Episode 188: Good Guys, Bad Guys (1)
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As I came out of Ricou Tower, I saw the surrounding situation going crazy.
There was no rain, but the wind was blowing with a lot of moisture, as if rain could pour down at any time.
I could see the scene from the tower at the right height, but when I got outside, I couldn’t see it properly.
However, I saw two Hunters from the Ricou Guild hurriedly evacuating to another building with blood dripping from their arms.
He was probably injured by Yuuji.
Fighting a hunter who is difficult to deal with even with a healthy body while injured is an act of suicide.
He must have left the battlefield right away. Fortunately, other hunters filled the gap to ensure their safe evacuation.
“catch!”
“Let’s surround it!”
As the hunters of the Ricou Guild flocked in and their numerical superiority became clear, their voices also grew louder.
But at that point, Yuuji grinned and changed the battlefield.
Kenji’s abilities were used to open a spatial passageway to another building.
Yuuji followed the passage to another building and soon the passage disappeared.
Yuuji then attacked the Rikou guild member whose purpose was scouting to check his movements.
Blood splattered twice.
Unfortunately, the limp bodies of the two guild members who lost their lives were caught on the railing on the roof of the building.
“….”
Ganghu quietly observed the situation.
In a situation where Kenji is linking up, it would be a bad idea to go after Yuuji.
Of course, I was boiling inside because Yuuji kept dragging ‘aggro’ in front of me.
Nevertheless, in order to calmly resolve the situation, Yuuji had to completely ignore it.
Even if you chase it, all you have to do is change its location using Kenji’s ability like before.
‘The ability to open space is not invincible or omnipotent.’
One person who has close experience with similar abilities is Jeong Yu-ri.
She also had quite useful abilities, but Ganghu found quite a few loopholes in the process.
The representative gap was the caster’s location, which could be inferred from the shape of the open passage.
In other words, in the current situation, you can guess where Kenji is by looking at the shape of the passage.
It is a structure that ordinary hunters cannot even guess because it requires such careful observation.
However, when Kang-hoo was at Ground Zero with Jeong Yu-ri, he took a close look at her abilities. I remember paying more attention to it because it was not a common ability.
Blood splattering everywhere.
Yuuji keeps changing the battlefield with a face full of madness, cutting down Rikou’s guild members without stopping.
The well-trained hunters safely escape the scene with only injuries from Yuuji.
Unfortunately, low-level and undertrained hunters lost their lives at his hands.
Usually, there is a good reason or justification for a murder like this, but for Kenji and Yuuji, there was none.
Because I’m bored.
It may sound crazy, but that was the content of the article that was just posted on Yuuji and Kenji’s Hunter Gram.
– I’m bored today, so I’m thinking of hanging out in Osaka. Fighting at the Public Safety Office! Show your incompetence.
He publicly insults the Japanese Hunter Security Agency for not being able to catch him even though he is a level 1 wanted criminal.
Furthermore, by specifying the location of Osaka, it became clear that the Ricou Guild was the target.
And I replaced the reason for doing this today with the explanation that I was playing because I was bored. This is really crazy.
‘Let’s focus.’
Ganghu continuously changed positions and followed Yuuji’s movements.
The passage connecting space continued to open, and each time, Ganghu’s eyes turned diligently.
As of now, I am concentrating on understanding the pattern of the passage that is faithful to Takashi’s ‘Pattern Theory of All Things’.
I heard screams one after another and saw injuries, but I didn’t let my emotions get involved.
The key is Kenji.
If you can’t find Kenji, chasing Yuuji is as stupid as being a dog chasing a chicken.
How long has it been like that?
Despite the hard work of the Ricou guild members, casualties were beginning to pile up.
“found.”
Ganghu, who had identified Kenji’s location according to the pattern, suddenly disappeared into the darkness.
It was the beginning of a secret pursuit that completely hid his presence, even using martial arts skills.
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Around that time.
Takashi’s hands were busy as he learned the news in real time through Hunter Gram.
Current live broadcasts and various CCTV screens were displayed on numerous monitors floating next to it.
Thanks to access to the CCTV database around Ricou Tower, real-time confirmation was possible without filtering.
The situation on site was the worst.
The Ricou guild members seemed to have no idea how to deal with the combination of Kenji and Yuuji.
perhaps.
I wondered if it was because, even though I knew it, I couldn’t ignore Yuuji, who was acting threateningly.
This is because Yuuji was touching key facilities around the tower.
As this is an issue that can be directly related to the security of the tower and the lives of the officials staying inside.
The purpose seemed to be to somehow suppress the movements of Yuuji, who was a visible threat.
“no. “Still, it’s right to find Kenji’s location… but this is a pathetic response.”
Takashi poured out harsh words.
Looking at the situation, it seemed like all the executives were absent.
Otherwise, the response of the Ricou Guild, which has many skilled hunters, could not have been such a heavy-handed response.
“I think I know the general location.”
Takashi, who approached in the same way as Kang-hu, looked at the slight twist in the passage and the direction it was pointing and did the math.
Kenji also had a habit, and the small differences that habit made were showing up like a fingerprint.
“found.”
Takashi soon identified Kenji’s location and turned on CCTV showing the direction he was in.
Then it came into view at a glance.
Kenji wearing guard uniform at a bar with an outdoor terrace.
For safety reasons, bars often hire several guards to protect customers.
