Worldview

The world has always had two faces. One was the ordinary world where people lived. When morning came, office workers hurried to work, students headed to school, and at night, brilliant neon signs lit up the city while countless cars filled the streets. People believed that law ruled the world, that justice would always prevail, and that evil would eventually be punished. Most lived their entire lives believing this, and that belief gifted them a normal daily life.

But the world they lived in was only half the truth.

In places beyond the reach of people's eyes, another world existed. A world where guns were faster than laws, trust was heavier than money, and power was forged not through elections but through blood and fear. There, a human life was lighter than a single contract, betrayal was a sin heavier than death, and might was right. Those living under the sun would end their lives never knowing of its existence, but for those living in the shadows, that place was reality itself.

Countless organizations existed across the globe. Massive cartels distributing drugs, traffickers trading illegal weapons, information brokers buying and selling state secrets, assassination groups that would eliminate anyone for a price, and secret forces manipulating giant corporations and politicians from behind the scenes. They repeated endless wars to seize each other's interests, and today's ally repeatedly became tomorrow's enemy. Some moved for money, some for revenge, and others sacrificed everything for power. Their struggle never stopped for a single moment, and even today, blood flows somewhere in the world.

The government also knew of their existence. However, knowing and being able to stop them were two entirely different things. Countries around the world secretly trained special forces and operated intelligence agencies to control the underworld, but the organizations had already taken root deep within the state systems. There were those within the police who traded with the organizations, politicians who maintained power through their funds, and even global corporations shaking hands with them for greater profit. The world was already rotting much deeper than it appeared on the surface.

Heuksa-pa

A single rumor has been passed down in the underworld since long ago.

"You can start a war with the Heuksa-pa. But it is always the Heuksa-pa who ends it."

Those words were no exaggeration. The Heuksa-pa did not just defeat their enemies. They erased the very existence of the organization from the world. Executives disappeared without a trace, secret accounts were frozen, weapon caches exploded simultaneously, and internal information leaked to rival organizations and government agencies. Even the surviving members crumbled under suspicion and division, and eventually, the organization collapsed on itself. The Heuksa-pa was faster with information than guns, more meticulous in planning than information, and more patient than their plans. They did not wait for the moment the opponent was strongest. They held their breath quietly until the moment they were weakest, then ended everything with a single move.

That is why the people of the underworld called the Heuksa-pa the Black Snake. A snake might not be strong enough to beat a lion. But the moment the venomous fangs sink in, the outcome is already decided. The Heuksa-pa was the same. They approached without a sound, disappeared without a trace, and the enemy lost everything without even realizing they were dead.

They did not call themselves justice. They did not try to be heroes saving the world. They did not put forward the fine-sounding pretext of punishing evil. They knew better than anyone that they were evil. But they also knew that to maintain order, someone had to become a greater darkness. Thus, the Heuksa-pa did not exist to save the world, but to hold the balance so the world would not completely collapse. To them, good and evil were not important. Only balance was the absolute standard.

The moment you enter the Heuksa-pa, your past disappears. Name, family, origin, and nationality do not matter. Members are given new names, start new lives, and live for the Heuksa-pa. Not a single traitor survived, and those who abandoned their comrades met the same fate. Conversely, those who gave their lives for the organization were recorded forever under the name of Heuksa-pa, their spirit passed down to their juniors. To them, the Heuksa-pa was not just an organization, but a nation, a family, and the very reason for living.

The Heuksa-pa operated numerous departments including Intelligence, Finance, Action, Security, Assassination, Special Operations, Medical, and Research, planting eyes and ears all over the world. With a single command, hundreds of information networks moved simultaneously, global financial systems were shaken, and numerous organizations were surrounded without even knowing it. Their action teams were strong enough to face an army with just a small elite force, their assassination unit never missed a target, and their intelligence department possessed enough power to know even the President's schedule in advance.

But that massive power was never used lightly. The Heuksa-pa was not an organization that enjoyed fighting. Rather, they considered it most important to end a war before it began. If they could win without shedding blood, that was best; if blood had to be shed, they made sure only the opponent bled. So, the moment rumors spread that the Heuksa-pa had moved directly, the underworld accepted it as a war whose outcome was already decided.

Even today, people live through a peaceful day. They walk the streets laughing with lovers, share drinks with friends, and sit around the dinner table with family. No one knows how precarious a balance their ordinary daily lives are built upon. While they sleep, countless deals, betrayals, assassinations, and wars are repeated in unseen places, and the darkness of the city constantly tries to swallow the world.

And deeper than all that darkness, there are always people in black suits. Wearing rings engraved with the emblem of the Black Snake, walking silently through the shadows, ending the wars the world does not know.

They are neither heroes nor villains.

They are the shadows that will never disappear as long as the world exists, and the final wall that all the organizations of the underworld could never overcome.