Hunter Kindergarten, Dolphin Class! - Chapter 55

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Episode 055

 

After confirming that more than half the people had left, I opened the gasoline cap.

 

And I called the butterfly.

 

[ Why? ]

 

Then, Nabi’s sullen voice could be heard.

 

‘Why does it seem sulky again.’

 

Moreover, this guy has no intention of coming out.

 

Usually it would come out even without being called….

 

I slowly crossed my arms and directed my gaze toward the White Dog Doll.

 

“What could have upset our butterfly’s mood again?”

 

[ You guys only do fun things by yourselves. ]

 

…Good heavens, that was the complaint.

 

This whole series of events where we were dragged away with binding rope, locked in iron bars, burst the Cult Leader’s nose and barely escaped – to you this looked like fun play.

 

…Yeah, I suppose it could seem that way to you.

 

It was definitely an infuriating statement, but my mind felt at ease. Hmm…. If not that, then I’ve finally resigned myself to it.

 

Anyway, if that’s the complaint, it’s fine.

 

‘Because I can solve that right now.’

 

Just as I was about to quickly pick up the container on the floor again and call Nabi.

 

Familiar voices could be heard from outside. I stopped what I was about to say and immediately stepped up the stairs leading to the platform.

 

When I climbed up just enough to poke my face out, I could see three men who had just entered through the underground exit.

 

“Huh? Where is everyone going…? What? Outside? Suddenly?”

 

“What the hell, are they crazy? This may be a mountain valley, but if there’s loud noise, reports will still come in! They must be dying to all get caught.”

 

“Can’t we just take the money and leave now?”

 

Looking closely, two of the three were familiar faces.

 

The G Detective Agency thugs who dragged us here with binding rope.

 

‘Then that remaining guy must be an accomplice too.’

 

I could see the G Detective Agency thugs talking among themselves and gradually coming further inside.

 

“Ah~ really making things troublesome. First they say inside, then they say outside.”

 

“…I’m not going out! What if we do it outside and someone reports us to the police!”

 

“I’m not going out either. I used the Ability Suppression Skill more than usual today, so I’m tired.”

 

Their heated discussion concluded that they’d just slack off here and collect their money once the Summoning Ritual was over.

 

‘This is problematic.’

 

I was planning to set this place on fire once everyone left. I was going to burn this whole place down and put a complete end to the Summoning Ritual and everything.

 

‘But I can’t do it if people remain here.’

 

With Yu Jin-chae absent, I examined mine and An Param’s combat capabilities from an extremely civilian perspective and just shook my head.

 

‘It would be hopeless.’

 

I could only picture us getting caught again if we tried to chase them away.

 

So what should I do.

 

A way to safely chase those people out of here….

 

[ Oh? It’s that human from before. ]

 

[ The one who did the choo-choo train thing. ]

 

[ But I don’t like him because he bullied my friend. ]

 

…It seems there might be a way after all.

 

***

 

To explain the original plan, it was like this.

 

1. Yu Jin-chae disguises as the Cult Leader and lures people outside.

 

2. I set this place on fire and escape. (Leave An Param and the Cult Leader to Nabi)

 

3. Report to the police.

 

4. Go home.

 

But now there’s something that needs to be modified.

 

The part where I set the fire is the same, but…

 

Nabi’s role has changed.

 

Originally, she was supposed to be a porter who would carry An Param and the Cult Leader instead of me and follow behind me…

 

“Nabi, do you remember the horror movie we watched together last weekend?”

 

On a rainy weekend night in my room, I had put on children’s educational programming for Nabi while watching a horror movie separately.

 

But from the moment a long-haired ghost appeared from an old television in the movie, Nabi’s interest shifted.

 

She was completely captivated by those bizarre body movements, sobbing sounds, and eerie atmosphere.

 

Considering Nabi’s emotional state, it would have been better to turn it off, but she was already too absorbed to make that possible.

 

Anyway.

 

“You know that ghost you liked from there. Our Nabi is going to become that ghost and chase those people outside!”

 

[ Then, then can I go like wah! wah! and scare them? You usually tell me not to do that. ]

 

Right, right. I usually earnestly beg her not to do that in case of any unforeseen accidents.

 

But not today.

 

“Today is special! I’ll allow it!”

 

[ Wowowowow!!! I’m excited!!! ]

 

Finally, I could hear the sound of seams being ripped apart.

 

An Param, who couldn’t hear Nabi’s voice, looked around as I muttered toward empty air.

 

[ Wah!!! ]

 

“Ahhh!!!! Damn!!!”

 

An Param, who belatedly discovered Nabi suddenly appearing above his head, fell backward on his butt.

