I Became a National ‘Disaster’ Level Monster

Chapter 78 “Someone like Han Shin-woo is just a piece of cake now.”

“I apologize for earlier. It seems there was a malfunction with the machine, sir.”

“No, then you should have just said that from the beginning…”

“In Korea, we have a saying: ‘Listen until the end.’ Riverine senior, it seems you were too hasty this time.”

“Ah, anyway, I will purchase this perfume at the regular price!”

The misunderstanding was well resolved.

Riverine, who now called herself my senior, had started treating me as a full-fledged junior member of the Monster Group.

All thanks to the phone call with Katarina a while ago.

“Shin-woo! Of course, our Monster Group! Since Riverine is your senior, take good care of her. Got it?”

“…! Yes! I understand!!”

At first, I just wanted to match their words, but without my permission, Katarina had already added me as a member of the Monster Group.

I was worried I might get sucked into the Monster Group route, but since I had progressed much further on the official route, this level of contact should be fine.

As Riverine’s junior, I headed to the perfume shop on the first floor of Shinsegae Department Store, where she claimed she was scammed.

And I had just resolved the misunderstanding caused by a mechanical malfunction.

“Phew… As expected of Korea. But they sure finish things quickly.”

“Haha…”

“……”

“By the way, junior, do you have time later? If not, make some. From now on, as your ‘senior,’ I’ll specially teach you about our Monster Group!”

“N-now?”

This was it, the first bonding story with Riverine.

Pretending to explain the Monster Group, having a cozy date at a cafe.

If you were an experienced player who knew the strategy, you could immediately move Riverine from a ‘slightly favorable’ state to ‘might love…?’ state with this event.

But the problem was…

“No! Oppa is shopping with me right now.”

“Sister…?”

That’s right.

I was currently shopping at the department store with Sophia.

And once shopping was over, we had promised to stop by a delicious crab restaurant on the way back for dinner.

‘Skipping the cafe event is a bit disappointing, but… I guess it can’t be helped?’

Ria clung to my arm as if saying it was absolutely not allowed.

Ria’s gaze, as she looked up at me, seemed to say, “Are you really going to betray us?”

“Sorry, senior.”

“…!”

I couldn’t disappoint a child.

So, despite regretting it, I decided to skip Riverine’s favorability event.

“I have a prior engagement, so I don’t think I can make it.”

“Really? That’s a shame…”

“Hey!!”

“?!”

“?”

“…!”

But then.

How could it be?

“Han Shin-woo, you fool!”

“Puhk?!”

Like a wife catching her cheating husband, Sophia landed a high kick to my side.

“How is it that whenever I take my eyes off you for a bit, you always have women around you?!”

“S-sorry…”

Collapsing to the floor, I wanted to say something in response.

But after hearing her words.

“Shin-woo.”

“Shin-woo~!”

“Shin-woo-nim.”

…There were indeed too many female acquaintances around me.

‘What is this? A bug?’

Including Yoo Che-ran, Princess Kurumi, Katarina, and now even Riverine, there were already four women around me.

‘Come to think of it, I don’t have a single male friend…’

But let’s set aside the trivial things.

Right now, my immediate task was to calm Sophia by convincing her that Riverine was just a workplace senior.

“Sophia, it seems there’s a misunderstanding, but Riverine senior is my workplace superior.”

“Oh, really?”

“…Hello. I’m Riverine.”

“Ah, hello. I’m Shin-woo’s girlfriend, Sophia.”

Introducing herself naturally as my girlfriend, Sophia reached out for a handshake with Riverine.

It seemed well resolved, thankfully…

Squeeze.

…or so I thought.

“Sophia, was it?”

“Yes.”

“I heard you have a dinner appointment with my junior today, but if it’s alright, may I join you?”

“Hoho. It’s not alright, so no.”

“Hohoho. I just want to treat you to a meal~.”

“Hohohoho. I’m not a beggar; I can afford to buy crab and king crab myself.”

“Riverine senior?”

“Sister?”

The two, smiling but not smiling, seemed unlikely to yield.

Sparks flew.

Now they were even shooting lasers at each other with their eyes.

‘How do I stop this?’

Since they would eventually become allies later in the story, I felt it wasn’t right for them to clash now, so I tried to stop them immediately.

“Hoo hoo…!”

“…?”

But at that moment.

“Who…?”

I locked eyes with a blond boy I had never seen in the original story, despite being a veteran of .

He was breathing unusually deeply and, how should I put it, seemed extremely angry.

***

Even now, if I closed my eyes, I could remember.

That day when it poured rain.

The day when humanity, happy to have water to drink, went outside only to become the monsters’ prey, one by one.

The worst day.

The person who was like a mother to me, who died because of me.

