SSS-Class Hunter is Going to Rest - Chapter 101



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Episode 101 SSS-class Hunter Tears the Crack (6)
2024.06.20.

Elaine kept her mouth shut as if she couldn’t say anything.

Her gaze met his black eyes for a long time.

But there was only regret there.

Suzy also knew.

Even if she thought about it calmly, back then, when the 50th floor hadn’t even been opened, no matter how great her mother’s skills were, she wouldn’t have been able to deal with a reaper-type monster. She

realized it even more after facing it herself. She didn’t even try to deal with it because Elaine stopped her, but even if she had fought it properly, the odds of winning would have been 1% at best.

It was a being of a different class.

There was no way she could obtain the item guarded by such a monster.

Suzy glanced at Nature.

There was still fear in his eyes.

Funny.

He wasn’t even afraid of dying, so he could easily threaten her with his own life, but that ridiculous torture and threat worked.

“I still liked Nature because she was always bright. I couldn’t do that. I was always worried about the revenge that was right in front of me, and my head was about to burst because I was thinking about how I could survive and climb up one more level. When I saw someone with a smiling face like that, I was so envious and thought that they had incredible mental strength.”

“… … Daphne?”

“But that was all just a ridiculous illusion. What kind of idiot would become a sacrifice to an EXS-class monster and chase after eternal life?”

Nature shook her head as if trying to calmly explain again.

Suzy laughed in vain because his attitude of trying to teach her in this situation was so funny.

“Do you know what eternal life is and keep saying you’re after it? Nature. Think straight. Is what you’re after really real?”

“Of course it is, Daphne. That power is from another world, and it’s not easy for ordinary people to… … Ugh!”

At that moment, Nature’s eyes became strangely cloudy.

Suzy shoved the gag, which was covered in dust and rolling around on the floor, back into his mouth.

I had definitely heard him recite those lines as if they were spells.

“I know. That story about the Akasha Box. That privilege of the ‘Messiah’.”

Nature’s eyes widened.

You must be curious about how he knew.

“That’s exactly what Zero said before he died, so I know.”

Suzy muttered bitterly.

“You just have to plant a trigger in his mind and give him uncontrollable powers.”

“A trigger?”

“It’s something that will kill your own life when you utter a word that shouldn’t be said. It’s a device that activates when you utter a certain word.”

“He’s a human, but he can operate like a machine?”

She also remembered what Elaine had said after Zero’s death.

Seeing Nature so surprised, she wondered if those lines were the ‘trigger’ Elaine had been talking about.

“Pathetic.”

If he had tried to coax and comfort her so much and she was going to choose death so easily, she really hated it.

Suzy carefully examined Nature to make sure that nothing was wrong, then she turned away.

At that time, she had wondered how Elaine knew so much about cults, but now that she thought about it, it was obvious that she knew.

When she asked why she knew, Elaine answered shamelessly.

She said that she had done some research after receiving an offer from the ‘Messiah’.

Thinking back on that time, she felt ashamed of herself, thinking about how much he must have laughed inside.

Suzy sat down next to Elaine and said,

“I thought you wouldn’t understand why Elaine hated Nature so much… … I wasn’t.”

Elaine’s mouth slightly curved.

“Actually, the reason I started to hate Nature was because Daphne hated Nature first.” “

I didn’t know that.”

It seemed like Nature had acted similarly in the future.

No, maybe in the past.

The point of view doesn’t matter.

“Saint and I will get off first.”

At that moment, Peace spoke up.

When Suzy looked up, she saw Peace holding Nature by the collar and lifting her up. Peace

had been close to Nature just as much as Suzy. It was understandable that Peace would be more upset than Elaine, with whom she had always been on bad terms. She

was holding on to life like this, so it might be even more unpleasant to see her trying to die by her own hands.

“Okay. Let’s meet on the 82nd floor of the tower.”

“Okay.”

Peace smiled mischievously and made a peace sign with his hand, then released the safety device and opened the door.

