The Regressed SSS-Rank Supporter Who Turned Dark - Chapter 71

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#Episode 71
Darkness had always been a threat to humanity.
The human eye could not pierce through it.
Hunters were no exception.
They fared better than unawakened individuals, but one needed to be at least 5-star rank to distinguish objects in darkness.
Eun-sung exploited this weakness.
He had Du-hyeon lower the circuit breaker and detonate a compact EMP device.
After that, everything became trivially easy.
The Bone Suppression Helm that I wore provided crystal-clear vision even in pitch-black darkness.
Choi Yu-ra and Oh Tae-kwon lacked an item like the Bone Suppression Helm, but they wore high-performance night vision goggles that Eun-sung had procured from Yongpal Trading Company.
Thanks to this, not only Eun-sung but also Choi Yu-ra and Oh Tae-kwon could see clearly even in near-total darkness.
The game was already decided.
Those who could see, and those who could not.
The advantage was unmistakable.
“Aaahhh!”
“Aaaaaaahhhhh!”
Screams echoed through the darkness.
Whoooosh!
Thud!
Crash!
Bang!
All manner of horrific sounds filled the Main Hall, consumed by darkness.
“W-where are you!”
“Does anyone have a flashlight! Aaahhh!”
“Gack!”
The Nine-Tail Crew members were trapped in darkness, suffering one-sided slaughter.
In the chaos, they collided with each other, shoved one another, and fell, making the situation progressively worse.
“Die, dieeeeee!”
“Kraaagh!”
The panicked Nine-Tail Crew members swung their spirit blades wildly at anything.
Fighting while essentially blind, relying only on hearing, smell, and touch, they could not distinguish enemy from ally.
‘What a spectacle.’
As I watched the Nine-Tail Crew members floundering, a cold smile crossed my face.
Whoosh!
The Bone Suppression Helm responded.
‘This is it.’
I instinctively concentrated ether into the Bone Suppression Helm.
“From this moment on…”
A sinister voice flowed from my lips as I wore the Bone Suppression Helm.
“Kill each other.”
“…!”
At Eun-sung’s command, the Nine-Tail Crew members shuddered violently.
But only for a moment.
“Die! Dieeeeee!”
“Ahhhhhhh!”
A frenzy of fratricidal slaughter erupted.
The Bone Pressure Command that Eun-sung had obtained after eliminating the Mudflats Lord carried three effects: disruption, intimidation, and terror.
The Nine-Tail Crew members, already drowning in chaos, succumbed far too easily to the Bone Pressure Command’s influence.
“What are they doing?”
“Huh?”
Things had escalated to the point where even Eun-sung, let alone Choi Yu-ra and Oh Tae-kwon, simply stood back and observed the carnage unfold.
“Let’s go. There’s nothing more to see here.”
Eun-sung turned away.
At this point, there seemed no reason to deliberately stain my hands with blood.
Judging by their pathetic state, they would kill and be killed among themselves until the last survivor collapsed from exhaustion.
Besides, the stench of blood was so overwhelming that my nose had gone completely numb.
“What about the hostages and those trash?”
Choi Yu-ra gestured toward the hostages and customers who had been knocked unconscious by the smoke grenades.
“They’ll handle it themselves.”
“Who?”
“Anyone.”
“Did you really just say that? Hey! Where are you going! You’re going to cause a mess and then wash your hands of it? Seriously!”
“Aren’t you getting your revenge?”
“Well, that’s…”
“It’s time. So just follow me. The Defense Strategy Department will handle the cleanup anyway.”
“The Defense Strategy Department? What do you mea—oh.”
Only then did Choi Yu-ra realize why Eun-sung had been intermittently turning on his phone to contact Mother.
“Don’t tell me you deliberately exposed your location to the Defense Strategy Department? You intentionally let Mother know where you were?”
“Does the reason matter?”
Eun-sung countered.
His expression was cold.
Terrifyingly so.
“…I suppose not.”
“Move.”
Eun-sung began walking.
