Chapter 166 – Hate Crime
Golden holiday morning.
I brought the Tiamat series to the movies.
Today’s movie was a biopic of hunters with a strong documentary feel.
It was a very serious movie, so there weren’t many audiences… But the movie itself was quite worth watching.
As soon as the movie ended, Tia held up one flag in each of her hands as if she had waited.
Each had a Taegeukgi and a Stars and Stripes flag.
“Hooray Hunters! You can kill all the bad monsters! Long live Korea! Long live America!!”
“Did you turn?”
A guy who is busy proving his patriotism and loyalty his today.
Green also received a flag and posted a proof shot on social media.
It seems that the last time you said your survival strategy or something was sincere.
These guys are hunter pets, so they can’t even leave the house without a guide.
So today, I took on that role.
As I left the theater, I saw advertisements filling the walls.
Red was fed up with the explicit content.
“Are people here can’t make ads without oral sex?”
“Well… That’s right.”
In fact, I’m still not used to the culture here.
I don’t even want to adapt.
Sometimes it feels like the Confucian dragon within me is waking up.
Chorori tilted his head beside her and made a strange noise.
“I don’t understand sex very well yet.”
“Uh, huh?”
“When I had my horns on, I saw it a few times I didn’t want to… I don’t know why people put so much energy into it.”
Green’s ability to respond to nature is more like acquiring knowledge about an object than ‘experience’.
Especially since he was suffering from excessive information…
There would be no time to properly save the pouring information.
Tia, who found out about it belatedly, pushed her breasts out proudly.
“Whoa, that’s why the late surrendered Tiamat… Aww! Why are you beating me, Master!”
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
“Yep…”
I blocked him in advance for fear of making a mistake.
By the way, I was wondering if I could buy you some ice cream on the way back…
Suddenly, a white man quickly approached from a distance.
‘Now I have to care about the opponent’s race.’
As I groaned inwardly, something metallic flashed in his arms.
Without hesitation, I wrapped my green teeth and released green dust.
“Stop!”
“That, yes”
As Red rushed over and subdued him, an unpleasant metal sound rang out.
The opponent was hiding a hunting knife in his bosom.
Citizens who found it fell to the floor let out a high-pitched scream.
Even though it was a knife, it was a decent hunter’s equipment, so it was more threatening to monsters than a regular gun.
It is a completely different model from those sold to civilians for self-defense.
“Eh… Uh, what are you doing!”
“Die! Monster! Die!”
The over-excited man shouted wildly while being crushed by Red.
Terrorism obviously aimed at green…
It is a hate crime targeting hunter pets.
In fact, it’s only a hunter pet in name, but it’s actually a monster, so it’s not unreasonable for former hunters to do this.
But no matter how you do it in front of me.
It really seems to be quite a block.
I immediately called the police and took him to another place.
“It’s okay?”
“Uh, uh… Oh, thank you. I didn’t think you would protect me…”
“I didn’t protect you, I kept law and order.”
“…Thank you though.”
Fortunately, the police arrived quickly.
A simple crime where no Hunter ability was used.
There is CCTV in the cinema building, so it won’t be difficult at all.
However, I was involved in this case, so I was unable to investigate directly.
The party to the case cannot investigate their own case.
Of course, the police who were dispatched noticed me.
“Sir, chief?”
“It’s a Hunterpet abuse case. Handle it normally. I’ll go and investigate later. I’ll just let them go…”
“Yes.”
The culprit in this case seems to have figured out the location by looking at Tia and Chokori’s SNS.
Since it’s the same city after all, I could have visited as many times as I wanted.
“That’s why you shouldn’t do things like social media.”
“I’m sorry, Master.”
“Ugh, sorry… I didn’t delay the upload, so I didn’t expect the incident to happen right away…”
“Let’s go back at once.”
On my way home with the boys, I found the suspect smiling strangely.
Looking at his movements earlier, it didn’t look like a drug crime … Something suspicious.
I immediately called for help from Blanche.
“What is that bastard?”
[Joseph White. A 25-year-old B-rank hunter. Active as a member of a far-right site on the Internet… My bank account balance is almost 0, and I have consistently expressed complaints about Hunter Pets.]
