Chapter 165 – The Sportsman (3)
It didn’t take long for the suspect Noh Ha-jun’s turn to come back.
Fortunately for us, the other hitters seem to have done well.
Blanche’s decision came quickly as well.
Caang!
A very clean long shot.
Cheers from the audience echoed through the arena.
[Check the magic response at the moment of hitting… Mr. Hajun Noh is not a simple mana holder. He definitely has Hunter abilities.]
“Then how did you go unnoticed until now?”
[Except for the moment of stepping into the batter’s box, no magical response is detected. Even when running to first base. It seems like an ability with extremely limited activation conditions.]
“Ah…”
If so, it makes a little sense.
Perhaps Hajun Noh himself does not know that he is a Hunter.
Seo Ji-yu stood beside him as if he didn’t understand yet.
“Aren’t there magic sensors installed in this arena?”
“Don’t think by Hunter City standards. Production is still insufficient, so we couldn’t install detectors in places like this.”
Hunter City has magic sensors all over the place, but…
In other cities, the situation is very different.
The magic detector developed by the company is first supplied to Hunter City, followed by major facilities such as associations, government agencies, banks, military facilities, etc.
Apparently, these sports facilities have a very low priority.
A fair competition between sportsmen comes after people’s safety has been resolved.
Still, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is not letting go, so if Noh Ha-jun’s skills were a little more common, he would have been discovered long ago.
Blanche, who did a little more analysis, agreed with me.
[It seems that the ability activates only when holding a bat.]
“I see. Arresting right now is a bit much…”
“Now it’s time to investigate.”
Seowoo Lee nodded his head after noticing that I deliberately lengthened the tail of my tongue.
Now, if you pretend, you pretend.
“What is the point of the investigation?”
“It is to judge intentionality. Whether a suspect is willful or not is a factor that actually affects sentencing.”
This time, the 2nd green dust guy answered.
I smiled happily when I saw the two men.
“I have nothing more to teach you.”
“Chief… No, it’s all in the book the Chief wrote.”
Lee Seo-woo lightly shook the smartphone containing the e-book.
The Hunter Criminal Investigation Record that I distributed for free in the past.
It is already a must-read for hunter criminal investigators.
Blanche was already proficiently conducting her investigation.
[Searching your smartphone usage history… It seems your love for baseball is real. I often volunteer for my alma mater’s baseball team. It seems that the awakening of the hunter ability is quite recent.]
“Even if it’s not intentional… You can’t be a professional baseball player anymore?”
I nodded without hesitation when Alice next to me spoke as if she was uneasy.
“Of course. Hunters are banned from participating in professional sports.”
Every time he hits, it’s either a double or a home run, but there’s no way sportsmanship or anything will remain.
After receiving Blanche’s findings, Alice became a little darker.
“Baseball would be everything to that player… But now he can’t do it anymore.”
“It’s right to quit for the sake of other players. It’s only a matter of time before your abilities are discovered anyway.”
“I don’t think so…”
Even though Alice is like this, she has a soft heart, so there are many cases where the suspect or victim thinks of her.
Even more so if there is someone who is unfair like this case.
Hunter ability is not something that can be awakened because you want to awaken it, and it is not that you do not awaken because you do not want to awaken it.
According to the research results so far, genetic traits related to magical power are expressed in a stochastic way.
Even a person who usually hates hunters can wake up if he experiences a shocking event.
Hajun Noh certainly loves baseball and is known for his good fan service, but…
Hunter’s participation in professional sports is against the law.
No matter how much you do, you can’t let a gorilla arm wrestle with a person.
The match ended while we were talking.
Thanks to Hajun Noh’s performance, the home team’s narrow victory.
He was sincerely delighted with the team’s victory and exulted in high-fives with the audience who came out to see him off.
We also waited patiently until all events were over before going to meet him.
I want to wait until the end of the season, but…
It’s literally just the mind.
If you win like this, it could be a really big problem.
Unlike in the arena.
It seemed that we, who met in a private space, were not very welcome guests.
Hajun Noh became as if he had met the grim reaper.
“T, Special Investigator?”
“Mr. Hajun. Let’s talk for a minute.”
“What are you talking about…”
Noh Ha-joon reacts violently when Lee Seo-woo loses his luck.
His face His was already stained with fear.
