium?
└Surely no one would actually do something this crazy?
└Someone go check~
People were treating it as a joke, but I believed it.
[The target is telling the truth.]
Because the assailant who couldn’t endure the torture and confessed the truth was telling the truth.
“I told you the truth. So now spare me…”
Crack!
I instantly snapped the assailant’s neck with telekinesis and checked the time.
40 minutes had already passed.
Only 20 minutes remained.
“I’m going to be late.”
I turned my gaze to Weihao.
“Please handle the cleanup here.”
“Where are you going?”
“The Sports Complex. 3,000 people are being held hostage.”
“What? That many?”
Weihao’s expression became serious.
Then Han So Ra, sensing the gravity of the situation, approached and asked.
“What’s happening?”
“He says 3,000 people are being held hostage.”
“What?”
“I need to go urgently.”
Han So Ra looked at me with a worried expression.
“Will you be okay alone? Let me help…”
“I’ll be fine. Don’t worry and stay with your mother. I’ll definitely save everyone.”
Spreading my wings, I opened the window and flew up.
Seoul Sports Complex.
Volkov, the leader of Black Circle, smiled with satisfaction as he looked at the crowd filling the stadium.
“The Amon effect is truly remarkable.”
These were people who had gathered for a fake announcement of an Amon fan meeting.
Countless fans flocked to the news that spread rapidly through social media, and they all became hostages.
However, since this process couldn’t reach Amon’s ears, he came up with a separate diversion operation.
Targeting Amon’s close acquaintances and family.
“Fortunately, those guys bought us time well, so the hostages gathered as planned.”
Ordinary citizens sitting densely packed in the stadium.
Their faces clearly showed fear and confusion.
He hadn’t expected to be able to gather so many hostages in such a short time.
“Amon’s popularity really is tremendous.”
Then an organization member approached him.
“Boss. What are you going to do now?”
“What do you mean what?”
“Amon will be here soon… I wonder if we can handle him…”
At the organization member’s words, Volkov laughed as if telling him not to worry.
“We don’t need to handle him.”
“Huh?”
“How could we possibly handle an Apostle who’s climbed over the 500th Floor?”
“Then, then…”
“We have to make him kill himself.”
Volkov grinned wickedly, but worry still hadn’t left the organization member’s face.
“Will Amon… listen to us?”
“Since we’ve taken hostages, he’ll have no choice but to comply obediently. Even if he tries to ambush us, it’ll be hard for him to succeed easily with hostages here. If citizens get hurt by mistake? Whose responsibility would that be?”
“Ah…!”
In other words, the hostages were an effective shield for Black Circle.
One that Amon couldn’t easily touch.
“So stay as close to the hostages as possible. So you can die together if you get caught up in the fighting. Well, I doubt he’ll be able to fight properly because of the hostages anyway.”
“What if he doesn’t show up?”
“Since Amon is praised by people, he won’t be able to ignore this many citizens. Especially if they’re fans who follow him.”
Volkov’s calculation was accurate.
Amon’s image was that of a hero who saves people.
There was no way he would turn away from a situation where his fans were in danger.
“He’ll definitely come running here.”
“Ah, as expected…! You had it all figured out! This is truly a genius strategy!”
“Of course. Whose brain came up with it.”
While Volkov wore a sinister smile.
A subordinate’s shout was heard.
“Boss! Look at the sky! It’s Amon!”
Looking up, a winged figure appeared above the stadium.
It was definitely Amon from TV.
Amon slowly descended and landed on the ground.
A smile spread across Volkov’s lips.
“You came, Amon.”
The citizens in the stadium began to murmur.
“It’s really… Amon.”
“He came to save us.”
“Lord Amon, please save us!”
“Please call 112!”
“Save us!”
At the people’s cries, the organization members surrounding them shouted threats.
“Be quiet!”
“From now on, anyone who makes noise will be the first to die!”
When they threatened in Korean, the venue was instantly enveloped in silence.
As ordinary people, they couldn’t defy the words of organization members who had conquered the 120th Floor and above.
Then, Amon’s voice was heard.
“Are you the leader of Black Circle?”
Volkov warmly welcomed Amon who spoke in English.
“That’s right. I am Volkov, the leader of Black Circle. Good thing you came on time. If you had been even a little late, I was about to kill all the hostages here and find new ones. Kuk kuk.”
“Why are you doing this?”
“Why? Haven’t you heard from my subordinate yet?”
Volkov grinned wickedly.
“We’re doing this because our abilities will disappear if you conquer the 666th Floor.”
“That’s not certain.”
“No, it will be certain. If you go up to the 666th Floor like this and defeat the God of Destruction, the deadline for destruction will disappear and with it, all the Apostle’s Abilities we were given will vanish. Like bubbles.”
“You’d be returning to your original life, don’t you like that?”
“Of course not. I’m satisfied with my current life. When else would I get to wield such power and hold the position of leader of an organization?”
“I guess you were nothing special before becoming an Apostle.”
“Isn’t that the same for you too?”
Volkov, who wouldn’t back down from a single word, spoke confidently.
“No need for long talk, the condition is simple. Amon, kill yourself right now.”
“…”
“Then I’ll release all 3,000 hostages here. But if you refuse…”
When he raised his hand, the organization members surrounding the hostages all prepared to cast their skills at once.
“I will kill all the hostages here.”
“…”
“You choose, Amon. Which is more precious, your one life or the lives of 3,000 people.”
Amon looked at the citizens.
He could see people trembling with fear.
This time he looked at Volkov.
From his eyes, it seemed he had made up his mind.
“You want me to kill myself?”
“That’s right. Then I’ll spare the hostages.”
“Bullshit.”
“…What?”
“You’re the one who’s going to die.”
Volkov’s eyes widened in shock.
He had expected me to cave to his threats, but contrary to his expectations, I came back strong.
“You still don’t seem to grasp the situation. Do you think I’m joking right now?”
“I’m not joking either.”
“If you don’t take your own life right now, I’ll kill the hostages. Every single one of them, without leaving anyone alive!”
Now it was Amon who let out a sneer.
“Go ahead and try if you want.”
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