The Delusional Hunter in Another World

Chapter 127




Chapter 127. The Question

I’m glad things are finally working out.

Thanks to Gu Seo-hyeong putting his real name on the line, my reputation has been rapidly restored.

Moreover, I’ve sued all those who spread false information through the lawyer introduced by Ahn Yoon-seung.

‘If you have money, you can do anything.’

During this process, the truth about the smoking photo that went viral online was also revealed…

[Why This Smoking Picture is a Fake

-Did you see the Gukbap House sign in the alley?

That place opened exactly three years ago and has been operating ever since.

According to the author, the Kim Gi-ryeo in the photo is a minor.

But Mr. Kim Hunter is 25 years old this year, right?

The Gukbap House is only three years old?

Huh? So what the heck is this?

Yep, another fabrication~]

As you can see, sharp internet users had already uncovered the flaws in the report.

Based solely on the results, most of the revelations online were fabrications.

‘Well, now that I think about it, even Kim Gi-ryeo’s ID photo had black hair. He probably dyed it after becoming an adult.’

But I never expected the person who filmed that smoking scene would turn out to be someone like this.

“Hmph.”

“I-I’m so sorry…”

A little while later.

While reporting people for defamation, I ran into the author of one post.

It turned out that the one who spread the photo of Gi-ryeo smoking had nothing to do with either side.

“Who are you?”

Just a neighborhood person.

‘He seems a bit too old to be related to Kim Gi-ryeo.’

I asked the man why he spread false information.

He responded with this.

In fact, he lived in the same studio as I did.

While he had been stuck in a miserable life for years,

a young man in the same building had suddenly become a top-tier hunter overnight.

“I was envious, that’s why…”

He said he crafted the post using a photo he took about nine months ago.

When I listened closely, he mentioned he happened to snap a photo of a young man smoking, thinking he might report it for littering the cigarette butt.

“Wait, wasn’t I not even aware I was an Awakened back then?”

Huh!

“But why did you keep someone else’s photo without permission? At that time, I was properly throwing my cigarette butts in a portable ashtray. No way, this guy really…”

Well, anyway.

In summary, the exposure incident wrapped up nicely with all my slander cleared away.

But I couldn’t let my guard down yet.

I still had a more personal and crucial issue left.

*

Now I know.

Kim Gi-ryeo’s death was rather suspicious.

In this modern country, it’s rare for someone to die from starvation.

And Kim Gi-ryeo wasn’t completely broke—he had emergency savings saved up in a piggy bank.

Yet here we are, a young man in his twenties starving to death?

Dressed in a clean suit, lying neatly in bed?

Doesn’t add up.

Anyone would start to doubt given the circumstances.

“What the heck is going on?”

There were more than a few questions I was curious about.

According to Gu Seo-hyeong’s testimony, he was incredibly healthy during his school days. So why did I find myself with a flaw in my legs when I took over?

Seriously, if you start digging, the questions never end.

Why did Kim Gi-ryeo die?

How did it happen?

…Was it really starvation to begin with?

‘My memories are so unclear that I don’t even trust the cause of death anymore.’

I’ve imagined various scenarios, but a solid answer eluded me.

The silver lining, however, is that today I had new information about Kim Gi-ryeo.

Earlier, while talking to an enchanter at the workshop, I overheard:

-Family? Ah, Gi-ryeo, you were probably from a facility?

I found out that this body was that of an orphan.

-When I suggested filing a lawsuit for school violence, well… you said that since you didn’t have parents, it would be difficult to have a legal representative, right?

So that’s why no one ever came looking for him.

I made sense of the situation. Still, it felt a bit strange to hear that Kim Gi-ryeo was an orphan.

“Reborn, and yet…?”

Muttering.

I walked down the street softly, just loud enough for myself to hear.

These days, the heavy snow had calmed down, and the air was fairly warm.

‘Anyway, today I entrusted the enhancement to Gu Seo-hyeong… so I guess I can take a break at home until the enchantment is done.’

But at that moment.

As I was lost in thought, someone stepped in front of me.

A middle-aged woman dressed in a bright padded coat.

“Pray and you shall reach heaven. You must pray to go to heaven, everyone~”

Rustle.

She was distributing some printed materials to people passing by.

Out of curiosity, I took a paper and saw the following content:

[[Let’s Know the Truth!] Why do monsters attack humans? Why does the nation call monsters evil? This is actually the evil spirits hidden in our society. The lies of criminals. This is a deception! The Gate is a kind tool created to enlighten criminals as it is the passageway sent by the ‘Sin Nachalnyeo’…]]

Dizzying.

So it’s a cult pamphlet, huh?

“Seriously.”

I was about to crumple the paper I had just received.

But the moment I read the words written there, I froze.

[…the passageway sent by the ‘Sin Nachalnyeo’…]

Nachalnyeo.

This was definitely a term some organization had been excessively using.

‘Nachalsawon.’

So the believers of Nachalsawon are openly conducting outreach activities in the streets. This means…

“Wait, that damn place is still operating just fine?”

*

Thud thud thud.

From a distance, someone was walking towards me down the bright corridor.

A shirt, vest, and a neatly tailored coat.

He was wearing a suit so neat it was almost obsessive, which was rare in this industry.

But the reason everyone’s eyes were on that hunter wasn’t just because of his attire.

He was one of only four highest-ranking hunters in the country. In other words, an S-Class Awakened.

“Ah, Mr. Kim Gi-ryeo. Nice to see….”

Step step step.

As he approached in quick strides, Gi-ryeo immediately said to the association employee when he saw his face:

“What happened to Su Ye-hwi?!”