Kenji was in that bar. Since he was even wearing a guard uniform, his disguise was perfect.
It seemed as if he was constantly patrolling the surroundings and was also seen slightly snapping his fingers.
That movement is the starting point of the space utilization skill that opens the way for Yuuji.
It was a long way from here to send a self-immolation to the scene.
However, I wondered if there was any need to contact the Ricou Guild.
Even if they did contact him, there was a high possibility that a clumsy response would only give Kenji a chance to escape.
So, I was just trying to think about what to do.
“what?”
A familiar man appeared on the screen.
The man had already identified Kenji’s location and was launching an onslaught.
In a short period of time, numerous exchanges of stealth and stealth detection daggers and magic skills were exchanged.
Because it happened so suddenly, the guests were so confused that they ran away.
The guards also seemed confused as they did not know how to judge this situation.
“Fuha! “Shin Kang-hoo is coming out here?”
Takashi burst out laughing.
This is because he knew that Kang Hu was also approaching the current situation with the same thoughts as himself.
After seeing through the core of the union, persistently searching for Kenji’s location was effective.
In the video, Kang-hoo was frantically pushing Kenji as soon as it started.
It is also the best choice.
Only in this way can Kenji be unable to use spatial skills with Yuuji in mind, and Yuuji’s movement will be suppressed.
In addition, the battlefield itself was limited in scope to the outdoor terrace located on the bar’s rooftop.
So it was good to mess with Kenji’s vision by combining the clone technique and the shadow walk illusion technique.
Compared to the response of Ricou’s guild members, which had previously made me feel stuffy, I felt empty inside.
“You… admit it, admit it.”
Clap clap clap.
Takashi clapped.
okay. There are patterns in all movements and actions in the world. No one can be free.
I always hoped that there would be someone who thought the same way as me, but Kang-hoo was exactly what I wanted.
“Hey, this… I wish they would fight in the place that is captured in the video. Whoa.”
In Takashi’s hands, he already had a bottle of water and half a bag of leftover potato chips.
It’s time to watch.
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‘What the fuck is this guy?’
Meanwhile, Kenji was completely absorbed in the battle with Ganghu, who suddenly appeared.
His camouflage was perfect and he even wore his own makeup, so he never thought his location would be revealed.
How on earth did he recognize a face that even the guard on duty here didn’t recognize?
Contrary to what Kenji thought, he thought he would have recognized his face and approached him.
From the beginning, Kanghu was only after Kenji’s location, not his face.
It was later that I recognized his face. This is what I learned while fighting.
The reason I was certain of the location as the bar’s outdoor terrace was because of the directional habits found in the spatial passage pattern.
Finding him on the spot was thanks to the mana flow detected by the sensitivity of his congenital mana hypersensitivity.
It was a very bad picture.
The problem is not whether Kenji can deal with Ganghu or not, but that he keeps getting interrupted.
It would be really funny if you confessed that you came to Osaka to ‘have fun’ and then turned around and went back.
The answer is to remove the annoying mosquitoes first.
The moment you turn on the light and try to catch the mosquito, the agile mosquito will run away. First, you need to think from a distance.
Kang-hu, who had just stepped back due to Kenji’s magic check, rushed forward again.
Weeing!
Kenji opened a space in front of him with a deft hand. It was a passage leading to the wrong place.
The fifth constellation perk of ‘Dimension Stealer’, which is the suppression of spatial movement skills, only suppresses blink and teleport types. Therefore, it was not possible to suppress skills that open space or cause distortion.
“damn.”
Without even having a chance to slow down, Kang-hu got caught in the passage and came out on the other side of the terrace.
Because it was a hastily constructed passage, long-distance travel was impossible, but it was enough to buy time.
That wasn’t all.
Before the passage closed, Kenji stretched out her hand. And then he pretended to grab it.
Faaah!
Kang-hoo, who recognized that it was a skill related to space distortion, escaped by leaping.
Then, just in the nick of time, a distortion of space occurred at the location where Ganghu was standing. It was a distortion.
What if it was in place?
The waist and abdomen would have been caught in the spatial distortion and shattered. His body may have been split horizontally and he may have died.
As soon as Kenji sent Ganghu away, he was already opening a passage to another space.
It looks like he doesn’t want to fight in a place where his location is discovered and he is at a disadvantage.
Soon Kenji launched himself towards the passage. If you miss once here, it will be difficult to chase Kenji.
So Kanghu continued to use his leap acceleration skills and followed up relentlessly.
At the end, he took advantage of the fact that the shadow jumps forward immediately after using Shadow Walk, and pursued Kenji persistently.
“Seed…!”
Kenji was taken aback as he watched Kang-hoo getting closer in an instant, as if ignoring perspective.
It was not an optical illusion, it was reality.
Kang-hu narrowed the distance in the blink of an eye and entered Kenji’s space passage just in the nick of time before it closed.
Chase succeeded.
Just as Kanghu was about to catch his breath and feel relieved, he saw Kenji’s face laughing at him.
and.
Soon the meaning of the ridicule was revealed.
“hmm.”
Kenji and himself were falling helplessly in the air between a forest of buildings with no structures to rely on.
The instantaneous movement was previously used in the Fukuoka Liberation Zone, so there was no second plan at all.
‘That’s it.’
So, there was no shortage of words to sum up the current situation.
It was definitely X.