I Just Subscribed and It’s the Best Hunter of All Time - Chapter 165

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#Chapter 165.
At Jung Han-sung’s question, the Infiltrator’s eyes wavered slightly. A brief silence fell, and soon the figure nodded.
“…Yes.”
“Does it relate to Eden?”
“It does, in a way. But as I said, not in any favorable sense.”
Having heard that much, Jung Han-sung recalled the information about Eden he’d gathered so far.
Eden was a corporation that specialized in research related to psychic abilities.
There were suspicions that during their research, they kidnapped or deceived people into coming to their facilities and conducted human experimentation on them.
The Infiltrator before me was a psychic and simultaneously harbored hostility toward Eden.
Jung Han-sung nodded.
“Fine. For now, let me hear what you have to say.”
That was reason enough to listen to what she had to say.
Of course, I hadn’t removed all the restraints.
I’d let her sit comfortably in a chair and her mouth was free to move, so wasn’t that sufficient for having a conversation?
The Infiltrator seemed to understand her position and voiced no particular complaints.
“So, what’s your name?”
“Lea.”
“Right. Lea. What conversation did you want to have?”
At Jung Han-sung’s question, the Infiltrator who’d given her name as Lea hesitated before speaking.
“You do have business with Eden, don’t you?”
“I think I was the one asking questions.”
“…I needed to ask. I approached you in the first place to make a cooperation proposal.”
“That cooperation you mentioned earlier.”
Lea nodded.
“As you’ve probably guessed, we don’t have favorable feelings toward Eden. So…. To be precise, it’s closer to animosity.”
“Is it revenge?”
“…Something like that. It’s not that we don’t want to take revenge on them. But our true purpose lies elsewhere.”
Perhaps because she was already captured, Lea spoke freely about her true objective.
“Our purpose is to rescue those imprisoned in Eden’s lower levels.”
“Those imprisoned?”
Jung Han-sung looked directly at her and asked.
Lea nodded in response.
“They bring people in and conduct experiments on them underground.”
“I’ve heard similar stories. Something about hiring homeless people for clinical trials?”
“That’s a cover. A cover to hide their real experiments. They periodically hire homeless people, conduct only harmless tests on them, and send them out.”
“To conceal the rumors.”
“Exactly.”
When rumors of human experimentation circulate, trying to forcefully suppress them is amateurish.
But if they hired homeless people and conducted genuinely ordinary, harmless clinical trials and released them?
They could simply claim they only conducted ordinary, safe clinical trials, and these vicious rumors are baseless.
“Why did you approach me?”
“Because you were openly digging around for information about Eden. I figured it had to be one of two things—either you had business with Eden, or it was a trap Pan set.”
“I see. If it was the former, you were planning to have a conversation and recruit me. But if it was the latter, what were you going to do?”
As I spoke, I looked down at Lea.
A reminder that she was completely subdued by me.
In other words, I was questioning why someone with such limited ability would approach what could potentially be a trap.
Lea answered the question simply.
“Obviously, I didn’t come alone.”
She smiled as she said it.
“If you tried anything funny, I’d blow this entire building to pieces.”
“I see.”
I nodded and spoke to Lea.
“Two on the rooftop. One in the opposite building. And one more in front of that building.”
Lea’s face went rigid in an instant.
I had pinpointed her allies with perfect accuracy.
In truth, I’d known from the moment Lea first approached that she wasn’t alone.
I’d also noticed that something had been installed on the building’s rooftop.
And even if I hadn’t caught on immediately, I would have sensed something amiss soon enough.
Lea was far too composed for someone in captivity. She answered my questions far too readily.
Wasn’t it obvious she had something to rely on?
“By the way, I’ve already disabled the signaling device in your clothes. So don’t waste your effort.”
“How…”
Lea’s voice trembled. The reaction of someone who’d been hit exactly where it hurt.
Not only had I discovered her allies’ presence, but I already knew about the device they used to communicate with her.
I smiled faintly at Lea and opened my mouth.
“There are ways to handle these things. Besides, isn’t this good for you? There’s nothing wrong with having a capable person to cooperate with, is there?”
“…Are you saying you want to cooperate with us?”
“That’s what I’ve been saying this whole time, isn’t it? As you said, I have business with Eden. More precisely, my goal is to uncover what they’re hiding.”
I spoke in a measured tone.
“So show me your hand properly. What can you offer me?”
Lea fell silent for a moment before speaking.
“…Wouldn’t it be better to discuss this somewhere else?”
“Somewhere else?”
“This place could be under surveillance. We’ve taken precautions, but they’re not perfect.”
“I still haven’t heard your hand at all?”
“If your goal is to expose their secrets, what I have to offer will definitely help. I myself escaped from one of their facilities.”
As Lea said this, she tilted her neck slightly to reveal something.
A mark appeared.
It was a tattoo in the shape of rippling waves.
“This is a tattoo Eden brands on their test subjects.”
I had no immediate way to verify the truth of her tattoo. But her words didn’t feel like a lie.
