The Ex-Hero Is Too Good at Exorcism

71.

“I made up my mind to die.”

The door to the warehouse where the fire broke out was tightly closed.

All of the small windows lined up next to it were covered with black curtains, so you could barely see what was inside.

At least, some of the curtains caught fire, barely enough to tell that it was on fire.

Without delay, I activated Arhat’s Succession.

And he slammed his body into the old, rusty steel door blocking the entrance.

With a bang, the iron gate of the factory, which was closed, collapses backwards.

“Ah-oh···”

My shoulder hurt from hitting the door.

But without time to savor the pain, I stepped inside the warehouse.

Inside, where only junk was scattered, flames were burning.

When did it catch fire like this?

From the outside, there were few signs of a fire.

There’s no way I wouldn’t have noticed if the fire had spread like this.

Then, in the acrid smell, I was able to find the clue.

“…the smell of oil?”

It looked like someone had poured oil on it and set it on fire.

I frowned and immediately extinguished all flames within my field of vision.

Then, as if it had been erased with an eraser, the flame burning on the oil was erased in an instant.

At the same time, the figures of the things burning underneath were revealed.

I quickly observed the ashes.

Fortunately… none of the things the flames engulfed seemed to be human.

“·······”

I just walked forward.

The structure of the warehouse was a simple structure with an office in the middle of a wide open space.

And the flames that had been burning a moment ago surrounded the office in the middle.

That someone who sprayed the oil intentionally avoided that office.

Considering that the person who set the fire was a suicide wisher, the intention was all too obvious.

“I will die, but… I don’t want to die painfully, is this?”

He was aiming for suffocation, not burning.

I heard somewhere that if you suffocate from carbon monoxide poisoning, you die in your sleep.

Perhaps that was what he was aiming for.

Ha- and a cynicism leaked out without me knowing.

“Where do you want to go comfortably, bastard?”

I strode towards the office.

Although the office door was closed as tightly as the factory door.

It was a clumsy door made of plastic, not even steel.

Without colliding, I kicked it with my foot.

right after that.

“Aww!”

The man inside screamed and lunged at me.

What was in his hand was a kitchen knife.

It seemed that he had noticed my presence in his own way, and was aiming for a surprise attack the moment the door opened.

“what?”

His movements were so slow that he yawned.

Let alone surprise, it was impossible to even surprise me.

Well, since this man was a normal person at most, it was a natural story.

Even if skills, traditions, and miracles were taken out, the stats would not be comparable to mine.

I was about to counterattack right away, but I tried to pull out the star cloud sword.

“Oops.”

It’s an obvious fact, but people die when they are cut by a knife.

But this guy isn’t even a demon, and I’m a cop.

So, no matter how much the culprit of the kidnapping case is… I’m not going to look good if I punish him by beheading him.

Besides, isn’t this guy a suicidal person?

People who really want to die shouldn’t be killed easily.

So I stuck my fist into his stomach instead.

“Cuck!”

With one punch, with moderate force control, the guy bounced like a ball into the office.

And while the man coughs and organizes his breathing.

I followed him into the office.

Then, in the corner of the office, I saw the girl I was looking for.

“·······”

I approached the girl and checked her condition.

Although the girl was unconscious, she was breathing.

He carefully hugged the girl.

The fire is out, but the acrid smell of burns still fills the factory.

Staying here won’t be good for your health.

That’s when he tried to move the girl outside immediately.

“hehehe…hehehehahahahaha!”

A man’s laugh came from behind.

I looked back to see if I was going to pay any more money, but there was an unexpected figure.

He had knocked over a red plastic barrel to the floor before he knew it.

What flowed out of it was a yellowish liquid.

It was gasoline.

He poured a large amount of gasoline at the entrance of the office and immediately took out a lighter.

“Are you a cop?”

The man looked at me and asked that with a fishy smile.

And Bonnie…Did the police have to reveal their name and affiliation when requested by citizens?

So I nodded while holding the girl in my arms.

“Yes, it is Inspector Kang Jin-woo of the special edition.”

“what?”

“Are you the one who kidnapped this kid?”

I asked just in case.

Then he let out a laugh as if it was absurd and continued.

“What then! uh? Anyway, you and I are going to search here!”

He waved a lighter.

It wasn’t the same thing, but when I thought about it, I thought it wouldn’t be bad to hang out with them.

“Would you regret it?”

“f*ck regret!”

“Do you have the courage to do that?”

“Ha ha ha ha. Do you think I can’t…?”

