I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 144
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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 144
What the Right Hand Does
One hour before the transfer alert sounded, Seoul Player Hunter Bureau.
Yun Mi-ri shot up from her seat.
“Found it.”
Everyone in the control room rushed over to her.
A map was displayed on the monitor.
“Kyoto, Japan. This is where the onmyoji who died in Korea was from.”
Yun Mi-ri brought up related materials.
“It wasn’t an individual. It’s a group.”
Jin Yun-ho began scanning through the data.
These weren’t official press releases.
Yun Mi-ri had scraped together and digitized everything from personal blogs, websites, and very old documents.
He frowned.
There was one name commonly mentioned in all the data.
“Kansai Oni.”
They originated during the shogunate era.
Initially, they were a group that prayed for the nation and village’s well-being and occasionally fought off supernatural phenomena.
But at some point, they became corrupted.
Instead of a group that sought something, they became one that cursed and harmed others.
That’s when they earned the name Kansai Oni.
“They say they harmed villages and people with evil curses. Of course, there’s no way to verify this now. However.”
Yun Mi-ri pointed to a section.
These were incidents believed to be related to the Kansai Oni.
“Before the Awakening Era, suspected incidents occurred maybe once every few years. After the Awakening Era, dozens occurred within a single year.”
“So the originally bad guys even gained awakened classes.”
“Most likely. They were all sudden deaths with unknown causes.”
He scrolled down and read the articles.
The deceased had no particular commonalities.
Their occupations varied from journalists to delivery workers to police officers.
But the testimonies from bereaved families were almost identical.
“They said they started seeing ghosts two weeks before death. The symptoms were so severe they couldn’t function in daily life, and after suffering like that, they died of heart failure on the fourteenth day. All of them.”
“A healthy 26-year-old police officer dying of heart failure.”
“That’s not the only strange thing. The investigations concluded unusually quickly. They weren’t properly reported in the news either. I barely found this through individual investigations by YouTubers and ghost story site operators who spread the information.”
“Fishy.”
“Extremely fishy. Either this onmyoji group has ridiculously strong power, or someone’s backing them.”
Jin Yun-ho reached into his jacket.
He was checking to make sure the talisman Jinhyeok gave him was still there.
‘It’s there.’
He felt reassured once again.
Jin Yun-ho, who had been scanning through photos, stopped his hand.
It was an old photo showing people presumed to be the onmyoji group.
“This is…”
“Yes. It’s a photo from when they were young, but if you age them a bit, it’s exactly the same as the drawing Jinhyeok drew.”
Jin Yun-ho nodded.
The data’s credibility was sufficient.
To proceed further, they needed to go to Kyoto.
Jin Yun-ho took out his phone and called Cheon Se-yeon.
“Yes. This is Jin Yun-ho.”
He then informed her of everything they had discovered and the current situation.
“Yes, official operations will be impossible. Since it’s an international dispute, the South Korean Government will be cautious, and above all, Japan will make excuses about insufficient evidence. A lot of time will be wasted. If information leaks, those Oni guys might go into hiding. Yes, that would be best. Let’s proceed as planned.”
They never intended to go through procedures slowly anyway.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Since they came in and turned everything upside down, this side would fight fire with fire.
“Yes. I sent them to Incheon Airport. It’s an unfortunate incident that occurred during vacation, so it can’t be helped. It’s my responsibility for inadequate unit management. Yes. Understood. Then I’ll continue providing support.”
Jin Yun-ho hung up and leaned back in his chair.
Yun Mi-ri went to her station to prepare support.
One hour in that state.
While waiting for Cheon Se-yeon and the hunter team to arrive at Incheon Airport.
왜에에에에에엥—-!
It began sounding.
The ill-timed transfer alert.
‘Of all times.’
Jin Yun-ho clicked his tongue.
The timing was terrible.
“62nd Floor transfer confirmed. Location Apgujeong, displaying map.”
Jin Yun-ho sighed in relief after checking the location.
Fortunately, it was a park away from residential areas.
“Apgujeong hunters moved quickly and evacuation of nearby residents is almost complete. We’ll need to handle the transfer resolution ourselves.”
“Right. They won’t have equipment there. Send hunters with Grade 3 or higher protection or guardian traits equipped with cold resistance gear.”
“Understood.”
Since it’s a clear floor, there are no monsters.
Still, they couldn’t be careless.
The 60th Floor area’s environment itself is more lethal than monsters.
Especially from the 62nd Floor, temperature drops rapidly proportional to elapsed time.
While the system doesn’t specify a time limit, it naturally becomes a time attack.
“Current temperature?”
“Minus 60 degrees Celsius. Though outside the transfer range, the park vicinity is starting to freeze.”
“Just in case, contact nearby freelance hunters too. From minus 80 degrees, it’s dangerous to rely only on equipment.”
“Yes.”
Actually, Cheon Se-yeon with her Paladin hidden class would be perfect for this type of transfer.
She could easily withstand even minus 100 degrees.
But calling her now was impossible.
“Team leader?”
“Hm? Did the hunter team depart?”
Yun Mi-ri turned around.
She looked much more flustered than usual.
“The transfer has disappeared.”
“What?”
Jin Yun-ho got up and walked to the monitor.
The transfer disappearing was certainly good news, but it didn’t make sense.
“Is it a system error?”
“The system is fine.”
Ring ring ring ring.
“This is the hunter at Apgujeong.”
“Oh. This is Jin Yun-ho. What happened?”
