Perfect Agent [EN]: Chapter 207

207. How to Be Good at Baseball (6)

I headed back to Victory Baseball Academy with Jung In-gyu early in the morning.

“Hyun-woo, this will end without any problems, right?”

I could feel the tension in Jung In-gyu’s expression as he gripped the steering wheel.

“The detectives will take care of everything, so what are you worried about?”

“Still, you never know what might happen in the meantime.”

“Hey, you don’t have to worry. I’ve done this before. As long as you don’t get scared, it’ll be fine.”

“Well, you have experienced it before. How was it back then?”

“Just be confident. We haven’t done anything wrong.”

I spoke with a bit of bravado to give myself confidence, but I couldn’t stop the sweat from forming in my hands.

“Hoo- I should call my parents before going in.”

“Hey, I’m telling you it’s okay. It’s not like we’re going to war.”

“You never know. Honestly, just looking at Lee Han-seung, he seems connected to some organization. What if another organization harms us?”

Just looking at his appearance, it was more than possible.

“That’s not wrong, but it’s okay, don’t worry. I’m here.”

While we were talking, we arrived near the academy where Lee Han-seung would be.

We parked the car not far away and waited in hiding.

After a while, cars with detectives in plain clothes began to arrive.

The plan was for Jung In-gyu and me to go in first and confirm that Lee Han-seung was there. Then, the detectives would rush in, arrest him, and secure the evidence.

This method was to ensure we secured his identity and evidence in case Lee Han-seung wasn’t there.

As time passed, Jung In-gyu’s face turned white.

“Hoo- Hoo- Hoo-”

I couldn’t help but laugh at Jung In-gyu, who didn’t know what to do.

Wee-ing-

A call came from Yang Dong-soo.

“Yes, Detective.”

“Mr. Hyun-woo, haven’t you arrived yet? If you’re ready, please come out. There are a few things I need to tell you before we go in.”

“Ah! Yes, I should. I’ll go out right away.”

Come to think of it, I hadn’t stepped out of the car since we arrived.

After hanging up, I turned my head and saw Jung In-gyu still breathing heavily with a pale face.

“In-gyu, let’s go.”

“Okay. Hoo- Hoo-”

Jung In-gyu took a final deep breath and opened the car door.

Seeing this from the side, I felt my heart beating faster.

He struggled to open the car door and got out, approaching Yang Dong-soo.

I could also see Lee Soo-min, who was busily talking to the filming crew next to him.

“What were you doing inside? It seems like you’ve been here for quite a while.”

Yang Dong-soo tilted his head, glanced at our car, and asked.

“Ah… well, haha. I suddenly got an urgent call from work.”

“I see. But… is the person next to you not feeling well?”

Yang Dong-soo looked at the pale Jung In-gyu and asked with a worried expression.

“No, it’s nothing.”

“We can go in together, right?”

“Of course.”

Yang Dong-soo looked at Jung In-gyu’s face with a suspicious look, and only after hearing my answer did he nod and move on to the main topic.

“As I mentioned in advance, once we confirm that Lee Han-seung is there, our detectives will immediately go in, arrest him, and search the scene. We have already figured out the structure of this building, so you don’t have to worry.”

“Yes…”

“Have you received any further contact or heard anything new since then?”

“No, I haven’t.”

“I understand. Then let’s start now.”

“Yes… I understand.”

It was finally time to go inside.

I took Jung In-gyu back to the car.

It seemed better for me to drive this time, so I sat in the driver’s seat.

“Hoo-”

Vroom-

The car we were in was slowly getting closer to Victory Baseball Academy.

Before long, I could see the familiar building.

As we got closer, I felt my heart beating faster.

The tension was on a completely different level from when I first came here.

* * *

After getting out of the car and arriving in front of the academy, the car I saw last time was parked there as expected.

This meant that there was a high possibility that Lee Han-seung was inside.

Jung In-gyu and I arrived in front of the academy, parked the car, and slowly went inside.

“In-gyu, you have your smartphone, right?”

“Yeah, I’ve set it up so I can just press the call button.”

The plan was for Jung In-gyu to call Yang Dong-soo and report the moment he found Lee Han-seung.

I carefully opened the door and went inside with Jung In-gyu.

Thanks to having visited once before and seeing the overall structure, I was able to find my way without difficulty.

We headed to the president’s office first.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

“……”

I knocked on the president’s office door, but there was no answer.

Thump. Thump.

Moreover, the door was locked.

I shook it a few more times, but I couldn’t open the door.

“I don’t think he’s here?”

“Could it be that he knew about the search in advance?”

Jung In-gyu whispered to me.

“His car was outside, so he must be inside.”

“Then let’s go to the training ground.”

I quietly moved with Jung In-gyu.

As we got closer to the training ground, I began to hear someone’s voice.

I carefully approached and saw Lee Han-seung.

He was talking to two people who appeared to be coaches.

