Chapter 1062 – 1062. Shinwi
The light source bridge collapsed.
It is a pseudo-religion that calmly committed a human sacrifice that would shock the entire world. There was no way I could function properly.
The captured fanatics were brainwashed and returned to being normal people. But not everything was back to normal. Among the fanatics, those who were deeply infatuated still believed in fanaticism even after their brainwashing was over. Their end was mostly suicide or death.
The Suwol guild was disgraced by failing to capture the dungeon.
Before the return, the 2nd raiding party was dispatched, but now the Japanese government and association are actively involved, so the 2nd raiding party could not be dispatched.
Japan actively publicized their achievements.
The news that Amatsuka Koyori, Japan’s proud S-class hunter, destroyed the temple of the evil light source bridge and rescued the kidnapped ordinary people and the Suwol Guild Raiding Team, could be found just by going on the Internet.
The reputation of the Suwol Guild has fallen.
People did not criticize the failure of the Suwol Guild. There were only a few critics.
You’ve done well so far, so you can take a look at it. Do better next time. Failure is something that everyone experiences. Opinions such as this have been floating around the Internet.
‘How far is public opinion like that? It’s certain that the evaluation of the Suwol Guild has fallen because of this failure.’
In order to change public opinion, I exposed one of the corruptions of the Suwol Guild. It was about that the Suwol Guild teamed up with one of the association’s executives to monopolize several dungeons. However, there was no great reaction. There was a comment defending the guild of Jokjok Suwol who posted the article.
‘You don’t even need to hack this. 100% comment part-time job.’
Not a single article appeared on the Internet, as if the reporter had also bought it. In order to change public opinion, a bigger corruption had to be exposed.
‘Not now. It could be an issue for a while, but it’s impossible to destroy the Suwol Guild.’
Now was not the time.
‘Still, I have to tell you about the corruption once in a while. It’s only when one of these things piles up that it explodes bigger the next time it explodes.’
In any case, the work related to the light source bridge was over.
What I gained this time is influence in Japan. Koyori Amatsuka, who believed and followed me absolutely, rose in status, and Japanese politicians began to believe in wind gods. In particular, the Japanese prime minister became an ardent follower of the wind god.
‘Because the Japanese Prime Minister has benefited from the things I prophesied. Did the approval rating go up?’
There will come a time when Japan’s strength will be needed again. Then it will definitely help.
•••
June 15th. Tuesday.
I drove my car early in the morning and headed to Gangwon-do. Normally, it would be time to sleep with Han Harin, but… I had work to do today. It was pretty important.
‘Thorn mask. I have to catch that bastard who made me suffer before returning.’
Until the return, the Korean Hunter Association had not been able to find out the identity, let alone catch the thorn mask.
‘I should have suffered a lot because of that bastard.’
Today, a thorn mask appears in a mountain village in Gangwon-do and causes a massacre. It is to kill all the villagers except for one little girl. In front of the girl’s eyes.
On my way to Gangwon-do, I contacted Baek Ji-eun.
“… Hello. Are you Eugene? What’s going on from this puppet dawn? Did you miss this older sister that much? The last time I asked for help, he said he couldn’t because he was busy.”
Baek Ji-eun’s voice was locked, perhaps because she had just been sleeping.
“I was really busy at the time. Still, the information I gave you was helpful, right?”
I handed over some of the information before the return to Baek Ji-eun, making various excuses. Since she usually has some information from her that she receives from her, this time I will give her information from her.
“That was a huge help. How did you find out about criminals who haven’t committed a crime yet? Do you have the ability to see the future? It’s 100% because I foresaw even an accident where the lights fell in the studio….”
“That’s not right. There are ways. The accident in the studio was predicted by the shaman.”
“You are a brave shaman. Where is the shaman? Let me go too.”
“It’s a trade secret…. In fact, I returned.”
“Ah. I see Can you tell me the lottery numbers?”
“The lottery winnings aren’t that small. Don’t you believe me?”
When you become an A-rank hunter, lottery winnings are not even visible.
“Believe. How could I not believe you when you gave me such detailed information?”
“Don’t tell anyone else.”
“Don’t tell me.”
I easily confessed to Baek Ji-eun that she had returned to 30 days ago.
Baek Ji-eun was trustworthy.
