The Degree
Jay Jo

Hiroshi started kneeling and handed over his sword. That left Sung Jin astonished, Hiroshi's actions clearly looked strange to him.

“What are you trying to do, boy?” sung Jin asked because he was surprised by Hiroshi's actions.

“You won't get anything from me, torturing me will only waste your time. Quick, just kill me.” Hiroshi said it without the slightest hesitation.

As Sung Jin hesitates to do so, he looks Hiroshi in the eye and discovers that the boy is not joking about his words.

“What is true, in this century there are still people who carry out such traditions? You are more than just a fanatic!”

Sung Jin could not say much, he began to think that the boy in front of him might have gone mad. This was the first time Sung Jin had seen someone so willing to accept his death.

Even Sung Jin himself did not dare to do something like give up his life willingly.

Sung Jin took the katana. Hiroshi then closed his eyes, calmly putting his hand into his lap.

“I appreciate your courage, goodbye.”

In a blink of an eye Sung Jin hit Hiroshi's neck with the handle of his katana. He did not kill Hiroshi, but only rendered him unconscious.

It would be a pity to kill him, Sung Jin thought. Not many brats would dare to fight for his life like Hiroshi.

“Even if torturing you gets nothing, your partner won't ignore you. We can use you.”

In addition Sung Jin quite liked it, if he could he wanted to make the boy become his follower because later it would be very useful. Hiroshi clearly has the potential to become a mafia.

Sung Jin found a ring on his phone, his partner guarding the east side who made the call.

“How's it there? Did you guys manage to get the boy?” ask Sung Jin.

“H-hyungnim .. t-please-!”

“Hoi! What's up?!”

The call ends just like that before Sung Jin finds out what it really is. It left a bad taste in his mouth, his feelings also did not improve.

The voice he heard on the phone sounded painful, like the groans of a person in pain.

“Aigo .. something must have happened. I have to make sure of it myself.”

Sung Jin had no choice but to go straight to the scene, hoping nothing bad happened.

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Elsewhere Hiromi is running fast while avoiding the mafia. At first everything went well because they were busy chasing after Hiroshi, but selling a few minutes later they returned to the east and did the chase.

“Sial, what happened? Don't tell Hiroshi has been caught.”

The worst possibility is that Hiroshi has been caught so that Hiromi's struggle will not be easy. He had to manage to escape somehow.

“Your sacrifice will not be in vain!” hiromi muttered while reassuring herself.

“That's it!” shouted a mobster, caught Hiromi hiding near a garbage can.

“Sial!” Hiromi swore and gas-tightened, galloping as she dropped whatever she could.

As much as possible he had to increase the speed of footsteps and hinder the mafia. Hiromi certainly realized, no matter how much practice, if faced by men who also train his body then women will be defeated.

Several pistols were fired in pursuit but luckily none hit. Hiromi felt it would be dangerous if she remained in that situation.

“I will reduce their number,” muttered Hiromi while turning into a small alley.

The mafia followed him without a care, until the moment they turned two kunai darted and smashed the eyes of one of them.

“Argh! Fucking boy I'll kill you!”

Hiromi won't be daunted, she took out a bag and sprinkled it all the way. The mafia certainly ignored him, but as they stepped in, something pierced through their leather shoes and injured his foot. The pain is quite disturbing to them.

“It hurts, damn it! Careful, he's spouting nails everywhere!”

The serrated nails were shaped like sea urchins, it would clearly pierce through their shoes so easily. Some mafia can not run again to pull out their nails, even some take off their shoes and run.

Hiromi could only cluck in annoyance because those people were so persistent as to chase after her.

A few people appeared in front of him, there were four and they were big bodies, it was difficult for Hiromi to pass through. In addition, behind him there are other mafia, you could say Hiromi has been besieged.

The left and right sides are walls, there is no way out.

“Finally, caught also you little girl!”

“What are we doing to him, hyungnim?”

“Well, we have to report this to Sung Jin-hyung first.”