* * *
One hour earlier.
“I’d have to be insane to want to die this badly.”
Minister An closed his eyes tightly upon receiving a report from Lim Captain regarding Eun-sung’s current location.
An indescribable exhaustion washed over him.
According to the report, Eun-sung was inside a hotel swarming with Nine-Tail Crew members.
“This reckless bastard… Ugh.”
Minister An clutched the back of his neck in agony.
The incidents and accidents that had unfolded throughout the Bucheon area last night were undoubtedly Eun-sung’s handiwork.
And as if that weren’t enough, he was now storming into what amounted to the Nine-Tail Crew’s headquarters itself.
He was absolutely insane.
How could a greenhorn even think of picking a fight with the Nine-Tail Crew?
Yet, looking at it from another angle, there seemed to be some logic to his actions.
In fact, Eun-sung was executing his plan quite well.
He had destroyed what appeared to be the Nine-Tail Crew’s financial arteries and sent nearly three hundred organization members to their graves.
Moreover, the fact that he periodically powered on his phone to reveal his location suggested that Eun-sung was far more cunning than one might assume.
In this case, “cunning” would be the more fitting description.
“…So he’s asking us to clean up his mess.”
Minister An gnashed his teeth as he grasped Eun-sung’s true intention.
Eun-sung was only twenty-five years old.
It wasn’t a matter of dismissing him for his youth—Eun-sung’s way of thinking was simply beyond what any ordinary young man his age could conceive.
For this mere stripling to dare treat the institution responsible for South Korea’s national defense as his personal cleanup crew….
“Heh, hehehehe….”
A hollow laugh escaped Minister An’s lips.
Anger should have been the natural response, yet astonishment took precedence.
“Lim Captain.”
– Yes, Minister.
“It seems that reckless bastard is calling for us. Wouldn’t you say?”
– …Yes. The circumstances strongly suggest he deliberately exposed his location.
Lim Captain opened his mouth after a brief pause, as if the answer had been difficult to give.
“Well, when our reckless young master calls, how can we subordinates refuse?”
– Sir, Minister. Such words….
“He’s cunning, infuriating, and makes my blood boil—but what can I do? The opponent is a monster beyond specifications who awakened into a profession that is unique in the entire world. If anyone should feel at a disadvantage, it’s us, not that reckless bastard.”
– ….
“Actually, this works out well. Perhaps we’ll have the opportunity to incur a debt to that reckless bastard. It will also serve as a fitting warning to those who have turned the world into a lawless wasteland. No matter how high they fly or how low they crawl, they need to see firsthand just what kind of legitimate force the state apparatus can wield.”
Having made his decision, Minister An issued orders to Lim Captain.
“Deploy forces to the Battlefield.”
– What scale should I prepare for?
“Maximum.”
– …!
“We’re the Defense Strategy Department in name—we need to show it when it counts. Declare the Bucheon Station area as an operational zone and deploy every available firepower. Tonight, we’ll erase the very name of Nine-Tail from Bucheon.”
Minister An spoke with conviction.
* * *
The moment Eun-sung stepped out of the chaotic Main Hall, he summoned Lumos.
“You called for me, Young Master.”
“Could you possibly find a person as well?”
“It depends on the situation, but I’ll do my best.”
“I’m counting on you.”
“This way, young master.”
Lumos led the way forward, lantern held high.
Crack, crunch!
“Ugh!”
Every time Lumos encountered members of the Nine-Tail Crew, he showed no mercy, swinging his cane to shatter their skulls.
No matter how labyrinthine and web-like the interior structure of Golden Sun was, Lumos’s search abilities surpassed even that.
Yet there were things even Lumos could not overcome.
“I’m afraid you’ll have to take the stairs, young master.”
Lumos expressed his reluctance.
The elevators had also stopped due to the EMP’s effects.
“No, that won’t do.”
Eun-sung shook his head.
“That’s too slow.”
“Then how shall we….”
“We’ll rappel down.”
