I Stole the Number One Ranker’s Soul - Chapter 49

Episode 049

If it were me, it would be absolutely impossible.

Actually, just a few days ago, I happened to see a rumor about me on the Internet, and it was a really nothing special rumor.

Is it just that I extorted money from the people I rescued in Guam?

Since it was nonsense, I could just ignore it, but when I saw dozens of people gathered together and saying ‘I knew that was true’ and adding various words, it was difficult to ignore it.

In the end, we stayed up all night fighting and posting rebuttals, but Seo Ji-han clicked his tongue and told us to have a late-night snack.

It was only when dawn broke that I was able to turn off the internet with a deep sense of exhaustion.

All that was left was dozens of ridiculing comments and feelings of self-destruction.

The next day, I complained to the deputy manager, and the complaint was immediately handed over to the legal team. Even hearing that news did not put my mind at ease.

I kept looking at the internet, afraid that rumors about me were being created somewhere I couldn’t see.

Even I, who can respond like this, feel nervous, but how does Seo Ji-han feel when he can’t do anything?

Maybe he was tired of dealing with the other person and gave up?

The profile of Seo Ji-han, who is blankly watching TV, looks sad.

At one time, there must have been prominent hunters standing next to it.

Although he spoke lightly about leaving the guild, it would not have been an easy decision to leave alone and turn away from the people with whom he had been through life and death and ups and downs.

So, this time, I want to stand next to him who is left alone.

As a friend.

I put the bowl of dumplings away and put my coat back on.

As I prepared to leave, he strangely followed along.

– Where? Do you have dinner plans?

“no. “I’m thinking of going to Amhyeon Hospital.”

– Because of the news?

“yes. “I wonder what kind of bad guy framed my friend.”

He seemed to hesitate a little at the word friend, but then opened his mouth again.

– don’t mind. I’m dead anyway. Anyway, it doesn’t matter.

“So, I want to at least soothe your soul.”

Seo Ji-han paused again.

– Soul… this is not normal. It could get dangerous. What are you going to do if you run into that guy on CCTV?

“I’m not that weak.”

– You have almost no practical experience. I’ve never fought against a hunter before.

Seo Ji-han, who had said that far, hesitated for a moment and then added.

– I don’t want you to be in danger.

“At one point, he asked me to catch the boss.”

– That was when I didn’t know you very well. You don’t have to do that anymore.

“uh? Really? I do not need it?”

– okay.

“Why all of a sudden now?”

I asked again, but he seemed embarrassed and avoided answering.

Still, when I persistently asked, he reluctantly gave me one word of answer.

– You hate fighting.

“It’s not that I really dislike it. “I didn’t know, but that fight was fun if I counted it.”

I smiled and Seo Ji-han shook his head as if he had nothing to say.

I nailed it back there.

“I can’t be a big person who can pretend not to know someone who has been wrongly accused like this.”

– It can get really dangerous. What could happen?

“I hid in the dungeon as if it were a meal, but this is it. “No matter how dangerous it becomes, will it be more dangerous than what Seo Ji-han was hiding when he captured Kergis?”

He had a complicated expression.

I felt like he was going to keep tearing at me, so I started to calm Seo Ji-han down.

“I’m not trying to just turn everything upside down. I’m just going to stop by and see if there’s any clues. “I’ll just look around and come back.”

– Are you really just looking around?

“sure. “If I feel like something is dangerous, I will immediately run away with the mobile scroll. I can’t dig too deep because I’m worried that my mom and Seung-ju will get caught up in it.”

– Uhm.

While I’m saying this, I also find this situation where I’m persuading Seo Ji-han quite amusing.

He, who always rushes in recklessly, ends up tearing someone down.

It really doesn’t suit me.

– …If you feel something strange, come out right away.

After a while, Seo Ji-han blurted out reluctantly.

“of course!”

I decided to go out and bought various necessary items at the market.

I had already become accustomed to this while secretly going to dungeons in Guam.

I also bought invisibility items and presence-erasing items…

– Anyway, even if I go, how will I find out? The victim is dead and it will be difficult to find any clues. CCTV was also manipulated.

As I was gathering the items for a while, Seo Ji-han rested his chin and asked a question.

What to do is decided.

“I’ll start by doing what I’m good at first.”

– Like what?

“It’s rooting.”

Even without further explanation, he seemed to understand what I was saying.

Just as you obtained the soul stone by looting Seo Ji-han’s body, wouldn’t it be possible to obtain his testimony by looting the victim’s body?

I’m not sure if the gathering skill will be applied this time too.

The situation and environment are different from then.

I might come home with nothing, but I still thought about giving it a try at least once.

– There will be one more poor soul who cannot attain Buddhahood.

