Chapter 187 – Kang Seong-Ki, the Strongest Player in Korea (8)

Those were the words I never expected to come out of Lisa’s mouth.
Is there any way to win the vote?

Naturally, the vote she mentioned would have meant voting between Baek Seong-hoon and the S-class Hunter leader position in Korea.

“What is that?”
“This is Kim Sae-in.”
“Yes?”

When I heard Lisa’s words, my mind went blank.
Of course, I knew the name Kim Sae-in.
But why…

Thinking so, I faced Kim Seul-bi and his face.
The same exclamation burst out of our mouths at the same time.

“Ah~~”
“Ah~~”

In fact, other S-class hunters did not know.
The number of S-class hunters in Korea has also increased besides me.

If Sein Kim was added to the meeting, and if Lisa added S-rank hunter Eunbi Kim, who would not have mentioned it because she was unfamiliar with it, then of course the vote would have been won by this side.

“Something is futile.”

Seulbi Kim said with a smile.

“Iknow, right.”

Why couldn’t I come up with such a simple solution?

Perhaps it was because I fell too deeply into the atmosphere at the S-class hunter gathering.

“Well, that’s what I thought too.”

Said Valentina.

“See you first.”
“Wow!”

I felt a hand slipping into my armpit from behind and startled.

Black, long fingers.
It belonged to Louisa.

I couldn’t see it, but it seemed that it was somewhere else.
I pushed her hand away as her fingers naturally tried to touch my nipple.

“Would you like to meet me?”
“Yes. It’s not just about winning votes. It’s good to know what he’s up to.”

Said Valentina.

What they said made sense.
Even if he took Kim Se-in and Kim Eun-bi and won the vote right away, it did not seem that this conflict would end immediately.

Leaving a trail will inevitably lead to problems.
All I had to do to figure out the potential problems Baek Sung-hoon might cause was to meet Park Hye-na.
If, as expected, she used the drugs Baek Seong-hoon provided…

From that point on, it would be possible to uncover the connection between Baek Sung-hun and the South American soul mage organization.

I stroked Lisa’s hair.
It was cute to see her quietly blushing and looking up at me.

Just knowing the sure way to win the vote gave me a lot more room in my heart.

‘Until I met Park Hye-na…’

“Can I learn more about them?”

I asked Valentina.
If someone knows the enemy in detail, it would be better to familiarize yourself with the information first.
Kang Ah-jin seems to have some understanding of Baek Sung-hun’s whereabouts, so it would be good to know that too.

I decided to study her upfront before meeting Hyena Park.

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“Hello.”

Park Hye-na was slightly surprised when she saw me appearing at the restaurant.

“Uh? Are you with me?”

She must have thought that today was the meeting with Seulbi Kim alone.

“Yes, since you seem to be close with Seulbi, I thought it would be nice to be close with him.”
“Oh my~”

Park Hye-na laughed and tapped Kim Seul-bi’s arm, who was sitting next to her.

“You are such a wonderful person, dear~~”

Our seat was a window seat far away from the other seats.

But even from afar, I could feel the eyes of people glancing at me.
It’s a place where three S-class hunters gather.
People who don’t know me will think
Who the hell is that person to have a meal with S-class hunter Kim Seul-bi and Park Hye-na?

Park Hye-na, whom she met at a restaurant, was beautiful.
She is definitely a woman with a different image from Seulbi Kim.
If she hadn’t been an S-class hunter, she would have had a rather ordinary impression, but that’s why she could be said to have charm in her own way.
Friendly beauty is always in demand in its own way.
To put it bluntly, Kim Seul-bi has the image of her grown-up younger sister, and Park Hye-na has the image of her older sister next door.

From the outside, you can’t feel it at all.
She said this woman is having problems with drugs.

It would have been easier for her to accept if Seo or Yeon had been like that.

Over dinner, normal conversations took place.

After dinner, she went to her room and drank wine.
It was a comfortable place where her funny jokes came and went, but I didn’t meet her just to have a conversation like this.

I was looking for an opportunity to tell the story, and in the meantime, Park Hye-na spoke first.

“Is that why you asked to meet today?”

She was also smart enough to know.

