Episode 125
President of the Korea Hunter Association.
And one of the leaders of a secret organization called the Five Sidus.
Lastly, one of the few ‘super level’ hunters in the world.
Chairman Lee Sa-soon is standing in front of me with his signature laugh.
“Ho Ho.”
His expression was as dull as when I saw him during the day, but there was a subtle chill in his eyes.
Those cold gazes were aimed at Chen, not me.
“I understand you were sent to provide guidance… … . “There’s a battle going on here?”
“sorry.”
Chen put the sword into the sheath in his arms and lowered his head.
‘You are very obedient… … .’
From that appearance, I was able to draw the following conclusion:
Chen is also a member of the Five Siders like her.
“Shall we hear why?”
“that is… … .”
Chen moved his small lips and started making his own excuse(?).
“I was planning on quietly knocking on the window… … . The author discovered my location right away… … .”
“Ohh?”
One of Lee Sa-soon’s eyebrows slightly rose.
Then he turns his head and looks this way.
“Isn’t it amazing? “So far, Chen has rarely been caught trying to infiltrate.”
It’s worth it.
Even I, who has developed five senses, wouldn’t have known that Chen was there if Po-ri hadn’t told me.
Instead of answering Lee Sa-sun, I asked Chen.
“Then you can tell the association president that you are looking for him. Why did you run away?”
“Because you are chasing me.”
“… … ???”
I was left speechless by that simple, clear and utterly vain answer.
Lee Sa-sun let out a characteristic laugh and slightly lowered his head with his hands clasped together.
“I will apologize on your behalf. Even though Chen has a quirky side, she is a friend who carries out her duties faithfully. I guess she was excited when she saw Hae-seon.”
“What is that… … .”
“Maybe it’s a desire to win, right?”
Lee Sa-sun asks Chen with a smile on his face.
However, Chen still lowered his head and showed no reaction.
What an amazing guy.
Aside from the fact that his gender was unclear, he was a type that was different from the typical hunter in many ways.
It’s the same with using an ordinary knife instead of a hunter device, and generating an electric current in that knife is also the same.
I can’t believe a guy like that comes out of Taiwan, which is called the wasteland of hunters.
“You might not know because Chen didn’t show up at the party, but this guy is also a talented hunter who received an invitation to the World Hunter Forum. “He is a Taiwanese star that we had a hard time recruiting.”
“I’ve never heard of a hunter in Taiwan who wields lightning with a sword.”
“Ho Ho. that’s right. Chen keeps most of his activities confidential.”
‘wow.’
If you listen to it without thinking about it, you might say something like that.
But in reality, it was a very meaningful statement.
This means that an independent organization operating in secret can easily control a specific country.
There is no country that deliberately conceals the activities of its own hunters.
A hunter’s ability is equivalent to the power of a nation.
However, the Five Siders wanted to hide Chen’s skills, and the Taiwanese association obediently followed suit.
Trading is essentially giving up something to get something.
The group that could provide help at the national level was the ‘Five Siders’, where Lee Sa-soon was active.
“This is a bigger group than I thought. Five Siders.”
“Why do you think that?”
“It seems to be large enough to negotiate with the state rather than with this or that organization.”
“is that so.”
Lee Sa-soon spread his arms without any particular denial.
“The saying that children grow up fighting suddenly comes to mind. Ho Ho. Why don’t you come over here and shake hands in peace?”
What kind of childish treatment is this?
I didn’t really think about it.
In front of her, who turned all energy into ‘nothing’, me, Chen, and the explosion of the fire dragon were worthless.
How many more hunters of this ‘super high level’ are there in the world?
I cleared my throat to hide my dejected feeling and then obediently walked away.
“Let’s reconcile. “I didn’t really want to kill him.”
Chen reluctantly took the hand I held out and muttered softly.
“I wanted to kill.”
“her… … . “Are you angry that your infiltration was discovered like that?”
“no.”
Wow.
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Chen’s hands that hold each other gain strength.
