Hunters Keep Coming To My House - Chapter 103

Chapter 103

Kang Yoon-soo was fascinated by the dogfight unfolding before him.

What is this? Not even kindergarten level…

It was only natural for Kang Yoon-soo to think like this.

Because.

“So, do you think it’s good to treat your child like a dog? And not only that, you want to take that too?”

“What? You? Don’t you think your words are too short right now?”

“Are you trying to assert your position now? If I just get that, I can easily beat you!”

“You’re so stupid. Trying to turn the situation around with just one sword. Or did you already pick someone suitable to use it?”

“Hmph! Don’t you realize that everyone here is plotting behind your back?”

This was because they were in the midst of an incredibly childish argument.

Why did this situation arise?

It was very simple.

Kang Yoon-soo had called all the government officials to the warehouse, a group that could not even get three people together.

Of course, he contacted them one by one in secret.

He would tell them all at once that he had acquired the Ego Sword, hoping to do them a favor.

The elongated object wrapped in white cloth in Kang Yoon-soo’s arms was the ‘Ego Sword.’

And it belonged to Seo Yeon-oh.

As for why the Ego Sword was in Kang Yoon-soo’s arms, we had to go back to the day before.

When Seo Yeon-oh, crying out for revenge, opened her eyes.

She said she would tell Kang Yoon-soo, as well as Kim Chok and the recruiter, the framework of her plan.

Kim Chok asked why the recruiter had to be included in the plan, but Seo Yeon-oh’s answer was simple.

“Because we need the abilities of Mr. Recruiter.”

More precisely, she was referring to the unregistered hunters who followed the recruiter.

Thanks to this, Kim Chok, who had previously thought negatively of their existence, had a face distorted to the extent of a monster, but Seo Yeon-oh didn’t care.

Well, she just continued talking as if to say, ‘What can you do?’

“Look, our job is very simple. In the wild, the one with the highest rank gets to eat when hunting, but people don’t do that. Especially if someone is full of greed… the story changes completely. They will try to eat that prey first. So what should we do?”

Almost as if possessed by a kindergarten teacher, Seo Yeon-oh calmly explained and led the students’ participation. And naturally, the top student here was Kang Yoon-soo.

“We have to throw a tasty prey and wait until chaos breaks out. It would be even better if the prey could be monopolized.”

“That’s the right answer, Mr. Yoon-soo. And that prey is probably the Ego Sword that Mr. Yoon-soo took when he made the… deal, right?”

“…Well… that’s right. But the person who has the Ego Sword right now isn’t here.”

“I told Kang Yoon-soo that there’s the best bait right in front of him.”

Seo Yeon-oh shrugged confidently and smiled. Then, she soon pulled out a blue sword from her inventory, emitting a freezing magic power.

Everyone there recognized the identity of the sword at a glance.

This is…

“It’s the Ego Sword of the Blue Dragon.”

Seo Yeon-oh casually said, as if it were nothing, and she stuck the sword into the ground, tapping the handle with her finger.

Everyone opened their mouths in awe at the splendid appearance of the sword. Meanwhile, Seo Yeon-oh turned her gaze to Arvani, who had rushed to her.

He had brought the blanket that Seo Yeon-oh had laid out for him in the corner of the warehouse in his mouth. Seo Yeon-oh naturally hugged Arvani and put the blanket into her inventory.

Ah!

“Arvani, did you sleep well? Was it because of the Ego Sword?”

Kyuu!

“I see, since we’ll be going home soon, let’s wait a little longer. If… if you stretch out your claws and grab onto Mom’s arm like that, it hurts.”

Kyuu!!

“Okay, okay. I’ll finish soon.”

The combination of a human and Hatchling was a very amazing sight, but it was not as surprising as the appearance of the Ego Sword.

As a hunter, one would have thought about the weapon they desired at least once, so when the Ego Sword appeared before them, Kim Chok and the recruiter’s eyes gradually filled with greed, but Kang Yoon-soo was filled with curiosity.

“…This feels a bit different from the Black Ego Sword I saw before.”

