The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood – Chapter 143

Ch 143: Kagoshima Dragon Raid （6）

It was truly 60 seconds riddled with lies.

Coming out of the gate, the air feels so refreshing.

━Clickclickclickclickclick!

But it seems I need to keep up the act a little longer.

“He’s out!”

“Is the gate cleared?”

“It’s Kim Giryeo!”

Because the reporters were already gathered at the exit.

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Moritake Ito.

Former securities company employee, current S-rank hunter.

He thought, in an experience he had never had in his life, being thrown to the ground with his whole body bound.

Truly, life never goes as planned.

After the restraints were released, he hurriedly tried to follow Kim Giryeo, but onlookers had already gathered at the exit.

Being cornered like this, he doesn’t even feel like trying anything anymore.

Clickclickclickclick.

“Ugh.”

There are foreign reporters all over the place, so now all that’s left is for his crimes to be exposed to the world.

“Mr. Moritake!”

“Please say a word!”

“My goodness, Japan really did have an S-rank dungeon……”

But what in the world is going on?

Contrary to his worries, Kim Giryeo didn’t open his mouth in front of the people.

He just stared intently at the Japanese man who came out behind him, then disappeared into the crowd as if burying himself.

A few seconds later, the other party seemed to occasionally answer the reporters’ questions in Korean, but even those were all short words. In other words, Kim Giryeo did not mention the incident that happened inside the dungeon.

‘Huh……?’

Is he really going to let it slide like this?

Is he really covering up his mistake?

Ito momentarily thought so, but it was just his delusion.

Giryeo kept silent after a fierce calculation ━ to be precise, he ran away because he couldn’t gauge how much power the Imabari Guild had in their own country. He thought that if they were powerful enough to control the media, snitching would be meaningless ━ and by the time the plane the Korean was boarding was on the runway.

The true price for all his mistakes began to come.

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“I’m going to quit this guild.”

Inside a hospital room surrounded by white cloth.

After some time, the Japanese hunter who had fainted regained consciousness.

However, as soon as the wind attribute Awakened One recovered his health, he told those gathered at the bedside.

Even putting aside the fact that they had injured him, they had made a choice that people should not make.

“Iori…….”

“This is not something that can be resolved with just ‘I’m sorry.’ I believe Moritake-kun also knows this.”

“I just…….”

“Even after studying the precedent of Hawaii so much, how dare you be stingy with the payment for a Legendary?”

The patient sitting on the bed glared at those who were once his colleagues with contempt.

“How can you now downplay Kim Giryeo-ssi’s help as you please? If the dungeon’s boss had run amok, we would be receiving a death sentence from the doctor right now!”

Just like how the Nukelabi was the one who killed the most American S-ranks, it was obvious that the boss of the dungeon they faced would have mercilessly killed the Japanese hunters if it hadn’t been for someone’s Restraint magic.

“Not only would we not have had a record of 0 deaths, but half of the people here would be dead by now……!”

The person who was taking care of the injured person next to her nodded in agreement with Iori’s words.

Dark blue bobbed hair.

This was another Japanese S-rank who possessed the electric attribute awakening ability.

“At the time, my body was in a lot of pain, so I pretended to follow Ito’s words, but yeah. I’m going to resign from the guild too.”

“What?”

“Honestly, I don’t care about whether you attacked a Korean or not, but you even laid a hand on Iori, didn’t you?”

At this mention, the faces of the hunters gathered in the hospital room turned strange.

“If this goes on, you might even harm your colleagues to monopolize good items later. How can I trust someone like that?”

“….”

“I’m going to go independent now. If you don’t let me go, I’m even thinking of immigrating.”

“….”

“…If you have a mouth, say something. Ito. Don’t you have any thoughts even after hearing these words from me?”

『Imabari』 Guild.

When we first established this group, we said that unlike other countries, we should gather the strength of S-ranks.

Even if the age of individualism has come, there must be values in this world that do not fade.

