Chapter 82
Shinohara Main House
Shinohara Yuzuki was watching Yoo Eun-ha's battle footage that appeared on the computer monitor.
It was the Glass Dungeon clear footage secretly obtained from the Lily Guild.
After watching it several times, Yuzuki nodded her head.
"No matter how I think about it, that White Flame is beyond expectations."
"When I met her, she was just fast. I didn't know she had abilities like this."
Shinohara Mariko was also watching the footage with sparkling eyes. She couldn't hide her amazement.
Back when she was with Bbeum-mi, she wasn't this strong - she even struggled against a Cyclops.
"What do you think, Mariko?"
"It's definitely amazing. Taking out the Glass Dukes in one go- no, even turning the corridors into a sea of flames is incredible."
The scene where even Rosemary's jaw dropped was quite amusing.
No wonder Rosemary seemed off at the junction point - she must have been seriously intimidated by Eun-ha.
"It's hard to call this doping either. You can't draw out abilities to that extent, and if you tried to force it, you'd die right away."
Yet Eun-ha was completely fine.
"Well, looking at Eun-ha's popularity in Korean communities, it makes sense."
The same was true for Japanese communities.
The Hanseong Academy ability test and group battle videos had been famous among Japanese Hunter maniacs for a while now.
Eun-ha was good material for Hunter-related threads.
Title: Korea's Yoo Eun-ha vs Japan's Shinohara Yuzuki. Who wins?
-K-NTR gets me hard. Eun-ha noona take me www
-Honorary chink appears www If you're Japanese it's gotta be Shinohara Yuzuki.
-Who would win in a fight?
-No matter how amazing Eun-ha is, she's still a student. Shinohara Yuzuki is the head of the Shogunate right? Should only compete in looks.
-Honestly if Eun-ha pulls out that White Flame wouldn't all the Sky Swords get destroyed?www
-Since those Korean bastards call us East Korea anyway let's recruit Eun-ha through assimilation policy.
"There are still so many people with nothing better to do even in times like these."
Even before the Great Cataclysm, netizens would waste time posting threads and writing their opinions.
That hasn't changed even now.
"What do you actually think about it?"
"Well, I'm not sure. I can't be certain of victory. Moreover, with that much control in just a few months, it would be better to have her as an ally than an enemy. Being around her, I can see why women would fall for her."
Having her as an enemy would be troublesome. But even with the world in chaos after the Great Cataclysm, there won't be wars in international relations when facing monsters as a common enemy.
"Is that so?"
"The way people around her are affected makes sense too."
She's beautiful. Definitely beautiful. Up close, you really could fall for her. I somewhat understand why Hanseong's women write on anonymous boards about wanting to rub against Eun-ha and such things.
"Don't tell me even you, Head..."
"Me? No matter what, I'm not some cheap woman who falls for someone after meeting them for just a few days. I like her, but not enough to turn les. Well, if she saved me from a Hell-level Gate, maybe I'd fall for her?"
Unless you deliberately go to a Corrosion Zone, aka quarantine zone, there's absolutely no chance of a Hell-level Gate appearing.
"Could a Hell-level Gate really appear?"
"That's how impossible I mean."
Yuzuki smirked.
She definitely wants her as an ally. But when it comes to a romantic relationship, that's different.
She's not trying to make fun of Eun-ha, but at least she has no intention of falling easily.
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Jin-seok came to visit after a while.
This bastard always shows up just when you're about to forget about him. And our former protagonist who barged straight into my house pulled out a glowing cube from his palm while grinning.
That's Jin-seok's inventory cube.
"Oh what the hell."
Several huge shrimp popped out of Jin-seok's inventory.
Don't tell me he made me stay home just for this shit. Should've just ignored him.
"I heard you haven't been eating properly lately?"
No, I've been eating plenty. I've been eating women, and going to good restaurants.
Unlike my office worker days, I've been really craving sweets lately. So I've been buying lots of sweet things.
Now that Si-woo has become Lust, maybe Si-woo is more of a player than Shia.
"I eat well enough but..."
"Anyway, I brought these for you to eat. Cook them or eat them raw, do whatever."
