It was night.
An old, deserted harbor.
A black car was parked there.
Three men stood beside the car, while the fourth had gone to the restroom.
And in the middle…
Ran was lying on the ground, tied up with ropes.
“Why is he still unconscious?” one of them asked.
“Maybe he passed out from fear.”
“Or maybe he’s actually unconscious.”
Suddenly…
Ran’s entire body started shaking violently.
“Hey!”
All three men jumped back at the same time.
“Bro…
he’s human, right?”
“What if he’s some kind of ghost?”
Ran started shaking even harder.
The color drained from their faces.
They stared at him for a while.
Finally, one of them gathered enough courage to step forward and remove the cloth tied over Ran’s mouth.
The moment it came off…
Ran’s eyes snapped open.
“Are you three growing grass inside your brains?!”
The men froze.
But the voice sounded strange.
Then they remembered that another piece of cloth had been stuffed inside his mouth.
“Oh…”
The moment they pulled it out, Ran started talking like a machine gun.
“Which genius tied me up like this?!”
“Untie me!”
“Right now!”
“No.”
One of the men stepped forward to tie his mouth again.
Mistake.
A huge mistake.
Snap!
Ran bit down on the man’s hand.
“AAAAAHHH!!”
“He won’t let go!”
“My finger is gone!”
In the end, they had no choice but to untie his hands and feet.
And in the very next moment…
BAM!
Ran’s fist shot forward like lightning.
One man dropped to the ground unconscious.
The other two froze.
“Now we’re talking…” Ran smiled.
Fight Scene
The first man charged at him with an iron rod.
“Die!”
Ran caught the rod.
The man pulled.
Ran pulled.
Then Ran suddenly let go.
The man lost his balance and crashed backward.
“Too much enthusiasm isn’t always a good thing.”
BAM!
A powerful kick.
First man: Out.
The second man panicked.
He pulled a knife from his pocket.
“Try escaping now!”
Swish!
The blade grazed Ran’s left hand.
A small cut appeared.
Ran’s smile disappeared.
“Oh…
The next second…
The knife was already in Ran’s hand.
The second man couldn’t even understand what had happened.
A few seconds later…
The wind blew.
Fwoosh…
His shirt fell into two pieces.
Then his pants.
Then his jacket.
The man looked down.
He was standing there wearing nothing but a vest and underwear.
Silence.
Ran couldn’t hold back his laughter.
“Wow…
a brand-new fashion design.”
“Did you come here to fight or to launch a clothing sale?”
The man’s face turned tomato red.
“I won’t let you get away with this!”
He charged forward in rage.
But…
INVINCIBLE KICK!
BOOM!
He was knocked unconscious instantly.
Just then, the fourth man returned from the restroom.
He looked at the scene in front of him.
Three men unconscious.
One man standing in his underwear.
And Ran in the middle.
“I came back at the wrong time…”
He tried to run.
THUD!
One kick from Ran.
Fourth man: Out.
Ran scratched his head.
“You guys are really weak at fighting.”
“If you had trained with me in the army…”
“Maybe you’d have been useful.”
Then he stuffed all four men into separate sacks.
And left.
Before returning home, he got a bandage wrapped around his hand.
The wound was small.
But it needed to stay hidden.
When he arrived home, he noticed—
Dad was still awake.
“Where have you been so late?”
“Just…
had some work.”
Dad spoke seriously.
“The mayor of Sihol got into a car accident yesterday.”
Ran stopped.
“A car accident?”
“Yeah.”
“It’s the second major accident in the last few days.”
“The situation doesn’t feel right.”
Ran fell silent.
Then Dad asked,
“Did you buy the medicine?”
“Yeah.”
A little while later, they wished each other good night and went to their rooms.
But…
As Ran lay on his bed, the same thought kept circling in his mind.
Two major car accidents.
And both under strange circumstances.
“Are they really just accidents…?”
“Is someone deliberately causing them?”
Thinking about it, he eventually drifted off to sleep.
Special Scene
It was 2:00 AM.
In his dream, Ran found himself standing in a strange and unfamiliar place.
Silence filled the air.
A faint scent of blood lingered around him.
The sky was covered with dark clouds, and no one could be seen anywhere.
A sword rested in Ran’s hand.
In front of him stood another man, also holding a sword.
But…
The man was afraid to attack.
The fear in his eyes was obvious.
As if he knew that the person standing before him was no ordinary human.
The atmosphere itself felt so dangerous that anyone looking at Ran would think he had no intention of leaving his opponent alive.
For several seconds, they stared at each other.
Then suddenly, the man gathered his courage and attacked.
But Ran effortlessly dodged the strike.
The next instant…
He vanished from his spot.
Before the man could understand what had happened, Ran was already behind him.
A flash.
A swift strike.
And then…
Silence.
The man’s eyes widened.
His grip loosened.
The sword slipped from his hand and clattered onto the ground.
Ran stood silently behind him.
His blood-stained sword rested upon his shoulder.
He stood in a confident, almost legendary pose.
At that moment, lightning flashed across the sky.
And in that brief light, Ran’s back became visible for the first time.
Something was written there in Russian.
And beneath it was a symbol.
“No.1” — Красный Дракон №1
The wind suddenly grew colder.
Ran slowly began to turn his head when—
“Ah…!”
Ran suddenly sat up in bed.
His breathing was rapid, and his entire body was drenched in sweat.
For several seconds, he remained silent.
The scene was still replaying inside his mind.
The blood-stained sword…
That terrifying battlefield…
And the words written across his back—
“Красный Дракон №1”
Ran grabbed his head.
“Again…”
“These memories are starting to come back…”
Slowly, he got out of bed and took a few sips of water.
The cold water calmed him down a little.
He took a deep breath and stared into the darkness outside the window.
Then he shook his head.
“Not now…”
“There’s no point thinking about it right now…”
After saying that, he lay back down.
Closing his eyes, he tried to relax.
A while later, his breathing returned to normal.
And finally…
Ran drifted back into sleep once again.
Outside, the night remained as peaceful as ever.
But hidden within the darkness, certain mysteries were slowly drawing closer to him…
Chapter End.
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