episode_0108

Wheeze-

“Take it.”

“What’s going on all of a sudden?”

“It’s pocket money.”

Rumi frowned openly at the sudden words that cut across both the beginning and the end.

The man continued speaking calmly, regardless of whether she said so or not.

“I’ve put in enough so you won’t run out, so go enjoy a hot spring nearby over the weekend and then quietly return to the circle.”

“I came here to see why you suddenly called me, and it was because of this?”

Toouk-

Rumi got up from her seat, kicked the envelope of money on the floor lightly, and spoke firmly.

“I don’t need it. I can earn money on my own.”

“Are you saying that you hunt monsters or raid the nearby Black Guild like you usually do?”

“Yeah, so… … ”

“Stupid guy.”

Nura Jiro, the leader of the Nura faction, spoke after dusting off the ash from his pipe.

“This money is given because that doesn’t work.”

“What? What does that mean?”

“Keep your voice down. I intend to tell you everything without hiding anything.”

Tsk-

“There’s been a commotion recently because of the guys running wild nearby.”

“What a commotion?”

Rumi, who had been frowning the whole time, changed her expression for the first time upon hearing those words.

A round face filled with considerable surprise.

The Nurapa started out as a yakuza family and now boasts the largest organization in Japan.

But, in the area managed by the Nura faction, it was the first time that an incident that the leader of the Nura faction, Nura Jiro, personally evaluated as a disturbance occurred.

“It’s embarrassing to say, but we still have no information on where this guy came from and did this prank. No, we haven’t even found a clue to identify the culprit.”

Phew-

“If there’s one thing that’s certain, it’s that they’re not guys with mediocre skills.”

Most people knew that the cause of the current turbulent atmosphere enveloping Japan was the disturbance caused by a monster that had emerged from the Demon Realm.

Of course, that wasn’t wrong, but that didn’t mean it was right either.

That would be the case, since the underworld of Japan was currently reacting more sensitively to the commotion caused by unidentified invaders than to the sudden movements of monsters.

Phew-

“So if you need money, use this. Don’t wander around and get involved in useless things.”

After saying that, Jiro pushed away the envelope of money that Rumi had kicked away with the end of his pipe.

But Rumi only looked at Jiro with sharp eyes and didn’t even look at the envelope of money.

Jiro clicked his tongue slightly as if he had expected that to happen after seeing that sight.

“Tsk, yeah. Honestly, I didn’t expect you to listen to me so obediently.”

Hooo-

Jiro’s sigh, which had become slightly longer, spread along with the cigarette smoke.

“Do you still blame me for making your father sick and your mother die?”

“Are you asking because you don’t know?”

Jiro was silent at Rumi’s words, which were answered without the slightest hesitation.

Rumi looked down at him quietly and said.

“First of all, I am a little grateful to my grandfather. Although it is confidential, he accepted my mother back when she left home, and he helped me secretly after my mother died. But… … Don’t get the wrong idea.”

After a brief pause, Rumi spoke in a firm voice.

“As I always say, I’m Kagura Rumi, not Nura Rumi, and the reason I sometimes stop by this house is not because I want to see my grandfather’s people, but because my mom and dad’s graves are buried here.”

After saying that, Rumi went outside.

‘And I came here with the intention of paying back a small amount of the debt I received when I was young, as I was wandering the streets… … I’m glad I did.’

They say that if you act with a good heart, good fortune will come?

It was just like what I heard from my mother before.

Shhh-

‘Thanks to you, I met such a fun guy.’

At the same time, Rumi finished recalling her past.

Wiggle-

Do Yu-jin nodded inwardly as if she had expected something like that, as she saw something small and black wriggling in the pure white part of Rumi’s eyes, which were glaring at her like a wild beast.

‘This was the right answer after all.’

As befitting her reputation as the heroine who likes fighting the most, she only made things light, but she was already getting a lot of attention.

