The Tone-Deaf Healer Kills with a Song - Chapter 103

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Tone-Deaf Healer Kills with Song – Episode 103
“A skill that erases memories?”
“They say Hwa-jon Hunter was a schoolmate, but there’s literally no information about him left anywhere.”
“Actually, I’ve already confirmed it with him, and the traces are suspiciously absent.”
Jung Hwan-jae casually brought up a story he’d kept hidden from us until now.
He said that not only the people who graduated from that school, but also yearbooks and various records contained no trace of So Yi-yoon.
People had even asked, “Was there ever a student like that?”
“According to Hwa-jon Hunter, he was in a different class, but he heard about him to some degree—the type with a lot of people around him.”
In other words, he wasn’t the type to be forgettable or someone who rarely attended school.
It seemed highly likely that someone had intentionally erased memories of him.
“Were there no other Awakened individuals from that school?”
“I looked into it too, and apparently So Yi-yoon Hunter and Hwa-jon Hunter were the only two who Awakened while attending that school.”
It’s true that our country has an unusually high number of people Awakening as Hunters, but when you look at specific communities like schools, the numbers aren’t that high.
It’s remarkable enough that two children from the same grade at the same school Awakened simultaneously.
You can see this from how Sung Mi-ju and Sung Ji-wook, who Awakened on the same day as siblings, made their names known first.
“True, if two Healers Awakened from the same school, they should’ve become famous.”
“They would’ve become famous. Two of them would’ve created every possible narrative—partner dynamics, rival dynamics, factions—and sold it all.”
Hearing it from Sung Ji-wook, who was already a victim of such narratives, made it feel much heavier.
I couldn’t even imagine how painful it must be to be entangled with his sister in that way, rising and falling in various places. Though he seems to have adapted to it now, even if he’s exhausted.
“Is there no information about where So Yi-yoon Hunter Awakened?”
“No, that’s why rumors spread that he was Kim Myung-joo Hunter’s son. The first time he was spotted was coming out of the Yamyeong Workshop.”
Someone asked his name then, and So Yi-yoon supposedly answered “Kim Kyung-hoon.”
When asked what his relationship was to the Yamyeong Workshop master, he smiled ambiguously and said to think of it however they liked—and that became the spark.
Kim Myung-joo was famous for refusing all media interviews and never clarifying any rumors about herself, so that rumor snowballed and has persisted until now.
That he was her son.
Could he actually be her son?
But given that she never denied it and considering Kim Kyung-hoon Hunter’s abilities, it’s plausible.
Lucky him.
It doesn’t take long for rumors to gain substance and become exaggerated. The fact that Kim Kyung-hoon Hunter’s existence itself was shrouded in mystery helped fuel it.
“I can’t be certain, but there’s definitely a possibility he has a skill that interferes with memories.”
Sung Ji-wook, having heard the entire sequence of events, quickly acknowledged it. That So Yi-yoon might possess a skill to interfere with memories.
The reason he had to ask Hwa-jon verbally might be due to his nature, but there’s a possibility it didn’t work because “So Yi-yoon is stronger.”
“I think he probably tried to use the skill on me too.”
“It wouldn’t have worked.”
My stats at that time were desperately low, but even so, there’s such a thing as potential, and Liri’s protective abilities would have been there too.
Since my mana exceeded B-rank from the start, the memory manipulation skill might not have taken effect.
I should be grateful he underestimated me so much.
“Why did So Yi-yoon change his name? From what I heard from Hwa-jon, it doesn’t seem like he caused major incidents in the past or anything.”
“Maybe he just wanted to leave his past behind. There are people like that. People who want to be recognized as if they were strong from the beginning, as if they were born that way and chosen by the heavens.”
Sung Ji-wook expressed contempt, saying such people were predictable.
It’s far more impressive to reach that position through effort. Without realizing it, I found myself frowning along with them.
Even if I wanted to be someone with talent, I couldn’t understand the psychology of wanting to reach that position while harming others.
