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Episode 278. Value is something that exists and then disappears (3)
-Kwak.
Um… … But wait a minute.
Somehow I feel like right now isn’t the time for me to sit around and daydream.
‘Is that Earthling really going to activate [the desire for improvement] here?’
At first, I thought they would just check it out and end it, but as time passed, Kang Chang-ho did not release his airway.
‘That wasn’t it.’
But as the feeling of unease rose in my chest and I was on the verge of brain damage, my mammalian side stopped acting on its own.
The neck is free.
“Kaaaak.”
“It’s strange……”
Ironically, Kang Chang-ho muttered to himself as if he didn’t understand what he did, but why should he correct the facts to a guy like that when he was being beaten up unilaterally?
“I expected that if you were to interfere with skill use this much, at least [Judgment] on Justitia would be activated.”
“greatness.”
“The scales haven’t tipped again. The [judge] function hasn’t responded at all. So is it true that Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo is really only answering the truth…?”
chin.
Kang Chang-ho put the magic tool he was holding in his hand down on the floor.
And while he was lost in thought, with his hand on his chin.
I barely managed to move my damaged back of my head from the physical pressure and immediately tried to start a new conversation.
‘It’s become certain. He’s not sure either.’
Again, the most important thing in the current situation is.
Because this is to clarify that this is not the original body.
‘You’re forcing people like this, but you’re not actually killing them by breaking their cervical spines… Kang Chang-ho is still in a state of uncertainty about the truth. If I can just convince them that I’m the same kind as them, the tide might change!’
I cleared my throat and spoke quickly.
I don’t know what you’re trying to confirm, but I may be able to deal with Justitia’s [Judgment], but I don’t have any grandiose active skills, so there’s no other possible solution.
Besides, I’ve said it several times, but far from being related to Dungeon Shock, this is a modern person who suffered greatly from that disaster.
I’m not a government agent like the rumors going around on the internet. I’m just an ordinary 25-year-old citizen of Mapo-gu. Why are you bringing such grand charges against me?
“Please don’t do this. We are on the same side.”
The spot where the blue nail was stuck starts bleeding again.
I explained to the perpetrator with all my might, with the wound on my neck from the friction I had just sustained.
Anyway, this has absolutely nothing to do with the Gate disaster, so please don’t misunderstand and just assume I’m a human.
As a bonus, he had a pitiful, hoarse voice because he had a small hole in his throat.
“……Are you really annoyed because I tricked you last time? So…you’ve really decided to kill people now?”
But strangely enough, there was no change in facial expressions as usual.
Or frowning wildly like a smirk.
Or, having red, bloodshot eyes and gushing clear fluid, etc.
There are many different depictions on Earth that appeal to people’s sympathy.
But I just continued my argument dryly without using any such additional expressions.
Looking back, it seems that the acting strategy I used before did not elicit a very good response from the staff of the association.
‘Come to think of it, this is something I intuitively noticed while talking to Earthlings. Seonwooyeon seemed to sympathize with my words more than my facial expressions. When I moved my facial muscles, the employee just stiffened his neck and opened his eyes wide.’
A blonde body that easily creates a sense of discomfort, no matter how naturally it expresses a smile.
As a great wizard who has lived for a long time under semi-compulsion, he has noticed some kind of law.
I guess the current status of ‘Kim Ki-ryeo’ has been fixed to a very blunt atmosphere to the public.
So, if you try to break away from that image now, it will only make you more suspicious.
For a series of reasons, I was sealed off from the means of expression and had to resort to only using language.
“sorry.”
My pride is a little hurt, but I wouldn’t mind apologizing with my mouth to overcome a life-or-death crisis.
“Looking back, I really did deceive you… I, I guess I was thoughtless… I want to repent. I will make a skill stone for Hunter Kang. No matter what, it’s better to consider a deal than to kill… isn’t it better…?”
It’s a skill stone manufacturing.
Kang Chang-ho raised one eyebrow after hearing my remarks.
After waiting for a moment, a half-obvious answer came from the other person.
