The Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial - Chapter 6

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Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial! Episode 6

“Failed.”

Clang-

Gru’s eyes shook violently as if he had been struck on the head.

Jurim curled his lips upward as if to say ‘I told you so.’

“Han Gru.”

“Yees…”

He leisurely checked the watch on his wrist and said.

“It’s already 4 o’clock. Shall we head back?”

“Yees… Take care…”

Gru bowed deeply and turned around.

While toddling away, his turned shoulders trembled. His small shoulders shook pitifully.

Sharp glares telling him not to torment the child poured toward Jurim.

Why am I the bad guy here?

He really couldn’t understand it.

However, Nayeon glared at him and gave him a look that said to hurry up and comfort the child.

Jurim made the surprising discovery that he wasn’t cold-blooded enough to just stare blankly at a crying 4-year-old, and got up from his seat with a sigh.

Eventually he caught up to Gru who had turned away, stopped him, and spun him around. A cute face covered in tears and snot looked up at him.

‘This is driving me crazy.’

* * *

Jurim was definitely not someone who was kind to children. No, he was just someone who wasn’t kind to anyone at all.

But this little one had a talent for making people go soft that was practically Awakened-level.

“Han Gru, stop crying.”

Gru, who had been sobbing, held his breath.

“Hup!”

His cheeks puffed up as if trying to stop crying. However, tears continued to fall like waterfalls from his big eyes.

Jurim hurriedly grabbed Gru’s face, wiped around his eyes, then held a handkerchief to his nose.

“Blow your nose.”

“Honk.”

After clearing his runny nose thoroughly, Gru stuck out his sniffling mouth like a duck’s bill.

“I haven’t learned that yet. Gru will know it too if I learn it. The kindergarten teacher said Gru does everything well when taught. Said I’m a Chick Class elite…”

“I know. …Don’t cry.”

Really, really though. The tears wouldn’t stop because he was upset that he couldn’t prove himself properly.

This was serious. When he should be showing his smart side to get scouted, he was just crying… This won’t do. They’ll dislike crying children.

“Hup!”

Gru held his breath again and puffed up his cheeks.

Julim made direct eye contact with him. Every time he sniffled, his chubby cheeks moved up and down, and Julim asked Nayeon with an expression that said she couldn’t take it anymore.

“Do they sell anything for kids to eat at the 1st Floor Cafe?”

“There should be some cookies.”

“Han Gru, do you want to eat cookies?”

“Cookies?”

Gru, tempted by the offer, sniffled and swallowed.

“What do you like? Chocolate?”

In his mind, cookies studded with dark chocolate chips were already floating around, and his mouth was watering.

‘That sounds delicious…’

No. If I just say I want to eat cookies here, that would be a nuisance. I’d get at least minus 100 points.

“Let’s go.”

Julim nodded her head, and Gru rolled his eyes hesitantly before nodding.

It was very sad, but he couldn’t resist the cookies. Gru naturally took Julim’s hand.

“…”

Julim stared at the child who had taken her hand, let out a small sigh, then headed toward the cafe.

Following behind the two, Nayeon quietly cheered him on.

“Gru, don’t cry. I don’t know what that means either.”

“…!”

“…?”

Julim and Gru looked at Nayeon with surprised eyes.

Nayeon let out a “heh” and showed a smile.

* * *

To cry and even receive cookies on top of that – it was a complete failure.

Julim handed Gru the cookies and told him he should never come looking for her again.

That even if he came looking, she wouldn’t let him in anymore.

‘Maybe I should just become Gudetama instead of a hunter…’

But now he had learned that he couldn’t become Gudetama.

Not long after his awakening, Gru realized the well-known fact that humans cannot become egg yolks. It was the bitter pain of growth that the system had left behind.

Gru curled up on his side and wiped away the tears streaming down, chewing on his tear-soaked cookies.

‘It’s delicious…’

He didn’t know why cookies eaten when feeling sad tasted the best.

He was watching his favorite video 【Gudetama: Rolling Around Looking for Mama】 on his Kids Phone, and it reached the scene where Shakipiyo the chick saves Gudetama from almost being eaten by a customer at the Japanese Restaurant.

