F-Class Destiny Hunter

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Chapter 101

At Seo Gangrim's sudden shout, Shin Sooah stopped and stood facing him with a look asking just what was he shouting for. He then went over to her and held out his hand.

"Let me have that."

"The fingernails?"

"Yes."

Looking puzzled, Shin Sooah nevertheless handed him the tissue with the clippings, upon which Seo Gangrim took it and immediately activated his Ability.

[Activating Ability 'Radiant Flame'!]

Flames burst out on his palm, completely burning away the tissue and fingernails.

At the sudden flames, Shin Sooah's eyes went wide in surprise.

"Seo Gangrim-ssi, what are you doing?"

"It's best not to casually discard parts of your body," Seo Gangrim replied, shaking off the ash left on his hand.

"There are abilities where obtaining a part of the target's body is a requirement. Like putting hair in a straw doll and nailing it."

"What's a straw doll?"

"It looks like a curse doll with hair inside."

There were also guys desperate to get his hair in their hands.

After thinking for a moment, Seo Gangrim added, "And my Ability is similar. I have one that requires obtaining a body part to activate it."

In case cooperation was needed later, he gave her a simple explanation.

After hearing his story, Shin Sooah spoke seriously, "Do you need a body part by any chance? Then I should've just given you the fingernails earlier."

"That's... not my intention."

"Still, just in case. It would've been a waste. I'll gather fingernails for you next time I trim them."

"Me too, Master!"

"No, don't collect them."

Imagining the scene of them gathering fingernails to give to him made him feel a little bad. On the other hand, these two were quite strange for offering cooperation without even knowing what he'd use it for.

'Were they just silly, or did they trust me...?'

"Also, please keep my Ability a secret. I think it'd be annoying if it got out."

"Ah right... Master's getting a lot of attention right now!"

'What's she talking about now?'

Seo Gangrim stared blankly, not understanding. Yoon Bom said, "Huh, Master. You didn't know? The communities were chaotic this morning."

'Communities?'

Wondering what was causing an uproar this time, Seo Gangrim went online to check the communities. As soon as he entered the main page, several articles caught his eye.

[Awakened isolated in Demon Realm rescued en masse.]

[Due to difference in the flow of time, found to have been trapped for years.]

[Destiny Protection Bureau's exploits prevent even greater tragedy.]

The articles were quite big, unexpectedly. Since a Demon Realm with different time flows were rare, and with addition of the story of the man-eating Manshin, the news became sensational...

After he skimmed the contents, there was also a brief mention of him.

[Thanks to the exploits of Destiny Protection Bureau's members, a greater tragedy was prevented. Another Awakened was said to have accompanied the members.]

[The Awakened's name is Seo Gangrim, confirmed to be the top trainee of the educational facility...]

[The Awakened who removed the survivors' curse and mysteriously disappeared, just who is Seo Gangrim?]

Ah right, back then even Human-rank Demon Realm raids made the news. After around 5 years passed, this rank felt like the norm so people had forgotten a bit.

Next to Seo Gangrim, Yoon Bom's eyes shone as she said, "Master, you're really amazing! I was disappointed when you said you were out yesterday, but you were out rescuing people all this time!"

"Um..."

It's not exactly right, but denying it was tricky, so he casually brushed off Yoon Bom's burdensome gaze and checked another board. There were a lot of posts about him there.

-Who the hell is Seo Gangrim to be going around with the agents?

-That guy got 1st place at his training facility!

-According to the survivors' accounts, he went around purifying with a spirit beast.

-Spirit beast?? There was something like that?

All sorts of nonsense really got posted overnight. Among the people curious about Seo Gangrim, there were also survivor testimonials, but another post drew his eyes more.

[Title: I was at the same training facility as Seo Gangrim, his personality is trash]

Right, this kind of thing was what he's used to. Checking the contents, it was full of nothing but slander and curses about him.

-So what if he got 1st place? That bastard sold the 5000 spirit pearls he got for free.

Seo Gangrim didn't recall ever selling 5000 spirit pearls, and without his knowing, he had become a tycoon.

-Not just his personality, he's a murderer. He has an Ability that steals the Destiny of the dead, so he's killed several people. At least 10 right?

-Him rescuing the survivors this time, that was only because of the agents. If not, he might've killed them all.

Numerous replies were attached under that post. Though there were around a hundred, the contents seemed similar.

-Right, I heard that Seo Gangrim killed a member of our Zone too! He shamelessly denies it without evidence but that bastard is the criminal!

-Are we just gonna let a criminal run free?? What is Destiny Protection Bureau doing?

-I wanna see his face just once;;

To the reply saying they wanted to see his face, the poster considerately attached a blurry side profile pic of him. Though the photo was hazy, Seo Gangrim could still be made out.

"Ma-Master... Are you okay? That person is awful! Even posting your photo! You've done nothing wrong!"

Unlike Seo Gangrim browsing with interest, Yoon Bom looked at me worriedly. Shin Sooah's expression was also unhappy. She spoke seriously, "Should we rough him up a bit?"

"Right, Unnie?"

"No, no. It's fine."

If Shin Sooah and Yoon Bom say that, they really might do it and it's scary. Seo Gangrim didn't know what would happen if an ex-head and an ex-assassin from the five great sects roughed someone up.

Nevertheless, Shin Sooah still wore a stiff expression. "But Seo Gangrim-ssi, it upsets you right?"

