The Regressor Only Protects Me [EN]: Chapter 16

## Episode 16. Flag Picking (3)

11F, Movie Theater

Taking advantage of the movie theater’s spaciousness, Jin Jaehee infiltrated and observed the Blue Team in the dim light, lost in thought.

What could she do for Zion?

Simply staying by his side and helping him with his tasks?

And assisting him in moving forward?

Of course, that was part of it, but what truly mattered was Zion’s growth.

Any obstacle hindering Zion’s progress had to be eliminated.

However, if ‘K’ continued to interfere with Zion’s development…

Jin Jaehee wouldn’t stand for it.

Jaehee had infiltrated the 13th floor to monitor their movements.

She had been undercover for two whole days, trying to identify the enemy’s king.

Holding her breath.

Suppressing her desires.

Silently fulfilling her role as a scout.

To assassinate him as soon as she discovered his identity and end the game.

But a variable emerged.

K’s voice boomed throughout the 11th floor.

“Alright, a special game. Since you guys aren’t fighting enough, I have to step in.”

K was the most meddlesome administrator Jaehee had encountered in her previous life.

Unfortunately, K was the administrator of the area Zion was assigned to.

Jin Jaehee clenched her fist.

She was so close; the candidates had been narrowed down to about three, but K was interfering.

“Okay. Got it? Then start immediately. No questions allowed.”

As soon as K finished speaking, the Blue Team began to mobilize.

Jin Jaehee also moved, shadowing them.

* * *

9th floor, the designated area for the Red Team’s target flag.

Ten Blue Team members, assigned as defensive forces, were guarding the location.

A skinny man gestured toward the flag monster and asked.

“Hey, what the heck is that thing?”

“Well, we just have to protect it.”

“It feels weird protecting a monster like that.”

“We have no choice but to follow Kim Donggil’s orders right now.”

Kim Jungpal said with a grin.

He was a powerfully built man, standing at 181cm and weighing 130kg [approximately 5’11” and 287 lbs].

A former gangster, his arms and back were covered in tattoos.

Nine men surrounded him, centering around him.

They already revered Kim Jungpal as their leader.

Even within the Blue Team, they stuck together, forming a tight-knit group.

They were the most elite unit, boasting the best physiques in the Blue Team.

Kim Jungpal glanced at the flag and chuckled.

“It’s okay. Once we get out of this mall, we’ll demand triple the reward.”

“Do you think he’ll give it to us easily? 100 million [currency unspecified, likely won or similar] is a lot.”

“I have a plan.”

Kim Jungpal pulled out his smartphone.

Although there was no signal, rendering the internet and phone functions useless, the camera was still operational.

Kim Jungpal played a video.

The video depicted ‘Kim Donggil’ abusing people.

“We’ll threaten him with this. The branch manager, of all people, abusing his power during a disaster? There’s no way he can refuse to pay up.”

“To think you’d even come up with this, you’re amazing, hyungnim [term of respect for an older brother or male figure].”

“This is nothing. You guys save your batteries too. There will be more to film.”

Kim Jungpal chuckled.

The people around him awkwardly laughed along.

Then another voice cut through the air.

“How about taking your own portrait instead? A selfie.”

Kim Jungpal narrowed his eyes.

It was a woman’s voice.

Kim Jungpal turned his head.

There stood Jin Jaehee, holding a plastic bottle.

Gurgle, gurgle.

Liquid poured from the bottle she held.

It was oil she had stockpiled before infiltrating.

Kim Jungpal addressed her.

“Hey, are you talking to me?”

“What if I am?”

Jin Jaehee emptied the bottle’s contents onto the floor, not sparing a drop.

Then she tossed the bottle at Kim Jungpal.

Thud, thud, roll…….

The bottle landed in front of Kim Jungpal and rolled to a stop.

Kim Jungpal frowned and threatened Jin Jaehee.

“Watch your tongue. I’ll kill you.”

Jin Jaehee ignored his threat and pulled a cigarette from her pocket, placing it between her lips.

Click-.

The round lighter flared to life in the dimly lit store.

“Phew.”

She calmly smoked her cigarette in front of the ten Blue Team elites.

Until then, Kim Jungpal had assumed Jin Jaehee was one of the Blue Team elites.

But upon further reflection, the elites were all men.

Only then did Kim Jungpal draw the sashimi knife he wore on his waist.

“Are you from the Red Team?”

“So?”

“Puhahaha, you little bitch. You’ve lost all fear.”

Kim Jungpal surged to his feet.

His tattooed left hand remained in his pocket, while his right hand gripped the sashimi knife.

Kim Jungpal slowly advanced toward Jin Jaehee.

The height difference between the two was significant.

Jin Jaehee appeared insignificant in front of Kim Jungpal.

Kim Jungpal scrutinized Jin Jaehee’s face and smirked.

“You’re pretty good-looking?”

“Thank you.”

Suddenly-.

At that moment, Kim Jungpal seized Jin Jaehee’s chin, turning her face from side to side.

