The Wise Cleaning Life Of A Returning Genius Hunter [EN]: Chapter 360

359. Extra Story After 16

Kugugugu—

“W-What is it?!”

American New York Association.

The association building shook violently with a deafening roar.

Chairman Tom, thinking it was an earthquake, quickly tried to hide under his desk, but…

‘Wait a minute…’

A different possibility flashed through his mind.

And then.

“Chairman!”

Just in time, Secretary Joseph hurriedly entered the chairman’s office.

“Sector F… has been breached.”

“…What?”

And, sure enough, what he had feared had happened.

“H-How on earth…?”

“In the process of managing the escaped test subjects, Han Yubin… seems to have followed the researchers.”

“Damn it! I told them she came here intending to do that and to be careful! I even assigned people to her and told them to stop her by force if necessary, so why was it breached?!”

“T-That’s…”

Secretary Joseph hesitated before speaking.

“Han Yubin’s power was stronger than expected…”

Bang—!!

Before Joseph could finish, Chairman Tom slammed his fist on the desk.

“Is that what you’re telling me now…?”

He couldn’t say anything more.

The surveillance assigned to Han Yubin were the most reliable individuals in the American Association, second only to Team Leader David.

In comparison, Han Yubin was an ordinary person whose hunter license was suspended, and there were no official records of subjugation or combat.

Frankly, he thought assigning just Kevin would be enough. However, as the matter was serious, he wanted to be extra careful, so he assigned Kevin and his entire crew to her.

In this process, there was no carelessness.

Rather, he had made the best preparations possible in the current situation.

Yet, the fact that Han Yubin’s power was stronger meant that it was not an excuse, but a top-level crisis that could lead to even more serious consequences than the current one.

Of course, the chairman, consumed by anger, couldn’t make such a judgment.

“So…”

After a long time of heavy breathing, Chairman Tom suppressed his anger and spoke again.

“How far has she breached?”

“Judging from the fact that the researchers didn’t see Han Yubin, it seems she didn’t touch the laboratory. However…”

Secretary Joseph carefully continued, looking timid.

“Judging from the fact that the East Asian sibling test subjects have disappeared, it seems Han Yubin has taken them away.”

“Damn it…”

Chairman Tom ran his hand through his hair.

If this happens, there’s no solution.

The thing that should never have been discovered has been discovered by the person he had to be most careful of.

Now, if she conveys what she heard from the test subjects to Chairman Lee Ah-young at the Korean headquarters, the American Association will…

‘No, the entire United States will be finished…’

This is not a joke.

If the WDSO [World Dungeon Suppression Organization] headquarters seriously holds them accountable, there is no country in the world that can refuse it at this point.

And of course…

‘My head will be the first to fall…’

Chairman Tom felt his mind going blank.

“Is there… no way?”

He soon asked Secretary Joseph in a trembling voice, and Secretary Joseph answered as if he had been waiting.

“There is one way.”

“There is…?”

“Yes.”

Secretary Joseph paused for a moment, composing himself with a calm expression.

“If we deal with Han Yubin… and Chairman Lee Ah-young before they contact the WDSO headquarters.”

“…What?”

He brought up a method that he couldn’t have thought of in his right mind, and at the same time, Chairman Tom’s eyes widened.

“Kill people from the WDSO headquarters…? And two of Kim Jun-woo’s closest aides?”

“There’s no other way. In the first place, now that there has been a physical confrontation with Han Yubin, it’s no different from declaring war on the WDSO headquarters.”

“…”

At his words, Chairman Tom’s pupils began to shake violently.

“If we kill the two of them… how are you going to handle the aftermath? If the Korean Association Chairman and the Planning Director die in the American Association, do you think the WDSO will stand still?”

“I heard that something happened to them at the airport today.”

“…What?”

“It seems the airport police tried to set them up… When I looked into it, it seems to be related to the gang that supported this Sector F experiment.”

“…”

When he said that, Chairman Tom could roughly understand what he was trying to say.

“You’re saying we should frame it as a revenge crime involving the gang…?”

“Yes.”

“I don’t think the WDSO headquarters will believe it…”

“Even if they don’t believe it, what can we do? If we directly proceed with the investigation and even arrest them, there will be no evidence left.”

