The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood - Chapter 46:

Ahn Yoonseung hesitated and went in the direction directed.

“Two more steps forward!”

“Yes!”

“Turn right there.”

“Here?”

“Oh, yeah.”

I felt a look of confusion coming from the invisible man’s direction, but it was too late.

“Tackle straight ahead!”

Because A-Class Hunter physical abilities are not at a level that can be seen and dealt with by the eyes.

Right after this, a dull noise resonated through the shopping center’s lobby.

Puk!

“Heuk! There’s something stuck in my arm…!”

“Ugh!”

Simultaneously with the shock, the hidden skill was unleashed, revealing both the identity of the invisible man and the stolen items from the shopping mall.

“Huh, t-this.”

Ahn Yoonseung’s complexion hardened when he saw the items spilling out on the floor.

An awakened person who had become invisible, carrying a substantial amount of stolen items. At this point, it would be foolish not to grasp the situation.

“It’s a thief!”

“Hiik!”

It didn’t take long for the invisible magician to be captured. This is because the security guards at Hunter Market heard the commotion and rushed over at once.

And after the disturbance subsided,

“As expected, Hyung-nim! To immediately recognize the criminals who were causing trouble and even the police couldn’t catch them!”

Ahn Yoonseung showers praise while his eyes twinkle and sparkle. But I didn’t think much about this incident.

‘You punk, not noticing this is the problem.’

Invisible thief.

I wondered how great of a phantom thief he was, but in reality, he was a magician with nothing special.

“But this shopping center also has a magic detector. How did he sneak in?”

“Only the entrance is installed with it; it doesn’t monitor the entire building, isn’t it?”

“Ah.”

“It must have come in through a window or something.”

Fortunately, it is reported that the theft damages weren’t significant. To begin with, this shopping mall stores expensive products separately in the warehouse and only shows catalogs to customers.

“I looked around, but there’s nothing worth buying. Ahn Yoonseung, let’s just go. Today, I’m buying you a meal in return for showing me around.”

It had been a tiring day, and I decided to conclude my tour of the magic tool store.

“Yeah.”

However, as I made my way to the first-floor rear exit, a particular stall suddenly caught my attention. Items displayed like this are usually quite affordable.

“What’s going on?”

I took a closer look at the items placed there.

[Reflector]

[Effect: Reflects light attribute magic back to the caster only for attacks of E-Class or lower.]

“Give me one of these!”

And when I saw that mirror, I immediately pulled out the card without hesitation. There was a puzzled look on Ahn Yoonseung’s face next to me, but I didn’t care.

‘Primitive Earthlings unable to recognize true value and offering cheap goods!’

Yeah. There’s an example of this. With just a little bit of work, this magic tool will have amazing abilities.

‘I got something good! With the money I have left, I’ll buy a few more tools and fix this!’

I should cancel the statement that I came outside for no reason. I finally have another weapon to protect myself, and I was satisfied with the Chinese restaurant I stopped by before going home.

‘It’s delicious!’

It was a day with a great harvest. Whether it was due to the captivating magical tools or the sweet and sour pork, I couldn’t recall any thoughts of thievery by the time I went to bed.

***

[Arrest of suspect in ‘Invisible Man Thief Case’]

[Breaking news has just arrived. Today around 6 p.m., a 20s awakened individual who repeatedly committed thefts in department stores and shops has been arrested…]

Beep.

Inside a dark room, the man watching TV on the sofa pressed the mute button on the remote control.

“He was caught too quickly.”

No answer was returned. So the man added,

“I heard that you passed the magic detector, so I thought this boring observation would be over.”

His gaze swept around the sofa, revealing a trembling, skinny woman on her knees.

“How on earth did he get caught? Does that guy called An Yoonseung have such keen eyesight?

“I-it’s not like that.”

“Then what is it?”

“He was caught by someone else, not Hunter Ahn Yoonseung.”

The fingers adorned with black nail polish caught the eye as the person kneeling pointed at the TV with her index finger.

“Look, the blonde one.”

Just as she said, the news footage showed a man with dyed hair.

He was the first to notice the invisibility…and he signaled the direction to Ahn Yoonseung.

The murmuring woman doesn’t seem to be in a very good nutritional state. She looked haggard and ragged, as if she had starved for several days.

“Anyway, it’s true that he was caught by the Awakened.”

The person sitting on the sofa doesn’t even give a glance to such a witness. A mysterious man with a well-groomed brown ombre hairstyle. Soon his true nature was revealed.

“Juntae Hyung-nim! I brought you something.”

“Put it there~”

People with tattoos enter the dark warehouse one by one. They bowed down to a young man named ‘Juntae’ and treated him with courtesy. As can be inferred from this, ‘Juntae’ was the head of a certain organization.

“Hey, just tear open the packaging on top of the box. I’m going to hand it over to a broker anyway.”

Who is this man using the pseudonym Juntae?

His identity was none other than an illegal, unregistered Awakened individual—Pyo Nagil.

This hunter, having awakened the [Cutting] skill capable of slicing through anything within reach, was currently gathering unregistered Awakeners like himself and engaging in various criminal activities.

Of course, underground transactions of items, gate snatching, habitual robbery, and even murder if only money is given.

“If there is a scratch on the equipment, will any of you die?”

An unregistered Awakened person. What a comfortable position this was.

“Yes! Hyung-nim!”

“I’ll check everything one by one later~”

Since awakening, Pyo Nagil lived a life doing whatever he pleased. With an awakening value that could easily score A-Class if officially tested, he possessed tremendous strength.

He first committed robbery because he wanted money. However, as a matter of fact, once he tried using this overflowing power, taking away valuables was at least as easy as laughing it off.

