Chapter 97
Translator: True Detective
Chapter 97 - How to Face Unexpected Situations (2)
“First, wash up! Where are you going with those hands!”
Yggdrasil immediately kicked the researcher’s butt, dispelling some of my anxiety. The man rubbed his butt and strolled into the bathroom.
After a while.
“Gosh, I’ve been waiting for a long time!”
I don’t know how, but the researcher, who had become neat in a few minutes, guided us to the reception table.
The man, wearing thick horn-rimmed glasses, smiled brightly as he looked at the elixir I had placed on the table.
“So, is this the elixir candidate you want to know if it’s real?”
“Yes. Please take care of it.”
“Don’t worry! I’m the best in potion making, the best! Then let’s get started!”
The man who had been smiling jokingly suddenly became serious as soon as he picked up the elixir bottle. He opened the bottle cap, put some of the liquid in the dropper into a test tube, and transferred the test tubes to a microscope-like experimental machine and some unknown testing machine.
Whiiing—
The machine spun the inside of the test tube around and spitted out unknown indices through the monitor.
Every time he saw those numbers, the researcher let out an unknown exclamation of “Woah—” and quickly moved his hands to continue, and continue the next test.
As the test got longer and the test tube passed through the machines and spitted out the results in numbers, his eyes began to shine with more and more excitement.
“Maybe this is really…”
Soon after, the test tube passed through the last machine and showed me all the information contained in it.
The researcher who read all that information suddenly smiled brightly, then quickly took a scalpel out of his pocket and slashed his palm.
“Mister?!”
“W-Wait! What are you doing?”
“What… There really are all these crazy guys.”
He then looked back as if he had just remembered our presence, and said with his bright smile still on his face.
“Ah! You’re still there! Don’t worry! All the values match the elixir that existed before in the records! However, we need to use it to find out the reactions in real situations that we can’t know from the values!”
“…Is that really necessary?”
“No? But isn’t this more fun? It’s more certain!”
…Is he crazy?
He still had a bright smile on his face and poured the elixir from the test tube onto his palm that he had just cut with a knife.
Then, the area of his wound glowed and healed in an instant.
“Oho… Even with such a small amount, it not only heals the wound, but also improves the user’s physical health…”
“So, are you sure it’s an elixir?”
“Of course! It’s an elixir that is undeniably certain! So, wouldn’t you donate the elixir for my experiment—”
“Now, Kang Nahyun. Use it.”
Yggdrasil, who cleanly ignored the researcher’s nonsense, handed me the elixir right away. She added with a grin.
“That’s a relief. You can treat your little brother.”
“Wait! Are you listening? This is a huge opportunity! I can produce the elixir again!”
“Yes. Thank you for helping me, Miss Yggdrasil!”
“That’s too much! For the advancement of science, the advancement of potion making, please think about it once—”
“Sister. That mister is noisy.”
“Let’s ignore him.”
I gently squeezed the elixir into Kangyoo’s hand and placed my hand on his ears.
He placed his hand on mine and giggled, feeling good.
Seeing that smile made my heart warm. My little brother is cute.
By the way, the researcher had been kicked over by Yggdrasil, who was sitting on top of him. Thank you.
“Then can I drink it now?”
“Yeah. But Sister wants to ask you one last time.”
“Because we have to make sure of everything?”
“Yeah. You know me well, Kangyoo. So I’ll ask you one last time.”
I whispered, gently holding Kangyoo’s cheeks with both hands.
“Kangyoo. Do you want to be a hunter?”
At my words, he smiled with his blue eyes wide open.
“I want to.”
There was no hesitation in his eyes, so that answer was enough.
I silently took my hands off Kangyoo’s cheeks and took a step back.
“Then, Kangyoo. Drink the elixir.”
“Yeah!”
“You can’t!”
“Ignore that.”
“Mmhm!”
Kang Yoo drank all the elixir without hesitation.
Every time his throat moved, the blue water in the fancy bottle disappeared little by little.
Soon, when all that blue water had disappeared, his entire body began to glow.
“Oooh! Is his entire body getting stronger?”
I could hear the researcher’s voice exclaiming, but it wasn’t the time to pay attention to that. Although the intense light dazzled my eyes, I tried to look straight at Kangyoo with strength in my eyelids.
Soon, the light that had enveloped him gradually faded.
Where the light had faded, Kangyoo, who looked more normal than I had expected, was standing there, holding an empty bottle with a bewildered expression.
“It’s dazzling…”
“Kangyoo, are you okay?!”
I ran to him and hugged him tightly.
In an instant, Kangyoo, who had grown taller than me, looked down at me and smiled.
“Wow, I’m taller than you!”
I could feel Kangyoo’s solid upper body growing significantly. He looked down at me with joy and smiled with his clear blue eyes.
To me, he was still a cute little brother, yet looking at him like this, he looked like he was almost a full-grown young man.
Kangyoo lowered his head and rested his chin on my head. He seemed to be in a good mood as he hummed. I smiled as I liked that sight.
“That’s right. Do you feel any pain now?”
“I’m fine! I think it’ll be okay to use water! …The clothes are a bit too small, though.”
