By Zephyria Min-gi Seo tilted his head, then corrected himself.
“That was an expression not in accordance with the National Institute of Korean Language’s vocabulary. I stand corrected. You are furious.”
Lee Sa-young was pissed? Eui-jae rolled his eyes.
‘Well, I guess he would be….’
This was an everyday occurrence, so it wasn’t surprising anymore. It would take Jung-bin being angry or Hong Ye-seong coming to his senses for him to feel the gravity of the situation. Eui-jae nodded listlessly. He was actually a little relieved.
‘He seems okay enough to be angry.’
But who would want to leave someone behind? I’m the only one who can move, so of course I have to move. After confirming Lee Sa-young’s safety, his thoughts jumped elsewhere.
‘That bastard is always complaining. And when I say something, he whines about being in pain.’
The feelings of pity, worry, and longing vanished cleanly. Instead, resentment took their place. Eui-jae squatted down in front of Min-gi Seo.
“What’s he doing?”
“He has returned to the Guild. Hunter Jung-bin says he was the last to regain consciousness. His condition immediately after waking up wasn’t very good either.”
Damn it. Eui-jae’s face twisted strangely. See this. Just when he was about to feel resentful, he felt sorry again. Lee Sa-young would always be like that. Resentful, pitiful, missed, and always Cha Eui-jae’s sore spot. Min-gi Seo pushed up his sunglasses.
“Don’t worry. He’s perfectly fine now. He’ll probably move after receiving the situation report.”
Did he have another fight with another Lee Sa-young? He thought he had wrapped things up well. Eui-jae groaned and touched his forehead. Come to think of it.
‘I suddenly disappeared.’
Lee Sa-young, who couldn’t bear to be apart for even a week. Lee Sa-young, who only showed a comfortable face next to Cha Eui-jae. Eui-jae looked into Min-gi Seo’s expressionless sunglasses and asked.
“Isn’t he worried?”
“Worried? Worried about who?”
“Me. I disappeared suddenly.”
“Huh? Why would I worry about J?”
As if to say, ‘look at this,’ Min-gi Seo grabbed Eui-jae’s arms with both hands, then let go.
“When you’re perfectly fine like this.”
He asked the wrong thing. Eui-jae asked with an awkward expression.
“How’s the situation outside? Are Monsters still appearing?”
“Monsters are still appearing here and there, but it’s almost calm compared to earlier. Hunters are going around taking care of them.”
“That big-mouthed Monster?”
“Yes. It was eating everything in sight. People, building debris, everything.”
“……”
A Monster with a huge mouth, tearing people apart. Had he ever seen such a Monster? The more he thought about it, the more he felt a strange sense of déjà vu. Eui-jae rubbed his chin. But Min-gi Seo seemed to have taken it differently.
“Didn’t I tell you? The Guild Master is also roughly aware.”
Min-gi Seo took out his phone from the shadows and turned the screen around. What he showed was a group chat room on a messenger app. Dozens of people were gathered. The room name was….
[Room for Sharing News about the Hanover Soup Restaurant Part-Timer]
‘Fuck.’
Congratulatory emoticons, crying emoticons, and surprised emoticons were densely packed. Min-gi Seo scrolled up to show a message.
!!Breaking News!! Hanover Soup Restaurant part-timer found in Seoul. Appeared as he was three months ago. Looks very healthy
“Thanks to Hunter Yang Hye-jin, who spread the word that the part-timer had appeared.”
A little while ago, on a main street.
‘Life is really not easy.’
Very Small Miracle Mingi Seo, real name Seo Min-gi. A specialist in infiltration and information manipulation. He sat on a broken paving stone, sucking on a tumbler straw with a serious face. Civil servants in fluorescent vests glanced at him with strange looks as they passed by.
He felt a little more awake after drinking the coffee. Right, running away doesn’t solve anything. You have to face it head-on. Even if that means taking the full brunt of his superior’s wrath.
‘Really not easy.’
He never imagined that his duties would include mediating the relationship between two superiors. Min-gi Seo sighed and pressed the phone’s call button. The other party answered almost immediately. A cold voice said.
―Speak.