What kind of oppa just throws shrimp at his little sister as a gift?
Even if you say that, I've never cooked shrimp before.
Besides, cooking isn't something I should do.
Originally this kind of thing is what heroines should do.
I only drank sugar water when I was at home anyway.
"Where are you going again?"
Looking at his clothes, seems like he's heading somewhere.
Going on a Gate expedition?
"Ah, I'm meeting Kim Ji-hye at the barrier today to go to the quarantine zone."
"What? Are you dating Firebat? So a quarantine zone date?"
Didn't expect Firebat to be involved. Since his girlfriend is Firebat, even the date course is flashy.
Why the quarantine zone? Are they going on a date to catch villains or something?
"It's not like that. You know right? White Flower TV"
"Ah, I know. Those 2-person quarantine zone streamers?"
I was thinking the country would start moving soon.
Did Jin-seok get some kind of mission about this?
"Yeah. Baldy said since the Blue House and Hunter Association are getting criticized compared to White Flower lately, they want us to find White Flower."
If the Hunter Association gave Jin-seok a mission to find me, they must be pretty desperate.
"I see. Have a good trip."
"Yeah. Take care. I'll come again when work is done."
"Yeah. Be careful."
Jin-seok pressed down and stroked my head once before leaving the house with just the shrimp.
To think he'd tell me directly. Poor Jin-seok, but I've got my own urgency too.
If Baldy immediately deployed Jin-seok, this could be dangerous for the Black God Church- no, the White Flower Church.
What if Song-do gets exposed to Jin-seok and Firebat while I'm gone, and they clash with the Golems?
"The Cheonsan Group could be exposed too."
The only good thing is finding out in advance.
I should probably hide Song-do.
If they're looking for White Flower, they'll naturally look for habitable areas where survivors could live. That would lead to discovering Song-do where there's no Demonic Power.
Given Jin-seok and Firebat's mobility, finding Song-do would be quick.
I called Kate who was doing doll cosplay in the corner.
"Kate. Connect me to the penthouse."
"Yes."
I moved to the penthouse and checked the weather around Song-do.
The sky is crystal clear - perfect weather for shooting a shounen manga.
"Of course it has to be fucking clear."
It's ridiculously clear. If it was a bit cloudy I could hide it roughly like ruins, but like this I'll have to use some power.
I had no choice but to spread my wings and fly high into the sky.
Should I just make enough Demonic Power to cover Song-do? Surrounding Song-do with pitch-black Demonic Power.
It might be a bit tough, and maybe it'll get caught by the Hunter Association's Demonic Power detectors, but I think it's worth trying.
"Hmm, is this enough?"
I spread Demonic Power from my body.
The Demonic Power that flowed from my body like water instantly began covering all of Song-do.
Literally like an eggshell, a Demonic Power shell spread out protecting Song-do.
"They won't be able to recognize it covered like this."
If Jin-seok is humanity's strongest, I'm the mutants' strongest.
If I cover Song-do with my Demonic Power, he definitely won't notice.
And if I hide as White Flower for a while, they won't be able to find me.
Later I should do a live stream from Song-do's civilian residential area just to fuck with Jin-seok.
"What exactly are you doing?"
Reina greeted me when I returned to the penthouse.
With her arms crossed, she's giving off vibes like she's about to nag, but this Song-do issue is something everyone needs to know about.
"Ah, oppa said he's looking for me."
"Don't tell me White Flower?"
"Yeah. You know how fucking strong my oppa is right? It's dangerous if we get caught. So I put up Yong-yong's special Demonic Power."
Even now from outside it should look like a huge dome.
"What happens if this place gets discovered?"
"They'll probably try to drag everyone to Seoul."
That way they can restore the Hunter Association's tarnished image too.
Yoo Jin-seok. That guy's also a stubborn bastard who believes his path is right, so he might think survivors would be safer in Seoul than the quarantine zone.
"We're fucked."
"Don't worry. We won't get caught."
"But he's the first Divine Sword User right? Eun-ha. Isn't he stronger than you?"
Did you forget I'm Yong-yong!
