It was no use getting angry. There was no room for compromise in Taek-ju's
face. Even if the hostage's life was at stake, he was not likely to step down.
What was clear was that as soon as the hostage died, Lee Chul-jin himself
would not be safe. All of that was implied in the gaze that was quietly
pressing.
"Hey..."!!"
Lee Chul-jin quickly gave up the confrontation and pushed the hostage.
Then he strode up the stairs behind him.Kwon left the fallen hostage on one
side and chased him.
Just as he climbed to the second floor, people rushed in from the deck door.
He turned around and headed straight for it. Lee Chul-jin, who ran away
quickly, came into view. Kwon Taek-ju didn't run. The stride was a little
wider, and there was only a little acceleration. There was no reason to be
hasty. After all, the ship was on its way to the open sea. Lee Chul-jin was
like a rat in a jar.
He followed Lee Chul-jin, who was running away in a hurry. Kwon Taek-
ju's hair fluttered black in the strong sea breeze. The appearance gave rise to
a strange sense of pressure.
- Senior, the deputy ferry just reported to the Coast Guard that there was an
armed gunman on board. Is there something wrong?
Suddenly, the voice of the other day came from the communication device
in his ear.
"I'll talk to you later. I think I'll be a little busy."
Kwon Taek-ju finally faced Lee Chul-jin, who reached the railing. Soon
there was a sound of dissuasion from the communication device, but the
power was turned off without hesitation. As a result, only Lee Chul-jin and
Kwon Taek-ju remained on the windy deck.
Lee Chul-jin looked down at the distant sea.His hands are tight, whether
attached to the railing. Meanwhile, Kwon Taek-ju steadily narrowed his distance. Lee Chul-jin, who was driven to the center, swung a weapon in the
air.
It was a gesture to escape somehow, but it was meaningless. The moment
he fears his opponent, the threat loses its power.
"Don't come!"
He approached Lee Chul-jin, who was struggling. Lee Chul-jin, who was
looking at Kwon Taek-ju, who was getting closer quickly, and the sea that
was winding black, repeatedly cracked the air with a weapon.
"I told you not to come!"
He shouted furiously in a bewilderment. Kwon Taek-ju took out Je colt in a
strange way. It was the moment when Lee Chul-jin's knife was reduced to a
lump of scrap metal.
Lee Chul-jin's eyes, which had been restless, suddenly left Kwon Taek-ju.
His eyes groped somewhere behind Kwon Taek-ju.
The next moment, with the sound of a bath, a flame broke out from Kwon
Taekju's gun. The flying bullet hit the target accurately. However, it was not
Lee Chul-jin who collapsed screaming. It was Kim Young-hee, who was
approaching Kwon Taek-ju in silence.
Kim Young-hee's ivory coat is colored with red blood. She sat down,
holding her right hand, which had flown in tatters. Her colt fell together,
grinding bullets into the air. It was unknown whether the target was Kwon
Taek-ju or Lee Chul-jin, who was caught with the gun.
Kwon Taek-ju turned his head to the front again. Lee Chul-jin threw out his
knife and stood with his back showing. Hold the railing and take a deep breath.
Naturally, his shoulders rose and his back swelled. As soon as a bad hunch
crossed his mind, Lee Chul-jin's body, which was narrowly attached to the
railing, slipped over to the outside.
"...!"
Kwon Taek-ju ran to the railing like a bouncer. But before he could get
there, the sound of a splash rang in his ears. Looking down, one side of the black sea water was broken white.
He looked for Lee Chul-jin while moving his eyes everywhere, but he was nowhere to be seen. Hewaited a long time. Then, Lee Chul-jin's head rises in the white wave. Jumping from that height was nothing short of suicide.
However, as if to laugh at the idea, a ship suddenly appeared from
somewhere.The approaching vessel, with all the lights shut off, was an old fishing wooden boat. Rather, it may have avoided the surveillance of
investigative agencies.
The wooden boat buried in the dark slowly got closer to Lee Chul-jin. He
felt like he had been hit in the back of the head. Maybe it was the real
escape route. He may have planned to turn his pursuers' eyes to the return
ticket and evaporate on the sea as soon as he was handed the item.
He fired at once. However, it was not easy to shoot at an invisible ship.
Although it is said to be a target, the problem becomes complicated if it is
sent to the goal. If he had permission to kill him in the first place, he
wouldn't have come this far.
The operation was aimed at rooting for South Korean agents who settled in
South Korea for a long time, took important social positions, and stole state
secrets. There would have been more than one or two greetings who
colluded with them and looked after them. He couldn't cut off the stem
before digging for its roots.
Meanwhile, the ferry continued to move, widening its distance from the
fishing boat. The man from the steering room of the fishing boat pulled Lee
Chul-jin onto the ship. Lee Chul-jin took off his wet coat first. Indeed.
Various buoyancy devices were surrounded all over the body. On the distant
ship, Lee Chul-jin raised his arm as if booinged. He looks certain of victory.
He laughed out loud. Then he soon wiped his smile from his face. Kwon
Taek-ju, who turned around quickly, approached Kim Young-hee, who was
lying down.
