《My Second Life in Another World》 Ranks! Ranks! F- 0 - 100 F 101 - 200 F+ 201 - 300 E- 301 - 500 E 501 - 700 E+ 701 - 900 D- 901 - 1,200 D 1,201 - 1,500 D+ 1,501 - 1,800 C- 1,801 - 2,400 C 2,401 - 2,800 C+ 2,801 - 3,200 B- 3,201 - 3,700 B 3,701 - 4,200 B+ 4,201 - 4,700 A- 4,701 - 5,300 A 5,301 - 5,900 A+ 5,901 - 6,500 S- 6,501 - 7,200 S 7,201 - 7,900 S+ 7,901 - 8,600 SS- 8,601 - 9,400 SS 9,401 - 10,200 SS+ 10,201 - 11,000 SSS- 11,001 - 11,900 SSS 11,901 - 12,800 SSS+ 12,801 - 13,700 ?? STATUS! STATUS! ------------------- STATUS: NAME: TSUGIKUNI HARU LEVEL: 32 (20/100%) AGE: 20 STATS: STRENGTH: A+ (6,100) AGILITY: S- (7,100) INTELLIGENCE: SS- (9,100) VITALITY: SS- (9,300) CHAKRA(MANA): SSS- (11,700) CHARM: SS (10,100) [Can''t be increased with points] POINTS: 10,500 INVENTORY : Demon yer uniform with Haori(D) Runestone: Gluttony(S+) RuneStone: Super Regeneration(S) RuneStone: Giant''s Roar(B) Sword Eater(A-) STORE RELATIONSHIPS: Sung Jin-ah(Lover) Cha Hae-in(Lover) Queresha Calistria(Lover/Maid) Tawata Kanae(Lover) PARTY: ?????? ________________________________________________________ Characters Characters Tsugikuni Haru Sung Jin-Woo Cha Hae-In Sung Jin-Ah Sung Il-Hwan Park Kyung-Hye Go Gun-Hee Woo Jin-Chul Choi Jong-In Baek Yoon-Ho Son Ki-Hoon Gina Im Tae-Gyu Ma Dong-Wook Tawata Kanae Izawa Ippei Ishida Mari Tanaka Kenzo Hoshino Minoru Kumamoto Atsushi Fujishima Tatsumi Kei Shimizu Akari Ryuji Goto Liu Zhigang Thomas Andre Laura Lennart Niermann Asma Ansari(OC) Queresha Calistria Antares: The Monarch of Destruction, the King of Dragons Ashborn: The Monarch of Shadows, the King of the Dead Baran: The Monarch of White mes, the King of Demons Beast Monarch: The King of Beasts Frost Monarch: The King of Snow Folk Iron Body Monarch: The King of Monstrous Humanoids Legia: The Monarch of the Beginning, the King of Giants Querehsha: The Monarch of gues, the King of Insects Yogumunt: The Monarch of Transfiguration, the King of Demonic Spectre ... Akane Yanagi Kurumi Raikou Shuten-Douji ...... -:The Beginning After The End:- Zenobia Septimia(OC) Randel Septimia(OC) Arthur Leywin Elenor Leywin Alice Leywin Sylvie Sylvia Reynolds Leywin Elijah Knight Tessia Eralith Merial Eralith Virion Eralith Alduin Eralith Alea Triscan Aya Grephin Cynthia Goodsky Kathyln yder Curtis yder ine yder Prisc yder Varay Aurae Bairon Wykes Dawsid Greysunders udera Greysunders Mica Earthborn Olfred Warend Kaspian deheart ire deheart Feyrith Ivsaar III Kai Crestless Theodore Maxwell Doradrea Oreguard Agrona Vritra Kazees Indrath Aldir Windsom Seris Vienna Melzi Cadell Dragoth Jagrette Uto LOVERS (SPOILER) LOVERS (SPOILER) SOLO LEVELING:- CHA HAE-IN SUNG JIN-AH QUERESHA CALISTRIA (FORMER MONARCH OF PLAGUES) TAWATA KANAE Chapter 1: WELL, SH*T!!!!! Chapter 1: WELL, SH*T!!!!! It was a weekend, I was in my house drinking as I do every weekend. I turned 27 today but I didn''t go anywhere and stayed home. It kind of became a habit after my parents passed away because a tsunami hit the cruise ship they were traveling on the south pacific ocean. Because of a 9.4¨C9.6 on the moment magnitude scale in Chile caused a massive tsunami of about 30 meters in height. no one survived and the tsunami passed by the destruction was enormous. Not only my parents but the 3000 passengers and crew aboard the ship died, and almost 75% of the body weren''t even discovered. My parent''s bodies were discovered as I told the government to work with them as a priority as my father was considered the most famous businessman in America so they had many concerns regarding the situation. I dropped out of college and helped my father in hispany, We made the current business we have at some point we didn''t have the money to support our family but we were able to pull through and make it to the top. ''It''s been over a year now.'' I still can''t stop thinking about my parents as I loved them. I miss my mother''s cooking and my father who would hound me every time to marry or scold me when I didn''t listen to him. ''When I was your age I already had you.'' He used to say that all the time. As an only child, I don''t have any family members left. ''I miss them.'' I said as I drink another ss of wine. And went to my room to sleep. I am currently in Tokyo in the mansion we owned as my mother liked to live here. I went towards my room, I was feeling very dizzy and I just crashed on the bed and slept. ----- After waking up I was in an unknown ce that I don''t know. ''Am I still drunk? I did drink a lotst night.'' That''s what I thought as a blue screen came in front of me with what looked like a character profile. Which was empty currently and on the left side are names of¡­ ¡­. Emiya Shirou Uchiha Sasuke Tomioka Giyu Big Chungus ¡­.. The yer can use Three Characters'' power and One''s body. (You can only use a human with no mana or other energy for the main body.) .... ''Za FUCK'' how much did I drink to see shit like this? Ahh, my head hurts it feels like it''s going to split. It looks like character customization with one character as base body and full power from Three different characters. ''What a weird dream to have, I have been reading way too many fanfics. It''s even showing up in my dreams now.'' ''The base body should be human, this is hard.'' I can''t use characters that are of other races or have any type of energy like mana, ki, or the works. What the fuck is this condition even here I don''t get it, is it just harassment for someone like me who has only recently been drawn into ACG culture. A human who has immense talent and potential. There are a lot of them in anime but one without mana or any form of energy is few. Guess I am still a noob when ites to anime, I only started it after the death of my parents as a way of coping. ''Well, I have already made up my mind.'' I said as scrolled and selected the one I was looking for. ¡­... Tsugikuni Yoriichi ... Well, this is the only one thates to my mind as an OP human that has a lot of potential. Just thinking of him bing a demon in ce of his brother gives me shivers. [Model Tsugikuni Yoriichi has been chosen as the base body] Okay, now on to the other three it seems that I can choose which version of the character I want so I chose Yoriichi In his prime. Now the second is going to be Naruto when he fought against Kaguya. And Uchiha Madara when he fought the Five Kages. He was so badass. Madara is the definition of badass in my dictionary. And now thest one is Edward Newgate my favorite character, I still feel like crying thinking about the Marineford arc. I am going to choose him in his prime his powers are op. [Compling character models, Naruto Uzumaki, Madara Uchiha, Edward Newgate Compilingpleted ] [CONFIRM/DECLINE] I pressed on confirm and felt satisfied with the character model [CONGRATULATIONS!!] If this was real it would have been a force to reckon with Or maybe that is just my biased view. But, I know this isn''t real and I felt my consciousness slipping as my vision darkened -- (??? POV) "Do you think he''s going to be ok?" Said a human-made of golden light in a somewhat masculine voice with no face. "Yes, we should believe in him although he was chosen by chance, he is still our child after all and what kind of parents don''t trust in their children." A feminine voice with the same body as the male said sounding a little angry replied. "OHHH you are right he is our son so he will do a great job I am sure." "HMPH, Good that you know." The female looked away. And the male was trying his best to calm her down or it would be hell for him. --- (Mc POV) I woke up feeling dizzy and I had a really bad headache. I looked around and saw that I was In a different ce. My mind was cleared in an instant as I saw a room that wasn''t known to me. "Where the fuck am I ?" this was the only question on my mind. Chapter 2: Thoughts! Chapter 2: Thoughts! Calm down! Breathe slowly, IN AND OUT. IN AND OUT. IN AND¡­ FUCK IT ISN''T WORKING HOW IT''S SUPPOSED TO, THOSE YOUTUBE TUTORIALS LIED TO ME. ARGHHHHHHHHHH. After 5 minutes, I finally calmed down and went out of the room I was in, Walking towards the kitchen i noticed that this house is big for one person to live in. Why am I here? Who brought me here? Ah fuck. My head. I felt like my brain is being ripped to pieces. I got memories of someone else in my head and only after 5 minutes did the headache stop. I sat on the sofa in the living room. ''I''m in another world. How did I get here? I haven''t heard anyone sleepwalking to another dimension. Wait on second thought I know someone who might do that, Well jokes aside...'' Ok enough mopping around. From the memories I have now. I live here alone. And the parents of the one whose memory I have died 6 years ago in gate incident. They left the boy with enough money tost ten years easily with the house that I live in. and some property around Seoul. ''Was that dream true then? Do I have those powers?'' I thought as a blue screen appeared in front of me. [Beginner gift pack, Do you want to open it?] [CONFIRM/DECLINE] I touched on Confirm. ___________________________________________________ Standard Nichirin katana (E): A normal Nichirin katana used by the demon yer corps. Training Ground (C): An alternate space the user can ess where you can train your powers without affecting the real world. Demon yer uniform with Haori (D): Made from special silk that is resistant to cutting and veryfortable to touch. can repair itself over time. Points: 1,000 ________________________________________________________ ''Ok, so now I have a weapon and equipment for hunting'' I thought it might be a little odd to wear this in modern times, But it''s the best I have and I have to start quickly if I want to be ahead of everyone, Because the world I am in.... Is Solo Leveling, I remember some parts but not the whole story. There are many dangers in this world but... I don''t care I''ll live how I want. Even after getting the powers of Naruto, Madara, and Whitebeard at their peak if I still act like a coward then I don''t deserve this life. I miss the Naruto series, after it finished I was excited the new one wille but¡­ Man, Boruto practically threw me into depression again. It''s good that I died and don''t have to witness more of it. (A/N: well aren''t you lucky.) I stood up quickly as I didn''t want to think about Boruto and question my existence again. I made breakfast for myself as I was hungry. After eating I took my phone as I want to check where the world has reached in terms of storyline. I opened the phone and typed about the double dungeon incident, after scrolling through the pages. It showed the article talking about the incident it happened almost 2 months ago, ''So, 1 month before Sung Jin-woo goes for the revaluation and 2 months before the Jeju ind raid.'' I have enough time I''ll go for the rank evaluation in two days after getting used to my powers. With these thoughts, I put the smartphone down and thought. ''STATUS'' And a blue screen appeared in front of me. ________________________________________________________ STATUS: NAME: TSUGIKUNI HARU LEVEL: 1 (0/1000XP) AGE: 20 STATS: STRENGTH: B+ (4,500) AGILITY: A (5,500) VITALITY: S (7,700) INTELLIGENCE: S (7,500) CHAKRA(MANA): SS (10,000) CHARM: B+ (8,500) [Can''t be increased with points] POINTS: 1000 INVENTORY : Standard Nichirin Katana (E) Demon yer Uniform And Haori (D) STORE ?????? ________________________________________________________ Ok, it is easy to understand this, the mana is showing in the same ce as Chakra so I can assume that I don''t have to worry about having a different energy source than others. It''s convenient. and what is this ''???'' i tried thinking about opening it but it didn''t work I even touched it with my fingers and guess what..... It still didn''t work. I''ll just leave it be. I want to focus on other things. There is also a store, I want to know what I can buy from this. I thought about opening the store and it opened. So I can control it with my mind it''s better than letting people think that I am an idiot while poking at empty space. Not that someone in their sane mind would do that. The shop opened. What I saw was an online shop-like interface in which there were categories, Such as Ingredients, Weapons, essories, Potions, and Armour. There was no skill section guess I can''t buy skills. I clicked on Ingredients and it opened and showed what was avable. Fountain of youth(SS+): If someone drank a mouthful of it, the person will gain eternal youth. It is an ingredient that can''t be found in the mortal realm anymore. PRICE: 21,000 Points Branch of the World Tree(S+): The branch of the World Tree is used to make magic staffs. PRICE: 16,000 POINTS ''So there is stuff like this, huh? I don''t need it now but maybeter.'' I scrolled a bit in Ingredients and saw there was raw meat, metal, herbs, and more. I scrolled through other sections as well and there were items like this. The weapons section had weapons like swords, spears, katana, hammers, shields, you name it. essories had stuff like grimoires, rings, earrings, nes, and bracelets. Potions are pretty self-exnatory as they have potions for SS-rank to F-rank potions for healing, diseases, status effect, haste, Hair growth serum, and Viagra as well. And Armour section had different armors from full metal, chain, leather, armor-like clothes as well as bikini armor. The better the quality the higher the price. After seeing this I made up my mind to train I have to go to evaluate my rank in 2 days even if I know the result, it''s better to do it fast so that I get to level up. I am powerful but I need to adjust to it since I have no prior experience in using powers, Likee on, I am from apletely normal world. ''Father, Mother please watch over me.'' Man, I feel like a child again. With this thought, I opened the training ground. Chapter 3: ABILITIES! Chapter 3: ABILITIES! I felt the space around me change and I was inside a clearing in the forest. This forest had a lot of trees here and there but there is enough space to move around. I was excited to use my powers, so I first took out my katana and took a stance from my memory, I wanted to adjust my breathing but... I was subconsciously using total concentration breathing this whole time. I was shocked for a second and then thought it was only natural for me to be able to do this as Yoriichi used it like normal breathing, He had ess to the see-through world since being born. He was able to beat an experienced swordsman the first time he held a sword, that talent is way beyond what you can imagine. Even Muzan said the real monster wasn''t himself but Yoriichi. Now after thinking about this, I started using the different forms of the breath of the sun one by one and started to get the hang of it almost instantly. My Nichirin de had a dark red color, it looked fucking cool. Then I used the Thirteenth Form of the Breath of the Sun. Thebination of all Twelve forms started, And Boy oh boy was it magnificent. ''I CAN DO THIS ALL DAY'' After doing this for an hour and getting used to it while experimenting with different patterns I stopped. I don''t emit any killing intent or hatred so it was impossible to sense me with those means. As I am practically invisible to those who use bloodlust as means to predict attacks. I would go unnoticed and my speed was not something to scoff at, even I got confused and almost tripped but got the hang of it. My speed is way too fast whenpared to the characters in solo leveling it''s almost like instant teleportation like Minato but without any Jutsu, Just strengthening my body with chakra and this was the result. Without chakra, it will be half of this speed, which is still fucking fast it should be like when the Raikage uses his raiton chakra mode. I did chakra control practice for half an hour to get good control over it so that I can use it without a problem, and then made 10 clones and sent them to do practice chakra control and different Jutsus. I can use all chakra natures so don''t have to waste time on training them as well. I looked around and the forest is pretty much destroyed. What surprised me was that it was going back to normal at a slow but steady pace. So I don''t have to worry about it being like this. After thinking for some time, I moved away from the clones and went in one direction after I felt I was 10km away from them, I thought of using Haki and started searching through the memories. And found how to use it, I meditated for a bit and concentrated to see if I can use Kenbunshoku Haki it took me some time, but I was able to get the hang of it in around 3 minutes I was able to sense the tree leaves falling with my eyes closed I have a range of a circle that has 5 km as a radius. while spreading the raiton chakra I was able to increase the radius from 5 km to 7 km. It was a bit hard to get used to the information flowing into my brain from my surroundings. But I got used to it I guess it''s thanks to my intelligence stat. it might also be the reason why I can understand stuff so easily. After ying around with Kenbunshoku Haki for an hour I was able to figure out other abilities such as emotion-sensing, strength sensing, intent sensing and I was then practicing it with my clones. I will stop it here as I can''t use the advanced technique yet. it will take some training to do that. And then I used Busoshoku Haki which came so naturally that even I got scared, I was able to imbue my Nichirin de with Haki after just five tries. I was able to use it with no problems at all. After an hour of practice, I was able to use the advanced techniques of Busoshoku Haki such as emission and internal destruction. It was awesome to destroy trees without even touching them. Emission is something, Sufficiently skilled users of Busoshoku Haki are capable of letting the power flow out from a part of their body (usually their hand) and unleash a small invisible burst which will knock back anything in their body part''s immediate vicinity with the force of a very powerful punch. Thus, the user bes capable of striking and harming people and objects without making physical contact with them. And internal destruction is a step above the technique of emitting Busoshoku is using it to destroy objects from the inside, which can be done by touching, grabbing, or even emitting Haki toward the object. Against opponents, this technique wreaks tremendous internal damage and currently is the most destructive known Busoshoku technique. These are good techniques and finally, I was on Haoshoku Haki I was able to feel it awakening in my body from when I started training. I was able to use it in its basic stage with no problem after an hour of practice. ''Man I don''t know what time it is now,'' I don''t care, I don''t feel any fatigue I need to be familiarized with my abilities as fast as possible. After 2 hours I was able to use domination, incapacitation, and pressure. I had to practice non-stop to get used to it. Man, it''s a bit hard to be able to imbue Haoshoku Haki in my weapon. As I have a feeling it will turn into dust. I need a better sword before I can continue this training. I made 10 more clones and assigned them to train haki. As