The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop Is Ranked 0th in the World - Chapter 85

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The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop is World Rank 0

Chapter 85

Flames shooting up from various parts of downtown disturbed Jinseong’s vision like an ominous omen.

‘Please be safe.’

When Jinseong arrived at the alley in front of the store with his breath caught up to his chin, what unfolded before his eyes was a devastating battlefield.

In the alley in front of the store, corpses of unidentifiable assailants were scattered in the rainwater, and in the middle of them stood Seondonguk, breathing heavily.

Jinseong’s heart dropped to the floor. Because nowhere could he see Yebichnna’s figure.

Then, the tightly closed store door burst open.

Through that gap, a familiar and clear voice burst out.

“Seondonguk Oppa! Come in quickly!”

Hah.

At the sight of Yebichnna without a single injury, the tension that had been weighing down Jinseong’s entire body instantly released with a snap.

But the moment of relief was only fleeting.

As if targeting the gap when Yebichnna opened the door, a small explosive flew in at the speed of light from the pitch-black darkness.

It was a trajectory that precisely aimed at Yebichnna’s heart like a precision-guided missile.

“Get inside!”

“Yebichnna!”

Jinseong and Seondonguk’s shouts burst out simultaneously.

The two S-rank Hunters blocked in front of Yebichnna with superhuman reaction speed.

Seondonguk immediately spread out a brilliant golden shield over a wide area, and Jinseong concentrated his mana in an instant to activate his skill.

Jinseong’s strike that cut through the air instantly decomposed the explosive that had reached right in front of Yebichnna’s nose, turning it to dust.

But that was only the beginning.

Several small condensed black explosives clumped together, increasing their size.

The explosives that had been bullet-sized grew to fist-size and immediately shot toward the store at the speed of light.

“Jinseong, get behind me!”

Seondonguk gritted his teeth and made his barrier even more solid.

When the explosive hit the transparent hemispherical barrier, his feet that had been planted on the concrete floor left traces as they were pushed backward.

The attack power of just a single projectile was tremendous.

While Seondonguk handled the defense, Jinseong struggled desperately to find the source of the attack.

But with the sheets of rain filling all directions and the constantly bursting flashes, it wasn’t easy to gauge the attacker’s exact location.

Yebichnna, who was watching this fierce battle from in front of the window inside the store, was trembling with terror.

Then, Mimi at her feet growled low and bit Yebichnna’s pant leg, pulling her backward.

“Get back. It’s dangerous.”

Even while Yebichnna hesitated and stepped back, the mysterious attacks continued to fly precisely targeting the store.

As time passed, the situation worsened.

The projectiles that had been persistently targeting only one part of Seondonguk’s barrier finally created minute cracks in the S-rank barrier.

“Jinseong, the barrier…!”

The opponent’s strength was by no means to be underestimated.

It was tremendous firepower enough to tie down the feet of two S-ranks.

Eventually, Seondonguk chose to reduce the size of the barrier and increase its density to reduce mana consumption.

“Hyung, this won’t work. I’ll break through head-on!”

“Got it!”

Seondonguk nodded at Jinseong’s suggestion.

It was right after they agreed that every moment Jinseong burst out, Seondonguk would create small shields in front of Jinseong to help his advance.

It was the very moment when Jinseong kicked off the ground and was about to throw his body outside the barrier.

The explosives that had been continuously flying in the same trajectory suddenly changed to purple buckshot and struck widely in front of the store.

It was an attack that targeted the gap when Seondonguk’s shield had reduced in size.

The special buckshot that fell in all directions broke the barrier, causing Seondonguk to fall backward, and the blast impact instantly shattered the store’s large window into pieces.

“Yebichnna!”

Jinseong and Seondonguk frantically looked inside the store.

What they saw through the thick dust and glass fragments was a strange sight.

A large beast with mysterious black fur was protectively embracing Yebichnna’s body in a circle.

“A beast…?”

There was no time to wonder what that being was.

Attacks continued to pour down relentlessly.

Jinseong leaped into the air, leaving Yebichnna behind.

Flying up as if stepping on air, he thoroughly searched the point from which the attacks had come.

However, at the expected sniper position, there was no one, nothing.

Like a mirage, not a single trace could be found.

“…”

Eventually, Jinseong and Seondonguk, who had failed in their pursuit, rushed into the store.

There was only Yebichnna with a peaceful face as if in deep sleep, and a black cat sitting beside her as if guarding her.

