Hunter Kindergarten, Dolphin Class! - Chapter 166

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Chapter 166

 

The Seat of Discernment is waving at me while wearing red rubber gloves.

 

“You’re here? You’re late.”

 

“What the…”

 

I only blurted out that one word in confusion, but somehow Aunt interpreted it and approached me with a brightened expression.

 

“You were so busy with work that you lost track of time? I told you Yuseong was coming today.”

 

“…Yuseong?”

 

Who? Don’t tell me, that bastard?

 

The only ones here are Aunt, Hyung, and me… By the way, Nabi is currently in White Dog Doll form.

 

So then, the existence that Aunt calls ‘Yuseong’ refers to the Seat of Discernment?

 

“No, uh…”

 

“Hurry up and wash your hands so we can eat. Yuseong here is so kind, he even helped with the cooking.”

 

If a third party were watching me right now, my pupils would probably be trembling like crazy.

 

But no matter how I look at it, that bastard doesn’t look human at all, does he?

 

Golden hair and Golden Eyes.

 

If a passerby saw him, they’d immediately guide him to a jewelry store.

 

However, Aunt and Hyung were acting like people who couldn’t sense anything strange about him at all.

 

Moreover, judging by the conversation, they seem to think the ‘Seat of Discernment’ is my friend…

 

“Hyung, who is that guy supposed to be?”

 

When I barely managed to sit at the dining table and asked Hyung, he looked back at me with an expression like he’d heard something strange.

 

“Did you two fight?”

 

Then instead of answering me, he turned and asked that Sang-jwa bastard.

 

At that, Sang-jwa lifted the corners of his mouth in a forlorn smile as if he’d been waiting for this and answered.

 

“No, I’ve been busy lately and turned down a few appointments, so I think he’s sulking.”

 

“Ah… Hwiyeon does have that side to him.”

 

What do you mean I have that side!

 

And who’s sulking! I’m not sulking! You crazy bastard!

 

With Aunt and Hyung here, I have no idea how to respond to this situation.

 

‘I’m going to lose my mind.’

 

For now, since Aunt was urging me, I went into the restroom to wash my hands and came out. Then I sat at the dining table under silent pressure.

 

‘Am I dreaming right now?’

 

If not, then having dinner with this combination doesn’t make any sense.

 

I watched the Seat of Discernment sitting across from me scooping up rice with his spoon.

 

“…Hah.”

 

I’m so dumbfounded I can’t even speak.

 

Excluding me in my stupor, the warm and friendly conversation among the remaining people continued.

 

“Yuseong, which company do you work for?”

 

“Candy Bank at the intersection. I just got transferred there.”

 

There was a bank like that at the intersection… And where in the world is there a place called Candy Bank?

 

“Ah, you mean that place? The one next to the Cheonggukjang Restaurant.”

 

I’m going crazy… It feels like the world is playing tricks on me right now.

 

“Right, at that distance it’s better to stay at our house rather than getting a separate room.”

 

“I was worried it might be a bother, but I’m really grateful.”

 

“A bother! I’m more grateful that you’ve been friends with Hwiyeon since middle school.”

 

What’s going on here??

 

Wait a minute.

 

So that bastard’s current concept is ‘a friend who’s been close with me since middle school’?

 

And he’s even a bank employee who just got transferred to a bank in this neighborhood.

 

The detail is chillingly thorough.

 

The problem is that my so-called family members aren’t noticing anything strange at all…

 

‘Aunt, you know I didn’t have any friends in middle school!’

 

‘Hyung, you crazy bastard, where the hell is there a Candy Bank around here?’

 

I screamed inside my head, but given the atmosphere, the words wouldn’t come out. I absolutely couldn’t swallow the rice down my throat.

 

As I just floated the rice in my mouth, merely observing this insane situation.

 

“What about your younger brother?”

 

The Seat of Discernment, who had been talking with hyung, suddenly asked me.

 

“…?”

 

I answered while gauging aunt and hyung’s reactions.