A situation as smooth as a sailboat in the wind,

But apart from that, Do Yu-jin wanted to end this situation as quickly as possible.

Boom-! Boom-! Boom-!

Because it was becoming increasingly difficult to continue acting as a sandbag that took on Rumi’s attacks.

‘It looks like the engine has started properly, so I guess it’s best to fight like this and then just run away.’

Do Yu-jin calmly assessed her own abilities and came to that conclusion.

That was the moment.

‘huh?’

Do Yu-jin felt the barrier that had been placed around the building in advance shake violently and frowned slightly.

‘What, an intruder at this timing?’

Do Yu-jin was flustered by the unexpected situation, but quickly assessed the situation.

“Hey, come here!”

“What, what are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“Tsk! Okay, then come this way!”

Do Yu-jin hurriedly moved his shadow and grabbed Rumi, who was standing there dumbfounded, and pulled her towards him.

In his head, the question that Rumi had first asked him kept coming up.

At the same time, the two people moved to the corner of the room.

Kwaaang-!

“Oh, I had a vague feeling, but there really were other passengers?”

“What, is this the first time this has happened?”

From the first to the thirtieth floor, the intruders quickly climbed up, breaking the ceiling, and appeared with smiling faces in the thick smoke.

“What are those guys all of a sudden?”

Rumi muttered in an irritated voice as she tore apart the shadow that had been binding her.

Could it be because I was interrupted from a time of great enjoyment?

Her voice was so sharp that it seemed like she was telling me that if I didn’t answer her question right away, she would break my skull, but Do Yu-jin didn’t know anything about the situation either, so she couldn’t say anything to her.

That’s why Do Yu-jin is quietly maintaining her silence and heightening the tension so that she can move at any time.

“Oh, this feels strange.”

One of the intruders who had climbed up through the floor said, “Hehe.”

“I came here excitedly thinking about dealing with the Black Guild, which was the only thing that could be called a big hit in this small island nation… …but someone had already caught them and they were reduced to nothing but bones.”

“Yeah, I was happy because I thought I won, but it turned out to be a dud.”

“No, if you think about it differently, can’t you say it’s a win?”

“Well… … ”

All five guys looked at Do Yu-jin with ferocious laughter at the same time.

“I never would have imagined that I would meet guys with such skills in a place like this.”

A maddening laughter filled with sincere desire.

Do Yu-jin, who felt a familiar unpleasant feeling in it, asked without realizing it.

“You guys, are you mine?”

“What? You’re a mine?!”

Rumi was shocked when she heard that.

Her reaction was natural.

Although this was a world close to the apocalypse, full of villains who brazenly committed crimes using their abilities, Mine’s appearance was different from that.

At first glance, the two look similar, but in fact, Mine was considered a dangerous trash even by the villains and was under surveillance.

That would be the case, because the term mine refers to those who, unable to control their overflowing greed, fall for the devil’s tricks and go beyond the path of evil and evil spirits to the realm of the devil outside of humanity.

For this reason, everyone’s public mine did not easily reveal itself.

But it was no wonder that Rumi was surprised when such guys suddenly showed up in a group in a place like this.

“What, there’s a guy who’s quick-witted? Isn’t this something the captain will scold you for?”

“What does it matter?”

The shorter of the two mines smiled with a sinister glint in his eyes.

“Here’s just one more reason to kill those two.”

“Kick, I guess so.”

The moment they were laughing and about to take out their weapons.

Swish-!

Do Yu-jin moved quickly and trapped them in the shadows.

A giant black cube.

Inside, attacks of incomparable power compared to those used while playing with Lumi a little while ago were continuously pouring in.

‘Well, it’s just a waste of time.’

As evidence, Do Yu-jin could clearly feel their rebellion, fluttering like crazy carp inside the cube.

‘So what do we do now… … ‘

After a short period of contemplation, he muttered.

‘Since it’s come to this, should I just kill all those guys here and now?’