I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 388

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Episode 388
Ep. 388
“Hunter, what on earth is happening here?”
“It’s complicated to explain.”
Ihyeon answered with a genuinely perplexed expression.
Unless someone already knew the details of the situation to some degree.
I had no idea where to even begin explaining things to them.
Should I start with my connection to the Watchman that began on the 45th floor, or should I begin with the existence of soul stones?
Rather than go into unnecessary detail, it was sufficient for them to simply understand that the Watchman’s spirit had come to me under the name Leon.
“Y-you truly are remarkable….”
“It wasn’t something I particularly desired.”
Strictly speaking, there is no Watchman currently.
Leon was merely regenerated by the powerful force of four soul stones, clinging to the Watchman’s spirit just before it dissipated.
Of course, even to that extent, Leon’s existence was a powerful card that could certainly give Korea an advantage in information warfare.
“So that’s why you don’t want to talk with Roel and the Watchman?”
“That’s right…!”
Although I maintained a decent relationship with Ilgyeok, the Watchman’s follower, the Watchman himself was an entirely different matter.
However, Ihyeon had no intention of letting Roel return to his inventory.
After all, Roel was the most important person among those I had gathered here.
“I have urgent matters to discuss with you, Roel. Please wait a moment.”
“I have nothing to hear….”
Boom—!
“Such cowardice…! Do you think a gun solves everything…!”
What worked best on Roel, who was always complaining (?), was precisely Ihyeon’s sniper rifle.
Though he grumbled this time as well, Roel remained in his seat rather than returning to his inventory.
Seeing this, Leon smiled faintly and spoke.
“Yeah~ honestly, there’s no bad blood between you and me, right? Good thinking.”
“Hmph…!”
‘If only he’d keep his mouth shut.’
Ihyeon lightly cautioned Leon, worried he might stir up unnecessary trouble.
…In fact, looking at Leon’s irritating expression made me feel frustrated even though we were on the same side—I couldn’t imagine how the opposing faction felt.
“Please come this way.”
Ihyeon guided Seongnyun, Minjeong, and Roel to the separate building.
Now it was time to broach the main topic.
“I’m sure you’re all aware that S+ rank items have been causing problems recently. Especially on the Overlord’s faction side.”
“They are all merely doing their duty….”
“Yes, which is why we’ve called you all here to do our part as well.”
“Hunter, do you have a good solution?”
Naturally, Seongnyun, the party most directly involved in this matter, asked with a serious expression.
Could Ihyeon possibly be suggesting direct participation in a subjugation operation?
However, the likelihood of that was low, and the Management Bureau would want to discourage it anyway.
Ilgeok was safest when his identity remained concealed.
But if he were deployed in operations involving people, the risk of information exposure would spike dramatically.
Of course, the troublesome Spirits would certainly be dealt with….
‘If by any chance an S+ grade item were damaged, that could become a problem in its own right.’
No matter how problematic, an S+ item from the Overlord’s Faction was still S+ grade.
If it were damaged by any chance, the Management Bureau couldn’t escape responsibility.
Meanwhile, Minjeong was also listening intently to Ihyeon’s words with interest.
Frontier had also been deliberating recently over S+ grade items occurring across the world.
Moreover, since Roel, whom she possessed, was also S+ grade….
“Ah!”
Minjeong, whose thoughts had reached that point, clapped her hands together sharply.
“Did you perhaps understand what I was thinking?”
Ihyeon asked her with a smile.
“D-don’t look at me with that expression!”
“…No, what did I do wrong….”
“Ah, I’m s-sorry….”
Though she felt embarrassed for a moment, Minjeong nodded her head timidly.
“Yes… It just occurred to me that Roel is also an S+ grade item from the Overlord’s Faction, so I was wondering if there might be a way to utilize him.”
Ihyeon’s smile deepened upon hearing Minjeong’s words.
“I told you not to make that expression!”
“No, I was just smiling….”
“I’m s-sorry.”
‘Is it a habit?’
In any case, every time I saw him, I felt it—he was a person with occasionally strange quirks.
However, in broad strokes, Minjeong’s words were not wrong.
No, rather, they were precise.
“Hmph…! You think I would cooperate with such a plan…. Besides, Spirits are each independent souls. It’s not my place to come forward and dictate things….”
Roel turned his head away entirely, as if he absolutely would not cooperate this time.
But Ihyeon was not one to have failed to anticipate such a reaction.
“Leon, so according to what I heard from the Watchman, you are said to be the Left Commander of the Overlord’s Faction.”
“….”
Flinch—
Roel’s shoulders trembled slightly as he turned at Ihyeon’s words.
“Almost a leader figure who receives both respect and trust among them, I hear.”
“Ahem….”
Carrot and stick.
When intimidating with a sniper rifle, do so firmly, but when offering praise, do so decisively.
That praise wasn’t particularly exaggerated either.
Leon had confirmed it as well, and thinking back to when I met the One-Strike Knight Order last time, he seemed to actually possess quite considerable influence.
“Oh my….”
Meanwhile, Seongnyun, who had been listening to Ihyeon’s story, gazed at Roel with a remarkably intrigued expression.
“Why… why are you looking at me like that….”
Roel was not accustomed to the attention of strangers!
Seongnyun rose from his seat and bowed deeply to Roel as he spoke.
“I humbly ask. Please lend your strength for the safety of our nation!”
“Ahem, ahem!”
Roel gave an awkward cough, but he didn’t seem entirely won over yet.
