Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 150

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

 

Chapter 150

New Fangs (2)

 

 

 

“What did you buy? A Zweihander?”

Zweihander was German. In English, it was a two-handed sword.

A massive great sword that could only be properly gripped with both hands.

It seemed much larger than what Eom Gi-seon had used before.

“He said the sword I was using before was too light. I thought this would be better if I wanted to focus on strength, so I chose it. The blacksmith said it was good too.”

Lee Hyeon discreetly checked the great sword’s description window.

 

[Taotie’s Claw]

A great sword imbued with the ferocity of Taotie, one of the Four Fiends. It is vicious enough to crush or tear apart anything it touches.

-Type: Great Sword. Two-handed weapon.

-Origin: Legend ‘Taotie of the Four Fiends’

 

Indeed, just looking at its size and weight distribution, it seemed like a weapon that would suit Eom Gi-seon well.

Kim Min-jeong narrowed her eyes as she put Taotie’s Claw into her inventory.

“This…”

“Don’t worry, I absolutely won’t tell anyone about it.”

“……”

“I’m serious, okay? Don’t you trust me?”

Kim Min-jeong seemed to have a lot she wanted to say to Lee Hyeon, but she didn’t bother bringing it up.

“But what about you, senior? Didn’t you buy anything?”

“Yeah. I just placed an order. He told me to come back in five days.”

“That long?”

Kim Min-jeong knew just as well as Lee Hyeon how excellent Taotie was as a blacksmith. She also knew how fast his hands were.

But if it was a weapon he was making with all his might?

And if it took as long as five days?

It was hard to even imagine what kind of item would come out.

‘Could he be making a new Sacred Relic related to Dueoksini?’

Seeing Lee Hyeon humming cheerfully, it seemed like things had gone very well…

She wondered what kind of weapon would emerge.

Kim Min-jeong became very curious too.

Just then.

Bzzzz.

Lee Hyeon’s mobile phone rang.

A text message appeared on the screen.

 

—I looked into Chairman Peng like you asked. Come to Uijeongbu when you have time.

 

Lee Hyeon replied that he understood, then shoved his mobile phone into his back pocket.

“Looks like you need to go somewhere?”

“Yeah. Uijeongbu.”

“Why to the General’s house…?”

“I asked him to look into Feng Jinghao.”

“…!”

Kim Min-jeong’s eyes widened.

Lee Hyeon twisted his lips into a smile.

“Looks like he found something.”

 

* * *

 

Kim Min-jeong parted ways with Lee Hyeon and headed toward Hongik University Station.

Today’s afternoon appointment was right here.

“Sis! Over here!”

A place bustling with many crowds.

Finding Eom Gi-seon wasn’t difficult.

He was a head taller than most people.

But…

“You, your outfit…?”

“How is it? I dressed up in all new clothes since I’m having a date with you after so long, sis. Looks good, right?”

“……”

Today was the long-awaited date day he had promised(?) in front of the team members.

But Kim Min-jeong was momentarily at a loss for words the moment she saw Eom Gi-seon.

He looked like a golden retriever with his distinct features and clear expression, but his fashion sense was terrible.

The colors were too flashy and the clothes were too chaotic. With his height on top of that, he looked like a traffic light standing there.

She ended up pressing her hand to her forehead.

“…This won’t do.”

“Huh?”

“Let’s get you new clothes first.”

“…???”

Eom Gi-seon was dragged away by Kim Min-jeong without understanding why.

But the hand he held after so long.

Somehow the sensation felt good.

Hehe.

Eom Gi-seon’s smile stretched from ear to ear.

 

* * *

 

“But what kind of date involves suddenly taking a bus?”

Eom Gi-seon could only come out of the shopping mall again after he looked like a proper person.

A loose hoodie and straight jeans.

It was a very basic outfit, but with his height and build, anything looked good on him.

A shopping date after so long. Eom Gi-seon was incredibly proud and happy.

Thinking he should take the lead on the date from now on, he forcibly put her on a bus for a surprise.

But Kim Min-jeong couldn’t understand her ex-boyfriend.

If they were going somewhere else, couldn’t he have just suggested meeting there from the start?

However, Eom Gi-seon didn’t explain his reasons until the end.

“You’ll know when we get there, I tell you.”

Kim Min-jeong’s face became somewhat dissatisfied.

