I'll Let You Live (2)

"It feels good—seems like everyone wants to be my ally."

Wearing the Scorpion Mask mask and nodding with a voice full of satisfaction, Kim Dojun's appearance made every boss in the room look at him as if he were a madman.

"...."

Even Dan, who was watching quietly from behind, wore an extremely ambiguous expression, but Kim Dojun didn't seem to care about such stares at all as he continued speaking.

"Alright then, before I accept you all as my allies, let me say just one thing."

"...."

"I hate weaklings."

When Kim Dojun's thick, altered voice echoed throughout the room, the bosses just shot him a look that basically said, 'So what?'

Looking around at them for a moment, he continued.

"Therefore, I have absolutely no intention of accepting weaklings as my allies."

"... So, what are you getting at?"

"Good, that's a great question."

After hearing the sullen query from a boss in the meeting hall, Kim Dojun nodded and spoke.

"I'm thinking of conducting a test—right now. Whether or not you're qualified to be my allies. But as you know, it's not easy to evaluate strength."

"...."

"It's not easy to prepare anything on the spot, and I'm too lazy to check each one of you individually. So, I'll be conducting a test that we can do right here and now."

"If you take this test, it immediately becomes clear who the strong ones are."

Looking at the bosses, who were now staring intently at him, Kim Dojun announced,

"Alright, you get the idea, right? From now on, kill each other."

He spouted such madness as if it was the most natural thing in the world.

"...."

The conference hall instantly fell silent.

"Do you really think that makes any sense?"

Triggered by one person's voice, murmurs began to spread throughout the room, but Kim Dojun simply nodded a few times as if he expected it and said,

"You, who just asked, come out here."

After a brief hesitation, a man covered in tattoos stepped forward, his face practically shouting 'I have a complaint.'

A mixture of fear and confidence appeared on his face.

The fear stemmed from the reputation for strength that the Scorpion Mask had.

The confidence came from his sorcery abilities—simply put, his power.

The tattooed man was confident in his own sorcery.

No, to be precise, he trusted his unique sorcery—the "Reflect"—the one that allowed him to establish himself as a boss in the first place.

But then—

Boom!

The next moment, the tattooed man, who relied on his sorcery as he stepped forward to face Kim Dojun, found his head embedded in the ceiling.

"?"

The bosses all stared up at the man stuck in the ceiling, their faces a picture of bewilderment.

Some of them even knew firsthand about his unique sorcery, "Reflect," and were dumbfounded.

But for Kim Dojun, "Reflect" was naturally useless.

The tattooed man's "Reflect" could only reflect sorcery—not physical force.

That's why his "Reflect" was completely useless against Kim Dojun.

"Does anyone else want to become a ceiling light fixture?"

Kim Dojun pointed at the man dangling from the ceiling and said,

"

"..."

"

The bosses in the meeting hall, who had been silently staring at him, looked at each other, saying nothing.

"Damn it, this is just the chance I needed. I never liked you anyway!"

"Argh! You bastard!!"

"Die, you son of a...!!"

And then, as Kim Dojun instructed, they began to attack each other.

Furniture in the meeting hall was shattered, and the place quickly descended into utter chaos.

Watching this, Kim Dojun commented,

"Alright, keep going until there's only one left."

He calmly watched the fight among the bosses.

Some time later—

"Huff, huff...."

"Congratulations. Passed."

Kim Dojun spoke to the only boss left alive.

"S-So does that mean I get to live?"

"Of course. I never lie."

Watching the boss sigh in relief at his words, Kim Dojun added,

"Still, you need a safety measure."

"... Sorry? Safety measure?"

As the dazed boss stood there,

"You can't betray me, can you?"

"R-right?"

"So I'll make sure you won't be able to."

"Wai—"

Bam!

"Ack!"

With a single punch from Kim Dojun, the boss went straight through the ceiling.

Watching the upper and lower halves of the boss's body sway as he stuck out of the ceiling, Kim Dojun added,

"If I send you to the sky in advance, you won't be able to betray me."

"...."

Watching this from the side, Dan barely managed to stifle the words, 'You just killed him, you crazy bastard,' that were about to escape his throat, and managed to ask,

"... So, in the end, why did you do this?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, if you were just going to kill everyone anyway, why bother coming into the meeting hall and complicating things like this? You could've just killed them all at once."

"I couldn't kill you."

"?"

"I can't exactly hang you from the ceiling, can I?"

"???"

Watching Dan's face, which seemed to seriously wonder if she should bolt, Kim Dojun smirked.

"Just kidding."

"... You're kidding, right?"

"Yeah."

"Phew...."

"Probably."

"...."

Dan smacked her lips in annoyance and spoke again.

"It's not that I'm curious why you do these things. It's just, you usually use simpler methods to wipe them out, so I was wondering. For example, if you'd just collapsed this building from the start, you could have taken care of everyone in one go."

