Chapter 85
Chapter 85
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 85
Chapter Title: Fake Dating Rumor (3)
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─ Hunter Lee Hae-wan, what should we do?
Lee Hae-wan, sitting in the Haetae Guild office, received a phone call.
It was from a familiar name—a reporter he usually kept in touch with.
─ It doesn't seem like Hunter Han So-ra is going to back down.
The reporter had just heard Han So-ra's warning.
That's why he urgently contacted Lee Hae-wan.
Why is a natural disaster called a disaster?
Because ordinary people can't stand against it.
An S-Rank Hunter was no different from a disaster or a calamity.
To stop one, you needed another S-Rank Hunter of equal power.
And this particular "natural disaster" wasn't even a natural one.
The reporter knew exactly why the dating rumor about Han So-ra had spread.
'This is man-made!'
He had turned mere gossip into news articles and spread them everywhere.
Someone had deliberately orchestrated the whole thing.
The person the reporter had called—the S-Rank Hunter, Haetae Guild's Guild Master, Lee Hae-wan.
He was the culprit.
Lee Hae-wan scratched his oil-slicked hair and let out a sigh.
Han So-ra's expression from earlier lingered vividly in his mind.
He couldn't forget it.
She was beautiful.
Even in her disheveled, unwashed state, she boasted stunning looks.
And she had looked at him with clear irritation.
'...Not just irritation—something more negative.'
Disgust, contempt—Han So-ra had glared at Lee Hae-wan, expressing emotions like those.
─ Hey, Hae-wan confessed to you. Just accept it!
─ Me? With him? Why?
That gaze from their school days.
The way she had looked at his hard-earned confession like trash.
─ Who told you to make him confess as a joke? Whoever it was is dead?
His classmates laughed uproariously.
Mocking and teasing Lee Hae-wan's courage.
The classroom was full of people, yet he felt utterly alone.
He thought he had shaken it off by now.
But no, not at all.
With talent and effort, he had become an S-Rank Hunter and a successful man in Korea.
But he couldn't change the past.
Spilled water can't be gathered back.
His impulsive youthful confession haunted him like a nightmare.
"I'll try to fend off the lawsuit for now."
The reporter was innocent.
He had no choice but to comply with S-Rank Hunter Lee Hae-wan's request.
It was his own doing, so he had to clean it up himself.
If the reporter who had spread the dating rumor suffered backlash from Han So-ra, the arrows might fly unpredictably.
They could circle back to Lee Hae-wan himself.
─ You have to help. Otherwise, I...
The reporter cautiously added that he would claim self-defense.
The reporter's self-defense: declaring his innocence by shouting that Lee Hae-wan had ordered it.
"Got it. I'll try to persuade Ms. Han So-ra."
─ Thank you for taking my call despite being tired.
"No, I should be the one thanking you."
─ ...Get some rest. I'll hang up first. I need to take down the articles.
"Yeah... Sorry for putting you through all this unnecessary trouble."
Lee Hae-wan ended the call with the reporter and stood up.
He left the president's office and wandered the hallway.
Then he caught sight of himself in a large mirror.
Lee Hae-wan stared blankly at his reflection.
He looked completely different from his younger self.
They say position shapes a person—serving as raid leader and Guild Master had imbued him with an elite aura.
He kept up with workouts and skincare, so his overall appearance and physique were quite balanced.
'Am I wrong?'
To Lee Hae-wan, the man in the mirror looked pretty decent.
─ Hey, do you remember confessing to me?
Even two years ago at the class reunion, a girl had confessed to him instead!
─ I'm so lonely, Hae-wan.
Lee Hae-wan shook his head.
He needed to steel his resolve.
Many women threw themselves at him because of his improved status.
He could have lost his virginity ages ago if he wanted.
The only reason he hadn't was one.
To give his cherished virginity to a woman so wonderful it wouldn't feel wasted.
Not some slut who spread her legs for any handsome, fit guy.
In Lee Hae-wan's mind, there was only one such woman.
The fellow S-Rank Hunter, Han So-ra.
'...What did So-ra say to that guy back then?'
No matter how hard Lee Hae-wan tried to get close, he couldn't bridge the gap.
Han So-ra drew a firm line with him.
She called him "Mr. Lee Hae-wan," occasionally "Hae-wan" without the family name.
'...Hunter Park Sun-woo?'
