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Episode 35. Terrorism (2)
Now that we have a promise of cooperation, there is no need to hide any more details.
Seon Woo-yeon began to slowly explain the outline of the incident.
***
After leaving the restaurant.
“There are terrorists.”
The first words thrown out were these.
“in korea?”
“Yes. In Korea.”
The man responded that it was his first time hearing about it.
It’s not surprising since it hasn’t been reported in the media yet.
“But the method is a bit special. It’s not a terrorist attack with a bomb or something.”
“Then what… … .”
“Monster.”
Seonwooyeon stood with his arms crossed and spoke seriously.
“Recently, we have detected evidence that someone has artificially caused a dungeon break.”
“yes?”
“That means, what we need to catch is this dungeon break terrorist.”
A phenomenon in which unknown creatures that exist beyond the gate are released into the streets.
Why is this called Dungeon Break?
The reason was in the characteristics of the gate.
This is because the passage that contained a different world inside, called the ‘General Gate’ or ‘Blue Gate’, had rules that were like a time bomb.
“Artificially breaking the dungeon… …?”
Usually 7 to 10 days.
If the scale is small, 3 to 5 days.
If the Blue Gate is left unattacked for the above time, the entrance will be destroyed.
Boom! It explodes like a supernova, destroying the dungeon and releasing all the monsters inside into the city.
So this was called ‘Dungeon Break’.
Moreover, this phenomenon became the impetus for mankind to develop technology to explore the gate.
“How is that possible?”
But then a guy who causes this terrible accident without permission appears.
Seon Woo-yeon frowned at Kim Ki-ryeo’s question. Then he shook his head.
“We don’t know either. We have to find out now.”
Anyway, since it’s a terrorist attack related to the gate, they’re going to investigate the gate.
Kim Ki-ryeo understands the situation without any difficulty. However, a small question remains during this process.
“Wait a minute, when a dungeon break occurs, the existing gates disappear. Then there’s nothing to investigate?”
That question was quickly resolved by Seon Woo-yeon, though.
“That’s why I said the criminals left traces.”
“yes?”
“The gate didn’t disappear.”
Moist air enveloped them.
But Seon Woo-yeon spat out drier sentences than ever before.
“Not long ago, there was a dungeon break incident where a large number of fire-attribute monsters appeared outside the city, but the dungeons they came from still remain.”
“… .”
“That too… . It’s empty inside.”
This was the identity of the place that Seonwooyeon wanted to request an investigation.
***
Terrorists, human traffickers, and fellow hunters.
Isn’t it true that Korea is the most dangerous neighborhood, except that there are no gangs?
‘Should I go abroad?’
I killed time by biting my fingernails out of anxiety.
Today is that day.
A day to help Seonwooyeon with her work.
“Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo? You’re here already?”
“I took a taxi.”
As soon as the appointment time arrived, an association staff member showed up right on time.
As soon as I saw Seonwooyeon’s face, I pointed behind me. To the brightly shining blue passage beyond the police line.
“Then shall we enter now?”
“Yes. Then you can go in with the person in charge over there.”
“What about Seonwooyeon?”
“I’ll be waiting outside the gate. I’m a searcher. I’m not an Awakened person suitable for protection.”
“……hmm.”
The gate under investigation is a B-class gate near Seoul that features a lava zone.
A weak awakened person like Kim Ki-ryeo would die if even a B-class monster’s breath touched him, but fortunately, there was no danger right now.
‘It’s really empty inside.’
Well, as I heard before, there weren’t any monsters.
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The boss was clearly killed by the Dungeon Break Suppression Team, but how come the gate remains intact without collapsing?
‘There wasn’t even a living person inside.’
This is a good opportunity.
I had been quite interested in Earth’s Gate for a while, so I decided to investigate it with all my heart.
And a few hours later.
After sweating profusely and toiling in the lava zone, I finally achieved something.
“Phew… … .”
“Did you find something?”
After completing my investigation, I left the stuffy dungeon air behind and went outside.
Then, Seon Woo-yeon, who was waiting outside, greeted him, and he was the first to tell her this sentence.
“I have some bad news.”
“What is it?”
“I don’t think it’ll be easy to find out who the culprit is.”
Seon Woo-yeon, who heard this… started to look at me as if I was some kind of bug.
No, I really don’t know, but then what can I do?
“There are no clues left to confirm the identity, and there are no signs of manipulation inside the dungeon.”
Was it because I ordered kalguksu and steamed dumplings last time that it was the cause?
Well, it’s understandable to be upset if you can’t pay for food.
A cold air flowed from Seonwooyeon’s face.
I tried to pretend not to be scared even after seeing it and continued speaking slowly.
“Instead, I found something strange.”
“What is it?”
“I’m talking about this gate here.”
Knock knock.
When he points to the blue passageway in front of him, Seon Woo-yeon’s consciousness becomes focused.
“The sorcerer… no, the Awakened One forcibly opened a passageway, isn’t it? What I’m trying to say is that it’s a fake exit.”
“FALSE?”
“It’s too unstable.”
At the same time, Seon Woo-yeon’s eyes widened, but he continued speaking without paying attention.
“If I explain everything, it will be too long, so let me summarize it briefly. That terrorist.”
