Chapter 8 – Prologue (9)
Immediately after the kidnapping. I was taken to a nearby large hospital.
Thanks to Han Ye-jin, I didn’t have to worry about scars, but I left abrasions and cuts on purpose to show off.
Reporters rushing in without a sense of reward for using a luxurious single room.
I spoke briefly in front of them in my bloody clothes.
“This is why the Hunter Association’s Special Investigators are needed.”
“Special Investigator Lee Je-hyun!
“Now everyone, please leave! This is a hospital!”
After the hospital staff beat them off, peace finally came to the hospital room.
I quickly changed into a hospital gown and received treatment for the remaining wounds.
As soon as I buttoned the last button, Alice burst open the door and came in.
“Hey, are you okay?”
“Your escort skills are so damn shit I think I’m going to die.”
“Eww…”
Alice opened her ax eye, but this time she had nothing to say even with ten mouths.
I quickly checked the situation.
“Are there any survivors at the scene?”
“The raiders are all dead. It’s annoying when survivors testify in court…”
“Oh, sure you’ve taken care of it? Honestly, did you look again?”
I never thought Alice would have this level of intelligence.
Well, I couldn’t catch up because my feet were slow, so I should have organized it well.
As I nodded my head in satisfaction, Alice asked in reverse.
“Are you okay?
“Of course it’s fine.”
The hijackers’ vehicle was running like crazy on Olympic Boulevard, but all the windows were tinted.
So even if you investigate the black boxes or enforcement cameras of nearby vehicles, nothing will come out right.
The hijacking vehicle did not have a black box, and I deliberately did not use green dust.
Besides, after they escaped, they even set a big fire… There’s no way the evidence remains properly.
All of the firearms and ammunition I used were also retrieved by my subordinates.
“Since the kidnappers even used automatic weapons in the middle of the city, you are 100% self-defense. No need to worry. Civilian damage?”
“No.”
“I’m glad.”
Drooling!
I was breathing a sigh of relief and trying to figure out what to say to the police.
A very angry face, Yeriel, appeared, spraying cold air.
Now it’s a bit like the Yeriel Frost I used to know.
She looked at me first, then fired at Alice.
“Get out.”
“Uh, sister?”
“I asked for an escort. You still let them take Jaehyun away?”
In fact, it was only natural that Yeriel would do that.
If Alice had kept a reasonable distance from me, no matter how much they were, they wouldn’t have been able to kidnap me.
However, she hastily left the place to end the breath of the Big Dipper guild members.
I don’t know as a hunter, but as a bodyguard, it’s a complete disqualification.
But for some reason I wanted to take Alice’s side.
First of all, the fact that there were no civilian casualties means that she was not playing.
In addition, the opponent moved very agile.
“Yeriel, it’s okay. Originally, this is something I used to do often. I even had a company security team attached to me.”
“Even though…”
“It’s okay. It’s not Alice who should really be criticized, but the kidnappers. She’s done enough.”
“…If you say so.”
After forgiving Alice with a small nod, Yeriel approached me and belatedly apologized.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t expect you to move so quickly in a foreign country.”
“They say they’re British. They’re pretty good at doing bad things anyway.”
“Now, wait a minute… Have you already investigated the forces behind it? Are you sure about that?”
When Alice stuttered in disbelief, I nodded my head coldly.
“I’m sure because I checked with Oracle.”
“Oracle?”
“Okay.”
One of the reasons why Yeriel chose me for her marriage.
The significance of our company’s existence is Oracle.
Alice seemed to want a bit more explanation, but Yeriel quickly interjected.
“How long will you be at the hospital?”
“You don’t have to stay long. Play moderately and then go home.”
“Okay. Then I’ll stay here too.”
“Can you please stop?”
If Yeriel stays in the hospital for too long, her staff will suffer too.
She had no choice but to agree and tried to take Alice out.
But, isn’t Alice being stubborn for some reason?
“Alice, come with me.”
“No sister. I’ll stay here.”
“Okay?”
Apparently, he wants to make up for his earlier mistake.
Yeriel then smiled lightly and she allowed it.
“Can’t I make a mistake this time?”
“I will definitely protect you.”
“Okay. If you need anything, please tell Alice. Get out of the hospital as soon as possible.”
“Okay.”
After finally letting Yeriel go, I started operating the tablet PC again.
Alice, who was sitting in the caregiver’s chair, spoke softly, barely audible.
“Thank you.”
“I just said it as it is. But didn’t you ask for an appearance from the police?”
“I was simply listening to ejaculation earlier.”
“You’re amazing.”
Are they hunters who reign above the law?
I clicked my tongue and played my fingers vigorously.
Alice showed interest in my work.
“By the way, what are you doing now?”
“We select members of the special investigation team.”
“Aha. Where do you pick your teammates? Are you doing open recruitment or something?”
“No. The Association’s Special Investigator can recruit most of the current civil servants as team members.”
“Is it conscripted?”
Alice is taken aback by the slightly unusual expression.
I smiled and explained.
“It’s a clause in the Association Act that existed when the Hunter Association was just founded. People in the past prepared for Hunters to run wild, but modern people didn’t even think of using it.”
“So, do you like anyone?”