But with that man, Park Sun-woo, she used the utmost honorific "Hunter-nim."
It wasn't distant formality—it sounded affectionate.
"Why only to him?"
Lee Hae-wan racked his brain, recalling if Han So-ra had ever called anyone "Hunter-nim."
Even the Guild Master of her former guild, Joseon Guild, had been called by name.
"......"
Lee Hae-wan's gaze fixed on his own face.
He imagined Park Sun-woo next to him in the large mirror and started comparing.
'...I'm better looking than this parasite, aren't I?'
He looked like a leech.
Look at those sharply upturned eyes, that pointy nose for no reason, and that protruding snout.
No matter how he looked, he was superior.
'...But why does So-ra only for that guy...'
He gritted his teeth.
He was an S-Rank Hunter; that guy was D-Rank, they said.
Worlds apart.
If comparing to civil service ranks, he was the president, and the guy was a grade 9 clerk.
It was ridiculous for the president to worry about a grade 9 clerk.
So, no jealousy toward Park Sun-woo.
It was embarrassing.
He didn't even know what their relationship was.
'...I need to find out.'
The man receiving special treatment from Han So-ra.
He couldn't just let it slide.
This wasn't jealousy.
It was just getting to know a fellow Haetae Guild member. Absolutely not jealousy toward D-Rank Hunter Park Sun-woo.
* * *
I attached a "Surveillance Talisman" to Han So-ra.
The Taming App explained how to use it.
"This is supposed to be a surveillance talisman?"
I couldn't help but laugh in disbelief.
"At least link it with the 'Hunter Interface'..."
The "Hunter Interface" referred to the system used by awakened humans.
Like the status window that only hunters had.
"Indestructible" or "Unicorn's Blessing" were prime examples linked to the system.
But the "Surveillance Talisman" wasn't integrated.
It could only activate through a smartphone.
For now, I decided to test it out.
I opened the Taming App, went to the Female Bestiary, and clicked on Unit 2: Han So-ra.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ Activate 'Surveillance Talisman'? [Y (Tap) / N] The Taming App automatically prompted me.
I tapped YES.
The screen expanded dramatically, filling my phone with someone's field of view.
Shaaaa—.
Han So-ra's first-person perspective unfolded.
This was the "Surveillance Talisman"—the ability to see the attached target's first-person view.
─ What's this now?
Water poured from the showerhead.
Hot steam filled the shower stall.
─ Is that "Surveillance Talisman" or whatever? You're using it, right?
'...How does she know?'
I clamped my mouth shut, worried my voice might carry over.
─ Ahh, this feeling? I can tell someone's watching me. A gaze, maybe? My wrist is all tingly too.
"......"
─ Ah, the tattoo spot. The tattoo's sparkling. So this is how I know you're watching? Amazing.
"......"
Had this woman completely forgotten that I was the man who raped her?
Choi Da-eun was still growling like she wanted to kill me, but why was Han So-ra so casual?
'The gap between C-Rank and S-Rank is huge.'
With that thought, I blankly watched Han So-ra shower.
The first-person view had a strangely novel appeal.
─ Look at this. The semen you shot into me—it's all washing down the drain.
'......'
The milky semen washed away with the water.
From her pussy down her thighs to the drain.
The unfertilized seeds met their unfortunate end.
─ Doesn't it make you mad?
"......"
─ Angry? If you're angry, come summon yourself.
Han So-ra kept talking to me.
Even without a response, she chattered on alone.
Seemed like she had a lot to say to me.
'Because the taming progress went up?'
Today, we had bared our rock bottoms to each other.
In just three days, she pounced on me for not having sex.
Her crazed face drooling—it was quite the sight.
I, too, had unleashed something like jealousy.
Asking if she and Lee Hae-wan were screwing around, I vented my rage by slamming into her pussy.
That broke the walls between us.
Han So-ra started treating me more casually.
─ Hmm, can't you transmit your voice? Or is it just me who can't hear? That'd suck.
"......"
─ Phew, all clean now.
She turned off the shower and dried her body with a towel.
When she looked down, her massive breasts blocked more of the view than expected.
─ Ah.
Han So-ra hesitated for a moment, as if stopping herself from doing something intense.
I turned off the Surveillance Talisman function.
I'd confirmed it was pretty useful—no need to keep watching.
It'd be creepy to stare longer.
I'm not some convenience store owner spying on part-time staff via CCTV.