The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop Is Ranked 0th in the World - Chapter 109

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The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop is World Rank 0

Chapter 109

Fortunately, the hunters recovered from all their external and internal injuries, but I couldn’t restore their terrifyingly sunken spirits.

Their bodies may have been restored to perfect condition, but the scars carved into their hearts remained unhealed.

Their morale had fallen to rock bottom, making the next raid worryingly uncertain.

Nara’s condition was the worst of all.

She hadn’t just approached death’s door—she had literally experienced ‘true death.’

She said the vivid terror wouldn’t leave her mind, often staring into the void as if seeing things that weren’t there.

Her face was deathly pale as she barely managed to attend the meeting, her hands trembling slightly under the table.

The hunters gathered in the meeting room began sharing the situation with heavy voices.

“It distinguished between the mana we use and the mana contained in Bitna’s items when absorbing them.”

Donguk oppa spoke with a dark expression.

Edward irritably ran his hand through his hair as he responded.

-There’s never been a monster with this level of intelligence. SS-rank doesn’t just create stronger monsters, but ones with high intelligence too.

Though I had hoped otherwise, having it directly confirmed that my items didn’t work made my heart sink with a thud.

My items that had worked fine until now failed only this time—was it really because the opponent was SS-rank?

I bit down hard on my lower lip.

If they only didn’t work on this boss despite it being the same Predator Gate, I had no idea how we should approach the raid.

Only suffocating silence filled the meeting room.

Then, Director Seo Eunhae, who had been quietly listening, raised a question.

“I can’t understand why we were given three raid attempts. Originally, Predator Gates meant total annihilation after just one failure.”

“Well, maybe it’s because it’s SS-rank.”

Everyone shook their heads.

Was it a sudden whim of the Gate, or perhaps minimal conscience to balance the murderous difficulty of SS-rank?

Whatever it was, being given three chances was a stroke of divine luck.

If not for that, I would never see these people sitting before me again.

I let out a low sigh.

Everyone said they returned alive thanks to my items, but my heart felt different.

The self-blame that they experienced the terror of death because my items were inadequate wouldn’t leave my mind.

“Urgh…!”

At that moment, Nara covered her mouth as she retched, then rushed out of the meeting room.

Her trauma seemed quite severe.

Jang Dohun clicked his tongue while looking toward the door she had exited.

“How can she properly handle the next raid in that state? If the healer is like that, we can’t even enter.”

Director Seo Eunhae glared at Jang Dohun with cold eyes.

“Let’s put in more requests for S-rank support from overseas. Healers or whatever.”

“I wonder how many hunters would willingly walk into hell on their own feet.”

Jang Dohun pressed his forehead and openly sighed, then left first, saying he had an international conference.

Hyeongtaek roughly tousled his hair.

“There are only 5 days left until the next raid, how are we supposed to beat that monster? I still feel like my broken bones are aching.”

“Don’t say negative things, Hyeongtaek.”

Donguk oppa scolded him, but the atmosphere didn’t improve much.

Unlike before, Feng Hao kept his mouth tightly shut.

He seemed hurt in his pride since he had suffered the most severe injuries, but his morale was broken just the same.

I felt grateful that no one in this situation blamed my items.

After experiencing such a horrific ordeal, anyone would want to resent someone, but that arrow wasn’t pointed at me. That made me feel an even heavier sense of responsibility.

“I’ll try making new items based on what you’ve told me. And… thank you.”

No one asked why I was saying thank you.

Everyone must have held back their words seeing my dejected face.

Senior Jinseong followed me out as I left the tent.

“Bitna.”

At his call, I hesitated before turning around.

He spoke briefly in his characteristically heavy voice.

“It’s not your fault.”

His eyes looked somewhat anxious, but his voice toward me was unwavering and firm.

I forced myself to smile gently.

“Thank you for saying that.”

“It’s my fault. I became complacent relying only on your items, so don’t blame yourself.”

I know that calling it complacency was wrong—he had fought more fiercely than anyone.