Soon, he ventured into activities he had never dared before due to legal constraints. He harmed and killed people, wielding power as he pleased, and it was undeniably thrilling.

This criminal group, along with the illegal, unregistered individuals associated with it, were generally humans intoxicated with such omnipotence.

“Ah, where were we in our conversation?”

However, there is an old saying that if a tail is long, it will be stepped on. They were currently facing some kind of problem.

“Aah, right. Did you mention that there’s an awakened person who can recognize invisibility?”

To avoid getting caught by law enforcement, he changed his name dozens of times and frequently changed hideouts. Pyo Nagil lost two members of his organization this month. He doesn’t know where the identity was leaked, but he can definitely answer who killed them.

Seo Esther.

‘Guild leader of the Korean Magic Tower…’

The S-class hunter was the most feared figure among unregistered people.

‘That crazy girl.’

A murderer who, under the pretext of preventing societal chaos caused by superpowers, roams around killing fellow awakened beings, claiming to protect virtuous citizens.

It was an action that was no different from the politics of terror, but the method had an unexpected effect. As long as Esther keeps her eyes on fire, no one can openly commit a serious crime.

“Hmm…”

Esther is a thorn in his side. Moreover, recently, with the organization’s tail being stepped on, even the leader can’t consider themselves safe anymore. So this man was in a situation where, after much deliberation, he came to one conclusion.

“I will have to postpone the assassination for now.”

The murder of an S-class hunter. The invisible man incident, which seemed like a trivial theft, was actually a test of a certain plan.

“They said it would be perfect stealth, but what is this? Did the supplier deceive us? No, the situation seems a bit absurd for that.”

“Uhm.”

“They boasted about proving the true value of skill stones. In reality, they hadn’t been exposed even against S-Class opponents.”

Not long ago, Pyo Nagil managed to obtain the advanced stealth skill stone [Night Walker] from a compatriot in the underworld.

But where is trust on this earth? He naturally doubted the performance of the skill [Night Walker]. Pyo Nagil asked, ‘No matter how advanced this is, if it doesn’t work on S-Class Esther, isn’t it the end?’

The compatriot who obtained the skill stone said this, ‘In that case, we will demonstrate the power of that skill. See it with your own eyes.’

The idea of using a substitute for a rehearsal isn’t a bad one.

They used a skill replication item to increase the number of [Night Walker] owners to two. The period of use of the duplicated skill was only 3 days, but whatever. The performance verification was successful.

S-Class Hunter Jung Haseong couldn’t recognize the awakened being who had turned invisible at all. Even though they intentionally drew attention by visiting the same department store, investigative agencies seemed helpless against the invisible man, as if there were no way to deal with them.

“The shopping mall was really the final test.”

The Hunter Market’s magic detector was a kind of final gateway. Having deceived even that, they believed there were no obstacles left in the world.

“That’s strange. A stealth that neither the S-class nor the association’s detectors could detect… Some unheard-of troublemaker.”

But in the midst of all this, he never anticipated a new obstacle would appear—the man who exposed the invisible person, of unknown age.

“Go find out what this guy is doing.”

Until then, Pyo Nagil hadn’t taken the situation seriously. His secret had been discovered, and he even felt fortunate that the flaws were revealed before executing the plan.

“If we do a secret investigation, we will find the means by which the Night Walkers were discovered.”

Anyway, the opponent was just a passing hunter. Would there be any future entanglements?

However, contrary to such expectations, the reported information was close to shocking.

“What is this?”

Connection with A-Class Hunter Ahn Yoonseung. Clear the Maze of the Magic Tower. Suspect in the Jung Haseong attack incident.

Even though his record is this impressive, the awakening level measurement result is only F-Class?

“Looking at the inspection records twice, last year and this year, it seems like the association was suspicious…”

This is a characteristic of a typical grade disguiser. At this moment, Pyo Nagil had a gut feeling that the opponent belonged to the same category as him.

“Isn’t he from this industry?”

“I don’t know. I asked around, but no one recognized his face.”

“Hey, besides, why is this record like this? One piece of paper is the end?”

What kind of plan is there to disguise it so thoroughly?

F-Class hunter. Kim Kiryeo. Except for the record of his awakening test in June of last year, his past seemed like a ghost. Everything was so clean. Not even a common item transaction record was found.

No, there is one case recently. However, considering he’s a hunter, the amount of item consumption is surprisingly low.

‘It’s proof that he uses the black market.’

Pyo Nagil furrowed his eyebrows. The more he looked through this hunter’s information, the more he couldn’t hide his discomfort.

‘Well, the invisible agent was tightly silenced with a contract item, so they wouldn’t have been able to find out our plan with that alone…’

But then, at that moment, someone lifted their head from the torn sofa placed in the warehouse. It was the woman from before with the black nail polish.

“This person’s name…”

As she mutters, the gang members look away.

“What’s his name?”

“I think that’s the name I heard before…”

“Heard? Where?”

“But I’m not sure, so I might be talking nonsense…”

“Hey, don’t make me frustrated and tell me quickly.”

The organization leader grumbled, urging his subordinates. However…

“The human trafficking broker who tried to deal with us. Just before getting arrested, she mentioned having an appraiser marked this time. He asked for someone’s address at our neighborhood mercantile office.”

“This hunter… is this not the person they last kidnapped?”

It was information he had forgotten.

From what he heard. It was said that it was the work of some S-class hunter who killed the organization’s leader, attacked the president, and drove him to destruction.

Hidden behind Kang Changho’s actions, he hasn’t noticed until now. But thinking back, on that day, there was one more outsider at the scene of the incident….