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CHAPTER 220: Fake Drug Raid
The ringing in my ears was a high, piercing shriek that drowned out the screams of the teenagers in the PC cafe.I lay flat on the sticky laminate floor, my right cheek pressed against a discarded candy wrapper. The sharp scent of burnt gunpowder hung thick in the cold air conditioning, mixing with the sharp copper smell of my own blood.The sniper’s bullet had carved a deep, burning groove across my right shoulder. The flesh was torn open, bleeding freely into the cheap fabric of my shirt. The pain was a bright, pulsing fire that flared with every beat of my heart, radiating down my arm and tightening the muscles around my fractured ribs.I forced my eyes open.Above me, Baek Jun-seo sat completely frozen in his chair. He was staring blindly at the shattered frosted window, his face dusted with tiny, glittering fragments of glass.He was entirely exposed.I gritted my teeth, ignoring the fire in my shoulder, and lunged upward. I grabbed the front of his faded black windbreaker with m
CHAPTER 219: Sudden Sniper Strike
The harsh blue light of the computer monitor burned my tired eyes.It was 2:15 AM. The Sillim-dong PC cafe smelled like a toxic mixture of artificial cheese powder, stale cigarette smoke, and unwashed hair. The basement room was packed with dozens of glowing screens and cheap, peeling synthetic leather chairs. Teenage boys screamed profanities into plastic headsets, furiously clicking greasy mechanical keyboards.I sat in the far corner, near a narrow row of frosted windows that sat at ground level, looking out onto the dirty alleyway above us. The faint, flickering red glow of the neon sign outside cast long shadows against the peeling wallpaper.My fingers stuck to the sticky plastic keys as I typed. I had forty-two thousand won to my name. My bank accounts were frozen. My firm was padlocked with a heavy brass chain. Cha Seung-Ho had effectively erased my existence from the professional world, leaving me to operate my legal practice from a filthy corner booth in the slums.I pulled
CHAPTER 218: Basement PC Cafe
The machine spat my card back out with a loud, angry beep.I stared at the red text. A cold knot formed in my stomach. I grabbed the card, picked up my box, and walked directly toward the customer service desks.A young woman in a crisp navy uniform looked up from her computer monitor. She offered a polite, practiced smile."How can I help you, sir?" she asked."My card was just declined," I said, keeping my voice steady. "I need to withdraw funds from my primary business account. The name is Jin Tae-Rin."The teller typed my name into her keyboard. Her eyes scanned the screen. The polite smile vanished instantly. Her face turned pale."One moment, please," she whispered, standing up so fast her chair rolled backward and hit the filing cabinet behind her.She hurried over to a glass-walled office at the back of the lobby. She spoke rapidly to the branch manager, a balding man in a tight suit. He looked through the glass, his eyes locking onto me. He swallowed hard, grabbed a manila fo
CHAPTER 217: Frozen Assets
I wiped a line of sweat from my forehead with the back of my hand. My cheap dress shirt clung to my skin, trapping the heat tightly against the medical compression brace wrapped around my fractured ribs. Every step sent a dull, throbbing ache through my chest, but I kept my pace steady.I reached the ground floor of my office building. The sweet, familiar smell of baking yeast was missing. The small bakery on the first floor was dark. The open sign was flipped around, and the steel security shutters were pulled halfway down over the front windows.I frowned, stepping toward the narrow interior stairwell that led up to my second-floor office.A man stood at the bottom of the stairs, blocking the entrance. It was Mr. Kang, my landlord. He was a usually cheerful, older man who always brought me leftover pastries at the end of his shift.Today, he wasn't smiling. He wore a faded polo shirt, his arms crossed defensively over his chest. He wouldn't look me in the eye.Behind him, sitting on
CHAPTER 216: Elimination Directive
Judge Kang blinked, shaking herself out of her shock. She grabbed her gavel and struck the block repeatedly."Bailiffs!" the judge ordered, her voice shaking with rage as she realized how badly the court had been manipulated. "Detain that man! Nobody leaves this room! The state’s charges against Prosecutor Han Do-Woon are hereby dismissed with prejudice! Uncuff him!"The guards who had rushed forward to grab me suddenly pivoted, marching straight toward Kang Do-hyun. They grabbed the senior partner by his expensive lapels, pushing him hard against the wooden benches.Another guard walked up to Han Do-Woon, pulling a small silver key from his belt. He inserted the key into the heavy steel handcuffs. The lock clicked. The chains fell away, clattering loudly onto the defense table.Han rubbed his raw, red wrists. He was a free man.At that exact moment, the crimson grid in my vision vanished.The familiar electronic hum at the base of my skull shifted, swelling into a massive, triumphant
CHAPTER 215: Partner Exposed
Shin Na-ri sat in the witness box, her mouth hanging open in pure, unadulterated terror. The tiny, microscopic earpiece hidden beneath her dark hair was useless, blocked completely by the localized frequency jammer humming quietly inside my canvas bag. She was completely cut off from her handler.She stared at me, her chest heaving, her breath coming in short, rapid gasps. The bruised, dark purple contusions on her jaw stood out sharply against her rapidly paling skin."System," I commanded in the cold silence of my mind.The familiar electronic hum at the base of my skull didn't just wake; it roared. The blue translucent panel dropped over my vision, but the sleek grid instantly shifted into a harsh, glowing crimson.[Skill Activated: Cross-Examination Strike][Target: Shin Na-ri][Effect: Psychological pressure amplified. Cognitive defenses neutralized.]A heavy, invisible weight flooded the center of the courtroom. It was a pressure so intense it made the air feel thick and damp. I
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