Hunter Kindergarten, Dolphin Class! - Chapter 134

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Chapter 134

Hunter Kindergarten Dolphin Class! Chapter 134

Just one hour before the great restroom clash.

In an interrogation room in the building basement.

The researcher smiled with complete composure.

And… the investigator hunter who witnessed that smile up close let out a hollow laugh.

“Hah… this guy’s completely insane.”

“Normal people can’t do research in the first place.”

Do you think a normal person could sit quietly in a chair for hours, examining similar data, comparing it, and extracting it again?

Moreover, in a situation where the success of that research is uncertain?

“I can’t believe there’s a whole truckload of bastards like you.”

“There are all kinds of people in the world. In the past, there were countless humans who devoted their entire lives to perfectly understanding space. What’s the big deal about this?”

“…There’s no getting through to you.”

However, contrary to his words, the researcher was certain.

He and they were different.

His research wasn’t some delusional obsession with perfectly understanding space, but research conducted with certainty of ‘success’.

Watching the hunter leave the interrogation room with a disgusted face, as if giving up, the researcher leaned back lazily against his chair.

A space blocked on all sides.

In that space where any way out was thoroughly blocked, the researcher smiled once again.

Toward the surveillance CCTV mounted in the corner.

“Goodbye, you stupid bastards.”

-Bang!

And then, he disappeared with the smoke… or so he made them believe.

I had simply used the Small Smoke Grenade Item that I had kept under my tongue to make it appear that way.

“What!! Where is she!!”

“The, the smoke is blocking our view!”

While the people who had rushed into the Interrogation Room where she had been were panicking, escaping through the open door was easy.

Through the smoke, she threw away the Glasses she had been wearing and let down her hair to cover her face.

And the shabby Activity Uniform disguised as Prison Uniform that BOND had given her… Tsk, I’ll need to find something to cover it along the way.

In an instant, she successfully disguised herself as just another ordinary Employee working at the BOND Branch Office when viewed from a distance.

‘It was good that I swallowed the Items.’

Worried about body searches, swallowing several small Escape Items had proven helpful.

Of course, secretly spitting them back out was another ordeal entirely.

It was quite unfair that she had been forced to return to Korea along with her colleague who had recklessly pulled stunts against BOND Hunters…

‘Whatever, I can just find new investors.’

For an easy escape, she had endured with stubbornness until being transferred from Headquarters to the Branch Office.

‘It’s better to escape from a lax Provincial Area than to run away in Seoul where Hunters are everywhere.’

And that judgment was accurate.

Unlike Headquarters where they had assigned a Hunter to stay by her side 24/7, the Branch Office was relatively relaxed.

‘Thanks to that, I’ll be able to escape safely this time too.’

Of course, before escaping, she needed to retrieve some materials that had been transferred to the Branch Office along with her.

‘I don’t know about other things, but I absolutely need the Initial Physical Data.’

The Initial Physical Data that she had desperately tried to secretly bring along even during the forced repatriation process to Korea.

Her steps were quick and unhesitating.

The Storage Room attached to the same underground floor.

The initial physical data she brought would have looked like crude wet specimens on the surface, and there was a high possibility they would be treated even more carelessly than the written documents.

Opening the unlocked door and entering, I see a dim space with boxes piled up on iron cage shelves.

Among them, the researcher desperately searched through what seemed to be the most recently brought box, and finally….

“Found it.”

A large eyeball contained in a transparent container.

The researcher looked ecstatically at the non-human eyeball floating around in the liquid, then quickly and carefully tucked it into their arms.

‘The only physical data has been secured.’

As for the rest…. Inside the box, besides the eye, there were several large glass containers. And inside them were numerous pulsating small eggs.

‘Since they don’t know what they are, they must have brought them here.’

Since they were artificially created, it’s natural they couldn’t recognize them because they’re different from normal forms.

The researcher gathered all of those as well.

After that, while running through the hallway, they dropped all of them onto the floor.

Between the broken glass bottles, the pulsating eggs spilled out.

The eggs that came out onto the hallway vibrated frantically up and down, then suddenly stopped moving completely…. and slowly began to crack.

And.

True pandemonium began.

‘Still, since they’re low-grade monster eggs, they’ll probably be suppressed before long.’

“Mo, monsters!!!”

“Monsters have appeared!!”

“Hu, hunters! Call all the hunters! Quickly!”

In the chaos created by the sudden appearance of monsters, I leisurely caught the elevator and arrived at the 1st floor.

Like a different world from the underground, warm sunlight and chirping birds can be heard through the windows.

‘I should wash my face before going outside.’

