How to Seduce S-Class Hunters with Bungeoppang - Chapter 82

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【Chapter 82】
“Hmm~”
A trendy idol song played from the Food Truck’s audio system. I nodded my head enthusiastically, keeping time with the beat.
“Ah! This is the killing part.”
I grabbed Ha-nyang’s front paws as the Tricolor Fat Cat lay sprawled across my lap and began dancing the TikTok challenge, but Ha-nyang snorted dismissively.
Ignoring the complaint, I became absorbed in my own excitement and spoke in an animated voice.
“Ha-nyang, should we debut as YouTubers? I think we could get the Gold Button in no time!”
“Suddenly interested in being a web celebrity, meow?”
“Web celebrity? Even I have to admit it’s a brilliant idea!”
Lee Hyun-woo, who was driving, heard our conversation and smiled faintly. He said he’d be our first subscriber if we started YouTube.
As we drove while exchanging such playful banter, the main gate of the Hunter Management Bureau Gangwon Branch came into view. I leaned out the window and waved enthusiastically at the gathered crowd.
“Hello everyone!”
My cheerful greeting brought smiles to the Hunters’ faces.
“Kyaaaa! It’s really Ha-neul Hunter!”
“Whew, heh. I finally get to taste the legendary fish-shaped pastry today….”
Yes, the response was definitely hot.
After parking the truck in a suitable spot and opening the side panel, Hunters rushed around the Food Truck. Kim Grim Reaper, who had been waiting in the space behind the truck, stepped forward solemnly, pulling on black latex gloves.
“Please order in sequence.”
A brief silence fell, then laughter erupted.
“Puhaha! The concept is really solid.”
“Wow, look at the makeup. They even painted the skin pale.”
Everyone was busy taking verification photos, marveling at the sight. Kim Grim Reaper seemed annoyed, but the moment the cameras appeared, he subtly adjusted the angle of his hat and struck a pose. A true professional(?), indeed.
“Hello, I’d like the tteokbokki skewers and tteokbokki for two, please!”
“I’ll have the red bean pastry and cream pastry. Oh, can I also have some fish cake broth?”
Orders came pouring in from all directions. I skillfully poured batter while exchanging greetings with Han-gyeol, who had approached.
“Noona! You really came. Thank you so much. I told all the other team Hunters about this.”
“Good job. Seeing everyone enjoy it makes me proud. It was worth traveling all this way.”
Han-gyeol hurried to the back of the line. After finishing business in a frenzy and tidying up Branch 3’s truck, Han-gyeol approached with a reluctant expression and asked.
“When will you come again? I feel like I want to eat this every single day.”
“I’m not sure. If I can, I’ll come back as soon as possible.”
Han-gyeol nodded and asked if I was heading back to Seoul right away, but I shook my head.
“I want to stop by a cafe nearby. They say ‘Forest Forest Cafe’ has an amazing view?”
“Oh, that place! I’ve been there too.”
Han-gyeol’s eyes sparkled as he said he knew the place.
“You absolutely have to try their signature menu, the Forest Latte!”
“Forest Latte? What’s that?”
“It’s a latte with matcha cream and tons of Oreos on top, and So-eun says it’s incredibly sweet and delicious!”
Han-gyeol, who had been speaking excitedly, added with an embarrassed expression.
“Oh, So-eun is my girlfriend!”
It turned out Han-gyeol had a long-time girlfriend he’d been seeing since middle school. He mentioned they’d get married right after his girlfriend graduates from university.
—Ding.
Han-gyeol’s phone rang at that moment. His face brightened as he checked the message.
“Oh, my girlfriend’s nearby! Noona, I’m going to head out first. Be careful on your way up~”
I watched Han-gyeol’s retreating figure with an affectionate smile, his expression radiant like a young man in love. Hyun-woo, standing beside me, asked in a gentle voice.
“Shall we get going then?”
“Wait. Where should we go now?”
Kim Grim Reaper, adjusting his hat beside me, asked our destination in a low voice. I showed him the photo of Forest Forest Cafe that had been posted on StarGram.
“There’s a famous cafe nearby that I wanted to check out. Kim Grim Reaper, why don’t you come with us!”
“Such a bright place isn’t to my taste.”
