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A worn-out sign with the middle letters unlit.
A door that makes an unpleasant squeaking sound every time you open it. Has it gone out of style for a long time? Sometimes even flies flying in the air.
In the small, old pub, there was only one table with customers sitting.
A group of two men and one woman.
“The chicken you ordered has arrived.”
Ignoring the somewhat dark atmosphere of the table, the owner, wearing an apron full of grease stains, put down a plate of chicken. I glanced at a few photos scattered on the table, but the contents were hard to see thanks to the dark pub lighting.
The owner looked at the three people with curious eyes for a moment, then shook his head and returned to the kitchen. The beer I ordered a while ago still remains. It looks like something serious is going on, but if you want to run a business in the neighborhood for a long time, you have to pay attention to other people’s business.
Only after confirming that the owner had entered the kitchen did Hong Seok-young urge in a calm voice.
“huh? “Don’t you have anything to say?”
The young man sitting across from me took the photo again. Hong Seok-young clicked his tongue as he looked at the blank back side.
“I helped you so much in both material and spiritual ways. Coming back, what? You don’t know? “There are degrees of ungratefulness.”
“… … .”
“Oh yeah. Should we ask a more fundamental question?”
Hong Seok-young scolded the young man, Woo Hee-jae.
“Who are you?”
“… … .”
Woo Hee-jae sighed. He roughly threw the photo down on the table.
“Hey, let’s stop.”
“what? “I’m just getting started.”
“therefore… .”
Woo Hee-jae sighed again.
“That person is a woman, right? “Let’s not make fun of people over a man they don’t even know.”
Seokyoung Hong grinned.
* * *
I’ve said it several times, but I was a smart kid.
Do you know what happens to a smart child when he or she grows up?
Become a smart adult.
Did I really decide to borrow the identity of a man I didn’t even know and then just sit there and do nothing?
Did you think that the story with Mr. Kim would be glossed over, left to intuition and luck?
I’m not that stupid.
If I really had nothing, I could have just left it to heaven. No matter what you did, there would have been no way to get information.
But I have a magic watch. An object that stores all 17 years of history of the Ability Management Agency.
Even in 2021, a small and cute department dedicated to awakened people still exists. The Awakened Crime Investigation Office is also part of that department.
The management office also had records from that time. It’s not that there are no empty parts. However, if nothing else, the list of missing people and dead is full.
Why, it happens sometimes. Those who pretend to die in a dungeon and flee abroad.
If there is a list of missing and dead people, then all I have to do is sacrifice my time and effort.
First, we will look for someone with the surname Kim among hunters who died or went missing around 2021. This is easy.
Among them, choose someone who may be related to Hong Seok-young. This was a little difficult. Still, there were three clues that I found. However, one is overseas, and one died while preventing a dungeon break that occurred in Gyeongsang Province in early 2021.
The remaining one is a woman named Kim Yu-hwa.
Before awakening, I was a police officer, and after awakening, I worked at the Awakened Crime Investigation Office. The only records that remain about Kim Yu-hwa are her list of missing persons and her work log at the Awakened Persons Crime Investigation Office. It is a record that she investigated cases with you and me several times. She was none other than him.
It’s so obvious. An unlucky hunter who dreamed of justice, whose records disappeared due to an undercover investigation and never returned.
Since he was an old man, he also called his female juniors “gun.” It is said that in the old days, it was used regardless of gender… . That’s proof that you’re an old person.
“So, who is this man? “You didn’t come here to kill people just to save me, did you?”
Look at that grinning face.
If it weren’t for the best hunter in Korea, it would have been a slap in the face… .
The magical power that had been creeping up my ankles disappeared in an instant. This is proof that you answered correctly. If I had said the wrong thing, my ankle would have been cut off in an instant. Because it was the ankle that did not have a magic control device.
“no way. “I found it in a dungeon in Songpa-gu.”
“A corpse?”
“okay.”
Hong Seok-young took out a few more photos from his pocket.
Look at that. He deliberately hid it so he could stab me.
Yoo Ji-eun said that I grew up without being cute, but it’s all that guy’s fault. He looks like an adult worth watching and learning from, and at this level, he was raised properly.
“How long have you been dead?”
“About three to four days. They said it wasn’t there when Da-seon’s hunters went in four days ago. “I still don’t know if he was killed here or if he was killed outside and brought in.”
“Didn’t Daseon guard the dungeon entrance?”
“Of course I kept it. 24-hour tight security. “I can’t figure out how they got in, so Hunter Lee Mi-seon is really upset right now.”
“Ah,” I nodded.
“Do you think there is a traitor in the guild?”
“I wouldn’t call you a traitor out loud, but… . “That’s roughly the case.”
“hmm… . Lee Mi-sun Hunter will take care of that. “Is this a rune?”
I pointed to one of the new photos Hong Seok-young took out. This is a photo taken inside the clothes the corpse was wearing.
Complex symbols are intertwined. Unless at some point a bunch of psychopaths killed people and left meaningless graffiti on them, they are runes.
“Yeah, I was already going to ask you this.”
Hong Seok-young also agreed.
“excuse me… .”
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“There is a rune, but I don’t know what it does. If you see it drawn like this, it must be meaningful. Do you know what rune it is?”
“I… .”
“I was going to ask you that, but did you think this was Mr. Kim?”
“Shouldn’t people live frugally?”
