BRH 16

“…….”

“That’s right! Master is super strong, so just smash everything! Wouldn’t that make the Hunter Management Bureau guys’ eyes pop out and rush to conquer the Yakum dungeon? Maybe the whole country will come after Master. Then Ren can gain experience and grow even stronger!”

“…These guys don’t have to deal with it themselves.”

Mut and Ren had the characteristic of gaining experience and gradually becoming stronger when fighting strong opponents. Compared to when they fought Ha Do-heon, the energy I felt from them was much stronger, so they must have grown in the meantime.

Even so, they couldn’t find a place to unleash that power right away, so they were stuck in the Boss Castle, grinding their teeth at each other.

“That damn Hunter Management Bureau is already camped out around my house, not the Dungeon.”

“What, you’ve already been found out? That’s great, Master. You said you wanted to die, that you wanted to give up that position so badly you were practically singing about it?”

Mut, who succeeded in snatching the tablet from Ren, plopped down in his seat. Ren’s cheeks puffed up like balloons in the meantime. But he knew he couldn’t beat Mut with ‘that’ body, so he gave up cleanly.

“I said I’d die for Tae-yi-ssi, not that I wanted my identity to be exposed.”

“Oh, while you’re at it, get caught and go into that lab and blow up the Hunter Management Bureau or whatever it is. I saw on the internet that there are a lot of people who have bad feelings about the Hunter Management Bureau. If Master blows it up, you could become a cult leader?”

“Master, should Ren take care of it? If you entrust it to me, I can go out and kill them all right away. Then Ren will have an experience party!”

“Ah, no thanks. If you touch even one of them, you’ll immediately become a suspect. Then they’ll be happy and dance, no way.”

Ha Do-heon said firmly with his arms crossed, and Ren became sullen. Ha Do-heon pursed his lips and shook his leg.

It had been a week since he had been to the dungeon. Fortunately, Ha Do-heon’s actions were not known. His alibi was proven by witness testimony and Ha Do-heon’s statement, so no one suspected Ha Do-heon’s actions.

Of course, except for one person. That is… Song Woo-yeop, the D-rank Hunter who blocked Ha Do-heon at the end.

That day, Song Woo-yeop, who had been hovering in front of Ha Do-heon outside the ambulance, shifted his gaze nervously when Do-heon came out, then lowered his head. After that, he hesitated and spoke in a voice that no one could hear, as if he was trying to read the room.

-…I didn’t say anything.

-Yes? About what?

-That Hunter Ha Do-heon… was in the Boss Room.

-Oh… um… haha, is there any need to talk about that? But I didn’t do that Boss, okay? I’m telling you because I’m afraid you’ll misunderstand, I’m afraid you’ll misunderstand.

-Ah… right. Yes, I know.

He didn’t look like he believed it at all, but Song Woo-yeop kept nodding. A-rank Hunter Song Woo-yeop, whom he knew, was a man who was so cold and rational in distinguishing between public and private matters that he was said to be rigid. Originally, they would meet as a team about three years later when the Weird Unit was created.

Even then, Song Woo-yeop was a Hunter who barely made a living with eyes that were tired of life. So, he had no idea that 20-year-old Song Woo-yeop would be so innocent and pure. He stared blankly at Ha Do-heon’s words, then obediently answered and agreed.

Is he really the guy who cut me off with a sword in the dungeon?

-…Hunter-nim, can I have your contact information?

Song Woo-yeop, who had been standing still for a long time listening to Ha Do-heon’s words, opened his mouth for the first time. He rummaged through his pockets and handed over a cell phone with a cracked screen. There was no change in his expression, but the tips of his fingers holding the cell phone were trembling slightly, so he seemed nervous.

Ha Do-heon originally intended to ask for his contact information first. But when the opposite happened, he was very embarrassed and puzzled. He wondered why he was asking for his contact information.

-There’s no other meaning. Just… later. If you ever need me, please contact me. Anytime… if it’s a call from Hunter Ha Do-heon, I’ll come running right away.

-Oh, there’s no need to go that far….

-…Because you’re my benefactor.

He was sure. That Ha Do-heon killed the Boss! Ha Do-heon smacked his forehead in his mind at that time, but the hand that handed over the cell phone and Song Woo-yeop’s eyes that wandered around scratched his heart so much that he just smiled awkwardly.

When he typed in the number and handed it over, Song Woo-yeop’s eyes softened. That’s when he heard it.

-The Hunter Management Bureau will hold a meeting as soon as you conquer the rank 4 Dungeon. You know the reason for the summons, and you see the weapon there? They’re going to extract fingerprints and DNA, but when I saw it, well, I don’t know? I don’t know if it will work, but if you include today’s data, the database will be out soon, so be aware. It will be narrowed down to one suspected person.

His senses were open, so all the sounds around him were piercing his ears, but for some reason, those words in particular pierced his eardrums like lightning.

