6 – The Slum Sheriff
“Bread!”
How many feet is this? It far exceeded the level initially expected. Cheon Ji-ye had no talent for shooting, which was terrible.
He said that he was scared of pulling the trigger himself, and he was firing with a ‘bang!’ Sound. This can be I’m still young, because I’m a girl.
But she couldn’t even properly aim at the head of the Minotaur, which was less than 2m away.
The Minotaur also had a head. If he caught a glimpse of his gun through the little holes he had drilled all over him, he would immediately try to dodge it. But that doesn’t matter.
The bullet is fired at a speed of about 900~1,000m/s.
It is almost impossible to avoid at close range unless you are a being with powers related to light or electricity.
In other words, as long as you shoot properly, there is no reason not to be hit.
Somehow. Even in the original work, he didn’t shoot a gun that went well with a capricious person, and he went around shooting with a dagger. Everything had a reason.
While Chunjiye activates her protection, she cannot be touched. The moment she touches, she is twisted by the fickle.
With countless times, she demanded that the divine protection be stopped.
She said, “It’s a cancellation when I said I didn’t have to hold on.”
She took the time to stick around and correct her gun and posture.
“In this state, quickly holding out the gun, holding onto the shoulder. It recognizes the target properly and shoots. The target is big anyway. So if you keep the feeling as it is, it will fit easily. Okay?”
“… Huh!”
You answered very well.
“Bread!”
But he missed again.
Ha, that’s crazy. What?
This time I was stuck. The angle wasn’t too bad either. Moreover, that platoon head was very large.
Is making noise a problem? Because my body trembles I thought it could be.
“Tommy, just fire when your hand is on the trigger. Cheonjiye. Can you do that too?”
“I can do that.”
“Still, stop activating divine protection for a moment. Let me correct you a little more.”
I corrected my posture one more time, but my efforts went astray. I corrected my posture again. Also missed
Repeat several times. I don’t want to say this from the position of Shikin. I have to do it though. Cheon Ji-ye was a sh*t hand sent from the sky.
No way, is there something wrong with Tommy?
“Wait, give me Tommy.”
I don’t think so, but just in case.
It is convenient to always keep all possibilities open and check. I picked up Tommy and fired while holding it.
Bang! The bullet hit the Minotaur’s eye and ricocheted off.
In other words, there was no particular problem.
The bullets that Tommy, the artifact, can shoot indefinitely are very ordinary bullets. Because of that, the bullets pierced the muscles of the Minotaur and could not penetrate inside.
Still, the skin on the face is weak. Blood flowed from under the torn eye.
“Kwaaa! Come out! Come out! You coward! Aagh!”
It’s a bit hurt, so it’s giving off a f*cking glow. The Minotaur was surprisingly stingy.
“Be patient, Minota-kun.”
“My name is not Minota! Do not insult the name of the muscle hammer bestowed by our clan, you coward!”
Cowardly?
“Wouldn’t that be your personality to do your best against elementary school students?”
Bang! Bang! Bang!
I put three more shots into my face while I was away. Feeling the pain, the Minotaur hesitated and retreated.
This is quite effective. Maybe it’s a better deterrent if I keep shooting. Should I release the single-shot mode again?
“Aren’t you going to order more?”
Chun Ji-ye had a pouting expression.
It’s even worse when you’re replaced at the wrong time. I even felt a sense of shame that I was useless or trashy. I know that very well.
When there was no money on Earth, I did a lot of things to live.
“No, I have to.”
I didn’t want to take away the job I was entrusted with. I handed over Tommy again.
“By the way, can I continue to use God’s Protection?”
The Guardian of the Awakener cannot be used if the spiritual energy runs out.
If the protection could be used indefinitely without cost, the poison created by the villain from the Tang family would have covered the world.
“No problem yet.”
“Well, fortunately… ….”
“Correct your posture.”
“Okay, let’s do our best.”
I corrected it, and Chun Ji-ye repeated the shooting.
Chun Jiye’s shooting posture has improved noticeably, as if all those efforts were not very meaningless. Still, it didn’t quite fit.
This was very strange. Regardless of the talent or not.
I want to keep giving Cheon Ji-ye another chance, but I’m not in a good mood because of the hammering that has been going on for an hour already.
The wall shuddered. Fragile fragments fell little by little. If it gets worse here, cracks will occur, and if that happens, it will take an instant for the already holed camp to be broken.
Before I was in irreversible danger, I wanted to change the course in the direction I checked.
“Hand over Tommy.”
“I hate it.”
“I told you to hand it over.”
“Correct my posture.”
“Hey, Cheonjiye. Trying to crack the wall. Don’t you know what that means? If you leave it like that, it will break. You have to check it right now. I don’t have time to play around.”
“I know.”
“I know.”
If you know the danger, you should hand it over right away. Even if I stole this…… The moment I thought so, a huge hammer broke the wall and crashed into the interior.
Quattata, Bang!
Explosives, screams, gunshots A few noises rang out. Sharp fragments flew from the broken wall.
It is useless to blame anyone for a situation that has already been ruined. Because it’s literally already gone.
You need to give up quickly and act to avoid the worst.
After making my decision, I hugged Cheonji and jumped behind her.
In the prone position, I wrapped my hands around the back of my head to protect it as much as possible. With his body, he pressed Chunjiye tightly to protect it. Dozens of shrapnel prickly flew near his back.
There was also a shadow by the bedside. Perhaps the Minotaur got inside.
