Chapter 102 – Revenge (2)

[The story of Hunter Kim Joo-seong, who saved numerous apprentice hunters at the apprentice hunter camp last month. Do you remember? At 10 am today, a video containing the circumstances that Hunter Kim Joo-sung manipulated the Rookie of the Year game was uploaded to V-tube and became a hot topic. Reporter Hyungo Lee?]

[The place is the training ground in the academy. In the video, a man in a suit is standing in front of the two hunters. The man is smoking a cigarette and giving instructions to two people in a low voice. When I raised this sound, this conversation came out.

“Therefore. You need to increase the distance you buff a bit. Because now, if you use buffs in the audience, you’ll get caught. Okay? It’s chunbae uh? Good luck. We should make our Juseong a star.”

And Hunter Chunbae Kim starts using his abilities. When using what is believed to be a summoning-type buff ability, Hunter Kim Joo-seong moves as if overflowing with power.]

Kim Joo-seong was watching the news with a dumbfounded face. He opened his eyes wide and couldn’t take his eyes off the TV with a blank expression. Why is this news coming out? Why? The image of Kim Chun-bae shaking his body excitedly and the image of Kim Chun-bae’s summoned Misaki applying a buff were clearly visible. There was also a picture of the Diamond Club Hunter sitting in the corner with a cigarette and watching.

[Yes. Reporter Hyungo Lee? The Rookie of the Year happened about 6 months ago, how was the video preserved and how was it leaked?]

[Yes. It is said that smoking is prohibited at the training ground, but when the smell of cigarettes came out, the security guard on duty at the time recorded the contents of the CCTV separately in order to pay a fine to the hunter who used it. It is estimated that the entire video was leaked as the computer that stored this recorded video was hacked.]

“Uh? Uh huh?”

Kim Joo-sung was taken aback. Events were taking a strange turn. Even if he didn’t see it, he could feel his image being shattered. Already, the number of V-tube comments for the news has exceeded 4,000.

When he picked up his phone to find out what to do, the phone rang. It was a hunter who volunteered to be Kim Joo-sung’s manager. Kim Joo-seong answered the phone with his trembling hands.

“Yes. Mr. Jusung. Is it okay to talk now?”

“Ah yes… Yes it’s okay Hey, what are you doing now? It’s crazy that I manipulated it.”

“Yes. Do not worry. We are contacting the media right now. Calm down. If you come from a media outlet or something, don’t interview me. Turn off your phone as much as possible.”

“Yes. Thank you.”

Joo-Sung Kim. Even though he was in the position of a hero, he was not at ease physically or mentally. It was as if his throne had been strung on the edge of a cliff. He turned off the phone and closed his eyes. After a few hours of sleep, the confusion will subside.

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[Regarding the controversy surrounding Hunter Kim Joo-sung’s manipulation of the Rookie of the Year title, SBC independently obtained the contents of the conversation in the private chat room where the three people belonged. Hunter Kim Joo-sung and Hunter A of the Diamond Club. And Hunter Kim Chun-bae had this conversation ahead of the preliminary round for the Rookie of the Year.]

However, the controversy did not subside over time. It was burning even more as if oil had been poured into the flame. Kim Joo-seong found that the news he checked again was swollen with controversy that he couldn’t handle, and squeezed the blanket with his hand.

[Kim Chun-bae: But what if we get caught?

Hunter A: Chunbae. Do not worry. It doesn’t take never take Understand?

Chunbae Kim: But this is wrong. If you get caught giving that buff, will you take responsibility?

Kim Joo-seong: Hey, why are you doing everything yourself? Scared? Lol]

Kim Joo-seong remembered the contents of the conversation. It was a chat room that was created temporarily and then exploded as soon as the Rookie of the Year ended. Why are there conversation records? Did Kim Chun-bae not go out there and keep her data?

A cold sweat broke out. Except for the paralyzed leg, the whole body trembled.

Kim Joo-seong hurriedly turned on his cell phone. He was to call the Diamond Club. He only believed in the word that he would make him a star, but he only responded with a clumsy response. Kim Joo-seong was a person who deserved to be questioned about this situation. Because he was a hero Because the Diamond Club decided to take responsibility for itself.

[There is a missed call.]

As soon as I turned on my phone, a message notification came in. Kim Joo-seong opened the message window to check what the notification was.

[There is a missed call.]

[There is a missed call.]

[There is a missed call.]

[There is a missed call.]

[There is a missed call.]

[There is a missed call.]

[There is a missed call.]

[There is a missed call.]

“Aaaaagh!”

Kim Joo-sung screamed and threw his cell phone. A missed call message written in front of my eyes. In just one hour, hundreds of calls were burning his cell phone. Every number that caught my eye was a different person.

