The SSS-Class Hunter’s Garden Log - Chapter 86

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Chapter 86

“Our Guild Leader tends to be a bit sensitive right after waking up. I apologize.”

The Vice-Guild Master who had calmed Han Tae-ho down and seated him glared at Kim Wuchan.

“Guild Leader, please watch that mouth of yours. Please!”

But Kim Wuchan didn’t even pretend to listen and picked at his ear.

“It’s not like I said anything wrong.”

“You have the kind of character that suggests you learned family education through self-study!”

“And did you receive your family education with an iron rod?”

Like a hamster defying a bear, Kim Wuchan shot back without backing down.

Caught between them, only the Vice-Guild Master struggled, quickly organizing the situation so far and beginning to relay it to Han Tae-ho.

The things the former Vice-Chairman had been doing.

From how it wasn’t simple corruption or power struggles but part of a ritual for ‘the descent of an evil god,’ to how it was involved in the Association Chairman ending up unconscious like that.

Worried that a fight might break out between Han Tae-ho and Kim Wuchan, the Vice-Guild Master continued speaking without even taking a breath.

“…What?”

At first, Han Tae-ho asked back as if he couldn’t properly understand.

He too had learned about the demon worshippers because of Hana, but having the reality of what he had been doing all this time confirmed so directly was quite shocking.

As the explanation continued, his expression gradually hardened.

“Then… what have I been doing all this time…”

Han Tae-ho couldn’t bring himself to finish his words.

The memories that had been scattered in fragments in his mind connected as one in this moment.

The things he had helped with.

The missions he had carried out without much suspicion.

If all of those things weren’t simple corruption, but processes for offering Hunters as sacrifices to an evil god.

“I, I didn’t even know that and was just trying to raise our guild’s ranking a bit.”

Han Tae-ho’s lips turned pale.

It was a confused voice mixed with anger and guilt.

Ashamed of his past actions, Han Tae-ho didn’t know what to do.

Kim Wuchan, who had been primly drinking water, saw this and snorted.

“Of course you didn’t know. You only have sports in your head.”

“Taesan Guild Master. Even in this situation, you-!”

“And the Vice-Chairman was using you as a tail to cut off. Of course he would have kept you in the dark.”

Han Tae-ho’s rising temper subsided at the indifferent tone.

“We found out while digging into Damian Park. That former Vice-Chairman bastard started preparing as soon as he saw signs of corruption being exposed.”

“…What do you mean?”

Han Tae-ho’s voice came out roughly.

Kim Wuchan spoke nonchalantly.

“Preparing to abandon you.”

The air in the hospital room instantly turned cold.

“…”

No one could continue speaking.

Kim Wuchan, as if such reactions were familiar, continued speaking without concern.

“He planned to use and discard you from the beginning. He was going to frame you appropriately, then push you into a Gate and use you as a sacrifice.”

Han Tae-ho’s mind went blank.

“One S-rank has the same effect as offering dozens of regular Hunters.”

“So from the beginning I was a card to be discarded, and I was running around cleaning up after that bastard without even knowing it.”

Kim Wuchan didn’t bother to answer.

Instead, he affirmed with his eyes.

“…Ha.”

A deflating sound leaked from Han Tae-ho.

It was a hollow laugh.

“That’s not the end of it.”

Kim Wuchan opened his mouth again.

“Crimson Moon Guild. That is, there seem to be quite a few inside your guild too.”

The moment the guild name was mentioned, Han Tae-ho’s pupils shook uneasily.

“What do you mean?”

“What else. Demon worshippers.”

Kim Wuchan stretched and shook his body.

“Unless you want to get stabbed in the back by the Hunters you’re keeping, you’d better find them quickly.”

Han Tae-ho’s face was now almost as dark as a dead person’s.

Then something flashed through his mind.

“Wait. You said the Association Chairman falling into a coma was also the work of demon worshippers?”

Kim Wuchan’s eyes rolled around.

“Why, is there something that comes to mind?”

“Around the time the Association Chairman collapsed, there was one task the Vice-Chairman had me do.”

