The Regressor Only Protects Me [EN]: Chapter 183

183. The Meaning of the Elite Squad (2)

Gangseo, Incheon Joint Checkpoint.

The short-haired woman confidently introduced herself to the station chief.

“I’m from Suwon! My name is Chae Chaeyeon! Pleased to meet you.”

*Bow-*

Chae Chaeyeon bowed deeply, showing the top of her head to the station chief.

Lee Juyeon stood next to Chae Chaeyeon, who was still bowing.

The two women were Kang Junho’s subordinates, and they had just arrived in Gangseo-gu via Incheon to locate the individual monopolizing alcohol and tobacco.

The atmosphere in Gangseo-gu was chaotic.

In such an atmosphere, the two outsiders were not welcome.

The checkpoint chief, with a grim face, threatened Chae Chaeyeon.

“So, what the hell do you want? Do you think it’s okay to just show up here and make demands? Get lost before things get ugly. You know your laws don’t apply in this Metro area, right?”

The checkpoint chief slammed a pistol on the table between them.

Seeing the pistol, Lee Juyeon, who was standing next to Chae Chaeyeon, frowned instantly.

But Chae Chaeyeon remained calm.

She slightly raised the corners of her lips and said.

“Ah~ ah~. You’re misunderstanding. Let’s not misunderstand! I’m just here to investigate. So, if you just cooperate…”

“You fucking bitch.”

The checkpoint chief grabbed the pistol in one swift motion and aimed it at Chae Chaeyeon.

“I’m already busy as hell catching those fucking spies from Mangyeong. Why are you gathering them and causing a ruckus? And as outsiders. You crazy bitch. Do you think it makes sense to demand investigative powers within the Metro forces? You crazy bastards. I’m already annoyed to death, why are you coming here and causing trouble?”

Half of his words were curses.

The checkpoint chief was quite on edge.

The entire checkpoint was in an uproar because of the task of identifying Mangyeong’s spies.

Even in the midst of such a busy time, meetings with the deputies of the Suwon Branch 1 were mandatory under the Metro-Suwon agreement.

However, the checkpoint chief had no intention of showing them respect.

Around the checkpoint chief, hunters with considerable muscle mass were creating a tense atmosphere.

But even in such a grim atmosphere, Chae Chaeyeon did not lose her smile.

She put a cigarette in her mouth and asked.

“Are you at war right now?”

“Whether we’re at war or not, it’s none of your business.”

Chae Chaeyeon crossed her legs.

Her exposed thighs caught the attention of the hunters.

She blew out cigarette smoke and said.

“Then let’s do this. Ah-. Um. Okay. If you cooperate with the investigation, I’ll transfer the distribution rights for luxury goods coming through Incheon directly to this joint checkpoint. Isn’t that an attractive offer? Chief, right?”

The chief, who had been expressing displeasure at her words, softened his emotions a little.

But from the checkpoint chief’s point of view, it was unacceptable.

As Chae Chaeyeon said, the forces were at war.

The current situation in Metro is that even a single fallen leaf must be treated with caution.

If they made a wrong decision and caught the eye of the Underground Church [a powerful, secretive organization], it wouldn’t usually end with death.

The judges of the Underground Church were known for being cruel.

The checkpoint chief pulled the slide of the gun and aimed it at Chae Chaeyeon.

“Shut up and get out before I shoot. I don’t want to get involved with the Suwon guys either.”

Chae Chaeyeon, with a cigarette in her mouth, playfully raised both hands.

“Ah~~ I told you not to misunderstand, but you insist on doing this.”

“No matter what you give, no matter what the conditions, it’s impossible to go any further into the force. Tell your boss, if you mess with Metro now, all the passes we’ve given to your merchants will be confiscated.”

“Hmm~.”

Chae Chaeyeon pursed her lips and nodded.

Then, as if there was nothing she could do, she got up from her seat.

“I can’t help it if you show such a firm attitude.”

Chae Chaeyeon stepped back.

At the same time, she patted Lee Juyeon’s shoulder and walked towards the door.

The checkpoint chief’s gun was still aimed at Chae Chaeyeon.

But Chae Chaeyeon didn’t go out the door; she locked it.

*Click-.*

She took a deep breath of cigarette smoke and said.

“If you’re so firm, I have no choice but to be firm too.”

“You fuck! What are you doing!”

The checkpoint chief was surprised and got up from his seat.

*Whoosh- Bang!!!*

A gunshot rang out in the room, and before the second gunshot could be fired, green arrows were lodged in the foreheads of the hunters.