To be precise, I believe in the absolute hypnosis that Baek Ji-eun took. While absolutely hypnotized, Baek Ji-eun will not betray me.
“Therefore. What did you call me at dawn?”
“Thorn mask.”
“…… !!”
Baek Ji-eun’s surprise was felt through the phone call. She, Baek Ji-eun, is still after the awakened criminal Thorn Mask.
“… Do you know the identity of the Thorn Mask? Tell me quickly!”
“I don’t know the identity. Because he wasn’t caught until he returned. So I’m going to check the guy’s identity now. I want to hold on to it.”
“Where are you! I am coming!”
“So the place….”
I said the location without hesitation. It didn’t matter if she came. Because there is nothing to disturb me.
“Ji-eun. Are you using the information I gave you well?”
“Of course. Thanks to that information, do you know how high my status is lately? Even the executives are wary of me. If you hold on to the thorn mask… You will be promoted faster. I am grateful to you.”
Baek Ji-eun’s increasing power is a good thing for me. For him, it is also to provide her with information prior to her return.
“I will destroy the Suwol Guild. Ji-eun, I need your help.”
“This is going crazy. What is the name of the Suwol Guild?”
“I will break it someday. Will you help me?”
“… You’re serious. Well, I know that the Suwol Guild is lagging behind. I don’t really like the Suwol Guild either… I’ll help you later when I get a chance.”
“Thank you.”
•••
I sat on a tree and looked down at the mountain village.
Peaceful town. The sky is blue and people work as they did yesterday.
It was unbelievably peaceful a few hours before the tragedy.
I quietly watched the girl. The reason I don’t enter the village myself is because the thorn mask that saw my presence may not appear.
‘The mask of thorns appears first in front of a girl. I show the girl the scene of subduing the girl and slaughtering the villagers.’
The scene includes the girl’s parents and grandparents. And the other villagers would also be like family to the girl. Because that is the nature of this mountain village.
I looked at the girl. The girl has been walking around the village since morning. Then, all the villagers I encountered smiled and said hello to the girl. He raised his hearing and even recognized the girl’s name. It was Yoo Chae-ah.
The time is getting closer to noon.
Baek Ji-eun did not appear. Lost along the way Even if she had her license, she rarely drove herself, so it was quite possible for her to happen.
‘… It appeared.’
A man in an out-of-season black coat appeared at the entrance to the village. And a white mask on his face.
The thorn mask was right.
As soon as I saw him, I moved, and he approached Yoo Chae-ah, who was observing insects near the village entrance.
“Little boy.”
The thorn mask called Yoo Chae-ah.
“Yes? Who is your uncle? Why are you wearing a mask?”
“He’s just a passer-by. Isn’t this mask cool? Can this man show me something interesting?”
“Are you having fun? Yes! Show me!”
Yoo Chae-ah smiled brightly and the thorn mask let out a low laugh, and she stretched out her hand to Yoo Chae-ah.
Chin.
I grabbed the hand of the thorn mask with my left hand. The head of the thorn mask is directed at me who suddenly appeared. The man’s eyes, seen through the gap in the mask, widened.
“Sung Yujin… ?!”
“You know me? Well, I’m a bit famous in the Hunter world.”
Poo-wook.
I stabbed the knife into the side of the thorn mask. He reflexively leaned his upper body forward. I pulled on his mask. Did not come off easily. It is probably a mask with special effects. He broke the mask with force with his fingers.
A distorted man’s face was revealed. I paused momentarily.
‘… Where did you see that face?’
I didn’t remember very well. I wasn’t the type to remember the face of a man or something.
‘I do not know. Loser once. You’ll find out later.’
It was the moment I was about to hit the guy in the head with my right fist. A thorny vine shoots up from the ground and climbs up my left arm. I had no choice but to let go of his hand. Otherwise, I could have lost my left arm to the entwined thorny vines. Even if there was a full recovery, I didn’t want to give up my left arm easily.
The one who got out of my grasp distanced himself from me.
“Damn it! Sung Eugene! Why are you here?!”
“Why are you here?”
“I have no intention of telling you… Is this If the Association had known, you wouldn’t have come alone. I will kill you here and kill all the witnesses.”
“… Hey. Where have you seen us?”
“Is this a ploy to uncover my identityhaha. Unfortunately, you and I are new to each other. You will die here without knowing who I am.”
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I narrowed my eyes.
