Damn Hunter Life 66

Damn Hunter Life Chapter 66

Yang Pyo, who had been watching Gyeon Gang-hyeon, was just biting his fist behind him.

‘Shouldn’t I stop that hyung?’

He said this was closer to tickling, but no matter how you look at it, it feels a bit like… torture.

Choi Jung-do’s temples were already wet with sweat.

Before Gyeon Gang-hyeon’s merciless fingers headed toward his neck again, he gasped out his surrender.

“Please stop.”

“Just with words?”

“I’ll give it to you, so please stop.”

Due to Woo Sae-geon’s monologue, Woo Sae-geon is already anticipating the ripple effects Gyeon Gang-hyeon will cause in the future.

Then even if he gives past data, there wouldn’t be much damage to him. Choi Jung-do compromised with himself that way.

His roughened gaze turned toward Gyeon Gang-hyeon. Choi Jung-do exhaled hot breath while advising the younger successor.

“And never do things like this again in the future. You’re in danger, Successor-nim.”

“Why am I in danger?”

“You might face retaliation.”

“It doesn’t even hurt though? You said it was like tickling.”

No, you can’t know this sensation without experiencing it.

Those two successors who will never have to experience it directly, and who are even innocent, probably have no idea what it’s like.

‘I endure it because I’m not ignorant, but…’

If young students mistakenly experienced this, they might misinterpret this sensation as sexual desire toward their opponent and cause trouble…

“Hey, Yang Pyo. Anyway, we got it. Mission successful.”

“I’m not! Don’t include me as an accomplice!”

“Sorry, but you are an accomplice. The only thing you’re not an accomplice to is the Kim Sang-ju matter!”

“If, if I’m an accomplice, then hyung, you’re guilty of fraud!”

“This bastard won’t lose a single word. Did you grow up a lot?”

Did he even properly listen to the advice? This senseless successor.

As soon as his tied arms were freed, Choi Jung-do became aware that his gaze was fixed on Gyeon Gang-hyeon’s smooth nape. He lowered his eyes, wanting to withdraw his gaze.

After handing over all the desired data and sending Gyeon Gang-hyeon and Yang Pyo back out the window, Choi Jung-do resolved to hurry up and sleep.

* * *

One day in June, a document was submitted to the Association under Ja Hyeong-woo’s name.

Fire was lit, and the situation unfolded.

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Ja Hyeong-woo press conference [235]

I knew this would happen, that’s what schools are like [732]

Getting backstabbed after promoting kids as hunters; are you coming to your senses? [588]

Are any successors involved? [390]

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On all bulletin boards of portal sites, posts that had been discussing individual successors or stages were all pushed out. Aggressive posts filled the boards completely.

All of South Korea’s news was in an uproar covering the unsavory incident within Hunter School.

Due to the aftermath, all successors’ training was temporarily suspended. Each successor entered a period of self-restraint, monitoring and controlling their subordinate regular hunters.

Gyeon Gang-hyeon, who was uniquely free since he had no faction to speak of, sought out Hae Mi-jun first.

“Hae Mi-jun, the news just broke, are you okay?”

[“I’m fine, but that…! Can I call you back in a bit?”]

His voice kept cutting out. It seemed like he was running somewhere urgently.

For Hae Mi-jun to hang up on him first, it must be quite a serious incident.

“What’s wrong with you? What happened?”

[“There’s a fight at the water attribute regular hunters’ training ground! They say Ha Gwon-yeong hunter attacked a middle school kid, so I’m going to check it out!”]

Right, those rotten bastards wouldn’t quietly end things without incident. Gyeon Gang-hyeon sighed silently.

“I’ll come too. See you there.”

[“H-hyung? It’s dangerous!”]

“What’s dangerous? Just tell me the training ground number.”

* * *

The water attribute dormitory, which faced the biggest storm with all the talk and trouble, was quiet.

Only whispered phone conversations echoed from all directions.

“Yeah Mom. I’m really fine, okay? It’s nothing serious. There were just some weird seniors…”

“I’m fine, Grandma… The news just got blown up a bit. No, I wasn’t hit. I’m a hunter too, so why would I get hit? Don’t worry.”

Other middle school hunters who had been lazily sprawled on their beds for once were also busy with their fingers.

[Hey, did Ja Hyeong-woo-nim come to you too?]

[Yeah, he even apologized to us… Seriously, Ha Gwon-yeong can go die, that bastard]

[He already looks like he’s dying ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Even his friends are all fucked]

[They lost money and got on the Association blacklist ㅎㄷㄷ]

[But has anyone seen Yoon Cha-on? Why isn’t he answering? He should be the happiest about Ha Gwon-yeong being screwed]

[Oh right, Cha-on]

No matter how much Hunter School had entered an unsettled rest period.

Gates that always occurred unpredictably and threatened citizens never considered timing.

Therefore, even now, a gate might suddenly appear somewhere in Korea. Someone had to be prepared to be dispatched at any time.

[But did you see that? Ha Gwon-yeong got removed from the gate roster too]

[Seems like the system recognized this incident too;; kinda creepy]

[Wasn’t the system originally not caring about kids’ personalities, being merit-based to the bone]

[Did you see the gate reserve team 3 roster? Ha Gwon-yeong’s name is gone and do you know which healer got in?]