Although Cha Jae-joon had never seen anyone using the Black Ego Sword, Kang Yoon-soo had seen the Ego Sword before. It was because he had visited to recruit the previous owner to Janwol.

He remembered the hunter, terrified with madness, begging him to take away the dreadful thing.

The Black Ego Sword he had seen back then and the Blue Ego Sword in front of him now emitted completely different vibes.

To be more precise…

‘…Is the concentration different?’

Was it because there was no Dragon Heart embedded in it, so the concentration of mana was weak? Or was it a completely new Ego Sword? It was a hypothesis that sensitive to mana, Kang Yoon-soo could propose. But even that theory was quickly dismissed.

‘…Just one Ego Sword is enough to make the world stir, so it would be troublesome if there was one more new one aside from the five.’

It becomes troublesome in many ways. Whatever that means.

Kang Yoon-soo sighed and brushed his hair back. Then, as if waiting, Seo Yeon-oh immediately spoke up.

“Now that everyone seems to have finished admiring, let me explain. I want to see them fall on their own terms, and while I and the Guild will help facilitate it. But in the end, our names must not be mentioned, for this must begin and end with the government.”

“…Are you suggesting internal whistleblowing? So that we can avoid…?”

“Indeed, Mr. Kim Chok. You catch on fast.”

“Then I suppose I’ll be the pawn. Since I’m the most likely candidate.”

Seo Yeon-oh casually exclaimed ‘Bingo’ and raised her thumb towards Kim Chok. Kang Yoon-soo, who had been contemplating his usefulness while listening to their conversation, narrowed his eyes and spoke up.

“…So, who will be throwing the bait by gathering all the officials?”

Seo Yeon-oh looked at Kang Yoon-soo with a gaze that asked why he was asking that. There was also a meaning implied that since it was his deal, he should finish it.

For this reason,

Kang Yoon-soo was faithfully playing the role of the ‘bait’s bait.’

“…Hah.”

An involuntary sigh escaped. The situation Kang Yoon-soo wanted was a conversation where they tore into each other, not this childish banter.

And so, he looked through them as if he were tired.

That’s when Kim Wan-chang, Kim Chok’s father, couldn’t bear it any longer and started reprimanding Lee Gun-chang.

“Would you feel better if you returned the embezzled hunter support funds? Isn’t the main reason for the government’s deteriorating perception all because of you?”

“…Hmph, what are you talking about? I just gave orders!”

“One senior hunter promising in the government died because of that. And this is not the end…”

“…Why are you only blaming me? Is there even one clean person among those here? I know for sure that only you received solicitation fees totaling over a billion from here and there!”

In an instant, their faults were being exposed one by one. 

Kim Wan-chang, with a completely red face, revealed one corruption after another that Lee Gun-chang had secretly orchestrated. In response, Lee Gun-chang also brought up Kim Wan-chang’s past, one by one.

It started with these two, but the act of exposing each other’s weaknesses spread. Soon, the corruption of the entire leadership was filling the warehouse with a noxious smell.

‘…Ugh.’

It felt like they were about to vomit from their rotten insides. 

Despite Kang Yoon-soo knowing quite a bit about the government’s weaknesses, hearing what they were saying was even more disgusting than what he knew.

So… Kang Yoon-soo cautiously looked around the warehouse that was not lit up.

There, fiercely sharp glints of eyes were shining in the darkness.

‘…Hah, I’d better get out of this mess before I get dragged in.’

Kang Yoon-soo shook his head and moved away from the government officials who were still fighting, stepping into the darkness.

By the time his figure had completely disappeared, one of the government officials noticed.

“Kang Yoon-soo, where did you go!”

With the shout of that one official, the warehouse suddenly fell silent. Everyone was searching the warehouse to find Kang Yoon-soo.

“He’s already gone. And I’ve heard everything you’ve been discussing until now.”

Kim Chok, with a faint smile in his sharp eyes, gradually emerged from the darkness.

As the officials, including Kim Kim Wan-chang, confirmed Kim Chok’s presence, their faces began to pale.

Moreover, he held a cell phone in his hand… and all the corrupt contents they had been talking about were recorded.

Now, all that was left was to deal with the trash.