261 – Stranger (3)
“The powerful person in this world… what?”
Of course, I didn’t expect a response like ‘As expected from Ms. Kasha-‘.
Miss Kasha looked at me distrustfully with her characteristic harsh eyes.
“Did you do something strange? Oh, no. “What can you say about my current situation?”
“That’s right. Miss Kasha, as I said, are you in a position to criticize me now?! “Unlike Ms. Kasha, who caused a commotion, I behaved resolutely and was steadily building a foundation?”
“Oh, check this out.”
“Hi-“
Miss Kasha nervously raises her fist as I start the engine.
I openly showed my fear, as if to show off.
Then, Miss Kasha’s expression became even more harsh, but soon she burst out laughing.
“Tsk. “It’s even more annoying because it’s true.”
“hahahahaha, the taste of defeat is bitter.”
“Oh my. Okay. Be harsh. Peel as much as you can. It’s my fault for behaving badly. “No, wait.”
Miss Kasha, who was muttering tiredly with a self-deprecating tone, suddenly had a steep slope in her eyebrows.
“When I think about it, it’s annoying. “I didn’t do anything, they just messed around alone.”
For a daughter of a great family, the tone was quite stern, but our Miss Kasha carried it off perfectly.
“Actually, I don’t think that Ms. Kasha’s mistake caused this death.”
“Okay. “I guess that’s true.”
Miss Kasha snorted and sneered, but her expression clearly looked good, as if she was slightly pleased with my complete trust.
“Hey, didn’t you hear!? “What are you!?”
At that time, a tall and handsome man who appeared to be the leader of the group that was confronting Miss Kasha-
One of the large men standing on either side of him shouted at us.
I ignored them but spoke faster.
“That’s right. Miss Kasha. What on earth is going on? What is going on, even though Ms. Kasha brought peace to the streets by defeating the monster that was threatening the citizens – are these people blaming Ms. Kasha as if she were a threat?”
“What? “How did you know?”
“Yes? Oh, you mean Miss Kasha defeated the monster? “When I heard that the person who defeated the monster was a beautiful woman with unrealistic beauty, I immediately recognized her as Kasha.”
“Did you feel that the moment I lent you my power to get rid of that monster?”
“Oh my god. “This is what I’m talking about, being able to understand even if you speak nonsense.”
Is it because of the side effects that crossed the gate?
It seemed like there was a minor problem with the ‘contract’ that connected me and my friends.
It was only when I realized the existence of Miss Kasha upon her arrival on Earth that she borrowed my power.
After this is over, I think the first thing I need to do is check the connection between me and my friends in detail.
“Well, anyway.”
At that time, Ms. Kasha started crying and explained the whole incident.
It was a complex yet simple case.
“Pathetic bastard.”
The culprit of the incident that Miss Kasha calls that.
A man who appears to be the center of the group of awakened people currently confronting us took interest in Miss Kasha and approached her.
As soon as he got it all clear, he had a grudge against Miss Kasha.
They followed behind Miss Kasha.
In the meantime.
Here, a gate suddenly appears on the street and a monster comes out and threatens the citizens.
Miss Kasha used her power without hesitation to subdue the monster.
It was a heroic action.
However, they interpreted that heroic act in a different way.
Miss Kasha is an awakened person who is not registered with the association-
So, we recognized that it was an outerwear.
An Outer is a being that embraces all the negative aspects of an awakened person.
The shame of the awakened person.
It was a social evil.
According to the story I heard from Hwarin Lee.
If Outers use force in front of civilians, they have the authority to unconditionally arrest and investigate.
It seems they were planning to use their authority to detain Miss Kasha.
“Damn it. Why do I have to be treated like this by people in front of that guy?”
Miss Kasha, of course, had no intention of going along with their plans.
Miss Kasha, who borrowed my power, could easily overpower them and escape the place.
But the reason he couldn’t do that was because of the gaze of the citizens around him.
“Joosung oppa, cheer up!!!”
“That woman is an outerwear?”
“I heard Kim Joo-seong is like that?”
“If Kim Joo-seong is like that, then that’s probably it.”
“But why did the Outer handle the gate?”
“Well, aren’t you trying to steal gate loot or something?”
“Ah, I know that. I heard that the things that come out of the gate are very expensive.”
“I was trying to take a hit and ended up getting caught by Kim Joo-seong.”
“Anyway, you pathetic bastards.”
Kim Joo-seong.
That seemed like the name of a pathetic guy.
Even though what he did was pathetic, his strength was quite useful.
Her strength was similar to Lee Hwa-rin, who was listed as a famous hunter on the Jjangmu Wiki.
The appearance itself was at a level that could easily be considered a handsome man.
