Episode 31.
Hunter’s Observation Bureau.
An agency under the Ministry of Public Administration and Security of the Government of the Republic of Korea.
It was an agency of the same department as the Hunter Management Bureau that managed the dungeon.
Hunter Inspection Bureau and Hunter Management Bureau.
It was a government agency established after the Earth’s paradigm shift, and as the name suggests, it handled work related to hunters.
However, the work that the two organizations do can be said to be quite different.
“Are you Hunter Maeng Si-woo?”
A voice suddenly heard.
As I looked, I saw a woman walking slowly towards me.
An atmosphere where bluntness and coldness coexist with the hair in a ponytail.
A coldness different from that of Han Chae-rin was seen.
He looked like a mercenary who had been through countless battlefields.
“My name is Lee Min-jeong, and I am the leader of Team 4 of the Inspection Bureau.”
Siwoo glanced at the name tag that Lee Minjung handed him.
[Garder Team 4 – Team Leader Lee Min-jung]
Awakened people mainly choose their occupations based on the type of personality they have.
And most of the awakened combat-type characters choose the Hunter profession.
But in fact, there was another path to choose from besides the Hunter.
Guarder.
As the name suggests, which means “guardian,” the guards protect people.
If a Hunter is a hunter who hunts monsters.
A Guard could be said to be a watchman who protects people from monsters.
In that sense, the dungeon shock that happened a while ago.
The ones who respond to such emergencies are the guards.
But strictly speaking, the guards’ job was not to protect people from monsters.
To be precise, their job could be said to be ‘protecting people’.
That’s why the guards don’t only protect people from monsters.
“Are you saying that a man named Kang Do-cheol instructed Hunter Maeng Si-woo to commit murder?”
Same awakened person.
That is, it also protects people from criminal hunters.
That’s why they are called the hunters’ police.
The inspection bureau is a place where such guards gather.
In a word, it can be called the Hunter Police Station.
“Yes. I submitted the video as evidence.”
“I’ve seen the footage. It’s definitely not something that can be easily overlooked.”
Lee Min-jung nodded calmly.
The place where Si-woo fought Kang-do-cheol was not a dungeon.
An abandoned factory where construction has stopped.
In a word, it was the outside world.
As expected, reports were filed, and the guards would not stay still.
The conflict between hunters does not end with a simple fight.
This time in particular, the situation is special.
“Hunter Maeng Si-woo is reported to be an awakened individual without a personality.”
For a moment, Lee Min-jung’s momentum sharpened.
The guards face the same awakened ones.
Those who have been awakened have become vicious criminals.
The crimes of the Awakened are on a different level.
It’s unlikely that the crimes of a criminal with superhuman powers would be ordinary.
So, there could be no moderation in the process of subjugation.
So, most of the time, when the guards catch the criminal, it ends with him being killed.
Human Butcher.
It’s a different name for the guards.
There was a heavy mood in Lee Min-jung’s cold eyes.
Team leader of Team 4, Lee Min-jung.
They say that the team leader level is comprised of only people with at least A-class skills.
‘He looks like a real human butcher.’
It wasn’t like he had killed one or two people.
Siwoo shook his body once without realizing it.
And the suspicion that Lee Min-jung expressed was simple.
The Awakened One, who had no personality, returned unscathed from the threat of three C-class Hunters.
He even went so far as to beat a B-class hunter to death.
Isn’t this a situation that can be considered quite strange?
But Siwoo had no intention of telling the truth.
“Isn’t the personality level supposed to refer to the hunter’s level?”
“I understand that Hunter Maeng Si-woo is currently at rank E+.”
“Right now, I guess.”
“No matter what─”
“Why should I answer that question? I am a victim.”
“hmm….”
Then, Lee Min-jung let out a small sigh.
I think it might be a bit excessive, even for me.
“Excuse me. Because of my job, I have a habit of being suspicious of people.”
Lee Min-jung slightly lowered her head.
I understand.
Because I think that’s what it’s like when you come face to face with criminals.
Those guys were nothing more than monsters in human skin.
Siwoo nodded slightly and said.
“Anyway, Kang Do-cheol is a dangerous guy. If we leave him alone, we don’t know where he will go and what he will do.”
“I agree. I will definitely handle this based on the video evidence you sent me.”
Siwoo submitted the video footage he had collected as evidence to the inspection agency.
A video of Kang Do-cheol throwing Si-woo out as bait in the Arachne Dungeon.
