I Became a Hunter with the Heavenly Slaughter Star Trait. - Chapter 80
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Episode 80
Episode 80
-Click click click click click click!!!
-Click click click click click click!!!
A barrage of camera flashes pours down.
Flash flash.
I’m going to go blind at this rate.
-A-are you acquainted with Leo White?
-Who the hell is that guy?!
-W-wait! Lee Tae-pyeong! That’s Lee Tae-pyeong!
-What? That’s Lee Tae-pyeong?!
-That Lee Tae-pyeong from 【Typhoon Guild】?!
Along with the panicked voices of reporters,
another barrage of camera flashes erupts.
-Click click click click click click!!!!!
-Click click click click click click!!!!!
“…Huk, Hunter sir!!!!”
And then I hear a familiar voice.
It’s Kang Min-a.
“Let, let go!!!”
Kang Min-a rushes out from somewhere and pulls off the foreigner who was clinging to me.
Good timing.
If she’d been a little later, my fist would have flown.
“What do you think you’re doing?”
Just then, a man who looks like a security guard grabs Kang Min-a’s arm.
“Do you know who this person is…”
“No, do YOU know who this person is?!”
Kang Min-a huffs angrily and shakes off the security guard’s arm.
The security guard looks bewildered as he alternates between looking at Kang Min-a and me.
And before he can even open his mouth to say anything,
Kang Min-a immediately raises her voice.
“You’re the ones who approached Hunter Lee Tae-pyeong without permission!”
Wow.
She looks like lasers might shoot from her eyes.
She’s like some kind of battle chihuahua.
“Permission? Mister White is…”
“It seems you don’t properly understand the situation.”
Kang Min-a glares coldly at the security guard.
“This is South Korea, and the ‘Special Management Target’ isn’t Mr. Leo White, but Hunter Lee Tae-pyeong.”
“…!!”
“I’m curious whether you’re ignorant enough to need this explained to you, or if you’re prepared to face the consequences?”
“Th-that’s…”
The security guard starts breaking out in cold sweat.
Ooh.
I had no idea Kang Min-a had this side to her!
She’s incredibly scary?!
Should I step in and calm things down now?
“I’m sorry.”
That’s when it happened.
Speaking in clumsy Korean.
-Bow.
The foreigner puts his hands together and lowers his head.
“Manners. I didn’t keep them.”
“…”
“I was happy.”
Huh?
Happy?
About what?
Who?
As I stare at him with a confused expression,
the foreigner soon extends his hand to me.
“Mister Lee.”
No way…
“Tae-pyeong.”
Me?
As I reflexively shake his hand,
the foreigner grins widely and shakes hands.
“I really wanted to meet you!”
* * *
Leo White.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say he’s responsible for America’s Tower conquests.
A 20-something American Hunter who shines as the world’s number 1 ranked.
That’s right.
The world’s number 1 ranking.
In other words, he’s the world’s strongest.
And this person,
wanted to meet me?
‘Why on earth?’
I have no idea.
Even if I’ve become somewhat famous,
that’s only limited to South Korea.
It’s not like I’m in the world’s top 10 rankings like Choi Mu-ryeong.
The only somewhat notable incident would be conquering China’s Special Floor?
Even that only got some attention in Asia,
it wasn’t particularly famous on a global scale.
So exactly.
South Korea.
I’m barely known enough to have my name heard in this small piece of land.
I don’t even do much media exposure,
so there are still few people who recognize my face.
If even reporters can’t recognize me, that says it all.
But.
Leo White, the world’s number 1 ranked Hunter,
came to South Korea to meet me?
“We thought it was strange too.”
Kang Min-a still had an angry expression.
“They said they came for Korea-US Tower conquest cooperation, but….”
Crunch, crunch.
Kang Min-a bites her nails anxiously.
“It seemed like they had some other ulterior motive….”
An ulterior motive.
“I had no idea it would be this Hunter.”
“Isn’t it a smokescreen?”
-Shake shake.
Kang Min-a shakes her head.
“You said you don’t know much about Leo White, right?”
“Yes. I wasn’t really interested.”
I knew his name to some extent.
But I didn’t know his face because I wasn’t interested.
I’m also not good at distinguishing foreign faces.
“He’s not such a polite person.”
Kang Min-a lets out a deep sigh.
“Rather, he’s the opposite.”
“He seemed quite courteous earlier though.”
“Arrogant, domineering, unreasonable.”
“….”
“That’s the kind of person Leo White is.”
These words don’t match at all with his earlier appearance of clasping his hands together and apologizing.
“Even during international cooperative conquests, he enters alone.”
Oh.
“Openly ignoring the French President at an official meeting was quite a famous incident.”
I think I might have heard about it.
“It’s the same with fellow Hunters. He calls Zhang Yuan-long the ‘Fork Master’….”
“Fork Master?”
“Yes. It’s mockery saying he only stabs monsters.”
“Pfft.”
I couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
However, Kang Min-a was still serious.
“The biggest problem is….”
“….”
“Even when he causes such chaos, the results are always good.”
Well.
That’s why he’s world ranking number 1.
“He’s never been officially punished even once.”
“Really?”
“It means even the United States can’t control Leo White.”
Ah.
It didn’t mean he doesn’t cause problems,
but that there are no problems even when he causes them.
“The Leo White I saw earlier wasn’t like that at all though.”
How should I put it.
Rather than an arrogant world ranking number 1 Hunter,
he was more like a foreign tourist clumsily saying “I like Korea~”.
“That’s exactly why it’s more suspicious.”
Kang Min-a grits her teeth.
“It’s obvious he’s giving only this Hunter special treatment, isn’t it?”
Special treatment.
“You need to be careful.”
Kang Min-a whispers with a serious face, lowering her voice.
