I Stole the Number One Ranker’s Soul - Chapter 78

Episode 079

Fortunately, nothing much happened last night.

This means that Seo Ji-han’s straw hand never reached my ears.

When I opened my eyes, the dazzling sunlight pouring in through the window was illuminating the room just right.

– good morning.

Seo Ji-han, who was standing at the window looking out, glanced back and said hello.

As I stood up and nodded, he pointed out the window.

– There’s a crow.

When I hurriedly got up and went to the window, I saw that, just as I had said, there were crows the size of eagles catching and eating fish in the lake.

“I’m hungry.”

– Do you want to go fishing? There seem to be a lot of fish.

“no.”

Perhaps it was just something he said, but Seo Ji-han did not recommend it further.

As I slowly wake up, I am extremely hungry.

Actually, I haven’t had a proper meal since leaving the dungeon.

All I did was drink a few bowls of meat broth in Mongolia, but it didn’t suit my taste, so I just didn’t eat it.

I took out instant rice and canned side dishes from my inventory and decided to satisfy my hunger.

It’s convenient because it also has a disposable heat pack so you can heat it by just placing it on it.

When I put things on the wooden desk next to the window to use as a dining table, the white dust left a mark in the shape of a bowl.

Maybe I’ve become dull from my last dungeon life, but when I looked at this, I didn’t think it was particularly dirty.

After roughly preparing to eat, I started eating while watching the scenery outside the window on TV.

Outside the window, crows were feasting on a large fish.

It’s really wild.

As I looked at that scene blankly and spooned rice into my mouth, I suddenly remembered the cell phone I bought yesterday.

Actually, I wanted to turn it on and check it right away yesterday, but it wasn’t charged anyway, so I gave up.

By the way, in order to charge this phone, I need to be able to use electricity at home. Did I mention I have a generator?

Well, there is no way that electric wires can be laid in such a remote place without a single telephone pole in sight, so having your own generator is a must.

“There must be a lot to do after eating.”

– Like what?

Seo Ji-han, who was watching crows hunting with interest, cast his gaze at me.

“First, I need to find the generator.”

– Because of the cell phone?

“That may be the case, but even if it isn’t, electricity is essential.”

– That’s right.

“I don’t know how long I’ll be staying here, but I need to prepare to live as humanly as possible.”

Seo Ji-han nodded.

I continued to eat and think about things to do.

Electricity Water Gas.

You said there is a generator for electricity, so that should be fine. Is there hot water here?

-The generator was in the basement.

“How do you know?”

Seo Ji-han in soul state cannot be more than 3 meters away from the soul stone.

Even if you went all the way through the floor, you wouldn’t have reached the basement.

Instead of answering, Seo Ji-han gestured toward the straw doll.

-I was bored. I looked around the house while you were sleeping.

As he said, the straw doll leaning against the doorway had white gloves and white socks that were gray and dirty.

It was clear that it had picked up all the dust in this house.

When I finished eating and went outside, I saw that the dust had been wiped as much as the doll had walked around.

Small footprints leading to the stairs.

Two regular handprints and footprints that seem to have been made when going down the stairs and coming up again.

hmm.

“Mr. Seo Ji-han.”

– huh?

“Can I ask you a favor?”

– Anything I can do.

I spoke politely, looking at the smiling face.

“I think I need to clean, can you help me mop?”

Seo Ji-han, who looked dumbfounded for a moment, soon nodded willingly.

I immediately took out the plastic and rubber bands, put plastic gloves and socks on the doll to keep it from getting wet, and took out a bucket of wet tissues.

With this, even Seo Ji-han will be able to clean the room.

“Can you do it?”

– of course. Believe me! Oh, by the way, aren’t you going to check the underground generator? It might be scary, but would you like to come with me?

“Uhm, okay. let’s go together.”

– okay. There was nothing special, but it was a bit of an enclosed space, so I thought it might feel bad to go there alone. Are you going now?

“yes.”

After coming downstairs and seeing the door leading to the basement, I realized why Seo Ji-han was so worried.

There was something about the narrow staircase leading to a pitch-black space that stimulated the imagination and made me feel fear.

No matter how much I have become a hunter, I cannot help this.

Thankfully, Seo Ji-han was considerate of me and talked to me non-stop.

There are stories like telling people to be careful of the stairs and telling people to shine down lights, and that the basement is empty and the generator is on the right wall.

Thanks to that, I came down to the basement without being scared.

The generator in the basement was the oil-fueled type, and luckily we had some leftover oil, so we just had to turn it on.

But I didn’t think it would last long.

