I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 247

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“What… am I looking at? Hunter Kim Seong-hyeon?”

“…A scene of massacre?”

Lotte, who let out a hollow laugh as if dumbfounded by the absurd answer, glared at the head that had fallen to the floor.

A familiar face.

A face she couldn’t possibly not know as a fellow top-tier Hunter.

‘That man…’

The enormous magical power that was felt and then disappeared just now.

And the distinct presence of another person.

‘So, he wasn’t alone after all?’

She had expected it, but she hadn’t noticed because the movements were quite secretive.

“F-First, please return to the hotel. I will contact you separately.”

“Yes.”

Seong-hyeon was calm and composed, so much so that it was hard to believe he was the one who had dealt with Egypt’s top Hunter.

As Seong-hyeon returned to the hotel, Lotte looked down at the cold corpse again.

“…I don’t feel sorry for you. It’s karma.”

He was a top-tier Hunter with whom she had no prior interaction and no particular connection anyway, and considering the things he used to do, she even felt a little regretful about why he was only facing this kind of end now.

“Ugh…”

A groan full of pain coming from the side.

Everyone inside this building had disappeared as if evaporated, but only that man remained.

“Hey you there. Can you talk?”

“Wh-Who…”

“It doesn’t matter who I am. What’s going on? What did you do to make Hunter Kim Seong-hyeon do this to this place?”

“…Wa…”

“What?”

“Wallet… Stole…”

The man couldn’t finish his sentence and died.

As if he was only given enough time to answer a single question.

“Stole a wallet…?”

Now she roughly understood the situation.

Looking at the things they did, they were deeply involved in politics, but they also did petty things like having young children steal wallets from tourists.

‘Of all people, the target had to be Hunter Kim Seong-hyeon.’

Lotte knew the structure of their organization well.

They gathered orphaned children, provided them with a place to live, and made them pickpockets.

The children who were caught did not resist much and adapted to reality.

Already deeply involved in politics, they couldn’t even ask for help from anywhere.

The environment for the children who couldn’t escape was so terrible that it was hard to express in words.

The only hope for those children was to be recognized as members of the organization.

In that way, they were brainwashed without even realizing it, and eventually, the children grew up to become members of the organization.

The top-tier Hunter who was now a cold corpse lying there had also become the leader in the same way.

Seong-hyeon wouldn’t know these detailed internal affairs, but the work of managing the place where the children lived and monitoring them was done by the lowest of the low.

‘He saw everything…’

Could Seong-hyeon not have felt the clumsy touch of the child taking the wallet from his pocket?

He probably followed the child who took the wallet and saw the place where the children lived.

Even those who managed the place.

“He completely uprooted them, huh.”

Of course, there were several other organizations left, but since it was an organization directly run by a top-tier Hunter, it was difficult to compete with them even if all the others were combined.

“Haa… How are you going to handle the aftermath?”

By now, the Egyptian political circles would have fully grasped this fact.

Moreover, since the Association President was also involved, the situation wouldn’t be good for Seong-hyeon, no matter how capable he was.

“I have no intention of helping.”

If he had hoped for her help, that would have already been a decision that didn’t suit a top-tier Hunter.

He must have caused this incident because he could handle the aftermath entirely on his own.

Lotte sighed briefly and cleaned up the scene.

Because Seong-hyeon was an employee of the Association as long as he was in Egypt.

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“This is ridiculous…”

Kamuz let out a hollow laugh, as if dumbfounded, as he listened to the report and looked at the photos of the completely chaotic scene.

“Heh, heh. Is he crazy? How could he kill a top-tier Hunter from another country without being crazy?”

According to the report, it wasn’t Seong-hyeon who killed him, but someone else.

“Where is Kim Seong-hyeon?”

“He’s at the hotel.”

“…He caused this mess and is lying down at the hotel?”

“What… are you going to do…”

If he could, he would have hired an assassin to cut his throat right away, but he couldn’t even figure out who the unidentified being who killed the top-tier Hunter was, so it could backfire.

“Gather all the reporters.”

“Are you going to hold a press conference?”

“This is our land. And we lost a top-tier Hunter. No matter what justification the other side has, we can do everything as we please.”

“Doesn’t Hunter Kim Seong-hyeon already know that? And if the hideout was devastated to that extent… it means internal information was leaked…”

“Are you just going to sit still?! You idiot. It’s not just anyone, a top-tier Hunter died, a top-tier Hunter!!!”

The reason why he entrusted the subjugation [monster suppression] to Seong-hyeon in the first place was to minimize the loss of Hunters, so the worst-case scenario among several worst-case scenarios had occurred.

“This isn’t just about holding Kim Seong-hyeon responsible. The entire Republic of Korea has to take responsibility. No matter what our top-tier Hunter did, killing him was something that shouldn’t have been done.”

“I understand. I’ll do it right away.”

Soon, an employee went outside to gather reporters, and Kamuz, left alone, couldn’t control his anger with his face flushed.

“Kuaaaaak!!! Kim Seong-hyeon! You son of a bitch!!!!”

No matter what it took, he would get everything back.

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“Hunter Kim Seong-hyeon. It’s Lotte.”

“Yes. I’ll go out.”