Hiromi remained calm and did not panic about the situation, she just smiled lightly while observing the surroundings. Despite not knowing whether the people would understand the language or not, Hiromi kept saying it.

“You think you've caught me?”

“Fufu, what a pity.” Hiromi immediately slammed a few small balls into the ground, exploding and emitting billowing smoke.

“Sial, what's this stench?!”

“It's like when Sung Jin —hyungnim dumped all the gas in his stomach!”

As the smoke slowly dissipated, Hiromi's whereabouts were no longer found. He had escaped during the chaos. Obviously, his actions caused outrage among the mafia.

They felt humiliated as they continued to be played by the snot boy. Even now, the boy was toying with him and managed to escape again.

“Find the boy! If he escapes again then just shoot his leg!”

“Good!”

Once again they split up and did a search. Hiromi who managed to escape continued to move eastward, she had found her way into the city.

“In crowded places they won't be able to catch up with me!”

If the mobsters are determined to chase him in a public place then people will pay attention, so Hiromi can ask anyone for help.

“This country is very different from Japan! The residents are very tolerant and even willing to help foreigners, I have to—”

When Hiromi thinks she's about to get away, it's stopped because of a shootout shot at her. Although not hit it, but Hiromi immediately stopped because the shot was deliberately made to miss.

“Good boy, if you just step I will shoot your head without hesitation.”

Hiromi turns around and finds a man with a scar on his face, he has a different nature than the other mobsters. Obviously, that person may be more experienced than the others.

‘What is this finally? I'm sorry, Hiroshi!’

His sacrifice was in vain because he was caught. The mafia that he had managed to get drunk before had gathered, he was already surrounded.

“Jay Jo —hyungnim!”

“You look terrible, you can be played by this boy.”

Jay Jo ignored the men and looked back at Hiromi. He had already heard the situation from Sung Jin that there was a group of humans who possessed some kind of superpowers.

Power itself is diverse and may be more suitable to be called as maximum talent rather than super strength.

“You act like a ninja or whatever, it seems to be the power you have. Your movements are so agile, it can even play these people.”

Those mafias are not weak and stupid people generally, they should be able to catch Hiromi easily if he was an ordinary boy.

But because Hiromi has a Degree, she can escape with various tricks that she can use.

“Well, just in case,” Jay Jo pulled the trigger and shot both Hiromi legs.

“Argh!” Hiromi screamed, starting to cry from the excruciating pain.

He fell to the ground because his feet could not be used to stand. Hiromi started to groan and ask for help, hoping someone would come to help, but in fact no one would reach her.

“Hyungnim, this boy is quite handsome and has a sexy body. What if we play around with him first?” said one of the mafia with a depraved face.

Jay Jo wraps his gun, he takes a cigarette out of his suit and smokes it.

“You're right, he doesn't have a bad face and body. Even so, you can't touch him. If he has never done that relationship, we can sell it at a price that is expensive.”

Jay Jo is the brain of business, he's an opportunist who will trade anything that can be cashed in. In the organization, he is trusted as the person who controls and maintains the business. Jay Jo is a man who will not hesitate to do anything for the benefit of the organization.

“Clean this place and bring the girl with us.”

“Good!”

As they intend to take Hiromi away, a man's voice appears and is addressed to them. The mobsters partly do not understand what the man is saying because of his language.

Only Jay Jo, the one who often makes dark transactions, understands that person's language.

The man looked young, his face might be flat but he was obviously angry. Jay Jo thinks he's the girl he just caught, but from the look on his face it seems they're not related to each other.

‘He is very confident coming here ... that hour?’

Jay Jo recognized the clock as being similar to the one Haiyan and Dong Wok used. In addition, the girl he captured also used a similar clock.

Needless to say, that person was the owner of superpowers like the others.

“Who are you?” asked Jay Jo indifferently.

“Your nightmare.”

Jay Jo furrowed his brows unhappily, he then raised his hand and told his men to surround the man.

“Kill only.”