Chapter 56 – 056. Code: XTK
056. Code: XTK
10 o’clock at night.
I entered the cafe I had promised with Raffles. It was a cafe in an alleyway in Seoul.
When I entered the cafe, a man greeted me. The man with a black mask on his face looked at me with his mechanical eyes and said.
“Are you a taker?”
“Right. I’m a taker Sorry for being an hour late. Because something important happened. But are you Anything?”
“Anything is the leader, not me. You have a pistol in your bosom.”
“…… From the outside, I thought you wouldn’t know. Do you have clairvoyance?”
“It’s an X-ray. You are not a cyborg Why do you have a smartphone? Do you like such antiques?”
“Smartphones are the most perfect thing. Friend.”
“You were a bullshit. Follow me Leaders await.”
“What is your name?”
“It’s Jackie.”
“Ah. Were you a foreigner?”
“I am Korean. Jackie is a pseudonym I use. For us, a name is nothing but a good thing.”
“Then I should be active as a taker too.”
I followed Jackie into the cafe. There was a fairly large conference room.
A total of 8 people were waiting for me there.
“I brought it. Outwardly, he is a normal person, and his only weapon is a pistol.”
Said Jackie. Their gaze turns to me.
Everyone is a cyborg
There were 6 men and only 2 women. The two women were a bit far from my taste. It’s not cool at all.
The man in the center came towards me and said.
“Come on. I am Son Jung-hoo, the leader of Raffles. I’m the Anything you talked to. My colleagues just call me leader.”
Anything. No, Son Jung-hoo was a man with a soft atmosphere unlike the hard way of speaking of game characters. The clothes she is wearing are also normal casual clothes. Even as a college student, I can’t believe it.
He appeared to be in his mid-to-late 20s, and looked normal on the outside.
‘But in reality, he’s a cyborg whose entire body except for his brain is a machine.’
Jeonghu Son is the most dangerous guy in Raffles. For his own ends, he is capable of slaughtering children and the elderly with a smile.
“It’s Taker. My name is Sung Yujin. Will I become a member of Raffles starting today?”
“A little bit suspicious. Are we meeting for the first time? Still, I intend to accept you into Raffles. I covet your ability.”
Son Jeong-hoo held out his hand to me. I shook his hand slowly, but kept my guard up.
‘In the original work, Son Jeong-hoo is a guy who doesn’t even trust his colleagues. Even if you’ve been with Raffles for years, you’ll ruthlessly throw them away when you don’t need them.’
Son Jeong-hoo is an incredible guy. It’s better not to get involved if at all possible.
I’m contacting Raffles to get an illusionist in the shortest period of time. After obtaining the illusionist, the game will end immediately with automatic progression. Because I have no interest in this game.
A machine far more advanced than reality? It can also be obtained from other creations. Just because of that, I didn’t have to stick to Code: XTK.
“Wait, leader. I told you before that Raffles takes our opinion into consideration when it comes to recruiting new members.”
It was a Mohican-style man wearing sunglasses. Unauthorized name. There are wheels on the soles of the feet.
“… Well. Right. Unauthorized words are right. Sorry. It was a bit self-righteous. Is anyone against having Taker with us? Raise your hand.”
Three people, including Mudan, raised their hands at Jeonghu Son’s words.
“Since we decided to decide by majority vote…. It’s certain that Taker will be a part of us. Still, minority opinions cannot be ignored. Unauthorized, train, local. What is the reason for the objection?”
Mudan said first.
“I can not believe it. Even if you win, you’re too suspicious. It might be a spy for another organization, or it might be a government dog.”
“Yes.”
Son Jeong-hoo looked at me. He stared into my eyes and asked me.
“Are you a spy?”
“No. I am an employee at a factory that makes machine parts.”
“Why do you want to be part of Raffles? If you know who we are… You don’t even know that our work is dangerous.”
“If I don’t do anything, my hacking skills are too precious. I want to be active using my abilities. I hate a boring life.”
“That’s not a reason why I chose Raffles. Even the government and the police will welcome your abilities. Same goes for other criminal organizations.”
“I don’t trust the government. There are rumors of kidnapping children and experimenting on humans. And other criminal organizations are boring. I’m going in, so it should be at least Raffles.”
Son Jeong-hoo smiled at me once and looked away. The person his gaze turned to was a man with a large physique who took off his top and showed off his upper chest. Wires are coiled around his abdomen. It’s a train
“Train. You?”
“It is a purpose. We are active in Raffles with our own goals. I haven’t heard of his purpose yet.”
“Taker. Did you hear What is your purpose?”
This was a question I had been anticipating. The reasons are many: enmity of parents, hatred of government, longing for crime. But I gave the simplest reason.
“Money. I want to earn money with my hacking skills. Except for the petty thing of robbing a bank. I think Raffles serves my purposes somewhat.”
“Right. Since we are a small number of elite high schools, we divide our share accurately, so we receive contracts and sometimes commit robberies. There are very few boring things. Good find.”
“…… I’m a little suspicious well, that’s it The leader must be in good shape.”
Train muttered and turned his head away. It doesn’t seem to be of much interest to me.
“Local. You?”
“You look weak.”
A woman with short hair who was sitting on her desk walked towards me. Her hairstyle is half-shaved, and half of her face and both arms are machined.
Hyunji looked at me as if observing me from a distance of three steps.
“Your body seems to have been trained. That’s it. On the outside, it’s not a mutant, it’s just normal. Since we’re a small elite, we should have some level of individual combat power. Other than hacking, where can I use this non-skilled person?”
