I Stole the Number One Ranker’s Soul - Chapter 15

Episode 015

There are people who win tens of billions of dollars in lottery money, gamble and make sports cars explode, and end up becoming beggars after a few years, so this is not a bad thing, but a good thing.

As I was waiting for the phone to be purchased and the data to be transferred, the male employee started glancing at me as if he was interested in my appearance.

“Are you coming from the hospital?”

“yes.”

“Oh, did you get caught up in a dungeon?”

Although it was a question, he seemed confident.

“Yes.”

Even though I answered reluctantly, the man had a happy expression on his face, as if he knew it would happen. I

don’t like the smile on his face as if he had found an interesting topic to talk about.

Just a few hours ago, it was hell.

Even now, the list of dead people is shown on TV . This was being announced:

“I heard a lot of people died?”

His tone was as if he was asking if that part of yesterday’s drama was fun.

I suddenly felt very disillusioned, so I pointed at my phone without answering.

“I think it’s done, but please give it to me. Has it been activated?”

“Ah yes.”

Even as I picked up my phone and left the store, my dirty feeling didn’t get any better. I should have gone

to another store.

While standing at the bus stop to go home, I realized too late that I didn’t need to do this again. I

could just take a taxi.

Fortunately, the taxi driver saw me in the rearview mirror. I glanced at it, but didn’t ask anything.

When I finally returned to my miserable semi-basement room, I was greeted by a bedding stained with dried blood. I

wanted to lie down on a clean bedding if possible, but I didn’t have the energy to buy a new bedding, so I just ended up sprawled out on the dirty mattress.

Ah, at home . I came.

I was so tired that I wanted to take a nap, but there was still work left to do.

First, I called my mom to say hello.

“Hello?”

-Moa? Moani?

It was quite late, and my mother answered the phone as soon as it rang.

It seemed like she had been holding the phone and worrying.

“I got home and now I’m going to lie down to sleep.”

Perhaps thanks to my carefree voice, my mother suddenly seemed relieved.

– Are you hurt?

“Oh, I got a little scratched, but I’m fine. The hospital told me to just go home, so I came here.”

– What about food?

“I’m sleepy so I’m going to sleep and eat tomorrow morning. I’m so tired.”

– Okay, okay. Then, let’s talk tomorrow. Mom is okay now that I heard her voice.

“Okay, mom, go to sleep, too. I’ll call you tomorrow.”

I ended the call briefly and threw the phone nearby.

Now it was time to face the second problem.

I sat cross-legged and took out a soul stone from my inventory.

A small white stone half the size of my fist.

It didn’t look very special. There is no part.

It looks like a slightly cloudy crystal, but if you look closely, there is something like fog drifting inside. Is

this, um

…

a soul?

Even after saying that, it feels so unrealistic that I end up scratching my head.

“More than I thought.” “He’s a white and clean soul? That’s surprising.”

I thought he had a black soul that even Satan would avoid.

No, seeing as how he saved me, he may actually have a good nature.

But why did he save me?

He is a person who is famous for making people angry just because he finds them annoying.

Anyway, I have a soul stone . I was in trouble while holding this in my hand.

This is a replacement for the body.

What should I do with this?

I searched for soul stones in the taxi on the way home.

There is a service called Memorial Stone Soul Stone that turns the ashes left after cremating your pet into stone. There was.

There was also a charnel house dedicated to the Memorial Stone.

It was a bit different from that, but…

“Let’s search for the charnel house first…”

The moment I muttered that, I heard a voice behind me.

– I don’t think that’s a good idea.

When I turned around in surprise, I saw Seo Ji-han leaning against the wall of the room, looking down at me.

So, translucent Seo Ji-han.

It’s a ghost!

The word popped into my head, but I couldn’t say it out loud.

To be honest, I was so shocked that I couldn’t even make a sound and just froze.

What is this? Is this real?

Seo Ji-han looked the same as he did when he was alive.

He was wearing a shirt and pants that looked comfortable, like he usually wears, and even had proper shoes on.

The sight of her standing against the wall with her long legs crossed looked like that of a model.

Except it’s a bit transparent.

“Stand, stand…”

– It’s Seo Ji-han.

He answered, sighing and stroking his hair.

Then, he suddenly looked down at his hands and distorted his face.

– Why did I become a ghost?

“I’m fine too… “..”

He sighed again as he avoided eye contact.

“There is something I can point out.”

– what?

“After he passed away, I used a gathering skill on his body. It’s not really that I was greedy for that item or anything. “I was thinking of putting the body in the inventory and holding a funeral.”

– so?

