Chapter 29 – Company(3)
After the company tour, we returned to the hotel and talked while enjoying a meal and afternoon tea.
Thanks to that, Alice also learned about the Oracle, but I didn’t care too much.
The other Masters would have expected this much anyway.
Besides, unlike Alice, she has no friends of hers, so she doesn’t worry too much about leaking her secrets.
“Then… Have you succeeded in delaying it for now? Four months…”
“Actually, there won’t be any big delays in the schedule.”
I refuted the macaron that Yeriel was trying to feed me and confessed her true feelings.
These days, I still lack exercise, but I can’t even eat snacks at random.
But when Alice quickly tried to snatch it away, she ate it, thinking she’d rather gain some weight.
“Ah! I heard you don’t eat?”
“Don’t bet on other people’s wives.”
“Ah…”
Alice sees Yeriel delighted in a strange place and asks her again while closing her eyes.
“Aren’t there any big delays in the schedule?”
“It will take some time to expand the related facilities anyway… Other preparations will proceed without stopping.”
“Well, then what did you hold off on?”
“That’s because I didn’t want to give you more green dust. Anyway, since the decision was withheld, I can’t ask for more from them for the time being.”
My green dust is produced in a special organ in my body, and if I overuse it, my condition will drop significantly even if I am healed by Han Ye-jin.
Now that I am active as a special investigator, I do not want to increase the supply.
Right away, I will go into recuperation for the rest of my vacation.
“Anyway, if there is no green dust, the progress of the Oracle’s development will be restricted. Unless you can find green dust somewhere else.”
“That’s great. There’s no Hunter other than you who can make something like that.”
“Right.”
I closely watched Yeriel’s reaction when he learned the Oracle’s identity, but…
Fortunately, she showed no doubt or agitation.
Even before her marriage with her, parts of her oracle were obtained as legal routes as possible.
At least as far as I know it is.
As I was resting at the hotel and repeating the production of green dust, I received Kim Jeong-tae’s work report.
The last incident of Lee Jae-han in the big sea caused an enormous wave in the society as a whole.
Of course, as the ugly title of sexual favors was attached, the hunters couldn’t openly protest, but…
An atmosphere of clear reluctance to the activities of the special forces was created.
Originally, hunters were treated as heroes who saved mankind, but it can’t be good because we uncovered their criminal acts one after another.
[I think we should move a little quietly for the time being. The upper management warned me several times. Even if you continue your activities, please be careful with the media…]
“It’s okay. Let’s handle it quietly for a while. If anything, it’s enough to block the press. The next opponent isn’t that big.”
[Then… Are you touching the permanent bridge?]
“Yes. Those pseudos are our next target. Get ready to start the investigation as soon as we return to Korea.”
[Please leave it to me.]
“How are you and the victims?”
[Not bad. My wife also expressed her intention to support me… Don’t you like that kind of thing these days?]
“I’m glad. Good job then.”
[Yes, take care of yourself.]
As soon as I hung up the phone
Han Ye-jin, who had been peeping at me from afar, quietly approached me and whispered in my ear.
“Master. Found it!”
“What are you looking for? Oh, the tin model you burned last time?”
“No… You kept that in mind too. I’m sorry.”
“I’m kidding. Then what is it?”
“There was something you told me to look for much earlier than that, right?”
Aha.
I clicked my tongue inside and immediately got ready to go out.
“I thought it would come out at this timing.”
“Shall I retrieve it?”
“Of course. Get your vehicle and equipment ready right now, and bring cash as well. I’m going too.”
If there was Kim Jung-tae, I would have left it to him, but now he is in Korea.
Chief Esquire and other office workers cannot be trusted in this matter.
Han Ye-jin nodded her head heavily and ran towards her.
About 30 minutes had passed.
I secretly made my way to the parking lot and jumped into the back seat of the sedan.
It was not too difficult as the current hotel was operated with a minimum number of people.
Han Ye-jin prepared my equipment and a heavy cash case in the back seat.
“Where are the things?”
“It’s a black market near you. Is your wife all right?”
“I’m still sleeping. I put in something bigger yesterday.”
