I Just Subscribed and It’s the Best Hunter of All Time - Chapter 163

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#Chapter 163.
Jung Han-sung flicked his arm slightly.
Instantly, lightning thread thin as silk unwound from his body, embroidering the empty air with intricate patterns.
What was remarkable was that each thread moved differently according to his will alone.
It was control taken to its absolute pinnacle—something that should have been impossible by conventional standards.
After manipulating the lightning for a moment, Jung Han-sung opened his mouth.
“The lightning feels completely within my grasp.”
When I had subscribed to Indra’s lightning before.
I had felt as though I’d pierced through the very essence of lightning itself.
But even then, I couldn’t do something like this.
―Could this channel subscription be at a higher tier?
“No. That’s not it.”
Jung Han-sung shook his head as he spoke.
“Even though it’s the same lightning power, the category is completely different. So Indra’s lightning is….”
Choosing his words carefully, Jung Han-sung manipulated the lightning with exquisite precision as he continued.
“Simply too overwhelming. So much so that delicate control isn’t even necessary.”
―So the raw power is so immense that finesse becomes irrelevant? That makes sense. It’s the power of one who has transcended and grasped divinity itself.
“Exactly. This, on the other hand, feels like it’s been built up layer by layer from the very foundation. Now that I’m subscribed, all of that accumulated experience flows into me.”
As Jung Han-sung flicked his fingers, the lightning transformed, creating an extraordinarily delicate landscape.
It was a depiction of the scenery surrounding the Territory, rendered entirely through lightning.
Naturally, such exquisitely precise control would be difficult to maintain after the subscription ended.
But even without reaching that extreme, the experience gained during the subscription would prove invaluable.
I had never even known that lightning possessed such a delicate dimension.
―I should make full use of this subscription period then.
“Right. I’ll use it until I’m sick of it.”
With that said, Jung Han-sung immediately moved to the nearby bed and lay down.
Onyx, witnessing this, displayed a question mark above his head.
―What are you doing?
“Sleeping. Just one hour, then I’ll head straight to the Tower.”
I wanted to go to the Tower immediately, but my head was throbbing from the new channel subscription.
So I intended to rest for about an hour to clear my mind before moving again.
―…Right. Rest is important.
Onyx shook his head at the sight of Jung Han-sung, then withdrew into his armor.
For Onyx, who was essentially bound to Jung Han-sung’s fate, my wellbeing was of utmost importance.
Watching my actions never failed to make his heart skip a beat.
The problem was that no matter how much he tried to stop me, I simply wouldn’t listen.
So instead of wasting energy on futile protests, Onyx chose to rest and conserve his strength as well.
* * *
After sleeping for exactly one hour.
Jung Han-sung immediately rose from bed. Then he headed outside to review the Territory’s situation once more.
Since nothing had happened in the span of just an hour, I informed Baek-seol that I would go climbing and headed toward Earth.
The reason I headed toward Earth rather than deeper into The Tower was simple.
There were contacts waiting for me to confirm on Earth’s side.
“Hmm.”
The moment I returned to Earth House, I powered on my phone and checked the accumulated messages.
Naturally, the bulk of them were from Baek Jin-woo.
He had sent various texts, but unfortunately, there wasn’t much information regarding the monsters that had appeared on Earth.
It seemed the investigation was still ongoing.
‘Well, it hasn’t even been that many days.’
My days had been so densely packed that the initial monster appearance was only last week.
The second monster appeared just a few days ago.
The Awaker Association was likely still conducting their investigation.
‘Messages came from all sorts of places.’
And on my phone were messages from others besides Baek Jin-woo.
The United States, Japan, Russia, China, and so on.
The nationalities of those who sent the messages were quite diverse.
Unlike their origins, the contents were mostly similar, and it was obvious their purpose was to recruit me.
But I simply skimmed through the contents and returned to The Tower as is.
I had no intention of immigrating to another country anytime soon.
After returning to The Tower like that.
I entered the 84th Floor without hesitation, and—
Pop!
Soon, accompanied by the familiar vertigo, I opened my eyes in a damp alley.
I looked around and wore a peculiar expression.
‘Is the starting position in this world fixed to an alley?’
Brilliant neon signs. Stale air. Among the places I’d visited in The Tower, only one had such an environment.
The Cyberpunk World.
Well, though it’s called cyberpunk, it’s actually closer to fusion punk with magical forces mixed in.
When I’d thought that far—
A message appeared before my eyes.
[Objective: Investigate the secrets of Eden Corporation]
[Time Limit: One week]
I confirmed this objective and furrowed my brow.
“Hmm.”
Like last time, simple missions rarely appear in this world.
‘What is Eden, anyway.’
They want me to uncover its secrets when I don’t even know what Eden is.
Even as I thought that, I stepped out of the alley and emerged outside.
And I realized one thing.
‘It’s that city I visited before.’
This city was called Etris, the same place I had last visited during my previous mission.
‘So I’m conducting a mission here this time.’
Jung Han-sung moved slowly, surveying his surroundings.
