The SSS-Class Hunter’s Garden Log - Chapter 66

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Chapter 66

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Beep-, beep-.

Inside the hospital room where regular machine sounds echoed.

A space where the smell of disinfectant stung the nose.

In the center of it all, Damian Park sat in a chair with his legs leisurely crossed.

Across from him lay the Korea Hunter Association President, motionless.

“It’s been a while, Association President.”

Damian waved his hand lightly.

No response came back.

It was only natural.

Nevertheless, Damian leaned forward with a completely unconcerned expression.

Then he grabbed the Association President’s hand, lifted it up, and shook it left and right.

Just like he had done earlier.

“When someone greets you, you should respond, like this.”

Only after forcibly moving the Association President’s hand to return the greeting did Damian smile with satisfaction.

The dimples that spread across his pale cheeks made him look like an angel.

Thud.

After dropping the Association President’s hand onto the bed as if throwing it.

Damian hummed a tune while turning on his tablet.

“Your nephew is probably having a hard time right now in the center of a gate where an avalanche is occurring.”

“…”

“Hmm? Why did I do such a thing?”

Damian carried on a conversation as if the Association President were awake.

“It seems your nephew stepped on the tail of our organization. So what choice did I have.”

Damian’s fingers moved elegantly across the tablet like they were dancing.

What he was trying to access was the personal information of Hunter ‘1’.

“It’ll probably be difficult for him to get out of there. It’s a gate I put special care into making.”

The gate where the Taesan Guild Master was trapped had also been created with an artificial core.

“So why do you all do such unnecessary things. The Association President, the Association President’s nephew, and also-.”

Damian’s long fingers that had been flipping through the tablet screen suddenly stopped in mid-air.

“‘1’ as well.”

Damian’s lips curved upward as they reflected on the clean white screen of the tablet.

“Oh my. Someone has already erased all the information.”

Damian bit his lips as he looked at ‘1’s personal file with all contents cleanly deleted.

Rather than being flustered, it was an action to hold back laughter.

“It seems our Association President’s planted dog is still inside the Seoul Association? Who could have erased it so cleanly.”

Right at that moment.

Bzzt—!

An error code flashed up on the tablet’s empty screen.

It was an error message detecting abnormal access.

At the same time, the location that had tried to access ‘1’s file also appeared.

It was the Korea Hunter Association Central Headquarters Hunter Registry.

“Hmm?”

As if he had discovered an interesting toy, the corners of Damian’s eyes lifted slightly.

“What could this be now. Someone’s trying to do something cute.”

Just then.

With perfect timing, the hospital room door opened along with a knock.

“Vice-Chairman Damian.”

It was Secretary Kim.

Who had become responsible for Damian following the previous Vice-Chairman.

“I have something to report.”

Damian flicked his index finger without even turning his head.

“Go ahead.”

“The Taesan Guild has requested cooperation from Hunter Seo Ganghyeon.”

Only then did Damian’s gaze move toward Secretary Kim.

“So. Did Hunter Seo Ganghyeon go to the gate where the Taesan Guild Master is trapped?”

“Yes. And one other hunter accompanied him as well.”

“Who are you talking about?”

“Hunter Yun Hana, an F-rank production type.”

A strange light appeared in Damian’s eyes as he had been fiddling with the tablet.

Yun Hana?

That hunter who had been at the scene every time an artificial gate core was conquered?

The corners of Damian’s eyes curved prettily.

His interest was piqued.

Could such a coincidence really exist.

At this point, it seemed like the artificial gate cores might be magnetically connected to that hunter named Yun Hana.

How could she get involved every single time.

Hmm.

Damian gazed at the empty tablet screen and recited as if singing.

“When coincidences keep piling up, they’re no longer coincidences.”

He became curious whether she would be able to conquer this gate as well.

Damian’s neatly curved lips deepened even further.

Still, if she really did conquer it, he would be in quite a predicament. He thought he should take some measures.

“It might be good to play a little prank. What do you think, Secretary Kim?”

Secretary Kim, who had been secretly observing the Association President lying still as if dead, hurriedly bowed his head.

“Yes. I think that sounds good.”

Damian, who had been steadily watching Secretary Kim, slowly stood up.

And as he was about to leave the hospital room, he made an “Ah” sound.

“Secretary Kim. Could you go to the Hunter Registration Office right now?”

“The Hunter Registration Office, you mean?”

“Yes. Go there and find out who tried to open ‘1’s personal file.”

Click.

