The Wise Cleaning Life Of A Returning Genius Hunter [EN]: Chapter 272

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“W-What is it? What’s going on?!”

Immediately after Cleaning Team 3, along with Kim Min-ju, escaped the Musashino Newspaper building.

Moon So-yeon raised her voice, bewildered.

“Kim Jun-woo, isn’t that guy in danger?”

“S-Shouldn’t we help him?”

Han Sang-hyuk and Chief Park Geun-tae also reacted with confusion.

Of course, Kim Min-ju didn’t fully understand the situation either…….

But she had to pull herself together.

If she panicked, someone could die.

“First… evacuating people is the priority.”

Her voice was heavier than usual.

They couldn’t even stop the newspaper from being published, and now the CEO of PB Corporation had appeared in person.

Injecting Void directly to settle the score with Kim Jun-woo.

This was dangerous.

No matter the outcome, the mere fact that those two were fighting at full power was a disaster.

Fortunately, there weren’t many houses nearby, but if civilians got caught up in the fight, she couldn’t guarantee their safety, even if she intervened.

So, they needed to evacuate everyone as soon as possible.

With that thought in mind, Kim Min-ju spoke to her team members.

“We need to evacuate all citizens within a 1km radius right now. Can you help?”

“…Of course, we can.”

“That’s our specialty.”

“But it’s too late to evacuate everyone within 1km with just us. We need a way to evacuate them all at once…….”

Moon So-yeon’s voice trailed off.

It was a very Moon So-yeon-like assessment.

There were only four of them.

It was impossible to evacuate a 1km radius on foot.

Then…….

“Dungeon outbreak alert.”

“…Pardon?”

“The city has an alarm system in place in case a dungeon appears. We can activate that.”

Kim Min-ju said after a moment’s thought.

“We can’t wait for a real dungeon to open, so we’ll contact Branch Manager Haramura and manually activate the alarm…….”

But at that moment.

KWAANG―!!!

Suddenly, a huge beam of light fell from the sky, directly hitting the Musashino Newspaper building they had just escaped.

At the same time.

KU-GU-GU-GU-GU―!!

“KYAAAAAA!”

“W-What is it!!”

The surrounding ground was lifted into the air by the impact.

Kim Min-ju and her team members were caught off guard by the powerful shockwave and thrown backward.

“……!!”

When Kim Min-ju quickly regained her composure and assessed the situation, everything around them, including the newspaper building, had been completely destroyed.

And in the center, Kim Jun-woo, emitting boiling black energy, and CEO Emma, with blue sparks crackling around her, were facing each other.

“…….”

Of course, Kim Min-ju had experienced similar situations before, but this time she swallowed hard, a nervous expression on her face.

‘This is bad…….’

The atmosphere was on a completely different level than before.

***

“…….”

“…….”

Immediately after CEO Emma’s sudden attack destroyed the building.

She and I faced each other in the middle of the huge crater created by the flying debris.

Zzzzzzt, zzzzzzt―.

Sparks crackled from CEO Emma’s entire body, now infused with Void.

Her power was on a completely different level than before.

But…….

‘She’s not going berserk?’

Unlike Han Yu-bin, who had seemed to rampage mindlessly, she seemed quite calm.

It wasn’t just a surge in destructive instinct; all the elements for combat, such as judgment, concentration, and composure, seemed to have increased dramatically.

‘Could it be… did she improve it in the meantime?’

It had only been a few days since she acquired the Void manufacturing method, and I had wondered why she hadn’t distributed it immediately. It must have been because she was improving it.

Tsk, this has become more difficult.

I could have just blocked her if she had lost her mind and rushed at me without thinking.

In this case, I can’t let my guard down.

‘Well, even so…….’

As I saw in Sicily, she’s a sniper class who uses satellites as weapons.

The power is beyond imagination, but attacks that are directly bombarded through satellites have limitations in accurately aiming.

Powerful, but easy to avoid…….

[Unique Skill: Weapon Acquisition – Awakening]

[Adjustment Lever – Drop]

[Gargantua Maximum Output]

[Manually change the aiming system.]

The moment I thought that, sparks flew in the air around me.

[Acquired Skill: Coordinate Change]

[Transfers the caster’s skill through dimensional teleportation.]

Soon, a large blue hole appeared.

A dimensional hole similar to a dungeon entrance.

And then, through that hole.

Zeeeeeeeng―.

PAANG―!!

“……!”

The beams that had just fallen from the sky began to pour down.

Attacks poured down from too close a distance.

At this rate, there’s no time to dodge.

[Unique Skill: Demon King – Predation]

[While the unique skill is active, if the caster’s magic power is lower than the opponent’s, all attacks are nullified.]

I immediately raised my hand and gathered the black aura.

KU-GU-GU-GUNG―!!!

“Keuk…!”

The black aura was easily pierced, and the beam directly hit my left shoulder.

A tremendous pain that penetrated my head.

Fortunately, my arm didn’t fall off…….

But it seems to have lost its function because it doesn’t move.

“Ha, haha…….”

A dumbfounded laugh escaped my lips.

I knew she was strong when I met her in Sicily, but not to this extent.

