Hunter Kindergarten, Dolphin Class! - Chapter 115

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Episode 115

It was relatively peaceful until the situation suddenly reached a turning point.

Wearing BOND Field Team work clothes, I followed them as they walked ahead into Mugang’s building.

The work clothes I’m wearing now are Lee Seo-hyeok’s spare work clothes that he wore when sending Ellumis back to the dungeon.

‘After having a fight with that bastard, I threw him in front of Team Na’s office and left…’

Kang Ho-won even thoughtfully brought along the face mask again.

I glared at the red back of his head as he cautiously watched for my reaction.

“There are quite a lot of people, right? Unlike BOND, Mugang allows free passage without any particular employee verification.”

I shifted my gaze at Moon Chae-yeong’s words and scanned the surroundings.

As she said, unlike BOND, Mugang was bustling with people from the lobby.

To the extent that you could see delivery drivers and people who looked like local residents rather than staff members.

“It’s all for show. They created this situation by building things like a Hunter museum and library in the lobby to create a public-friendly image.”

“Ho-won Senior is right about this. Most Hunter companies store dungeons underground, and if something happens there, there’s a high possibility that damage could spread to civilians in the lobby.”

I see.

So by focusing too much on appearances, they unexpectedly have flaws in safety issues.

I guess this is what it means to be all show and no substance.

‘Somehow I keep learning about Mugang’s shady aspects one by one.’

We quickly crossed the lobby, took the elevator, and arrived at the top floor.

When the doors opened, I could see the interior bustling with people wearing work clothes with slightly different designs, apparently gathered from various Hunter companies.

‘Hmm?… Who are those people?’

I could see several people approaching us at a frightening speed as we just arrived. Their blatant stares were so obvious that even the people around us naturally started stealing glances at us.

Lee Seo-hyeok whispered beside me.

“They’re Mugang’s Field Team. Teacher, you can just stay still.”

I nodded silently.

‘Come to think of it, didn’t they say the original purpose was to attend the Hunter Alliance meeting?’

“Where did Field Team Ga go, and why is Team Na here?”

Finally, one of the group that approached with disapproving eyes asked.

“Team Ga isn’t here right now because of a commission that came in?”

Then Moon Chae-yeong snapped back annoyingly.

‘Oh, do they not get along?’

“We clearly conveyed our opinion that we didn’t want to face Team Na.”

“So why don’t you think that’s exactly why we were sent~”

I didn’t see Team Leader Moon that way, but she’s really good at teasing people annoyingly.

As I quietly observe the situation, jabs are flying from here and there.

“BOND has gone crazy for money, so they send guys like this even to important meetings.”

“If you’re scared, then leave~”

“…Aren’t you guys ashamed? Publishing articles that frame Mugang as spies without clear evidence is cowardly.”

“We were also embarrassed and trying to hide it, but someone brilliantly summarized it and tipped off the media company. But… haven’t you thought about this? What if your company got nervous and struck first, breaking the story to play the victim?”

“You’re all twisted in your thinking.”

“Yeah, you pretentious good guys should generously understand us twisted people.”

Kang Ho-won’s way of running his mouth is also quite something.

“Why are you on Team Na?”

“…Is that a compliment?”

It seems like deals don’t work on Lee Seo-hyeok from the start.

And Choi Un-seong is…

“Who’s that next to you? I guess they’re putting another newbie in your pathetic team?”

I said this to the opposing team member who was specifically picking on me.

“Trying to get attention again! Oh my!”

This side is a hidden master.

4:0

Complete defeat.

No matter how you look at it, BOND won the verbal fight.

I was watching with indifferent eyes, wondering if they would keep fighting like this, when Moon Chae-yeong waved her hand at us in the back and said.

“Kids, leave Un-seong behind and all go back to the company. The two of us will be enough here.”

She was moderately mocking them while suggesting we leave the scene.

Then, Lee Seo-hyeok swiftly grabbed the elevator behind us and took me inside.

“Yes, we’ll see you at the company.”

-The doors are closing.

Through the slowly closing elevator doors, I could see the Mugang Field Team members holding back their anger.

“There’s no change in the plan. We were planning to just show our faces and immediately look for the Spy.”

Lee Seo-hyeok explained carefully to me as I stood there bewildered. While doing so, he handed me what he had received from Kang Ho-won.

I looked down at the heavy, round object in my hands.

