Chapter 109 - Operation Gamer 4

"Uh-oh!" Eun Ha automatically raised her hands, feeling that those bandits would have no qualms about stabbing her if she resisted. Immediately the horrible manager took out his cell phone and said, 

"We got the girl."

On the screen the fairy was looking at, she realized that Hunter Shin stopped fighting, turning to the camera. She imagined that her Professor might be listening to something being said over speakers, as that was his expression. Quickly looking at the programmer he had come to rescue, who was huddled in a corner, Shin held up his hands in surrender. The security guards who were being beaten by him could not do anything, although at least they tried to get up. Even so, the Hunter just waited in the middle of the corridor, with his hands on the back of his neck.

Eun Ha took a jolt, and was sharply grabbed by the arm, being forced to leave the monitoring room along with her captors.

The fairy girl was taken upstairs and placed in a large meeting room, all white and with a huge table. But she was taken to a far corner, away from the table.

She was thrown against a chair, and sat on it, avoiding disobeying them. They mumbled something to each other, referring to Eun Ha as 'the bitch who almost screwed us'. But they did seem to fear the consequences of the security breach, which they would surely be charged with.

They took her purse and coat from her, where her 'extravagant pen' was. She wasn't tied or handcuffed, but her objects were placed on a table away from her. 

'They used me for Hunter Shin to surrender!' this conclusion made Eun Ha's mouth dry and her chest ache as if she had been punched directly over the heart. But Eun Ha tried to control the panic that took away her reasoning. She was not as brave as Ye Rim. She had never been, since children. But Ye Rim had given tips on how to overcome stage fright and how to speak in public. Lessons that had been valuable to Eun Ha at various times. At this point, she needed to calm down and think of something to free them. She couldn't give in to panic, definitely.

"Are you going to call your boss or not?" Eun Ha asked suddenly, because it seemed like a good idea to master the situation. That's what the good guys did in the movies, at least.

"Shut up, bitch, what do you think you're doing?" the Manager laughed evilly, "Don't worry, when she arrives, you'll be sorry you were in such a hurry, hehe."

'It doesn't help much to know that the boss is a 'she', does it?' the fairy asked herself, not knowing the answer. But she had to keep trying,

"Well, tell her that I'm only going to negotiate the information I already have about this place if she brings and releases my assistant."

"What a jerk!" the manager came up to her and threatened to hit her face. Fortunately, it was an empty threat, but Eun Ha instinctively turned away. The manager then left the room. The thug who had captured her stayed with Eun Ha, though. They didn't seem to be sure what to do with her at the moment. It was as if they were waiting for orders.

Eun Ha stood looking at the wall, wondering if she was trying to use her magic, even without the wand to channel, to escape from there.

However, she didn't know where her master was, or the kidnapped Programmer they came to save. Should she run away alone, or should she try to help Hunter Shin? What if she just screwed it up for him? For the second time he had to change his modus operandi because of her!

But then they finally opened the door and brought in both Programmer Lee and Hunter Shin. 

The young game developer was pale and scared, but he looked fine. The Fairy Shin, in his student appearance, had some bruises and bloodstains, in addition to limping a lot. Eun Ha swallowed at the sight!

Before Eun Ha could say anything, she saw a woman a little older than herself entering behind them. The newcomer had a contemptuous smile and a cruel look that took all the beauty out of her carefully made-up face. With the elegantly dressed woman, two other bad-looking, sadistic-looking thugs entered and closed the door.

The other two prisoners were seated away from Eun Ha, but unlike her, they were handcuffed. Eun Ha noticed that the Hunter assessed her condition, but when he raised his head to try to look around, one of the henchmen slapped his head hard, in a clear show of dominance. This, coupled with the fact that the henchman next to Eun Ha again pulled out the knife and placed it close to the fairy's neck, made Shin stop trying to challenge the captors.

"Didn't you really learn your lesson, Yo Sub? Will you continue to attract idiots who think they are heroes to our trade deal?" said the woman, jokingly addressing the programmer.

More than fear, Eun Ha was starting to get irritated by that ridiculous villain caricature. Yo Sub did not answer, just bowed his head. He didn't seem to do this out of cowardice, but because he didn't know who the pair that had tried to save him were. However, Eun Ha saw the opportunity to try to bargain and who knows, to get the attention of that odious woman.

"Yo Sub is a genius, that would happen more or less day. Don't you think you'll be able to keep him hidden here forever? The Internet has many mouths and many eyes!"

