I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 44

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 044

Going to Kill

Jo Gang-tae, who had asked the question, stared at Jinhyeok.

A phone call that came last night with a blocked caller ID.

The woman who identified herself as a former Hunter Bureau employee had sent a photo and a name.

Along with an explanation that this was a person currently suspected of being an Honorable Stair Climber.

‘This kind of thing?’

Jo Gang-tae’s eyebrows twitched.

A naive-looking parasite brother style.

He looked like the kind of guy who would crumble if you poked him, but a Runner? He strongly felt they had the wrong person.

“Me? That famous Runner?”

Jinhyeok asked back with a face that truly seemed unaware.

Normally, he would have turned around at this point thinking it wasn’t him.

If it weren’t for the additional words and photo the woman had added.

-You talked with Director Lee Chang-gi from Personnel, right? The person who took the bag that was assigned to Player Jo Gang-tae is him. And the person closest to Lee Chang-gi at the Hunter Bureau is this person.

A photo of Jinhyeok together with ranker Cheon Se-yeon and Jin Yun-ho.

He couldn’t just send him away with a simple “no” answer.

“Whatever. Follow me.”

Jo Gang-tae grabbed Jinhyeok’s shoulder.

Whether he was really a Runner or not would become clear after beating him up.

And it didn’t matter if he wasn’t necessarily a Runner.

If he was an acquaintance of Jin Yun-ho who stole the bag, he wanted to beat up whoever it was.

“Are you deaf? I said follow me. How many hits do you need to move…?”

Thwack!!

Suddenly his vision twisted.

‘Huh?’

Jo Gang-tae drew a question mark as his vision lowered like slow motion.

What on earth had happened?

He desperately raised his eyes, wondering if Jinhyeok had done something.

But Jinhyeok hadn’t moved at all.

He was just looking down at the falling Jo Gang-tae with an indifferent face.

“I’m busy. Good luck.”

Jinhyeok nodded lightly and walked toward the subway he had been heading to earlier.

He tried to get up, but his collapsed sense of balance wouldn’t return easily.

Eeeeeeee.

He shouted for him to stop, but because of the tinnitus, he couldn’t even tell if he was speaking properly.

“Hey! Hey!! There…”

A palm appeared in Jo Gang-tae’s vision as he tried to shout once more.

It was just a moment, but he was certain.

This palm had just struck his left ear.

[Berserker’s Protection]

He reflexively wrapped himself in his awakening ability and stepped back.

Jo Gang-tae, who barely avoided the palm, shook his face left and right.

Then he glared fiercely at the owner of the palm.

“What the hell are you, you bastard!!”

Coolly swept-back white hair and sunglasses perched on his nose bridge.

Dark, who had been looking at Jo Gang-tae, raised the corner of his mouth.

“I don’t have a name to tell you. It’s too precious a name to tell a weak guy.”

Jo Gang-tae’s face crumpled fiercely.

Not only did he slap him out of nowhere, but he had that kind of attitude.

Moreover, he couldn’t just let this slide anymore.

“Hey, hey, isn’t that Jo Gang-tae?”

“What? The one who posted on Tower Site? Wow, it really is.”

“Who hit Jo Gang-tae? Looks like a foreigner.”

“Mixed race? I just heard him speak Korean though.”

This was the middle of the street heading toward the subway station.

People had gathered and were taking videos and photos everywhere.

He had already been hit once.

He couldn’t let this slide.

‘Damn it…!’

Jo Gang-tae looked back and forth between the subway station and Dark.

Jinhyeok had already disappeared, whether he had gone in or not.

If he wanted to catch him, he had to chase after him now.

“You foreign bastard, consider yourself lucky! I’m letting you off because I’m busy!”

Jo Gang-tae, who chose Jinhyeok, turned his body.

He wanted to crush that guy first, but this was the middle of a street with heavy foot traffic in broad daylight.

If he used his abilities here and caused an accident, promising player or whatever, it would all be over.

Smack!!

His vision collapsed once again.

A sharp pain flowing from the back of his head down to his neck.

This was strange.

He had even wrapped himself in Berserker’s Protection, so why did it hurt so much?

Grind!!

Jo Gang-tae, who clenched his molars, made a fist.

Broad daylight or whatever, he didn’t care anymore.

His reason had flown too far away to think about such things.

“I’ll kill you!!!”

A violent aura burst from Jo Gang-tae’s body.

The Berserker’s Roar dramatically increased all physical abilities including power, speed, and reaction time.

Even without equipment, it was sufficient ability to beat a person to death.

Certainly, it should have been sufficient ability.

Smack!!

The situation hadn’t changed.

The hand still came flying and Jo Gang-tae couldn’t avoid it.

It was simple logic.

Dark’s hand had become faster than Jo Gang-tae had become faster.

As much as the Protection reduced damage, the power of the slap had also increased.

Therefore.

Thud!

In the end, Jo Gang-tae’s collapse was a predetermined sequence.

Jo Gang-tae collapsed and fainted just like that.

“Hmm.”

Dark, who brushed off the blood on his hand, looked down at Jo Gang-tae.

Though he had only beaten him for a brief moment, he could tell.

The human before his eyes had been satisfied with his given abilities and stopped without progressing further.

Jinhyeok, who had been rolling on the dirt ground until dawn this morning, came to Dark’s mind.

“Know your place before picking a fight. You’re ten million years too early.”

Dark, who spoke quietly, spun his body around.

“Uh… uh…?”

People looked back and forth with dumbfounded faces between Dark leaving coolly and Jo Gang-tae who had fainted in an ugly pose.

Everyone rubbed their eyes without exception.