Unless he’s telling lies, he’s never met me now. But I think I saw him somewhere.
‘I saw it before returning. I’m sure it’s not Japanese or Light Bridge…. Before that, I would have been walking around with Baek Ji-eun….’
I remember what Baek Ji-eun said. Maybe the Thorn Mask is a member of the Association.
“Ah.”
He sighed. I remembered.
“Are you Jo Jin-seong?”
“…….”
Jo Jin-sung’s face hardened terribly. You seem to have given the correct answer.
“Affiliated with the Association’s Special Incidents Division. Cho Jin-seong, a B-class hunter. Following Baek Ji-eun, she bumped into her several times. I remember now Were you the true identity of the Thorn Mask? Hey that’s amazing I never thought there was a culprit this close. The Association doesn’t know your abilities, right? Did you have a second awakening?”
Also, the return is great.
Even if all kinds of shitty incidents happen, it can be solved with one regression.
“No way… You would know me You must die here.”
Jo Jin-seong wields a thorny vine. It wields thorny vines over 10M quite well. But to my eyes it looked slow. Although he is a Class A awakened criminal, his practical skills are close to that of Class B.
He whipped the whip with the tip of his toe. Jo Jin-seong bit hard at this.
“Cut this one out!!”
7 from the front. Three thorny vines from the right and left shoot up from the ground and fly towards me.
“It feels dirty like tentacles.”
If I dodge, Yoo Chae-ah will die after being hit by a thorny vine. It’s a little too late to summon a sword and parry it. So I decided to just give it a go. He strengthened his body with mana and faced the thorny vines.
The thorny vines did not end with beating my body. Wrap yourself around like a snake. My skin was itchy. Even though it was reinforced with mana, the thorns penetrate the skin. It was because mana had permeated through the thorny vines.
Haha! It’s stupid, but you don’t avoid it, don’t you? Your arrogance is what killed youhaha! I never thought that Sung Yu-jin would die by my hand! Very lucky today!Haha!”
Jo Jin-sung smiled and came towards me. The thorn mask was famous for brutally killing people. I’m also going to torture you and kill you.
“Did you strengthen your skin with mana? How long can I hold out? Let’s see. If you hold out for 10 minutes, I’ll save you. I promise to put my name on it, so you can trust me.”
“Who would believe that? Stupid.”
“You will believe. There is only one way to believe Come on, kid. Keep an eye on it. The slow death of the fool who tried to save youhaha!”
“Uh, uh….”
Yoo Chae-ah fell behind her, shaking her body. Her eyes are full of tears I looked straight ahead again. Jo Jin-seong is approaching me triumphantly. 5M. 4M. 3M. Far enough
‘Heaven.’
[Heavenly Heart is activated. Lasts 1 minute.]
The thorny vines that restrained my body were released by an unknown force. I leaped forward and punched him in the face with my fist. Corn flew out of his mouth along with blood. This time, he raised his left fist to his stomach. Cho Jin-sung’s body collapsed about 5 meters and fell to the floor.
“Quaaaaagh!”
The bastard fought back even as he screamed. A thorny vine seeks my throat. It was slow. Tub and grabbed the thorny vine.
Grip support.
Lightning flashed and set the thorny vine on fire.
I stepped on his body with my foot. I stepped on my leg first. Kicked his calves, trampled and broke his knees.
“Aagh! Aaaaagh!”
He also broke his arm. His fingers were trampled on one by one and his shoulders caved in. The torso was not stepped on. If you do wrong, you die easily. Instead, lightning was used. It’s electrical torture time.
Gripping support.
“Aaaaa! That stop!! Wrong! Please stop! Aaaaagh!”
“I! Because of you! I can’t even sleep well in the morning! Called without even trying! Do you know how hard it was?!”
Baek Ji-eun tried to chase after this bastard and ate me a lot. If it wasn’t for this bastard, I would have had sex with Baek Ji-eun 7 more times.
Pajijijik! Jigsaw Jigsaw!
“Stop! Stop! Seong Yujin!! Stop!! You bastard!!”
From far away, Baek Ji-eun was screaming and running in a hurry.
“Aaaaagh!”
Yoo Chae-ah burst into tears.
I calculated the distance to Baek Ji-eun. I think I could do two more electric tortures. Hastily created an electric current.
“Keep it off!”
His scream reverberated through the mountain village.
