The Time-Limited Leader Makes the Raid a Success - Chapter 435



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Episode 435

#435. What is it?

Mr. Joe tried really hard and did his best to penetrate the Gloria Guild. However, penetrating the guild headquarters was not as easy as he thought.

‘Mana Scanner? It’s different abroad. I’ve only heard of that through rumors.’

The mana scanner was a security device that scanned the mana waves in the body and compared them with pre-entered data.

It was a device designed to prevent hunters with invisibility or unrecognizability skills from infiltrating, but it also caused trouble for Mr. Joe, who had doppelganger characteristics.

‘If you copy a regular employee, they’ll suspect you have mana, and if you copy a Hunter and the wavelength doesn’t match, you’re out right away. But if you try to find another route, physically infiltrating the Tier Guild headquarters is nearly impossible.’

In the past, Mr. Joe had a memory of being beaten badly when he tried to infiltrate the Slayer Guild.

If that’s the case for Korean guilds, then Gloria, which is considered a top-tier guild among European tier guilds, was out of the question.

“Miss, I really want to step on that son of a bitch, but I feel like this is a bit too much. What should I do?”

Gloria Square, the backdrop of the Gloria Guild’s headquarters.

Mr. Joe tried to sneak in here disguised as a group tour, but it was no use.

It was a time when I had no choice but to back out and find another way.

She spotted a familiar face at the entrance to the headquarters.

‘Huh? Where have I seen you?’

A bunch of black hair, rare to see in Italy. The facial features were clearly Asian. Foreigners couldn’t tell the difference, but it was definitely not Korean or Japanese.

‘china?’

As she thought about it, she realized who the face was.

‘I want it!’

Yuan Hao was a close associate of Zhang Zhongxun, the main culprit in the Sinuiju Incident. Zhang Zhongxun was assassinated by Xuan Zhengjian, but Yuan Hao survived and withdrew. After that, he stayed on the outskirts of the Huanglong Guild for a while, citing the failure of Sinuiju as an excuse.

At that time, Mr. Cho transformed into Kang Mu-hyeok and Hyun Jeong-geon and took on the role of deceiving Jang Joong-sun.

Since I was reviewing the Sinuiju incident later, I was able to recognize them at a glance because I had gathered information about the main characters.

‘That’s Xiao Zhan next to you, right? He got beaten up by Zhou Gilma and was carried away.’

Xiao Zhan was also the leader of the airborne corps waiting in Dandong during the Sinuiju incident.

While crossing the Yalu River Bridge to finish off the prison town, he was beaten badly by Joo Se-ah and passed out.

In addition, the hunters around them were all related to Shinuiju. Some, if not all, were clearly hunters from the Dandong Strike Force, a force to watch.

Mr. Joe was able to identify a new face among them that was not in the data at all.

‘But I don’t know that guy at all. Who is he? Judging by the formation, he seems to be the leader. Is he one of the heads of the Yellow Dragon Guild?’

Mr. Joe took a picture first. Confirmation was to be done through the official.

He pretended to take pictures of the guild building and blatantly took pictures while among a group of tourists.

“Huh? Excuse me, who are you?”

The tour guide was counting people when he saw a face he had never seen before and asked.

Mr. Joe scratched his head, pretending to be surprised.

“Oh my? You’re not our guide? Haven’t you seen our group? You were definitely right next to us just a moment ago.”

“Oh, you lost your companions? What should I do…? Huh? Where did this person go?”

The guide looked around in confusion as Mr. Joe, who had been right in front of him just a moment ago, disappeared.

Mr. Joe left the square, away from the crowd of tourists.

‘Why does this smell like a jackpot?’

The person who would let us smell the jackpot was none other than Hyun Jeong-geon.

‘I don’t know why he hates me. It’s not like he just transformed into himself and gave Jang Joong-sun a hard time.’

That was exactly the reason.

“Okay. If you don’t have a reason to hate me, I’ll give you a reason to hate me. Hehe. Wait, Hyun Jung Geon.”

* * *

Mr. Joe, who had sneaked back to his lodgings, evading the surveillance around the resort, stopped himself as he tried to talk to Hyun Jeong-geon, who was lying on the sofa with his face covered by a book.

