Chapter 37 - Before the Storm (1) (2/2)
He could send them out in a longer range than other summons if he can make communication possible.
In addition, he could make them carry AT swords.
Il-hyun checked the time. He wasn’t at the Aegis base to train. He can’t keep doing this for now.
Il-hyun dismissed the summons, cleaned up the room, and brought the core fragments to the lab.
Choi Eun-chae received the fragments with a smile. “Thank you. If you need anything, just ask right away.”
The researchers felt good, having secured a large number of fragments that could not be obtained anywhere else.
After coming out of the research area, Il-hyun encountered Ghost in the hallway.
“Where were you doing?” he asked him.
“Oh, I was just killing time because our schedule was canceled anyway.”
The two climbed together and headed upstairs.
“What does the research team say?” Ghost asked.
“I won’t say. You have to come to yourself.”
“You…”
Il-hyun laughed. “It’s nothing special. They just asked for help with some strange experiments.”
At that time, they suddenly came across Seok Pil-jun, who was quickly walking out with a feverish look.
Il-hyun turned to Ghost. “What was he wearing?”
“Oh, he’s wearing the Raven coat.”
“Raven?” Il-hyun didn’t know the meaning of the English word.
Ghost explained to him slowly.
Team Raven.
It was Aegis’ only interpersonal team.
Team Raven faces criminals and international organizations rather than hunt monsters and get cores.
When Seok Pil-jun entered Aegis, he belonged to Team Raven and worked with them for the first three years.
It was a team with a strong independent character, but it had little activity.
He was brought in by Jeong Jin-seong to Team A.
Il-hyun still felt upset. “Our team leader got hurt and needs to be confined. I thought we were going to get revenge, but it was quickly assigned to a different team…”
Ghost felt the same. “I was thinking of removing those criminals from the face of the earth.”
Suddenly, Lee Soo-yeon appeared and put her hands on their shoulders.
Ghost and Il-hyun jumped with surprise and turned around.
Lee Soo-yeon smiled. “If that’s your decision, what can I do? We’re going to dispatch as planned. We’re going to Mexico at 1:00 tomorrow. Go home and pack your luggage.”
* * *
The base of Cartel Del Lohas was located in the middle of a city in northern Mexico.
It was disguised as a different business, but it was not enough to prevent Aegis from pursuing it.
“Ueup!”
A member of the organization, who was a lookout at the rooftop of the building, choked. He collapsed, his neck was broken.
The intruder, who appeared silently, caught the man’s powerless body and lay it on his back gently.
Then, one by one, the other guards fell without a sound.
Two men and a woman stood in front of a locked door. It was the entrance of the basement.
All were wearing a protective coat.
“Are you sure they’re all here together?” the woman spoke through the communicator on her left ear.
-Yes, I’m sure.
Just a few hours ago, they heard that the boss of Del Lohas brought together the whole organization inside the base, possibly planning an attack.
It was the best opportunity to get them all at once rather than running around catching scattered members of the organization.
“Let’s go.”
The woman wearing a black baseball cap pulled the entire door out of its hinges with one hand!
The team quickly entered.
After a short stair leading downstairs, they faced another locked door, which was instantly smashed to pieces with a powerful kick.
Bang!
“What the…”
The Awakeners stopped and lost their words at the sight before them.
The information was definitely right.
More than one hundred and fifty members were gathered here.
But all that remained were their dead bodies.
No one was alive.