Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 127

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

 

Chapter 127

D-DAY (2)

 

 

 

Im Won-young set down the documents in front of Kim Min-jeong with a slightly tired expression.

“Did you get along well with the new recruits?”

“Yes. Thanks to you, we all enjoyed a company dinner together yesterday. Thank you.”

Kim Min-jeong bowed her head as she returned the card to Im Won-young.

Yesterday was the day of Z Team’s ‘first’ full team meeting.

Im Won-young had lent them his corporate card for the occasion.

“But the operation day is right around the corner. Will it really be okay?”

Im Won-young let out a hollow laugh as he received the corporate card back.

Kim Min-jeong scratched her cheek.

“Yes. Probably…?”

“What do you mean probably?”

Im Won-young actually trusted Lee Hyeon, but on the other hand, he was a bit worried about Z Team.

He knew they were former Blue Thunder members who had once resolved the Gangneung incident,

but it had been over four years since they’d worked together, and they also had to build teamwork with the existing team members.

‘Especially with Manager Eom Gi-seon’s straightforward personality. He’s been receiving special training from Executive Director Ho lately, so his shoulders must be really stiff with pride.’

The rolling stones might alienate the stones that were already embedded.

However,

“I don’t think you need to worry. The overall atmosphere is fine for now.”

“Well, that’s a relief then.”

“We’re going to start simple group training from today… And most importantly, Team Leader Jang is here.”

Im Won-young couldn’t help but chuckle at the words ‘Team Leader Jang.’

He could see the solid trust contained in those words.

Meeting team members who trust their team leader like this, and meeting a team leader who gives confidence to team members – both were blessed with good people.

And,

having such people in his company was also a blessing.

“That’s right. It’s Team Leader Jang. He’s like a bulldozer, so he’ll handle things well on his own.”

Though the two had different aspects they admired about Lee Hyeon,

Kim Min-jeong decided to just pretend she didn’t hear that.

“But the reason you called me…?”

“All the documents you requested are ready, so take them.”

Only then could Kim Min-jeong see the documents placed on the desk.

“All of this already…?”

“We had to do it quickly. There’s not much time left. Everything’s been processed, so if you go to the rental office and tell them, they’ll be rented out immediately.”

Things needed to carry out a large-scale operation.

Among them were items that White Burn didn’t currently have, so they had to be custom-ordered or borrowed from outside.

‘I’m sure I submitted these documents last night?’

She glanced at the wall clock.

8:43 AM, when office workers were in the midst of commuting.

How many subordinates must have been ground down during the dawn hours.

It was a passage that revealed Im Won-young’s impatient personality.

Kim Min-jeong silently prayed for the souls of those who had gloriously perished.

‘…Anyway, you two really are alike.’

Kim Min-jeong thought that Im Won-young, of all people, shouldn’t be saying that Lee Hyeon makes people work hard, as she gathered the documents.

“Manager Kim, it seems like you’re having very rude thoughts right now?”

Im Won-young’s eyes sharpened like an axe.

“Oh, no way! How could I think such things about the Deputy Director I respect most in this world!”

“You’ve become quite smooth-tongued since joining Z Team.”

“It’s only for you, Deputy Director.”

Kim Min-jeong smiled brightly at her former partner.

Pfft.

Im Won-young let out a dry laugh and patted Kim Min-jeong’s shoulder.

Having such a junior made company life enjoyable.

“Anyway, fighting. Do well and come back.”

“Yes. I’ll complete the mission safely and return.”

Kim Min-jeong bowed her head.

Having such a senior made White Burn special to her.

 

Until the operation start date.

D-2.

 

* * *

 

On a moonlit night.

Son Wukong was sitting on a bench on the rooftop, tilting a wine cup.

This was possible because Lee Hyeon’s house was a villa with an open rooftop.

“What are you doing here so pitifully? Why are you drinking alone?”

Lee Hyeon looked at Son Wukong in human form with flowing white hair.

Son Wukong had been frequently transforming into human form like this recently.

“You’re here?”

Son Wukong let out a hollow laugh seeing Lee Hyeon looking somewhat tired.

“Why does someone who’s running an operation tomorrow look like that?”

“There’s something I need to check.”

Lee Hyeon plopped down next to Son Wukong.

