Broken Ranker Devours Myths - Chapter 47

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

Chapter 47

House Burglary (5)

Incheon Airport, in front of the immigration gate.

Executive Director Jeong Gyu-han was receiving a report from his secretary while sitting in a limousine parked in front of the gate.

“……As you instructed, we’ve received confirmation from all Z-Team members that they won’t be swayed by Jang Lee Hyeon. However,”

“However?”

Executive Director Jeong stopped watching the arrivals exiting the gate and furrowed his brow.

The secretary bowed his head slightly.

“We haven’t received confirmation from two people yet.”

“Two people? Does that include the person Team Leader Im attached, or exclude them?”

“Excluding them. These are the people.”

The secretary respectfully handed Executive Director Jeong a tablet PC displaying their resumes.

“Seo Ae-ri and Eom Gi-seon. These are names I’ve heard before. My son seemed to complain about them constantly.”

Executive Director Jeong’s gaze turned to the photo of Manager Eom Ki-seon, the second one shown.

Despite being a company resume photo, he had bleached white hair and dangling earrings.

“Especially this guy, I remember Executive Director Ho showing quite some interest in him.”

“Yes. He’s the very employee who once caused a stir in the company when Executive Director Ho personally gave him a sword.”

The backbone of White Burn consisted of 26 strategy teams under the Dungeon Strategy Headquarters, who traveled domestically and internationally while accumulating tremendous achievements.

Especially the team leaders who led them were mostly skilled individuals who had reached ranker status.

Many had received countless offers from outside and suddenly risen to stardom.

However, if you asked ‘Are these White Burn’s main forces?’, most high-ranking officials at White Burn would withhold their answer.

The real deal was hidden much deeper inside.

The old monsters that Guild Leader ‘Mountain God’ Mo Jeong-gyeon had gathered from around the world over the past 40 years.

This group, which included high rankers that were few in number in each country, couldn’t easily receive offers from guilds, factions, or organizations.

Because they knew how deep their loyalty to Mo Jeong-gyeon ran.

‘If you think about it, I’m also one of those old monsters.’

The temple members called them the ‘Executive Board.’

And,

Executive Director Ho was a very unique figure even among this executive board.

His loyalty to Mo Jeong-gyeon was very deep, but his martial prowess was also among the best.

Should I say he was a natural warrior rarely seen in modern times?

He rarely came out into the world, always busy focusing on personal training.

There was a time when such Executive Director Ho showed deep interest in company affairs, albeit briefly.

He had taken a liking to Manager Eom Ki-seon, who had been forcibly discharged from Astra in America for some incident and came to Korea through headhunting.

I heard he felt a strange interest in Manager Eom Ki-seon’s gait while he was drinking with friends near the company?

‘Back then, this punk Eom Ki-seon apparently threw a fit asking why he was ruining their drinking session? I really don’t understand. How could he tolerate such behavior? If it were me…. Hmm. Executive Director Ho is really weak in strange places.’

A confrontation broke out between Manager Eom Ki-seon and Executive Director Ho on the spot, and naturally Manager Eom Ki-seon was brought to his knees.

The problem was that even after that, Manager Eom Ki-seon absolutely refused to acknowledge defeat and kept charging at him.

The confrontation only stopped after all his swords were broken and he fainted.

Executive Director Ho compensated for all the broken furniture and damages around them, left only one sword for Manager Eom Ki-seon, and departed.

Saying it was repayment for playing enjoyably with an old man after a long time.

But then Manager Eom Ki-seon came to work the next day as if nothing had happened, despite experiencing such an incident.

Ah, with the sword Executive Director Ho had left hanging properly at his waist.

‘This isn’t some martial arts novel, what is this. He might have thought it was romantic behavior in his own way, but… there are too many people who aren’t in their right minds. In the executive board.’

Executive Director Jeong was well aware that the incident from back then was still talked about among regular employees.

He also knew that people who followed Executive Director Ho had emerged through that incident.

But from Executive Director Jeong’s perspective, it was all just useless behavior that only damaged one’s dignity.

‘Dignity isn’t something that can be created as easily as words suggest. It only appears when one truly rules.’

Executive Director Jeong’s values were firm, both then and now.

However,

“Still… I definitely want to keep this friend close.”

Tap.

Tap.

Executive Director Jeong tapped Manager Eom Ki-seon’s photo with his index finger.

“If I could tame such a hunting dog, it would be as perfect as when Lu Bu obtained Red Hare.”

