The Late Game Healer Is Way Too Strong – Chapter 138

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟑𝟖: 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 3

“Here’s your car . . . I brought it out.”

His spirit was utterly broken, and he looked utterly dejected.

Siwoo glared at him and clicked his tongue.

“No coffee?”

“I don’t drink coffee . . . .”

“So?”

Han Tae-chi stared at Siwoo with his eyes bruised blue.

“Yes?”

“If you don’t have any, what are you going to do about it? Go and buy some.”

“R-Right now?”

“Do you want to buy it next year?”

When Siwoo murmured in a cold voice, Han Tae-chi involuntarily replied in a voice filled with enthusiasm.

“I-I’ll buy it.”

【𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞.】

What the hell is this supposed to mean?

Han Tae-chi stood up with growling eyes.

It happened in an instant.

His arms were twisted behind his back, and he screamed in pain, but then he heard a familiar voice. . . . Han Tae-chi had judged that voice to be false.

It was true that President Choi Dae-soo had made a similar sound, but he had never made a sound like this as a young boy.

Rather, he must have been ‘similar in age’ to him, so he must have been his peer.

He was glad that he didn’t know what kind of person it was, but just as he was about to activate his skill,

BAM!!

Stars flashed in his eyes, and he lost consciousness.

When he regained consciousness, Han Tae-chi was lying face down on the cold marble floor, and Siwoo was sitting on a chair, examining the pile of documents.

Even so, he shouldn’t. . . Put me on the couch at least.

He gasped for breath and bought coffee and fried chicken, and Siwoo was still in the same position before he went out.

【𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲’𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐠?】

A fluffy ball flapped its wings like a baby duck and asked Han Tae-chi.

“T-The hotdog shop is closed . . . .”

【𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲! 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞!】

The tiny ball jumped up from its seat and shouted.

‘𝘛, 𝘵𝘩. . . 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘚-𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬. . . .’

Han Tae-chi’s eyes filled with tears as his self-esteem was shattered.

Then Siwoo put down the stack of documents and looked at Han Tae-chi.

“You, have you read and signed all these documents?”

“Yes . . . I’ve checked them twice.”

“Really? Hmm.”

Siwoo sipped his coffee and read the important documents.

“Excuse me . . . are you really the president?”

“Huh? I’m the president. Didn’t Choi Dae-soo tell you?”

“Y-Yes!”

Can you disrespect President Choi Dae-soo like that without any honorifics?

What will happen if I go and tell President Choi Dae-soo?

“I don’t know if you know this, but I’m ranked 6th in South Korea.”

“Yeah, I might know.”

“That . . . My name is Han Tae-chi . . . I’ve made a name for myself in research and development.”

“Yeah, I’ve heard of you.”

“I’m not a combat-type Hunter, so the president might be in trouble later on . . . .”

“Damn it, what do you want me to do about it?”

When Siwoo raised his eyes, he forgot what he was going to say and was speechless.

Han Tae-chi was a man who didn’t know much about the world and didn’t watch TV or news.

He didn’t use SNS or Hunter Tube, and he even used a 2G phone instead of a common smartphone.

His interest was only in research and analysis on magic power, magic stones, magic, mana, and monsters.

Even the Ryu Ji-hwan incident, he only found out about it when he came to [Gold River Guild], so it was safe to say that he lived a life where information was almost completely blocked.

“Hmm.”

Siwoo recalled his conversation with Choi Dae-soo.

━The guy who’s currently taking over [Gold River Guild] is an S-rank named Han Tae-chi, but he’s an oddball.

━Is there such a person? What’s so oddball about him?

━He’s not interested in fighting or killing monsters. He’s a guy who just stays in his workshop and invents things. He probably doesn’t even know about you.

━Can I ask such a guy to take over the guild?

━If you’re a ranker, you should know how to sacrifice yourself for things you don’t want to do. Heh heh heh. Besides, he has no choice. He borrowed research funds from Ryu Ji-hwan. And you paid off all his debts today.

