Chapter 183 – Kang Seong-Gi, the Strongest Man in Korea (4)

Park Hye-na spoke to me more, and she seemed to want to make fun of Seul-bi Kim, but she couldn’t.
Because today’s main character Baek Seong-hoon appeared.

The air chilled as he entered the door.
As they were S-class hunters, the mana discharge according to the change of heart was also strong.
And I’m trying to read it with a little bit of nerve right now.

Baek Seong-hoon was a tall, gloomy man.
He was wearing a hood that was out of place, and his face was pale.
He wears a hood so he can’t be seen, but he doesn’t seem to have any hair, and his eyebrows are also shaved clean.

Something looked very different from the image I knew.

And it seemed like I wasn’t the only one who felt that way.

People present here must have seen Baek Seong-hoon more often than me.
However, from the chattering atmosphere, I could tell that his appearance had recently changed.

From my experience so far, I have seen many cases where the atmosphere of the hunters is influenced by their abilities.
S-class hunters rarely grow or change their characteristics.
So Baek Sung-hoon’s appearance now was a very rare case.
He doesn’t seem to know anyone, but it was clear something had happened to him lately.

Baek Sung-hoon glanced around the room and he made a slightly displeased expression.

Then someone came up behind him with footsteps.

“I’m sorry, did you start already?”

A big visual for a woman and a tattoo-covered appearance.
Depending on her taste, she might have many followers, but it’s hard to talk to her casually.

Seo Na-yeon appeared.

She didn’t mind and patted Baek Seong-hun on the back with her own shoulder.

“Hey, get out of the way. Why are you blocking the door?”

Baek Sung-hoon slowly looked back.

“Oh, fuck. It’s a surprise. Why are you like this? Did you get leukemia?”

There’s no way that an S-class Hunter suffered from such a disease.
Besides, this way of speaking was actually not good for patients with the disease.
From her appearance, Seo Na-yeon revealed her own personality without regret.

She took a quick look inside her and first tried to go to the side of Park Hyeon-jun’s gang, who were close to her.
Then she made her unexpected discovery.

Our eyes met and I let out a small sigh.

“Self! Why is he here?”

He made a fuss and came to where I was sitting.

“I didn’t expect it, knowing that I didn’t like this kind of place. By the way, give me your cell phone number~ Even if I want to contact you, there is no way~”

Naturally, Seulbi Kim’s eyebrows furrowed.
Park Hye-na looked at this scene with astonished eyes.

“What?”

I said to Seo Na-yeon.

“Sit quietly or go over there.”

Seo Na-yeon flinched at my cold reaction.

“Baby… Are you mad?”

When I didn’t answer, he became sullen.
Still, she asked cautiously, pulling out a chair without going to the other side.

“Can I sit here?”
“Don’t say anything more.”

Even if she sat across from me, she would always look at me and be conscious.
I thought it would be better for Seo Na-yeon to sit next to me.

Because she, the type who usually attracts her attention, spoke to me in a loud voice, the eyes of her hunters were focused on this side.
Baek Sung-hoon is also looking this way.

“Five…”

He stood up and opened his mouth.

“Who are you?”

Anyway, I needed to introduce myself.
Half the people who know me are half the people who don’t know me.

I got up.

“Sorry for the late introduction. He is Kang Seong-gi, who has recently awakened to an S-class.”
“Ah…”

Baek Sung-hoon nodded.

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen a new S-class Hunter. Nice to meet you.”
“Yeah.”

The other Hunters also saw this and whispered among themselves.
Park Hyeon-jun and Kim Hyeon-cheol had complex faces, and the rest of the hunters had arrogant impressions.
It was natural for me to know them, so I said that there was no need for greetings or general statements.

I didn’t even want to say hello to them.

“We’ll talk more later.”

Baek Seong-hun seemed to be curious about me, but he said that other matters were more important than that.
Well, he was the one who led this meeting today.
Since the raid on the S-class dungeon was not far away, of course they had to gather at least once, but since they didn’t know what happened to Jo Dong-geun, everyone might have been hoping for someone to step up.

“Looks like you’re all here.”

Baek Sung-hoon took off the hood he was wearing.

Then his appearance became even more strange.
The prediction that he might be bald was right, but he didn’t think that the head would be tattooed.
It was a strange and striking tattoo of a snake and a scorpion.

I couldn’t figure out why an S-class hunter needed to have such a tattoo, especially on his head.