# I don’t know! The transfer suddenly disappeared!
The 62nd Floor structurally cannot suddenly disappear.
Because you have to penetrate that terrible cold, reach the center, remove the ice, and break the core inside.
“Someone cleared it… No…”
He swallowed his question.
Of course it would have been cleared.
Otherwise, the rift would never disappear.
“For now, just keep watching the situation a bit longer from nearby.”
# Understood!
He hung up the phone and pulled over a chair.
“Let’s check the CCTV near the park.”
“I’ll start scanning from the closest ones, excluding those damaged by the cold.”
Multiple CCTV screens appeared.
Had even a minute passed?
“Huh.”
“Wow.”
Yun Mi-ri and Jin Yun-ho exclaimed in amazement.
It didn’t take long to find what they were looking for.
Was he out for a stroll or something?
A man with his hands in his pockets was walking out of Lululala Park.
The image quality wasn’t great, but they couldn’t mistake him.
They had just met him yesterday.
“His clothes look completely soaked. This black stuff looks like water stains.”
“Seems like it. Has Jinhyeok contacted you about anything?”
“No. What about you, Team Leader?”
He nodded.
A smile formed on Jin Yun-ho’s lips.
This was a world where people would do anything to make their names known and get recognition for their achievements.
But here was someone who cleared a rift and didn’t even report it.
He was someone who didn’t let his left hand know what his right hand was doing.
However, Jin Yun-ho wouldn’t allow it.
He wouldn’t let the Runner’s accomplishments be buried like this.
“Delete all the CCTV footage of Jinhyeok and send me the report format. I need to distribute this all the way up the chain after a long time.”
“Understood.”
“As soon as I distribute the report, contact those damn Finance Team bastards immediately. Tell them to approve the Runner’s salary increase to 100 billion right now, before I storm in there and turn everything upside down.”
Yun Mi-ri nodded with a smile.
Normally she would have stopped Jin Yun-ho, but not today.
Runner Yoo Jin-hyeok.
Due to procedures, they had initially requested an increase to 100 billion.
But even that wasn’t enough for him.
Not by a long shot.
“Noooo!”
He collapsed with a thud next to his motorcycle.
He had parked the motorcycle far away to prevent it from breaking down in the cold, but he had forgotten about the phone in his pocket.
His phone had died a glorious death from the cold.
‘I need to contact Team Leader Jin Yun-ho!’
Let the left hand know what the right hand is doing.
That was Jinhyeok’s life motto, but his phone had died and ruined everything.
If he contacted them much later saying ‘I cleared it!’, his intentions would be too obvious.
Plus, buying a new phone would cost money too. Tears welled up in his eyes…
‘Oh wait, I have a lot of money.’
With this belated realization, he dusted off his bottom and stood up.
He crushed the broken phone and threw it into a trash can.
Actually, this was better.
He should get a new one with the latest model.
He put on his helmet and sat on his motorcycle.
Then he fell into thought for a moment.
Since it had become family, he should give this hunk of junk a name too.
What would be good?
A name without a surname like Kentariffin wouldn’t do.
‘Ellia was too harsh though. How hurt Riffin must be.’
He nodded and patted the motorcycle for a moment.
Less than 5 seconds later, Jinhyeok smiled.
He had decided.
“From now on, your name is Duram Unit 1.”
Ducati Panigale V7 Lamborghini.
It contained all the important meanings, so it could be called the perfect name.
“Let’s go, Duram Unit 1.”
He started the engine and pulled the throttle.
Was it because he liked the name?
The ride felt unusually smoother.
[Exiting the 62nd Floor of the Tower of Despair!]
As soon as he came out, a warm sensation rushed over him.
He had originally entered the Tower from the bathhouse.
With hot water filled to the brim.
“This is nice, isn’t it?”
“I agree. So this is paradise.”
Ellia and Camilla entered the bathtub still wearing their frozen clothes.
Normally they would have jumped out screaming from the heat, but they had just come from minus 60 degrees.
There couldn’t be greater paradise than this.
“My fur is all frozen solid.”
“Next time, Kancheo should wear fur clothes too. If it goes below minus 70 degrees, even Kancheo will freeze.”
The warm fur clothes he had gotten from Yoo Su-yeon.
They had excellent cold resistance attached, making them perfect for this section.
“Understood. I can’t become a frozen pollack.”
“Frozen cod.”
After the familiar correction, he turned his attention to the status window.
[Yoo Jin-hyeok / Collector / Current Level: 91]
[Seira Kinketon / Current Level: 201 / Experience: 13%]
[Kancheo / Current Level: 97 / Experience: 65%]
[Dalk Castro / Current Level: 104 / Experience: 0%]
[Momo / Current Level: 99 / Experience: 11%]
[Elia Posen / Current Level: 109 / Experience: 78%]
[Camella Shirin / Current Level: 110 / Experience: 60%]
Today he had leveled up and even obtained three Blank Cards.
[Current Blank Cards: 3 / Dog: 0 / True: 0]
He should check out his friends’ traits and skills in a bit.
Lastly, some unknown box had appeared too.
He’d have to open that after he got back.
He slowly turned his head.
Except for Dark and Seira, his friends had already entered the bath.
“Friends who entered the bath, take your time. I’ll go ahead and look around first.”
After drawing a smile, he reached out his hand.
He had been patient for too long since yesterday, so he had no choice.
I want to go right now.
Squeeze.
[Entering the 12th Floor of the Tower of Myth!]
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