“You seem so mature for admitting your own mistakes. I wish I could emulate you. But, while you’re in the middle of repenting, where do you always get such information, Hunter Kim?”
“…Making skill stones?”
“huh.”
“Well… when you go through a dungeon… you’ll come across a lot of different things. Even if you don’t like it, you’ll gain information.”
“A dungeon?”
“Yes.”
“You didn’t have any records of your computer strategy until last summer?”
It’s a natural way to bring up the subject of the hunter’s computer system, even though he’s not even an employee of the association.
But I had fully expected this level of Q&A.
Even if it weren’t for Seon Woo-yeon’s testimony, as proven by the stalking behavior that had been carried out before, that S-class man had been obtaining government agency data quite freely.
“……Of course, it was my fault for failing to report it.”
The vocal cords of the body produce language through conscious manipulation.
In return for forcing my injured neck to move, a subtle discomfort below the pain threshold constantly rises there.
A situation where the voice of a corpse that was once damaged feels regrettable.
But now wasn’t the time to be discussing things like sound preferences. I continued making excuses without batting an eye.
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This body explained in its own way why there were almost no registered attack computers.
“Ugh. Hehehe! Hunters go through dungeons anyway… It’s not like it’s a bad thing. Just don’t harm others like the kids who commit steal crimes. Is it really necessary to report every move to the authorities?”
“hmm.”
“If you had heard about my attitude toward the organization when the inevitable evil appeared, you would have naturally felt the reason why I avoided registering my awakening properly……”
“Ah, when you were the president of the association?”
“Actually… I too, that… anarchism. I have anarchism. I don’t really like government orders and stuff like that, like you.”
“I’m not an anarchist?”
But wait a minute.
That person, who ignored the Association’s directives and even fell to the 1,000th place in Hunter Rankings, wasn’t an anarchist advocate?
‘So, was the ranking that low simply due to a rebellious nature?’
I opened my eyes slightly wide and looked at the other person for a moment.
Although he had been making excuses full of lies, he now seemed to be responding with sincerity.
Kang Chang-ho, who saw this, responded with a smile and a light gesture such as shrugging his shoulders, but that casual atmosphere did not last long.
“As I said earlier, I’m easy to misunderstand. In reality, I’m not that anti-social, so don’t push me too hard. Anyway, I’ve heard a lot about Hunter Kim’s ideology.”
“…….”
“But if we look at it that way, doesn’t it just raise more questions? Even if we assume that he was hostile to the association, there are many inconsistencies.”
“What…are you talking about?”
“A rat who was labeled as an F-class person because he was hostile to the country and lived in hiding. And a nobleman who once lived without any expectation of recovery after being seriously injured.”
Why did you come out and hunt down the inevitable evil?
It’s not just the Imoogi War that’s strange. Don’t patients who risk their bodies to escape pain go on dragon raids? When a dungeon break like the Thorn Forest occurs, don’t you go out to the scene first?
Kang Chang-ho points out that the actions of the fourth S-class are too contradictory to be attributed to a simple sense of justice.
During the conversation, it was mentioned that although it was certainly understandable for someone who had their insides shattered in a fight with something to pretend to be an F-class and go around hiding, it seemed that they were overly interested in paranormal phenomena that did not fit the topic because they were in a state of trauma or rejection that left them with residual trauma.
In the process of fixing the reincarnation’s biggest defect, [the lungs], too many clues were left behind.
‘f*ck.’
Instead of answering the questions of the earthlings, I started my speech with this topic.
“What about Mr. Kang Chang-ho?”
He answered questions with questions.
“I have many questions. Listening to your story now, it seems like you don’t see me as a simple conman, but as some kind of monster…….”
“…….”
“Then, even if [your desire for improvement] is not the reason, you should kill the dangerous seed in front of you right now. What on earth… do you believe in, that you only torture me… Isn’t this situation, the proof that I am innocent?”
“…….”