She had gone home to put on makeup for the first time in a while and spent a long time deliberating before ordering clothes at the shopping mall…

Even seeing her changed appearance, Eom Gi-seon hadn’t said a single word like ‘you’re pretty.’

That being the case, they should have just stayed in for a comfortable online date instead of going out on a regular date – she couldn’t understand why they had even come out.

However,

‘Wait, this place is?’

Soon, as familiar scenery appeared from the bus window, her complaints gradually faded from her mind.

It was the hospital.

Where her younger brother, Kim Min-yul, was staying.

“What are you doing? We need to get off.”

“……You?”

“I was originally planning to suggest we have our date here today. But you came dressed so prettily that I was completely surprised. Sorry.”

Eom Gi-seon scratched the back of his head with an innocent expression.

Kim Min-jeong couldn’t say anything.

No, no words came out at all.

She could only stare blankly at Eom Gi-seon’s face.

 

* * *

 

Over the past few days,

there were two major incidents that captured the attention of all intelligence agencies and major powers around the world.

“Blue Thunder has been revived!? They really defeated Ping Xin……?!”

“What method did they use? Find out immediately what kind of operation they carried out!”

One was the spectacular revival of the Thunder Unit.

Since everyone had predicted Ping Xin’s overwhelming victory, they couldn’t help but be shocked by this turn of events.

Moreover, when it was revealed that the City Cartel and the Underground Cult were involved in this incident, everyone fell into shock……

It meant that a single combat unit of one guild had power comparable to any decent organization or force, so naturally they became a top priority surveillance target.

“Jet! Bring me identity information on Jet! Especially if there’s any information about the Ring of Extreme Cold or the !”

In particular, intelligence agencies that had treated Jet as merely ‘elite’ or ‘frontline’ level immediately upgraded their assessment of him,

and desperately tried to research how a mere ‘Ranker’ like him could overwhelmingly defeat numerous High Rankers.

However,

a second incident derived from this threw the world situation into complete chaos.

Namely, the ‘collapse of the Central Hero Committee.’

“What? What do you mean! The Committee is in crisis!”

“Fine, let’s say Ping Xin could collapse because of Blue Thunder, those bastards! Originally Ping Xin itself was nothing more than a derivative of Blue Thunder anyway! But this is a different story!”

“The Committee has been half-destroyed! Isn’t that an organization directly operated by China’s Party……! How could such a thing be possible!?”

The CIA of the United States, MI6 of England, DGSE of France, Mossad of Israel……

Everyone had to focus on China. Some even urgently mobilized their human intelligence assets planted in China.

This was because the situation unfolding within the Chinese continent was developing so urgently.

China’s MSS, no, the Party tried their best to shield external view with all their might,

but in reality, they were barely managing to handle and calm the chaos that had erupted internally.

The disappearance of as many as 40% of the talented Rankers belonging to the Committee.

Feng Jinghao’s asylum to Russia.

On top of that, various demons’ prison breaks and large and small riots occurring in autonomous organizations of each province.

The time it took for the Committee, which China had proudly boasted as the world’s largest awakened organization, to collapse was just three days.

There was only one person who could cause such havoc.

Feng Jinghao.

The former head of the Committee.

“Bring that bastard Feng Jinghao before my eyes right now! Drag him here immediately!!”

“Th-that is, after he crossed the Russian border, his whereabouts became completely unreadable……”

“Does that even make sense! Hundreds of Rankers suddenly disappeared! And you’re telling me you can’t find a single trace of them!?”

Impossible things kept happening.

“If that doesn’t work, can’t we at least protest to the Russian government!! Whether you drive tanks or threaten with jets, bring him here immediately!!”

“But Russia is also making excuses saying it has nothing to do with them while deploying troops at the border……”

“Aaaahhh!!”

As was revealed later, many of the executives and demons who caused the riots had strange parasites attached to their hearts.

This meant that Feng Jinghao’s influence had secretly spread throughout the Committee all along.

Because of this, the Committee had to stagger after losing nearly half its power in one blow,

and many forces had to keep their eyes wide open and monitor whether the sparks might spread to them.

Amidst this chaos, there was a figure who began to emerge into the spotlight.

None other than the Dao Ancestor.

Lu Wuchen, known as the new head of the Committee.

 

* * *

 

“I didn’t know such chaos had erupted in just a few days. If I had known, I should have asked the company earlier.”

