The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood – Chapter 26

Ch 26: Kidnapping （3）

I really don’t want to be in the same space as that cold S-rank…….

“Kang Changho-ssi, now that I think about it, I don’t think we need to fight. I’ll surrender.”

I raised both hands and slowly backed away.

On the other hand, Kang Changho followed me, closing the distance.

“Only now?”

Well, even I wouldn’t trust the words of a guy who escaped once.

It’s a touch-and-go situation. Kang Changho acted like he would rush forward any second.

‘Eek!’

And the moment Kang Changho’s ridiculously large fist was clenched tightly.

I thought I heard the sound of wind leaking somewhere in this room. Was it just my imagination?

“Boss~ I’m here.”

No, it wasn’t my imagination.

There really is cold wind blowing from the right wall.

Awkward Korean.

Everyone’s gaze turned sharply at that.

On the wall we were looking at, a new gate, which wasn’t there before, had opened.

To be exact, it was a yellowish-green magical passage that looked similar to a gate.

“Oh my. It’s exactly 12 o’clock. You’re really punctual with your appointments.”

Then, someone popped out of the magical passage.

Seeing the old man act so friendly, he must be an enemy, anyway.

I stiffened, on high alert for the suddenly appearing awakened one, but Kang Changho’s reaction was the opposite.

“Ah, is this person the transporter?”

Kang Changho even abandoned the power struggle with me and approached him with a welcoming look.

“They said that among space movement skill holders, it’s rare to be able to move people too. But to see the real thing like this.”

An S-rank awakened one, standing at the top of the hunters, readily bowing his head and offering a handshake.

What generous treatment.

“Welcome to Korea.”

“Ah, yes.”

When Kang Changho greeted him, the space movement sorcerer hesitated and took the other’s hand.

“Hello……”

But little did he know that this would be his last words.

I couldn’t believe what happened right after, even with my own eyes.

━Bang!

As soon as the awakened one took his hand, Kang Changho grabbed the sorcerer’s hair on the side of his head with his other empty hand and slammed him straight into the wall…….

“Kyaaaaaaack!”

The wall crumbles partially.

As if to finish the job, Kang Changho firmly grabbed the space movement sorcerer’s head and slammed it down on the cement floor once more.

It all happened in about 3 seconds.

“H-Huh! You, what the heck are you……!”

The wall and floor, instantly stained red, looked like a painting by a modern artist.

While everyone was in shock, Kang Changho, dusting off the blood from the transporter on his hands, said.

“It took a lot of money and time to get rid of this bug.”

“What did you say?”

“Space movement awakened ones run away if you’re not careful.”

It’s hard to catch an opportunity.

Kang Changho muttered that and looked down at the awakened one he had killed, then declared to the kidnappers.

“I didn’t originally want to care whether you guys were smuggling or illegally occupying gates.”

The old man’s face turned pale at the S-rank hunter’s words.

“But it’s a different story when you’re smuggling awakened ones from my territory overseas.”

With those words, Kang Changho attacked them.

“Ugh!”

“E-Escape into the gate…!”

The members of the criminal organization were helpless.

Would the Association have created a separate S-rank for nothing?

Originally, there were only A to F hunter ranks in this world, made in alphabetical order, but it is said that a new rank was created later due to the sorcerers who started appearing one by one.

Hunters with extraordinary power that cannot be compared to those below A-rank.

“Kkyaaaack!”

That is a sorcerer who exists at the top of the food chain on Earth.

I nodded as I watched Kang Changho destroy the kidnappers one by one.

For a primitive magician, he’s quite something. As expected, let’s not mess with Kang Changho.

“Hmm?”

But wait a minute.

I was so focused on the bloodbath that I didn’t notice, but when I suddenly looked up, I heard a strange sound from outside.

The sound of sirens repeating loudly ━ wee-ooh, wee-ooh.

“The police?”

Kang Changho, who was half-killing the boss here, stopped what he was doing and looked this way.

“Did you call the police?”

Ah, that’s right.

“I did.”

When I immediately affirmed, Kang Changho made a strange face.

Anyway, it’s clear that he doesn’t like this situation.

Kang Changho left the unconscious boss and approached me.

And he gave me a light warning.

“Kim Giryeo Hunter, I’m telling you in advance, don’t try to involve me with this organization.”

“Pardon?”

“I just stopped some guys who were selling Korean awakened ones overseas. Do you understand?”

I also saw that he betrayed the kidnappers.

Perhaps the reason Kang Changho became a VIP was to make them lower their guard in order to meet the transporter.

“That’s what the police should do.”

But questions still remain.

According to Kim Giryeo’s knowledge, there was a separate profession on this planet for punishing criminals.

There’s no need to step in directly, right?

“If you knew how slow they usually are, you wouldn’t say that.”

“Pardon?”

“It’s not like I’m blaming the police. Most of the awakened ones who were public officials have transferred to the hunter industry, so there’s no way to deal with the manpower shortage.”

“I don’t quite understand what you mean.”

“You don’t get it?”

Kang Changho narrowed his eyes.

“I’m saying that it would have taken them days just to find this place.”

After hearing his words, I felt a chill. What?

“But this time, they’re too fast.”

“….”

“It seems that our Kim Giryeo Hunter did something.”

That S-rank hunter glanced at me up and down, then moved his feet with a small snort.

“I’m quite curious what you’re thinking, but it’s late, so I won’t bother asking.”

Kang Changho, who headed to the hallway, disappeared after a while.

I stared blankly at that figure, and only after 3 seconds did I come to my senses.

I didn’t notice because the other party was acting so naturally…….

“Wait a minute.”

Come to think of it, where is that bastard going now?

