“Kyaaaaak!” “S-Stop it!
What are you doing!”
Kim Yang and Lenea urgently tried to approach, but they were blocked by the Gangsters.
“M-Move!
Get out of the way!
Boss!
Are you okay?!
Run!” “Eiiit!
Do you know who I am!
Lenea Barlosa Dechlen Piora—w-well, I’m the Elf Queen!”
Voices mixed with sobs came from behind me.
Meanwhile, Geum Taemin caught his breath, as if trying to regain control of his emotions.
“Haa, haa…
You bastard.
In the end, this is the result.
Knife fighting?
Fuck off.
Isn’t the one who survives the winner?”
He retrieved the knife I had dropped.
Squatting down, he tapped my cheek with the knife.
“Hoo.
Life is pretty ironic, isn’t it, Juseon-ah?
Because you were always at the top, you got on the bad side of Yu Yena, the Association President’s daughter, and couldn’t even get your Hunter License.” “…” “Because you were too sharp and found out things you shouldn’t have, you’re about to lose your life like this.”
Geum Taemin shook his head with a grin.
“Isn’t there a saying?
Geniuses die young.
Fuck, that’s you, isn’t it?” “…” “Look at you, shutting your mouth to protect your damn pride.
Fine, die with honor.
I’ll survive disgracefully and enjoy everything there is to enjoy.”
The bastard gripped the knife in a Reverse Grip and raised it.
“Farewell, top student.”
The brief moment he plunged it toward the spot between my eyebrows.
Less than a second, the time it took for the Hard Liquor to fall to the floor because of Lenea’s rampage.
Shunk!
A knife tore through flesh, and blood spurted out.
But it wasn’t Geum Taemin’s knife; it was the Folding knife I always carried for self-defense, embedded in Taemin’s chest.
Tap.
The cold blade that touched the spot between my eyebrows couldn’t push in any further.
“H-How?”
Fear crept onto Geum Taemin’s face as he stumbled backward with wide eyes.
An expression of disbelief.
“D-Don’t give me that Bullshit!
I said, don’t give me that bullshit!
What was that just now?!
What are you!
You were an Acceleration Ability User?”
Thud!
The weight of my legs as I stood up was definitely heavy.
“Ugh, Gravity Manipulation consumes a lot of stamina, so they usually try to subdue you with the minimum force.
Thanks to that, it’s easy to trick them if you pretend to be subdued a few times.”
If he had used Gravity Manipulation at full power, I wouldn’t have been able to move, but he did it three times so far.
Geum Taemin subdued me with gravity, and he must have realized how much force it took.
And that was his losing move.
As I rolled my stiff shoulder to loosen it, Geum Taemin shouted, spitting out his anger.
“Shut up and answer me!
Were you an Acceleration Ability User?!
You’ve been hiding it, hiding it all this time?!” “…Ah.”
I wondered what he was talking about since I’d never hidden it.
I think I knew why he didn’t know.
“I guess I never used it when I sparred with you.”
I clenched my fist at Geum Taemin, who was looking up at me with a dumbfounded expression.
“Ha, haha…
without even using your ability?
You’ve been beating me?”
Now is my chance, while he can’t focus because of his wound.
Gravity Manipulation is a pain, so I need to make sure he’s properly subdued.
“When you wake up, you’ll be in a holding cell.” “Even if you get out of here alive…
even if you kill me.
It’s already over.
Baekdu Pharmaceutical will never let you live.” “I’ll take care of that myself.” “Ha, haha.
Fucking bastard.”
Kwaang!
Hit squarely by my accelerated fist, Geum Taemin collapsed, unconscious.
Leaving the limp bastard behind me, I turned my head to see that, surprisingly, Kim Yang and Lenea had subdued the Gangsters.
“…What?
How did you do it?” “B-Boss!
Boss!”
Kim Yang rushed to hug me, wrapping her arms around my waist.
I felt a faint dampness on my chest.
It seemed she was more scared than I thought, and tears were flowing.
As I was patting her back, Lenea shrugged and spoke.
“Ahem, I am the Elf Queen, after all.
I have one or two Trump Cards hidden away.” “…What did you do?”
Kim Yang answered my question.
“I-I Kicked them in the crotch.” “…” “B-Boss taught me.”
Right, that’s a relief.
“More importantly, what are you going to do now?
Even I know Baekdu Pharmaceutical!
It’s a huge company!
Meracle is smaller than Baekdu’s Booger!” “That’s fucking humiliating.”
But the fact that she’s not wrong is even more humiliating.
Can’t be helped.
“Haa, I’ll have to fight them with someone in the same Weight Class.”
I take out my phone.
I never thought I’d be calling this number again—.
The ringing didn’t last long.
– What is it?
A frosty woman’s voice.
With a short sigh, I asked for help.
“If you have time right now, could you come?
I got caught up in a bigger incident than I expected during work.” – …Explain.
After I briefly explained the current situation, she nodded and replied.
– Five seconds.
“What?” – I’ll be there.
Click.
After hanging up.
Exactly five seconds later.
Kwaaaaaang!
The building shook violently, and I could hear what sounded like people screaming.
“Kyaaaaak!” “W-What?!
Who did you call?!”
Kim Yang and Lenea clung to me at the sudden explosive sound.
I held them both and reassured them.
“I called A Very Strong Person.”
Not just simple brute force, but a figure that even Baekdu Pharmaceutical has to be wary of.
A moment later.
The door opened.
A woman wearing a suit that perfectly matched her long black hair walked inside.
Her chilly atmosphere was jarringly out of place in the setting of a club.
After glancing at the two people clinging to me, she spoke calmly, as always.
“Let’s go.”
“B-Boss, who is this?” “Ahem, say hello.
This is Yu Yena, my classmate.
She’s now the Hunter Association’s Vice-chairman.
One of the Seven Zeniths.”
At my words, Yu Yena placed her hands over her navel and bowed demurely.
“Our Juseon is in your care.
My name is Yu Yena.”