The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood – Chapter 85

Ch 85: You Can’t Know What’s in a Person’s Heart

A few minutes ago.

“We’ve secured Jang Jongshik!”

“Cough, cough! Ugh, the smell of gunpowder.”

After the planned arrest operation ended.

‘Huh?’

Seon Uyeon was a step late in noticing Giryeo’s absence.

Until just now, she had been preoccupied with the chaos caused by the Blue Shell-intoxicated organization members.

‘Where did he go?’

She thought the appraiser might have gotten lost, so she belatedly went to look for Kim Giryeo.

━Aaaaaah!

But something was strange.

━Please save me!

The closer she got to the location indicated by her skill, the more she heard what sounded like a woman’s desperate cries.

━I’ll talk!

Finally, when she reached the corridor in question.

Seon Uyeon realized one thing.

━I’ll tell you everything without hiding anything! I’ll remember whatever you asked earlier, so please…!

Amidst this mysterious plea.

She heard a familiar male voice mixed in.

‘What?’

But compared to someone’s scream, Giryeo’s voice was so small that she couldn’t understand what he was saying at all.

‘What the heck is going on?’

An unknown anxiety arose.

So, Seon Uyeon quickened her pace, and soon she entered the room where they were.

“Ah.”

“…!”

But the sight that greeted her upon arriving at the room was this.

“You came quickly?”

Kim Giryeo was squatting on the floor, grabbing someone by the hair. Now, he didn’t seem to be trying to hide his actions.

And what are those bloodstains?

The woman he was holding was covered in blood.

As if she had hit her head on something…

“Hic!”

At that moment. The blood-soaked woman saw the Association ID card hanging around Seon Uyeon’s neck and jumped up.

And with all her strength, she ran to her, grabbed her pant leg, and shouted.

“A-are you from the Association? Please help me! I’ll turn myself in. I’ll confess to using Blue Shell!”

Seon Uyeon’s heart sank for a moment.

Because it didn’t take much effort to understand the situation.

‘He beat someone up?’

She looked in the direction of Kim Giryeo with surprised eyes.

‘And a non-awakened one at that?’

But all that returned was a cold gaze like hardened wax.

“This person is really saying things that cause misunderstandings…”

Step, step.

Soon, the hunter got up and approached her. And he spoke to the trembling woman.

“Hey. Even if your mouth is crooked, you should speak straight.”

“H-hic!”

“Did I hit you or what? Huh?”

Then, the mysterious citizen immediately corrected her statement.

“Y-yes! Th-that’s right. This person didn’t do anything to me.”

But how credible could those words be when she was so terrified?

“…….”

Seon Uyeon’s mind went blank.

Perhaps.

Perhaps, Kim Giryeo was a much more dangerous person than she had thought all along.

Maybe she was just making a big misjudgment.

Otherwise, how could he have done this to a total stranger…

“Seon Uyeon-ssi?”

The B-rank hunter lifted her head at the sound of her name.

But she couldn’t make eye contact with him.

Looking at the awakened one’s downward gaze, a forgotten emotion slowly resurfaced.

“What’s wrong? You’re sweating bullets.”

She felt afraid and unpleasant.

“Are you hurt? Should I take a look?”

A considerate attitude. Blood-stained hands. A calm voice. A sobbing woman.

“No. I’m fine.”

What should she believe?

◈◈◈

“Oh my, everyone is working so hard!”

A dimly lit warehouse corridor.

Suddenly, a young man’s voice burst out. It was the voice that Kim Giryeo’s corpse was making.

“You must be tired, right? Give it here. I’ll help you carry it.”

“Oh? The hunters can just sit down.”

“How can we just stand by? It’s okay. Give it to me.”

I approached the police officers, speaking in a bright tone.

Then, they willingly handed over the boxes they were carrying, which were the problematic Blue Shells.

“It’ll take all day to carry all of this, right?”

“Haha, it’ll be over sooner than you think.”