It is already common knowledge among common sense that Hunter cannot participate in professional sports.
There could be no other reason for us to visit him.
“I-I’m not a Hunter! I passed the test last time!”
“Unfortunately, the test was insufficient. In this match, a magical reaction was definitely detected.”
By this time, you would have noticed a little bit.
But he couldn’t accept the reality.
If he admits reality, he will no longer be able to play professional baseball.
That’s all.
Even the things he has worked hard to build up to now may be unfairly sold.
“Eh, now I’m only one person’s share, but what… What will my team do if I’m not there?”
“Unfortunately, it is a rule that hunters should leave professional sports immediately upon awakening. Ha Jun-ssi is already well aware of this.”
He doesn’t have a choice anyway.
If you do not comply here, you will be forcibly arrested immediately at the association headquarters…
In the worst case, you may be exiled to Hunter City.
However, we also have a heart of compassion that sympathizes with the unfortunate situation of the suspect.
I patted him on the back and reassured him belatedly.
I’m not in the role of bullying the suspect here, so it’s very comfortable.
“Don’t worry too much. Just because you’re registered as a hunter doesn’t mean you can’t participate in professional sports.”
“Yeah? What’s that… Has the law changed?”
“No, not yet.”
Noh Ha-joon’s reaction went blank at my halfway answer.
Still, there was a glimmer of hope on his face.
Hajun Noh clearly awakened his Hunter ability, but there was no sign that he was aware of it.
There is not even a relevant search record.
Therefore, the charge of match fixing does not apply to Mr. Hajun Noh.
I don’t want to apply the charge of not reporting the awakening of the hunter.
It’s true that it’s a kind of ability that is actually very difficult to distinguish.
“Ha-Jun’s ability increases his reaction speed and strength… It’s a typical body enhancement system. But he only activates when he’s holding a bat.”
“Ah, yes…”
And, under the current law, hunters are banned from participating in professional sports.
However… The part called ‘current law’ is important.
“The law hasn’t changed yet, but it will soon.”
“Yes? Is that true!”
“Yes. Actually, that’s why we watched this match.”
Me and Yeriel laughed at each other and decided to reveal information a little earlier that was supposed to be announced later.
“Currently, Hunter City is preparing a professional sport that hunters can compete in. For convenience, we call it the Hunter League.”
“Three, my God…”
Noh Ha-jun’s face was instantly colored with intense joy.
All the gates have already been closed, and most of the dungeons have been cleared…
Using the power of the surplus hunters, they are trying something positive.
At that time, he belatedly felt a sense of incongruity with Noh Ha-jun, who thought he could hit the ball in the future.
“Wait. If it’s a professional sport… What exactly is it?”
“Ahaha, that’s…”
“Baseball? Soccer? Basketball?”
Yes…
If you were thinking of opening a professional baseball league, you would have said professional baseball.
There is a reason why I described it as a professional sport.
Seeing my expression, he said with a feeling of grabbing at least a straw.
“At least it’s a ball game, right?”
“We also wanted to use the existing sports, but there was a possibility of conflict with civilian sports organizations.”
“So… You mean you’ve prepared a completely new event?”
“That’s right.”
If the Hunters play a baseball game, will it work?
Hunters have different abilities, and it must be difficult to maintain the rules?
And if it works… Who would watch a normal baseball game?
In the end, we had no choice but to create a completely new professional sport that did not exist before.
It is also a sport related to hunting, the root of hunters…
“What the hell is the name of the event?”
“AOS.”
“Yes?”
“We will give priority to Hajun Noh to be active in the AOS Hunter League. That is the best we can do.”
Ha-jun Noh, who finally recognized the identity of the event, became a face that was difficult to describe.
Tia patted him on the back, stunned, and smiled.
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About 3 months after that.
Hajun Noh was greeted with great cheers at the officially held 1st Hunter League match.
[Player Hajun! Blow the cannon minion’s head off with a baseball bat!]
[There was a lot of public opinion that was concerned about a hunter with no experience participating in the league, but…]
[Jun Ha, the ruler of the battlefield!!]
We were slightly relieved to see him adapting better than expected.
Red also liked it for some reason, saying he liked it even more than baseball.
“After all, isn’t it much more fun to hit someone with a bat?”
“… I can’t deny this time.”
I reluctantly accepted his words.
There are sports that you can watch with your family.
