The Genius Assassin Who Takes it All Chapter 182

Episode 182 Qualifications of a Friend (2)

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“As expected.”

Kanghu laughed when he saw the notification on his smartphone that suddenly rang.

This is because Takashi sent a message through Huntergram. The content was also strange, typical of Takashi.

– Uh, do as I ask.

– Oh, I sent it by mistake. Sending it to a vendor is enough. sorry. Look at your work.

When I asked him why he didn’t contact me, I pretended to send him a message by mistake.

“No fool would be fooled by this clumsy acting, but it is right to be fooled by this picture.”

Just as the laughter was about to subside, I looked at the message again and burst into laughter again. He’s such a simple guy.

Even if I wanted to contact Takashi for the past week, I couldn’t.

So, even though I was curious and lingering about the unresolved issues Takashi had left behind, I deliberately kept my distance from him.

This is because it is not a situation where you can meet someone just because you want to. For Kanghu, farming during the dark period was the top priority.

At that time, whether intentional or not, not contacting each other seemed like a natural push and pull.

I don’t know if the expression pushing and pushing is appropriate not between a man and a woman, but between

a man and a woman… In any case, if we are talking about relationships between people, it is true that pushing and pushing has become advantageous.

Now, if you remove the thirteen stars from Takashi’s personal network, he is completely alone.

It was no wonder that loneliness was a passive skill. It is close to a natural result.

so.

Kanghu naturally responded, pretending to have been deceived by the content of the message.

– Oh, I was so busy with work that I missed contacting you. It just worked out well. How have you been?

I didn’t forget to boost Takashi’s self-esteem. It’s about this much.

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Two hours later.

Kanghu was able to meet Takashi at a place not far from Osaka city.

To be exact, I met Takashi’s alter ego, but seeing his alter ego is the same as seeing his real body.

The place where I met him was in front of a 5th-floor apartment that was a little old but blended in well with the surrounding scenery.

But it didn’t look like anyone was living there.

Usually, apartments like this have a distinct human smell, but the surroundings were quiet.

Just as he was tilting his head wondering why, Takashi’s alter ego next to Kanghu spoke.

“The entrances of some of the houses in the apartment have become entrances to the dungeon.”

“Did you buy the whole apartment?”

“In the end, yes?”

“It’s the most reliable way to manage dungeons.”

Only then did Kang-hu, whose doubts were resolved, nod his head.

Cases like this were not rare.

This is because the dungeon entrance is not necessarily located in a designated location.

For example, there are cases where it appears in front of a subway exit, and in other cases, it appears on the rooftop of an apartment building.

In some cases, it may occur in the middle of a river or ocean, and it is always difficult to get in and out.

“The hardest time was convincing the last house. Anyway, I ate an entire dungeon like this, so what?”

The sight of Takashi nodding his head in satisfaction with his arms crossed somehow looks funny.

I want to brag, but I can’t do it openly, but does it seem like I want the other person to react?

Now is the time to intentionally delve into his loneliness and try to create a link of connection.

So, Kanghu read Takashi’s ‘insignificant’ thoughts and skillfully lived up to his expectations.

“awesome. “If you leave it like this, it will definitely be difficult for other hunters to touch it.”

“If you touch it, everyone will die.”

Huh! Huh!

Takashi swung his sword menacingly. The movement is definitely good. It’s cheerful yet destructive.

Takashi continued.

“The dungeon connected to this apartment has a unique entrance method. As a result, I am having a bit of a hard time.”

“for example?”

“The location leading to the dungeon changes depending on how you enter. “The scenery you see changes depending on the method.”

“There are unconfirmed cases?”

“Yes.”

Although Takashi naturally confirmed what he said, Kanghu did not immediately believe what he said.

Takashi is the cautious type and never shows unexplored dungeons to outsiders.

This is because there is a tendency for perfectionism. Do not show others a future that even you cannot predict.

This is even more true if you are seeing each other for the second time. I’m not the type to harm others.

‘I guess they’re thinking about it on purpose.’

Kanghu realized that Takashi was conducting some kind of test.

If I were to give it a plausible name, it would be looking at the qualifications of a friend.

This is what was done to Emilia and Yu Qinghua in the original work. Let’s see if we can get a little closer.

Kanghu asked.

“Can I experience this dungeon? “It appears to be the dungeon Takashi is researching.”

“What is there to do by making connections between hunters? All you have to do is conquer the dungeon. “They said they wanted to see me, so they’re just looking around the dungeon.”

It seems like he’s trying to say it as coolly as possible, but it’s so obvious that it’s not cool at all.

Does Takashi himself know? If someone had filmed it with a camera and shown it to me, I would have immediately realized how awkward it was.

Kanghu felt Takashi’s immaturity in that regard. To put it in a good way, it is pure, but in a bad way, it is like that.

In fact, Chae Kwan-hyung really disliked Takashi’s tendency in the original work.

He said that he was not good at hiding his true feelings and that because of Takashi, the thirteen stars would one day be in danger.

For Chae Gwan-hyeong, who believes in fatalism, once he was convinced, he couldn’t change his mind.

“I’d like you to do some exploring. This is probably because assassins specialize in this area. Yes?”