And so, we searched the warehouse thoroughly and confiscated all the Blue Shells.

“Heave-ho.”

Thud.

And just as the last box was loaded onto the truck.

I turned my gaze towards the loud noise I heard from somewhere.

“F\*ck, open it! Open it up!”

“Oh, geez. That drug addict is at it again.”

Looking closely, the arrested criminal in the back seat of the police car was going crazy.

His name was… Jang Jongshik, wasn’t it?

“Does this window go down?”

I approached the police car and tapped on the glass door. I asked them to open it for a moment.

“Is this enough?”

“Yes. Thank you.”

Well then, with the unnecessary partition gone, it was time to do my job.

“Who are you! You f\*cking bastard!”

I ignored the outburst and intently observed the man in the back seat.

Then, I felt a faint mana coming from his body. Even though the person was clearly a non-awakened one.

‘Oh.’

Mana coming from a normal person. This could only mean one thing.

‘He’s under a spell?’

My prediction was correct.

The brainwashing sorcerer from the Nacha Temple had also used his powers on this man. He had been caught.

‘Hehehe.’

Well then, let’s show off my skills.

I took out the mana amplification agent I had hidden and drank it. To trace the sorcerer.

“Kim Giryeo Hunter, just a moment.”

But I had no choice but to stop my actions at the voice coming from behind me.

“What are you trying to do?”

“Ah, Seon Uyeon-ssi.”

What was I trying to do…

Well, obviously.

“As promised, I’m going to find out the higher-ups of that bad organization.”

When I said that clearly, Seon Uyeon frowned as if she was suspicious, but soon fell silent.

It was an unpredictable reaction.

‘Is she worried I might fail?’

For some reason, the back of my head felt prickly…

And so, I began my work with Seon Uyeon’s glare.

Although it would only take three seconds.

“W-what? Don’t look at me! What are you looking at! What are you looking at!”

Fumbling.

I rolled up the sleeves of my shirt and showed my left hand in a fist for a while.

One second, two seconds, three seconds.

By now, enough mana should have flowed into the magic circle I had drawn beforehand.

“Huh?”

Swish.

The Blue Shell addict suddenly became quiet when he saw the palm of my hand reaching out to him.

That was unexpected. I thought he would resist more.

Could it be that he realized that I had removed the skin on my palm and hid a magic circle in the dermis layer…

‘There’s no way.’

I finished my short daydream and focused on the task at hand.

━Zzzzzzzzz.

I activated high-level magic and extracted the necessary information from the human in front of me.

“Hwaaaaaaah!”

“W-what is it?”

“Don’t worry. He’s just faking it. Faking it.”

To explain in more detail.

I could say that I stole the memories of the moment when the brainwashing skill was activated on him.

‘Originally, the proper way is to trace the mana back to the sorcerer, but it’s impossible for an F-rank…’

As long as I get to Seoul, it’s fine. Yeah. It’s not like I stayed up for three days for nothing. That’s what I’m saying.

In the end, I found a way to get back at the Nacha Temple.

“Hey, I know it doesn’t hurt, so stop with the fuss.”

Tap, tap, tap.

I tapped on the car wall and urged the Blue Shell addict.

Well then, now for the main point.

“Jongshik-ah, let me ask you something.”

“Hic, h-hic…”

Then, the name from the stolen memory flowed out of my mouth.

“What exactly kind of person is this ‘Su Ye-hui’?”

◈◈◈

I was planning to keep trying until I succeeded, but I found it surprisingly fast.

Luckily, his memory contained the brainwashing sorcerer’s self-introduction.

“Her name is Su Ye-hui. She looks about 160cm tall, has white hair, and really big eyes.”

I described the characteristics of the awakened one, recalling the stolen memory.

Then, Seon Uyeon nodded her head.

“You have an amazing skill.”

“Yeah. Well.”

“That’s a relief. I thought there was going to be a bloodbath in front of the detectives…”

“Huh?”