The moment Kim Grim Reaper saw the photo, he recoiled in horror and, muttering something about clocking out early, dissolved into thin air and vanished. In the end, it was just the three of us heading to Forest Forest Cafe—Hyun-woo, Ha-nyang, and me.
“Wow, this massive greenhouse is really a cafe?”
“I hear there’s even a small artificial waterfall inside.”
Forest Forest Cafe was exactly as its name suggested—a place that recreated a vast greenhouse forest in its entirety. We enjoyed the photo zones scattered throughout and ordered the signature latte that Han-gyeol had recommended.
“Mmm, this is really delicious!”
“This one wants a taste too, nyaa.”
“No way. It’s too sweet for you.”
“…Hmph, how unfair, nyaa!”
After finishing a delicious dinner nearby, we were on our way back to Seoul. The sun had already set, and the surroundings had grown dim. I was sitting in the passenger seat of the truck, looking through the photos we’d taken today.
—Screeeeeech!!
The truck came to an abrupt stop with a loud screeching sound. My body lurched forward violently before snapping back into place against the seatbelt. I held Ha-nyang tightly, trying to calm my racing heart.
“…There’s a person ahead.”
At Lee Hyun-woo’s cold voice, I lifted my head and looked forward. In the middle of the narrow road illuminated by the headlights, a woman lay collapsed in front of the truck.
“Are you alright there?”
I carefully got out of the car and called out to her, but the moment I saw her face, I froze in shock.
Her hair was disheveled, her eyes bloodshot and swollen as if they might burst. The woman stared at me—no, at Lee Hyun-woo—with an unfocused, vacant expression.
“…You look happy.”
Her hoarse voice cut through the night air.
“Who are you?”
Hyun-woo asked cautiously, and the woman’s shoulders began to tremble intermittently. She made an eerie sound—whether laughter or sobs, I couldn’t tell—as she muttered.
“Our Seo-yul is dead… and you look fine? You’re supposed to be an S-Rank Hunter who saves citizens. Hehe….”
“…”
“How can you call yourself human? My youngest died because of you! Because of you! Aaahhhhh!!!”
The woman let out a anguished scream and thrashed her feet violently. She appeared to be a bereaved family member who had lost her sibling in a recent Gate accident. Unable to overcome her grief and rage at losing her younger brother, she had come seeking out Lee Hyun-woo to blame.
“If you had gone, my sibling would still be alive! You’re such a noble S-Rank that you won’t even bother with low-grade Gates? Is that why you just let people die like that?”
It seemed the Gate where she had lost her sibling wasn’t even in the area Lee Hyun-woo had been dispatched to. I frowned and stepped forward.
“Listen, no matter how much pain you’re in, blaming someone who wasn’t even there….”
But it was Lee Hyun-woo himself who stopped me. With a bitter yet troubled expression, he blocked my path.
“Ha-neul, allow me to speak with her.”
“But this isn’t your fault….”
“It’s fine. Just in case, would you step back for a moment?”
Lee Hyun-woo seemed intent on attempting a conversation with the Grieving Woman first. Eventually, I let out a small sigh and stepped back, watching the tense situation unfold.
“Lee Hyun-woo, you need to feel the same pain!”
An Unknown Man appeared from behind, his voice raw with anguish as he screamed. He hurled a small glass marble-like object he’d been clutching violently to the ground.
—Crash!
With the sound of shattering, the space beneath us warped grotesquely. He’d forced open a Rift leading to a Gate by twisting dimensions with an item.
“The agony of losing something precious right before your eyes—you need to experience that too, so you’ll understand our suffering!”
The Unknown Man’s face twisted into something demonic as he seized my forearm with brutal force. In that instant, Ha-nyang leaped from my embrace and sank her teeth deep into his arm.
“Ahhh! This insane cat! Get off me!”
Writhing in pain, the Unknown Man grabbed Ha-nyang by the scruff and hurled her like a piece of baggage into the Rift’s gaping, horrific maw.
“Ha-nyang! No!”
Without hesitation, I threw myself into the Rift and pulled Ha-nyang into my arms, holding her tight.
“Ha-neul Hunter!!!”
Lee Hyun-woo’s anguished cry pierced my ears. I saw him leap into the Rift after us.
“Take my hand!”
I reached toward him, but we were falling too fast to bridge the distance.
Instead of grasping Lee Hyun-woo’s hand, I held Ha-nyang tighter and squeezed my eyes shut. The endless fall continued.

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