The Late Game Healer Is Way Too Strong – Chapter 113

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏𝟑: 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲

The man tried to wipe away the puke smeared on his helmet.

However, the dirty and disgusting liquid seeped through the gap in the helmet and made him feel sick.

“Urgh!”

Unable to withstand the nausea, the man vomited.

Screech!

The motorcycle crashed into the guardrail in an instant and fell down.

Boom!

The sound of an explosion rang out faintly.

“. . . . . .”

“. . . . . .”

Layla and Felix were speechless and stared quietly ahead.

“Doesn’t this happen often?”

“No.”

“You. . . not at all.”

“I’ll report that to HSIU in Germany.”

【𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐩. . 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡. .】

Siwoo looked at Pre with a pitiful expression, then turned his gaze out the window.

The place they arrived at was a famous hotel in Berlin.

“First, let’s wash up and rest. Our staff will pick you up.”

“While we were coming here, you. . you should explain things to President Bangenheim. It’s beyond our capabilities.”

“I got it. Don’t worry too much.”

Siwoo unpacked and tidied up, then washed up and lay down on the bed.

Pre was seen groaning on the pillow with a hangover.

His body was as heavy as soaked cotton due to the long flight.

On top of that, he had accumulated fatigue without realizing it, due to the recent S-Rank Gate.

In that way, Siwoo was able to fall into a deep sleep and blow away the hardships for once.

A few hours later.

Knock knock.

Someone knocked on his door, who had been waiting in preparation.

When he opened the door, he saw someone he had never seen before.

“Hello, Hunter Min Siwoo. My name is Luca from the 〈German Hunter Association〉. This is my partner, Johanna.”

“Yes! Nice to meet you! I’m Johanna!”

“I’m pleased to meet you too.”

Siwoo greeted Luca and Johanna.

They boarded a prepared luxury SUV and headed somewhere.

“Is this your second time in Germany?”

“No. I came here once a long time ago.”

“I see. Was it for travel?”

“Not for travel. . . I came to help with the Gate.”

“Oh? Hmm? I don’t think we’ve received help from overseas Hunters because of the Gate in the past few years. Am I mistaken?”

“It was so long ago that you might not know.”

As they had such a normal conversation, the car arrived at the association.

Siwoo laughed at the size of the 〈German Hunter Association〉.

It was a magnificent building that looked more like a concert house or Charlottenburg Palace rather than a modern building.

‘𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨, 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚.’

Following Johanna’s guidance, they headed to a small banquet hall on the 3rd floor of the association.

There were already dozens of people there, holding glasses and chatting happily in groups.

Rolf Bangenheimer was one of them.

His popularity was by far the highest among the many people gathered here.

There were two reasons.

One was because he had successfully blocked the 〈Gangwon S-Rank Gate〉 in Korea and put Choi Dae-soo in great debt.

The other was because he had raised awareness of the 〈German Hunter Association〉 by showing its positive side to the world.

Therefore, Rolf Bangenheimer’s soaring popularity was not only within Germany.

“Hahaha. This time, Time magazine in the US contacted Bangenheimer. They said they wanted to choose him as one of the 20 Hunter Leaders of the Year.”

“Wow, President Bangenheimer, that’s amazing. Even Chancellor Stoff said that he was relieved thanks to President Bangenheim at the recent summit.”

“You’re all flattering me.”

Rolf stroked his mustache, trying to appear as unassuming as possible.

Why wouldn’t he want to brag?

However, as a Hunter with pride and dignity, and as the head of the 〈German Hunter Association〉, Rolf did not let his posture falter.

He believed that he was the pillar of the German Hunter community.

Just then, Johanna approached, whispered something in his ear, and pointed to the entrance.

‘𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙈𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙞𝙬𝙤𝙤.’

Rolf observed his appearance from afar and tilted his head slightly.