“It was because of me. It became 5 to 5. If I hadn’t chosen Baek Sung-hoon, Seong-gi would have won.”
“…”

Seulbi Kim and I didn’t deny that.

“You wonder why? That I chose Baek Seong-hoon, not your boyfriend.”

Park Hye-na mentioned the issue herself, so she didn’t have to shy away from talking about it.

“Yes.”

Seulbi Kim answered.

“Tell me why. Why did you do that?”

Uncharacteristically for her, she was resolute, but if it wasn’t like this, it would be difficult for Park Hye-na to hear her answer.
More than anything, it was because it was her job to expose her own private parts from her position.

“Well…”

Park Hye-na scratched the back of her own head.

“I made a deal with Seonghun Baek. I can’t do without it… Let’s talk about this much. If I could, of course I would have chosen Seong-gi, why would I have voted for Baek Seong-hoon?”

In terms of the flow of the story, all the circumstances matched.
However, the seriousness of the situation was too great to be evasive and move on.

Seulbi Kim was worried about Hyena Park, and I also felt that she was not a bad person.
In my experience, an S-class Hunter that wasn’t bad was a very precious being.

Kim Seul-bi grabbed Park Hye-na’s arm.
And without her time to say anything, she pulled up the hem of her dress.

“Oh!”

There was a mark drawn in the shape of a cross on Park Hye-na’s arm.
It’s not a tattoo, and it’s not drawn on purpose.
Certainly it was a strange mark.

And Seulbi Kim and I knew what that meant.
Because I heard from Valentina.

“Is it a drug?”
“What?”

Park Hye-na’s eyes widened.

“What are you talking about? Why does this have to do with drugs? Just bruised It’s a wound.”

For an S-class Hunter to get bruised, that’s a nonsense story. Even if you get hit by an A-rank monster, the body of an S-rank hunter won’t be bruised. Even if something like that happens, it will heal within a day. He had enough money to use effective items.

“I know.”

Seulbi Kim let out a sigh.

“That Baek Seong-hoon is working with a South American drug cartel. Perhaps he gave you drugs with the intention of using you.”
“No~ It wasn’t Baek Sung-hoon who first gave me this drug. You found out later and helped me. It’s a drug that’s hard to find…”

Park Hye-na eventually confessed with her own mouth.

“Do you believe that? Idiot?”

Seulbi Kim and I heard from Valentina.
How they approach the Hunters.
Once we have a target available, we research everything about that person.
And it is to develop a route that can provide drugs without question.

Why not?
Even if it’s not against S-class hunters, clever drug organizations work that hard.

“No. It can’t be… Even so, this is…”

I took out my cell phone and called up a video.
He showed it to Park Hye-na.

A very brutal and shocking video.

It was in Valentina’s possession, material she obtained herself during her confrontation with the soul mage drug cartel.
How gang members with the same tattoos lead people to nightmares.
Hunters were often helpless when they made up their minds and went after them.

In the first place, this medicine was created by a soul mage named Gabriel by gathering dozens of people with the same abilities as himself.
Even an S-class Hunter can’t resist.
If you become addicted to this, you have no choice but to get rid of your soul.

Valentina probably has Gabriel’s ambitions to run the worldwide underground, she said.
And it’s not an unlikely story, nor did she.

“I can’t…”

Park Hye-na’s pupils shook while watching the video.
The victims in the video had something in common.

That there are cross-shaped bruises on the body.
That obviously meant that the drug had penetrated his body and mana irreversibly.

The shape of a cross actually meant an inverted cross.
It was related to Gabriel’s personal faith and taste.

“This… How…”

Tears flowed from Park Hye-na’s eyes.
It was a part where you can automatically know how much she suffered in her heart during that time.

“There is a limit to what Mr. Kang Ah-jin can help. You have to pull out the roots, this one. If it’s too late, you’ll become a plaything for them.”
“Norigae…”

Silence came.

Seulbi Kim and I waited patiently.
Because this wasn’t something that was forced to happen.

Park Hye-na’s mouth finally opened.

“What should I do?”

She said in a desperate tone.

“How can I live?”
“Come with us.”

To be honest, I didn’t know either.
Valentina said that she had personally bailed out students who were addicted to drugs.
However, they were not S-class hunters.
Uncharted territory from now on.

It was something I had to try first.