Executive Director Jeong well understood the value that people with eyes like Manager Eom Ki-seon possessed.

Such a person was a treasured sword.

One that must be handled very delicately and wielded sharply….

“Chief Seo Ae-ri is the same. These two people are far more valuable than any useless chaff.”

Executive Director Jeong closed the tablet PC and handed it to his secretary.

“Arrange separate individual meetings with these two people. Tell them I want to see them personally.”

“Personally…! Yes, understood.”

The fact that someone who had called other Z-Team members as a ‘group’ to where he was would personally move himself.

It meant Executive Director Jeong found these two people talented enough to personally keep by his side and nurture them.

‘Foolish bastard… He had such talents right beside him but was completely unaware. Did I really raise you so poorly?’

It was while he was organizing his thoughts about his dead son.

“They’re coming out now, Executive Director.”

“Let’s go greet them.”

Executive Director Jeong composed his emotions as if by magic and got out of the limousine.

Just then, the gate opened and people in neat suits appeared.

But people who couldn’t hide their sharp gazes.

Executive Director Jeong knew well who they were.

Pingxin.

Members of the special task force that was recently created in China by importing the training methods and systems of the Thunder Unit,

no, that had ‘evolved’ them.

And,

In front of them was a middle-aged man who commanded them.

It was Wei Gang-ning, the head of Pingxin who was acquainted with Executive Director Jeong, better known by his alias ‘Magic Dragon.’

“非常欢迎您来韩国， 魏局座(We sincerely welcome you to Korea, Director Wei).”

Executive Director Jeong greeted him with a smile, spreading both arms.

* * *

‘Beat up Mukesh? What does that mean?’

Kim Min-jeong found Lee Hyeon’s face, showing an indifferent expression even after hearing such words, more noticeable than Manager Eom Ki-seon’s detestable face.

Suddenly, she recalled a conversation she had during a brief meal with Im Won-young two days ago.

-You look extremely tired, Team Leader.

-…Manager Kim, when exactly are you coming back to our team?

-It must be very difficult handling the work I used to do by yourself. Should I return to A-Team right now?

-No, no. What am I saying. The Z-Team cleanup isn’t even finished yet, so what… Finish everything there and come back, finish everything.

-Are there really that many matters on Myeongga’s side? What kind of proposals are those guild leader bastards making?

-That side isn’t really much of a problem. The real issue is something else.

-The real issue?

-Gwiroae, you know him?

Kim Min-jeong nodded her head.

Who wouldn’t know about Gwiroae, who’s making South Korean media the noisiest these days?

Especially when the fact that he was Zeus’s Apostle was featured in headlines, what a huge reaction it caused.

People wondered if finally a famous chief deity’s apostle had appeared in Korea too.

The already noisy public opinion became even noisier.

-That guy apparently appeared a few days ago too. At that time, Mukesh Ambani died.

-……You’re talking about India’s Vajrason, right?

-Yeah. That Mukesh Ambani.

-……!

-But do you know where he died?

-……Don’t tell me?

-It was the Dungeon.

-……!

-Such an incident happened right in the middle of our dungeon, so why didn’t we know about it until now?

Kim Min-jeong felt a strong sense of unease.

During the dungeon raid. After Lee Hyeon disappeared into the underground waterway saying he’d catch the Hidden Boss, he didn’t tell her what he experienced there.

After that, with Team Leader Jeong’s death, there was no time to ask Lee Hyeon about it.

-Because of that, intelligence came in that those Pingxin bastards from China are trying to enter Korea. From Mexico, Arachne apparently booked a flight ticket to Korea immediately.

-…….

-There are rumors that other countries like the United States are moving too. It’s right before chaos. What the hell is Gwiroae’s identity?

-……I don’t really know either.

Thinking about it now, Im Won-young seemed to have suspicions about Lee Hyeon too.

But the reason he didn’t dig deeper was probably because he judged the power gap was too large for Lee Hyeon to be Gwiroae.

Kim Min-jeong felt the same way.

Gwiroae’s strength currently estimated publicly was High Ranker level.

A level that only 7 people in Korea possessed.

But Lee Hyeon was in a state where he had only just started recovering his body a month ago.

Even in his prime, he had only approached High Ranker level but never surpassed it. It couldn’t be Lee Hyeon.

However, she thought there might be some relationship with Gwiroae…….

‘Senior is really Gwiroae himself?’

But Lee Hyeon only maintained an expressionless face, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

“Hey, Manager Eom Ki-seon! What the hell are you doing! Someone could have gotten hurt!”

