You Have Been Invited to the Auction House of the Gods - Chapter 76
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76
– The department store collapse that occurred this afternoon is under investigation as the work of an unidentified Hunter.
The News Anchor’s voice rang out resolutely from the screen.
– According to testimonies from Citizens who were at the scene, a sudden explosion rang out…
Behind the News Anchor, the image of a half-collapsed Department Store appeared.
– This incident has heightened Citizens’ anxiety about Hunter crimes.
– Some voices are calling for strengthened Hunter management laws.
– The Hunter who committed the terrorism is currently under arrest and being transported to the Special Hunter Detention Center.
Just then, someone approached and whispered something to the News Anchor.
Then the News Room began to stir.
– This is breaking news. The Association Transport Vehicle that was in transit has…
I turned off the screen.
Ding! My Cell Phone notification sound rang out.
[Transport Vehicle overturned. Yoo Seong-ho on the run.]
‘That was fast.’
I slowly rose from my chair.
After stretching, I pulled my Hood down deep.
“Shall I start moving now.”
With those words, I threw myself out of the building.
***
There was a rumor circulating secretly among Hunters these days.
A simple surgery that would Re-Awaken you as an A-rank Hunter.
But no one believed such absurd talk.
Yoo Seong-ho felt the same way.
Until one of his Juniors Re-Awakened to A-rank.
When you become an F-rank Hunter, most become Porters.
It’s dangerous and difficult, but the pay is quite decent.
When you reach E-rank, you participate in raids as a Hunter rather than a Porter.
The daily wage is 1.5 times higher than a Porter, but the danger level increases accordingly.
From D-rank, the scale of money you earn begins to change.
And C-rank.
If you reach C-rank, you could enter small to medium, or if lucky, even Mid-tier Guilds.
From this point, you could live the life of a real Hunter that People imagine.
Yoo Seong-ho was a C-rank Hunter.
Hundred-million won income and Raid Team management.
If you could call it successful, it was a successful life.
But what plunged his life into an abyss was dangerous curiosity.
A Casino he happened to try while abroad.
Perhaps unable to forget the thrill he felt then, he got involved in gambling even after returning to Korea.
Though he had accumulated debts that didn’t exist before, Yoo Seong-ho didn’t stop.
He thought that as a C-rank Hunter, he could pay off this level of debt by running Dungeons diligently for a month.
But Yoo Seong-ho didn’t realize.
That gambling destroys not only the body but also the mind.
Mistakes began to increase, and eventually he received notice of expulsion from the Raid Team.
And what he finally reached for was the A-rank surgery his Junior had told him about.
A Secluded Alley, a small Hospital with a Pediatric Clinic sign.
One might ask who would build a Pediatric Clinic in such a place, but that’s exactly why there was no better place for Disguise.
And inside the place he entered after knocking on the iron door, there was The Man carelessly wearing a Doctor’s Coat stained with grime over a sleeveless shirt.
A middle-aged Man with a bald head wearing Thick Glasses.
He was the person called ‘Doctor’.
Yoo Seong-ho was led by the Doctor’s hand and climbed onto the Operating Table.
The uneasiness that had persisted from seeing the crude Operating Room finally exploded when he saw the Stone fragment and Small Drill in the Doctor’s hands.
He tried to struggle and say he wanted to quit, but sleep gas was already flowing into his nostrils.
‘I should have at least checked his medical license…’
The moment regret crossed his mind, the surgery was already over.
Before Yoo Seong-ho could fall into despair upon seeing the black stone fragment embedded in his chest, the effects of the surgery manifested.
Incomparable strength from before was bursting out from his entire body.
Superhuman power he had never felt even when he was a C-rank Hunter.
The Doctor had said that periodic adjustment treatments would be necessary, but it was no longer reaching his ears.
He had to quickly build up his achievements and receive Re-Awakening.
And he had to become an A-rank Hunter to recover the money he lost back then.
No, he had to win even more than that to break even.
Considering how much time he had lost, shouldn’t he receive compensation for that?
So he had to hurry and gather money again.
Thus, Yoo Seong-ho formed a raid team and headed to dungeons to build up his achievements.
Paying off his debts was quick.
He received Re-Awakening and took the A-rank examination.
In his mind, there was only the thought of gambling with the money he would earn from running A-rank dungeons.
However, an unexpected variable occurred that he hadn’t considered.
The Doctor’s words about coming for periodic adjustment treatments.