How honorable could a position obtained through undermining others truly be?
How happy could such a position make you?
“There’s that kind of psychology, and they probably thought that if they left traces of their past, they’d be caught quickly.”
“That’s probably it….”
After all, we traced them this far only after their name was revealed.
Hwa-jon was the smoking gun.
“If it weren’t for Yea, we wouldn’t have had any reason to contact Hwa-jon in the first place.”
“Right, I would’ve said no way even if I flipped on my hands and feet and eyes. Honestly, if I were to recruit people based solely on their character, I couldn’t hire anyone.”
Sung Ji-wook grumbled that unlike Kim Hwa-hyun, he didn’t have the ability to assess potential or judge someone based on their stats.
Still, I knew his instincts were accurate to some degree.
For someone who pursued stability so extremely, merely being entangled with So Yi-yoon like this should be considered a sign of trouble in the Guild, shouldn’t it?
There are people for whom preserving current stability is more important than preventing larger accidents through change.
In the end, what mattered was that he chose our side and cooperated in capturing So Yi-yoon.
[Liri: We don’t involve ourselves in human standards of good and evil at all, so we don’t quite understand how seriously you all take this matter. Still, if Yea thinks this is important, I’ll do my best to cooperate.]
‘Thank you, Liri.’
It was probably impossible for transcendents or absolutes to understand things like human morality or death.
Liri was simply taking my side based on my standards in a biased way.
‘Can’t Liri find the Hunter So Yi-yoon? You’d be stronger than him anyway.’
[Liri: Regardless of what crimes that person committed or who they killed, they’re a precious Awakened One who can help us prevent Ragnarok.]
[Liri: Personally, I’d like to help, but they’re also someone’s precious contractor.]
[Liri: Please understand.]
Though their handler was being corrupted in real time, she was right.
For them, an Awakened One’s happiness and growth mattered more than their own death. In any case, I couldn’t rely on Liri’s help.
“Does your handler or Ji-wook’s handler have that kind of divine power?”
“As you know, Lucy doesn’t have that kind of ability.”
“Is my handler interested in tracking? Actually, I’ve never tried using divine power for it.”
“…They don’t?”
It was a shining talent.
Without thinking, I looked at Sung Ji-wook with admiring eyes. At that, he made an uncomfortable expression.
“Ji-wook is a natural talent.”
When Jung Hwan-jae praised him once, the burden on his face only deepened. He shook his head as if pleading for us to stop.
“I get it, so let’s get back to the subject. Let’s focus on catching So Yi-yoon or whatever his name is.”
His earlobes seemed to flush slightly. Seeing him like this, he really was cute.
I’d thought he was mature, but he was still just a kid after all.
The three of us put our heads together and tried to find a “living” person that So Yi-yoon had touched with his memory ability but hadn’t erased, or someone we could actually approach.
Jung Hwan-jae aimlessly flipped through his empty phone contacts, while I searched through the Ranker chat.
I couldn’t very well ask “Has anyone experienced a memory skill attack?” so I had no choice but to sift through thousands of accumulated messages one by one.
Naturally, we found nothing.
‘Does the chat not have a search function?’
[Liri: It does. But what keyword are you planning to search for?]
“….”
The moment I typed the word “memory,” I saw messages from Hunters asking me to contact them when I remembered.
I quietly began sifting through the chat room again.
I had been searching for a while when Sung Ji-wook suddenly seemed to recall something and opened his mouth.
“Ah, well, there might be one person, but I’m not certain.”
“Who.”
“Who?”
We, cornered and desperate, spoke simultaneously.
I was realizing this was a fruitless endeavor, yet since we were the ones who suggested searching in the first place, we kept repeating this foolish cycle.
I knew, Jung Hwan-jae knew, and Sung Ji-wook knew—but we were all desperately avoiding it.
Sung Ji-wook, watching us with an expression of exasperation, sighed and replied.
“Harp.”

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