January 19th, 2024, 12:00 (Latvia time: 05:00)

  15th floor of Latvia Liga Radison Blue Regenne Hotel

  There was an ominous feeling on the 15th floor of the Radison Blue Regenne Hotel, where Vice Minister Kim Myung-hwan went to bed in order to board the CMV-100 sky bus to London, England, early the next morning after completing the mission assigned to him the day before.

  Vice Minister Kim Myung-hwan was staying in room 1511, while the room on the left, 1512 and the opposite room, 1520 were occupied by agents dispatched from the National Intelligence Service and Ministry of Foreign Affairs security guards. Room 1513, which was on the right, was occupied by an elderly Swedish couple.

  Before staying at the hotel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs security guards had asked the hotel front desk if they could move the elderly couple staying in room 1513 to another room. However, they said they had no choice but to decline because the elderly couple refused to move as the room held a special meaning for them because they stayed in it when they were newlyweds.

  Currently, Room 1520, where the Ministry of Foreign Affairs security guards were staying, was outfitted with a variety of equipment containing hotel security information derived from various CCTV images connected via the hotel’s computer network.

  An elevator with a luxurious interior arrived on the 15th floor and the door opened. In the elevator, a strong man and a woman as beautiful as a model were kissing each other.

  “Oh, my. Look at them! Just shooting an erotic movie. Shoot it!”


  One of the security guards, Lee Min-kyu, saw the scene on the monitor screen and said, “What is it?”


  Senior security guard Na Sang-hyun snuck a look at the monitor.

  “Haha, you’re killing me!”


  “Right? Wow, isn’t she really pretty? All Western women are like models.”


  “Then since you’re here, take care of one girl!”


  “Ah! How great would be that? However, will I be able to find time while working for the country?”


  “Sick!”


  While the two bodyguards were having an unusual conversation, the man and the woman who emerged from the elevator staggered down the hallway and stood in front of Room 1513.

  “Huh? That’s the room where the old couple is staying.”


  Security guard Lee Min-kyu, who was looking closely at the man and the woman on the monitor, shook his head.

  “Senior! Room 1513! The old couple is still staying there, right?”


  “Right! When I checked the data last night, it said they’ll be staying until the day after tomorrow.”


  “But it’s weird. They’re going into room 1513.”


  “What?”


  On the monitor screen, the man and the woman were opening the door to Room 1513. After confirming this, bodyguard Na Sang-hyun immediately knocked on his laptop keyboard.

  In the file connected to the hotel’s computer network, Room 1513 was supposed to be occupied by an elderly couple.

  “What is it?”


  Feeling suspicious, bodyguard Na Sang-hyun immediately called the front desk with the hotel phone.

  “Yes, what’s wrong?”


  “I’m in room 1520. Isn’t the old couple staying in room 1513 Infront of us?”


  “Sir! I can’t tell you anything about the customer in the other rooms. I’m sorry.”


  “Oh! That’s not it! The old couple never came out, but a strange man and woman just went in.”


  “I’m sorry, sir! I can’t explain that to you.”


  Without even looking at the customer information, the front desk staff continued to make excuses for not being able to assist.

  “Oh, my! Something’s suspicious!”


  “What do you mean?”


  “It’s a first-degree emergency. Wake up the team leader and the other staff members!”


  “All right.”


  Under the instructions, Lee Min-kyu rushed to wake up the bodyguards sleeping in each room.

  Meanwhile, in room 1513…


  As soon as the man and woman entered Room 1513, their eyes changed. The man headed toward the wall facing Room 1512, and the woman took a small pistol with a silencer from her handbag and walked to the bedroom.

  A while later, the woman who opened the big bedroom door pulled the pistol trigger while aiming at the old couple who were sleeping in the bed without hesitation.

  The woman, who shot exactly three shots in the head, chest, and stomach of the couple, turned around and headed to the living room. In the meantime, the man put something flat and square on the wall and activate it.

  The red lights displayed the number ten, which quickly turned into a countdown. The man and woman then left the room.

  When the number reached zero, it triggered a massive explosion, destroying the wall that separated the two rooms. Even before the hazy smoke cleared, the man and woman entered the living room of Room 1512, holding their pistols in their hands, and moved to their respective rooms to find the target.

  Second Vice Minister Kim Myung-hwan, who woke up to the sound of the explosion and sat up saw a strange man who had opened the door and walked in.

  Several shots rang out and Second Vice Minister Kim Myung-hwan collapsed helplessly on the bed.

  The man, who had emptied the magazine of eight rounds with one shot, exchanged the magazine again and was about to walk toward the Second Vice Minister Kim Myung-hwan, to confirm if he was dead when he heard a loud knocking on the door.

  The door, which looked luxurious, fell to the floor of the living room, and shortly after, the armed foreign ministry security guards rushed into the living room.

  The woman who came out after checking the other room fired at them.

  Bodyguard Lee Min-kyu was shot in the left shoulder, screamed briefly, and fell to the ground. Ironically, he was shot by the same woman whom he had complimented for her beauty.

  Security guards fired back. Senior security guard, Na Sang-hyun, let out a long breath after approaching the opposite side of the wall covered by the woman.

