The SSS-Class Hunter’s Garden Log - Chapter 25

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Chapter 25

“Huh?”

When Hana looked up, a middle-aged man came into view.

The man, dressed in a sharp suit no less impressive than Kang Hyeon’s and with his hair slicked back, was frowning deeply.

His expression looked as if he was displeased that the entire world wasn’t moving according to his will.

“I’ve never seen an item like this before.”

The man seemed to immediately recognize that the rice seeds were an item, and handed them to what appeared to be a secretary standing behind him.

The action was so natural that even Hana was momentarily confused, wondering if those rice seeds had originally belonged to that man.

“Appraise it.”

At the man’s command, the secretary pushed up the glasses he was wearing.

Then, with a small clicking sound, a mysterious light rippled around the glasses.

They were glasses with the function of appraising the grade and effects of items.

“Vice-Chairman, this is a rare-grade item.”

“Rare grade?”

The Vice-Chairman’s eyebrows shot up.

He slowly looked Hana up and down.

“Was there originally an item like this?”

“Not that I know of. There’s no record of it being registered in the Hunter market either.”

“An unregistered item.”

This time he looked straight down at Hana and asked.

“Are you affiliated with Haechi?”

“Yes.”

It was temporary, but she was affiliated with them.

Hana’s head bobbed up and down.

“Your grade.”

Why did everyone always go on about grades whenever they saw her?

Though dissatisfaction crept up, Hana answered for now.

From what she heard, he seemed to be called Vice-Chairman, so wasn’t he someone important?

“I’m F-rank.”

“F-rank?”

The Vice-Chairman snorted.

“Ha. A mere F-rank has a rare-grade item?”

His gaze turned back to the rice seeds.

“An unregistered item at that?”

As soon as he finished speaking, the Vice-Chairman snatched the rice seeds from the secretary’s hand.

“This isn’t something a low-grade Hunter should have, so I’ll be taking this.”

“No-!”

【SYSTEM】

【No! What kind of shameless person is that? Just taking other people’s things! User, you need to teach someone like that a lesson! (＃｀д´)ﾉ】

Hana, who was about to protest, became bewildered by Jjak-jjak-i getting even more heated than she was.

Well, no. Teaching a lesson and all.

He was even called Vice-Chairman. Wouldn’t it be enough to just ask for it back?

But Jjak-jjak-i was furious like never before.

As if facing a mortal enemy.

【SYSTEM】

【The new skill ‘Get Lost, Thief! (D-rank)’ has awakened.】

【When forced appraisal/examination attempts are made on user-owned items, applies a ‘mask’ to the appraisal results to display false information.】

Following that, another message faintly appeared behind the system window and disappeared like smoke before Hana could even notice it.

【The skill ‘Shadow in Smoke (L-rank)’ has been automatically applied at a reduced level to match the user’s condition. The reality recognition prevention effect is applied to objects.】

This time there wasn’t even a choice asking if she wanted to cast the skill.

The skill activated automatically as if it had been waiting.

Then a blue light swirled in the lens of the item appraisal glasses the secretary was wearing.

The blue energy that had rippled for just a moment disappeared, and new information appeared in the secretary’s vision.

“…?”

The secretary tilted his head.

This was because different effects from what he had confirmed just moments before appeared on the glasses.

【SYSTEM】

【’Red Rice Seeds (Rare Grade)’】

【Effect: Unshakeable Mind. Can freely manipulate lies as if they were truth.】

The secretary narrowed his eyes and checked the text floating on the lens.

‘Is it an error?’

Since such cases often occurred during the item appraisal process, the secretary shrugged and whispered low into the Vice-Chairman’s ear.

“Vice-Chairman, a special effect has been confirmed. ‘Unshakeable Mind’. It appears to be in the category that makes lies seem like truth.”

The moment he heard those words, the Vice-Chairman’s eyes flashed with greed.

“‘Get Lost, Thief’? What kind of skill name is that?”

Then, hearing Hana muttering, he glared menacingly with wrinkled eyes.

“Thief? Are you saying that to me right now?”

Hana, who had been unconsciously muttering the name of her new skill, suddenly received the Vice-Chairman’s scolding.

His angry appearance was exactly like a thief with a guilty conscience.

‘I guess he does feel guilty?’

Though she wanted to nod in agreement, Hana showed an innocent smile.