And even if this were an elaborately constructed trap, it wouldn’t matter.
I had more than enough confidence to smash through it.
The reason I hadn’t launched a direct assault on Eden was purely out of concern for mission failure or complications—not from any lack of power.
“Fine. Then show me the way.”
I released her restraints and nodded.
Lea seemed taken aback that I would agree so readily after what she’d said.
But only for a moment.
She quickly rose to her feet and spoke.
“Follow me.”
And so I followed Lea out of the building and headed somewhere.
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The place we arrived at after following Lea was the basement of a rather dilapidated-looking building.
“Oh. The interior is quite neat, actually.”
The building housing the underground chamber appeared to be crumbling, yet the basement itself was remarkably clean.
So much so that I wondered if this was actually the real base.
However, it wasn’t particularly spacious. At most, enough room for three or four people to move about?
And there were indeed only two people inside.
“Hello.”
“Welcome!”
“Yes. Nice to meet you.”
I acknowledged their greetings appropriately.
Those who had greeted me were a middle-aged man and a young child who appeared to be no more than mid-teens.
“But I don’t see the people who were waiting outside earlier?”
“Ah, we have more than one base location.”
“You’ve divided your bases?”
“Yes. If everyone gathered in one place and the hideout was discovered, the damage would be too great.”
The middle-aged man smiled as he answered my question.
I nodded at his words. Well, considering the opposition is Eden, a megacorporation, it’s not particularly surprising.
These people clearly didn’t appear to be operating on a large scale.
Rather than continue with small talk, I folded my arms and spoke.
“I heard that coming here would allow me to hear more detailed information.”
As I said this, I gestured toward Lea with my eyes, and the middle-aged man nodded.
“Of course. But first, may I ask what your exact purpose is?”
“To uncover Eden’s secrets.”
“Secrets, I see.”
The middle-aged man opened his mouth with a peculiar expression.
“Which secrets exactly are you referring to…?”
“I’m not sure about that.”
I answered honestly.
The target’s directive was merely to uncover Eden’s secrets.
The specifics of what those secrets entailed remained unknown.
Perhaps the moment I conveyed information to them, my objective would be fulfilled.
The Middle-aged Man paused briefly before responding to Han-sung’s answer.
“Understood. Then allow me to share the information we’ve secured.”
“You can make such a decision so easily?”
“Well, it’s not an easy decision. It’s closer to a gamble, really.”
He spoke with a bitter smile.
“But if sharing a bit of information means someone as strong as you might offer us even modest assistance, that’s a significant gain.”
“You haven’t truly witnessed my full capabilities.”
“What you’ve already shown is sufficient. Lea here is our organization’s strongest operative.”
At those words, Han-sung glanced toward Lea beside him.
‘Her?’
She certainly moved with considerable discretion, but she hardly registered as a genuine threat.
Apparently his skepticism showed plainly on his face, for the Middle-aged Man continued.
“Our forces are hardly formidable. We’re merely an organization formed by those whose lives were destroyed by Eden.”
His words carried unmistakable sorrow and anguish.
Han-sung chose not to probe deeper into the matter, simply nodding in acknowledgment.
“Very well. Let’s hear this information then.”
After all, my purpose wasn’t to help them. I had no intention of digging deeper.
The Middle-aged Man said nothing further, instead producing a chip.
“All the information we’ve gathered so far is contained within. Review it, and if you have questions, please ask.”
Han-sung accepted it and immediately inserted it into his terminal.
Characters flickered across the screen in rapid succession.
[Eden Project]
That title appeared at the very top.
Han-sung scrolled through the display, reading the contents methodically.
Throughout this time, Lea and the others watched him with tense expressions.
Yet Han-sung himself remained expressionless, his focus entirely on the screen.
After reviewing the final page,
“Hmm.”
Han-sung lifted his eyes from the display, gazing into empty space as if waiting for something.
But nothing changed despite his anticipation.
‘So this alone won’t suffice.’
The chip’s data had been quite comprehensive, and I’d wondered if this might be enough to achieve my objective. Apparently not.
Still, I’d grasped a general sense of what needed to be done.
“Your organization’s goal is to rescue those imprisoned underground, correct?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Then do you also know their location? It’s not detailed here.”
Han-sung tapped the terminal as he asked, and the Middle-aged Man nodded once more.
“Yes. I’ve already pinpointed their approximate location. I’ve also drafted a preliminary infiltration strategy.”
“So all the preparations are complete?”
“…No. The most critical element is still missing. We need sufficient combat personnel.”
This wasn’t infiltrating just any facility—it was MegaCorp itself. Attempting such a perilous operation with mediocre soldiers would be nothing short of suicide.
Yet Jung Han-sung’s lips curved into a smile as he responded to the Middle-aged Man’s concern.
“Then there’s no problem anymore.”
“Pardon?”
“Because I’m here.”
The secret Jung Han-sung sought.
It aligned perfectly with their objective.

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