A video of Siwoo sneaking into the vampire bat dungeon and threatening others.
Lastly, the video of Kang Do-cheol trying to kill Si-woo.
The evidence was clear.
Of course, Kang Do-cheol did not directly commit murder.
But it was clear that it was an attempted murder that failed.
In addition, the murderous teacher who instigated the murder was also confirmed.
And the murderous teacher is sentenced to a heavy penalty equivalent to murder.
Of course, there was no damage to Siwoo in the process.
Far from causing any damage, he ended up half-killing Kang Do-cheol.
It was a situation where Kang Do-cheol could have claimed that he was the victim.
However, the 5th industrial revolution did not only change human civilization.
Related social systems and laws have also changed a lot.
A representative example of this is the expansion of the category of self-defense.
If the evidence of a threat is clear, no accountability is held for the response.
If that weren’t the case, the guards wouldn’t have been called human slaughterers.
Of course, there was still the problem of committing murder.
But in the end, didn’t Siwoo not kill Kang Do-cheol?
There was a reason why Si-woo deliberately killed Kang-do-cheol halfway.
“Probably, Kang Do-cheol will never see the light of day.”
With this, it could be said that Kang Do-cheol was finished.
“We will end the reference investigation here. Thank you for your cooperation.”
“Then I will ask for your help.”
Siwoo was able to leave the inspection station without any problems.
* * *
After Siwoo left.
Lee Min-jung did not leave, but sat quietly in her seat, lost in thought.
Click.
“Huh? Were you inside, Team Leader?”
Someone opened the door to the interrogation room and came in, looked surprised to see Lee Min-jung.
Guardian, Jeong Su-ah, from the inspection department.
He was also a member of Team 4 and Lee Min-jung’s team.
“I thought you wouldn’t be here since Hunter Maeng Si-woo left….”
Jeong Su-ah smiled awkwardly and scratched the back of her head.
And just as I was about to quietly leave the interrogation room.
“Strange.”
“yes?”
I stopped in my tracks at Lee Min-jung’s soft words.
Something I wanted to do for a moment.
“Sua. What is your current rank?”
“Why are you suddenly asking that…?”
Lee Min-jung did not open her mouth even in response to Jeong Su-ah’s question.
He just asked for an answer with a blank look in his eyes.
“I was recently promoted, so I’m now a B-class.”
Hunters and Guardians have different occupations, but they follow the same ranking system.
In short, a B-class guard is the same as a B-class hunter.
And B grade is a grade that is recognized as an outstanding talent wherever you go.
Jeong Su-ah said with a confident expression.
And right then.
“Huk…!”
Jeong Su-ah could feel a terrible energy squeezing her entire body.
The energy blooming from none other than Lee Min-jung’s entire body.
“Tea, Team Leader… Sir? Ugh!”
A terrible presence weighed on me.
A powerful restraining force binds Jeong Su-ah’s entire body.
A vicious murderous intent that cannot even be easily exhaled.
Just by momentum.
Crush existence to death.
“Ugh…!”
The oppressive force is getting stronger and stronger.
It really felt like Jeong Su-ah could die.
Just then, when I was about to lose consciousness.
The oppressive momentum disappeared in an instant.
“Gasp…! Gasp…!”
Only then was Jeong Su-ah able to exhale.
The suppressed breath was released and a sweet breath was inhaled.
“You can’t stand it.”
“Isn’t that obvious!”
Jeong Su-ah shouted as if to say something that didn’t make sense.
That’s understandable, as Lee Min-jung is the leader of Team 4.
The guard is of the A+ class.
He was a top-tier skilled hunter and guard combined.
There’s no way you could withstand the momentum of someone with that kind of power.
“I thought I could handle it since it was a B-class.”
“What nonsense… Is the team leader an ordinary person?”
Above all, Lee Min-jung should not be thought of as simply an A+ grade.
A guard who deals with vicious criminals.
The number of criminals who died at the hands of Lee Min-jung is almost in the hundreds.
It wasn’t something I should have said to a woman.
That wasn’t something to be said about that beautiful face.
But wasn’t the person called ‘human Baekjeong’ none other than Lee Min-jeong?
You’ll be promoted to S-class soon, Mani.
He was an incredibly talented person who was the subject of such stories.
“Hunter Maeng Si-woo said nothing happened.”
“…… yes?”
That’s why Jeong Su-ah couldn’t understand what he was saying.