“Yes, Guild Master. According to what I heard from Hunter Yang Hye-jin….”
Min-gi Seo swallowed hard.
“That person…. has infiltrated Prometheus’s tent. On his own. Volunteered. Voluntarily. Pretending to be a regular person.”
―…What?
The voice on the other end of the phone became noticeably colder. Min-gi Seo quickly separated his Soul and entered AI voice mode, reading out information.
“He said he doesn’t look like a Hunter no matter how you look at him, so it’ll be okay. And he hasn’t come out yet.”
―…Yang Hye-jin told him to do that?
“At the time, he didn’t look like a Hunter at all, so she thought it would be okay. The Rift Management Bureau could push in if necessary.”
―Sending someone who’s terrible at lying to infiltrate?
“……”
―Anyway, damn it, what’s wrong with his head….
If the Second Master heard that, he would say that the most mindless guy is cursing out all the Hunters. Min-gi Seo ignored the muttered curses and continued.
“I also infiltrated briefly to investigate, but I couldn’t find him. He must have moved somewhere else.”
―Where to.
“I have to find out from now on. I’m going to go to his shadow.”
―…….
Lee Sa-young was silent. He was probably suppressing his annoyance. Min-gi Seo shook his tumbler. The ice inside clinked, asserting its presence.
Where did J disappear to after infiltrating the tent? Was he caught and dragged somewhere else? Or did he safely get what he needed quickly and escape?
There weren’t enough sightings of the part-timer for the latter. The human called Cha Eui-jae tends to underestimate his presence and influence too much, so he doesn’t think about hiding himself….
Min-gi Seo took off his sunglasses and blew away the dust on the lenses.
“Could he have been caught and kidnapped?”
―…J?
Sa-young scoffed, who had been silent.
―He must have let it happen.
His voice sank coldly.
―That’s even more infuriating.
Min-gi Seo quickly agreed.
Min-gi Seo stretched his neck and looked around. His eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the bars.
“…I thought he might have been dragged somewhere or moved to a remote place…. I never thought he’d be at the base.”
“Lee Sa-young would be even angrier if he knew, right?”
“Do you even need to ask?”
Yeah, probably. Eui-jae scratched his head. Min-gi Seo, who had been pondering with his chin in his hand, muttered.
“But we can’t miss this sweet opportunity. We might as well take everything if we can. Isn’t that why he got kidnapped?”
“……”
No, he wasn’t planning on going that far. He was just planning on rescuing Student Ga-eul and getting out. But before Eui-jae could deny it, Min-gi Seo seemed to have already made all the plans.
Based on working together for three months, you shouldn’t mess with or criticize Very Small Miracle Mingi Seo once he’s made a plan. Because he breaks down the moment a plan goes wrong. Eui-jae looked down at the shadow with a sullen face.
‘This is a bit of a hassle….’
“Don’t worry. I’m here, the specialist in infiltration. Infiltration should be done secretly and quietly….”
Min-gi Seo babbled and gave a thumbs up. He seemed about to go on a long rant about infiltration again. Eui-jae didn’t miss the timing and handed him the tablet.
“If you’re going to be in the shadows, please find out what’s written on that tablet. A researcher here had it, but it’s all numbers and technical terms, so I can’t read it.”
“Oh, of course. This much is….”
Min-gi Seo quickly scanned the tablet.
“It’s going to take a while.”
“Yes, yes.”
“But don’t worry, I’ll get it done quickly….”
He muttered something and melted into the shadows. Just as only the top of Min-gi Seo’s head was barely visible, Eui-jae added a word.
“Oh, and we have to save someone before we leave.”
“Yes?”
“Student Yoon Ga-eul was also captured here. While collecting information, you have to find Student Ga-eul and take her out with you.”
“Y-yes? Wait a minute, I’m hearing that for the first time!”
“Because I’m saying it for the first time now.”
“Wait, then the plan… no, the variables….”
“Shh.”
Eui-jae stomped on the shadow with his foot. The muttering voice stopped abruptly. Someone appeared at the end of the hallway. A combatant with a gun and wearing a military vest. He also stopped in his tracks as if he had spotted Eui-jae. The man shouted.
“Hey, what are you doing there?”