The blue sky spread out outside the open door.

The view overlooking the boundary between the earth and the sky, which I would never tire of seeing, was truly beautiful.

Peace grabbed Nature by the collar and stuck his hand out the door.

“Euuuuup! Euuuup!”

It seemed that someone who couldn’t move their hands or feet didn’t have much time to enjoy such beauty. Nature struggled desperately, tied up like a caterpillar.

Peace responded calmly.

“Oh, that’s right. Saint-C.”

“Yes, Peace. You called?”

Saint answered with a laugh as if he was doing a controversy.

“Wasn’t there a limit to the load that the wing item could support?”

“Of course. One person is possible, but two would be… … very difficult. Especially two adult men in heavy armor? Oh. What should I do? “I think we should abandon one of them.”

“Isn’t there a way to get to the ground quickly without wings?”

“Huh? There is, Peace?”

“Nature is showing you right now.”

With that, Peace lightly released the hand that had been grabbing Nature’s collar.

Free fall.

Nature personally practiced those four words and began to experience the acceleration of gravity.

“Euuup! Eup! Euuuuuup! Euuup!” He

couldn’t open his mouth, so the sound was muted, but he must have been screaming desperately. There was no more sound on the plane, but Nature’s face was pale as he spun around and crashed down.

Suzy looked at Saint and Peace, who were giggling at Nature.

‘I should never touch those two.’

She made that promise once again.

The two of them always bickered, but the moment they had a common enemy, they became strangely united. I don’t know how efficiently he can harass people.

Even though he was so angry at Nature, he was so fast moving away from the ground that I felt a little sorry for him.

“Then let’s try to catch up.”

“Okay.”

Peace and Saint jumped out of the plane and soon disappeared from sight.

Suzy turned her head to Elaine.

“You know, Elaine.”

“Huh?”

His face, which always had a gentle smile, was as composed as ever. It was

n’t just his appearance, but his mind as well.

If he didn’t conquer the tower in a week and finish the bet of the authors who called him “Great Beings” and “The Lord,” he would lose his memories right away.

What could be so calm about that?

He wasn’t going to die, but that was still death.

Every time he said something, Suzy had to be surprised and take in new information, but it was a little annoying that he wouldn’t be surprised no matter what she said.

Honestly, I don’t know why she was thinking that.

She just had a headache and was in a bad mood. Maybe it was because she wanted to tease him.

Instead of talking about the tier 10 item consultation she had originally planned to give, Suzy brought her hand to his neat face. She

cupped his cheeks, which were neither cold nor warm, with her hand and brought them down to eye level so she could see them clearly.

They were so close. It felt like their noses were touching.

Elaine’s eyes averted their gaze for a moment

, which was unusual for her, and then slowly returned. Since she had been a colleague for so long, it wasn’t hard to find a single bit of awkwardness in his shameless and indifferent face.

“What did I do wrong again…?”

Elaine spoke first, as if she couldn’t stand the prolonged silence.

And at that moment, Suzy overlapped her lips. Their

lips briefly met softly before parting.

Elaine’s earlobes were clearly red. The hands touching his cheeks instantly became warm.

I thought that maybe he would be calm even in this situation, but it seemed that he wasn’t.

The tips of his long eyelashes fluttered.

His eyes shook as if he didn’t know what to do.

‘… … Wow.’

I didn’t know that I would think this when I saw the man’s face, but his flustered face looked truly pitiful.

Soo-ji slowly removed her hand from his face. She

wondered if this was right, but she was strangely intoxicated by a pleasant sense of victory.

After all, she had already struck.

“If we continue to hesitate like this, we’ll lose our teammates. Let’s go too.”

Speaking calmly, Suji went to the door first. I saw Elaine looking back at me.

“Hurry up.”

She urged him and jumped outside.

Normally, she would have tied up her hair or fixed her clothes before jumping down. But she couldn’t, so her purple hair was flying all over the place.

The feeling of being thrown into the air felt good.