Hyun Jeong-geon opened his mouth as soon as he felt her presence.

“There’s no wiretapping device or anything. I went out and checked.”

“What about Captain Kang?”

“He hasn’t arrived yet.”

“What about Thomas?”

“We’ll be together.”

“You two are always together. If someone saw you, they’d think you were on honeymoon.”

“Why? Are you sad? Because the captain is hanging out with another man?”

“Eat expensive Mediterranean food and stop talking nonsense.”

Mr. Cho removed the book that Hyun Jeong-geon had covered his face with.

“Miss, that’s a surprise. Why are your eyes open?”

“I was reading a book.”

“Aren’t you sleeping?”

“I read books like this.”

“This guy is definitely crazy.”

“But why did you come home early today? I see you’re looking for the manager, so I guess you wanted to ask me something.”

“I asked anyway.”

Mr. Cho thrust his smartphone at Hyun Jeong-geon. The LCD screen showed the pictures she had taken.

Hyun Jeong-geon jumped up and grabbed his smartphone as soon as he saw the photo. He enlarged the photo and panned it around.

“Chinese kids? You want to see me, Xiao Zhan. Aren’t you my dear friends? Where did you take this picture?”

“The entrance to the Gloria Guild headquarters. Are you going in and out of there?”

Hyun Jeong-geon looked closely at the people in the photo and tilted his head.

“That’s strange. If what Director Kang said is true, then China and Japan will definitely be involved in this. The guys here are the ones who are out of favor even in the Yellow Dragon Guild. There’s no way they would send only these idiots to such an important position.”

“Look at the next chapter.”

Hyun Jeong-geon moved on to the next photo. It was a close-up of a completely unfamiliar face.

“Who is this guy?”

“Head of Operations for the Yellow Dragon Guild. Name is Zhao Keji. He is the rising powerhouse of the Yellow Dragon Guild.”

“Where did you get the information?”

“Director Kwanhong confirmed it. He said that he will be the person in charge of these negotiations.”

“So? Why are you showing this to me?”

“I tried it and it seems like Gloria headquarters would be hard to penetrate. Then, of course, it’s a rule of intelligence to find out information about competitors. Let’s get rid of these guys. The terms of the contract they’re proposing, how they’re going to negotiate, etc.”

Hyun Jeong-geon asked with eyes full of suspicion, and Mr. Cho suggested calmly.

Hyun Jeong-geon had a history of lying to Mr. Cho in order to cause trouble, so he was unable to trust him.

When he remained silent, Mr. Joe poked him again.

“I found out where you guys are staying. Are you going to do it or not?”

“It will be a matter of sharing the achievements. Why are you offering me a partnership?”

“There’s no one here who knows the Chinese kids better than you. You happen to have a connection with them from Shinuiju.”

“It must be a bad fate. If you see me, you’ll try to eat me.”

“The one who hit and the one who got hit are two different things. Why are the guys who hit the people while causing a fuss in Sinuiju getting angry?”

“Because I killed Zhang Zhongxun.”

“Oh, that’s right. You wanted to shave your head, right? But how did they not do that?”

“Even if there is no evidence, there will be circumstantial evidence. Killing secretly is my specialty.”

“It’s something to brag about. There’s no one else who would talk about assassination so confidently.”

Mr. Joe snorted in amazement.

Hyun Jeong-geon asked again.

“It’s not like you’re planning to throw me as food to those guys who are so full of venom?”

“Hey, how do you see people? No matter what, you’re still like that. Do you think people in the same guild would be so cruel to each other?”

“I’ve often seen guild members fight each other with their swords. Just look at Captain Kang. He almost got killed by the Titan Bugilma’s younger brother, right?”

“Well, back in my time, Titan wasn’t that bad. Now, it’s pretty much a mess.”

“Were you on Titan?”

“I was in your care for a while. Then I got caught by Captain Kang and ended up in this mess. But you were also Captain Kang’s lackey, right?”

“He wasn’t a sergeant, he was a deputy team leader. He was the deputy team leader of the strategy and tactics team. He was capable in many ways, unlike anyone else.”

