I Stole the Number One Ranker’s Soul - Chapter 48

Episode 048:

While eating dumplings, citizens’ reactions to this incident were being broadcast on the news.

Most people’s reaction is, ‘I knew he would do that someday.’

If I hadn’t picked up Seo Ji-han’s soul stone, I think I would have had a similar reaction to countless other citizens.

Because his public image was that bad.

Weren’t you confused even after receiving help from Seo Ji-han in the Chungwangryu dungeon?

They say rumors about celebrities tend to be exaggerated, but it seems like there are too many false rumors about Seo Ji-han.

Also, do you feel like it has a negative synergistic effect with your somewhat violent personality, making it difficult to explain?

– Don’t worry too much. Anyway, it’s not just once or twice.

“Have there been many false accusations like this before?”

– huh. There are a lot of impersonators, and there are a lot of people who are jealous of me and deliberately create bad rumors about me, cause accidents, and use my name. There are also people who beat people up and say that I told them to do it.

“Do people all believe that?”

– I believe it.

“Have you tried explaining it?”

– How do I explain it all one by one? It was only during the Sky Guild era that the guild responded, but now what?

He shrugged.

Then he spoke confidently with a clean face.

– Normally, great people don’t care about such trivial things.

I was speechless for a moment.

Unlike him, I, a small person, cannot understand this.

Recently, I couldn’t sleep at night because I accidentally found some of my nonsense on the Internet.

– Well, it’s obvious. If you’re making a big deal out of it, you’re probably anti-social.

“Are you the guild leader of the Sky Guild?”

– huh. That bastard. It seemed like he had a grudge against me after I left the guild. Since then, I’ve done shitty things and sold my name more than once.

“Did you just leave it there?”

– Whenever I was annoyed, I went to him and got into a bit of trouble.

“So are you okay?”

– no. I just remained as a dog.

“this.”

Seo Ji-han smiled reassuringly at my pitiful voice.

– But I felt better.

To put it in a good way, Seo Ji-han has a very refreshing personality, but in a bad way, he seems to have an ignorant and simple personality.

Are you the type of person who is violent, honest with your emotions, moves in a straight line, does whatever you want, but has no regrets?

Even though he died right away and became a ghost, I felt it was enough to show the attitude of ‘I can’t help it.’

A personality that doesn’t worry about the future that never came and doesn’t regret the past that couldn’t be helped.

Personally, I have a somewhat enviable personality.

I’m the type of person who is always anxious about the future that never comes, prepares for various things, and quite often looks back on the past and regrets it.

“Aren’t you still quite close with that person named Ban Seo-hoo? “How did things turn out this way?”

I heard in the past that he briefly left the guild due to personality differences, but I feel like that’s not enough.

If the person who was framed for the murder was Seohu Ban, this goes beyond being simply wrong and holds a grudge.

– I don’t know. That bastard suddenly said that we should not fight dungeon bosses from now on.

“why? “I don’t think he did it recklessly.”

– I did explain why. If you kill all the dungeon bosses and the dungeon disappears, you can’t ‘control’ the situation when the next dungeon opens? They say that for safety’s sake, you should not kill the dungeon boss and make sure you have enough time to obtain items to form a rescue team.

Defense hunters are conservative about safety and dislike changes in situations. There seemed to be differences of opinion with Seo Ji-han in that regard.

– That’s ridiculous. Let me tell you something that everyone knows but doesn’t say on purpose.

“What is it?”

– When dungeons first opened, it was once every six months. And the cycle is getting shorter and shorter, so now a new dungeon is opening every month and a half?

“yes.”

– And when they captured the demon king Silagis and closed the dungeon, the opening of the next dungeon was delayed by a few days from the original cycle.

“hmm.”

– So, the more dungeons that are already open, the shorter the dungeon creation cycle becomes. In other words, as the number of dungeons decreases, the opening cycle of the next dungeon also delays.

There was no information like this anywhere in the newspaper article.

After conquering Silagis, dungeon creation was delayed…

Well, it’s worth popping up with a title like this.

“This is my first time hearing this.”

– I guess so. If public opinion turns around and says to quickly close all dungeons, dungeon items will no longer be obtainable and the situation will fall into chaos.

“So, Mr. Ban Seo-hoo, you think you can still sufficiently control the creation of a dungeon once a month?”

– I guess so.

Once a month.