Something heartbreaking appeared in the eyes of the women looking at him.
Perhaps, like Hwarin Lee, he also possesses an extensive Jjangmu Wiki document?
Considering the social status of the position of Hunter in this world, he would probably be like a celebrity among celebrities.
That guy blatantly accused Ms. Kasha of being an outerwearer in front of people.
People took Kim Joo-seong’s words literally and considered Ms. Kasha a dangerous person.
Ms. Kasha felt cognitive dissonance in such an atmosphere and was unable to do one thing or another.
Miss Kasha, a stranger, knew nothing about this world.
Without her knowledge, could she have committed something that is taboo in this world? She thought about it.
When you come to Rome, follow the Roman laws!
If you have committed a taboo, correct it!
Our Miss Kasha could not tolerate the humiliation of being a scoundrel in her foreign country, so she took a cooperative attitude and tried to make everything right.
Our Miss Kasha was such a sincere person.
“Just looking at Ms. Kasha’s image, if she were to find herself in a situation like this, you would think she would say, ‘What should I do?’
“Shut up.”
Our friendly conversation was interrupted by an uninvited guest.
“I am Kim Joo-seong, an A-level hunter officially affiliated with Hunter, and a member of the Hunter Guild ‘Kim Hwan’.”
As he stepped forward, he spoke confidently.
“Kim Joo-seong!!!”
“Going Kim Joo-seong!”
Then, enthusiastic cheers pour in from all around, just like when an idol goes on stage.
Kim Joo-seong looked at us intently, as if showing off such a reaction.
This is the difference between your position and mine.
So it would be better not to do anything foolish.
Can I roughly interpret it that way?
“What a dog.”
Miss Kasha seemed to have reached the same conclusion.
“…”
Kim Joo-seong continued speaking with a winning smile upon Kasha’s reaction.
“And that person, as far as I know, is an Awakened Outer who does not belong to the Hunter Association. According to the Hunter Special Act, it is strictly prohibited for Hunters not belonging to the Association to exercise power in front of non-civilians. Also, , Hunters belonging to the association have a duty to investigate the hunter in question. In that sense, we ask for your cooperation.”
Law.
It was the perfect tool to use when you wanted to give outsiders a headache.
As Kim Joo-seong talked grandly about the Hunter Special Act, Ms. Kasha’s expression darkened.
“Damn. I guess I did something wrong.”
“hahahaha, no way. All Ms. Kasha did was to quickly respond to the monster before it caused trouble and minimize the damage. If she had received a reward, she would have received it, not a punishment.”
“That’s right. That’s normal in our neighborhood. But people in this neighborhood want to punish rather than reward?”
Miss Kasha’s words were thorny.
Miss Kasha seemed to be on the verge of becoming disillusioned with this neighborhood called Earth.
Even if it’s just me, I went on a trip abroad and took down a bear that was trying to attack people, and I thought it would feel really good to hear people call me a criminal.
“What should I do? Should I just throw it over?”
Miss Kasha’s expression softened somewhat at my words.
“That’s something only a criminal like me would do.”
Miss Kasha looked at me and gestured.
“First of all, I’d like to hear you brag about that handsome friend you said you had.”
“hahahaha, is that right?”
Did it seem dangerous to see a ‘dangerous person’ like Ms. Kasha having friendly conversations with three suspicious people?
No.
In my opinion, she felt sad that Miss Kasha, who had dumped her, was having a friendly conversation with someone.
“I would appreciate it if someone from your group would also accompany you.”
Kim Joo-seong demonstrated one of the beautiful traditional cultures of Korea in front of Miss Kasha, a foreigner.
It was a guilt-by-association system.
In that case, all I could do was respond with the beautiful traditional culture of Korea.
It was just personal connections.
Of course.
Before that, there was something I wanted to check.
Is he really doing this out of a sense of duty as a hunter?
Or is he just doing this to vent his anger at Kasha Ang?
“Is there anything to investigate? The only thing this person did was to deal with the unexpected gate faster than anyone else – resolving the situation before any damage occurred.”
“Even if you hadn’t come forward, our hunters would have arrived in time and taken appropriate action. Above all, Outer has no authority to handle the gate. Did you know? If we hadn’t arrived on time, you would have been the byproduct of the gate. “He may have captured and left his place. Illegal occupation of the gate. This is clearly a serious crime.”
As the conversation went on, I felt that the people around me were looking at me and Ms. Kasha more harshly.
If we consider the public perception of Outers in this world.
As Ms. Kasha was an awakened outer who was not registered with the association, we were halfway there.
