Perfect World [EN]: Chapter 438

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“W-What are you saying? You and my mother…”

That was a bit of a problem, but Beomseok didn’t care. He wasn’t foolish enough to take the bait. He was satisfied just stalling for time and distracting Teresa.

“But we’re going to break up anyway, so what does it matter?”

“B-But, morally…”

“There’s no legal problem.”

“S-Still… I can’t accept your feelings, Mr. Beomseok.”

After saying that, Teresa jumped up from her seat. She was so embarrassed that she wanted to get out of there. But it wasn’t easy; Beomseok would never let her go.

“Ms. Teresa, just a moment. Please listen to me a little more.”

“I have nothing to say. I’m leaving.”

At that moment, a small notification sound came from Beomseok’s pocket. He took it out, looked at it for a moment, then smiled faintly. It was a message from Margaret, saying that Inspector Lexter had found Angela.

He sighed heavily, as if the floor would collapse.

“Hoo~ Do you hate me that much?”

“Yes. Of course.”

“Do you really hate me?”

“Yes.”

Despite the repeated rejections, Beomseok was persistent. Teresa’s liking for him was almost zero. He already knew that she couldn’t possibly like him.

In fact, the only way for Beomseok to connect with her now was through forceful actions. But this was not what he wanted. He was disgusted, and Beomseok didn’t really like rape scenes either. Nevertheless, there was a reason why Beomseok was now pouring out such aggressive affection for her.

He hugged Teresa tightly and said,

“That’s why I like you, Ms. Teresa. This haughty appearance makes my heart boil.”

“Get away from me!”

“I absolutely can’t.”

Beomseok lost his balance and fell backward because of Teresa’s resistance. Looking at the chair being thrown away, it was certain that the impact would be very great. However, instead of complaining of pain, he smiled faintly.

It was because he had achieved what he was aiming for. At the same time as he fell, the electronic notebook in Teresa’s arms was completely broken in Beomseok’s hands.

She straightened her clothes and stood up, then slapped Beomseok’s cheek with all her might.

“What! What kind of jerk are you! Are you crazy!”

He, who had been acting frozen, slumped down on a nearby chair and lowered his head.

“I-I’m sorry. I think I went crazy for a while because I was blinded by love.”

“That’s right! You’re crazy. Don’t ever come near me again!”

Teresa, clenching her teeth, grabbed the doorknob and cast a hateful gaze. And without saying a word, she left the room and the cafe.

Only then did Beomseok slowly raise his head and mutter with a bitter smile.

“Hehehe. How did you know? Now you’ll never see me again.”

Beomseok, who gave a considerable tip to the employee who came in, surprised by the noise, slowly left the cafe and headed to the hotel’s underground parking lot. He needed to go to a place where secrecy was guaranteed as much as possible, as the future communication should never reach Teresa’s ears. He got into his flying car and took out the electronic notebook from his pocket.

“Hello. Inspector Lexter?”

“– Yes, it’s me.”

Inspector Lexter, who appeared on the screen, was riding in a flying bus. Judging from the familiar interior, it was definitely Aaron.

“Did you really find Ms. Angela?”

“– Yes. I confirmed her appearance about 10 minutes ago.”

“Is she alive?”

“– Haha. Fortunately, she is safe.”

‘Teresa. That thing had a last bit of conscience. It seems she didn’t kill her mother.’

Beomseok sighed in relief. As long as she was alive, that was enough. If he rescued her, he could see her face again.

“Hoo~ That’s a relief. But where are you now?”

“– It’s a construction site on the outskirts of Kali City within the Laponi Central Government. Originally, a casino building was supposed to be built there, but the construction company went bankrupt and the construction is now suspended. Ms. Angela is trapped in the basement here.”

Beomseok immediately started his flying car. Kali City is within the Central Government, different from Senoside, but it was very close in terms of location. If he went in his high-speed flying car, he would arrive in 20 minutes.

“Is that so? What’s the situation now?”

“– It’s very good. A few are guarding Ms. Angela, but they don’t seem to have any intention of harming her right now.”

“Really? Then how is the preparation on this side?”

“– We are currently stationing a heavily armed special mobile unit nearby and timing it.”

“If it’s a heavily armed special mobile unit, doesn’t that mean they have guns?”

