Agent Nam Baek-soo and Yuna, who received an order from Zero to clean up the crime scene, arrived at their destination.
This was the construction site of XX Construction, a new apartment building.
Lycanthrope workers, dissatisfied with the unfair treatment from the construction company, had occupied the site.
They were even holding hostages and staging a sit-in protest.
“Excessive workload and delayed wages. They’ve really done it all, haven’t they?”
“That’s true. While it’s not uncommon for monsters to be discriminated against in this city…”
“More importantly, the bottom line is maintaining order. Taking hostages is crossing the line.”
Nam Baek-soo, who talks about the proper way to uphold order as if he himself were a guardian of it.
Yuna frowned and shook her head.
I can’t stand how shameless he always is.
“You were into phishing scams not too long ago…”
“Hey, let’s not bring up the past. I had my reasons…”
“And don’t they have their reasons too?”
“…You’re right…”
The city only pays attention to illegal monster crimes while overlooking the discrimination faced by legally-resident monsters. This builds resentment, leading to criminal acts by distressed monsters, which in turn worsens the perception of them and perpetuates discrimination.
This vicious cycle is harming Liberti.
Thinking about it, Nam Baek-soo’s turn to fraud was also because he was forced out of his job unfairly due to being a monster half-breed.
And the worst part of the problem: leaving the investigation and punishment of monster crimes in the hands of the National Taoist Union instead of the police.
Though it’s true human police find it difficult to investigate monster crimes, handing over both investigation and punishment to a private organization like the National Taoist Union makes no sense.
The reason these two are trying to quickly suppress the situation is also tied to this National Taoist Union.
“In the end, the most important thing is…”
“To resolve this before the National Taoist Union gets involved. Especially the ‘Black Mask Combat Squad.'”
“If they get involved, things will only get more complicated.”
If Taoist Jeon Woo-Chi, who’s more peaceful, comes from the Liberti branch, it might be different, but otherwise, it’s likely there will be excessive punishment.
It will only deepen the rift between monsters and humans.
Enemies are bad enough, but inept allies are worse. As a member of Half Blood who hopes for the coexistence of monsters and humans, the National Taoist Union that makes matters worse is irritating. Especially the Black Mask Combat Squad, who always aims to kill monster criminals, they are truly annoying.
If Jeon Woo-chi hadn’t mediated in the past, there would have already been a few conflicts with them.
“I actually don’t trust that Taoist Jeon Woo-Chi either… Anyway, let’s go…”
“…It’s already too late.”
Even though they rushed to the crime scene, the situation was already chaotic.
More than a dozen Lycanthropes were in combat mode.
And against them, Taoists wearing black masks were throwing talismans and firing guns wildly.
“We need to stop the fighting.”
“I’ll intervene.”
“Don’t get hurt. Trash.”
“You should get your act together too, senior.”
And as Nam Baek-soo and Yuna split up to try and minimize the damage, the situation turned worse.
“Hey, seriously, calm down!”
“#$%!@%”
“These guys have lost it. That’s why Lycans…”
At this point, there was little they could do to improve the situation.
To suppress the chaos, overwhelming power was needed.
Nam Baek-soo was even considering utilizing the Jangsanbeom mode he still couldn’t control.
“It’s over. Let’s just wait.”
“What do you mean?”
Yuna approached Nam Baek-soo and advised him to exercise restraint since the situation was already out of control.
She only had a bitter smile.
And at that moment,
“KRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!”
A massive roar echoed out, silencing the entire battlefield.
It was a vibration that no one had ever felt before.
And then something dropped from the rooftop of the partly-built apartment building.
It was an elegant female Lycanthrope with a fiery red mane.
“So you’ve come at long last.”
“Who is she?”
“Code Number: 2. Or should it be former Code Number: 2? She was once our colleague… Red Comet.”
“Red Comet?”
In Half Blood, Nam Baek-soo was assigned the number 7.
But he had only met five members, which meant there were two positions left vacant.
Code Number 1 and Number 2 had been mysteries to him, but now one of those questions had been answered.
“What the hell…”
“That crazy woman?! Again???”
“Set up the defensive perimeter immediately, we’re about to get wiped out!”
She was the former Half Blood Code Number 2.
Red Comet was a frighteningly powerful Lycanthrope.
The Taoists who had been slowly but surely suppressing the Lycanthropes were wiped out in an instant.
“Hmm?”
“That’s her usual fairness.”
But it seemed she wasn’t here to help the Lycanthropes.
“@%!$%@$!”
“Aaagh!!!”
“!@#$@$!”
