The Genius Assassin Who Does It All Himself - Chapter 232



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Episode 232 Underwater Battle (3)

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Around that time.

Go Joo-hee and Gong Yoo-seok, who had been through a lot at work outside, were moving to Chae Gwan-hyung’s office.

The ‘outside work’ they were doing was to pinpoint Kang-hoo’s residence and the area where he lived and keep an eye on him.

So I went to the address of Kang-hoo’s house that was written on the records, but there was nothing.

It wasn’t just about “there are no people”, but the address was actually the address of a place that had become a ruin.

I also searched for traces using the alias Jeong Seon-gyu, which Kang-hu had used in the past, but the results were zero.

The wind blew the whole day away.

Considering that it is common to live in apartments or secure mansions in safe areas of major cities.

Kang-hoo’s lifestyle, which was not specific to his residence, was unexpected.

This leads to the conclusion that we will continue to live a homeless life, staying in hotels.

“What do you think about going to see Lee Ye-rin one more time before seeing Gwan-hyeong?”

On the way to Chae Gwan-hyung’s office, Go Joo-hee spoke to Gong Yoo-seok with a darkened expression.

Go Joo-hee, who does not like Chae Gwan-hyung, seemed reluctant to meet him.

Then Gong Yoo-seok shook his head.

“I’ve been seeing Lee Ye-rin too often lately. She’s a woman who gives off the impression that our guild is overly interested in her, and that’s not a good thing.”

The relationship between the Purification Guild and Lee Ye-rin was good.

But, as Gong Yoo-seok said, I didn’t want to give the impression that I was overly dependent on others.

After all, Lee Ye-rin’s true nature is that of a leader of a mercenary group that deals with clients…

I thought I could do business with Kang-hoo.

They may also intentionally try to increase their own mediation value.

“Hmm.”

“Don’t worry, if your majesty crosses the line or insults you, I will definitely step in.”

“Sorry.”

“Sorry, what? It’s not like it’s nothing. Don’t worry about it. No matter what he’s doing.”

Gong Yoo-seok, who had been calming down Go Joo-hee who had a disturbed expression, was now standing in front of Chae Gwan-hyung’s office.

However, the attendants had left their seats as ordered, and not a single one was visible around.

I pushed open the slightly open office door and saw countless high heels strewn about inside.

What appeared to be men’s shoes were a pair of Chae Gwan-hyung shoes. At that moment, Go Joo-hee made a disgusted expression.

He opened his mouth to tell Go Joo-hee to “ignore me” so that she wouldn’t hear him.

“Captain Chae Gwan-hyeong, are you there? This is Gong Yoo-seok. I have come to discuss something with you.”

colon.

It’s a nickname that Chae Gwan-hyung likes.

When you hear the word captain, you get a passion you never had before and it feels like you own the world or something like that.

Although there was Jang Si-hwan, who was the ‘real captain’, it was Chae Gwan-hyeong who particularly liked being called captain.

There might have been some confusion over the title.

Thanks to Jang Si-hwan’s traffic control, the only person who can be called the leader of the Purification Guild is Chae Gwan-hyeong.

“What the fuck, who are you? I told you not to let anyone in? What kind of idiot with an X in his head comes in and calls me?”

Despite Gong Yoo-seok’s careful words, what came back was a barrage of curses that were piercing to the ears from the start.

Gong Yoo-seok reached out and stopped Go Joo-hee, who was getting angry.

Unlike Jang Si-hwan, who is sometimes willing to listen to harsh words, Chae Gwan-hyeong is the type of person who cannot stand harsh words.

I didn’t want to get involved in something unnecessary and see my lover suffer.

“This is Gong Yoo-seok. I’m truly sorry. I was working on something that had Master Jang Si-hwan’s approval, but I ran into a problem, so I went straight to the captain.”

“Wait a minute! You have to put on some panties before you go out so we can talk or not. What the f*ck, why are you wearing those?”

“… … .”

A conversation takes place inside that makes it difficult to guess the situation.

“At least give me a towel. Oh, okay.”

Soon, Chae Gwan-hyung came out with an annoyed expression on his face, his lower body roughly covered with a long shower towel.

There was no hesitation in Chae Gwan-hyung’s eyes as he gave Gong Yoo-seok and Go Joo-hee equal contempt.

That look in his eyes is the default for a character named Chae Gwan-hyung.

The only time the default disappears is when I meet Jang Si-hwan. That time, his eyes look different.

“I think it’s a good thing I saw the game before. Otherwise, anyone would have started off by getting beat.”

“Thank you for your understanding.”

Gong Yoo-seok cleverly brushed away Chae Gwan-hyung’s sharp words and bowed his head. Go Joo-hee also showed her courtesy.

Within, Chae Gwan-hyung gulped down a glass of whiskey he had poured into a glass and continued speaking.

“What is it?”

“We need a good tracker. Someone capable of minimizing the risk of backtracking or detection.”

“If it’s a guy like that, then there’s no problem since I have several of them. But who are you tracking?”

“I am a hunter named Shin Kang-hoo.”

“Shin Gang-hoo? That guy’s name is so unsophisticated. Who is he? Some unknown guy who even has eyes for me?”

“that is…….”

Kang-hoo’s status suddenly became unknown.

It was a scene that Kang-hoo would have burst out laughing at if he had known, but Chae-gwan-hyung’s words were sincere.

To Chae Gwan-hyeong, Kang-hoo was nothing more than a worthless and insignificant hunter who was completely unaware of him.

“Let me show you the pictures first.”

Gong Yoo-seok very carefully picked the starting point of the story. It seemed like it would be a long story.

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After breaking up with Ban Se-young.