Lee Juyeon had green threads attached to her ten fingers, and those threads were connected to the arrows.

As the gunshot rang out, someone began to bang violently on the door.

But since Chae Chaeyeon had locked the door first, they couldn’t break into the room.

Chae Chaeyeon massaged Lee Juyeon’s shoulders and rejoiced.

“As expected, you’re the best, sis! So strong!”

“If you’ve achieved your goal, find the key and let’s go quickly. What’s the escape plan?”

“It’s perfect, sis. Just a moment. I wonder if this was definitely the key~?”

Chae Chaeyeon quickly approached the hunters’ corpses and rummaged through their pockets.

Then, she took out a bunch of keys from the checkpoint chief’s pocket.

*Clang- Clang-.*

Chae Chaeyeon shook the bunch of keys and said.

“You said you were going straight to Mangyeong along Line 1? To look for your sister one more time.”

At her words, Lee Juyeon nodded slightly.

“Yeah.”

She wanted to find her sister in Mangyeong again.

Lee Juyeon spent the 1st and 2nd rounds in Mangyeong.

After that, she moved her base to Suwon, crossing the dense forest.

Even this time, she could have used Chae Chaeyeon’s poison control artifact to go to Mangyeong in one go, but there was intelligence that Mangyeong was currently blocking all traffic to the southern region.

Lee Juyeon had no choice but to take the route entering Incheon following Chae Chaeyeon. Besides, a proper disguise was essential to go to Mangyeong.

The two were planning to split up here.

Lee Juyeon looked at Chae Chaeyeon and asked.

“What about you?”

Chae Chaeyeon answered, taking the gun that the checkpoint chief had.

“I’m going to the Emperor of Mangyeong.”

“……Was it Ha Yunha.”

“Yeah. I heard that the top executives of Mangyeong are gathered in Yeouido because they are attacking the Metro forces right now. He might be there. After all, the culprit who monopolized cigarettes and alcohol is most likely Ha Yunha.”

Chae Chaeyeon hung the pistol on her belt and continued.

“I’ll check Yeouido first, and if he’s not there, I’ll have to go to Mangyeong. I’ll see you in Mangyeong, sis.”

“Yeah. Okay.”

Lee Juyeon answered weakly and approached the tightly closed iron door and opened the lock.

Her artifact took on a green glow and penetrated through the slightly opened door gap.

Suddenly, a scream rang out.

“See you in Mangyeong.”

Lee Juyeon left only those words and opened the door.

There, the guards of the checkpoint, whose bodies were pierced by green arrows, were bleeding and collapsing.

* * *

There had been no change on the Mapo Bridge for a week.

Kang Si-on wanted the main force of the enemies to move first, but the enemies were just holding out without showing any particular movement.

The two formations here seem to be doing nothing, but in fact, a tremendous psychological warfare was taking place.

The side that moves first gets caught in the opponent’s strategy.

Kang Si-on realized something while advancing this far.

The enemies were also waiting for the Mangyeong army.

As evidence, their main force was still hiding tightly underground.

No matter how excellent Kang Si-on’s intelligence was, he couldn’t find the troops hidden underground.

And the Mapo Bridge is a fuse.

If Mangyeong attacks the Mapo Bridge first, they will use the prepared move.

If they lead the main force and attack first, Mangyeong will also use the prepared move.

Si-on has no intention of foolishly attacking as the enemies want.

He’s just waiting while shelling.

*Trrrrr-.* *Thud!*

A scrapped car floated into the sky and flew towards the Mapo Bridge defense line.

The handler rang the bell to move the ogre a little further forward.

The ogre crawled on all fours and moved a little further forward.

When the ogre equipped with the catapult on its back was ready to aim, the ogre also carried the car for catapulting.

The handler did the final check and catapulted again.

Once every 5 minutes.

The crushed car for catapulting, like a soda can, flew towards the enemies.

The Metro’s defense wall collapsed helplessly, and the enemies hurriedly reorganized, taking advantage of the time when there was no catapulting.

Anyway, time was on Kang Si-on’s side.

Mangyeong was controlling the ‘monster,’ the theme of the 2.5 round, very well.

However, Kang Si-on was not just waiting for the enemies to surrender.

The operation was steadily progressing.

All day long, cars for catapulting flew, and as the night deepened.

Several members of the elite squad, painted black with charcoal all over their bodies, gathered at the bottom of the bridge.

50 people a day. So far, more than 400 people have gathered.

They were connecting wires to the bottom of the bridge and secretly crossing the Mapo Bridge.

