The SSS-Class Hunter’s Garden Log - Chapter 52

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Chapter 52

 

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Meanwhile.

 

After finishing his call with Kang Hyeon, Han Tae-ho composed his expression and opened the door to the Chairman’s Office.

 

The Vice-Chairman, practically buried in a chair made of high-quality leather, was flipping through documents.

 

They were documents about Yun Hana’s personal information.

 

And standing firmly in front of such Chairman was the Guild Leader of Kun, ranked 4th in guild rankings.

 

“That F-rank from back then is the Hunter who cleared the Yangpyeong Gate?”

 

“Yes. I’m certain of it.”

 

Han Tae-ho frowned at Kun Guild Leader’s confident voice.

 

As promised with Kang Hyeon, he had come to find the Vice-Chairman as soon as dawn broke to correct the report about Hana.

 

But who would have thought Kun would make the first move.

 

The situation was flowing in a rather unfavorable direction.

 

The Vice-Chairman, who had thrown down Hana’s personal documents, rubbed his chin.

 

“Certainly, this F-rank has been involved wherever disturbances occurred.”

 

The B-rank Gate that was held at Hunter Association Headquarters, Yangpyeong’s Boss Monster Gate, the Gloomy Rainy City Gate, and even the rank elevation incident at the Apprentice Hunter Gate that happened the day before yesterday.

 

Yun Hana had been at every Gate where disturbances occurred.

 

And accidents that could have become disasters were always resolved so simply it was almost anticlimactic.

 

There were definitely more than one or two suspicious things.

 

The Vice-Chairman handed Hana’s personal file to Kun’s Guild Leader.

 

“You investigate further. Whatever it is, even the smallest detail.”

 

“Understood, Vice-Chairman.”

 

Kun’s Guild Leader twisted one corner of his mouth conspicuously, patted Han Tae-ho’s shoulder, and left the Chairman’s Office.

 

When Han Tae-ho, irritated by this, tried to follow him out, the Vice-Chairman stopped him.

 

“Crimson Moon Guild Leader. Yesterday, I heard that monsters in the D-rank Gate commonly used by guilds went berserk. Was that your doing?”

 

“That was-.”

 

“You didn’t use a berserk item, did you?”

 

When Han Tae-ho chewed his lips, the Vice-Chairman couldn’t contain his anger and threw a pile of documents.

 

Toward Han Tae-ho’s face.

 

“Are you in your right mind right now! What if it gets revealed that I’m also involved with that item!”

 

“…I’m sorry.”

 

“Enough! There will be no more support for Crimson Moon, so don’t ever appear before me again!”

 

“Then the work I was handling-.”

 

“That too! Kun Guild will handle everything, so keep your hands off!”

 

The Vice-Chairman, who had unilaterally shot out only what he wanted to say, left the Chairman’s Office just like that.

 

Bang!

 

Han Tae-ho gritted his teeth at the door that closed so forcefully it seemed like it would break.

 

“I was planning to do that anyway, so that works out well.”

 

The Vice-Chairman didn’t bring up the topic of overdue compensation until the very end.

 

Just as he was making a gesture to spit at such pettiness.

 

A glossy box placed on the desk caught Han Tae-ho’s eye.

 

It was a box that the Vice-Chairman treasured and wouldn’t let anyone touch.

 

The glossy surface looked quite valuable.

 

Wouldn’t it cover about half of the overdue compensation?

 

A normal person wouldn’t have touched someone else’s belongings in this situation, but Han Tae-ho was different.

 

“That’s right. You should have properly given what you owed.”

 

Click.

 

When he opened the box, a dark red light suddenly emanated.

 

Black seeds lined up neatly inside the box, emitting a red aura.

 

Han Tae-ho picked up one of them.

 

“What is this that he was hiding and guarding so carefully. Hmm.”

 

His contemplation was very short and his execution was quick.

 

Han Tae-ho swiftly shoved what he held into his back pants pocket.

 

Without even knowing what it was.

 

He just took it thinking ‘eat shit’ since the Vice-Chairman valued it importantly.

 

Surprisingly, Han Tae-ho was the type whose head was also filled with muscle.

 

However, thanks to those muscles being quite well-developed in balance, he was also skilled at situational judgment and cunning schemes.

 

‘As long as there’s no empty space, it should be fine, right?’

 

Han Tae-ho picked up a pebble from a small flower pot on the desk and activated his skill.

 

【SYSTEM】

 

【Skill ‘Transformation (A+ rank)’ is applied.】

 

【The object is given a red glowing property.】

 

【The object’s appearance is adjusted.】

 

Other people thought Han Tae-ho’s ‘Transformation’ only changed an item’s effects, but it was actually a skill that could also transform an item’s appearance.