However, rather than taking the lead like in Franco’s time, it seemed like the body naturally gained strength.
“I cut down most of the guys who ask ‘that question.’”
“That question?”
What is that question?
I can’t believe it… … .
“Is it a man or a woman?”
Wow.
Ugh, f*ck.
It was a shame because he was protected by ‘self-defense equipment’, he almost screamed like a girl like Franco.
“Hey, it hurts, man.”
“Ho ho ho. “Hae-seon is probably the only person who asked Chen that question and was still okay.”
“Then you just have to go around without being misunderstood… … .”
Wow.
“You bastard say it hurts!”
“Chen?”
Only after Lee Sa-shun looked back did Chen loosen his grip on his hand.
Such a strong grip on those delicate wrists.
No matter how much a hunter’s strength was unrelated to body type, he was truly unrealistic.
Anyway, under Lee Sa-sun’s mediation, we reconciled(?), and Chen disappeared from the scene with the words, ‘I’m sorry anyway.’
… … boy.
From next time, show up with your top off or a skirt on.
* * *
After Chen disappeared, it was only the two of us left here, Chairman Lee Sa-soon and me.
I couldn’t help but look at Chairman Lee Sa-soon with new eyes.
Chen is a talented person who can be called the country’s representative hunter, but someone like him treats him like a hand and foot.
Moreover, just as he blocked the explosion of the explosive dragon, Lee Sa-sun casually neutralized Chen’s lightning strike and my ‘poison flame’.
Regardless of the ether that Chen possesses, ‘Poison Flame’ is a skill that uses black ether as an energy source.
Let alone incapacitating, it would be normal to suffer fatal injuries even if the ingredient touches it, but she erased it as if erasing the writing written in pencil.
He is a great guy in one way or another.
“I ordered Chen to secretly call Haeseon, but if I wasn’t careful, I would have woken everyone up.”
Lee Sa-sun slightly lifts his shoulders and smiles kindly.
Before we get into the actual story, there is something I need to say.
I bowed my head towards her.
“Thank you for saving me.”
“?”
“Supervisor Pyo Hyuk-gyu said that. “When I was on the brink of death, he gave me permission to use the gold film.”
“ah. It was like that. Because regular healing abilities don’t work well on Hae-seon. “Only Hae-seon’s body can heal, right?”
“you’re right. “Can I ask you one thing?”
“However much.”
I took a deep breath and organized my thoughts.
Questions that have been on my mind ever since I first met Pyo Hyuk-gyu.
Today, here and here, I may be able to unravel countless tangled threads.
“What is the relationship between the Five Siders and Kirill?”
Then, for the first time, the smile on Lee Sa-sun’s face, which had been smiling the whole time, disappeared.
“… … “What makes you think we might have something to do with Kirill?”
Did I make a mistake?
no.
That’s why the whole situation is so complicated.
“When I first became a hunter, Director Hyeok-gyu Pyo handed me a damaged gold core. This is something that ordinary hunters can never absorb. However, I am the type of person who can absorb the core right away, and Director Hyeok-gyu Pyo handed it over to me as if he already knew.”
“With a request to clean up the poison dungeon?”
“… … As expected, you knew from the beginning.”
“Ho Ho. A contaminated gold core is just an annoying rock. The former vice president knew that too, so he told Supervisor Pyo Hyuk-gyu to clean it up… … . As a result, a perfect situation arose for Haeseon to power up.”
“yes. It was definitely on a different level from the poison monster cores I had absorbed so far. And from then on, I developed a hypothesis.”
“theory?”
“There are only two hunters in Korea who can directly absorb the core. Me and Kirill.”
“… … .”
“If someone hadn’t directly demonstrated the core’s absorption earlier, the officials wouldn’t have even known that such an ability existed. “The Five Siders thought they knew exactly what Kirill, or rather ‘Poisoner,’ was.”
“It’s great.”
Lee Sa-soon looks at my face with strange eyes.
For some reason, it looked similar to the expression my older sister looked at me when I passed the qualification exam.