In conclusion, since Siwoo had paid off Han Tae-chi’s debts, the creditor-debtor relationship had shifted from Ryu Ji-hwan to Siwoo.

“So, since the president has arrived, can I go now?”

“Where are you going?”

“T-To the workshop to continue my research.”

“What research?”

Han Tae-chi hesitated to answer.

‘𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶.’

“My research is a bit complicated. The magic circuit is also very complicated . . . . It’s hard to explain . . . .”

“Show me.”

“What??”

“Don’t you have a magic circuit? Show me.”

Han Tae-chi hesitated.

He had no idea what the hell this guy was trying to do by asking him to show him the circuit.

But if he didn’t show it to him, it seemed like that fist would fly again. . . .

With no other choice, he took out his portable input/output magic circuit analyzer and displayed the hologram.

Three huge circles, each about 3m in diameter, appeared like a Venn diagram.

“You see? Even ordinary people can’t see this. I’ll put this away now . . . .”

“The circuit is very interesting. Developing elements that react to magic?”

“ㅡㅡ??”

Han Tae-chi looked at Siwoo with a face full of shock.

It was a circuit that contained the essence of magic engineering, with over ten thousand strokes, thousands of shapes, and characters mixed together.

It took him two whole years just to develop this circuit, but he had figured out the intention of the formula just by looking at it?

It was like seeing a grain of sand on a beach and guessing the name of the beach.

“How the hell did you know??”

“Why not? This part is a circuit that recognizes magic, and this part is the part that determines the nature of the element.”

Siwoo explained, holding his hand over the hologram.

Of course, developing such a formula was not easy for him either.

He could apply existing formulas, but creating a new formula was a whole different matter.

However, analyzing and understanding it was well within Siwoo’s capabilities.

After going through countless spells for a hundred years, he could tell the nature of a spell just by looking at the formula.

“Whether it’s water or fire, it’s all fine, but the best fit would be the attribute of lightning. It’s also easy to emit.”

He was right.

Han Tae-chi’s whole body was covered in goosebumps, and he didn’t know what to do.

Even researchers couldn’t grasp it so quickly.

“D-Did you study magic engineering?”

“I don’t need to do anything like that to figure it out.”

“No, that can’t be. . . .”

“Be quiet. Your research topic seems fine, so you’ll have to report to me regularly from now on. And I’ll set up a lab for you, so come here and do your research from now on.”

“What??”

That was ridiculous.

He was not a person who worked for a particular guild.

No matter how much he needed the grant money, it was not enough for him to give up his pride as a researcher.

“I don’t think that would be easy. . . .”

“I’ll give you double the grant money.”

“What??”

“If that’s not enough, I’ll give you triple. By the way, this is the last offer.”

“T-Then I’ll work hard! I’ll bring my things right now!”

Han Tae-chi bowed deeply to Siwoo and then ran out with his ears ringing.

He promised to finish moving in today, just in case Siwoo changed his mind.

Siwoo smiled wryly and got up from his seat.

As soon as he saw that formula, he had already applied it to himself and mastered it.

‘𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥.’

Han Tae-chi might not know it, but from Siwoo’s point of view, that research could lead to a tremendous transformation in the future.

Magic based on the general element series of water, fire, wind, earth, and electricity does not react with magic power.

As it stands now, the only magic that reacts with magic power is the magic used by the so-called ‘healers’ of the holy system.

However, if the magic of the elemental system were to react with magic power. . . .

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯.’

Siwoo smiled wryly.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

“Your Excellency! It’s an emergency!”

“What is it?”

Choi Dae-soo looked up from the documents with a frown.

“The gate has opened!”

Gates were a nuisance that occurred several times a day.

That’s why there were guilds in each region.

“What kind of gate is it that you’re making such a fuss about?”

“An S-rank gate like last time . . . .”

“Damn it, this is not a joke! Contact Heptagram and the Hunter Association right now and tell them to gather.”