‘𝙅𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙝𝙪𝙜𝙚, 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚-𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢, 𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜-𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙮𝙥𝙚.’

suppression incident, and Min Siwoo, who played a big role during the 〈Gangwon S-Rank Gate〉, became a rising star in Korea.

Of course, Rolf didn’t intentionally follow the news, but he just remembered Layla bringing the article and chattering.

‘𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙆𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙖 𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙨 𝙪𝙨, 𝙨𝙤 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙤𝙬𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜.’

Rolf approached Siwoo with a dignified and upright posture and extended his hand.

“Welcome! I am Rolf Bangenheimer, the President of the 〈German Hunter Association〉.”

Siwoo stared at him for a moment, then belatedly took his hand.

“My name is Min Siwoo. I am currently affiliated with the 〈HSIU International Headquarters〉.”

“Oh! Has it already happened? Congratulations. It seems that the headquarters has also been watching the Hunter’s activities.”

Rolf called a waiter and handed Siwoo a glass of champagne.

“This Gate incident must have been a huge disaster for Korea as well. However, just knowing that there is a friendly country that helps you like this is a valuable result, isn’t it? Hahaha.”

As he spoke, several people watching from the side laughed along.

Among them, there were those who gave Siwoo unfriendly looks.

This was because they thought that his rapid rise and entry into the HSIU headquarters was part of the image-making created in Korea.

It didn’t make sense that he was using a skill like [Meteor Shower] alone, and it didn’t make sense that he had taken down the unknown entity ‘Balok’ alone.

Even the fact that he was not ranked was evidence to refute the claim.

“. . .Thanks to Hunters like Felix and Layla.”

Rolf smiled slightly at Siwoo’s answer.

“And thank you for taking good care of our niece, Layla. I heard that Felix is indebted to you this time as well.”

“No, not at all. Both Hunter Layla and Hunter Felix risked their lives to fight, so I’m grateful.”

To the textbook-like answer, Rolf nodded with a proud face.

He looked around, choosing his words for a moment.

Fortunately, there was no one very close by.

Except for a stuffed toy that was eating a whole long sausage.

【𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨! 】

Rolf carefully asked a question.

“In that sense, I’m just curious. . . .”

“Yes.”

“What is your relationship with our niece?”

“. . .Colleagues?”

“Is that all?”

【𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝! 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲! 𝐆𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐠𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞!】

Siwoo grabbed Pre and threw him to the food table next to him.

Rolf squinted and glared at Siwoo.

In that case, it meant that Layla’s one-sided crush was still going on, so what was so bad about that girl that this man wouldn’t accept her love?

No, he shouldn’t accept it. I can’t let my niece meet just anyone. Then, then.

Rolf stroked his mustache, contemplating the conflict between the two selves fighting within him.

“Uncle. . . ! No, President! Why are you looking at Hunter Siwoo like that?”

Just then, Layla’s voice cut in between the two Hunters.

“Ohㅡ Layla is here. I was talking about you a little bit.”

“Huh? Yes? Yes?? What, what were you two talking about?!”

She arrived late, wearing a purple dress and showing off her beautiful appearance.

“I just asked about this and that. Oh, Felix is also on his way.”

“Hello. I’m a little late.”

Felix, dressed in a neat suit, greeted them with a modest expression.

“It’s okay, it’s okay. But when I heard the report earlier. . . I heard you used your skill on the road?”

“T-That is. . . .”

Felix reflexively glanced at Siwoo next to him.

He didn’t mean to pass the buck, and he couldn’t lie because he was honest by nature.

“I used it.”

“Oh━ you did? But using skills in another country. . . .”

“I can do it because I’m a high-ranking Hunter from the HSIU headquarters.”

“That’s true. Of course, I don’t care, but I wonder if Edward. . . No, will Sir Blackwood just let it pass. . . .”

Rolf slyly called Edward’s name on a friendly basis, then mentioned Blackwood’s last name.

No matter how well he did at the headquarters, he would be nothing in front of Blackwood’s influence.