“They probably didn’t tell you knowing you were tired. There’s nothing White Burn can do right now anyway.”

As soon as Lee Hyeon met Lee Gun-san, he let out a hollow laugh upon hearing about the events that had occurred during his short stay at the hospital.

‘Certainly, for someone with that personality to have stayed under others all this time must have required tremendous patience.’

He was someone who had boldly bared his teeth even at Son Wukong.

Rather, it should be seen that he had only now revealed his hidden true nature.

And……

It was obvious as fire where his eyes hidden in the darkness would turn.

“For now, both I and the National Intelligence Service are operating our information networks to the maximum extent possible. But the inside of China is so chaotic that it’s difficult to look into.”

“How long do you think this chaos will last?”

“Well. Wouldn’t it depend on what Lu Wuchen does?”

Lee Gun-san smiled as he put down the coffee cup he had been drinking.

Clink.

“If he gets greedy like Chairman Peng, everything will be ruined, but if he looks at the greater good…… it will end quickly.”

“Which side do you think it will be, General?”

“The latter.”

Lee Gun-san spoke decisively without any hesitation.

“That man really hates chaos. He’ll probably contact White Burn soon too. There are already rumors of behind-the-scenes contact. Probably Europe, like France or Germany, will mediate.”

Lee Hyeon let out a hollow laugh.

The National Intelligence Service said they still couldn’t properly look into China’s internal situation.

How on earth did Lee Gun-san know such information?

“Them making the first move would be like surrendering. Would their pride allow them to go that far?”

“They will. Lu Wuchen is someone who could bow his head a hundred times if it means stopping the chaos and saving innocent people.”

Lee Hyeon’s eyes widened slightly in surprise. He seemed quite different from the Chinese Party officials he had met so far.

“That personality is why, despite his status as a Top Ranker, he was pushed back in the power game with Chairman Peng.”

“Ah.”

“But in chaos like this, there’s no better talent for cleaning up the aftermath, right?”

Lee Hyeon nodded.

“The Party won’t be able to restrain him carelessly for the time being…… so we should consider China to be Lu Wuchen’s world from now on.”

Lee Hyeon felt like he was gradually getting a clearer picture of what kind of person Lu Wuchen was.

“Perhaps he might be difficult to deal with in a different way than Chairman Peng.”

“Of course. So be careful. He’s definitely not someone to underestimate. I believe he also expressed interest in meeting you at this conference…… be careful. Please don’t get taken in.”

Lee Hyeon’s eyes sank deeply.

Aside from the Mountain God, he had never properly encountered a Top Ranker.

Dao Ancestor.

The person known as the only remaining immortal in the world.

But someone Lee Gun-san evaluates as ‘dangerous.’

What kind of person could he be to produce such conflicting views?

He felt curious.

And,

indeed, what kind of inspiration could he provide him with…….

“But it will take quite some time for the chaos in China to stop, so there’s still time until the talks, right?”

“Probably so? The Company must have told you to take as much vacation as you want for that reason.”

Lee Hyeon nodded.

Then it seemed there would be plenty of time to search for the Somersault Cloud.

‘And the Bull Demon King’s whereabouts as well.’

Lee Hyeon looked at Lee Gun-san and asked.

“Then since China is in that situation, the relationships with the City Cartel and the Underground Cult that they had alliances with will also fall through. I think the City Cartel especially won’t have peace of mind.”

“That would be the case, but…… hmm? Where are you planning to go?”

“Yes. I’m thinking of briefly visiting Guam during my vacation period.”

“Guam……?”

Lee Gun-san looked at Lee Hyeon with an expression of complete bewilderment.

Given Lee Hyeon’s personality, he wouldn’t be going to a resort or anything, right?

Besides, Guam was only famous as a resort in the old days, and nowadays it wasn’t even that good of a place.

No, it was closer to hell.

A lawless city dominated by underground industries like drugs and decadence, smuggling and mercenaries.

“Yes. As Gwiroae after a long time. So please help me out, General.”

“……!?”

Seeing the flustered Lee Gun-san, Lee Hyeon smiled brightly.

Two messages were floating in his vision.

 

[‘Sacred Relic: Golden Eyes of Truth’ has been activated to discover the location of the Dungeon Gate connected to the golden key.]

[Move to Guam.]

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