I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 104

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 104

Behind the Scenes

Jinhyeok raised his head.

Even while looking at it, he wondered if it was real.

An explosion like this in such a quiet and peaceful tourist spot.

Thanks to that, the entire surrounding area had turned into chaos.

Startled people were running toward this direction, opposite from the explosion site.

“It’s about 800 meters away!”

“Let’s get out of here for now too.”

Just as they were about to leave to avoid getting caught up in the commotion.

Jinhyeok’s eyes widened.

Momo was staggering out from a dark alley.

Not only were her clothes in tatters, but her entire body was covered in soot.

“Momo!”

Jinhyeok quickly ran over and picked up Momo.

There were no major injuries, but she had many small wounds.

For some reason, she seemed completely drained of energy too.

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah. Momo is tough, so just got hurt a little. Got blown away and rolled around everywhere.”

Jinhyeok let out a sigh of relief.

Momo had no combat-related abilities, but instead possessed various traits for self-protection like presence suppression.

Thanks to that, even though she got caught up and blown away, she could end up with just this much damage.

“Momo’s clothes are all torn.”

Momo looked down at her torn clothes with the most dejected expression in the world.

From the moment they picked it out, she had been so happy, saying this was for Momo.

It seemed she was sad that it had become completely unusable.

“I’ll buy you something even prettier.”

After patting her head to comfort her, he entered an empty alley.

“The wounds aren’t deep, so they’ll heal quickly.”

Ellia, who had gone into the Starry Forge, came out with various potions and medical supplies.

Jinhyeok received them and began treating Momo stitch by stitch.

He applied potion to the wounded areas and put bandages on them.

“Phew, all done.”

He wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Since he wasn’t used to doing this kind of thing, he had broken out in a cold sweat.

Jinhyeok stared at Momo and scratched his head.

“Sorry Momo. You look like you’re hurt even more.”

Perhaps because he had applied them so crookedly and messily, she looked worse than before treatment.

“Looks like she’s badly hurt.”

“Master lacks dexterity too.”

Jinhyeok knew it too.

That his hands weren’t skillful.

But what could he do?

All his friends were far beyond the realm of ordinary.

Since their daily routine was erasing enemies before getting hurt, none of them knew how to do this kind of treatment.

‘I hope the next friend is a healer.’

The current party was far too combat-oriented.

Since situations like this could arise, having a healer type would be very reassuring.

Jinhyeok leaned against the alley wall and sat Momo on his lap.

“What happened, Momo?”

“The road was pretty so Momo was walking around everywhere, and some older sister and mister called Momo.”

“Are you sure they called Momo? People usually can’t find Momo well because of your presence suppression.”

“Yeah. But the older sister’s eyes were really sparkling. With those, she found Momo easier than other people.”

Momo’s presence was almost at air level due to her presence suppression.

That didn’t mean her appearance was completely hidden though.

Whether they looked for her on purpose or saw her by chance, once they recognized her, Momo’s presence suppression would lose its effectiveness.

“So what did they say when you went over?”

“The mister stretched out his hand. And then it went boom and exploded.”

It was most likely a class skill.

Since there wasn’t a physical bomb present, Kancheo couldn’t detect it in advance.

“Hmm.”

Jinhyeok let out a low groan.

Momo hadn’t been unluckily caught up in an explosion.

Someone had definitely approached targeting Momo and caused the explosion.

“So Momo immediately canceled manifestation. But if Momo appeared right next to Master, someone might see, so Momo manifested in this alley! Momo did well, right!”

“Momo is indeed smart.”

“Momo being smart is the best!!!”

As if she had never been gloomy, Momo puffed out her chest proudly.

Finding that sight cute, Ellia joined in and roughly petted Momo.

“Kancheo, how is it? Can you pick up the scent?”

Kancheo, deputy commander of the Yodel Rangers and master of explosions.

Kancheo’s five senses dramatically increased in sensitivity when explosions were involved.

With these senses, he had easily found dozens of bombs on the Newcalliope.

After checking the smell on Momo and sniffing a few times, Kancheo turned his head.

“Found them.”

“Go after them.”

“Should I blow them up right away!? They hurt our item-collecting errand girl Momo, so I should turn them to powder!”

“Errand girl sounds so cool! Momo is an errand girl!”

Momo smiled as brightly as could be without even knowing what it meant.

Jinhyeok chuckled and turned his head toward where Kancheo’s eyes were directed.

Momo’s wounds weren’t deep.

Her gloomy mood had also improved.

But he had no intention of letting this slide.

‘How dare they touch our precious Momo.’

He was going to make them properly regret touching his friend.

“Just follow them for now. There must be someone who gave these orders, so let’s turn them all to powder at once.”

“As expected of the commander! Roger! Yodel Ranger Deputy Commander Kancheo! Heading out!”

Kancheo went into stealth and dashed toward where the explosion had occurred.

Jinhyeok quietly exhaled and looked at Momo.

Since there was no way Momo had earned anyone’s resentment, only one possibility remained.

Though he couldn’t know the exact intention, someone targeting Jinhyeok had chosen Momo as their first target.

Two major candidates came to mind.