“We’ve been keeping an eye on Haeseon since the hunter qualification exam. Even though he was not a candidate trained by another guild, his ether level was abnormally high. However, since Hae-seon applied for his type as a healer, we were in awe. Coincidentally, around that time, the volume of rare herbs traded on the black market exploded. Unless you are a poisoner, it would be impossible for an individual to even dream of digging up high-grade rare plants.”
“… … Can you check black market transactions on Five Siders?”
“Ho Ho. We have a pretty friendly relationship. “Where did the golden film that saved Haeseon come from?”
“omg.”
It felt like I was hit in the head with the back of my head.
Of course, I thought they used the gold coins kept by the association.
“That was something I personally delivered to Supervisor Mark a long time ago. Only a very small number of association officials are aware of this fact. Because most people still think I’m lying in the hospital. Anyway, through our own reasonable reasoning, we came to the following conclusion.”
She raised one hand and pointed at me.
“Cheon Hae-seon is definitely a poisoner. And, in the future, we will fill the vacant position at Five Siders.”
“emptied… … “One seat?”
While I was asking that without thinking, I couldn’t help but be shocked once again when I saw Lee Sa-sun’s meaningful face.
“no way… … .”
One empty seat.
And one person disappeared.
Kirill has nothing to do with the Five Siders.
She is the Five Siders themselves.
“One of the five leaders… … “It was Kirill.”
“is it so.”
“why… … “The Five Siders are fine, but Kiril is the only one running away?”
“The before-and-after relationship is reversed.”
After Lee Sa-soon answered that way, he smiled very bitterly.
“The Five Siders were safe because Kirill turned everything around.”
“… … !”
“The night is too short to tell the details. First of all, I just want you to know that the Five Siders are your friendly forces. Oh, and.”
“?”
“I have something to tell you about this national competition.”
“Do you mean Stairs of hell?”
“that’s right. “There is a high probability that Korea will be next in line after France.”
France.
When we shake hands, the face of Franco who started the argument comes to mind.
But how did Lee Sa-sun anticipate that order?
“You know that Franco has a different side to his arms business, right?”
“yes. “I heard it from Maria.”
“The company he serves on the board of directors is one of the largest device manufacturers in the world. And a significant portion of the shares belong to the ‘Future Fund.’”
“If it’s Future Fund… … .”
“that’s right. “It is one of the public interest funds operated by WHPO.”
I asked, feeling shocked.
“No, the World Hunter Protection Organization is investing in the weapons business?”
“They are pretending that it is for world peace. “Because you can kill monsters with powerful weapons.”
Invest in arms companies for peace.
They say it’s enough to create a cause, but it’s also true that it feels somewhat uncomfortable.
Aren’t weapons a threat just by their very existence?
“Not only Franco but also WHPO is not happy with Korean hunters. After Goo Geon disappeared, the volume I was originally planning to trade was completely cancelled. “The contract amount signed by Glory Guild this time was the largest ever, so the aftermath must have been unusual.”
Why did Goo Geon suddenly become so obsessed with supplying weapons?
It wasn’t something I needed to think about for very long.
“It looks like there are some ugly hairs here and there.”
“that’s right. That’s why you need to be careful about the ‘Stairs of hell’ journey.”
To sum up, WHPO and Franco may be trying to create an irregularity.
Something like that.
“We have a little time until the national competition, so we’ll have to prepare for what they do during that time.”
“Be prepared… … .”
I racked my brain and thought about the resources I had.
Is there any way to figure out their secret behind-the-scenes work and launch a counterattack?
‘ah… … .’
And then there it was.
This is an item that can be used very appropriately in this situation.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t help you directly. I have to leave Dubai tonight. “No matter what happens, if your tail is long, you will get stepped on.”
“Do not worry.”
“… … ?”
Lee Sa-sun tilts his head slightly at my confident expression.
I came up with a few pictures in my head and made a promise to Lee Sa-soon in a confident voice.
“I will give you good news soon.”