“Besides, why did you drag Seonwooyeon into this? Because out of all the association employees, he was the one who I knew…? And for that reason, you sent an employee to the house of a supposed monster.”
How can a person who does such things be good?
What followed was a blonde body twisting its lips in disbelief, reeking of iron. In other words, the new shell of the Archmage.
As the old saying goes, “A thief is the one who gets the club,” I was stabbed for no reason. This side fired back in a sharp tone.
The purpose was to buy time to somehow come up with an excuse, even if it was just by questioning the other person.
“I see Justitia is here… I guess she went to see that association staff member again while I was unconscious.”
But although every sentence was filled with the intention of changing the subject, honestly, as the conversation went on, the topics I was truly curious about came up.
“Is that B-class Awakened person in good condition?”
I asked about Seonwooyeon’s well-being and remained silent for a moment.
A thin cold sweat runs down my temples, which had been dry.
And after a few seconds, the person involved in the third kidnapping incident in question began to answer.
“You really have a lot to be curious about.”
At first, I thought he was going to ignore all my questions after hearing that. I was anxious. But fortunately, the conversation soon continued smoothly.
“Does the fact that I’m not using [Improvement] right now make you look like you’re wavering?”
Maybe he was just being sarcastic.
“Is the hunter Kim Ki-ryeo a human or a monster? I’m not sitting still right now because I’m checking that part.”
“Ugh!”
“The reason I didn’t make your body look like a blue hedgehog and left your snout open like this… was because I had a lot of questions to ask you.”
“Ugh.”
Anyway, no matter how much I insist that I’m not a monster, it doesn’t work.
As the sentence flowed, Kang Chang-ho hit the blue nail near my throat with his fist.
I lowered my head with a stern expression.
But Kang Chang-ho paid no attention and spoke in a manner that at first glance seemed almost generous.
“By the way, the agency staff is fine, so don’t worry. I just sent an errand boy to get Justitia back. That human’s ‘role’ was to keep her alive in the first place, so why would I come and do harm now…?”
“role?”
“Are you curious about that this time?”
But I guess I should have noticed something was wrong the moment that mammal came out so generously.
“Yes. If you just answer my questions properly first. I can tell you as much as I want about Seonwooyeon’s well-being as a give and take.”
Soon, Kang Chang-ho asked this question, bringing up things like information exchange.
“Do you know by any chance how the gate is made?”
Has Korea’s third S-class hunter always been interested in that otherworldly space?
After that, similar questions of determination poured out one after another in the dark room.
Dungeon.
Skill.
Items. And monsters.
Even if you are not a scholar, these are topics that modern people living in the era of Dungeon Shock would naturally be curious about.
But the sentences that Kang Chang-ho was lining up one after another were all assuming that the culprit of the Gate incident was right in front of us.
Even if a question with a perfect understanding of the principle was asked in the middle, it was difficult to give a smooth answer.
“I don’t know anything……”
So, at the end of the conversation, the argument ended up being this:
“You don’t know anything?”
“I don’t know.”
Knock knock.
A sharp metallic sound is heard from somewhere.
Kang Chang-ho said as he picked up some extra blue nails that he had left on a nearby workbench.
“The reaction was exactly as I expected. But if you keep acting like that while you’re fluent in Korean… you’re going to regret it soon.”
The Earthling revealed a rather shocking truth with a dry laugh.
“Haha. Actually, all of your friends I’ve met in the past died while pretending not to know things like that.”
It’s been a long time since someone’s friendship has been reduced to a pitiful victim!
Wait a minute. But something is strange.
Because I.
‘I didn’t have any friends in Alphauri… … ?’
How can you kill a being that doesn’t even exist in the first place?
A cold sweat runs down my face as if I’ve heard a ghost story.
I felt a momentary sense of discomfort and nausea due to the repeated blows, such as a choked carotid artery and nails driven into my neck, which impaired my judgment.
But when I thought about it again with my cold mind, I soon realized that the word ‘friend’ that Kang Chang-ho had mentioned was not a very close relationship, but rather a group of people of the same species…