The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop Is Ranked 0th in the World - Chapter 76

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The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop is World Rank 0

Chapter 76

“We could somewhat deceive the public’s eyes by putting Shinnara forward, but it seems it was too much to fool people like Jang Dohun or Alice.”

“I expected it, but I didn’t think they’d catch the scent this quickly.”

At Jinwoon’s agreement, Nara roughly ran her hand through her hair.

“Especially that Alice bitch, I can’t understand how she found out information about Yebichnna so quickly. Does she use mind reading or what? What kind of big shot is backing her to get information this fast!”

Nara, still unable to calm her anger, threw punches at the innocent air.

“Damn it, I’m worried sick about Yebichnna! Why do only these toxic people swarm around that sweet kid?”

After grumbling for a while, Nara let out a deep sigh as if trying to regain her composure.

She gave Jinwoon a sharp instruction as if she had made up her mind.

“Jinwoon, contact Director Seo Eunhae right now. Tell her all of Jang Dohun’s movements. That crazy dog Jang Dohun has no better match than Director Eunhae.”

“Understood. Then should we keep the guilds in check as planned?”

“Yeah, we have to stop those merchant bastards from approaching Yebichnna and treating her like merchandise. We already finished dividing roles in the Protectors group chat.”

Nara turned on her smartphone and skimmed through the messages actively coming up in the ‘Yebichnna Protectors’ group chat.

This strange alliance where Korea’s big shots cooperate solely to protect one girl.

Nara bit her lips tightly while looking at Yebichnna’s smiling face in the background image.

“I don’t care who comes. Anyone who dares touch our Yebichnna will be chased to the ends of hell and crushed.”

The aura in Nara’s eyes felt like the killing intent of a beast trying not to lose its cub.

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Jinseong and Sohee, who entered beneath the dark blue surface of Seokchon Lake, were caught up in an alien sensation as soon as they entered the Gate.

The peaceful lake scenery they had seen from outside was nowhere to be found.

Under their feet had turned into a swamp that squelched like rotting flesh, and above their heads, a purple sky like broken glass fragments swayed precariously.

“…Oh my, this isn’t just high mana levels.”

Sohee looked around nervously, gripping tighter the joystick-like mana detection item.

What covered all directions from the Gate entrance were bizarrely shaped ‘cocoons.’

The cocoons weren’t made of thread, but of sticky, mucus-like liquid.

Seaweed-like monsters wrapped around those liquid cocoons, and something inside was beating like a heart, emitting ominous pulsations.

Jinseong swept the mana flowing in the air with his hand, his face expressionless.

The mana that touched his fingertips stuck stickily.

“This isn’t the mana of a low-grade Gate. It seems higher than the predicted grade.”

As soon as his words ended, pop—! With an unpleasant bursting sound, one cocoon burst and monsters covered in translucent scales jumped out.

Monsters that looked like a grotesque mix of fish and humans rushed forward, dripping mucus.

Jinseong lightly swung his sword. The sword energy cut through the heavy air of the lake and severed the monsters’ necks in one stroke.

But instead of blood, black mana smoke spurted from the severed areas and seeped back into nearby cocoons.

Sohee, who had relatively little Gate experience, widened her eyes and looked back and forth between the disgusting cocoons and Jinseong.

“What’s that? Why won’t they die? Or did they regenerate already?”

At Sohee’s question, Jinseong’s eyes narrowed.

“Neither. This Gate… seems to be a ‘Predator Gate.'”

“Huh? Predator? Crazy, shouldn’t we get out right now? Predator Gates are extremely dangerous!”

Sohee was startled to learn they had entered a Predator Gate she had only heard about.

A Predator Gate is a type where the Gate itself moves like one giant digestive organ.

It was structured so that the boss’s grade gradually increased by feeding on the mana of hunters who entered the Gate.

“If all the other Gates are Predator Gates too…”

“Korea will really be destroyed. Predator Gates give even S-ranks trouble. We shouldn’t have come in.”

Jinseong stared at the deeper part of the Gate, the center where black whirlpools swirled.

From there, he could feel an overwhelming and massive energy completely different from the small fry they had just dealt with.

* * *

The air in the Hunter Association’s conference room had sunk several times heavier than just a few hours ago.

When the data that Jinseong and Sohee brought after investigating Songpa Gate was displayed on screen, the hall became quiet as if cold water had been poured over it.

Yuin-a, the guild leader of Matap, opened her mouth to announce the cold analysis results.

“These are the results of integrating real-time data collected from various locations nationwide, including Songpa Gate.”

Complex graphs and figures unfolded as holograms from Yuin-a’s fingertips.

“Currently, mana levels aren’t simply soaring, but accelerating with a certain pattern. We can now predict down to the second when all Gates will transform into ‘Red Gates.’ The data precision is perfect.”

Yuin-a paused and scanned those sitting in the conference hall through her glasses.

Cold despair lingered in her voice.

“But I cannot say this is fortunate. Almost all Gates’ levels are changing. The only best method is to clear all Gates even one day faster before the levels reach critical point and explode.”

Sangseong Guild Leader Choi Changheon roughly interjected while rubbing his dry face.

“Fifty-five predatory Gates that devour the mana of entering hunters to grow themselves. If those things explode all at once, Korea will disappear from the world map that very day. This isn’t disaster level.”

Before Choi Changheon could even finish speaking, the conference room door burst open and a pale association employee rushed in.

“Breaking news! Please turn on the TV right now!”

The central screen in the conference hall turned on, broadcasting urgent overseas news.

The scenery behind the serious-faced reporter was literally hell.

[News that A-rank and B-rank hunter parties who entered anomalous Gates in Thailand and Singapore have all died! Unable to prevent Gate breaks, the cities have become wastelands under monster ravaging…!]

The screen was filled with burning high-rise buildings and screams of citizens bleeding and fleeing.

An unprecedented simultaneous global disaster had begun.

Everyone in the conference hall could only remain silent before the shocking scene.

What broke that heavy silence was Shinnara’s low murmur.

“…In the end, we need at least one S-rank with the rest filled by A-rank elites to make clearing possible.”

Nara checked Korea’s current situation with trembling hands on her terminal.

“Currently, there are 55 locations in Korea showing abnormal symptoms and transitioning to Red Gates. But we only have three S-ranks available for immediate deployment. If we exclude me.”

Only three ‘sure cards’ could be deployed to stop 55 time bombs.

The conclusion was that each S-rank had to clear an average of over 18 high-difficulty Gates without rest.

Human stamina and mana aren’t infinite. Faced with 55 disasters, Korea’s cards were woefully insufficient.

The air circulating in the conference room was now changing from despair to terror.

“Of all things, Predator Gates…”

In each guild leader’s eyes swirled intense and desperate energy as they calculated the areas their guilds would have to handle and survival probabilities.

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