Perfect World [EN]: Chapter 363

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As the water drained from the room, Beom-seok, who had been clinging to the ceiling with Margaret in his arms, jumped down to the floor. Water was still gushing out of the vent, but it flowed out through the destroyed entrance, barely wetting the soles of their shoes. He set Margaret behind him and peeked into the hallway to see if there were any enemies.

“They really cleaned up.”

The water that had filled the quite large room had poured out all at once, so the people in the hallway couldn’t have survived. No matter how many there were, they had to be gone by now.

Confirming that no one was there, Beom-seok cautiously walked down the hallway.

‘Something’s strange. With this much noise, they should have swarmed in by now.’

Reaching the stairs and looking down, Beom-seok tilted his head. Not all nine of them would have been guarding the door; at least some should have come up to check on him and Margaret. But the building was eerily quiet.

He looked at Margaret and said,

“Margaret, stay close.”

Beom-seok slowly descended the stairs. He had planned to ambush them if they came up, but there was no sign of them. He couldn’t stay here forever, so he had to go down.

And as he reached the second floor, Beom-seok found Mackin sprawled on the floor, completely soaked. Blood was flowing from his head, so it seemed he had hit something hard when he was swept away by the water.

He put his hand on Mackin’s neck.

‘He’s dead.’

He couldn’t feel a pulse in the artery, so he presumed he was dead. Receiving that strong water pressure head-on, his body couldn’t have been intact. Beom-seok shook his head and began searching the body.

‘Seriously, nothing’s working.’

The electronic devices found in Mackin’s possession were all broken. Unfortunately, the electronic notepad and laser gun were unusable. The most needed items for him now were a communication device to contact the outside world and a weapon to fight the enemy.

“Well, nothing can be done. Margaret, let’s go.”

“Yes.”

Beom-seok got up and went down the stairs again. There was no reason to stay here any longer since he couldn’t get any useful items.

And as he reached the first floor, he and Margaret’s faces lit up. Their car was parked intact in the yard outside the building.

He had been worried about not having the electronic notepad, but this solved everything. All he had to do was get in the car and go straight home, as the flying car had a built-in network device that allowed communication with the outside world.

Beom-seok, who looked outside from the lobby, smiled faintly. There was no one in the yard either.

“I don’t know what’s going on, but it seems there’s no one around.”

Margaret, who looked outside, nodded.

“That’s right. I don’t see anyone.”

“But where did everyone go?”

“Well, maybe they went to the city to buy something?”

Beom-seok shook his head. It wasn’t impossible, but today was different. Today, they had even set up a plan to kill them. It wasn’t the time to go shopping leisurely.

“I don’t think so… It’s not a shopping trip right now.”

“I guess so. Then where did they all go?”

“I don’t know. I don’t understand it either.”

At that moment, more than ten passenger flying cars were flying in from the distant sky. The number of enemies currently remaining was eight, including Chairman Lucas. Even if one person came in one car, two cars would be too many. If they weren’t just passing by, it was clear that they were reinforcements.

Beom-seok hurriedly grabbed Margaret’s wrist and ran to their car. If his guess was correct, there was no time to escape except now.

“Don’t move!”

Beom-seok, who was running towards the car, stopped and set Margaret behind him. Lucas suddenly popped out from behind the car and was aiming a laser gun at him. He glanced at the approaching flying car group and said,

“Chairman Lucas, aren’t you overdoing it? You look like a scholar who has never handled a gun before.”

Lucas smiled faintly and said,

“Hehe. You don’t seem to know that my hobby is hunting. Thanks to that, I’m known as a sharpshooter among my friends.”

“Hahaha. Is that so? You have a similar hobby to me. I also enjoy hunting very much. However, the prey and weapons are different…”

“You. Are you still relaxed? Can’t you see the gun in my hand right now?”

Beom-seok shrugged his shoulders. The gun was threatening, but Lucas wasn’t.

No matter how good a shooter he was, if he didn’t pull the trigger, there was no reason for him to die. And judging by the fact that he was still hesitating, he didn’t seem to have the guts to kill him directly. Whether he was weak-hearted or still aiming for a perfect crime, he didn’t know.