Lee Han-seung turned his head towards me, as if he had heard us.

“Oh, Hyun-woo? What brings you here today?”

Lee Han-seung tilted his head and greeted me with a smile.

“Ah, Senior. I had a few more questions I wanted to ask.”

“Really? If you have something like that, just ask me on the phone. Why did you come all the way here?”

“I also wanted to see your face one more time, Senior.”

“Haha. Really?”

Lee Han-seung couldn’t help but laugh, even though he knew it was just empty words.

“Shall we sit down and talk?”

“Weren’t you talking about something?”

I said, looking at the people next to Lee Han-seung.

“No, they’re my staff, and it’s not urgent, so it’s okay. Let’s go to the president’s office. My junior came all the way here, so we can’t just stand and talk.”

Lee Han-seung stood between Jung In-gyu and me, put his hand on my shoulder, and walked with me.

I tried to hide my tension and matched his pace.

It didn’t take long to reach the president’s office.

Just as Lee Han-seung grabbed the doorknob of the president’s office and was about to open it,

“Oh, did you see our underground training ground?”

“Underground…? I’ve never seen the underground.”

“Really? Now that I think about it, I don’t think I showed it to you. Since you’re here, it would be nice to see it, right?”

Lee Han-seung asked me as if he were forcing a predetermined answer.

“S-Should we?”

“Come this way.”

Lee Han-seung, with a big smile, turned around and walked to the opposite side with Jung In-gyu and me.

This is changing the plan a bit…

Jung In-gyu and I followed Lee Han-seung back to the training ground.

Then, Lee Han-seung suddenly whispered something to one of the staff members who was following behind.

In the meantime, I gave Jung In-gyu a look to call.

Jung In-gyu, who met my eyes, nodded and took out his smartphone,

“Is it important?”

Lee Han-seung, who was already looking at us, asked sharply, glaring at Jung In-gyu.

“Ah… well. I’m just going to leave a message.”

“To whom?”

“Just to my staff. I thought of something I needed regarding the players’ training.”

“Wouldn’t it be better to do that later?”

“It’s urgent, so I’ll do it quickly now.”

Just as Jung In-gyu was about to make a call without a care,

“I don’t think it’s polite to ignore what your senior said, is it?”

Lee Han-seung threw a cold word.

“Ah… Yes.”

“Let’s go down quickly. It’s right here.”

Lee Han-seung dragged Jung In-gyu and me down to the basement.

He was stronger than usual.

One of the staff members I saw earlier was also following behind.

…Why is he following us?

As I headed to the corner of the training ground, a dark staircase appeared.

As I went down the stairs, there was a heavy-looking iron door.

Thump.

When Lee Han-seung opened the door and went inside, a space that had not yet been constructed was revealed.

“Oh… is this the underground training ground…?”

It was just a space close to a warehouse, and there was no equipment to train.

No matter how I looked at it, it didn’t seem like a place to train.

“Sit here.”

Ignoring my question, he unfolded two chairs and pointed with his hand.

Jung In-gyu and I couldn’t hide our embarrassment and sat down.

“Do the players train here…?”

I opened my mouth with difficulty and threw a word.

“They will in the future.”

“Then why are you showing us this now…?”

“Because there’s something I want to ask quietly.”

“Yes?”

“Why did you come here again?”

Lee Han-seung glared at me and asked.

“Yes?”

While I was trying to figure out the situation, two large staff members came in and stood next to me and Jung In-gyu, respectively.

“What’s the reason you suddenly came back here?”

“Well, I had a few more questions I wanted to ask…”

“If that’s really the case, wouldn’t you have called in advance? If I wasn’t here today, you would have wasted your time.”

“That’s…”

“I’ve been in this business for so long. I can tell just by looking at you.”

Could it be…

Did he notice everything?

“Our junior Kang has done a lot of good things. It’s a very beautiful thing, but I felt uneasy after meeting you because of that. I’m not someone who has lived that kindly.”

“……”

“There’s no way you would have suddenly come here today for no reason, like last time. Who did you hear something from?”

“I, I came without knowing anything? I just wanted to ask a few more questions…”

“Tsk. It’s going to be tiring if you come out like this.”

Lee Han-seung kicked the chair next to him.

Crash.

Feeling that the situation was getting strange, Jung In-gyu hurriedly took out his smartphone.

And just as he was about to press the call button,

Thud!

The staff member next to him kicked the smartphone that Jung In-gyu was holding.

“Agh!”

Jung In-gyu screamed in pain and clutched his hit hand.

The smartphone rolled far away to a place where he couldn’t reach it.

Lee Han-seung approached and picked up Jung In-gyu’s smartphone.

At the same time, another staff member took out my smartphone from my pocket and snatched it away.

“Did you think I wouldn’t have expected this much?”

Lee Han-seung looked at me, shaking his smartphone with a cold expression.