Of course, Rolf Bangenheimer and Edward C. Blackwood were not close.

All they did was exchange a few words in a public place.

However, would a rookie Hunter who had just set foot in the headquarters know such an inside story?

“It’ll be fine. I called  at the hotel and they said they understood.”

“They understood? You talked to the headquarters?”

“No. I talked to Edwin.”

“Huhㅡ Who is that?”

Siwoo replied with a blank expression.

“Edward.”

“S-So you talked to Sir Blackwood??”

“Yes.”

“. . . . . .Directly??”

“Yes.”

Rolf was speechless at Siwoo’s confident answer.

He couldn’t admit it without checking, so there was no answer other than acknowledging it.

Furthermore, he dared to call him ‘Edwin’ without any honorifics and on a friendly basis.

“I heard that Sir Blackwood treats his subordinates kindly, but it seems like it would be better to be respectful to outsiders. It doesn’t look like you’re showing off your friendship, since you’re not friends?”

“It’s okay because we’re friends.”

“. . . . . . .”

Rolf was speechless, like a cat that had eaten honey.

When he first heard about the German incident, he thought he was a decent Hunter because he didn’t receive the prize money, but he couldn’t help but think this guy be a braggart.

‘𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙖𝙚𝙠 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙣-𝙝𝙤’𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣. 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 [𝙈𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙤𝙧 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧] 𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙤 𝙤𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘽𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙠 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨.’

Rolf, who had come to such a conclusion, felt his feelings for Siwoo cool.

“Hmm! So that’s how it is. I’ll let it pass. However, this is a foreign country, so be careful. If Hunter Min Siwoo gets hurt, we could be in trouble.”

“President, I think your words are going too far for someone you invited.”

Layla next to him said, giving him a hint.

Rolf coughed in vain and tried to move regardless.

Anyway, since they each owed each other a debt and they had even given him the sword Balmung, he thought he had done everything he could in Germany.

Just then.

“Spotted dog.”

A baseless word came out of Siwoo’s mouth.

“You. . .?”

Layla looked at Siwoo with her eyes wide open.

Rolf stopped walking and turned around.

“What did you say?”

“Spotted dog.”

“You’re very drunk! Hahaha. I’ll take you to the hotel.”

Hunter Felix stepped forward and grabbed Siwoo’s arm.

“Wait a minute.”

However, Rolf stopped Felix without taking his eyes off Siwoo.

“You said that word to me, right? Where did you hear it?”

Rolf Bangenheimer asked, glaring at Siwoo with a face full of anger.

“I’m not asking who you heard it from or under what circumstances.”

The atmosphere in the banquet hall became chaotic.

Although Rolf did not open his level or use magic, his mere presence was enough to freeze the surrounding air.

“I didn’t hear it from anyone in particular.”

“W-What?!”

Rolf twitched his mustache and glared at him as if he wanted to kill him.

The ‘Doberman’ of Germany.

His nickname, which came from his tremendous viciousness and his refusal to let go once he bit, was opening its eyes for the first time in a long time.

“Tsk. Young Hunters have no manners. They don’t even know who they’re messing with.”

Rolf Bangenheimer grabbed Siwoo by the collar.

「The Korean star disrespects the German Association President and is severely beaten on the spot.」

Wouldn’t that be the perfect headline for tomorrow’s newspaper?

“My Hunter nickname is ‘Doberman.’ Once I bite, I don’t let go of anyone. Are you in a position to dare to mess with me? Do you really want to die socially?”

Rolf growled and whispered in Siwoo’s ear.

However, Siwoo looked at his face up close and grinned instead.

I can see it clearly when I look closely.

Has it already been this long?

“Have you forgotten your teacher’s face?)”

“What. . . what?”

“How did I teach you to greet me when you see me?”

Rolf Bangenheimer blinked his eyes and shouted reflexively without realizing it, surprised.

“T-Teacher!!”

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