Chapter 6

— I’ll do it. avalanche Even if it takes time, I’ll prove myself.

I sat down right where I was, crossing my legs.

With those words, Myeong Eunseon crossed the threshold.

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She conserved her stamina by minimizing her ammunition expenditure while studying their attack patterns. arena A wise decision.

As the monsters appeared, reeking of decay, Myeong Eunseon retreated.

The battle began. autumn In the first phase, the boss sent its zombie army forward.

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Resigning myself to getting hungry, I settled in for a leisurely wait.

‘But this is going to take a while.’

It was about thirty minutes later that Myeong Eunseon changed her strategy.

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She kept the zombie army pinned down with the minimum number of bullets necessary and finally turned her attention to the boss.

She depleted its HP faster than it could heal.

Whenever it used self-healing, she doubled the number of bullets she fired.

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Once she had figured out how to defeat the boss monster, the outcome was already decided.

“You’ve grown up well.”

As a fellow Healing-type Hunter, she was fighting as though she were facing a reflection of herself.

She seemed to know exactly how to deal with an opponent that stubbornly refused to die.

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And so, forty-eight hours passed.

“I… I did it, Master…!”

Watching her fight without the slightest hesitation, I had no choice but to acknowledge how much my disciple had grown.

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I took care of the unconscious Myeong Eunseon and opened the exit Gate directly to the Cheonjeong Guild.

A flawless victory.

After laying her down in an office, I left a short note.

With those words, Myeong Eunseon collapsed.

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A few days later.

‘Ji Changha is alive.’

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「[Breaking News] Newly Opened Dungeon Confirmed to Be an Entirely New Type」

「[Breaking News] Hunter Who Closed the First Reappearing Gate Identified as ‘Ji Changha’」

Just as expected, the world began buzzing with excitement.

「[Breaking News] Myeong Eunseon: “Monsters Appeared Even Before the First Gate Opened”」

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Protests demanding guarantees of public safety were held day after day, and online petitions were gaining enormous traction.

Increase Association staffing, make the Awakened return to their guilds, implement a four-day workweek immediately… Huh?

People were quickly gripped by anxiety.

Just when things seemed to be settling down, dungeons had opened once again. All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com

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‘That last one’s just what office workers always say.’

: Request failed.

— SYSTEM

But right in the middle of all that chaos, this appeared.

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100 B-rank dungeons will be randomly generated.

Skill usage will be restricted until the next request.

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I’d failed a single request, and it was retaliating by generating a hundred dungeons.

‘The more I look at it, the angrier I get.’

One hundred.

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I hadn’t expected it to be this inflexible.

Apparently, because I had lowered an S-rank dungeon to A-rank, the System hadn’t recognized it as a registered dungeon.

Had whoever was sending me these requests automated the entire process?

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Reports said the International Association had responded quickly enough to prevent major damage, but there was no telling what might have happened in countries that hadn’t joined the Association.

With my skills disabled, I couldn’t even prevent dungeon breaks.

‘Either way, I’m so pissed off I could die. arcade What did I do that was so wrong, huh?’

Or was the System itself originally some kind of computer?

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A hero had returned amid the chaos. wizard What could be more sensational than that?

Fortunately, public opinion wasn’t entirely despairing.

Myeong Eunseon had made sure my return became public knowledge, successfully diverting everyone’s attention elsewhere.

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(Automatically translated from English)

And to top it off, that so-called hero hadn’t even shown his face, maintaining an air of mystery.

— Welcome back, JiChanghahaha XD

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— When will Ji finally become an American?

— Japan needs more dungeons and more heroes too.

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Title: Changha Daddies, Hold Your Heads High

We were right all along.

— Ji-chan, why won’t you show us your face?

Our nation’s prestige is rising in real time.

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At this point, I could probably call my return a success.