Even Noah, the world’s number one ranker, barely surpassed my magic power when his stats reached their peak…….

‘Without a single buff skill, she exceeds my magic power…?’

That’s why, damn it, drug addicts are…….

I glared at her and quickly racked my brain.

She is using teleportation to transmit the beams fired by the satellite to induce a direct hit.

She is overcoming the weakness of having limitations in accurate aiming with dimensional teleportation.

‘I guess she’s not the CEO for nothing…….’

That’s annoying.

First, I need to do something about that teleportation.

[Unique Skill: Demon King – Awakening]

The moment the black aura covered the surrounding space.

I immediately rushed towards the teleportation floating around me.

[Unique Skill: Weapon Acquisition]

[Adjustment Lever – Rapid Fire]

PA-BA-BA-BAK―!!

KWA-GWA-GWANG―!!

This time, CEO Emma poured out attacks directly, not teleportation.

“Damn it…!”

Attacks continued to pour down as if to prevent me from destroying the teleportation.

In the end, I changed my target and rushed towards her.

[Unique Skill: Weapon Acquisition – Awakening]

[Adjustment Lever – Drop]

[Acquired Skill: Coordinate Change]

Zeeeeeeeng―!

KWAANG―!!!

This time, an attack flew from the teleportation floating in the air again.

“Keuek…!”

My body floated into the air for a moment due to the impact, and then I was thrown to the ground. I rolled several times on the asphalt floor.

I felt sharp pain all over my body and got up.

I barely managed to avoid it, but I couldn’t block all the impact. My whole body was numb, in addition to my left arm, which hadn’t been moving since earlier.

‘This has become troublesome…….’

If I try to block the teleportation, she interferes with direct attacks, and if I try to attack her, attacks rain down from all directions.

No, not just troublesome… it’s perfect.

She now has an overwhelming advantage in positioning.

At this rate, it’s a war of attrition.

Unlike me, who consumes a tremendous amount of magic power to maintain my skills, she, as a sniper class, only consumes ammunition. If this fight drags on, it will be disadvantageous for me.

Above all, my body is not listening to me because I have allowed several attacks.

Should I buy some time to recover at least my legs?

“By the way, there’s something I don’t understand…….”

I stopped attacking for a moment and cautiously opened my mouth towards CEO Emma.

“Is this fight authorized by the Secretary-General [likely referring to the head of a governing body or organization]?”

“…….”

“Considering your failure in Vietnam, the Secretary-General’s top priority must be to take away the Japanese branch. There’s no reason to take such a gamble. Or…….”

I looked at her and continued.

“Do you really think you can take me down here?”

“…….”

She still remained silent despite my continued questions.

Of course, I wasn’t expecting an answer, but honestly, I didn’t understand the situation.

This time, it was a complete defeat for us without any excuses.

From the beginning, we were delayed, all our movements were predicted, and even deceiving her subordinates, she played with us until the end.

Even if we just stood by and watched, the Japanese branch would collapse as she wanted.

But she deliberately showed up in front of me.

Even though everything could be ruined.

Secretary-General Wesley must have other intentions…….

“That human doesn’t know.”

At that moment, she finally opened her mouth.

“Of course, it’s not an authorized matter either.”

“Then why… ?”

I narrowed my eyes and asked.

If she loses here, I can put all the blame for the Void distribution on her, and the Japanese branch will be revived as well.

She must know that too.

There’s no reason to fight while bearing all those risks…….

“Actually, I don’t care about the Japanese branch or anything.”

“……What?”

“That’s important to Wesley, that bastard, but it has nothing to do with me.”

“What the hell are you…….”

“I just… wanted to fight you.”

At that moment, the corners of CEO Emma’s mouth stretched wide.

“Isn’t it fun? A fight where we even throw away our lives. I don’t know how much I’ve been itching since that day. It’s the last chance to fight each other without any interference, so I can’t miss it just because of one branch, right?”

“…….”

“So, if you can still move, let’s continue.”

If you don’t want to die, she said, summoning teleportation again.

[Acquired Skill: Coordinate Change]

Zeeeeeeeng―!

The moment I saw a bright light from those holes aimed towards me.

“Sigh…….”

I sighed and lowered my head.

I should give up on the idea of fighting while getting hit less.

Well… I’ve already been hit a lot.

The moment I thought that, a black aura erupted from my body once again.

[Unique Battlefield: Cape of Nightmares]

Sss―!

The space we were standing in began to distort.

And soon the surrounding scenery changed.

Black skies and black seas that seemed detached from reality.

A place where eerie winds blew between bizarrely towering cliffs.

I took a deep breath of that air once.

“Arise.”

[Original Summon: General – Baal]

[Original Summon: Conqueror – Agares]

[Original Summon: Ruler – Gamigin]

[Summon: Legion]

Kieeeeeee―!!

I summoned my full power.

Along with that.

[Equipment has been created.]

[Demon Sword: Tartarus]

[Demon Armor: Bene of Nightmares]

I pointed my sword at CEO Emma and ordered the legion to advance.

KU-GU-GU-GU-GU―!!

The earth began to shake with their movements.