  When the woman appeared through the door to fire a second shot, bodyguard Na Sang-hyun kicked the wall from a crouching position on the side, slipped into the living room, and fired several laser beams at her.

  The surprised woman hurriedly pulled back and hid behind the wall, but the laser beam that flew along the woman’s moving path penetrated the wall and hit her.

  It was easy for the laser beam to penetrate the wall at this close range.

  The beautiful woman, who had been hit by several laser beams, collapsed without closing her eyes, leaving dark red blood splatters on the wall.

  Meanwhile, the man who was attempting to confirm the death of Second Vice Minister Kim Myung-hwan in the big room opened fire on the security guards in the living room. Perhaps he had changed his mind after his female colleague had died.

  In an instant, the living room became a mess and debris flew over the bullets.

  Security guard Lee Min-kyu, who was in pain after falling on the floor, quietly hid under the sofa and fired at the man.

  The Western man, who appeared to be a veteran, fired back at the security guards and refused to surrender. When the intelligence agent in room 2011 joined the battle, he threw something from his pocket into the living room and ran straight toward the big room’s window.

  The small metal barrel thrown by the man emitted a white gas. It was the most recent tear gas with smoke bomb effects.

  The security guards who inhaled the gas coughed, covering their mouths and noses, and the man who smashed the window and jumped from the 15th floor fired something from his left wrist while falling.

  An awl, connected to a thin wire, flew out and pierced into the exterior wall of the hotel. The man then descended to the ground with the help of the wire.

  In response, one of the agents of the Foreign Intelligence Department made it through the tear gas, opened the living room window, and fired at the man who was descending using the wire. He was the section chief of Foreign Information Division 1, Lee Ja-sung.

  Manager Lee Ja-sung, who returned from the brink of death with Namgoong-won, returned to work after being discharged from the hospital after five weeks, possibly due to his naturally strong body.

  “Damn!”


  Manager Lee Ja-sung cursed as his tears obscured his vision, causing him to miss the target. Then he yelled at his subordinates who were still trying to make it out of the tear gas.

  “What are you doing! Is it the first time that you inhaled the tear gas? Don’t you need to check the status of the Second Vice Minister?”


  Only then did the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ security guards and foreign intelligence agents come to their senses. They covered their faces with wet towels and went over to the main room to examine the condition of Second Vice Minister Kim Myung-hwan, who was lying on the bed.

  “Manager! There are no issues with the Second Vice Minister’s life.”


  Assistant Manager Yang Jung-suk examined the physical condition of Second Vice Minister Kim Myung-hwan with his portable diagnostic device and reported it.

  “Okay! Move the Second Vice Minister to another room!”


  “Yes, I will.”


  “Team Leader Park! Where are you?”


  Manager Lee Ja-sung immediately looked for the first team leader Park Gi-oong.

  “I’m heading down to the first-floor lobby right now.”


  While Manager Lee Ja-sung and some of his subordinates entered Room 1511, Team Leader Park Gi-oong headed to the first floor to prevent the assassin from leaving.

  “He is in the back of the building! You have to catch him!”


  “Don’t worry. Do you know who I am?”


  “Okay.”


  A large-calibre bullet flying from somewhere in the building opposite the hotel hit manager Lee Ja-sung’s right shoulder.

  At that moment, Manager Ja-sung felt a tremendous pain in his shoulder that he had never felt before, and flew through the living room as if gravity was pulling him, rolled a few laps on the floor and crashed into the wall.

  It wasn’t a typical sniper rifle. No matter how powerful the large-calibre sniper rifle was, it could never leave such an impact.

  “Manager! Cough! It’s okay!”


  Another large-calibre bullet flew in when Chief Youn Gil-soo, the youngest member of the first team, tried to take a look at manager Lee Ja-sung, who was unconscious.

  Fortunately, the large-calibre sniper bullet hit the wall just above Chief Youn Gil-soo.

  If it had hit him in the face, it could have resulted in a terrible situation that he doesn’t want to even think about.

  With that, Chief Youn Gil-soo exhaled a short sigh of relief and moved Manager Lee Ja-sung to the hallway with the help of another security guard.

  When the tear gas triggered the fire alarm, the sprinkler mounted on the ceiling began to function. When a cool stream of water sprayed down, the tear gas, which burned even the lungs, dissipated.

  “Team leader, where are you?”


  Chief Yang Jung-suk, who safely brought Second Vice Minister Kim Myung-hwan to the hallway, contacted the team leader Park Gi-oong through the communication.

  “I am at the back of the hotel.”


  “Team leader! I’m coming.”


  “No! You don’t have to come!”


  “What?”


  “I’ve already caught him. However, I was talking with the manager and suddenly the communication was cut off. What happened?”


  “Oh, right. Be careful, team leader. There’s a sniper in the opposite building.”


  “Say it quickly. Dude! What happened to the manager?”


  “He was shot by a sniper and appears to have suffered serious injuries.”


  “Wait, what? Was he shot in the head?”


  “It’s not the head, but his shoulder but it doesn’t seem to be a regular sniper gun.”


  “Wait! I am coming.”


  “Okay……”