S-Classes That I Raised to Devour - Chapter 106

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Episode 106. Why You Must Be Careful with Rabbits (1)
The day Chae Mujin negotiated with Magic Girl and protected her.
“Hello, Eun-myo?”
Lee Minji was Eun-myo’s first guardian during adaptation training for socialization.
The moment Lee Minji saw Eun-myo, her eyes sparkled.
“My goodness, after staring at all these dreary men, seeing you is just wonderful, isn’t it?”
“…….”
Eun-myo was short, and Lee Minji was relatively tall for a woman.
When the sight became something like a middle schooler looking up at an adult, Lee Minji crouched down and spoke.
“Can I touch your cheeks a little?”
Pat.
Eun-myo gently pushed away the extended hand and asked matter-of-factly.
“The captain said we are classmates of the same generation. Please refrain from discourteous behavior.”
“Kyaa! Your voice is so cute!”
“…Too loud.”
“Are you sensitive to noise? If I talk like this… quietly… is that okay?”
“You talk too much.”
“Right! I love talking!”
Eun-myo looked at Kang Yuri. As if asking whether this creature was really her colleague.
Kang Yuri smiled awkwardly.
‘Polar opposites, truly.’
Lee Minji, unable to keep her body still and constantly chattering—Kang Yuri couldn’t even gauge how thrilled the girl was about meeting Eun-myo.
‘Eun-myo said she didn’t like it, but she’s listening anyway.’
If left alone, Lee Minji would probably talk forever, so Kang Yuri got both of them into the car and departed.
Even during the drive, Eun-myo found Lee Minji’s endless chatter strange now.
‘What’s she so excited about? In the end, we’re just weapons that do whatever we’re told to do.’
Kill when ordered to kill, go when told to go. Life is granted in return as compensation. That was how the Rabbit Team lived—how Eun-myo had lived.
They arrived at their destination. Kang Yuri stretched as she stepped out of the car, and Lee Minji rushed them to hurry.
Eun-myo also looked around. There were quite a few people.
“Is this the operation zone?”
“Operation zone?”
“Who is the target?”
Kang Yuri and Lee Minji made faces as if questioning what she meant, and Eun-myo whispered softly.
“Wasn’t this an assassination mission?”
Lee Minji was startled and looked at Kang Yuri. Asking if that was true.
Kang Yuri waved her hand dismissively.
“Assassination? Nothing like that. We’re just here to have fun.”
“But I was told we would be doing adaptation training.”
“Right. Since you lost your memory, the director said to do some adaptation training, didn’t he?”
Eun-myo tilted her head in confusion.
“Weren’t we supposed to be doing practical adaptation training?”
“Really not. Our director isn’t the type to speak in roundabout ways. Look here. See? The tickets are printed the old-fashioned way.”
—Blue Meadow Zoo Entrance Ticket
Eun-myo blinked as she took the ticket.
“A zoo… what is that?”
For someone who had only repeated training and combat, the word “zoo” was far too unfamiliar.
Kang Yuri was about to explain seriously when Lee Minji took Eun-myo’s hand.
“A zoo is a fun place.”
“Fun……?”
“It’s a place you go to heal your heart, you might say.”
“…….”
“Come on, just follow me and you’ll see!”
Lee Minji led the way. Behind her, Kang Yuri and Eun-myo followed.
Then, a guide’s voice came through the speaker.
—Thank you for visiting Blue Meadow Zoo today. Ordinary citizens, please use Gate A. Awakened Hunters, please use Gate B.
“You two go that way through that gate. I’ll head this way.”
Kang Yuri, who was not an Awakened Hunter, headed toward Gate A, while Lee Minji and Eun-myo headed toward Gate B.
When the two arrived at Gate B, a staff member spoke.
“Hello, Hunters. Do you see the platform? Please stand on it, one person each.”
A device similar to a security scanner at an airport.
Lee Minji had experience with it before, so she stood on the platform skillfully and waited a moment.
Beep… beep… ding!
The scanner flickered a few times before turning blue.
“Yes, please proceed, and next person, come forward.”
Eun-myo passed without issue. She met up with Kang Yuri, who had been waiting inside.