“That’s a relief…! Let’s buy new clothes on the way back!”
“But, you have hyper-awakening? Don’t you ever try out your abilities?”
While we were chatting amicably, Yggdrasil quickly approached us.
Yggdrasil was dragging the researcher, who was grabbed by the nape of his neck by one hand.
I saw Kangyoo’s expression brighten as I heard Yggdrasil’s question, and I broke out in a cold sweat.
“…Well, Kangyoo has a hard time controlling his abilities.”
“Hmm? It’s okay. I’m here.”
“Really?!”
“Of course! Don’t worry! I’ll handle any abilities!”
“Uh…I mean, Kangyoo’s power is stronger than you think…”
“Who am I? I’m Yggdrasil! I don’t blink at anything!”
“…”
What should I do about this? I was truly troubled between Yggdrasil, who was looking at us confidently, and Kangyoo, who was holding my sleeve and looking at me with sparkling eyes.
Ugh… I can’t help it.
“Then Kang Yoo. Just a little bit. Use only the bare minimum.”
“Mmhm!”
“Minimum, you say? What do you think I am?”
I couldn’t even hear Yggdrasil grumbling.
I watched nervously as Kangyoo, who was excited, closed his eyes and focused.
The question is how much stronger he’d become… Surely he hadn’t gotten stronger again?
Not long after he closed his eyes, the building began to vibrate.
Brrrrr—
At the same time, the sound of something flowing through the pipes could be heard. The entire building shook as if it had been hit by a small earthquake, and the researcher shouted in panic.
“Huh? What is it?! An earthquake?!”
“Hmmm? Is that the child’s power? It’s only a small amount, but it’s amazing.”
“…No. This is…”
The building began to vibrate even more violently.
Boom—! Boom—! Boom—!
Brssssh—!
Soon, water burst out of the distorted and broken pipes, drenching the room.
The water that flowed out immediately enveloped Kangyoo and lifted him into the air.
Yggdrasil had been leisurely exclaiming in admiration until then.
“Hmm, that’s pretty strong? To be able to draw this much water.”
“UAGH! My devices!”
The researcher, who had briefly gotten up due to the vibrations that had become so strong, stumbled and fell over again.
In the meantime, Kangyoo calmly closed his eyes and focused on controlling his ability.
More and more water was wrapping around his body, increasing its volume.
The vibrations felt down there were growing louder and louder.
I sighed and said.
“…Miss Yggdrasil.”
“Why? More than that… I think there’s something wrong down there. Something huge is rippling. I guess I’ll have to put off looking at that kid for a while.”
“That… you don’t have to put it off.”
The moment I was about to say something,
Bambambambam—!
A loud crashing sound was heard.
Whiiing—!
An emergency bell started ringing.
Yggdrasil took out a weapon from her inventory as if she was going to jump out at any moment and looked down.
Bambambam—! Bambam—!
A huge thing was heard breaking through the floor. ‘It’ was heading upwards like a monster.
“What? This is supposed to be a safe zone…! Could it be, Wild Hunter?”
Yggdrasil held her bow with a serious expression.
The moment she placed an arrow on the bowstring, ‘It’ that broke the floor of the floor we were on swept over where Kangyoo was.
“What the—!”
“…I told you. ‘It’s stronger than you think.’”
Yggdrasil was shocked, but I was calm. That was because the water that had swept through all the floors of this building and swept through Kangyoo was the water that he had dragged from deep underground in this city.
Bam—bam—bam.
The water column passed through the floor we were on and pierced the sky.
However, Kangyoo remained calm and closed his eyes even in the midst of the strong water column.
“Kang Yoo, it’s enough now.”
At my words, Kangyoo, who had been closing his eyes in the water column that was continuously rising, slowly opened his eyes.
The water that had risen slowly began to flow downward.
As if it was just returning to where it should have been, as if time had been rewound, the water that was flowing in reverse had completely disappeared as if it had never existed in the first place.
Now all that remained were the remains of the buildings and objects that the powerful water column had destroyed.
Yggdrasil, who had witnessed this scene vividly, was extremely surprised and froze with an arrow on her bowstring.
“M-Miss Yggdrasil?”
I cautiously called out to her. However, she still looked at Kangyoo with a dumbfounded expression, as if she hadn’t recovered from the shock.
In the meantime, Kangyoo, who had removed all the water and descended from the air, came towards me and spoke while looking at Yggdrasil.
“I can do this easily! If I try a little harder, I can pull up the water from the sea, and I can even turn the power I feel around me into water—”
At that moment, Yggdrasil, who had strode towards Kangyoo, grabbed both of his hands tightly.
What is it?
Just as I was about to feel puzzled by her head-down appearance, she opened her mouth.
“Right now.”
“…?”
“Let’s take the Guardian Academy entrance exam right now! No, becoming my disciple comes first! I should ask this first! Do you want to become a hunter?”
“Yes!”
“Then can you endure any hardship?”
“Yes!”
“That’s enough! Let’s go train!”
“Wow! Sister, Miss Yggdrasil will be watching over my training!”
No, I mean, so quick?!