The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop Is Ranked 0th in the World - Chapter 93

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The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop is World Rank 0

Chapter 93

Everything happened in an instant.

The moment I raised my finger to point at that man, Senior rushed out and Hyeongtaek followed behind him.

“Yebichnna!”

Oppa Seondonguk cast layers of transparent, solid barriers around me.

Oppa pulled me behind his back and increased the density of the protective shield, while Nara, who had been backstage, appeared like the wind and infused me with blessing skills.

The auditorium instantly became a battlefield.

“What’s happening!”

“Is it an attack?!”

All the hunters in the auditorium instinctively raised their mana and took defensive positions, and the killing intent and overwhelming mana waves that filled the venue made my skin tingle.

Everyone’s gaze was focused on the entrance I had pointed to, but I looked elsewhere.

Right at Jang Dohun.

As if he already knew who I had pointed at, he never once looked back toward where the commotion was happening.

Rather, he was just letting out a low chuckle as if this chaotic situation amused him.

Then, Jang Dohun’s and my gazes met directly in the void.

He looked at me with an unreadable expression, then soon shrugged his shoulders and smiled slightly.

At his light attitude as if this situation was funny, I felt something snap inside me.

At that moment, the building shook as if it would collapse.

Kuuuuung—!

My body swayed from the massive roar and vibration as if an earthquake had occurred.

Oppa Seondonguk quickly grabbed my waist to support me.

I looked up at Oppa with a pale complexion. I was suddenly afraid that something had happened to Senior Jinseong.

Oppa checked the situation through the radio in his ear, then his expression became heavy.

“…They let him escape.”

“He’s safe, right?”

“Yeah, he seems fine.”

As soon as I confirmed that Senior was safe, I cast a sharp gaze at Dohun again.

I could feel Oppa Seondonguk’s gaze trying to stop me, but I impulsively took a step forward.

I couldn’t stand that deceptive smile any longer.

I went down the stairs and stood confidently in front of Dohun.

The surroundings were still filled with screams and commotion, but facing him, I had the illusion that only the two of us existed in this space.

I stared straight into his eyes and spoke each word clearly.

“Return the materials.”

Dohun laughed heartily and shook his head.

“How disappointing. Anyone listening would think I committed theft, Hunter Yebichnna.”

“If you don’t want to be called incompetent like the former chairman, shouldn’t you quickly conquer the Predator Gate?”

“…”

“For that, you’ll need my items.”

As soon as the word ‘incompetent’ came out, the light smile on his lips completely disappeared.

A snake-like cold glint swept over me, but he soon smiled again and looked at me.

“I’ll consider it a congratulatory greeting for my inauguration. To receive congratulations personally from a National Designated Hunter is quite moving.”

“Send them to my store. You know where it is.”

I turned my back without hesitation, not giving him a chance to answer.

Thanks to speaking loud enough for everyone around to hear, I could feel the suspicious gazes of the remaining people in the venue lingering on Jang Dohun.

“…Let’s go, Oppa.”

Only after getting in the limousine and settling in did the long sigh I’d been holding burst out.

My shoulders, stiff with tension, felt like they were screaming.

I had pretended to be fine while pointing out the culprit and confronting him, but once I was alone with Oppa Seondonguk, my hands on my knees began trembling.

Oppa noticed my condition and silently took off his jacket to cover my knees.

“Sorry, Yebichnna.”

“…For what?”

“Even though my abilities doubled thanks to your employment contract, I couldn’t protect you properly and made you anxious like this. I guess I was too overconfident.”

Seeing Oppa Seondonguk’s face, drooping despite his large build and watching my reaction, my tension eased a little and I smiled slightly.

“How is that Oppa’s fault? It’s thanks to Oppa that I’m safe like this.”

Then the corners of Oppa’s eyebrows, which had been drooping, shot up instantly.

Somehow I thought that if Oppa had dog ears on his head, they would have perked up.

“You don’t know how worried I was thinking I’d get fired from my part-time job.”

Oppa joked and laughed.

I said “As if that would happen” and smiled back, but the trembling in my fingertips wouldn’t subside.

Dohun’s relaxed smile kept flickering before my eyes, and my anxiety wouldn’t go away.

* * *

A little while ago.

Jinseong clicked his tongue while chasing the unidentified suspicious person.

The guy seemed to know Jinseong’s skill characteristics precisely as he cleverly weaved through the crowd.

Instead of using area skills, Jinseong drew his sword.

People scattered to both sides as if the Red Sea was parting.

Jinseong took advantage of the gap to close the distance with his target.

Just as Hyeongtaek, who had followed, struck the ground and sent a whirlwind to bind the guy’s ankles, the guy jumped onto the road.

Screeeeech—!

Cars making emergency stops tangled together, creating a burst of noise.

Jinseong leaped without hesitation, stepping on the air.

Jinseong’s blade, imbued with deep blue mana, rushed toward the guy’s back.

With the sound of tearing air, the sword energy blocked the guy’s path, and Hyeongtaek swung his massive sword to create a wall of wind like a barrier on the road surface.

It was the moment when the escape route was perfectly blocked.

The guy’s body swelled grotesquely and then a tremendous explosion occurred.

Boooom—!

As black smoke obscured their vision, people’s screams pierced their eardrums.

But Jinseong didn’t blink an eye and plunged into the smoke.

“…?”

It was strange.

In the smoke, the target wasn’t moving at all.

When Hyeongtaek created a gust to clear the smoke, an unbelievable scene was revealed.

Where the man had been standing, only a ‘lump of mud’ crushed beyond recognition remained.

Jinseong and Hyeongtaek approached cautiously.

“What the hell kind of shitty situation is this?”

Hyeongtaek poked the mud with his foot.

Jinseong knelt down to examine the remnants of mana left in the soil and made a phone call.

“…Call Shinnara immediately.”

After hanging up and turning to return to the association, Hyeongtaek called out to stop Jinseong.

“But hyung, did something happen with Yebichnna noona?”

“What do you mean.”

“No, I mean the buff I used to get from noona every day. I was wondering if I didn’t get it today. Today feels a bit… different from usual?”

Jinseong’s steps stopped abruptly.

Hyeongtaek was usually poor at reading his emotionless expressions, but this time he could tell for sure.

He was definitely shocked.

“Don’t tell me, you got dumped?”

“…No.”

“That’s it, that’s right. No wonder noona and Donguk hyung have been sticking together lately.”

Hyeongtaek patted Jinseong’s shoulder with sympathetic eyes and went his own way.

“It’s not over until it’s over. You know? Let’s keep our spirits up.”

Jinseong stood there for a long while before muttering as if grumbling to himself.

“…The employment contract ended, I wasn’t fired.”

Jinseong alternately looked at the pile of mud and his own hands, clenching his fists tightly.

Ohyeongtaek’s well-meaning criticism cut deep.

Having grown accustomed to the buffs from Yebichnna’s items and contracts, he had forgotten where his original limits lay.

‘I thought I was just disappointed that my special relationship with Yebichnna had ended.’

But perhaps what he truly feared was losing that overwhelming aura of power.

Jinseong faced the fact that he had missed his target twice, and his real abilities that had been hidden in the shadow of the items.

A cold determination bloomed in his eyes.

He needed to become someone who could protect her with his own strength alone, not a hero dependent on items.

“….”

Jinseong’s face showed firm resolve as he thought this.

And the next day, several mysterious boxes were delivered in front of Yebichnna’s Store.

At the same time, breaking news flowed on TV.

[This is breaking news. Following the dismissal of former Association President Maeng Seokwoo, WHP Branch Director Jang Dohun has been appointed as the next Hunter Association President.]

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