Hunter Maeng Si-woo is not doing anything?
Could it be that Hunter Maeng Si-woo was able to withstand Lee Min-jung’s momentum?
“Is that… true?”
Lee Min-jung answered with a small nod.
“Wasn’t Hunter Maeng Si-woo an E+-rank hunter?”
“Strange.”
It was a ridiculous answer, but Jeong Su-ah could understand it well.
And I could also understand why Lee Min-jung said that in the first place.
“Why… did you just send it away?”
That’s why Jeong Su-ah had no choice but to ask.
The fact that Lee Min-jung was able to withstand her momentum meant that she was not an ordinary person with skills.
To be exact, it could be said that he was definitely not an E+ class hunter.
That means one thing.
It meant a hunter who was active while deceiving his rank.
And the hunters who were active while cheating on their ranks had impure intentions.
I couldn’t generalize, but 99 out of 100 times it was like that.
Potential criminal.
The guards defined such people as follows:
That’s why I shouldn’t have just sent it away.
“Because it wasn’t strange.”
“……?”
Jeong Su-ah tilted her head without realizing it.
Didn’t you say it was strange just a moment ago?
But what the hell are you talking about now?
I really wanted to ask that.
But I knew that if I did that, I would burst, so I held it in and held it in.
Lee Min-jung slowly got up from her seat.
As a guard, I have dealt with hundreds of criminals.
After dealing with so many criminals, at some point you start to be able to tell the difference between a dog’s smell and a person’s.
Should I say that it often looks like a cat?
And the hunter Maeng Si-woo as seen by Lee Min-jung.
The activity of lying about one’s rank was suspicious in many ways.
So, it may seem like a bit of a jerk at first glance… .
“The smell was that of a person.”
With those words, Lee Min-jung left the investigation room.
And Jeong Su-ah was left alone.
“What the hell are you talking about?”
I ended up blurting out the words I had been holding back for a while.
* * *
On the way home.
“Hmm… .”
Siwoo was lost in thought.
It could be said that things worked out very well.
Kang Do-cheol was no longer a threat, and Si-woo was able to come out without any problems.
This matter could be said to be completely over.
“But you never know when something like this might happen again.”
Literally, just this once.
Good things come in many forms.
They say that good things are often followed by bad things.
Your YouTube channel is becoming more and more popular.
As Siwoo’s equipment level advances further.
It was clear that a crowd of people would inevitably appear to covet it.
“It’s over for now, but….”
There was no guarantee that this would continue in the future.
No, there had to be a greater threat than this.
“You could become a target for criminal groups.”
Criminals who use their power as Awakened to plunder.
Compared to them, Kang Do-cheol’s level was truly cute.
They are literally monsters in human skin.
They are the scum of the earth and should not be considered human.
And among them were some S-class criminals.
“At my current level, even a robbery is too much.”
To be honest, Siwoo couldn’t beat Kang Docheol.
Considering the difference in strength and level, Siwoo could not defeat Kang Docheol.
In the end, we won.
But it was only possible because Si-woo knew Kang-do-cheol well.
Patterns, behaviors, habits, and tendencies that were naturally learned while working under Kang Do-cheol.
It was possible because I knew all those things.
That’s because I read every move with the help of Insight (S+).
If not, Si-woo would have definitely been killed by Kang-do-cheol.
Siwoo stopped for a moment and checked Gottube’s smartphone.
The personalities that Siwoo has learned so far.
There was no unimportant individuality.
But the most important thing, of course, was the super strength (SS).
It could be said that brute strength was the most important factor in overcoming future difficulties.
“But it doesn’t go up at all.”
It didn’t really go up that much.
It’s not like I wasn’t trying.
I haven’t skipped a single day of exercise.
Aren’t you constantly using your brute strength while doing dungeon raids?
And yet, it still hasn’t even reached 1%.
Considering that this skill was raised by taking a medicinal herb, there was no other worm like it.
“Is it because it’s SS grade?”
…I wanted to, but when I saw God’s Metallurgy (SS), it didn’t seem like that.
“ha….”
What should I do with this?
Siwoo couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.
But no matter how much I thought about it, there was no proper method.
“Even if it’s not enough, should I learn health separately?”
At that time, only deep sighs escaped.
Tiring!
For a moment, a notification sound was heard from my smartphone.
“what?”
The screen I checked with that thought in mind.
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An unexpected notification window popped up there.
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