“– Yes. As a result of the investigation, the opponent has a gun, so there is no other way.”

Beomseok frowned. Then Angela could be seriously injured during the rescue. Also, if the kidnappers, feeling a sense of crisis, took her hostage and confronted them, it would be very troublesome.

“That’s a big problem.”

“– So, I’m doing some preliminary work.”

“How?”

“– Right now, I’m disguising a few members of the mobile unit as construction workers and stacking building materials in the front yard. I’m trying to make it look like construction is resuming.”

“Why?”

“– Then the guys will realize that the place they are staying is not a deserted place, so they will have no choice but to move their location under the cover of darkness. Then we’ll ambush them at that time.”

It was the same idea as the master of tricks. If the mobile unit infiltrated the simple underground secret room, it could be blocked by the opponent’s resistance. Then Ms. Angela would be in a very dangerous situation. But if the guys came out of the basement, it was an open field. There was definitely a location advantage.

“I see. But can I step in then?”

“– Why you?”

“Because I want to play a part in rescuing Ms. Angela.”

His intention was very simple. If he directly rescued Ms. Angela, the increase in favorability would be significant. Gloria was successfully targeted in that way, and Margaret’s favorability was also greatly increased. Beomseok had no choice but to covet this opportunity.

But Lexter shook his head immediately.

“– That’s not allowed. Civilians cannot be put into such operations.”

“Why? When Rafine took Ms. Gloria hostage before, didn’t I go in to rescue her?”

“– But the situation is completely different from then! At the time, the opponent didn’t have any guns, and the criminal was an elf who never harmed humans. And I was in a situation where I couldn’t do anything about it. But now our police can solve it sufficiently, and the criminal is an armed kidnapper. I can never allow it.”

“Really not allowed?”

“– Of course not! And I’m only in charge of the initial operation, and I can’t interfere with the rescue operation. I can’t include you even if I want to!”

“Why not?”

“– Why? That’s the situation! The kidnapper is an armed monster with a gun. The kidnapped person is an important figure in the Laponi Central Government and Ms. Angela, the chairman of the famous World League fighting team. Of course, I, who work in the public relations department, can’t be the operation manager for such a huge case. The anti-terrorist suppression team sent from the Federal Police Agency is about to arrive.”

Then I can’t even open my mouth about this rescue operation.

Beomseok nodded as if he understood. It was strange that Inspector Lexter was involved in such a case. It was definitely better to carry out the operation with professional personnel.

“I guess so. Then is it okay to step in after the operation is complete? I don’t care if I just show my face.”

Lexter bit his lip. This was clearly an unreasonable request. But if it was to that extent, it seemed like he could do something about it with his own hands.

After the operation is completed, the anti-terrorist suppression team will leave immediately, and Ms. Angela will be transferred to a nearby hospital in preparation for an emergency. There was room to step in at this time, so he could fully grant the request.

“– Hmm. Then when can you come?”

“It won’t take even 10 minutes.”

“– Good. Then as soon as you come, I’ll give you a special mobile unit uniform, so put it on and just sit still in Aaron [Lexter’s flying bus]. After the operation is over, I’ll see the situation and let you meet Ms. Angela.”

“Hehe. Yes. Good.”

Satisfied, Beomseok increased the speed of his flying car. It was a pity that it wasn’t a dramatic situation, but he could still greatly increase his favorability.

After a while, Beomseok, who arrived on the outskirts of Kali City, parked his car far away from the construction site building where Angela was kidnapped and started walking slowly. There was no point in parking the car at the entrance of the construction site. He quickly changed direction after seeing Aaron in a deserted lot across from the construction site.

“Inspector Lexter. How is the situation?”

Beomseok, who boarded Aaron, was approaching Inspector Lexter, who was sitting in front of the control box on the front of the vehicle. In response, the inspector handed over the special mobile unit suit and helmet that he had prepared in advance and said.

“I’ll tell you about that later, so hurry up and change into this. The situation is urgent now.”

“Why? Did something happen to Ms. Angela?”

“Ms. Angela is fine. You are the problem now. The anti-terrorist suppression team is scheduled to board Aaron.”

“Why is the anti-terrorist suppression team here? Aaron is my car?”