I can leave the clones here without worrying about anything as they will be training for me. After I went back home it was already 7 in the evening. I thought of eating outside after taking a shower and changing into a new ck sweatshirt and sweatpants. I tied my reddish-ck hair in a low ponytail. I looked in the mirror and I was satisfied with how I looked. Looking handsome aren''t we now? What caught my attention were my eyes. Just imagine Toneri''s eyes but red it looked beautiful like gems that were carved by the god himself. I stopped checking myself out and went to wear my shoes After wearing white air force 1''s, I took my wallet and key from the house and locked the door. "Haru Oppa, where are you going." I heard a cheerful female voice behind me. "Haru are you going somewhere." I heard a male voice it was a clean and deep voice. ''Fuck, I was so focused on training that I forgot about them.'' I was cursing myself for some time but then turned around and saw the male and female pair. Chapter 4: Siblings! Chapter 4: Siblings! Read the author notes ... I forgot to properly look through my memories after I got them, How did I make such a mistake? I turned my head and said with a slight smile. "Hello, Jin-ah and Jin-woo. I am going outside to eat. where are you going?" "Ah, Oppa and I are going to eat outside as well. Haru Oppa do you want toe as well?" Jin-ah said smiling cheerfully. "Yes, why don''t youe with us," Jin-woo spoke agreeing with Jin-ah. "Of course let''s go," I said normally and we started walking like normal we went out of the building. Towards one of the pork belly shops following Jin-woo on the left Jin-ah in the middle and me on the right. To say we were the center of attention was an understatement. Pretty much everyone was looking at us. "Hey look at them what do think their rtionship is?" "I would kill to be between those hotties." "How lucky of her to be with those two. I like the one on the right." "Me too" "Yes, yes." "I like the one on the left. But the right one is a hottie as well are they idols or something." Jin-woo and I both sighed at the same time, this is new to him but it was amon sight to me. "Both of you are popr, especially Haru Oppa?" Jin-ah said teasingly. I just pulled her cheeks. "Don''t tease me, alright." "AHHHH sorry sorry. it Hurts" She cried. I released her and she started grumbling about me being unfair with her cheeks a bit red. ''Did I pinch her a bit too hard?'' Jin-woo wasughing on the side. "Did I pull your cheeks a bit too hard?" I said patting her head and smiling gently. Her cheeks became redder as she moved my hand off her head and looked away. ''Hmm, what''s going on why is Jin-woo looking at me with aplicated expression.'' I thought as I looked at him. And tilted my head to the side. Jin-woo just looked away ''Ah well, whatever,'' I thought as we reached the pork belly shop. ¡­.. While we were eating Jin-ah said. "Haru Oppa are you going to go for rank evaluation the day after tomorrow." She asked a bit nervous. Jin-woo was also looking at me. "Yes, I will go the day after tomorrow," I said to Jin-ah and Jin-woo. "Oppa you know how dangerous the job is you should say something," Jin-ah said worriedly to Jin-woo. "It''s just evaluation, if he isn''t strong enough I won''t let him go anywhere near the dungeon." He said seriously while eating. "You''re thest person I want to hear that from," I said. COUGH* COUGH* Jin-woo choked on the food. "AHAHA, That''s right." Jin-ah wasughing. I gave Jin-woo a ss of water. I don''t want to imagine Ashborn''s face when he sees the person he chose to fight the monarch die while choking on food. ''On second thought I think it will be quite the scene.'' Jin-woo gulped the whole ss of water and looked at me angrily. I only smiled back at him as if saying ''did I say something wrong?'' He just looked away. Because he knows the best that it''s the truth. Even though it wasn''t as bad as in the novel, we both trained in swordsmanship together. Or more like I taught him. So he was in much better shape than before. From the memories I have when my past self went to visit him after the double dungeon incident, I punched him in the face after Jin-ah left. Although, he is older than me we don''t act like that as we have known each other since our childhood. 10 years ago Jin-woo''s father went missing my parents helped Jin-woo''s mother with what they could. They were friends so they helped each other, 4 years after that my parents passed away in a dungeon incident. Aunt Kyung-hye helped me a lot. And 2 years after that aunt Kyung-hye fell into eternal slumber. We were devastated at that time but I and Jin-woo couldn''t drown in sorrow so we both worked to provide help to each other. it wasn''t easy as Jin-woo took the path of hunter even while being E-rank and I worked part-time and gathered money. There were times when raids didn''t go well for Jin-woo or he was in the hospital and wasn''t able to make enough money to support aunt''s medical bills. So I helped him during those times. Jin-woo and Jin-ah are akin to my siblings to me. In this world. I do feel the same affection for them because of the memories. Or have I always wanted siblings? I don''t know what it is but it''s fine, isn''t it? I''ll cherish what I have. "Don''t worry, I won''t create a problem like a certain someone. If I can''t be a hunter I won''t do it." I said smiling while looking at Jin-woo, I gave Jin-ah some pork belly that I cooked. "Do you have to bring it up all the time?" Jin-woo said as he smiled bitterly. And we continued eating and talking. And on our way back home we talked a little about what we were doing and minor things. I went back to my unit after saying bye to both Jin-ah and Jin-woo. After entering my house I sat on the sofa and started thinking. So, he has gotten the shadow monarch ss. Next is going to be the red gate incident. He said that he will be home today means it will be tomorrow after hees back from the meeting with Jin-ah''s teacher. Ok, let''s train now and I have to control all of my power as soon as possible. With this, the space around me changed again and I was standing in the middle of the forest again. Jin-woo pov: Aftering back home and going to my room I was thinking. ''I feel that Haru has be strong but I can''t see through it.'' I only felt it today as this feeling wasn''t there for the past 2 months did he awaken is that why he is going for an evaluation? ''Well, I don''t have to worry about him, he has always been smart if he is doing something. it always has a reason behind it.'' I thought. "Oppa don''t forget you have toe to my school tomorrow." I heard Jin-ah''s voice. "Yes, yes go to sleep now," I said as I summoned an item from my inventory it was a key that I got after defeating the gatekeeper. ''I have to be more powerful to protect my family.'' With those thoughts, I went to sleep. ??? POV "Interesting that boy is interesting." Said the ck armor in darkness as it opened its eyes while thinking about the red-haired boy. "Show me that I didn''t make a mistake choosing you." I voice said while thinking of Sung Jin-woo before closing its eyes again. Chapter 5: Something To Do Chapter 5: Something To Do After checking up on my clones to see if they are still training or not. I went far from that location and started thinking. ''It''s time.'' I said as I tried to activate my Sharingan, my red jewel-like pupils started to glow and started to change. If someone saw me they could see that my pupils were spinning. one tomoe, then two tomoe, and then three tomoe. I stopped here and saw myself in the hand mirror I had. ''I look dangerous and beautiful at the same time.'' I guess it''s my charm because these eyes suit me this much. Even with my long hair and somewhat feminine face. I don''t look like a girl at all I look masculine and handsome which has caused me way too much trouble with females and idol agencies over the years in my past world. And the same was true for this world, That''s what I got from my memories. With Sharingan I feel like the time around me has slowed down and I can see the mana around me more clearly. With this, my techniques are going to be more powerful as I can increase my chakra control by another level. ''But there is one thing that is bugging me here. why is Jin-woo so weak? '' he should be approaching S-rank as he was able to clear the red gate that turned into A-Rank in the novel around this time. But if I were to rank him ording to my system''s ranking he would be D+ at best. ''On what power ranking is my system based on? '' I was confused about this from the time I met him but didn''t let it show on my face. And I can sense his emotions. Curiosity and worry that''s what he felt when he heard me saying I will go for the rank evaluation. He was genuinely worried about me, which is good I guess as he isn''t suspicious of me. even if he is, it isn''t going to change anything as people change. some change after years, but some can change overnight. That''s just how humans are, they change based on their surroundings. Now I thought of activating my Mangekyo Sharingan. My pupils started spinning as I opened my eyes and I felt information about my techniques in my head. The ability of my right eye is ''Taiy¨­ no ikari'' it was a technique that lets me use mes and summon them within a given range. It''s kind of like Amaterasu that Itachi had but more powerful as I can control the temperature of the mes. And they won''t stop burning until I stop it. The ability of my left eye is ''Gens¨­ no Yume it is and technique that lets me trap my target into a dream where I have full control over what they feel and experience even the concept of time and space is mine to control. They can''t break free of the dream unless they have higher willpower than me, The caster. Both of the abilities are powerful I won''t be using them for now until I can open my eternal Mangekyou Sharingan even if I don''t have to worry about going blind. As it will take some time for my eyes to absorb enough chakra to evolve and after thates the Rinnegan. Well, I am satisfied as with this power no one can pose a threat to me least those who are known at this point. and it''s still time before the monarchs'' attack. I looked at the hand mirror with my mangekyou activated, it was an 8-pointed star pattern which was kind of simr to Sasuke''s Sharingan. Well now on to the power of Devil Fruit of Whitebeard ''Gura Gura No Mi'' well I know how to control this and I know what type of power it holds as someone who has seen the anime. It was a sight to see him fight in the marineford arc. Just like boruto, this arc from one piece can send me into depression. I still tear up when I think about this arc. I wished that Garp didn''t hold back, and fucking destroyed Akainu. Well, no point in dwelling over it. I punched the ground with the devil fruit ability and busoshoku haki on my hand. And¡­.. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM* I had cold sweat at the power of this as felt the whole space shaking and a crater of a depth of 100 meters in the ground. ''Ok, I won''t be using this often. And this is me only using 1% of the power I don''t want to know what will happen when I use my full power.'' With that thought, I started training the devil fruit ability for the whole night to get it under control. And deactivating all the clones after finishing my training after 5 hours. I got all the information rted to what they were training in now I don''t have much to learn except the Rinnegan and naruto''s sage of six paths Kurama chakra mode. I''ll do that after waking up. I made 20 shadow clones and let them continue training as exited the training ground and back to my room. After seeing it was 3 a.m. I went to sleep. ... After waking up and taking a shower I ate a light breakfast. It was currently 10 a.m as I don''t have anything to do. I''ll just train again I went back to the training ground. Now I have to use the sage mode and after that, I will use Kurama chakra mode. After about an hour of meditating, I was able to use perfect sage mode just like naruto. And after training for more than 3 hours, I can now enter it at will in less than a second. In this mode my powers increase by two times it''s really powerful I can maintain it for 2 hours even if I can absorb nature''s chakra its input is slow and can''t maintain it with the usage. I won''t be using it much, the only people who can force me to use this are only the monarchs and Jin-woo but I don''t have to worry about jin-woo. After practicing for 4 hours I was able to enter Kurama chakra mode and boy oh boy was it a sight. The appearance of Nine-Tails Chakra Mode had my body coated in yellow chakra; a sort of circr design is featured prominently over my stomach; six magatama markings are present on or around his cor; various other dark designs appear along my body, sometimes densely enough to give the appearance that I''m wearing a bodysuit beneath the yellow coat. With nine Truth-Seeking Balls behind me With Yin¨CYang Release, I can rekindle a dying person''s life force and restore lost organs. My senses have heightened to another level and I can levitate in the air. Now I continued training and I was able to manifest theplete nine tails like naruto did I was in the head of the nine tails avatar. The height of the nine tails was 323.4 m but I can make it smaller orrger with practice. After practicing for more than 3 hours I was able to control the size of the nine tails. Now I only need Susanoo and then cover the nine tails with Susanoo armor. This is going to be op. Then after deactivating the transformation. I started practicing everything again and I was able to use the truth-seeking balls without going into the sage of six path mode. It was convenient, after exiting the training ground as it was 6 pm. I ate myte lunch and rested for a bit. As I have something to doter at night. ... Jin-woo POV. After meeting jin-ah''s teacher and talking about how she doing in school her teacher asked to convince one of her students to stop being a hunter. So I was waiting for her "Ahjussi, why are you here?" As expected, the girl recognized him. ''Sigh¡­ the world is really small.'' Jin-woo scratched the side of his head. A female high school student who wanted to be a Hunter. She was the sole female member of Yoo Jin-ho''s raiding party; the one whose age concerned Jin-woo in the beginning. ''Han Song-Yi.'' ''One thing''s for sure.'' If he heard in the future that she died in a Dungeon, he knew it would be a thorn in his heart. And so, he decided to take the time today to convince her. It wouldn''t be that difficult. "So why are you here?" Han Song-Yi stared at Jin-woo with wide-open eyes. She looked a little hesitant. "No way, the Hunter that the teacher wanted to introduce me to was you, ahjussi?" He was bothered at the fact that she kept calling him ahjussi but nodded with a smile. "I don''t know what the teacher told you, but I''m not interested in school anymore. I don''t n on giving up the Hunter life." She attempted to cut him off firmly from whatever he was nning on doing. Back in the raiding party, she was a rather quiet girl, but when it involved her future, her attitude had changed. It was a precocious behavior fitting for today''s children. ''Reminds me of another precocious brat living at home.'' Jin-woo smiled widely. Having attempted toe off as stern, Han Song-Yi was flustered by Jin-woo''s unexpected response. Jin-woo calmly spoke, "Yeah, I don''t n on telling you to give it up either." The girl''s eyes widened in surprise, "Really?" Jinwoo knew, that telling kids like her to not do something was the best way to get them to do that thing. From the start, he had no intention of convincing her through words. He would just show her a glimpse of reality. ''I was the same. But I had people around me that helped me through my life so want to help her as well.'' He realized that truth on his first Raid. That reality was much crueler than he thought. But thinking about Haru and how he has helped him he cracked a small smile. Han Song-yi tried to keep up a stern demeanor and asked, "Th-then why are you here?" Jin-woo stepped forward. The girl almost took a step back in surprise but kept herposure as to not appear weak. In front of Han Song-yi, Jin-woo put on a smile. He did not mean to do so, but it was a rather evil looking smile, filled with ulterior motives. "I want to make you into an amazing Hunter." Chapter 6: What Were You Going to Do? Chapter 6: What Were You Going to Do? They had arrived at the Gate. Jin-woo stopped the car. Jin-woo got out of the car and Song-Yi followed him. He met Hyun Gi-Cheol outside who was waiting for after introducing Song-Yi. After talking for a few minutes they heard an impatient voice. "Can we get going already? We''re not here for a pic. It''s almost nine." Without waiting for their response, the man returned to the Gate. Jin-woo could tell he was not an ordinary man; he turned to Hyun Gi-Cheol, "Who was that?" "Ah, he''s an A-rank recruit that just entered the Guild. When we informed him about you and the student, he was annoyed. Said something about a Dungeon not being a yground¡­" "A-rank?" Hyun Gi-Cheol nodded. The man is an A-rank would exin the presence Jin-woo felt. Jin-woo asked another question, "What''s the level of the raiding party?" "One A-rank, seven B-ranks, four C-ranks for a total of twelve members." "You''re taking an A-rank and B-ranks for just a C-rank Gate?" "Well, even if their rank is high, they''re newbies. It''s to give them a taste of what the Dungeon is like." Hyun Gi-Cheol spoke with pride. Once theypleted their Raid today, he added that they would be ced in official high-level Raids going forward. ''Still, an A-rank and seven B-ranks are a bit too much¡­'' ''If the Raid is too easy, my n won''t work.'' This was his worry, but he shook his head. ''Eh, I''m sure once she sees what it''s like in there, she''ll realize the truth.'' The truth of how powerless an E-ranker was in a Dungeon. That should be enough. "When are we going in?" Not realizing Jin-woo''s true intentions, Han Song-Yi impatiently asked when they would start the Raid. Turning to his side, Jin-woo saw that her face was filled with excitement and anticipation. ''Let''s see how long you can keep that up.'' Heughed in his head and turned to Hyun Gi-Cheol, "Then, we''ll be going as well." "Ah, yes." Baek-ho''s recruits entered the Gate one by one. Han Song-Yi stopped before the Gate and turned to Jin-woo, "What about you, ahjussi?" Jin-woo crossed his arms and replied, "I''ll see you go in first." With a face filled with nervousness, the girl nodded and entered. ''Hmm.'' Jin-woo turned back to the Gate. Something was wrong. ''...?'' ''Wait, this is..!'' Jin-woo sharply turned his head and met Hyun Gi-Cheol''s eyes. The employee also realized something was wrong. Jin-woo shouted at the man, "CALL YOUR MAIN HUNTERS, RIGHT N-" Before Jin-woo could finish, he was sucked into the Gate. "W-what was that?" "D-deputy Hyun!" Hyun Gi-Cheol ran to the Gate. The three other Baek-ho employees also went up behind him. In front of the Gate, Hyun