Beom-seok stealthily brought a stone on the floor under his feet.

“I can see it. That’s why I’m standing here without moving, isn’t it?”

“Hehe. That’s right. Then raise your hands now. Then you can save your life for the time being.”

“Well, I don’t know if that’s true.”

Beom-seok pretended to raise his arms and kicked the stone with all his might. It flew low to the ground, passing under the flying car, and struck Chairman Lucas’s ankle.

“Kkeuaaak!” [Korean onomatopoeia for a scream]

Lucas, who grabbed his ankle and fell to the floor, screamed loudly. In response, Beom-seok quickly ran and grabbed the ceiling of the flying car and jumped up. He stepped on Lucas’s shoulder holding the gun with all his might, crushing it cruelly.

“Damn it! Do you know how much loss I suffered because of you!”

Beom-seok picked up the laser gun that Lucas had dropped and hit his side again with all his might. He was aiming for his life and was the one who caused him to lose 3 billion krang [currency unit], so his hand was ruthless.

“Kkeuaaak!”

Lucas, terrified, groaned and crawled on the floor. Beom-seok aimed the gun to finish him off, but regained his senses and lowered it again. Shooting from behind would not establish self-defense, and unidentified vans were arriving nearby.

He shouted at Margaret,

“Margaret, run away!”

Margaret was already running nearby. She hurriedly opened the car door and urged Beom-seok.

“Beom-seok, get in! We have to get out of here quickly!”

But it was already too late. A man with a gun was sticking his head out of the car window from the passenger flying car that arrived in the air first.

“Chairman! Where are you! We’re here!”

Beom-seok, gritting his teeth, aimed his gun at the van flying in the nearby sky and pulled the trigger. Judging by the fact that they were calling the chairman, they seemed to be members of the Black Society.

A long trajectory of light flying in the sky. It missed without fail. Beom-seok was terrible at handling ranged weapons except for throwing.

“They’re shooting from below. Fire!”

Soon, countless laser beams rained down, leaving numerous scratch marks on the parked flying car and the floor. Beom-seok, who was hiding behind the cover, occasionally shot, but it was a meaningless resistance. More than ten vans were floating in the air, but he couldn’t hit a single one. He handed the gun to Margaret, who was nearby, and said,

“You shoot. I’ll never hit anything.”

But there was no way she would have shot a gun either. Still, he just stuck the muzzle out and pulled the trigger recklessly.

With a pshoo sound, the laser she shot pierced the front windshield of a van.

“Shibal! One down! What are you doing? Blow those bastards away right now!” [Shibal is a Korean curse word, similar to ‘damn’]

Beom-seok, who heard the guys’ shouts, looked at Margaret with a blank gaze. He felt pathetic for some reason. She accurately hit the opponent without even raising her head, but when he shot, it invariably cut through the air. Ashamed, Beom-seok vowed never to hold a gun again.

At that time, a man stuck his upper body out of the ceiling door of a car. A weapon like a large cannon was slung over his shoulder, and he couldn’t help but feel dizzy when he saw it.

Until now, he had endured by using the flying car as cover, but it seemed like it wouldn’t work against that weapon. Beom-seok lifted Margaret up and stood up.

Fortunately, this place was near the mountains, so he could enter the mountains if he ran a little.

“Margaret, hold on tight!”

“Y-yes.”

Margaret held Beom-seok’s neck tightly. In response, he ran with all his might. At the same time, a strong beam of light was emitted from the guy’s cannon. It hit the front of the flying car, causing a huge explosion.

“Damn it!”

Beom-seok, caught in the intense aftershock, flew into the air. Fortunately, he managed to land and continue running, but he couldn’t avoid a few small metal fragments being stuck in his back. Still, it was fortunate. Chairman Lucas, whose ankle and shoulder were broken, would not have escaped being roasted alive by now.

Leaving Lucas, who was on fire and rampaging, behind, Beom-seok ran towards the foothills with all his might.

“Still, it’s a million times better to be like this.”

