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◈ I Became the Gate Summoner Hunters Obsess Over ◈
Chapter 35: Receives Comfort. Enters the Gate.
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❗This chapter contains illustrations that may or may not be scary.❗
In the chill that followed Team Leader Myo's remark,
the fierce argument between the Nowon District Hunters and the Mapo District Hunters continued for several minutes.
"As you've noticed, Hunter Kang Yul is a little different from ordinary Hunters."
"I know. But asking us to follow the instructions of a rookie we met for the first time today without a word of complaint is a completely different matter."
"Mmm, mmm... That's... right... This is... unacceptable... mmm...."
Watching the situation that could erupt at any moment, Kang Yul had backed far away, afraid an actual fight might break out.
The last thing he wanted was to get caught in the fallout and end up split into Kang/Yul.
But he only watched from a distance for a moment.
"Ugh, those frustrating bitches. If they listened to the rookie, they'd have rice cakes falling into their laps in their sleep, but they don't know that."
"I agree with Team Leader Oh as well."
"Good grief. I can understand Team Leader Oh acting like this, but."
"What did you say, punk?"
"Team Leader Myo. Why are you acting this way? Did you really suffer mental contamination during the last operation?"
"Mmm, mmm... Could you two... possibly be... you know, with the rookie...?"
"Sheep Head, don't cross the line."
"Please don't cross the line."
Was it because Kang Yul had only been watching from afar?
He had unintentionally become the target of a personal attack on his appearance.
'No, but did they really need to look that serious...?'
Of course, Kang Yul could understand why the two team leaders, whose beauty was enough to make an ordinary person like him slap a celebrity across the face and then slap them once more with the returning hand, would find the idea of being involved with him unpleasant.
Still, he wished they would not make such contemptuous expressions right in front of him.
An action that seemed so insignificant could leave someone with trauma for the rest of their life.
Anyway.
Deeply wounded, Kang Yul watched the suffocating battle of wills between veteran Hunters, thinking, 'If things get bad, screw the operation. I'll just run away.'
Ripple.
Feeling as though he had passed through something that had become somewhat familiar, he looked around.
Management Bureau employees had successfully surrounded Ocean Park with talismans, sacred straw ropes, and guardian totems, completely enclosing it.
At the same time,
"The barrier has been completed. Exactly five minutes from now, we will break through the Gate's outer wall and enter."
"Ah, you'll understand once we get inside! Just remember that much!"
"Haah... We cannot communicate at all. In any case, we have stated our opinion."
"Mmm, mmm... Did they really... suffer mental contamination...? Some kind of supernatural phenomenon... like a hypnosis app...?"
The team leaders seemed to notice as well. Their momentum, which had made it seem as though they would start fighting at any moment, eased somewhat.
They each began preparing to enter Ocean Park.
"Hunter Kang Yul."
"Rookie! We're going in now!"
"Ah, yes! I'm coming!"
At the two team leaders' call, Kang Yul hurried over, then kept his distance from the Mapo District team leaders while watching their reactions.
Seeing this, Team Leader Oh gave him a bright smile, lightly patting his shoulder as she spoke.
"Rookie, you don't need to feel discouraged. They're only acting like that because they don't know what you can do."
Kang Yul was not discouraged for that reason. The words, "I'm only standing back because I feel like I'll get dragged into it if I stand behind you two," rose to the tip of his tongue.
But he urgently swallowed them at Team Leader Oh's next words.
"What the heck, I'm feeling generous. Rookie! I said I'd show you the jiangshi next time, right? I'll show you now."
"!"
Kang Yul instinctively shrank into himself.
So he would look just a little more pitiful.
As though he were trying to stir up sympathy so Team Leader Oh would not change her mind.
Rather than something he consciously considered before acting on, this entire sequence of actions was closer to an instinct ingrained in Kang Yul as a man.
And as a result, Kang Yul got to see what he wanted.
Click!
When Team Leader Oh threw a mana-infused talisman into the air, smoke began to billow forth.
Then, with another click!, something that looked like a woman began walking out of the smoke.
"Ta-da! This is one of the supernatural life-forms I control, the 「Jiangshi」."
"Ah."
Kang Yul thought to himself.
If a provocatively dressed woman wandered the world, she would probably have that sort of feeling.
It was such an utterly outrageous outfit... one that made him want to give its wearer a thorough scolding.
But that thought only lasted a moment.
Clatter!
When Team Leader Oh threw mana-infused pieces of iron into the air, smoke burst forth again.
Then, with a clatter!, something massive began walking out of the smoke.
"And this is the friend who'll be helping us today, the 「Death Knight」. It's a synthetic life-form made by combining lost property from the train last time with an existing supernatural life-form. It's incredibly strong, so you can look forward to it!"
"Ah...."
...Kang Yul thought to himself.
If the world came to an end and supernatural life-forms wandered around, things like that would probably be roaming the streets.
It was so frightening and eerie... he was confident he would run without looking back the moment he saw one.
Anyway, regardless of what Kang Yul thought,
"Then we will now begin subjugating the supernatural phenomenon."
Once five minutes had passed, the operation began as scheduled.
Before long, Kang Yul gained one valuable realization.
"「Jiangshi」."
Clank...!
