chapter 271
271 – Volunteering to Be the Protector of Humanity
‘Should I take some herbs too? ‘I don’t know.’
I was too lazy to go through the selection process, so I just took everything I had in the office.
Herbs, experiment tools, and hundreds of small magic stones. This might be a bit salty. Let’s help pay off Yeonhee’s debt.
Those who watched the CCTV later would be shocked.
Just imagining that made me feel better.
‘Let’s jump out.’
As I went down the emergency stairs, I took a quick look at the 16th floor.
‘I thought I’d fight once, but I’m lucky.’
People were chatting in groups, wondering if the guy named Lee hadn’t arrived yet.
‘…Try one more time?’
I became greedy for no reason.
If the manager was a level A, the person in the director position was likely to be a higher level hunter, but in fact, there is no law that says company rank is necessarily like that.
‘I might get some more useful information.’
After finishing my thoughts, I was about to enter the 16th floor, and at that moment. In the waves of my senses, something with a huge presence was approaching the building at high speed.
───!
‘Crazy!’
[Lightning walk]
‘Ran!’
(Already hung up!)
[Acceleration]
The moment I felt it, I jumped down and threw myself like a slide out of the building.
And just in case, I ran to the other side of the cafe where Yeonhee was waiting and took a moment to look at the situation.
‘Whoa, whoa, I almost fell behind.’
That huge presence was clearly the energy radiating from a hunter who had risen to the S-rank rank. I went crazy for a moment. If there was even the slightest possibility of such a being coming, I should have left without any regrets.
Even now, I was worried that I might get caught by that guy if I used my senses, so I narrowed down the wavelength as much as possible.
‘I think he felt what I saw with my senses.’
It certainly was.
The moment I recognized its existence, it was also the reaction of sensing a sense of strangeness.
In fact, there is no way a being much stronger than him would not know what even the red-haired elf understood.
Fortunately, he came down the stairs quietly, and he seemed to be in a hurry, so he came back at the same speed. If I had tried to destroy the building to get out quickly, he would have come running at full speed and killed me.
I slowly wandered around the street for about 30 minutes, then entered the cafe where Yeonhee was. A sign was sent to go outside immediately.
We were able to talk only after we had left the building for a while.
“What? Even non-awakened people can use their abilities? This?”
Nod-
Yeonhee frowned as she looked at the bottle containing the Jinhwa water I stole.
“This… There’s no explanation?”
“Tick, tick, tick.”
For quite a few items, the system displays descriptions, but I don’t know why, whether it’s because development hasn’t been completed yet. There wasn’t even an explanation.
‘That means you can’t use it carelessly. I have no intention of using it in the first place.’
Is there a way to soothe the children’s spirits?
That day might come someday, so I had to keep it safe.
“Children were sacrificed here…”
Yeonhee couldn’t bear to say anything and just stared blankly at the bottle.
‘I tried to keep my energy alive. It’s stagnant again. Anyway, it’s late, so I guess I should return to the hotel soon.’
We decided to visit Cha Jin-hyuk before leaving here tomorrow, and take a rest today.
“Wouldn’t it be better to go somewhere else than where we went yesterday?”
Nod-
There is no need to stay in the place where the three stayed.
First, we moved to another hotel we had selected in advance and decided to look at items related to Jinhwasu.
* * *
Same time.
On the 16th floor of the building where Ilwol infiltrated, there was a clumsy man reminiscent of a giant shot put with a serious face.
“So… It was that bastard. It was that bastard. I should have come running right away.”
The man wearing a white jumper with the abbreviation DOH engraved on his left forearm muttered this while resting his chin.
And the dozens of high-ranking hunters lined up in front of him just bowed their heads, waiting for the punishment that would befall them.
The few branches that carried out research and development and sales simultaneously were shut out without a sound.
And that was right before a high-ranking official visited.
The posture of the hunters with their necks stretched out resembled chickens preparing to be decapitated.
Among them, Director Bang, the top person in charge, closed his eyes tightly, remembering the scandalous rumors that he had been caught trying to steal confidential information and was used as a test subject.
Although he has been involved in the organization achieved since its inception and has numerous achievements, he continues to have negative thoughts in front of the monster in front of him.
While Director Bang was trembling in fear, Eom Sang-wook was preoccupied with other thoughts.
‘… The Chairman clearly said it was dinner. Why has time been delayed?’
He visited a few hours later than the time he heard the chairman’s prediction, but he couldn’t understand why he wasted it.
Defenders of Humanity (DOH).
A group with a grandiose name: Guardians of Humanity.
Since the foresight of the chairman who leads the place has never been wrong, Sangwook Eom, the S-class hunter, has no choice but to be more serious.
Moreover, the chairman foresaw that there would be a big battle with a very strong enemy and even prepared accordingly, but it was surprising that the intruder only stole things and ran away like a rat.
“He is a person with sensory abilities… I understand that, except for those who were awakened in the early stages, there are very few people with sensory abilities that have been revealed…”
The energy I felt as I came here earlier was clearly a sensory ability.
I knew this because I had a few relationships with people with sensory abilities in the past.
‘From the building to where I was, it was approximately over 3km. Does that make sense?’
And, given the circumstances, he was the culprit who came in in hiding and swept away the items.
