The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 245

< #245. Party at the Noblesse Hotel >

The Sky Lounge of the Noblesse Hotel.

The high ceilings and wide glass windows offer a refreshing view of the Seoul nightscape.

Looking down at the countless stars from here, one might feel like they’ve become someone special.

While everyone invited here was indeed someone special, Hwang Jang-soo was wide-eyed, as if he’d entered another world, too busy looking around to focus.

Chairman Ahn stopped and stared at him with a pathetic gaze.

“You seem to be enjoying yourself.”

“Yes, sir. There are so many fascinating things. The rich must come to places like this all the time.”

“Not all the time… but you should pay a little attention to me.”

Hwang Jang-soo replied without looking at Chairman Ahn.

“I am paying close attention, so don’t worry.”

“Hmph…”

In the meantime, other members approached Chairman Ahn and greeted him. Chairman Ahn quickly put on a smile and exchanged greetings with them.

About 20 minutes later, a handsome young man in a dark navy suit grabbed the microphone on the stage.

“Ladies and gentlemen, please give me your attention for a moment. I would like to introduce the host of tonight’s Feast of Stars!”

At the same time, the orchestra positioned on one side began to play majestic music, and a middle-aged man in a neat suit stepped onto the stage.

As he appeared, several people exclaimed.

“He actually came in person to a place like this.”

“I’ve never seen that person before. Who is he?”

A beautiful woman, showing off her naivety, asked her companion, who replied,

“Jeong Seung-han, Chief of Staff of the Blue House [the South Korean equivalent of the White House].”

“Oh? Ah, wow…”

Jeong Seung-han, Chief of Staff of the Blue House, had wielded significant power in the Chilseong Society [a powerful, possibly clandestine organization] even before becoming Chief of Staff.

He gave a relaxed smile and took the microphone.

“Nice to meet you. I am Jeong Seung-han.”

His neat greeting was met with applause from all around.

He paused, looking around the venue, and then continued.

“Actually, I have brought a very special guest with me today. Please come forward.”

The Chief of Staff’s direct mention of a ‘special guest’ surprised people, and they began to speculate.

“A special guest? Did a VIP come in person?”

“If he calls them a special guest, it must be a VIP, right? Or not?”

As they spoke, a fearful person came to mind, but the members tried to dismiss the unease.

At that moment, a commotion arose from the back.

A middle-aged man appeared, accompanied by four men exuding a grim aura. His hair was neatly combed back, not a single strand out of place, and it was pure white even without dye.

There was only one person among those who could come to this place with such hair.

“C-Chief Cheon…”

“Teacher…”

The members who discovered Chief Cheon were all shocked. The venue instantly fell silent.

Step, step.

Only the sound of Chief Cheon and his bodyguards’ footsteps echoed loudly.

Chief Cheon finally stood on the stage and received the microphone that the Chief of Staff politely handed over with both hands, using only one hand to take it.

He slowly looked around the crowd and spoke into the microphone.

“Long time no see. Everyone, how have you been?”

“Yes.”

“Y-yes…”

Some answered reluctantly. They knew his power was not what it used to be, but the instinct of obedience, deeply ingrained in their bones, made them respond.

Chief Cheon continued with a smile still on his face.

“I had forgotten one important fact, but thanks to you all, I have realized it.”

He raised a wine glass in one hand.

“New wine must be put into new bottles.”

People tilted their heads, unable to grasp the meaning of his words.

However, Chief Cheon had no intention of explaining, and continued to speak in incomprehensible terms.

“Has everyone decided on their successors?”

Most of them were in their 50s and 60s, with bright futures ahead, so they were dumbfounded to hear about successors.

However, no one outwardly expressed their dissatisfaction to him.

“Today, due to the hotel’s negligence, an explosion will occur here. As a result, many people will be sacrificed.”

The members did not immediately understand what he meant, but they felt an eerie chill at that moment.

Then, men in suits appeared from behind them.

Each of them exuded a sharp aura, like a well-honed blade.

The Chilseong Society members knew very well. They were Chief Cheon’s bodyguards.

They also knew that each one of them was a killing machine capable of taking on a hundred men.

Chief Cheon opened his mouth wide as if he was overjoyed and said in a voice mixed with laughter.

“Now, shall we start the real party?”

