How to Live as an Immortal Chapter 122

Chapter 122

Yes, let’s make a deal

The so-called rocket punch.

In the past, it had been regarded as a fictional construct with no practical use, but things changed in the modern era where Mass Drivers launched spacecraft beyond the atmosphere.

The derivative technologies alone numbered in the hundreds, thousands.

Rajinga’s was no different.

Four afterburners for enhanced thrust, two verniers for directional control. Looking only at its composition, calling it an ultra-small fighter craft would not have been an exaggeration.

Because all sorts of devices ant solely for linear movent had been attached to it, it was vulnerable to curved movent, but that was not an issue.

It had been created for one-hit kills from the very beginning.

Tearing through the atmosphere, the launched fist had already reached right before my nose, yet Ga-on ignored the distance and focused solely on it. What he aid for was the shortest possible trajectory.

In that fleeting instant, he struck the projectile’s side with his elbow.

Naturally, the sudden impact disrupted its trajectory. The fist that passed by Ga-on flew straight into the wall behind him.

Kwaaang!

—Engraving massive spiderweb-shaped cracks into it.

“I heard the bastards affiliated with Ryungyeong are obsessed with interpreting ancient martial arts through modern technology. Looks like you’re one of them too.”

“…….”

There were many schools within Bajiquan. Among them, when it ca to Mudan Bajiquan, its founder was the legendary martial artist, Divine Spear Lee Seomun.

As his epithet implied, he had been just as skilled in spear arts—Yukhap Great Spear—as he was in Bajiquan.

This technique just now was probably a secret art derived from thrusting techniques.

“One ti may be luck, but there won’t be a second.”

“Ah, is that so.”

The fist that had reverse-thrusted returned to Rajinga and reattached itself. His montum clearly scread this ti for sure, but to Ga-on, it only felt like futile struggling.

However, before he even had ti to voice that thought, the distance separation technique activated. Perhaps Rajinga judged that giving him preparation ti had been a mistake, because he launched it again from rely two steps away.

Unfortunately, Rajinga was not the only one growing stronger by reviewing their exchanges.

Ga-on was as well.

Facing the fist that shot toward him with a sonic boom explosion, he spread both his arms apart. Then he raised his left hand to shoulder height and lowered his right hand to navel level.

It looked like the posture of tightly hugging a soccer ball.

The instant the fist arrived between his palms—

[Arhat First Form False Rotation Axis]

Just like when he had redirected Lawian’s gunfire before, he constructed an arbitrary axis.

Rotation and reverse rotation, layering the contrast produced by their circulation upon itself over and over.

The mont he added False Rotation Axis atop False Rotation Axis, strengthening the mysteries of rotation, the projectile spun in place as though trapped in a net. However, the stagnation did not last long. In the blink of an eye, it accelerated again by increasing the output of its afterburners.

Kuuung!

Cracks spread through the protective gear that failed to withstand the trendous impact, yet Ga-on instead smiled.

He had allowed the effective hit in order to counterattack. From the start, his goal had only been to weaken its force, not repel it entirely.

Look, wasn’t the opponent’s trump card already within his grasp?

Only then did Rajinga realize his true intention and try to retrieve the fist, but there was no way Ga-on would let that happen. He grabbed the fist trying to escape and crushed it as it was.

The ten fingers bent like hooks were no different from the fangs of a beast, leaving distinct bite marks behind. Rajinga’s face twisted horrifically as he stared at his own arm falling like scrap tal.

“It’s crude and optimistic.”

A technique recreated while relying solely on books and science. The user’s understanding and contemplation were absent from it. Naturally, such a thing could never possess true weight.

It was obvious that ripples surged through Rajinga’s chest at the ruthless criticism.

“Don’t belittle it carelessly.”

The mont he turned his eyes away from reality and his thoughts shifted, an opening appeared. That was the mont Ga-on had been waiting for all this ti.

[Waoto-ryu Secret Technique Blink]

Without hesitation, he burrowed in.

The distance narrowed faster than the blink of an eye. Rajinga could not hide his shock at the bizarre sensation, as though the scenery between one mont and the next had been cut out and stitched together.

The sensors had detected nothing.

It was enough to make one think a ghost was at work.

As expected, he could not afford to remain flustered forever, and though belatedly, Rajinga unleashed his secret technique with his left arm. However, Ga-on crushed the fist launched from point-blank range through sheer physical strength alone.

Kigigik, kigigik—

The rocket punch ended in failure before it could even detach from the upper arm. Thick scorch marks ford around the connection point as it rattled violently. Ga-on struck that loosened section with all his might.

Though Rajinga had lost both arms, he still had his two legs remaining.

“Die!”

Borrowing the power of the propulsion devices, he unleashed a straight rising kick. It was a strike delivered while disregarding the fractures in his own body, yet even that Ga-on casually brushed aside. The follow-up strike afterward, and even the chained techniques that ca after that.

If even a body specialized for close-quarters combat could not crush him, then the outco had already been decided.

Thud.

Rajinga collapsed pathetically, and none of his limbs remained intact. A slurred voice leaked through the broken tallic teeth for a brief mont.

“Fuuuck, does this even make sense?”

“And trying to kill innocent people sohow does?”

Haa, Rajinga let out a sigh mixed with lantation as he looked up at Ga-on.

Yeah, why would he not know that in the underworld, if you tried to kill soone, you could just as easily end up dead yourself?

If he truly wanted to protect Lawian, he should have prevented him from wandering these streets in the first place. Yet he had stood by and watched, all because of complacent overconfidence that he could resolve things if the situation turned bad.

The price of overestimating his own strength had to be paid with his life.