At Team Leader Oh's command, something enormous sprang from inside the Jiangshi's sleeves.
They were claw-shaped gauntlets made from solid steel, engraved with the same various patterns marked on the Jiangshi's body.
Then,
"Break the outer wall."
Boom!
The instant Team Leader Oh finished speaking,
the Jiangshi kicked off with enough force to dent the ground and shot toward the outer wall.
Crack! Crunch! Creak!!
It rapidly moved the gauntlets on both arms, beginning to break apart the outer wall of Gapyeong Ocean Park, which had been consumed by the supernatural phenomenon.
Ominous sparks and red liquid that looked like blood flew out from time to time, and the Jiangshi's skin melted away.
But as though it did not care at all, the Jiangshi silently carried out its assigned order.
Watching the Jiangshi, Kang Yul thought to himself.
No matter how pretty a supernatural life-form was, a monster was still a monster.
Just shouting, "Would," because of its looks would make it difficult to bear the terrible things that came afterward.
Of course,
Kang Yul was not the only one who thought so.
"? Why is everyone acting like that?"
"This fucking...!"
"Be quiet."
"!!!"
"Wow, Sheep Head. I think this is the first time I've seen your eyes open that wide?"
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Right after breaking through the outer wall and entering,
Team Leader Mi and Team Leader Yu began sweating coldly with expressions like they had seen something they should not have seen.
Beside them, Team Leader Oh smirked and said, "You saw it, didn't you?"
Team Leader Myo also began looking around while pretending otherwise, the corners of her mouth slightly raised as she said, "Focus."
Watching them, Kang Yul thought,
'I should just do my job.'
Getting involved in the team leaders' affairs as a rookie was no different from crazily begging someone to kill him.
With the thought that he should simply do his assigned work well, he focused on the notification window that appeared before him.
Ding!
[You have discovered Midsummer Water Park.]
[Exploration Rate increases.]
[Some information about the Gate has been revealed.]
After scanning the information before him, Kang Yul took out his dokkaebi club as usual.
However, this time, it was not in the form of a ballpoint pen.
It had transformed into a portable printer the size of a pencil case, convenient to carry in his bag.
'I ate several things in advance for today.'
And one of those things was a portable printer.
Listening to the scratch, scratch of a pen was not bad.
But doing that in a Gate where every second mattered felt a little frustrating, so he had bought one and eaten it.
As expected of a printer, when Kang Yul recalled the memory he wanted to print and pressed the button,
Whirrr...
Thud!
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[Gate Compendium] - [Midsummer Water Park]
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■ Entry Conditions
ㆍMust be human.
ㆍMust be a day off.
ㆍMust be aware of the closed water park's existence.
ㆍMust think, "I want to go there," about that location.
※ If all the above conditions are met, you will come to your senses at a random location inside Midsummer Water Park at some point.
■ Phenomenon
ㆍUpon entering the Gate, you come to your senses at a random location inside the water park.
ㆍMost items in your possession when you entered disappear, leaving only a swimsuit and an admission ticket around your wrist.
ㆍThe water park looks as though its facilities were hastily repaired and reopened after it closed down.
ㆍDespite its dilapidated state, most facilities, including the electricity and water supply, function normally.
ㆍInside, an announcement encouraging visitors to play in the water plays endlessly alongside old summer music.
※ At this time, an announcement saying, Have fun, and let's come again next time! repeatedly plays through the speakers.
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With just one click, he could instantly print out high-quality information.
'Science really is great.'
As Kang Yul felt the greatness of civilization and praised it,
"Hunter Kang Yul."
"Ah, yes."
His eyes met Team Leader Myo's, who was looking at him with an odd expression.
Realizing what that look meant, Kang Yul refocused and printed three more sheets, handing one to each team leader.
The Nowon District team leaders then said,
"All their belongings disappear and they are scattered around in swimsuits...? If we'd made one wrong move, we could have died."
"Since we entered from outside, it seems we were not subject to the anomaly."
They read the information as though they were accustomed to it.
From those fragments, they began deducing and memorizing the Gate's anomalous properties.
Meanwhile, the Mapo District team leaders said,
"What is... this...? Is this for real...?"
"Now that I think about it, high-quality information like this suddenly appeared during the Commuter Express Train incident last time, too."
They scanned the information Kang Yul had handed over as though they could not believe it.
Then they began secretly conversing in voices too quiet to hear, glancing at Kang Yul.
"That is the rookie? But that appearance...."
"I have serious doubts whether that being is on humanity's side, but I do not sense hostility. Rather, I sense a deep affection for humanity."
"True. Team Leader Myo would not keep a monster hostile to humanity around, if only for her own younger sister's sake. Then... that really means it's on humanity's side...."
The two team leaders soon fell deep into thought, wondering, 'Can we really trust that being?'
But after witnessing Kang Yul's strange behavior the next moment, they concluded that there was no choice but to trust him and accepted the present situation.
After all,
"Team Leader Myo. About what I mentioned last time...?"
"If you mean the blood, Hunter Kang Yul, you may do as you please."
"Thank you! Then I'll take all the pool water!"
The moment they saw him pull a nautilus from his clothes, press it to the red liquid on the ground, and sweep up every last drop,
a powerful sense of dread was etched into their hearts.
Mess with that, and we're screwed.
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