His Metamorphosis

The Crime City

"Boss, Who is this man called Palo?", A grunt questioned the mafia lord of Korean unit of Triad

"Palo, that man is quite famous", 

"One of the finest and ruthless criminals out there in Mexico"

"He is not someone who would work under anyone, usually"

The grunt stared at him as he tried to remember if he had heard of this man in his work days in the military.

"The only person that can ask this man for a favor is the Ruler of the Matrix", the boss added.

"The same man who I used to work for"

"Boss, then how do we deal with him?"

The man in the blue suit turned around to look at his clueless subordinate.

"If he was someone the likes of you could handle we wouldn't be discussing this matter in the first place"

"I am sorry boss", the grunt backed off due to the sudden change of atmosphere in the room because of the mafia lord's statement.

"Forget it, All we can do is simply keep an eye on him and if things turn to worse we pull our blades out as last resort"

"Understood, Sir!"

The middle aged man in a blue suit looked out of the glass window with a displeased look.

"Why? What did we do against him to send Palo to us?"

The man punched the window with full force and broke it to pieces.

[There is a saying a man's karma will be paid back, for the universe is not the one in need, the man shall receive it from great heights for the universe is not the one to ever greed]

Flight lands*

At the same time a storm was approaching Korea.

A man in his 30s wore a black suit and looked Mexican by blood.

"Palo?!"

"Eduardo?"

"Yes that's me!"

"Hahaha, didn't think they would send another Mexican to finish the job", Palo replied.

"It's a pleasure to be acquainted with you, Palo!"

"Eduardo!"

Palo stretched his arms out for a hug.

"Lead the way", Palo added.

"Órale!"( A mexican term used for greeting)

"So, What did that pelo blanco (white hair) order you to do?", Eduardo inquired.

"He requested me, He insisted on helping him take down a rising group in Korea"

"Aah, político!"

"Yeah, some mafia affairs"

"Are you still a part of the mafia now, Palo?"

"No no, I am done. Just going back and settling down with my tío (uncle)"

"Gotta run the family business eh?", Eduardo inquired.

"Yes, And hit the Accelerator it's getting boring inside the car", Palo ordered.

Vroom*

***

9:00 pm

Huff Huff*

Police sirens*

"That was fun!", Aren yelled.

"We would have been screwed if we got caught", Sang Cheol replied.

"You have a skilled driver by your side though"

"Yeah and if we were caught even if the police left us my father would have definitely thrown me away as food for our dogs"

"Wow, how lucky you are", Aren mocked.

Aren looked around to find a convenience store nearby.

"Wait for me!", Aren stated.

Ting*

"You smoke?", Sang Cheol questioned as he looked at Yi So Yeon holding a non-nicotinic vape in her right hand.

"It's non-nicotinic"

"Still it's harmful though"

"Is it?", She said as she continued vaping and puffing the vape on to Sang Cheol's face.

Aren browsed around to look at a quiet alley.

It was so silent that it indeed turned scary.

Rustle*

A young woman walked by the lonely street as her footsteps echoed through the walls.

Rattle*

A black van approached her from behind as the lights reflected on the black surface.

The van opened its doors as a masked man came out of the van and knocked the woman out with a crowbar.

He immediately pulled her up and the Van revved its engine.

"Sang Cheol!"

"They are kidnapping a woman", Aren yelled as she saw the scene from far away.

She ran towards the accelerating van.

Huff puff*

"Stop!"

"Stop!!!"

The van showed no signs of slowing down.

The gap kept on increasing as eventually she lost sight of the van.

Huff puff*

"Damn it!!!"

Aren was now on the open highway as she was exhausted after running her way through the alleys to catch up to the Van.

"Aren get in!", Sang Cheol stated.

Vroom*

The car chased after the van speeding away from sight.

Stututu*

"Look there it is, that black van"

Yi So Yeon pointed out to the Van which was turning it's way into a small alley.

"Block the car"

Sang Cheol overtook the car and blocked it in its way.

Aren got out of the car as she rushed forward furiously.

She slammed the door open as she pulled the driver out only to her surprise it was a really old lady who herself was confused regarding the behavior that Aren had shown just now.

Aren looked through the window only for her to realize that no one was inside the van except this lady in front of her.

"I am sorry for the inconvenience ma'am"

"Sang Cheol we got the wrong van"

Aren was disappointed in herself.

"Yi So Yeon, I have a way of finding them"

"It will take time but let's hope that the person who was kidnapped won't be hurt before they catch them"

"..."

"So Yeon, Please don't put the blame on yourself"

Aren nodded as they had no choice but to leave the dangerous vicinity.

"So, you live here?", Sang Cheol questioned.

"Yeah"

The atmosphere was cold and unwelcoming.

Aren felt like she found out her limits.

"I guess it's not the right time to talk", Sang Cheol said as he backed off and approached his car.

"Can we find her?"

"Yes, I am confident we will find her before they harm her beyond recovery"

"You could have at least lied to me", Aren said.

"..."

They simply glanced at each other and turned their own ways again.

Vroom*

Sigh*

"Damn it", Aren thought.

[Such was her interest]

[Why is she so righteous]

[Had she never gone around wagging her tail like that she would have never lost them]

The greatest fragment wished for the events to have not taken the course that they did but knew deep down that he would do anything to make those events happen again.

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