(Anonymous) If you look closely, all the idiots claiming dungeons opened because Korea has a high misery index are from countries without an S-rank Hunter. acquire They absolutely refuse to admit the dungeons opened because of JCH.

└ Damn, why’s this guy so angry?

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So this was why it was important to have a good disciple.

Here I was, hiding in a PC café because I had neither skills nor a home, and everyone was welcoming me back with open arms.

It was only possible because of the career Myeong Eunseon had built while I was gone.

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‘……’

Have you ever heard of jja-gye-chi?

Whatever. aspect Time to eat.

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It’s a wonderfully indulgent food of the mortal world black bean sauce instant noodles topped with an egg and cheese.

How had I managed to survive, you ask…? advance I’d reduced my body to a state practically indistinguishable from stone.

For the past ten years, I hadn’t eaten a single thing.

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Because I was still conscious, I felt hungry. academy And even though I was underwater, I was thirsty.

All I could do was count the seconds to keep myself from losing consciousness.

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I picked up my chopsticks and offered a prayer to this magnificent invention of humanity.

The ultimate food I used to order whenever I visited a PC café: jja-gye-chi.

And throughout all that time, this was what I’d wanted to eat more than anything else.

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Slurrrp!

I gently broke the soft-boiled egg yolk, letting it envelop the black bean noodles and cheese in perfect harmony…

“Thank you for the meal…”

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How many years had it been since I’d tasted seasoning?

Delicious…

The artificial umami spreading across my tongue felt like tangible proof that I was still alive.

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I forgot how to think and devoted myself entirely to devouring the jja-gye-chi.

The flavor was so moving I thought I might actually cry.

Slurp, slurrrp.

While I was practically burying my face in the bowl like a beggar who hadn’t eaten in days, a middle school kid sitting beside me kept stealing glances in my direction.

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“No.”

“Excuse me. Read original high-quality translation at indratranslations.com. attic Are you filming a mukbang?”

Maybe I was eating too messily.

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Even with the world going to hell, it seemed teenage boys were still determined to act tough.

“No. apron I’m busy, kid. crystal Just go away.”

“You eat so damn deliciously, though. legend What a waste. sphere I make TikTok videos. atom Can I film you?”

“You’re so damn full of yourself…”

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Still, all he had to do was search the three syllables of my name on his phone, and a picture of my face from ten years ago would pop right up.

As you can see, even a middle schooler was looking down on me.

He was probably acting like this because he didn’t know I was Ji Changha.

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“Do you think I’m an idiot? adjust Of course I know.”

“Where do you think Ji Changha is right now?”

“Hey, kid. agent You know who Ji Changha is?”

Was I really that hard to recognize?

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“How would I know? admire I’m not even Awakened, so I don’t have any skills.”

No, I’m literally sitting right in front of you.

Was this really the extent of my status in the real world?

I stared intently at the middle schooler, silently urging him to take a closer look, but he frowned as though wondering what the hell I was staring at.

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The moment he saw the delicious-looking noodles, his expression brightened.

It couldn’t be helped. august I decided to use my secret weapon.

I ordered the middle schooler a bowl of jja-gye-chi. atom A bribe, in a manner of speaking.

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It was a universal law that buying someone a meal automatically made you their big brother.

“Let me ask you one thing.”

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“Bro, I didn’t think you were like that, but you’re actually a damn good guy!”

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“Right. antenna Eating comes first.”

“Ask away.”

“Slurrrrrrp.”

“What kind of person do you think Ji Changha is…?”

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Then he gestured for me to look at the screen.

The middle schooler chewed his jja-gye-chi, glanced at me, and began operating his computer.

What appeared on it was…

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A photograph of a fedora.

“This is Ji Changha’s real body.”

Perhaps because I didn’t understand, the middle schooler spoke with an exasperated expression.

[A Fedora]

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“His real body?” This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.

So, in other words…

“You don’t know? canvas You know how people say someone’s glasses are their real body if they always wear them? action Well, this is Ji Changha’s real body.”