She possessed an admirable beauty.

She was a beauty that he couldn’t possibly think of as an ordinary person.

While Kim Jungpal stroked her chin, Jin Jaehee silently smoked her cigarette.

He spoke.

“You, be my plaything. Then I’ll spare your life.”

“Plaything?”

“Yeah, plaything. I’ll cherish you every day. How about it? Should we put on a leash first?”

Snort-.

Jin Jaehee scoffed at his words.

Kim Jungpal frowned at her laughter.

“Laughing?”

Kim Jungpal lowered his voice, threatening her.

Jin Jaehee exhaled cigarette smoke.

The thick smoke billowed into his face and dissipated.

Kim Jungpal gritted his teeth and repeated his threat.

“You, you little bitch.”

At that moment. Jaehee flicked the cigarette she was holding with her finger.

Spin- spin-.

The cigarette twirled through the air and landed in the pool of oil she had spread.

It was that instant.

WHOOOOOOSHHHH-!!!!!

“Huh……?!”

“Huh?!? What is it!!!”

The fire ignited along the trail of oil, and soon the entire area was engulfed in flames.

In an instant, the Blue Team elites and Jin Jaehee were trapped in the inferno.

The dark 9th floor was bathed in red light.

In the fiery glow, Jin Jaehee drew her sword.

The gleaming real sword blade shone red in the light.

“You little bitch! Are you crazy!”

Kim Jungpal screamed.

It was that moment.

Swish!

His nose was severed.

The cross-section of the severed nose was gruesome.

“Huh?”

It was beyond human speed.

It wasn’t even a speed that humans could follow with their eyes.

Thud!

Kim Jungpal collapsed to the ground.

The elites nearby charged at her simultaneously.

“Kill her!!!”

The ten elites, wielding sashimi knives, rushed forward.

Jin Jaehee met the elites with her sword.

First, one guy.

“You, you little bitch!!”

She effortlessly dodged the attack of the man who swung his knife wildly and slashed his side.

Swish!

Since the concept of ‘flesh armor’ had not yet been established, she easily sliced through flesh whenever the blade made contact.

The second man charged in.

Jin Jaehee lowered her stance, darted forward, and tripped the man.

Thud!

Leaving the fallen man behind, she plunged the blade into the heart of the third man rushing in.

Stab!

Without pausing, she withdrew the blade and stabbed the fallen man in the back.

Stab!

Three people in an instant.

The panicked Blue Team elites hesitated.

The fourth man rushed in.

“You, yo, yo, you little bitch!!!”

She countered the man who attempted to overpower her with brute force.

After easily evading by changing direction, she also slashed his side.

The fourth one down.

Jin Jaehee straightened her sword.

This wasn’t even enough to warm her up.

“Isn’t that bitch completely insane?!”

“Hey! Hey! Everyone attack at once!!!”

“Waaaaaah!!!”

Insane bitch.

At that, Jin Jaehee wore a subtle smile.

She had heard that quite a bit in her past life.

It might be true.

She really was a well-known insane bitch.

And every bastard who messed with that insane bitch ended up seeing blood.

Just like now.

Swish-! Swish!

The fifth and sixth ones down.

Jin Jaehee, having easily slit their throats, didn’t rest.

She looked around.

The seventh and eighth weren’t visible.

Whack-!

At that moment, the seventh one appeared from behind and hugged Jin Jaehee from behind.

“Got you, you rat-like bitch……!”

The eighth one charged from the front with a sashimi knife.

Without the slightest bit of panic, Jin Jaehee whispered to the seventh one.

“I’m quite heavy, you know.”

“What……?”

At that moment, Jin Jaehee leaned back.

Thud!

The seventh one, who momentarily lost his balance, fell backward with Jin Jaehee.

The seventh man hit his head hard on the ground and lost consciousness, and she easily slashed the eighth man who was running towards her.

“Ugh…… Ugh……!”

The eighth one fell forward and collapsed on top of the seventh.

Jin Jaehee stabbed the bodies of the overlapping seventh and eighth men with her sword simultaneously.

The seventh man also died.

And she shook off the blood from her hand and looked ahead.

Only one guy remained.

“Hiiiik……!”

The ninth one was terrified.

“Aaaah……! Yiaaaa!!!!”

Then the ninth one screamed and approached Jin Jaehee.

Jin Jaehee simply turned her body to avoid him.

The ninth one threw himself into the fire and began to burn.

“Aaaaaaaaaaack-!!!!!”

With the scream, only the tattooed man and Jin Jaehee were left in this place.

The time it took for her to kill nine people was only 9 minutes.

Jin Jaehee wiped her forehead with her blood-stained hand.

Her hair, mixed with blood and sweat, was naturally swept back.

And slowly approaching, she nudged Kim Jungpal’s side.

“I know you’re awake. You’re not dead, are you?”

Kim Jungpal glanced around.

Then Jin Jaehee straightened her sword above his body.

To stab him in one swift motion.