“…”
Upon receiving the detailed information, the Tiamat series visibly darkened their faces.
Tiamat is the strongest raid boss ever.
The damage they have done to humanity will never be unprecedented.
The happier they become, the more there are people who suffer from miserable and shabby reality.
But… The pursuit of happiness is the birthright of all persons.
Now, I don’t want to pretend it doesn’t exist.
Shouldn’t we treat them a little differently from those who were hostile to humanity, like those with black or white hair?
I left the Tiamat series with Alice and Seo Ji-yu, who were playing at home, and went to work on the weekend.
For reference, Hunter City has a Commonwealth law-based bill in effect.
There are some differences from other states, but… First of all, English law is as basic as Americans.
But that doesn’t mean I had to study all over again.
The laws of the Republic of Korea, where I worked, were also greatly influenced by Commonwealth Law.
While following the civil law system, South Korea values precedents, and some of its labor laws and commercial laws tend to be English-American.
‘Actually, this isn’t a story unique to Korea.’
Originally, most countries do not copy the Continental Law or the Commonwealth Law as they are, but configure them selectively according to their own circumstances.
As each country has a different culture and history, it is natural that the laws are also different.
“Can’t you guess the purpose of the crime separately?”
[Yes. It was not carefully planned.]
If it was a really sudden crime, why was he laughing earlier?
It wasn’t long before I found out why.
Because I was present at the time of the incident, the incident quickly became news.
The suspect asked his lawyer to release a statement to the media.
As a hunter, I couldn’t accept the fact that the monsters were living happier than I was.
He said that he had lost a fellow Hunter to Tiamat, and immediately began to receive support.
“Was it meant to be like this from the beginning…”
Green and Tia, who were waiting at home, seemed to have heard the news, and were in a very depressed state.
The guys were belatedly suffering from guilt.
“It happened because of us.”
“No, maybe in other times, but not in this case.”
“Yes?”
I immediately corrected the misunderstanding.
“Joseph White is a 25-year-old hunter. The age to be recognized as an adult in the United States is 18… Excluding the training camp period, it’s roughly 7 years.”
In other words, Joseph White couldn’t even go to the scene when the Tiamat raid occurred.
Because I wasn’t an official hunter at that time.
Furthermore, the Tiamat raid occurred in Incheon, Korea.
Neighboring countries suffered damage from the Dragon Legion, but at least not the United States.
“But it’s not him, he said his fellow Hunter died…”
“I’m sure he’s just claiming to be a fellow Hunter.”
At the time, Joseph White must have been a low-level hunter at the level of a trainee…
If he had participated in the Tiamat raid as a reinforcement, he would have been at least an A-rank hunter.
He couldn’t have been friends with such a high-ranking hunter.
“Critically, I haven’t even revealed the names of my fellow hunters yet on the subject of being sponsored. The more details like that, the better it would be.”
“Eh, then… Was it a scam from beginning to end?”
“That’s right. We will properly investigate and confiscate all donations.”
Apparently, the United States has a population of 300 million, international interest is high, and it is easy to enter overseas markets using English, so scams like this are relatively frequent.
Being a celebrity in America can really make a lot of money.
The main pattern is to aim for a life reversal after becoming famous regardless of means and methods.
“Whoa, I was scared for nothing.”
“But… You can trust people who don’t know how to do it, right?”
“Yeah, you probably believe it. It’s always been like that.”
People see only what they want to see.
In particular, people who have actually suffered damage from monsters will not want to face the truth.
An exhilarating punishment for the evil monsters!
The lies he is promoting now are much sweeter.
Reality is sometimes harsh and cruel, and it takes a lot of courage to face it.
I decided to be on their side this time.
“You guys were obviously in a state of mental loss. The ecology and instincts of monsters are proven through various studies.
“Master…”
While Tia is unnecessarily thrilled.
Green closed the distance towards me without a word.
“… What are you doing?”
“I’m just trying to change my survival strategy at this point.”
“Ah. It’s petty!”
The guy stealthily rubbed his tail, which was a little thinner and softer than Tia’s, and stole the spot.
Eventually, Tia started negotiating with him using banana milk.
