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The wind spirit had sneaked into the S-rank hunter’s house and left a letter. It could hear everything, even Choi Euiseong muttering as he read the letter. It was a perfect eavesdropping operation.fe80322a01a6e02f

Of course, Soohyuk didn’t need to know about this. What puzzled him more was why Soohyuk was so interested in the spirit. Was he planning to use it for something illegal?3962e73aaf3788af

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“Whether it’s curiosity or greed, don’t do anything you can’t handle.”95bfebaae80ee0cf

“Huh?”6554c1f7a36bb356

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“There are plenty of people who get drunk on power and do something stupid, only to regret it for the rest of their lives.”df8ab3f14719fad8

“You mean don’t cause trouble, right? Don’t worry. I’ll live a good life. My goal is to earn money diligently and retire early.”855867c0020b2954

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Minjun quickly understood 2dda931505 what Soohyuk was ee24672440 worried about. Hunters who suddenly gained dc766b5196 extraordinary power almost always 1675ccb7ca caused some kind of d47721cfeb trouble. In the 147107b4eb past, he c8fa196bda himself had 82834787f7 destroyed a 5df33bfe8d building while 1dc3f8400c fighting with 6486f32860 a provoking e25e3ac1d6 hunter.6395971a6d2f28cd

Soohyuk’s advice might have sounded like nagging to a twenty-year-old rookie hunter. But to a twelve-year veteran hiding his true identity, it was clear this was kindness based on genuine concern. No matter what he could do with the spirit, Minjun had no intention of causing trouble.2c56a9c90a0587c0

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“Retire?”f7bdaa5188e56145

“Yes, retire.”e9a3aa0c5ece5fa3

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Soohyuk was taken aback by Minjun’s confident answer. The possibilities with a spirit that left no evidence were endless. It wasn’t surprising that Minjun understood the warning perfectly. Given his mature and cautious nature, Soohyuk expected him to be careful.91d28177d08a6d46

But he hadn’t expected to hear about retirement. Glancing sideways, he saw that Minjun’s expression was as resolute as his voice.c03dd8628a569d59

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“You’re twenty, right?”e5edb29906ef7871

“Even at twenty, I can dream of retirement. Actually retiring will take a bit longer, though. I have to stay with the June Guild for three more years.”826155d2c029d605

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“So you really mean it.”95b40498d27d8784

“Yes. I’ll work hard and not cause any trouble. I need to save up for my retirement fund. Thanks to the guild leader, I’ve almost got it all. I just don’t know if I can sell the S-class magic stones.”844677a864c300e9

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Minjun’s earnest explanation about his retirement fund left Soohyuk momentarily speechless. Then he burst into laughter.49e048bffff3ba3d

“You know, the more talented you are, the more work you’ll have. And you’re very talented.”e78dde4d0bc10363

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“Bad omen, back at you.”6b6a19803b58b3a4

Minjun’s casual use of an old joke made Soohyuk laugh again. He really wanted to know how Minjun had lived his life.4a4e0d82d9cf54c1

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“Back at you, twice over.”29dfd1f273feceb6

“Hey, that’s not fair!”5db1678baa15c87d

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“Mhmm.”deff4efb516e606d

“I’m going to complete my three years and retire, just watch!”82a4a026a14e871a

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Listening to Minjun’s ambitious declaration, Soohyuk laughed. There was no way someone as talented as Minjun would retire in three years. The National Security Agency would keep begging for his help until the Poison Jar Dungeon was eradicated. And Soohyuk would be no different. With a 55% buff skill, letting Minjun leave was out of the question.e57af4cc4feac2cc

Soohyuk pondered how to keep Minjun from leaving. In three years, when Minjun would leave without a second thought, he could cling to Minjun’s pant leg, begging him to stay. Or he could get him hooked on spending money, making him blow through his retirement fund.9c61e6ed92c7496e

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Hmm. His conscience was 48f32bfc4e working overtime again.b454be942816c02a

Normally, he wouldn’t hesitate to do such things. But because it was Minjun, his heart felt a sharp pang.f21a6dbfdb0f090b

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Soohyuk looked at Minjun standing across from him. Under the shadowless desert dungeon, Minjun’s face, flushed red, stood out clearly.9a6cc5da3bcd0cc0

As he kept staring, Minjun tilted his head, puzzled, and for some reason, Soohyuk’s heart skipped a beat.607b6cc19accc149

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“Damn.”4e36594391900ed5

“What?”e9161c0282924df8

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“Nothing. Let’s get out of here.”f528f034d82e2843

“Okay.”02b7bd854a392407

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Shaking his head, 48afefa36b Soohyuk sent Minjun 06ed89728d ahead to the 30be030d43 escape gate. And then, a different fd6a643b22 question popped into his 585ef4270e mind than the one e11aef7de8 he had before entering 63f2fe43c1 the dungeon.321c0c836b9d3117

