Although he worked in the field, Jae Kyung, who had long specialized in disguise and infiltration, did not particularly enjoy taking the lead in combat.

It was not because he couldn’t fight, but because he disliked the blood splattering on his clothes or the drops of sweat that inevitably flowed during a fight.

Due to his preference for cleanliness, Jae Kyung did not enjoy close combat even when he had to engage in the field directly.

It was for a similar reason that he mainly used guns during combat.

Without having to exert much effort or sweat, he could cleanly kill his opponents.

Click, click. Jae Kyung stared at the gun, which was already half-broken and useless even when he tried to move the trigger, with indifferent eyes and threw it on the ground.

It was a pity, as he had liked it.

Even while thinking that, not a hint of hesitation showed on Jae Kyung’s face as he discarded the gun.

He looked at the enemy standing in front of him with very annoyed eyes.

“I heard you were sturdy, but I didn’t know you’d be unscathed even after being shot.”

Jae Kyung raised the corner of his mouth as if he found it amusing.

“Is your skin made of steel by any chance?”

Seung Joo, who had been standing far away facing him while clutching her left shoulder that had been shot, slowly raised her head.

She was glaring at Jae Kyung with eyes that seemed to want to tear him apart and kill him.

“…If it was steel, would it bleed, you son of a bitch.”

“An ordinary person would have died long ago. I’m complimenting you for standing on two feet right now.”

There must have been more than ten gunshot wounds, but only one was effective.

He was inwardly admiring their strong physique and recovery abilities when Seung Joo asked through gritted teeth.

“Where did you hide Na Eun.”

“…Why are you asking me that.”

This was why he didn’t want to come to the scene. Jae Kyung sighed inwardly.

It was a simple plan of randomly selecting and destroying a subway, killing all the citizens inside, which frankly didn’t require much effort, but he had disliked the anticipation of moments like this.

Why was it always that team that got involved, not any other alphabets?

Jae Kyung inwardly lamented encountering one of the heroes he least wanted to see at the work site.

He had thought she might be dead since she hadn’t appeared recently, but confirming that she was still alive was tiresome.

If Seol Ah had come here instead, that guy would have at least been happy about it.

Thinking of Seol Ah, who was now bedridden in the ward with both legs broken and unable to move, Jae Kyung answered indifferently while looking at Seung Joo.

“I killed her.”

“Don’t make me laugh.”

Seung Joo, who had been confronting Jae Kyung, openly scoffed.

“How could you kill her. You can’t do it.”

“……”

“I’m warning you, send Na Eun back without laying a finger on her. No matter what you do, you can’t go back to the way you were with her.”

Ah, it’s annoying. Jae Kyung scratched his forehead with his fingertips.

He had intended to finish quickly and leave since it was bothersome, but that irritating thing kept getting on his nerves.

With ordinary human abilities, they would never be a match for heroes, but the high-ranking members of the organization who were administered drugs to enhance their bodies did not lose much to them in terms of physical strength.

Jae Kyung took out another gun from his pocket and loaded it.

Close combat was a difficult type, so he had to kill from a distance.

Jae Kyung’s eyes looking at Seung Joo sank even darker than before.

The opponent had already exhausted most of her strength and had used her own body as a shield to take bullets in order to save others.

Thanks to that foolish act typical of heroes, Jae Kyung judged that he would be able to kill her with just a few more shots.

Jae Kyung pulled the trigger with an expressionless face.

With a bang, a huge billboard above fell towards Seung Joo.

At the same time, the battle resumed.

At a speed unimaginable for an ordinary human body, the gun barrel collided with her fist.

While clashing with Jae Kyung using her injured arms and legs, Seung Joo gritted her teeth at his strength that did not budge.

Like Seol Ah, it was always questionable how this guy could fight them on equal footing without getting hurt.

If it were a normal human body, Jae Kyung’s bones would have already been crushed all over and he would be lying on the ground.

That was how much effort Seung Joo was putting in currently.

Damn it…! Seung Joo cursed under her breath.

After a few clashes, there was a very brief moment when her concentration wavered and she showed an opening.

Jae Kyung’s gun muzzle pointed towards her side, and at the same time, a nearby outer wall collapsed and crumbled towards Seung Joo.

She managed to dodge, but the gun muzzle aimed at her side fired without hesitation.

Bang. Blood gushed out with the gunshot.

The shoulder was somewhat bearable, but the side was not.

Unable to even scream, she collapsed to the ground, and Jae Kyung slowly walked up to her.

Click. Reloading the fallen bullet, Jae Kyung calmly looked at Seung Joo, who had fallen to the ground with serious injuries because of him, and spoke.

“Any last words?”

I’ll listen if you have any. Seung Joo looked up at Jae Kyung, who was smiling and pointing a gun at her, gritting her teeth.

