BRH 31

For Ha Do-heon, the situation unfolded in slow motion, as if stretched out over dozens of seconds, but to Song Woo-yeop, who was watching with his head out the window, it all happened in an instant, less than a second.

The moment Ha Do-heon floated into the air, his arm went up, and at the same time, the monster descended.

But the power alone…

“…That’s something.”

The construction site floor caved in, two, three times in a row. And the surrounding area cracked and split, as if suffering from a drought. Ha Do-heon, who landed lightly on the ground, rolled his eyes.

…If it’s a chameleon, it should be a rank 4, but why is it so weak? Or… has Ha Do-heon really crossed a wall too big to be called human anymore?

Ha Do-heon took a deep breath and swept back his hair. His gaze fixed on something: the top of a tall building surrounding the construction site.

There was no point in thinking about it alone. Right now, there was something more important to investigate first.

The presence that had been following him since he started luring the monster. It was a strange creature with a bio-energy that made it difficult for even Ha Do-heon’s senses to determine whether it was human or monster. But it didn’t seem to be a Hunter infected with Weird Cells.

“…Well, we’ll find out when we investigate. Lime.”

Wriggle?

Lime, who had been anxiously examining the monster, perked up its head.

“Catch the guy over there and bring it home. If it resists, gag it. But don’t… hit it or kill it.”

Wriggle, wriggle!

Lime nodded and disappeared without a trace. At the same time, the Hunter Management Bureau dispatch siren swallowed the city from afar. Hunters, dispatched after receiving reports from people, were quickly tracking Song Woo-yeop’s location and heading here.

Ha Do-heon quickly looked towards where Song Woo-yeop was.

‘You did it, you.’

And he pointed at himself as hard as he could, making an X with his hands.

‘I didn’t do it.’

“…No, even if you say that…”

Just by looking, the monster seems to be rank 4 or higher…. And a D-rank Hunter can’t catch a rank 4, Hyung….

Ha Do-heon, completely unaware of his inner thoughts, suddenly put on a strange act. When the Hunter Management Bureau Hunters burst in through the mangled Gate, he suddenly collapsed and pretended to faint.

“Reporter-nim, are you here?!”

“We’re from the Hunter Management Bureau! If you can hear us, send a signal… Huh!”

“What’s so, ugh!”

“Instead of finding the reporter first, what are you doing… Cough!”

The Hunters, who had entered with guns and weapons, jumped in unison from their spots. They blankly stared at the caved-in ground and the torn earth as if an earthquake had occurred, then discovered the toxic chameleon with its head mangled and immediately approached it.

“It’s… It’s been killed.”

Not just any monster, but a Boss from a rank 4 Gate. Its jaw was shattered, and there was a carved mark like a line (丨) on its head, so it seemed to have died in one blow.

There was a footprint on its side, but other than that, it was in good condition except for the crushed external wounds.

“Who on earth….”

“There’s a survivor here!”

At the gesture of an armed Hunter, a member kicked off the ground and approached Ha Do-heon to check his pulse. Thump, thump, very freshly alive.

“Um, that….”

At that moment, a young man holding a child cautiously came out from inside the building. The Hunters quickly checked the condition of the young man and the child, and sighed in relief.

“Are you, by any chance, the reporter?”

“Yes.”

“Then can you give a witness statement about who killed this monster?”

“…I did it.”

“…Yes?”

“I said I did it.”

Song Woo-yeop strained his eyes and answered seriously. The Hunters rolled their eyes and exchanged glances with each other. Someone pushed a colleague and came forward, smiling gently as he handed Song Woo-yeop a measuring device.

“Um… What is your rank, sir?”

“D-rank.”

“Haha… Sir, you see that friend over there. That monster’s rank is 4. It’s a toxic chameleon, and its durability is so high that even S-ranks can barely catch it, except for Moon Tae-yi-ssi.”

But how could you possibly…?

In that short moment, Ha Do-heon closed his eyes tightly and thought a lot. He wondered if he had passed it on to Song Woo-yeop for nothing, and cold sweat poured down.

“What is your ability, sir?”

“My main ability is a fast movement skill.”

“Ah, I see.”

At that moment, a Hunter rummaged through his pockets and stood in front of Song Woo-yeop. He asked Song Woo-yeop for his hand, and Song Woo-yeop hesitated before offering his hand. What came out was a tape measure.

“Okay, sir is 22 centimeters…”

The Hunter also put the tape measure on the fainted Ha Do-heon. Ha Do-heon, who had been still, wondering what this was, became very uneasy. No way… No way. No crazy person would.

“Ah ha, this one is 18 centimeters. Then….”

