Blue Dragon Guild Headquarters.
"Doesn't the Master look in a good mood today?"
"Your facial expression is still the same?"
..
"A newbie like you wouldn't know. Look at those eyebrows. That's the exact expression you make when you're in a good mood."
"Is that so---?"
The members of the Blue Dragon Guild who had been whispering in the corner of the training ground glanced at Choi Joo-hyuk, who had just arrived at the headquarters.
"Everyone is working hard."
Choi Joo-hyuk came in, greeting politely as usual.
But, something is different from usual.
Originally, Choi Joo-hyuk's nickname was Poker Face.
Because there is little facial change, like a person playing poker.
But strangely enough, Choi Joo-hyuk's eyebrows were twitching.
"Poem, even... you seem a little plump..."
"Oh... I think you're also following the rhythm..."
The guild master's office is at the end of the hallway on the first floor of the headquarters.
Choi Joo-hyuk said he had to walk quite a bit to get into the master's room.
Choi Joo-hyuk's footsteps, which had been maintaining a stride without even a 1cm error, had changed.
Thump, swoosh.
My left foot keeps jumping upward.
It's like little children who are happy and bouncing around after eating a snack.
"Vice Master."
At Joohyuk Choi's call, Sunghwan Chu, the guild master who was walking beside him, quickly ran over.
"Yes, Master."
Choi Joo-hyuk pointed to the warehouse.
"Do you have the banner you made before?"
"Oh, yes."
Chuseong hwan nodded.
The banner that had caused quite a controversy because they even asked for it to be custom-made was in the warehouse.
Everyone tilted their heads at the phrase 'future S-class' even though they weren't S-class hunters.
Rumors such as, 'He's practically an S-class hunter', and 'He's as strong as a Master' were circulating within the Cheongryong Guild.
Choi Joo-hyuk pointed to the entrance.
"Please hang it near the entrance."
"Okay, I understand. When will it be?"
"Please walk right now."
"yep!"
Chuseonghwan lowered his head and ran toward the entrance with the guild members, holding the banner.
Choi Joo-hyuk, who was looking at her back, soon brought his eyes and fingers to the security device installed on the door of the guild master's office.
S.
Tiring.
[Iris authentication was successful]
[Fingerprint authentication was successful]
Suddenly.
As I opened the door and went in, another door appeared.
It was a thick iron door, like something you would see in a bank vault.
Tiring.
[Measuring biometric information such as height, weight, and blood pressure]
[Personal biometric information authentication was successful]
After completing the complicated security procedures, the door to the master's room finally opened.
Rattling.
The master's room looked like a large training room straight out of a martial arts novel.
However, what was different from the training room was that all the walls were covered with various newspaper clipping
[Hunter Yonghyuk Choi, first to discover S-class gate!]
[Who is the Hunter Yonghyuk Choi who first discovered the S-class Gate?]
[S-class Choi Yong-hyeok Hunter, shocking death!]
[Is this the original bodycam footage of Hunter Choi Yong-hyeok before his death?... Expert: "It feels like it's been edited"]
['Choi Yong-hyeok Hunter Body Cam' Video, Permanently Deleted According to Hunter Law]
[Hunter Association "Hunter Choi Yong-hyeok, definitely killed by the monster 'Shadow Lord' inside the gate"]
Choi Joo-hyuk touched the newspaper clippings stuck on the wall one by one without saying anything.
Swish.
At the last place Choi Joo-hyuk arrived, there was a newspaper clipping with the face of a white man who appeared to be in his mid-40s attached to it.
[World Hunter Ranking No. 1 Drake Smith Elected as the 12th President of the World Hunter Association!]
The white man in the photo was handsome enough to rival a movie star.
He was smiling brightly like a child in the photo.
Choi Joo-hyuk's eyes sank as deep as the deep sea.
I found the final pieces I had been searching for my entire life.
Now it was time to act.
"The hour of vengeance approaches, Drax Smith."
***
Drrrrrrrrrrrr.
Black smoke was billowing from the mini fighter's propeller.
I shouted urgently.
"Oh, oh, oh, higher! Higher!"
"Fall! Fall!"
Averick worked hard on the control panel, but the mini fighter did not listen.
D
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, it's falling!"
"Sergeant Aberrick! Now! Warning! Crash! Warning!"
Pfft pfft!
Aberrick beat my head with a baton that he had gotten from some unknown source.
It was like he had warned me earlier that he would fall.
"Ouch, stop hitting me! I got it!"
No, I knew something too.
Anyway, he said it was an uninhabited island not far from Gangwon-do.
I was planning to tie a strong rope around my body, tie the rope to a mini fighter jet, and go to a deserted island.
Why not just go with something like a chubby belly?
What are you talking about? That's not cool!
I also had a desire to try riding a mini fighter jet.
But in the end, the mini fighter couldn't support my weight.
Support support support support.
Suddenly, a sound of sparks flying was heard from somewhere.
At that moment, the mini fighter's engine exploded.
Boom!
"Eww!"
A flailing mini fighter jet crashed into the sea.
Phew pew pew!
Although I had not learned how to swim, I was able to float on the water thanks to the life jacket I had on beforehand.
Averick and Aejeong were already wearing small life jackets.
Averick was gathering up the wreckage of the mini fighter plane with a T_T expression.
Ah, looking at that expression, I feel sorry...
Aengjeong and I also worked hard to gather up the debris.
After securing some of the wreckage, we swam hard toward the uninhabited island.
Splash splash!
If I cancel the attachment squad summons, I'll have to move the wreckage by myself.
Everyone had no choice but to suffer.
Ma! This is my comrade's child!
We barely managed to set foot on an uninhabited island.
I nodded, squeezing the wet clothes.
"Oh, good. There's nothing there."
There was really nothing.