Chapter 124 – Terrorism (2)

In the pitch-black smoke, lumps of iron and charred, dried fragments were strewn about as if they were stained red. The hunters who once attended the academy bowed their heads with a sad expression on their faces, regardless of who said it first. A pitch-black hand lay beneath a collapsed desk and a pile of stones.

Rescue teams were moving around. As of now, only 5 people have been confirmed dead. There were two D-class hunters with serious injuries and one C-class hunter with light injuries. The police who came out to investigate were talking to the explosives expert team who came with them.

“So, what is this?”

“It is an explosion using volcanic gas. Judging from the characteristic black smoke and residual heat, and the shape of this barrel caught on CCTV, we can guess that.”

“So what is it? Volcanic gas.”

“It is a gas that can be extracted from a stone called Volcanic Stone in the volcanic area inside the gate. Usually, when a volcanic area appears, a specialized explosive collection team goes out with the hunter to collect gas. It is an unstable and highly explosive material that explodes violently with the slightest impact.”

“Why are you extracting such a dangerous substance?”

“We use it to make bombs. Excavation, war weapons, hunter equipment, etc., It is modified and used in various places. Although the extraction difficulty is high, if you put it in a dedicated container, there is no possibility of it exploding unless you throw it at a wall, and it has good firepower, so it is a substance that is used in many fields.”

“Okay. But this gas. Can anyone save it?”

After hearing the question, the task force shook their heads and answered.

“Originally, the control process after collecting this gas is a bit complicated, so it is difficult to obtain a prototype of this gas unless you are in a related development job or a person from the government side.”

Said the explosives team, scratching their heads. The police frowned. He was a veteran detective in this investigation team. Another cop who came after talking to people from the academy gave him the information.

“Yes. A total of 4 people were captured by CCTV, but 3 of them covered their faces with sunglasses and masks, and they said that they could not know their identity because they ran into CCTV blind spots in the middle. Instead, we found out who the terrorist at the forefront was, a former academy hunter by the name of Kim Hyun-ki.”

“Kim Hyun-ki? Why didn’t you write down your nickname?”

“That…”

The policeman looked around and said with a puzzled look on his face.

“Wait, listen…”

“Ah, baby. What nickname do you have? Uh? Just tell me.”

However, the police firmly shook their hands and asked to listen. Nodding his head reluctantly, he gave the police an ear.

“I’m the owner of Youngmi.”

He opened his eyes and narrowed his brows. When I met the policeman’s eyes with a suspicious look, he threw an unfair look and said.

“It’s real. I couldn’t believe it, so I asked three times.”

“Patience. I think the world is really going to collapse. There are crazy people all around.”

“Even if I think so.”

“By the way, did you find out why?”

“Ah yes. There is a record of continuing to enter and exit the academy to request the restoration of academic records.”

“Academic recovery?”

The policeman nodded.

“Yes. The academy expelled me midway due to lack of attendance and disloyalty in class, but I asked for it to be reinstated.”

“If you don’t attend classes due to insincereness, isn’t it because you weren’t interested in the academy class? Why did you suddenly ask for the restoration of the register?”

“I do not know.”

The two cops put their heads together and fell into trouble.

*******

“It’s horrible.”

Someone got lucky at the scene where the hunters of the Diamond Club, the Black Dragon Room, and me and Ichie all gathered. Everyone nodded their heads in agreement. Everyone here was someone who went to the academy. Seeing the place where memories resided mercilessly destroyed, I felt a strange tingle in one side of my heart.

Seong Ha-yeon Hunter received her data and said.

“Looking at the last record, Hunter Kim Hyun-ki installed volcanic gas and left the scene through the forced escape device. Here, too, she used a forced escape device. Does she have someone with connections in the government? She just uses something that can only be obtained from a government lab like this.”

In response to Sung Ha-yeon Hunter’s question, she spoke from the side of the Diamond Club.

“I did some research on the matter, and it looks like the blueprint itself was leaked. The other day, Hunter Kim Chun-bae had one left, so I researched it, but it wasn’t a laboratory leak, but a new one made in the same way.”

“It sounds like it was made to be written on purpose. Same thing.”

Junhyeok Lee Hunter nodded. Senior Yu-jeong said while opening the data she received from her academy with a pad.