‘Helmet?’

“Remove the company patch, yes, and put on the helmet. Even if you walk around here wearing a helmet like this, no one will care. There are so many quick delivery and delivery drivers going around.”

“Ho-won Senior brought it using Teleportation. We need to wear this to hide our identities while moving around.”

So the strategy is to search thoroughly and stubbornly insist.

‘Both Mugang and BOND seem to be acting worse than elementary school kids.’

Still, for now, I did as told and removed the patch before putting on the helmet.

Suddenly, a strange scene was created with three men wearing helmets in the elevator…

“First, I’d like to look around the 1st floor, would that be okay?”

I made the first move faster than anyone else.

‘I want to check on Noah first somehow.’

“…Yes, yes! Whatever you want to do, Teacher.”

“Yes, that’s fine.”

Good, things are going smoothly.

That bastard Kang Ho-won is really trying hard to read my mood right now.

I pressed the button for the 1st floor without hesitation.

I definitely saw a sign that read ‘Sandeul Kindergarten’ in the 1st floor lobby.

The elevator descended silently.

And when it opened again on the 1st floor.

I came face to face with Noah wearing a Mugang Kindergarten uniform.

***

Kim Noah clenched both fists tightly.

‘Today I’m really, really going to succeed!’

He had pestered Mom for days and days to transfer kindergartens for this very reason.

‘I can find Dad and then go back to kindergarten!’

Even long after his birthday had passed, he still couldn’t see Dad.

Like someone who had vanished without a trace, he couldn’t even hear his voice.

For three months like this, the child who had been quiet while watching Mom’s mood finally burst.

“I’ll definitely find Dad.”

Whenever he asked about Dad, Mom would dodge with excuses like she didn’t know or that Dad was busy.

‘But that’s not true.’

When it got late in the evening, Mom would make phone calls somewhere every time.

-No, are you kidding me by just telling me to keep waiting? How can I just sit still when my child’s father is trapped in a dungeon?!

-Is the rescue operation even being carried out properly? It’s already been three months. If you keep being stubborn like this, I won’t just sit still either!

-It doesn’t make sense that there’s a gate but you can’t enter it. Instead of worrying about your image, put in a cooperation request to external Hunter Companies!

Through the slightly open door, he could hear Mom’s voice on the phone. However, Kim Noah couldn’t properly understand even half of the conversation.

But one thing stuck clearly in the child’s ears.

-Yes, yes, it’s certain that the child’s father is at the company. I’ll look into it more and let you know. Yes, Reporter.

Dad is at the company.

That was enough.

There was information that 7-year-old Kim Noah had memorized until his mouth was worn out.

Mom belongs to Bond Research Department, Potion Production Team.

Dad belongs to Mugang Research Department, Dungeon Research Team.

‘I was taught to answer like this when asked somewhere!’

And so, one day when he was scheming to secretly escape from Mugang Kindergarten to find Dad, having turned his back on all his friends to come here.

Finally, the opportunity came.

The newly renovated ‘Sandeul Kindergarten’ in Mugang’s 1st Floor Lobby was chaotic as it had just started kindergarten operations.

And Kim Noah succeeded in escaping the kindergarten by taking advantage of the moment when his Homeroom Teacher briefly left due to work overload!

With his half-unzipped bag slung in front, he ran frantically from the entrance.

Just then, the elevator stops at the 1st floor and the doors open.

‘Jump!’

Hopping into the elevator, Kim Noah came face to face with three adults wearing helmets.

‘What strange men.’

The adults all wearing black helmets were completely dark from head to toe.

It was quite an intimidating visual, but Kim Noah wasn’t fazed.

“Misters, which way do I go to get to the Dungeon Research Team?”

The child asked while stretching out his arm and frantically pressing the elevator’s close button.

“….”

“….”

Huh? Why aren’t they answering?

“My Dad works at the Dungeon Research Team! I need to go see Dad!”

“…You’re Noah, aren’t you?”

Then, one of the people wearing a helmet called out his name.

“Who are you?”

It was an unfamiliar voice.

“Hey, Seo-hyeok, isn’t this that twins’ friend…?”

“…That, seems to be correct.”

-Click.

Two helmet lids opened refreshingly, revealing the faces hidden inside brightly under the lights.

Only then did an exclamation burst from Kim Noah’s mouth.

