๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐: ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐
Do Wa Yun arrived in Korea fully prepared.
He was not alone.
Three Cheong-doboks were there to assist him.
All of Do Wa Yun’s disciples, juniors, and seniors.
“I hacked into the HSIU report, and it seems there were four people involved with the drugs and money.”
The only woman among the four, Hwa Hua, explained while popping bubblegum.
“One is Jiang Chen, of course, and another is McJester. . . Now it’s Ryu Ji-hwan.”
“Kyohoho. Little girl. Don’t act cute.”
“I’ll kill you, Dang Wi Jian.”
“Kyohoho. I could beat you with one finger.”
Hwa Hua and Dang Wi Jian glared at each other, sparks flying between them.
Paht.
The two powerful auras collided, creating friction in the air.
“Stop it~.”
A round voice accompanied by a bear-like hand gently pressed down on their shoulders.
A senior who resembled a giant, fluffy bear, Pang Xi Yun.
“If we were going to fight, we’d be training in the martial arts hall, not coming all this way to this distant place~.”
“I apologize, senior.”
“Kyohoho. . . I apologize.”
“Hwa Hua, continue speaking~.”
At Pang Xi Yun’s words, Hwa Hua nodded and continued reading from her notes.
“However, as you know, Jiang Chen died in prison, and Ryu Ji-hwan is missing. It seems the Korea Hunter Association is looking for him too, but the prevailing opinion is that he has already left Korea.”
“Who killed Jiang Chen, though?”
At Do Wa Yun’s mutter, they looked at each other.
“Honestly, I thought Dae-sung killed him~. He’s the kind of person who repays favors and grudges~.”
“I thought so too, disciple. But when I heard a conversation in Dae-sung’s training room, he said, ‘That’s unfortunate’ to the report of Jiang Chen’s death.”
“Kyohoho. Do you think McJester killed him? It would be a pain in the neck if an investigation started.”
“That makes sense~.”
Hwa Hua popped her bubblegum and watched them.
I want to hurry up and rest, but what is this, not even unpacking in the hotel?
“Ah. . . Hwa Hua. Who are the other two?”
“Yes, senior Do. One is Yeo Jin-sik, Ryu Ji-hwan’s secretary. He hasn’t been seen since he escaped from and fought the HSIU hunters.”
“Yeo Jin-sik? I’ve heard of him~. Where was it~?”
Pang Xi Yun scratched his thick chin and fell into thought.
“And the other is an HSIU hunter. His name is Min Siwoo. He’s a hunter whose stock has been rising lately. It’s not certain yet, but rumor has it that he fought Balok inside the ใGangwon S-Rank Gateใ.”
“Kyohoho. Balok? Surely you don’t believe such nonsense?”
“Shut up! I’m just providing information!”
“Ha~ ha~. Balok is truly ridiculous~. What kind of hunter would be on that level~?”
Hwa Hua tapped away at the keyboard at an incredible speed.
The others, who were barely able to use smartphones, watched her actions from afar.
“That’s strange. Even if I enter HSIU and the ใKorea Hunter Associationใ, his rank doesn’t appear.”
“Does that ever happen?”
“It might be the case if he’s someone from the back world. . . But usually it doesn’t happen.”
Do Wa Yun fell into thought for a moment.
One of the four people of interest was already dead, and two were missing.
They needed to obtain as much information as possible from the last remaining person, Min Siwoo.
‘๐๐ฎ๐ช ๐ ๐-๐๐ฌ๐๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐. ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐’๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐จ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐๐ฉ’๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฎ, ๐๐๐ค ๐ ๐๐ฃ-๐จ๐๐ .’
The Korea HSIU and the Hunter Association had begun their search and seizure, but there were no articles about drugs or proceeds from the sale being discovered.
That meant someone had it.
If Jiang Chen had it, there would have been articles when he was caught, and if Min Siwoo had found it, there would have been articles then too.
‘๐ฝ๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ. . . ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ, ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฎ.’
Do Wa Yun nodded after organizing his thoughts.
“Hwa Hua, keep searching for information here. Dang Wi Jian, come with me to meet this Min Siwoo guy. Senior Pang, please look for Yeo Jin-sik.”
“Okay~ I got it~.”
“Yes, senior.”
“Kyohoho, I will.”
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Siwoo read the reports in the field tent.
He was the person in charge of the ใGangwon S-Rank Gateใ.
At first, he had tried to pass it on to someone else, but there was no one suitable.
The Ministry of National Defense and Baek Geon-ho were not on good terms, so he couldn’t give it to either of them, and Chae Woo-dam of the Hunter Association was out of his mind after Kim Eun-ju’s death.
Besides, he had said something to Chief of Staff Yang Jun-mo . . . So he just decided to take charge.
On the contrary, having a hunter from the HSIU headquarters in charge made things go more smoothly than Siwoo had expected, so it wasn’t bad for him either.
“It’s definitely strange.”
Siwoo clicked his tongue after reading the confidential report.
It made no sense that no neighboring countries came to help even though they knew that an S-Rank Gate had occurred.
“. . . As if they had all planned it together.”
It was an unspoken rule to help each other in case of such large-scale disasters.
Because in the hunter world, you never knew who the next disaster would befall.
“They all just made excuses. They found out that we cleared the Gate while they were preparing their troops and sending them out?”
He resisted the urge to tear up the report.
Still, there was Germany.
Edward had wanted to send him from HSIU headquarters, but he had given up after facing opposition.
HSIU was an organization that apprehended criminals and solved cases, not one that cleared gates, was the reason given in opposition.
It was true, in fact.
There had never been a time when HSIU had provided support when an S-Rank Gate had opened.
Siwoo went outside and walked for a while before entering the still-activated S-Rank Gate.
