Chapter 20 – Abduction
– Bang!
As if a car had collided with each other, a savage sound hit the surroundings.
Following the source of the sound, a woman was fighting something the size of a rhinoceros.
“Kreureu…”
No, it wasn’t a blood fight.
Landslide victory.
It fit perfectly.
Just looking around, there were already hundreds of things like him lying on the ground.
Like the sand on a sandy beach, like the stones you always see in a valley, so common.
Fortunately, it wasn’t blood loss, so if that was comforting, it was comforting.
That something that had been precariously standing on all fours eventually fell to the floor with his head bowed.
Has the fire of life gone out?
Seeing the guy who no longer showed any reaction, the woman let out a small sigh, and she immediately looked behind her.
A woman sighing heavily while staring at her phone with an infinitely depressed expression, and a woman with a hardened expression, looking at the things that were scattered all over the world, twitching her beautiful army, and then found an empty seat that was good for sitting and sat calmly.
Seeing their reaction, the woman who had been fighting something she sighed even louder than before and she spoke to the woman who was only looking at her cell phone.
” Mom. “
A woman called mother.
Kang Ha-rin heard her eldest daughter Kang Ah-jung’s words and left her house. Perhaps her spirit returned.
“Did you kill them all already…?”
Kang Ah-jung was dumbfounded by her mother’s words, and even heard her regret.
She didn’t have a hard time catching Tritran, which belonged to an advanced subspecies, but she was considerate of her mother’s time to touch her cell phone and dragged on for 10 minutes to catch it, but that was all she got back.
Swallowing her saliva once at the sadness of her overflowing water, she spoke again.
“It took 10 minutes…”
” ····Okay? “
At her daughter’s prompting, Kang Ha Rin also flinched at her and couldn’t respond further.
Unless she’s an idiot, she finally noticed that her daughter, who had a slight advantage over herself in terms of physical strength, took that much time, in other words, she was incredibly considerate.
“Haa… Sorry-daughter. Her son isn’t answering the phone. Mommy’s a little sensitive.”
” Today····? “
“Yeah… Huh- I guess something really happened?”
Rumors that Ha-Rin Kang is an idiot in her crazy bitch are widespread among her advanced hunters.
But not even to her own daughters.
She was doing something called ‘communication’ with her two daughters.
Of course, if other hunters saw it, it would have been a spectacle that would have left them in a daze.
Anyway, the most important agenda for them now was their worry about Ji Sang-i, who hadn’t been answering the phone for a week.
“Isn’t Sangji playing a joke?”
” Joke? “
” Huh. “
“Why on earth…?”
Kang Ah-jeong looked a bit taken aback by her mother’s determined reaction, but she continued her words.
“From Ji-sang’s point of view… Wouldn’t that be acceptable? She can’t even go out because of her mother and stays at home… That’s how it is.”
“Is it really- still puberty?”
At her mother’s words, Kang A-jeong swallowed a laugh even herself.
Ji Sang, who is over 20 years old, is still in puberty.
It was something that a passing dog would laugh at.
“Don’t worry too much, Mom… Ji Sang-i must be playing pranks on her mother because she’s sad.”
“Whoa- really…”
“Tritran… Please deform the exoskeleton.”
“Haaa…”
Harin Kang, who sighed for the ground to disappear, checked her mobile phone as she dissected Tritran’s exoskeleton.
She looked like a dangerous person who couldn’t concentrate on her work, but soon a cold voice was heard.
“Kang Ah-jeong.”
” Huh? “
“Didn’t your mother tell you not to hold it like this?”
The expression on her mother’s face when she opened Tritran’s head exoskeleton was nothing short of annoyed.
Maybe that precarious person from earlier was right, because she had turned into a lecturer preaching a sermon before she knew it.
“If you burst her brain, you’ll dirty the inside of her exoskeleton. Then rinsing it off is work. Even if Mama says-“
“It’s easier for me, though.”
“He really is. Hu- I wish Aseol could follow at least half of his delicacy.”