“Am I weak? I can kill you in 5 seconds.”
“… Five. Do you have any ambitions?”
Local raised her right arm. A blade pops out of her wrist. Weiying. A mechanical sound is heard in her arm. I noticed at once. That sword is what is commonly referred to as a super-vibration blade.
“You don’t seem to believe me.”
“Believe. I believe in you, so show me your skills, rookie!”
“It’s amazing to have a ceremony.”
I said and laughed.
This situation is rather what I was hoping for. Because I can imprint my abilities more clearly on them.
[Hacking succeeded.]
[You can hack Local’s right arm for 11 minutes.]
Her local right arm goes to her own neck, not mine.
“… Uh?”
Hyunji was embarrassed and grabbed his right wrist with his left hand. However, his right arm did not stop. She had a vibrating blade in front of her neck.
“It actually takes less than five seconds.”
“Nonsense! You say you can hack cyborgs? My arm is not even connected to the network!”
“My hacking is not hacking as you would normally say. Called a superpower. Whether connected to the network or blocked… If it’s a machine, you can hack it.”
“What! It! If it’s real, you’re saying that cyborgs aren’t even opponents!”
“Right. And cyborgs are rare in this world. Can you tell me a little bit about my abilities now? Don’t worry about fighting power. Even without hacking, I’m not weak enough to catch you guys.”
I looked around. Before I knew it, members of Raffles surrounded me and pointed their guns at me. The atmosphere quickly turned bloody.
The machines attached to their bodies are all specially manufactured products, not mass-produced ones. My hacking ability drops significantly when the machine is complex or advanced.
‘If we hack everyone here… 3 seconds? Is that roughly the limit?’
If it was an intact machine, it could have been destroyed. It’s just a matter of turning the power off. But they are cyborgs, only part of their bodies are machines. It is impossible to take it down in 3 seconds using hacking.
“Ruler. Ruler. Calm down. This is just a report Didn’t the locals fight first? You don’t have to be serious.”
The leader of Raffles, Son Jung-hoo, intervened.
He circled around me and Hyunji, then put his hands on my shoulders.
“Stop it. Taker. Even the locals would have known about this. And everyone knows about your outstanding psychic powers. In terms of ability, there is nothing short of being a member of Raffles. I… No, we really need your skills.”
I gave up the authority of the local right-hand man who had been stolen by hacking. The local arm went down. She’s still staring at me in disbelief.
“The locals are also calm. You guys put your guns in too. Let’s welcome Taker to our team today.”
“…….”
No member responded to Son Jeong-hoo’s joke. They lowered their guns and went back to their seats.
“Well. Things have been sorted out. I’ll ask you in case you want to. Does anyone not approve of Taker being part of Raffles?”
“…….”
No one answered Didn’t even raise a hand.
They confirmed my abilities with their own two eyes. Rare yet outstanding superpowers that cannot be found in this world.
“The atmosphere is stiff. Would you like some pizza?”
•••
I munched on the potato pizza. There was no difference in the taste of pizza in real life or here.
“Newcomer. Are you eating well? Do you like pizza?”
An old man with a goatee talked to me next to me. His name is Yu Geun-tae. He’s a fertile old man who carries something like an oxygen tank on his back.
“Just like that?”
Thanks to this fertile good man, I was able to say hello to the members of Raffles. Anyway, it was all about saying the name.
“Ruler. Listen while eating.”
Jeonghu Son, who had disappeared somewhere for a while, came in and said. He projected a screen on one side of the wall with his smartwatch.
“I just received a request. The content is an assassination, and the target information is as shown.”
I looked at the screen.
There was a picture of a rough-looking man who looked roughly in his 50s. If you look at the contents next to it, his name is Moksinsu and he is the boss of Wood God, a mafia family active in Seoul.
“The total amount of the request is 15 billion. I received 5 billion won as an advance payment, and the remaining money will be sent after confirming the death of the target.”
Upon hearing the request, Geun-tae Yoo blew a whistle.
“15 billion? Count up!”
“Woodgot is the mafia that rules Guro-gu. And the deadline is until tomorrow. Kill me before tomorrow passes. That’s why I’m going to give this request to a newcomer.”
It was the locals who opposed him.
“No. For a moment. Why are you giving it to a newcomer all of a sudden? Usually, applicants are accepted first.”
“It’s a newcomer’s skill test. Of course, I have no intention of doing it alone. I’m thinking of adding three more. Who will do this?”
Just then, three people raised their hands.
Geun-tae Yoo, Hyun-ji, Ulla.
“That’s right. Taker. How is it? Are you thinking of doing it? Of course, the four of you will share the commission money.”
“I wish I could make money. But don’t you think the money won’t be shared?”
“That’s for you to negotiate. If we can’t reach an agreement, call me. I will mediate.”
“Then what…. But is he crying? You look young, are you okay?”
I pointed at Ula in the back. She is a woman of the same gender as Hyun-ji.
She is a woman in a large gray coat, and she is only about 120 tall. She wears a hood so deep that her face is hard to see.
Of course I know her identity. She is in her late thirties, and like her son Jeong-hu, her whole body except for her brain is a machine. Outwardly, she is a young girl, so she was popular with fans of the original.
It was never my taste.
“Ula is an excellent sniper. She says she can snipe from 6km away?”
“Ah. Okay.”
I said it as if I wasn’t impressed. She actually wasn’t interested in her.
According to my plan, I will spend less than 30 days with these guys.
‘First of all, I have to do my best on this job. If Son Jeong-hoo thinks my ability is not enough…. On that day, she might not take me.’