“Then I found that the soul stone was in my inventory. If I cast gathering on that hunter, will I get a soul stone? “I really didn’t know.”

Even though he died and became a ghost, Seo Ji-han’s intimidating feeling still remained, so I unconsciously bowed in a low posture.

In fact, there were many other reasons for me to bow down to Seo Ji-han.

The thought that maybe if I hadn’t been there, Seo Ji-han wouldn’t have moved to protect me and I wouldn’t have died, stuck in the back of my mind like a stain.

And he was older than me, a benefactor, and the #1 ranked hunter…

– You can use gathering skills on hunters?

Seo Ji-han looked like he was seeing this for the first time.

Oh, was it just me?

Is it the effect of that hidden skill?

– Then the soul stone came out? This is my first time hearing it. I haven’t seen such a case so far.

He was thinking deeply about something and looked straight at me.

– Now that I think about it, he was an awakened person.

“It’s not your combat world, but…”

– It could be a skill effect, so if you have anything in mind, please explain.

Normally, most hunters do not tell others about the effects of their skills.

Even if they lie, there is no way to check, and there is no way to check the effect of their skills. This is because values such as agility and magical power can be measured using equipment, but skills cannot be measured. Skills

were the hunter’s secret weapon.

Therefore, asking to know about skills was a very rude request unless you were extremely close.

However, he I felt like he was a victim of my skills, so I decided to tell him everything. Moreover, I

figured that since he was a ghost, I wouldn’t be able to go anywhere and tell him.

Hey, isn’t this a good counselor?

I told him everything. .

Awakening after being caught in an irregular rift, obtaining a skill, killing the Chungwangryu and escaping, and even the effects of my skills and what I did after he died. “So, I collected all the items that could be obtained from the

gathering target, regardless of the probability. “I think it can be achieved.”

After finishing the story, I quietly observed his thoughts.

After talking, it felt like I was really the cause.

Seo Ji-han also asked me a question if he had come to that conclusion.

– What are you planning to do with me? His

tone was filled with caution.

Something was wrong with me . As if he had a very dark mind and was going to do something really bad with his soul stone.

“I don’t have any particular intention to do anything…”

– Do you believe that? Why did you use gathering skills on my body in the first place? If you just wanted to take it, wouldn’t you just put it in your inventory?

There was a way like that too!

“There really were no bad intentions. After collecting the boss monster’s body, I looked back and saw Seo Ji-han’s body. With that stream of consciousness.”

Although he was embarrassed and made excuses, Seo Ji-han’s suspicious gaze showed no signs of abating.

Well, I think so too.

When I woke up after dying, I heard that this guy had collected my soul.

In addition, gathering is a skill that processes the objects collected to make them usable.

In other words, I processed Seojihan and turned it into an item!

“Do not worry. “I really have no intention of harming Mr. Seo Ji-han. As you may have worried, I have no intention of using the soul stone in any strange way.”

– Really? Selling my soul on the market…

I shook my head violently.

I had no intention of keeping his soul stone.

Since the person has shown up like this, there is no need to ask around, just ask for the contact information of the family and hand it over to them.

“If you give me your family member’s contact information, I think it would be better to pass it on to them and ask them to take care of it.”

– You don’t know much about me. I have no family.

No, suddenly such a heavy sound?

Turn on your blinkers and speak.

In the suddenly solemn atmosphere, I lowered my head, unable to find my next words.

No family?

So what should I do?

ah!

“My friends…

– They’re all dead.

“Then the Hunter I work with…”

Seo Ji-han’s face hardened scaryly.

Even without hearing the answer, I could tell that he really hated Hunter.

Family, friends, co-workers. None of them. I

feel a bit pitiful on a human level.

Suddenly . When I received a sympathetic look, Seo Ji-han narrowed his eyes and glared at me.

I cleared my throat and carefully said the decision I had just made.

“Is there a ancestral rite table you would like?”

– What?

“He is a lifesaver and I thought I could at least perform a ancestral rite for him.”

Seo Ji-han, who was looking at me with a bewildered expression, sighed deeply again.

Why is he sighing?

It is the best treatment in Korea to honor the soul? He

said that using the gathering skill on an awakened person does not mean that the soul stone will be extracted.

Maybe he is lingering in this world . Could it be that I obtained something in the form of a soul stone that I was unable to leave?

Then I have to hold a memorial service to appease it.

– No need.

“Oh, perhaps Christianity…”

– No.

“But…”

– I would have said it wasn’t necessary. Haven’t you often been told that you’re stupid?

I thought about it for a while, but this guy said something stupid.