The moment he ignored the Doctor’s warning that went in one ear and out the other, a tragedy occurred.
When he regained his sanity, what met his eyes were only his own blood-soaked self and the corpses of dead raid team members.
Fortunately, it was processed as an accidental death.
Thus, Yoo Seong-ho was planning to visit the Doctor’s clinic.
Just after finishing the popup event with his girlfriend.
Since he had been too neglectful, he had to spend at least two hours with her.
And then the rampage on the rooftop began.
Yoo Seong-ho, who had escaped from the transport vehicle, roughly threw open the iron door of the clinic.
“Doctor!”
The Doctor calmly looked at Yoo Seong-ho while eating cup ramen.
As if this wasn’t the first or second time such a thing had happened, he was merely indifferent.
“Can you really swallow that cup ramen right now?”
Yoo Seong-ho strode toward the Doctor.
“What the hell is going on?”
“That’s why I told you that you needed to receive periodic adjustment treatments.”
The Doctor gulped down the ramen with the cup and continued speaking.
“More than that, you’ve caused quite a grand accident.”
On the TV, news about Yoo Seong-ho’s escape during transport was flowing.
“That was unavoidable… Guhk—!”
The Doctor’s hand snatched Yoo Seong-ho’s throat.
How could an old man’s strength be this strong…
Yoo Seong-ho could only struggle without being able to do anything.
“After causing that chaos and fleeing, didn’t you think there would be pursuit?”
“Of… course I shook them all off… ugh…”
The Doctor swept his gaze across the entire door that Yoo Seong-ho had entered through.
Suddenly, an eerie aura spread from behind the Doctor’s thick glasses throughout the entire building.
“There’s no tracking yet…”
Only after confirming did he let him go.
“Guhk… huff huff…”
Yoo Seong-ho, freed from the Doctor’s grasp, breathed roughly.
“Don’t dawdle and follow me to the surgery room. I’ll give you the treatment before we get caught.”
Then, as if remembering something, he turned around again.
“Including moving expenses, the treatment cost is double.”
Yoo Seong-ho silently placed the bag containing bundles of money on the table.
It was money he had saved up to use as gambling funds.
He had planned to use about half for the procedure fee and the rest as escape money, but Yoo Seong-ho just handed over the entire bag to the Doctor.
The Doctor’s power he had felt just moments ago was no ordinary thing.
Escape money could be saved up again, but life couldn’t be gathered again.
“It seems a bit short, but since there’s no time, I’ll let that much slide.”
With those words, Yoo Seong-ho climbed onto the Doctor’s operating table once more.
***
He threw Yoo Seong-ho onto the shabby operating table and injected sleep gas.
When his shirt was removed, a Ghost Stone carved with geometric patterns was embedded in Yoo Seong-ho’s chest.
“No traces of torture.”
The Doctor examined every corner of Yoo Seong-ho’s body before entering surgery.
He was worried that he might have been interrogated and revealed information about this place.
Well, if he had tried to reveal core information, he would have already lost his life before coming here.
That cunning bastard Association President wouldn’t have let this guy go without interrogation.
“Then again, there wouldn’t have been time for interrogation.”
Judging by the gap between the department store terror news and the news of his escape during transport, it seemed he had fled while being moved for interrogation.
What was needed now was speed.
He had to remove the Ghost Stone embedded in Yoo Seong-ho’s body before the Association President went crazy and stormed this place.
From the beginning, the Doctor had no intention of keeping Yoo Seong-ho alive.
His purpose was only the Ghost Stone embedded in Yoo Seong-ho’s body.
Yoo Seong-ho would die, but what could be done about it.
If you don’t like it, then listen to what the doctor says.
“Tsk tsk, the circuits are completely fried.”
The doctor clicked his tongue and picked up an awl and drill.
Before removing the gemstone weapon, the circuit had to be repaired first.
That was the moment when the awl and drill in the Doctor’s hands turned toward the gemstone weapon.
“Sister, is it really okay to embed stone fragments into a human body like that?”
I heard a voice that shouldn’t have been heard.
‘There definitely wasn’t any sign of people around the building…!’
The doctor quickly turned toward where the sound came from.
There stood a man and woman together.
“Am I a sculptor or a doctor?”
“Oh, we meet again. Hello?”
The man waved his hand cheerfully.
“Then I guess I can just ask directly.”
At that moment, a blue flash filled the doctor’s vision.
And with that, the Doctor’s consciousness flickered out.
***
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