𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟖: 𝐉𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐧

Penthouse adorned with gold and expensive artwork.

A man in a black gown with a dragon embroidered on it.

He caressed each of the rings on his ten fingers.

On the massive wooden desk were piles of cash and jewels that he had just finished counting, and armed guards patrolled the perimeter, keeping a watchful eye on the surroundings.

“Boss.”

One of his subordinates knelt at his feet and addressed him.

“What is it?”

The man called Boss, Jiang Chen, asked, rubbing the back of his tattooed neck.

A thick gold chain jingled around his neck.

“There’s something you need to see.”

The subordinate respectfully handed him a tablet PC.

“What is it?”

A video began playing on the device he had received.

The video showed a battle scene involving a Hunter belonging to HSIU.

Jiang Chen looked back and forth between his subordinate and the video.

“What’s this? You want me to watch this punk fight?”

“No. The important part is at the end.”

Jiang Chen paused and waited a little longer.

A moment later, the scene in question appeared on the video.

A man who had grown in size after inhaling a strange powder.

And an HSIU Hunter who effortlessly crushed that man.

“Damn it.”

A curse escaped Jiang Chen’s mouth after he had finished watching the video.

The subordinate kneeling on the floor flinched at the curse.

A deathly silence enveloped the penthouse.

Jiang Chen glared at the figure in the video as if he wanted to kill him, all while playing with his rings.

“Is this thing ours?”

“Yes. . . We checked, and it was the factory in charge of Zone 5.”

“They’re getting bolder. And they had to get caught by HSIU of all people.”

Jiang Chen took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth. The subordinate took out a lighter and quickly lit it for him.

Smoke billowed from the deeply inhaled cigarette.

“What should we do, Boss?”

“Does the Korean HSIU also handle drugs? Why did they suddenly start cracking down?”

“They say they didn’t go there to catch drug dealers, but they got caught by accident.”

Jiang Chen tapped the cigarette ash into the ashtray and rolled one of the jewels next to him around in his palm.

The Korean market had been difficult to penetrate until recently.

It was a land of plenty, like uncut diamonds.

How much hardship had he endured to obtain this route?

He had barely managed to outmaneuver the Japanese Yakuza, and now his business was finally starting to take root.

‘𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙙𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚.’

Jiang Chen rose from his chair.

The night view of Hong Kong streamed in through the window.

By the time he sat on this throne, the blood he had shed would have formed a mountain.

The moment he slipped up, those who wanted to devour him would flock to him like flies.

He could not show any weakness, and he could not be underestimated.

“I’ve tried to avoid messing with HSIU as much as possible. But since things have come to this, I have no choice.”

“Then. . .?”

“Take care of the Hunter in the video. Destroy all the evidence you had.”

“Understood.”

The subordinate bowed deeply.

He seemed to be used to such orders and showed no hesitation.

“Who should I put in charge of it?”

At the subordinate’s words, Jiang Chen ground the cigarette he had been smoking into the ashtray.

It was a matter of hitting HSIU. He had to be extremely careful.

“Leave it to the 〈Ghost Corps〉.”

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

𝕒𝙬𝘦𝕓𝚜𝕥𝕠𝚛𝚒𝐞s.𝕔𝘰ᴍ

━Wow, this video is amazing. . . It’s awesome.

━Honestly, does our Korean HSIU not have any other interesting videos besides this Hunter?

━I knew it when Gert got sliced up last time. . . It seems like a new legendary Hunter has finally appeared.

━Hey, don’t talk nonsense. You guys, this kind of kid is just wandering around the streets.

└ Illness? Is he an incarnation? Just by looking at the way he fights, you can tell he has a battle sense, but what’s so great about being popular?

━But no one is mentioning that powder? What is that? Do you get bigger if you eat it? Is it a stim pack?

Hwang Jeong-gu laughed and sighed as he read the YouTube comments.

The laughter was because the public’s perception of HSIU was changing.

The sigh was because this incident involved drugs.

“Senior.”

“What?”

“That drug report. . . No, I’ll write it.”

Siwoo nodded his head as he sipped his coffee.

A leisurely and calm demeanor.

Hwang Jeong-gu sighed even louder than before and wrote the report using the hunt-and-peck method.

Clack, clack, clack.

Hwang Jeong-gu’s room, filled only with the sound of the keyboard.

Just then, a loud noise could be heard from beyond the office door.

Even if he didn’t want to hear it, Siwoo’s ears were too good.

“Come to think of it, isn’t today the day the people who went on a long-term business trip are coming back?”

“Ah. The atmosphere in the office will be awkward again. I thought it was finally getting a little quieter.”

“Is this quiet? There’s chaos everywhere because of drugs.”

One employee clicked his tongue in disbelief at another employee’s criticism.

“Hey. That’s a different problem. Have you ever seen those two properly? Team Leader Hwang makes the office atmosphere like a cold storage with his constant growling at Team Leader Sung.”

The names of the people who had been on the business trip were Sung Chang-won and Ha Jun-tae.

Sung Chang-won was an A+ Rank Hunter and the Team Leader of HSIU Gangbuk Branch Team 1. He was a rival to Hwang Jeong-gu, the Team Leader of Team 2.

Originally, Sung Chang-won was also an A-Rank Hunter, but recently, he had surpassed his limits and risen to the A+ Rank, which slightly tipped the scales of their rivalry.

“Oh, come on. Why did they choose people like that? It’s not like they’re a power check or anything. They say they’re Team 1 and Team 2, but in the end, they’re either allies or enemies.”

“I don’t know. From now on, if Team Leader Hwang isn’t in the office, we’ll have to close our eyes, cover our ears, and work quietly. Those crazy guys.”

The employees seemed to have a premonition of what was to come and closed their mouths in resignation.

A long time passed like that.

“Senior, I’ll be going out for a while. If you need anything, please tell my secretary anytime!”

“Oh, okay. Go ahead.”

“Yes!!”

Hwang Jeong-gu bowed politely and went outside.

‘𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢.’