I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 17

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 017

Scouter

The evening of the day Jinhyeok decided to finish the transfer.

Many people gathered at Inwangsan Parking Lot.

“This is the ‘I Want to See That’ channel! Those who applied to our channel, please come this way!”

“I’m the person who posted ‘Recruiting People to Find Older Sister’ on Top Site! Those who agreed to join, come over here!”

Roughly counting, about a dozen parties had formed.

Among them was Kim Gwang-seon, a NewTuber with 400,000 subscribers who had cleared the 50th floor.

“Alright, alright! Today I’ll be the one to find the crimson-eyed Older Sister! I have a 23% synchronization rate, so no matter how much she runs away, I’ll catch her right away! Hahaha!”

Kim Gwang-seon’s other nickname was Issue Hunter.

It was a nickname he earned for never missing out on hot issues.

And there were two people watching them.

“Quite a crowd has gathered.”

“Indeed.”

They were Jin Yun-ho, team leader of the Player Hunter Guild, and team member Yun Mi-ri.

“Well, it’s a world where issues make money.”

It had been a while.

Since something unrelated to Tower issues had become this heated.

Of course, the two hadn’t come to find the pretty older sister from the community either.

Mount Inwang was one of the candidate locations where the 44th floor, classified as an unconfirmed transfer, might exist.

Since an issue had arisen there, they had come to check it out.

“But why did you come personally, Team Leader?”

“Why? Is it inconvenient?”

“No, that’s not it, but you usually don’t come to field sites.”

Jin Yun-ho was known at the Hunter’s Guild as a severe case of laziness.

He only went between home and the Hunter’s Guild, never even attending company dinners, yet suddenly he was on a field mission.

“Nothing’s wrong, is there?”

When she asked cautiously, Jin Yun-ho let out a chuckle.

‘Something wrong? Well, there was something.’

Naturally, Jin Yun-ho hadn’t planned to come out either.

That was until Lee Chang-gi, the HR director of the Hunter’s Guild, said something strange.

-It wouldn’t be bad to visit the field once in a while, would it?

If it had been anyone else saying it, he would have lightly ignored it.

It was just a passing remark, after all.

But if the one who said it was Lee Chang-gi, he couldn’t help but fall into contemplation.

Class: Fortune Teller.

One might wonder what kind of bizarre class this was for the Hunter’s Guild, but Lee Chang-gi’s contributions through his class abilities were by no means small.

From predicting several transfer zones and incidents to foretelling the emergence of various rankers including Cheon Se-yeon.

Thanks to this, the Hunter’s Guild was able to move one step ahead of other organizations and handle situations.

‘The more I see him, the more amazing he is. His synchronization rate can’t be that high, yet how does he get it so right.’

As the class name suggests, Fortune Teller is not a class specialized for combat.

Even with the Hunter’s Guild providing all sorts of equipment, he had just barely reached around the 30th floor.

Unless he had gained some tremendous special benefit, his synchronization rate would be less than 20 percent.

Anyway, ignoring such words from Lee Chang-gi felt unsettling, so he overcame his laziness and came out.

“It looks like they’re starting to depart.”

“Let’s wait a bit and then follow by attaching to the last team.”

“Understood. Huh? But you’re not about to smoke now, are you?”

“Why?”

Yun Mi-ri frowned and pointed to one side.

# Absolutely No Smoking. Fire Hazard.

“Tsk.”

Jin Yun-ho clicked his tongue and threw his cigarette into the car.

“How can a public servant smoke near a mountain? If it gets on NewTube, there’ll be chaos.”

The Player Hunter Guild started as a private organization but entered under state administration last year after its excellence was recognized.

Thanks to that, there were countless things to be careful about.

“That’s the last team. Let’s follow them.”

Jin Yun-ho, who had been leaning against the car, started walking.

And not long after.

Beeeeeep!

The transfer detector let out a loud noise.

Jin Yun-ho and Yun Mi-ri stopped walking and looked at the detector.

There are two moments when the detector gives the strongest signal.

When a transfer occurs and when it ends.

There had been no reports of new transfers occurring nearby.

“Team Leader, this is…”

“Looks like they found it properly.”

Jin Yun-ho nodded and smiled.

Someone had cleared a transfer.

Halfway up Mount Inwang.

“What, what was that! What was that thing that just passed by!”

“It laughed with an annoying voice going ‘Puhehehehe!’ You heard it too, right?!”

“This is crazy! Where did the pretty older sister go and why is there a ghost here?”

“Hey! If you’re just going to whine there, move aside! I’ll go instead!”

Kim Gwang-seon pushed through the people and moved forward.

“What’s this now? No Entry? Are you kidding me!”

Kim Gwang-seon snorted and knocked down the sign.

“From now on, we’re going fast! I’ll clear the path, so follow me!”

He drew upon his class ability and began a reckless charge.

A human rhinoceros smashing through trees and everything in his way.

Not to be outdone, the NewTubers with cameras also drew upon their respective abilities and chased after Kim Gwang-seon.

“Damn. What’s the point of living if you have a low synchronization rate?”

“I’ll get hurt trying to follow them.”

“Right. I think it’s better to wait here. It’s too dark and dangerous too.”

The group that gave up following sat down on nearby rocks.

And there was one person who naturally blended in with them.

‘Infiltration successful.’

It was Jinhyeok, who had barely finished his work and come back out.

During the finishing work, he was a bit short on time, so he had Kancheo buy him some time.