“Huh?”

“Where is that insane Awakened now, and what is he doing?!”

Seonwoo-yeon blinked rapidly.

It had been quiet for a while, but it seemed the storm was about to start again.

“Thank you for this.”

“No, it’s me who should be thankful. I feel sorry to serve an S-Class Hunter like this.”

A few minutes later.

Seonwoo-yeon and Kim Gi-ryeo were out in an alley.

Gi-ryeo urgently needed information on Su Ye-hwi.

While Seonwoo-yeon couldn’t just leave her post during lunch break.

‘Mr. Kim Gi-ryeo really has simple tastes…’

They quickly bought something to eat from a nearby convenience store, standing and chatting at the same time.

By the way, the menu was the winter special sweet potato steamed bun.

“Anyway, what happened to Su Ye-hwi after that?”

“Oh, that…”

“Plus, I received this flyer while passing by earlier. I mean, with the Unavoidable Malice appearing, how is this group still operating…!”

Chew.

Seonwoo-yeon took a bite of the hot steamed bun and mumbled. Meanwhile, she organized her thoughts about what she needed to say.

“To put it simply, the capture of Su Ye-hwi failed.”

But I never expected her first words to be this.

“Failed?”

“Yes. It was a failure. When the Imugi appeared, the police immediately checked the CCTV to attempt capturing Su Ye-hwi…”

“Did they miss her?”

“Not exactly missed, more like… lost. I heard the Awakened team they sent fell victim to Su Ye-hwi’s skill.”

This allowed us to gauge Su Ye-hwi’s ability to some extent.

No matter how understaffed the police were, a special team formed to deal with Awakened criminals shouldn’t have been that weak.

‘She must be quite powerful.’

So where could the fugitive Su Ye-hwi be hiding now?

Obviously, no one could give an answer to that.

[Seocher] activation failed.

In other words, Su Ye-hwi is currently hidden in a hideout where tracking skills don’t work.

‘Damn.’

Still, when I think about it, there weren’t entirely bad news.

After persistent investigation, the police discovered that the terror caused by Nachalsawon was linked to a certain politician.

“A politician?”

“To be precise, a former politician. During the chaos of the terror incident, one believer attempted to assassinate a current lawmaker, and upon investigating that perpetrator, a former second-tier politician came up…”

“Oh dear.”

“Didn’t you see the news? This has already been reported!”

“Recently, I’ve been busy with articles from society sections.”

“Ah.”

Thanks to the outstanding investigations by competent detectives, they had managed to apprehend both the politician and the leader of Nachalsawon.

Hold on, this doesn’t add up.

“So the leader was caught for conspiracy to commit murder? Then what about this?”

Rustle.

Gi-ryeo presented the flyer he received on the street to her.

Upon seeing it, Seonwoo-yeon nodded as if she understood.

“Though the leader was jailed, the remaining factions are still maintaining the church.”

“Really?”

“Nowadays, they even changed their name to ‘True Doctrine’ to avoid crackdowns.”

No matter how many signs they switch, it’s merely a way to cover their eyes and pretend nothing’s wrong.

But why do the people here continue to overlook the presence of those terrorists?

“Attempts to publicly declare it as an illegal organization and dissolve it have been made… but there are too many people involved, so it seems it won’t be easy any time soon.”

Seonwoo-yeon cited the size of the group as the reason.

But the Great Mage had a different opinion.

“In the end, the problem lies with Su Ye-hwi.”

“Really?”

Chew chew.

Gi-ryeo hastily swallowed the steamed bun he was chewing and continued.

“I think the issue will keep recurring as long as that Awakened Su Ye-hwi is alive.”

“Yeah…”

“The leader was probably just a puppet. Honestly, the way they easily got caught suggests the situation was obvious.”

Gulp.

He tore open a carton of white milk that was on sale for 2+1 at the convenience store and swallowed it.

But for some reason, the peaceful expression on his face began to twist…

“Looks like there’s really no choice but that method.”

Gi-ryeo started mumbling words that were hard to grasp.

‘The fact that the person who did harm to me is hiding somewhere makes me extremely anxious!’

Gah!

For this fake S-Class Hunter, Su Ye-hwi had been an old grudge.

From a larger perspective, his association with the unregistered Pyo Na-gil was also the influence of Su Ye-hwi.

Getting kidnapped over the reward from Grid.

Having an assassin show up at home.

And countless troubles arising from the appearance of Unavoidable Malice were undeniably 100% Su Ye-hwi’s fault.

“Hmph.”

This Great Mage had come across many villains in his profession even before his reincarnation.

When a capable sorcerer succumbs to madness beyond normal scope,

like being trapped in a cult this time,

he’d never seen a case where it ended well by leaving the sorcerer alone for a long time…

‘There’s no choice. With things like this, I’ll have to take matters into my own hands.’

So Gi-ryeo decided to deal firmly with Su Ye-hwi to finally settle the long-standing grudge.

While his power hadn’t changed much since he first tracked down Nachalsawon.

Now he held the new title of S-Class Hunter.

“Mr. Gi-ryeo, what are you thinking?”

Of course, Seonwoo-yeon wouldn’t be keen on this decision since she had previously claimed that personal retribution was wrong.

“Just…”

Honestly speaking.

Gi-ryeo didn’t consider what he was about to do as personal retribution.

Rehabilitation and punishment of anti-social criminals.

This was a public duty that the former Mage Commander of Alphauri had routinely handled.

“Just thinking about work.”

Gi-ryeo felt extremely uncomfortable with the fact that the recognized criminal he was aware of was still at large.

It was a kind of occupational hazard.



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