“Of course not. How could I possibly call the Vice-Chairman, who is like the sky, a thief? Haha.”

“Anyway, young Hunters these days have no manners. Tsk.”

He glared down at Hana, then turned away as if she wasn’t worth dealing with anymore.

“I won’t bother asking why a low-grade Hunter like you had an unregistered rare item, so be careful from now on!”

Really now. Acting like he’s not questioning it because he’s taking it away.

Hana stuck her tongue out slightly toward the Vice-Chairman’s back as he headed to the Guild Leader’s Office.

At first she was quite nervous since he was called Vice-Chairman, but she wondered how such a shameless person could exist.

‘Anyway, there are plenty of rice seeds in the cabin, so it doesn’t matter if one gets stolen, but it does feel unpleasant.’

Hana thought.

She hoped the Vice-Chairman would see fake characteristics tempting enough to be very convincing.

She wanted the Vice-Chairman to swallow all those rice seeds at once.

‘And I hope he gets a stomachache.’

As someone who had experienced eating a handful of rice seeds out of curiosity, only to have her stomach burn and spend the whole day going in and out of the bathroom.

Hana prayed very earnestly.

* * *

Meanwhile.

The Vice-Chairman, who had already forgotten about Hana, was standing in front of the Guild Leader’s Office.

“Seo Ganghyeon…. This insolent bastard.”

The Vice-Chairman ground his teeth.

He had assigned him to investigate the Gangnam Station Gate, but after not showing his face for several days, he contacted them this morning and what did he suddenly say?

“That he wants to purchase the Gangnam Station Gate under Haechi’s name?”

Other Association officials regarded the Gangnam Station Gate as nothing more than an empty shell.

So they welcomed Kang Hyeon’s decision.

Since someone was offering to pay money for what was no different from trash, there was no reason not to welcome it.

But that was something they could only say because they knew nothing.

“He couldn’t have noticed something, could he.”

The Vice-Chairman bit his nails in anxiety.

Three years ago.

The real reason the Gangnam Station Gate went berserk.

Could it be that he found out about that?

He had been feeling at ease since ‘1’ disappeared. Perhaps he had been too complacent.

If things went wrong, that person would never let him be.

The Vice-Chairman hurriedly felt around his neck, which had grown cold.

“I’m sure we properly recovered the core back then. Was there a trace left behind?”

Just then, the secretary carefully spoke up.

“…Vice-Chairman, shall we go in?”

The Vice-Chairman, whose thoughts were interrupted by that voice, cleared his throat once and forcibly smoothed his wrinkled expression while lifting his chin.

This wasn’t something that could be solved by worrying alone.

But even after coming this far, he didn’t really feel like entering the Guild Leader’s Office.

If Seo Ganghyeon had found out something, the moment he opened this door, he might end up revealing his own hand first.

‘That damn Haechi’s eye.’

The Vice-Chairman gritted his teeth.

Among Seo Ganghyeon’s numerous skills, Haechi’s eye was quite troublesome.

A skill that distinguishes truth from lies.

“If only I could avoid that, things would be much easier.”

The Vice-Chairman, who had been taking deep breaths several times to hide his anxious feelings, suddenly remembered the effect of the rice seeds the secretary had told him about earlier.

“Wait. This item’s effect was unshakeable mind?”

Heaven is helping me.

The Vice-Chairman’s lips curved up in a satisfied arc.

After examining the rice seeds briefly, the Vice-Chairman tried to eat them.

The secretary saw this and urgently stepped forward.

“Since it’s an unregistered item, it would be better to consume it after safety is confirmed, ugh.”

“Shut up! How dare you lecture me?”

But the Vice-Chairman kicked the secretary’s shin and poured all the rice seeds into his mouth.

Gulp.

The rice seeds, swallowed without chewing, went down his esophagus and into his stomach with difficulty.

The Vice-Chairman wiped his lips and threw open the Guild Leader’s Office door with a much more imposing attitude.

* * *

The Guild Leader’s Office door opened roughly, but Seo Ganghyeon didn’t even twitch an eyebrow.

As if it were a scheduled visit, he only stopped organizing the documents he had been working on.

“What brings you all the way here?”

It was a calm voice.

The Vice-Chairman snorted at that arrogant attitude and settled his body into the sofa with dissatisfaction.

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