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Chapter 39
Meanwhile. At the time when Parang and Bertea were in the middle of recovering Alexandra's Corpse.
The community was burning up as always.
[ Today's Monster Fish war highlight.gif ] [78]
[ Bambaspis this crazy bastard ] [45]
[ "What are you doing? Lift it." ] [99]
[ Yoo Parang shoutout during Shin Yuna stream ] [32]
[ But what the hell is this Yoo Parang's Personal?? ] [51]
[ Is this fckn Inbang Gall or Hunter Gall ] [87]
[ Monster Fish Prof is seriously fckn pretty ] [55]
[ Foreigners in today's Yoo Parang stream LOL ] [41]
[ Yoo Parang Monster Fish execution scene compilation ] [31]
[ Is this fckn Inbang Gall or Hunter Gall ]
[ Author: GetOutOfMyJungle ]
(Photo of Yoo Parang's face edited onto Delacroix's [Liberty Leading the People] painting)
Both are wrong.
Starting today, this is the "Yoo Parang Gallery".
- (Worship emoticon)
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[ Monster Fish Prof is seriously fckn pretty ]
[ Author: WhoCalledMe ]
(Various GIFs of Bertea)
Haa damn Parang, I'm sorry...
- Haa fck I guess I like redheads
- Why be sorry, you can just watch both
└ How does that work
└ Monster Fish Prof lives in France so if she turns on her stream in the afternoon, it's night here
└ Wow damn are you a genius?
[ But what the hell is this Yoo Parang's Personal?? ]
[ Author: NoNeedToKnow ]
Honestly, it's true that the Streamer is strong, but
(Screenshot of Bertea boiling a Monster Fish whole)
It's honestly not to the point where someone like this would declare defeat and submit to Yoo Parang without hesitation, right
No matter how I look at it, it seems like she's never used her Personal on stream
- Fck now that I think about it, that's true?
- Even if you go to the Hunter Association site, it's marked as private
└ Well, 90% of Hunters keep theirs private anyway
└ Where do you see that, give me a link
└ (Link)
└ Wow the Streamer was B-Rank wtf?
└ You didn't know?
└ I thought she would naturally be an S-Rank
[ Yoo Parang shoutout during Shin Yuna stream ]
[ Author: YeahGetLostNow ]
(Shin Yuna's stream recording)
(Situation where Yoo Parang's stream clip came in as a video donation)
"Ah, I've already seen this, but what you really need to pay attention to here is..."
She ditched her own stream and acted as a Commentator for Yoo Parang's highlights for an hour.
- Crazy bitch LOL
- But she always had a bit of Madness in her anyway
- What's that she's making in the background?
└ An Unmanned Submersible. She said she's going to explore the Deep Sea.
└ Wait, she's doing that again after last time?
└ She said it's fine because she got a decent Skill this time and also got a safety advisor.
└ Who's the safety advisor?
└ Who else but Yoo Parang.
[ Today's Monster Fish war highlight.gif ]
[ Author: NeedASpell ]
(GIF of Muros dodging Hinus's attacks left and right)
(GIF of Hinus slamming its body into the wall)
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(GIF of two Bambaspis glaring at each other with stupid expressions. A suffocating tension lingers.)
(Bambaspis's battle scene. That thrill, action, narrative, emotion, and passion simply cannot be expressed in words.)
Just the GOAT of Yoo Parang's streams [- upvote if you agree LOL
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- Upvote while howling
- I tore apart a Bambaspis after watching this
└ Why did you tear that fck LOL
- Calling it the stream GOAT feels a bit lacking to me... It kinda lost that extremely scary and suffocating flavor from the early days.
└ Why are you talking about early days for someone who's only streamed 3 times?
└ No, but they're right though.
└ I actually agree with this too. That flavor from when she caught Galecus is slightly gone.
[ What are you doing? Lift it. ]
[ Author: RuinedSelfDestruct ]
(Yoo Parang's profile Photo)
The one who brought light and salt to the totally boring Hun-Gall that repeated the same topics every day,
The one and only god of streaming.
Reaching new peaks day by day.
(Parang's stream profile Photo)
GREATEST OF ALL TIME
GOAT
THE GREAT PARANG
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Shin Yuna quietly pressed the recommend button and closed the community.
Ah, today's stream was fruitful too.
Now it's time to bring out the Popcorn and Beer and review Yoo Parang's stream.
She pulled the refrigerator wide open.
There was no Beer.
Yuna smacked her forehead and headed to the Convenience Store.
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Meanwhile, Seoul. Hunter Association Asia General Branch.
Step- step-
Hunter Association Asia General Branch Manager and Seoul Branch Manager, Seo Sunwoo.
He directed his steps toward the Branch Manager's Office.
A Cylo spy disguised as a top executive of the Hunter Association.
That meant he had to flawlessly handle his duties as a Hunter Association Branch Manager while simultaneously taking care of Cylo's affairs without getting caught by the Association.
If it weren't for his Superhuman work efficiency and his Stamina as a Hunter that far exceeded ordinary people, he would have died of overwork a long time ago.
To make matters worse, this was a time when the under-the-table mind games between Cylo, the World Government, and the Hunter Association had reached their peak.
Cylo and the World Government were tearing at each other over the damn sea issue, and Association President Natsuko, who had just seized power through a coup, was testing the waters to grasp the situation while simultaneously purging internal personnel.
In the midst of all that, Cylo and the World Government were once again trying to wedge their forces into the cracks of the Hunter Association, sparking yet another battle of wits between the two over the matter.
And in that very situation, Seo Sunwoo was working as the top executive of the Hunter Association and so forth.
On top of that! Once again! Cylo had handed down an order.
The matter regarding Hunter Yoo Parang.