“The coordination isn’t working as well as expected?”

“How could that be? It’s working too well together, that’s the problem.”

“Then it must be your problem.”

“Are you a ghost? How do you know all that?”

“It’s obvious at a glance.”

Son Wukong crossed his arms and let out a light snort.

“The insignia absorption isn’t working well, I see?”

Lee Hyeon nodded.

“It won’t budge at all.”

 

[‘Sacred Relic: Insignia of Bitter Cold’ function has been temporarily suspended. The amount of magic power held far exceeds the capacity threshold.]

 

[‘s narrative is working hard to absorb the magic power that has fallen into hibernation.]

[Will is being applied. Absorption speed is significantly slow.]

[5, 6%……]

 

‘What on earth happened there?’

Lee Hyeon didn’t know what the Snow Queen had experienced while absorbing the body in the storage room.

Even when he tried to read the clone’s memories, it had entered the Frigid Curtain together with the Snow Queen.

However, one thing was certain – this didn’t seem to be simply because the main body was contaminated.

If that were the case, only the Snow Queen would have come out of the curtain separately to speak to him.

But currently, there was no news from her either.

‘I thought it wouldn’t be easy since there are things like the Blood Transformation Snake.’

So Lee Hyeon diligently worked on thawing the frozen Frigid Curtain.

Once he melted it all and absorbed the magic power and thoughts, he would be able to find out what had happened.

However,

Even after investing a full day, the absorption rate had only increased by about 3%.

Even this had barely increased for the past two hours.

For Lee Hyeon, who had to carry out an operation tomorrow, this was a sudden misfortune,

but he couldn’t suddenly postpone the operation date here.

The only fortunate thing was that the Ministry of Defense hadn’t noticed at all that the Snow Queen’s corpse had disappeared.

“There’s no need to be too hasty. That’s ultimately your power too.”

It seemed like trivial advice,

but Lee Hyeon felt like he had gotten some kind of hint.

After all, everything he possessed converged into one thing.

‘Fighting techniques.’

It seemed he needed to research the use of mental energy more.

“Thank you. I think I can figure out how to solve it.”

“I won’t help beyond that.”

“I know. It’s something I have to solve myself.”

Even though Son Wukong had accepted Lee Hyeon as his disciple, he never just spoon-fed him.

He always guided him to learn by confronting things directly and learning through breaking.

Lee Hyeon was always grateful for such a Son Wukong.

So with the thought of offering him a drink, he looked at the empty cup.

A bowl much larger than the usual wine cup he drank from.

“Why? Want me to give you a drink too?”

“No. It’s fine. But you’re drinking makgeolli?”

“Yeah. It’s been a while. But it doesn’t suit my taste. I don’t know how people drink this stuff.”

Son Wukong grumbled.

Indeed, since he liked sweet things, most of the alcohol he usually enjoyed drinking were strongly fragrant fruit wines.

Yet drinking makgeolli alone meant?

A strange light appeared in Lee Hyeon’s eyes.

“Did the Nine-Headed Great Sage like this?”

Son Wukong’s hand, which was reaching for the kettle, hesitated for a moment.

 

* * *

 

Nine-Headed Great Sage.

He was referring to Yu the Tamarin King.

The sixth of the Seven Great Sages.

A brother who had been captured by the Central Hero Committee along with the Peng Demon King.

Tomorrow’s operation wasn’t just about eliminating Xu Changyou and Ping Xin.

There was one more thing.

They also had to rescue Yu the Tamarin King.

“…….”

Glug glug.

Lee Hyeon lifted the kettle in place of the stopped Son Wukong and filled the bowl.

The faces of Son Wukong and Lee Hyeon were reflected on the cloudy surface.

Son Wukong laughed helplessly.

“It seems like you’re the one possessed by a ghost, not me.”

“If the Great Sage is also a ghost, then that’s correct, isn’t it?”

“……Want to get beaten once with this kettle by that ghost?”

“Haha. This is the first drink a disciple is offering to his master, so please calm your anger.”

“Really. Of all the disciples I could have, how did such a guy end up here.”

Son Wukong grumbled as he received the bowl and drank the makgeolli.

Lee Hyeon felt the strange emotion this moment gave him.

Why did the word ‘disciple’ touch his heart so much?

