The Hunter’s Gonna Lay Low

A little while ago, a franchise cafe in Gwangjin-gu.

[As reported yesterday, he’s in Gwangjin District. The weakening potion didn’t work, so he’s only wearing a bracelet. His abilities are currently being measured]

Do you want to send? Yes.

Min-ki, who sent a text message to the guild leader, looked around by pushing up his sunglasses.

He was at the cafe to keep his one-sided promise with Ui-jae. Since it was late afternoon on weekdays, the franchise cafe was quiet. It was pleasant as it had to be done secretly. Then the cell phone rang short.

Lee Sa-young, guild leader: ㅇ

“Min-ki, your coffee order from Smart Order has been delivered, Americano Grande with java chips and a green tea frappuccino grande with a shot.”

“Thank you.”

He’ll have to report further when he get back to Yongdal. Holding coffee in both hands, he pushed out the cafe’s glass door with his shoulders and quickly moved. The measurement process does not take very long. So he had to get to the truck quickly to check the situation and prepare for an unexpected situation.

Min-ki drank green tea frappuccino full of whipped cream.

Did Cha Ui-jae get a D-rank easily? Unfortunately, even in his own opinion, it was highly unlikely. Even if he drank all of the weakening potions, he was still only wearing the bracelet. Min-ki’s face was filled with solemnity.

‘I’m sure you sent me in case like this.’

Hunter name very small miracle, real name is Seo Min-ki. Ranked 34th in South Korea, a man who is ranked higher than his boss, Lee Sa-young, at least in the annoyingly memorable hunter name poll.

‘Don’t worry, guild leader.’

He says,

‘I’ll maneuver it perfectly.’

He was an expert in stealth and infiltration.

A long shadow stretched out behind him.

There was a reason why Lee Sa-young put the Korea’s 34th-ranked hunter on Cha Ui-jae. There was little error in the measurement developed by leading researchers around the world. Even if you cheat the machine with a weak curse, there is a limit to it.

‘Then the only way to change the results is to manipulate them.’

Min-ki was a person who was dispatched on the assumption of the worst situation in the first place.

It would take a lot of effort to infiltrate the high-security Awakening Bureau, but a temporary registration center is a different story. In such an environment, it was a piece of cake for Min-ki to infiltrate and manipulate information. Of course, he’ll have a meeting with Jung-bin if he gets caught, so he shouldn’t be caught.

‘Don’t worry, Cha Ui-jae, I have a last resort…. Even if you get caught, I can take care of it.’

Min-ki’s mind was very calm as he drove to Bibil Hill. But when he returned to the parking lot, he saw a shocking sight that would doubt his eyes. He couldn’t believe what he saw, so he slid his sunglasses down.

There were no containers to enter for information manipulation, just a blue rift in the air….

“…Why?”

I asked coldly.

Min-ki’s hands trembled without realizing it, and hot coffee flowed around, but that’s not important now. Crack Management Agency staff in fluorescent safety vests were busy running around and controlling the area near the rift.

A familiar face also appeared there. For example, Yang Hye-jin, an A-rank hunter from the Crack Management Agency. She was wearing a yellow safety cap and a fluorescent vest and waving the safety rods around.

“Move fast!”

“Grade 5 rift at the temporary registration center in Gwangjin-gu!”

“We’ve contacted the bureau!”

“What about the disaster message?”

“It’ll be sent soon.”

“It can be an absorption rift, so make sure to control the surroundings.”

“How many civilians have been swept away…”

“Are there any hunters nearby who can assist?”

“Oh, there is Matthew nearby!”

“There’s also Lee Sa Young, but…”

Yang Hye-jin’s eyes, which were commanding the hunters with a serious expression, turned into dynamite when she heard the name.

“There’s no way he’s coming. Don’t get your hopes up. Call Matthew right away!”

‘…Well, there can’t be a rift in the center. This isn’t some kind of movie.’

He tried to tune out the sounds of panic. He must be watching the wrong thing.

The effects of yesterday’s experimental weakening potion don’t seem to have worn off. Well, he drank a bit too much of it. It must have weakened his body and mind. It was the moment when Min-ki, who had finished rationalizing, opened the door of the car.