“Ah… It’s nothing.”

It’s a relief that it’s nothing, but…

“Anyway, that’s all the information I can get right now.”

For reference, we are currently sitting on the steps in front of a police station in Seoul. Seon Uyeon wanted to go to a cafe, but I didn’t want to, so I was holding out.

“Whether that person is really a member of the Nacha Temple or not. It’s a bit difficult to prove that right now…”

But in the end, I couldn’t avoid the fate of drinking coffee.

A little while later.

When I went back into the police station at the detective’s urgent call, I suddenly received a vending machine coffee as a reward for visiting…

“Seon Uyeon-ssi, please check this data.”

“Ah, yes.”

“After searching on our side, there is only one hunter with the name Su Ye-hui.”

I sat there with a sullen face, holding the coffee, no matter what they said.

“Let’s see. Su Ye-hui, C-rank hunter, the registered skills are things like Water Ball…”

“The picture seems right.”

But I couldn’t just let this statement pass.

“C-rank? There’s no way!”

I couldn’t help but blurt out a word. Then, everyone’s gaze was fixed on me at once. It was burdensome.

“Something’s wrong.”

“What do you mean wrong?”

“A C-rank awakened one’s mana level wouldn’t be able to maintain the brainwashing of so many people.”

What followed was a simple calculation.

“Based on the calculations, to pull off something like that, it would require at least an A-rank. No, maybe even a borderline S-rank…”

After thinking for a moment, I came up with one suggestion.

“Seon Uyeon Hunter!”

“Y-yes?”

“Let’s start with a re-examination ruling.”

Since it was certain that they had faked their rank.

“Since there’s no way Su Ye-hui is a C-rank, let’s first challenge the fact that she faked her awakening power.”

“Ah!”

“That’s also a big violation, right? Right? The brainwashing case can be investigated later.”

After that, everything went smoothly.

The confession of the Blue Shell distributor.

The suspicious gaps in the gate entry records.

And because of this information found in the auction house records, the Association confirmed a re-examination for that awakened one.

『September 29th, Infinite Power Core Successful Bid ━ Su*hui』

‘Hahaha! That bastard, he’s caught!’

If that awakened one named Su Ye-hui was arrested, the Nacha Temple would definitely suffer a huge blow.

“Well, this didn’t get exposed either.”

With a relieved heart, I returned home.

And in my pants pocket were three Blue Shells.

And the next day.

“Is an Earthling a god?”

Late lunch. When I encountered the concept of delivered food for the first time.

“To have the food you want come to your house with just a finger tap, are Earthlings, no, are Koreans gods…?”

Vrrr, vrrr.

I belatedly picked up my phone at the vibration sound coming from the table.

But what came out of the speaker wasn’t very hopeful news.

“No, what did you say?”

According to Seon Uyeon on the phone, as soon as the re-examination ruling was issued, the person named Su Ye-hui had suddenly disappeared.

“And even the Searchers’ skills can’t find her?”

In the end, the Korean police had to publicly put that pseudo-religion member on the wanted list as a suspect. It was an unsatisfying conclusion for me.

‘Just a wanted list?’

Wait, but normally the call would have ended by now.

━Giryeo-ssi.

The call was still connected. So, I listened to the voice coming from the speaker.

━…I have something to ask you.

“Yes.”

━By the way, why were you so interested in the Nacha Temple investigation?

“Huh?”

━If I think about it, you weren’t like this at other times…

That was sudden.

━What was your intention in directly getting involved in this case? I want to know the reason.

But well, there was nothing I couldn’t answer.

“So, you mean why did I pick the Nacha Temple, right?”

Rustle, rustle.

I said, moving the delivered spicy stir-fried pork to the desk.

“It’s nothing special.”

The tone was light, but it was a more sincere answer than ever.

“It’s just that I don’t like what those guys are doing.”

But right after that. For some reason, I heard a coughing sound from the other side of the receiver.