Hunter Management Bureau
Hunter Management Bureau
Once the chaotic situation was more or less settled, they slapped magic-restraining devices on me, shoved me into a car, and transported me somewhere.
Probably somewhere called the Management Bureau.
That aside.
To put restraints on a child and kidnap them... does this place really have no mercy even for children?
Even if I am a Gate Boss, I thought everyone would lower their guard once they saw how I looked.
And so, after the whole situation was sorted out.
Management Bureau Interrogation Room.
I sat facing a woman in a suit.
She asked me with an expressionless gaze.
"Do you harbor hostility toward humans?"
"Nope?"
"What was your purpose for coming out of the Gate?"
"Because it was too stuffy inside?"
"Do you intend to abide by the laws of Korea?"
"Yup! I'll follow the laws well!"
"Where did you come from?"
"Hmm... I don't really know that either."
.
.
.
In the middle of the interrogation, her hand paused for a moment. It was the look of someone who wanted to pry further but gave up.
Hmmm. I think I answered pretty sincerely, all things considered.
Still, her reaction is calmer than I thought.
I expected them to just rush at me like they did at the Gate.
Since I didn't cause a ruckus, are they taking me seriously?
"What should we call you?"
Hmm.
Is she asking for my name?
A name, huh....
I haven't really lived with one specific name.
I don't remember my name from my past life, and it's been too much time to live with just one name.
So, whenever I got bored, I'd change it—
What was the name I called myself most recently...?
I closed my eyes for a moment and thought hard. Countless names that had passed by swirled in my head.
I recalled the one I liked the most, the one that rolled off the tongue perfectly.
"Tia."
The woman in front of me rolled the word 'Tia' around in her mouth for a moment, then nodded and wrote something down.
"Tia... Yes, confirmed."
Now that I've left that space, I might as well keep using this name.
Tia.
Hmm, I like it!
Afterward, the interrogation only ended after she asked a few more things she was personally curious about.
"Phew... Thank you for your cooperation. Someone will guide you from outside, so you may leave now."
The Gate Boss has left.
—Crackle
"The Boss has just left. No issues."
Thud, thud, thud sounds came from beyond the wall.
The sound of armed soldiers and Management Bureau Hunters who were preparing to move.
They were scheduled to be deployed immediately if anything happened, but fortunately, nothing of the sort occurred.
No matter how cooperative it seems, it's an unidentified magical beast that came out of a Gate. And since it's a Boss entity, something might explode if they take their eyes off it for even a second.
"Haa...."
Ha Ji-won, the team leader of the Field Response Unit and a B-class Hunter, let out a deep sigh.
Before coming to the interrogation room, she had briefly met with the Vice Guild Master of the Dawn Guild to talk.
About what happened inside the Gate, what the Boss was like, etc.
What she heard was truly shocking.
They said it crushed an S-class Hunter without even touching them, then instantly healed them back up.
Besides that, with just a wave of its hand, it immobilized five high-ranking Hunters, and just looking at it made cold sweat break out on its own.
She recalled the interrogation with the Gate Boss, Tia, from just a moment ago.
Hmm.
"She was just cute, though?"
She looked cute.
Her long silver hair and blue eyes blended together to create a mysterious atmosphere, but she looked so small and precious....
And what about the way she swung her little feet in the air?
You have no idea how hard she had to try to keep the corners of her mouth from curling up in the middle of the interrogation.
Humanoid magical beasts.
For example, there are various existences like demons or vampires, but most of them harbored hostility toward humans.
Of course, she had heard that in America, they gave citizenship to magical beasts called Elves and were busy exploiting their labor, but....
As for which case Tia falls into... she'll have to wait and see.
Her personal wish was for it to be the latter.
"Ahem."
Anyway, the hastily conducted interrogation was satisfactory.
After all, looking at a fresh and cute child is better for mental stability than looking at sweaty men.
Maybe because it's a magical beast, it did say a few things that were off-point, but this was fine.
She heard it had half-killed the Guild Master, but the test results showed he was perfectly fine; she wondered if they all had some kind of mass hallucination.
Still.
"It is a B-class Gate Boss, after all, so what you see probably isn't everything."
Even if she is cute.
Muttering that to herself, she uploaded the report she had compiled through the interrogation.
After the interrogation, when I opened the door to leave the room, someone was standing there.
Because my field of vision was low, I had to tilt my head way up.
Oh.
"Hello. I am Jeong Se-ah from the Management Bureau's Field Response Unit, and I will be responsible for Tia-nim's personal safety starting today. Please take care of me."
She was a tall woman.
A sharp black suit, hair tied up without a single strand out of place, and an expressionless face where emotions were hard to read.
A beauty, no, a beautiful girl who looked somewhat cold.
"Nice to meet you!"