They were crossing the bridge using the wire transfer technology that they had been training every day in Pangyo.

When the elite squad moved, a distraction operation took place on the bridge.

To prevent the enemies from noticing, a small elite repeatedly approached and retreated from the enemies’ defense wall.

Of course, this was also to prevent the enemies from seeing only Slediman wriggling as the elite squad moved.

By secretly moving to the lower part in this way, they finally arrived in northern Seoul.

They infiltrated the building along the infiltration route that had been designed in advance.

Infiltration usually means secretly moving underground, but the inside of the Metro forces was different.

The enemies were rather living more gathered underground, and no one lived on the ground except for the hunters who were scouting.

The elite squad secretly moved into the ruins.

This infiltration route was all based on the information that Choi Hyunji had found out in advance.

Choi Hyunji seemed to be sent to Gangnam as a monitor, but in fact, she went over to northern Seoul and played a role in infiltrating deep into them and delivering information.

It was all Kang Si-on’s order and instruction.

Choi Hyunji’s ability was amazing.

She really found out all the core information of the enemy without ever getting caught and safely escaped to Gangnam.

Anyway, the infiltration route that Choi Hyunji, the most outstanding ability among the wanderers, had found out was abnormal, but it was that certain.

The elite squad went to the apartment complex in the center of Seoul, which was considered the safest so far.

Their movement was not smooth.

Choi Hyunji said to Choi Myungjun.

-It’s definitely safe, but it’s going to be really hard. Are you ready? I almost died too. Especially when crossing the Mapo Bridge.

-The elite squad can overcome all that. All you need is perseverance and determination.

-……Idiot. You’re just showing off. Anyway, don’t die. If you die, I’ll eat *yukgaejang* [spicy beef soup] with two bowls of rice.

The elite squad thoroughly practiced the infiltration route of Choi Hyunji that they had learned in advance.

Starting from the Mapo Bridge wire, they had to complete the journey to the meeting place within 12 hours.

They had to arrive at the meeting place before sunrise.

It takes 6 hours just to cross the Mapo Bridge.

It doesn’t seem that difficult if you just express it in numbers, but crossing the wire is not that easy.

You must never let go even if your palms are scratched by the wire and filled with blood.

You shouldn’t make a sound either.

You shouldn’t be slow either.

You have to keep moving at a constant speed because it interferes with the comrades who are following behind.

Choi Myungjun’s order was that if you were going to be slow or scream, you should rather drop the line and fall into the sea.

That’s how four people fell.

Slediman did not miss the opportunity and swallowed the falling prey in one breath and went into the river.

Like that, 50 people each time. It took about 2 weeks for all the elite squad to cross.

Their meeting place was the 10th floor of a construction site where no one was.

For 2 weeks, they only ate dried shredded jerky or survived on salt, holding their breath.

Everything was a special order given by Kang Si-on’s plan.

The elite squad was a true dog of Kang Si-on.

A dog that does what the owner tells it to do.

And a dog that can bite the enemy at any time.

The elite squad endured hunger and mental pain for 2 weeks.

Of course, Choi Myungjun was with them too.

Even in the midst of going crazy, the members did not even make a sound.

They just silently tore off salt and jerky.

And exactly 2 weeks later.

The last members arrived at the meeting place, and their leader approached Choi Myungjun.

The leader of the last members was surprised to see Choi Myungjun.

Choi Myungjun left on the very first day to be an example to his subordinates. Then he waited here ‘sitting’ until now.

For 2 weeks.

And his appearance was, in a word, a devil.

Red smoke was rising from his mouth, nose, and ears. He looked at the leader of the members who had come over last with bloodshot eyes.

The leader of the members was very nervous and bowed his head and handed him a note.

“It’s the Hero’s order.”

Choi Myungjun received the note from his subordinate.

He took out a flashlight from his arms.

It was a flashlight that he would never turn on normally, but now he turned it on to look at the note.

*Click-.*

Choi Myungjun was able to smile only after seeing Kang Si-on’s handwriting reflected in the flashlight.

-The enemies have begun to strike the Mangyeong headquarters. When the full moon rises in the southern sky, launch a general attack. Good luck.

Choi Myungjun put the note in his mouth and chewed it.

Then he jumped up from his seat.

Then the elite squad gathered here also stood up together.

Choi Myungjun chewed on the note and shone the flashlight on the faces of the members.

Their eyes were the eyes of murderers who couldn’t bear not to kill someone right away.

Looking at them, Choi Myungjun ordered.

“Prepare.”

(Continued in the next episode)