Gi-Cheol was panicking. "No¡­ no way!" "D-deputy! The Gate is turning red!" As if a drop of blood fell on the surface of the water, the Gate''s surface was quickly turning red. Hyun Gi-Cheol ignored the employees and quickly made a call. click - "What is it, Gi-Cheol?" "Chief! It''s a Red Gate! The recruits just entered a Red Gate!!!" - "What?!" Ahn Sang-min''s voice became serious. - "What the hell?! How did a Red Gatee out of a C-rank Gate?!" Hyun Gi-Cheol looked up at the Gate that had turnedpletely red. The rippling had already stopped. The deputy gulped. "I¡­ I don''t know, but it''s a Red Gate." - "What?!!!" -"I''ll have to check it myself." With that, the call ended. ... THIRD-PERSON POV The guild master of the Baek-ho guild was standing outside of the red gate with a solemn expression thinking about the raid team after asking the personnel present about who entered. ''I can only put my trust in the A-rank who went in. and hope they make it back.'' A car stopped outside the red gate. The car''s door opened as a voice sounded. "HUH, what happened here?" "it was a C-rank gate. How did it turn into an A-rank?" "Why is the precious guild master of Baek-ho guild doing here?" After hearing this voice veins appeared on Baek Yoon-Ho''s neck and forehead as he shouted. "Hwang Dong-Su?! Why are you in Korea?" "I came back for some business and didn''t expect to meet you here. Korea sure is SMALL." Dong-Su said sarcastically. "JUST ANSWER THE DAMN QUESTION. Why is the man that is should be in the USA, is in Korea and doing business in the territory of the Baek-Ho Guild" Yoon-Ho said as his hair started turning white and his pupils looked like that of a beast with a vertical slit and glowing. "Oh, it''s your area? Then let me ask did that E-rank hunter enter your guild?" Dong-su said "Who are you talking about?" Yoon-Ho asked "I''m talking about Sung Jin-Woo." Leaving a dumbfounded Yoon-ho he went and examined the gate. "It''s a red gate for sure." ''Why are they so fixated on that E-rank?'' Yoon-Ho thought as he listened to his subordinate''s report before. "I came all the way here and he is stuck in the dungeon. It sure is hard to look at the face of hunter Sung Jin-Woo. Well, it''s not like I don''t know where he lives." He smiled maliciously and looked at his phone. "He has a sister too. Let''s see his expression when hees back." When Yoon-Ho and Jin-Chul heard this they wanted to stop Dong-Su but they heard a voice. "What did you say?" A voice sounded near them which shocked Dong-Su and Jin-Chul as they looked from where the voice came they saw a handsome boy who looked in histe teen 6ft in height long red hair that reaches his waist even after being tied in a ponytail with locks falling on the side of his face and forehead and a dark red me-like mark on the left side of his forehead. His eyes were glowing red like jewels dangerously yet beautifully. Dong-Su and Jin-Chul went on their guard as they didn''t even feel mana from him. Which was abnormal. And Yoon-Ho didn''t even move a muscle as he was sweating bullets call it an instinct. A predator knows a predator the best. He knows that a wrong move can get him killed. Back to Mc I went towards the red gate where I know Dong-Su is going toe to find Jin-woo I want to ''convince'' him not to do anything Against Jin-Woo''s family. Around this time Uncle Il-Hwan came out of a dungeon in America. And he used him of being a monster as if thinking that he can get him killed to get back at Jin-Woo. And after that, it created a chain of events in which uncle was announced to be the murderer of hunter Christopher Reed and was wanted all over the world. I''ll just make sure that he doesn''t do it again even if I have to use force. I reached the red gate and I heard "I came all the way here and he is stuck in the dungeon. It sure is hard to look at the face of hunter Sung Jin-Woo. Well, it''s not like I don''t know where he lives. He has a sister too. Let''s see his expression whenes back." ''Looks like someone wants to die early.'' I was thinking I can get angry but I didn''t. He isn''t worth getting angry about. "What did you say?" I said 15 ft away from them they all flinched and faced me. I can see Dong-Su and Jin-Chul taking a fighting stance and Yoon-Ho sweating and not even moving. ''As expected of someone with a beast transformation ability, he has sharp senses.'' My gaze lingered on him for a second and then I looked at Dong-Su and asked with a cold voice. "You haven''t answered yet. What were you going to do?" "HUH, FUCKER WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO ASK ME ABOUT THAT, DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?" He shouted will veins visible on his neck. "I don''t know who you are. But I can see that you are not someone with considerable intelligence so let me simplify it for you." I said nodding as if I understood. I really expected too much from a stepping stone. "YOOOU-" before he continued I cut him off. "What were you going to do, to Jin-Woo and my sister? Is that simple enough for you or do you need me to write it down on a whiteboard for you?" He was clearly angry but then Jin-Chul recognized me. "It''s you the boy who came to meet Hunter Sung in hospital." And Dong-Su''s ears perked up as he looked at me and smiled with a toothy grin seemingly forgetting the insults. "OH, you know him. Saves the trouble of going to find his family. As for what I am going to do to his sister I don''t think it''s hard to guess. hahahahaha" Heughed maniacally. ''Even if the hunters are under ''control'' they can still get away with crimes if they are highly ranked and have enough money.'' "What are you gonna do about it? you don''t even have mana you''re a normal civilian. And you are his friend right and as you are angry your rtionship should be close. Let''s see his reaction when he sees you with your arms and legs broken. given hees back alive. I''ll get his sisterter." He said as he made his way towards me walking and was about to grab my arm. ''Trash is still Trash no matter how you present it.'' "S-STOP," Yoon-Ho said as he had difficulty speaking. His instinct was screaming to him ''RUN AWAY'' but as a guild master of one of the top guilds he could run away he wanted to stop Dong-Su. But was toote. "You''re not hurting a civilian even if you are an S-Rank. You won''t get away with it." Jin-Chul said wanting to stop Dong-Su. But what they saw next was not something they imagined. Who they thought was a ''civilian'' was holding Dong-Su''s arm. I grabbed his arm and squeezed a bit causing him to scream. "ARGHHHHH YOU BASTARD WHAT ARE YOU DOING??" he tried to take his arm back, but it didn''t work. ''I''ll show a bit of my power to them.'' I thought as I released a bit of Haoshoku Haki to intimidate him. And the structure around us started to shake and concrete started cracking. As the haki was released both Jin-Chul and Yoon-Ho stiffened as they weren''t even able to move, The normal personnel were looking at me trembling some even pissed themselves. I have enough control over it to not knock out anyone I don''t want to. But still, they are still normal people. ''I should finish it as soon as possible.'' I thought and looked at Dong-Su who was trembling like a mouse cornered by a cat. "What were you going to do?" I asked him as looked him in his eyes. And broke his arm. "ARRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH." His miserable scream sounded all around the area. As blood flowed from his arm and his broken bones were poking out of his skin. "KYYAAAAAA" a female member of the personnel from the Baek-Ho guild screamed looking at this. And the male members were pale. Yoon-Ho And Jin-Chul wanted to stop me but weren''t able to move. Even if they were able to, they didn''t know what they would do. As they saw me man-handling an S-Rank. "I didn''t hear your answer." I looked him in the eye as he was trembling. I activated my Sharingan and used the ability of my left eye that is ''Gens¨­ no Yume and brought him into a dream-like space that looked like a barrennd with tall mountains everywhere and the sun was high up in the sky shining ominously with dark red color. I looked at him, I have 1 second to make him regret ever doing anything to anyone rted to me and Jin-Woo and instill it in him. That every time he thinks about it he feels pain across his body and remembers this. Then I started to torture him with what I knew I did this for 7 days by breaking every single bone in his body over and over again, then stabbing him in different ces and killing him over and over again. It wasn''t much but I didn''t want to waste any more of my time on this trash. He was begging me to stop through the process but I didn''t and made him know what he shouldn''t do. Aftering back and a second didn''t even pass. I said as I looked at Dong-Su who passed out and stopped the Haoshoku Haki. ""Hah, hah, Hah"" I can hear both Yoon-Ho and Jin-Chul gasping for air and asked "Did Jin-woo enter the gate?" I asked Yoon-Ho. "Yes, he did but we don''t know if he''ll make it back. As it''s a red gate." He said after calming himself down. "He''ll make it back, you should worry your guild members," I said inly. ''How is he so sure?'' both Jin-Chul and Yoon-Ho were thinking the same thing Jin-Chul was about to ask for his hunter license, but¡­ "Before you ask, I don''t have a Hunters license. I will being to the association tomorrow for an evaluation." I said while looking at Jin-Chul. "Now I will go back," I said as I vanished. Outside of the red gate Silence! No one said a word. ''Who was he? He has that type of power after just being awakened?'' Jin-Chul and Yoon-ho thought. As Yoon-Ho said to the healer from his guild to heal Dong-Su. "Who was he?" Yoon-Ho asked Jin-Chul as his hair turned back to normal. "I don''t know him. He was there With Hunter Sung before that''s all I know." Jin-Chul said. ''I need to report this to the chairman. '' he thought Both of them had questions but one thing was for certain they will get their answer tomorrow. read the author''s note Chapter 7: A Lively Day!!! Chapter 7: A Lively Day!!! Third-person Pov After Jin-Chul took the unconscious Dong-su away from the red gate to the hospital. Yoon- ho was left to his thoughts. ''I hope that E-Rankes back alive.'' So that he can make a connection with the boy from earlier. ''He is Korea''s 10th S-rank hunter. Or maybe even higher than that.'' After waiting for a long time when it was around 3 A.M. "How about master head back first, we will inform you if theye back," Gi-Cheol said. "No, how can I rest at home while my members are stuck in the red gate? I''ll wait until morning." "HUH, THE RED GATE!!!" "THE GATE IS OPENING" "THE DUNGEON IS CLEARED. PEOPLE¡­..PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT." Yoon-ho was looking at the gate hoping to find the E-rank that went in as he has read the information about him. After seeing that he came out he felt relieved. After a little talk between the hunters, Jin-Woo left with Song-Yi. Yoon-Ho didn''t stop him as he went toward the hunters and asked them questions regarding the gate, he was surprised to know what happened inside. And said to Gi-Cheol to invite him into the guild no matter what and also said to keep what happened today a secret and not release it outside. This stunned most of the employees but they listened to the orders. ...¡­ Korean Hunter Association, The next morning, In the chairman''s office, there were two people one old man sitting behind a desk while looking at the reports. And one standing in front of him "Jin-Chul is what you said true?" Asked the old man sitting in the chair behind the desk. Jin-Chul bowed his head a little and said "Yes chairman it is as I said." The old man nodded his head feeling it hard to believe the report, but¡­.. He was also looking forward to meeting the boy who did all this. After looking at the document he saw the boy in question. "Tsugikuni Haru, A boy born to a Half Korean, Half Japanese father. And a Korean Mother. Strong enough to manhandle an S-rank hunter while keeping another S-Rank and a Top-Tier A-Rank from moving." The boy is strong. This will cause some problems as the is of Japanese descent. But he has citizenship of Korea and all the documents are here, Anyway, they can mor all they want but it won''t disturb us from getting another strong S-rank. "Are you sure he is going toe today?" The old man asked Jin-Chul. "Yes, that''s what he said. Chairman Go. I will wait for him in front of the reception" The old man named Go Gun-Hee nodded and moved on to the next topic. "We received a call from the Director of the Federal Bureau of Hunters that a Korean Hunter came out from a gate in Eastern USA." The old man said as he looked at the document sent by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Hunters. And saw the name. ''Sung Il-Hwan.'' He then looked at the man''s family details and thought. ''He disappeared in a dungeon 10 years ago and was presumed dead. He left behind his wife and two kids. One boy and one girl.'' ''His wife fell into Eternal Slumber 4 years ago, leaving the kids alone. The boy became a hunter and the girl is still studying in high school.'' "Send someone to bring him back from America as soon as possible." The chairman said to Jin-Chul. Jin-Chul nodded and took the papers giving the president a bow he left and went to his office and looked at the papers. And he was shocked. ''Sung jin-Woo, why does everything revolve around him? First, that boy, and now this case?'' He felt a headache raising and wanted to have a drink even if he wasn''t good with alcohol. "Sigh, whatever I''ll just do my job." After saying that and picking up his phone he called someone. "Hello, Song-min you have to go to America..." ...¡­ Jin-Woo POV After waking up in the morning he was still angry about not being able to make the leader of the ice elves into his servant. He took a bath and thought about what is going to happen from now on. When he saw a message that Jin-Ho arrived downstairs he quickly went to meet him and said. "Ok let''s finish our raids now." While smiling as he thought of going with Haru to the rank evaluation. But didn''t as he wanted to finish the work he had. "OK, Hyung," Jin-Ho said excitedly as he started the car. ... The United States of America, Federal Bureau of Hunters, In the office of the director David Brennon. There were two other men. "Do you want to go back after everything we''ve offered? If you want we can increase our offer. " Said the director to the long-haired man. The first one is Adam White, and the second one was the one in question Sung Il-Hwan the man who returned from the Dungeon after Ten Years. Adam White tranted what the director said to the man in Korean. "I want to go back to Korea." That was all the man as Adam White had aplicated expression as he said this to the director. The director thought '' He''s like a broken record the only thing he wants is to return to Korea. Although we have informed them, But we didn''t tell them that he was an S-Rank. I wanted to keep him in the country but it isn''t working.'' He shook his and told him to wait as the people from the Korean hunters'' association areing to take him and will inform his family. Il-Hwan just nodded, thinking about his family, his friends, and their child which he thought was his own Kid. ''I hope they are alright. I want them to live in peace even if it costs me my life.'' That''s all he was thinking while going back to the room given to him. ...¡­. Back to the Mc. AHHHH, I was yawning after waking up then I took a quick shower and after breakfast. I went into the training ground and canceled the Shadow Clones, I was happy that I was able to use most of the powers without any problem. I was able to recreate Rasengan and Chidori with their variations. I made the shadow clones again and told them to continue training before exiting the training grounds. I changed my clothes into a white sleeve shirt and ck pants with white shoes. After taking my wallet and phone. ''It''s 12 already.'' I thought as I went towards the Hunter association. After 10 minutes, I reached the ce and went in towards the gate and saw Woo Jin-Chul waiting near the reception. He looked at me Bowed a little and said. "Follow me." As he turned around and took me straight into the Evaluation Room. ''Well, this saves me some time.'' I made my way into the Evaluation Room with everyone''s attention on me. I can see some women blushing while talking about me. and some guild recruiters looking my way. After entering the room I looked inside as there were multiple machines and two people operating it with a giant magic stone in the middle. "Send your mana into the stone." Said the man operating the machine. I nodded and went towards the stone and ced my hand on it sending my mana into it. The man was shocked by the reading that showed ''ERROR''. He looked towards Jin-Chul and said stuttering. "C-C-Ch-Chief this is." Jin-Chul just nodded as he looked towards the screen and said. "We have a new S-Rank Hunter in Korea. We will have to wait for 3 days for the proper assessment and then we will issue your hunter license." He said as he looked towards me. "It''s alright," I said. He nodded before asking. "Do you have some time to spare?" I nodded. "The chairman wants to meet you." After saying that he turned around and started walking. I followed him leaving the two dumbfounded employees. That afternoon Korean Hunter Association released the news regarding a new S-Rank hunter and the whole atmosphere around Korea was Chaotic as they were happy to wee the 10th S-Rank hunter. It was a lively day that''s for sure. Chapter 8: I Want To Fight! Chapter 8: I Want To Fight! After following jin-Chul for about 10 minutes we came in front of a room, He opened the room and said. "The chairman of the Korean hunters Association Go Gun-Hee is waiting for you inside." "Why so serious?" I said to him as I went inside, I saw an old man who by no means looked old. Go Gun-hee is a muscr old man with gray hair, greenish-gray eyes, and numerous scars on his body. As he was a high-ranking government official, he was usually seen wearing a three-piece suit. The S-rank Hunter called "The Sky Above Skies", Go Gun-hee. Discovering Haru, Go Gun-hee rose from his seat. "Tsugikuni Haru?" "Yes, my name is Tsugikuni Haru." I said showing a slight smile. ''Even while being so powerful he has a humble personality. He is the reason the guilds are kept in check. But¡­'' I activated my see-through world and saw his body on the verge of falling apart. If it was someone else they would have died years ago but he is still working despite that condition, this is the consequence of using a Ruler''s power and being a Ruler''s vessel. I looked at his right hand he was surprised when he saw me looking there and he smiled. "You can see my situation at a nce. I''m impressed," he said smiling brightly. "I just have good eyes that''s all," I said shaking my head. He nodded. And Jin-Chul who stood behind Go Gun-Hee was shocked. "So what do you think about my situation?" the old man asked even while knowing it. "You don''t have much time. The only thing holding your body together is pure will and nothing else." I said inly without beating around the bush. Jin-Chul was gritting his teeth while looking down. "Hmm, well everythinges to an end, isn''t that right? Hunter-Nim" he said smiling softly. "I am not a hunter yet," I said. "Oh, That''s just to buy some time for us to meet the hunters before the guilds do." He said without hiding anything. "Ok then, what would chairman Go would like to talk to me about?" He started talking about the guilds and the association''s purpose. "Do you want to join the Association the sry won''t be as high as the guilds can offer. But you will have my Backing. What do you think?" he asked. Go Gunhee''s face turned very serious, "Most importantly the Association needs Hunter Tsugikuni-nim." ''A man wielding a powerful strength like you.'' The elder''s eyes became keen, ''Well, time will tell what kind of a man you are¡­'' As long as Haru said "yes" here, the association president had no qualms about supporting him with everything he had. That was the value of the S-rankers. ''I think I''ve said enough.'' I already knew he will say something along these lines. And I already have my answer. "Daga Kotowaru." Which shocked Go Gun-Hee. ''Is it about money after all?'' "Why did you refuse?" he asked wanting to know the reason behind this. "I would rather fight magic beasts," Then leaving him dumbfounded I continued since my words didn''t exin what i wanted properly. "I would rather be on the frontline than argue with some old bats. who only think of their profits." I said as I sent him my message. He was shocked at first and then¡­ "HAHAHA, Old bats looking for personal gains. An urate description. AHAHA," He felt his heartbeat vigorously like he was a young man again. "Ok, I understand," He said as he understood what the kid wanted to convey to him. As an elder, he can see the look in the eyes of this kid that he isn''t lying. ''Those eyes¡­ are telling the truth.'' His opinion of Haru made a 180-degree turn. ''How long has it been since I felt like this?'' ''If I was just twenty, no, just ten years younger, I could be fighting alongside men like these¡­!'' ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum Go Gun-hee ced a hand on his chest. The heart that could''ve stopped any minute was now beating furiously. ''To think that my heart could make a sound like this.'' "If I have a way to make you healthy again. What would you say?" I said as I have a good impression of him as I know what he did in the future and how he has been working even after his retirement. The room became silent again. They were both looking at me like they couldn''t believe what they heard. "Are you telling the truth?" Go Gun-Hee asked his eyes glowing, Jin-Chul was dumbfounded and didn''t even move. I nodded and made some bullshit reason. "Because of my special Eyes, I can see your problem and also because you have a strong body and more importantly a strong will and determination. So what is your answer?" I asked him with a serious tone. "What do you want for this?" the old man knew that nothing was free in this world if what he said is true then he must want something. "I have two requests, would you like to hear them?" I asked him. He nodded with a serious expression. As he thought that the kid was lying to him. He has used every possible means but it didn''t work. "1st I want to be able to enter gates alone as I don''t n on joining any guilds. 2nd: I don''t want anyone to know that I healed you. What do you think." Chairman Go was surprised after hearing my words. ''I thought he would ask for something oundish. But it is this simple even if we don''t allow people to enter gates alone but from what I have heard and saw today¡­..'' "I will let you the gates alone after your assessment ispleted in three days, I''ll see if you are powerful enough to enter the gates alone. I don''t get your second request why hide your healing ability? you can make quite the money even without being a hunter." The old man asked seeing the face of the young man looking for changes but it didn''t change as his eyes were filled with the same determination as before as he said. "As I said before I want to fight and I don''t want some idiots who want to live a few extra years to hound me," I said simply and continued. "So have you made your decision?" He nodded. "Put your right hand forward," I said to him as I stood up and went next to him. He did as I said and I used the ability to heal him with my see-through world active it took half an hour after which I stopped. and looked at him. "How do you feel?" I asked him and he was shocked as he felt his body had more strength than before he felt like he can live for another 10 years without any problem. ''Now I can search for a sessor without a problem.'' "Thank you very much for this." He said wanting to bow but I stopped him. "Alright now I will go back home," I said as I left without waiting for their response. After reaching the apartment building, I sat on the sofa and thought ''Did I do the right thing?'' Well, it''s alright whatever. That afternoon when the news came out about the new S-Rank in Korea and surrounding countries. As the name of the hunter was announced there was an uproar in Japan as the name of the hunter was Japanese they thought he Has defected towards Korea and was a hot topic on social media. The Japanese hunter association also called the Korean branch for information. When the Korean hunters association released the information rted to the S-Rank. The people understood when they saw his parents'' names as photos of the hunter weren''t released. But the discussion didn''t stop. That''s how 2 days went by and the Japanese hunters association had proposed to help Korea with the raid on Jeju ind because a flying ant wreaked havoc in one of the remote coastal cities in Japan. Korea was shocked at first but epted as they thought about the damages it could cause. Jin-woo was informed of his father''s return and was told to wait as the process of bringing him back is underway. The Korean branch was trying to make it as fast as possible because of the chairman''s orders. And like this, The day of the assessment has arrived. Chapter 9: Hunters License Get!! Chapter 9: Hunter''s License Get!! "So today is the day you get your hunter''s license?" Jin-woo asked me this. "Yes, I will be leaving in an hour," I said while looking at the clock it was currently 11 A.M. I have to reach there at 12:30 P.M. "Should Ie as well?" He asked while looking at me. I shook my head and said. "Don''t you have something to do today? Uncle will being the day after tomorrow you should free your schedule for him, right?" He scratched the back of his head and said. "Ok, I will finish the raids with Jin-Ho ande back tomorrow night. Take care of Jin-ah while I''m gone." "Don''t say the obvious. Finish your work fast and stay home with her for some time. And say hello to Jin-ho for me" I said to him. He nodded while smiling and went back. As I had nothing to do for an hour I thought of reading some online novels¡­.. ...¡­.. Korean Hunter Association. Currently, outside the gates of the hunter association were jam-packed with reporters. They all wanted to enter the building but were stopped by the staff, which was led by None other than Woo Jin-Chul. And Go Gun-Hee stood inside the building with three people two men and one woman. "Aren''t you guys early? there is still Half an Hour left. " Chairman Go said while looking at them. "Isn''t it fine? I don''t want to miss the chance to meet the new S-Rank, I want to know what type of person our new fellow is going to be." Said anky young man with red hair in a curtain hairstyle that is parted over the left side of his right eye. Wearing rectangr sses He also has a very amicable smile and is wearing a striped business suit. Go Gun-Hee just smiled and looked away from Choi Jong-In. and towards the second man who avoided his gaze. Which caused Jong-In to look at him while squinting his eyes. ''He''s making a face of someone who got caught,'' "Looks like both President Go and Yoon-Ho have both met him," Jong-In said while looking at Yoon-Ho who was thinking about his meeting with the kid. "Well, I have met him and he is quite the character you see. HAHAHA." President Go said whileughing causing Jong-In to be more curious. ''Is it perhaps the mysterious outsider from the Red Gate incident.'' He thought while smiling and looking towards Cha Hae-in who was standing a bit far away from them while covering her nose with a handkerchief. "What do you think about this Hunter Cha-nim." President Go said as he looked towards Cha Hae-in, the strongest hunter in Korea. "I haven''t met the person. But, If President Go says he has a Good person then I''ll believe it." She said as she removed her handkerchief from her face. "You should meet him first then tell us what you think." President Go said giving his normal soft smile like a friendly neighborhood grandpa. Hae-In just nodded. And then the three started talking again. ...¡­. BACK TO MC I arrived outside the hunter association. And there was no ce for me to go through as it was packed with reporters everywhere. Trying to make their way into the building with cameras but they were stopped. I saw Jin-Chul standing in front of the door. I guess he is waiting for me. I thought as I vanished from my ce and arrived in front of him. Which gave him quite the scare. And waved at the camera with a soft smile¡­ CLICK* CLICK* CLICK* CLICK* CLICK* CLICK* CLICK* CLICK* CLICK* As lights shed non-stop, I turned around and looked at Jin-Chul. He nodded and told me to follow him. "Is he the new S-Rank he''s so handsome, KYAAAAAA." Said a women reporter. "Yes, his eyes are so beautiful. I want to look at them all day." "I am going to be his fan forever." "His hair is so beautiful the way it flutters in the air, WAAHHHHHH." "I want him to dominate MEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!" Everyone just ignored thest one. But this was the situation all over Korea and Japan. In Japan, many women passed out while seeing him smile on the television. .... In school, Jin-Ah was studying when one of her friends came up to her and said. "Jin-ah your Oppa is on the News look! look!" the girl was very enthusiastic. As jin-ah looked towards the phone and saw Haru waving his hand and smiling but when she read the headline. she was shocked. ''S-Rank hunter?'' she didn''t know what to say. ...¡­ Outside of a gate near the suburbs of Seoul two young men were looking at the phone as it yed a clip of Haru. "Hara Hyung is amazing," said a young man with gray eyes, a boyish face, and custard-colored hair that is shaved on both sides of his head. And the other nodded his head and looked at the phone onest time as he said. "Let''s go and finish our work so that we can join himter." The first boy nodded and followed the one who walked away. The two were naturally Sung Jin-Woo and Yoo Jin-Ho. ...¡­ BACK TO M.C I followed Jin-Chul and arrived in front of the Training room inside the Hunter Association. And saw four people standing outside the door, The Hunter Association chairman Go Gun-Hee looked at me and smiled as I walked towards them, I felt an intense gaze filled with curiousness. I looked towards the gaze and saw the only woman in the Group. ''Cha Hae-in why is she looking at me like that?'' I thought as I was walking towards them. When I reached them I said. "Hello my name Tsugikuni Haru." "My name is Baek Yoon-Ho guild Master of the Baek-Ho guild." Yoon- Ho introduced himself normally as if he haven''t met me before. I nodded and looked towards thenky man with red hair. "Hello, My name is Choi Jong-In, and I am the guild master of Hunter''s guild. Nice to meet you." He said while squinting his eyes. "Nice to meet you," I said and looked at thest person. ''Isn''t she staring at me a bit too much?'' I thought as I looked at her she still had her Handkerchief in her hand covering her nose. Jong-In smiled slyly as he said. "Hae-in you shouldn''t stare at someone like that." Which caused her to snap out of her daze and her face turned a little red. "A-Ah, sorry for staring at you. My name is Cha Hae-in. I''m the vice-guild master of the Hunter''s Guild." She said in one breath as she removed the handkerchief. "OHO, I don''t think he minds being stared at by a beautiful woman like you," Jong-In said teasing Hae-in which caused her face to be redder. This caused everyone tough and I smiled a bit. "Then let''s start shall we, follow me." Go Gun-Hee took the lead as everyone followed him. After reaching inside the room Go Gun-Hee looked at me and said. "We have prepared a target for you which is made of special material that can withstand an S-Ranks power so you can demonstrate your ability." I nodded and looked at the target that was in the shape of a human. Everyone was looking at me thinking about my next move. I summoned my truth-seeking and molded one of them into a katana. Which shocked them I was standing 20ft away from the target and Whoosh* I vanished from my ce and was in front of the target. Which caused their eyes to bulge as they didn''t catch my movements. ''Hi no Kokyu Enbu'' I used one of the breath of the sun''s move that left a trail of dark red fire as I lifted the Katana above my head and swung it downward, With a beautiful vertical sh that cut through the target like a hot knife through butter and my attack hit the ground also cutting the floor in half Whoosh* and I was back to my original ce. "How was it?" which caused them toe out of their gaze as they saw me back in my original ce like I never moved at all. The one who was shocked the most was Hae-in as she looked at me. "COUGH* well you can have your Hunter license now." Chairman Go said. While telling the employee standing with them to give me the license. "Thank you," I said to the employee who bowed his head and went back. Then I sensed Cha Hae-in near me I looked at her and asked. "Can I help you with something Hunter Cha?" I asked her while smiling. She looked a little embarrassed and asked me. "Where did you learn swordsmanship?" she didn''t meet my eyes and looked down. "Hmm, I am self-taught. Is that all you want to ask?" I said to her as I smiled softly. She looked at me in surprise and didn''t expect me to be self-taught. Plus she wasn''t meeting my eyes which made me wonder. I guess she is embarrassed as she is socially awkward. "Ok, then I will go back everyone. Bye." I said as I waved and went outside under their gaze. Calmy walked towards the back door where there aren''t any reporters. --------------------------- This is a poll for the heroine from solo Leveling for our MC, Cha Hae-In Sung Jin-Ah Or An OC OR if anyone else from solo leveling. write their name. Choose which one you want There will only be one heroine from solo leveling so choose wisely. Chapter 10: Cha Hae-Ins Dilemma. Chapter 10: Cha Hae-In''s Dilemma. Cha Hae-in POV "Hey, Hunter Cha let''s go and see the new S-Ranker." The guild master said this to me as I was about to go home. I have heard about a new S-Rank that has caused quite a ruckus because of him being part Japanese, but I didn''t care much. "Is it necessary?" I asked because I want to go back and train my swordsmanship. "Of Course, it is Chairman Go who asked us toe." The guild master said with a serious expression which is rare for him to show outside the dungeon. Even in the dungeon he rarely shows his serious side¡­. ''If it''s Chairman Go who asked us toe it might be important.'' She knows what type of person Chairman Go is. "OK, let me change then," I said as I went towards the changing room to change out of my training equipment. ...¡­. After reaching the hunter association we met the guild master of Baek-ho guild and chairman Go who had arrived before us and he seemed¡­ Healthy for some reason. He looked full of vitality different from how he usually was which was also noticed by the Guild masters. But they didn''t ask anything and talked about minor things as they waited for the person in question. When it was near the appointment time I saw Woo Jin-Chul leading a man towards us. The man was 6ft 2inches in height wearing a purple shirt and ck pants with white shoes. He had a well-toned body which can be seen through his clothes to some extent. He had reddish-ck hair tied in a high ponytail that reaches his waist. Two bangs on the side framing his face and small fringes on the forehead with a red me-like mark on the left side of his forehead. With red jewel-like eyes that have a calm expression attracting attention towards them with the most handsome face, I''ve ever seen. But that wasn''t what surprised me. ''There is no opening in the way he walks. I can''t find a ce where his defense will break. I can''t even feel his mana and presence he must be an extremely skilled swordsman from the way he walks¡­.'' I was able to deduce that much from the way he carries himself. I was so shocked that I forgot to introduce myself it was embarrassing to behave like this but who could me me. It''s hard to ignore the guild master teasing me but I had too many questions in my head at the moment. After entering the training room Chairman Go exined the test which was the same for every fighter ss. I saw him standing 20 ft away from the target and summon some small¡­.. ck balls was my guess wrong and he wasn''t a swordsman. My mind was running in full panic mode. But then what happened next made me forget everything. He vanished from his spot split the target into two ande back to the original position leaving only a trail of fire. I was shocked he didn''t use any mana that was a pure physical... attack. I didn''t know what to say as he asked us about it I have seen anything like this and I am sure the others haven''t as well but the chairman and guild master of the baek-ho guild wasn''t that surprised so I guess they had some kind of information that we didn''t. After taking his hunting license he was about to leave. But I approach him quickly I was known for my speed but... He wasn''t surprised which was as I expected. He then asked "Can I help you with something Hunter Cha?" I asked her while smiling. I blushed as I didn''t know how to respond to his smile and asked him. "Where did you learn swordsmanship?" I didn''t meet His eyes and looked down forgetting that I was near him and didn''t cover my nose. "Hmm, I am self-taught. Is that all you want to ask?" he said to me as he smiled softly. I was surprised to hear that something like that can be self-taught to hide his intent to attack. I thought he must have learned from someone. I looked up again and saw him smiling softly. I don''t know why but it warms my heart when I see this smile. I blushed again as I looked down. He then went back. I was in a daze looking at his back. "Hunter cha are you alright." Chairman Go''s voice brought me out of my daze as I saw that everyone was looking at my guild master was looking at me with a teasing smile. And Chairman Go was looking at me like watching his grandchild. I don''t know what to say here like this the first time this has happened