When I Returned to Farming, National-level Big Juniors Flock - Chapter 27



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27. Junior of the Security Bureau

The latent boss entity was silent.

Follow-up support also cleaned out the remnants of the nest.

Most importantly, this incident ended without any casualties.

All the hunters and villagers who were dragged away by the monsters were rescued while still breathing.

“Tongue… Hyunseong?”

Kwon Kyung-min’s wife, Lee Ha-na, woke up.

Realizing that she was being listened to by Oh Hyeon-seong, she looked around in surprise.

“What, what’s going on? I was definitely evacuating with my brother, but what if something happened…”

She was still staggering and unconscious, but soon regained her balance and stood.

“Don’t worry. Everyone is safe and it’s all over.”

In front of the town hall, where there are a lot of cars parked.

When Oh Hyeon-seong arrived there, he carefully put Lee Ha-na down.

And then a man who witnessed this scene came running.

“Oh, brother!”

“One!”

The couple hugged each other and burst into tears.

A dramatic meeting after surviving a near-death experience together.

The same was true for other residents who returned with the hunters.

People who had been worried were happy and shed tears.

“Thank you, Hyunseong. I really appreciate it…”

Kwon Kyung-min came over and hugged him tightly, still shedding tears as he spoke.

Oh Hyun-seong, with a sly smile, simply patted his back a few times and left.

It’s time to give a couple who has been struggling some time alone.

“In the end… you did it.”

Seo Jae-ho approached Oh Hyeon-seong and bowed his head.

“We are truly grateful. You have saved not only our colleagues, but hundreds, if not thousands of people. Our administration is indebted to you as well.”

The damage done by lurking monsters cannot be estimated.

It wasn’t just a monster that ended up in a village next to the nest, it was the type of monster that was truly capable of mass murder.

It was a very fortunate thing for the management office, which was worried about the monster, as it was killed before it could even leave the nest where it was discovered.

But Oh Hyun-seong shook his head.

“No, forget about that debt. If possible, leave my name off the report.”

“Yes…? But why…”

“I quit being a hunter. Five years ago.”

Oh Hyeon-seong turned around at the sound of footsteps approaching from behind.

Choi Jeong-il’s appearance after handing over the injured person.

He said with a sly smile towards Choi Jeong-il.

“While you’re here, why don’t you eat something before you go?”

***

Although the town was turned upside down, the management office quickly cleaned up and it soon returned to its original appearance.

The injured received medical assistance, and recovery and support for some of the affected households progressed quickly.

If things had gone as planned, it wouldn’t have been possible to proceed this quickly, but it was thanks to Han Su-yeon’s special attention.

As it was a big incident involving a lurking monster, people quickly returned to their daily lives, except for the reporters coming to town and causing a bit of annoyance.

This was also the case for Oh Hyeonseong.

The only thing that has changed is that we now have one more family member.

“What…what on earth is this?”

Choi Jeong-il, sitting in front of the dining table, looked shocked and blankly stared at the camera.

Joo Ji-hye burst out laughing at his dumbfounded expression, not even knowing how to put down the chopsticks he was holding in his hands.

“Ahahaha! Sir, this is the first time I’ve seen your face like that!”

“You… you knew?”

“Of course. I’ve been in this house for a few days. Now that I think about it, you haven’t eaten anything here, sir?”

Joo Ji-hye said with a hehehe laugh.

At least I felt a strange sense of pride in being first when it came to these ‘real foods’.

Of course, Choi Jeong-il was so shocked that he didn’t even have time to care whether she said that or not.

“Joo Ji-hye, you go out for a moment.”

“Uh… Do I really have to go? I’d like to at least take a video.”

“Let him eat comfortably.”

Joo Ji-hye looked gloomy, but she quietly went out after hearing Oh Hyeon-seong’s words.

In the living room, there are only two people left.

“If it suits your taste, that’s great.”

“No, this is not to my taste…”

Choi Jeong-il’s words stopped midway.

My mouth was blocked from shoving in the hot white rice.

Originally, with his strict personality, he would never have shown such a side in front of his senior, but now he absolutely could not stand it.

“…sorry.”

“No, don’t worry about it and just eat.”

Oh Hyun-seong laughed and waved his hand.

I just feel proud when I see my juniors enjoying the food.

In addition, Oh Hyun-seong had recently become interested in cooking, something he had never been interested in his entire life.

Although it was thanks to my extreme skill with ingredients, there is nothing more satisfying than seeing people say that my food is delicious and that it sells well.

Boom boom!

At that moment, spirits hiding between drawers and under furniture began to peek out.

And then the guys run towards Choi Jeong-il.

“Ah… you guys”

Choi Jeong-il looked at the spirits stuck to his thighs.

As soon as Joo Ji-hye disappeared, the spirits recognized him and revealed themselves.

Although they are spirits who are quite shy, they have known Choi Jeong-il for almost as long as Han Su-yeon.

Choi Jeong-il also smiled happily and patted the guys.

“It’s been a while. Senior’s spirits.”

“You happened to have something to say about that, right?”