The flow meter was only about one-fifth full.

“I guess I should buy some gas too.”

– I know. It looks like a pretty old generator. Still, I’m glad it went well.

When I turned on the generator, the basement light came on.

It would have been difficult if the electricity wasn’t working, so that’s a good thing.

After finishing our business in the basement, we returned to the second floor.

This is to put Seo Ji-han in a straw doll.

“Are you sure you’ll be okay?”

– of course. Believe me. I’m going to polish it so it’s really shiny.

Seo Ji-han, who had already entered the doll, patted his chest and held out one arm in a posture that seemed to shout “fighting.”

When will I clean up all this dust?

When I saw that the dust on the floor where the doll had walked had been wiped, I opened my mouth thinking that it would be good for mopping, but I had no idea that Seo Ji-han would be so proactive.

I belatedly wonder if it would be okay to ask the former number one in the rankings to do this kind of chore, but I guess it would be okay.

Anyway, I’m in a situation where I have to lend a doll’s hand to clean up this house.

I think I like it too, so I should be grateful for the help.

Seo Ji-han’s little straw doll pulled out a wet tissue and began to diligently wipe the room with both hands.

The little body that moves and bounces is very cute.

First, I checked all the rooms on the second floor.

There is one bathroom and three bedrooms.

The bathroom was quite nice, complete with a pretty bathtub.

It was designed so that one could wash while looking out the window at the lake.

When I turned the faucet, luckily water came out, but it was as cold as ice.

It seemed to be underground water.

The same goes for the bathroom downstairs.

Still, looking at the hot water pipe being connected somewhere, it doesn’t seem like it’s structured so that hot water doesn’t come out at all.

The drug dealer who lived here probably didn’t even light a bonfire to heat water to wash.

There’s a possibility that it wasn’t washed at all, but I hope that’s not the case.

Even in the dungeon, I just wiped it with a wet tissue, and I couldn’t wash it in Mongolia either, so I want to wash it a lot.

Moreover, since I saw a nice bathtub, I will definitely fill it with water and take a bath today.

Fortunately, after searching the inside and outside of the house, they found a propane gas tank lying in the corner.

Even in Korea, gas was often used in this way in places where city gas was not connected.

I once used a gas cylinder like this at home in Geoje Island, where I lived.

Since it was an unfamiliar object, it was not difficult to operate it.

I turned the faucet to open the gas pipe, followed the pipe, and found a boiler for hot water.

I turned on the boiler and finally hot water came out in the bathroom.

The electric hot water supply is now over.

Now all that’s left is cleaning and replenishing things?

The gas tank is almost empty, so I guess I’ll have to buy one of that too.

Now that the lights were on and hot water was running, it finally felt like a house where people lived.

I thought it looked like a haunted house, but when I looked at it again, it looked as quaint as a fairy’s house by the lake.

After taking out the cell phone I bought in Las Vegas and charging it, I started cleaning in earnest.

Seo Ji-han decided to take care of the second floor, but the first floor is entirely mine.

After I diligently finished cleaning the first floor, it was already getting late.

That was it for today, and when I went up to see what was going on on the second floor, I saw that Seo Ji-han was also cleaning the stairs.

– I’m here?

Blackened wet tissues piled to one side.

And looking at the smooth corridors and rooms without a speck of dust, I realized how diligently they had moved while I wasn’t looking.

It was amazing that he could do this much with such a small body.

“Wow, it’s really clean.”

– Oh, not that much. I cleaned it up to a usable level. Now all I have to do is clean up here, but what about downstairs?

“We’re almost done downstairs.”

Even though he says that, Seo Ji-han doesn’t seem to be this proud.

The little straw doll was looking around the hallway and room happily with its chest wide open.

After wiping down the last remaining stairs with Seo Ji-han, the cleaning was finally roughly finished.

– Are you going to go shopping now? Or do you want to take a shower?

I’ve been sweating while cleaning and I really want to wash up, but there’s still some work left to do.

The thing I had been putting off ever since the dungeon.

Now that I finally have a place to settle down and stay, I can finally check it out.

“I have work to do before that.”

– cleaning? Or do you want to check out Korean trends?

“no.”

– then?

Looking at Seo Ji-han, who looked puzzled, I opened the status window for the first time in a long time.

I checked it a few times in the dungeon, so I already knew what it was about, but looking at it again, it was still a phrase that made my heart race.

“Kim Young-gil’s revenge quest has been completed.”

– uh? Oh, I did.

“You should get compensation.”

A huge reward for obtaining all A-class consumer goods production hunters.