Read Novel Full Chapter 559
Chapter 559: Nothing’s Impossible (3)
The way the twin looked at me and drew in a long breath made it seem like they were about to say something. Could they talk? For a moment I wondered if I should stop them, but my body wouldn’t move. It was like there was a restriction saying I couldn’t interrupt the slave’s words.
And then they spoke.
“Theslaveisnotaffectedbyinformationblockingbutcanonlyspeakoncean dtheslave’svictoryconditioniseithertheannihilationoftheMagnatesortheown erfreeingtheslavebutIwanttocooperateforajointvictorysodon’tworryandtheOut laws haveassignedtimeforeachareasosthere’saboutone–and–a–halfhoursleewaybutif aMagnate’sdesignatedlocationoverlapswithadestructionareawehaveto blocktheOutlawsand–”
It was incredibly long and incredibly fast. Wait, hold on.
“Since thePoliceCommissioner’svictoryconditiontakesprioritythePoliceCommissio nerandtheThievescan’tshareavictoryandiftheThievesarewipedoutthecopslose so thecopscan’tkillalltheThievesandthatslaveisdangeroussowatchthe mcloselyanddon’ttrustthemandeveryone listen toHunterHanYujin!”
Hoo–, the Hunter in the slave role finished talking and let out a small gasp. So. The rest of the Hunters besides me were also blanking out.
└ What was that just now??? Did □□□ just talk???????
└ Aaaagh!!!!! □□□!!!!! □□□ opened their mouth!!!!!!!!!!!! So cute!!! (dead)
└ Even with subtitles I still can’t understand…
Catching their breath, one twin looked up at me with eyes full of expectation. The other twin narrowed their brows slightly.
“…You said the slave’s victory condition was the annihilation of the Magnates or being freed, right?”
Moon Hyunah spoke.
“Yes. And they said they’d cooperate too. At this rate we might clash with the Outlaws, and the Police Commissioner…”
Victory condition priority. The moment I turned that over in my head, my molars clenched without thinking. Did anyone pick up on that? Everyone here must have heard it.
“Anyway, let’s hurry! They said we only have an hour and a half left!”
Saying we should rush, I tried to lift one of the twins… then gave up. Carrying both of them at once and getting up on the turtle’s back was pushing it.
“Alright, Liette, run!”
Instead, Moon Hyunah tucked the twins under her arms, one on each side, and sprang onto Liette’s shell in one jump. So she’d noticed too. I hurried to follow.
└ Wow, that was Moon Hyunah just now lololololol
└ Throat completely shredded trying to tell Yujin the slave’s identity
└ It took Peace learning to talk faster than it took Yujin to figure out who the slave is…
└ Maybe Han Yujin funded Dodam Breeding Facility with sheer obliviousness lolol
There was still nothing specific in the chat window. The Hunters were quiet too. Crunch–! Liette stomped the paved road to rubble and started charging ahead. Please, just stay this quiet. I nervously glanced back at the twins sitting obediently.
‘They said they’d cooperate and told everyone to listen to what I say.’
They called me Hunter Han Yujin, but the way they spoke… I mean. Making sure the Thieves didn’t get any ideas, Moon Hyunah stood firm behind the twins, and our eyes met. I spoke quietly to her.
“The twins, well. They might be… someone unexpected…”
“Hyungnim, do we really need to know who they are?”
“No, I mean, if it’s Yerim or something.”
“Yujin!”
Noah’s voice came. He landed on Liette’s head and continued.
“The Outlaws are smashing up Times Square right now! All of Times Square is frozen solid!”
Ah. At the same time, Moon Hyunah and I looked at the slave twins. Both of them beamed in unison.
“Cute, I mean, just one of you, only one, please.”
└ Lolololol did he finally figure it out??? (opens popcorn)
└ Selling a mouse hole. Special discount for Han Yujin~~~
└ Chatterbox, please release POV streams for the participants too, what the heck does slave □□□□□□ look like T_T I want to know too T_T
“Noah, you worked hard!”
└ Yujin, you’re not escaping reality, right??
└ Let’s live bravely, like Yujin whose making–□ get treated like a princess was broadcast worldwide
…Maybe they were just a Hunter who liked me. There was that person who said they were a fan. Or someone who became my ally because the beer tasted so good. I looked back at the twins again. No, come on, really? Dead last, bottom score? Did that guy make Gyeol fight monsters or something? Doesn’t feel like he would.
I averted my eyes from the chat window, which was now rushing by with messages. They were probably watching this whole mess from somewhere. Saying something like, Hm, I think I’ve tried being a cop before, this is boring, and standing on top of some skyscraper acting like they’d seen it all. The Empire State Building would suit him perfectly.
“…Noah, on your way here, did you happen to see anyone standing on top of the Empire State Building?”