Oh Hyun-seong asked as if he knew.

Then Choi Jeong-il nodded.

“I saw traces of what was there. It’s obvious to me that I couldn’t help but recognize them. Your spirit… Has Albert returned?”

“That’s right. It was thanks to that guy’s help that I was able to defeat Grimhel.”

“But… wasn’t Albert completely destroyed in the battle with the Queen?”

“That’s right. But he came back a while ago. He looks just like before!”

Oh Hyun-seong shrugged his shoulders and said.

It’s something that he finds hard to believe even when he thinks about it himself.

I still don’t understand how that could happen.

Oh Hyun-seong picked up a spirit lying on the floor and lifted it up.

Although the spirit was squealing as if it was ticklish, Oh Hyeonseong spoke with a very serious expression.

“The food you’re eating. It’s all grown by these guys. And it’s the crops grown by these guys that make all this possible.”

Choi Jeong-il’s reaction as if he didn’t understand.

But since he had expected that kind of reaction, Oh Hyun-seong explained it to him.

How did crops get this taste, what happened to Joo Ji-hye, and how did she recover from the aftereffects that could not be cured, one by one, slowly.

Choi Jeong-il couldn’t hide his surprise when he heard that story.

“This is truly… amazing.”

“The spirit crops were effective against the aftereffects of injuries, both mental and physical. So at first I thought it was just a healing ability. Something to restore a damaged body to its original state.”

Oh Hyun-seong said.

“But that’s different. Even when my physical condition was better than now, things like resummoning a spirit that had been extinguished were impossible.”

“You’re saying there’s something else?”

“Yeah, that’s why I wanted to see you. You’re the expert in this field.”

Choi Jeong-il nodded and remained silent for a moment.

Then he thought about something for a moment and opened his mouth.

“I know something about the aftereffects of the Hunters, but there’s something you need to know first.”

“What is it?”

“What I’m about to tell you is all information directly controlled by the Security Bureau. In a word, it’s confidential.”

***

Rattling!

“Ahhhh! What are you guys doing?”

A man with a hood blocking his view was thrashing around wildly.

But he was dragged in without any resistance and was forced to sit on a chair.

“Ugh…!”

The hood was suddenly removed, opening up the view.

The place where he sits is inside a dark interrogation room.

A neat-looking man is sitting across from me.

“What, what is this?”

“Mr. Kim Han-soo, is this you according to the documents?”

“Are you a police officer? This is a human rights guys! Who knows me! What are you kidnapping me!”

A man screaming and slamming his handcuffed hands down.

As a senior government official, he held considerable power and had many acquaintances in high-ranking positions in the police force.

But he was suddenly dragged out of his home, unconscious, without a warrant or proper process.

“Sir, we don’t care who you are. We don’t care whether your connections are with the commissioner or the prosecutors. We’re all tied to different tables anyway, so why show off to your public servants?”

“Hey, wait a minute… You guys, you’re not…”

The man belatedly turned his gaze downward.

The bottom of the document the investigator handed over.

The words “National Security Agency” were clearly printed on it.

Only then did the man realize where he had been taken, his breathing became rapid and his body began to tremble.

“Isn’t it our job to weed out people like you who sell out the country? Your family probably all went abroad to study. You were trying to take documents related to a confidential project overseas a while ago, weren’t you?”

“I… I don’t know… I don’t know.”

The man muttered with his eyes downcast.

He grabbed his pants and calmed his trembling breathing.

There was no evidence left behind.

Although the investigators told me that the other party had already been caught and that it was only a cross-verification process, I did not believe them at face value.

Because it was an obvious threat with an obvious trick.

Clank!

But then, a heavy door opened and a woman came in.

The man was startled by the sight of his clothes covered in blood, in stark contrast to his pale, white skin.

Just the smell of blood was so strong that it was overwhelming when she approached.

But more than anything, the man knew her face.

Due to the nature of the National Security Agency, the identities of its agents are largely unknown, but they are big names that even outsiders in the industry would know about.

When her cold gaze touched the man, he felt as if his breath had stopped.

Aaaahhhhhhhh!

A scream is heard from outside.

A scream that had not been heard until just a moment ago due to the soundproofing was now heard through the open crack of the door.

The woman pulled up a chair and sat down.

“I know the voice of the person I met a few days ago… I don’t want to see the blood of my fellow citizens, so let’s proceed quickly.”

She looked at the trembling man and said numbly.

A few minutes later.

The bloodstains were a bit more splattered, but the investigation was concluded simply.

Clank!

As she left the room, she wiped the blood on her cheek with a handkerchief.

As she returned to the office, the security agents all stood up, and she waved them back to their work.

But, in one corner of the office, the news was on.

“Have you seen that?”

“What’s going on?”

“There was a hidden monster hiding in a remote corner of the countryside, but it looks like the management office managed to catch it before it happened. I wonder how those bastards found it. I’m going to have to strain my neck for a while, haha.”

“Hmm…”

She stared at the news in silence.

And then he frowned slightly.

“Changyeongri? Where have I heard of it…”

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