Episode 169
“….”
Sihyeon blinked quickly a few times for a moment, then tilted the cold bottled water he was holding and took a gulp.
Then I looked at the skill window again.
It wasn’t a mistake after all.
“Hey, this.”
Sihyeon’s face lit up.
It had to be that way.
Iron Blood Guard and Mad Executioner were definitely incredibly powerful skills.
However, the problem of the target being too limited was often an obstacle.
You can’t use it when you really need it.
But with this technology, we could break that limitation.
This time, Poahim gave me a refreshing drink that really quenched my thirst.
“As expected… I believed it, Poahim.”
Sihyeon smiled with satisfaction on her face.
However, after a while, he found something he had missed and looked dumbfounded.
“Huh? What? Cooldown is 24 hours?”
If the cooldown is 24 hours, it means you can only use it once a day.
It’s not a skill that can deal with many people, but with the cooldown like this, it’s really only one person per day.
When I asked for a life-saving technique, they actually gave me a life-saving technique.
Sihyeon clicked her tongue with a slightly bitter look on her face, but soon shook her head.
“No… still.”
I felt while dealing with Max that even if the iron-blooded guard was properly used, most S-class players could be defeated.
When you meet a strong enemy like Sowang, whether you have the stigma of a prisoner or not can be the difference between your life and death.
Anyway, I was able to get my body out of Class A.
The problem was S-class.
I am quite satisfied because I have obtained a secret weapon that can deal with that S-class.
Sihyeon smiled and went back to the hospital bed and lay down.
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“So… Arthur, Debra, Palmer, and Max? Their whereabouts are unknown? Are you telling me to believe that now?”
A man who appeared to be in his 60s with neatly slicked-back gray hair spoke with a puzzled expression.
He was Walter, the president of the American Hunters Association.
The American hunter association was different in scale from that of a small country like Korea.
Each state had a branch of the hunter association.
And it was the Hunters Association in Washington that oversaw those many branches.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the power and authority of Walter, the head of such an association, was enormous.
But those in a position to know knew.
There are some awakened people on the silver screen that even Walter finds difficult.
It was still like that now.
Walter was clearly sitting at the head of the table, but as he spoke, he was looking at a man who was leaning deeply on the sofa.
He looked like he was middle-aged, but he had empty eyes as if he had lived the whole world.
“I couldn’t believe it either, so I checked and reported it several times. They disappeared as if they had evaporated.”
The Director of Intelligence said, emphasizing that it was undoubtedly true.
“Where on earth did the Sowang and his gang take Max with them?”
“I’m just frustrated because I don’t know that.”
“…It’s obvious.”
Suddenly, a man with empty eyes muttered softly.
“yes?”
Walter and the director’s eyes naturally turned towards the man.
“He’s dead.”
The man let out a short sigh.
But the ripple effect those words brought was not small.
Walter and the director’s eyes widened as if they were greatly shocked.
If it had been someone else’s words, I might have dismissed it as bullshit.
However, the weight of the man’s words was different.
“B-But they are all S-class. And even the So-King….”
The director stammered.
There are a whopping 4 S-class people.
Among them, there was even an exceptionally strong man named Sowang.
That power was truly powerful.
The hunter power of most countries, which were widespread, was a power that could be chewed on.
So both Walter and the director had put aside the idea that they might have died.
It was considered unlikely.
But the man was talking as if he was certain that they were dead.
“Well, if you’re in doubt, keep looking. But I think it’s 100% dead.”
The man got up from the sofa.
Then he turned his back and walked slowly towards the door.
It was a gait that gave a feeling of emptiness as much as its appearance.
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There was no sound of footsteps at all.
“Yes, but is there really someone who has the ability to kill both rats and birds without them knowing?”
The director spoke urgently before he left.
The man’s steps stopped.
“Of course. Even for me, one minute is enough if I put my mind to it.”
The director swallowed his dry saliva at the man’s arrogant-sounding words.
Of course I know.
That the man is a grand sword master called the Sword Saint and one of the ten strongest men on the continent.
But is there really such a big difference between the Continent Ten Powers and other S-Class Powerhouses?
As a director who had never seen the power of Daeryangsipgang in person, these were words that were hard to believe.
Walter was also looking at the Sword Saint with a similar expression as the Director.
“I understand that China and Russia are dissatisfied with the gate issue.”
“…Yes, it is.”
Walter answered.
The United States was making a huge amount of money from around the world by monopolizing the technology to know the location of the abnormal gate.
Since the lives of their citizens were at stake, each country had no choice but to pay a large amount of money to purchase the location where it would appear.
China and Russia strongly opposed it and did not bend their backs.
Their argument was that since the lives of many people depended on it, the technology should be shared in a humanitarian way.
Of course, the United States blatantly ignored that claim.
Under such circumstances, diplomatic relations between China, Russia, and the United States cannot be said to be very good these days.
In particular, the behind-the-scenes information war surrounding the Awakened was fierce.