Woohoo. Even at this moment, the blue passage was making a strange sound, lighting up the space.
“I know how to create new entrances and exits to the dungeon.”
“…!”
“Of course there must be a way to close the original passage, since it was swapped.”
It’s amazing that such manipulations can be done to the Gate, an unknown space.
However, even though I found out this information, I couldn’t just brag about it.
“Widening or narrowing the passage? Why would the criminal do something like that?”
“Well, no matter how I look at it, this has nothing to do with Dungeon Break.”
A close analysis of the gate reveals:
I could think of a few ways to intentionally cause a dungeon break.
So I could speak with more confidence.
The number of passages has nothing to do with dungeon breaks.
“hmm.”
Besides, even if you support and stir-fry the still passageway… … .
“Mr. Seonwooyeon. This isn’t the first time a ‘strange’ dungeon break has occurred, right?”
“Oh, yes.”
Seon Woo-yeon quickly explained.
This year, there were three dungeons that suddenly blew up even though there was still a lot of time left.
So that means there are at least three suspected criminal records.
“You didn’t leave any evidence behind in your last crime, so this time you’re drawing attention by creating an empty gate like this?”
What is your intention?
“Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo, is it possible that the previous case and this one are not the same person?”
Although a plausible argument was made, this was also nothing more than speculation.
‘Are the wizards of Earth trying out all sorts of experiments out of curiosity? It’s quite possible. All wizards are that big.’
Hmm.
As expected, this guy’s magic power is the problem.
If only I had more mana, I could use various investigation methods.
For example, brainwashing all the people in this area so that they only tell the truth… … .
‘But now I can’t even use confession magic, and my portable lighter is stronger than my fireball.’
Oh my, you rotten thing.
Being reincarnated as a bottom hunter has its fair share of inconveniences.
“As of now, there is no way to know.”
Anyway, this is the end of the investigation.
I pointed to the gate with the police line and gave Seon Woo-yeon a brief warning.
I don’t know what kind of big-headed terrorist did this, but he wasn’t all that skilled.
“Oh, by the way, Seonwooyeon. From now on, you must not enter this gate.”
“yes?”
“I told you earlier. The fake passage is unstable.”
“That means… … .”
“The exit will probably disappear in less than a day.”
No one knows what will happen to the dungeon that was forcibly maintained because of an artificial passage created by someone, now that it has lost its exit.
If I hadn’t come earlier, an innocent police officer might have been trapped in another world.
Seonwooyeon also realized this, and her face turned pale for a moment before she muttered in a quiet voice.
“Thank you so much for your cooperation.”
Thanks to you, I was able to eat beef today.
But this was my last achievement.
Before long, that empty gate disappeared from the world.
“Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo, I apologize for contacting you so late. You were right. The entrance… has disappeared.”
We lost our only clue to tracking down the culprit.
Moreover, from this day on, terrorist incidents have stopped abruptly… … .
It was inevitable that the subsequent investigation would be sluggish.
The period promised to assist Seonwooyeon’s work was two weeks.
But as time passed, the number of days when I didn’t even answer the other person’s call gradually increased.
***
[I have some sad news to share. The police have been searching the park where missing person A was last found since the 9th, but in the end… … .]
[Breaking news. Another victim of the recent series of disappearances in Eunpyeong-gu… … .]
[Police, “Special Investigation Headquarters established… Will do our best to search for missing persons.”]
Several meaningless days passed.
“The world is so scary~”
I was just lying around with nothing to do.
When I was a long-haired hunter and was busy running around the field, why did I suddenly end up like this?
Well, that’s because there’s no place to use your emotional abilities anymore.
Because the investigation was left hanging in the air after the gate disappeared.
Thanks to that, I have time to play with my phone like this.
“These days, everyone only talks about this.”
I sat there blankly, watching the news footage on the screen.
In fact, during the period when Seonwooyeon was chasing the terrorists, another major incident occurred in Korea.
As many as 7 unrelated citizens of Eunpyeong-gu have gone missing?
‘Where did you kidnap me again?’
The possibility of kidnapping briefly crossed my mind, but the odds of that happening were slim.
The victims have two things in common.
Because his actual residence was in Eunpyeong-gu and he was a non-awakened person.
‘Who on earth would be a normal person without magic power…?’
It was a time when I was alone and lost in my doubts.
-Ding♩ Tiring♩♬
A new, preset bell sound rings in the studio.
At the same time, the news I was watching automatically stopped.
Looks like a phone call came.
[Seonwooyeon ☎]
I pressed the receive button without hesitation.
“Yes, this is Kim Ki-ryeo.”
What followed was a normal phone call.
“yes yes.”
It wasn’t particularly long. Seonwooyeon always keeps things brief.
“Yes, I understand.”
Stop.
After the call ended, I muttered while looking at the turned off screen of my phone.
“No, for heaven’s sake. I was watching the news and thought I was curious about the situation for a moment, but I never said I wanted to solve the case myself.”
I have some bad news.
As the investigation into the Eunpyeong-gu missing person case becomes more serious, it is said that Seon Woo-yeon, who has searcher skills, has been urgently selected as an investigator.
In other words, I, whose contractual condition was to ‘assist Seonwooyeon’s work for two weeks,’ also got involved in this work.