“But it’s not the only thing.”

Choi Dae-soo made an unpleasant expression at the chief secretary.

“Three A+ rank gates have also appeared . . . .”

“Bastard, what the hell! We have to send out an S0S to other countries.”

“We just contacted them, but they all said no.”

“If they don’t help us this time, we’ll respond at the national level.”

“No, that’s not it . . . .”

The chief secretary hesitated and then continued in a flustered manner.

“Gates have appeared simultaneously in other countries. So far, we’ve confirmed 5 in China, 1 in Japan, 2 in North Korea, 3 in Vietnam, 8 in Russia, and 1 in Singapore. It’s estimated that they’ve also appeared in other parts of Asia.”

Even though they appeared several times a day, they had never appeared all at once like this.

“What are the gate measurement ratings of those countries?”

“They’re similar to ours. B-rank at the lowest, S-rank at the highest.”

“Where have the S-rank gates appeared?”

“They’re currently identified as Russia and Japan.”

Gates that were called national disasters even if they appeared only once had appeared simultaneously in three neighboring countries.

What were the odds of that happening?

‘𝘐𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵?’

Choi Dae-soo calmly suppressed his boiling anger.

It’s not too late to get revenge on them later.

The most important thing he had to do right now was to protect the safety of South Korea.

“First, send the coordinates of the three A+ rank gates and the S-rank gate to Heptagram and the Hunter Association. Also, prepare an emergency video conference right away.”

At Choi Dae-soo’s order, the chief secretary nodded and prepared quickly.

Less than 5 minutes later, an emergency video conference was held.

The Guild Leaders of Heptagram, Chae Woo-dam of the Hunter Association, and Baek Geon-ho of HSIU connected in turn and appeared on the screen.

“Three A+ rank gates and one S-rank gate have currently appeared. Defcon Level 2 has been issued, and this is a situation that falls under quasi-wartime, so your response is inevitable.”

━Is there nowhere to send an SOS?

Choi Dae-soo shook his head at Baek Geon-ho’s question.

“They say that neighboring countries are in a similar situation. The ‘bastards’ are getting more and more sophisticated in their tricks.”

━In that case . . . how should we divide the personnel? The A+ rank is also quite a handful, and if there are three more gates like that, it’s going to be a lot of trouble.

Hunter Choi Sung-il carefully expressed his opinion.

“I think so too. As soon as this meeting is over, I’ll also preside over a meeting with the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Government Administration to get more personnel.”

━First, I think at least half of Heptagram should go to the S-rank gate. Considering the last incident, it’s not enough even with that, but since the S-rank is different from the A+ rank, I think we should do that much.

━I agree with Hunter Do Kyung-hoo. We should bring in at least 200 assistant hunters and 4 S-rank hunters, right?

Min Si-joon looked miserable as he agreed with Do Kyung-hoo’s opinion.

“Does anyone have any other opinions?”

Choi Dae-soo’s question was met with hesitation and glances.

It was an understatement to say that their lives were on the line.

Then someone raised their hand.

“State your opinion . . . Min Siwoo.”

━Divide the A+ rank gates into three groups and send them in. HSIU will take care of one, the Hunter Association will take care of another, and the Ministry of National Defense will take care of the remaining one.

━The Mad Dog’s opinion isn’t bad. So, we’ll quickly take care of the three A+ ranks and then go to the S-rank gate together, is that it?

━I also think the master’s opinion is good. We should take care of the A+ ranks quickly and go in together. Considering the monsters that appeared in the S-rank, that’s the best way to go.

Do Kyung-hoo and Kang Yeo-hwa agreed with Siwoo’s opinion.

However, Siwoo frowned as if he had heard something ridiculous.

━What are you all talking about? I said to divide into three groups and go in, who said to go to the S-rank together?

━master??

“So what’s your opinion?”

━You guys take care of the A+ ranks. [Mad Dog Guild] will handle the S-rank alone.

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