It was a war without gunfire to avoid losing useful awakened people to other countries.
But no matter what, 4 S-class people… ?
It was unbelievable.
This is too big of a deal.
Of course, even if he really killed him, there was nothing he could say if there was no evidence.
“I think it’s that way, I guess.”
Geomseong said.
“I will definitely take note of what you said.”
Walter answered politely.
“Be more vigilant.”
“…all right.”
Geomseong opened the door and went out.
Only Walter and the director remained in the room.
The director looked at Walter and opened his mouth.
“No way… no matter what the Sword Saint says, are they really dead?”
“I don’t know either.”
Walter answered, rubbing the corners of his eyes as if he had a headache.
He continued.
“…But if that’s really the case, the loss is immeasurable. Do you know how much each of them is worth? No, and it’s not like you can get an S-class just by having money.”
Walter clicked his tongue.
The great sage ordered thorough internal control.
This meant that there should not be even an inch of deviation in order to achieve the great goal of conquering the demon world.
But not long after hearing that, something like this happened.
It was something to be ashamed of.
The director must have read Walter’s displeased expression and spoke in a heavy voice.
“We will conduct a thorough investigation without missing a single detail regarding this incident.”
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A lot has happened in America.
Sihyeon thought as he changed his clothes and packed his bags.
This is something I couldn’t even imagine when I set out.
I almost died once again, and in return I gained a powerful skill.
One prison guard also heard about America’s secret plan that could never be known.
In any case, today is goodbye to the United States. Now all I had to do was take a taxi and go to the airport.
The flight had already been booked.
Sihyeon was about to leave the hospital room with her luggage.
The door opened first from the other side.
Sihyeon paused for a moment and stared at the people who came in.
They were two men in black suits.
Among them, the man on the left opened his mouth.
“Are you Lee Si-hyeon?”
“Yes, but who are you?”
“You came from Korea to inspect Alcatraz Prison, right?”
“I see.”
“Could you please show me your passport for a moment?”
“Who are you?”
Sihyeon looked at the men with suspicious eyes.
They turned their heads, made eye contact, and exchanged words in silence.
Soon, the man who had spoken to Si-hyeon handed Si-hyeon an ID card from his arms.
It was an ID card proving that he was an agent of the American Hunter Association’s Intelligence Bureau.
Sihyeon looked at it closely.
I didn’t have the insight to see if it was real, but it didn’t seem like they would hand out a fake ID anyway.
“Why in the intelligence agency?”
“I need to do some research. Please show me your passport.”
“….”
Sihyeon seemed to think for a moment, then took out her passport from her wallet and handed it to her.
The men looked at it quickly, nodded, and immediately handed it back.
“Have you ever met a man named Arthur at Alcatraz?”
A look of keen scrutiny appeared behind the men’s eyes.
Sihyeon’s head quickly turned when he noticed that.
They also came for something related to King So.
Miriam even warned us over the phone that such people might come.
then.
Sihyeon pretended to remember who Arthur was.
And at the right time, neither too early nor too late, I opened my mouth and answered.
“Arthur… I think the man I met on the 5th floor had that name. But I don’t remember having a special conversation, just meeting him.”
Anyway, there are many witnesses who saw Arthur and himself together at Alcatraz.
There was no denying that.
However, in the most important scenes, there were only Arthur, Miriam, Max, and himself.
Arthur and Max were dead, so if Miriam and herself got along, there was no one who would know what happened there.
That’s why I had arranged the conversation with Miriam in advance.
“What happened there?”
This time the man on the right asked.
Sihyeon spoke to the men exactly as he had agreed with Miriam in advance.
The men made eye contact with each other and exchanged glances indicating that there was nothing wrong.
This is because it was a statement consistent with Miriam’s words.
Because she was an intelligence agent, they knew her personality well.
While Sowang was classified as a person of interest and could not be trusted, she was the opposite.
Intelligence agents regard her as a person with trustworthy character.
“Let me take one last measurement.”
The man on the left took out a horsepower meter.
Sihyeon nodded.
The man pressed the button on the horsepower meter.
Beep.
-101.
The moment they saw the poor numbers, the men’s faces completely relaxed.
Even a D-class awakened person has no ability to do anything about this matter.
If it was a D grade, it was at a level where it could overpower even men in less than a minute.
Probably, if it’s an S class like Sowang or Max, you can kill a hundred times with just one finger.
“Excuse me.”
The men bowed their heads slightly in greeting and quickly left the hospital room, probably because they were busy.
Only Sihyeon remained in the hospital room again.
He grinned and muttered.
“Isn’t there a time when low magic power can be useful?”
If his magical power had been at S level or even A level, there would have been no way he could have retreated so easily.
At that level, wherever you go, you are subject to caution.
But it was so bad that I didn’t even care and left.
I had a feeling that it would be surprisingly useful in situations like this in the future.
Sihyeon left the hospital room with her luggage with a smile on her face.
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