‘A hunter with senses, stealth, and the [Warehouse] Ability to store large quantities of items… Can such a person exist? The bowl will overflow…’
It is known that abilities that are generally known to be rare have a limit to the number that one person can possess.
‘Hehe, indeed.’
No matter how much I thought about it, it was an accident that I couldn’t understand.
He put aside the incomprehensible for a moment and looked at the trembling hunters with his head down.
‘How should I dispose of it? Director Bang has contributed greatly to the organization. I don’t know about the things below, but given Director Bang’s tendency, I can’t rule out the possibility that he will be kicked out if he severely punishes the gang members below him.’
Director Eom Sang-wook finished his thoughts by gently stroking his beard and spoke in a casual tone.
“Hmm- Well, it already happened. There’s nothing we can do about it. Anyway, everything here was half-baked, right?”
Eom Sang-wook told Director Bang, who had worked hard for the chairman for a long time, as if it was no big deal.
“Yes, yes! The only ones were mixed by adjusting the concentration to less than 1%. The D series was sold out when several teams of hunters came during lunch.”
The D series they are talking about is a product made by mixing a high proportion of pure evolution water obtained through the sacrifice of children.
“Customers who purchased during lunch, how did you attract them?”
“That is, through ‘people who are not hunters’…”
“I see. The food I eat in the country is the work of brokers. It doesn’t taste good.”
“Yeah, that’s right… But it’s perfect for increasing trust.”
“Well, it’s just an opinion, so don’t worry about it. I don’t want to say anything about the method. Just keep a good list of buyers and take care of it in the future. Gathering information is the top priority .”
“Yes, yes! I’ve registered it on the server. I think the buyers will be a bit sensitive today, so I’m planning to add something starting tomorrow.”
“Okay. Hmm, just in case, we’ll just wait here today. Could you explain to me what was put together so far?”
“Yes, yes!”
Director Bang thought there would be a severe disciplinary action, but she was greatly relieved to see Director Eom, who looked surprisingly cool.
‘Phew – that’s good. Even if the monetary loss is large. It will be difficult to find people to replace us.’
So I thought about the reason in my mind. However, Director Eom Sang-wook did not forget to advise caution.
“Chief of Preservative. If that person with the ability to hide had sold all of our stolen items at the right price, the amount would have been over 200 billion. A considerable amount of 20 artifacts were lost. I know you are going through a hard time, but you will not be able to avoid disciplinary action. Still, I will take a pay cut. I will try my best to stop at the same level.”
It was only then that smiles began to spread on the faces of the hunters gathered at the remark that the level of punishment would not be high.
Of course, Eom Sang-wook’s goal was to look further ahead and gain public support, but it was successful enough as the favorability among employees soared right away.
“If we were only trying to make money. It would have been much more profitable to just start a guild. Everyone knows that.”
“”Yes!!””
Eom Sang-wook must have liked his answer, which was so brave that it made the room tremble. He nodded and continued.
“But we have no intention of pursuing fame alone. We will protect the safety of the world and at the same time, we will not neglect our own interests. Right now, it is not efficient enough, but we will wait and see. In the future, we will control this world. It will be massaged.”
At those words, the corners of the hunters’ mouths rose even more.
“Okay. I heard there are quite a few leftover products on the 16th floor. Let’s sort that out first. And vacate the building within an hour.”
“I understand, Director.”
As soon as Eom Sang-wook finished his sentence, he leaned back on the sofa.
Although his posture his his his was relaxed, the magical energy surrounding his body his his became sharper, and Director Bang suddenly felt goosebumps and hair standing up all over his body his his his.
‘It’s a monster… It’s no longer human.’
Eom Sang-wook, an S-class hunter who is said to be in the top 200 in Korea as a body enhancement hunter.
No matter who comes, no one will be able to escape his grasp. Director Bang strongly believed.
* * *
“Evolution ditch, a stone presumed to be an evolution stone. Other than that, there’s nothing special.”
When we entered the hotel, we took out the items we had stolen and looked at them, but the truth is, we are not experts. I couldn’t tell anything just by looking. I can only guess.
“Ha-“
“…”
Yeonhee patted the stone and sighed deeply again.
I actually didn’t want to know about the process of stone formation. It is clear that the method I heard from Professor Kang was the basis, but I thought that the subsequent processing methods would be very diverse.
Last time, Little Red Riding Hood, who turned into a mutant, spoke as if she had consumed the children herself. Now I don’t know what it is.
But the bottom line is that children are being sacrificed.
‘Seeing as they even talked about automation, it seems like they have enough materials. There must have been a limit to kidnapping children. Is there some other way?’
“It’s pitiful… I’ll report it there right away! If it’s the special department of the management office, I’m sure they’ll catch all of those people and punish them.”
“…”
Yeonhee did not hide her anger and held up her smartphone as if she was going to report it right away.
But my thoughts were a little different.
There is no way that there is only one strong person of the same level as the guy named Isa I felt earlier. Ultimately, this is a business in which several S-class hunters are involved. Could it be that the management office or association did not know about a business of that size? These are organizations that are confident that they have Korea at their fingertips.
Moreover, the Special Department did not always have the power to oppose the S-class, which was said to wield omnipotent power.
‘Given the circumstances… He might be involved. Can we say that they at least tolerated it?’