The Wise Cleaning Life Of A Returning Genius Hunter [EN]: Chapter 186

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North, Korean Provisional Operations Headquarters.

Although the situation with the International Association had ended, the atmosphere was still tense.

“Get the defibrillator!”

“There’s too much bleeding!!”

“Are there any extra blood packs?!

“RH+ AB type! Is there anyone who can donate blood urgently?”

It was because Han Yubin’s condition was very bad.

The medical staff continued to perform CPR, and others were also busy moving around, assisting with first aid.

Team leaders, including Kim Minju, were watching the situation with considerable tension.

A suicidal act.

Han Yubin’s awakened skill, which draws tremendous power by consuming her own blood.

However, it was a skill with significant side effects, and Han Yubin had never used it even once, except when she first awakened her class.

Side effects that threaten life immediately after using the skill.

If the skill is maintained for 1 minute, 10% of the blood in the body evaporates, and if it is maintained for more than 2 minutes, up to 30% of the blood evaporates.

And if the skill is used any longer than that, it naturally leads to death.

She used that skill here.

Not even to defeat someone herself, but solely to create an opportunity for Kim Minju to focus.

If Kim Minju had hesitated even slightly, or if the attack had failed… Han Yubin would have lost her life on the spot without being able to do anything.

Kim Minju, well aware of this, wore a very pained expression.

But only for a moment.

“She’s regaining consciousness!”

“Han Yubin! Breathe! Breathe!”

At the doctor’s words, Kim Minju, Cha Seokhyun, and Yoo Jiewoo immediately approached her.

“Yubin! Are you okay? Yubin!”

“…Don’t shout. It’s echoing in my head.”

Han Yubin, barely regaining consciousness, continued to speak with a labored voice.

“How did it go…?”

“The situation is over. Everyone is safe.”

“…That’s a relief.”

Han Yubin smiled faintly.

Only after seeing that did Kim Minju breathe a sigh of relief.

“That was too reckless.”

“I’m not as technically skilled as you are. What else can I do but make up for it with my body.”

“Still, don’t do that next time. What good is it if you die?”

“Geez, I don’t think you’re one to talk.”

At those words, Kim Minju grinned.

“By the way, what about the other districts? Were they attacked too?”

“Yes. It seems they attacked each district simultaneously. The Western Headquarters situation is over, and the Allied Task Force and the American Branch are still in the midst of battle.”

“Yes, yes? Then we need to support them quickly… Ugh!”

“Y-You shouldn’t move!”

When Han Yubin tried to force herself up, the medical staff immediately stopped her.

Nevertheless, Han Yubin grabbed Kim Minju and insisted.

“The International Association released world-ranked hunters. It’ll be dangerous with just their personnel. We should support them even now….”

“I know. But you can’t, Yubin.”

Kim Minju wore a rather firm expression.

Han Yubin momentarily faltered at that force.

“Sis!!”

Han Sanghyuk, having heard the news of the battle, arrived late at the scene.

Seeming quite surprised, he immediately rushed to Han Yubin.

“Blood, what blood?! Are you really okay?! Can you see this?! How many fingers am I holding up?!”

“Geez, are you worried about me because I’m hurt?”

“…W-What are you talking about, you idiot. It’s enough that you’re not dead!”

As Han Yubin joked around, Han Sanghyuk seemed relieved and returned to his usual self.

Kim Minju watched the scene, smiling faintly, and then picked up her sword and stood up.

“M-Minju? Where are you going?”

“You said we need to support the other districts.”

“I’ll go with you…!”

“Yubin, stay put and rest. I’ll go support them.”

Kim Minju turned her back and moved away.

Knowing Han Yubin’s personality, she would have followed no matter how much they tried to stop her.

But this time, she couldn’t allow it.

Because, for a moment, Kim Minju’s face showed an extreme anger that she had never seen before.

Thanks to that, even Han Yubin froze for a moment and couldn’t say anything more to Kim Minju as she walked away.

***

“Hunter Yuito!”

Eastern America.

Branch Allied Provisional Operations Headquarters.

A hunter from the International Association approached a young man and hurriedly reported.

“We can’t reach the Twins in the North, Xiaohua in the West, or Leo in the South.”

“…What?”

The young man’s eyebrows twitched.

“Could it be… did the operation fail?”

“I-It seems so.”

“No, I can understand the West and North, but what about the South? There shouldn’t be any ranked hunters in that pathetic Independent Association alliance, right?”

“I’m not sure about that either… It seems like support came from somewhere else.”

“Tch, you moronic bastards.”

The man shook his head and let out a faint sigh.

And then.

“Y-You guys… what the hell are you…?”

A weak voice was heard from beneath his feet.

It was none other than Sean, the operations team leader in charge of the Eastern subjugation force.

“Hmm….”

However, the young man only looked at him with a pathetic gaze instead of answering.

Watanabe Yuito.

Formerly the leader of Team 1 of the Japanese Branch, but a hunter who suddenly left the association a few years ago and became a freelancer.

Currently an SS-rank Mechanic class.

Currently ranked 1st in Japan.

And currently ranked 2nd in the world.

A tremendous powerhouse who is making a name for himself worldwide.

His cold gaze left Sean, the operations team leader, and turned to the surroundings.

