Chapter 403 – Kim Se-Ra, the Victorious Side Leader (1)

“Are you hungry? Let’s make something.”

Kaori made a pleasant noise.
She thought she was getting hungry, and thinking about what was to come, it seemed that she would have to use her stamina there again.

“By the way, will there be food…”

Since Lee Hyeon-joo had spoken with the nuance of serving her meals, she must have had something to eat here as well.
However, it has not been confirmed whether they are sufficient and edible.

“I have some ingredients. I had it with me just in case, but I didn’t get a chance to use it so it stayed in my inventory for a long time.”
“Oh yeah?”

Kaori’s original job was an assassin.
There was nothing wrong with the S-class hunter’s mission, but it was understandable to some extent to carry food because it could be isolated or done while working.
Even for me, drinks and water were in my inventory.

“Wait a little.”

I looked at the time on my cell phone.
Choi Mok-dong’s wife said she would wait until 7 o’clock, so we should have arrived there before then.
After eating, I thought the time was right.

While Kaori went to her kitchen and prepared a meal – she had to wash the piled dishes first – I looked around Hyunjoo Lee’s study space.
It was definitely different from what I had seen before.
The reason is simple.
Because I now have the mana of an alchemist.

I was getting fresh inspiration from looking at the various materials used in alchemy.
As Kang Ah-jin said, having mana in other fields helps to improve one’s own ability.
Until now, I hadn’t been inspired in that way, but when I changed my thinking, I started to see new things.

Alchemy was similar to researchers and designers, but it was a completely different field.
It had a connection with witchcraft and poisoning, but it was also different.

‘Awakening the common people…’

I knew what this meant to me.
Hearing her story of Lee Hyun-joo and the process of treating her had only a vague feeling, but now I am sure if I can do it.

Even if her opponent is only up to her normal Awakener, I can make her her Hunter.
It was also possible to find her personality and give her abilities to a woman who became a hunter like that.

So, it was like putting together a puzzle piece that was lacking as Lee Hyun-joo gained alchemy mana.

‘To make even a leg that has been amputated grow back…’

It was a tremendous treatment, and it also meant that the limits of alchemy were close to infinity.
It was also possible to know where the materials Lee Hyun-joo collected in this shabby factory were used.

Choi Mok-dong had her make cheap illegal medicines or hallucinogens for her.
It was similar to the existing item or only slightly different in use.
I felt that the fundamental reason for Choi Mok-dong’s interest in Lee Hyeon-joo was elsewhere.
She treated a five-year-old child who was terminally ill and even regrew his amputated leg.
Perhaps he wanted to keep her Lee Hyeon-joo by his side and use her as a trump card.
She said that when she was in a position to lose her life or was seriously injured, she would heal Lee Hyeon-joo unconditionally.

I felt it while listening to Lee Hyun-joo, but Choi Mok-dong was a person with strong self-love.
She could also see that she was making money well enough that she didn’t have to use Hyun-joo Lee as a means of making more money.
The feeling that he is completely separated from Seoul and is doing what he wants by making Busan his kingdom.

‘Your kingdom will soon collapse.’

Because the real king has appeared.
He would never have thought that something like this would happen.

An appetizing smell began to sting his nostrils.
I saw Kaori busily cooking.
All of her ingredients, which she took out of her inventory, were fresh.
She is a woman who enjoys cooking, such as pieces of meat, vegetables, and seasonings.
Otherwise, the food to be carried for emergencies would have been limited to instant or ready-to-eat items.

Seeing her humming and cooking was just like a wise mother.
She is the type of woman who will faithfully support her husband if he gets married.
It was unimaginable that such a woman would have demonic succubus powers.

She sat down at her table, following the smell that made her hungry.

Kaori looked back at me with her smile.

“Wait a little~”

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I left Kaori at the shabby factory that could be called Lee Hyun-joo’s house and left.
Sarah goes to the hotel to meet Choi Mok-dong’s wife, but she can’t take Kaori with her, and she needs to protect Lee Hyun-joo, who is still in a deep sleep.