As soon as Chief Cheon’s words ended, they pulled out knives from their pockets and lunged at the members.

“W-what? Do you know who I am?”

Thwack, shiiick-

A middle-aged man, failing to grasp the reality, yelled at a bodyguard, and a bright red line was drawn across his neck.

The blood spurted out like a fountain, scattering into the air of the banquet hall.

“Kyaaaa!”

“Ugh!”

“D-don’t come, don’t come!”

Only then did the people realize the reality and began to scatter like cockroaches, each seeking a way to survive.

Half of them had brought playthings [mistresses or companions], and the other half had brought renowned bodyguards, but as members of the Chilseong Society, they knew they were no match for Chief Cheon’s bodyguards.

Thwack, thwack, slice-

The massacre of the dozen or so bodyguards began. They mercilessly killed even the serving staff.

In an instant, what had been a heavenly feast turned into a scene of carnage.

Numerically, the invited members were superior, so the bodyguards bravely faced them, but they soon collapsed, spitting blood from their necks and hearts.

Still, some bodyguards managed to buy some time.

“Those guys are the ones…”

Hwang Jang-soo noticed their magical movements. They were the bodyguards Hae-soo had mentioned.

“Chairman Ahn, this way, this way! Quickly!”

“O-oh, huh.”

The title was wrong, but Chairman Ahn did not blame him.

Chairman Ahn was dragged around like a doll, his arm held by Hwang Jang-soo.

Hwang Jang-soo’s destination was the emergency exit door, where one guy was guarding with some confidence.

Even though there was only one, he seemed confident that he could prevent anyone from leaving.

When he spotted Hwang Jang-soo, he fumbled at his waist and pulled out a knife.

Jang-soo had no weapons on him. However, he was wearing the special stab-proof vest that Hae-soo had given him, protecting only his upper body.

“Coming to die-”

Bang!

As he extended his knife towards Hwang Jang-soo, Jang-soo also extended his fist without dodging.

His knife slightly deviated from its path due to Jang-soo’s extended arm and pierced the air, while Jang-soo’s fist landed squarely on his face.

“Ugh…”

He crashed into the emergency door and collapsed to the ground. Hwang Jang-soo snatched the knife from his hand, immediately stabbed his carotid artery, and opened the emergency door.

“A-ah, Mister! Get out of here quickly! Get out!”

Chairman Ahn stared blankly at Hwang Jang-soo with wide eyes and followed his lead.

He had just killed a person. The action was so natural and without hesitation that it seemed far removed from the word ‘murder.’

It was clearly a skill that could not be achieved by killing only once or twice. A chill ran down his spine.

“Stop them!”

“Haaap!”

Although only one person was stationed at the emergency door, it was not completely unattended.

Seeing Hwang Jang-soo, a team leader-level bodyguard who had been glancing at the emergency door shouted, and two bodyguards rushed in.

Each of their attacks was so deadly that Hwang Jang-soo could not ignore them and turned around to block the emergency door with his body.

Whoong, whoong.

Unlike Hae-soo, who preferred bare hands, Hwang Jang-soo often used a knife. It was just that there were not many opportunities to use it.

Hwang Jang-soo’s muscular body moved nimbly, dodging the bodyguards’ attacks, then pinned one’s arm to his side and immediately stabbed his forearm and collarbone with the knife.

Thwack, thwack!

As he kicked his side and pulled out the knife, a large amount of blood spurted out, drenching Hwang Jang-soo’s face.

“Come on, you murdering bastards!”

Another one was added, and they fought 2:1 again, but Hwang Jang-soo quickly pushed them away and closed the emergency door.

The sparring with Haru, which was always shown to train the rookies and Woo Gang-cheol, had instead become Hwang Jang-soo’s special training.

Haru and these guys had similar attack methods, but Haru was far faster and had better surprise techniques.

Compared to Haru, these guys were easy opponents.

Chief Cheon, who was watching the scene from afar, opened his mouth.

“Yeong, go.”

“Yes, Teacher.”

The man called Yeong twitched his thick eyebrows and headed for the emergency door that Hwang Jang-soo had escaped through.

Chairman Ahn, who had been watching Hwang Jang-soo’s fight from behind without leaving, could not hide his surprise.

Hwang Jang-soo’s body was covered in blood from small wounds.