If you look at it on a global scale, it may not be that big of an area.

In reality, there are cases where dungeons are opened in uninhabited lands, so if you look at it objectively, you may think it is a risk worth taking when weighed against the benefits of the items obtained from the dungeon.

But I had a hard time convincing it.

It was an emotional reason.

All of the dungeon creations I’ve experienced have occurred in populated areas.

I have already realized the kind of fear that a person who gets sucked into it feels.

Whether one wing or a building was sucked in, I didn’t want someone to suddenly be thrown into the dungeon.

However, it would be difficult for a strong hunter like Seohu Ban to sympathize with this fear.

Even if we assume that civilians have no combat power and no escape seats, they will all die inside, but powerful people like Ban Seo-hoo and hunters from the three major guilds do not die like that, so it is entirely someone else’s business.

Perhaps, as Seo Ji-han said, if the dungeon had been kept closed after the capture of the evil spirit king Silagis, the Chungwang dungeon I would have been caught in would have opened much later.

If all open dungeons were conquered, is there a possibility that the dungeons would never be opened again?

My insides are boiling with a faintly heated anger.

I don’t think there were any hunters who noticed this and tried to report it.

Seo Ji-han must have tried it too.

However, there are huge interests involved that could easily prevent such an accusation.

For example, like my interview where everything disappeared when I mentioned the Baekgwang Guild.

Wow, I really hate the hunter industry.

While I was in disillusionment, Seo Ji-han seemed to be reminiscing about old memories.

I think it’s because it’s been a while since we talked about old times.

– But we used to be good friends.

“Who? “Mr. Ban Seo-hoo?”

– huh. The skill combination is amazing. Combat compatibility was also good.

“hmm.”

– Actually, I liked him from the first time we went through a dungeon together. I had personal defense skills and defense skills that I could use on others, so I was able to attack boldly without having to worry. Actually, he didn’t like me doing that, but… he was a guy who had a lot of worries.

Something is a little strange.

You said you do it because it’s safer to control the situation, right?

But you say you’re pursuing safety, but you’re sacrificing thousands of civilians once a month?

Isn’t this a bit incongruous?

Isn’t safety an excuse and you’re just a civilian so you’re greedy for items regardless of what happens?

Even as I was thinking that, another fact occurred to me.

No matter how much of a rift there was, the person who was so worried about Seo Ji-han that he hated his reckless fighting is now framed for his murder?

Of course, there are some people who become colder than others when a relationship is broken, but…

there is something a bit unclear about it.

Well, anyway, I don’t know much about Ban Seo-hoo, so it’s useless to think about it on my own.

By the way, Seo Ji-han didn’t just enjoy beating strong bosses, he did it because he believed that closing the dungeon would make the world a little safer.

It’s an unthinkable altruistic reason.

I looked at him with new eyes, and he frowned with an uneasy look on his face.

-Why do you look at me like that?

“What am I?”

– I think he’s looking at me with something special in his eyes.

“Oh, you noticed.”

– You know I’m older than you, right?

“Are you looking up and down now?”

– That’s not it… But what on earth do you think our relationship is?

It’s a sudden question.

Seo Ji-han may have said this without much thought, but he looked a little embarrassed when he didn’t get an answer for a long time.

And as time went on, I started to get more nervous.

“It’s between us…”

I fell into deep thought.

Hmm.

It’s a topic I’ve never thought about before.

– I just said it. Forget it. There’s no need to think about it…

I just cut him off while he was fumbling about something. He summarized his conclusion:

“Is there any other relationship like this in the world? Of all the relationships I’ve had in my life, this is the most special and unique relationship.”

– Oh, what?

As I dragged behind him on purpose, I could feel him swallowing his saliva and waiting for an answer.

It’s really fun to tease him.

“Forage and forage.”

He blinked for a moment, as if he couldn’t believe what he was hearing.

Then he replied listlessly:

– That’s too much.

He had a gloomy look on his face, but it was clearly an act.

I smiled and immediately added,

“I’m just kidding. Of course, I’m a friend. !”

– Yes, of course. Master.

“Are you coming?”

It seemed like Seo Ji-han was trying to make fun of me, but my arrogant answer left him speechless again.

The atmosphere had eased up a bit, but I was concerned about Seo Ji-han’s inner thoughts. Although he

was pretending not to care much about the false accusations and rumors on the news. Is this really true?