Episode 206
After the fight, the whole world was in a celebratory mood.
A considerable number of hunters lost their lives, but even that was a valuable victory that deserved to be praised as a great sacrifice rather than a cause for sorrow.
When everyone is celebrating the fact that they survived.
The two people sat facing each other, not even a hint of a smile on their faces.
“… … .”
Kang Jin-hyeok, who was looking at Anderson with a stern expression, opened his mouth first.
“If you’re going to make excuses, why don’t you try it?”
Even though Kang Jin-hyeok laid out a mat for him, Anderson remained mute, unable to say anything.
Anderson glanced at the man lying on the ground in front of him.
The man lying face down with both hands and both feet tied was clearly an agent that Anderson had planted to assassinate Kang Jin-hyeok.
I knew the plan had failed from the moment I confirmed that Kang Jin-hyeok was alive and well.
But I never thought that such a loyal agent would confess everything.
“Are you surprised that guy is alive?”
Kang Jin-hyeok spoke in a mocking voice as if he had seen right through Anderson’s mind.
“They did everything they could to kill that one kid? Poison gas, sniping, and even a blatant surprise attack.”
Anderson had used every means at his disposal because if he had opened his mouth and confessed the whole truth, it would have been over.
But all those efforts were in vain.
Kang Jin-hyeok and those accompanying him destroyed Anderson’s plot head-on with overwhelming force.
“I don’t know.”
Anderson’s last resort was to stick his flippers out.
There is no conclusive evidence that this man is his subordinate.
Anderson denied the fact and said he had no idea what was going on.
I thought that if I did well, Kang Jin-hyeok would be unable to reveal the connection between himself and this agent and would retreat.
“I think you’re mistaken.”
Kang Jin-hyeok saw through Anderson’s plans.
I never expected from the beginning that this sly man would readily confess his sins.
“I didn’t come here to question you and find fault with you.”
Anderson felt relieved after hearing Kang Jin-hyeok’s words.
He also knew that there was not enough evidence to prove his guilt.
Anderson smiled, believing so.
“I see. Then why did you come? Are you planning to negotiate?”
Although it was a story that could not even be proven, it was possible to use it as a negotiation card.
Anderson didn’t dig into this matter further, but instead thought Kang Jin-hyeok would ask for something.
But all such thoughts were nothing more than Anderson’s illusions.
“You only think about what’s best for you until the end.”
As soon as Kang Jin-hyeok finished speaking, something hit Anderson’s instep.
At first, Anderson wondered what was going on, but then, with his gaze down, he saw a knife piercing through his shoe and into his foot.
Only after seeing the sight for myself did my brain begin to perceive pain.
“Kwaaaaak!”
Normally, HU staff and agents would have kicked down the door and barged in after hearing Anderson’s screams.
But no matter how much I screamed at the top of my lungs, no one came into the room.
“Guards! Is anyone there!?”
“Probably not anymore.”
Kang Jin-hyeok took out another knife from somewhere and moved it back and forth between his fingers as if he was turning a pen.
“Oh, no? No way… …!”
“Yeah. That’s right. Do you remember the woman who came with me last time?”
There was no way I wouldn’t remember.
Enders knew at a glance that the blonde woman with the bow was the one responsible for shooting and killing so many agents.
“After doing something like this… … ! Do you think you’ll be okay… … !?”
“You’re reciting exactly the lines I expected you to say.”
Kang Jin-hyeok threw the knife he had been playing with with a face devoid of any smile.
The knife flew so fast that he couldn’t even react, piercing the rest of Anderson’s foot.
“Kkaaaaaaah!!”
Anderson writhe in pain and grab the knife embedded in his foot.
The knife was thrown so hard that Anderson was unable to pull it out, stuck in the floor and piercing his foot.
“It’s none of your business whether I’m okay or not. Why worry about the future when you’re going to die anyway?”
“Lord, you’re going to kill me? Are you talking about me?”
“Why would you say ‘no way’ there? Were you confident that no matter what you did, you wouldn’t die?”
Kang Jin-hyeok spoke as if he was very impressed.
He didn’t worry about dying himself while trying to kill everyone else so easily.
What a rotten way of thinking this is.
Kang Jin-hyeok didn’t want to keep Anderson alive anymore.
I felt that if a person like this continued to sit in the position of head of HU, I would not be able to trust anything and work.
There was no guarantee that the guy who wanted to be safe while always targeting me would not do so in the future.
“I can just say it out loud about you. There’s no one in the world who would listen to you more than I do.”
As soon as the fight was over, there was someone who tried to assassinate Kang Jin-hyeok.
The public could not remain silent after hearing that sound.
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“I’ve already finished talking to the other directors. I plan to end this by your own unilateral actions.”
The moment Anderson heard those words, he felt as if the heavens were singing.
Now that he was cut off from HU, there was no one left to keep Anderson safe.
“Hey, hey, just think about it again for a second.”