I thought that if there was Ajin Kang or Valentina or Louisa who were more knowledgeable than I, I could figure out something, but at least I couldn’t figure out what it was.
And Kim Seul-bi seemed to be surprised, but likewise, she didn’t say anything.

Above all, the fact that Seo Na-yeon was sitting in my seat created an uncomfortable atmosphere.

Seo Na-yeon kept my word to be quiet, but she smiled as if she was happy to see me after a long time.
Seulbi Kim, of course, would not like that.

Seo Na-yeon, Park Hyeon-joon, and Kim Hyeon-cheol broke into Kim Seul-bi’s house not too long ago.
I paid the price for it, but it was not a very pleasant or pleasant partner for me and Kim Seul-bi.

Baek Seong-hoon went to the podium.
In the past, it was the place where Jo Dong-geun would have stood.

Sure enough, Baek Seong-hun first brought up the story of Jo Dong-geun.

“Hunter Jo Dong-geun couldn’t be contacted at all. Does any of them know his whereabouts?”

No Hunter answered that question.
Of course, Seulbi Kim and I knew what had become of him.

But, of course, I had no intention of bringing it up here.

“If possible, it would be nice if Hunter Jo Dong-geun was there to lead the meeting, but I couldn’t, so I was inevitably contacted.”

Baek Sung-hoon grinned as if he was in a good mood.

I felt that in his atmosphere, he was delighted that no one knew Cho Dong-geun’s whereabouts.
You probably did your own research.
At least you’d have concluded that he wasn’t anywhere in the country.
And he would have thought there was no possibility of a sudden appearance.
If Jo Dong-geun didn’t have a change, there’s no way he wouldn’t have appeared ahead of the S-class dungeon raid.

Attacking the S-class dungeon was the biggest mission of the S-class hunters.
It was an opportunity to make a lot of money, but it was also an opportunity to clearly appeal to the general public.
You are safe because we are there.

There was no way Cho Dong-geun would have stood by such an opportunity.

There are things that dictators often do.
With the S-class dungeon attack ahead, the media continued to send out broadcasts and articles about what would happen when the S-class dungeon exploded.
It is clear whose intention it was.

I deliberately averted my eyes from such news, but looking back, there was always an atmosphere of fear in society ahead of raiding an S-class dungeon.
The number of S-class hunters, among them those who praise Jo Dong-geun, is increasing exponentially.
It has been said over and over again how safe it is to have them in our country.
Not to mention the activities of YouTubers and influencers.

“Hmm…”
“What do you think?”

Kim Seul-bi asked me, who was thinking about Baek Seong-hoon.

“A tattoo on that head, does it have any meaning?”
“Yeah?”

It was only then that Seulbi Kim seemed to be thinking about it.

“Well, I’m not the type of person to get a tattoo like that…”

Nayeon Seo glanced at me, but perhaps because I told her to shut up, she didn’t intervene in the conversation.

Baek Sung-hoon continued.

“As you know, we are about to attack the Hongcheon Dungeon. There may be people who think that there is nothing difficult because it is a usual strategy, but unfortunately there is a big power leak. It means that we need someone to fill the vacancy of Hunter Jo Dong-geun.”

He paused there for a moment.

Hyunjun Park and Hyunchul Kim looked at me.

Perhaps it was also a natural stream of consciousness.
Because Jo Dong-geun disappeared and another S-class Hunter awakened.
If you were thinking of filling the vacancy, of course you would have to check the abilities of the new Hunter.

But Baek Seong-hoon was not interested in me at all.
No, it looked like he wanted to eliminate the possibility of being interested in someone else.

“Fortunately, I have been lucky and have grown significantly recently.”

Baek Sung-hoon smiled.

Hunters were agitated at the word ‘great growth’.
I knew better than anyone that S-rank hunters could grow, but it was clear that other hunters wouldn’t.
Until now, common sense has been that S-class hunters hardly grow.

“It’s good enough to call it a second awakening.”

Baek Seong-hoon was bragging about himself, but he did not specifically say how much he had grown and what abilities he had.

He, who boasted of himself, concluded.

“I will lead this attack. All you have to do is follow my strategy. Then you will not feel the absence of Mr. Cho Dong-geun at all.”

When Baek Seong-hoon was about to finish his story naturally, someone raised his hand.
I was startled by the voice that erupted right next to me.

“Wait!”

It was Seo Na-yeon who raised her hand and shouted.