to me. "Hunter cha is your nose alright." Baek-ho''s guild master asked me as it wasn''t a secret about me having an extra sensitive nose which caused me to cover my nose in the vicinity of hunters and as Guild master Yoon-Ho also has a sharp nose although not to my extent. he understands my problem, after he asked this it caused me to panic as I realized that I didn''t have my nose covered. "Did he not smell like other hunters do?" Chairman Go asked. "He didn''t smell Unpleasant but rather had a calming smell."I nodded But when I was near him I didn''t smell anything unpleasant. it was only a warm feeling that one gets when one bask in the first sunlight of the day it felt so warm and calmed me down. "OHO is that so Hunter Cha." Guild master Choi said smiling teasingly and Both guild master Baek and chairman Go were smiling looking at me. I just ignored them as I had my mind upied with thoughts. "Ok, now I''ll say why I invited you all even after telling you that he won''t be joining a guild." Chairman go said. All of us nodded and waited for his next words. "He wants to clear gates alone but I can''t allow that without a safety in ce so here is the offer, I ask for one of your guilds to apany him as he clears 3 A-Rank, and 5 B-Rank gates if he can clear it alone he passes and if he can''t I''ll have him join the guild that is apanying him. " Chairman Go said as he said. ''though it is unlikely that he will fail'' This was the same thought that went through their head as they saw the target and floor of the training room that was cut in half so smoothly. ''But it''s a chance to make a connection with him.'' This is what both guild masters thought. But before they can say anything. "I''ll do it, no please let me do it," I said loudly as everyone was looking at me I came back to my senses. I was blushing after doing something stupid. But I saw them looking at me with a warm gaze. "Would you look at that?" Guildmaster Choi saidughing. Guild master Baek nodded as well with aplicated face. "Now, Now don''t worry your sacrifice will be remembered." Guild master Choi said proudly and Guild master baek became angry. "CHOI JONG-IN" he shouted and both started bickering with each other. "They are at it again, Well I will this in your hands Hunter Cha." Chairman Go said to me. "Yes I will do my best to not break your trust in me," I said while thinking about him again. ..... Back to M.C "ACHOOO* why do I feel some trouble ising my way." I thought as reached home and had lunch together with Jin-Ah and yed some games with her it was already 5 in the evening so I said goodbye to Jin-ah who was pouting. I patted her head before heading back to my unit and entered the training ground and started training till way into the night. Chapter 11: The First Gate Chapter 11: The First Gate "I trained a little tootest night," I said as I looked at the clock. It was currently 1 in the afternoon I just finished my breakfast as I was sitting in the living room as I got a call, And I picked it up. "Hello?" I said as I didn''t know who it was. -Hunter Tsugikuni it''s me Go Gun-Hee I am calling you to tell you about the condition for you to enter gates alone. "Please go on Chairman," I said as I wanted to know. -We have assigned 8 gates 5 B-Ranks and 3 A-Ranks for you. we will send Hunter Cha Hae-in with you for insurance even if we know your power. it''s better safe than sorry. "I understand Chairman and thank you again. So when can I start." I asked him. -That''s the reason I called you. cane to the association training ground in Half an hour she will be waiting here as she is on her way. "Ok, I''lle there," I said as I put my phone down as I went towards the hunter association with my katana in my hands it would be suspicious to take it out of nowhere. I reached the training ground in 20 minutes as I entered I saw both Chairman Go and Hunter Cha talking. "You came well you both know each other already so I''ll go as I have a meeting to attend." He said as he left. "Thank you, chairman," I said as went he just nodded with a smile and went away. "Hunter Cha so when are we going to start the raids," I asked her as she was staring at me intently. So I asked. "Is there something on my face?" "A-AHH, no no there is nothing and you can call me Hae-in," she said blushing. "Ok, then you can call me Haru, Nice to meet you," I said as I extended my hand towards her and she took it. ''His hand is rough, he must have practiced for a long time.'' That is what Hae-in thought. Then she came near me and sniffed near my shoulder. I wasn''t surprised as I know the reason and I shouldn''t have a pungent smell for her. As I use chakra as energy and not mana from this world. But I should ask just in case. "Do I smell bad?" I said snapping her out of her daze as her face turned red. And she waved her hands around trying to exin. After calming down a bit she exined to me the reason she was doing this. "So do I smell bad," I asked her again as she calmed down a bit more. "N-No, you have a calming smell. It isn''t like any of the hunters I have met before. You are the first to have a good smell." She said as she was blushing and fidgeting with her fingers. ''How can she be so cute?'' ..... After a few minutes, Hae-in calmed down And said "About the gate, we can go to one now it is on the outskirts of Seoul. And the rank of the gate is B" She said. I nodded and we went towards our location while talking. "Haru did you learn how to use a sword on your own?" she asked on our way. "Yes, are you also interested in swordsmanship Hae-in," I asked even though I knew she trains in swordsmanship. "Yes, I am interested in swordsmanship I even go to a dojo to learn it." She said while smiling. And I looked at her as she was talking about swordsmanship and a smile appeared on my face. "i-is something wrong." She asked a bit nervously. "No, you look cute that''s all," I said smiling. ''Hae-in.exe has stopped working.'' She was in a daze for a good minute then she looked at me as her face was now redder than a tomato. I scratched my head as I said. "I''m sorry I shouldn''t have said it out loud." She looked embarrassed at the moment as she had her head down looking towards her feet with her ears red. "N-No it''s alright." She said in a low voice. I have made the situation awkward now. After 10 minutes we reached the location of the gate and as neither of us talked through the journey she would asionally nce at me and then look away. "Let''s go and change into our armor." She said as she quickly went towards the changing area and I also went to change. I went into the changing room and used the Wood release to make Madara''s armor and imbued it with Busoushoku haki over the demon yer uniform(D) this should be enough to face any gate. I was satisfied with it as went near the gate with a katana in my hand I saw Hae-in standing next to the gate fully armed. Wearing red-themed armor and carrying a ck sword with a silver hilt. Her figure is fully shown in that armor. ''She is beautiful alright.'' I nodded as went towards her. "Are you ready?" She asked me I nodded and then she told me about how they raid the dungeon. "Thank you for telling me," I said smiling as she blushed again and looked away while saying. "I-It''s all right. This was my task." Which caused the two female Association members who were standing near the gate to smile. ''What a cute couple.'' Both of them thought at the same time as they saw us. I only bitterly smiled at them which caused them to show me a thumbs-up. "Ok let''s go inside." She said to me as I followed her we both entered the gate I felt a bit of difort when entering the gate. But it subsided after a little while. And I found myself standing in a dark cave with only a way forward. I used my Kenbunshoku haki to check the surroundings and the nearest monster was 400 meters away from here. I looked at Hae-in and said putting on a serious expression. "I''ll start the hunt. Follow me." To which she nodded a bit surprised. I started running towards the monster with my eyes glowing red. It didn''t take long before I reached the monster. There were two orcs with a height of 3 meters, red-skinned ones at that. From what I know they shouldn''t be in a B-Rank dungeon unless....the gate''s measurement was wrong. The rank of the gate is determined by the magic power emanating from the monsters, so if the boss monster can suppress their mana from leaking. then the gate''s ranking will get lower. But I can handle them easily. I went towards the Orcs and sent a Horizontal sh with my Katana cutting through its neck in one swing. His head fell as Blood gushed out from his neck making a small pool of blood around his body. And the second one didn''t even have a chance to react as I cut his head off as well. {Earned 1800 EXP} {LEVEL UP} Hmm, I leveled up guess it is because it''s an A-Rank Beast. I feel a bit lighter. Guess my stats increased. I''ll check itter. I stopped just past the orc as this was an open space and I can feel 20 High orcsing towards us from that narrow passage and fighting in there won''t be good. Although it does limit the opponent''s movement it also limits my movements. Hae-in stopped near me and said. "Why is there an A-rank beast here isn''t this a B-rank gate." She had a solemn expression contrary to how she was acting before. "This is a problem we should go back and report to the guild to send a request for help." She said as she was about to turn around. But I stopped her and said. "20 orcs areing our way we should finish them off first and then retreat." She nodded and took a stance. I didn''t stop her from doing so. ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR* We both heard a loud sound as we looked ahead at the tunnel and a high orc came out and ran towards us as he was followed by other high orcs. I looked towards Hae-in who happened to look towards me. I nodded at her with a smile. And we faced the magical beasts. ''Hi no koky¨± Y¨­katotsu (Breath of the sun Sunflower thrust)'' I used one of the fast techniques of the breath of the sun and while leaving a trail of fire I arrived in front of the orc and jumped towards his head as I thrust my katana into his forehead. Burning his brain matter and killing him instantly. I removed my katana from his forehead and used his head as a springboard towards the second Orc and used... ''Enbu'' and cut his head into 2 killing him and from my haki, I felt an attack left and right I used the shoulder of the orc I killed and jumped up as I used hand seals Snake ¡ú Ram ¡ú Monkey ¡ú Boar ¡ú Horse ¡ú Tiger and used the Jutsu. ''Katon: G¨­kaky¨± no Jutsu'' and a big ball of fire went towards the orcs burning it alive. Afternding I dodged a bit to right and an axe went past me just missing andnded on the ground I used it as a foothold and cut off the head of the orc that attacked and moved on to the next one. I looked towards the remaining six orcsing towards me Iughed and ran towards them as I imbued my katana with Busoshoku haki and used the technique ''emission'' and a sh of haki went towards them. They weren''t aware of it as it cut 3 of them in half. ''Hi no koky¨± Nichiun no Ry¨± Kaburimai(Dragon Sun Halo Head Dance )'' I unleashed a continuous fast and powerful sword attack that seemingly takes the form of a Japanese dragon made of sr mes. And decapitated all three of them and stood in front of their dead bodies as I looked towards Hae-in who was fighting thest three orcs. As she dodged towards the side from the one that attacked her in the front and stabbed in the heart killing him then she jump as an attack on her former position she spun in the air like a gymnast and stabbed the one who attacked her in the forehead killing the orc and using his head she jumped towards thest one and cut his head. Then she looked towards me and said. "Let''s go." And started running towards the exit. I followed her and heard a voice in my head. {Earned 9000EXP} {LEVEL UP} {LEVEL UP} {LEVEL UP} ''Now that''s what I''m talking about.'' Chapter 12: Behind The Scenes Chapter 12: Behind The Scenes ??? POV "Are we going to make a move against him?" asked a muscr old elf with blue skin, long silver hair with a single long strand dangling over the right side of his face, nk white eyes, and round ears. He wore a ragged white cloak with a ck cor over a tattered white shirt, ragged ck pants, and a pair of ck boots. Then he looked towards the other three people who were present he didn''t want any of this as he didn''t think the person they wanted to deal with was worth their time. "Yes, we can''t have another unknown factoring into y when we don''t even know where Ashborn''s vessel is." muscr man with tan skin, glowing yellow eyes, sharp teeth, and wild ck hair. When using his powers. He also wore silver fur pelts, a ragged skirt with a thick silver fur waistline, and gold-trimmed white armor on his right shoulder and over his groin area. While releasing killing intent if there was a hunter here they would have passed out from the intense killing intent but the people he was with didn''t even feel a tickle. "That''s why I am saying that we should find the vessel of Ashborn as soon as possible." The old elf said causing the Tanned man to be annoyed as he was about to say something. "We are going to kill them all anyway, one more doesn''t matter." a beautiful young woman with glowing red eyes, pale skin, long flowing ck hair, purple lips, a perfect hourss figure, arge bust, and insectile hands and feet. She also wore greenish-ck armor that left her upper cleavage and shoulders exposed said with a blood-thirsty expression. "I also think there is no need to go this far for a feeble human. We should use this time to find Ashborn''s vessel" an old man with gray hair, light red eyes, and a blood-red blob symbol on his torso. He wore a tattered ckish-purple hooded cloak, a pale yellow bone-like mask over his mouth, and two metallic horn-like objects extending from his upper back. Also, when using his powers or agitated, his eyes glowed pinkish-purple said while looking at the tanned man. "Cowards you do not dare to kill a human." The tanned man said while snorting at the rest. Trying to provoke them into taking action but... The old elf ignored him while making his ns. The woman was thinking of how she was going to ughter the humans. And the old man was thinking that it wasn''t worth his time. The tanned man was furious when saw that no one was paying any attention to him he wanted to shout but... "Why are you all causing a ruckus here don''t you have anything to do." everyone looked in the direction of the voice and they saw a handsome young man with blonde hair and green eyes. He wore a long white coat with a glowing blood-red cor, ck pants and shoes, small earrings, and a simple gray undershirt. "We are talking about that anomaly you told us about." The old elf said causing the man who came in to raise his brow. As he said, "We all have a job to do, Don''t we." He said as he understood what was happening as he looked towards the tanned man asked. "Don''t tell me you are afraid of a single human. I don''t want to imagine what will happen when you face Ashborn again." The handsome man said smiling arrogantly at the tanned man which caused his killing intent to shoot through the roof, As he said in a low voice. "Don''t get ahead of yourself." Everyone knew why he was angry as his sore spots were poked. "Hey, can I go and kill that human." The woman with a voluptuous body said licking her lips sadistically. "No, Querehsha you haven''tpletely integrated with the body. It isn''t a good choice for you to go out now." The old elf said as he looked toward his rade''. "What a shame. The will of this human is way higher is it because she was an empress. Well, I''ll conquer it soon anyway." She said as she started to think about how to kill people ruthlessly again. But there was a voice in her head only she could hear. ''I...Won''t¡­..le¡­..t....Y...ou.....Do.....wh¡­.at....yo¡­..u¡­..di¡­d¡­.to...¡­my¡­.world¡­..to...another¡­world...'' the voice spoke in broken intervals. The woman just smiled more gleefully as she thought of how to break the spirit of this Emperess. "So what are we going to do now. Are we going to leave him alone?" The tanned man said annoyed. "I already prepared for this. I have sent someone to the dungeon that human entered. And gave them the artifact that masks mana. He will be taken care of. So let us get back to our work of finding Ashborn''s vessel and killing the ruler''s vessel. After the catastrophe is brought on that ind and the human world is reinforced. We can start our war against the rulers in full force." After saying that the handsome man opened a portal and vanished. After that, everyone left one by one only leaving the tanned muscr man behind. "Tsk." He clicked his tongue in annoyance and left. ... BACK TO M.C After a while, we reached the entrance of the dungeon and saw it covered with a spell barrier. That isn''t going to allow anyone to go outside. Hae-in went to check what kind of barrier it was. I had my Sharingan activated and saw¡­. Hae-in who was about to touch the barrier I quickly her hand and pulled her towards me. She was surprised by my action as she tripped and fell on my chest I supported her with my arms as I asked worriedly. "Are you alright?" She wasn''t answering as her face was buried in my chest. So I wasn''t able to see her expression. ''Did the spell affect her? I should''ve been faster.'' I supported her with one arm as I held her waist and with the other hand, I lifted her chin... I looked at her eyes which were spinning and she had a blush on her face that went down to her neck. ''Looks like she didn''t get affected with the spell. Then what happened.'' I thought as I looked at her state with my Sharingan. And her expression got a bit clear. Then she looked at me and the red on her face became more vibrant as it reached her ears. "H-H-Ha-Haru W-W-Wha-What are y-you d-doing?" she asked me while averting her eyes from me. And I saw our situation and there was only one thought in my mind ''FUCK.'' As I released her she then looked away but I can see her ears were red. But looking at her shy appearance I felt my heartbeat race as well. I shook my head and exined to her what had happened. "Hae-in there was a curse on the barrier, if someone touches the barrier it would activate and as the curse''s type was not known I pulled you towards me quickly, I''m sorry for what I did," I said while scratching my head as she was ncing at me. "I-It''s o-ok. I un-understand you don''t have to apologize." She said as she turned towards me. while looking down and not looking at me. I sighed in relief as she understood. Then she asked. "So what are we going to do now we can''t contact the outside and asked for reinforcement." She said as she calmed down now. And looked at me. "I guess we can only try to finish it as soon as possible," I said as I looked towards the way we came from. She was a bit hesitant at first. "Believe in me alright. We''ll be able to go out soon, Say wanna go out for some Dinner. I''ll treat you." I said with a smile. She was in a daze again as she