"Likewise. First, I will guide you to your room."
Following her as she walked in front, we passed through several doors, and a simple room appeared.
"Wow!"
I exclaimed.
"It's empty!"
It was a room with only a bed, with not a single scent of human life.
"We have to observe and make judgments for the time being, so please understand."
"Ugh...."
I trudged over and sat on the edge of the bed.
It was an ambiguous texture—not soft, but not hard either.
Well, this isn't bad in its own way.
But isn't it a bit wrong not to have that?
I dangled my legs and looked up at Se-ah.
"Computer!"
"Yes?"
I spoke up again.
"Don't you have a computer?"
"...? Does Tia-nim happen to know what a computer is?"
"Yup! Of course I do!"
Se-ah paused for a moment, then lightly pressed her temple with her fingertips.
It was the expression of someone who didn't expect a magical beast from a Gate, and one that hadn't even set foot in the human world for half a day, to mention a computer.
Trying to keep an expressionless face actually made it more obvious.
"How do you know... never mind. I will inform my superiors. It will be installed as soon as possible."
Although various thoughts seemed to be passing through her mind, she quickly erased her expression and wrote something down in her notebook.
"Is there anything else you need?"
"Hmm... food?"
"If you mean food, what exactly are you referring to...?"
"Hmm... apples? Snacks are good too. I like everything! Anything edible is fine."
"Yes, understood."
Watching her contact someone via communication, I lay blankly on the bed and stared at the ceiling.
Only now did it feel real.
This is my room.
It's a bit small, but I actually like it better. When you're only in an endless space, you start to miss a cramped place like this.
A narrowness just enough that if you reach out your hand, you touch the wall.
While Tia was enjoying her freedom in her new room.
Domestic Hunter Gallery.
Shortened to National Hunter Gallery.
The place was currently burning up with a new topic that had come up today.
[Title: Did a B-class Gate pop up in the middle of Seoul!!]
(Photo)
Posted it because it popped up lol
└ Hunter-bro who was heating up instant rice at home deploying like a dog
└ Hunter-bros are gonna rake in the cash today
└ (OP) It hasn't been long since it appeared, so a guild might take it soon
└ Ah
[Title: Looks like the Dawn Guild will take this Gate?]
(Photo of the Dawn Guild Master talking to Management Bureau staff in front of the Gate)
Ah, another guild?
Hunter-bros are gonna starve again today...
[Title: Looks like Code Zero went off]
The sound is fucking loud
The Management Bureau staff are shouting and it's chaos right now
Are we f*cked?
└ (OP) Help me
└ Are you a Hunter?
└ (OP) No, just a powerless civilian
└ Good luck lol
└ (OP) You f*cker
[Title: What the, the Dawn Guild came back out?]
It hasn't even been 10 seconds since they went in, what is this
└ Seeing the Guild Master being carried, it seems like something happened
└ Fr, if that guy got done in, it really must be a big deal
└ (OP) So what happens now?
└ What do you mean what happens
└ (OP) That Gate
└ Won't they just recruit Hunters to subjugate it again?
[Title: Who is coming out now?]
(Photo of a cute-looking child smiling brightly from afar)
Gasp
Wow
Nuooooong lol
Makes me want to blow a raspberry on her tummy, ugh
└ Ugh, f*ck
[Title: No, she's fucking cute, isn't she?]
So who is she? A Hunter?
└ (OP) So that means she's a civilian?
└ Dunno? Won't the Management Bureau tell us later?
[Title: Is there a new topic going around now?]
So who is she, anyway
└ (OP) It's urgent;
└ What's so urgent
└ (OP) You all know
└ You should hold your breath for a bit
└ She might be a civilian, but she's a real man's man
[Title: A new Gallery Star has appeared]
To bring this much vitality to the gallery, I applaud you
Nuooooong lol
Gallery Star up! Gallery Star up!
[Title: The Management Bureau is kidnapping the Gallery Star?]
(Photo of them putting magic restraints on the child and putting her in a car)
Uh-uh, don't do that
Those crazy bastards
Are they touching a child now?
[Title: These Management Bureau bastards are finally showing their true colors]
(Thick brown lump)
Just came out, it's piping hot
Rate this?
Ah, I was eating, you f*cker
What is the mod doing not kicking this guy out
└ The mod is super busy because there are a lot of guys crossing the line right now
└ Yeah, she might be a civilian, so we need to be careful
[Title: So who is the Gallery Star?]
Seeing that she came out of a Gate, isn't she a humanoid magical beast like a demon, devil, or elf, not a human?
In the first place, there's no way they'd put magic restraints on her if she wasn't
└ Holding my breath until the Management Bureau releases an official statement
Please be a loli magical beast, please be a loli magical beast
Nuooooooong