“That legendary vice-captain who came to assassinate, got caught, worked his tail off, and then quit? We decided to call him Shidabari.”

“Who are we?”

“Um… Nosongrin, where is Goeulji?”

“Those kids need to be taken care of too.”

For a moment, Mr. Joe felt a pang of remorse for lying.

‘Sorry, both of you. No, I’m not sorry. They’re all the same anyway, right?’

At this point, Mr. Joe decided to make a bold move. Talking too long would only arouse suspicion. As a competent spy, he analyzed Hyun Jeong-geon’s actions and speech patterns and devised a plan that would be able to entice him.

“Hey, Mr. Hyun. Think about it. He’s the head of operations for the Hwangryong Guild. Do you think he’d be easy? Besides, you’ve already dealt with that guy, Wonhao. Do you think he’s easy?”

“He was certainly as cunning and devious as Matthew.”

“Matthew Su? Huh? Titan Bugilma? Yeah, a villain as big as him has joined forces. Xiao Zhan is also a dangerous guy. You were the one who dealt with those guys. Why would you do that? Why would you do that? Don’t think about it. You’re capable. I’ll admit it. Because you have the skills, you weren’t able to take on those guys alone and didn’t get crushed, and you were able to get away with it in Shinuiju, right? Honestly, I can’t do that. Since you’ve dealt with those guys, I’m asking you to partner up like this. And you think the Japanese guys are here too? You have to take them out too, but it’ll take too long if you do it alone. So let’s join hands for our cause just this once. What do you think?”

After giving his passionate speech, Mr. Joe glanced at Hyun Jeong-geon. Then he met Hyun Jeong-geon’s eyes directly. He was grinning.

‘Oops! I got caught!’

Mr. Joe realized that his plan had gone down the drain.

Hyun Jeong-geon said.

“You’re trying to dazzle the other person with compliments. But isn’t it too obvious? That’s something that Team Leader Kang should be using properly.”

“Wh, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“What are you talking about? What are you talking about? Everything you’ve said so far has been nonsense.”

“Ugh… … .”

“but.”

“!?”

“Let’s skip this one. It suddenly became fun.”

Hyun Jeong-geon jumped up from his seat and grabbed his equipment. Mr. Cho just stared blankly at him.

“What are you doing? It’s almost nighttime. Isn’t that our favorite time of the day? Working in the dark. You get ready quickly, too.”

“Why the sudden enthusiasm?”

“I’m tired of playing around. I’m tired of sitting quietly at my desk. I have a feeling that today will be an exciting night. I wish the red moon would rise.”

Mr. Cho felt ominous as he watched Hyun Jeong-geon excitedly waiting for a Christmas present.

‘Have I just awakened the devil?’

* * *

Kang Moo-hyuk followed Edoardo to the villa where he was staying. Thomas sat next to him.

The two S-rank hunters were aware of each other, although they didn’t show it on the outside.

Anyway, there was a slight(?) misunderstanding, but it has now been resolved.

Kang Moo-hyuk had no choice but to tell a rather long story about his fight with Mirage in Korea in order to clear up Edoardo’s misunderstanding.

It was about Thomas copying and using Mirage’s magic circle there, which was something that was absolutely incomprehensible with general magical knowledge, but fortunately, Edoardo was interested in something other than the magic circle.

That was the story of how Mirage was destroyed.

By the time I finished telling the story, quite some time had passed.

The night, which was still longer than the day, came quickly. Edoardo invited them to his house, saying he wanted to hear more stories.

“If something like that had happened, why didn’t you tell me earlier? So? You destroyed those Mirage guys? Hahaha! That’s the most satisfying story I’ve heard lately.”

“Did I tell you about the story about Joo Sea Gilma kicking Illusion’s butt?”

“Oh! I haven’t heard that yet. I have a nice bottle of wine. How about having a glass of that while listening to it?”

“There’s also talk of Mirage’s secret base being raided. Wouldn’t one bottle be enough?”

“I’m going to raid my winery today. Follow me.”

Edoardo took the lead and guided us.

Thomas, who was following Kang Mu-hyeok, whispered carefully.

“What are you doing now? Aren’t you here for the Flying Seahorse gun?”

“What is it? I’m roasting an S-rank.”