 

[ Wowwwwww!! This is fun!! ]

 

…Sadly, this seems to suit her nature better after all.

 

No matter how much I teach ethics and morals repeatedly like a cassette tape every day, natural disposition seems useless.

 

…No, that’s not right.

 

‘There’s no such thing as a separately existing good child. It depends on how you raise them.’

 

Right, setting Nabi aside. I reaffirmed my beliefs once more and looked at An Param.

 

“What? Damn?”

 

Even so, is it okay for a high school student to casually curse just because he was startled?

 

“…S-sorry.”

 

“Let’s be careful, okay?”

 

After that, I briefly explained their roles to An Param and Nabi, then climbed up onto the platform.

 

And I opened the gasoline cap and quietly poured it on the platform. Even until this point, the G Detective Agency people were too busy chattering among themselves to notice me.

 

Now, I need to light the fire…

 

Wait, I don’t have a lighter?

 

I’m not a smoker. Have you ever seen a kindergarten teacher who smokes?

 

I knew perfectly well I didn’t have one, but in my panic I unconsciously searched my pants pockets when something flew from behind. I caught it.

 

‘A lighter?’

 

“Use it! It’s mine!”

 

What? Why does a high school student have a lighter?

 

You… we’ll talk later.

 

But since it was urgent, I decided to use it first. I lit the lighter and brought the flame to the gasoline spilled on the floor.

 

The fire began spreading at a terrifying speed.

 

Until the entire platform was engulfed in flames, the G Detective Agency people seemed too busy talking about how to spend the money they were about to receive.

 

I quietly looked at Nabi on the opposite side through the rising flames.

 

The black hand that had completely emerged from the doll met with the fire, displaying tremendous intimidation.

 

But the place Nabi headed to first, when I thought she would immediately rush toward the G Detective Agency people below the platform, was… the washbasin that had been on the altar.

 

‘What?’

 

Just when I thought I should give her another warning, I saw Nabi put her hand into the washbasin and pull something out.

 

Then she examined it carefully under the lighting. I could see the letters carved on the black hand rippling like waves.

 

At that moment, I felt a chill run down the back of my neck.

 

‘That expression… was it just my imagination that I saw it?’

 

Clearly filled with ecstasy and joy…

 

I stared at it like someone in a daze until I finally came to my senses at the horrified shouts of people who discovered the flames.

 

“Wh-what!! That’s fire!!”

 

“What’s with the sudden fire!”

 

“Can’t you see over there? The platform caught fire! Hurry, bring a fire extinguisher!”

 

Taking advantage of this opportunity, I shouted toward Nabi.

 

“Now!!”

 

The fire was spreading faster than I thought. If they looked toward this platform from over there, they probably wouldn’t be able to see me through the flames.

 

I watched as Nabi approached the G Detective Agency people at a terrifying speed.

 

Strangely, the farther the distance, the larger the black hand grew.

 

“…A demon?”

 

“Aaaaaaahhh!!! Crazy!!”

 

“Is that real? Did the summoning succeed?”

 

“Damn it, where’s the Cult Leader? Did this bastard accidentally summon it here?”

 

Listening to the screams and curses that followed, I came down from the platform with An Param.

 

In the meantime, Nabi, who had grown tremendously in size, was occupying half the space and shielding us.

 

I held open gasoline containers in both hands and began carefully sprinkling them on the floor. An Param followed closely behind me.

 

Soon I could see Nabi picking up the G Detective Agency people one by one and throwing them out the door.

 

“Kyaaaaaahhh!!!”

 

“Please save me! Save me, please save me!”

 

“Crazy crazy crazy!! Don’t come! Don’t come over here!!”

 

Whether they screamed or not, Nabi picked people up and threw them outside as if enjoying a claw machine game.

 

[ Waaaah! ]

 

[ Puhahahak! This is fun! ]

 

Confirming that all the G Detective Agency people had escaped through the stairs, I too immediately began running toward the underground exit.

 

By the time I was just leaving the exit, the entire underground floor had been completely consumed by fire and disappeared.

 

As I hurriedly escaped the underground with An Param, I could see people bustling outside the glass door and Yu Jin-chae disguised as the Cult Leader.

 

‘Now, it’s over!’

 

-Bang!!

 

I heard an intense explosion behind me but didn’t look back. Running until my legs felt like they would break, I supported An Param who seemed about to collapse beside me, took the cult leader from his back, carried him, and ran again.

 

Thick smoke instantly surrounded us on both sides.

 

The floor was slippery and I almost fell several times, but I gritted my teeth and kept running.

 

‘It’s right in front of me!’

 

And finally, when I reached the door…

 

I threw my body toward the outside of the door with all my strength.

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