Chapter 2

After his accomplice was caught, Yoo Cheol Ho’s behavior was simple . It’s like fox hunting . Even if the fox’s burrow catches fire, you’ll only get the hunter’s prey when you run outside .

If there’s a sure hideout, it’s better to continuously hide in it .

‘Where Yoo Cheol Ho is is about 20 stations far on bus . ’

The serial killer that troubled the whole country was that kind of a very close place .

Tae Hyuk took out his wallet from the pocket and checked the content .

‘Mm . 3,000 won (*1000 won is about 0 . 86 dollar) in total . ’

It was said men have at least 3,000 in mind but he didn’t know that would be all .

It just make enough for going and returning by bus . And if he uses it all, he would have no choice but to skip lunch .

‘I should have taken some more breakfast if I knew . ’

He couldn’t eat even half of a bowl due to thinking about Yoo Cheol Ho .

As well as with the army, with the prison and also the last supper coming in mind .

‘Fuck . I really look like a criminal with this . ’

It’s a distance he could walk but Tae Hyuk decided to take the bus instead . A school student in a uniform walking in the street during the school hour is easy to come into notice . Also, because he has a delinquent appearance, he occasionally gets caught by the patrolling police and get a lecture .

And every time Ha Ran is contacted and he has to see her to be close to tears .

‘I guess I have to take the bus . ’

What is he planning to do meet after meeting Yoo Cheol Ho .

Tae Hyuk’s thoughts became confused .

If Yoo Cheol Ho was really where he is going now, then it becomes a proof that what he thought was a dream wasn’t a dream .

Then⋯⋯ .

Does it mean that getting a false charge and get into prison 5 years from now becomes reality as well?

And the result is Seo Ha Ran, his noona, and Seo Tae Min, his little brother, will also be ruined .

‘Fuck . It’s like I’m going to be announced for a terminal illness or whatever⋯⋯ . ’

But isn’t it better to know and to prepare, then to not know and to be struck .

Tae Hyuk too the bus going towards the destination .

He pulled his baseball cap deeper in case he would come across an acquaintance .

‘Mm . Maybe the rush hour is over so there isn’t a lot of people . ’

There was only an old lady and a man with a deeply pulled cap like Tae Hyuk .

It was the man he bumped a little when he was taking the bus .

But there was something strange .

‘It’s so empty and why is he sitting in the next?”

Tae Hyuk who sat on an empty sit turned his eyes towards the two and observed .

At that moment,

Brrr!

Something vibrated between his crotch .

Tae Hyuk was surprised and looked around .

‘Fuck⋯⋯ . Someone would think of me as a pervert if he saw . ’

Something was in the uniform’s pocket . It seem it was that which vibrated .

‘Huh, it’s the mirror? Why is this in my uniform’s pocket?’

It was the mirror he used the last time to look at himself . The devil inscribed on it really looked ominous even on the outside .

Tae Hyuk squinted at the mirror and watched .

It was reflecting his own face and still, some strange things were written on it .

[Crime skill : You’ve learned The Robbery . ]

– You can acquire a random possession by bumping into the other party .

– The success rate depends on the dexterity .

Those words came and then disappeared .

Tae Hyuk’s lips trembled .

‘What’s this⋯⋯ . ’

And at the same time, among the words written above his head, a new thing appeared .

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[Seo Tae Hyuk]

– Title : God of Crime

– Rank : Plebeian (Insufficient promoting condition)

– Possessing skills : The Robbery (lvl 1)

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‘Why have I learned this “Robbery” skill now? Why? WHY?!’

Tae Hyuk knew this devil mirror wasn’t a common item .

To begin with, he put on Tae Min’s desk for sure .

But it was in the pocket before he was aware of it .

He thought the devil really looked like shit but it was a really shitty item .

Anyway, if the words on the devil mirror were real, it means he learnt the said crime skill .

Tae Hyuk looked around in case .

And he could easily discover it .

‘As I thought, when there’s an effect, there’s a cause . ’

The old lady who was starting to doze off when Tae Hyuk took the bus has already fallen asleep .

Then the man sat next to her showed his true colors .

‘A pickpocket!’

The man used his hand skill carefully as to not to wake up the old lady . He easily opened the firmly closed handbag with a single razor and only took the wallet from it .