“What does that device do?”
“It’s a Dark Power Detection Device. Its main purpose is to detect Dungeon Psychos.”
“Does Korea have many Dungeon Psychos?”
“Maybe one or two a year, so there’s no need to worry too much.”
“What were you two talking about, leaving me out?”
Lee Minji, who had brought a guide pamphlet, handed copies to both of them.
“Nothing at all. Anyway, this is my first time at a zoo too, so I’m not sure where to start.”
“Let’s go see the penguins first. If we go now, we can even shake hands with them!”
“Is there any animal you’d like to see, Eun-myo?”
Eun-myo, looking through the animals in the guide pamphlet, shook her head.
“No.”
“We’ll see them all anyway!”
So the group toured the zoo.
Lee Minji loved every animal without discrimination. If she could touch them, she touched lions and snakes alike without hesitation.
Kang Yuri found the animal viewing itself unremarkable, but instead found it fun to film Lee Minji’s enthusiastic reactions.
Of course, she also fulfilled her actual mission. She watched to see whether Eun-myo was integrating normally into society or struggling to adapt.
‘Seems like she’s doing well, actually.’
She followed along quietly and well, and when there was something to see, she saw it together with them. She showed no sign of joy, but no sign of complaint either, so if anything, it seemed like the better outcome.
“You two. Let’s rest and get some ice cream over there.”
Also meaning to file a progress report, Kang Yuri headed into the ice cream shop.
“I’ll have the chocolate hippopotamus!”
“I’ll take the banana giraffe. What about you, Eun-myo?”
Eun-myo, scanning the menu, had a lukewarm expression until she suddenly opened her eyes wide at one picture.
“This one… peach rabbit.”
“You like rabbits, Eun-myo?!”
“…Yes.”
“Why didn’t you say so! There’s even a Rabbit Farm at the zoo! Let’s get this and go right there.”
Eun-myo nodded shyly.
Kang Yuri smiled warmly.
‘With a daughter like that, I’d have ten.’
Kang Yuri had been swamped with company work recently, barely finding time to breathe. The stress from the director’s disappearance had been immense too.
But looking at the adorable Eun-myo now, all her accumulated fatigue seemed to melt away.
But she didn’t notice. The crowds of visitors that had been numerous until they entered were now completely absent from their surroundings.
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When Lee Minji arrived at the Rabbit Farm, she nearly shrieked.
“Kyaa! So cute! How can such adorable creatures exist in this world!”
Dozens of fluffy, plump rabbits surrounded Lee Minji.
Lee Minji searched for Eun-myo, thinking she must be happily playing with the rabbits right now, since she said she liked them.
But Eun-myo kept her distance from the rabbits, merely watching them from afar.
“You don’t like rabbits after all?”
“I do like them. But you have to be careful.”
“What? Why? Do you have an allergy?”
“Rabbits are dangerous.”
“Dangerous? These lovely creatures? Why?”
Lee Minji, holding a white rabbit in her arms, had eyes that seemed to have honey dripping into them.
Just as Eun-myo was about to explain, she suddenly looked around.
Kang Yuri, returning from the restroom, spoke toward Eun-myo, who was looking around uneasily.
“What? Did you run into someone you know?”
“There are no people.”
“Huh?”
“When did there stop being people around?”
“…Oh?”
Kang Yuri looked around too, and indeed, aside from staff, there were hardly any visitors to be seen.
Had a quiet zoo always been this eerie?
Click.
Eun-myo drew a Large Caliber Revolver and scanned the perimeter vigilantly.
But something felt off.
It was the absence of the Suit.
She had lived for decades as one with the Suit, and without it, everything felt foreign. Particularly, the emptiness at her head made it difficult to establish a proper aim.
Everyone fell silent, vigilant of their surroundings.
Bang!
The Large Caliber Revolver erupted.
Lee Minji looked in the direction of the muzzle and saw a rabbit sign first.
Ding!
The bullet Eun-myo fired hit the sign and knocked it over. A hidden Elk suddenly revealed itself.
Lee Minji drew her weapon and prepared for the charging Elk.
