SSS-Class Hunter is Going to Rest - Chapter 97



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Episode 97 SSS-Class Hunter Tears the Crack (2)
2024.06.19.

The team members sat around the conference table, and Suzy looked at the faces of Saint, Peace, and Elaine in turn.

Saint and Peace were both adults.

Even though I was leading the group like this without saying a reason and only using my authority as the team leader, they had no complaints. They also knew how to lighten the mood with jokes.

It’s not that they aren’t curious, they know how to wait.

Until Suzy herself opened her mouth.

She swallowed hard.

To explain, she had to tell stories that even she found hard to believe.

Thinking about the work she had to do right now, her shoulders naturally became heavy.

Just having to face the Messiah made her feel like she was going crazy, but now that the time limit was much earlier, it was understandable.

“I know what I’m saying might sound unreasonable, but I’ll tell you anyway. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.”

“Yes, teacher!”

“Listen seriously, Peace. Team leader, go ahead.”

Suzy tried not to look at Elaine, who was staring at her without even answering.

“The plan has changed.”

“Huh?”

“No matter what method we use, we plan to break through the 15th floor and reach the 100th floor within a week. Whether an S-class wave or an SS-class wave breaks out, we don’t have time to worry about external things. It’s also difficult for the time being to take the hunters and climb the tower.”

As soon as Suzy finished speaking, Peace started to grumble.

“Did you change the date because the ‘Great Beings’ seem to have a chance?”

However, Saint looked around with a serious face and said.

“… … Is it related to Elaine’s injury?”

Saint’s eyes, carefully asking, were already filled with conviction.

It was a little different from the truth, but it was a question that was very close to the core.

Of course, she would notice.

As an SS-class hunter, Elaine, who had been in sync with Suzy more than anyone else, suddenly showed signs of weakness on the 70th floor.

And then Suzy suddenly changed her plan.

But they still hadn’t gotten to the heart of the matter.

“… … It’s similar. To be more precise, it’s not that Elaine was hurt. It’s just that the time limit is approaching.”

“What are you talking about?”

“It seems that Elaine is a young man who can travel through time.”

Suzy said it jokingly, but I couldn’t laugh myself.

I wanted to somehow package it in a realistic and believable way, but it was such a ridiculous story that I couldn’t even come up with something plausible.

When Peace and Saint looked at each other blankly as if they didn’t understand Suzy’s words, Elaine, who had been quiet, stepped forward.

“It’s true. I’ve lived a week into the future, and I’ve climbed up to the 100th floor of the tower. It doesn’t matter whether you believe it or not. Everyone knows that the goal of clearing the tower in a week is actually impossible. If you push yourself that hard, you’ll only end up losing power.”

“… … What are you talking about, are you crazy?”

When Peace, who had been quietly listening to Elaine’s words, responded as if he couldn’t handle it, Elaine said with a cold face,

“Peace, in the future I saw, your children missed you. You said that you left the safe key with the dedicated manager, not the inventory. There’s a will there.”

“How can you… … do that?”

Peace opened his mouth as if he was going to protest something, then clicked his tongue as if he was astonished.

“Are you saying that I died in that future or something?”

Elaine turned her head to Saint this time.

“If there’s someone you like, take care of them in advance. Don’t regret it later.”

“… … Elaine!”

Saint took off his headband and grabbed it as if he had heard something he had never expected, and jumped up from his seat. Then he glared at Elaine.

Suzy looked back and forth between Peace and Saint.

Sure enough.

Rather than Suzy relaying Elaine’s words in the middle, it would be much more convincing if she told Elaine about the facts she had seen in the future that only Elaine knew.

Saint and Peace were lost in thought for a moment, then spoke one after another.

“I always thought Elaine was hiding something when I saw her. I never imagined I would hear something like this.”

“… … Okay. Let’s believe it. Let’s say that talented Elaine saw the future and came back. But why are you telling me that now? If you had told me from the beginning, it would have been more helpful in the strategy.”

Elaine lowered her gaze to the ground.