Then Kim Jungpal jumped up and knelt down.

“P, please save me!!!”

“Why should I?”

She asked back, genuinely curious.

Why she should save him.

Then Kim Jungpal moved in a typical pattern.

“I, I’ll do anything.”

Kim Jungpal clasped his hands together and bowed his head.

Looking at him, Jin Jaehee wore a subtle smile.

“Then bark like a dog.”

“Y, yes……?”

“You said you’d do anything. From today, you’re a son of a bitch. Then I’ll……”

At her words, Kim Jungpal smiled brightly.

“Ah, yes! Yes, yes! Woof woof woof! Woof!!! Just tell me what to do! Woof!”

Kim Jungpal immediately imitated a dog’s bark, and Jin Jaehee looked down at his eyes and said.

“Lick it.”

“Yes! Woof! Woof!”

Kim Jungpal crawled on the floor on all fours and licked Jin Jaehee’s blood-stained shoes.

He licked them as meticulously as if the shoes were a cake.

Blood continued to flow from the severed surface of his cut-off nose.

Kim Jungpal was essentially licking his own blood.

Jin Jaehee stared down at him.

His black butt crack was visible through his designer tracksuit pants.

Then Jin Jaehee frowned and said.

“Disgusting, I’m going to abandon you.”

“W, woof woof……?”

Thud!

Jin Jaehee stabbed him in the back of the head with her sword.

Kim Jungpal fell there without even screaming.

She kicked his heavy body away with her foot.

The 9th floor was on fire.

It was time to escape this place.

Jin Jaehee dragged Kim Jungpal’s corpse and placed it on the flames.

Since that couldn’t stop the flames, she piled two or three more corpses on top.

And stepping on those corpses, she crossed the flames.

Flag monsters were roaming in the shopping district on the opposite side.

Without hesitation, Jin Jaehee killed the target monster.

The monster died easily.

Soon, a broadcast rang out.

[Hong Team has defeated the target monster!]

Having achieved her purpose, Jin Jaehee leisurely moved towards the stairwell.

The reason Jin Jaehee set the fire was to completely destroy the Blue Team’s base.

Because fire goes upwards.

* * *

The Blue Team’s main force.

They were hurrying up the escalator.

And the heat that stimulated their senses made them even more uneasy.

Kim Donggil hurriedly passed the 8th floor and headed to the 9th floor.

The floor was burning so brightly that it hurt his eyes.

“W, what the hell.”

Kim Donggil stared at his elite squad, dead in the flames.

They were all collapsed, bleeding.

Some were not completely dead, twitching like fish on a cutting board.

At the same time, the Red Team’s target monster, which the Blue Team had to protect, was also dead.

Kim Donggil shouted desperately in the face of that hopeless situation.

“What the hell happened!!!!! You stupid bastards!!!”

At that moment, the sprinklers on the ceiling activated.

Sizzle, pitter-patter!

Soon, rain began to fall on the burning 9th floor.

Kim Donggil knelt down in the face of that despair.

Also, strong anger surged up.

Even when the world had come to this, Kim Donggil always neatly styled his hair with wax.

But his neat hair was soon scattered by the water spraying from the sprinklers.

It was a moment of facing despair.

He opened his status window with trembling hands.

[Personnel: 53]

From 89 to 53 in an instant.

They lost a whopping 36 people in this battle.

Moreover, the Red Team did not lose a single member of their forces.

The blow was huge.

Kim Donggil despaired in the face of it.

At the same time, he planned revenge.

“Everyone…… everyone…… I’ll kill them all. Without exception…… everyone……!”

The Blue Team members began to surround the sobbing Kim Donggil.

“Branch Manager……! It’s best to reorganize first……”

“That’s right. We also have quite a few injured on our side……”

“Branch Manager, Branch Manager……!”

“Shut up-!!!!! You bug bastards!!! I’m thinking right now!!! If you’re not going to be any help, just shut your mouths! You vermin!”

Everyone fell silent at Kim Donggil’s shout.

They clenched their fists and desperately hid their emotions.

Kim Donggil grabbed his head and began to think again.

They shouldn’t give that man time to think.

That man would respond no matter what the situation.

He had proven this in several previous battles.

The moment that man thinks, the Blue Team will be defeated.

Kim Donggil made a decision.

The only thing they could do was to not give Kang Si-on time to think.

They still had more people on the Blue Team, and they were at an advantage except for the crossbows and guns.

When he thought about it again, there might not even be bullets in that gun.

Or it could just be a toy gun!

Kim Donggil began to think in his favor.

Soon those thoughts created unfounded confidence.

“Puhuhuhu. Pwahahahaha!!!”

Kim Donggil laughed there for a while and then got up.

Then he looked around.

The Blue Team members who met his gaze lowered their heads.

Looking at them, Kim Donggil said.

It was a calm, cold tone.

“Everyone, move to the 1st floor.”

Everyone wore surprised expressions.

Kim Donggil couldn’t let the game end like this.

(To be continued in the next episode)