looked at me but nodded while showing a beautiful smile. "So let''s go and finish this," I said to her we went towards the depth of the dungeon. Chapter 13: What Happened? Chapter 13: What Happened? While moving towards the ce where the most mana wasing from. I and Hae-in were facing some Orcs asionally and Hae-in would look at me intently every time I kill monsters. "Is there something wrong?" I asked her after some time. "No, your sword skills are amazing." She said with a smile. After defeating 25 orcs 15 for me and 10 for her we reached the exit of the cave when we came out we saw an open field after 2 hours. It was a barrennd with red soil and there was a giant and an army of High orcs standing there. There were about 300 high orcs whose estimated strength is Top tier A-Rank. And there is a High orc with a great sword in his hand. His height is about 4 meters. His strength is in the S-Rank intermediate tier but he isn''t the one who I care about. Currently, I am looking at the giant with the height of 60 meters it is higher than a twenty-story building. He is muscr with dark tanned skin and a tribal tattoo with long braided ck hair. Wearing bone ornaments around his neck holding arge war hammer. While wearing a ragged loincloth. The giant looked towards us and took off the mask he was where and his mana unleased. It felt like sitting on a wooden raft in the middle of a hurricane. ''His magic power is abnormally high, he isn''t a normal giant. He is a¡­..'' (You''ve made me wait long enough, puny human. I the Grandmarshal of the Giants army will end your miserable life. Your life will be used to free our monarch, so be honored that you could be of use.) he said in monsternguage. ''He has been waiting¡­.here, so that means that the monarchs know of my existence but seeing how they sent the grand marshal of the giant''s army they just see me as a strong human and not someone who can pose a threat to them. Do the rulers know about it as well, if they do will they aim to kill me as well for¡­ I guess we''ll know tomorrow. '' then a voice pulled me out of my thoughts. "T-Th-This isn''t something that should be here," Hae-in said as she had difficulty breathing because of the mana that the giant was releasing. But her hand was on her sword and her eyes never wavered. ''My, My what a strong woman.'' I smiled as I patted her back gently and said. "Get your breathing in control, And clear your mind. Or you''ll make mistakes while fighting." She flinched at my touch first but slowly got her breathing into control. "Thank you." She said a bit shyly while looking away. ''Um, can you not act so cutely in the middle of the battlefield.'' "How are we going to fight that many of them. And that giant isn''t something we can defeat we should go back near the gate and wait for reinforcements." She said taking on a serious look. "No, let''s finish this quickly as I have dinner with a beautiful woman so I can''t keep her waiting," I said giving her a wink. well, we''ll have reinforcements shortly anyway. She was dumbfounded as I walked towards the army. ''Didn''t you say that you will treat me to dinner, Wait¡­.'' This is what Hae-in thought when looking at his back while blushing as her heart raced. She was confused as this was a new feeling for her. She has never felt like this before meeting him. She shook her head as this wasn''t the right ce to think about this and followed him. Outside the gate, 1 hour before. Woo Jin-Chul was standing outside the gate thinking deeply. ''it''s been 2 hours since they have gone in. the gate should be cleared by now did something happen inside.'' He didn''t understand why it was taking them so much time for 2 S Rank hunters to clear a B Rank gate. He thought that something must''ve happened so he requested some backup from Hunter''s guild and Yoon-Ho guild as they were preparing for a raid nearby as this is the matter rted to 2 S-Ranks he didn''t hesitate to ask for back up. He has also changed into his hunting gear and was waiting for the raid team led by Choi Jong-In and Baek Yoon-Ho wasing alone. After another 10 minutes, they both arrived. Jin-Chul looked at them who were already geared up and ready to go. Choi Jong-in wore a suit of goldish-brown and white color with a flowing red cape and a set of eight rings. He was followed by two members from the raiding party. The first hunter is Son ki-hoon who is A-Rank. As a tanker, he wore a suit of gray armor with brass highlights, a blue midsection, and a long purple cape with white designs. The second hunter is Gi-Na who is also an A-Ranker, she is a curvaceous young woman with red eyes, strawberry blonde hair, and arge bust. She wore a ck corset with a miniskirt, thigh-high boots, a red hooded cloak with white fur trims, and long white leather gloves. Baek Yoon-Ho came as he wore ck armor with yellow shoulder guards, gray pants, and a set of golden ws. Woo Jin-Chul looked towards them and said. "Thank you foring at such short notice." "It''s alright it''s because I know how capable hae-in is if she iste then something must have happened and there is the new S-Rank too we can''t let lose them. So here I am." Choi Jong-In said smiling. ''And I can have that new S-Rank owe me a favor as well.'' "It''s ok let''s go we shouldn''t waste more time here." Said Baek Yoon-Ho as his voice was serious he has witnessed the power of the new S rank himself which is why he came so quickly thinking if it could threaten him it would be disastrous if it was unleased in Korea. "Ok, let''s go then." Woo Jin-Chul said as he entered the gate. And everyone followed him once inside Yoon-Ho went in the front with Jin-Chul with Jong-in behind them. And Ki-Hoon was guarding the rear as Gina was ahead of him. After 40 minutes they were still walking and didn''t find any Magical beasts. They did find multiple dead bodies of beasts there were two types one with many cuts and one with a single they usually had their heads cut off. But then they suddenly felt the waves of mana that made it hard for them to breathe and the 2 A-Rank were trembling. Choi Jong-in was shocked. ''Fucking hell you''re telling me this is a B-Rank gate, the magic I am feeling is already over top-tier A-rank gates. '' he thought as he shouted. As he shouted. "We need to hurry up it is near us those two must be fighting we should hurry." Everyone nodded as they stabilized their sense and went towards the source as after 5 minutes they exited the cave and came to an open field as they saw almost 300 high orcs army and a giant over 60 meters tall. They gulped as they saw him. And saw both Cha hae-in and Tsugikuni haru walking towards the army. "We should join them and finish this quickly and if we can''t we''ll retreat." Baek Yoon Ho said. As he ran forward. Everyone went after him and caught up with them as they saw haru looking towards them as he discovered them and Cha Hae-in also noticed. "I''ll go ahead you can fight with them," Haru said while Looking at hae-in who wanted to go with him but in the end nodded. "well, I''ll be going ahead." After saying that he vanished before getting a response. "Has he gone crazy?" Jong-In said but was only met by silence as both Yoon-ho and jin-Chul didn''t say anything. ARRRRRRRRRRGGHHHHHHHH* The cry of agony brought them back as they saw haru cutting every orc in his way while leaving a trail of fire and continuing using his sword moves like a fire god dancing on the battlefield. "Ok, let''s start the fighting as well. We have to clear as many as we can." Said Jong-in as he prepared magic andunched towards the orcs killing many of them and Yoon-ho''s hair turned white as he went forward killing orcs left and right. Hae-in was mesmerized by the sword dance that haru did and followed after him killing orcs making their way towards the gaint. Chapter 14: Dinner! Chapter 14: Dinner! Back to m.c I was running towards the giant as I was through the high orcs left and right. They just keep running towards me. so I was using normal sword moves and cutting through them with ease. I used Gura Gura no mi''s power and imbued it into the sword as I sent the shes with its power cutting through everything in its path. I jumped to the right and dodged the attack from the high orcs as I stabbed his heart killing him after the I ran forward and ducked as an orc aiming for my head. And going near the orc I jumped before he had the chance and cut off his head. ''It will take time like this.'' And decided to use it. ''Haoshoku Haki'' an invisible pressure spread from as the ground cracked and the high orcs slumped to the ground and many were killed as their bodies burst because of the pressure. There were still some alive but they were seriously injured and were out for the count. I turned and saw the reinforcements were dumfounded. I chuckled. ''You''re fast aren''t you. I thought as I saw the orc with arge sword was moving towards me very quickly with its greatsword raised above his head and was bringing it down. I shifted my body slightly dodging him and saw the giant was making his move. ''I''ll finish this quickly. As I used chakra to strengthen my body. And I covered my katana with Busoshoku Haki as the orc used multiple shes towards me from multiple angles. Even though he was using a great sword that was 4 meters in height and 2 meters at the base and got narrower as it went up stopping at half a meter. I just dodged all his attacks with slight turns and moves and reached in front of him but a war hammer was approaching me from above so I used ''Fake rainbow.''(Hi no koky¨± Gen''nichi K¨­). It is a technique in which I performed high-speed twists and rotations, thus creating afterimages used mostly to evade attacks. The afterimages work most effectively on enemies with good vision. Before they could react I was already behind the high orc and used Fire Wheel (Hi no koky¨± Kasha) and spun in the air downward, releasing a sword attack in a circr motion. Cutting off the head of the high orc and faced the giant that was in front of me. He was looking at me angrily, he wasn''t even able to move but the fight already finished. I smirked I mean what did you expect I didn''t even get the warm-up and you finished. Now I sympathize with a woman whose man finishes fast. THIRD-PERSON POV ''Are you fucking kidding me that is what everyone who came to help in Haru thought'' Both Jin-Chul and Yoon-Ho expected him to be powerful but not to this much? They were sweating when they felt him using the same technique that he used before. When they saw the damage the technique can do they felt that they were that close to death at that time. But they will ask him the questionster as they were about to help him as they saw him fighting two S-Ranks together but what happened next was not something they had expected he vanished and appeared behind the high orc-like it was teleportation. And used a single strike to cut off his head. "His swordsmanship Is something else. Right Hae-in." Jong-in said while looking towards Hae-in but she didn''t answer as she was busy watching Haru fight. Jong-in sighed and said. "I need a smoke." Then like everyone else he also had questions like what skill did he use to kill over 150 High orcs. That skill isn''t a joke it can be very useful againstrge mobs of monsters. It will be very useful in the uing Jeju ind raid that only a few knew about. "Isn''t he way too powerful? He finished all that like it''s nothing." "Gina don''t raise your voice" Jong-in sighed as he heard what a junior from his guild said ''Well, it''s true.'' He said as he saw Haru fighting with the giant, No it would be more appropriate to say he was ying with him a monster on the level of the national-level Hunters or even higher than them, and here he was ying with it. This is what everyone thought. ... Back to m.c I have cut this giant multiple times but he has good regeneration powers. So I was thinking of testing a theory I had. ''Will the red Nichirin sword stop their regeneration?'' So I used my demon yer mark. And my katana which was coated with busoshoku haki started to have a tinge of red. And As the Giant was about to smash me with his war hammer. I rushed in a cut made a deep cut on his heel and he Staggered. (AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH YOU WHAT DID YOU DOOOOOOOOOOOO) he was shouting like crazy at this moment and the cut isn''t healing and it is damaging him. It was easy to find a weak spot with the see-through world open. I smiled. ''Dragon Sun Halo Head Dance (Hi no koky¨± Nichiun no Ry¨± Kaburimai)'' I was instantly in front of the giant and the fire took the form of a Japanese dragon then I swung my sword as it looked like the dragon bit him on the throat as his head was sliced off. And with that, it is over. {LEVEL UP} It''s good that it doesn''t show the system message during a fight. I walked towards Hae-in and everyone who was waiting. I went towards them and said. "let''s go." After I said that everyone nodded and on the way back I was bombarded with questions. I just didn''t answer questions rted to my skills and stuff like that. Hae-in didn''t talk much on the way back as we exited the gate and went to change our clothes. After changing I met everyone and thanked them foring. They just said that it wasn''t much and they didn''t help much. "Ok, then Hae-in let''s go," I said to her which shocked everyone, as she gave them a bow while blushing and then followed me as we went to a restaurant to eat as it was about 7 p.m now. "Hmm, I feel refreshed after a cigarette. What did I miss?" Jong-in who had juste back from his smoke break asked as everyone looked towards him. He didn''t understand what happened. ...¡­. We went to a nice restaurant that hae-in knew it was had a quiet atmosphere and didn''t have many customers. We walked in and went to the table in the corner we sat down and ordered some food. And talking about small things and topics but the topic did revolve around swordsmanship. ''Guess she likes swordsmanship.'' I smiled looking towards her. She was a bit stunned as she looked away. ''She''s too dangerous for my heart, really'' I thought as I shook my head when the food arrived the waitress gave us a wink and a thumbs-up. Which caused hae-in to cover her face with her hands. I chuckled a little we started eating food after she calmed down. ''She eats like a small squirrel I didn''t even feel eating as I thought just seeing her eat filled my stomach. She saw me looking at her and continued to eat shyly. I started eating as well to not make her ufortable. After we finished eating I saw there was sauce on her mouth as she didn''t clean so I took the paper towel and wiped the sauce near her mouth while smiling. "There it''s clean now." Her whole face was red as she was blushing, even her ears are red. I swear I can see smokeing out of her head. "Sorry it is has be kind of a habit." What I said was true, from the memory I have whenever me, jin-ah and Jin-woo ate food together since our childhood I have always wiped jin-ah face so it has be a bad habit now. It was so bad that one time I did this to my deskmate who was a girl and she passed out while bleeding from her nose. After that, I stopped doing that. And here it happened again. I can see an old couple sitting on a table near us giving me a thumbs-up. I don''t know what to say. It was an ident. After Hae-in calmed down she answered in a low mosquito-like voice. "I don''t mind it." "HUH" "No, it''s ok." She quickly shook her. Hey, I heard that! I ain''t your dense beta male protagonist. "Ok" I just pretended now to hear it or she might pass out. "...¡­.There is something I want to tell you." After hesitating for a bit she said. I nodded for her to continue. Her eyes darted all over the ce as she didn''t meet my eye and it was clear that she was still hesitating. I smiled and held her hand she was surprised as she looked at me with a surprised Pikachu face. "it''s ok if it is something I can do I''ll help, so tell me. " I said as I looked into her eyes. Her face is turning red again I think it goes like this¡­ she''s too cute¡­ I know I said it like for the umpteenth time but she is cute so deal with it. She looked down to see my hand holding her hand. And then looked up with a shy expression. I just smiled and nodded my head. I felt the grip on my hand tighten. "I¡­." Chapter 15: A Hectic Start Chapter 15: A Hectic Start Cha hae-in POV I was currently in my house standing next to the window overlooking the city. As I was thinking about the dinner I had with Haru. And his smile shed through my mind and my heart started beating faster. I ced my hand on my chest and felt my heartbeat. BA-DUMP* BA-DUMP* I''ve never felt my heart beating like this. So why does it react like this whenever I think of him. I don''t know why but he has a unique air around him as if he isn''t from this world, I want to look at his smile all the time but my heart starts beating faster whenever he smiles. His voice always calms me down no matter what I don''t why. It reassures me that if he is beside me everything will turn out just fine. and I am not alone. His eyes are the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen the red color of his eyes gives him a unique presence and once I look into his eyes it''s hard for me to look away from them I want to stare at them all the time but I can''t look straight at him even if his gaze isn''t aggressive instead it excludes his kind and caring character. I can feel it when he pull me towards him and held me in his arms, It gave me a sense of security and protection that I have never felt before. It reminded me of my mother. I didn''t know what to do so I stayed there but his smell and the warmth of his embrace made me feel light-headed. I don''t understand how it happened as I have only met him yesterday for the first time. At first, I was just curious about why he smelled different, after being with him today I saw different sides of him. But I feel like he has a side to him that I don''t know. But I don''t hate it, I don''t why it is that my heart races every time he is near me. I don''t know what to do if he hugs me again but I don''t m¡­. ''NO NO NO NO NO what am I thinking about.'' I covered my face with my hands and after a while, I looked up and saw my facepletely red. "Why am I such an idiot," I muttered to the night sky thinking about him again. I don''t what to do near him. I don''t know why I feel so giddy whenever he looks at me I feel that my heart is going to burst. But alsoplicated at the same time. As I don''t know how to respond as I don''t know why I am feeling this. I want to find out what these feelings are. I was nervous when I wanted to ask him about it but he came near me and held my hand I felt at ease as if my worries went away. This is the reason I said that¡­. ''I¡­ want to learn swordsmanship from you'' I said that to him so that I can stay beside him. I was nervous after asking the question. But¡­ ''You don''t have to be so nervous about this, I said earlier right, that I will help you with what I can. so don''t worry.'' He said while looking into my eyes and patting my head I felt really warm in my heart and wished it would¡­. ''NO NO NO NO'' why am I even imagining it. I jumped in my bed and I buried my head in my pillow as my heart was racing like crazy. I slept and had a dream about¡­ .... Sung il-hwan POV ''In 2 hours I will reach Korea.'' I thought as I was sitting on the flight to Seoul. I got the information that I asked for from the Employee of the Korean Hunter Association. I didn''t know what to say as I looked at the information about how my family lived after my disappearance. I may have saved many people but I wasn''t able to do much for my family. I wasn''t able to be a good husband to my wife as I was always running around trying to save people. And because of that I was in the dungeon and left my family behind. Even inside the gate, I wasn''t afraid of death but of the fact that I left my family behind and wasn''t able to be a good father to my children, this has always been a thorn in my heart for the past ten years I have lived in that gate. Seeing that I can''t even apologize to my wife as she is in eternal slumber now. ''What have I done my entire life? I wasn''t able to be a good husband to the woman I love. And I wasn''t able to be a good father to my children.'' I was thinking about this. I also heard that my best friend and his wife died. Leaving behind their child. I don''t know what to feel for that child I always thought of him as my child and both of our families have been close. The kid that used to run around the neighborhood has be an S-Rank hunter. I chuckled a little as I remembered something. I closed my eyes as I recalled the mission that was given to me by the rulers. and the truth about the reason for the gates and where the monsterse from. ''Kill the new shadow monarch and as for the anomaly, we will tell you when you see him. If he sides with the monarch kill him. '' I opened my eyes as I looked at my reflection in the window ''I wasn''t able to be a good father to you, but I will make sure that you will be able to live in this world without worrying about anything, even if I have toy down my life for it. This is the promise that I''ll keep no matter what.''