Recently, he had been learning various teachings from Son Wukong every night,

but hearing it said directly in words made the fact that he had truly become his disciple hit home more.

Thud!

Son Wukong put down the finished cup and said.

“The alcohol that gentleman originally liked was a bit different. Much cloudier than this, stronger, and after drinking it, your head would hurt like it was splitting. It wasn’t particularly good alcohol.”

Glug glug.

Lee Hyeon filled the empty cup again.

“But he was someone who liked such alcohol, saying it resembled our lives. He was frustratingly slow and always made people impatient, yet lived within his own rhythm.”

“…….”

“Such a person is being captured by those damn bastards and suffering like that.”

“…….”

“Such a terrible state.”

Son Wukong clenched his fist tightly.

Yu the Tamarin King and the Peng Demon King had been captured by them and used in various experiments.

After the Peng Demon King escaped, how much more had he endured?

He didn’t even want to imagine.

Regret and sadness about his own situation, unable to go to where his brother was even though he wanted to go immediately, seeped through.

“I absolutely cannot leave those bastards alone.”

Lee Hyeon nodded.

‘Those guys are done sleeping peacefully from now on. Of all people, they had to mess with someone like this.’

Lee Hyeon still vividly remembered.

Son Wukong standing as huge as Mount Tai during the apostle test.

If that pressure and majesty were conveyed to them.

Would they even be able to endure it?

“Were you very close?”

“Close? Hmph! How many people do you think could dare stand shoulder to shoulder with this Great Sage Equal to Heaven!”

“Well, you probably weren’t close.”

“What do you mean by that?”

One of Son Wukong’s eyebrows twitched.

Lee Hyeon lightly shrugged his shoulders.

“Isn’t the Great Sage’s personality a bit peculiar? I thought you probably didn’t have friends.”

“This bastard?”

“But it seems like you really liked that person.”

Son Wukong hesitated once again.

Lee Hyeon lightly lifted the kettle.

The alcohol was almost all gone.

“I don’t know much about that person, but the fact that the Great Sage cares this much means he’s someone you have feelings for.”

“…….”

“If he wasn’t someone you liked, you wouldn’t worry this much or get this angry.”

Son Wukong briefly recalled his younger days.

His brothers who were always bickering.

But among them, he remembered the figure of the Macaque King who would step back and stay at a distance, yet occasionally visit secretly to try to resolve misunderstandings.

Come to think of it, whenever the brothers had troubles, the Macaque King was the one they would go to.

A person with depth and clear eyes.

And he was also a wise sage.

“The alcohol has run out. This unworthy disciple will go get some more.”

“At least you know you’re unworthy? Fine. Go ahead.”

Even after teleporting Lee Hyeon away, Son Wukong gazed at the moon for a long time.

“……In any case, whether he’s quick-witted or deep-hearted at times like this. It would have been nice if he showed such behavior to this master normally too. Tsk.”

He was secretly grateful for Lee Hyeon’s thoughtfulness in leaving, knowing that he needed some time alone.

Separate from that, what came out of his mouth was criticism.

Just then, the Peng Demon King flew over and was startled.

「I came because you said you needed a drinking companion. Did you already drink alone in the meantime?」

“No. Another friend came and left before that.”

「Who?」

“My unworthy disciple.”

The Peng Demon King smiled broadly.

「Filling the seat beside you because his master seemed troubled. How admirable.」

“Admirable, my foot.”

「You know your disciple is more mature than his master, right?」

Son Wukong pouted without answering.

As if he’d rather die than admit it.

The Peng Demon King chuckled softly.

This is why he’s called an immature master.

Then Son Wukong opened his mouth.

“Ryu.”

「Hm?」

“Let’s quickly get all our brothers back.”

「…….」

“If we don’t, I don’t think I can live.”

Son Wukong’s quiet anger was fully conveyed to the Peng Demon King as well.

The Peng Demon King nodded heavily.

「Yes. Let’s do that. This is just the beginning.」

The two gazed at the moon in silence until Lee Hyeon returned with a filled kettle.

It was a new moon, barely visible in the moonlight.

 

Until the operation start date.

D-1.

 

* * *

 

And…….

2 hours later.

 

D-0.

Finally, the operation start date had arrived.

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