Wee-ooh━. Wee-ooh━. Wee-ooh━.

I turned pale when I heard the police car sirens coming from nearby.

The corpse of the space movement sorcerer with his head smashed.

The old man bleeding profusely.

On top of that, about 3 seriously injured people were lying unconscious in this room.

That damn S-rank ran away quickly.

Then, of course, the situation becomes like this.

“Hands up! Police!”

“Huh, what’s this place? It’s completely covered in blood!”

“From now on, if you use your awakened abilities, you will be subject to aggravated punishment. Do you understand?”

The people who arrived shortly after surrounded the area.

The police looked back and forth between the fallen people and me, and shouted in shock.

“This bastard, what did you do to the kidnapped victim!”

It would be nice if this ended as a simple ‘I had a hard time giving all the testimony alone instead of Kang Changho’ happening.

“I’m the one who reported it.”

“Don’t move! From this moment, you are in violation of the Special Act on Awakened Crimes……”

“I said I’m the one who reported it.”

The police must have misunderstood something very badly. They handcuffed me and started roughly escorting me.

“No, this is ridiculous.”

To treat a good-natured alien like this.

But the good thing was that this treatment as a criminal didn’t last long.

A few minutes later. I, who was led out of the building by the police, met a familiar face.

That hunter in front of the police car is definitely…….

“Kim Giryeo Hunter, why are you in handcuffs?”

I said casually to the Earthling who was making a bewildered expression.

“You tell me. Seon Uyeon-ssi.”

It seems that An Yunseung received my text safely.

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『Yunseung-a, it’s me Giryeo, I’m sorry but I’ve been kidnapped.

But I don’t know where this is, so I contacted you. If you know someone like Seon Uyeon at the Association, could you ask them to find me?』

『I asked you because you’re A-rank and it seems like you can contact the Association.』

『（Attached full front camera photo）』

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About 20 minutes ago.

Late at night, just before midnight.

A hurried phone call came to Seon Uyeon, who was buried in bed.

“Hello?”

The caller was A-rank hunter An Yunseung.

They often met for work and were on friendly terms.

“What? Who was kidnapped… Kim Giryeo? Kim Giryeo Hunter was kidnapped?”

But the news that An Yunseung delivered was shocking.

An F-rank hunter being kidnapped.

Even if the world is chaotic with gates, it’s not common for someone to be kidnapped.

“An Yunseung Hunter, calm down. I’ll contact Seo right away.”

An Yunseung is a polite college student.

He wouldn’t call late at night unless there was a special reason, and he was definitely not the type to make prank calls.

So Seon Uyeon was certain of the seriousness of the situation.

There was no hesitation after that. She activated her skill as soon as she received the call.

‘The location isn’t far from here. With this, I can join the police even if I leave in my car.’

This is how Seon Uyeon came to appear.

“Is there really a missing person in this direction?”

Also, Seon Uyeon’s participation became a great move in another sense.

“Keep going straight on this road. I’m sure of it.”

The place where Kim Giryeo was taken was in a deep mountain valley where the building site was difficult to reach, even with radio waves, so tracking was troublesome.

It was a situation where no one would have found the building and the search would have ended.

“It’s this building! On the first floor, do you see that protruding part? It’s that room.”

For this dilapidated abandoned building to still be in use.

It’s a landscape that is filled with unease.

“Please hurry!”

Seon Uyeon was not a suitable agent for combat, even for a B-rank hunter.

In that her only skill was tracking magic.

So she stayed outside so as not to interfere with the rescue operation….

‘Please, let him be safe.’

Was it that this prayer reached the heavens?

“Ah!”

Fortunately, the investigation team successfully rescued the kidnapped person.

There was a small problem in the process, though.

“Kim Giryeo Hunter, why are you in handcuffs?”

“You tell me. Seon Uyeon-ssi.”

Since it was something that could be explained by telling the whole story. Kim Giryeo was released from custody without difficulty.

“Thank you for helping me. But why isn’t Yunseung here?”

“An Yunseung Hunter is currently suppressing a dungeon break that occurred outside the city. I heard that he received your text while on his way.”

At this point, it seemed that everything was going well.

But a little later.

From the moment a police officer revealed the identity of the kidnapper, a strange atmosphere began to flow through the scene.

“Wait a minute, aren’t these guys the human traffickers on the wanted list?”

Recently, the police had a big headache.

Because a new type of criminal organization that kidnapped awakened ones and trafficked them overseas had appeared.

Moreover, these people cleverly hid the identities of their leaders in order to avoid being tracked by searchers like Seon Uyeon.

Since their names and nationalities were not real, it was natural that the skill wouldn’t activate.

Even if they managed to find a member of the organization, it would only lead to a tail-cutting. In the end, the investigation continued to be sluggish for a while.

But this place was none other than their rendezvous point!

‘Moreover, the organization is already on the verge of destruction?’

Seon Uyeon was flustered by the evidence that was being discovered one after another.

Except for a small number of people who were caught while fleeing, all the kidnappers in this building were either unconscious or seriously injured.

“It wasn’t me, it was that crazy Kang Changho.”

Kim Giryeo initially made this excuse.

Then, when a large number of awakened ones were found unconscious near the second floor, he slyly changed his statement.

“I did it to protect myself.”

…Come to think of it, this man doesn’t have any injuries at all.

‘What is it?’

The members of the organization who were knocked down by someone.

The blood-soaked room of the organization’s boss.

The F-rank hunter who was found in that problematic room, not near the exit…….

Seon Uyeon, who was organizing her thoughts, couldn’t bring herself to speak.

Was Kim Giryeo really kidnapped?

Is it really true that he had no intention in all of this?