Damn it. If this happened, I should hope that he dies sooner than Chun Ji-ye, and that it is considered a sacrifice like a hero.
“Kid.”
“?”
It was different from what I expected.
A voice that sounds like it has phlegm.
“Are you okay?”
An old man appeared, scattering cigarette smoke in the air.
***
Heroes reside even in the slums. Even if a crime occurred, it was difficult to find traces of it, so there was a strong feeling of sending it nominally. In any case, a hero resided there with the feeling of a sheriff that often appears in American Western movies.
Hero, Mist.
My real name is Castin Castigliano.
He was a hero in charge of a slum located near Zaun, the metropolitan area where Bi Eun-hyeon stopped by.
Looks middle-aged. It’s hard to associate him with black hair without a single blemish, but he’s already over 70 years old.
Hero is a popular job. There were many who wanted to become it, but very few met the qualifications. So he always suffered from a chronic shortage of personnel.
There was no specific retirement age, and Castin was still active.
He used to be ranked A, but he fell to E rank as he reached old age. But he wasn’t weak like an E-class villain.
As you can see from the way he overpowered the Minotaur at once, Castin was a pretty strong hero.
The reason why he went down to E-class was that the hero rank was a performance system, unlike the villains who gave ranks with a focus on danger.
This can cause misunderstanding. So, isn’t it simply that the rank of a hero who has completed many tasks increases? You don’t have to worry about that.
The more difficult tasks are solved, the more results are given. Therefore, it was advantageous for strong heroes to achieve more performance.
In reality, S-class heroes were not beings who worked like dogs, but were talented people at the top of the world view equal to S-class villains.
Kastin, who came inside, watched the girl under the non-eun string. On the one hand, he remembered the dead Minotaur.
Somehow, it ended up being overpowered in one blow, but a normal Minotaur isn’t that weak.
‘That guy felt too much pain.’
The Minotaur has a body structure similar to that of a human except for his head. He knew that the pituitary gland acted as a vital point, and it is true that he targeted and hit him. However, it is difficult to understand why he died of shock in one shot.
Most likely, a single bullet stuck near his gums had a special effect.
Since Bi Eun-hyeon is an ordinary person, this girl must be the cause.
“Why are you so late?”
Bi Eun-hyeon asked a question as if arguing. It was a fairly rude tone to say to someone who saved him, but Castin was the one who arranged this request.
From the point of view of Bi Eun-hyeon, who has passed the brink of death, it could be seen as a polite question.
By the way, Castin’s divine protection is 『Reverberation』.
It was able to vaporize a part of its body, just like when it attacked the Minotaur, and it was able to distinguish or track all smells drifting within a certain area.
It was possible to trace traces of the odor that had already been erased, which is why Castin was dispatched to the slums.
In summary, when Bi Eun-hyeon smoked blue smoke, he had to know that fact.
Even when the blue smoke disappeared, he had to know.
It means that he should have known about it even when the two ran away in a hurry.
But since he only helped me right before he died, it was strange that he didn’t get angry from Bi Eun-hyeon’s point of view.
“Didn’t you know?”
“Well, that’s… ….”
“Yes.”
“I was going to eat breakfast…… “
“Don’t notice. Keep talking.”
“Looking at how much those slum bastards vomited at dawn, it hurts my nose to keep using Divine Protection.”
“So what?”
“Even for a while while eating… ….”
“Did you turn off the protection?”
“Yes.”
Just-! Castin gave a finger snap and laughed happily, but Bi Eun-hyeon’s face rotted away.
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Heroes are highly paid people.
If you work in the slums, you get paid more. There might be risk pay for that, but that doesn’t matter now.
Instead of receiving large sums of money from taxpayers’ money, a person who should constantly monitor what happens in the slums.
“In a word, he abandoned his duty. Isn’t this?”
Puffed up. Castine sat down on the ground. He said while holding Bi Eun-hyeon’s leg with his trembling hands.
“Rice was the only pleasure for an old man who had only a few days left to live. Sorry. Forgive me.”
“Can you say it? Did I almost die?”
“I’ll compensate you 100 times, 100 times the promised allowance as an apology for this incident!”
100 Times It sounds like a lot at first glance. However, the allowance that Castin originally promised was not that great.
Think about it. How much should the allowance be? It was only a few hundred thousand won. Even if you do it 100 times, it is a level where there is no choice at the price of your life.
“What was the association number?”
“2, 200 Times!”
Castin raised his head slightly. And he met Bi Eun-hyeon’s cold eyes.
“800 Baeaaeaeae!!!”
“It was a good agreement.”
Chuck! Bi Eun-hyeon held Castine’s hands.
That was enough money to forgive. Whatever it was, I saved it.
“Keep off… …. A child more than a robber.”
Kastin stood up and said.
“Whoa, kid. Can I deposit it to the bank I always put it in?”
“Can you put it all in me?”
“No, what do you mean?”
“You should give it to him too. We almost died together.”
Kastin looked at Cheon Ji-ye, who clung to the back of Bi Eun-hyeon with a bewildered expression.
“No, he is-“
“The victim.”
“Honestly, this is.”
“The victim.”
“No matter what… ….”
“The victim.”
“…… Okay. You won Let’s do it. What’s your name baby?”
“It’s Cheonjiye.”
“Cheonjiye.”
Kastin trimmed his well-groomed mustache. He took the time to think about it like someone trying to recall a vague memory, and then he opened his mouth.
“You are a child of the Chunseong Group.”