We had sought such long-term cooperation.

“Ha…….”

The peace that had been built up with teamwork to the point that they could be considered a second family was shattered in an instant.

Iori and the lightning sorcerer’s sharp gazes clashed.

But their eyes soon showed signs of surprise.

Because soon after, the guild master, who had been silent, knelt on the hospital floor.

“Ito?”

“Moritake…….”

Their representative was naturally proud.

Perhaps because he was someone who had worked in the fierce financial world, his desire to win seemed higher than others.

But such a man suddenly kneels. And he bowed his head low enough to be humiliating and said this.

“I’m really sorry.”

Really, he himself didn’t intend to do this either.

Looking back belatedly, he was as if possessed by a ghost at the time.

To be blinded by a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and try to betray even the benefactor who had extended a helping hand.

But is the reason for such behavior solely due to greed?

Ito didn’t think so.

In a way, this is a crime stemming from emotions that had been simmering for years.

“Because I thought that if I had this, I could become equal to Haseong… ”

Inferiority complex. Inferiority complex. Anyway, that damn inferiority complex.

“So that was the cause.”

Moritake Ito was originally quite a promising talent worldwide.

Even though he was born with an abnormally high mana, he was stuck as an A-rank for a while because there were no internationally separate ranks.

After the new standards were established, his rank was quickly corrected, so he was practically the first S-rank.

Around the time he awakened, there were few countries that had S-rank hunters, so Ito naturally garnered the expectations of the people.

The pride of East Asia, the son of the sun.

In this age of dungeon shock, he was treated almost as well as the imperial family.

“I’ve told you repeatedly not to care about hunters from other countries. You are you!”

But if he had known that the future would turn out like this, he would have rather been born as a decent B-rank.

Jeong Haseong.

Because his life had changed completely after that young man appeared.

『【Emergency】 The first S-rank of the neighboring country is also confirmed to be Fire type! ! ! 』

Same attribute.

Same rank.

And both of them were the first S-ranks of their respective countries.

Jeong Haseong happened to have many things in common with Ito, but there was one thing that would not change.

『Is the machine broken?』

『Wowww, the number of 0s in that hunter’s awakening value is a lot』

That young man with a clean impression was truly a talent born with an ability that he could never catch up to even if he died and came back to life.

Originally, in life, the pain of falling from a high place is greater than the pain of wandering in a low place.

Moritake Ito had been suffering from unimaginable comparisons due to the appearance of Jeong Haseong.

In the beginning, the media in his country had been promoting Ito and putting down Haseong in a way that was biased towards their own people, but…….

『”Jeong Haseong, who single-handedly destroyed the White Tower, a great achievement” … Swept through a triple dungeon including A-rank』

Even that became quiet after a certain gate clear.

『They say Jeong Haseong clears 3 dungeons a day easily, what is Ito doing? Pay for my collapsed building, you incompetent! （ ｀Д´ ）』

Even siblings get sick of being constantly compared, but now that the whole world was weighing him against that young man, Ito felt like he was going to explode.

And in the midst of all this, the problematic treasure appeared.

‘I was really crazy. I swore to protect people, citizens, but how could I be so blinded by just one sword…….’

The media’s malicious reports became more active from around the beginning of last year, when the Korean Ranker accidentally acquired a Legendary.

Now that Jeong Haseong, a dragon, had even seized the Legendary, the commoners of Japan would never be able to catch up to him, no matter how hard they tried, and such contempt was rampant everywhere.

However, contrary to the expectation that there would be a huge increase in power, Haseong had not yet figured out the ability of the tool at this moment.

‘If I succeed in interpreting the Legendary one step ahead at this time, I thought I would finally be able to beat him for the first time.’

Ito bitterly regretted his actions.

But this was hardly accepted by others.

“That’s ridiculous. If Giryeo Hunter hadn’t been so strong, you wouldn’t even have had a chance to repent.”