“If Leo White is approaching you, his purpose probably isn’t something ordinary like a naturalization offer.”
“Then what?”
“I don’t know that….”
Scratch scratch scratch.
Kang Min-a tears at her hair.
“Don’t worry too much.”
I comforted her.
I wasn’t even thinking about naturalization anyway.
I’ve already established myself and laid out everything, so what naturalization.
I don’t even know how to speak English.
Well, anyway.
Since he came all this way to meet me.
It would be good to at least have a conversation.
“If anything happens, please contact me immediately.”
“Haha, are you going to rescue me like earlier?”
“Of course!”
I recall Kang Min-a appearing like a wasp uncle and shouting at Leo White.
She was a battle chihuahua itself.
“We’re meeting inside the Management Bureau anyway.”
“Yes….”
“With so many people around, what could happen?”
…Even as I say this, I actually know.
Even I could kill everyone in the Management Bureau if I set my mind to it.
It would be the same for Leo White.
In fact, for awakened individuals above a certain level.
Having watching eyes…, wasn’t that big of a constraint.
That’s probably exactly what Kang Min-a is worried about.
“It’ll be okay…?”
“Of course it’ll be okay.”
I answered with a grin.
“And, we need to talk first to find out what his purpose is, right?”
“…That’s true too.”
“Come on, come on. Don’t worry.”
I patted Kang Min-a’s shoulder and stood up from my seat.
-Woof!
Black jumps down from the sofa to follow.
“If anything happens, I have Black with me too.”
“…That’s right.”
-Woof woof!!
“Well then, I’ll be back.”
I walked toward the reception room where Leo White was waiting.
* * *
Outside the reception room door, two of Leo White’s security guards were standing.
One of them was the guy who had argued with Kang Min-a.
-Crackle!
His eyes look troublesome?
Before I can say anything, Do Sang-jin steps forward.
Even facing a security guard who’s nearly 2 meters tall,
Do Sang-jin has a build that absolutely won’t lose.
Do Sang-jin, who usually just smiles and says “Please eat~”,
speaks stiffly with a hardened face in front of Leo White’s security guard.
“Please move aside.”
“Before meeting the Hunter, there’s a verification process…”
“The verification process was already completed at the Management Bureau.”
“We have our own separate verification process.”
“I understand that you’re the ones who invited this Hunter.”
“However…”
“What’s the point of inviting someone you don’t trust enough to need a verification process?”
“…!!!”
Do Sang-jin looks at the security guard with cold eyes.
Ooh.
This side is completely different from Kang Min-a.
If Kang Min-a is a battle Chihuahua,
this feels more like a military Doberman?
That’s when it happened.
-Swoosh.
The heavy door opens silently.
And, revealing himself from inside…
“Taepyeong!”
Leo White.
“Come in! Come in!”
He gestures with a calm, smiling face.
Just as I’m about to go inside.
“Wait.”
Huh?
“The one I told to come in is Taepyeong.”
Leo White points at Do Sang-jin and says.
“Not you.”
Oh my.
I looked at Do Sang-jin with a bewildered expression.
However, Do Sang-jin seems used to it.
“I’m fine.”
He nods his head.
“I’ll wait here, Hunter.”
Do Sang-jin stands in front of the door just like Leo White’s security guard.
Wow.
How reliable!
“Yes. I’ll be back shortly.”
Upon entering the reception room,
the open downtown view is clearly visible.
“Taepyeong. Sit here!”
Leo White points to the sofa and says.
Taking a seat, Leo White hands me a cold iced americano.
“I ordered it.”
He’s drinking some beverage loaded with whipped cream and chocolate sauce.
-Woof!!
Black’s eyes sparkle as he sees the mountain of cream piled up.
“Wow.”
Leo White takes off his sunglasses and looks at Black with purple eyes.
“It’s really Cerberus, isn’t it?”
-Grrrrr…
As soon as Leo White raises his hand as if to touch him, Black immediately growls.
“Sorry. Sorry.”
Only after Leo White withdraws his hand does the growling stop.
“Wow, how fascinating. I also went to [Feast of the Gods], but I just killed it.”
Ah.
Leo White also used [Tower’s Coin] to participate in [Feast of the Gods], right.
I think I heard he killed the golden eagle and only got a weapon item.
“If I hadn’t killed it, would I have gotten such a cute pet too?”
“Well, probably.”
“Taepyeong’s ability is ‘kill’, isn’t it?”
“Right.”
“Then why didn’t you kill it? Cerberus.”
“Because I wanted to.”
At my words, Leo White grins.
“Taepyeong. You’re interesting.”
“Thanks.”
“But why are you speaking informally?”
“Because I want to.”
I heard from Kang Min-a.
That we’re the same age.
But it’s not just because of that.
If I speak at length, I’m bound to make mistakes.
It’s intentional, you could say.
And informal speech is easier to understand, right?
Isn’t it?
I don’t know.
It’s what I want.
“Why did you come to see me?”
I jumped straight to the main point.
Beating around the bush isn’t my style.
“Taepyeong. You’re too hasty!”
“I’m not as free as you.”
That’s a lie.
When I get home, I’m going to lie down and turn on the TV right away.
“So tell me the main point first.”
Even though he’s grinning now.
Leo White is the world’s number 1 ranked strongest Hunter.
He wouldn’t have come here just to joke around.
“Ugh, I heard Koreans were friendly…”
That would be if you were an ordinary foreign tourist coming to eat chicken.
When I just stare without being swayed at all.
The smile gradually disappears from Leo White’s face.
“Alright. If that’s what Taepyeong wants…”
Without the smile, it’s quite a cold face.
I silently waited for him to speak.
And after a moment.
“Mister Lee.”
From Leo White’s mouth,
words I could never have imagined came out.
“Why are you killing me?”
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