How to Seduce S-Class Hunters with Bungeoppang - Chapter 73

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【Chapter 73】
My fingertips trembled uncontrollably. While the Director stepped away to take a call, I stared blankly at the screen of my phone, completely filled with malicious comments.
-This is insane. A Hunter I know is a regular there too, and honestly it gives me chills;
-So they killed someone and then ran a business? Money corrupts. Tsk.
-The world is so scary. What on earth did they put in the food?
-Shut it down immediately! I’m definitely boycotting a murderer’s shop
It felt as though my chest was being crushed.
I understood why the men posing as investigators had made such a spectacle of the incident. Everyone needed to know that chaos had erupted at my shop. And to ensure I couldn’t defend myself, they’d confiscated my phone and locked me in the Interrogation Room.
‘…I can’t just take this lying down.’
I clenched my lips tightly and lifted my head. Tears of indignation welled up, but crying alone wouldn’t solve anything.
Just then, the Director returned, his expression grave from whatever he’d been attending to.
“Ha-neul, I’ve submitted a request for a correction notice to the news organization. The false articles will be taken down soon, and the correction will be published.”
The Director expressed bewilderment, noting that even accounting for his external schedule, it was strange that such a critical report had been omitted from the chain of command.
Someone who could issue a warrant that didn’t exist through an outsider, who knew the Director’s schedule in advance, and who could suppress reports at their discretion. Somehow, I felt I knew who that person was. But there was something more urgent at hand.
“What about that investigator who interrogated me? We need to catch him first. There’s definitely someone behind this.”
He wasn’t a legitimate employee following proper Management Bureau procedures. If that were the case, he would have tried to erase his traces before the truth came out.
‘But is he still at the Management Bureau?’
Considering how long I’d spent in the Interrogation Room, there was a good chance he’d already fled far away. I bit my lip anxiously.
The Director smiled reassuringly at me.
“Don’t worry. I’ve entrusted their pursuit to trustworthy people.”
Trustworthy people? Could it be the Secretary Director?
Just as I was about to ask who that person was, the Director gazed out the window and whistled lightly.
“Wow, they’re fast!”
“Pardon? What do you—”
Crash!
A loud, violent sound of something breaking echoed from outside. Wait! An explosion?
“Oops, my mistake. Sorry about that~!”
It was a familiar voice. I hurried to the window. In front of the Management Bureau Lobby, the man I’d seen in the Interrogation Room was slammed into the ground. And above him, casually dusting off his hands, was another man.
“…Kang Min Hunter?”
The people he’d asked to pursue them were from Field Team 1?
Kang Min Hunter, still in his Hunter gear as if he’d just returned from a Gate, drove the struggling man into the ground once more.
“Ugh! You, you bastard! Do you know who I am?”
“Who? A criminal who harassed my sister Ha-neul.”
Kang Min Hunter smiled wickedly as he twisted the man’s arm back. Shortly after, Lia and Soo-hyun Hunter arrived, dragging the other two men with them.
“Phew, we weren’t too late, were we?”
“…We managed to catch both of them anyway.”
Lee Hyun-woo Hunter approached with an unhurried gait, his cold gaze sweeping over them. Kang Min Hunter, who had found a forged ID in the man’s possession, let out a scoff.
“Was there someone like this in Investigation Team 4? Wow, impersonation, kidnapping, extortion—your list of charges is quite impressive.”
“Th-this is a misunderstanding…. Argh!”
“Save your excuses for prison. There’ll be plenty of people there to listen.”
After that, everything moved at lightning speed. The Security Team arrived and arrested them, dragging them away somewhere. Only then did my legs give out, and I collapsed onto the floor.
“Ha-neul Hunter.”
Lee Hyun-woo, who had climbed through the window, steadied me.
“Are you alright? I apologize for being late.”
“No, it’s fine. Thanks to you, we caught the culprit.”
Leaning against his solid arm, I thought everything was finally over. The culprit was caught, the truth revealed—I could return to my normal life now.
But the world was crueler than I imagined.
【Hunter Death Cause Identified as ‘Toxic Substances Within Gate’… Unrelated to ‘Ha-neul’s’】
Just as the Director said, correction articles began appearing one after another. Yet people’s reactions remained ice-cold.