His face was covered in blood that seemed to belong to someone else, overlapping with the image of him killing earlier, creating fear, but gratitude was even greater.

Shin Hae-soo was right. His daughter, Ahn Seo-eun, had seen the right person.

Even the top-notch bodyguards in the security industry were falling like leaves, but he was overwhelming the scary bodyguards.

The eccentric behavior he had shown before was neatly forgotten long ago.

Hwang Jang-soo blocked the emergency door with his body and shouted urgently.

“Mister, go to the elevator, the elevator! No matter how crazy these guys are, they can’t kill everyone in this hotel!”

Hwang Jang-soo was so flustered that he spoke informally and called him ‘Mister’ because he was confused about the title.

Chairman Ahn suddenly became ‘Mister,’ the chairman of a large corporation, but he didn’t care.

He went down two floors via the emergency stairs and headed for the elevator in the center. This was the 18th floor. But all four elevators were on the 1st floor or already going down.

Taptaptap-

The time it took for the elevator to arrive felt like an eternity.

At that moment, someone’s footsteps were heard from the dark end of the opposite hallway. It was a man. Ahn Chairman was certain that he was a bodyguard just by looking at his eyes.

As Chairman Ahn gave up on the elevator and stepped back, the man pulled out a knife from his pocket and ran towards him at a terrifying speed.

Chairman Ahn ran away with all his might, but the distance between him and the bodyguard quickly narrowed.

Just as the bodyguard was about to catch up, he stomped his foot hard on the floor, jumped up, and extended the knife behind Chairman Ahn’s neck.

Bang!

The emergency door opened violently as if an explosion had occurred, and Hwang Jang-soo jumped out and body-checked the bodyguard who was floating in the air.

Kwagwangkwang!!

The bodyguard crashed into the wall, unable to regain his senses due to the intense impact, and remained sitting with his head bowed.

Crack-

Hwang Jang-soo naturally twisted his neck with both hands and turned his head to look at Chairman Ahn.

Chairman Ahn, with his eyes wide open like a startled rabbit, was looking at Hwang Jang-soo.

Ding-dong. This is the 18th floor.

The elevator opened just in time. Hwang Jang-soo grabbed the back of Chairman Ahn’s neck, who was standing there blankly, and ran to the elevator.

“We have to go! Quickly!”

As Hwang Jang-soo and Chairman Ahn got into the elevator and the door was about to close.

Thung-

A work boot came in. The door slowly opened, revealing a man.

Instead of coming in and attacking, he took a step back. There was something different about him compared to the other guys, both in his atmosphere and actions.

Tadatadak-

Two more guys were seen coming from the emergency door behind him. If these two joined while this guy held the elevator, they wouldn’t be able to go down.

Hwang Jang-soo gritted his teeth and moved forward.

“Mister, go first!”

Chairman Ahn stared at his broad back for a moment. But the hesitation was short. Nothing would work if he didn’t act according to his thoughts.

Chairman Ahn raised his hand and pressed the close button.

As the door closed and the elevator went down, the other person stood still and raised one corner of his mouth.

“Brave.”

“Brave my ass, you guys are all going to die by my hands.”

Hwang Jang-soo immediately swung his knife at him. He easily dodged Jang-soo’s knife tip and extended his foot.

Thwack!

Jang-soo lost his balance as his knee was pushed aside, and in the meantime, a blade flew and grazed Jang-soo’s cheek.

If he had turned his head a little later, his neck would have been cut off.

Chaeng, whoong, whoong – thwack!

The fight was not long. No matter how good Hwang Jang-soo was, he was at a disadvantage against an equal opponent and outnumbered, so his injuries gradually increased and he became exhausted.

Pubeok, thwack-

Yeong’s knife successively struck Hwang Jang-soo’s instep, knee, and back of his hand.

Jang-soo knelt on one knee and gritted his teeth.

Yeong looked down at him and raised his knife high, taking a posture of execution.

“Go.”

Just as Yeong was about to bring the knife down on Hwang Jang-soo’s neck.

Tadatadak-

Sensing an eerie aura from the side, he turned his head and raised his knife. Someone with a small build wearing black clothes was flying in.

Shiiick- slice.

The blade slipped past Yeong’s blade as if dancing, cutting his neck back and forth.

A blood line circled Yeong’s neck, and then blood spurted out like a fountain.