"That would definitely be easier."

Indeed, if Kim Dojun had decided to wipe out the bosses as soon as he learned the location of this meeting hall, he could have simply collapsed the ceiling.

Everyone inside the building would've died.

In fact, hadn't he had his share of fun destroying buildings more than once?

Yet, despite knowing this, Kim Dojun had refrained from doing so.

"The guys in the outer zone—they're idiots."

"They're idiots?"

"If I'd just collapsed the ceiling and killed everyone, the people here would've known it was me, but these guys are just bosses, not everyone in the entire organization. The rest would've seen an opportunity, put another boss in charge, and the group would continue."

"... That's true, I suppose."

"But if I do it this way?"

"...."

"Cleaning up that mess will fall to those outer zone guys, and as they clean, rumors will naturally spread."

"So instead of just crushing them, you're making it blatantly obvious what happens to bosses, by putting it on display."

"That's right. Sure, some will still try, but those with a bit of common sense will tuck their tails and run. I bet a lot will disappear. Plus, those who mindlessly keep the organization going out of loyalty to Twisted Evil will probably start to change their minds too."

As Kim Dojun finished his explanation with a grin, Dan commented,

"You really are, surprisingly enough, amazing."

"What?"

"At times like this, I'm not sure if it's because you're clever, evil—no, normal, or what."

"I could make your brain worse, if you want?"

"... Let's just go."

Watching Kim Dojun raise his fist, Dan walked away quickly.

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Several days later, with only a few days left until the end of the term—

----Title: The outer zone is pure hell right now.Author: Anonymous088

Everyone, don't even visit Pantheon right now. Since the Scorpion Mask passed by last time, the arena is gone, the gambling house and the black market were blown up—there's no reason to go, but if you do, don't. Go later.

Right now, all the groups in the outer zone are dead, so it's actually super calm, but Twisted Evil members from the middle zone have come and are enforcing super strict street control.

Plus, recently, besides Scorpion Mask, there's suddenly a murderer who's going around killing only Twisted Evil members, making the situation even uglier.

Seriously, don't go!----18 commentsAnonymous112: Whoa, for it to be like that—scary. I think I'll just stay put for a while. My work takes me to Pantheon, but given the situation...ㄴAnonymous088: Seriously, don't go ㅠㅠ It's dangerous as hell.Anonymous1111: I currently live in Pantheon ㅠㅠ It's in the middle zone, but even here the atmosphere's rough. Plus, as written, there's a maniac serial killer who only kills Twisted Evil members, making things worse. I used to sell on the street, but I quit ㅠㅠㄴAnonymous1891: I saw on the inhuman message board that the Twisted Evil killer is making a big stir—it must be chaos. I need to go sell myself...ㄴAnonymous1111: It's utter mayhem. I heard from a friend in the middle zone that more than ten Twisted Evil members have already been killed, and Twisted Evil is super sensitive since these are middle zone members, not from the outer zone.ㄴAnonymous1891: Sheesh... I better be careful. Thanks for the info. Be careful selling your goods!ㄴAnonymous1111: 1891, with the arena gone, you probably don't have anywhere to sell either... Good luck.....................----

"Unbelievable."

Kim Dojun couldn't help but chuckle as he read the polite conversation between drug dealers and slave traders, and he could easily grasp the situation inside Pantheon—a situation that went exactly as expected.

But with one exception.

'Twisted Evil Killer? Who's that supposed to be?'

Apparently, there was now a "Twisted Evil Killer" going around killing members of Twisted Evil.

Not members of the new, disorganized outer-zone gangs that had sprung up after Kim Dojun's purge, but members from the middle zone.

'Well, since they're all middle zone dispatches, they shouldn't be that strong.'

But what mattered more to Kim Dojun was the "Twisted Evil Killer" themselves.

'Were there characters like this?'

Kim Dojun tried to remember the details from Sorcery Killing Technique, but shook his head.

'No, there weren't.'

He even checked his old setting notes, compiled just in case he ever forgot something—but there was no mention of such a person anywhere, even in the game.

After some thought, he concluded,

'Doesn't matter.'

After all, this "Twisted Evil Killer" wasn't causing any harm to Kim Dojun himself. On the contrary, by reducing the number of Twisted Evil members, this mysterious killer was actually doing Kim Dojun a favor.

'If they keep rampaging like this, it'll make my next plans even easier.'

With his thoughts settled, Kim Dojun closed his computer and stood up.

He thought about building his friendship with Tia in "Lantialvaal," but today he was more inclined to meet Han Soyeon, so he picked up his smartphone.

Just when Kim Dojun was fiddling with his phone—

In the basement of the Korean Sorcery Association—a place known as the shadows of the Association—

"... So you've arrived."

"It's been a while, chairman."

"You haven't changed at all."

"Now, shall we get down to business?"

The 'Sorcerer Murderer' began their conversation with them.

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