“Is this usually considered frugal?”
“Hey there!!!”
Although she doesn’t have a very quiet personality, this is the first time I’ve seen Kim Chae-min raise her voice like this since she saw the screen rune.
Hong Seok-young and I, who were talking about the runes drawn on the corpse, looked at Kim Chae-min with wide eyes.
“I can’t even follow that story!”
Kim Chae-min let out a loud scream.
“Who is Mr. Kim again, and what does his gender have to do with it?!”
Only then did Hong Seok-young smile awkwardly.
The poor archmage cried out with an aggrieved expression on his face, as if he had been unable to breathe properly due to the pressure of Hong Seok-young from earlier.
I don’t know how much Hong Seok-young told Kim Chae-min about me. But looking at that, it seems like he didn’t teach me in as much detail as I thought.
Kim Chae-min also knows about the existence of the Ark, as he was taken to the training center. It is still unknown how Kim Chae-min became involved with the Ark… .
Considering Hong Seok-young brought him here, it probably doesn’t matter.
“Mr. Kim. “You know I’m from Ark, right?”
“yes! “I never told you, but if we talked about it at the training center and you didn’t notice, you’d be an asshole!”
… Didn’t you say a word, let alone explain it?
I glanced at Hong Seok-young and opened my mouth. It was always me who took care of everything. It’s not even new.
“When I was about to get out there, there was someone named Kim who helped me. “It’s like an undercover investigation.”
Hong Seok-young did not stop me. Instead, she looked at Kim Chae-min and me with her chin resting on her chin as if telling them to continue.
Kim Chae-min is smart. Even if I just said that, I opened my mouth as if I had figured out the general situation.
“I lost contact with that person along the way… . “Hey, it’s the same with Hong Seok-young.”
“Uh huh. What is Hong Seok-young without affection? “Are you upset?”
“Since Hong Seok-young had very little information about me, I was very doubtful whether I was the internal informant that Mr. Kim was talking about.”
“You’re upset.”
“aha. so.”
“yes. That’s how it happened.”
Kim Chae-min picked up the beer glass and started gulping it down. After emptying the 500cc glass in one go, Kim Chae-min put the glass down with a loud bang and wiped the corners of her mouth.
… Was it stressful?
“So, are all your doubts about Teacher Wu resolved? “It looks like this was a trap investigation.”
“uh… . I don’t know that. “Isn’t it up to Hong Seok-young’s heart?”
Kim Chae-min glared at Hong Seok-young.
“Hong Seok-young.”
“Hmm?”
“Are we done now?”
Kim Chae-min frowned. Kim Chae-min, who was glaring at Hong Seok-young, blurted out.
“Then apologize.”
Hong Seok-young scratched his head. Hong Seok-young bowed her head and apologized without saying anything to the woman who was much younger than her.
“I’m sorry.”
“You can’t do that to me.”
“hmm. “I’m sorry.”
Hong Seok-young bowed his head to me as well.
“Now, it’s a bit of an apology, but… .”
Again, he pulls out something from inside his chest. Is that dress left with empty space in the inside pocket? Why do you keep bringing it up?
What Hong Seok-young took out this time was a crumpled document envelope.
“What is it?”
“It’s yours.”
I accepted the envelope with a skeptical look on my face. Compared to the size of the envelope, the contents inside were not much. That’s why it was crumpled. What’s inside… .
Tuk.
I blinked.
What fell into my palm was a card. To be exact, the size of the card… registration card.
Heejae Woo.
920930-1xxxxxx.
“The other personal information was based on what you told me while you were in the investigation room. If it’s a lie, there’s nothing I can do about it. Since I can’t change it, I’ll just live with it. and… .”
Hong Seok-young waved his hand. There was still something left in the envelope.
What followed the resident registration card was the hunter license.
“I also temporarily received this.”
Woo Hee-jae, D grade.
“I’ll update it later.”
But there was still something left in the envelope. I turned the bag over and shook it out, but it didn’t come out, so I put my hand in and pulled it out.
Tuk.
… It’s a bank account.
“It just so happened that payday had passed. “I also received a check card.”
There is a card inserted between the bank accounts. My name was there too.
“Now that you have a status, you are a citizen of the Republic of Korea, right? You know you have to pay taxes, right? So taxes are deducted… .”
For some reason, my hands were shaking. Maybe it’s because I sense the future ahead.
“I’m not a bad employer, so of course I took out college insurance. Even if you end up working somewhere else in the future, you must go to a place that offers insurance. “If you say you won’t listen, it’s a suspicious place, so stop.”
What does Hunter have to do with private insurance? !
“Originally, I should have deducted the miscellaneous expenses I spent on living for a month, but… .”
“Hey, Principal, that’s too much.”
“Oh, are you the principal now?”
“You apologized.”
“Well, if I want to keep being called a teacher, I have to live a good life.”
Hong Seok-young said with a chuckle.
“Like Mr. Kim said, I think that’s too much, so I’ll just buy it for myself. How are you? Are you okay? “It is a fair reward for your hard work.”
“… … .”
“Okay, I understand everything. I understand. We’ll talk about the serious stuff later, but for now, let’s just celebrate. president! “Bring me some more beer!”
“… … .”
Fair price? Is this a fair price?
I held my bankbook and my hands were shaking.
My salary has been cut by a quarter, and now what?
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