The Hunter finally stepped down on the caved-in ground and headed for the toxic chameleon with its eyes popping out. And he brought the tape measure to the handprint clearly imprinted on its head.

With everyone holding their breath, the Hunter retracted the tape measure and nodded as if satisfied.

Tap, tap-.

Footsteps are heard. Ha Do-heon focused his senses to gauge the direction the Hunter was heading. But as time passed, he realized that he was increasingly screwed. The hope he had hoped wasn’t true was shattered, and Ha Do-heon’s hand went up.

“This is sir’s hand here.”

“……”

“Let’s see, this sir’s rank is….”

Beep-.

[Inspection result, confirmed as B-rank.]

“Oh, you’re B-rank. Then you’re more likely than the D-rank sir.”

At that point, Ha Do-heon gave up pretending to be unconscious and wriggled, awkwardly getting up. He could see Song Woo-yeop shaking his head as if he was pathetic. The other Hunters looked Ha Do-heon up and down with expressions that said, What the hell is this guy?

“…Ha.”

…Damn it. I didn’t know Hunters carried tape measures.

“Okay, sir. Please come with us to the Hunter Management Bureau and give us a statement. How you killed that guy….”

“I didn’t kill it. I saw a strange Intruder killing it, and at the same time, I fainted. So I didn’t see him, that person. Yes, not at all.”

At the words that poured out without even taking a breath, the Hunter with the tape measure smiled.

“Yes, you can tell us that when we get there. We have to report what we saw, so let’s go.”

He thought about hitting these guys on the head and running away, but he was afraid of Moon Tae-yi’s repercussions, so he just rubbed his face dry repeatedly. The sight of people grabbing his arms on both sides felt strangely familiar. At this rate, he would be dragged away without a fight.

Ha Do-heon eventually had no choice but to raise both hands and feet.

“Ha…. Okay, I understand.”

And he whispered in a gloomy tone.

“…I’ll just pack some young radish kimchi.”

That day, Ha Do-heon ended up being transferred to the Hunter Management Bureau’s litigation vehicle with a kimchi container in his arms and his arms and legs lifted. Song Woo-yeop, who said he had a Samoyed at home, also boarded the transport vehicle with his younger sibling in his arms.

It was exactly one week and four hours later that Ha Do-heon came to the Hunter Management Bureau’s interrogation room again.

The torn building had been completely restored, and there wasn’t even a scratch left on the walls. Ren’s Restoration Magic was so high-level that it could perfectly fix Boss Castle everywhere, so even Ha Do-heon thought there was no need to worry.

Ha Do-heon was left alone in a quiet place with lighting and furniture reminiscent of that day.

Click-.

The person who opened the door and came in was a middle-aged man with a protruding belly. He scratched his slightly, no, very empty head, came in, threw the file folder roughly on the table, and sat arrogantly in the chair.

“Name.”

What, doesn’t he want to work? Maybe it’s just his imagination, but he feels like he’s being treated rudely and ignored… If this goes well, things might work out? Ha Do-heon clenched his lips tightly as he looked at the man scratching his belly and yawning.

“…Ha Do-heon.”

“Age?”

“23 years old.”

“What’s your rank?”

“…B-rank.”

“Huh?”

The investigator suddenly frowned and started searching through the file folder, tapping it with his hand. The sound of him clicking his tongue hit and pierced Ha Do-heon’s eardrums with the force of a 1-ton weight.

With Ha Do-heon blinking in front of him, the man slammed the file shut.

“But why did you come? The toxic chameleon’s rank was reported as 4, so why are you bringing this up when it wasn’t an S-rank but a B-rank who took care of it? Do they have any sense? You tell me. Did you get rid of it?”

“No, absolutely not.”

“Are these guys even doing their jobs properly?”

Ha Do-heon glanced at the man shouting loudly and hugged the kimchi container in his arms a little tighter.

“Can I go now, then?”

“Tsk, go, go. I’m not free enough to sit down and chat with innocent people.”

Seeing the man just waving his hand as if he was annoyed, Ha Do-heon quickly got up with a look of delight. He thought that things were going more smoothly than he had expected, so he was planning to quickly get out of there. But Ha Do-heon’s hopeful future was shattered when someone knocked on the door.

Knock, knock-.

“Chief, I think you’ve found the wrong room. This person is my responsibility.”

“Oh, Hoo-ui-seong. What, isn’t this room 3?”

“It’s room 2.”

“Aw, crap.”

The chief scratched his empty head and got up from his seat. Even more of his already sparse hair fell over his shoulders. At other times, Do-heon might have clicked his tongue inwardly and mourned, but he was also feeling the heat on his feet, so his heart was just pounding.

He tried to run away from the weakling, but a mid-Boss appeared.