If you didn’t pay attention, you would have thought his body just moved because the bus shaked .

The man’s skill was just perfect .

If he didn’t see the word “The Robbery” beforehand on the devil mirror, he wouldn’t have caught him at all .

‘Just what is this mirror?’

Tae Hyuk chewed his lips .

So this really is a devil indwelled mirror?

Before he could calm his confused mind down, the pickpocketing man was trying to get out of the bus .

Bump!

The pickpocket was hurrying up as if he recognized the gaze .

Then he bumped Tae Hyuk’s body a little .

And the devil mirror vibrated again .

Vrrrr!

Tae Hyuk looked at the mirror with a vacant look .

[You used The Robbery . ]

– You succeed in stealing the opponent’s possession!

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“⋯⋯ . ”

The pickpocket was already gone from the bus .

‘The Robbery?’

From the message on the mirror, it meant he stole something from the pickpocket .

Tae Hyuk bit his lips .

‘Let’s check first what I stole . ’

Tae Hyuk fumbled in his own pocket and a long wallet he didn’t know came .

‘Oh god!’

It was as he thought . He stole back the old lady’s wallet stolen by the pickpocket .

Staying like this, he was sure to get accused to be the culprit .

Tae Hyuk hurriedly came out from the bus .

Then the old lady’s scream resounded in the bus .

“Oh my God! My wallet disappeared!”

Tae Hyuk’s eye pupil shaked .

There was no time . Tae Hyuk ran through the side street .

‘Fucking crazy⋯⋯ . ’

The pickpocket stole the old lady’s wallet .

And he stole back that wallet from the pickpocket .

If he went outside the bus a little later, he would have been caught by the dispatched police,

‘What? God of Crime? You are just making a normal person a criminal!’

Tae Hyuk, angry, threw the devil mirror with all his strength to the ground .

Creek!

‘Wow⋯⋯ . ’

But instead of breaking the mirror, it was the cement ground that cracked .

He trampled with his feet this time .

“Gyah!”

It hurt as much as if he trampled a stone pillar .

Tae Hyuk threw the devil mirror in a waste bin while continuously spitting curses .

And then he turned back and left the place .

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Tae Hyuk fell in thought on how to deal with the old lady’s wallet .

He felt like he was becoming a criminal for sure if he was to keep this .

‘Like those bastards . ’

Tae Hyuk was custodied in the prison for more than 10 years in his dream . Without being in a jail, there’s no way to meet other criminals .

And there was only serious criminals you could really call villains .

Yoo Cheol Ho was one of them as well .

They were monsters in human appearance .

Now, there was no certitude that was a dream but anyway, he was a falsely charged death condemned criminal in his dream .

And he fought his way during 10 years to escape from that place .

It was a really torturing and long time experience .

If he knew before his stay of execution was 10 years, would he have felt a little better?

However, if he became a culprit now, it was like denying his own existence .

‘I should give it back to its owner . ’

But how?

If he went to police station and gave the wallet, they would say “Oh, thank you for delivering yourself . ” and handcuff him .

‘Well . I guess putting in the mailbox is the utmost I can do . ’

There was 20 checks of 100,000 Won (*86 . 47 US dollars) and ten 50,000 Won notes in the wallet . 2,500,000 Won (*2161 US dollars) in total .

And there’s an ID card too . If he puts it in the mailbox, it’ll go back to its owner for sure .

‘Richer than I expected . ’

His heart shaked that moment at the huge sum . He would be able to buy a cloth for his hard working noona with this much .

‘⋯⋯Seo Tae Hyuk, what are you thinking about? There’s no way noona (*older sis) would be happy after receiving that kind of thing . ’

Tae Hyuk took a single note of 50,000 Won (*43 . 23 US dollars) from the wallet .

So to call it, this is lost property . And since he’s giving it back to the owner, the 10% is his .

And he puts the wallet as whole inside the mailbox .

‘I should buy 1 Geun(*斤 = 600g) of Samgyeopsal (*pork belly/belly bacon, often used for Korean BBQ) to grill and eat with noona . ’

Thinking so, he put the money in his pocket .

And then he frightened .

‘What the⋯⋯ . ’

The devil mirror he certainly threw was in .