The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop Is Ranked 0th in the World - Chapter 15

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The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop is World Rank 0

Chapter 15

“Hold on.”

Senior’s voice came through clearly, cutting through the deafening sound of the helicopter propeller blades.

Extending one hand toward me, he calmly told me to put my arms around his neck.

I looked at the dizzying height beyond the door and squeezed my eyes shut.

If I didn’t hold onto Jinseong Senior right now, I’d have to jump down from this height by myself. The emergency situation room conditions weren’t suitable for the helicopter to land on the ground.

All the personnel on board the helicopter were Hunters, so jumping from this height was nothing to them… I couldn’t bear to be a burden.

Every time I hesitated over something like this, I thought about how the people trapped in the Gate could be facing life or death, making even this fear feel like a luxury.

“Keep your eyes closed.”

As I awkwardly wrapped my trembling hands around his neck, a quiet voice resonated in my ear.

It was a monotonous voice without inflection, but I felt an inexplicable sense of security in it.

The descent happened in an instant.

After a brief moment of pain as my organs seemed to drop, I was able to safely plant both feet on the ground.

“Waaaah!”

I quickly escaped from his embrace and moved behind where Ean was standing.

I was overwhelmed by the tremendous cheers from the massive crowd.

Camera flashes went off continuously. It was hard to keep my eyes open properly, but Senior walked forward as if nothing was wrong.

So this was the world he saw.

How much burden must those broad shoulders carry around?

“From now on, you absolutely cannot take off your glasses or mask.”

Through my unfamiliar impressions, Ean’s voice reached me.

“Yes, I’ll be careful.”

The black horn-rimmed glasses I was wearing were actually an A-grade disguise item made by Enchanter Shinnara.

It was decided that there would be nothing good about revealing my identity.

They said that to people’s eyes right now, I would appear as a ‘male’ with a completely different face from my original self.

“You…!”

Of course, there were exceptions.

If the other party was an S-rank or higher Hunter, the item’s disguise skill wouldn’t work.

Nara, an S-rank Healer, looked at me with an incredulous expression.

Even though I wore a mask because I was anxious about just the item, she seemed to recognize me at a glance.

However, knowing that I was using a disguise item, she didn’t rashly approach me.

‘Sorry I couldn’t tell you beforehand, Nara.’

When I gave Nara a slight look, she sighed and put her hand to her head.

I’d probably get an enormous scolding later.

“Hyung, what’s wrong.”

I was so focused on Nara that I had no idea Jinseong Senior had stopped walking.

When Ean approached Jinseong, who was staring intently at one spot, and whispered, he soon shook his head and started walking again.

The place his gaze had reached was a temporary tent with the Korean flag.

‘What was that.’

* * *

As I was heading to the designated waiting area.

“Eek!”

Someone’s hand quickly snatched me up.

“Nara…!”

“Shh.”

Nara dragged me to the temporary tent where she was staying.

Seeing her with both hands on her hips and her brow furrowed, she seemed quite angry.

“Tell me briefly why you’re here, what those glasses are, and why you’re registered as an A-rank Healer.”

“Well…”

“I’ll listen to excuses later.”

“To really summarize it, I awakened. I’m a Healer type, but I can also make items like an Enchanter. The mist I gave you too…”

“No, no. Wait, wait!”

Sure enough, Nara was shocked.

She had an expression like she didn’t know what she had just heard.

“You awakened? Yebichnna, you? Huh? Did I hear that right?”

“That’s right. I’m still adjusting too.”

When I smiled slightly as I spoke, Nara still stared at me blankly with a dazed face.

“A-awakened… But what does you awakening have to do with being here?!”

“To summarize this too, my ability helps Gangjinseong Senior, or something like that…?”

I deliberately didn’t bring up the contract or mana addiction treatment since that would take too long to explain.

As soon as she heard the story, Nara sighed as if she might collapse at any moment.

“What is this situation, really… I congratulate you on awakening, but… still, you shouldn’t come to such a dangerous place! I need to go confront Gangjinseong.”

“Nara, I’m fine.”

Actually, it wasn’t Senior who made me come here, but the status window. More precisely, the status window in the form of a black cat.

“…Hm?”

Just then, a cat with black, glossy fur slipped into the tent. Those familiar yellow eyes and plump tail…

“Kami!”

Nara greeted the cat like she knew it.

“Is it your cat, Nara?”

“No? It’s been wandering around this area, so I’ve been feeding it.”

“Meow.”

Was I mistaken? I tilted my head, but seeing the cat staring directly at me and meowing, I was certain.

That’s Mimi.

“Nara, I want to hold the cat too.”

Just like Nara had done to me, I quickly snatched up Mimi and hid behind a corner outside some tent.

“Why are you here…”

“I came to check the Gate’s condition.”