 

“I don’t have a younger brother.”

 

Since you created this situation, bear with this level of tone.

 

“Ah, of course I know. Not your younger brother, my younger brother. He goes to the same kindergarten as you.”

 

“You mean Nabi? Did he say he’s 7 years old this year?”

 

What the hell is this guy saying right now.

 

“Yes, that’s right. Thank you for allowing him to stay with his younger brother too. Our parents travel overseas so frequently…”

 

That was the setting? No… Wait a minute.

 

How does this bastard know Nabi? The two of them definitely only met briefly in the restraining item.

 

And even then, just for the fleeting moment when Nabi was clawing at Sang-jwa’s head.

 

‘Don’t tell me they had a conversation in that brief moment?’

 

At that moment, the rationality I had barely been maintaining snapped.

 

“I’m not your younger brother!!”

 

It wasn’t me who said that, but Nabi.

 

Suddenly my shoulders felt heavy, and another head appeared on top of mine.

 

When I raised my gaze to check… Nabi had stepped on my shoulders and clung to my head like a monkey!

 

Hey, you bastard!

 

‘No matter how angry you are, what are you doing suddenly popping out like that!’

 

Right now, in this situation, if a kid who wasn’t anywhere suddenly appears, aunt and hyung would be startled…

 

…No, maybe this is actually good?

 

Though it could be somewhat dangerous, it might actually be better for the family to properly understand this crazy situation too.

 

I checked aunt and hyung in turn.

 

At Nabi’s sudden appearance, both of their expressions gradually hardened for a moment, then they suddenly startled awake like people waking from sleep.

 

“Who, no… Who is that kid again? Why are we here right now, doing what.”

 

“What the hell, who are you to be in someone else’s house…!”

 

The dining table rattled along with voices filled with shock.

 

An atmosphere was building where they might run out of the house at any moment to call for people.

 

However, amidst that agitated atmosphere, a languid voice soon echoed through the kitchen.

 

“I graciously showed mercy, yet you kick it away.”

 

“I don’t need it!!”

 

“You don’t need it, but your friend would need it.”

 

The Seat of Discernment slowly rose from his chair. Matching his movement, Nabi also rode piggyback on my shoulders.

 

Then, they began fighting, pointing fingers at each other.

 

“With that kind of personality, it’s amazing you’re still alive.”

 

“You’re worse! Gross!”

 

“Looking at you, your condition seems quite unstable too. I guess all your limbs got blown off back then? How pathetic.”

 

“Should I make you the same way? Come to the afterlife with me!”

 

“You can go to that filthy, damp place by yourself. I prefer comfortable places.”

 

“It’s not filthy! Your face is filthier!”

 

Ah, this is chaotic.

 

“Hwi, Hwiyeon, who are all those people?”

 

“Hey, what the hell is this all of a sudden?”

 

Aunt and hyung, who had returned to their senses, asked me with confused eyes.

 

The problem was that my brain capacity had now exceeded unacceptable levels.

 

‘I have absolutely no idea how to handle this either.’

 

Shit, damn it…

 

The rolled omelet that was on the plate flies up into the air.

 

If you’re going to fight, at least fight quietly… Sigh.

 

“Just because your limbs got torn off a bit, your intelligence dropped too… What a pitiful situation, indeed.”

 

“Should I rip your head off again?”

 

“The crown of my head that you tore is still tingling.”

 

“So, should I rip it off again?”

 

“What are you going to do when you don’t even have one hand?”

 

“I ripped it off with that one hand!”

 

Aunt and Hyung lifted my soul-departed self from the chair. It seems like they’re planning to carry me on their backs and escape from this situation…

 

‘It’s probably useless.’

 

At that moment.

 

-Tap tap.

 

Seat of Discernment subdued Aunt and Hyung with movements as light as a feather.

 

To be precise, he just lightly pressed their foreheads… Their movements stopped abruptly like dolls with their power turned off.

 

‘Well, look at that.’

 

At some point, I began to guess what this Sang-jwa bastard’s ability was.

