As long as Jeong Jaeui creates one type of weapon – it doesn’t seem to need to be too complex or large – they will release him immediately.

In Jeong Taeui’s opinion, this is quite a favorable condition. As long as he wants, he can enjoy a leisurely life in a place that feels like paradise for as long as he wishes. Then, when he gets tired of such a life, he just needs to give them the design they want and leave. Of course, this assumes that his resolve not to create weapons anymore is broken.

“Alright, so let’s talk about this younger brother of yours…….”

Raumaan suddenly changed the subject. Jeong Taeui, naturally drawn into the sudden conversation, shook his head slightly and turned back.

“Oh……—me?”

Jeong Taeui laughed and pointed at himself, wondering why this man had shifted the conversation to him. But on second thought, he also had something to say to him. He wanted to get out of here, so he had to tell this man to let him go. After all, Jaeui could create weapons, but he had no value here, so it would be best to release him.

“How did you know about this place?”

Raumaan smiled and asked. It was a gentle smile, as if saying, ‘Welcome here.’

Jeong Taeui looked at him and smiled back. It was hard to read this man. But if he thought Jeong Taeui would be fooled by such a gentle smile, then he wouldn’t have survived until now. It wasn’t that he managed to leave UNHRDO safely thanks to his keen eyes and sharp senses?

“I don’t know where this place is.”

Jeong Taeui answered politely. Raumaan raised an eyebrow. Then, Jeong Taeui spoke the truth before he could catch on to his lie.

“When I was at the night market in Baherp, I happened to see my brother. I followed him and got bumped into by that guy over there and fell down. I don’t remember clearly after that. But when I woke up, I was here.”

Jeong Taeui pointed his index finger at the guard standing behind him. The guard widened his eyes at the finger pointing at him but remained silent, not showing any embarrassment.

Raumaan looked back and spoke a few incomprehensible words to the guard. It seemed like he was asking something. The guard then bowed his head and replied. Rahman nodded and turned his gaze back to Jeong Taeui.

“I see. That was the night market on Baherp Street……”

Then he suddenly laughed, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes deepening.

“Did you come to Seringe to play with friends?”

“Ah……—………………No. I came to find him. Because I couldn’t contact him.”

Jeong Taeui thought for a few seconds before answering honestly. Now, if he said, ‘I just happened to come to Seringe, an unknown island off the eastern coast of Africa, and then happened to meet my brother’, no one would believe such a clumsy lie.

Anyway, it’s only a matter of time.

It would take just a few hours to find out where a rare Asian person on this island is staying, who he is with, and what his friends are doing—the man could get all this information in a short time. Or perhaps he already had all the information about him as soon as he was brought through the gate of this annex.

Jeong Taeui’s ‘companions’.

Gable. And…………Ilay.

Jeong Taeui was ready to give him the most honest answer immediately if Raumaan now asked him: ‘Who are you with?’

And it seemed he wouldn’t hesitate to answer that he was with Ilay.

However, Raumaan did not ask who had come with him. Instead, he looked directly at Jeong Taeui for a moment and then asked.

“How did you know your brother was in Seringe?”

“Well…… I just heard some rumors, but it was thanks to someone else that I actually found him. I was wondering what he was up to that he didn’t leave any trace of himself.”

Raumaan raised an eyebrow slightly.

“In this vast world, hiding someone is much easier than finding them. But……”

Rahman muttered this as if speaking to himself, then quietly touched his chin and stroked his beard with his thumb. He looked at Jeong Taeui with a contemplative gaze.

Instinctively, Jeong Taeui took a step back before he realized it.

Those cold, glass-like eyes seemed to pierce right through to one’s soul. His indifferent and cold eyes were weighing something, as if assessing a piece of meat placed on a scale. And then he smiled. No, it was more like a smirk than a smile.

“The fact that this location has been exposed is very troublesome…… Anyway, I knew that sooner or later it would be revealed, and it couldn’t remain a secret until the very end. But at least this place should not have been disclosed without my permission. It’s best to keep the number of people who know about this to a minimum.”

His tone changed quickly. Jeong Taeui instinctively understood what that emotionless voice implied.

At that moment.

“If Taeui dies. I will die too.”

Jeong Jaeui said quietly.

There was no tension or regret in those words that should have been sorrowful. It wasn’t even a threat or a plea.

He just spoke those words with calm and composure, as if stating an obvious fact.

Raumaan bit his lip. His face was emotionless, making it impossible to discern what he was thinking. The friendly smile from earlier when he had looked at them was now gone.

He slowly turned to look at Jeong Jaeui. As if angry but still polite, he asked,

“You’re saying that if I kill him, you will also die?”

Jeong Jaeui nodded. His gaze shifted slightly towards Jeong Taeui and then dropped. Jeong Taeui frowned.

Raumaan looked at Jeong Taeui once more. For a moment, a ruthless killing intent seemed to flash across his otherwise expressionless face.

“If I kill him, you will also die……?”

Raumaan’s deep voice was mixed with laughter. Slowly, he took a step closer to Jeong Taeui and raised his hand, seemingly intending to grasp his neck.

Jeong Taeui instinctively took a step back. He frowned slightly and rubbed his neck.

Why have so many people been targeting my neck these days?

And he thought of another man.

Jeong Taeui sighed and muttered something seemingly futile under these circumstances.

“No. I can’t die here.”

Even though he didn’t wish for it, if he had to die, it would be by Ilay’s hand.

Raumaan seemed to have no intention of pursuing Jeong Taeui further. He stopped and withdrew his hand. Then he glanced at Jeong Taeui before turning to Jeong Jaeui. And then, suddenly, he spoke with the same friendly smile as before.

“If you die, it will cause me trouble. I won’t touch him. But I didn’t know your brotherly bond was so strong that you would even say you’d end your own life if your brother died.”

“Our relationship isn’t that good. And I never said I would end my own life.”

Jeong Jaeui shook his head, denying what Raumaan had just said. Then, as if remembering something, he looked at Jeong Taeui as if wanting to explain. Jeong Taeui nodded to show he understood.

“Because Taeui is my Gilsangcheon.”

Jeong Jaeui paused for a moment before finishing the statement.

“Gil-Sang-Cheon.”

Raumaan repeated the name and spoke. It seemed he wasn’t just repeating the name because he didn’t know what it meant. His eyes, looking at Jeong Taeui, held no doubt.

“I heard that your brother brings you luck, but if I kill him, you will also die……?”

“It’s because of that luck that I am still alive today.”