“I’m just starting to look for it. Do you know how many civil servants there are in Korea?”
Alice, who is slightly taken aback by the somewhat out of the blue question, responds with a guess.
“Well. About 1 million people?”
“Oh, surprisingly, they matched.”
When I praised her, Alice got a little proud.
I immediately added her comments and made fun of her.
“It’s a figure from about 20 years ago.”
“Now, wait. Are there that many civil servants in Korea?”
“Before the gate incident broke out, the total number of public servants in Korea was about 1 million. For reference, non-regular workers are excluded.”
However, as the gate incident broke out, the demand for public servants also soared.
This is because government agencies related to hunters and dungeons have increased tremendously.
Thanks to this, the current number of full-time civil servants is about 1.5 million.
It is about 3% of the total population of Korea.
As a percentage of the population doing normal economic activities, it will be much higher than that.
“There are 1.5 million candidates, but we can fill at least one team.”
“Hmm.”
I started covering the boulders under various conditions.
Of course, those with disciplinary records are excluded.
Then I sorted them by ability.
Of course, people who could not be taken out were also excluded early on.
Alice kept talking to her beside her, probably because she was bored of being still.
“You’re not going to include your sister in the team, are you?”
“Of course not. It’s much better for Yeriel to stay in retirement. Where else can you find such a strong back.”
“Hunters?”
“I can’t be a hunter. I can’t believe it. I’m not even a civil servant in the first place.”
Current hunters have a very close relationship with the Hunter Guild, whether they like it or not.
So most hunters can’t use it.
If a guild he is familiar with becomes the target of an investigation, he may commit injustice.
Of course, the Winter Kingdom guild members to which Yeriel and Alice belonged were also excluded.
Despite being culled all night like that.
I could hardly find a person I liked.
In the end, there was only one person I pulled out.
Alice, who woke up from a deep sleep next to her, looked at his data and gave a small admiration.
“Is this the team member’s confirmation?”
“Right.”
“Kim Jeong-tae. Former member of the presidential security team… Oh, your career is good?”
Currently, the presidential security team has been replaced with hunters.
Thanks to this, the man of misfortune who was pushed out of the job was none other than Kim Jeong-tae.
“Do you like it? That’s great. He’s my escort Esquire.”
“What, what? Then, what about your career?”
“All of my careers are real. It’s not a career that can be faked in the first place. I woke up after being kicked out of the presidential security team.”
Alice trembled as if she did not know that an organization member was hiding in a place like this…
She soon realized something even more serious.
“Then you haven’t actually picked a single team member?”
“… Right.”
“Aren’t your standards too high?”
“They’re comrades who will go to hell together. It’s not as good as not talking about it.”
Actually, I expected a little from the NIS, but that side also fell short of my standards.
In the meantime, Alice looked at the filter I had put on and gave a small snort.
“Why did you exclude people with disciplinary records? Even though you were also disciplined.”
“Oh, is that so? That certainly makes sense.”
I never thought there would be so many talented people among civil servants.
I thought I was too complacent.
I accepted Alice’s sarcasm and looked for the disciplinary records.
Certainly, my career is much more colorful and fun than before.
“It might be useful if you select based on your abilities.”
“Are you serious…”
“Ah, it’s sore. Let’s get discharged soon. The food here doesn’t taste good.”
When I got up from the hospital bed, Alice quickly packed my things.
He must have wanted to return to Yeriel’s side as soon as possible.
After completing the discharge process, we quickly went home.
While Yeriel, who was waiting at her house, welcomed me with her arms wide open.
I handed her what I had prepared for her last night.
A long code was written on a small piece of paper.
“Oh, what is this?”
“Since you helped me, I have to help you too. This is the Oracle access code. There are still some restrictions on it, but it should be useful for learning.”
“!”
Yeriel trembled at my explanation, then put aside her code and she hugged me tightly.
A response that seemed to thank you very much for believing in yourself.
Alice, who was glaring at me from the side, freaked out a little.
“Sister, get away from me. What the hell is an Oracle like this…”
“Oh, can you explain soon? You’ll find out soon anyway.”
After barely escaping from Yeriel’s arms, I took a deep breath and revealed the identity of the Oracle.
“An Oracle… To put it simply, it’s a computer with Hunter abilities.”
“Computer?”
“Yes. You can think of a computer as being able to use clairvoyance and clairvoyance by itself. It’s still in an unfinished state, but even at this stage, it can hack all existing electronic devices. Even CCTVs without wireless modules can be hacked. “
“That’s an incomplete stage? Then what will happen when it’s finished?”
How it is
“When the oracle is completed, anything becomes possible. Foresight, reality manipulation, dimension shift…”
“Really?”
“The Oracle can use multiple hunter abilities at the same time, so it is literally different from human hunters.
“…”
This is why an organization the size of a company is hanging on to one oracle.
If the oracle is complete, all worries become trivial.
It is also possible to peacefully end Hunter crime on Earth.
“It’s still a long way from completion. They say it’s less than 5% complete.”
“I-I should say that’s fortunate…”
“Yeriel. Don’t look at me for nothing. Hurry up and try it.”
“I know.”
Me and Yeriel sat side by side on the sofa and started to do our own things.
Alice sat across from me with a very worried face.