The man raised his voice as if threatening.

I grinned.

“okay? Then, set it on fire.”

“what? This bastard thinks this is a joke.”

“why? Are you scared?”

His expression crumpled mercilessly at my sarcasm.

Only then does the power enter the hand holding the lighter.

“Okay, let’s search together.”

He lit the lighter with those words.

At the same time, the vaporized gasoline caught fire in an instant.

It immediately led to a huge explosion.

***

aaang!

The girl who had been asleep at the loud explosion opened her eyes.

The vision was all bright.

To the point where you can’t see what’s in front of you.

What is this?

For a brief moment, the girl’s hazy consciousness gave birth to such a question.

Soon the girl realized the reality.

The girl had been taken to an unknown place by a man.

After that, I was locked in a dark room all the time.

Strangely, she kept falling asleep, so she didn’t have much time to be conscious, but the girl was terrified all the time.

So the girl desperately tried to examine her surroundings even in her shaky vision.

however.

“uh···?”

Now I see that I am being held by someone.

It wasn’t the bad adult who brought him here, it was someone he had never seen before.

Also, he wasn’t looking at the girl, even though he was holding her.

His cold gaze is directed forward.

At this, the girl looked where he was looking, and was startled.

All around him and the girl was a sea of fire.

The dark room the girl remembered was now filled with flames, burning dazzlingly.

The black curtains looked like red confetti.

The TV that the bad guy kept looking at melted into flames like a large candle.

But…why?

The girl in the middle of those flames was not hot at all.

Although the fire was burning everything around.

Only the girl and the man holding her were never touched.

A dream-like landscape.

But soon, a very realistic sound stimulated the girl’s ears.

“aaagh!”

A man’s scream was heard nearby.

It was the bad man who had dragged the girl all the way here.

The bad man had fire all over his body.

The girl was frightened by the sight and averted her eyes.

However, the person holding the girl calmly raised his voice.

“First of all, let’s get our eyes closed… Shall we burn our hands and feet? Oh, my hands are too burned.”

What that meant, the girl did not know.

So the girl stared at the man.

Did you feel that gaze?

His gaze, which had been muttering while looking at the bad man, was soon fixed on the girl.

“uh? what. Are you awake?”

Instead of answering, the girl coughed.

It was difficult to breathe because of the thick air.

Then the man’s eyes widened.

“this. hey don’t die huh?”

Then the man panicked and kicked the bad guy first.

Then the bad man rolled over and disappeared through the flames.

Then the man ran in that direction.

Then, like magic, the rolling flames split to the side and a path was created.

“and···!”

The mysterious sight made the girl’s eyes shine.

But the strange thing was not only that.

Something fell from the top of the man’s head with a groan.

It was a charred frame supporting the ceiling.

Part of the ceiling, which had been shaken greatly by the explosion, had collapsed.

The girl’s eyes, which were looking upward, saw the huge iron pillar fall, and she almost screamed.

however,

“damn···”

While holding the girl with both hands, the man grabbed the huge pillar with his other hand.

Then, casually, he threw it aside and picked her up again.

At this, the girl’s eyes shone even brighter.

Even a child could understand that superpower, just like the magical girls you see in cartoons.

“after···”

Soon after, the girl was able to get out of the burning factory.

The man immediately asked the girl.

“Are you okay? Can you stand?”

The girl nodded.

The man then lowered the girl to the ground.

After staggering for a moment, the girl stood on her own feet.

Then I saw the bad guy lying nearby.

Screaming, he was lying on the floor, passed out before he knew it.

Still, the sight scared the girl, so she clung to the leg of the man who had saved her.

in between.

“How do I report…?”

The man who took out his phone was muttering that with a troubled face.

***

that time.

In the Office of the Commissioner of the National Police Agency located in Seoul, there was a heavy atmosphere.

“So… I still haven’t figured out anything, is this?”

The owner of the room, Commissioner General Kim Joon-seong, asked the police officer in front of him, In-Hoon Yoo.

Inspector Yu In-hoon is the head of the investigation department of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, an exorcist police officer and the person in charge of the investigation headquarters for this case.

However, standing in front of the Commissioner of Police, he answered with his head hanging like a criminal.

“yes. However, scientific investigations have been mobilized, and exorcism police have been added, so results will come soon. If you wait a little longer-“

“Hasn’t that already been the third day?”

Kim Junsung said in a calm voice.

However, Yoo In-hoon trembled at the momentum contained in that voice.

“Should I direct the investigation myself?”