‘A cat.’

Jinseong felt a strange feeling as he looked down at the black beast.

Not long ago, during the Japan and French Gate incidents, that bizarre and alien aura he had felt.

He realized that it had belonged to the large beast he had just seen.

But the aura he felt now was no different from an ordinary stray cat. Yet somehow he felt the two beasts were the same being.

“There are no external injuries. She’s just sleeping.”

“Haah.”

Seondonguk laid Yebichnna on the massage bed and Jinseong carefully covered Yebichnna’s body with a blanket.

Deep sighs frequently burst from Jinseong’s mouth.

“Jinseong, wait a moment.”

Seondonguk called him out to the store lobby.

When Jinseong returned to the chaotic lobby and decomposed the glass fragments on the floor with his skill, Seondonguk swung his shield to blow those traces outside the store.

Even in this situation, the two had unnecessarily good coordination.

“The Gate was cleared.”

The two sat facing each other at the table and opened their heavy lips.

“But they say the Association and other guilds were simultaneously attacked. Only spaces related to Sohee.”

“The Association and all the guilds?”

“No, excluding only the Doubleroom Guild.”

“That new guild?”

At Jinseong’s words, Seondonguk also answered with a hardened expression.

“The transport vehicle seems to have been hijacked. Ean was a different person who just looked identical, and after that he was attacked by Jang Dohun. They knew and targeted it from the beginning.”

The two didn’t continue speaking any further.

But anger that didn’t show on the surface surged like lava deep in their chests.

Seondonguk murmured quietly.

“The timing fits together too perfectly, as if they knew all the internal circumstances. The transport vehicle and Gate entry were information only a few knew.”

Without anyone going first, they looked at sleeping Yebichnna.

It was a night when the being they had to protect became more precious, but the surroundings they had to trust became more suspicious.

* * *

As soon as Seo Eunhae received the bombing damage reports from the guilds, she distorted space and moved to the underground meeting room.

It was the place where the guild leaders had gathered for a meeting.

Naturally, Jang Dohun, who followed behind her, had a strange smile hanging on his lips.

“Wait!”

At Seo Eunhae’s sharp rebuke, the noisy meeting hall became quiet as if cold water had been poured on it.

When the guild leaders’ gazes focused on her, Eunhae asked coldly.

“I think you all know what the common factor in this incident is.”

Those gathered in the conference room were clever individuals.

Shilla Guild’s New Product Development Department, Sangseong Guild’s Logistics Center, Matap’s Data Center.

These were all core strongholds responsible for developing Shinnara’s items, gathering information, and handling distribution.

Seo Eunhae’s gaze turned to Jeong Sihwa, the Doubleroom Guild Leader, who was the only one without any damage.

“…So, are you trying to say that I orchestrated all of this?”

When Jeong Sihwa asked back as if incredulous, Choi Changheon, who was sitting beside her, roughly interrupted.

“Your guild is the only one that’s perfectly fine, isn’t it? Besides, doesn’t everyone know you’ve been repeatedly rejected trying to recruit Shinnara?”

The Matap Guild Master also cautiously chimed in.

“There aren’t many hunters in this field who can use explosion-type skills with precision. Guild Leader Jeong Sihwa, you’re one of them.”

When Jeong Sihwa let out a bitter laugh as if dumbfounded, Jang Dohun, who had been watching from the side, unexpectedly took her side.

“Haha, Guild Leader Jeong isn’t a fool either, so would she really cause trouble while obviously leaving only her own guild out when it’s clear she’d be suspected? Anyone could figure that out with a little thought.”

While Jeong Sihwa protested her innocence at Jang Dohun’s brazen defense, Director Seo Eunhae’s eyes grew even colder.

“Then how will you explain this? The IP logs that attempted to access each guild’s security network to extract maps point to Doubleroom.”

Jeong Sihwa jumped up at the tablet screen that Director Seo Eunhae showed.

“Why would we do such a thing?!”

But the spark of suspicion had already spread beyond control.

Seo Eunhae concluded with calm but firm words.

“Since there’s no definitive evidence, I’ll leave it at that, but it seems certain that information was leaked. A terrorist attack that happened while most of the S-ranks were away.”

Seo Eunhae had a gut feeling.

Whether Jeong Sihwa was the real culprit behind this incident or not, someone was targeting Yebichnna, who was behind Shinnara, taking advantage of this chaos.

“This isn’t something we can just let slide.”

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