Pressing her hand against her side where blood was gushing out, she raised the corner of her mouth with difficulty.

From the moment she decided to do this job, she had already accepted the possibility of dying while fighting.

But even if she died, she felt the sudden urge to turn that bastard’s insides out.

Seung Joo twisted her lips with malice.

Her fiery personality shone through especially in moments like this.

“You know Na Eun really liked it when you smiled like that?”

His finger on the trigger flinched. Noticing that with a sharp gaze, Seung Joo laughed.

“But now, just thinking about your smile suffocates her.”

“……”

“It’s your doing. It’s thanks to what you did.”

And as a friend who has known her longer than you, I’m giving you sincere advice… Seung Joo looked at him with eyes that seemed to see something pitiful and spoke.

“She may be kind, but to people outside her standards, she’s the most unforgiving person in the world. That’s why Seon Jin and I never touch that. We knew we’d lose her the moment we did.”

Yoon Na Eun’s endlessly wide understanding was solely due to the clear justification that, according to her standards, her friends were doing the “right thing.”

If it weren’t for that, Seung Joo and Seon Jin actually knew they would have been cut off long ago.

“Why don’t you try begging her earnestly and see if she accepts you. To Na Eun, you’re already someone who has gone way beyond the line. There’s no hope.”

“…If you want to die peacefully, shut your mouth.”

A frigid warning fell from Jae Kyung’s mouth, who had never been swayed by the enemy’s provocations.

Hearing that, Seung Joo became even more excited and giggled.

“No matter what you do, Na Eun will eventually forget you. If you don’t want to be forgotten, there’s only one way. You dying in front of her. Then, she’s kind enough to remember you even as a trauma.”

So, if you know it’s hopeless, let her go now.

You crazy stalker bastard. As Seung Joo muttered like that, blood suddenly gushed from her mouth.

Her body finally couldn’t endure the numerous gunshot wounds.

Standing and looking down at her, Jae Kyung’s face became expressionless.

“…I wanted to kill you painlessly for Na Eun’s sake.”

But it won’t work with you.

Jae Kyung smiled coldly.

Five books, 2 notebooks, a diary, writing tools…

On the late way home, Jae Kyung checked the paper bag once again to see if everything he had picked up from Na Eun’s studio was there.

Although it was close to midnight by the time he finished work, Jae Kyung wanted to keep his promise to her, so he stopped by her old house despite the late hour.

Breaking into that place, which was now ownerless, and collecting her belongings was not a particularly difficult task for him.

The heroes, who were scattered all over the country to deal with the ongoing terrorist attacks, were not leisurely enough to wait for Jae Kyung to show up in front of Na Eun’s studio.

How frustrated she must be staying inside all the time.

While gathering her belongings, Jae Kyung thought of Na Eun waiting obediently at home.

He had prepared new study materials just in case, but since she said she wanted to check the traces of her own writing, there was no other way than to bring them directly.

Although his body was a little tired from the hard work and battles throughout the day, that alone was not enough of a reason for him not to do what she wanted.

Jae Kyung, who had also bought sweets from the bakery she liked, thinking of Na Eun who would be happy, stepped outside with a smile on his lips.

After finishing a simple report he had to make before returning home, Jae Kyung stopped in his tracks when someone suddenly popped out and blocked his way as he was leaving the organization’s company building.

“You look more intact than I thought.”

They had said both her legs were crushed, but the one blocking his way and glaring at him with bloodshot eyes while leaning on crutches was Seol Ah.

Jae Kyung indifferently scanned Seol Ah, who was wearing a hospital gown and glaring at him as if she would kill him.

It seemed that only one leg was severely broken, and the other was fine.

That was why she appeared with crutches instead of a wheelchair.

She would be able to return to work soon.

While Jae Kyung was having such indifferent thoughts, Seol Ah asked him through gritted teeth with reddened eyes.

“Did you kill K?”

Ah. Jae Kyung recalled the report he had made earlier.

She must have rushed here from the ward as soon as she heard the news. Jae Kyung frowned, annoyed.

“It’s as reported.”

One shot each in both legs and both arms. And then thrown in front of an oncoming subway from the opposite side, so no matter how superhuman, it was correct to consider them dead.

Originally, he should have properly confirmed the death, but he felt so disgusted that he didn’t want to do that.

If he had known this would happen, he should have brought the corpse and thrown it to her.

Jae Kyung looked down at Seol Ah’s white cheek, where tears were dripping, with an annoyed look.

“How could you do that… when you knew how much I liked K…!”

“It might be a bit late, but why don’t you go into the station where I worked today and look for the corpse. It will probably be there.”

If you want it that much, take it. At the indifferent answer that sounded like he was talking about an object, Seol Ah became furious.

“I don’t want K’s corpse, I want K alive!”

Just like how you have the living Yoon Na Eun!