"Run!"

"Sir?"

"Did you not hear me? I said run!"

"Ch-chief……"

Late at night. The entrance to the site, leading into the million-pyeong hill up against Seoraksan that Chairman Ha Tae-ung means to buy this time.

The Cheonmu bodyguards off shift in Sokcho got out of the car and blinked at him.

Run? At this hour of the night?

"Can you not hear me?"

"Wh-where to, sir?"

"You run with me. I have no use for stragglers!"

Jang Jungseop, throwing his weight around out of nowhere, pronouncing it like a man reading out an order.

I am not going down alone! Heh heh heh.

Madness turned in his eyes. It is not the steady manner he has shown until now.

"……." The Cheonmu bodyguards shot one another a quick look. Protection work in Sokcho was a sweet posting for these men.

They had never been this happy since the day they took the job.

Once headquarters was brought up to strength, two shifts became three.

Off duty they went out to the water to pass the time, or enjoyed a hotel staycation.

There is no call to run cold on a hot day like this. Running on the newest treadmill in a hotel gym with the air conditioning going hard was enough.

Work up a good sweat, then downstairs to the pool to cool off.

When mealtime came around and they were hungry, there was good food at the buffet on top of it.

Paychecks on time, without fail, and generous allowances landing on top of them.

Feeling, these days, that a life could be this good……

"You will not need lanterns, will you?"

Chief Jang Jungseop asked it seriously, and it really did not sound like a joke.

"……." The Cheonmu bodyguards had no ready answer, and it threw them.

They had changed into the military summer training gear the chief had brought with him.

Chief Jang Jungseop had brought the combat boots for special operations along with it.

"Is money easy?"

One line, thrown out of nowhere by Chief Jang Jungseop.

"……!!" In that moment the bodyguards came…