After knocking down the Taoists, she began hitting all the Lycanthropes as well, leaving everyone unconscious.
One hit for you, one hit for me.
Whether human or monster, all were equal in the eyes of Red Comet.
“She’s incredibly strong, huh?”
“Indeed.”
“Surely we don’t need to fight her?”
“It’s unlikely. She’ll suppress the Lycanthropes and then leave.”
Apparently, she’s here because she doesn’t want any trouble to extend to herself, with all the monsters causing chaos in Liberti.
“Amigo~!”
“Wibawibawa~~”
“@$#@!$!@!”
About thirty stunt performers were mobilized for this scene.
It was a large-scale combat scene featuring all the stunt actors from Team Vibelta.
Once the large-scale scene wrapped up without any issues, everyone gathered to celebrate with dance.
Shouting in Spanish, they danced exuberantly, their spirits high even though it was hard to understand what they were saying.
“Siwoo, join us!”
“Huh? Me?”
“In this movie work, we’re all teammates.”
“Oh, right.”
Ultimately, Ellie dragged me into the dance line.
It was a wild dance party that reminded me of that night when we handled the pirates.
During my brief lapse of attention, Moon Suyeon and Heavenly Yuah were dragged in too, creating quite a scene.
Come to think of it, I understand why Heavenly Yuah would be here since she was with us on the set, but when did Moon Suyeon come?
Hey, everyone, don’t bunch up over here…
“…Damn.”
Once we finished dancing, I finally came to my senses.
Realizing that a camera was pointed our way.
It seemed one of the company’s staff was shooting a behind-the-scenes video.
“Well, by the way…”
“…What?”
“One of the only complaints about Team Liberti was the sudden outbursts of dancing. They just break into dance whenever they’re in the mood.”
“…You should’ve mentioned that sooner.”
With all the dancing around, I ended up surrounded by Ellie, Moon Suyeon, and Heavenly Yuah like some sort of squid.
Why does the dancing always bring me back to being stuck in the middle?
“Ah, anyway, I’ve had my fun.”
These people who dance whenever they’re bored clearly resemble the modern-day swordsmen of Hae Nam.
After successfully filming her shockingly impactful debut scene, Ellie continued to appear in a few more scenes, aiding Half Blood.
Whenever Half Blood punished illegal monsters or clashed with Taoists, Ellie would appear to assist Nam Baek-soo.
“I’m curious how this character will take off. The basic form of a Lycanthrope is usually something like a bipedal wolf hybrid.”
Though I don’t know exactly how the CGI for Ellie’s Lycanthrope mode will be, the action sequences were filmed quite spectacularly.
Apparently, these people are quite skilled at shooting action.
The collaboration between the many stunt actors was especially impressive.
A scene where Black Masked Group members from Liberta attack Ellie felt more real than life itself.
They’ve been working together for years and composed scenes of such a high level that it was understandable the industry rarely found anything to criticize except their tendency to dance too often.
“Huh, I don’t trust that man, Jeon Woo-Chi.”
“Really?”
“Good Taoists are dead Taoists. I imagine you think the same? Besides, about Jeon Woo-Chi…”
“Why? Do you know something?”
“No, this isn’t for me to say. Anyway, it’s best to be cautious. Our chief adversary has always been Taoists.”
Especially when Ellie agrees with Nam Baek-soo’s distrust of Jeon Woo-Chi.
Nam Baek-soo, having encountered Jeon Woo-Chi in several incidents before, was skeptical of his lenient approach towards monsters while the other Half Blood members viewed Jeon Woo-Chi as an ally.
However, Ellie was the only one who understood Nam Baek-soo’s suspicion.
She also hinted at knowing some secrets about Jeon Woo-Chi.
“Anyway, having such a side role handled with just verbal direction is fascinating.”
Originally, the vampire’s flashback was supposed to reveal clues about the identity of Jeon Woo-Chi but making a former Half Blood member (even if he’s ex) distrust him feels more natural.
If nobody knew, it makes the organization look too incompetent.
Boosting the protagonist is fine, but having another capable character is always better.
“Alright, now all that’s left is that.”
With the Lycanthrope retaliation episode finished, it’s now time to film the final battle scene.
A scene where I play the quadrupedal Jangsanbeom.
And also where that guy plays the quadrupedal Jangsanbeom.
Considering just a few days ago he was dragged into that awkward squid dance with the Liberti team.
He should not complain about my strict acting guidance.
“I will Kill you!”
Let’s make a humiliating highlight reel together.
Since I’ve already abandoned everything, I can overcome any hardship.
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