From the reporters who received business cards at the last commendation ceremony to the academy’s classmates. The number of people who called him was ridiculous.

A new text message floated on top of the cell phone that fell to the floor.

[You bastard. Did you manipulate it when you were with me?]

[Fuck you. Turn off the phone and don’t answer. Did you fucking manipulate and condescend to me to try?]

[Joo Seong, is this real? Did you really manipulate it?]

[This is Park Gyeong-ju, a hunter-specialized journal, ‘Hunter of the Day’. I would like to do a brief interview about this manipulation case, but please contact me when you have time.]

Breathing quickened. I couldn’t judge properly. I didn’t know what to do. I thought it might get better if I went outside and got some fresh air. Thinking so, he opened the door to the room and stepped out.

“Uh?”

“Huh?”

But even that was the wrong choice. Reporters were already camped in front of the nurse’s office. Reporters who had been sitting still, like visitors waiting for a patient, got up like migratory birds and rushed at Kim Joo-seong. Kim Joo-sung was taken aback and stepped back. With the hospital room door between them, reporters and Kim Joo-seong confronted each other.

“Hunter Kim Joo-sung! Please say something about this controversy!”

“Hunter Kim Joo-sung! There are rumors that everything was rigged in the preliminaries, is that true?”

The bewildered face was captured by the flash. Kim Joo-sung was confused. He was a hero, he said that he was a great star, but Kim Joo-sung was now just a stupid young man who had stepped into society.

“Are you buffed for all matches?”

“Did you show off your skills when you saved the hunters?”

“Why did the Diamond Club make a deal with Hunter Kim Joo-sung?”

Unanswerable questions came pouring out randomly. Kim Joo-seong shook his head and groped.

“I-I… There is nothing I can tell you now.”

He gave the best answer he could. The reporters threw out a barrage of more and more fierce questions, as if they thought that the tantalizing answers as if they were sticking out their tongues were making fun of themselves.

“Hunter Jeong Han-soo, whom I met in the quarterfinals, is claiming that Hunter Kim Joo-seong must have manipulated it. Is it true?”

“Are you proud of her grandmother?”

Kim Joo-sung’s face hardened. He screamed, contorting his face like a gargoyle attached to a mansion.

“I did it right then! You did it right! I won that match with my skills! Tell me not to talk nonsense!”

I took a deep breath and looked around again. Reporters were staring at Kim Joo-seong with blank faces. As he was about to close the door, a reporter quietly asked a question.

“When you say ‘I did it right then’, do you mean you manipulated the other games?”

“Uh?”

I got goosebumps. I had to come up with an excuse somehow, but I couldn’t come up with anything. I had to hurriedly close the door, rolling my eyes here and there, looking for a place to look. The voices of reporters could be heard through the closed door.

“Mr. Kim Joo-sung! Please answer me!”

“Are you saying there was manipulation in other matches?”

“Mr. Kim Joo-sung!”

Closed the door. His head hurt I didn’t know what to do now. Kim Joo-sung touched his cell phone. He blocked all incoming calls and called the manager of the Diamond Club, Hunter.

“Hello?”

“Huh, Hunter… Hey, what should I do now?”

“Yes. Do not worry. Don’t worry, stay calm in the hospital room for now. Are we taking care of everything now?”

“There are reporters in front of the hospital room! What should I do!”

Kim Joo-sung screamed and was frightened again. The Hunter of the Diamond Club took a moment to catch his breath, and then he spoke in a calm voice.

“Mr. Don’t scream ’cause I’m busy right now I’ll call you back later.”

The phone is disconnected. Kim Joo-seong pulled up the blanket to hide his anxiety. The fear that haunted him. New articles and rumors about Kim Joo-sung were spreading on the Internet.

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Kim Chun-bae was laughing while reading his article. He ate a potato chip and scratched his bloated stomach. His fat ass crushed the couch. Rumors about Kim Joo-sung were spreading more and more as time went on.

The rookie of the year manipulation case of Kim Joo-sung, which started as a ‘controversy’, was stigmatized as fact due to the evidence and circumstances gathered like a snowball.

An academy student interview came out admitting that he overheard Kim Chun-bae remark in front of Kim Joo-seong, “I manipulated it with a buff.”

The contents of the chat room secretly submitted by Kim Chun-bae leaked out.

By an unexpected coincidence, the Diamond Club hunter who was in charge of Kim Joo-sung at the time was missing.

Kim Chunbae laughed.

Yet, still not enough.

He wanted to destroy Kim Ju-sung more thoroughly. And, she wanted to destroy all other academy apprentice hunters who ignored her.