The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 62

The team leader pointed an index finger at the men moving the money bag. Despite his frantic gestures, most of the gamblers didn’t even glance his way.

The men approached, and the team leader backpedaled, shouting even louder.

“Hey, you gamblers! These guys are running off with your money!”

Only then did some people turn to look. Among the men, the bald one raised a hand and addressed the crowd.

“Ah, just keep doing what you were doing. It’s nothing. This guy lost money and is just causing a scene, asking for it back.”

“Tsk, what’s the big deal?”

“Like we only lose once or twice.”

“Report him to the police.”

With dark circles reaching his knees and eyes glazed over in denial, the team leader’s attempt to incite the gamblers, who outnumbered the gang members, was failing miserably.

They couldn’t even imagine opposing these gangsters.

“Give me my money back!”

The team leader rushed at the nearest man.

“What’s your problem, mister! You’re gonna get your ass kicked… uh, uh!”

The man, a shabby middle-aged guy, was stronger than he looked and collapsed under the team leader’s weight.

While grappling with the man, the team leader managed to snatch his phone and, while running away, called 112 [the South Korean emergency services number, similar to 911].

“I’m going to report you all, you scammer bastards!! Hello! This is the police, right!”

“This crazy bastard!”

“Hey! Catch that bastard!”

Thump!

The team leader was quickly grabbed by the ankle and fell onto a table. They snatched his phone and started kicking him.

Then, Hae-soo’s voice came through his earpiece.

“Got the location. It’ll take 20 minutes by GPS.”

“Damn it… ugh, uh.”

The team leader curled up, enduring the kicks. He couldn’t tell if his team would arrive before he was kicked to death.

At that moment, the bald man appeared and shouted.

“Hey! Stop it and move the money.”

“Yes.”

“Yes, boss.”

They started moving the money again, along with the ledger…

‘Damn it, if I get hit anymore, I really feel like I’m going to die…’

“10 minutes left.”

“Give me my money!”

The team leader jumped up, snatched a money bag, and started running away. The bag was so heavy that he didn’t hesitate to scatter the money inside everywhere.

“Wow! It’s money!”

“What! What is it!”

“My money! It’s my money!!”

The gamblers showed the biggest reaction they had shown so far. In an instant, the scene erupted into chaos.

The bald boss watched the situation and frowned deeply.

“This won’t do. Catch that bastard and send him to Teacher Yang.”

“Yes, boss.”

Teacher Yang was a doctor known for harvesting organs [a euphemism for illegal organ trafficking]. About a dozen men surrounded the team leader and approached.

The bald man took out a knife from his pocket and slammed it into a table.

Thwack!

“Stop!! Anyone picking up money will have their wrists cut off!”

As if by magic, people’s hands froze at his threat. These weren’t naive newcomers like the team leader; they knew how scary the bald man was.

“Ugh! These guys are trying to kill someone!!”

In the meantime, the team leader was caught again and, while still holding the money bag, was kicked relentlessly by the thugs.

Thud, thud, thud!

“Ugh, ugh!”

Perhaps because he heard the words ‘sent to Teacher Yang,’ the thugs’ kicks became even more violent. The team leader estimated that at least three of his ribs were broken.

“Hey, move him.”

At the bald man’s cold command, the thugs stopped kicking.

He squatted down in front of him and lifted the team leader’s chin with his hand.

“Mister, did we look that nice to you? Even if all the gamblers here die, no one will find out.”

The team leader flinched and avoided his gaze. The bald man smirked.

“Do you understand the situation now? But it’s too late.”

“Team leader, you’ve done well. I’ve arrived.”

“I’ve been waiting like crazy.”

“…What?”

The team leader used all his strength to throw the money bag he was holding at the bald man and jumped up, stepping back.

The team leader stopped with the dark entrance behind him.

The bald man wiped his face where the money bag had hit him.

“Ha… this mister has amazing tenacity. Does he have nine lives or something?”

Step, step, step.

Following the bald man, dozens of gangsters slowly moved towards the team leader.

Dozens of black-clad gangsters were facing the team leader.

The team leader clenched his fists and shouted at them.

“Come at me, you bastards! I’m a police officer of the Republic of Korea!”

At the team leader’s shout, the bald man picked his ear and sneered.

“What is he saying, this mister? Oh, you were a police officer? Then we should just kill you now. Kill him.”

As the men took out knives from their pockets, the team leader urgently shouted.

“Strike team!!”

At the team leader’s shout, the men flinched. But nothing happened.

“Ah, I was scared.”

“Tsk, strike team my ass, crazy…”

The team leader was sweating and stepped back. He muttered softly.

“Where are they? Where are they? Damn it, they said they were here…”

At that moment, a familiar voice was heard in his ear.

“We’re here.”

Shin Hae-soo emerged from the darkness.

Swoosh.

Behind him, Muscle Monster and Oh Geng appeared from the darkness and stood next to the team leader.

Seeing the murderous muscles of the violent crime unit team members revealing themselves one by one, the bald man’s bitter smile gradually disappeared.

“How did you get here…?”

“Wh-what.”

The team leader grabbed his side and gave a beaming smile with his swollen face.

“What do you mean what, you bastards? It means it’s time for a counterattack!”

The team leader made a gun shape with his hand and stretched it forward, shouting.

“Strike team!! Push forward!!”

Muscle Monster responded to the cheesy, passionate command. He let out a beast-like roar and ran out.

“Aaaaaah!!”

Oh Geng and Hae-soo were stimulated by his combative roar and chased after him, shouting even louder so as not to be outdone.