“Eh…”
Han Ye-jin starts the engine while blushing.
I explained the plan while changing into Green Dust equipment.
“If money could buy it, I’d just buy it and come out. That makes sense.”
“Okay. What if things don’t go well?”
“Peace is always the best, but in case of emergency, just throw it over. You can’t pass it on to someone else. Especially at this timing… You just stand by and watch.”
“Yes!”
Han Ye-jin, who was driving as it was, asked her a really unexpected question.
As far as I know, it was the first time in her life that she asked this question.
“Um… Master. Can I ask you a really personal question?”
“What?”
“Oh, no. I just won’t.”
“Why do you make people curious? Ask me now.”
“That, that’s… Married life, are you okay?”
Was that also what you were curious about?
Han Ye-jin has served me for a long time, so there is nothing she can’t answer.
I smiled and nodded.
“It’s so much better than expected, it’s a big deal.
“Ahaha… That’s right.”
“I don’t know anything else, but it was really creepy to see Oracle abilities lined up one after another. Ehh…”
“Are you still happy?”
“It’s okay, I’m going to die. Yeriel is hotter than she looks…”
“Waah! Also, Master has arrived.”
“Okay, let’s finish it quickly.”
A black market disguised as a club in a deserted alley.
There, which also handles various hunter-related items, the item I was looking for was being auctioned off.
I spent my money sparingly and won the bid.
Although I spent a little more than expected, it was my duty to retrieve it.
By the way, Han Ye-jin, holding her case, went back to her vehicle and suddenly she stiffened her body.
I was slightly surprised to find a face occupying the back seat.
“Alice? Why are you here?”
“You rushed to get ready to go out, so I followed her.”
Alice, who seemed to be hiding in the trunk of the car, asked in a sharp voice.
“What is that thing? Why did you sneak here without your sister’s knowledge?”
“That’s not something to be proud of.”
“What?”
I gladly opened the case in the car.
The green brilliance leaked out even before the heavy metal case was completely opened!
What I bought on the black market was none other than Green Dust.
When Alice saw it, her face became very confused.
“Eh, why is this being circulated on the black market?”
“I sold it before.”
“What? Why?”
“In the early days of our company… I mean, until Irene Wilson, the master, didn’t have much money to spare? So I sold Green Dust to get the money I needed at the time.”
Oracle’s development and maintenance cost a lot of money…
Green dust was more expensive than gold of the same weight even back then.
So I paid Matthew Manuel by selling green dust.
The reason I was able to take the position of Master was because of the investment I made at that time.
Matthew Manuel is a man who never forgets grace.
“There’s no way I could have become a master at a simple material supplier. Even so, I was a founding member.”
“Ah… So you came to retrieve it belatedly?”
“That’s right. If we leave this, the criminal hunters can use it, or the company can buy it.”
So this time, I couldn’t ask the company’s Servants and Esquire.
Chief Esquire was an incredibly capable man, but he is Matthew’s exclusive.
Alice let out a sigh of relief, her eyes quivering.
“Oh, how can I say… I think I misunderstood you.”
“Never mind. You are the Inspector of the Special Investigation Unit. It is your role to suspect me.”
“… Thank you.”
Alice answered me in a small voice, as if I could not hear her comforting me.
I needed an alibi just in time, but I thought it worked well and ordered Han Ye-jin in the driver’s seat.
“Let’s go to the second best tourist destination here. Have you researched that much?”
“Of course Master!”
“What, why isn’t it the best tourist destination?”
“Why are you going to the best tourist destination with you? I have to go with Yeriel later.”
“…”
Alice mumbled her mouth but couldn’t resist.
Instead, he pricked me in a different way while moving to his destination.
It must have overheard Han Ye-jin’s conversation with me from the trunk earlier.
“But what the hell did you do to your sister!”
“Oh, no. Couples can enjoy this and that.”
“What do you do to enjoy it? S-rank hunters can’t wake up in the morning…”
I wanted to fight back, but I thought it would be sexual harassment, so I just stayed silent.
Of course, I will never forget this grudge.
We joined Yeriel, who woke up a little later, and leisurely enjoyed sightseeing.