His pitch-black pupils dilated. Just like Shakipiyo, Gudetama also wanted to see Mama.

“Mama…”

He was crying from being moved. A notification popped up saying a message had arrived from Onion Market.

[IiiiIIIiiII: Trade possible?]

Comparing it with the nickname that had left a review, it was Jang Younghung, the C-rank hunter he had traded with before.

* * *

Guerrilla-style sales couldn’t bring in big profits. Most of the revenue so far came from regular customers.

Gru secretly wriggled into the doghole in the warehouse.

He gathered several types of syrup that Jang Younghung wanted, put them inside the bear doll’s belly, and operated the remote control. The bear doll moved skillfully, getting on the bicycle and starting to pedal.

Gru opened the door.

[Activating skill ‘Dungeon is an Open Door’.]

Creak creak creak creak.

The bicycle entered Dobongsan Dungeon.

It was an abandoned mine with poor management that he frequently used for transactions.

As he passed through the winding, narrow tunnel-like dungeon, Gru checked the old TV screen and tilted his head in confusion.

Someone’s voice could be heard from a distance.

“You came here for illegal trading, didn’t you? I’m Lee Minwoo from Team 1 of the Awakener Investigation Unit. Please show me your Hunter license.”

“No, that’s not me. I was just passing by to see if there was anything here…”

“Stop making excuses and show me your license. If you continue to refuse, obstruction of official duties will be added to the charges.”

Creak creak creak creak.

As the bicycle approached, the voices became louder and clearer.

“Hunter Jang Younghung? It’s troublesome when someone I know does this.”

“Ah, I’m sorry. Please let it slide just this once. Really.”

“If you’re C-rank, you don’t need to do things like this, do you?”

“No, it’s not that I intended to do this…”

Gru, who had been cheerfully pedaling the children’s bicycle, finally spotted them.

‘Huh?’

Jang Younghung was having an argument with someone.

That uniform – it’s the police.

As an avid viewer of “24-Hour Police Investigation Team,” there was no way Gru wouldn’t recognize it.

It was even the Awakened Investigation Team that appeared in episode 11.

‘A crackdown?’

Was it because he had been entering and leaving dungeons recklessly? According to the adults on “24-Hour Police Investigation Team,” it went like this:

Illegal.

Police station!

Wee-oo wee-oo!

Trial guilty bang bang.

Goodbye, my 20 million won!

Doom-!

Gru reversed the bicycle backward. He couldn’t get caught!

The children’s tricycle started running like crazy with squeaking sounds. Hearing that noise, the investigation team member turned his head.

As the small figure ran away, he shouted in surprise.

【Ah! Stop right there!】

Lee Minwoo, who was about to give chase, stopped. When he looked back, he saw Jang Younghung trying to escape but then pretending otherwise as he slyly straightened his body.

He couldn’t let the illegal transaction buyer get away either. Lee Minwoo spoke into the transmitter on his shoulder to request support.

【This is 12042. Requesting support from any Hunters near Dobongsan Dungeon. A suspect in illegal trading of Awakened items is fleeing. This is 12042. Please provide support.】

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The Management Bureau Director’s sedan passed by the highway next to Dobongsan.

Go Gang, the Management Bureau Director sitting in the back seat, was chattering non-stop to a man wearing an eye mask.

“The one who wrecked Gongdeok Station Dungeon recently was also Hyeonak, right?”

“….”

Jurim was breathing heavily as if sleeping with his black eye mask on and arms crossed, but this situation wasn’t new.

The Director continued speaking calmly as if he knew Jurim was listening to everything.

“How many times do I have to tell you not to touch unregistered dungeons before you understand? Can’t you go even one day without causing trouble?”

Just then, a phone vibration buzzed from his chest area.

It was a nearby support request.

Jurim, who had his arms crossed, took off his eye mask. When he tapped the notification, a map app opened and a location blinked. The request had come from right next to their current location.

With drowsy, half-opened eyes, he checked his phone and spoke as if reading from a textbook.

“Oh my, a support request has come from the people’s walking stick. As a proud Hunter of the Republic of Korea, I cannot stand by and let criminals who disturb public order run free.”

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