If I went out looking like this in broad daylight, I’d be perfect for getting reported and dragged away.

There’s only so much I can hide my face with my hair.

While quickly heading to the restroom.

“Ah!”

At the corner where the restroom split into two directions, I collided with someone.

A glass container that was knocked away by the strong impact rolled across the floor.

As soon as I urgently tried to pick it up, the person I had bumped into picked it up first and handed it to me.

“Ah, thank y-”

“…What is this?”

However, instead of completely handing it over, they gripped it tightly and looked directly at me.

The researcher tensed their face, struggling to maintain a calm state.

“…Are you a student? How did you get in here? This area is off-limits to unauthorized personnel…”

“I came in because I’m authorized personnel. What is this thing?”

“…It’s research material. That’s dangerous, so give it here.”

“Do people normally carry dangerous things to the restroom?”

“Student.”

“…Who do you really think you’re fooling. How annoying.”

Snap.

At that moment, the person who had snatched what was being handed over suddenly stood up from their spot.

“Student!”

“Hey, you seem pretty damn suspicious, so I’m going to check this out before giving it back.”

“…Hand it over.”

“Hey…. I haven’t said anything yet, but you’re already rolling your eyes.”

“Hey.”

“Try catching me if you can.”

“!!!”

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I was rushing toward the restroom to get An Param.

‘I need to get him out of here quickly!’

What the hell is this guy doing in the restroom that’s taking him so long?

Just a few minutes ago, Yu Jin-chae, who had been waiting with us, said she heard strange sounds from underground and went to check, and after she came back, things went to hell.

-There’s a monster in the underground. Let’s quickly evacuate with the kids.

Shortly after, people really did come running up from the basement stairs at breakneck speed.

Then, moments later, screams mixed with unidentifiable crying sounds echoed up from underground.

In an instant, the hazard lights and emergency bell went off, turning the peaceful midday hallway into a scene of chaos.

‘Why! Why does it always turn out like this!’

Suppressing the urge to grab my throbbing head, I spoke to Yu Jin-chae, who was busy directing the evacuating people.

-“First, evacuate with the kids and employees. I’ll just get An Param and come out too.”

And so, currently.

While running toward the restroom in the opposite direction from the evacuation route.

I spotted a familiar figure running toward me from the distance.

“An Param!! Hurry-”

“Hyung!!!”

“What, why is that guy running over here….”

“That person is suspicious!! Run away!”

“What?”

An Param, who was running frantically with a cylindrical glass bottle tucked under one arm, instantly brushed past me.

“Ah! Hurry up and run! To, to the rooftop! We can’t let that person escape! Absolutely not!”

“This isn’t the time for that, we need to evacuate quickly…!”

I shouted while watching the guy go up the stairs before I could even catch him.

But then.

I belatedly noticed that there was another person running behind An Param with fire in their eyes.

‘What the hell is that about?’

“Excuse me!”

“….”

Watching the two of them go up the stairs at a terrifying speed without saying a word, I had no choice but to follow them up as well.

To make matters worse, I began to gradually see monsters from underground that hadn’t been fully subdued starting to stick their faces through the emergency staircase.

“An Param!!”

Damn it.

It’s already barely manageable even if we run away now, so what are we supposed to do!

Gritting my teeth, I stepped on the stairs.

I could already see the two people who had gone up above.

‘Who is that person?’

I intermittently shouted at the top of my lungs toward the upper floor, giving signals to stop, but it was useless.

And so…. In the end, I followed them, who were no different from unstoppable runaway locomotives, and eventually climbed all the way up to the rooftop.

With monsters that could follow us at any moment behind us!

‘Are they insane.’

I gasped for breath as I opened the rooftop door and came out.

With a whoosh of rushing wind, the rooftop door opened to reveal a completely open view in all directions.

An open summit on all sides.

The rooftop of the building that looked like a transmission tower was comparable in height to any building in Seoul.

This… is dangerous.

Enough to give even someone without acrophobia a fear of heights.

“…D-don’t come closer!”

“Give that back!!”

In the distance near the rooftop edge, I could see two people confronting each other over a glass container.

“An Param!!!”

Wind that had blown across the mountain swept fiercely across the top of the building.

When I shouted, the two of them finally seemed to notice me and turned to look at me.

“Both of you stay still! It’s dangerous here since there’s no fence!”

Looking around, it was a structure surrounded only by steel frame without any proper safety fence.

‘If you slip and fall from the edge, it’s instant death.’

I hurriedly started moving again to somehow get between those two, when.

Along with my pocket growing heavy, I heard a voice.

[ Found it. ]

[ My eye. ]

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