LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 330: 77%
– Deputy Director Yoon, what’s wrong?
– What is it? Is it external otitis? My ear keeps itching even though I scratched it earlier in the room.
Going in circles, the situation is becoming frustrating with stars that can’t even leave their names when they die.
Just around the time a special agent group from a certain country is falsely accused of something they didn’t do.
The hero of the sun, Jeong Ha-seong, finally changed his posture.
He moved his hand from resting on the steering wheel to grasp the gearshift.
‘…….’
Just because he’s an S-Class Awakened doesn’t mean he has endless time.
He really needs to stop overthinking now.
‘Out of nowhere, a fake beast shows up in Korea again. When I take off its mask, a famous hunter jumps out. And on top of that, what the heck is going on today?’
He feels foolish.
Ha-seong wouldn’t mind even if it’s revealed at this point that the careless doctor from earlier made a mistake in the diagnosis.
And the simple reason he’s continuously picturing the possibility of not becoming a man who distances himself from the dreamer type is easy.
‘Ha…….’
Now that Kim Gi-ryeo is an undeniable milestone in the industry.
Whenever a huge crisis strikes, anyone will fleetingly think of that person’s name, and now that figure participating in a raid has ushered in a time when even hunters feel secure in the deadly fields.
It’s unlikely that anyone in this land could calmly accept the fact that the fourth S-Class hunter of Korea is standing at a crossroads of crisis.
‘Why does this only happen in my life?’
Moreover, Ha-seong felt even more unjust in his position.
Until that damn dungeon shock phenomenon occurred, he was honestly living just fine.
Whether it’s magic power or whatnot, with the unwanted emergence of useless resources, he lost a lot.
Among the things he lost was the health of his mother, which he valued the most in life.
But now, even if he succeeds in obtaining the legendary elixir that cures everything.
He faced a reality where he would have to turn away from someone by his own choice.
‘Why does it always happen to me, over and over…’
Thud.
Ha-seong couldn’t bear to move the car and leaned back against the seat again.
If he achieves his long-held dream of obtaining the elixir, he would first need to save his mother suffering from magic addiction instead of Kim Gi-ryeo.
Thus, he couldn’t spare any energy left.
As reality hit him, where he had to ignore the problems of specific individuals, Jeong Ha-seong felt even more regret.
‘If I had known this in advance, I never would’ve asked for a team-up…’
By the way, judging by the clues, it seemed Kim Gi-ryeo didn’t have any particularly close relatives.
‘If the article that said he grew up in an orphanage is correct, then it’s hard to expect much from his biological parents.’
Kim Gi-ryeo was currently living in someone else’s apartment after his home collapsed.
Should he prepare a change of clothes for him in advance?
‘He doesn’t really have a lot of personal belongings anyway, but there are always little necessities when hospitalized.’
Just when worries sprang forth.
Ding.
His phone rang.
The smartphone placed on the car mount blinked, and Jeong Ha-seong reached out to check the screen.
What appeared was a text from someone.
[New Contact: Hunter Kim Gi-ryeo]
To be precise, it was a text from an S-Class Awakened in the same industry.
“Hmm?”
However, when he opened it, the messages were filled with内容 he never expected at all.
‘Oh. As expected, asking for all the clothes at home to be brought over… Wait, are you asking to take everything? And you’re planning to leave the apartment as soon as your hospitalization is over?’
A sudden notice to stop the home-sharing.
Well, when you think about it in detail…
It was strange for an S-Class modern bourgeois to be living off someone else’s home. But.
‘Until now, he seemed suspiciously intent on delaying buying a new house.’
Why at this timing, of all times?
Jeong Ha-seong frowned while holding his phone.
And barely a few seconds later, a look of shock spread across his face.
A plausible speculation crossed his mind.
“Could it be……!”
Until now, he hadn’t really cared about how long that hunter’s temporary stay was lasting.
He thought that the hunter was just being lazy about looking for a house.
“Could it be that this is also because of me?”
But now that he reflects on it.
The hunter who had settled into the guest room had often exhibited specific behaviors.
– Ha-seong, are you going to work today too?
– Yes.
– Alright. Then I’ll handle lunch by myself, but come back for dinner to eat what I’ve made.
Cleaning up someone else’s house or sometimes showcasing his skills by cooking perfect white rice in the pot.
In the early days, every time he returned home to find a clean house, it made him uneasy.
“…….”
However, according to what he heard from his mother, even the father who passed away before he turned two had a strong capacity for living just like that.
Now, it’s common knowledge that this top-ranked hunter comes from a single-parent household after losing his father at a young age.
‘Even the first baby food was probably made by Dad himself, as he took charge of cooking.’
It wasn’t even worth calling it a memory.
Until now, he never lamented not having a father.
But unlike the absence he had always taken for granted, he might have harbored a complex of some sort deep down.
At some point, Jeong Ha-seong began to genuinely appreciate the help of others in managing the house.
Having someone more mature than him, a male who felt like an older brother (though in reality, he wasn’t) looking after him, turned out to be much more pleasant than he thought.
‘Sometimes, I miss the atmosphere when Mom was around.’
But looking back belatedly, he should have stopped it, even if it was cozy and nice.
Could the other person’s actions genuinely be just a simple personal lifestyle?
No matter how neat a person is, taking care of someone else’s household is an alien situation.
