I Became a Hunter with the Heavenly Slaughter Star Trait. - Chapter 95
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Episode 95
Episode 95
A week has passed.
Naturally,
my grandparents did not return to reality.
Since they didn’t enter the Tower through the Management Bureau,
there’s a high probability they became unconfirmed missing persons.
For those who drove their own child into the Tower,
should I say this is a fitting end?
“….”
It’s not particularly satisfying or anything.
That’s not it.
I just did what needed to be done.
That’s all I feel.
There’s no guilt whatsoever.
If they had been less greedy.
If they had truly thought of me as family.
If they had felt even a little sorry toward me.
They wouldn’t have made such a choice.
In the end.
Their greed
led them into the Tower themselves.
If they had even the slightest conscience.
They wouldn’t have come looking for me in the first place.
They wouldn’t have demanded my assets that they had entrusted like livestock.
But.
They chose to shamelessly leech off
the grandson they had abandoned.
Just as they had done to their own children.
…Well, thanks to them I found out how my parents died, so should I be grateful?
I had always turned away from it,
but it seems deep down in my heart, I too wanted to know why my parents abandoned me.
Now I know.
The fact that my parents didn’t abandon me.
Rather,
the fact that they entered the Tower to be with me.
Knowing this, it feels like the stone weighing down my heart has disappeared.
And….
“Sang-jin, the thing I asked you for….”
“Yes, I’ve prepared it here.”
On the desk were neatly organized documents.
What I had asked Do Sang-jin for was none other than an investigation into my grandparents’ activities.
Wasn’t this all finished business?
That’s right.
It’s all finished business.
But it was also just the beginning.
Did they really find me ‘on their own’?
No.
That’s impossible.
They would have forgotten about my very existence in the first place.
My name, age, nothing—they surely wouldn’t have remembered any of it.
To them, the grandson they abandoned 20 years ago wouldn’t have been such an important existence.
But.
Now, miraculously,
they recognized me at first glance on TV?
No matter how much blood is thicker than water.
It’s nearly impossible.
As I said,
they would have forgotten about my very existence.
Then.
How exactly did they approach me?
‘Definitely….’
There’s someone behind this.
Someone who investigated me,
discovered my grandparents’ existence,
informed them about me,
and tried to shake me up.
-Thud.
Who that is
should be written in these documents.
-Rustle.
As I opened the documents,
“…Ha.”
Sure enough.
I saw a familiar name.
[Han Myeong-jin]
GR Guild Team Leader Han Myeong-jin.
No, now that GR Guild has gone to hell, should I just call him Han Myeong-jin?
‘GR Group abandoned Han Myeong-jin too.’
It’s only natural.
Since Go Ju-hui connected Typhoon Guild with GR Group.
Now GR Guild was just a shell of an organization.
From what I heard, there are only about two or three C and D-rank Hunters left.
Even they’re only staying because of contract obligations,
and with C and D-rank Hunters, they can’t even present their business card for major raids.
With GR Guild ruined like this,
Han Myeong-jin, who had only looked to GR Guild, became like a kite with a broken string.
Well….
Desperately staying at GR Guild and challenging a comeback would be one method.
But it would probably be difficult.
From the moment GR Group withdrew their hand,
GR Guild became neither here nor there.
Being discarded and disappearing after 1 or 2 years like this is the natural course.
Then,
it was only natural for Han Myeong-jin, who had only relied on GR Guild,
to harbor revenge against me.
“Hmm….”
Should I have crushed the sprout back then?
The reason I didn’t deal with Han Myeong-jin at the time was simple.
He was too ‘insignificant’.
I guess you could say he wasn’t even worth the trouble of me dealing with him.
In other words,
like weeds or stones on the street.
He was just part of the scenery that didn’t even catch my eye.
If he were a bug, at least I’d be annoyed enough to kill him.
But.
Instead of being grateful for that situation and running away,
he dares to mess with people using such dirty methods?
The tactics are exactly the same too.
When he first made contact with me through Kim Je-sik,
and when he made contact again through my grandparents.
