The Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial - Chapter 37

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Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial! Episode 37

“Hyung, wait a moment. I have a favor to ask.”

At that, On Jurim sat back down and asked listlessly.

“What is it.”

“Hyung, can I take Biart’s Void? I accidentally broke Biart’s Yearning… Hehe!”

On Jurim frowned and pressed his temple firmly.

“Fine, do that. But it’s at the Management Bureau right now.”

“What? Why? We two- no, Hyeonak caught it, didn’t we?”

When On Jurim’s expression hardened at the words “we two,” Gidan quickly changed his words.

Since Han Gru’s participation in this Malikian strategy was top secret, he had to choose his words carefully.

“Watch your words.”

“Yes sir…”

On Jurim hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth.

“Didn’t you notice anything strange about Malikian?”

“Strange? …Wasn’t it born looking strange to begin with?”

Right. Recalling those bizarre three eyes, Han Gru inwardly agreed.

“From what I hear, there seems to have been a rat inside the Management Bureau. That rat was the one who released Malikian into the dungeon.”

Gidan’s mouth fell open in bewilderment. He had thought meeting the escaped Malikian again was all just terrible coincidence.

“Is that even possible? Just moving an S-rank monster around like that?”

An S-rank monster strategy was one thing. But ‘capturing’ one alive and moving it wherever you wanted would be unimaginably difficult.

On Jurim rested his chin on his hand and tapped the armrest.

“There is one place that could make it possible.”

That’s when it happened.

On Jurim and Gidan immediately turned their heads toward the hospital room door.

‘Huh? What?’

Han Gru looked back and forth between them blankly, then also stared at the door.

‘There’s nothing there?’

At that moment, knock knock, someone knocked and opened the hospital room door.

“Excuse me. I came to see Hunter Gidan, could you spare some time?”

Han Gru’s expression brightened with delight.

“Mister!”

Mister Jin Siwon. The S-rank caregiver candidate he met at the Awakener Center!

He had worried whether they’d meet again, but to encounter him in such an unexpected place!

“Hello!”

“We meet again here, cute princess.”

How adorable. Siwon smiled and reached out to pat Han Gru’s head, but suddenly withdrew his hand as if sensing something.

Gidan asked sharply.

“You two know each other?”

“I briefly saw you at the Awakener Registration Center before…”

Nod nod.

“Ah! I’m not a strange person, I’m Jin Siwon, Team Leader of the Special Investigation Division at the Awakener Management Bureau.”

“Jin Siwon? That Jin Siwon?”

Receiving Gidan’s wary gaze with his whole body, he forced the corners of his mouth up into a smile.

“Probably that Jin Siwon. Here, my business card…”

He held out his business card.

When Gidan didn’t lower his guard, On Jurim slowly opened his mouth.

“Gidan.”

Gidan glanced once at the calm-looking On Jurim, then put the dagger he had secretly drawn back into his Inventory.

Siwon smiled with a slightly troubled expression.

The moment he reached out his hand to the child, both their gazes had become so sharp. The finely honed killing intent was suffocating.

“Hunter Gidan, are you feeling alright?”

“What brings you here?”

Though he tried to be polite, Gidan only responded with a thoroughly sullen tone.

“Ah, it’s nothing major, I just wanted to ask a few questions as part of our investigation into Malikian.”

“Go ahead.”

Gidan raised an eyebrow.

“Do you happen to know about Gnosis?”

“Of course I do. Is there any Hunter in the world who doesn’t know Gnosis?”

Gidan replied curtly with his arms crossed.

“Haha, is that so.”

With a small laugh, his droopy eyes folded into slits.

Siwon said he’d like to ask a few questions and was taking out his cell phone from his inner pocket when he dropped it.

Thud.

On Jurim caught it and handed it back to him.

“Th-thank you, Guild Master On.”

Siwon’s face turned bright red as he fumbled and bowed his head.

At his clumsy appearance, Gidan’s eyebrows shot up.

‘That’s supposed to be Jin Siwon?’

Jin Siwon.

The man who had caused a huge stir in the Hunter world by rising to Rank 2 as soon as he defected to Korea.

He remembered there had been major controversy for a while about what kind of work this man, who had previously belonged to the National Intelligence Service, had been doing before his defection.

Ranking points can usually be obtained by killing monsters inside Dungeons.

But it’s also possible to gain points through Skill usage.

However, since the points gained that way are minimal, it was standard practice to earn ranking points through activities within Dungeons.

Most people know this much, but there’s actually one more way.

When you kill a Hunter.

The killer absorbs all of the target’s ranking points.

But even if you collect ranking points, all you can gain is the honor of being a ranker, so extreme acts like attacking Hunters to raise one’s ranking rarely occur.

The Management Bureau also chose not to announce this publicly to exclude any potential situations.

The curiosity of some domestic people who knew about this was as follows.

After the last great catastrophe, Korea was one of the leading superpowers.

No matter how outstanding a hunter might be in their own country, it wouldn’t be easy to survive among Korea’s rankers.

So how could an exile who was formerly part of a fallen nation’s intelligence agency have been active enough in dungeons to rise to 2nd place in Korea’s rankings in one go?

Or perhaps…

Had he been engaging in ‘point-earning activities’ outside of dungeons?

Whether he was pretending not to know about that wariness or genuinely didn’t know, he just awkwardly smiled while asking Gru, ‘Should I peel an apple for you?’

Of course, since he hadn’t participated in any external activities after seeking asylum, interest quickly died down, and his ranking had dropped considerably by now.

This was because Jin Siwon’s asylum and 2nd place debut had sparked competitive spirit among the top rankers, leading to fierce point competition.

“We’re estimating that Malikian was contaminated and mutated by Gnosis. I came by to ask if there were any strange parts or anything that comes to mind.”

“Well… I’m not sure… I don’t know enough to tell what would be special.”

When Gidan shook his head, Siwon gently nodded.

“Then did you happen to see anyone else inside the dungeon?”

That’s when Jurim tapped the armrest.

“Team Leader Jin.”

“Yes.”

Siwon turned his head.

“We already delivered a complete and systematic report about the Malikian strategy without missing a single detail. Please first explain why you’re bothering to come all the way to the hospital room to repeat the same questions to a patient. I’ll listen to see if it’s an appropriate reason before deciding whether to answer your questions.”

Jurim smiled with just his lips pulled up.

“As you know, this one is a minor, and I’m acting as his guardian.”

Siwon scratched his cheek as if troubled.

“Ah, I’m just following the procedures I was told to do from above… If it made you uncomfortable-”

“It is uncomfortable.”

Jurim deliberately gave a sharp answer to divert his attention. This was to prevent him from noticing that there had been one more person in the Malikian strategy.

“Please understand. Those above left only cleanup work for Hyeonak before leaving.”

“Of, of course you would feel that way. I’m sorry. We’ll also try our best to return Hyeonak’s items as quickly as possible once we finish investigating Gnosis.”

Just as Jurim intended, the naive man stammered an awkward apology with a flustered expression.

Then, Gru, who had been quietly listening, softly spoke up.

“Mister, what is Gunosis? Is Gnosis bad guys?”

“Ah…”

Siwon stroked his chin, at a loss for how to explain.

Gnosis.

Though known to the public as terrorists, they were different from other terrorist organizations. They had no political or ideological purposes or demands.

The identity and purpose of their founder were unknown.

All that was known was that they were a ‘research group’ that appeared after the great catastrophe and repeatedly conducted various experiments using the ‘system.’

And those experiments were conducted worldwide, included unethical acts that used any means necessary, and had produced countless victims.

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