“All right.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Takashi began to move diligently.

The process was quite unique.

When I opened the front doors of some houses, a portal to a dungeon appeared.

I stepped here and took my foot out, while also infusing mana into it.

It’s as if there is a set pattern for movement. I wasn’t doing anything.

How long has it been like that?

At one point, a red-lit passageway suddenly opened, as if a new door had been opened.

It was an open path that allowed you to enter the dungeon, which you couldn’t see because it was blocked until just now.

Kanghu said after finishing preparations.

“I’m going in.”

“I will follow you right away.”

Before stepping forward, Ganghu summoned an alter ego using the self-immolation technique.

At that moment, Takashi’s eyes trembled slightly. This is because I read Kang-hu’s cautious thoughts.

But I hid my eyes again so as not to show it. With a calm face, as if it had never happened before.

The moment Kang-hoo’s alter ego enters the dungeon.

Shuaa!

Kanghu was able to see the flaming sword slashing straight from the air through his alter ego’s vision.

The length of the sword was more than 5m, and the thickness was as if several adult men had been put together.

It clearly seemed like a sword that had to be avoided at all costs, not a fiery sword that existed to be blocked.

Ta-tat!

The clone narrowly avoided the attack. By a very narrow margin, he was prevented from being engulfed in flames.

At the same time, a string of fire was seen being connected to the clone. As if someone had specified it.

‘It’s a long-distance pattern.’

I can guess.

Since there were these variables from the beginning, I guess they told me to go in first.

This is a very good start as it would have been something I wanted to watch the response to. Because they didn’t push in the main body first.

Sigh.

Soon, Ganghu’s main body also entered the dungeon. Only then did Takashi follow Kanghu.

Ganghu, who came inside, stood in a position to directly induce the fire sword on behalf of the alter ego, which was entering the extinction phase after the duration had expired.

Kanghu was sure.

There is a being somewhere in the dungeon who creates a fiery sword, and this fiery sword falls at the farthest distance from him.

Yes, it was a judgment based on the pattern theory of all things, which Takashi always insists on.

just as expected.

Phew.

Soon the alter ego disappeared.

As Kang-hu settled down in the distance, a ring of fire connected from somewhere enveloped Kang-hu.

Paang!

At the same time, he used shadow walking to make a shadow follow Takashi.

Then, the moment when the flaming sword came down sharply from the air towards Ganghu’s main body.

Faaah!

Ganghu changed his position with the shadow. It was a perfect exchange.

He quickly escaped the fire sword’s influence and succeeded in stably executing long-distance patterns.

after.

Ganghu’s ‘labor’ was repeated at regular intervals.

Whenever it is time for the fire sword to fall, it is ‘designated’ as the main body, and when the fire sword falls, the shadow and position are changed.

It was a task that had to be repeated continuously within 20 seconds, but Kanghu continued to remove the pattern without making a sound.

‘Takashi, he makes the test really hard from the start? Well, this world is my world.’

Kang Hu laughed to himself.

Numerous dungeons from the original work.

He is the one who designed the patterns and contents of major, if not all, dungeons.

Therefore, it was possible to quickly recognize and respond to patterns even if they had never been directly experienced.

It’s still the same now.

From the moment it was expected to be a long-distance pattern, it immediately used its skills to respond.

If I had entered this dungeon without thinking, I would have died as soon as I started.

When I thought about it that way, there were some quite dizzying moments. Isn’t this a situation where lives could have been lost?

There’s no way Takashi didn’t know.

He probably felt that he had to pass this level of testing to be worthy of getting close to him.

If he was capable of dying here, he would have thought there was no need to look further.

Even if he had died, I wouldn’t have regretted it. You probably thought that death was only a matter of time anyway.

‘I’ll show.’

Kanghu started to speed up a bit more. Now the long-distance fire sword pattern is over.

What other patterns await? It didn’t matter what it was. I’m ready to work hard.

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‘That’s fun, boy.’

As time passed, Takashi’s curiosity about Kanghu deepened. My curiosity grew bigger.

In fact, if Kang-hoo couldn’t properly respond to the pattern, he was planning on taking action himself at any time.

As Kanghu expected, Takashi had already experienced patterns at the entrances of various types of connected dungeons.

I gave Kang-hu a plus point when he used his self-immolation technique before his first entrance.

I liked Kang-hu’s cautiousness in not taking it for granted, even if it seemed safe.

Then, as soon as I got inside, I was impressed by how I recognized the long-distance pattern and used shadow walking.

It was also very good to keep removing the ranged pattern every time the cooldown expired. I did not postpone my responsibility.

From then on, Ganghu figured out the pattern and strategically responded by moving closer and farther away.

He even led Takashi at some point. They say this direction is safe.

‘He’s as meticulous as me, even more than me. ‘I really like him more than I thought?’

Takashi was deeply attracted to Kang-hoo, who was much more sharp and skillful at identifying patterns than expected, as a hunter.

Pattern theory of all things!

When it came to the logic of dungeon attack that he believed in, Ganghu was nothing short of a textbook.

He was paying attention to every detail as if he were the person who designed this dungeon.

It was really comfortable.