Episode 74.
Seoul branch of the Hunter Management Bureau, under the Ministry of Public Administration and Security.
This place is called the Hunter Association.
Park Do-hyeon, the manager of the dungeon management team, had a headache from the moment he arrived at work.
“Manager!! I’m the manager!!!”
A man running towards me from afar, looking for me.
Just looking at the appearance… .
“There was an incident right after I got to work.”
Park Do-hyun let out a deep sigh.
Today I took half a day off and went to work in the afternoon.
I was also looking forward to a leisurely afternoon of work.
This damn administration is just like that.
It was a place where accidents and incidents were constantly occurring.
But did the world just fall apart?
“It’s a snack!!”
The sight of them running and screaming is really… .
My head was already starting to spin.
“Why are you so excited? Did the S-rank dungeon cause a breakdown?”
“That’s…! That’s…!”
I couldn’t speak properly because of my raspy breathing.
But that was only for a moment.
“More, dungeon cleaner…! The dungeon cleaner is here!”
“what?!?!”
Park Do-hyun stopped in his tracks without realizing it.
Dungeon cleaner.
A hunter who has been sweeping dungeons recently.
No, not recently either.
He was a hunter who had been sweeping the dungeon for just two days.
“The vacuum cleaner is sweeping the entire dungeon…!”
“How many is it now? Ten? Twenty?”
“132… We’re just about to break 150!”
“……”
Park Do-hyun was left speechless.
I just got to work, what?
132?
You raided 132 of them?
“What the hell is that!”
No, by the way, just wait a minute.
132 Why is the next 150?
Do you not know how to count?
Or is it binary instead of decimal?
no way.
How could that be?
“You’re raiding 150 of them? No, you’ve already done it?”
“That, that’s right…!”
Park Do-hyun didn’t know how to understand this.
No, I couldn’t figure out what understanding was supposed to be.
That’s understandable, since he’s called the dungeon cleaner.
So, the hunter who cleans the dungeon is Maeng Si-woo.
“Didn’t you say he was an awakened being without personality?”
Because I know who Hunter Maeng Si-woo is.
Awakened beings without individuality.
Inspector’s judgment, grade below F.
Isn’t this just plain nonsense!
“They even said they re-examined it… ”
And yet, it has no individuality.
The judgment grade is also lower than F.
I couldn’t believe that he was hiding his power.
But why is that?
“Well… Shouldn’t we report this to the inspection agency?”
I just couldn’t shake off the feeling of being suspicious.
Of course, the dungeon cleaner… no.
It wasn’t like the hunter Maeng Si-woo had done anything problematic.
All I did was raid dungeons.
No, what the hell is a Jugujangchang?
The dungeon was literally being sucked in!
“Illegal Awakening… Could it be?”
I couldn’t rule out this possibility.
Illegal awakener.
It literally refers to someone who has awakened illegally.
Just awaken and that’ll be it. Why are you interfering with that?
You might ask, but if the illegality requires human sacrifice, then it’s a different story.
Of course, there was no way to know if it actually existed.
There were only rumors like that.
But if there is no smoke, there will be no fire.
There must be a reason why such rumors are spreading.
Right then.
“You’re the manager!!!”
Another shout is heard from far away.
“More, the dungeon cleaner…! The dungeon cleaner has requested a C-rank promotion examination…!!”
Park Do-hyun felt dazed for a moment.
I know that the C-grade evaluation condition is 200 dungeons?
But didn’t you just say that it had surpassed 150 just a moment ago?
ah!
The rules changed overnight─what the hell.
There’s no way that’s possible!
“Let’s just file a report with the inspection bureau.”
“Okay, I’ll try contacting you!”
An employee of the management office running in a hurry.
Park Do-hyun sat there for a long time, looking at the scene.
* * *
“what?”
Deokgu couldn’t understand the current situation at all.
An email from none other than Siwoo.
It was a short and concise email.
But the contents inside were not like that at all.
184 video files.
“……”
Deokgu thought about it carefully.
I’ve been thinking very deeply about what those 184 video files mean.
So, one conclusion was reached.
“what?”
What could it be?
What is it really?
Deokgu couldn’t understand it at all.
A very dazed mind.