Hosaka, whom they had recently clashed with, and Besta, whom they had swept away on the Newcalliope.

For the former, he did think “really?” though.

No matter what had happened at the exchange meeting, Hosaka was one of the families representing Japan.

But an explosion in the middle of Kyoto.

It was behavior that could never be considered rational.

Rather, the latter possibility was higher – Besta, who were still being pursued and eliminated by Genex but whose remnants hadn’t been completely eradicated yet.

“Let’s go back to the lodging for now.”

After giving Momo a piggyback ride, he left the alley.

Whether it was the former, the latter, or some third entity.

It wouldn’t take very long for them to surface.

After all, it was none other than Kancheo, the Yodel Ranger unit commander, who had followed them.

Kobe Sannomiya, Japan.

A man got out of his car and entered an old traditional house.

The headquarters of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Kobe’s largest yakuza organization.

Those lined up with fierce expressions all bowed in unison.

“Yanagi-san! Thank you for your hard work!”

“Thank you for your hard work!”

Yanagi, the Yamaguchi-gumi’s problem solver, casually waved his hand.

Shortly after, Nishi, Yanagi’s partner, also entered through the entrance.

The yakuza members bowed to Nishi just as they had done moments before.

“Ugh, so stuffy, really stuffy. Can’t you do something about that thug-like greeting?”

Nishi sighed deeply and walked over to Yanagi’s side.

As they walked together to the house’s courtyard, an old man sitting on the veranda raised his hand.

This time, Yanagi and Nishi bowed very deeply.

“I received the report. You handled it very well.”

“Yes. Since you told us not to touch the target, we only took care of the kid who was nearby and came back.”

Togan, the boss of the Yamaguchi-gumi, showed a satisfied expression.

These two people who had never failed a mission once in all their years.

They hadn’t disappointed him this time either.

“Tsk tsk, that kid really ended up in a pitiful state. Getting into such terrible trouble for choosing the wrong friend.”

Togan clicked his tongue and sipped his tea.

Even yakuza don’t usually target ordinary children.

But this client was such a big shot that there was no way to refuse.

The request was to eliminate the target’s associates first, as painfully as possible.

“This time Hosaka seems properly angry. Since they’ve grown bigger, haven’t they been restraining themselves from such requests?”

“That’s right. They have more to lose now.”

Togan smiled and pulled out a photograph from his jacket.

The main target sent by Hosaka, Yoo Jin-hyeok.

It was unclear why Hosaka Judo was suddenly targeting this man.

But from this young man’s perspective, he had really stepped in deep shit.

Hosaka Judo, chairman of Ronia and a great elder of the family.

Togan knew better than anyone what kind of person Judo was.

A cold-blooded man who would remove any obstacle in his path by any means necessary.

As this request showed, Judo didn’t discriminate between men, women, young, or old.

Black and white, allies and enemies.

If he judged someone needed to be eliminated, he would give them the most horrific end, whoever they were.

“Did you find the target’s house? He said to blow that up first before killing him.”

“We’re still investigating, but it might take some time. Whoever did it…”

“Wait!”

Nishi cut off Yanagi’s words and raised her head.

Nishi instantly leaped onto the roof of the house.

“What’s wrong?”

Yanagi followed her and looked around.

The empty rooftop.

Nishi, who had thoroughly checked every position, frowned.

“Something was spying on us from the roof.”

“What?”

That was impossible.

The security level of the Yamaguchi-gumi estate was stronger than any other yakuza organization.

Not only were hundreds of yakuza permanently stationed to guard it, but alarm and detection devices were installed everywhere.

Even Yanagi, who frequently visited this place, didn’t know the locations of all the traps, yet there was an intruder who had broken through all that.

“Something? Explain properly. Was it a child? Or what?”

“That’s hard to say.”

Nishi scratched her head.

The creature that had been peeking out had fluffy fur.

It was so small that it reminded her of the Osoritori Tower residents she had seen in the lower floors of the Tower of Despair.

“Judging by how blurry its form was, it probably had stealth skills or was wearing equipment with similar options.”

She didn’t bother mentioning that she hadn’t sensed its presence at all until she accidentally spotted it with her eyes.

Her senior Yanagi standing before her hadn’t sensed it either.

“Tsk.”

Yanagi clicked his tongue.

The roof meant directly above where Togan was sitting and where he himself had been standing.

An unidentified bastard had crawled all the way there without them noticing even the slightest presence.

How was such a thing possible?

“Hmm?”

Yanagi, who had discovered something, crouched down.

A small footprint stamped on the roof tile.

He could understand why Nishi had said it was hard to explain.

‘An ability to transform into animals?’

It was a world where nothing would be strange, no matter what happened or what appeared.

It was reasonable to assume another organization had sent an ability user for information gathering.

“Nishi. Notify each branch. Raise the alert level and stay tense for the next few days.”

Unless they had a death wish, they wouldn’t attack the Kobe headquarters directly.

For now, it was right to warn the branches with relatively lax security.

Yanagi ground his molars and glared at the mark stamped below.

Whoever it was would regret it.

For having the audacity to mess with the Yamaguchi-gumi.

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