Etris was a medium-sized city, and compared to the sprawling metropolis where I had been conducting missions all this time, its scale was considerably smaller.
‘That place was divided into twenty districts.’
Each of those districts alone was the size of a decent small city.
Even on Earth in reality, there were no cities of such magnitude.
By contrast, Etris was merely the size of two of those districts combined.
Well, it wasn’t that this place was particularly small—it was just that the other city possessed an abnormally colossal scale.
―So this place is basically a rural backwater?
‘I suppose you could say that.’
The inhabitants of that city treated anything beyond their own walls as nonexistent.
Countless people had never once ventured outside their city in their entire lives.
They believed their city was the center of the world.
But it didn’t matter much to me.
―So where are we heading now?
“To the place where I gathered information last time.”
Jung Han-sung moved forward, recalling his memories.
If this were the previous city, I would have stopped by the bar that Cali operated first.
Fortunately, I had discovered a reasonably decent location during my last visit.
After wandering the streets for a moment, Jung Han-sung soon arrived at his destination.
It was a shop with a large revolver drawn on its sign.
Creak―.
Jung Han-sung opened the door and stepped inside.
The sound of creaking hinges mingled with the musty smell of age that wafted up.
But Jung Han-sung showed no change in expression as he walked deeper in, where a counter came into view.
The person I was looking for was slumped over that counter, dozing.
Jung Han-sung walked up to him and tapped the counter while speaking.
“Hey.”
“Gah!”
The man jolted awake with a startled cry and scrambled to his feet, blinking at Jung Han-sung.
“W-who are you?”
“Just a customer.”
“A customer? Do you have something to sell?”
This was a pawnshop of sorts.
During my previous visit, I had come here looking for a place to dispose of some items. And I had discovered an additional fact—the owner of this pawnshop was quite competent.
When it came to information.
“No. I’m here to buy information.”
At those words, the man’s eyes gleamed with interest.
“Hmm. Now that you mention it, I think I’ve seen you before?”
“Yeah. I bought information about this city back then.”
“Ah. So that’s the person you’re talking about.”
The Male Ranker nodded and looked me up and down before speaking.
“So what information are you looking to buy this time?”
“Eden.”
I answered without hesitation.
“I want information about Eden.”
“Eden?”
At that question, the Male Ranker furrowed his brow and asked.
“Why Eden Corporation?”
Eden Corporation. Upon hearing that name, I made sure not to reveal that I was hearing it for the first time, and answered calmly.
“Do I need to explain my reasons? Just give me all the information you have on them.”
“Do you have the money?”
“Is this enough?”
I pretended to reach into my pocket while opening my inventory and pulling out credits used in this place.
I deliberately offered more than I had initially considered, and the Male Ranker made a dismissive sound.
“That’s not enough.”
“Not enough?”
“You’re not asking for information you could just find by searching the web a bit, are you?”
At those words, I fell silent for a moment before pulling out additional credits.
After laying out enough credits to buy a decent vehicle, the Male Ranker finally smiled with satisfaction and spoke.
“Hmm. That’ll do. Wait a moment.”
Then the Male Ranker pulled out what looked like some kind of terminal and began operating it. Soon he drew out a cord from it and pressed it against his temple.
His eyes grew hazy and his expression became vacant.
It was natural enough, but he wasn’t just spacing out.
‘He’s probably using a full-brain chip implanted in his head to search for and organize the information.’
If you looked at the temples of people here, you could spot something like a port.
Simply put, they each had a small computer-like device embedded in their heads.
“Done.”
After a moment.
The Male Ranker withdrew the cord from his temple and spoke.
“I’m not sure exactly what information you need, but I’ve scraped together everything I can access.”
With those words, he handed over a small chip.
I took it and immediately pulled out my own terminal, inserting it.
Click!
A new window appeared on the screen, and the information contained in the chip began to display in a stream.
I scanned through it with my eyes.
I didn’t need to verify everything. I just wanted to check whether the chip’s contents were substantial or not.
After about five minutes had passed.
“It seems worth the credits. Good work.”
“Well, if you need anything else, come find me.”
Jung Han-sung nodded and exited the building. He then made his way directly into the alley surrounding the shop.
Being an alley near the main street, homeless individuals were scattered throughout, and their eyes gleamed upon seeing Jung Han-sung.
A predatory gaze, as if eyeing prey.
But Jung Han-sung paid them no mind and ventured deeper into the alley.
Upon reaching a place devoid of people, Jung Han-sung opened his terminal and began examining the contents in detail.
“Hmm.”
Eden Corporation.
True to its name, Eden was simply the name of a company.
However, it was no ordinary enterprise.
‘A megacorporation that once was…’
Eden Corporation had once been a megacorporation boasting tremendous prosperity.
But ten years ago, for reasons unknown, the company fractured, and only a portion of it relocated to Etris.
Naturally, its scale bore no comparison to its former glory.
What caught Jung Han-sung’s attention, however, was Eden’s primary field of operations in Etris.
‘Psychics.’
Eden’s primary field was psychics—in other words, the development of superhuman enhancement drugs.

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