Deokgu moved the mouse as if possessed and checked the video file.
and.
“They’re all different…?”
They were all different.
So the content of the video was completely different.
There were some overlaps at times.
However, the footage was never taken at the same location.
This means that.
“You mean you raided 184 dungeons…?”
It’s been three days since I met Siwoo at a cafe.
In short, you raided 184 dungeons in just 3 days?
An average of 61.3 dungeons per day?
Is that… possible?
For a moment, my thoughts stopped.
And guess what?
Siwoo had currently been promoted to C-class.
From D-class to C-class.
What would take others over a year, Siwoo did in just 3 days!
And now they’re aiming for a B grade.
My thoughts once again stopped.
Seriously, no thoughts came to mind.
“Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee?!?!?”
Deokgu felt like he had a real breakdown.
* * *
Hunter Inspection Bureau Seoul Branch.
Lee Min-jung was in charge of a case.
It was something that happened not long ago.
Kim Ji-pil, head of the Seoul branch.
He was being investigated for his involvement with various criminals.
To be exact, we were starting an investigation together with the surveillance department of the inspection bureau.
And there has never been a spectacle like this one.
Is this the guard of the inspection country or a criminal?
Lee Min-jung was investigating and organizing Kim Ji-pil’s crimes.
At that time, I was busy with work, buried in piles of paperwork.
“manager.”
I heard someone calling Im Jin-jeong.
When I raised my head, I saw a woman.
Team 4’s team member, Jeong Su-ah, was standing.
When I asked with my eyes what was going on, Jeong Su-ah opened her mouth.
“The management office has requested your cooperation.”
“Management Bureau?”
Inspection Bureau and Management Bureau.
Although their duties were different, they were both organizations under the same Ministry of Public Administration and Security.
Because of that, requests for cooperation like this often come in.
Conversely, there were many cases where the inspecting country requested cooperation to check the backgrounds of the Awakened.
Dungeons, monsters, and awakened ones.
In some ways, the related fields were not that different.
But it was literally just a request for cooperation.
So, it wasn’t worth reporting to myself.
But now, Jeong Su-ah was reporting to herself.
Above all, he is busy trying to get Kim Ji-pil out.
Wouldn’t Jeong Su-ah know that?
Lee Min-jung asked about the situation again with her eyes.
Then, Jeong Su-ah slowly opened her mouth.
“I’m asking you to investigate a hunter who was promoted from D-rank to C-rank in just 3 days.”
“what?”
Lee Min-jung put down the documents she was holding for a moment.
Certainly, this was a problem that could not be easily overcome.
It was natural for hunters to build up achievements and rise in rank.
But to that extent, it was definitely suspicious.
It wasn’t just suspicious, it was a definite suspicion.
If it’s to that extent, it’s safe to say that it’s a level of reawakening.
In that case, it was normal for it to go through a retrial.
But the fact is that the grade was raised based on performance.
It could be seen as a case where a retrial was not possible.
There is one such case.
In other words, it could be said that he was a person who became strong through illegal means.
Those who gained extraordinary power by sacrificing people.
Representative examples of this were so-called black magic and blood magic.
This method is strictly prohibited not only in Korea but also under international law.
But there are always criminals who break the law.
The place to deal with such criminals is right here, in the Inspection Bureau.
In any case, those who have gained power through strange means are not subject to retrial.
It would be more accurate to say that you cannot receive it.
The inspector can also determine circumstances of such extreme force.
So now.
This was definitely something that needed to be investigated.
“Who is it?”
“that is….”
Jeong Su-ah answered after a bit of hesitation.
“There’s a person named Maeng Si-woo.”
Lee Min-jung hesitated without realizing it.
He opened his eyes slightly and asked Jeong Su-ah again.
“who?”
“Hunter Maeng Si-woo. The one who caused the Pandemonium to be destroyed last time. Of course… this is just a guess.
Jeong Su-ah spoke slightly muddledly.
Lee Min-jung lowered her gaze and became lost in thought.
Maeng Si-woo.
Of course, it was a name I remembered.
And the first time Lee Min-jung saw Si-woo was during an incident involving a man named Kang Do-cheol.
At that time, Kang Do-cheol was a B-class hunter.
