Chapter 167 – Episode 167 – [Grower Man No. 1] Extras Struggling Under the Stage
* Episode 167 – [Grower Man No. 1] Extras struggling under the stage
[2am]
Meanwhile, the Tower of Lust residential area.
A time in the prime of life when two people in love share drinks and agony.
Even though it is Korea, the hotel in question stands proudly in the center of a coastline where palm trees are neatly arranged like a tropical sea.
[Worldwide]
A huge hotel company that first established itself in the Tower of Lust.
It emits a small light in front of a scenery comparable to Hawaii’s Waikiki Beach, a famous tropical resort.
Even at this time, the front door is open, and there is a check-in employee standing at the front desk.
“Welcome. It’s world wide.”
“…”
When the front desk manager asked if he had come to stay, the Asian young man silently handed out his card.
Earth logo meaning worldwide on a black background.
At first glance, it didn’t look like a normal card, but the manager who saw it quietly asked.
“Are you Kim Se-hyeon, the guild master of [Cat Whiskers]?”
“Yes.”
“Call me the first digit of your resident registration number-“
“950107.”
“Registered in the Hunter’s Guild-“
“144-126-267.”
“-Confirmed.”
By interrupting the other person and calling them whatever they wanted, I showed off that I went here often.
Of course, the manager didn’t find it unpleasant.
If you think about the group of hunters, there are many people who are ruder than this.
“Please recite one line of caution before entering this market.”
Nevertheless, the probability of being murdered was not 0%, so I politely asked.
Then he recited it harshly, showing his tiredness.
“-There is only death for those who reveal secrets.”
One brief, bold line.
It was a single word that personally expressed the danger of the place we were about to enter.
“Confirmed.”
The manager put the communicator under the desk to his ear and recited.
“Ah. Ah. One person is going down now. Please open the passage.”
「-I understand.」
Someone answered and the door behind the wall the manager was guarding opened.
The manager pointed his palm toward the entrance, as if showing off a secret base.
“Welcome. We are proud of the world wide black market.”
She is not a normal person.
Clearly evil.
Although he was an ordinary person with no power, he was a worldly demon with a smile.
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… Go through the passage and take the spiral stairs down to the basement.
A depressingly empty space except for a small light illuminating the stairs.
However, that silence disappeared the moment you set foot underground.
“One person has arrived. We will close the passage.”
Immediately after stepping into the basement, the stairs rose and disappeared.
The giant who was guarding the entrance approached him with the communication device the front manager was using plugged into his ear.
“Kim Se-hyun. You’re here again.”
“Yes, yes, I’m here…”
The big bald gatekeeper put his arm on his shoulder.
This man, Kim Se-hyun, is an average Korean man, with nothing special about him except for being a hunter.
Just looking at it, it’s extra.
It was perfect for a light argument.
“What kind of reason does a bastard with no time for self-development have to wander around such a drab place? Huh?”
“Ah, ahaha…”
Even if I tried to force myself to smile and move on, he wouldn’t let me go.
He cursed several times in his mind, but ended up opening his wallet with his hand.
“W-here.”
The grip he was holding on his shoulder slowly went away from the bundle of bills he took out.
As my shoulders became lighter, my mouth also became lighter.
“If it’s okay, why don’t we have a drink on the way home from work…?”
“… Huh. Shit. I didn’t mean to do this.”
Even as he said that, he snatched up the bill and put it in his pocket.
The gatekeeper was satisfied with the heavy weight pressing down on his palm.
“You always give away such a large amount of money. Did you find a container of honey that we don’t know about?”
“Eh, hey… Is there a person here who doesn’t have a bad mind? Maybe I’m the son of a chaebol somewhere.”
“Are you a mean-spirited loser like me?”
“It happens often. Especially here.”
“Hehe… Hehe… Hehe!! That’s right~! There are a lot of rich people who pervert the stars! Thanks to that, I can go around with my mouth full!!”
He laughed out loud and swung open the safe-like door.
They seemed happy to have received the bundle of bills, so there was no further questioning or argument.
If the other person pleases them and gives them money, they are just happy.
Although he is a simple man, he is someone you can easily become friends with.
“I received it to the extent that I thought it was too much for you. I won’t accept it again from now on, so go forward with confidence.”
“Thank you…”
It was funny that the guy who got ripped off was expressing his gratitude, but he didn’t show it to the public and went inside.
The safe-like door slammed shut and locked from the outside.
‘Fuck. They say they’ll tear it up again if they meet again.’
When he disappeared, the figure he had just seen disappeared, and he spat on the floor.
This place, entered through a secret door, was a neat place with a marble floor.
‘You perverted bastards. It’s a hotbed of crime at best, but it’s really needlessly spacious and clean. What, are we bragging about having so much money?’
The surrounding area was like a shopping mall.
There are hideous weapons and equipment that cannot be sold on the ground, prohibited monsters that cannot be taken out of the tower, and even people in the central hall.
-Everyone! Have you all gathered~!?
-A top hunter came up for sale today!
-Ranking: 101st!
-Hey, it’s a triple-digit hunter!
-If I had tried a little harder, I would have been in the double digits, but it’s a shame!
-However, it is not something to ignore because it is ranked in the top 100! Whopping! It ranks 101st among ‘hunters around the world’!
-Look, what a beauty she is!
-This kind of woman was attacked by an incubus, and she was degraded into a beast full of sexual desires!
-It’s strong and looks good, so wouldn’t it be perfect to be used as a sex slave and guard dog~!?
-Come on, let’s start the auction!
