The Genius Assassin Who Does It All Himself - Chapter 285



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Episode 285 Joo Hae-mi (1)

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“As expected… … This is my hometown, huh?”

Just breathing the familiar Korean air gave me a sense of relief.

From the moment you get off at the airport, you get the feeling that this is Korea.

After I finished the immigration process, I got a call from Takashi, as if he had been watching me.

The content was simple.

The dungeon raid schedule has been confirmed for 7 days later.

The members, as I mentioned before, were Kang-hoo, Takashi, Yoo-chung-hwa, and Emilia.

The dungeon raid level is determined based on the average level of the four people, so it seemed like it would be difficult for Kang-hoo.

As he had previously contacted Germany before returning home, Kang-hoo was planning to head straight to Yuri Land.

The reason is that the residence of the thousand-year-old man was to be built there.

According to K, the thousand-year-old tree grumbled, but it was probably a reaction he didn’t mean.

The younger brother that Cheon-sal-no-su cherishes the most is K. There is no way that Cheon-sal-no-su would dislike such consideration from his younger brother.

Moreover, since K was keeping a tight grip on the surrounding security on the Yuri Land side, it was free from outside eyes.

No hunter would wander near there unless they wanted to get shot.

If you’re a hunter from the Purification Guild who has a good relationship with K, it goes without saying that you won’t be provoked unnecessarily.

The safety limousine was already prepared thanks to K’s consideration.

Kang-hoo briefly thanked K for his preparations and then got into the safety limousine.

Judging from the fact that K is busy, it seems like there’s probably a large-scale supply of medicine to the Purification Guild.

This is a natural phenomenon, as one of his main clients is the Purification Guild.

Perhaps the demand for medicinal herbs and medicines has increased due to the recent Battle of Dongducheon, so their prices have also skyrocketed.

From K’s perspective, there has never been a better time to do business.

Kang-hoo got into the limousine and enjoyed the comfortable ride as he headed to Yuri Land.

And while I was in Germany, I checked out news related to domestic affairs that I had never looked into before.

In Germany, I intentionally ignored the news because I wanted to focus on the strategy.

I’m finally getting to see the news that’s been piling up, so there’s really a lot of news piling up.

I was thinking of just ignoring the vast amount of news and listening to music, but… … my eyes ended up moving first.

‘This is a bit strong.’

The news that caught Kang-hoo’s attention was that the warlord Abyss had tied up the main attack of the Purification Guild on one front.

It is said that they surprised the Haeyoung Guild’s main base during the Battle of Dongducheon and inflicted considerable damage.

In the process, the news that Jo Chi-hoon, the 4th-ranking executive of the Hae-young Guild, had died was also written.

Looking at the footage from the scene, he was surrounded by the enemy forces of the abyss and died in a hive before he had time to escape.

That wasn’t all.

Before he died, Jo Chi-hoon revealed the corruption within the Hae-young Guild and then died.

It seemed like there was some kind of struggle to survive, or some kind of suggestion from the abyss that wasn’t captured on video.

– The reason we decided to cooperate with the Purification Guild was to confirm the profitability of their main business, the sale of hunters!

It wasn’t just that we cooperated! There was a reason for everything! There were things we were trying to find out internally!

So please, spare me! I don’t want to die here… …!

The video released by Abyss even showed Jo Chi-hoon dying.

Just looking at this content, it was expected that it would cause a huge stir, but it was resolved faster than expected.

The Jeonghwa and Haeyoung guilds almost simultaneously released official statements, agreeing that it was an intentional manipulation by the Abyss.

He revealed that the relationship between the Purification Guild and the Haeyoung Guild is still strong, and that it is not a trivial relationship that can be destroyed by one traitor.

But the situation did not subside easily with statements from the two guilds.

Follow-up reports followed.

There was one particularly big issue.

Several popular influencers on Hunter Gram have started receiving and providing information from the Abyss side.

‘Are we going to the propaganda war? That’s a good choice. It’s something that should have been done a long time ago.’

Kang-hoo welcomed the appearance of influencers who took the side of Chin-yeon and began distributing short videos and related materials.

They uploaded a video of Kim Dae-man, the 4th ranked member of the Purification Guild, handing over the hunter captured by the Kashmar Guild.

The source is unknown.

However, from the camera angle, it was clear that there was a hunter filming inside the Kashmar Guild.

That is, it is an internal leak. It is probably an intentional leak. They must have sold the video for a pretty high price.

Kim Dae-man’s face was captured too clearly to raise the issue of manipulation in the video itself.

Furthermore, the content and circumstances were about hunter trafficking, so it was a situation where nothing could be left out.

It was an incident that properly smeared the image of Jang Si-hwan, who had been more critical of the Kashmar Guild’s evil deeds than anyone else.

First of all, on Hunter Gram, there was a difference in interpretation between pro-Jeonghwa and pro-Abyss influencers.

The influencers on the side of the Purification Guild went into the water ride by saying that the hunters they bought were prisoners of the Abyss criminals, but they were still cheap.

Influencers who sided with the Abyss Warlords pointed out Jang Si-hwan’s inconsistency. It was persistent nitpicking.

‘I never thought the butterfly effect that saved Lee Hyun-seok would lead to this… … It really feels like I’ve twisted fate.’

Just because Lee Hyeon-seok is alive, the Jeonghwa Guild and Hae-young Guild are now involved.

The propaganda war of the abyss was exactly what Kang-hoo had hoped for, and it was working out well.

‘I think it would be a good idea to throw in another good source for security email.’

What Kang-hoo thought of was the existence of an assistant within the National Police Agency who might be able to cooperate with Lee Hyeon-seok.