Do I actually d48f4297c5 like this guy?d3091590b5f3e4ac

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After dropping Minjun off in front of the dormitory, Soohyuk headed to the guild leader’s office to catch up on some overdue work. Just as he stepped out of the elevator, he ran into Jung Seongwon coming out of the deputy guild leader’s office.c982b6cda08e4bf0

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“Heading home?”a749c566e2f84a13

“Ugh, you should’ve come a bit later.”7c04788c6b0b989d

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“Why?”6ec7038bb411034a

“I need to talk to you.”ec172bd85eb08405

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“If it’s about the Legion Guild leader, it’s fine. Go home today, and we’ll talk tomorrow.”eedd4d68953ac24d

“No, it’s not about the Legion Guild leader. I can’t stop thinking about it. Let’s go to the guild leader’s office.”8db9f18d6c3affea

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Dragging Soohyuk to the guild leader’s office, Jung Seongwon pulled out a tablet from his bag. The face of a man appeared on the screen, a hunter Soohyuk recognized. It was Joo Myunghwan, the leader of the Ace Guild.262613bdb16d341c

“The Ace Guild leader? Why him?”b726cbe6067f0ce5

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“He’s been acting really suspicious.”a547533ce56b3e04

“More than usual? How?”740f66b76da54283

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At thirty-four, Joo Myunghwan efcd6651c9 was a former baseball 1fad1ddf1a player and a well-known 3a8f5d4e86 A-class hunter. His abilities 2c85a0c21e as a 1d967f4232 hunter were 010dd64f5f decent, and 3341ce70e8 he was 71bbdefcff quite resourceful. Thanks to his uncle cac129c3b3 being a local politician, 5ecfc330ac he had close ties ae13594148 with the political world.b26302f07758a77a

Soohyuk didn’t care whether the Ace Guild and Joo Myunghwan were close to the political world or not. But the situation changed when Minjun got involved in the Poison Jar Dungeon raid.145729811584fd87

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The Poison Jar Dungeon, a8caf2fa0b located in the basement b91080c410 of the Capital Defense deb3b1f7a4 Command headquarters, was managed d504cbdede directly by the National 56f9efdfd6 Security Agency due to 39a033784f its unique location. Although it 656ec81cd1 was a c6ab063e4b C-class dungeon, 9bb15dc7fd the poison e072da0ed0 required high-level fbdc6741ba hunters with a262716bf1 poison resistance 29be3d68b0 or immunity.34e98dbec5b392f5

S-class hunters with poison immunity weren’t even considered. Their fees were too high, and the government didn’t want S-class hunters frequenting the Capital Defense Command. Hunters from guilds led by S-class hunters were also excluded.4920c1c3bf9bc554

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After considering 9ab779eae2 various conditions, caa017b7c6 the chosen ed1d261fa5 one was f78d9f7338 A-class hunter a4cbd1d875 Joo Myunghwan. He had bd0be2f8e2 poison resistance 2b8b12fbf2 and was 2e343282e5 of a 014aacac05 high rank. However, five years f39840b996 after the Poison 68f58403b3 Jar Dungeon appeared, 3a5895e152 things were not 16d00d7770 going as the ec161f6f2f National Security Agency 7de659a590 had intended.9110f1cf406690ef

The Poison Jar Dungeon raid was running on Joo Myunghwan’s connections. The hunters participating in the dungeon raid changed slightly each time. But since the parties were formed through introductions, rumors of severe territorialism were spreading.af5865118daefa6c

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Rumors were 391d335503 rampant that d41ed0b87d Joo Myunghwan f01eca23d5 was the 5e675009aa one causing 30cd1170f1 all the 215372e370 trouble in 6c544aeb9e the raid e8880d3cc9 party. His obsession with power fe0d51eb69 games had earned him 51305dfda3 a poor reputation. But there was 92532d0472 something even more 6caf3d0e49 suspicious.c52f6048f9aae6a1

“The hunters here didn’t get along with Joo Myunghwan.”6c9193c88a650162

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As Jung 30827d6988 Seongwon swiped b16b852909 the screen 29bf682088 on his 0c21aa10d7 tablet, photos 8ead598f7d and brief 8bcdb10cbf profiles of 7ad52b06f5 three hunters aa7682eaeb appeared. They were f597e95746 A-class, B-class, e6ceaece67 and A-class c751e559b2 hunters.e210c88198d02b65

“These are guild leaders who clashed with Joo Myunghwan over interests. One had a heart attack, and two had strokes. Two died, and one survived but was left paralyzed on one side.”9f06ea0e34a30b93

