The Wise Cleaning Life Of A Returning Genius Hunter [EN]: Chapter 111

Yang Min-ho wasn’t thrilled with Team Leader Hwang Dong-hui’s sudden change of plans.

‘Insurance, huh…’

They were already using the advance team as bait and had called in dozens of field staff. What more could they possibly need?

More than anything, this ‘insurance’ bothered him.

An organization that needed to keep its identity hidden at all costs openly attacking the Independence Association? It was only a matter of time before they were exposed.

He didn’t like it, but he had no choice but to follow the orders from above.

In the end, he didn’t join the advance team and instead moved to plant bombs in the administrative and operations headquarters.

Infiltrating the headquarters wasn’t difficult.

Everyone was too preoccupied with the Association President’s gate and the appearance of the Regen Dungeon.

After finishing the preliminary work, he joined the rear guard and headed to the blockade zone.

Soon, the battle with the advance team ended, and Kim Jun-woo appeared.

He was in terrible shape, just as expected.

His stamina and condition were at rock bottom.

And with his injuries, he didn’t have an ounce of his former vigor.

There were some variables along the way… but they had managed to bring him down.

But what the hell…….

[Unlock Condition Achieved]

[???]

“How……?”

[Unique Skill: Demon King – Unlocked.]

How could a guy on the verge of death get back on his feet?

[Congratulations. All of the caster’s abilities have been unlocked as of this moment.]

[The caster has reached their unique class.]

[Unique Class: Final Boss]

Gooooooo―.

“F, fucking…!”

The black aura flowing from Kim Jun-woo’s body.

Facing his demonic appearance, Yang Min-ho’s body began to tremble like an aspen.

He couldn’t even begin to guess what the skill was.

He’d never seen a class or type like it before.

A hollow laugh escaped Yang Min-ho’s lips.

He realized, vaguely, that all the preparations he’d made, the insurance and everything else, had been utterly useless.

Th-th-th-th―!!

The black aura flowing from Kim Jun-woo exploded outwards.

Their eyes met.

Red eyes.

He was less like a person and more like… a monster.

“Ugh……!”

Yang Min-ho froze on the spot.

He couldn’t move a finger, let alone breathe.

The overwhelming pressure was greater than anything he’d felt before.

“Wh, what the hell is that…….”

“Are you telling us to kill a guy like that…?”

Yang Min-ho wasn’t the only one who felt it; everyone’s voices were trembling.

He’s going to die.

He’s really going to die.

Yang Min-ho felt the fear he had experienced from Kim Jun-woo before, all over again.

That primal fear of facing an overwhelmingly powerful being that he couldn’t possibly overcome.

“Sh, shit…….”

But this time, if he didn’t move, he would really, really die.

He forced his trembling legs to move and activated his skill.

[Unique Skill: Yggdrasil]

[First Well – Mimir]

A blue puddle of water spread across the floor.

[While standing in Mimir’s Well, the caster’s mana will not be consumed.]

Yang Min-ho covered himself with every defensive skill he could, from the highest to the lowest.

Thud―!

[Acquired Skill: Lightning Blow]

He closed the distance with incredible speed.

He tried to attack without giving him a chance to react.

[Unique Skill: Demon King – Predatory Domination]

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

Thung―.

Thung, thung-thung―.

The attack landed, but it sounded hollow, as if he were hitting a balloon.

“N, no way…….”

“…….”

Kim Jun-woo recognized Yang Min-ho a beat late.

It was the attitude of someone belatedly noticing a mosquito buzzing around.

Yang Min-ho began to back away without realizing it.

Is this the same as an ability user?

No… can you even call this a person?

“What the fuck! What the hell is it! How does a janitor have that kind of power!”

Yang Min-ho gritted his teeth.

[Unique Skill: Yggdrasil]

[Second Well – Hvergelmir]

[While standing in Hvergelmir’s Well, the caster’s combat power is greatly increased.]

[Third Well – Urd]

[While standing in Urd’s Well, the damage inflicted on the caster is continuously recovered.]

Zhiiiiing―

He activated the second and third abilities of the linked skill, Yggdrasil.

Red and black light burst from the floor, and a fierce aura erupted from his entire body.

The skill that made him the number one in the country.

The three wells where Yggdrasil had its roots.

Zero mana consumption.

Greatly increased combat power.

Greatly increased damage recovery.

Standing on these three wells, Yang Min-ho could be considered invincible.

But that was only within the realm of common sense.

“I told you.”

A voice that seemed to be hammered directly into his head.

[Unique Skill: Demon King – Dictator]

[Creates a one-time-use skill based on the caster’s thoughts.]

[Skill creation in progress.]

[Skill creation complete.]

“If I can’t kill you in one shot, your head will be the first to go.”

[Created Skill: Lingchi [Death by a thousand cuts]]

Kim Jun-woo raised his hand and swung it once.

Swoosh―.

Everything in front of him was cut away.

***

His head throbbed so badly that he could barely stand.

“Hoo…….”

He took a breath and looked around.

Dozens of people were sprawled on the floor, and the wells that Yang Min-ho had summoned were dried up.

Only one guy was left, trembling like an aspen.

“Cough…!”