Looking at it, Leon appeared to have done nothing but praise him, and the rest seemed to be Ilgyeok’s thoughts, but his pride wouldn’t allow him to accept so readily.
In moments like this, a single incentive that could gently push him forward was all that was needed.
“Then how about we do it this way?”
“What do you mean…?”
Ihyeon, seizing the momentum to resolve everything completely, led Roel and the others to the neighboring house.
“Suyeon, are you home?”
“Huh? Brother, what brings you here? Oh, M, Minjeong, hello. P, P, Personnel Manager, you’ve come too?”
“I’m the Director now. It’s been a while, Hunter.”
“Sh, Sh, Shin Gung is next door!!!”
Suyeon got along well with the people around Ihyeon these days without much awkwardness, but her true nature hadn’t completely disappeared.
Ihyeon asked Suyeon for permission and seated Roel on the living room sofa.
“Why here…?”
Roel looked around the living room, which was filled with strange mechanical devices, and asked suspiciously.
Could it be that those Watchman followers had set a trap to brainwash him?
Of course, that wasn’t the case.
Ihyeon made a request to Suyeon.
“Suyeon, do you have the DVD of Hunter and the Jump?”
The DVD of the most popular drama recently.
However, the title of that drama was hardly visible among the bookshelves that filled the wall.
“Huh? No, I don’t have any drama DVDs?”
“…You don’t?”
“I don’t collect 3D.”
The first button had been fastened slightly wrong, but there was no major problem.
In this day and age, streaming dramas on the internet was easy enough.
‘Surely no one watches dramas on illegal sites?’
Of course, streaming should be through official platforms!
In any case, until then, Roel and Seongnyun didn’t understand the situation well.
Minjeong, at least, seemed to vaguely grasp Ihyeon’s intentions.
A moment later.
– I’ll always be by your side~ Even if the world ends~
The sweet voice of a ballad singer filled the living room with a fantastic audio feast, coloring it sweetly!
“!!!!!!”
“What… what is this…?”
“It’s the opening theme from ‘Hunter Carrying Hunter’ drama.”
“I, I know that…! But this sound quality… Mingzhu, have we only been listening to noise all this time…!”
“That speaker cost me a decent amount of money too…”
At Roel’s words, Minjeong pouted her lips, but there was no real room for rebuttal.
Suyeon’s home was truly worthy of being called sound itself.
Click—
“Aah…!”
Ihyeon paused the video just as the opening theme was reaching its climax.
Naturally, a note of regret escaped from Roel’s lips.
“Personnel Manager Baek… or rather, Director Baek, if you help him out well, perhaps he might install an audio system like this in Frontier’s Korean branch?”
Ihyeon said this while winking at Seongnyun with one eye.
Seongnyun, who had been standing with his mouth agape for a moment, suddenly came to his senses and nodded.
“Of course! I could even copy this entire setup for you! As long as you manage the Overlord’s faction spirits well…”
Of course, Seongnyun also knew that acquiring equipment of this caliber would require considerable funds.
But what did that matter?
If he could preemptively control spirits that might otherwise lead to major incidents, equipment like this would be worth delivering by truckload.
“What do you say, Roel? Will you do it?”
“…”
Roel saw through Ihyeon’s expression and understood.
This was all Ilgeuk’s scheme!
They must have devised this trick knowing that he enjoyed dramas.
But.
“…Very well. The administrative agency, was it…? Let us begin with the spirits they possess…”
The lingering resonance of that opening theme was far too deep and rich to refuse out of pride!
With the dramatic negotiation concluded, Seongnyun exhaled in relief, and Ihyeon resumed the paused video.
– Oh, take my hand, let us cross the Milky Way together~
“Mmm…”
And what did pride matter anyway!
It wasn’t just the opening.
Once the actual drama began, the emotional impact doubled, tripled!
The pouring sunlight truly seemed to pour directly into Roel’s eyes, and the fresh scent of grass too…
“Sniff sniff, …this really does smell like grass.”
“Ah, yes, yes… to enhance immersion further, we’ve equipped it with AI 4D technology as well…”
“Magnificent… Though the genre differs, you certainly have the proper attitude for appreciating visual content…”
“Really, truly?!”
Transcending the dimensional boundaries of 2D and 3D, Suyeon and Roel united in 4D!
As they continued watching the drama, Suyeon and Roel engaged in deep discussions about the direction visual content should take and the values it should pursue.
“At this point… why don’t we form a fan club together…”
“I, I’d love that! As long as you’re okay with it, Roel…!”
While it seemed the outcome had diverged from his original intentions, the truth was that Roel possessed enough sense of responsibility not to forget his duties.
After carrying the Hunter and leaping through Episode 1 with emotional appreciation, Minjeong and Roel promptly headed to the Administrative Bureau alongside Seongnyun.
Deep beneath the Administrative Bureau, in the isolation sector, two Ruler’s Faction Spirits that had recently appeared in Korea were being held in custody.
Seongnyun, returning to his serious demeanor, provided a brief briefing.
“Regarding the Masters, we’ve managed to extract full authority over items and Spirits from them. All you need to do is find a way to control the Spirits.”
“Don’t worry. Despite appearances, Roel seems to carry considerable weight among the Spirits.”
“Weight? Such a frivolous expression…! Did you not hear it from Ilgyeok earlier? I, Roel Agriatus, left commander of the Ruler’s Faction and one who commands deep respect and trust…”
“Goodness, our Spirit is at it again. Just go inside already.”

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