“…”

Chairman Tom pondered Secretary Joseph’s words and slowly nodded.

“If that’s really the only way…”

There’s no choice.

Chairman Tom swallowed those words and then gave the order.

“Seal off the association building and send all civilians out. If you locate the two, you are authorized to kill them on sight.”

“Yes.”

“And call Team Leader David.”

Of course, he had no idea that it would be the last order of Chairman Tom’s life.

***

Korean WDSO Headquarters.

“…Then, we will conclude today’s monitoring. We plan to proceed at the same time tomorrow, so we ask that all responsible parties attend on time.”

Dimensional Dungeon Monitoring conducted in the seminar room.

Team Leader Pyeon Chang-hyeon of the Control Team finished briefing on the status of dungeon generation and extinction nationwide and stepped down from the platform.

Monitoring to identify possible side effects or variables as the number of dungeons is gradually reduced each week through Dimensional Stones.

As the first step to ending the Dimensional Dungeon phenomenon, all department heads, including Secretary-General Lee, were gathered in the seminar room.

After the first monitoring session ended, the first thought that came to mind was…

‘I have to do this for a whole month…?’

It was just too boring and uninteresting.

Even though it was conducted for 4 hours straight without a break, I had to force myself to resist the drowsiness that poured in from the middle, so I didn’t even hear half of the meeting.

“It’s more… difficult than I thought…”

At that time, Kim Min-joo, the Chief of General Operations of the WDSO Headquarters, who was sitting next to me, spoke in a deeply sunken voice.

If that guy, who far surpasses me in terms of stamina, is like that…

“If I had known this would happen, I would have insisted on going to America…”

“You know that wouldn’t have worked.”

“The Association Chairman can go, but the Secretary-General can’t?”

“It’s not because she’s the Association Chairman, it’s because it’s Ms. Lee Ah-young. Neither I nor the teacher are gentle enough, so we’ll only see anger if we go together.”

I firmly closed my mouth at Kim Min-joo’s rebuttal, who was still saying the right things.

Of course…

‘If we’re talking about who’s not gentle, shouldn’t Han Yubin be the last person to go?’

That one word kept swirling in my head.

“Do you think the two of them will be okay?”

At that time, Kim Min-joo suddenly spoke in a worried voice.

“What are you talking about all of a sudden? What’s not okay?”

“I heard that the American Association might be secretly creating an army. I’m worried that the matter is too big for the two of them to handle…”

“Well, it’s still in the suspicion stage, so I told them to move discreetly so there won’t be any major problems.”

“…”

At those words, Kim Min-joo stared at me instead of answering.

And then.

“Do you really think so…?”

“…You’ve grown up a lot?”

She threw out a sharp word with a calm expression.

“It’s the American Association, not just any other place. She also had a bad experience with Yubin, so there’s no way there won’t be problems in such a place.”

“Tsk.”

Instead of answering, I clicked my tongue and scratched my forehead several times.

“You’re right. If she meets her old colleagues there, it won’t end with a simple quarrel. She said she had many enemies since she was the Operations Team Leader.”

“Shouldn’t we take some measures? For the safety of Yubin and Ah-young!”

“What are you talking about?”

I glared at Kim Min-joo once.

“Do you think I’m worried about Han Yubin?”

“…”

At that one word, Kim Min-joo nodded as if she had made a mistake.

“Isn’t the American Association still too valuable to disappear?”

“Who says it isn’t?”

I let out a faint sigh.

“Well, what can we do? I have no choice but to hope that she will continue to work as the ‘Planning Director’ until the end.”

I moved my steps with a sincere word.

But for some reason, Kim Min-joo was still standing there with her hand on her chin.

“What’s wrong? Is there something bothering you?”

“Ah, no. It’s not that, but…”

After pausing for a moment.

“When I think about it, how did Yubin get into the American Association…?”

“What…?”

“Isn’t that right? Until then, it was an international association branch, and international association hunters were only possible for citizens of that country.”

“…Didn’t I tell you?”

“Yes, yes?”

A very fundamental but late question.

At that question, I looked at Kim Min-joo and continued.

“That girl… no, those siblings. They were adopted children who went to America when they were young.”