 

Because I had a similar experience before.

 

‘I saw it in the dungeon in Mugang.’

 

The sight of Mugang employees collectively possessed like call center consultants.

 

From that sight and the attitudes of Aunt and Hyung just moments ago, I could guess one ability.

 

For instance…

 

“Brainwashing or something.”

 

“You’re quite perceptive.”

 

“!”

 

If that’s the case… this ridiculous situation makes sense.

 

The way those two treated Sang-jwa, who suddenly appeared claiming to be my friend, so intimately as if they had seen him before, wasn’t strange at all.

 

Naturally, that bastard was indeed the cause of this chaos.

 

‘He used his brainwashing ability quite thoroughly.’

 

I was worried that Aunt and Hyung might be harmed because of me…

 

“This won’t cause any harm. Besides, my ability is exceptionally good, so natural brainwashing is possible.”

 

Did he read my thoughts?

 

“…”

 

“Of course, as long as no foolish being appears in the middle trying to break the brainwashing conditions like just now.”

 

-“Na, I’m not your younger brother!!”

 

It seemed like he was saying that the brainwashing conditions were temporarily broken when ‘Nabi’, whom he had set as his younger brother, made a statement completely denying it.

 

As I roughly understood the situation, my stopped brain began to slowly turn again.

 

Right.

 

“Phew…”

 

Anyway, this was a bastard I had to meet again someday.

 

‘Because I have things to ask.’

 

I don’t know his intentions, but he must have his own reasons for applying brainwashing while giving such settings.

 

Since I confirmed that he won’t harm Aunt and Hyung… it should be fine. Probably.

 

I took a deep breath and immediately brought up the main point.

 

“Perfect timing. I had something to ask you.”

 

Seat of Discernment leisurely crossed his arms and nodded.

 

‘Good, first I’ll ask about… what those words meant back then-‘

 

“First, shall we eat and then talk?”

 

What did he say?

 

***

 

Meanwhile, at an abandoned rural farmhouse in the countryside.

 

The place that usually only had flies and homeless people was bustling with people, unlike usual.

 

Village residents, without exception, had come out to see the gate that had suddenly appeared the night before.

 

A gate, in this countryside backwater.

 

However, the area was cordoned off by police and hunter employees, so they couldn’t get a detailed look inside where the gate was located.

 

Unlike the noisy outside, the interior of the abandoned house was quiet.

 

And within that quiet interior, there were those peacefully checking their watches and weapons.

 

BOND Field Team Na members, Kang Ho-won and Choi Un-seong.

 

Kang Ho-won, who specialized in Close-Range Combat, checked his short dagger and pistol-type item.

 

And Choi Un-seong, an A-rank marksman, checked his rifle-type item.

 

They thoroughly inspected everything for any problems. However, their conversation was light enough to seem leisurely.

 

“Provincial business trips are so annoying…”

 

“Someone with Teleportation Ability complaining like that deserves to get hit with stones.”

 

“I already have so much to do. And doing it secretly from Seo-hyeok makes it even more tiring.”

 

“Lately Seo-hyeok’s been feeling left out, thinking we’re doing things without him.”

 

“…That guy, he’s only sharp about things like that.”

 

“It’s cute though.”

 

“That’s true.”

 

Click click. Having finished their inspection, they picked up their weapons and stood before the gate.

 

Ho-won checked his watch and spoke quickly.

 

“It was cleared, but the dungeon didn’t disappear?”

 

“Yes, they said there seems to be something inside the dungeon and asked us to check it out. I guess it’s terrain that’s hard to approach without teleportation.”

 

“Easy enough. But what’s supposed to be inside?”

 

“Don’t know. Team Ga cleared it, but they said from a distance they could only see something like an altar.”

 

“…Wow, that’s creepy.”

 

“Some kids said they saw something like black legs too.”

 

“Black legs? What’s that?”

 

“Don’t know. That’s why we need to go check it out.”

 

The gate ripples.

 

Soon after, the two disappeared into the dungeon.

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