But to everyone’s surprise, the Elk didn’t counter-charge—it was retreating? The most aggressive of monsters, an Orc, running away?
Bang! Bang-bang!
Meanwhile, Eun-myo kept firing, but her accuracy was abysmal. All five rounds in the cylinder missed by inches, leaving nothing but air slashed.
Eun-myo irritably furrowed her brow and shook her wrist.
Seizing that moment’s opening, Lee Minji kicked off the ground.
Whoosh, thud!
Buffed by Chae Mujin, Lee Minji caught the Elk in an instant and crushed it.
Up close, this Elk was similar yet different from the ones she knew.
The green skin, thick jaw, and tusks were all typical of an Orc, but.
“It’s dressed like a hunter.”
Bow and arrows, dagger, even boots.
It was as if someone had stripped human clothing and dressed this creature in it.
As Lee Minji felt puzzled by this utterly un-barbaric appearance, Eun-myo approached and spoke.
“That’s not an Orc. It’s an Elk.”
“An Elk……?”
“A half-breed of Elf and Orc. It has the physical strength of an Orc and the cunning of an Elf.”
“Does that mean a Rift occurred?”
For monsters to suddenly appear, there was no explanation other than a Rift.
Eun-myo shook her head.
“If a Rift had occurred, you and I would’ve noticed. This is a Dungeon Psycho.”
“What’s the connection between a Dungeon Psycho appearing and monsters showing up?”
“A Dungeon Psycho creates localized Rifts just by existing. That’s why they call it a ‘walking Rift.'”
“You’re amazing at this. It’s cool.”
“Dungeon Psychos are common in New Japan.”
Click, clang.
Eun-myo reloaded the revolver as she spoke.
“I don’t know why the alarm didn’t sound, but if we don’t suppress the Dungeon Psycho, the Elks will keep multiplying.”
Eun-myo drew a Plasma Dagger from her inventory and continued.
“Minji, go find the Dungeon Psycho’s location first.”
She naturally assessed the situation and took the lead. To Lee Minji, it was a reasonable request, but she glanced at Kang Yuri.
Eun-myo hadn’t officially joined the 1st Generation Hunters yet. Could she follow orders from someone like that?
“Minji, it’s fine. Let’s do what Eun-myo says.”
“What about you, Eun-myo?”
“I need to find something. Once I do, I’ll join you right away.”
“Got it. I trust you!”
Lee Minji hesitated only once before charging forward without doubt, trusting Eun-myo completely.
Kang Yuri immediately asked her.
“What do you need to find? I can help too.”
“A Rabbit Headband.”
“……?”
“I saw it in the pamphlet. It said they sell Rabbit Headbands, but I don’t know where.”
“They probably sell them at the gift shop. But why do you need a Rabbit Headband……?”
“My balance is off.”
“…Ah.”
All five bullets Eun-myo fired had missed. Yet neither Lee Minji nor Kang Yuri said a word.
‘The distance was far and it was sudden, after all.’
It was easy enough to understand missing, but the reason was a missing Rabbit Headband?
‘Some kind of jinx, maybe?’
Kang Yuri had something like that too. The habit of brushing her hair every night before bed. Without it, she couldn’t fall asleep.
“Follow me. I know where it is.”
“No. It’s dangerous. Just tell me the location and I’ll find it. Please stay hidden.”
“Hidden? Me? Ha-ha-ha.”
She pulled out a camcorder from her bag and pressed record.
“There’s no way I’m letting such incredible content slip away. Don’t mind me—just fight naturally!”
A civilian, Kang Yuri, excited about opportunity when even Hunters avoided Dungeon Psychos.
‘What kind of place is Arc Management, anyway?’
She’d thought there was nothing special besides Chae Mujin, but she’d miscalculated.
The speed and destructive power Lee Minji displayed when taking down the Elk exceeded imagination. Even accounting for the Buff, it was remarkable.
Eun-myo felt a sense of crisis.
‘I need to prove I’m special too.’
The opportunity to do so came immediately.
Whoosh!
Arrows from Elks lying in ambush in the brush suddenly rained down on Eun-myo like a downpour.

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