“Yes. I asked the academy for data on Hunter Kim Hyun-ki, but since he was expelled midway through, there was no data on his personal details, only his abilities were registered. Her ability, now called the ability to unify objects, is the ability to permeate her body into places such as buildings and the ground…”

“That’s why she used the forced escape device.”

She said, nodding her head at the Diamond Club. Kim Hyun-ki was able to ignore the biggest problem of her forced escape device, the inability to guarantee safety, because of her ability. Hunter of the Diamond Club said.

“Then, is this something Kim Hyun-gi made to use in the first place? It’s too risky for other guys to use.”

“Is that right? There is no need for our ark or other hunters to use this. All the other hunters walked away this time too. Hunter Kim Hyun-ki just used an escape device.”

We all nodded. Everyone was thinking the same thing. If you are a person who will find and steal these scraps for the use of one Hunter Kim Hyun-ki, there is a high possibility that you will be closely related to the research institute.

I looked over the destroyed academy. Seong Ha-yeon Hunter, who had brought her data, was watching the scene with a confused expression on her cigarette. The academy, surrounded by yellow tape and strict security guards, gave off an unfamiliar feeling.

I said.

“But why did Hunter Kim Hyun-ki think of attacking the academy?”

Senior Yoojung said.

“I heard that I had a grudge because I was expelled from the academy, but honestly, the reason is a bit too fragmented.”

“What do you want to know the reason for the terrorist bastard?”

She asked, lowering the corners of her mouth at the Diamond Club. It was a response that felt somewhat sharp. Senior Yu-jeong blinked her eyes and said.

“If you need to know more about your motives, there is room for negotiation. As you can see, if you have the ability to unite objects and even have a forced escape device, you should be considered impossible to capture alive. If that’s the case, it’s better to try persuasion. Even if you include both the Diamond Club Hunter and the Black Dragon Hunter, it is impossible to surround and confront them in a range of 400M.”

“Don’t worry about that, our director Jang Ji-wan will catch it the next time it comes out.”

The Diamond Club Hunter said so and forced the story to end. Rather than worrying about how to catch this Kim Hyun-ki Hunter or wondering about his story, they were discussing who the hell was the captain who gave the forced escape device to Kim Hyun-gi Hunter.

Their appearances were rational if they were rational, but I felt a strange sense of incongruity. Hunter Lee Jun-hyeok looked around and suddenly said to Seong Ha-yeon.

“Hey, what are you doing now that the academy has been destroyed? Shouldn’t we be concentrating on the meeting?”

“Yes?”

Seong Ha-yeon looked at Hunter Lee Jun-hyeok with her embarrassed face. Hunter Lee Jun-hyeok walked closer to Hunter Seong Ha-yeon, she said.

“Seong Ha-yeon. Are you acting disrespectfully just because you got a C grade? Hey, I can’t It is a temporary gathering of the Black Dragon Room. Everyone gather toward the auditorium. Set!”

Hunter Seong Ha-yeon, who was staring at Hunter Lee Jun-hyeok with a dumbfounded face, nodded her head a beat late as if she realized something, and then glanced at us as well. Junhyeok Lee Hunter said.

“You guys come too!”

I could hear the Diamond Hunters whispering behind me. It was annoying to hear ridicule such as ‘As expected, the old-fashioned guild’ or ‘The Black Dragon room was ruined, but I have to do it in moderation’.

We followed Hunter Lee Jun-hyeok to the back of the auditorium. There were no people in the weekend academy auditorium. Hunter Junhyeok Lee confirmed that there was no diamond hunter following him and lowered his voice.

“Those bastards. Do you think there is something?”

“With Kim Hyun-ki?”

Seong Ha-yeon Hunter said. Then Hunter Lee Junhyeok nodded his head. Me, Ichi, and Yujeong senior, everyone had the same thought. The Diamond Club’s reaction was something strange. Obviously, there is something related to Hunter Kim Hyun-ki, but it seemed that he was hiding it.

Junhyeok Lee Hunter said.

“For now, I will continue to work with the Diamond Club. If you see her denying her relationship with Kim Hyun-ki to that extent, she will probably call S-class hunters to correct it. Whatever the story, it’s a terrorist, so it’s better to catch it quickly.”

Hunter Lee Jun-hyeok looked around us once more and then said.

“But just in case you don’t know, do your research on Kim Hyun-ki. If you miss it in the capture operation, the relationship between the Diamond Club and Kim Hyun-ki could be an important hint.”