The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop Is Ranked 0th in the World - Chapter 25

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The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop is World Rank 0

Chapter 25

Thanks to Ean’s consideration, I was sitting with him in the situation room, watching the Gate entrance through the monitor.

It was an established fact based on accumulated data that when a conquest succeeds, an exit appears at the Gate where they first entered.

The interior of the situation room was literally quiet. Everyone was being careful even with their breathing, only alternating between looking at the clock placed in the center and the monitor.

Then, when an hour had passed since Senior entered, everyone let out sighs.

But they didn’t give up hope. They were waiting with the mindset that it would just take a little more time.

When 1 hour and 50 minutes passed, the situation changed.

The conquest team formed with Seongnyeo prepared to enter, and the journalists’ fingers moved faster.

With the conquest time being delayed to an unprecedented degree, the French people’s complexions grew worse by the minute.

“Why is it taking so long? It’s making me anxious.”

Ean also didn’t hide his anxious feelings. He trembled his legs, saying there had never been a Gate that took more than an hour and a half.

He wasn’t the only one feeling impatient. My mouth was also parched dry, and I don’t know how many bottles of water I emptied.

I had many thoughts – whether the oil I newly made was wrong, whether the Gate’s difficulty suddenly increased like Mimi said, or whether he couldn’t come out due to injuries.

The more I thought about it, the more frequently my gaze turned toward Seongnyeo’s conquest team.

If at least they entered, it would be a great help to Senior.

Contrary to my wish for them to enter as soon as possible, Seongnyeo was hesitating.

She had boldly promised Senior that she would enter after two hours, but even now, 5 minutes past that time, she was still talking with her team members under the pretense of maintaining equipment.

The more this continued, the sharper mine and Ean’s gazes became.

“Just say you don’t want to go in.”

“Exactly.”

About ten more minutes later, Seongnyeo started stretching. She rolled her shoulders around and stretched her neck this way and that, loosening her muscles.

As I stared intently at her actions, I narrowed my eyes.

‘What’s that?’

It was because I saw something like a black spot near Seongnyeo’s nape.

I tilted my head wondering if I had seen wrong, when my eyes met with Seongnyeo’s again.

She smiled brightly and approached me.

“Healer Eon, oh wait, Healer oppa, want to enter together with me?”

“Pardon?”

“We’re both Korean, right? I heard Koreans stick together and help each other during crises.”

While it was true we shared the same bloodline, I thought there was a contradiction in her words.

Because when asked which country she would be active in, she, who was Seongnyeo receiving worldwide attention and held dual citizenship of Korea and France, had boldly declared she would register as a French Hunter.

I couldn’t remember what the reason was, but I remembered that many Koreans expressed disappointment.

‘But now she’s going on about being Korean.’

I couldn’t understand what she meant by those words. It was also strange that she specifically addressed me when I wasn’t the only Korean in this situation room.

“If you don’t want to, never mind. Alice is going to enter now.”

Seongnyeo turned around abruptly and headed toward the Gate entrance.

It was already two and a half hours past.

Due to this unprecedented situation, not only France but the entire world’s attention and concern were focused here.

If something went wrong with Senior in this Gate, it was obvious that the remaining Gates around the world would burst and create pandemonium.

“Ah, fine. I’m going in. I’m human too, so I was acting like this because I was scared. You don’t even understand my feelings.”

Since even world rankings 4th and 5th had entered but no Gate exit had appeared, Seongnyeo confessed her honest feelings.

It was a statement worthy of criticism, but perhaps due to her face, no one openly blamed her.

I was the same. No matter how much of a Hunter she was, we couldn’t force her into the death trap that was a Gate.

Nevertheless, she stood in front of the Gate with a sense of responsibility as a Hunter.

Just as she was finally about to enter.

“Oh, it’s the exit!”

The Gate’s entrance changed to an exit and someone revealed themselves.

It was the person everyone had been desperately waiting for.

Gangjinseong, he had finally done it.

Everyone cheered, calling his name.

However, the moment the fog that poured out from the exit cleared completely and visibility was secured.

The noisy scene was colored with shock.

“Senior!”

“Hyung!”

Senior’s appearance as he knelt on the ground was a complete mess. From the red liquid that could be anyone’s blood, the dirt caked all over him, and his gasping breath, we could feel indirectly how fierce a battle he had fought.

Ean and I immediately ran over as soon as we confirmed Senior’s condition.

Senior wasn’t alone.

Behind him, world ranking 4th Adam, who had entered first, was slumped and being carried on his back. His skin, covered with wounds and dirt, was covered with black spots of various sizes.

Unlike Senior who was barely holding onto the thread of consciousness, he was already unconscious, and even someone like me who knew nothing could tell his condition was very serious.

“Everyone move aside!”

Seongnyeo belatedly ran over and examined Adam and Jinseong.

She immediately activated her skill. A dazzling light as if the sun had been brought before our eyes descended from the sky and struck down upon Senior and Adam’s bodies.

Even though a massive pillar of light enveloped Senior’s body, far from regaining consciousness, he collapsed on the ground with a pained expression.

Seongnyeo’s face was colored with confusion as she poured out her skill.

Gritting her teeth, she drew up her mana to the maximum. The vast amount was visible to the eye.

This scene made me understand why she was S-rank, why she earned the nickname Seongnyeo. The pillar of light that seemed like an angel would descend was brilliant and beautiful. As if it would blind the eyes of those who saw it.

Indeed, her power was tremendous.

She had completely healed the external injuries of Senior and Adam, whose entire bodies had been battered.

But there was a separate reason why Seongnyeo openly cursed.

Despite her pouring out massive amounts of mana, both Hunters couldn’t open their eyes.

* * *

A strange phenomenon occurred.

Even though the Gate’s exit had been created, no one except those two people came out.

Even after waiting several minutes, the exit remained quiet. Everyone was engulfed in anxiety.

Could all those many people be completely dead?

No one spoke those words aloud, but it was clear everyone was thinking the same thing.

After all, world rankings 4th and 5th had escaped the Gate in a near-death state, so if they were ordinary people who weren’t even Hunters…

While everyone stood in front of the Gate with sorrowful expressions, unable to leave.

I spoke.

“It’s been 30 minutes.”

Gates normally close within thirty minutes. Only when there are no survivors inside the Gate.

But the fact that the exit remained open even after thirty minutes meant there were survivors among those who had entered.

It was still too early to give up hope.

People began forming not a conquest team, but a rescue team.

They started accepting volunteers from other Hunters, excluding Seongnyeo who had to care for Senior Jinseong and Adam.

And.

“I’ll enter too.”

I also volunteered for that rescue team.

“Yebin-nim, it’s dangerous.”

Ean tried to stop me, but I had no intention of reversing my decision. I knew that I had to enter that Gate.

Because the status window, Mimi, was telling me.

That it was something only I could do.

^[Sub Quest occurred!]^

^[Save the part-timer whose memories have been devoured by a Monster!

Making tea bags with ‘Memory Iris’, a flower that grows naturally inside the Gate (0/1)]^

^[On success: Acquire new skill!

On failure: Time limit reduced by half]^

I tried to hide my trembling heart as I pushed my foot into the rippling exit.

* * *

It was the moment when the Hunters who had volunteered for the rescue team, led by Yebichnna, were about to enter the Gate.

The Hunters following behind bumped their heads against an invisible wall with a thud.

“Th-the exit.”

As soon as Yebichnna passed through, the Gate entrance shut its mouth as if it had been waiting for that moment.

Ean bit his lips repeatedly in front of the closed entrance.

He couldn’t shake the feeling that something bad was going to happen.

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