-Did they pay to suppress the articles? lol An F-rank with connections to the Director?
-Yeah, not buying it~ How am I supposed to eat there when it feels so off?
-They kill someone and brazenly try to reopen? lmao
Our Shop had already been branded as a place selling suspicious food. No matter how loudly we proclaimed the truth, people refused to believe us. Perhaps they simply needed someone to tear apart.
The next day, when I arrived at the Shop, I froze in place.
“What… is all this?”
The Shop’s glass windows were smeared with raw eggs and flour, and the entrance was covered in chaotic red letters reading ‘murderer’ and ‘shut down’.
“Sister…”
Ari, who had arrived first, stood holding a broom with tears streaming down her face. Worse, menacing-looking people were lurking around the Shop. It felt like they might throw stones at me at any moment.
I took Ari’s hand and moved to the back of the Shop. Opening in this condition was impossible. Not just for me, but Ari and our customers could be endangered. I clenched my lips and made a decision.
“Ari, let’s close the Shop for a while.”
“No! Why should we? This isn’t even our fault!”
“I know. But… the atmosphere is too heated right now. If we open carelessly, we could get hurt.”
With trembling hands, I wrote a temporary closure notice and posted it at the entrance. Ari watched the Shop, then finally broke down in tears.
“Ari, don’t be so sad. Our Shop isn’t closing forever, right?”
“But… we will reopen soon, won’t we?”
“Of course. I’ll contact you first when we do.”
After sending Ari off, I trudged back to the Dormitory and collapsed onto my bed. The tears I’d been holding back finally fell silently.
‘…It’s unfair. I did nothing wrong.’
-Knock knock
“Ha-neul Hunter. It’s Lee Hyun-woo.”
Then came a cautious knock from outside. I hastily wiped my tears and opened the door.
“Oh, Lee Hyun-woo Hunter.”
“…Were you perhaps crying?”
His gaze lingered on my reddened eyes. I forced a smile and shook my head.
“No, just dust got in my eyes. But what about the people who were arrested?”
“They’re currently being interrogated. However, they apparently won’t talk easily—they seem to have something to rely on.”
“…Could Park Sung-chul be behind them?”
“That’s my suspicion as well.”
I smiled bitterly and nodded.
“…This will be a long fight.”
“But please don’t worry. I will uncover the truth, I promise you.”
I offered a small smile, gratitude evident in my expression.
“Thank you. And… I’m thinking of closing the shop for a while. Public opinion is terrible, and if I stay any longer, I’m afraid it won’t just be me who gets hurt—the people around me will suffer too.”
Lee Hyun-woo’s brow furrowed at my words. He fell silent for a moment, as if wrestling with something weighty, before his expression hardened with resolve and he looked directly at me.
“I see. Have you given any thought to where you’ll stay? This dormitory is no longer safe.”
“What? But there are security systems installed in every dormitory, aren’t there?”
“Those are designed to prevent external intrusions. The threat targeting you is already inside.”
It struck me that the Management Bureau’s system would never stop Park Sung-chul. The realization that this place wasn’t a sanctuary sent a chill down my spine.
“You’re right. I need to figure out somewhere to stay…”
But I had nowhere to go immediately. My old home was already cleared out, and staying with Shin Hye or at a hotel was impossible—my identity was far too exposed. Watching my anxious expression, Lee Hyun-woo took a step closer.
“If you don’t mind, would you consider staying at my official residence?”
“…Pardon?”
I blinked blankly.
“My residence operates independently from the Management Bureau’s system. The security clearance is among the nation’s highest, and since it’s been largely neglected since purchase, its location isn’t known to the outside world.”
“B-but living with you, a Hunter…”
“The house is spacious enough that we’d rarely cross paths. And Ha-nyang would be comfortable there as well.”
He continued firmly, as if to reassure my flustered self.
“Right now, the safest place for you to stay would be somewhere no one else would easily anticipate. Somewhere like my residence.”
His gaze remained steady and unwavering, fixed on me. It was more than mere kindness—his eyes carried a weight of grave responsibility.
“Will you trust me and come with me?”
Looking at the large hand extended toward me, I gave a small nod. My heart thundered in my ears, a sound wholly at odds with the gravity of the moment.

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