I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 90

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Episode 90
Ep. 90
Meanwhile, I had returned home after clearing a floor and was leisurely watching TV on the sofa.
While casually flipping through channels, a news broadcast was reporting as breaking news that Ilgyeok had successfully cleared another floor, as always.
“Shouldn’t people be getting used to this by now?”
I thought the people were making a fuss over nothing.
After all, I was clearing a floor almost once a day, yet they were reporting it as if some major catastrophe had occurred. As the person responsible, I found it quite embarrassing.
However, the broadcasting station had reasons I didn’t know about.
Specifically, they could only maintain their viewership ratings by broadcasting even the smallest news about Ilgyeok!
If they didn’t air a breaking news report upon seeing my clearance announcement, their ratings would visibly plummet immediately.
And that wasn’t all.
There were even some unscrupulous internet users questioning in the comments whether they harbored impure intentions toward me.
As a result, broadcasting stations had no choice but to compete with each other in reporting such breaking news.
“Hehe… ‘Clearance on.'”
“Camera 3 is going live.”
“Ah, yes yes, let’s go!”
Of course, they couldn’t ignore the members of one-room cafes operating covertly throughout society either.
Unaware of all these circumstances, I was about to change the channel, feeling awkward watching my own news.
– This just in. We’re receiving reports that the leader of the international Hunter organization, Frontier, is holding a press conference.
“Huh?”
But just before that, a sudden news alert came through.
At the mention of Frontier, I tilted my head in confusion.
“Is it really Frontier?”
There were so many scammers out there.
However, seeing similar reports on other news channels suggested they had gone through some verification process.
“What’s going on all of a sudden….”
Frontier, which had always maintained their secrecy well, was suddenly holding a press conference with their leader in person. Why?
But regardless of such questions, it was certainly a massive scoop.
– Ah… Laurent Claude, the leader of Frontier who identified himself with the ID ‘Cloud,’ is just now beginning a press conference at the Road Hotel in Korea.
“?????”
No, this wasn’t just a massive scoop.
It was a nuclear bomb-level piece of news that would shake the world in a completely different way from Ilgyeok.
“W-Korea?! Just like that?”
At my outburst, Jia and Elsie, who had been in the room with me, came out to the living room.
“What’s the matter?”
“Why are you shouting all of a sudden? I was sleeping well….”
The screen switched at that moment.
In the hotel lobby where camera flashes from gathered reporters were constantly going off, a foreign man was just making his appearance.
Red hair and a beard.
And a man whose round glasses caught the eye.
Claude stood before the reporters and greeted them with a bright expression.
– Thank you for….
“?”
– First, I’d like to thank all the reporters for gathering so quickly despite the urgent notice. I am Laurent Claude, the leader of Frontier.
“Ah~”
It was absolutely not the case that I nodded my head a beat late while waiting for the interpreter to translate.
Still, since the interpreter was going through the trouble of translating, there was no need for me to laboriously understand English.
“I’m sure you all have questions about whether I’m truly the leader of Frontier, and I’ll be sharing separate materials regarding that. And the reason I’ve made this unusual public appearance is….”
While listening to such remarks, Elsie, who had been rubbing her eyes and not fully awake, looked at Claude and broke into a delighted smile.
“Huh? That guy’s on TV?”
“???”
I was startled by Elsie’s sudden reaction.
“Elsie, do you know that person?”
When I asked, Elsie nodded readily.
“Yeah. That’s the guy who helped me?”
“…?”
Now that I thought about it, the place Elsie said she was departing from seemed to be the Road Hotel.
And it seemed she had said she received help from people who identified themselves as Frontier….
My first meeting with Elsie flashed through my mind like a revolving lantern.
Even as I watched TV, Elsie added an explanation with a hum.
“Right. He said he was the leader of Frontier.”
“Then you should have told me beforehand!”
“I did?”
Elsie tried to win the argument with facts, shameless as ever.
‘Well, it’s true I didn’t believe her….’
And even if I had believed her, I wouldn’t have been eager to meet Claude anyway.
I turned my gaze to the TV with an ominous expression.
‘The leader of Frontier, whom I hadn’t paid much attention to in Korea until now, suddenly appears here. And he helped Elsie. He said he wanted to meet me.’
Even for someone as suspicious as me, Claude’s purpose seemed clear.
It wasn’t excessive self-consciousness—it was definitely….
Claude’s remarks continued on the TV.
– Yes, I’ll be honest with you. I came to South Korea to find the ID ‘Ilgyeok’. If you’re watching this broadcast, and if you still have the note I sent you, I sincerely hope you’ll contact me.
‘This crazy bastard….’
I watched Claude stare directly at the camera with a bright smile, as if laughing at me, and let out a long sigh.
Whether Elsie knew my thoughts or not, she tapped my thigh and said.
“See? I told you he wanted to meet you, didn’t I?”
“Yeah… you did.”
I nodded weakly.
Then a thought suddenly crossed my mind.
“…He sent a note?”
When?
My mind, which had been spinning rapidly, soon found a likely candidate.
I glanced back at Jia, and she seemed to be thinking the same thing.
“Yes, I’ll bring it for you.”
“Ah, okay.”
There was no need to go that far.
In any case, Jia returned from her room with the problematic note not long after.
– Ilgyeok.
