I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 386

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Episode 386
Ep. 386
It wasn’t something I could see directly, only through a TV screen, so it wasn’t entirely accurate, but there was a feeling to it.
It wasn’t human.
“A Spirit?”
The aura was strikingly similar to that of Jia and Elsie.
Jia and Elsie both nodded in agreement.
“It seems they obtained an S+ rank item from there?”
“With a spirit of that caliber, it must certainly be from the Watchman’s faction.”
Then, with a pop sound beside Ihyeon, Leon also appeared.
“Huh? Isn’t that Serena?”
“Serena?”
“Yeah, Selenieal.”
“Ah!”
Only then did Jia and Elsie understand her existence and acknowledge it.
“They really obtained a perfectly matched spirit.”
“Elsie is right, Master. Selenieal is a celestial angel from the heavenly realm.”
“My goodness….”
I had heard that the acquisition restrictions on S+ rank items had been lifted, but I didn’t expect someone close to me to obtain one so quickly.
Perhaps those who live virtuously do receive their due rewards?
Especially with a Healer attribute, it was certain to be helpful in many ways for clearing dungeons.
“You obtained an S+ rank item but didn’t tell anyone about it?”
“Yeah, Master. If I had told anyone, there would’ve been chaos by now.”
That too seemed like evidence supporting Seongcheol’s excellent character.
Most people would have spread the news far and wide the moment they obtained an S+ rank item, trying to boost their fame.
– The King of Service! Han Seongcheol!
– The King of Service! Han Seongcheol!
The people at the airport cheered with one voice and one heart, chanting Seongcheol’s name with enthusiasm.
Someone even left a comment after seeing this.
[ └ It’s not service, it’s the One-Strike spirit. ]
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Meanwhile, Seongcheol, returning to the Ilgeuk Foundation after a long time, felt his mouth growing parched.
‘These guys welcomed me so warmly at the airport, but once we’re alone, are they planning to make their move?’
It was a truly reasonable and logical suspicion.
And if they released a brief news report the next day saying “Chairman Han Seongcheol dies shortly after returning home from overwork,” wouldn’t everything be clean?
“Sob sob, hyung! Madagascar? Isn’t that where you dip smoked duck?”
“…That would be mustard.”
“Ehehehe! You’re truly amazing, hyung!”
Even after entering the first-floor lobby, I didn’t detect any particular signs of danger, but it was too early to let my guard down.
The moment I stepped into the elevator, a closed space with these massive figures!
“Hahaha! Brother, but who is that beautiful woman?”
“She’s… from Madagascar.”
“So you’ve brought back a bride!”
“When did I ever say that? I was fortunate enough to obtain an S+ rank item.”
“Hehehehe!!! I knew things would work out great for you, brother!”
“Nice to meet you~ I’m Serena, Master’s spirit~”
“Pleased to meet you, sister-in-law!”
Was this not the elevator?
Finally, Seongcheol’s office.
Yes, there was no better place to face one’s end.
‘It wasn’t my intention, but I did manage to run it fairly well.’
Seongcheol now spread both arms wide toward Jonggeon and the original members, as if to say, “Go ahead and try.”
As expected, upon seeing this, Jonggeon and the original members rushed at Seongcheol without hesitation.
Thud—! Crash—!
It sounded as though Seongcheol’s solid body would be torn to shreds at any moment.
But that wasn’t actually what happened.
“Sob! Brother, I will never send you anywhere ever again!”
“Please don’t ever disappear from my sight!”
Contrary to Seongcheol’s worries, they embraced him warmly and tightly with their entire bodies.
This was enough to say they had held back at the airport just to maintain composure.
‘Did I really… turn over a new leaf?’
It was a story he couldn’t believe even as he thought it.
These people who were always going on about penthouses and supercars and indulging in luxuries—had they really given up their greed and started living clean lives?
But if he said something like that directly, his head might get smashed in immediately.
Seongcheol broached the subject carefully with Jonggeon.
“I’m sorry for receiving your gratitude without warning. But… how did you manage to avoid getting caught?”
At that, Jonggeon bowed deeply to Seongcheol with a bitter expression.
“I apologize for not telling you sooner, brother!”
‘What?’
Seongcheol looked at him with confusion.
“I know you have high expectations for me, but I’ve decided to wash my hands clean once and for all!”
“?!”
Who’s washing what?
‘I never had high expectations in the first place!’
Seongcheol turned to look at the original members, as if to confirm what he’d just heard.
The original members nodded through their tears.
“We’re the same way!”
“We can’t do bad things anymore!”
“We’ve decided to live righteously!”
What in the world was this all about?
For Seongcheol, who had been absolutely convinced that Jonggeon and the Original Members were secretly embezzling donations behind his back, this made no sense whatsoever.
Only then did they confess their reasons to him, as if unburdening their souls.
“Actually, hyung….”
Surprisingly, after the One-Strike Service Corps began gaining genuine popularity and the momentum carried through to the Ilgeuk Foundation itself.
Jonggeon and the Original Members had started falling in love with the volunteers who came to the foundation!
Of course, the volunteers had nothing to do with any embezzlement—they had simply started this out of genuine affection.
Though initially they had pursued their goals regardless of whether they had partners, they gradually fell deeper in love and slowly awakened to the joy of good deeds, and they began to change as people.
But even after they had restored all the donations they had set aside, they couldn’t bring themselves to tell Seongcheol about their transformation.
And the reason was this.