“The Quest is…”

“To see you and also test your qualifications.”

“…The stamp, copying…”

“I think it was a good method. Don’t humans traditionally make promises that way?”

Was this how Nara felt when looking at me?

I felt so frustrated I could flip over, but having nothing to say, only a sigh came out.

“Let me ask just one thing.”

“They’re looking for you. Speak quickly.”

“Do I really have to enter the Gate? I hired a part-timer to avoid doing dangerous work.”

“There’s something I want to experiment with.”

“What does that mean?”

Just then, I heard the sound of someone’s approaching footsteps.

“Yebin!”

I briefly turned my head at the voice calling for me, then when I looked back, Mimi had disappeared.

“…Did it run away?”

* * *

“Entering the Gate.”

Gangjinseong and the five Korean healers obtained crucial information that the Tokyo Gate was a water-attribute terrain with low temperatures that induced hypothermia, so they prepared their gear and items before falling into the Maze Gate with relief supplies.

“My goodness….”

“What is this….”

As soon as we entered the gate, we could only stand there with our mouths agape, looking around in bewilderment.

It was an overwhelming sight.

Towering waves were frozen in hook-like shapes as if time had stopped.

If the maze I had fallen into had walls of common wooden fencing, then the Tokyo Gate had walls made of waves.

The blue wave walls were so high you had to crane your neck to see the top, and the more shocking fact was that fish-shaped monsters were writhing inside the wave walls, constantly watching for opportunities to target humans.

The moment anyone entered the maze to find the exit, those monsters would obviously burst out and attack.

This gate was several times more difficult than the Seoul Mapo-gu Gate.

No wonder everyone was stuck in the central plaza, unable to move a muscle.

“Jinseong hyung? Is that Jinseong hyung!?”

A familiar voice reached my ears.

When I turned my head toward the sound, a man with red-dyed hair was running over, waving his hands frantically.

For some reason, the man was shirtless. Thanks to that, my gaze naturally went to his solid upper body muscles.

This man running over with a bright smile like a puppy was Korea’s rising hunter, Ohyeongtaek.

“Oh Hunter-nim!”

Seeing Ohyeongtaek appear in good condition contrary to expectations, people breathed sighs of relief.

Smiles bloomed on the faces of those who had been anxiously worried about losing one of Korea’s few S-rank hunters. The Japanese hunters who had entered with us felt the same way.

If Korea’s S-rank hunter who came to support the Japanese Gate were to die, the aftermath would be unimaginably enormous.

“I really, really didn’t expect hyung to come for support! Wow, seeing you in a foreign country makes me even happier.”

“What’s the situation?”

“As you can see! Even S-rank hunters can’t move! We can’t dry our bodies so it’s freezing cold!”

“The maze?”

“Ah, that thing’s a real pain. When you enter the maze, those fish bastards rush at you like crazy, and if you don’t run within the time limit, those waves swallow people whole!”

Hearing Hyeongtaek’s explanation, it was a slightly different form from Korea’s gate.

There was a time limit for passing through each alley, but the maze itself didn’t move every hour.

When asked if an S-rank could just protect Hunter Oori who had exploration skills and pass through the maze walls, Hyeongtaek shook his head.

“Her skills won’t activate. I can’t run around this huge place like a madman by myself, so here we are in this mess.”

Hunter Oori hung her head low. She could sense that people’s gazes on her weren’t kind.

“Ah, it’s okay, noona! Daijoubu! People go through times like this in life.”

Hyeongtaek grinned heartily and patted Hunter Oori’s shoulder hard. Each time he did, Hunter Oori was pushed back weakly.

Having grasped the situation, Jinseong drew his sword from his waist.

“The healers stay here. I’ll enter alone.”

“Eh, hyung. What about me?”

“Not needed.”

At the cold rejection, Hyeongtaek shouted loudly that he was perfectly fine and they should go together.

Despite his confident attitude, Hyeongtaek’s lips were blue with cold.

Tsk, clicking his tongue, Senior took off his waterproof outer jacket and threw it at Hyeongtaek’s face.

“Oh, thanks.”

Senior turned around without a moment’s hesitation and headed toward the maze. In one hand he held his weapon, in the other my oil bottle.

The noisy plaza fell silent in an instant.

People’s desperate hopes followed behind his retreating figure as he walked steadily away.

“Hyung! It’s not too late now! If you get scared, I’ll help! Those fish are really strong!”

Hyeongtaek called out playfully to Senior, who had suddenly stopped walking.

He seemed to think Senior had stopped out of fear.

However, I disagreed.

When Senior briefly turned back to look at me, there wasn’t a trace of fear-like emotion in his expression.

Instead, he swept back his fallen bangs and let out a low laugh.

His cleanly revealed teeth and beautifully curved eyes remained strangely long in my memory.

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