Jeong Ha-seong soon surmised.
Perhaps Kim Gi-ryeo noticed his own issues with self-sufficiency and delayed buying a house because of it……
‘…….’
A suspicion arose.
Up until now, Kim Gi-ryeo had been making excuses to stay in the vacant room.
But the moment he found himself in a situation where he could receive help, he declared independence.
‘The perspective is completely different. I thought I was helping the hunter this time.’
So suspicious.
Thus, Jeong Ha-seong solidified the misconception that he had actually received help during the last training camp.
‘How stupid. Oh my god, I completely misunderstood again.’
Then what on earth is the existence that gnawed away at the pride of the number one hunter in South Korea doing now?
Also, why did he send that text about finding his own house at this timing?
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Click.
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[Record]
‘Laborers in the hospital use honorifics without exception, but patients frequently reply informally.’
After a precise investigation, it was observed that 2% of the time white gowns were addressed honorifically by Earthlings, and 98% of the time by nurses, thereby categorizing this as a type of authority-submission phenomenon.
Oh dear, these mammals really lack spirit…
They pretend the class era has ended, but given how society remains unchanged, the likelihood of improvement over time seems quite low.
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The sound of a pen streaking through the air echoed.
‘Ugh, something about writing feels uncomfortable today.’
Today marked the first day of my stay in Earth’s treatment facility.
Moreover, I had just returned from a breakfast of a Korean meal served by the hospital.
Having smoothly started the day, I was now progressing through my planned activity.
‘Is it because I bought a cheap pen?’
It was ‘cleaning preparation.’
It would be emergency news from the perspective of humanity.
As I have said multiple times, I have reincarnated on this planet and endured all kinds of hardships.
And during that whirlwind-like survival process, I gradually nurtured my mind.
[54%]
By the time I regained my memories of Lee Hwa-young, the anger that had been somewhat half-baked was at about:
[77%]
Almost at the verge of explosion.
‘Instead of going off the rails later, picking out which dead weight to eliminate in advance is much healthier.’
But the problem was that my lungs were still not fully recovered.
I couldn’t be discharged immediately and was trapped in the hospital, which inevitably led to many difficulties in the process.
‘The situations I can observe are too limited.’
Well, letting aside spatial issues.
“Teacher Choi, I have a question about that patient you examined earlier… Ugh!”
“Ah! You scared me. Why are you suddenly— Ahhh!”
This was exactly the biggest hurdle.
“Kim Gi-ryeo Hunter?”
“Eek! My apologies! I’m sorry, patient!”
As you can see, people get startled when they see me.
My body was literally just a few hours ago split apart like a patchwork.
‘Hmmm.’
I couldn’t use any of my powers, and I couldn’t recklessly exert physical strength either.
However, Kim Gi-ryeo’s body had all its restrained magic power unleashed, revealing a vast presence.
Too much restraint causes me pain.
But if I don’t restrain it, others freak out.
‘What a ruckus.’
How on earth am I supposed to observe when everyone is in such a state?
‘Seriously, everyone is thrown off balance by the superior performance of this body.’
Snap.
I covered the spring notebook I was holding with one hand.
I was too lazy to continue the work.
And before the medical staff in front of me fainted from the magic, I moved my legs to leave the spot.
‘At this rate, I’m going to be kicked out of the hospital barefoot.’
Not that there was only one thing I had to do.
‘Should I go back to my hospital room and just browse the internet instead?’
Creating a scorecard was an unimportant task that could easily be pushed to second or third priority.
In any case, the carcass of the beast that the Earthlings had taken should be getting damaged moment by moment even now.
If I have to hurry, it would be right to prioritize investigating that.
‘I’ll have to call Seonwoo-yeon during her break and ask how to meet with the identity thieves I killed.’
But then, in that moment.
I put my notebook away and took out my phone.
When the topic of a call came to mind, another schedule simultaneously recalled in my thought process.
‘Ah. Right.’
Speaking of which, it was time to end my temporary stay.
I am none other than an unprecedented SS-Class Hunter in history.
‘Thanks for the rent exemption during the time. But that debt is already repaid from saving you from that fake beast yesterday, isn’t it?’
I made up my mind to end the living situation where I had been staying at Jeong Ha-seong’s house.
‘The landlord must have been worried sick about that pest all this time.’
Why did I stay with the national hero?
It wasn’t just that I was saving money, even though I am technically a high-ranking (scam) hunter.
In fact, my motives for staying with others were primarily due to a thirst for research on mammals and secondarily for safety.
The best hunter in South Korea.
Having Jeong Ha-seong standing as a pillar meant there was no better response when monsters appeared.
‘Supposedly, there’s no dog that bites the hand that feeds it, and that fits perfectly here.’
However, Jeong Ha-seong was also a person who had nothing to wish for financially.
Thus I had even flattered the landlord by helping out with chores for the sake of my safe life in Korea.
‘He must have found it quite uncomfortable with a temporary guest around all this time. I should move my stuff to the studio laboratory where I had signed a lease and quickly find my new house.’
But now that I had regained my weapon to protect myself, there was no need to impose on others any longer.
I moved my fingers and sent several messages to Jeong Ha-seong.
As soon as I recover my strength, priority number one is independence.
It’s a considerate action towards my landlord on Earth.
Afterward, I returned to the opulent hospital room and contemplated what to eat for lunch.