“You were planning to place the entire world under the Ilgeuk Foundation and control it, hyung!”
“So if we just said we were giving up on that grand dream because we got girlfriends….”
“We were terrified that you might smash our heads in right this instant….”
“Please forgive us!”
It was utterly absurd and infuriating.
He never imagined they harbored the exact same thoughts as him.
‘Wait, who’s smashing whose head in?’
For Seongcheol, who had never once resorted to violence against another person, this was a deeply unjust misunderstanding that made him want to jump eight feet in the air.
Jonggeon hesitantly spoke to Seongcheol.
“So when you requested an audit, we thought you had noticed our betrayal and were trying to teach us a lesson….”
….
Who was he to say anything to whom!
Jonggeon asked Seongcheol with an uncertain expression.
“Could it be that you thought we were still creating slush funds and were trying to betray you…?”
!!!
“Of course, I’m just joking, puhahahaha!”
“Ahahaha!”
“Jonggeon really can say anything to hyung!”
“That’s right, how could hyung, such a ruthless person, resort to such petty tricks!”
In any case, the atmosphere was definitely taking a strange turn.
‘Now or never!’
Seongcheol had lived as a Hunter all this time, and he wouldn’t miss the one hole visible when the sky was collapsing.
He deliberately put on a stern expression and nodded.
“Yes, I knew about it long ago, but I didn’t realize there were such circumstances.”
“Kugh….”
“We’re truly sorry, hyung. Please spare our lives!”
“A cute territory like a rabbit is waiting just for me!”
“I’d like nothing more than to blow your heads clean off for betraying me behind my back!”
Boom—!
“Kyaaaah—!”
“But since that’s what all of you wish for, how could I possibly do such a thing.”
Seongcheol broke off a corner of the wooden table as a demonstration, seized control of the atmosphere, and spoke with a benevolent smile.
“That’s right. From now on, let’s live with integrity and honor.”
“Brother…!”
“To your parents, your girlfriends, and perhaps even the children you might have someday…”
“Wait, you knew we were getting ahead of ourselves, Brother?!”
“…In any case, if you all become honorable families, I’ll be proud as your brother.”
“Waaaaahhhhh!!!!”
“Brother! Brother!”
“The Service King! Han Seongcheol!”
“It’s not service! It’s the One-Strike Spirit!!!!”
At Seongcheol’s words, the executives of the Ilgeuk Foundation erupted in cheers that seemed to shake the world!
Deokhuun, who had come merely to greet Seongcheol upon hearing of his return, caught the tail end of the conversation.
“Good grief, just how much more honorably do they intend to live?”
The Ilgeuk Foundation had already been proven clean through rigorous audits and investigations.
Yet even after regrouping, they gathered again to pledge renewed resolve—to live more cleanly, to become people more honorable to their families, to spread the One-Strike Spirit throughout the world.
‘…Even the real Ilgyeok wouldn’t go this far.’
In a sense, they were more One-Strike than One-Strike himself.
Deokhuun knocked and entered Seongcheol’s office, which still resembled a cauldron of fervent enthusiasm.
“President, congratulations on your return. And regarding the pending approvals…?!”
The Eye skill he’d kept active, hoping to spot promising talent among those passing through the Ilgeuk Foundation.
Yet the dark aura that had surrounded Seongcheol when they first met was now completely gone.
Instead, a brilliance nearly as intense as Ihyeon’s flooded the office and poured down upon Deokhuun!
“W-What is this?!?!”
“Ah, President Deokhuun, you’ve arrived?”
“Pay your respects to my wife.”
“Not my wife, but the Spirit Serena.”
…In truth, about half of that radiance was genuinely emanating from Serena, but it was equally true that Seongcheol’s potential was being reevaluated alongside the Ilgeuk Foundation’s renewal.
* * *
While Seongcheol’s acquisition of Serena came somewhat early, S+ grade items had indeed begun appearing quite frequently across the entire world.
Though the probability remained extraordinarily low, when the scope expanded to the entire planet, absolute cases steadily accumulated.
[ Gaia Guild secures S+ grade item. Item name: ‘Iron’s Insignia’, confirmed as a greatsword ]
[ Russia’s Polaris Guild obtains S+ item. Item name: ‘Aurora Staff’, exclusive mage item
Why are so many S+ tier items dropping like this?
└ This must all be One-Strike’s will…
└ Only I don’t have an S+ item ]
Most of the items being publicly revealed belonged to Spirits from the Watchman faction.
Which naturally meant.
“Huh? Iron’s Insignia? That’s Forte, isn’t it?”
“You know that item too?”
“Of course~ That guy’s really trustworthy. Is the Gaia Guild far from here?”
“On the opposite side of the globe….”
Leon, dwelling within Ihyeon’s sniper rifle, could explain spirits as if he were a living encyclopedia—effortlessly and without fail.
There were many items that even Jia and Elsie seemed unfamiliar with, yet Leon never faltered.
In any case, as spirits began to emerge, the conflict between the Watchman and the Overlord—previously known only to a select few—was gradually becoming common knowledge among the people.
If the Watchman’s existence had once seemed like urban legend, now interpretations were rapidly spreading that the current Tower’s administrator was the Overlord, and that Ilgyeok was climbing the Tower to challenge him.
But where there is light, there must be shadow.
The emergence of items from the Watchman’s faction meant that an equally substantial number of items from the Overlord’s faction were also being distributed.
At first, their existence was not widely known.
They truly revealed their presence through a far more lethal and dangerous method.

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