Kim Min-jeong threw her doubts aside and burst into anger.

Though it didn’t work on Manager Eom Ki-seon at all.

“But you didn’t get hurt, right?”

“Are you calling that an answer right now……!”

“Hey, you think I did that without calculating that much? Our noona is too sensitive.”

“Who’s calling me noona,”

“Or should I call you honey like before? I prefer that too.”

“Hey!!”

Finally Kim Min-jeong couldn’t hold back and screamed.

But Manager Eom Ki-seon just kept grinning slyly.

Fortunately no one else was using the training ground, or it would have been really embarrassing.

Still, it was just as annoying.

Kim Min-jeong’s trembling hands looked ready to draw her magic gun and blast that bastard’s head off.

Meanwhile, she was about to make excuses wondering what Lee Hyeon would think,

“You don’t sound particularly confident in what you’re saying.”

Lee Hyeon’s gaze, still hard to read, was fixed on Manager Eom Ki-seon.

Manager Eom Ki-seon twisted his lips.

“I saw what,”

“No. You weren’t there. I was there.”

“Oh, so you’ve decided to be that shameless? Well, I understand. You’re thoroughly hiding the fact that you’re Gwiroae, right? If your identity gets exposed, you might get treated like a demon, and it would only cause trouble for the company. Normal life would become difficult too.”

Demon.

It was a term for Hunters who lost their reason after being consumed by the Power from Legend and Narrative.

“I understand those circumstances, so I’m being considerate. I spoke when no one was around, right? The CCTV over there doesn’t pick up voices, so don’t worry. Since you seem close with noona Min-jeong, you know well that she keeps her mouth shut.”

“…….”

“So I’m asking, how did you really do it? I’m really curious. With Mukesh and even Qing Xiao there, how did you overwhelm them so decisively……!”

“What color is Gwiroae’s lightning?”

Lee Hyeon cut him off and asked.

“……Why the sudden random question?”

“You said you were there. Then you’d also know that each Thunder God’s lightning color is different. Didn’t you see what color lightning Gwiroae showed when he cut off Mukesh’s head?”

Manager Eom Ki-seon rolled his eyes for a brief moment, then smiled awkwardly.

“It was white, of course. Or was it closer to transparent? That stuff was even in the media,”

“No, wrong. You should have said brown or dark brown.”

“That’s Mukesh’s lightning color! What you’re saying doesn’t make sense……!”

“Didn’t you see Gwiroae forcibly absorb Mukesh’s lightning before killing Mukesh?”

“……!?”

“And when I said Gwiroae ‘cut off’ Mukesh’s head earlier, you should have said he ‘burned’ the body, not cut it. Mukesh died from burns.”

“That’s…… hahaha. I must have been mistaken. Right. Originally the body was charred by dark brown lightning,”

“As expected. You weren’t there. Actually, cutting off the head was correct.”

“……!!”

Only then did Manager Eom Ki-seon realize he had fallen for Lee Hyeon’s trick and looked bewildered.

Kim Min-jeong was equally dumbfounded.

“Haha, hahaha……. To fall for such word games. Damn. How can my guessing be so off? I consider myself to have a way with words, but I’m no match for Team Leader, am I?”

Manager Eom Ki-seon grinned while running his hand through his hair.

His eyes gleamed with madness.

“But it’s true that I was in the underground waterway. I saw Team Leader overwhelming the Curse Mages while wildly unleashing lightning, and I saw you walking out leisurely from where Mukesh and Qing Xiao appeared. Though I got lost in the middle because the underground waterway was too complex and couldn’t see properly…….”

Manager Eom Ki-seon casually rested his sword on his shoulder.

“Still, coming out of such a place while also using lightning and having excellent skills, so I made that guess. Tsk.”

“So what do you want to say?”

“Well, that stuff doesn’t really matter. Let’s just have one match.”

Manager Eom Ki-seon’s lips twisted.

“Actually, whether Team Leader is Gwiroae or not doesn’t matter much to me. I just want to have a match with Team Leader. I kind of like this sort of thing. Well, if you think it’s bad for your reputation as team leader, or if you’re scared, I’ll let it sl—”

“You should have said that from the beginning.”

Snort.

Lee Hyeon chuckled lightly while drawing Blood Biter from his inventory.

And,

Crackle!

Leaping blue-white lightning.

Lee Hyeon’s lips curved up, revealing his fangs.

“I was just thinking I wanted to beat up one arrogant team member too.”

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