Beom-seok, who entered the dense forest, hid in a nearby rock crevice and pulled out the fragments stuck in his back. They weren’t deeply embedded, so he wasn’t seriously injured, but he couldn’t help but worry about the future. The mountainous area was quite large, so it wasn’t easy to get out. He had no money or electronic notepad now.

Margaret looked at Beom-seok with a pale gaze. She was very worried because blood was constantly flowing from his back.

“B-Beom-seok. Are you okay?”

“I’m okay. I’m not seriously injured.”

“R-really? But blood keeps flowing out?”

“It’ll stop soon. And if I go to the hospital and get treatment later, I’ll recover without any problems.”

Margaret sighed in relief. It was really fortunate if it was as he said. If something happened to Beom-seok, she would have to live with a big burden for the rest of her life. The reason he was in danger was because she couldn’t overcome Lucas’s threats and called him out.

Margaret came over and sat down on the floor powerlessly.

“I’m so glad. I was so nervous because I thought something was going to happen to Beom-seok.”

“Hmph. Don’t worry, I don’t die easily. I don’t know who’s going to mess with me…”

Beom-seok, who patted her back, looked at the building where the Black Society guys were lingering. He had to get out of here quickly if the pursuit started. But his worries were nothing more than a trifle. The guys were busy carrying Lucas, who was burned all over his body.

Margaret, who witnessed the scene together, closed her eyes and bit her lip.

“Do you think that Chairman Lucas guy is dead?”

“Well, if he’s alive until the hospital, he won’t die. He’s a very rich man.”

Margaret nodded. There was no way she didn’t know that Beom-seok was referring to body modification surgery. If only some of the brain that controls memory was safe, Lucas would be reborn with a new body.

“I guess so. By the way, what are we going to do now?”

“Hmm. First, I’ll watch the atmosphere, and if the guys keep dragging their feet, I’ll go to a nearby house and report it to the police. I have to bury the Black Society this time.”

“What if they chase us?”

“I’ll send a few guys to hell so they can’t chase us.”

Margaret hurriedly grabbed his arm.

“Beom-seok. The guys have guns.”

“But this is a forest. Even if they have guns, they can’t beat me.”

Recalling the Chaplin Villa incident in the past, she quickly nodded. At the time, Margaret hacked into the economic group’s satellite and clearly witnessed the scene where Beom-seok lured the formidable opponent gladiators into the forest and almost ravaged them. However, today’s opponents were armed with guns.

If something went wrong, he could die, so her worries didn’t subside.

“T-that’s right. But let’s just go. There’s no reason to take the risk.”

Beom-seok narrowed his eyes sharply and shook his head. He almost died today and blew 3 billion krang of property into the air. If he backed down like this, he wouldn’t be able to sleep properly at night because he was so upset. He felt like he had to increase the number of people receiving disability benefits by a few to relieve this wrinkled feeling.

“No. If we just avoid it and the guys catch up with us, we’ll be in trouble.”

“But, Beom-seok, you’re a modified human, right? I don’t think there’s any reason for you to be caught by those ordinary humans.”

“But you’re an ordinary human too. You can’t possibly climb the mountain faster than those sturdy men, can you?”

“I guess so. But Beom-seok, you can carry me on your back.”

Beom-seok, who was speechless for a moment, closed his mouth. Certainly, if he carried her on his back, he could get out of the mountain faster than the Black Society’s agents. But if he did that, there was no way to relieve this annoying feeling.

He immediately pointed to a small wound on his back and said,

“I have a big injury on my back, how can I carry you?”

“Then. You can hug me.”

“You. Do you even know how hard it is to hug someone? Besides, I’m injured. I might be wandering around the brink of death from excessive bleeding at any time!”

Margaret looked at Beom-seok with drowsy eyes. She saw him looking at the Black Society agents lingering near the building and giving them a bitter look. No matter how young she was, there was no way she didn’t know what Beom-seok’s intentions were.

============================ Author’s Note ============================

The Black Society is also slowly coming to an end. No matter how I look at it, it seems to be entering the final stage. I have to prepare for the next episode quickly, but I’m into American dramas these days. ㅠㅠ.

Then everyone have a nice day. I’ll see you again tomorrow.