That was one of the laws composing the world, the law of the jungle. No matter how much humans shed the skin of beasts and pretended otherwise, it was a fate they could never escape.

Moreover, Rajinga was not the only one bound by it. Though Ga-on strutted around arrogantly himself—

“You’ll get devoured soon enough. Up there, there’s soone far beyond the likes of ……”

Ga-on pulled the trigger before he could continue muttering and turned away. Even without Rajinga hurling curses, he could already tell that sothing abnormal was happening.

Ever since earlier, vibrations had not ceased from the endless ceiling above.

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Using the sparks blooming and fading like flower petals as guideposts, I moved forward.

Just how recklessly were they fighting? A chilling static noise continuously scratched past my ears.

The sudden electromagnetic storm caused the device to act up noisily as well. Qiongqi was no different. Perhaps because it had been stimulated externally several tis, it discharged before long.

By the ti the empty lot where we fought had shrunk into sothing no bigger than a grain of millet in the distance, Ga-on arrived at the scene and let out a low groan.

He had already expected that the host of this party would be waiting at the end of this tediously straight path. However, he had never imagined Jin Geon would be collapsed flat on the ground like a heroine abandoned by her lover.

“This is a composition I didn’t quite expect.”

It was then that the man wearing the eyepatch turned his head and stared directly at Ga-on.

“So you broke through all that and made it here. This is becoming more and more interesting. Problem Solver Baek Ga-on. Or should I call you Chairman Baek Seol’s half-brother?”

Was it an attempt to seize the initiative?

As if saying, no matter how high your status is, I do not care. But to Ga-on, it was rely laughable.

The smaller the dog, the louder it barked.

“Introduce yourself first. No matter how much so stranger runs his mouth, it’s not threatening at all.”

“I’m Captain Nick Peters of the Mars Defense Force.”

“Mars Defense Force?”

When Ga-on showed an ambiguous reaction, Jin Geon added an explanation.

“He’s also part of the Ergency Disaster Response Unit.”

Only then did Ga-on grasp how the situation was unfolding. Being Jin Geon’s colleague ant they shared information, and that ant he also knew the truth behind the Eden Park drug factory incident.

“Wait, am I still being suspected of being Yang Hu?”

“Rather, I’m surprised you think you’ve been cleared. The charges against you still remain. Promoting you to advisor was rely Jin Geon’s personal judgnt.”

“True enough.”

It had been obvious that people would object.

The ideals of the Ergency Disaster Response Unit might have sounded lofty, but in the end, it was still a place inhabited by people. Opposition for the sake of opposition could arise as much as it pleased.

And recently, suspicious incidents had been occurring one after another.

As though soone was orchestrating everything from behind the scenes.

Now that he had personally experienced the chain reaction, he felt like he finally understood where it had all begun.

“So you were the one who instigated Mr. Like as well?”

Johwang’s provocation. Calling it re territorial hostility would have been too coincidental, too artificial.

The excessive theatrics could have simply been part of his personality, but if even that were assud to be a ‘request,’ then it all made sense.

“Hoh, your head works quite well. This only makes feel like there’s even more evidence that you’re Yang Hu.”

Knowing that if Johwang moved, Lawian would inevitably get dragged into it, Nick must have staged the whole thing. What he had truly wanted was Rajinga, who would explode in fury afterward.

A capable martial artist affiliated with Ryungyeong. He was perfect as a hitman Nick could use for free. And if Sheriff Guo Hong ended up holding a grudge in the process after getting cast aside, then all the better.

“Now that I think about it, Mr. Geon, the reason you contacted so early was because you were wary of Nick too.”

“Should I say I’m ashad?”

It seed Jin Geon’s purpose had not been one, but two. He had probably intended to protect Ga-on so Nick could not pull any tricks.

But Nick had even used that to lay a trap. After all, he also knew the information Jin Geon had obtained from Baek Gi.

It had been inevitable that no traces could be found at Garden Orphanage. Looking at it now—

“You were the one who leaked information to Raphaela so she could escape.”

“A small amusent.”

Well, otherwise, there would have been no reason for him to personally descend into this underground place. Thinking back carefully, there had not been a single part designed carelessly. From one to ten, everything had been crafted with painstaking effort.

He really was skilled at lighting the fuse.

But this setup caused damage to Jin Geon as well. It carried a sinister ulterior motive that could not simply be explained away as monopolizing achievents.

‘Could it be…?’

The mont a possibility suddenly crossed Ga-on’s mind and the mont his eyes t Nick’s happened almost simultaneously.

As though he had read straight through Ga-on’s thoughts, Nick readily confessed.

“That’s right, I have business with Jin Geon as well.”

“So you’re killing two birds with one stone.”

“To be precise, that’s the only objective. Whether you’re Yang Hu or not was never truly my concern.”

Nick sat atop a half-crushed boulder as if it were a tree stump and exhaled smoke. Hoo, the breath he released ended a beat later.

“So if you kill Jin Geon, that bastard over there, I wouldn’t be unable to cover things up for you. Yes, let’s make a deal. You get to free yourself from the Ergency Disaster Response Unit, and I get to kill my enemy without staining my own hands with a single drop of blood.”

When Ga-on tilted his head as if telling him to continue, Nick added further.

“It’s because we belong to the sa organization. If I handle him myself, traces are bound to remain. But it’s different for you. Since you’re part of a gacorp anyway, even if it’s discovered, nothing serious will happen to you.”

The whispering voice, like that of a devil, carried logic and confidence. Even the determination to continue until he received an answer.

“I see.”

Ga-on’s gaze turned toward Jin Geon, and silence descended over the scene.