“That’s how things turned out. The kidnappers installed surveillance cameras in all the right places and even installed cleverly concealed obstacles at the entrance to the basement to make it difficult to enter.

When I told this to the anti-terrorist suppression team, they seemed to judge the guys as experts. So, they decided to use Aaron as the operation base because there was a possibility that they would recognize the anti-terrorist suppression team’s professional vehicle.”

Beomseok frowned. It would be good if it helped, but Aaron was a passenger vehicle, not a police operation vehicle.

“Does that make sense? Aaron is our team bus. It doesn’t fit in with this operation at all.”

Lexter gave him a subtle look. It was definitely not the case.

“It doesn’t look like it to me. It’s no joke. It has ultra-small bird cameras that are almost identical to flying insects, and it also has a mobile relay device. Besides, the technology to fly the bird camera while avoiding the opponent’s surveillance was so artistic that even I and the anti-terrorist suppression team who received the information were amazed.

Aaron was able to identify the location of the kidnappers and the surveillance cameras they installed in the 20 minutes it took you to contact us and come here.”

“R-Really?”

“Yes. To be honest, what were you thinking when you made the team bus like this? It was completely covered with expensive information reconnaissance equipment?”

“T-That’s because it’s necessary when parking.”

“Why do you need these equipments to park?”

Beomseok began to change into a suit, speechless. He really had nothing to say about it. No matter how close he was to Inspector Lexter and even though he didn’t intend to, he couldn’t possibly say that he had installed these professional equipments for voyeurism.

“Ahem. That’s right, but… That’s… to prepare for a day like today.”

“A day like today?”

“Yes. Didn’t I get kidnapped by the Black Society before? So, I made Aaron like this to be fully prepared.”

Lexter nodded as if he understood. Before, Beomseok was almost kidnapped and murdered by Chairman Lucas along with Margaret. Fortunately, he survived, but there was no guarantee that such a thing would not happen again, so it was not strange that Beomseok bought these equipments.

“That’s right. You’ve had this happen to you before.”

Beomseok, who put on his helmet last, went to Lexter’s side. It was because the image of a woman tied up in a restraint device was captured on a small hologram screen. Judging from the situation, it was definitely Angela.

“That’s Ms. Angela. But there’s no movement. Is something wrong?”

“No, she’s just asleep.”

Beomseok exhaled in vain as if he was dumbfounded. No matter how tired she was, she seemed to have a good sense of humor to be sleeping so comfortably in a kidnapped situation.

“Yes? She’s sleeping in this situation?”

“Yes. The guys injected her with a sedative just now, whether they were preparing to move.”

Surprised, Beomseok quickly looked at Lexter. If it was an injection, it was possible to inject poison for the purpose of murder, and in that situation, a heavily armed special mobile unit should have been deployed.

“Yes? What if it’s not a sedative?”

“Haha. That’s why Aaron is so great. I checked the phrase on the injection capsule with an ultra-small camera that infiltrated the ventilation duct and found out that it was a sedative. So, I didn’t carry out the operation and left it as it is.”

“Ah. Really? That’s a relief.”

Beomseok looked at the camera lens inside Aaron with a sullen expression. It was really helpful in this situation, but he wondered if he had been too lenient. If the equipments installed on Aaron were so impressive that even the police were impressed, there was definitely a problem.

At that time, the door of Aaron opened and a group of people entered. Most of them were elves, but judging from their eyes, they seemed to be quite trained. A man dressed as a traveler who followed behind reached out to Inspector Lexter.

“Inspector Lexter. Thank you for your hard work so far. From now on, we will be responsible for all operations, so please step down.”

In response, Inspector Lexter gave a simple salute and stepped back.

“Yes. Police Superintendent Bart.”

Police Superintendent Bart stared intently at Beomseok, who was standing blankly.

“Who are you and why are you here?”

Beomseok was flustered and didn’t know what to do. It was because he didn’t know that he would talk to him. But if he didn’t answer, he would be suspected. He soon straightened his posture and said politely.

============================ Work Afterword ============================

A big typhoon is coming up. It’s so big that it seems like the damage will be great, but I hope it goes away a little.

Then everyone, be careful of the wind and rain damage. I’ll see you again tomorrow.