Whether he knew that reporters were waiting outside in droves, Seong-hyeon’s voice from inside sounded like that of someone resting very comfortably.

“Outside…”

“Reporters?”

“Did you know?”

“How could I not know with all this commotion? Ms. Astarote?”

“Did you… know that too?”

It wasn’t that Seong-hyeon had noticed.

“Just now?”

“Now that you know, there’s no need to work as a secretary anymore. You can go downstairs. To where the reporters are waiting.”

“I will.”

Looking at Seong-hyeon’s back as he passed by her without the slightest hesitation, a strange feeling arose.

The question of why he didn’t hold her back, and the displeasure at his attitude that seemed to have no interest in her.

“…Hmph. He’ll manage on his own.”

It was thanks to him annihilating that organization that she had developed feelings for someone for the first time.

Lotte wasn’t usually the kind of person who took care of the weak or cared about them.

However, she didn’t do things like using and abandoning them like that bastard who died.

They have their own world, and top-tier Hunters like herself have their own world.

In the first place, she didn’t even have the power to save them all.

To put it coldly, Lotte couldn’t do anything because the organization’s power was too great.

The leader couldn’t be manipulated either.

“Well, a press conference or something…”

Lotte, who was about to turn around and go back, paused for a moment and turned her steps towards where Seong-hyeon had gone.

The place where Seong-hyeon arrived was already filled with reporters.

“I’m Kim Seong-hyeon. Nice to meet you.”

Looking at the gazes filled with animosity, it seemed they were already well aware of the incident.

He had killed their country’s top-tier Hunter, so it was a natural result.

“Does anyone have any questions?”

As if he had arranged this 자리 [gathering/meeting] himself.

The reporters’ displeasure was growing at the sight of him acting as if he had taken the time to come here even though he didn’t have to.

“Then, let’s start with this person’s question.”

“Hunter Kim Seong-hyeon. What’s the reason?”

A very aggressive tone.

Looking at their attitude, it seemed like no matter what answer he gave, they would change it to their liking and write the article.

Seong-hyeon’s answer was simple.

In the first place, the question itself was so short, was there a need to talk about it at length?

“Because my wallet was stolen.”

“Wa…llet?”

“This is something I didn’t know…”

In the first place, Lotte was the only one who knew that it was because of the wallet.

Of course, they believed that a fight had broken out on the street, and Seong-hyeon had dealt with the hideout along with some unknown figure.

But even if the reason for stealing the wallet was added, it didn’t mean that it could kill a top-tier Hunter.

“That doesn’t make any sense!!”

“Are you saying that Hunter Kim Seong-hyeon killed a top-tier Hunter from a country just because of a wallet?!”

Their appearance of rushing in as if they had been waiting was like hyenas preying on a wounded lion.

“Just. Just, you say. If there was a national secret in that wallet, could you call it just?”

“Th, that’s…”

“Then prove it…”

“I’m kidding. Why would there be something like that in a wallet?”

The way he lightly chuckled seemed like he was just playing with them.

“Are you kidding me right now!!”

“Hunter Kim Seong-hyeon! You are insulting all of Egypt!!”

Of course, the reaction was hot.

He was giving them a sense of humiliation when he should have been cooperating.

“…That’s just a crazy bastard?”

Lotte, who had come down to watch, was also staring with her mouth open.

“Wait a moment.”

At that time, she felt a presence from behind.

“Ah, yes.”

Certainly a familiar presence.

She couldn’t recognize him because his face was covered, but it was a presence she had felt somewhere.

“Where is it? Where did I feel a similar energy…”

The identity was soon revealed.

“Well, this is the child who stole my wallet.”

The situation completely changed with the appearance of the child who was very intimidated.

“H-Hello…”

After that, shocking contents that could not be put into words poured out of the child’s mouth in a row.

Not only were they being assaulted, but they weren’t even eating properly and were just living in a place that only blocked rain and wind.

And there was also a story that the place they lived in changed depending on how much they achieved.

The child explained the numerous things he had experienced in a short period of time as if he was venting his resentment, to the point where he would rather they stop.

“Did everyone hear that well?”

Now that things that were only roughly known were revealed nakedly, the reporters couldn’t open their mouths.

“Then. I’ll be on my way.”

In any case, the things he talked about at today’s press conference were only to justify Seong-hyeon’s excessive actions.

Seong-hyeon’s actions were excessive, or it was justifiable.

A state of affairs that was just right for a confrontation to arise.

That was all Seong-hyeon wanted.

Because he already had the content that would give him an advantage in his hands.

He was also thinking of giving them some carrots appropriately.

If he handed over all the crystals coming out of the gate that would be subjugated this time, he could eliminate the immediate backlash.

“Then, could you please contact the Association President? Ms. Lotte?”

The owner of the presence felt from behind.

Lotte, who had followed him secretly, clicked her tongue and revealed herself.

“…Okay.”

Seong-hyeon’s request for having committed an accident that would go down in history, even though the subjugation schedule hadn’t even been properly set yet.

Lotte sighed deeply and picked up the phone.

“Hunter Kim Seong-hyeon. I’m going now.”

Depending on the conversation between Seong-hyeon and the Association President today, Lotte’s schedule would also change.

When to use manipulation.