I believe you could become one of us.
We would welcome you with open hearts.
I hope we can have a direct conversation soon.
Please contact us using the ID ‘Cloud’.
With respect.
Those who stand at the boundary of the world. –
“….”
No, so they were more sincere with me than I thought?
The note I received through Jia after clearing the 41st Floor.
Now that I saw it, it was an incredibly blatant attempt at contact.
I asked Jia.
“Did they say anything when you delivered this?”
“Yes, they asked me to deliver it.”
That meant they also knew that Jia was not Ilgyeok himself, but merely a messenger.
‘Well, that’s not strange. After all, Jia’s identity was exposed during the terrorist attack.’
Though the government and the Vigilantes are keeping that fact hidden, an organization like Frontier would have the intelligence to uncover it.
– I look forward to the day I run along the boundary with Ilgyeok. Well then, I’ll conclude this press conference.
While I was thinking such thoughts, Claude’s press conference also came to an end.
From the start, it seemed less like a true press conference and more like an attempt to convey a message to Ilgyeok.
‘Still, to think he revealed himself in person like that—it’s quite a bold decision, I’d say….’
I still couldn’t quite believe that what I’d seen on TV was real.
If Frontier was truly searching for me, what should I do?
I opened my phone and scrolled through the articles about Frontier and Claude that covered the entire Portal.
Below them, countless comments had already been posted.
[ aewf**** : 이곳이 일격의 나라입니까?
Qdsf**** : 캬, 프론티어 샤라웃 미쳤다;;
djif**** : 근데 클로드 씨 잘생긴 거 실화임?
└ efwo**** : 세금 좀 더 내라!
└ refi**** : 지금까지 프론티어에서 구조한 나라들이 내줬답니다~
Wefe**** : 내가 觀相을 좀 보건대…… 저것도 사기꾼이다? 사기꾼은…… 死刑! 司法府는 엄벌로 다스리거라~~
└ mcxv**** : 지금 정부에서 보냈다는 공문서 깠는데 사기꾼이라는 거?
vckk**** : 근데 일격이 답을 해 줄까? ]
Most of the reactions toward Frontier were favorable.
Moreover, the fact that Claude himself had traveled all the way to Korea to meet Ilgyeok seemed to generate even more positive sentiment.
The fact that even Frontier, which I thought had no particular connection to Korea, was searching for Ilgyeok made me feel an even greater sense of pride.
At this rate, it seemed only a matter of time before I would earn the honorary Korean title that a few foreigners had obtained over the years.
My concerns deepened.
Until now, my approach had been to ascend the Tower while hiding my identity as completely and perfectly as possible for as long as possible.
But now that things had come to this…
‘I might need to think of a different approach.’
How much longer would it be possible to climb the Tower without anyone knowing?
Hadn’t I felt it after entering the 50th Floor range?
The higher I climbed, the exponentially fewer Hunters there were.
Naturally, the probability of remembering new faces would only increase.
For instance, it’s said that there are at least ten or more superhumans currently active in Korea’s 80th Floor range, so if I suddenly appeared there—a face and name no one knew?
And then after entering and coming back out, word spreads that Ilgyeok had set a new record?
Then the notion that I wouldn’t be discovered was absurd.
It meant that even if I avoided external exposure as much as possible, I couldn’t block it completely.
I turned my head to look at Jia and Elsie.
The two spirits, unaware of my deep concerns, simply waited for me blankly.
When our eyes met, Jia bowed respectfully and spoke.
“Is there something you wish to command?”
I spoke almost as if talking to myself.
“I might need to create something.”
“Create something, you say?”
“Well, it’s just a thought for now.”
I shook my head and dismissed the thought.
My parents still only knew that I was a Hunter; they didn’t yet know about Ilgyeok.
In such a situation, thinking about revealing it to others first was putting the cart before the horse.
Just then, Elsie perked up at my words.
“Ice cream?”
Her eyes sparkled, already filled with thoughts of eating ice cream.
“Go buy ice cream when you get there.”
I pulled out a bill from my wallet and handed it to Elsie.
She took it and bounded out of the house with excited hops.
“Ice creeeam~”
Well, when she goes to the supermarket, Minjeong or Donghoo would probably tell her to take what she wants even without money, but that would spoil her.
Jia glanced at the spot where Elsie had rushed out and asked me.
“Will she be alright?”
She meant whether it would be okay to send Elsie, who was like a small child, alone.
Now that I thought about it, I realized there might be some problems, so I nodded.
“You’re right. Jia, would you mind going with her and bringing her back?”
“….”
Under normal circumstances, Jia would have immediately followed my instructions, but this time, for some reason, there was a moment of hesitation.
I pulled another bill from my wallet and handed it to Jia.
“…Go buy some for yourself too.”
“Your kindness is as vast as the ocean itself, Master.”
Jia accepted the money with both hands, bowing deeply at the waist, then followed Elsie out.
“Why do spirits love ice cream so much anyway?”
Of course, they eat other foods well enough, but they’re particularly helpless when it comes to ice cream.
Does ice cream contain some ingredient that seduces spirits?
I stared toward the entrance with a bewildered expression, then turned off the TV and headed to my room.
Next was the 50th Floor Range.
It was time to defeat the mid-boss of the 50th Floor Range.

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