Thanks to that, the commotion seemed to have grown, but anyway, he had cleared the transfer well and come out, so it didn’t matter.

‘Everyone, there’s no pretty older sister there even if you go.’

Seira had already deactivated her manifestation.

Even if they searched all of Mount Inwang, there would be no way to find the older sister who became a topic in the community.

Crunching sounds could be heard endlessly from beyond.

A sight of abandoning forest protection for the sake of content.

Perhaps because of the gradually fading sounds.

The people sitting began to get up one by one, dusting themselves off.

“Shall we go down? I don’t know what we’re doing in the mountains in the middle of the night.”

“Right. I should have just ordered chicken and played games.”

Sage time that came as the excitement cooled.

Jinhyeok didn’t miss this moment and began descending the mountain following the people.

Since he hadn’t even eaten dinner yet, his stomach was practically sticking to his back.

He wanted to hurry home, take a hot shower, and tear into some chicken.

Following the group for a while, as they entered the parking lot, he spotted two people waiting at the entrance.

People dressed in neat suits in the middle of the night.

Jinhyeok grimaced when he saw the Hunter’s Guild badges on their chests.

CCTVs were installed throughout the mountain to detect forest fires.

He had mixed in with the group because he thought going to a suspicious place alone would make him more suspicious if caught on camera, but he hadn’t expected the Hunter’s Guild to be waiting.

‘It should be fine since I’m mixed in with others.’

He had hidden all the equipment he brought near the summit.

He was dressed like someone who came hiking, so there shouldn’t be anything to cause misunderstandings.

Jin Yun-ho and Yun Mi-ri quietly watched the people passing by.

“Mi-ri.”

“Yes?”

“That Hall of Fame runner, what floor did he clear this morning?”

“The 19th floor.”

“Really?”

Swoosh.

Jin Yun-ho pushed off from the rock and stepped onto the hiking trail.

“Hello there.”

And he greeted them with brazen friendliness.

“Oh, hello.”

Yoo Jin-hyeok returned the greeting with a smile.

He wondered why he was singled out among all these people, but managed his expression to avoid showing his thoughts.

“It’s quite late to be hiking.”

“Night walks are my hobby. I like it because there are no people and it’s quiet.”

“Haha. You have similar tendencies to me. I only take walks in parks at night or dawn too.”

Jin Yun-ho, who had spoken casually, looked around.

Mount Inwang was by no means a mountain with gentle slopes.

Thanks to that, all the people who had just come down from the mountain were panting.

Except for one person – the man in front of him.

“An unidentified transfer layer on Mount Inwang was just cleared. We’re looking into various things. Since you seem to know the mountain well, could we chat for a moment?”

“Of course.”

Jin Yun-ho turned toward the parking lot and continued.

“I haven’t introduced myself. I’m Team Leader Jin Yun-ho from the Player Hunter Guild. This is team member Yun Mi-ri.”

“I’m Yoo Jin-hyeok.”

“Yes, yes, nice to meet you. This might be rude to ask upon first meeting, but are you by any chance a Player?”

“Yes, that’s right. Though the floors I’ve cleared are quite low.”

“I knew it! No wonder you have such good stamina. Then could I also ask how many floors you’ve cleared? Of course, you don’t have to answer if you don’t want to. It’s just routine to ask since I work at the Hunter’s Guild.”

“The 19th floor.”

Jinhyeok answered without hesitation, with a smile.

Though he had been focused on mining uranium for several days, that didn’t mean he had postponed Tower climbing.

He had gone every single day, and his current cleared floor was the 19th.

His level had also reached 21.

‘There’s no need to lie when I haven’t done anything wrong.’

He had heard that some classes had the ability to observe others’ information.

Given that, clumsy lies would be even more dangerous.

Jin Yun-ho smiled faintly upon hearing the answer.

‘He’s not lying.’

The person with observation-like abilities that Jinhyeok had heard about.

Player Hunter Guild Team Leader Jin Yun-ho was one of them.

# Cleared floors: 19th floor.

He stared at the information floating above Jinhyeok’s head.

Inside the Tower, he could see more information about monsters or Tower residents, but outside the synchronization rate was low, so floor numbers were the best he could do.

Of course, even this was tremendous information, so he had no complaints.

After finishing several more formal questions and answers, Jin Yun-ho nodded.

“You must be tired, but thank you for cooperating.”

“Don’t mention it.”

“Then please get home safely.”

“Yes, take care.”

Jinhyeok politely said goodbye and left the parking lot.

Yun Mi-ri, who had been waiting, handed over the tablet she was holding.

“The mountain entrance CCTV you mentioned earlier.”

Jin Yun-ho fast-forwarded through the footage and smiled.

CCTV footage was stored for two days.

At least within that time, there was no scene of Jinhyeok going up the mountain.

It meant he had climbed the mountain at least 48 hours ago and was just now coming down.

Lee Chang-gi’s casually mentioned words replayed in his mind.

-It wouldn’t be bad to visit the scene once in a while, would it?

There were still more things to check.

But he was certain.

He had caught the tail.

“Team Leader? Are you okay? Earlier you had the most annoyed face in the world, but now you’re smiling again. It’s scary.”

“What’s scary about it? It’s good when people smile.”

“But why did you ask Yoo Jin-hyeok out of all those people?”

“Mi-ri.”

“Yes?”

“We might have found him.”

“Found what?”

Jin Yun-ho’s lips curved up in a long smile.

“The Hall of Fame runner.”

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