Though it was hard to believe, they slowly began to understand the situation before them.

The famous player Jo Gang-tae, who had enhanced his awakening abilities, had been one-sidedly beaten up.

By an unidentified foreigner who hadn’t used any abilities at all.

Jinhyeok, who had been waiting for the subway, turned around.

Dark’s manifestation had been released just moments ago.

‘He shouldn’t have talked back.’

Then it would have ended with just one slap.

If not… well, who knows.

“Sniff sniff sniff sniff.”

“Kancheo? What’s wrong?”

Kancheo, who had been hiding, circled around the area.

Now climbing up to his shoulder, Kancheo stuck his hand into Jinhyeok’s hood.

“Boss. There’s something like this.”

Jinhyeok received the pen Kancheo handed him and examined it.

Though very small, it had a blinking light, so it didn’t seem like an ordinary pen.

‘Did he slip it in when he grabbed my shoulder earlier?’

Player Jo Gang-tae, who had posted provocative messages on Tower Site.

Seeing that he was using something like this, he must really be serious.

Since he even had photos, it didn’t seem like something he did alone.

“Should I throw it away?”

Dongdaemun was a place he had to visit frequently, if only because of Yeon Sanghoei.

Having to watch out for someone and avoid them every time he came wasn’t what he wanted either.

“No.”

Jinhyeok smiled and put the pen back in place.

If they absolutely had to come find him, what could he do?

He’d have to welcome them.

However, only after he had prepared to some extent on his side.

“Boss, your face looks scary.”

“Sorry. Should I buy some gelato on the way back from shopping?”

“That sounds good.”

“Okay. We’re going to take the subway now, so you need to be quiet.”

“Shh!”

He entered the subway with the hidden Kancheo sitting on his shoulder.

It seemed like tonight was going to be a long night.

A few hours later, at Jo Gang-tae’s house.

“Aaaahhh damn it!!!”

He slammed his fist into the computer monitor.

The age of social media.

Even though it had happened just two or three hours ago, countless videos were already uploaded.

# Jo Gang-tae who was being cocky to a Runner on Tower Site gets beaten up lol

# Anyone who wants to see our Gang-tae getting slapped around, please like.

# He even used his awakening abilities lol but his opponent was a foreigner whose awakening status is unknown.

# Jo Gang-tae is trash, agree? Without the items the Hunter Bureau supported him with, he was just a weakling worse than ordinary people.

He smashed everything within reach – nearby speakers, picture frames, TV, and air conditioner.

Even so, far from calming his anger, it boiled up even more, driving him to the brink of madness.

Crack!

Jo Gang-tae, who had shattered the mirror, raised his head.

His confident, fearless appearance had completely disappeared.

What stood before the mirror now was a loser whose face was swollen like a steamed bun from being beaten by someone whose name he didn’t even know.

Ring ring ring ring ring.

The phone rang.

# Player Hunter Bureau.

There were already over thirty missed calls.

Of course, he didn’t answer this time either.

That wasn’t a call made out of concern for him getting mercilessly slapped.

In a world where supernatural abilities felt more natural than ever due to synchronization rates.

However, separately from this, the state was concerned about the negative impact abilities could have on society.

Therefore, it was strictly prohibited.

Manifesting abilities in situations where multiple casualties could occur was especially forbidden if the opponent was an ordinary person.

He didn’t think that foreigner was non-awakened.

But in the video, there was no evidence whatsoever that the guy was an awakened person.

Therefore, Jo Gang-tae had essentially violated every single thing the state strictly prohibited.

‘That bastard… he wasn’t shaken at all.’

Normally, when someone gets slapped right in front of you, you’d be surprised.

But Jinhyeok hadn’t been surprised at all.

As if he was someone who knew Jo Gang-tae was going to get beaten up.

‘It’s him. He’s the Runner.’

Jo Gang-tae, who had reached his own conclusion, opened his house’s secret safe.

Equipment he had received support for from the Hunter Bureau or obtained directly by spending enormous amounts of money.

These were items that could be used outside the Tower as well.

He checked the GPS he had planted on Jinhyeok.

It wasn’t that far.

While gritting his teeth and putting on his equipment.

Bang bang bang!

“We’re from the Player Hunter Bureau! Player Jo Gang-tae! Open the door!”

“Haah.”

Jo Gang-tae let out a deep sigh.

Why the hell were all these bastards making such a fuss?

“Player Jo Gang-tae! Open the door…”

Creak.

The hunters’ eyes widened.

Jo Gang-tae was fully equipped as if he had just climbed the Tower.

“I opened the door, you bastards.”

He didn’t wait for their next response.

A hammer imbued with energy was roughly swung.

“Aaagh…!!”

The hunters who were sent flying rolled on the ground.

Since he was a famous player, they had prepared to some extent.

But they never thought he would have equipped himself to this degree.

“Trash.”

Jo Gang-tae, wearing a mocking expression, left the building.

Then he turned on the action cam attached to his armor and started a NewTube live stream.

# Hunting the Honorable Stair Climber Runner.

A title that absolutely couldn’t be ignored.

Viewers rapidly increased.

@ What? Wasn’t Jo Gang-tae dragged away by the Hunter Bureau? Is this really the time to be broadcasting?

That’s something only someone ignorant would say.

Overwhelmingly crushing the Honorable Stair Climber Runner in front of many people.

Making countries other than Korea drool over Jo Gang-tae.

This was the only path Jo Gang-tae could take to survive.

‘Just wait a little longer, Honorable Stair Climber.’

A chilling smile spread across his lips.

‘I’m coming to kill you now!!’

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