“I can’t open my mouth.”

“… … What?”

“Yes?”

“I regret it. After losing Peace and Saint panicking, Daphne barely made it to the top where she had to change her body, and the conclusion she came to was to give up.”

There was deep regret in her voice.

Peace frowned and asked back.

“Speak so I understand. What do you mean?”

“If I had told you, you would have just broken the tower again without any reason. Since it ended up like this anyway, I wanted to give you a break in this life. It didn’t work out well.”

Elaine said, interlocking and unclogging her fingers repeatedly.

Peace glared at Elaine, gritting his teeth, and clenched his fist as if he couldn’t control his anger. If it weren’t for the plane, he would have slammed the wall.

“Why are you deciding that? Why are you deciding whether to try or not? Aren’t you a crazy kid?”

Saint also looked like he didn’t like Elaine’s words at all.

“You need information to make the best decisions. It’s not good to monopolize information.”

Suzy originally didn’t want to get involved, but she didn’t want the atmosphere to get any more tense.

“Let’s stop. We don’t know what Elaine has been through. Elaine must have had her own thoughts.”

“What are you thinking?”

“Are you thinking about joining the Messiah?”

Suzy motioned for Peace and Saint to sit down and continued.

“Elaine says that there are items that turn back time in every tower in the world. I’ve already used 100 of them, and Elaine used them once, and there’s one left. I’d like to clear the tower within a week, but if that doesn’t work out, I can use the last remaining item.”

Peace made a face of shock.

“That’s all just what that brat said… … No, does that mean I can turn back time?”

Suzy nodded.

“There’s a condition that I have to somehow get to the 100th floor, but I can.”

“I don’t want to.”

Saint immediately objected.

“Why?”

“What good would it do if I, who lives in a different timeline, prevented the destruction of the world? That wouldn’t be me. And only one of our team members retains his memories… … . Then it would be hell for the person who turned back time… … .”

Saint spoke passionately, then slumped down on his own.

“Elaine, I’m sorry for getting angry. I don’t understand everything, but there must have been a reason.”

Elaine nodded as if nothing had happened, and Peace made a thoughtful face and said.

“If we can get through it within a week, then it’ll be fine, right?”

“Yes.”

“Let’s get through it.”

Suzy nodded.

She had gathered her team members with that in mind, too.

“We’ll discuss Elaine’s rights and wrongs later, and for now, we’re going to climb to the top.”

However, no matter how well Elaine knew the strategy, it was dangerous.

They needed to consider other options.

“Then isn’t the only way to get through the crack?”

Saint said.

It wasn’t a bad idea.

However, there was a blind spot in that opinion.

“I think so too. There’s not enough time left to use the regular method. The problem is whether the crack will come out as we wish.” Because

we’ve been waiting so desperately for so long, but it hasn’t appeared.

Of course, killing the monster beyond the crack is a separate issue.

Woong- Woong-

The moment Suzy took a deep breath, Saint took out a sparkling terminal, checked it, and held it out.

It was a call from Noah.

Suzy hesitated for a moment and then took the terminal.

“Hello, Noah.”

– Hello!

Noah’s bright voice had a deep regret.

– I didn’t know you’d be leaving so quickly. I had prepared a meal for you to join us.

“Something urgent came up.”

– Shouldn’t we talk a little?

Suzy looked out the window at the Tower of the Philosopher that had suddenly come closer.

Talking is good.

Exchanging information is good.

But she didn’t have time for that anymore.

She just received the call as a courtesy to the person who came to greet her.

“If it’s not urgent, let’s talk later. I’ll contact you again.”

It must have been quite some time since I heard that Suzy had conquered the laurel tree, but she had only just shown up. So I didn’t think Noah would have any urgent business. But

instead of hanging up, Noah got straight to the point.

– I saw two videos.

Suzy frowned.

“Two?”

Ageha said she had only seen scenes from the Japanese-themed “Messiah.”

So Suzy thought it was a special case that she had watched two videos in a row.