Although he is currently on trial and serving time in prison, he is not a hunter to be taken lightly.
On the other hand, Siwoo is an awakened being with no individuality.
He could never defeat the B-class Gangdo-cheol.
That is why I had doubts about it.
To be honest, there were more than one or two suspicious points.
But at the time, I just let it go.
Because Siwoo didn’t commit a crime.
Because I was a victim after all.
Since then, it has only been a short while since I heard the name Maeng Si-woo again.
Pandemonium, which has taken over the underworld of Seoul.
The event that destroyed that pandemonium.
An incident that uprooted the underworld of Seoul.
Officially, it was recorded that an unidentified entity had done it.
However, Lee Min-jung accepted Si-woo’s actions as an established fact.
And now.
The fact that Maeng Si-woo became a C-rank hunter in just 3 days.
Could it be that Maeng Si-woo became stronger through illegal means?
“Arin.”
“…Huh? Oh, yes. Team leader.”
A woman raised her head at Lee Min-jung’s call.
Fluffy hair.
Dark circles under the eyes.
At first glance, she seemed like a woman who gave off the vibe of a researcher.
Yoo Ah-rin, a B+ class wizard and member of Team 4 of the Guard.
“Do you know about black magic?”
“Of course you know, right?”
“What about the Awakened who gained power through black magic?”
“I clearly explained that to you last time… but you didn’t even listen to me then.”
Yoo Ah-rin pouted and expressed her dissatisfaction.
But, at the sight of Lee Min-jung’s sharp gaze, he changed his expression as if nothing had happened.
“Black magic is different from regular magic in that it uses a different concept of magical power. Regular magic uses a power called mana. This mana connects the wizard’s spiritual world with the rules of the dimension. And the rules of the dimension are things like the 3rd dimension and the 4th dimension…”
Yoo Ah-rin continued her explanation, hesitating.
Why do these so-called wizards love explaining things so much?
Wizards are often referred to as those who seek the truth of this world.
The truth known only to God.
Those who seek to bring the truth down to the realm of human reason.
Is that why?
“If you rearrange the rules of these dimensions, you can create something called magic. A fireball suddenly appearing in the air, a lightning strike that strikes without reason. These magics are actually created by rearranging the rules that go with them… .”
There has never been an explanation bug like this one.
“So I can tell you that magic is a method of rearranging the rules of dimensions… .”
“Just to the point.”
Lee Min-jung, who couldn’t hear any more, cut off Yoo Ah-rin.
Then Yoo Ah-rin pursed her lips and grumbled.
But as expected, his expression changed as if nothing had happened at the sight of Lee Min-jung’s sharp gaze.
“Anyway. To explain black magic simply, black magic is based on negative emotions. Joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, five, six, seven, eight, nine …
Thus, the more intensely one’s mind boils, the higher the level of black magic becomes.
“But the heart also burns and fades just as quickly. That’s why the end of those who seek power through black magic is set.”
Madman.
“Later, they lose their human form and become monsters that only repeat killing.”
“How do you tell those guys apart?”
“You can tell just by looking at him. Even if you don’t learn magic, you’ll naturally think, ‘That kid, there’s something ominous about him.’”
Lee Min-jung nodded slightly.
A brief explanation of Yuarin.
How neat is this?
It was definitely easier to understand the content than a detailed explanation.
Lee Min-jung was lost in thought for a moment.
In my memory, that time when I faced Siwoo.
At that time, Siwoo didn’t feel any ominousness at all.
Rather, all I could feel was a human scent.
Of course, things could be different then and now.
But the director of the inspection bureau, Baek Seon-je.
Not long ago, Baek Seon-je is said to have met Si-woo in person.
And then I just left it.
I heard that he suggested to Siwoo that he should go instead.
Baek Seon-je personally suggested that you go?
Lee Min-jung smiled slightly.
And then he turned his head and spoke to Jeong Su-ah.
“I’m fine, so tell the administration not to worry about me.”
“All right.”
Jeong Su-ah nodded and returned to her seat.
Lee Min-jung picked up the documents she had put down.
Then suddenly.
“Maeng Si-woo… .”
A name that comes to mind once again.
For some reason, it was a name I heard often.
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