“…?”

A look as if to say, why are you telling me that now?

Looking at that face, the story of the two foreign siblings that she had told me once flashed through my mind.

“Well, it seems they suffered a lot under their drug addict father. Even in the midst of that, she tried to protect her younger sibling at all costs…”

I stopped talking in the middle of the story.

And then.

“…That’s enough.”

I immediately turned around and waved my hand.

“Ask her directly when she comes to Korea.”

With those words behind me, I crossed the hallway.

***

“Ha, really…”

American New York Association.

Inside that building, Han Yubin had been running non-stop as if her feet were on fire since earlier.

And behind her.

“She’s escaping to the 11th floor!!”

“Catch her no matter what!!”

[Unique Skill: Destroyer]

[Unique Skill: Thunder Strike]

Bang—!

Kwagwagwang—!!

Dozens of hunters belonging to the American Association were following with the intent to kill her right away.

‘Where the hell did I drop my phone…!’

Han Yubin muttered, cursing inwardly.

I don’t know what they were plotting, but it’s certain that I touched a nerve. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be trying to kill someone from the WDSO headquarters in their right mind.

So, I need to convey the current situation to Kim Jun-woo as soon as possible. No, even if it’s not Kim Jun-woo, I must get in touch with Lee Ah-young.

If I don’t tell them to run away from the American Association as far as possible…

[Unique Skill: Magic Spear]

[Gae Bolg]

Bang—!!

“Keuk!!”

At that moment, a large spear that flew from behind grazed Han Yubin’s side.

She stumbled forward.

“Ugh!”

“Agh!”

The two siblings she was carrying on her shoulders were also thrown to the ground.

‘Damn it…’

The young East Asian siblings she rescued from the secret space that the researchers mentioned earlier as Sector F.

The reason why Han Yubin couldn’t move faster was because of them.

Of course, I couldn’t leave these two behind.

These are the witnesses who will testify to what the American Association is plotting…

“Found her!!”

“She’s here!!”

“All troops rush to the emergency stairs on the 11th floor!!”

Troops gathered in an instant.

Han Yubin squeezed her bleeding side and raised her body, and in front of her.

“Oh no! Han, are you okay?”

“Why is that bastard here again…”

A hunter who used to belong to Team 4 of the American Association and Han Yubin’s subordinate.

Team Leader David appeared.

“I told you not to do unnecessary things. If you had followed me when I said I would guide you, this wouldn’t have happened!”

“…”

“I’m sorry, Han. Now that it’s come to this, I can’t help it either. Those siblings are the core of our project.”

“What the hell are you guys doing here?”

Han Yubin asked Team Leader David in a trembling voice.

Then, Team Leader David shrugged his shoulders and spoke as if it were natural.

“If the Dimensional Dungeon phenomenon ends like this, honestly, we’re the only ones who lose out, right? Korea will have international social sovereignty and all influence… We need to have some weapons to counter, right?”

“That’s bullshit. Did the children agree to that?”

“Hahaha! What agreement are those guys who can’t even speak English talking about?”

“…I see.”

Han Yubin, who understood the whole situation with Team Leader David’s one word, dropped her head to the floor.

At the same time.

“You used the kids for experiments because of that crap?”

“…!”

“…!”

Pupils emitting a bright red light pierced the American Association hunters, including Team Leader David.

Team Leader David hesitated for a moment at the overwhelming pressure.

“…You’re not thinking of fighting, are you, Han?”

“What are you talking about? Me fighting you?”

With those words, Han Yubin raised her head again and spat out those words.

“Do you think you’re good enough for that?”

[Unique Skill: High Panic Berserker – Awakening]

[As of this moment, all attacks by the caster consume blood in the body]

Kugugugugu—!

[Suicidal Act]

The moment a crimson aura burst out like crazy.

“Due to violation of the inter-association regulations of the WDSO, as of today…”

She was no longer the Planning Director of the WDSO.

WDSO’s unofficial mission follow-up organization.

The place in charge of the disposition of all associations belonging to the WDSO in relation to the Dimensional Dungeon phenomenon.

CleanUP.

As the head of that place, she was just carrying out her duties.

“…Dispose of the American Association.”