Han Tae-ho bit his nails with his large frame.

So the day before news came that the Association Chairman had suddenly collapsed.

The former Vice-Chairman had suddenly pointed to a Crimson Moon guild member who was beside Han Tae-ho.

Telling him to take some documents or something to the Association Chairman.

It wasn’t even important documents.

Could that guild member and the Vice-Chairman have conspired to do something to the Association Chairman…

Thud!

Han Tae-ho stood up from his seat.

The chair was pushed back and scraped the floor.

That reaction alone was enough to convey the situation.

The gazes of everyone in the hospital room simultaneously turned to Han Tae-ho.

“Even so, there’s no way that bastard who’s only A-rank could harm the Association Chairman.”

Han Tae-ho muttered in confusion.

“It seems we need to check.”

And Kang Hyeon was silently watching all of this.

While leaning his back against the wall.

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“Ah, I don’t want to move.”

Hana, who had been sprawled on the snow field for a while, finally slowly got up.

His whole body ached.

His arms.

His legs.

Even his fingertips.

Everything throbbed stiffly as if refusing to move properly.

“Still, I have to do what needs to be done.”

Heave.

Hana suppressed his instinct to stay sprawled and got up.

And he limped through the portal.

Hana threw off his hat and gloves and first rolled up his sleeves.

“Where should I start with this.”

It was one mountain after another.

Having neglected garden management for a few days due to various incidents, there was no end to what needed attention.

Hana first pulled out the secret weapon among the things he bought today.

The very dutiful item for farm work! An agricultural chair!

Hana put his legs through the straps attached to the chair and looked with satisfaction at the chair dangling behind his bottom.

His whole body was already aching from bending his back for hours doing work, and to think such a good thing existed.

“I even got one with wheels!”

Although he had lost the precious fertilizer because of Damian.

Having obtained reliable equipment, Hana quickly sat down on the chair to test its performance.

In that position, he gently pushed against the floor with his feet.

The chair glided forward very smoothly even on the dirt floor.

Hana covered his mouth in overwhelming emotion.

This was truly a marvel of modern technology.

To think he had suffered all this time when something this good was available.

This time, Hana used his leg strength more forcefully to pull the chair along.

In that state, he passed between the lettuce and turned toward the tomatoes.

The wheels turned smoothly, making even the cornering perfect.

“This is really good?”

Having recovered his energy, Hana excitedly tried pulling the chair even faster.

Then, clunk, the front wheel got caught on a protruding stone.

As a result, he tumbled backward with a thud, blinking rapidly.

Puhaha-!

Laughter burst out from embarrassment.

Though the only thing in this Gate was Popcon anyway.

Hana shamelessly got up as if nothing had happened and brushed the dirt off his clothes.

Despite the minor accident, the chair’s performance was very satisfactory.

Hana’s cheeks rose in a bright smile.

“As expected. Farming is all about having the right equipment!”

Hana first approached the Bubble Puff tomatoes.

Of course, before that, he didn’t forget to pet Popcon, who was wagging its tail beside him.

As the soft fur touched his palm, his mood became pleasantly relaxed.

“Wait just a little. I’ll finish quickly and play with you.”

After withdrawing his hand from Popcon.

Hana quite seriously diagnosed the condition of the Bubble Puff tomatoes.

In the few days he hadn’t tended to them, the stems had tilted slightly to the side due to the weight of the fruit.

Still, perhaps because it was the first crop he had started growing, the Bubble Puff tomatoes were now somewhat easier to handle compared to the others.

“If I leave them like this, they’ll all fall over.”

Hana reached out and carefully straightened the stems.

But perhaps because they had been bent for a long time, the curved stems showed no sign of straightening.

Leaving them like this would be disadvantageous for growth, so he needed to create supports.

Hana placed a support stake next to the stem and secured it with gardening ties.

“I shouldn’t tie it too tight, right?”

Because Bubble Puff tomato stems thicken faster than expected.

Hana tried to wrap the ties moderately so they could be easily removed later.

“Wait, how do I do this?”

I take back what I said about Bubble Puff tomatoes being easier to handle.

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