The Genius Assassin Who Does It All Himself - Chapter 238



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Episode 238 The Sea of ​​Silence (3)

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Kim Shin-ryung’s villa.

Looking at the traps still in place at the entrance, Kang-hoo recalled the first time he met her.

At that time, I wondered why he had such a bad taste in dealing with guests who came to see him.

After we got closer to each other, I couldn’t help but think that she might have done that without a reason.

It’s like they’re trying to get visitors to prove to themselves that they’re worthy of meeting them?

This means that he is confident in his own abilities, and that he actually has good abilities.

That’s why it seemed better to only meet hunters of a certain level rather than just getting tangled up with dogs and cows.

Kim Shin-ryeong, who came in while guiding Kang-hoo into the villa, took off the coat she was wearing and immediately asked.

“Where are you going to put it?”

“This is the guy.”

“Can I take a look? I think I need to hear your estimate.”

“for a moment.”

Kang-hoo passed his corrupted beliefs on to Kim Shin-ryung.

Kim Shin-ryung nodded as she accepted the item and examined its contents, naturally looking at the options.

The more I look at it, the better the dagger looks.

It seemed like it would always have some value as an active weapon until I got a 1st grade dagger.

Kim Shin-ryung, who had been examining the front, back, and sides of the blade, held up three fingers and spoke.

“I think you absolutely have to use three Claws of Hatred. Depending on the situation, you can use one more.”

“It doesn’t matter. How would it feel if I did some crafting?”

“Good question. This way.”

Kim Shin-ryeong took Kang-hu to the room next door.

There was a human body model made of silicone, standing with both arms and both legs stretched out in the shape of the letter “L”.

“If we assume that the current attack is to this extent.”

Ugh.

The dagger that Kim Shin-ryung used to cut the body went in as deep as a thumbnail, leaving a wound.

The silicone model has no defense capabilities, unlike a normal hunter’s body, so it is relatively easy to cut.

What she means is not that it actually increases that much, but rather that you see the increase.

“After processing, this will be the basic level.”

Swish!

It goes in half a phrase deeper than the stop.

It looks like you can get cutting power that’s 2 to 2.2 times greater than the existing one. That’s great.

“It’s okay.”

“However, I can’t guarantee the duration. The more often and deeply you cut, the duller the knife will become. This is especially true if you’re not skilled at cutting.”

“I know that.”

Kang-hoo nodded.

This is the case for all items in the sword class. The more you use it, the duller it becomes.

To prevent this, you need to do the work again, which consumes additional materials.

So it was also said that while there are hunters who have never honed their swords, there are no hunters who have only honed their swords once.

Once you’ve experienced the added cutting power of a crafted weapon, it’s a shame to go back to the original.

“One billion won. Prepaid.”

“I will transfer it right away.”

“If you’re curious, you can just look from the side. It’s not that great anyway. Even if you look, you won’t be able to follow it.”

It would be natural to try to hide it by saying it was an industry secret or something, but Kim Shin-ryung started working on it coolly.

Kang-hoo watched the process of making the jewelry with an interested expression, his arms crossed behind her.

For 10 minutes, both hands move diligently without stopping even once.

As she said, I had no idea where to start or how to follow her. I could only feel admiration.

The work was completed in 10 minutes. It wasn’t even an hourly wage, but a 100 million won per hour wage. Working on a project is definitely a money-making job.

“Just test it out. We have plenty of silicone models.”

“Okay. You’ll know later when you try it on someone you can experiment with.”

“Do you trust me?”

“To be precise, I believe in pride.”

“Haha. That’s a good expression.”

“Anyway, it turned out really neatly. The post-processing was also neat, and there were no unfinished parts.”

“Oh! I’m Kim Shin-ryung. Don’t you know?”

“I know. So I’m satisfied.”

chuck!

Kang-hoo put his corrupted beliefs into his scabbard.

The secondary business was quickly concluded. Now it was time for each of us to return to our original business.

“Is it okay if I test the item right away?”

“Yes. That’s what I came here for. How many do you plan on testing?”

“As much as possible?”

“Then, can I just have a cup of coffee? I’m a little tired.”

“You’ve gotten a lot more witty now. You’re not the type to ask for what you want to eat or drink first, though.”

Kim Shin-ryung snickered and headed to the kitchen.

Meanwhile, Kang-hoo opened the door and came out.

You can’t swing a dagger inside the villa. Outside, there’s a separate training ground where you can do various experiments.

While waiting for her, Kang-hoo recalled his memories of Kim Shin-ryung from the original.

‘The ability to perform high-difficulty tasks while changing existing items without compromising stability. It’s an ability that ranks in the top ten worldwide.’

There is no doubt about her skills.

However, her value is often undervalued externally. This is due to her unique insularity.

Since you only meet people you want to meet and only do business with people you want to do business with, it is difficult to approach them easily.

Moreover, it has a ‘notoriety’ of testing and killing hunters who come to visit, so it can’t be helped.

Seeing that she doesn’t try hard to change or correct the world’s perception.

I wonder if that’s what you want deep down. It would definitely reduce the number of annoying flies.

After a while.

Kang-hoo took a sip of the coffee Kim Shin-ryeong handed him and began testing the modified item.

She added an explanation.

“The dagger option itself is fine. But I added some special crafting to it to create something similar to a double-edged sword.”

