The Tone-Deaf Healer Kills with a Song - Chapter 149

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Tone-Deaf Healer Kills with Song – Episode 149
Four days before returning to Korea.
I was approaching the record for the most Dungeons cleared in a short time in the United States.
Of course, I never intended to actually challenge that record.
I simply did my best with everything I could manage, and somehow it turned out this way.
I thought that with just a little more effort, I might be able to break that record. But I was told not to push myself to that extent.
“But why do we have to wait here?”
“Pardon?”
“Today was supposed to be time for Ye-ah and me to spend together.”
We were standing in front of the teleportation device.
Dante’s return was delayed somewhat because various complications arose inside the Dungeon.
I heard that any problems that might have occurred were eliminated before they could even form, since I’d been destroying all sorts of Dungeons for practice.
‘Ranking 1st Yeom Ye-ah, has she forgotten Dante’s rudeness?’
‘Yeom Ye-ah Hunter, who personally proved that Nike and Hanttae are friends’
‘Hanttae, demonstrating a ranker’s dignity’
All sorts of speculative articles emerged.
In short, the claim was that I’d upheld my loyalty to Dante by deliberately clearing Dungeons and significantly reducing his workload.
I’d simply done my absolute best and drained every last drop of value from it. I wondered how people would feel if they knew the truth.
James was delighted that Dante’s image had suddenly risen somewhere other than Nike thanks to me.
‘Actually, we’re already aware that you can’t harbor good feelings toward Dante, Hunter Yeom Ye-ah. So we’re truly sorry.’
Even as he said that, he kept bowing repeatedly, asking me to help Dante just once more—but I couldn’t say I disliked it.
And Jung Hwan-jae and I had agreed to join forces to prevent Dante from retiring on his own terms.
“We agreed to cooperate for Hunter Dante. We even helped so he wouldn’t receive negative attention.”
“I’m aware of that much. So I’ve done my part to help as well.”
I nodded slowly.
While I’d been clearing Dungeons on my own, Jung Hwan-jae had also been busy with various tasks.
He’d been running around trying to track down the Staff members’ killers that Dante was pursuing, and he’d actually caught several of them.
Based on the information he’d obtained in Korea, after investigating primarily Ragnarok, traces of quite a few people were actually discovered.
“After doing all that, do I really have to come pick him up and sacrifice the time I’d spend with Ye-ah?”
“Rosalind asked for it. For her sake if nothing else, let’s wait a little longer.”
Rosalind squeezed my hand as she spoke.
Though she sometimes seemed to view herself as worthless, even as a tool, I felt I should at least preserve her dignity.
And the only way she could demonstrate that she was still capable in this situation was for me to go meet him.
It wasn’t something I couldn’t do, and I thought Jung Hwan-jae would naturally follow if I suggested going there.
Indeed, though his expression showed displeasure, he stood quietly beside me.
“I’ll just watch him arrive and coldly send him through the teleporter. Then we’re going on a date.”
“Is there somewhere you’d like to go?”
“Actually, I feel like people will be watching us no matter where we go.”
“No, that won’t be a problem if we wear perception-limiting items.”
I hadn’t managed to do any proper sightseeing since arriving in the United States.
But that didn’t mean I desperately wanted to see something in particular.
Famous tourist spots would probably just leave me jostled by crowds.
Maybe I should suggest another Dungeon date like last time.
“I’ll think about it slowly while we wait. If you have somewhere you’d like to go, just tell me.”
“Of course.”
A cool breeze swept across us.
Korea must be approaching autumn by now. If I delayed my return even a day, I might miss the fleeting glimpse of fall and lose it entirely.
As I stared blankly at the teleportation device, something suddenly crossed my mind.
“Um, about those people you caught this time, senior…”
Though no one was listening, I deliberately avoided saying the name “Handler killer.”
Even speaking in such roundabout terms, he seemed to immediately grasp what I meant and nodded.
“Why didn’t people know they were coming from that area until now? If Dante searched so thoroughly, he should have found at least this much of a clue.”
“Well, Dante did reach the point of suspecting they might be near Ragnarok. But he couldn’t move alone.”
Watching him enter Korea on his own and move about freely, one might mistake him for living without restrictions.
But every time he moved, one or two watchers dispatched by Nike would follow him.
Whenever he managed to shake them off, Nike would immediately contact him asking where he was going.
“But once he goes overseas, it’s difficult to attach such surveillance. Especially in Korea.”
If Hanttae discovered those watchers, no excuse would help escape responsibility for monitoring their Hunters.
There was likely this reason behind why he entered Korea and approached us to investigate the Handler killers.
If he had approached Ragnarok this time to capture those people, Nike would have definitely caught the scent first.
“Nike…”
“I don’t think they’ve fallen so far as to collude with the Handler killers. They’re simply greedy. Regardless of intent, we can no longer consider them uninvolved.”
“That’s a relief. I was worried they might have actually done something like that.”
[Liri: When you think about how all of this started from the desire to grasp power, you can’t really say they’re completely separate.]
Desire.
I blinked slowly.
“Catching just one person won’t solve this. The situation keeps growing.”
“But capturing him could be the most crucial breakthrough. Even though things seem to happen separately in different places, they’re all connected.”
Once we capture Kim Kyung-hoon, the story of the Korean Handler murders will emerge.
That incident will also connect to other countries, including the United States.
“And regarding Ragnarok as well.”
“Which Ragnarok?”
“Both the Ragnarok that Balder speaks of and the colossal Gate Ragnarok spreading across the entire world right now.”
I nodded briefly with a soft hum.
Not long ago, I received a call from Sung Mi-ju and Sung Ji-wook.
They said Harp had made some discovery about Ragnarok.
The gist was this:
Ragnarok had a tendency to incite negative emotions in humans, and those who approached it experienced the same phenomenon regardless of their strength.
Moreover, the Dungeon fragments that created artificial Dungeons also emitted the same ominous aura.
“Could the Dungeon fragments themselves have originated from Ragnarok?”
“It’s not entirely absent.”
“The possibility of Ragnarok erupting again?”
[Liri: You don’t need to worry about that. That Dungeon has been completely and definitively annihilated and terminated. It’s not in a dormant state like a sleeping volcano.]
[Liri: However, since it was such a catastrophic disaster for this world to bear, traces of it still remain. Remnants of the calamity, so to speak.]
[Liri: Even if a Gate were to open there again, it would never reach the scale of that colossal Gate.]
[Liri: It would merely be a second disaster.]
‘Thank you, Liri.’
“It doesn’t seem to exist.”
“Ah, yes.”
Jung Hwan-jae, who had been about to respond, nodded awkwardly.
At that same moment, light flickered in front of the machine. I was grateful to avoid an uncomfortable silence.
Within seconds, Dante materialized before us.
“You’ve arrived?”
“Were you waiting for me?”
He greeted me with a slightly weary but composed expression.
I gave a light nod and was about to say something more when Jung Hwan-jae suddenly grabbed Dante’s arm and shoved him toward the teleportation device.
“Huh?”
With a sound almost like a final gasp, Dante vanished beyond the teleportation apparatus.
It took me a considerable moment to comprehend what had just happened.
More precisely, I stood dazed until the others began emerging one by one.
Jung Hwan-jae, who had been patiently waiting for me, extended his hand the instant I regained my senses.
“I’ve finished everything I needed to do. Let’s go on a date.”

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