He had received word the night before last that the higher-ups had made contact with her first. It was right after Parang had met with the mysterious man.
This was never part of the original plan. If things had gone according to plan, Hunter Yoo Parang was supposed to make her first contact with a key figure of Cylo through her meeting with Seo Sunwoo at the Hunter Association.
Thanks to that, he had to scrap nearly seventy percent of what he had planned.
"Haa...."
He pressed a hand to his forehead. He thought he had seen it all while climbing his way up to this position, but his life still wouldn't go the way he wanted.
Still. He managed to endure day by day with truly Superhuman mental fortitude and grit.
Surprisingly, he had already finished taking care of everything—from the matter regarding Hunter Yoo Parang to the tasks handed down by Cylo, and even his duties as a Hunter Association Branch Manager.
His plan was to brew the premium Green Tea he had been saving in the Branch Manager's Office and soothe his Fatigue.
Just imagining it brought him joy.
But the moment he opened the door to the Branch Manager's Office.
Slurp-
"Ah, Branch Manager."
Seo Sunwoo couldn't help but feel the urge to practically tear his own Head off.
"Association President."
Igarashi Natsuko.
It was because he saw her, the current Hunter Association President, sitting on the guest sofa in the Branch Manager's Office, slurping his Green Tea.
Of course, his expression was perfect.
Not a trace of annoyance or Fatigue could be found no matter how hard one looked.
Yet it wasn't completely expressionless, either.
It was merely a slightly bewildered expression, holding the silent question, Wait, why is the Association President here?
It was a thoroughly fabricated expression.
He trudged over and sat across from Natsuko.
The scent rising from the Teacup placed on the table between them was thick.
"The Green Tea tastes incredibly good."
"That's something I was saving to drink by myself later."
Seo Sunwoo replied slyly. Even so, she was his Superior, so it was a scene that could be seen as somewhat rude.
But Natsuko didn't care.
"Saving what? It was sitting right there on the desk."
"Because normally, there's no one who comes into the General Branch Manager's Office and drinks the tea on the desk without permission."
"We're comrades who have shared life and death. I can just get you some new tea. And I told you to speak comfortably. It's awkward."
"...Yeah, got it."
Seo Sunwoo let out a deep sigh.
He genuinely looked like someone shaking his head at the antics of a comrade who had shared life and death with him, just as Natsuko had said.
It was an act. Seo Sunwoo harbored a terrible hatred for Natsuko. He felt like he wanted to rip Natsuko's throat out right this instant.
However, the words coming out of his mouth were completely different.
"Now that you're the Association President, maintain some dignity. Barging into a Subordinate Employee's space out of nowhere.... What is it this time?"
"I've lived my whole life only fighting, so I'm not used to it. I'm actually amazed you adapted so quickly. And as for why I'm here, you already know."
"Haa... Understood. I'll give it to you now, so hurry up and leave. I don't want to spend my break time with my Superior."
Seo Sunwoo took out a small USB from the desk drawer in the Branch Manager's Office and handed it to Natsuko.
It was a USB containing Cylo's secrets.
The kind of information that could definitely deal a blow to Cylo depending on how Natsuko used it.
These were all things Cylo had instructed him to leak to Natsuko.
On the surface, they were treated as classified information Seo Sunwoo had extracted by planting people inside Cylo.
Cylo had chosen to plant someone by Natsuko's side, even if it meant enduring some losses.
On the other hand, they also aimed to maintain Natsuko's hold on power.
Because they had been able to infiltrate a massive number of Cylo personnel into the Hunter Association following Natsuko's coup.
Right now, the Hunter Association was practically showing all its cards to Cylo.
If they could maintain her grip on power with just a little bleeding, it was a profitable trade.
Cylo planned to support her rule at least until they deemed Natsuko useless or uncontrollable.
Because eliminating her immediately would require Cylo to suffer too many casualties as well.
Of course, Natsuko was an incredibly, incredibly dangerous person.
However, Cylo judged that having a transparently dangerous figure sitting in the Association President seat was more advantageous for them than having an unknown figure with unfathomable intentions.
However, any data related to Yoo Parang was completely excluded.
Natsuko only knew that the World Government and Cylo had been fighting intensely lately; she didn't know the fight was over the sea.
Naturally, she was also unaware of Yoo Parang's true identity. To Natsuko, Parang was a B-Rank Hunter. Nothing more, nothing less.
She had absolutely no interest in Hunter streaming, and she was from Japan. It was inevitable.
Considering the situation surrounding Yoo Parang right now, Natsuko would soon become aware of Parang's existence too, but the later that happened, the better.
Well, anyway.
With these reasons intertwined, Seo Sunwoo was able to firmly secure the position of the 'sword to keep Cylo in check' within the Association.
A situation where the spy dispatched to Cylo by the Hunter Association was actually Cylo's pawn.
Natsuko took the USB and gave him a soft smile.
To Seo Sunwoo, that smile felt boundlessly horrifying.
It was because he had clearly seen firsthand just how many people's throats she had slit while wearing that smile.
The number of people who died while staring into her deep red eyes was immeasurable.
Among them was also Seo Sunwoo's reason to live.
After that reason disappeared, he found a new reason to live.
To see Natsuko's body torn to shreds with his own two eyes.
It was his lifelong goal and the driving force that helped him endure day by day.
Eventually, Natsuko left the room.
Seo Sunwoo's expression, which had been smiling and waving, instantly hardened.
All that remained was intense murderous intent and hatred.
However, Seo Sunwoo soon buried even those emotions deep in his heart.
He took out his hidden stash of spare tea leaves and began to brew them with care.
Phew- slurp.
Inside the quiet room. Only the sound of drinking tea echoed in the silence.