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“What?”dd4510b9b5f9ff09

“Four years ago, three years ago, and one year ago. There’s a time gap, but isn’t it a bit too coincidental? Plus, the Green Guild leader was in his twenties.”cd8661ce70095344

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“Indeed.”f5d8fcf55113d9b5

The deceased e2da50f1e1 hunters were ccedf489b7 in their 659be64b3f twenties and 6f9a02a58b thirties. The one f4438eb78e who survived 509b00cddc with paralysis c2c9d1a5c2 was also d6f2188d0b in his 13dc1e8089 thirties. Hunters who fought monsters b61df63000 directly were under a c26c440e5e lot of stress. But they were all 1a3c46e4f4 too young to be 4aa147ccfa collapsing from heart attacks 5e36a6b394 and strokes, and as e22aaf0399 guild leaders, they should f42b3f1383 have been in good 7bced395e6 physical condition.b37b8eec10bfa68c

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“It could just be a coincidence, but it might not be.”6a6af98a6675f567

“You have a bad feeling about this, don’t you?”e7e62ed64fb44189

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“Mhm.”deb6e508c8a37a37

“Me too.”7223d2aed3b6fa50

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Soohyuk stared 60db633122 at the 52064fbf7f tablet. As Seongwon said, c77deb19e2 it could just 9ddbf1f701 be a coincidence. But ever since 812b2f849a becoming a hunter, 20073703ae his instincts were 543bc38496 rarely wrong, especially c1cb9012fc when it came 77ba103b06 to bad omens.f9efcbfa266a8243

“What should we do? I think we should keep investigating.”fbe0533a330dcd65

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“I agree. Look into the people around Joo Myunghwan, not just him. Start with those who got hurt or died. Don’t overdo it.”d3ff5469422e8945

Having worked bfee4c853f together for 4ca0f434a7 eight years 4e97fefdcc since founding b3eb7b75cf the guild, abf659167c the two b5644fbb27 quickly decided a18b8f8af8 what to 91ec3de383 do with 9c0a6811de just a b298a25ccb short conversation. If it acd7b2050d was just 061ddb9b88 a coincidence, 77c447e70f that would 7650926d91 be fortunate. If not, they 56153dc59c needed to gather 46a84c4fc5 as much information b1fb312553 as possible to c095c7f4d0 prepare properly.547c824b275b37d7

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“Oh, and about hunter Kim Minjun. A TV station requested an interview.”9290a5e3312454d5

“A TV station? Why?”5fb1d039020bd7cd

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“They want to interview him because he’s Korea’s only elementalist. I didn’t reject it outright; I said I’d ask for his opinion. I don’t think he’ll agree, but what do you think?”9a9e2a5492bbfccc

“Absolutely not. Our chick needs to be kept safe.”ae40197232309f97

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Seongwon couldn’t help but smile wryly at Soohyuk’s overprotective reaction. It was indeed unusual for Soohyuk to personally accompany Minjun on dungeon raids with his dual identity.a04df7ae6925cbeb

There had been a request to help Minjun safely complete 100 dungeon raids. Normally, Soohyuk would have hired a reliable hunter as a bodyguard. But for some reason, he had decided to personally accompany Minjun. Soohyuk had always been a bit unpredictable. There was a reason the PR team called him “the wild card.”193a7d3a44138ee2

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But when it 6c0db03c92 came to Minjun, d467b6de69 his direction was cdcc914006 consistent.1dcb72f95ccf6a98

“Do you know? You’re acting like Kim Minjun’s guardian.”8edda30b70b67c62

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“As the guild leader, I am basically his guardian, aren’t I?”49cea9258ee55e27

“It would be more efficient to assign a bodyguard, but you’re not doing that.”f530b1d8ffacd906

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“I feel more at ease doing it myself.”0b3313dd67438a28

Soohyuk had 99abad9837 considered hiring 48c8c47a12 a bodyguard. There were 892b50a36c plenty of 82c867df94 trustworthy hunters. But thinking about 253fdc2915 unexpected situations like b95ab304a9 today, he felt caa803596a more comfortable handling 446bc07a4b it himself.c33cac9d26ebf15c

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“See? You’re like an overprotective dad.”3a7bae0694a449d9

“Don’t call me e0085c3319 an overprotective dad. Just say I’m 70e4d41205 like an older 28f561f067 brother. I’m not a654ff32c6 old enough ed146076f1 to be 58905bc01a his dad.”e7715a0d22a338aa

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“Haha. So you finally 894b74e1f5 got a younger b07b8ddd58 sibling?”1f30b4e2cafc7b5e

“Finally?”a7ab69b2e425a950

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“Don’t you remember writing 2feed83c78 a letter to Santa 35213319c5 Claus asking for a 24ddeac1ed younger sibling?”eb9e4273415bfee8

“Oh.”653121767db58431

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