In the place where the magic had disappeared and there were no more monsters, a large man was smoking a cigar.
“What’s up, blockhead. When did you get here?”
“I just got here. I was thinking that this place was quiet and nice because there’s no one here.”
Choi Dae-soo exhaled cigar smoke and made a blank expression.
Siwoo stood a short distance away from him and looked out at the horizon in a different direction.
It was vast and desolate.
“Min Siwoo.”
“Why?”
“What’s your relationship with that organization called ใPandemoniumใ?”
“Why do you ask?”
“I felt a faint murderous intent from you at the emergency meeting. It means your emotions run deep, to the point where you don’t even realize it.”
Choi Dae-soo spoke without even looking at Siwoo.
Siwoo picked up a pebble and threw it with all his might.
The stone flew so far that it was difficult to follow with the eye, and then it disappeared.
“That’s what the guy assassinated Min-jun said before he was caught. .”
“Is that so.”
“Do you know anything about it?”
“Guys who follow the Demon King and do backroom deals with the demon race. . . They’ve been around since our time, haven’t they?”
Siwoo nodded with a dry, emotionless face.
He felt sorry for Min-jun whenever he thought of him.
Even though he knew it wasn’t his fault, he felt sorry for him as a teacher.
“But that small organization has become quite fierce these days.”
“After the last meeting, I tried to gather information too. But it seems to be a place with stricter information control than I thought. There are no internal whistleblowers, and other countries don’t seem to know much about it.”
Choi Dae-soo had also sensed something strange and had tried to find information about them.
However, there was very little information.
The only speculation was that they would have a close connection with the demon race, since they worshiped the Demon King.
“Yeah, there’s less information than I thought. I hope they get into an accident.”
“If their tails are long, they’re bound to get stepped on. And keep this to yourself.”
Choi Dae-soo handed Siwoo a piece of paper.
“What is this?”
“A piece of information that a foreign acKwaintance of mine secretly gave me. Supposedly the contents of a fax they received just before the ใGangwon S-Rank Gateใ burst open.”
Rough sentences made from cut-out letters from newspapers and magazines.
ใDo not help with the gate that will occur in Korea. If you do not want to become the second test subjects.ใ
“At first, everyone thought it was a prank. But after the S-Rank Gate occurred a few hours later, no one offered to help, ha ha.”
Of course they would.
No one would take that fax as a joke, not even an A-Rank Gate, let alone an S-Rank Gate.
“The only reason other countries didn’t send support is because of this one fax, right?”
“It’s something I don’t understand, but I understand. If it were me, I wouldn’t have sent reinforcements if I thought about my own country.”
Choi Dae-soo continued, exhaling cigar smoke.
“I won’t forget it. . . But what if Jeong Min-jun’s death was related to the demon race?”
“What if it was? I’ll go and kill them.”
“Aren’t we in a peace treaty right now?”
“I’ll kill them without getting caught.”
Choi Dae-soo laughed heartily and slowly stepped out of the gate.
Siwoo read the contents of the fax again and burned the paper with fire.
‘๐๐ ๐๐ฉ’๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข. . . ๐๐๐ฉ’๐จ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐.’
He mulled over a few organizations in his head.
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A large mansion in the Covasna region of Romania.
Valentin, the owner of this house, a Romanian ranker and a member of the current Romanian Senate, was tied to a chair, bleeding.
Not by a red ghost in the middle of the night.
A group of intruders had suddenly broken in at dawn, tied him up, and killed all the family members working in the house.
Fortunately, if you could call it that, he had divorced his wife two years ago, so he had no family living with him at the moment.
“If what you want is money, I’ll give you all my fortune!”
Blood dripped down from under his black mustache, making it difficult to open his mouth to speak.
However, Valentin did not know what they wanted, so he had no choice but to ask actively.
“Are you Valentin, who is in the Senate?”
At that moment, a very beautiful voice asked him a question.
The intruders were all wearing white robes and white masks, making it difficult to guess their gender or age.
“Yes. . . Yes. Who are you people? No, I won’t ask who you are! What do you want? If you want this house, you can have it!”
“Hahaha. How very wise of you. To value your life the most.”
“Of course! What use is money after you’re dead!”
Valentin nodded in agreement with the other person’s words.
The intruder looked around the house.
All sorts of expensive decorations and artwork filled the living room and kitchen.
“If you answer just a few things honestly, we’ll let you go.”
“A-Anything you ask! I will answer without lying.”
“Thank you.”
The figure under the mask nodded in satisfaction and asked a question.
“Are you part of Pandemonium?”
In an instant, the air around them grew cold enough to freeze.
Valentin looked at the other person and the other figures with wide eyes.
The murderous intent was so fierce that it seemed to fill every space in the mansion.
“W-What is that?”
“Hahaha. What is that, you say.”
The other person whispered in Valentin’s ear in response to his answer.
ใEverything is under ใPandemoniumใใ
At that moment, Valentin bit down on the medicine he had been holding in the inside of his cheek and swallowed it, then broke the ropes and stabbed the other person in the neck with his fingers.
“ใ กใ ก!!”
He thought he had stabbed him, until he looked at his own hand.
His severed wrist was now rolling on the floor.
“Guys, he’s with Pandemonium.”
“Damn bat-like bastard.”
“Heukheukheuk. . . You will atone for your sins with death. . . .”
“Ahaha~ Those who bow to the demon race must be punished!!”
The intruders released their magic power and unleashed their fury toward Valentin.
Valentin’s jaw chattered in fear of death as he screamed.
“W-Who are you people!!”
“Who we are.”
The other person smiled brightly as they removed their mask.
“We are IZIZ. Goodbye.”
Pop.