ALL NOVEL Chapter 36.2
The Tombs’ Owners (2)
When I turned my head back around, the guys who had been facing Black and Mong-Doo were now running back to the passenger quarters.
I stepped on the foot of one of the fallen thugs and asked him a question.
“What were those guys saying just now?”
“Um, j-just that these girls were escaping…”
“Are you going to tell me the truth?”
I struck the back of his hand with my hammer.
Bang!
“Aaargh!”
“If you like being able to use both hands, why don’t you just cooperate.”
“Th-they’re heading to the bridge… Aargh.”
To the bridge?
I started getting a bad feeling.
And it was right then that the ship started slowly moving.
I shouted to Black.
“Let’s leave this to Mong-Doo and head up to the bridge! I think they’re trying to take control of the ship!”
“What?”
“It looks like these bastards are planning to guarantee their escape to China… Team Leader! Team Leader! Can you hear me?”
-This is… isn’t it! Just stop…. Buzzz…
Team Leader tried to respond, but the signal immediately cut off.
No, it might actually have been forced to shut off. It was clear that he was in an extremely dire situation.
Shit. If things went on like this, it could get tricky..
The Coast Guard’s ships were still a while away.
It would take them about 10 or so minutes to get here.
“Newbie! Let’s go!”
“Get out of our way you bastards!”
“I’ll sort this out quickly and be right behind you!”
Following the guys from the Joongmae Gang, Black and I ran up to the cabins.
The passengers there were murmuring with anxiety at this sudden emergency.
The same was true of the staff stationed in the cabins, as they hadn’t received any updates about the situation.
“What’s going on?”
“船停了下来.”1
“Mommy. I’m scared.”
It had been concerning enough when the ship came to a halt, but what with a brawl and a chase scene flaring up out of nowhere?
Pulling out my police badge, I shouted at them.
“Everyone, return to your rooms and lock the doors! We are currently in the middle of an operation. The Coast Guard will be here soon, so there is no need to panic.”
“Stop right there you bastards!”
Black and I ran up the stairs leading to the bridge.
And there we found ourselves facing the remaining executives of the Joongmae Gang.
They were barring the entrance to the bridge.
“What! How come there are cops here?”
The person who said this had a genuinely surprised expression on his face.
It was someone that I knew.
Wi Yeon-Gil. He was a guy who had come to Korea after making a name for himself in a Chinese syndicate.
He was also the leader of the Joongmae Gang. In my previous life, he had been extradited to China and executed.
His closely-shaven head was covered thickly in scars.
They were the marks of a man who had managed to survive in the cruel world of organized crime.
Black growled at him threateningly.
“You’re still in Korean waters, you bastard. What's so surprising about meeting Korean police officers in Korea?”
“Hm. Well now, this is quite troublesome, shit.”
That sounded about right. We were also in quite some trouble ourselves.
Even with Black here, we were still in quite a dangerous situation.
Wi Yeon-Gil was the former head of a syndicate’s assault force, while Black had already used up a lot of his strength, tearing open boxes and cracking skulls.
“And we just needed to make sure that this delivery gets through safely.”
“Delivery? What the hell do you see those people as?!”
“I guess that just means we’ll have to make sure that you all die here.”
At Wi Yeong-Gil’s words, his subordinates pulled out their knives.
“Haiyaa!”
As one, they started running towards us.
After Black and I exchanged signals through a shared glance, we drew our pistols.
Bang-!
Bang-!
“Aaargh!”
“W-whoa!”
Having been shot in both legs at the same time, our target collapsed and started rolling down the stairs.
We kicked him aside and sent him rolling the rest of the way down.
“That reckless bastard had quite some luck. Just now, those were blanks. The next shot will definitely be a live bullet. So it would be for the best if you all stay still. If you don’t want us to drill a hole through your heads, that is.”
I warned them of this while aiming my gun at Wi Yeon-Gil.
With their knives still raised, the thugs hesitated and turned to look at their leader.
It was written on their faces that they were asking what to do.
In response, Wi Yeon-Gil drew his own blade.
“如果你被抓住了，那就是死刑。我死在这里，我死在那里。它是一样的!”2
“What do you think he’s saying?”
“It seems like he’s saying that since they’re doomed anyway, so they might as well go down fighting.”
“That so? If that’s the case, then there’s nothing for it.”
It seemed that I had managed to roughly interpret what he was saying.
Since the thugs started rushing us as soon as Wi Yeon-Gil raised his hand.
While taking a few steps backwards, we fired our guns.
One step, two steps, three steps, four steps…
Footnote:
1 “The boat has stopped moving.”
2 “If we’re arrested, it’s the death penalty for us. Die now, die later. It’s all the same!”