“Wow! It’s Teleportation Mister and twins Hyung!”

“…Why are you here.”

“Noah, so this is where you transferred kindergartens to.”

Kang Ho-won and Lee Seo-hyeok were flustered by the unexpected appearance of the child.

However, there was someone here who was even more flustered….

Naturally, the child’s gaze was drawn to the only man among them who hadn’t removed his helmet.

“Who are you, Mister?”

And at this…. Finally, the lid of the remaining helmet was also opened.

“No, Noah… Hello.”

“…!”

Kim Noah was so shocked that he couldn’t react immediately.

“….”

Every morning, he had struggled to suppress his desire to go to Ocean Kindergarten. It was unavoidable in order to persuade Mom, who was trying everything to avoid sending him to Mugang Kindergarten.

Even with his young mind, he had instinctively known.

That if he threw a tantrum, Mom would send him to this place where Dad was.

Rather than being an action born from thorough calculation, it was closer to the simple instinct of a young child.

-…Where do you think you’re saying you want to go.

-It’s Dad’s company! Dad is there too, so why can’t I go!

As a result, he had to see Mom’s sad face…. But since he had succeeded anyway, his sense of pride was greater.

It was sad that he couldn’t see his friends and Teacher for a while, but he knew this would naturally be resolved once he got Dad back and returned.

‘Mom won’t be sad anymore either!’

However.

When he actually faced the Teacher he had missed so much, he couldn’t help but let out the sorrow he had been suppressing.

His emotions welled up.

Tears welled up in Kim Noah’s large eyes and… finally burst out.

“Waaahhhhh!!”

-The doors are closing.

“J-just press any floor!”

“Yes!”

At the sudden start of the child’s crying, the two Field Team members quickly pressed random buttons.

“Huuuuhhhhh!”

“Why is our Noah crying?”

A gentle tone and familiar face.

Kim Noah’s favorite alien teacher.

The child reflexively stretched out both arms.

It was a gesture asking to be hugged quickly. And just as Na Hwi-yeon perfectly understood this and reached out his arms while kneeling down.

-Thud.

-Thud.

-Crash.

-Splaaash.

Several Glass Bottles spilled out from Kim Noah’s Bag that was slung forward and shattered as they hit the floor.

“…”

“Hey, wait a minute.”

Liquid flowed out from the broken Glass Bottles on the floor.

They were mainly Potion Bottles that contained Potion Solution.

Green Liquid with Slime on it stained the Elevator floor and quickly seeped in.

Everyone in the elevator watched that entire process without exception.

Kang Ho-won asked Noah in a trembling voice.

“That kid… What kind of potion is that?”

“Hic! Th-that? I followed what Mom did so hiccup, I don’t really know… She just said it can melt anything…”

“What?”

The edges of the elevator floor could be seen rapidly corroding and falling away. The speed was so fast it was difficult to follow with the eyes.

“This is crazy!”

Whoosh!

The elevator ascending upward.

The elevator floor corroding and disappearing.

Just before Kang Ho-won, who had teleportation ability, could reach out to grab the people.

Na Hwi-yeon, who barely managed to hold Kim Noah, disappeared below through the gaping hole in the elevator floor.

And the remaining two weren’t any different.

“Aaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!”

They fell toward the endless floor below.

***

We are currently falling straight down from the vertically ascending elevator.

I gritted my teeth and took off the helmet I was wearing to put it on Noah.

Beside us, Kang Ho-won and Lee Seo-hyeok were also falling.

In the distance, the elevator could be seen instantly becoming a dot and disappearing.

“Aaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!!!”

“Senior! Get it together! Use your ability!”

“Ah! Hands! Give me your hands! Everyone give me your hands!”

‘Damn it.’

After holding Noah with one hand, I reached out my other hand to Kang Ho-won.

Our fingertips touched…!

Thud.

“…Huh?”

I opened my eyes to the rough texture of grains touching my face and the sense of stability enveloping my body.

Before we knew it… we were buried in the Sandy Ground.

A familiar notification sound reached my ears along with a voice.

“Hello, happy SOL Citizens. This is the SOL Community Center…”

“For other matters, please press 3.”

“Press 2 for Relief Supplies requests. For emergency dispatch, a separate fee will…”

“Ap-apply the Earth exchange rate standard…”

I turned my head to look around.

Humans holding telephones on all sides were uniformly saying the same thing.

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