Kang-hoo was thinking again about the ‘reason’ she had raised as a topic of discussion.

I gave her a rough run-around.

He said he lost someone precious to him and wanted revenge. He couldn’t tell me more.

However, Kang-hoo did not have any clear grudge against Go Kyung-ho.

He’s just a sacrificial lamb to pass the constellation test.

If you look closely, he really is a bad guy, so it would be correct to say that he even has a plausible reason for it.

Suddenly this thought occurred to me.

If the Dimensional Robber presents a new constellation test.

If the test is given to kill a good hunter or an ordinary person who is close to Kang-hoo or is innocent.

Is it right to challenge that test or is it right to give up?

Life in the gray area is a different matter from life in the black area.

Can you be unbiased about the means and methods to achieve your goal?

Still, the question was whether to maintain a minimum level of good. It seemed simple, but it was a very complex problem.

It is too passive to hope that the constellations will not play around with the terms of tests or contracts.

“… … .”

Kang-hoo washed away the blood stains that remained on the dagger and his corrupted beliefs in the pouring rain.

There’s already a lot of blood spilled.

Would it be a great sin to spill a little hot, pure blood here? It could be. No, it could be.

“Shit.”

Kang-hoo spat out a curse and nervously brushed the rainwater off his dagger. It wasn’t a healthy worry.

Rather, it might be better to confront the constellations about this issue. I mean, have an open and honest conversation.

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The next evening.

With the weather turning out to be worse than expected yesterday, the weather was perfect for a surprise attack.

Before the full-scale attack begins.

Before splitting up with the main force led by Jeon Se-hyeok, Kang-hu opened the way first.

On the way to the Pyeongtaek branch, there were several forward outposts, albeit in a crude form.

Kang-hoo secretly infiltrated the place and eliminated several hunters at once.

As he was a hunter with a very low level and had not even made a constellation contract, he died instantly from the beheading.

This also meant that the hunters he was fighting were low-level hunters below level 80.

【Monsters with a level lower than 33% of the user’s level or Hunters will be killed in one hit.】

This is because of the option of the Great Decapitation.

If you just brush against it, you die.

From the perspective of the person being affected, a situation arises where one might ask, “Why is this happening?”

Anyway, that was the matter of the person who was going to die, so it was none of Kang-hoo’s business.

“That guy named Mojo. He’s really amazing. Not a single one of them can withstand two attacks. It seems like he’d die if he got stabbed with a dagger.”

Jeon Se-hyeok’s team members, who were watching the scene from afar, nodded their heads.

Some quick-witted people realized that the assassin was Kang-hoo, but they didn’t show it.

And the hunters who were seeing Kang-hoo for the first time were amazed at how he subdued the hunters at the outpost in an instant.

The key to surprise is speed.

Especially when targeting such outposts, it is important to make sure that not a single person can send out an alarm or warning signal.

Kang-hoo was specialized in this area.

Fast, accurate, and finished.

I think the current situation can be summarized nicely in three keywords.

After disabling several outposts, Kang-hoo disappeared from the team members’ sight without a sound.

Now that his part as a team is over, it’s Jeon Se-hyeok and his teammates’ turn to dance the swords with the Pyeongtaek branch.

Kang-hoo immediately turned around and headed towards the place where he expected Go Kyung-ho to arrive.

The goal was one from the beginning.

Go Kyung-ho.

You have to kill the guy who has ‘The Hypocrite in Darkness’ as his main constellation.

You can grow by obtaining the fourth and fifth privileges of the Black Seeker Constellation.

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15 minutes later.

“Fuck… …! An insider? What kind of nonsense is this?”

After receiving an urgent call from the Eclipse Pyeongtaek branch, Ko Kyung-ho left the hotel and headed to the branch.

The road was completely muddy due to the heavy rain, so I left my car and started running.

It seemed as if a landslide had occurred somewhere, and the road was covered in mud and swept-away soil.

Choosing to abandon the car and walk was a reasonable choice, given the current circumstances.

But I heard some shocking news.

There was an insider in the Pyeongtaek branch.

It is said that before Jeon Se-hyeok’s group began their attack, all the doors to the branch were already opened.

That wasn’t all.

The external barriers that had been built for defense were all neutralized, and the entire branch was reduced to a tin can building.

I don’t know if this can be considered fortunate, but the insider says they managed to kill him for now.

According to what I found out before he died, he was an insider planted in the ‘Abyss’.

Considering that the Eclipse organization members of the Pyeongtaek branch have been working together for at least two years… … .

It was said that an insider had been planted two years ago. How meticulously did they prepare?

Anyway, things went really wrong.

Because none of the defensive facilities were functioning properly, the branch’s front lines were completely swept away from the start.

Jeon Se-hyeok and his gang are notorious for being second to none in terms of bone thickness on the battlefield.

If he hadn’t gone and taken care of it himself, the entire Pyeongtaek branch could have been neutralized in the blink of an eye.

Splash splash!

I didn’t care about the mud splashing all over my body or my body getting soaked.

Anyway, once I get to the branch, I’m going to have to take a shower because of the hot blood.

“Jeon Se-hyeok, this kid… … .”

Go Kyung-ho gritted his teeth and increased his speed.

If I ran at full speed for about 7 minutes, it seemed like the branch would come into view.

however.

“What is this… … .”

There was something blocking the path in the pouring rain.

A man with eyes full of murderous intent pouring out from his bangs soaked in rain.

His gaze was fixed precisely somewhere on her chest.

At that moment.

Go Kyung-ho could recognize it.

“Shin Gang-hu?”

Eclipse’s first-class assassination target.

The ‘villain’ that Kang Dong-hyun had been looking for so desperately was here.

Maybe… … this is your chance to make a mark?