A person who committed an unforgivable sin and deserved to die, but in this broken world, was called a hero and was my one and only precious person.

So, the woman who killed her.

And the culprit hiding behind that woman, who made the world like this.

‘Ria…! And Han Shin-woo!’

Crunch.

“What, what?!”

“An earthquake…?”

The entire department store started to shake.

Lights began to flicker, and people hurried to the underground shelters built in the department store, as if a monster had appeared.

And Han Jae-hyun, glaring at Ria as if he wanted to kill her, then met Han Shin-woo’s eyes.

“Hey…”

Sophia, who immediately let go of Riverine’s hand, tried to approach him with a sense of foreboding as he put down his bag.

But two people simultaneously blocked her.

“Sophia, stay still.”

“Sophia, it’s dangerous, so please don’t come here.”

Han Jae-hyun knew, too.

That releasing his killing intent wouldn’t help the situation at all.

But seeing the enemy who had killed so many of his comrades and people like family standing right in front of him, not just one but two, he couldn’t hold back.

“Han Shin-woo…”

“……”

“Leave Ria. Then I’ll spare your life.”

“Leave Ria…?”

Unable to tolerate it any longer, Han Jae-hyun pointed at Ria with his finger as if giving a final warning.

But.

“What if I refuse?”

“…!”

“Ria is like a precious little sister to me. I won’t step aside even if I die.”

Seeing what someone like him would do to Ria was obvious, so Shin-woo walked over and shielded the trembling Ria with his back.

In response, Han Jae-hyun smirked and said.

“A little sister, huh… You must have quite a taste.”

“What?”

“It means the conversation is over, Han Shin-woo.”

Crackle. Crackle!

No more words were necessary.

If he wouldn’t listen, he’d settle it with strength.

Since the future Katarina said only Han Shin-woo needed to be safe, killing Ria wouldn’t matter.

In fact, it might even have a positive impact on the future.

So, thinking that way, Han Jae-hyun immediately drew his holy sword from his back and shouted.

“Uraaaaaaaa!!”

Emitting black lightning, he transformed into a monster with a jet-black form.

“What the…?!”

“O-oppa, that’s…!”

“Monster transformation?”

A monster-transformed Hunter.

A special job in the Hunter world that could only be created with specific codes, an entity that shouldn’t exist.

Shin-woo, realizing it wasn’t possible to exist other than himself, was shocked.

“Even though you’ve transformed, how can you still speak…?”

“Because right now, you’re at your weakest point in the timeline…”

“?!”

Without giving Shin-woo time to be surprised, Han Jae-hyun grabbed his neck and crashed through the department store wall to the outside.

“Grrr…”

“?!”

“Graaaaaaa!!”

Shin-woo immediately transformed into a monster and prepared to counterattack.

Two national disaster-level monsters, transformed into similar forms, clashed in the middle of Gangnam.

“Grrr!”

‘Who the hell are you?!’

“There’s no need for me to tell you!”

Shin-woo grabbed both his wrists, trying to overpower him with strength.

But Han Jae-hyun, with a holy sword in one hand, used the crimson aura rising from his sword to repel one of Shin-woo’s hands with immense heat.

“Arondight!!”

“?!”

“Activate!”

Crash!

Lancelot’s holy sword, Arondight.

As a holy sword that could kill even gods, Shin-woo couldn’t afford to be hit and quickly let go of his stance and distanced himself from Han Jae-hyun.

But without a moment’s pause.

“Did you think you could get away from me?!”

“Chit!”

Knowing that Han Shin-woo was at his weakest point in the timeline, Han Jae-hyun believed he could overpower him.

“Grr!

Grr!”

‘Hey! There are people around! Are you crazy to swing that thing?!’

“Once we transformed, people had already evacuated!”

As he said, Gangnam was now deserted.

With no need to hold back, Han Jae-hyun unleashed the full power of the holy sword, darkening the blue sky.

“Arondight – Over Buster!!”

But.

“Grr?”

‘Oh, really?’

Not knowing there were no people around, Shin-woo realized.

“Grrr?”

‘There really isn’t anyone?’

I had been running away, worried about unprotected civilians, but now.

“Grr, grr.”

‘Kyokushin Karate – Hand Edge Block.’

He caught the descending black blade with both hands accurately and cleanly.

“What?!”

With the holy sword’s full release blocked for the first time, Han Jae-hyun was taken aback, but Shin-woo, thinking that he could endure as a monster-transformed Hunter, struck Han Jae-hyun’s abdomen with just enough force not to kill him.

“Grr. Grr!”

‘Continuing with Kyokushin Karate – Back Kick.’

“Puhk?!”

Thud!

Kicking him back through the hole they came from in the department store wall, he sent Han Jae-hyun flying.