The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood – Chapter 84

Ch 84: First Move（3）

My brain has been recalling proverbs like “a late-learning thief doesn’t know when the dawn breaks” since a while ago, but let’s ignore that.

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“Seon Uyeon Hunter!”

“Ah, you’re here?”

Finding the location of the warehouse wasn’t difficult.

Seon Uyeon had agreed to participate without much hesitation after hearing my proposal.

“Since your name is already listed for this investigation as an appraiser, it doesn’t matter much, they say.”

“I’m sorry for asking you so suddenly.”

The B-rank hunter then smiled.

“It’s okay. It’s good for us if Giryeo-ssi comes.”

They believe me so innocently, I even feel a pang of conscience.

‘What kind of reaction would they have if they found out I came to steal the Blueshell?’

But then.

With a thud, the car we were in suddenly stopped.

It seemed we had arrived at our destination.

‘They built it in an extremely remote place.’

Seon Uyeon and I got out of the car following the police’s instructions.

What appeared before us was a simple structure with all sides blocked off by ivory panels.

‘Is this the warehouse?’

It’s surprisingly clean and large.

Of course, no matter how decent the exterior looks, it’s meaningless if the security is like this.

Because the barrier surrounding this place was so shoddy it made me frown.

‘Wow. This is almost worse than the Magic Tower Guild’s barrier.’

Every time this happens, I really feel like I’ve fallen into another world.

‘A primitive magical civilization.’

It was at that moment.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Suddenly, a loud explosion like a lawnmower starting up came from the side, so I naturally had to turn my head.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

I wondered what it was, but it was the sound of something breaking through the barrier.

A gust of wind blew around the awakened one with long straight hair, and I thought as I watched Seon Uyeon use her ability.

‘Huh?’

I shouldn’t have taught her how to use her skills.

‘She’s pretty strong?’

Seon Uyeon, who had fully mastered her abilities, had become a rather threatening presence.

If you were to touch even a bit of that blade wind, an F-rank would instantly be split in half.

‘Hmm.’

Whoosh.

I nodded while listening to the ominous sound of the wind.

‘I absolutely can’t get caught stealing the Blueshell…’

Just as I was becoming aware of the danger of the mission.

—Clang!

Finally, the destruction of the barrier was over, and the magical energy surrounding the warehouse scattered into the air in an instant.

“Is that it?”

“Yes, Hunter-nim. Let’s go in now.”

Anyway, they said this place wouldn’t be dangerous…

‘Why are they all so heavily armed?’

I glanced at the detectives holding their truncheons and asked.

“Isn’t this a dangerous job after all?”

Seon Uyeon replied to that.

“It’s okay. All the gangsters here are non-awakened.”

“Hmm.”

“We work in the hunter industry, so awakened ones seem common, but in reality, they’re a minority in society.”

But even after hearing that, I couldn’t quite relax.

‘Even if an F-rank fights a normal person, they might lose if they’re not careful…?’

And while I was secretly sweating,

The police in the lead shouted towards Seon Uyeon.

“Seon Uyeon Hunter-nim, please follow from behind and periodically inform us of Jang Jongshik’s location.”

Thus began the warehouse entry operation.

The inside of the building we soon arrived at was dark and damp.

‘There are… a lot of rooms?’

It had a more unique structure than I expected. There were temporary walls set up everywhere, making the hallways feel narrow.

‘Could it be that each room has a different purpose?’

Even at this moment, the police and Seon Uyeon are diligently moving forward.

I glanced at them, then slipped to the back of the line to try opening a room.

—Click.

But I didn’t expect it to be locked.

‘Tch.’

I tried the same thing a few more times, but the result was the same.

‘At least there are no open rooms on this hallway.’

But I can’t go back empty-handed after coming this far.

I followed behind the police, turning the doorknobs of the rooms whenever I had a chance.

Moreover, after some time, members of the organized crime group started to come out of the rooms in the warehouse first.

“You bastards, stay still!”

“From now on, you are all under arrest for violating the Narcotics Control Act and the Special Act on Awakened Crimes.”

I hadn’t found the Blueshell yet, but there weren’t any major problems.

Because the Earthling police were surprisingly good at fighting.

‘Ohh.’

I let out a short exclamation as I watched the gangsters being subdued in an instant. Everything was going smoothly.

—Bang!!

Wait, what is that ominous sound now?

“A gun?”

“That’s the sound of a gunshot?”

“Why a gunshot?”

P*ick up my ears.

The police became alert due to the noise that came from far away, beyond the hallway.

It wasn’t just them whose attitude changed.

“It’s the direction where the distributor Jang Jongshik is!”

Seon Uyeon sensed who was where the gunshot came from and shouted loudly.

Then the police reacted like a shot.

“Let’s go quickly!”

A situation where something might have happened to the key figure they must arrest.

They immediately ran to the right path.

But in the midst of all this, there was one person who didn’t follow the flow.

‘Crazy.’

That was me, Kim Giryeo.

‘Guns exist in Korea too? That’s strange. My brain’s information clearly said that’s only in movies…!’

I once saw a post like this while surfing the web.

『How to distinguish a C-rank hunter.gif』

Do you know what the content of this post was?

It was a video of someone shooting a handgun at an awakened one.

In other words, C-rank or higher awakened ones aren’t injured by firearms, etc., and the results gradually change for those below that…

‘A trash like Kim Giryeo will get pierced 100%.’

I didn’t follow them.