“Do you, by any chance, want to say that you are not an Outer? If so, could you tell me? For some reason, an awakened person of your caliber has not been examined by the Association until now. I am sure you are not saying that you did not know. “I guess.”
Under normal circumstances, there would have been no way to prove Ms. Kasha’s innocence in this situation.
Like other Outers, he would have had to use force to escape.
But.
Miss Kasha was not an ordinary person.
‘You spoke well.’
What Kim Joo-sang just said.
In other words, he probably said this with the intention of delivering the finishing blow to Miss Kasha.
But.
To me, it looked like a very nice flying serve.
Why hasn’t an awakened person like Miss Kasha been inspected by the Association yet?
“That’s right.”
“?”
“The reason this person has not yet been inspected by the association is simply because they did not know whether it was necessary.”
“…Ha.”
Kim Joo-sang burst out laughing.
It was a smile of complete confidence in his own victory.
The time when he was about to continue speaking with that smile on his face.
I stopped talking.
“This person is a former person.”
“…What?”
“You are a resident of another world. Like the returnees who were transferred to another world.”
When the returnee was used as an example, the surroundings were in an uproar.
“Oh, I thought your style was something unique. Is that why?”
“No, then – is that person similar to Master Chariot, Lee Chang-seong, or Cheonma?”
“Wow, awesome.”
If I could solve this situation with force, there was nothing I couldn’t do.
That might be the simplest.
But.
In that case, my friends and I could have been in trouble.
My friend and I were in a position where we needed information about the gate to return to the original world.
That information was available to the people of this world.
If possible, it was best to establish a friendly relationship and receive help.
Therefore, it was necessary to thoroughly prove Ms. Kasha’s innocence.
Of course I don’t know about the Hunter Special Law.
But, seeing how Kim Joo-sung can confidently appear in front of people like that.
It is true that it is against the law for non-awakened people to use their abilities in front of civilians and arbitrarily handle the gate.
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In such a situation, you just use the power of Lee Hwa-rin and Chariot’s personal connections to clear up the incident?
If we were not careful, the two people could have been harmed.
However, Ms. Kasha is an exception that the law does not cover.
What would happen if we clearly pointed out that he was a transferee and not a returnee?
Probably, you won’t be able to find fault by applying the same law.
“That’s a very convenient excuse.”
That’s why Kim Joo-seong tried to somehow deny what I said.
“So what you’re saying is that you are not Outers but transferees? Ha. Okay, let’s say so. Even so, how on earth are you going to prove that? That you are transferors?”
“There is a credible witness.””A witness?”
Ha!
Kim Joo-seong burst out laughing as if it was funny.
A benefactor who will prove the identity of the Outer.
He seemed confident that no matter who he brought in, he wouldn’t be able to convince people.
I turned my head to meet his expectations.
To my companions who are taking a step back from the scene and observing the situation.
“?”
“What is it?”
“Who is it?”
The attention of the people who were focused on us turned towards that place.
“Oh!”
“Isn’t that crazy Lee Hwa-rin?”
“No, Lee Hwa-rin is also Lee Hwa-rin, over there-“
The moment the audience saw Lee Hwa-rin, gasps erupted from everywhere.
The moment I discovered another person.
“Wow… Awesome…”
Their mouths opened in unison.
***
“…”
Bukbukbuk.
Chariot nervously scratched her red and silver hair.
She didn’t like getting into such trivial and troublesome situations.
No.
To be honest, I hated it.
But-
-Singlebungle.
Chariot looked at the man who was smiling brightly at her and let out a deep sigh.
Surprisingly, this extremely annoying situation was the result of his great concessions and consideration.
At least no one died like a bug without even being able to make a sound.
It was quite an arbitrary story, but considering the power of Ceylon, it was not that strange.
There were several hunters who immediately exposed their teeth to the Heavenly Demon and burst to death like bugs.
A person’s thinking generally tended to follow the ability or power he possessed.
For that reason, the senses of most returnees who entered the realm of transcendence were somehow off.
This is enough for a returnee-
And for Ceylon, it was very lenient treatment.
So, as an exception, Cheriot took on a task that was extremely trivial and bothersome from her perspective.
“Oh, Master Chariot…?”
And then he blurted it out indifferently to Kim Joo-seong and his group.
“He’s from our side, is there any problem?”
“…”
The faces of Kim Joo-seong and his party, who had always been triumphant, turned into astonishment.
‘Master Chariot guarantees others…?’
***
A small figure fell from the air and hit his butt.
“Evil.”
An emotionless scream escaped from the woman’s mouth.
She immediately stood up from her seat and rubbed her petite buttocks.
“Interesting.”
And she looked with interest at the heterogeneous scene unfolding before her eyes.