Fingerprints, DNA, database… suspected person.

He felt like he was fucked. Ha Do-heon stood there with a stiff face for a long time, and when Song Woo-yeop tilted his head and stared at him, asking him what was wrong, he grabbed his hand.

-Song Woo-yeop-ssi, no. There’s something I want to ask Woo-yeop-ssi.

-Yes? Ah… yes, I’ll do anything if you tell me.

-Woo-yeop-ssi, did you see the system that popped up before the Double Dungeon appeared?

Song Woo-yeop’s face immediately hardened. He pursed his lips and nodded heavily.

-When you testify to the Hunter Management Bureau, please be sure to say that. Just testify as you saw it. Leave out my story.

As if he had received an important mission, Song Woo-yeop nodded with a serious expression. In the meantime, Moon Tae-yi’s gaze, who had finished talking to the pot-bellied man, felt so stinging. Ha Do-heon patted Song Woo-yeop’s back, telling him to go quickly.

After that, he exchanged texts with Song Woo-yeop four or five times for a week, but there was no sign that the Hunter Management Bureau had called Song Woo-yeop or assigned someone to him. So, the group of masked people camped out outside his house meant that it was happening only to Ha Do-heon.

“Ha… life, really. I told them about the unknown existence. Then they should investigate that, why are they investigating me.”

Ha Do-heon clicked his tongue and shook his leg again. The phrase he saw when the double dungeon exploded.

[Warning! The Dungeon’s terrain is changing due to an ‘unknown existence’!]

[A Double Dungeon has occurred!]

[The Dungeon’s name has been changed to ‘Dungeon Created by □□’.]

‘Unknown existence’… and ‘Dungeon Created by □□’.

Ha Do-heon had destroyed countless dungeons before his regression, but this was the first time he had received such a system notification in a dungeon. It was like a warning, or a notice, openly telling people that an unknown existence had touched the dungeon.

The system was usually interpreted as a notification provided during the conquest, such as ‘automatic execution of input words’ when conquering a dungeon for the ‘first’ time or when notifying rewards. But a phrase that he had never seen even before his regression appeared?

That’s suspicious….

That was that, and Ha Do-heon felt like crying at his miserable future. Sob… how did this happen?

“Let’s see… the followers, two, four, six… a total of 13 people.”

“No! Darling also came to Master’s house! There are 14 people in total.”

“…Let’s leave Tae-yi-ssi out of this.”

It’s not that Ha Do-heon didn’t know and didn’t count. He knew that Moon Tae-yi was hanging around his house every other day, but he didn’t classify him as a follower because he always contacted him and waved before leaving.

It seemed that the Hunter Management Bureau guys had roughly noticed Ha Do-heon’s identity. Even if they didn’t know his exact identity.

Otherwise, there was no reason to plant 13 people around Ha Do-heon’s apartment and watch his every move.

Ha Do-heon could sense all the sounds within a 5-kilometer radius if he wanted to. Of course, he overheard Moon Tae-yi’s conversation outside the ambulance that day. Moon Tae-yi’s conversation partner. He only found out after searching the internet.

It was the Taerang Guild Leader to which Moon Tae-yi belonged. Gwak Chan-uk. He had met him several times before his regression, but Ha Do-heon still didn’t recognize him even when he faced him.

“…….”

He had to admit it. Ha Do-heon’s memory was not clear. He didn’t even recognize his former comrades who had gone through thick and thin with him, even when they were by his side.

He unconsciously licked his lips, and Lime, who had climbed onto the round table, rubbed his body slightly against Ha Do-heon’s hand. When he glanced down, the eyes, nose, and mouth embedded in the slimy body grinned.

How should he persuade this guy not to wiggle around?

“Lime, you. If you keep being so hyper, I won’t take you with me in the future. Tae-yi-ssi keeps finding out. I told you you’ll be cut in half.”

Lime was the most obedient of the three, but the downside was that he was the most obvious because he couldn’t hide his feelings. Lime, who knew that he was being scolded, lowered his head sadly and nodded.

“Then, Master. How about changing the suspect?”

“Master, the kid is talking nonsense again. Put something in his mouth. Chattering, my ears hurt.”

Ren, who was clinging to Do-heon’s arm, shook it from the side. Mut was playing poker on the tablet and slammed the round table with his fist. Ah, I lost again!

“How do you change the suspect? The moment you touch the watchers, you’ll go straight to hell… wait a minute.”

Suspect? Oh, I think it’ll work?

Do-heon, covering his mouth, stared at the ceiling as if lost in thought. His thick eyelashes blinked silently several times.

“Ren, you said you can create gates even outside the dungeon, right? Then can you also conquer the dungeons that appear outside?”

Ren, who was clinging to Ha Do-heon’s arm, suddenly raised his head. His bright red eyes narrowed.