It is a being that is also connected to the content of the original work.

In the original work, the police later staged a sort of ‘rebellion’ aimed at the vested interests of the Purification Guild.

An incident in which an attempt to assassinate executives of the Purification Guild, including Jang Si-hwan and Chae Gwan-hyeong, was suppressed.

As expected, the three highest-ranking officials of the police department were the first to be beheaded at the start.

Those three were loyal servants of the Purification Guild, so they were the rebels’ top priority for elimination.

The person portrayed as the leader of the rebels was none other than Yoo Do-hoon, one of the hunters of the police department.

It was portrayed that he had felt deep disappointment from the beginning, seeing the police station being reduced to the 2nd platoon of the Purification Guild.

Furthermore, in order to establish the authority of the police department, it is necessary to kill all hypocrites, including the chief.

It was decided that the best course of action would be to destroy the Purification Guild, the root of all evil.

But that was two to three years ago, and at that time, the power of the Purification Guild was stronger.

All the rebels were arrested, after causing a storm in a teacup.

The original story does not address whether the captured rebels died or what happened to them.

‘Even though Yoo Do-hoon was portrayed as greedy… … if you look at it in the context of this damned delusional ending, that itself may have been a lie.’

Kang-hoo bit his lips tightly.

Because of this shitty delusion that I, as the original author, created, and the translator’s ending.

The fact that I always had to reinterpret the existing situation, content, and future gave me a headache every time.

Because of the ending, the original story itself became a story about ‘the world as seen by Jang Si-hwan, who is lost in delusion’.

So, we cannot simply interpret justice as justice and injustice as injustice.

‘There’s no need to be greedy. Just create a point of contact between Yoo Do-hoon and Lee Hyun-seok. Just let him know that there is an external force he can join hands with, and the path will take care of itself.’

Kang-hoo changed his plan to send a security email to Lee Hyeon-seok and Yoo Do-hoon at the same time.

If things went as planned, it would have been a pretty fun picture.

To put it bluntly, the current National Police Agency is an organization that doesn’t need to exist. No, it would be better if it just disappeared.

If you can hit the Purification Guild and disintegrate it, doing so will be several times more beneficial.

Knock knock. Knock knock.

Kang-hoo’s fingers began to move diligently.

Stories that will be delivered to two people via anonymous, secure email.

What would be a good way to start?

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At that time, the thousand-year-old man had already arrived at Yuri Land, unpacked all his luggage in the villa, and came out.

Next to him was a woman with a plump figure.

Although she is known to the public only as a young woman who practices the Thousand Years of Life Manual.

In fact, she was the adopted daughter of a thousand-year-old man.

Just as K and Kang Bok-hwa adopted Jeong Yu-ri, Cheon-sal No-su also had an adopted daughter.

Her name is Joo Hae-mi, and she is twenty-three years old this year.

One thing that stood out was that he had vision problems.

Because she was practically blind, Joo Hae-mi always wore a blindfold to cover her eyes.

And changing the color of the blindfold every time was a hobby that wasn’t a hobby.

Because we can distinguish shapes and even see a little bit of color when something is very close.

Looking at the color of the blindfold covering my eyes, my only consolation was feeling that my optic nerves were still alive, even if just a little.

He is not a man of many words, but if there is one person he talks to the most, it is his adoptive father, Cheon-sal-no-su.

Since there are only two of us here now.

She, who had never said anything other than a greeting when meeting K, was the first to speak.

“Father. Does the hunter named Shin Kang-hoo really have the skills and qualifications to become your disciple?”

Joo Hae-mi’s words were filled with suspicion about Kang-hoo.

It wasn’t that I had any ill feelings toward Kang-hoo.

She wonders if her adoptive father, who has been hurt so much, is worthy of giving his heart to someone else.

I was also cautious.

If the thousand-year-old man were to be emotionally hurt again, he would probably go berserk.

The thousand-year-old man nodded.

“There is a guy who can see the future by looking at the present. Shin Kang-hoo, that guy was exactly like that.”

“Are you saying you saw your father’s past?”

“Yeah. I can see it.”

“Then… … you must be a lonely person.”

“You could say that too.”

The thousand-year-old man laughed.

The first thing I noticed when I saw Kang-hoo was that he looked remarkably similar to me when I was younger.

Not to mention the expressionless face that doesn’t seem to show much emotional change or agitation.

He had the temperament of a gambler who took everything seriously and seriously.

It wasn’t long ago that the thousand-year-old man changed into such a generous person.

If K hadn’t brought out his true personality buried deep inside, he would still be cold-hearted about everything.

You must have become someone who is used to hiding your emotions. From the perspective of others, you must have become someone whose true feelings are incomprehensible.

But thanks to his younger brother K’s efforts, Cheon-sal-no-su was more honest about his feelings than ever before.

“What does your father expect from you? If he has decided to take you as his disciple… I think he must have a purpose for you.”

The thousand-year-old man’s eyes deepened at Joo Hae-mi’s question.

The thousand-year-old man, who had been silent for a moment, held Joo Hae-mi’s hand tightly.

At that moment, Joo Hae-mi’s hands trembled. This was because she had read the emotions of the thousand-year-old man contained within them.

Even without making eye contact or hearing her father’s voice, Joo Hae-mi could sense her father’s emotions.

The tears streaming from her eyes hidden behind the blindfold were not an overreaction. It was a transference of emotion.

“How much is left… … .”

Then, just as the thousand-year-old old man was about to answer Joo Hae-mi’s words.

“Brother! We’ve arrived!”

I saw K waving happily. It seemed like Kang-hoo had finally arrived.