At that moment.

The other Japanese hunters who had been riding on the coattails of the guild master started arguing, saying how could they be so cold to each other, and then asked if he thought it was okay for such a dangerous item to be handed over to a neighboring country.

“Shut up!”

But the wind sorcerer on the sickbed frowned and rebuked them.

“Can’t you all still grasp the situation? You just messed with a hunter who can neutralize three S-ranks in an instant!”

The following statement was a fear-filled question of whether Kim Giryeo would continue to keep this matter silent.

They flinched at Iori’s loud voice and thought.

Come to think of it, this means that the entire Imabari Guild has a huge weakness, doesn’t it?

Whether it was simply because the tool didn’t suit his aptitude. Or if it was to acknowledge his contribution to the S-rank gate raid.

Kim Giryeo had generously given up the Legendary and even saved their lives, but he had never once said that he would keep this secret.

“Do you get it now? Imabari is now in a position where it wouldn’t be strange if they were threatened at any time. Even if it happened inside the dungeon, the day he gives a statement in front of 『Justitia』……!”

The young-looking hunter clenched the blanket so hard that the veins on the back of his hand popped out.

“If I could, I’d reveal everything you did in front of everyone right now, and I’d want to get out of this saying I’m innocent!”

“I, Iori.”

“But do you know why I can’t do that? Because if I did, it’s obvious that we’d all get eaten alive by the Management Agency!”

“Ah…….”

“Ha, even though the anti-hunter sentiment is increasing every year, what in the world are you all doing at a time like this.”

A murder among Awakened Ones!

Iori said everything he wanted to say and then held his head.

Even for the sake of managing the image of Awakened Ones in Japan, they couldn’t carelessly admit their crimes.

But at this time. Ito, who had been kneeling all along, spoke in a serious tone.

“…First.”

The attention inevitably turned to the guild master’s voice.

“Don’t worry about the second witness. I’m talking about Kang Changho. He said this to my translator before leaving the dungeon.”

“What did he say?”

“He said he’d overlook this matter, so don’t worry. Kim Giryeo, the hunter, showed such generosity first, so how could an elder ruin it.”

“…….”

“…It didn’t seem like an atmosphere where he would expose it first.”

Kang Changho forgave us.

But the biggest issue in this situation is the blonde one. What is he going to do?

“And about Kim Giryeo’s matter…. No matter how much I think about it, it seems like all we can do is just bow down, hoping for his mercy.”

“Ito-ssi.”

“Of course, I alone am not enough. So, I’m going to borrow everyone’s strength a little for the future…….”

At Ito’s words, the bobbed-hair guild member sneered.

“Does that mean I have to listen to Moritake-kun’s orders again?”

However, the guild member’s expression changed rapidly at the guild master’s next words.

“Yes. It would be difficult for you to trust a leader who gave wrong orders twice. Moreover, I’m someone who has revealed all my ugly greed.”

“No, I just…….”

“I don’t think that the shattered trust will be restored by doing this, but as a meaning of repentance, I will give up the rights to that Legendary.”

It’s a bombshell.

“The ownership of the item will be distributed equally to you, the raiders. Please cooperate with the apology in exchange for this.”

“You mean it’s public property.”

“And among the things that were said earlier, about whether a greedy person like me might harm his colleagues later, I’ll replace the answer with a 『Knight’s Oath』.”

“Are you serious?”

“I promise that I will never betray you for the rest of my life. So please, just don’t leave the guild…….”

At Ito’s words, the face of the Awakened One who controls lightning changes. But only Iori on the sickbed maintained a consistent attitude.

“Even if you say that, I cannot forgive you, Guild Master.”

Perhaps it could be said that she was the one who had been consistently confused more than anyone else here.

“But depending on how you act towards Kim Giryeo, the extent of our future relationship may change.”

“……!”

“Anyway, I’m tired, so tell me that first. What are your plans to apologize to him in the future?”