“Sorry? I don’t think I did.”
Noah tilted his head. Then maybe the Statue of Liberty or, what else was there.
└ lolololololololol Chief Han, your slave is □□□ lolololol
└ Yujin, snap out of it!!!!!!!
Right, the slave’s identity wasn’t the important thing right now. Whatever. It’s fine, doesn’t matter!
Crackle, crunch! The giant turtle pushed into Central Park. The lush trees were trampled and snapped like straw. Compared to a forest of buildings, a real forest was far easier to plow through in a straight line. Broken branches and leaves fluttered like dead foliage in a storm, and the ground looked like it had been plowed up.
And finally, one of the designated spots appeared ahead.
“There, Columbus Circle!”
One of the Magnates pointed to the circular plaza with the statue in the center and shouted.
“The whole circle is one of the designated locations!”
“Good, then, Magnates! Who’s taking the lead?”
Moon Hyunah shouted, and Liette stopped in front of the plaza.
Then she flipped back into human form in an instant.
“Liette! All of a sudden?!”
The giant turtle disappeared in a flash, and the ground under my feet vanished. It had to be over ten meters high at least! I quickly grabbed the twins into my arms and twisted my body downward. But just before we hit the ground–
“Hyungnim, you can just take care of yourself.”
“That’s right, Yujin.”
Moon Hyunah and Noah caught me from both sides. Helping me land on my feet, Hyunah whispered quietly.
“Besides, they’re stronger than you. Even if they’re not That Person.”
“That’s true but still, I just moved without thinking…”
And it might be Gyeol… Maybe. I hadn’t accepted it yet, but the possibility was there.
└ Aaaaaaaaa □□□□□□□□□!!!
└ Yujin, I’ll live like a demonic beast, so raise me please
└ What exactly is the baby dragon’s name? Baby, flap your wings just once T_TTTTTTTTT
└ It’s Gyeol! If you go to Dodam’s homepage you can see all the kids’ photos! The fairy dragon is so cute T_TTTTTT
└ Seoseong guild master is □□□□□□ lololol
└ Even Chatterbox knows HJ figured it out, the filter’s getting lazy lolol
No, I still don’t know anything.
Moon Hyunah stood at the edge of the plaza and looked over the Hunters. Just before she could speak–
“Are we sure about the joint victory conditions?”
Someone spoke up. Damn.
“The slave clearly said the Police Commissioner’s victory condition takes priority.”
Another Hunter – a cop – spoke gruffly, arms crossed.
“Isn’t it possible the same goes for Magnates and Thieves?”
“What about for the cops, then?”
“No need to include the Thieves in the first place. We just need to capture one.”
“The slave was brought here by a Thief, you know?”
“That’s the SF. Since they’ve got the lowest stats, we only need to keep the SF alive.”
“No, we can just chase all of them away.”
One of the cops waved a hand at the Thieves like they were shooing flies. The Thieves’ faces twisted. Then Evelyn, who had been silent, opened her mouth.
“Cops or Thieves.”
“What?”
“To us Magnates, you’re the same. You’re both nuisances getting in the way of us ending this game by ourselves.”
At Evelyn’s words, a Thief yelled back.
“Exactly, cops and us both. What did the cops even do! Besides making threats, I mean!”
“The cops’ role is to protect the slave for one hour.”
“Did you forget Thieves are also Hunters who can attack first? Guarding is something Thieves can do too.”
Moon Hyunah drew in a breath. Then–
“Enough, all of you!!!!!”
She shouted. Vwooom, the air trembled and my ears rang. The trees around us shuddered, showering us with twigs and leaves. The jet of water from the fountain wobbled, and the surface rippled. Maybe she’d adapted her sound–blocking skill. Thanks to that, all the Hunters shut their mouths at once.
“An hour and a half – no, we’ve got about an hour and twenty minutes left now! Fighting here is pointless!”
“We can’t just sacrifice ourselves for others either. Might be better if we all just get eliminated together.”
“Yeah, how do we know someone isn’t hiding some condition.”
└ Wow, total disaster lololol
└ You barely stitched the ripped rag back together and now you’re tearing it apart again lololol
└ □□□ gave the wrong advice
└ Maybe it was on purpose, since this way □□□□□□ could happen too
Hyunah turned her gaze to the twins. One twin stood there looking troubled. The other sat calmly on the edge of a flower bed watching. The line in chat about maybe on purpose stuck in my head. The information did seem to have been given out of goodwill, but…
Looking back and forth between the two, Moon Hyunah spoke.
“There’s nothing that says the slave has to tell the truth.”
“Same goes for the rest of us.”
“It’s all just words anyway.”
The distrust, already deeply spread, showed no signs of fading. Or rather, it was impossible to completely eliminate distrust in the first place. No matter how great and near–perfect a person might be, there would always be at least one person who couldn’t trust them.