. ..... In the morning after a fulfilling sleep. I woke up feeling light. I made my way towards the bathroom to take a shower. After the shower, I went back to change into somethingfortable to move around after wearing a ck sweatshirt and white sweatpants. I was thinking about what happened yesterday. Her face shed through my mind. And my mood became even better I can feel my heartbeat rising again. I didn''t feel anything like this before. So this is what It feels like to..... KNOCK* KNOCK* My monologue about the mysteries of the world ended with the loud knocks on the door. I already know who it is even without opening it. I went towards the door and opened it. Then Jin-ah jumped straight into my chest as she hugged me. I patted her head and asked. "what happened Jin-ah? How are you full of energy in the morning butzy during the day" I asked her as she was enjoying how I was patting her head and looked up and said. "Haru, Oppa has gone mad we need to take him to the hospital now." She said seriously. "What happened why is he suddenly gone mad," I asked her. "He is saying we have to pick up father from the airport." She said sadly as she remembered her father. I patted her head as I said. "Is that it?" She then looked up as I smiled at her. "No, he has been Abnormal from the time he came back from the hospital. He started spending more time In the shower and looks at himself in the mirror while making poses. He even asked how he looks to me, you know." She said as she smiled and I can see Jin-woo standing In my doorway with his eyebrows twitching. "What did you say you brat?" he said in an angry voice and Jin-ah who heard him hide behind my back and stuck her tongue out to him. "I am not lying anyway I even hear voicesing from your room sometimes at night. ''Arise my Shadows'' ''Fight for your king''." She said trying to act like Jin-woo. I just looked at him and he looked away. ''OI OI OI this is where you refute don''t look away. '' I don''t know what to say to this. "You can sleep here if you want there are rooms empty anyway," I said to her as I caressed her hair again she didn''t tie her hair in a ponytail but had let it fall to her shoulders. "And you should leave your hair like this you look really cute like this," I said while pinching her cheeks. "R-Really." She asked while being¡­.shy. I can feel Jin-woo looking towards me, so changed the subject. "Ok, let''s go and have breakfast I am hungry have you two eaten," I asked as Jin-woo shook his head and Jin-ah did the same. "Ok tell me what do you want to eat I''ll make it," I said. "Special Pancakes with a lot of maple syrup," Jin-ah said as she jumped on my back and hugged my neck. "I''ll have the same," Jin-Woo said. I went back towards the kitchen as Jin-woo made coffee for himself I started making pancakes while using my Sharingan ''Itachi would be proud'' I thought as I continued as a ko was hugging me from behind. Of course, the ko was Jin-Ah. And she was currently sniffing my hair. "Haru your hair smells so nice and it is so soft as well. which hair product did you use?" She said as she rubbed her face in my hair which wasn''t tied but was left free. Because my mother from myst life had a habit of always making her hair product at home and I have the same habit. "I made it at home there should be extra bottles in the bathroom you can take it," I said as I patted her head. After making the pancakes I put them onto the dining table and ced the maple syrup near it as well. As I said to jin-ah. "Ok Jin-ah get down and have breakfast now" Jin-ah came down from my back looking sad. Hmm, oh I forgot about that I went into the kitchen to make her a chocte milkshake with extra chocte, she has quite the sweet tooth. I ced it near her then I heard a voice. "She is going to get fat like that you know," Jin-woo said as he sat down with a cup of coffee. "If you don''t want to eat that pancake I will," Jin-ah said while moving her hands towards Jin-woo''s te. But couldn''t as Jin-woo was way faster than her. "She is growing up so it''s good to eat a lot," I said while looking at him. "Haru, I am all grown up," Jin-ah said puffing up her cheeks. "Ok, Ok my Jin-ah has grown up," I said with a smile as I patted her head. She then calmed down and her face was a bit red. "Don''t you always act childishly," Jin-woo said as he ate his food. "Haru, look the Edgelord is trying to act mature," Jin-ah said. COUGH* COUGH* he nearly fell down while choking on food, again. ''EEMMMMOtional dDAAAMAge (emotional damage)'' ''YARE, YARE what a hectic way to start a day. Chapter 16: What to do? Chapter 16: What to do? After the little episode at the dinner table, we finished our breakfast. And it was time to tell Jin-ah about her father''s return. I took the tes back to the kitchen and came back looking at Jin-ah who was lying on the sofa. "Jin-ah about what Jin-woo was talking about uncle returning," I said to her sitting near her head. "Yeah I forgot about that, we need to take him to a doctor." She said getting back to her feet and sitting next to me. I can only shake my head at her antics. "It''s true uncle ising back today we have to pick him up at the Hunter Association," I said looking into her eyes. And she was shocked as her eyes widened. She then looked down and said. "Haru, you''re not lying to me right." I can see her hands trembling and some tears falling from her eyes down on her hands. ''Yare Yare'' I pulled her into a hug as I patted her back with her head on my chest. I said softly. "Have I ever lied to you?" I know it might be hard for her to believe that uncle ising back because when you believe that someone close to you is dead. it leaves a hole in your heart and then that heart fills up with time and we get used to that sense of loss over time. But what if that person is suddenly alive and is in front of you. Although something like this is not possible in real life but still¡­.. I want to believe that I can see them again. I closed my eyes as I hear her crying. "Sniff* I...don''t....know Sniff* What¡­.To¡­say¡­.I¡­..Knew¡­.Sniff*¡­that¡­.. Oppa¡­.was¡­telling the truth¡­..Sniff* I just didn''t want to believe it. Sniff*." She said in a choked voice. "It''s ok, Aren''t you happy that uncle ising back," I said as I was patting her back. "Yes, I want mom to wake up as well. Sniff*" she said slowing as she was crying. I can see Jin-woo looking here he was a bit shocked. Well, it''s natural for both of us Jin-ah is a very strong girl the only time she has cried was when uncle went missing and the second was when aunt went into eternal slumber. she has always been strong and didn''t ask for anything this was the first time in thest four years that we have heard her asking for something. After crying for 20 minutes she stopped. "Looks like she fell asleep," I said while I caressed her head asid her down on myp. Wiping her tears with my fingers. "It''s the same as when dad went missing. You calmed her down then as well. You are the only one who she shows her weak side." He said as he looked at me and Jin-ah who was sleeping in myp. he just came back after a shower. he must''ve heard what she said. He smiled for a bit and then looked at me. "Take care of her, alright." He said smiling at me and then his eyes glowed purple. "If you hurt her, I''ll beat you up." "What are you talking about? Anyway, what about you?" I asked as if I didn''t understand. "What, about me?" he asked confused. "Did you make any progress with that Miss Joo-hee?" I asked him while smiling. "W-What are you talking about? " He said as he was sweating and looking away. "Don''t act ignorant now. You said that you liked her right, so did you ask her out yet." I asked him. "Oh look at the time I am going to bete to pick up dad. I''ll go and take a shower bye." He rushed out of the room while saying that. ''But you just took one '' Sigh, he isn''t being honest. ''But I am no better myself.'' I thought as I looked at the sleeping Jin-ah and the face of hae-in shed in my mind. ''Seriously what should I do?'' I thought as I was caressing Jin-ah''s head who was sleeping soundly. ...¡­.. Sung il-hwan POV. Currently, I was sitting in front of someone I knew. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Go. Or should I call you Chairman Go now?" I said looking at the old man in front of me. "Just call me what you arefortable with Hunter Sung." He said with an amiable smile. I nodded and asked. "Why did you want to meet it surely isn''t only for my rank evaluation. Right." "Hmm, I just wanted to ask you about your experience in the dungeon as you are the only one to be left behind in the dungeon ande back alive." He said with his arms crossed. I have met him before during my time as a hunter. And he is also a ruler''s vessel so I can trust him as he also knows the truth about the gates and monarchs. After I exined to him about what happened in the dungeon. while concealing my mission to kill the new shadow monarch and the anomaly. After I finished, he didn''t talk for a while as he was digesting the information he got from me. And then asked me "What do you n to do from now on?" "I''ll work behind the scenes as an S-Rank gate will be opened in Tokyo by the rulers. To reinforce the earth with mana and to lure out the monarchs. I will start my work after that as the monarchs will actively kill the ruler''s vessels." I said what was nned. "And your saying I am one of the targets as well." Mr. Go asked calmly like it was no big deal. "Yes. The same goes for me as well." I said I am ready toy my life if it is to save this world from being destroyed that''s the only thing I can do to make up for the troubles I caused them. "OK, I can see that you are ready for it." Mr. Go smiled as he looked at me with the same expression. ''If I can make a better world for the young ones.'' Go Gun-hee thought as he closed his eyes. "What do you know about Tsugikuni Haru, Hunter Sung." Mr. Go asked me a question. "Why are you asking?" I didn''t know why he would ask about Haru. "I just want to know more about him as he has be an S-ranker. And I can''t read him at all. He is like an enigma." He said simply. "Well, you aren''t wrong. He has always been sensible even as a kid, he knows what has to be done and he is headstrong. If he makes up his mind no one can change it." I thought as I recalled what he said to me when he was nine. KNOCK* KNOCK* "Come in," Mr. Go said. An employee came in and said "Someone from Mr.Sung''s family came to pick him up." "Ok, well then I guess it''s time to end the meeting here, let''s work hard for the future." He said as he extended his hand towards me. I shook his hand and gave him a nod. And exited the room. I walked silently towards the reception and saw my son standing there. Looking at me. "Please sign this before you leave and you will get your hunter license tomorrow." The employee gave me some papers. As I signed them. And looked at Jin-Woo who turned around and started walking towards the parking and I followed behind him. As he sat in a van and I sat in the passenger seat. "So how have you been," I asked him as I can see that he grew up well. His timid behavior has vanished and looks pretty simr to me now. "It''s alright." He said simply as he started the car. I nodded as I understood how hard it would have been for them to live without proper support "Can you take me to Kyung-Hye," I said as I wanted to meet her again in the past ten years there hasn''t been a day where I haven''t thought about her. He nodded and after 15 minutes we reached the hospital where she was staying. He took me to her room and waited outside I went in and saw her with long ck hair, slight wrinkles, and a small burn scar on the left side of her neck. She was in aa right now because of eternal slumber. Hooked on a life support machine that runs on mana stones. I went near her as I took her hand and held it between my own. Aftering back from the dungeon the person to who I wanted to apologize the most was you. And now look at this I can''t even do that. I wasn''t able to make you happy as I said, I wasn''t able to fulfill my promise. Sometimes I thought of how lucky I was to meet you and fall in love with you. I recounted my life with her till now and unknown to me tears starteding out of my eyes. I held her hand near my face I cried silently. After half an hour I went out and found Jin-woo looking at me turned around and said. "Let''s go home Jin-Ah and Haru are waiting for you." He said as he walked away. Chapter 17: The Truth! Chapter 17: The Truth! Back to M.C After sleeping for about 30 minutes Jin-ah woke up and looked at me. "Did you have afortable nap?" I asked her as I caressed her head. I was about to remove my hand from her head but she held it with her hands. "Let''s stay like this for some time." She said a bit shy as she looked at me. I smiled and nodded then started caressing her head again. ''She must have a lot of questions now that her head is cleared.'' "Is it dad Or some monster who took over his body?" she asked. "It''s 100% uncle don''t worry about it, that was the reason it took some time before he coulde back. And we also did a DNA check with Jin-Woo''s blood so don''t worry." I exined. "And you''re only asking this now?" I said while pinching her cheeks. "And whose fault do you think that is?" she said cheekily while looking at. "It was because I didn''t want you to fall into denial that he isn''t your father. I wanted you to be happy as you greet your father. He came back didn''t he, don''t think about anything else and trust in Jin-woo and me. if he was some monster that looked like uncle, we wouldn''t even let him near you. We only told you about this after confirming it in every possible way." I was telling her this because I wanted her to be happy that she can meet her family that she lost. After all, not everyone is lucky enough to have a chance like this... When I was thinking about this, she stood up and it was my turn to be hugged now. She held my head with her hands as my face was on her chest. The roles have been reversed in an instant. She spoke softly as she ran her fingers through my hair "Are you missing uncle and aunt?" "Umm," I said as I was missing my mom and dad but from my previous world. "Don''t you still have a family? We are with you right." She said as she hugged me tightly. "Yes, I do have a family with me, and you as well," I said as I hugged her waist and pulled her closer. She was practically sitting on myp while hugging me. I raised my head from her chest and now both of our faces are on the same level. I can see she is blushing and her heartbeat was getting faster. "You are good at consoling people," I said as I smiled. "Hmph, who do you think I learned it from." She said as she was looking at me. I chuckled. As I gave her a light kiss on her cheek. "Thank you for caring about me," I said softly with a bright smile. When I saw her face. it was red. The blush reached her neck. I picked her up from myp as I ced her down next to me while she was still in a daze. Then my phone made a notification sound so I checked it and saw it was Hae-in''s message. -Are you going toe tomorrow at 8 in the morning for teaching me. I replied to her. -Yes, at 8 A.M tomorrow. At the training ground in the association. I already got Chairman''s permission to use one that is usually empty. -Ok then see you tomorrow. -See you tomorrow. And I won''t go easy on you just because you are beautiful. -...I understand. And the chat ended. I saw Jin-ah was still in a daze looking at me. "What''s the matter?" I asked while tilting my head. "No-Nothing." She said as she looked away while blushing. I stood up and her a light pat on her head from behind. "What is bothering you?" I asked. "It''s nothing." She said angrily now. I''ll ask herter when she calms down "OK, OK Jin-woo and uncle will being back soon so let''s make something for lunch that will reassure you that it''s the real uncle. " I smiled as I patted her head again. "Really." She brightened up again. "Yes, it''s time to pull out the secret weapon. You should take shower in the meantime." I said as went into the kitchen. She nodded and went to take a shower And started making something that will calm her down. I''m making Freid chicken. Yep, you''ve heard it right fried chicken. It will calm her down and also clear some of her suspicions about uncle I know it might sound stupid but that''s just how it is. The reason Jin-ah likes fried chicken so much is because of her father. They both love to eat it no matter the time. Jin-ah came out of the shower after 15 minutes. And tried to take a piece of chicken, but I stopped her. "Stingy." She walked towards the sofa and started to use her phone. While I was making the food for the four of us. Jin-woo came back with uncle. He had a stoic face, as usual, he then looked at me and smiled then he looked at Jin-ah and his expression cracked. He went near her, she was a bit nervous from what I can see. But she is happy as well to see her father. He hugged her and said while patting her head. "You''ve