Eun-sung pulled a harness and rope from his deck.
Crash!
The window shattered into fragments.
Click.
Eun-sung secured the harness around his waist with practiced movements, wrapping the rope around the railing and anchoring it firmly.
Even the process of testing the tension by pulling hard with his hands was flawless.
“You’re rappelling from here?”
Choi Yu-ra asked as if dumbfounded.
“No point wasting time. You do know how to rappel, don’t you?”
“Of course I do.”
“Then follow me. I’m going first.”
Eun-sung threw himself into the void.
Whoooosh!
The rope unspooled rapidly as Eun-sung descended into the darkness.
It was a flawless descent without a single tremor.
Thud!
Even the way he pushed off the walls at intervals and used the rebound to launch himself again was perfect.
“Just who exactly are you?”
A murmur of bewilderment escaped from Choi Yu-ra’s lips.
Even if he had been an officer candidate, he was supposedly a non-commissioned person who had never even been near a training facility….
But there was no time now to dwell on Eun-sung’s true identity, so Choi Yu-ra quickly donned the harness and entrusted herself to the rope.
* * *
“Damn it! Damn it, damn it, damn it!”
Gu Tae-il cursed relentlessly as he ran, his legs pumping harder with each stride.
He didn’t know what was happening, but his instincts screamed a warning.
…It was time to flee.
And Gu Tae-il’s instincts were never wrong.
Something was terribly amiss outside the hotel.
Thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump!
Clank-clank-clank-clank-clank!
The sound of helicopter rotors and the grinding rumble of armored vehicle treads echoed from outside the building.
Wee-woo-wee-woo!
Whirrrrr!
Sirens wailed through the air.
‘Damn it. Why is the Defense Strategy Department…?’
Just as the government had abandoned Bucheon, it was no exaggeration to say the Defense Strategy Department had done the same.
Moreover, he regularly paid bribes to high-ranking officers and Hunters affiliated with the Defense Strategy Department.
Even the Golden Sun’s clientele had pressured the Defense Strategy Department to keep them away from Bucheon entirely.
So why….
‘First, I need to get out of here.’
Just as Gu Tae-il reached the Underground Parking Lot and sprinted toward his Lamborghini at full speed.
Vroooom!
A parked Mercedes-Benz G-Class surged forward as if it had been waiting, barreling straight toward Gu Tae-il.
It was the vehicle commonly known as the G-Wagon.
Crash!
“Ugh!”
Struck by the G-Wagon, Gu Tae-il flew dozens of meters through the air before slamming into a concrete pillar in the Underground Parking Lot.
“B-Boss!”
The Nine-Tail Crew’s executives rushed toward Gu Tae-il in panic.
Clink, clink, clink, clink, clink.
Clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter….
Grenades rolled toward Gu Tae-il and the Nine-Tail Crew members.
“Shit!”
“Take cover!”
The Nine-Tail Crew members abandoned Gu Tae-il and scattered like startled cockroaches.
“These bastards.”
A hollow smile crossed Gu Tae-il’s lips as he stood alone.
“…Damn it.”
Boom, boom-boom, boom, boom, boom-boom!
Five grenades consumed Gu Tae-il in their blast.
Click. The driver’s side door of the G-Wagon opened, and Eun-sung emerged.
Bang, bang!
Bullets tore through the skulls of the Nine-Tail Crew members fleeing in succession.
Whizz, thud!
“Gack!”
Those who barely managed to hide behind pillars were met with crimson blades hurtling toward them without fail.
None survived.
“Ugh!”
Except for Gu Tae-il, who struggled to rise to his feet, and Blue Rabbit, who crawled out from wherever he’d been hiding.
“Sorry, but you’re not my opponent.”
Eun-sung spoke while staring at Blue Rabbit.
“What are you talking about?”
“Karma must be paid.”
“Karma…?”
“You must have things to discuss with Choi Yu-ra. Isn’t that right, Jung Mu-jin?”
Flinch!
Blue Rabbit’s body trembled.

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