 

The pebble soon began to ripple and change shape.

 

The surface became smooth and a red aura gradually began to emanate.

 

After a moment.

 

It changed to look similar to the things contained in the box.

 

“Perfect.”

 

Han Tae-ho smiled proudly and slipped the transformed pebble into the empty space.

 

When lined up next to the original ones, it was impossible to distinguish with the naked eye.

 

A rumbling sound came from Han Tae-ho’s stomach.

 

“…The meat was delicious.”

 

Would he be able to eat it again?

 

Han Tae-ho, who closed the box, smacked his lips.

 

He hoped this would be something quite useful.

 

Then wouldn’t Seo Ganghyeon be able to meet that tiny F-rank Hunter again?

 

Then he might be able to eat that strange lettuce-wrapped meat again too.

 

Letting his thoughts flow according to the stream of consciousness, Han Tae-ho quickly left the Chairman’s Office before the Vice-Chairman returned to cause another scene.

 

Since things had come to this, he had reached the conclusion that he should very thoroughly organize and hand over evidence of all the Vice-Chairman’s cover-ups he had been handling.

 

At the possibility that he might eat that meat from back then again, Han Tae-ho’s sturdy legs moved as lightly as if they had wings.

 

How much time had passed since Han Tae-ho left like that?

 

The Vice-Chairman belatedly returned to the Chairman’s Office.

 

As soon as he hurriedly closed the door, he immediately approached the desk.

 

“What an idiot…! Of all things to forget!”

 

The Vice-Chairman hurriedly opened the box to check its contents.

 

One, two, three…

 

There were no empty spaces.

 

“…Ha.”

 

With a sigh of relief, the strength in his legs gave out with a thud.

 

“That was almost a disaster.”

 

If even one had disappeared, he didn’t want to imagine what measures would have come down from above.

 

The Vice-Chairman unconsciously shuddered once.

 

Then, as if he would never lose it, he shoved the entire box into his inner pocket.

 

“I’ll have to be more careful from now on.”

 

The Vice-Chairman, muttering as if making a resolution, called the Association employees who were out in the garden.

 

Click.

 

As soon as the dial tone ended, the Vice-Chairman immediately poured out the main point.

 

“Collect all the crop items there.”

 

A murmuring sound continued from the other end of the receiver.

 

The Vice-Chairman, who had been listening quietly, suddenly frowned deeply.

 

“What? Haechi monopoly? There’s no such thing! Don’t you know all items are distributed under Association management? Bring everything to me right now!”

 

After shouting and hanging up the phone arbitrarily, the Vice-Chairman smacked his lips.

 

What kind of windfall was this?

 

Honestly, it was disappointing that the hunter he’d been looking for was F-rank.

 

But if that F-rank was the ‘crop supplier’ that hunters had been talking about lately, that changed everything.

 

Moreover, he’d secured the location of the garden.

 

This was practically like catching the goose that laid golden eggs whole.

 

“He must have cleared the Yangpyeong Gate using those strange items too. Otherwise, there’s no way a mere production-type could clear a gate alone.”

 

If that was the case, the crops’ effects might be even more amazing than what was publicly known.

 

If he could get his hands on the crops from that garden…

 

Gulp.

 

The Vice-Chairman’s Adam’s apple moved slowly.

 

Just imagining it made his mouth water.

 

“Heh… hehe.”

 

A sinister laugh echoed low throughout the room.

 

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“So. I’d like to hear an explanation of how you plan to raid the garden?”

 

“First, I’ll divert those people’s attention—wait a moment.”

 

Hana stopped mid-sentence.

 

Behind the wall near the garden.

 

Hana, crouched down with a scarf wrapped around his head, carefully observed the movements of the Association employees.

 

The employees were bustling around, each taking out item appraisal equipment.

 

Hana quickly turned to look beside him.

 

There he saw Seo Ganghyeon sitting right next to him, completely naturally.

 

As if it was perfectly normal for him to be there.

 

“But why are you naturally here with me?”

 

Hana looked at Kang Hyeon with confusion.

 

Earlier, hadn’t he said coldly that he’d head back first after just escorting him to the garden?

 

“Seo Ganghyeon, didn’t you say you were busy?”

 

“I suddenly became free.”

 

The busiest person in South Korea, saying what now.

 

When Hana narrowed his eyes at the ridiculous statement, Kang Hyeon made an even more shameless expression.

 

“And I’m working right now, aren’t I?”

 

“What work are you doing here?”

 

It was a valid point.

 

Kang Hyeon closed his mouth for a moment, and having nothing particular to say, just turned his head slightly.

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