“It doesn’t look like our opinions will come together easily.”
Evelyn stepped forward. She walked until she was in front of Moon Hyunah and smiled faintly.
“I’ll help you. So let’s leave them behind.”
“…What?”
“We have a Magnate and the slave ready. And we’re more than capable of holding out for an hour.”
Her eyes, behind invisible lenses, looked from Hyunah to Liette, to Kang Soyeong and Noah, then to me in turn. Finally, she gave the other Hunters a clear smile.
“There’s no need to embrace those who refuse and ruin things. Everyone, if you don’t like it, you’re free to go your own way.”
Her tone was polite, but it felt like she was saying, If you won’t cooperate, get lost. The Hunters hesitated, and Evelyn met Hyunah’s eyes again.
“Even if you had twenty hours instead of twenty minutes, convincing all those people would be impossible. Of course there’ll be fighting. But isn’t that always the case?”
“….”
Moon Hyunah’s brows drew together. Evelyn’s proposal was clearly realistic. In addition to us, there would be a few more who’d come over. Then guarding the slave for an hour wouldn’t be that hard. Hyunah couldn’t answer easily.
└ For real, just leave them. No need to carry trolls
└ Wouldn’t it still be dangerous if all the remaining cops and Thieves attack?
└ That won’t work, there’ll be a fight no matter what lol. If things could be solved peacefully, wars wouldn’t exist
└ Love & Peace is the best
└ Five minutes before total chaos, popcorn get your popcorn~~~
Their faces and the chat were saying, So this is how it ends, what a predictable conclusion. The twin who was standing stared straight at me. Their eyes said they wanted to say something. The twin who was sitting stayed relaxed. I walked over to the sitting twin. Big, round eyes with a hint of childishness looked up at me.
The slave isn’t affected by information blocking.
“If it ends like this…”
I spoke softly, quietly.
“It’ll be boring.”
Especially with so many people watching. I turned away and scanned the surroundings. There was a motorcycle standing in the empty street. The key was still in it. I ran toward the bike.
“Yujin?”
“I’m just going to the bathroom real quick! Noah, stay right there!”
“Sorry?”
I hopped onto the motorcycle and sped down the road. As soon as I’d put a decent distance between us, I jumped off and started running on my own again.
└ Chief Han, where are you going!!! Did you give up???
└ No, don’t, Han Yujin has to win!!!!!
└ Someone just lost 100,000 won
“Oh man, if you visit the Breeding Facility, the drinks are on me! I’m not such a saint that I’ll just accept this because ‘that’s how it is,’ but watching how this is going is really annoying, isn’t it.”
Maybe this was exactly the kind of spectacle Chatterbox wanted. He’s at a funeral, but he’s also a Filial Duty Addict, right? Broadcasting top–tier Hunters failing to work together and falling apart would help him wreck the world.
Even if it wasn’t that–
“This is doomed, yeah, normally this is where everything falls apart. But I don’t want to just shrug and say, Oh well~.”
I vaulted over a stone wall. I entered the park and came to a sudden stop.
“So today, I’m going to make as many people share the victory as possible!”
└ I have no idea what he’s planning. Anyone got a guess?
└ Whatever happens, as long as Chief is happy, that’s enough, right
└ Yujin, your noona has already lost it over you, you’re a globe, a windmill, a fan
Yes, I’m going to do what I want. White Tail Delroux. I used the skill.
Moon Hyunah let out a faint sigh. Evelyn’s smile stayed bright. Seong Hyunjae looked in the direction Han Yujin had disappeared. Gyeol flapped his wings roughly.
– You said it would help Dad! What is this!
“Information always has two sides.”
– You tricked me? You tricked me?!
“As if I would. However.”
Seong Hyunjae’s eyes turned to the fairy dragon. Under that calm, appraising gaze, Gyeol flinched and frowned.
“You’re younger than I thought.”
– You…!
“I gave you exactly what you wanted – the right to speak first. I even advised that if Han Yujin had enough information, he wouldn’t be shaken by my words. And I told you that if it was an unbroken stream of speech, the system would most likely count it as just one time.”
Kindly, even. Gyeol’s wings and tail trembled. Just as Seong Hyunjae said, he had yielded to the little dragon’s wishes. For him, it was rare lenience. But at the same time, he was coldly making the fairy dragon face the consequences himself.
– But, Dad!
“Han Yujin.”
Right then. The Hunters’ bodies all stiffened for a moment.
– Kyaaaaaa!
With a terrible roar, a gigantic shadow fell over the park and the forest of skyscrapers. As if a snow–covered mountain had risen up, a sea of pure white filled everyone’s eyes. Exuding a pressure that froze even S–rank Hunters in their tracks, the Transcendent, White Tail Delroux, stretched in a long, luxurious motion.