This bastard.
He’s the disgusting type who subtly messes with people by using those around them.
-Flip.
-Flip.
I slowly turned through the documents.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say the documents contained all of Han Myeong-jin’s information.
Perhaps even stories that Han Myeong-jin himself didn’t know.
Like searching for hidden items,
I carefully examined the documents.
And….
-Currently confirmed that many domestic hunters are proceeding with overseas naturalization.
-Han Myeong-jin is suspected of operating as an illegal broker.
“This is it.”
I found it.
How to make
Han Myeong-jin completely screwed.
-Tap, tap tap.
I found a familiar number on my phone and pressed it.
“Ms. Kang Min-a, there’s something I need you to do.”
* * *
[Manjyo].
A fine dining restaurant located in Gangneung,
owned by Go Ju-hui, the precious daughter of GR Group.
A high-end restaurant that GR Group only reserves
for guests they want to treat with special care….
And also the place where Lee Tae-pyeong’s grandparents disappeared.
“….”
The cliff with crashing waves.
Lee Tae-pyeong silently gazed at the scenery beyond the window.
And behind him, a man approaching.
Like Lee Tae-pyeong’s grandparents,
someone facing the fate of soon disappearing….
Han Myeong-jin.
“It’s been a while, Hunter Lee.”
He sat across from Lee Tae-pyeong with a sly grin.
Lee Tae-pyeong looked at Han Myeong-jin expressionlessly.
“Yes. It has been a while.”
“Wow, for the successful Hunter Lee to come looking for me like this.”
“….”
“You seem quite anxious?”
“I’ll ask you directly.”
Despite Lee Tae-pyeong’s words, Han Myeong-jin kept grinning.
“Yes, yes, go ahead.”
“Were you the one who found my grandparents?”
“Puhaha!”
Han Myeong-jin stifled his laughter.
“No, I’ve been thinking this for a while, but you really are quick to catch on.”
“….”
“How did you know…. Don’t tell me those people told you?”
“….”
“Well, I guess it doesn’t matter…. Those two anyway.”
“….”
“I heard Hunter Lee personally sent them to their graves?”
“….”
“Hunter Lee, you’re really a scary person~.”
“….”
“How could you do that to family!”
Huh.
Lee Tae-pyeong smiled lightly.
“That was something they chose for themselves.”
“….”
“Since Mr. Han Myeong-jin was also a hunter, you should know? That it’s impossible to force someone into the Tower.”
“Well, that’s….”
“But more than that.”
Lee Tae-pyeong abruptly cut off Han Myeong-jin’s words.
“The reason I called you here today isn’t because of Kim Je-sik or my grandparents.”
“….”
“Of course, I did want to point out your disgusting methods at some point.”
“What?”
“But let’s save that for later.”
“This bastard….”
“Today I want to talk about something else.”
Han Myeong-jin’s face showed wounded pride.
But if we had to say who was in the more desperate position here,
that would be Han Myeong-jin.
So even if Lee Tae-pyeong’s attitude was arrogant,
he had no choice but to shut up and listen.
‘Anyway, this is a game I’m going to win….’
Of course, Han Myeong-jin had his own thoughts too.
‘If you knew what cards I’m holding, you’d be shocked, Lee Tae-pyeong!’
Something big enough to grab and shake Lee Tae-pyeong!
This was after Han Myeong-jin had been kicked out of GR Guild.
It was information he had obtained while running around frantically doing illegal broker work.
With just this one piece of information.
It was only a matter of time before he could send Lee Tae-pyeong to hell.
-Grin.
Just thinking about it made the corners of his mouth rise.
“Haha. Let’s do that. What story do you want to tell?”
“The rumor that Han Myeong-jin has been digging around for my information lately.”
“Keke keke…”
Han Myeong-jin shook his head.
“That’s what everyone does in this business, isn’t it?”
“Han Myeong-jin seems to be going too far, so I wanted to give you a warning in advance.”
“A warning?”