I don’t want to get shot by some drug addict’s bullet after foolishly hanging around the scene.

‘Ugh.’

Besides, the arrest operation is almost over anyway, so shouldn’t I just wait here?

‘I just came to get a sample, and now I’m suffering like this.’

I shivered and wandered around the quiet hallway.

But at that moment.

This time, a chilling sound began to echo from the opposite direction of where the gunshot was heard.

—Sniff, sniff…

It was like someone was sobbing…?

‘What is it?’

The warehouse was dark and somewhat eerie, but unfortunately, I was a great magician who had finished interpreting the soul.

Meaning, I don’t believe in paranormal phenomena.

‘It can’t be a ghost.’

Then this must be a sound made by a person.

—Sniff, sniff…

It’s starting to bother me.

So I moved little by little towards where the sound was coming from.

Of course, even then, I was maximizing my senses so that I could run away at any time if I met someone else, but fortunately, what I was worried about didn’t happen.

‘Is it here?’

The door of the room I arrived at was wide open.

Thanks to that, my curiosity was easily satisfied. I could check the inside just by peeking my head in.

“Sniff… Sniff…”

What I saw next was a woman collapsed on the cement floor.

She was gradually quieting down, as if she didn’t have the strength to cry anymore.

Now that I look at it, she has a blindfold on her eyes, and her arms and legs are even tied with rope, so the situation is not good at all.

‘Hmm.’

Then, from now on, it’s a simple logic problem.

This place is a den of gangsters. That means it’s full of bad people.

It’s presumed that that woman was captured by those bad people…

‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend.’

The answer is clear.

I decided to help that person.

‘A non-armed normal person. With this, I can subdue them even if an emergency situation occurs.’

Some impure thoughts got mixed in, but anyway, be grateful for my altruism.

“Ugh, ugh…”

Swish swish.

I carefully approached her, checking my surroundings.

“Are you okay?”

When the distance was narrowed to some extent.

I carefully asked the citizen who was lying on the ground.

But there was no answer.

“I’ll untie you now.”

I, who have experience being kidnapped, know very well how frustrating it is to be unable to move.

I used the 『Pyromancer Necklace』 I had around my neck to burn away the rope in front of me.

‘Huh?’

But this person isn’t using their hands even after I untied the ropes.

I had no choice but to take off the blindfold myself. It seems like they’re still confused.

‘Done.’

Swoosh.

When I went behind her and released the last restraint, the woman dazedly raised her upper body.

“Uh, uh…?”

However, the Earthling’s face turned pale blue in just 3 seconds.

“Why did you suddenly untie me… Are you taking me already?”

I didn’t know what she was talking about, but the woman started to beg and even cry.

“I was wrong! Please save me!”

“Huh?”

“I, I, I won’t ever tell anyone what you did. Really, really!”

Why is she like that?

She’s saying things like, “Are you really going to ‘concrete’ me?” and “I don’t want to get on the boat.” The following sentences are all incomprehensible.

“Sniff, I didn’t even know this place was Gayangpa…!”

But at this point, I have a rough idea of what the other person is misunderstanding.

‘Could it be that she thinks I’m a member of this organization?’

To treat a good person like me as a gangster!

At first, I was dumbfounded, but when I thought about it, it was a problem that could very well happen.

A white shirt and black slacks.

It just so happened that the clothes I was wearing today were similar to those of the criminals.

“Excuse me…”

I carefully started to speak to clear up the misunderstanding.

But at that moment. New information suddenly entered my vision.

Drip.

Suddenly, a stream of red blood flowed from the other person’s forehead.

‘Blood?’

I belatedly realized that she was injured. Moreover, the injured area wasn’t good either.

‘Did she hurt her head? That’s an Earthling’s weak point, isn’t it?’

As a rule, the initial response is the most important part of treatment.

I was shocked to see that the Earthling was hurt and bent down. To examine the wound in detail.

“Kyaaak!”

However, what followed was the other person’s shrill scream.

“Why, why are you doing this! Why!”

“Ah, I’m just trying to look at the wound.”

“Huh?”

“Let me see your head.”

“H, head? Again with the head? Sniff!”

It was no use explaining that I wasn’t an organized crime member.

That mysterious citizen was trembling like an aspen and muttering incoherently.

“Please save me. Please save me…”

The more she shook her head violently, the more blood flowed from her forehead.

“Ugh! S, stay still.”

I was flustered and stopped her from moving first.

Thud.

I grabbed her head with my right hand.

“Hiccup!”

But that first aid didn’t produce good results.

As soon as her head was grabbed, her face turned pale, and she started screaming at the top of her lungs.

“I’ll talk!”

She’s been talking all this time, and now she’s saying she’ll talk again.

“I’ll tell you everything without hiding anything! I’ll somehow remember what you asked earlier, so please…!”

It’s clear that this person was dragged here for some reason, but to be honest, I wasn’t curious about what she had to say.

Swish swish.

I ruffled the woman’s hair and found the source of the bleeding.

As expected, her scalp was torn. By the way, it’s quite deep.

‘It’s difficult to heal living creatures, so should I try to stop the bleeding for now…?’

It was then.

—Thud!

I quickly turned my head at the sudden loud noise.

But I wasn’t greatly flustered. Because the person who kicked open the aluminum door was an awakened one I was familiar with.

“Ah.”

“…!”

Seon Uyeon comes into the room, panting. It seems she tracked my location with her skills.

“You came quickly?”

But why is her expression like that?