Kim Young-hee trembled with a sharp pain in which her hand flew away. At the same time, he pulled something out with all his might. It was extreme.
The woman hit herself on the neck trying to kill herself. Kim Young-hee let
go of the sad consciousness. He pushed a handkerchief full of her mouth so
that she could not hurt herself even if she came to her senses later. Then he
grabbed her left hand and twisted it behind his back.
There was a ring on the ring finger that he looked down inadvertently. The
one with few scratches, he thinks she bought it recently.
"You're wearing a pretty ring, aren't you? It even matches your bracelets."
He drew out his handcuffs and sarcasm. The handcuffs are tightened with a
clatter. The other side was fixed to the railing.
By the time everything was done, the communicator was turned on again.
"You, bounce this way in eight seconds."
He said, "What?" as if the opponent had heard it wrong, but he ignored it.
His consciousness had already moved to his watch. When he pressed the reset button on the side of the clock, the number plate that notified the time
disappeared and a directional table appeared. When he was briefly tangled
with Lee Chul-jin, he attached a tracker to his waist. A red dot indicating
the target's position was gradually fleeing the defense table. There was no
further delay. He took a small deep breath and ran toward the rear of the
ferry.
After reaching the end of the deck, he stepped on the railing without
hesitation and jumped. The view was completely reversed at the shovel.
The wind from all sides seemed to pierce through his body. The crash was
longer than expected.
Poongdeong. The water rose sharply with a huge rupture.A violent shock was also applied to the whole body that collided with the black sea water.
The muscles of the whole body seemed to be torn. As seawater fills all holes in the body at once, bubbles burst. He floated in the sea for a while to ease the impact.
He slowly stirred his limbs to support his body being swept away by the
current.
He opened his eyes and looked around, but the water without a single light was just a dark heaven.
He dashed up to the surface with all his might. It was also burdensome to
remain in place due to a series of high waves.
He managed to raise my wrist and manipulate the clock's reset button one
more time. Then the bearing table of the example disappeared, and the
entire number plate was dazzling. The light shot into the air. It's been 2 or 3
seconds.
Not far away came a familiar mechanical sound. It was the sound of the motorboat's engine. The noise, which was growing louder, soon died
down.Shortly thereafter, a white broken wave hit the skin of the propeller.
There's a series of nagging overheads.
"Oh, my. I'll be a ghost at this rate."
Yoon Jong-woo, who would have been running hard, reached out his hand.
He grabbed the hand and jumped onto the boat. His whole body was wet
and unpleasant.Despite the fierce cold, he unpacked his watch and threw it
to Yoon Jong-woo. Yoon Jong-woo drove the boat after the red dot on the
defense chart without asking. Meanwhile, Kwon Taek-ju took off his wet
coat and took a breath.
The motorboat raced through the black waves. The entire boat bounces off
in the winding waves. The red dot, which was almost out of the defense
table, got closer little by little by little.
Peep, peep, peep, peep, peep, peep, peep.
As the wooden boat came into view, the unique mechanical sound became
even more intense. He must have noticed him, who was running away leisurely, was also chasing.
Soon a man came out of the steering room and sharpened his rifle. Yoon Jong-woo clenched his teeth and turned the steering wheel. The hull turns sharply, causing a strong current. Most of the bullets that were flying in missed, but one of them crawled into the corner of the boat. However, it did not fit the engine or the fuel tank, so it avoided the midnight fireworks.
There was still no light around the neckline. In that state, it was impossible to suppress the opponent in moderation without killing him. Just a little closer, the bullets poured out. Installation with a gun knife is a ridiculous order to capture the man alive.
For a while, when attacked, a series of situations were repeated in which
they avoided turning around, approached again, and then shot again and
paused.
Yoon Jong-woo hit the steering wheel irritably. Even with the target just around the corner, he couldn't touch a fingertip, so his outfit burst.
"Come out."
He pulled Yoon Jong-woo back. Then he sat in the driver's seat and rushed to the fishing boat. Yoon Jong-woo collapsed helplessly due to the rebound
of the boat.
"Argh! Sir, we'll bump into each other! we'll bump into him!"
He barely straightened himself up and screamed in terror.However, Kwon Taekju only accelerated the pace.
Shooting from the neckline also became more intense.Kwon Taek-ju tilted the boat and poured a huge splash on the deck of the wooden boat.Only then did the opponent's attack subside. He went way ahead of the fishing boat. Then he turned the steering wheel unexpectedly and took a big detour.
The unbearable engine screamed. What a sharp turn, the whole boat almost turned upside down. Yoon Jong-woo, who was sick and tired of white, was in a position to fall again when the hull turned and started running back.
Turn back the whole way at best and increase the speed of the boat to its
maximum. When the boat, which had disappeared into the darkness, reappeared, the wooden boat seemed quite embarrassed. Anxiety was evident from the relentless pouring of bullets.
He didn't even dream of shooting cover because of the constant grinding of
the barrel. Yoon Jong-woo was busy protecting his head by wrapping his
arms around it.
"I'm really going to die like this! I'm dying! Ugh, I'm dying, I'm dying! Do you hear me, you madman!"