A miserable sight of hundreds of people bleeding and sprawled on the floor was captured in his eyes.

“W-What did we do wrong to deserve this…!”

Sean, the operations team leader, shouted in a desperate voice.

“Wrong, you say….”

Yuito paused for a moment, seemingly lost in thought with a serious face.

“Wouldn’t being weak be the mistake?”

“…What?”

He gave an answer that was logically unacceptable.

“Ha, haha… That’s absurd.”

“Well, nothing I can do if you can’t understand.”

Yuito cut off Sean, the operations team leader, and took out a pocket watch from his pocket.

A trans weapon [a weapon that can transform] used by the Mechanic class.

The pocket watch began to transform into a crude blade as he held the weapon, which freely changes its appearance depending on the skill.

It was then that the blade flew towards Sean, the operations team leader’s neck.

“That’s right.”

Someone’s voice was heard from somewhere.

“Yeah, being weak is the mistake. That’s how the world is. Always getting beaten, not being able to say a word no matter how unfair it is.”

“….”

“Isn’t that all because you don’t have the power?”

Yuito narrowed his eyes and looked in the direction of the voice.

“Just like you used to tell me.”

Before long, an Asian man appeared.

It was a face he had never seen before, but Yuito could tell who he was at once.

Kim Junwoo.

An irregular [a hunter not officially ranked] who was judged to be an unofficial SS-rank.

The man whom everyone in this industry knows.

“Could it be that you were the one who took care of the South…?”

Yuito asked, but Kim Junwoo shrugged instead of answering.

A smile spread across Yuito’s face.

The reason he gave up his well-known operations team leader position and became a freelancer was for no other reason.

He just wanted to fight something other than monsters.

No matter how strong a monster he defeated, no matter how many hundreds or thousands of monsters he killed, something in his heart was not filled.

Accomplishment and pleasure.

He could only obtain it by seeing the weak succumb to the strong, and he could never fill it by catching monsters that were nothing more than beasts.

After becoming a freelancer, he was busy searching for world-ranked hunters rather than subjugation.

Seeing them terrified in the face of death, those who mistakenly thought they were strong… it really filled his heart.

A world-ranked killer.

A crazy bastard who single-handedly killed everyone from 9th to 2nd place.

Around the time alarms began to go off among the world’s ranked players, Yuito finally rose to 2nd place in the world rankings.

The rumors about Kim Junwoo were enough to stimulate him.

The reason Yuito joined the International Association was solely because of that.

To meet Kim Junwoo.

To defeat him and fill his sense of accomplishment.

That’s why he wanted to be in charge of the Central Control Room in this operation, but Secretary-General Wesley threatened that it was absolutely impossible.

It was a shame, but he thought he wouldn’t be able to meet him in this operation….

But he came to him on his own.

“How lucky!”

Yuito grinned as if his mouth would tear open and took out his pocket watch.

[Unique Skill: Clockwork]

[Rewind – On the Hour]

“No. You’re incredibly unlucky.”

Kim Junwoo’s low voice slowly echoed.

[Unique Skill: Demon King – Awakening]

[Awakening skill has been activated]

[From this moment on, the caster transcends the existing class]

“I’m going to relive some old feelings this time.”

At that moment, black currents began to flow from Kim Junwoo’s eyes.

[Awakened Class: Absolute Monarch]

***

The scene after the battle was very quiet.

I took a deep breath.

Watanabe Yuito.

A crazy bastard who committed murder by picking only world-ranked players even before the regression.

They dispatched an army and invested hundreds of hunters to arrest him, but they all failed to do anything properly.

In the end, the International Association asked me for help.

And so, I made Yuito kneel in just 10 minutes of facing him.

And that was the same this time.

There was no reason or room to show mercy like with Noah.

I was looking around the devastated area, checking for survivors, when.

“Teacher…?”

A familiar voice was heard from behind.

I turned my head and saw Kim Minju arriving at the scene with several hunters.

“What about the Northern District? Why are you here?”

“The situation on our side is over. I came out to support in case…”

She trailed off, looking around.

“Did… did you do this, Teacher…?”

An expression that said she didn’t know what to say in such a terrible scene.

Well, I guess so.

I haven’t done this much since I regressed.

“….”

“….”

After a moment of heavy silence.

“…Anyway, this is all over, right?”

She opened her mouth cautiously, as if not wanting to think about it anymore.

“Yeah. Good job.”

I smiled slightly.

Then I took out the communicator.

“Transmitting to each district. As of this moment, all situations are terminated. I am releasing the emergency defense system. Medical staff in each district should treat the injured first, and report the damage situation when the site cleanup is completed. I repeat. As of this moment….”

And at that moment.

“Amazing. Really.”

A man’s voice echoed.

“…!”

“…!”

An unexpected guest appeared before us.

“I thought we could at least stop one headquarters… If this happens, we’ll really be in trouble.”

The uninvited guest looked around the scene and spoke, and I faced him directly and answered.

“The person in charge is only coming now that the situation is over. Aren’t you a little late?”

“Haha. If you have a lot of people to order around, there’s no reason to step out yourself like you do.”

He came over and extended his hand.

My heart started pounding as I faced him head-on.

Sure enough, he finally came in person.

“Nice to meet you, I’m Wesley.”

The Secretary-General of the International Hunter Association.