-Who will be the lucky person who will purchase this poor abandoned dog 〈, female majo 〉!?
-Hurry up and suggest a price!!
Even though it was 2 in the morning, there were countless handsome men in suits and beautiful women in dresses walking around.
Most of them participated in the auction held in the central hall and were eager to purchase slave hunters.
On the side, there are bitches who sell their bodies to everyone.
The rich people from all over the world gathered here are throwing away ethics and enjoying the power of money like animals.
‘You devilish bastards. It was my mistake to try to kidnap him, so I could eat beans from those bastards.’
I scratched my neck.
Like a person bitten by a mosquito.
The seeds planted by Song Seong-yeon are wriggling in the area being scratched.
‘Damn… I don’t know when my head will explode like this…’
He is commonly known as 【Grower Man No. 1】.
A spy planted by Song Seong-yeon in the black market.
Since it was planted once, it has been virtually abandoned and only useless information is being collected.
But that’s not this man’s fault.
‘What are you asking me to do? At best, I’m only Hunter A at the bottom.’
A hard worker who has spent his entire life hunting monsters.
Then, an asshole who tried to kidnap Leah just to get a chance to make a fortune.
If you ask someone like this to get information, you usually have no expectations…
‘Ugh!?’
… The phone rang.
While I was getting annoyed that I was wasting my time again today, I hurriedly went back to the corner of the shopping mall and answered the phone.
“H-Hello?”
『Hello.』
『This is 【Grower Man No. 4】.』
『You fucking bastard. Are you alive?』
“Oh Jeongwook!”
“Why, did you get any information!?”
『From today onwards, don’t call my name.』
『Because I’m going to search like shit.』
Someone on the other end of the phone cursed and got angry.
That’s right, he is one of the victims that Farmer No. 1 forcibly dragged into this matter.
He was also a trash person who did dark things after seeing announcements posted on black markets and markets. He unfortunately became involved with No. 1 and became [Grower Man].
In other words, number 4, who is talking on the phone right now, like number 1, his life is going back and forth due to the seeds stuck in the mother branch.
“I’m truly sorry about what happened back then! No matter how many times I apologize, my anger won’t go away! I really have no one I can turn to but you-!!”
“Oh~! So you planted a bomb in someone’s neck?』
『Is that also why you get voted into third place and suffer such a disaster?』
『You fucking bastard.』
『I was supposed to not get angry, but when I heard your voice, I got angry again, damn you bastard.』
“A-than that! Why? Did you find out something!?”
『Yeah, dude.』
『I have learned important information to save my life and yours, so dig in your ears and listen closely.』
“Uh, wow!! What is it!?”
I listened closely to the information from Cultivation Man No. 4.
Meanwhile, gloomy-looking hunters gathered around No. 1 Kim Se-hyun one by one.
A total of 14 people including No. 1.
They are also poor [Cultivators] With bomb seeds planted in their throats.
“… Would you like to take a look around the vent with the guys gathered now?”
『Yes.』
『Especially near the elevators used by VIPs.』
『There will be a vent big enough for people to go in and out, so look around there.』
“Huh, it’s a vent, right? It’s not even a movie, there’s a way there?”
『As you said, since it’s not a movie, you usually can’t go in and out.』
『But it is different in cases where there is a subway, a building, or a huge structure underground.』
『An air conditioner is used to maintain comfortable indoor air, and you can roughly determine the size of the vent by looking at the size of the air conditioner being used.』
“So it’s big enough for people to come in and out? No, how did you figure that out!?”
『Through my connections, I looked into the items brought into the hotel.』
『I confirmed that a large air conditioner was installed. It was clear at a glance that it was not for hotels.』
『Also, the internal development of the tower is handled by the Mechanic Guild, right?』
“Right? But why is that?”
『I contacted them pretending to be a related business and asked a few questions.』
『For example, how was the basement of the tower developed, and is the basement near the hotel here a wave?』
『Thanks to you, I found out that some of the vents there must have a path leading to an underground passage.』
“Something like a secret passage!?”
『Yes.』
『I don’t know if those guys are guarding there too.』
『If you find it, it will be a big achievement.』
“But it seems like 3rd place wants to catch those who run the black market directly…”
『Stupid bastard.』
『So, even more so, we need to find out the secret passage.』
『Just finding a way to attack them unexpectedly and catch them is helpful to the other side.』
『If this is recognized as a merit, we too can be forgiven.』
『Do you understand?』
“… You’re right. After all, attracting you was the right answer.”
『Fuck you, you bastard.』
『The correct answer is one that will make you freeze to death.』
“Anyway! Never make a mistake!』
『I warned you!?』
“Okay… We’ll do the rest… Thank you so much for the information…!”
『If you don’t do it, my throat will burst, you damn bastard!!』
『Anyway, hang up!』
『Run the fuck away!』
Tooooo…
I hung up right after providing the information, as if I didn’t want to talk about anything else.
It was evident that he had told others to do the work, but he himself had gone out of his way to find the information.
“Did everyone hear that? If you want to survive, spread out and move!!”
「「「」…「」「」
The gathered cultivation men all looked at each other with resentment, but dispersed without a word.
If this incident ends safely, they must be seriously thinking about how to deal with No. 1, who put them in this situation.
‘Fuck. Are you afraid of dying? I’ll fly right here and retire before those bastards come to kill me…’
He said that he was the one who would report to 3rd place 〈 Song Seong-yeon 〉 anyway, and he moved secretly, believing that he would be liberated the fastest.
Fortunately, there is no one watching them.
There were countless customers who came to this shittong.