I drove to the address Cha Hyeon-ju sent me.
Busan is a beautiful city, and if it hadn’t been for this reason, I wondered if I could have had a good time here.
Of course, I could forget all that and enjoy it.
No matter what anyone says, I was an S-class hunter.
A shadowy hunter like Choi Mok-dong would have held his breath without revealing himself, at least while I was here.

However, once the tail is caught, it cannot be left alone.
Because I know how much he has polluted this beautiful city.

Choi Mok-dong’s wife said she was waiting for me at the hotel, but she saw that there was no room for that to be interpreted in a sexual way.
Maybe because it’s a safe place.
No matter how much Choi Mok-dong’s forces are crazy here and there, I thought that it would not be possible to cover all areas of Busan.
It was the place chosen by none other than his wife, so I wondered if there was some room for trust.

Of course you can’t be 100% sure.
I didn’t meet Choi Mok-dong’s wife in person, I only heard about it indirectly through Cha Hyeon-joo.
Based on Lee Hyun-joo’s story, Choi Mok-dong was not a good husband.
Still, Sera would have left her guild and followed her all the way to Busan because she gave her woman enough of what she needed.
Because there can be a lot of relationships between men and women where love is not the top priority.
Anyway, I thought it was necessary to be vigilant.

However, if Choi Mok-dong’s wife harbors her other thoughts, it will be a missed opportunity of her lifetime.
A chance to leave the type of husband you can’t possibly love.
And a chance to save her life.

After running for a while on a quiet road away from the center, I began to see the destination that Cha Hyeon-ju had told me.
It was a plausible building at a level where it would not be awkward to call it a hotel rather than a motel.
I don’t know why it’s on the outskirts, but if it’s word of mouth in its own way, there might be demand.
Couples mainly for the purpose of adultery.

The time was around 6:50.
You could say it arrived just in time.

There were only a few cars in the hotel parking lot.
There were only luxury cars in their own way, but one sedan stood out among them.
It was a foreign car and a fairly high-end model.
I wondered if this was the car that Choi Mok-dong’s wife had driven.
At least I wasn’t the careful type to think that I’d have to drive an invisible car to meet someone secretly.
Of course, my car is fancy, but no one here in the city knew of my existence.
Except for Lee Hyeon-joo, who is held hostage in a shabby factory building.

After stopping the car and going to the counter, one more fact was revealed that revealed why Choi Mok-dong’s wife chose this place.
It was an unmanned system.
It was a fairly large and luxurious hotel for such things, but I was a little curious about how it was operated.
I think the staff will be pretty too.
Anyway, that part wasn’t something I cared about.
Although it is an unmanned system, we had to keep in mind that there would be people watching.

I took the elevator and went to the room I received via text message.
I walked through a quiet hallway, stood in front of my room, and rang the bell.

Inside, there was the sound of quiet footsteps and a breathless sigh.
I must be wary of visitors in my own way, but as an S-class hunter, I could sense all her signs.

After a while the door opened.
Standing holding the doorknob was a gorgeous type of beauty.

He is 160 cm tall.
It was a woman adorned with her luxury goods from her head to her toes.
There were no accessories that caught her eye, but it was immediately apparent that the clothes and jewelry she was wearing were valuable.
She smelled good as if she had put on a good perfume too.

She was the type that could be called a typical beauty.
The type of person who, when walking down the street and seeing someone walking from the opposite side, would unknowingly gasp and breathe.

Perhaps because she is the wife of the boss who controls Busan, she has an aura of her own.
What was a little strange to her was the fact that she looked much younger than she thought.
It seems that there was a prejudice because Cha Hyun-joo was said to be her older sister and she was the wife of Mok-dong Choi, who had several children of hers.

This woman seemed to be in her mid-to-late 20s at most.
Well, Cha Hyun-joo is not that old either.
Because even though she’s only a year older, her older sister is her older sister.
Besides, she immediately realized that the woman standing in front of her was Hunter.
I could see that she was a stronger hunter than Cha Hyeon-joo.
Even if you don’t know it in the dark organization, the strong person can be called her sister.

“Hello.”

The woman greeted me, looking at me with searching eyes, still strongly wary.