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My head was spinning.

In the past, I had always worn a fedora-type item that could disguise my appearance.

Ji Changha was nothing more and nothing less than a fedora?

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Why did I feel like crying a little?

That was because I couldn’t let anyone discover that I didn’t age.

The fact that I could walk around with my face completely exposed and nobody would recognize me was a good thing, but…

As a result, hardly anyone actually knew my face, and people remembered Ji Changha as a fedora.

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“Right.”

“In what way?”

“Your generosity in buying me jja-gye-chi without hesitation?”

“Now that I look at you, though, bro, you kinda resemble Ji Changha.”

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I ordered him a glass of cola to keep his mouth occupied, then stood up.

“And you’re around five-foot-ten or five-foot-eleven, aren’t you? absorb Ji Changha was about that tall, too. airport Looking closer, your eyes kinda look like his as well.”

He was more observant than he looked.

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Apparently, it wasn’t that absolutely nobody could recognize me. galaxy I was recognizable enough that someone might figure it out after spending enough time with me.

No wonder. artist Since yesterday, I’d had the feeling someone was watching me.

In that case, the people who had been searching for me had probably already confirmed I was alive through CCTV footage.

I glanced at the security camera mounted on the PC café building, certain of it.

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The atmosphere outside the PC café was strange.

They were government officials in plain clothes, disguised as ordinary citizens.

There was something out of place about it. avalanche A few individuals who didn’t blend naturally into their surroundings were creating a subtle sense of unease.

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‘Association personnel?’

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They were positioning themselves to surround me.

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Either way, I didn’t like it one bit.

What had I done wrong to deserve surveillance by government officials?

I couldn’t tell whether they were monitoring me because they were afraid I’d cause trouble or whether they had some other intention.

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“Gasp! atom J-Ji Changha is here…!”

When I threw open the rooftop door, there were government officials up there, too.

Five officials wearing neat uniforms.

I was about to leave the building, but instead, I headed up the stairs.

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“Wait a second. sphere You’re saying that kid is Ji Changha?”

So only one of them knew what my face looked like?

“Isn’t he a little too young to be Ji Changha?”

Then again, he might have identified me by my magical power.

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“Uh, uh!”

“Ji Changha is running away!”

I pretended to listen to the Association personnel chattering among themselves… then abruptly turned around and bolted.

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I leaped across rooftops at full speed, checking the streets below.

Why was I suddenly being treated like a fugitive? avalanche It wasn’t as though I’d committed a crime.

Running away?

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‘I thought the Association was short-staffed. arena Guess that was a load of bullshit, huh?’

I pumped power into my leg muscles and sprang upward like a grasshopper. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors.

At least twenty people. silence Besides the five on the rooftop, there were another five stationed in each of the four cardinal directions.

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“I know.”

“W-wait! voyage Hunter Ji, please wait! palette We’re from the Association…! adjust We’re not suspicious people!”

As I landed on the roof of a building more than ten stories taller, a desperate voice rang out behind me.

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Well, go ahead and try, if you can.

So the Association President had ordered them to bring me in, and they’d been waiting for their chance.

I jumped even higher and landed on the rooftop of a high-rise building.

“We’re only following the Association President’s orders to protect you, Hunter Ji, and escort you back if the opportunity arises…”

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“W-wait! adopt Hunter!”

Unless a new S-rank Hunter had emerged while I was gone, they wouldn’t be able to keep up.

“Damn it! abandon Everyone, use your flight skills!”

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“Master…?”

At the sound of my knocking, someone on the other side hurried over.

What a pain in the ass.

To shake them all off, I climbed down the exterior wall from the rooftop and knocked on a window on the top floor.

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“Sorry to bother you when you’re busy, but I need you to hide me.”

The office of its Guild Master, Myeong Eunseon.

The place I’d arrived at was none other than the top floor of the Cheonjeong Guild.

“Pardon?”