“Oh.”

Heresy begging.

It refers to a form similar to the skill used by Go Kyung-ho, who was killed by Kang-hoo earlier.

After cutting with the sword first, the ‘magic sword’ cuts again along the sword path and passes.

Swish swish. Swish swish swish.

Kang-hoo’s eyes sparkled as he slowly swung his dagger back and forth.

We test in various environments by looking left, right, up and down, front and back.

Kim Shin-ryeong carefully observed Kang-hoo’s expression.

Because he knows that if Kang-hoo is not satisfied with his picky personality, his reaction will show on his face right away.

But his expression looked pretty good. It seemed like he was quite curious, didn’t it?

Kim Shin-ryeong continued to carefully watch Kang-hoo, as if she was watching the reaction of someone eating the food she had made with a trembling heart.

“It’s okay.”

“Are you okay? Does it look okay?”

“At this level, it passes. But.”

“……but?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Kang-hoo started accelerating at full speed.

Phew! Phew! Phew phew!

Unlike before, he started swinging the dagger here and there, mixing in explosive movements.

It was a very fast and dynamic movement, so much so that even Kim Shin-ryeong, who had a keen eye, missed the dagger’s position for a moment.

Kang-hoo, who is gradually gaining speed.

Kang-hoo’s movements were maximized to the point where it made one wonder if his body could withstand this level of acceleration.

Right then.

chin!

Kang-hoo stopped after delivering the final blow to the air. Then he threw the handkerchief in his bosom forward.

Okay then.

Saaaaak!

The handkerchief was cut in half.

It wasn’t like he threw the handkerchief to test his cutting power. It was at that time that Kim Shin-ryeong was trying to see into Kang-hoo’s mind.

“This remodeling is a failure.”

Kang-hoo declared.

Usually, we tend to use cautious expressions like “I think it’s a failure” or “I think it might be a failure.”

When he said it so bluntly, Kim Shin-ryeong also waited for Kang-hoo to continue speaking rather than asking, “Why?”

There was absolutely no reason to doubt Kang-hoo’s ability or judgment, so there must have been a good reason.

She held her breath.

“… … .”

“The speed at which the magic attack follows is slightly slower. If the attacks accumulate like this… … .”

“ah!”

Only then did Kim Shin-ryeong realize the meaning of Kang-hoo throwing the handkerchief and let out a gasp.

“Because too much speed can be poisonous, you can even create a picture that cuts itself. Creative suicide.”

“That’s a really fatal flaw. It’s like I’m turning into a weapon that can kill me.”

“It might be effective if you sell it to a low-level hunter, but I don’t think that’s what you want.”

“Yeah, that’s right. Wow… … . This is a problem I never found in my own tests. I found it right away.”

“I think it might be okay if you look at it from a slightly lower perspective.”

“No. I’ll have to revisit this one. Okay. That was really good feedback.”

She looked satisfied.

I was hoping that Kang-hoo would catch what I was missing, and he did exactly that.

The time invested in remodeling was not a waste. Failure is the stepping stone that prevents the same failure from happening again.

After that, Kang-hoo continued to test the modified weapon that Kim Shin-ryeong gave him from various angles.

None of the tests were ‘typical’.

Kang-hoo pushed himself to extreme situations and examined the structure of how weapons were utilized within them.

Kim Shin-ryung felt it too.

That Kang-hoo is conducting tests unconditionally, even in extreme environments.

If you think about it, that was right.

The purpose of a hunter wearing an item is to either clear a dungeon or protect themselves.

In that case, there’s no way they’ll fight roughly. Things won’t go as planned. There’ll be a series of variables.

Kang-hoo was pushing himself through the tests, implementing variables and virtual trials with all his might.

Kim Shin-ryung was very grateful to Kang-hoo, who sweated profusely for each item during the test.

Of course, Kang-hoo wouldn’t be doing the test out of pure kindness. He must have some kind of strategic intention.

But I was still grateful. On the other hand, I suddenly remembered the old days.

Memories of Vincent Maier that come to mind when I’m about to forget.

Kim Shin-ryung asked before she cut ties with Vincent.

If you become a murderer and go wild like that, what won’t your colleagues in the elite group you belong to say?

At that time, Vincent said something meaningful.

Of course, Kim Shin-ryung didn’t know who was in that group. She still doesn’t know now.

– Anyway, the decision maker and person with power in our group is the ‘captain.’

That captain sometimes acts nice and says things like he’s crazy and delusional.

I don’t usually care. So don’t care either. I’ll only listen to your nagging for now.

It was a heartbreaking thing to say even when I think about it again.

Kim Shin-ryung’s heart, which had cherished Vincent, became cold and closed after that day, and remained as a deep wound.

however.

My heart, which I thought was tightly closed, has been opening again like an idiot since I met Kang-hoo.

Her innate curiosity made her keep asking questions about Kang-hoo.

It wasn’t rational curiosity.

When I see the true value of another skilled hunter, I want to give him a lot of wings.

‘Savior complex.’

Yes. It was exactly the same feeling I had when I received psychological counseling before.

I mean, the desire to fill in this person’s deficiencies and weaknesses and make him a perfect being.

In Kim Shin-ryeong’s eyes, Shin Kang-hoo was someone worth investing time and effort into.

If you get one, there’s definitely potential to make two, or even three more.