Even if he's humanity's strongest, could he be greater than the Evil Dragon that caused the Great Cataclysm!
Of course I don't want to fight either.
Whatever my situation, Jin-seok is still this body's oppa. We can't point swords at each other.
"Well, there is a way actually..."
"There is?"
Me going out directly to play tag with Jin-seok.
But I don't plan on losing.
If Jin-seok loses to me in tag, his honor falls too. But I don't want my oppa looking like an idiot.
"I'm pretty fast you know. I'll run away. Hard."
"No, what kind of- what are you going to tell mom?"
"You're her daughter, you figure something out. Same for Soo-ji and Shia. Wait, what are they doing anyway?"
Since this isn't about meeting women it should be fine. Rachel doesn't even know about Jin-seok anyway.
The problem is what if those three aren't in Song-do?
"Mom's making snake soup. Soo-ji and Shia are having a monster hunting competition outside."
"Can't you tell her to stop making snake soup?"
I may be a dragon, but I still have some relation to snakes.
Plus the dinner menu has been almost all snake soup lately.
I don't know where she catches them but Rei and I are dying from these plump snakes.
Honestly isn't this like feeding chicken to chickens?
"Well maybe you should control your horniness. Not just mom, but I feel bad too when you always smell like other women."
"Soo-ji and the others seem fine though?"
Only Rachel seems particularly jealous.
"Well Soo-ji seems kind of broken, and Shia originally had Si-woo who was male as the Constellation's true owner so they probably don't care much? Think about it. Mom said she'd only keep her love for dad forever but ended up falling for you, wouldn't she be angry?"
"I didn't expect her to really fall for me back then. Well, I was planning to make her fall even if she didn't."
Anyway Rachel is hot. Even with small tits she's hot. So I was planning to rape her to make her fall.
"No, think about it. She was destined to be trapped in that library forever, but you solved that problem and spent 100 years together trying to save her, wouldn't she fall? In that long time, being just the two of you in that dark, confined space for 100 years, even a normal woman would turn les?"
"Ah, come to think of it you're right."
Even I might fall for someone who stays by my side for 100 years just for me.
Rachel probably felt that way too.
"Since Si-woo was male he could afford that luxury. But I don't know how we went from talking about tag to talking about affairs."
"It's all connected in the end. You horny female snake. Anyway you're confident you can win? I don't need to step in as a Dark Elf?"
Reina asked worriedly.
Honestly running away alone while hiding my power is kind of annoying.
I do need help but. Could Dark Bitchelf counter Jin-seok?
Firebat might be worth trying but Jin-seok is questionable.
"Right now I don't properly know Jin-seok's level. But I don't think you guys are opponents he can handle."
"Wait, how long are you going to try doing everything alone? Even like this I'm progressing toward complete Elf-ification. And you know better than anyone how strong I am as a Dark Elf?"
I mean I'd like to use those two if I could, but no matter how much stronger Soo-ji and Reina have gotten, they can't win against Jin-seok.
I can't let Shia meet Jin-seok since she's the Constellation of the Divine Sword and he's a Divine Sword User.
"Corruption Arrow right? You could probably beat Firebat, but the matchup..."
"Can I snipe from this penthouse?"
"Oh, really?"
"Yes."
Then that means she can provide covering fire from this area hidden by Demonic Power?
"Want to try it then?"
I activated Reina's lewd mark.
Reina's body began transforming into a grape-flavored Elf centered on her lewd mark.
Before long, Reina transformed into a Dark Elf with seductive eyes looking down arrogantly at people.
She checked her body for a moment, then stared intensely at me.
What why. Why is she looking at me like she wants to eat me?
"And when I become this form you know what?"
"Huh?"
"I want to rape you."
The way she's licking her lips with her tongue, she's clearly targeting me.
"W-wait."
"Just saying in advance, if you resist I won't do the job? I won't give it to you either?"
Reina ignored my wishes and threw me onto the sofa.
I could stop her, but if I resist with full power here she probably won't do the job so I had to let her have her way while covering my mouth.
I'll take this frustration out on Jin-seok later.
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