"No. I'm not upset. I don't really care about posts like this and..."

It wasn't lip service, he genuinely meant it. After all, he'd experienced this kind of thing piled up in his past life.

As he was about to close the site after roughly checking the communities, another post suddenly caught his eye. It was also talking about him, but the conversation topic was different.

-Seo Gangrim?? Isn't this the guy Dokgo Jun talked about?

-What did Dokgo Jun say?

-Go watch this and come back.

'What did Dokgo Jun say to make them talk about me?'

There was a link below the reply, so Seo Gangrim clicked it. The video title was interesting.

[I was a webnovel author earning billions, but after Awakening I'm an S-rank Manshin!?]

He could guess the gist just from the title alone.

After leaving the training facility Dokgo Jun had been quiet, but all this time he was doing interviews like this huh. Dokgo Jun also rapidly gained fame in their past life.

Wondering just what bullshit he was spewing, Seo Gangrim played the interview video.

[Dokgo Jun-ssi continued your serials after entering the education facility, do you plan to continue as an author while being active as a Manshin?]

[Well, my main job is as an author, right? Going on Demon Realm raids is just a hobby, collecting material and stuff.]

[I see. I thought it was the other way round when I heard you were establishing a sect.]

He established the Gidam Sect right after leaving the education facility in his past life too. It was similar to the future Seo Gangrim knew, so he felt a little relieved.

[How can I join Dokgo Jun-ssi's sect?]

[You probably need to be at least Spirit-rank.]

[Er... you mean I need a high rank?]

[Well, more than rank there's something else that's important. I know someone who's a protagonist but he's only at Insect-rank.]

His eyes flashed sinisterly. The interviewer seemed quite taken aback by Dokgo Jun's words.

[Insect-rank? Are you saying you'll bring in an Insect-rank Manshin to your sect?]

[Yeah. He's a friendless comrade.]

Then, Dokgo Jun looked at the camera as if staring at Seo Gangrim.

Grinning, he waved his hand, and said, [Seo Gangrim, you watching? I'll be coming to see you soon...]

Seo Gangrim immediately turned off the video. There's no change in Dokgo Jun from the training facility or outside. Since he ran away from Gohae's room, Seo Gangrim thought he'd lost interest in him but it seemed to be not the case. Meanwhile, Shin Sooah who had watched the video with him stared vacantly at him.

"You're not thinking of joining Gidam Sect, right?"

"Who knows?"

If Seo Gangrim assumed the worst case of Baek Young finding him and massacring everyone, Dokgo Jun didn't seem like a bad comrade at that time since it wouldn't matter much if Dokgo Jun died.

Shin Sooah, on the other hand, seemed a bit shocked by his reply.

"Are you really close comrades?"

"No, of course not. How could that be possible?"

Yoon Bom also looked at him with betrayed eyes. Only after Seo Gangrim denied it several times did they seem to believe him. Though their gazes were a bit doubtful.

Just then, his phone rang.

"Excuse me a moment."

Leaving the two behind, Seo Gangrim took out his phone and answered.

It was an unknown number, but in case it was Kang Dohyeon or someone from Destiny Protection Bureau, Seo Gangrim accepted the call.

"Hello?"

[Ah, is this Seo Gangrim-ssi's phone?]

It was an unfamiliar woman's voice. The soft, warm voice was oddly unpleasant for some reason.

"Yes."

[Hello. I'm Sura Sect's leader.]

Sura Sect. They were the sect that appeared first, and were hostile with Flying Tiger Sect. Along with Gidam Sect, they had an infamous reputation among the five great sects.

The reason Sura Sect was able to swiftly form their sect and establish a foothold was because they were originally a single organization. They originally the notorious organized crime group Sura Clan. Since they started out as gangsters, they were talked about a lot.

[Er, Seo Gangrim-ssi?]

"I'm not interested. I'm hanging up."

Anyway nothing good comes from associating with gangsters. When he hung up, Shin Sooah and Yoon Bom looked at him quizzically.

"Who was it, Master?"

"Spam call."

He hung up, but knowing Sura Sect's personality, they'd persistently keep contacting him. It seemed it could also be useful if utilized well but...

Just then, the doorbell rang.

"Geoul must be here. Just a moment!"

Yoon Bom hurriedly rushed over and opened the door. But the person outside wasn't Yoon Geoul.

Yoon Bom tilted her head and asked, "Who are you?"

"Thanks for opening."

The other party was a young woman. Her overall vibe was like a lady from a prestigious household. Wearing a flowy dress, she smiled gently.

Holding a phone in her hand, she spoke to Seo Gangrim.

"Sorry for the interruption, but I really wanted to meet you."

'...She called right outside the room huh?'

She did not just get his number, but his whereabouts too. Easy for Sura Sect's information network, Seo Gangrim guessed.

Staring at the woman, he said, "Who are you?"

"I am Sura Sect's leader who just called, Shin Ara."

"You're saying you're Sura Sect's leader? Why should I believe that?"

Even though Seo Gangrim already knew her face, he pretended not to, not wanting to get involved with her.

Hearing his words, Shin Ara's expression became a little troubled. "Hmm. I guess I'm not that famous huh. But I really am the leader. Sooah can prove it. Right, Sooah?"

Saying so, Shin Ara looked at Shin Sooah with a tender face. On the other hand, Shin Sooah said with strong wariness in her eyes, "...Why are you here? Sis."

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