[…That’s Cha-on?]

If the roster that the middle school hunter glimpsed wasn’t wrong.

Yoon Cha-on would become the first regular hunter from Hae Mi-jun’s group to be selected for gate conquest.

* * *

Despite Hae Mi-jun’s order to stay in his dorm room, Yoon Cha-on couldn’t calm his mind and had come out to the training ground.

‘It’s empty.’

It was natural since he’d come out alone without permission despite the training suspension order.

In this vast communal training ground, he recalled how dominantly Ja Hyeong-woo’s subordinate hunters had occupied space.

How Yoon Cha-on and his colleagues from Hae Mi-jun’s group had been ostracized and trained in corners.

“What are you guys training for? You won’t even get to see real combat.”

“These bastards have it easy~. While Ja Hyeong-woo-nim’s kids work to death as healers, they just get to ride the bus.”

But do you know what?

That Ja Hyeong-woo successor-nim also fumbled in his first battle, but our Hae Mi-jun successor-nim did his full part without any hesitation in his first real stage.

‘So I can do that too. I’ve trained to death too, and I’ve prepared by watching tons of combat videos.’

Yoon Cha-on ran combat simulations with VR in the training ground he seemed to have rented out alone.

‘Next time a gate opens, I’m really going in.’

Regular hunters operated on a performance system. Simply put, counting gate dispatch frequency and measuring pay using the system’s calculation method.

As someone who had never achieved any performance until now, Yoon Cha-on felt the joy inside him overwhelming even his nervousness. His heart fluttered.

‘Hae Mi-jun successor-nim’s healing focuses on stamina recovery rather than treating injuries. So if I get hurt, rather than treating it, I should get stamina recovery first. Making colleagues fly around energetically so they don’t get hurt in the first place.’

Even while going through the healer combatant manual one by one, he was full of anticipation rather than pressure.

‘If a healer catches a monster’s attention and gets in danger, it can trouble colleagues, so stealth is essential. Moving without falling behind, protecting myself while keeping a wide field of vision…’

Preparing mentally for colleagues in the same team to ignore him for being from Hae Mi-jun’s group… maybe he doesn’t need to do that anymore.

Even at this moment, all kinds of articles are noisily expressing sympathy for Hae Mi-jun’s subordinate hunters who had been oppressed.

Yoon Cha-on was wearing VR equipment on his head, so he didn’t hear someone entering the training ground doorway.

“…That bastard looks like Yoon Cha-on.”

He also couldn’t hear Ha Gwon-yeong muttering aloud with insane eyes.

Shortly after, BANG! An ominous loud noise echoed inside the training ground.

Beep, beep—! The system inside the training ground sounded an alarm. The school’s internal system prohibited PK, or fighting, between hunters.

“Worthless bastard. You think you’re getting into gates because you’re good?”

The fallen VR rolled on the floor. Fallen Yoon Cha-on looked up at his opponent while wiping blood from his lips.

Even though he reacted immediately upon sensing presence behind him, he couldn’t completely avoid Ha Gwon-yeong’s fist.

“If the news hadn’t broken this time, I wouldn’t have been dropped from the gate team. You’re just sitting in an empty seat. Are you excited thinking you’re something? A Hae Mi-jun lackey?”

As Yoon Cha-on stood up, he thought. Ha Gwon-yeong, this bastard, got exposed as the main bully and cursed at, did he lose his mind?

When he should be lying low like dead, he comes out like he has no tomorrow and beats people up.

Ha Gwon-yeong’s muscular arms writhed. Driven to the edge, he seemed to have no rationality left to control his strength against a middle schooler.

“What’s really pissing me off is that there are tons of people to heal you, so even if I break your arm or stab your belly, dispatch won’t be canceled, fuck.”

Yoon Cha-on sighed inwardly.

Even though his opponent was crazier than expected, he somehow wasn’t scared. Maybe because he realized that bastard Ha Gwon-yeong was truly pathetic.

Even though he was alone with Ha Gwon-yeong right now with no one to help.

Ha Gwon-yeong stepped forward.

“Then I’ll at least plant some fear. A bastard with no real combat experience will be too scared to enter gates if he gets hurt badly enough.”

Ha Gwon-yeong was hiding a weapon in his pocket.

* * *

‘How big is Ha Gwon-yeong, and that crazy bastard is beating up a middle schooler with that build? And there’s no one at the training ground to stop him?’

Gyeon Gang-hyeon, who barely arrived in front of the water attribute training ground, panted breathlessly.

Hae Mi-jun arrived first by a hair’s breadth. But he wasn’t going in, just standing at the doorway.

‘When he should be rushing in immediately, why is he standing there dazed?’

Soon Gyeon Gang-hyeon realized.

The situation inside the training ground was the opposite of what Gyeon Gang-hyeon had expected.

“Crazy bastard. I’m better at physical fighting than you.”

Ha Gwon-yeong was lying face down with that large body, unable to move at all. Completely subdued by a much smaller middle schooler, he was pinned down in a joint lock.

“While you were acting cocky relying only on your water ability and entering gates, I had nothing to do during that time so I did tons of solo training, you fucking bastard.”

Tears dripped from the eyes of Yoon Cha-on, who was gritting his teeth and spitting out words.

Hae Mi-jun had been standing there dumbfounded after seeing exactly that scene.