“no. I’m responsible for this-“

“Then, if the hostage dies, how are you going to take responsibility for it!”

Kim Junsung’s voice suddenly rose.

However, he sighed heavily and shook his head.

It was because he realized that blaming Yoo In-hun was not the right thing to do.

“No, that’s okay. It’s not because I’m excited. You must be doing your best.”

“·······”

“Okay, go out and do your work.”

At Kim Joon-seong’s words, Yoo In-hoon said hello and left the office as if running away.

Then, the man next to Kim Jun-seong, Choi Deok-cheol, the head of the Incheon Police Agency, finally opened his mouth.

“The exorcist side is also making porridge. It’s not an easy case, Commissioner.”

At Choi Deok-cheol’s words, Kim Jun-seong took off his glasses and set them down on the desk.

Then, wiping his glasses, he opened his mouth.

“More than it is not easy, there is no time. Deokcheol-ah, if you go out, is there any way?”

“I looked at the details of the incident earlier, but even if I unleash my food body, the answer won’t come out right away.”

“What about the other guys? Is there anyone useful in Incheon?”

“What do the good guys say while sweeping away all of Seoul?”

At Choi Deok-cheol’s answer, Kim Jun-seong let out a short sigh.

Because in the end it didn’t help much.

However, Choi Deok-cheol continued as if he knew something.

“You shouldn’t worry too much, though. Commissioner, did you send the guy I told you to put in?”

Kim Junsung frowned.

I remembered what Choi Deok-cheol was saying.

When I contacted Choi Deok-cheol yesterday to call him, he said it out of the blue.

“Inspector Kang Jin-woo?”

“yes. Did you put it in?”

“Yes, I put in from today. But why is he He seems to have skills since he was appointed as Inspector General, but he hasn’t been in the police for less than a year yet.”

“There is, something like that.”

Choi Deok-chul said just that.

Since it was not such an important matter, Kim Jun-sung quickly changed the subject of his thoughts.

He got up from where he had been sitting.

“I must go to the investigation headquarters.”

“Wouldn’t it be a burden even if the Commissioner went there?”

“I’m going to feel the burden. Follow me too.”

“Ugh···”

It was at that time that Choi Deok-cheol let out a sigh.

With a short knock, Police Officer Yoo In-hoon, who had just left, entered the Commissioner’s Office in a huff.

“What else?”

Kim Jun-seong frowned at Yoo In-hun, who opened the door without being told to come in.

However, right after that, Yoo In-hoon’s mouth opened immediately.

“I found it!”

“find? what?”

Kim Junsung’s brow furrowed even more.

What the hell are you talking about?

After receiving Kim Jun-seong’s ferocious gaze, Yoo In-hun took a deep breath.

Calmly delivered the report.

Hearing the report, Kim Junseong tilted his head.

It wasn’t even funny, it was a joke-like report.

“You said you even arrested the criminal while securing the hostage?”

“yes.”

“Didn’t you say you couldn’t find any clues just a moment ago?”

At that, Yoo In-hoon smiled bitterly.

“That’s because it’s a person who was investigating independently of the headquarters, so it’s also sudden for us.”

“Independent? You said you moved alone? Are you sure that solved the case?”

Kim Junsung’s voice became harsh.

There are dozens of police officers working on the case in headquarters alone.

Even so, I couldn’t even catch any clue, but the guy who was wandering alone caught the victim and the kidnapper.

It was something I couldn’t believe easily.

However, Yoo In-hoon’s answer was firm.

“We also found it strange, so we confirmed it by making a video call with the victim. I don’t know anything else, but it is certain that we have secured victims.”

Hearing that, he said, and Kim Jun-seong let out a sigh of relief.

Aside from the perpetrator, it was a great achievement just to save the victim’s child.

After feeling so relieved, a question naturally popped into Kim Jun-sung’s head.

“But suddenly someone-”

It was the moment when Kim Jun-sung was about to ask that question.

Choi Deok-chul, who was next to him, intervened.

“The one who found it, Kang Jin-woo, right?”

Thinking that he was saying something stupid, Kim Jun-seong glared at Choi Deok-cheol.

However, Yoo In-hun widened his eyes at Choi Deok-cheol’s words.

“Uh… how did you know?”

Choi Deok-cheol smiled at Kim Jun-seong.

“I knew it would. He didn’t say I had something, Commissioner.”

“her···!”

Kim Joon-sung looked at Choi Deok-cheol with an elated expression on his face.

“He, what the hell is he doing?”