grown up." I can see him crying slightly. From my memories, he loved Jin-ah and Aunt a lot. If he was talking to us he had a straight face but in front of Aunt and Jin-ah, it would break. I took a pic of him to show Jin-ahter. she was also crying as tears welled up in her eyes. And while they were talking Jin-ah was a bit awkward, only time can fix this gap he left behind. "Ok let''s have lunch then. It''s fried chicken let''s eat it quickly." I said as I ced the dishes on the table and called everyone. Ji-ah and uncle reached the table almost instantly and started eating happily. I saw jin-woo looking towards them with a slight smile. It''s good that they can be in harmony now we only have to wait for aunt to wake up I guess it will take a month at most as Jin-woo told me that he will be going somewhere for a week or so. ''He will be entering the demon dungeon soon.'' "Jin-woo let''s eat or they will finish all of it," I said pulling him out of his thoughts as we sat down and started eating. After eating I can see both uncle and Jin-ah were satisfied. I just shook my head and gave uncle and Jin-Woo some Oolong tea. And sat down Jin-ah sat down next to me. I know he is feeling conflicted right now. He has a mission to do after all and he won''t be able to stay with his daughter a lot. and there is aunt''s condition as well. "Uncle you should take some rest, you must''ve had a hard time surviving in the dungeon," I said to him as I nudged Jin-ah near me who jerked a bit. "Yes, you should rest¡­.. Dad" she said in a low voice after some hesitation. But it brought a smile to his face and he said. "Ok, I''ll rest for a week." After that Jin-ah went to sleep and Jin-woo left to meet Jin-ho. Now, we are left alone in the room, ''i guess it''s time.'' "You don''t think that I am some monster impersonating to be your uncle." He said with his stoic face. "If you were then you would''ve wished you were dead," I said as my eyes shed red and my Sharingan opened. His body immediately took a stance with 2 daggers in his hands I can see his pupils dting a bit. Then he just shook his head and sat down again. "The little kid has all grown up now, you can even threaten me. But it''s good that you are thinking about Jin-ah," he said while smiling slightly. "Well, I don''t want her to be sad. I am sure Jin-woo is the same." I said to him. "So now to the main topic what is bothering you so much, Uncle," I asked him as I narrowed my eyes. "Do you want to know what happened while I was trapped in the dungeon?" He said hesitating a bit I know why he telling me this. ''The rulers probably told him to kill me I can see the reaction he had when he came into the room others might not have noticed it but I did.'' ''And now he wants to tell me all he knows. He thinks that if he said the truth to me I won''t do towards the monarch''s side. Because he won''t be able to bring himself to kill me.'' "What happened?" I asked him feigning ignorance. He nodded and started recounting what he had gone through. Chapter 18: Why Do I Have A Bad Feeling? Chapter 18: Why Do I Have A Bad Feeling? After he finished telling his story I nodded even though I already knew what happened. But he didn''t tell me that I was one of his targets. "So how will you find out about them?" I asked him. "The rulers will open a gate in Tokyo to lure out the new shadow monarch and the anomaly will alsoe there that is what they think." He said. ''Well, you aren''t wrong about that.'' "Ok, so what are you going to now?" I asked him directly. "I''ll rest for some time as Jin-ah said," He said with a smile. "yes, you should repair your rtionship with them. It will take some time but I will be fine." I said as I knew that Jin-ah and Jin-woo will get used to him again. "¡­I think Jin-woo hates me now." He said while looking down. "He does hate you for leaving them behind, but more than that he missed you a lot while you weren''t here. He just isn''t good at expressing himself like you." I said to him while shaking my head. His eyes widened as he looked up towards me. as if asking if I was telling the truth or not. I just nodded and said. "Why do you think we never moved out of the house, it was because aunt said that you woulde back. She insisted on staying in this house and waiting for you to return." He was lost in his thoughts again, I stood up. "Ok, get some rest alright you have to go to get your Hunter license tomorrow. Korea is about to be chaotic again." I patted him on his shoulder as I went to my room. Andid on my bed I can hear the door close which means he went back to their house. ''Let''s see how it goes from here on.'' With that, I went to the training ground. ........ The next morning 7:45 A.M I was walking towards the training area in the Hunter Association and I saw Hae-in standing there I went towards her as she noticed me. "Morning, you came early," I said to her while smiling. "Yes, I can''t bete when I want to learn." She said while looking down. "What a diligent student, let''s go in," I said as I patted her head and went inside. She came behind me while blushing. "So as you are already a great swordswoman. I won''t be teaching you much about sword techniques." I said to her as we took a normal iron sword in my case a Katana and walked towards the center of the Training Area. "Then what are you going to teach me?" she asked curiously. "It''s a breathing technique," I said simply. "¡­breathing technique." She said as she tilted her head. "Total Concentration Breathing," I said. "What is that I have never heard of that?" "It is an advanced and esoteric breathing technique where a user inhales the maximum amount of oxygen within a specific breath pattern to raise their physical and mental prowess to their utmost limits. The effects include a plethora of enhanced physical and mental abilities, like superhuman physical characteristics, faster thought processes, maximizing concentration, and hyper-information processing. You know I use it constantly that is also a reason for my fast speed." I told her as she was still digesting what I told her. "Please teach me," she said bowing her head a little. "Ok then let''s start by getting your breathing into control," I said as I guided her on what to do and what she shouldn''t. she was having a bit of difficulty while using it inbat but she was able to use it while sitting or standing. She didn''t Give up and started to ask what she didn''t understand. After 3 hours we stopped the training. She looked a bit down that she wasn''t able to use it. ''She''s so adorable I thought as I patted her head. "It will take some time before you can learn itpletely." "Um," she nodded with a smile. "Ok, so let''s go and finish the gates we can today," I said to her to which she nodded that day we were able to finish 3 B-Rank dungeons in our remaining time during the raids I told her to try and use the breathing technique and she improved while trying it constantly. Her speed and strength were increasing a bit, but she was happy as her efforts were showing their fruits. I gained 2 levels by finishing the 3 gates. And while training her she was able to use the basic breathing technique by the third day and that day we cleared thest B Rank gate. After having Dinner together we went back to our homes. Korea was in a festive state weing it''s 11th S-Rank. they had a new S-Ranker is there a reason not to be happy. though not much was known about this hunter. but it didn''t affect the happiness around Korea. And like that a week went by I and Hae-in finished Thest 3 A-rank gates. My level increased by 6 and my status looks like this. ________________________________________________________ STATUS: NAME: TSUGIKUNI HARU LEVEL: 20 (147,240/3,325,235XP) AGE: 20 STATS: STRENGTH: A (5,500) AGILITY: A+ (6,500) INTELLIGENCE: S+ (8,500) VITALITY: SS- (8,700) CHAKRA(MANA): SSS- (11,100) CHARM: SS (9,500) [Can''t be increased with points] POINTS: 12,000 INVENTORY : Standard Nichirin katana (E) Demon yer uniform with Haori(D) STORE ?????? ________________________________________________________ Every level gives me 500 points and 50 point increase in stats. Which is a lot. I don''t know what to say here. "OK, that''s it for today," I said as I gave hae-in a towel to wipe her face. "Thank you." She took the towel from me and wiped her face. She was now creating her breathing style as I said to her. ''Different people have different strong points so use your strong point and make a breathing style that is for you.'' From then on she is trying to make her breathing style. she is now 1.5 times faster than before after using the breathing technique. I am currently teaching about Kenbunshoku haki as I want to see if she can use it or not. When we were at the gate after the boss fight she asked ''How do you know an attack before it ising. I can do it as well but not with that uracy.'' So I started teaching her about kenbunshoku haki and she has a talent for this. This isn''t exactly haki but something simr to it and she was able to use it and sense attacks with her eyes closed. Well, she is a genius after all. that''s all i can say. After saying bye to hae-in I went home took a shower and slept. The next morning I woke up and after having breakfast with everyone Jin-woo said. "I will be going on a trip for a week or so." He said while standing up. No one said anything. "I''ll also go out I need to meet the chairman in an hour. Take care ok." Uncle said as he went as he patted Jin-ah''s head. She is gradually getting used to being around him. i stood up and cleaned the dishes as jin-ah was sitting on the sofa. KNOCK* KNOCK* I heard the knock and Jin-ah went to open the door. I came out of the kitchen after cleaning and saw her as she opened the door. And it was Hae-in who stood at the gate with shy expression then she looked at Jin-ah and her shy expression vanished. ''Why do I have a bad feeling about this?'' Chapter 19: A Date? Chapter 19: A Date? Third-person POV ''Ok, so can you both talk rather than just looking at each other.'' This is the only thing on Haru''s mind right now. It has been 10 minutes just say something. "Haru, can you bring some snacks for the guest, I''ll keep herpany while You''re gone," jin-ah said while looking at Haru. "...¡­Ok, do you want something?" Haru asked as he can see she is in a bad mood. "No, just bring what you usually bring," jin-ah said. "I''ll be back in a bit Hae-in," Haru said to her with a smile which caused her to look away as she nodded. Jin-ah''s eyes narrowed while looking at this. ''Perhaps, she also¡­..No, it can''t be¡­'' Haru left the room to get some snacks that Hae-in and Jin-ah liked. After he left the room both girls had a serious expressions and spoke at the same time. "What is your rtionship with him?" which caused them to narrow their eyes and look at each other. ''To ask someone what their rtionship is¡­.'' "Then I''ll say first," Jin-ah said as Hae-in nodded. "I''m his neighbor and childhood friend. Well¡­" Jin-ah said as she remembered that he kissed her Yesterday which caused her face to be rosy. Hae-in looked at this and thought. ''Then why are you blushing¡­..'' "Then I''ll go next I''m his¡­." Then her face became red as well as her eyes darted around the room. ''Could it be...'' Jin-ah''s heartbeat quickened as she thought it would be something she didn''t want to hear. "¡­..Friend," Hae-in said shyly while blushing. Jin-ah nearly fell off the sofa as she stood up and said. "Then why are you acting like you''re his wife you nearly gave me a heart attack" Jin-ah patting her chest to calm herself. "W-W-Wi-Wife N-No it-it''s to e-ea-early," Hae-in said while covering her face with her hands as smoke wasing out of her head. ''it is as I thought she as well¡­.'' Jin-ah clenched her fist as she at the woman in front of her. Hae-in calmed down after some time and looked at jin-ah again. After some time both of them sighed. "So you want some tea or coffee?" jin-ah asked her. "Tea will be fine," Hae-in said as jin-ah stood up and went to pour tea that Haru made some time ago it was still hot. Meanwhile, Hae-in was looking around the house her only impression was. ''It''s a simple house. But it has a cozy and warm feeling.'' Then jin-ah came back with a cup of tea for hae-in and they started about talking a random topic but it was somehow always revolving around Haru. From which hae-in learned a lot of things about Haru from jin-ah. ''So he lost his parents as well.'' She said while thinking about her parents. and she also understood what Haru meant for jin-ah. For Jin-ah, Haru was her emotional pir someone she can fall back to and depend on. ''I wonder how it feels to have something like that.'' ... M.C POV ''I just hope they aren''t fighting.'' I thought as I know that it is unlikely because of hae-in personality but jin-ah can be extremely childish sometimes. I paid for the snacks that I bought for them. Haitai Calbee Honey Butter Chips, Binggrae Strawberry Milk, and Samanco Ice Cream for Hae-in. Sindangdong Tteokbokki, Melona Banana Ice Cream, and Orion Choco Pie for Jin-ah I bought some extra as well so that she can eat when she feels like it. I bought some Nongshim Shrimp Crackers and Binggrae melon Milk for myself and bought some groceries and necessities that are needed. After paying I went back and reached my house in about 5 minutes. I can hear giggles and chuckles from inside. ''I guess they are getting along just fine.'' I smiled then heard a voice. "Do you know what he did during the sports festival in school?" I heard Jin-ah''s voice and I became pale. I opened the door quickly and both of them looked my way. I looked at Jin-ah and said with a smile. "What were you talking about?" She looked away while trying to whistle but failed. I just sighed. And gave them their favorite snacks as I sat down as well. And I was a bit grateful that they can be friends. "Thank you, Haru." Jin-ah jumped and hugged me like a ko from behind. "Ok, Ok sit down and eat," I said to her while patting her head. I saw Hae-in looking away with aplicated look in her eyes. ''Sigh this is going to be hard.'' I thought as jin-ah separated from me and started eating her snacks. I went towards Hae-in and gave her the snacks I bought for her and said with a smile. "You should eat as well we have to go out." She nodded as her mood became better in an instant and started eating. I can jin-ah''s gaze on me so I asked. "What happened Jin-ah?" "Haru are you going somewhere?" she said while looking towards Hae-in who was eating while her eyes darted around the room. "Yes I and Hae-in will be going out today to do some shopping," I said while looking at jin-ah who had a sour expression. ".... is it a date?" she said narrowing her eyes. Cough* Cough* Hae-in choked on food. I shook my head and gave her a ss of water. I patted her back while she was coughing. When she stopped I asked her. "Are you alright?" "¡­.yes," she said in a low voice while looking away. "Ok, then I''ll go and change so wait for me," I said as I went towards my room to change. Hae-in Pov I was nervous when I was going to Haru''s house as we will be going out together. I looked at my reflection on a ss window. I was wearing a white off-shoulder top with light blue baggy jeans with white shoes. I didn''t know what to do as I haven''t been to a boy''s house before. ''Should I buy something as a gift?'' I was thinking while walking towards his building. After thinking for a while I wasn''t able toe up with a possible gift for him. I reached his house which was in a simple apartment building. "Even after bing an S-Rank he still lives here," I muttered while looking at the building. In today''s time, S-Rank hunters make a lot of money and live however they want. Even I live in a high-rise building near Hunter guild''s headquarters. Which is one of the most expensive areas in Korea. I reached at his doorstep while thinking. I was more nervous standing in front of his house. As I knocked on his door, the door opened I thought I would see him, but¡­ The one who opened the door was a beautiful slender teenage girl with gray eyes and brownish-ck hair. ''Who is she? Is she...'' I thought. "Oh, Hae-ine in." I heard his calm voice and saw him standing behind the girl wearing a white t-shirt with ck sweatpants. And his Reddish-ck hair wasn''t tied in his usual ponytail. but it gave him a unique charm. "Yeah sorry foring earlier," I said. He nodded and said, "It''s alright,e in and make yourselffortable." I said hello to the girl who was looking towards me with narrowed eyes. And went in to sit down on the sofa and the girl sat in front of me while looking at me. we didn''t say anything and just looked at each other. And then the girl said. "Haru can you get us some snacks?" to which Haru nodded and went out to buy snacks. And we talked a bit and understood who she was but when she asked this question I didn''t know what to say. As I don''t know what he is to me. I ask this question to myself every night thinking that I will find it out the next day but I couldn''t. My heart is in turmoil as I don''t know what to name this rtionship I have with him but one thing that I know of is that I don''t want to lose this feeling I have. After he came back. We ate the snacks he brought it was my favorite. I can see she looks at him the same way I do. As for why I know how I look at him like that is. Because Master Choi took a photo of me while I was looking at him. and he was teasing me while showing me the photo. I told him to delete the photo ''kindly'' and he did. ''So she is feeling the same as me?'' And we started talking again but this time Jin-ah asked something that caught me by surprise. "¡­Is it a date?" I choked on my snacks. Haru then gave me a ss of water and patted my back which helped me calm down. I didn''t know what to say if think about it. It is simr to a D-Da-Date. ''What am I going to do now?'' I was panicking again. "Are you alright?" he asked while looking a bit worried. And I just forgot what I was thinking and just nodded while looking away. He then went to change his clothes. "It is a date right," Jin-ah said to me. "N-No it''s not." I don''t know why but I regret saying that. "I don''t believe you." She said while looking away. "We are just going shopping, and maybe dinner," I said to her. "Isn''t that what a date is?" she said to me with a nk stare. "I-is it i-I don''t know." I was nervous once again. I saw her shaking her head. Then Haru came out of his room. After he changed his clothes into a ck t-shirt, a white bomber jacket with ck stripes on the sleeves, and ck pants. With his hair now tied in his usual high ponytail. "Ok, let''s go Hae-in," he called out to me. "When wille back, Haru" Jin-ah asked him. "I''ll be back by 7 p.m," he replied to her while wearing ck shoes. "So behave while you are home ok." He said to Jin-ah patting her head. Her face turned red as she looked away pouting. And we left the house together and took a taxi to coex mall that is at Seoul Gangnam-gu Yeongdong-daero 513. --------------------------------- OK so i have something to ask you guys how many harem members are we taking from solo leveling. ONE TWO THREE FOUR