“Phii… The mother who said that also caught it like that…”
“Ah…Anyway, when you catch it later, be more careful when you catch it. It’s hard for a mother who spits out.”
At Kang Ah-jeong’s words, Kang Ha-rin started kicking her without saying anything, as if she had been stabbed herself too.
When Kang Ah-jeong was in charge of her boning, she became her own mother. When her mother was in charge of her bones, she was herself.
Dogingae was exactly right.
“Aseol-ah… If you’re tired, you can go to camp and rest.”
Kang A-seol, who was sitting gloomy with her knees together, leaning on a tree on one side of her as her mother turned her gaze away from her mother kicking her legs.
It was Kang Ah-jeong who spoke to her quietly while watching her notice.
” ····It’s okay. “
She didn’t know what to do despite the words of her sister who spoke coldly without paying attention to her, but then she nodded her head and left her seat.
As if she was the one who did more wrong.
You can’t miss it On that day of the day… ‘
Yes, because her sister was on her period.
Magic day, which is usually once a month.
It was a territory that could not be conquered by magic or medicine.
Cancer and hair loss were said to have been conquered to some extent thanks to magic and materials from the gate, but menstruation was not.
Because it wasn’t painful like a disease in the first place.
Moreover, each woman was different, so even the cycle was not constant.
In a word, kebabs.
It was like a natural order to live with.
‘Did you bring a lot of sanitary pads…? ‘
In particular, Ah Seol, who was her own sister, had severe menstrual cramps, and her blood often broke out, so she couldn’t help but worry about her even more.
If she hadn’t been through it, she wouldn’t have been able to understand it, but since she was the same woman, she knew it, so she wanted to take care of her more.
“Ah-seol-ah. Are sanitary napkins… Enough?”
“Ha-Sister, thank you for caring…
Also, Kang A-seol, who was talking about whether she was in pain, only gestured for her to go away with her teeth clenched.
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“Ah Jeong-ah, how many Gates are left?”
“Hmm… Now, here are three…?”
“Huh-still three … If you go to each, it will end faster.”
It was normally impossible to enter the gate alone.
She had to form a party of at least three people to enter, but since this was strictly regulated like a law, she had no choice but to follow it.
It is said that the purpose is to prevent accidents, but especially for Kang Ha-rin and Kang Ah-jung, both SSS-class hunters who can easily serve more than one person alone, those were shackles.
Like it or not, I had to organize a party and go in.
“Would you just- just jump in?”
” Mom- “
“Why? It’s okay if you don’t get caught~”
Kang Ah-jung sighed when she saw her mother, who was as playful as A-seol.
It’s true that if you don’t get caught, it’s a good thing, but there were more people who got it than that, so it was nothing to do.
“It’s because there are so many people who get caught… Are you thinking about the disadvantages…?”
“Of course I’m thinking about it.”
Kang Ah-jeong shook her head at her mother’s words with a smile.
Because she just couldn’t get a hold of it.
Clearly, she was scary and strict with herself, and at times like a strong support.
She said that she started Hunter with A-seol. Even when she brought her words out in earnest, she passed on her know-how without saying anything, and if I taught her, she gave it to me.
She was rather opposed by her grandfather and grandmother, but her mother covered her every time, so she said everything.
“Whoa-“
Only that was the problem.
That personality that doesn’t know where to bounce.
If Ah Seol-i was like a sparkling soft drink, it was safe to say that her mother was like a soft drink with Mentos candy.
Because the scale of work itself is different.
For example, I could tell just by looking at the way people looked.
Mom said that if she did something she liked, she would do it even if it was contrary to social norms.
On the other hand, her younger sister Ah Seol-yi, who had a sense of humor, is a popular creator with 500,000, donates a lot, and is an angel with good human relations.
Although the roots of her personality were the same, the behavior itself was different, so it couldn’t be a big problem.
What if she has an elegant and sophisticated look?
Even though she had a very high score in the first impression, she was eating away at her image because of that personality that popped out once in a while.
It was ironic indeed.
“Ah Jeong-ah. Mom, should I quit my hunter job now?”