Damian left the hospital room first.

As the sound of footsteps faded beyond the closed door, only the machine sounds gently echoed through the hospital room again.

Beep, beep.

Secretary Kim stood in place without moving a single step.

With only his eyes very slightly furrowed.

The spot where Damian had been sitting until just moments ago.

The tablet left there.

Secretary Kim’s gaze turned in that direction.

Secretary Kim, who had been staring at the white file floating on the unturned screen for a moment, tried to pick up the tablet.

It was right then that Secretary Kim’s hand became blurred like smoke.

Sometime ago.

Just like when he had infiltrated the Chairman’s Office and erased ‘1’s file.

His hand, now with a faint substance, passed right through the tablet without any resistance.

Secretary Kim, who whispered something quietly, picked up the tablet with his hand that had returned to normal.

Then he bowed toward the Association President lying on the bed.

“I’ve erased all of ‘1’s information, so you don’t need to worry too much, Association President.”

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At the same time.

A red line was drawn across the empty air at the peak of Seoraksan, accompanied by flames.

“Oh? Hunter Seo Ganghyeon must be here!”

Someone who recognized the flames that symbolized Kang Hyeon shouted urgently.

Before those words could even finish, the thin red line split open as if being torn left and right.

Crack—.

Space split apart and two people emerged from within.

It was Kang Hyeon and Hana.

As the two set foot on the ground, the crack closed instantly.

Hana unconsciously opened her mouth at the scene unfolding before her eyes.

A perfectly round snow pile without a single dent or crease.

If she had seen it without knowing, she would never have imagined it was related to a Gate.

After quickly assessing the situation, Kang Hyeon immediately drew his sword.

While everyone’s attention was drawn to the flames flickering on the blade.

The tip of Kang Hyeon’s sword cut diagonally across the snow pile.

Then the surface of the snow pile cracked, revealing the interior of the Gate through the gap.

A fierce wind and swirling blizzard.

And the sky above covered in dazzling light as if polar night had arrived.

The inside of the Gate was completely white.

But among all that, there was something that was uniquely red.

The moment she confirmed those things scattered across the ground like strawberries.

A system window appeared in one corner of Hana’s vision.

【SYSTEM】

【You have discovered ‘Strawberry🍓 Blooming in the Snowy Plains’.】

“Oh…!”

Hana let out an exclamation almost reflexively.

It was a very small sound, barely audible to others.

But Kang Hyeon, who somehow heard that sound, looked at Hana.

“Is this it? The Gate that Yun Hana is looking for?”

“Yes. I think so.”

The coincidence was beyond words.

But before she could even think about entering.

Hiss.

Kang Hyeon’s flames that met the surface of the snow pile were extinguished.

And as the flames receded, the gap that had been open also closed.

Without leaving even a chance to enter.

As if his pride was hurt, Kang Hyeon swung his sword again.

However, this time he didn’t cut through space but thrust the tip of his sword directly into the sphere.

Soon flames blazed up along the blade again, and a round hole began to form around the sword.

But that too was momentary.

The speed at which the flames touching the snow were extinguished was faster than the speed at which the flames spread.

Watching this situation, Hana quietly raised her hand and tried activating her Side Alley skill.

Of course, without being noticed by others.

It was just a hopeful thought.

But nothing happened.

【SYSTEM】

【The Side Alley skill cannot be applied to this Gate.】

Hmm. As expected.

Hana nodded as if she had anticipated this.

If even the great Seo Ganghyeon couldn’t do it, there was no way she could.

Meanwhile, Kang Hyeon continued pouring out flames.

The sounds of fire and ice clashing erupted continuously.

Hiss—! Scrape. Hiss—, scrape.

It was an endless war of attrition.

Moreover, as if adding insult to injury, dark clouds were rolling in over the clear sky.

Hana tilted her head back at the sky that had turned pitch black in an instant.

Then she saw snowflakes fluttering down from the sky.

“A blizzard on top of a snow pile.”

What kind of bolt from the blue was this in this season.

Hana shivered from the fierce cold.

Ah, I shouldn’t have put away my padding earlier.

It was a moment when she desperately wanted fluffy gloves and padding.

“Aaah!”

Just then, one of the nearby Hunters screamed.

When she turned to see what was wrong, the skin of the Taesan Guild Members who had been hit by snow was turning blue and freezing.

“Snow! You can’t get hit by the snow!”

As soon as those words ended, the blue frost on each person’s skin spread with a crackling sound, expanding the frozen area.

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