“Euaaaah!!”

“Aeuaak!!”

Although there were only three of them, the momentum and shouts they emitted made the gangsters shrink back.

The bald man frowned at his bewildered subordinates and shouted.

“What are you doing, you bastards!! Kill them!!”

“Yiaaaa!”

“Kill!!”

The gangsters ran towards the strike team rushing in fiercely. But the timing and momentum were already broken.

Thud, thud, thud, thud!!

The strike team pushed through the gangsters with their bodies like a cavalry charge. Those who collided with them were thrown away as if they had been in a traffic accident.

The charge stopped only after they had penetrated deep inside, and a proper melee unfolded.

Clatter-

Only then did Oh Geng unfold his baton and shout while beating the gangsters indiscriminately.

“These guys all have knives! Stick to the wall!”

“To the wall!!”

The strike team moved little by little towards the wall, watching each other’s backs.

Hae-soo was very sorry that Oh Geng and the youngest member were wearing stab-proof vests, but not the special stab-proof vests like his own.

The team leader wasn’t wearing a stab-proof vest and was severely injured, so he was only dealing with the gangsters who timidly poked out.

There were no guys running wild like Mocking Ghost or the manager among them, but knives were dangerous no matter who held them.

Hae-soo decided to move more aggressively and quickly deal with the thugs.

“Hold on! I’ll get them!”

“What?”

Oh Geng expressed his doubts, but Hae-soo’s words were law to the youngest member.

“Yes, sir!”

The youngest member leaned his back against the wall and took a defensive stance to block the gangsters’ attacks.

Hae-soo nodded and turned his body. Immediately, a blade grazed his chest. He grabbed the arm that crossed his chest, twisted it sharply, and raised his elbow.

Crack, crack!!

“Aaaaaah!!”

The elbow was completely bent in the opposite direction, tearing the flesh and popping the bone out, spraying blood.

While a few people paused at the gruesome sight, Hae-soo chose his next prey.

Crack, crack!

“Kueak!”

“Augh!”

Terrible screams echoed incessantly throughout the scene.

There were no people standing properly in the path Hae-soo passed. Once caught, they became combat ineffective. The number of enemies quickly decreased.

At the sight, the bald man pointed at Hae-soo with the tip of his knife.

“That bastard, catch that joint doctor-like bastard first!!”

“Yes, yes!”

The voice telling him to catch him was quite loud, so Hae-soo heard it too.

Crack.

Hae-soo clenched the hand he was unfolding to grab and break. Then, he faced the thugs rushing towards him head-on.

Bang! Bang! Bang!!

Hae-soo ignored defense and only swung his fists at the opponent’s face, as if he had all-in on attack stats.

The thugs who tried to cut off Hae-soo’s attack with their attacks were helplessly hit in the face by Hae-soo’s fist.

Wham!!

The bald man couldn’t properly grasp the situation, whether he could win or what he was seeing now.

Clearly, his subordinates numbered over thirty and were holding knives, and on the other side, only one person had a baton and the other two were empty-handed, so it was obvious that his side would win.

It was an obvious calculation, but his subordinates were falling one by one every second, and they were not falling at all. Moreover, they were not fatally injured.

At this point, the calculation was done. They couldn’t win. Especially that person who was breaking the kids’ bones and now breaking their jaws was not a human but a monster.

He had to run away.

Thud.

At that moment, a shadow fell.

“Why, are you running away?”

“Eh…”

Pow-!

Hae-soo’s fist slammed into the bald man’s nose. The bald man felt his nose bone digging into the inside of his face and lost consciousness.

*

Slap! Slap!

It was painful. It was hot and painful, as if pouring oil on his face and setting it on fire.

“He’s not waking up. Should I punch him?”

Swoosh.

“E, eek! I, I woke up! I woke up!”

The bald man waved his hands and jumped up. At the same time, Hae-soo’s hand flew in.

Smack!

“Cough.”

“If you speak informally, you get hit. If I have to ask again, you get hit. Where are Kim Dong-dong and Jang Young-shik?”

“…Yes?”

As Hae-soo raised his hand, he screamed quickly in horror.

“Ah, I think I know! I think I know! Th-those lumps? I think they’re probably working…”

“Working?”

“Th-the log work…”

Hae-soo grabbed his collar and pulled him closer.

“Where is it?”

“Th…”

The bald man pointed to the floor with his finger. It was underground. As expected, everything was happening here.

*

Kim Dong-dong was just rolling his eyes. Young-shik was closing his eyes comfortably next to him.

He wanted to see if he was dead or alive, if his chest was rising, but he couldn’t see that far.

“You’re the brother who came to save him?”

A middle-aged man with a red nose and a white gown chuckled and let out a chilling laugh.

“I’ve only heard about these lump gangster bastards talking about loyalty. I didn’t know they would be this ignorant. I’ll especially open your head later. I’m curious about what your brain looks like.”

The skinny middle-aged man looked like he could break his neck with just a stretch of his hand, but there was nowhere he could move except his eyeballs.

It wasn’t just the problem of being tied up. His senses were dull, as if he had been anesthetized all over his body.

“Well, first, just for fun, I’ll cut off your arm and show it to you. You hold your arm, keh hehick.”

“I’ll break your neck first.”

“Huh?”

The middle-aged man reflexively looked at Dong-dong, realized that the sound was coming from somewhere else, and turned around.

At the same time, a thick hand flew through the vinyl and grabbed his neck.

“Keheok!”