” What? “
She was just like her own mother.
Because the scale was different.
“I’m full of money. To be honest, there’s no reason to do it now.”
” That····. “
“I’ve been feeling that way lately.”
When her mother suddenly became serious, Kang Ah-jeong closed her mouth and listened to her words.
“I thought it would be better to retire and live with Ji-sang in earnest.”
“Will the branch give permission? No, I don’t think even the government will give permission…”
“I guess so… Um- so if you do something against the law like this… Wouldn’t that be enough justification?”
She thought it was a serious story, but it wasn’t.
It was just a build-up of how she could get rid of her job as a hunter and live with her cute younger brother Ji Sang-i.
Feeling sad at her leaky words, but the more she thought about it, the more disgusted Kang Ah-jeong said with her mother.
“Mom…But that’s… I don’t think Aseol is with me?”
“Oh, isn’t this guy saying you guys have to do more? Retirement while still young…”
“My mother is still in her 20s.”
“Heheung- I can’t be a mother because of Sangji. Because she’s a ‘mom’.”
“If it’s an excuse of being a guardian… Fold it… Ji Sang is an adult too.”
“You guys who are good at taking care of your business are real adults, so it doesn’t matter, but my son isn’t ‘yet’?
The words were manifested in the Qingshan Yusuyo.
It was a sight that made her head go blank, how could the nature of the excuse to tell them if it was related to Sangji could be like that.
If you look at the reality, you can see through the dark inside.
It must have been just an idea to eat Jiji.
She knew her mother better than anyone, and she couldn’t help but watch it herself.
“Jangji won’t like it very much…?”
“Well- Ji-sang will understand your mother’s decision when time passes, right? Is he a son who listens to his mother?”
“Do you think I and Aseol will leave it alone…?”
“Huh-yeah, you said it well. When are you and Aseol getting married?”
” ····What? “
At her mother’s words, Kang A-jeong went blank again.
No, what kind of ghost is this?
“You should meet a good man and get married soon. How long are you going to cling only to Ji Sang-i?”
“That’s not what mom would say…”
“Since Ji Sangi’s mom will take care of her, you guys are dating, too.”
“Ha- Mom. According to that logic, Ji Sang-i should be the age to get married. But…”
“Are you and Jisang the same? I told you. Jisang isn’t really an ‘adult’ yet, and you guys are adults enough to take care of yourself.”
At the words of her mother, who did not say a word, Kang Ah-jung felt that something was cut off inside her.
It was unusual to speak in an irritated voice.
“Mom said it well too. Okay… I’m not getting married. No, I can’t.”
“What? He really is. Haa… I heard you don’t need anything if you raise a daughter…”
“If you leave Jijigi with the cat, you leave it… Even worse with the mother.”
“Her mother is about to be upset. How could she say such a thing?”
“Think about what your mother said before… Does this make sense?”
“Isn’t that right? To be honest, Ji Sang-i is the problem, right? Someday you guys will get married and start a family, but Ji-ji will take it. In that sense, your mother is going to sacrifice herself?”
“Mom, that’s not a sacrifice, it’s a monopoly, don’t blur the point…”
“Ha-I said it anyway. So do what her mother said and you’ll tell her grandpa and grandma that too.”
” No. “
“Kang A-jung. Her mom is trying to get mad. Really, stop blowing.”
“It’s my mother’s freedom to do that to Ji Sangi… Getting married is also my will… So I won’t.”
“Is he real?”
“…Quiet! Quiet!”
At that time, Kang A-seol, who was listening intently on the other side of her, screamed and at the same time her gaze turned.
” Ah····. “
“Kang A-seol. Why are you out here again? So, I told you to go to the base camp and rest.”
” Mom····. “
Kang Ha-rin changed her arrow from her Kang A-jeong to her Kang Ah-seol. Kang A-jeong shook her head to see if she had come back to her senses and tried to stop her mother, but she was too late.
” What····? “
“Is menstruation a government official?
” Mom! “
Kang A-seol’s expression was so rotten that he even laughed.