Beep – a loud disaster alert text notification broke his escape from reality. He put the coffee down on the car seat and hurriedly took out his cell phone.

[Crack Management Agency]

15:34 Seoul, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul Temporary Awakening Registration Centre Grade 5 rift occurred, perimeter under control, stay away requested.

What a lie.

Min-ki was in despair. He composed a self-knowledge ON question and answer in his head.

<Knowledge ON>

Q. [Question] Hello, guild leader. My target got swept up in a rift while I was out buying coffee, what do I do?
A. Die

With his legs weak, Min-ki slumped in front of the car door in a mermaid pose. After receiving a special order from Lee Sa-young, he conducted a simulation based on the number of cases, but… never thought of the crazy situation of rifts appearing at the measuring station!

Faced with a huge crisis, his cerebrum began to spin rapidly. In a rather extreme way.

‘Shall I jump into the rift?’

Crack Management Agency staffs camped out and closed off access. Journalists are rushing to the scene.

Of course, he can ignore everything and enter, but if he jumps in like this, the front page of tomorrow’s newspaper will read, very small miracle (Korea, 34th…) that bravely jumps into the rift, and a YouTube video of you diving into the rift will almost have more than 1 million views. He could even imagine the comments that would be on the video.

-Nickname is unrivaled

-Why is he being criticized? Shouldn’t hunter be able to enter the rift on his own?
ᄂThe person who went into Jongno rift in the morning is criticized because he’s doing a crack dive in Gwangjin-gu in the afternoon.
ᄂHow did the person who entered the rift get into the rift again?
ᄂI’m really curious about that, too^^

‘Never.’

Min-ki trembled with goosebumps just by imagining it. It was too harsh for a man who made his living by hiding. And to make matters worse, this morning, he had entered the Jongno 3-ga rift with Bae Won-woo!

The alibi he had prepared just in case wouldn’t work.… Min-ki was frustrated. The sunglasses, which have a perception-disrupting effect, have their limits, so he had to refrain from being stuffed in front of the public and having his best alibi destroyed.

Damn it! Min-ki grabbed his head. He shouldn’t have ordered green tea frappuccino with extra shots, lots of whipped cream, half ground Java chips and half drizzle! He should’ve just had an iced americano.

If he had come earlier, he could have jumped in before the Crack Management Agency staffs arrived. As he struggled endlessly in the depths of regret, the cell phone rang just in time as if to stop.

[Guild leader Lee Sa-young]

Sensing his fate, Min-ki stared into space for a moment.

If I take this… And if I don’t take this, …. he could only imagine his future of being broken five times more and being taken to the meeting. Min-ki clasped his hands together and politely pressed the call button.

“Yes, very small miracle Min-ki…”

-You answered?

“What?”

-Then you’re not inside the rift.

Min-ki gulped down his saliva. A low voice asked gently.

-What’s the situation?

After a moment’s silence, Min-ki replied.

“…First of all, everything that’s happened is my fault. I’m so sorry.”

-Hm, sorry?

“…the, the target appears to be in a rift.”

-You see?

“Yes. A temporary center container and some of the ward office parking lots are caught in a rift. The Crack Management Agency is in place and the rift entrance is being restricted. It’s a rift in the registration center, so the Awakening Management Bureau will also be able to provide support soon.”

-The same?

He didn’t know if he was talking or sympathizing with him. Lee Sa-young also seemed to have mastered the art of drying and killing people with just words.

Min-ki peeped at his increasingly gloomy future and hit his head into the car. As soon as he hit his head, the precious body of the car was slightly dented.

“Sorry. Shall I kill myself?”

-That’s enough.

Lee Sa-young interrupted in a sour way.

-I’ll be there soon, so wait.

“What?”

Ttuk. The words were cut off, and the phone was disconnected. You are coming soon? The guild leader? Here? Min-ki rubbed his ears to see if he had just heard it right. Still looking fierce, he asked back at the quiet cell phone.

“Whaaaaat?”