"Who are you after all, and why do you think you can intimidate me?" the woman scoffed.

"Are you afraid of Easter Eggs that Yo Sub could put into the 'Lords of Runesdrake'? Don't be ridiculous, Ajuhmma! You guys let out other leads much easier to follow than he could! After all… He has a team of designers who watch him very well, don't he?" Eun Ha was haphazardly saying random things, avoiding her teacher's disapproving and furious look. She had come to some conclusions on her own, about how for example it was impossible for the Programmer to do everything alone. But the fashion designer was betting that much of the 'game design' would be left to the Oneirics, who would turn any trash into the best virtual experience in the world. Even if there was a designer team, they wouldn't be so quick to expand the game that way. Meaning… That woman knew something about the supernatural nature of her business.

The mobster woman reacted to En ha's words a little more nervously than she would like to demonstrate, twisting her lips in a flawed act. And she came to Eun Ha, giving the fairy a painful slap across the face with all her strength,

"Ouch!" Eun Ha felt her blood boil, and out of the corner of her eye the girl saw the handcuffed Hunter being restrained by two bullies.

"Who's the ajuhmma here, uh?!" the woman was hurt in her vanity, but Eun Ha thought the nervousness was for another reason.

"Stop talking!" Hunter Shin grunted from the other side, and his gaze showed a mixture of fury and concern. But Eun Ha didn't have that filter. The more nervous, the more talkative.

"O-kay, President! It's good to have an evacuation plan, because I did a live stream of my report until the moment I was found in the monitoring room! Don't think that you will disappear with more people as you did with Artist In Jung!"

At this point Programmer Lee lost his mind and tried to get up, dragging his chair with him, yelling at the mobster woman

,

"You said you were going to set him free! You said that if I behaved you would set him free! I'm going to kill you!" He was restrained too, and at this moment of distraction the Hunter motioned to Eun Ha, moving only his lips, and showing the handcuffs,

'OPEN. IT!'

However, Eun Ha knew that he was already injured and there was a henchman with a club very close to him. The woman turned to Eun Ha, barely containing her irritation,

"So, you little s.l.u.tty reporter, did you do a live stream? Am I going to have to kill you both and pay some people to say it was all fake news?"

Eun Ha swallowed, but taking a deep breath, said with as much c.o.c.kiness as possible,

"Well, you're being very extreme. I myself can admit that I made fake news to gain visibility. Set us free and I will be accessible. Paying me too would be a good plan."

"The girl who doesn't know how to apply eyeliner will be nice to me! Hahaha how hilarious!"

The men laughed along with their boss, pathetically, and the fairy was furious. She was very proud of her skills with the eyeliner. It turns out that she liked the line very thick!

"Hfn, what are you talking about? Shall we fight, woman to woman?! Are you tired of living?! Do you know who I am?! Aishhhhh!" Eun Ha shouted, while the woman continued laughing and gesturing over the black line in the fairy's eyes.

"STOP, for everything you care about, just STOP!" this was the poorly contained gruffy voice of Hunter Shin, begging for a little common sense from his student. 

The chief-ess turned to the young man,

"Wow! But you are really… handsome, Student! Have you ever thought about being a model or an actor?"

The Hunter just looked at her with nothing but loath in his eyes,

"Let noona go. It was a mistake."

But now the obnoxious mobster woman seemed quite interested in the injured young nerd with swollen, sensual lips. She went over to Shin and crouched in front of him, holding his chin appraisingly and willingly,

"Student, you shouldn't be walking with this crazy woman. She's dangerous."

"You didn't see anything! Take your hands off him!" Eun Ha didn't know if she was afraid the bitch would hurt him, or she was just jealous of that whore's hand on her dear Hunter!

"Haha ha! So should I release your noona?" The chief-ess laughed and felt for Hunter Shin's chest, who huffed with hate as he was restrained by the henchman.

"Stop groping him, you whore!"

While he was being bullied by the naughty woman, Shin looked at Eun Ha and again motioned for her to release him. 'FAST. RELEASE. ME!' But the henchman next to Eun Ha shook her and showed the knife again, "Shut up, bitch!"

Suddenly, the criminal woman reached into Shin's shirt pocket and fished out a cigarette.

The 'cigarette'.

With a crystalline laugh, she said,

"Well, if I can't have the pleasure I want, at least offer me your cigarette." One of her gangsters promptly lit a lighter, and the woman lit her cigarette.