“Yes, I will.”

I nodded and entered the tent workshop.

There, Mimi, who hadn’t been seen for several days, was sitting on a chair with her body straight, waiting for me.

“Mimi!”

I had never been so happy to see Mimi.

I rushed over to Mimi and crouched down in front of her.

“Uh, so.”

I had so many questions but didn’t know what to ask first, so as I rambled incoherently, Mimi’s yellow eyes flashed as she looked directly at me.

Unlike usual, Mimi had erased any playful expression, and her serious appearance made my shoulders stiffen slightly.

Mimi looked down at me and spoke in a low voice.

“Don’t you already know the answer?”

I was at a loss for words.

“I know?”

“Try doing what you’re thinking.”

Mimi’s vague words left my head feeling blank.

“You know… what I’m thinking?”

Mimi snorted and spoke as if seeing through my heart.

“You already know that it’s impossible to destroy that dragon’s circuits with items.”

I bit my lips painfully hard.

I resented that the assumption I hadn’t wanted became certain.

No matter how many times I threw items at something that had figured out my mana was ‘poison,’ it would be useless.

Then there was only one method.

“…Then do you also know what I’m planning to do next?”

“It’s obvious. You’re thinking of going in directly, aren’t you?”

My eyes widened.

How did she know every single one of my thoughts from one to ten?

Was it written on my face, or could Mimi read minds?

I carefully grasped Mimi’s round front paw and looked up at her.

“Even if I enter the Gate… will it really be okay?”

“If you’re not afraid.”

Mimi was resolute.

“But Mimi, you said so yourself. You told me to refrain from directly entering Gates. You said it would be dangerous if the Gate learned my location.”

At that moment, a status window smoothly appeared before my eyes.

At the very bottom of my stat window, in the place of the sixth sense that had been full of question marks, the characters ‘ (True Sense)’ were clearly written.

I had actually seen this before, but I couldn’t understand why Mimi was showing me this at this timing.

“You’re already prepared.”

“Prepared… to enter the Gate? Me?”

As soon as I imagined directly entering the Gate, my heart began beating violently.

A hot sensation that I couldn’t tell was fear or some strange elation flowed through my blood and coursed through my entire body.

Mimi declared in a low, solemn voice.

In those eyes looking down at me, I felt the overwhelming presence of an existence I had never seen before.

“Prove it, that you are the chosen one.”

“….”

Just as I was thinking that I had heard this voice that resonated through my entire body somewhere before, a new Quest window filled my vision.

^[Sub Quest Generated]^

^[Use your sixth sense to conquer an SS-rank Gate (0/1)]^

^[Upon Success: Class Level Up, Random Box x1]^

“….”

I read through the text in the Quest window over and over again.

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The next day, Alice and China’s Ran Ran, who had responded to the support request, arrived in Chuncheon.

Japan maintained their silence despite repeated requests.

With Nara collapsed, it was fortunate that two Healers had joined us, but my heart still felt heavy.

I watched the newcomers exchange greetings before heading to Nara’s lodging.

Sister was in a deep sleep, unaware that I had entered, but her expression still looked pained.

After wiping Sister’s forehead with a towel as she groaned and broke out in cold sweat, I placed the teapot I had prepared earlier on the table.

It was water brewed with my item, the ‘Memory Tea Bag.’

It was a special measure for Sister, who couldn’t escape from her trauma.

‘I can’t leave Sister like this.’

I plan to use this item to enter Nara’s dreams.

Since I had significantly raised the item’s grade compared to when I used it on myself before, I thought I might be able to move more freely in the dream and help Sister.

And perhaps, through Sister’s memories, I might be able to get a more detailed understanding of the situation inside the Gate.

I scooped up some tea water with a spoon and carefully poured it between Sister’s lips.

“Sister… This time, I’ll help you.”

Sister’s pupils began moving rapidly beneath her eyelids.

I clenched my fists and steeled my resolve.

I would definitely rescue Sister from that hell where she was trapped.

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