“hey.”

When I looked up sulkingly, Seo Ji-han jabbed at the door as if to change the subject.

– Are you going now?

“…Ugh.”

As I was leaving the door with a deliberate glare, Seo Ji-han, who was standing behind me putting on his shoes, muttered in a low voice that I could barely hear.

– thank you.

“yes? “Please speak a little louder.”

– Oh, just pretend not to hear.

“yes? I think he was very grateful to me. “Can you please be clear?”

– ah.

Seo Ji-han got sick of my exaggerated, loud voice and closed his eyes.

His face was filled with deep regret, as if it were written that he did it for no reason.

“Is that correct when you said, ‘Thank you so much, my friend, for coming out this late at night to clear my name?’”

– ah. let’s go. let’s hurry.

It’s embarrassing.

After teasing the struggling Seo Ji-han a lot, I took out my phone with a satisfied feeling.

Even if I go, I have to check where Amhyeon Hospital is.

Hmm, it’s pretty far away. It takes about three hours to get there by taxi.

Of course, I had no intention of taking a taxi.

I will not leave any record of my visit here.

That way, no matter what happens later, you won’t be on the wrong side of the dragon.

I took out the space movement scroll I had bought in abundance from my inventory.

– Go somewhere far away from the hospital. If you teleport directly to the hospital and enter, you will be caught.

“of course. “I’m going to go somewhere like this.”

After finding a suitable alley nearby, I tore through the scroll while looking at the photos.

After a now familiar sensation passed over me, I was standing in an alley near a restaurant near Amhyeon Guild Hospital.

Perhaps because it was late, no stores were open.

An empty landscape where all people have left.

I looked around carefully in the silence and used the scroll.

First, to hide one’s appearance, an invisibility scroll and a stealth scroll were used to erase one’s presence.

I took out several magic power increasing potions and drank them to maintain my magic. At this rate, you won’t have to worry about 30 minutes.

Still, you have to be careful. If you bump into someone or receive more than a certain amount of impact, the magic will be broken.

“This should be enough.”

– Do you know his face?

“I saw a picture on the news earlier.”

– okay.

I pulled on my mask and put it on.

This is to prevent your face from being discovered right away even if the transparency is lifted.

After walking for about 5 minutes, I arrived at the main gate of Amhyeon Hospital.

Perhaps because it was late, the lights were off on many floors, but the first floor was brightly lit to see if there were people there.

At this rate, if you open the door and go in, you’ll be caught right away.

Fortunately, after waiting for a while, someone came out of the hospital to smoke.

I took advantage of that moment and quickly entered the hospital through the open door.

When I entered the hospital, it was not much different from a regular hospital.

As soon as I entered, I saw a reception area and there were two employees on duty and a hunter who appeared to be a security guard.

I was worried that security would be tight because it is a hospital run by a guild, but it felt more ordinary than I expected.

While watching the staff on duty at the reception desk and the security guard joking, I carefully checked the hospital information board.

The destination is the morgue.

Normally, if someone dies at that hospital, they will go to that hospital’s morgue.

The body of potion maker Kim Yeong-gil must be there.

The morgue is probably located on the second basement level.

Normally, a separate funeral hall would be set up next to the hospital and the body would be placed there, but there was no separate funeral hall at Amhyeon Hospital.

I looked for the emergency stairs to go down to the basement, and luckily the door was open.

As I went inside, the smell of disinfectant assaulted my nose.

It seemed like they had left all the doors open to disinfect and ventilate the stairs.

This is usually done early in the morning when no one is around.

Anyway, it’s just good.

The smell of disinfectant made me dizzy, but I would have been in trouble if the door had been locked.

Thanks to this, I was able to easily come down to the second basement level.

So far, no one has noticed.

Thanks to carefully looking at the hospital map, I was able to quickly find the morgue.

– for a moment.

Seo Ji-han stopped me in front of the morgue door.

I nodded.

It would have stopped even if he didn’t say anything.

There was a small sound of people coming from inside the door.

– Should I come see it?

As he nodded, Seo Ji-han’s transparent body disappeared into the morgue.

There was no point in waiting, so I quietly listened outside the door.

“Oh, I’m hungry. Let’s eat and do it. Soup call?”

“I haven’t done much yet.”

“I’ll come back and do it. “Entry will not take place at sunrise.”

“Uhm. Sure.”

I heard two men’s voices, and Seo Ji-han suddenly jumped out and motioned to me.

– Come out now. Move away from the door so you don’t get hit.

Almost immediately after saying those words, the morgue door opened.

The two men inside walked out of the room with shaky steps. .

I was standing close to the wall across from them, not making a sound. I had

a feeling that these two people were hunters.

At least one of them was definitely a hunter.