Frightened, Yoon Jong-woo hurled abuse at his boss, Kwon Taek-ju. Kwon Taekju kept running regardless. At that rate, it would have collided head-on with the wooden boat. Yoon Jong-woo's eyes are closing tightly. He suddenly remembered his parents in the countryside. His eyes got wet by
themselves.
Two months ago, he couldn't even pay for the kimchi his mother sent him.
The mother's message, "The rotten one," which he checked just before the
operation was put in, was on his mind. Oh, mother.
It was the same for the man that predicted the end. They scrambled to see the motorboat rushing to die together and jumped into the water almost at the same time. Now the collision with the wooden boat is less than five meters away. The gears crashed into each other. Resignation and despair made it seem like a bolt out of the blue.
It was then. Kwon Taek-ju once again turned the steering wheel hard.The boat, which couldn't handle the speed it was running at due to the sudden braking, shook greatly. The hull that slipped breaking the water drew a long arc. Even so, the conflict would eventually be inevitable. It was theoretically so.
Now, it is worth giving up and saving himself, but Kwon Taek-ju kept holding the steering wheel. Soon the right side of the wooden boat and the rear of the boat met with a thud. The impact rocked the two hulls. There was a clear spark in the friction. For a moment, the entire yacht seemed to soar into the air.
"What?"
After the tumult died down, he opened his eyes. It was quiet. Yoon Jong- woo was on a boat, not under the cold sea, and Kwon Taek-ju also kept the driver's seat intact. Smoke bloomed behind the boat, and a large hole was drilled on the right side of the wooden boat, but that was it. The tension that tightened the whole body was relieved. At the same time, he couldn't control himself at all because of the pulse.
The engine soon went out. The wave led the stopped boat towards the wooden boat. The two hulls, approaching the saps, struck intermittently with a thud.
Kwon Taek-ju rose from his seat and crossed over to the wooden boat. Only
then did Yoon Jong-woo, who came to his senses, grope the floor and pick up his colt. It's not over yet.
Kwon Taek-ju, who got on the fishing boat, lit up his surroundings with a flashlight. He could see who was swimming hard in the deep sea where there was nowhere to run. Watching the desperate movement, he picked up
a fishing net that lay on one side. He held it tightly so that it wouldn't get tangled and threw it at the fugitives. The fishing net spread wide in the air
and flew away.
The two men, who were rushing away, tangled in a net that suddenly flew
in.
The more he struggled to escape, the harder the restraint became.
Kwon Taek-ju watched the desperate struggle for some time and turned the winder connected to the fishing net. There was a rusty iron sound from the manual winder that fit the level of the neckline. It wasn't as hard as it
looked.
"...."
He suddenly looks back. Yoon Jong-woo, who was looking far in the name
of cover, sneaked over. Maybe he was embarrassed, but he turned the
winder more passionately than Kwon Taek-ju. Soon with the fishing net, Lee Chul-jin and his accomplice came up to the hull.
"Sigh, what shall we do now?"
Yoon Jong-woo asked while wiping his sweat. There was no significant response from Kwon Taek-ju. To his surprise, he had moved towards the motorboat before he knew he was busy looking for something.
"What are you doing?"
"What did I tell you to prepare?"
"Oh, that's under the driver's seat."
He turned his back on the driver's back right away. As Yoon Jong-woo said, a suitcase was seen under it. Kwon Taek-ju, who opened the zipper and checked the contents, immediately instructed Yoon Jong-woo.
"Contact the headquarters and tell them that Lee Chul-jin, accomplices, and USB have all been secured. Kim Young-hee, the liaison, was tied to the deputy's ferry, so the maritime police must have found it by now. Call him and tell him to take over."
"What? Se, senior. No wonder it sounds like I should do it all by myself...."
"Why not?"
"What about you?"
"This madman is busy. I have a family event. Good work, then."
He seems to reflect on what he said after losing his reason at the crossroads
of life and death. Yoon Jong-woo repeatedly said, "What?" and denied the
reality.
The motorboat started as if turning an ominous hunch into conviction. Yoon
Jong-woo was still left on the wooden boat with the two men caught in the net.
Kwon Taek-ju started the boat without looking back.
The boat made its way with a strong engine.It happened so quickly that he
couldn't even dare to move. Yoon Jong-woo's shoes, which he had been looking at vaguely, became wet. It was because of the seawater that permeated the hull.
It was a wooden boat with a hole, even if it didn't sink at the moment. Is it possible to abandon a subordinate without any guilt or hesitation in such a place?
Yoon Jong-woo screamed behind his back that he was dying. However, Kwon Taek-ju only dismissed the sound of wind or waves as misheard them. Today, the sound of the wind felt like a scream, "No way!" He said that the more precious children are, the more strict they should be raised. So
it must have been an illusion.
A boat pulled up at the corner of the pier. Unauthorized grounding did not prevent it.It was because the registration was completed in advance for official use. There was no need for a separate report.
Take a suitcase and go into a nearby warehouse. After a while, he had
changed into a neat suit when he left the place.
It passed through the darkened terminal. As he walked to the main road, he saw a taxi he had called in advance. He got in the car and headed for Busan Station.