As soon as Pandora’s box was opened, she continued her words with a straight face.
“Ah-huh, yeah, it’s not a crest. That’s right.
“So you’re telling me to go to camp and rest. Didn’t you hear mom?”
“··· Hehe···· I knew this would happen and I couldn’t go back to the camp? To decide my brother’s affairs again…? That can’t be the case.”
Kang A-seol, who had been laughing like crazy, soon hardened her expression.
She said with a very displeased expression, as if she suddenly saw a bug.
“Fuck… It exploded again…”
“Hoo- Yeah, I’m sure you heard everything, right? Kang A-seol. You should prepare for marriage soon. Stop clinging to your brother. Sang-gi’s mother will take care of it.”
“Huuuuu”
” What? “
“I don’t like it. It’s none of my business. Marriage? It’s okay if I do that with my brother?”
“He?”
“Why, should we talk more? Me, my brother and the baby…”
” Shut up. “
“Mom! Please! Aseol-ah… Stop it, too…”
“Fuck…”
“What? Kang A-seol. What did you say to your mother just now? Try talking again.”
The atmosphere was getting worse and worse.
At that moment, the bell rang, and Kang Ha-rin, who relaxed his expression, answered the phone without delay.
“Hello~”
However, as if he was not the person he wanted, he immediately answered the phone with a straight face, and Kang Ha-rin hung up the phone within a few minutes.
“Because of the branch manager, I’m going to have a medical checkup right now. I have to leave the mission… Sorry, Ah-jung. Can I ask you a favor?”
” ···· Haa···· Okay.”
“Our first good daughter-“
Her mother didn’t like her, but A-Jung Kang decided to just accept that she was a reference line to herself.
In the first place, she even had a rough atmosphere because of her sister, so at least she would have gotten a little better if she had sacrificed herself.
“Kang A-seol.”
” . . . “
Seeing her not even making eye contact with her, Harin Kang, who sighed at her, eventually smiled and continued her words.
“Because I’m on my period… Mom is going to tolerate it this time.
As her mother’s new type, who had smiled slightly at herself, disappeared, Kang A-jung began to soothe her little sister.
“I’ll bring sanitary napkins. Wait a minute.”
” ···· Sister. “
” Huh? “
“Sister… Why are you still?”
“Huh? What did I say…”
“No, it was very different from usual.”
Her sister’s eyes were correct.
Normally, if she said that, she would have had her eyes turned upside down, but somehow she kept her composure differently than usual.
‘ Noona… Noona, please don’t do that. ‘
It was.
Kang A-jung was actually forced to endure because of her younger brother’s request.
She was in favor of her younger brother and not anyone else.
Besides, the expression on her brother’s face, who laughed at her when she saw that she was not doing her job, was embedded in her mind.
At that time, when she saw her younger brother’s expression of joy, an indescribable excitement surged in her heart.
It was the moment when her timid personality, which she thought was not good every day, was helpful, so her timid personality was the first to shine.
And, unbeknownst to her, she seemed to be scoring a lot on her own with her younger brother.
She was a little bit different from her rough mother, who was playing awkward pranks, but she was lightening her burden as much as she was.
‘ Mom and Aseol… We have to fight more… ‘
True wolves look for sure opportunities.
If Ah-seol and her mother fought, the chances of targeting the fisherman would definitely increase.
To see the forest rather than cling to the trees.
Kang Ah-jung was faithful to it.
“Aseol-i, you are in the same condition right now, but if I were like that… Who will take care of you, Aseol-i?”
“Sister…”
Ah Seol-i, who did not know what she was thinking, looked moved by her, and Kang Ah-jung, who smiled inside her heart at seeing her sister like that, stroked her hair and continued her words.
“And, Aseol, you sure fed your mother today instead of me, right?”
Hehe- Mom’s expression was funny… The expression we always made was what Mom made… Heuuuuu…”
“Let’s go to base camp first.”
“Haaa! Oppa, I really want to see you…”
Kang A-jung smiled faintly as she carefully tied her sister up.
She’s hiding a sinister mask.