He was in a near-death state, but he didn’t give up.

Taking advantage of my lapse in attention, he quickly pulled a remote control out of his pocket, but.

Swoosh―.

“Kuaaaaagh!!”

His wrist was cut off.

“Still trying to pull something at the end. What, you really want to blow up the operations headquarters before you die?”

“……Hehehe.”

“Oh, you’re laughing?”

After laughing for a while, he finally opened his mouth.

“Don’t think this is the end just because you kill me here. Even if I die without doing anything, PB Corporation will keep moving.”

“……?”

“I told you, starting tomorrow, all the Korean field staff will kill one person close to you at a time. Well, I don’t know if you can stop them all.”

“…….”

“Do you understand? Today, you win, but you also lose.”

“……Haha, hahaha.”

I couldn’t help but laugh.

I wondered what he was talking about.

“Go ahead and do whatever you want.”

“……?”

“Mess with my people, do whatever you want. If you can.”

I took out my phone from my pocket.

「PB Corporation will keep moving. I told you, starting tomorrow, all the Korean field staff will kill one person close to you…….」

Yang Min-ho’s expression instantly hardened as he heard his own voice coming from my phone.

From the moment I met the guys who came to find me, everything had been recorded.

“Tomorrow, your identities will be revealed to the whole world. Well… I’m curious. Even if your identities are revealed, will your wonderful plan go as you intended?”

“You son of a bitch…!”

Swoosh―.

Yang Min-ho couldn’t speak anymore.

I quietly took the phone from his pocket and pocketed it.

[Unique Skill: Demon King]

[Duration has ended.]

Just in time, the skill’s duration ended.

Whether it was the aftereffects or something else, my legs gave out, and I collapsed to the floor.

“Jun-woo ssi!!”

“……!”

Then, Director Lee Ah-young ran over and hugged me tightly.

“I thought you were really going to die!”

“……Isn’t it because of you?”

“Th, that’s…… More than that, what is all this! And who are those guys! Why are they trying to kill you!”

My mind started to blur with the endless stream of questions.

If you’re going to ask, ask one at a time.

“Let’s talk about the details later. Let’s get out of here first.”

“Wh, what about you?”

“I have some things left to do.”

I shifted my gaze around.

Sure enough, the monsters that had hesitated for a moment were slowly crawling out.

Right.

Anyway, I have to do what I have to do.

“Wait a minute! What more are you trying to do with that body! You’re really going to die like this!”

“Isn’t it unavoidable? I have to break through those things to get out of here.”

I struggled to get back on my feet.

Then, one thing I hadn’t taken care of came to mind.

Defeating monsters with this body is a problem, but the bomb planted in the operations headquarters is bothering me.

There’s no rule that only one person has the remote. I need to hurry up and disarm it before someone else messes around…….

After thinking about it, one person came to mind.

I immediately made a call.

“It’s me. It’s not about anything else, but I want to ask you a favor…….”

***

Team Leader Im Dong-bin had been having a hard time for the past few days.

Internal company data that he had never leaked was spread to the media.

Even if he hadn’t done it, he would be the prime suspect.

In fact, the way people had been looking at him since he joined the company had been unusual.

Of course.

Just walking into the cleaning team on his own was suspicious enough.

In that situation, if something happened, all the arrows would be aimed at him.

That’s why he had cut off contact with Choi Ho-sung, but in the end, the data had been leaked…….

Now that he had cut ties with Choi Ho-sung, if even Kim Jun-woo abandoned him, he would really be in a desperate situation.

Then he would have to go back to that hellish life at the bottom.

What should I do?

Should I tell him the truth? That I’m an insider, but I didn’t leak the data?

Of course, he wouldn’t believe me.

He couldn’t do anything and had been up for several nights when.

Ddiring―.

His heart dropped when he saw the name on his phone.

It was a call from Kim Jun-woo.

“Y, hello.”

「It’s me.」

“Ye, yes… What’s going on?”

He unconsciously used honorifics.

「It’s not about anything else, but I want to ask you a favor.」

“……What kind of favor are you talking about?”

「Before that… promise me you won’t ask for details. And don’t tell anyone else either. If you do well, I’ll pretend I don’t know about the data leak.」

“……!”

Im Dong-bin’s spine went cold.

He knew after all.

“O, there seems to be a misunderstanding… I did take the data, but I didn’t pass it on…….”

「Whether you passed it on or not doesn’t matter. So, will you do me this favor, or not?」

“…….”

「Is there anything to think about? From what I can see, you seem to have cut ties with Chief Choi Ho-sung, so where are you going to go if even I abandon you here?」

Im Dong-bin swallowed hard.

How much does he know?! [Rhetorical question indicating surprise and fear]

As the facts that only he knew were flowing out, Im Dong-bin gave up thinking.

“…What favor is it?”

「There’s a bomb planted in the operations headquarters. Please retrieve it.」

“……Huh?”

He didn’t understand what he had heard at once.

「It might explode if you touch it wrong… Ah, well, I hope you can figure it out.」

“…….”

「Then I’ll hang up now.」

“Wa, wait a minute…….”

Click―

Looking at the phone that had been unilaterally disconnected, Im Dong-bin thought.

Is he just telling me to go die…?