Pfft keke keke.
Han Myeong-jin couldn’t hold back and burst into laughter.
“Look, Hunter Lee Tae-pyeong. You must not know what kind of information I’m holding right now…”
“I know. That’s why I’m trying to stop you.”
“You know? Then you must also know well that with just this, I can send you to hell?”
Han Myeong-jin finally revealing his true colors.
This was exactly the situation Lee Tae-pyeong wanted.
“What kind of information could you possibly have to say such things?”
Lee Tae-pyeong asked back calmly.
And,
“Tsushima Island.”
Without any suspicion
Han Myeong-jin fell for it.
Han Myeong-jin, who had brought up the ‘Tsushima Island’ keyword himself, grins again showing his teeth.
Lee Tae-pyeong pretends to know nothing.
But also pretends to be flustered.
“The demonization of Tsushima Island… That’s classified information, isn’t it? Han Myeong-jin.”
Then, thinking his attack had worked, Han Myeong-jin becomes triumphant.
“If you thought I was washed up just because GR Guild is gone, you’re mistaken, Hunter. I still have some power, you know?”
“…”
Tsushima Island.
With the Tower conquest on the mainland also stagnating,
and various adverse factors overlapping.
Japan’s Tower conquest had become inadequate.
After enduring to the limit, enduring and enduring.
It had already been a month since Tsushima Island became demonized.
Japan was desperately controlling information,
but neighboring countries had already caught on.
South Korea was no different.
Right now Japan lacked the manpower to dispatch to the demonized Tsushima Island.
Therefore, Japan
would soon request cooperation from neighboring countries like South Korea, China, and Taiwan.
However, this was only a ‘prediction’ so far.
Since Japan hadn’t acknowledged or revealed this situation yet.
Information about Tsushima Island’s demonization was ‘top secret’.
Han Myeong-jin was touching on exactly that point.
“Why is Hunter Lee Tae-pyeong’s name on the list of participants for conquering the demonized Tsushima Island?”
“…Because we agreed to cooperate with Japan, I suppose?”
“Wow, you’re lying without even wetting your lips.”
“…”
“If it were cooperation, shouldn’t the names of other hunters including Hunter Choi Mu-ryeong also be on the list?”
Han Myeong-jin sits crookedly and stares at Lee Tae-pyeong.
“But on the Tsushima Island conquest participant list, only your name, Lee Tae-pyeong, was listed.”
“…”
“What do you think this means?”
Han Myeong-jin grins triumphantly.
“I wonder.”
Lee Tae-pyeong still pretends to know nothing.
“Since you know so well, why don’t you tell me, Han Myeong-jin?”
He just shrugs his shoulders.
“Naturalization.”
“…”
“Hunter Lee Tae-pyeong, you. You’re thinking of naturalizing to Japan, aren’t you?”
-Snicker.
Instead of answering, Lee Tae-pyeong lets out a laugh.
“After sucking up all the support from South Korea.”
“…”
“Hunter Lee Tae-pyeong, who naturalized to Japan.”
“…”
“If I break this story, I wonder how much money I’ll receive?”
“…”
“And Lee Tae-pyeong, what kind of hell will you fall into?”
Han Myeong-jin didn’t know he was crawling into a trap that Lee Tae-pyeong had dug.
“What do you want?”
So,
“Finally we’re speaking the same language.”
Deeply.
“What I want is.”
Even deeper.
“100 billion won in cash.”
“…”
“Plus, a director position at Typhoon Guild.”
Han Myeong-jin, completely fallen into the delusion that he held the upper hand,
“With that, I’ll let it slide.”
leaned back in his chair with an arrogant posture and chuckled.
“Hmm…”
And.
Lee Tae-pyeong, who had been watching that sight, opens his mouth.
“I don’t want to.”
“…What?”
“I said I don’t want to.”
“Hunter Lee Tae-pyeong, don’t you understand how the current situation is unfolding…”
“I understand.”
“…?!”
“So why don’t you try doing whatever the fuck you want, you bastard.”
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