Anderson saw the sincerity in Kang Jin-hyeok’s eyes and spoke urgently.
“What do you want? Just tell me, I’ll give you everything I can!”
“Even if you’re the Secretary General, you have to gather the board members and consult them before making a decision. You don’t have the power to do that right now.”
“There are things I can do on my own!”
“Oh, is that so?”
When Kang Jin-hyeok responded with an attitude of disinterest, Anderson’s face turned pale.
It was immediately apparent that Kang Jin-hyeok was not making this threat simply to gain the upper hand.
“Okay, okay! I was wrong! I won’t do it again!”
“I told you, I didn’t come here expecting an apology.”
From Kang Jin-hyeok’s perspective, it was better to make it impossible for him to do so than to receive a promise not to do it again.
Anderson quickly tried to get out of the way when he saw Kang Jin-hyeok take out a baseball bat.
But the knife stuck in my instep kept my legs from leaving the ground.
“Eww!”
Anderson’s pitiful screams died down as if by magic as Kang Jin-hyeok’s baseball bat struck his head.
“Phew.”
Kang Jin-hyeok took a deep breath and sat back down.
He looked at Anderson, who was lying dead and covered in blood, with a pitiful gaze, not knowing when Ordo had appeared next to him.
“You ended up doing it anyway.”
“I won, so I can do whatever I want.”
“Of course. I have no intention of arguing with you about this decision.”
Ordo also thought it was Anderson’s fault for being in this situation.
Unlike Kang Jin-hyeok, who overcame crises by cooperating with numerous hunters, Anderson tried to restrain and eliminate his opponents until the end.
The one who most harmed the direction of harmony that Ordo wanted was not Kang Jin-hyeok, but Anderson.
“Why are you here? Are you requesting a rematch?”
“No. That’s already a decided matter.”
Contrary to what Kang Jin-hyeok had expected, Ordo meekly admitted his defeat.
Given his pride, I’d have thought he’d use the excuse of not knowing about the dragon’s intervention and the oath to propose another bet.
Ordo noticed Kang Jin-hyeok’s feelings even though he didn’t say anything.
“I’ve changed my mind. It was wrong to expect perfection from you in the first place.”
Kang Jin-hyeok lives a perfect life as a hero according to his own plan.
That was what Ordo had hoped for, but not now.
“What’s going on?”
Ordo smiled bitterly at Kang Jin-hyeok’s question.
『Even I, who am called a god, have made so many mistakes in my fights with humans.』
Whether human or god, they are beings who learn and grow when they don’t know something.
Ordo discovered this fact firsthand.
“My actions of trying to directly lead human growth were a great arrogance.”
Just as humans learn from their mistakes, they also slowly grow by making mistakes.
It was unreasonable to create monsters and give them trials by forcibly bringing it forward.
Ordo could now understand why the previous administrator had given freedom to the humans.
“So what’s the conclusion? You’re just going to throw in the towel and just watch?”
“I thought about that, but honestly, I’m not sure.”
Ordo already knows very well that the existence of monsters has greatly contributed to people’s lives.
If we were to get rid of it now, the world would surely fall into chaos.
Of course, someday people will overcome that, but that would be nothing more than passing the blame for one’s own mistakes onto humans.
“If it has come to this, why not try changing the method just a little?”
Kang Jin-hyeok made a suggestion to Ordo, who was troubled.
“It would be better to designate an area where monsters appear.”
“What does that mean?”
“Until now, monsters have appeared too randomly. That’s why conflicts have arisen among hunters.”
In order to chase away monsters that might appear at any time, the hunters each set aside their own territory and ward off those who approached.
Kang Jin-hyeok thought that new rules needed to be established to reduce such discord.
“We’ll make monsters appear in certain areas and also limit their entry level. We’ll make it so that high-level hunters can’t go to places where low-level hunters can. I think that’ll reduce the number of fights.”
『Without further explanation, it seems like they are telling us to create a separate hunting ground just like in a game.』
“Yeah. Like the dungeon in the attic of our house.”
If you create dungeons all over the country and the world and monsters only appear there, civilians won’t have to be afraid of the monsters’ appearance.
Additionally, by setting an upper level limit for entering each dungeon, conflicts between low and high levels can be eliminated.
Although he was a little hesitant about suddenly giving so much convenience, Ordo gladly accepted the offer, feeling as if he was clearing up his past mistakes.
“But is it okay to do it that way?”
“what?”
『If it goes according to your suggestion, the dungeon will no longer be your exclusive property?』
At Ordo’s words, Kang Jin-hyeok smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
“I’ve seen enough to enjoy it.”
As Ordo said, dungeons are no longer the exclusive domain of Kang Jin-hyeok.
But it didn’t matter.
Because Kang Jin-hyeok has many strengths that others cannot surpass, aside from dungeons.
It was a distant, or perhaps never-ending, future for other Hunters to bring him down from the top.
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