Ch.214214. Kang Sungjun’s Delightful Dimensional Rift Adventure

As Kim Suhyun became more successful,

Kang Sungjun grew increasingly anxious.

The contract he had commissioned showed no signs of progress.

Minimum S+ rank expected.

There were rumors it might be even higher, but Dark Site had accepted the contract based on their motto of never having failed a single assignment.

Ironically, they refused to take on contracts they believed would fail, regardless of the payment offered.

For example, if someone requested the assassination of American SS-rank Hunters, Dark Site would instead sell that person’s information to the United States.

They knew that such assassinations were not only extremely difficult, nearly impossible, but even if successful, America wouldn’t leave Dark Site alone.

By selling such information to the US without charging money, they maintained their reputation as a world-famous assassination organization while continuing to operate.

In a way, America maintained a very hypocritical stance.

But what could one do against a superpower that played by its own rules?

Anyway.

Kang Sungjun never thought the contract would fail.

After paying so much money.

He naturally expected success and news of it.

During the few weeks Kim Suhyun was quiet.

While others thought it was just the usual 1-2 week hiatus, Kang Sungjun, who had commissioned the hit, was rejoicing, believing Dark Site had successfully eliminated the target.

But that wasn’t the case.

Kim Suhyun reappeared and conducted another record-breaking auction, raking in money.

He was even purchasing land in Gyeonggi Province with the Hunter Association and building a department store called “Farming Company”—all of which was unbearable to watch.

Kang Sungjun complained to the Dark Site operative who had brokered the contract.

“What the hell are you doing? Aren’t you going to assassinate him?”

“Be patient.”

“Are you just taking the money and running?”

“Our contracts always succeed.”

“They’d better. Otherwise, I’ll tell the whole world about your failure.”

Then the Q&A video was uploaded.

“SSS+ rank? Fuck. That’s why I…”

Suddenly coming to his senses, he wondered why he had done it.

Even SS-rank Hunters had such overwhelming power that challenging them was impossible.

The first SSS+ rank to appear?

It made sense that Kang Sungjun had been so thoroughly deceived.

If only they had told him earlier.

He wouldn’t have been so reckless.

Now missing an arm and a leg, regret washed over him like a flood.

But what’s done is done.

What matters now is what happens next.

The good news is that even though Kim Suhyun’s ability is SSS+ rank, it hasn’t fully developed yet.

Having awakened recently, his level is still low.

And Dark Site, though they must have learned about his rank from the video, rarely cancels contracts they’ve already accepted.

He had even confirmed this.

“Fuck. After taking all that money, you’re not going to give me any progress reports?”

“The assassin we sent seems to have been taken down. Currently missing, we’re investigating.”

“You saw he has SSS+ rank abilities, right? Send some mediocre guy and they’ll all die.”

“..”

“You’re not getting cold feet and thinking of refunding and running, are you?”

“Dark Site never cancels a contract once accepted. Besides, if our personnel were harmed, we have even more reason not to give up.”

“Right. Fuck. That’s how it should be. That’s correct.”

No matter if he’s an SSS+ ability user, unless he’s under America’s protection, it’s nearly impossible for him to handle all of Dark Site alone in Korea.

Even if SS-rank or higher Hunters are called “national disaster level” or “regime-toppling level” or whatever ridiculous nicknames, they’re still just one person.

If direct confrontation is difficult, they could target those around him—Kang Sungjun could think of various methods, so surely Dark Site could too.

He tried to relax and simply wait for Kim Suhyun’s demise.

But there was no response for a long time.

Instead, Kim Suhyun kept thriving day by day.

His YouTube subscribers had long surpassed 20 million, and his connection with KL, America’s largest company, was reported in the news, drawing public attention.

Anxiety grew.

If asked what was most concerning, it would be Kim Suhyun joining hands with America.

This wasn’t impossible.

Statistics already proved that over 50% of SS-rank Hunters received secret recruitment offers from the US and took immigration routes.

He hoped this wasn’t the case since Farming Company was being built in Korea.

But seeing Kim Suhyun’s continued connection with America through YouTube and news articles fueled his anxiety.

So Kang Sungjun felt he couldn’t just keep waiting.

He was perceptive.

Living a life of constantly attracting attention on YouTube, he prided himself on having a keen sense of survival.

Originally, he had no plans to return to streaming.

At least not for a while.

He planned to lay low until things calmed down, waiting until those mocking and criticizing him got bored and moved on to others.

Then he would make a moderate comeback.

Though it would be difficult for a disabled person missing an arm and a leg to enter an A-rank dungeon, Kang Sungjun still had 900,000 YouTube subscribers.

Of those, perhaps 100,000-200,000 were waiting to see when he would return, but even with lower-level dungeons and easy content, he could earn enough to make a living.

After all, his fame came from his straightforward abilities and sharp tongue, not exceptional skill.

So he turned on his stream,

Showing off his prosthetic arm and leg, when…

“Kuheck!”

His prosthetic leg broke, causing him to lose balance and fall, and the prosthetic arm he used to brace himself also snapped.

Which bastard?!

As he looked up, Kim Suhyun stood before him with a chillingly cold expression.

The face he had seen in the latest YouTube videos was now right in front of him.

Kim Suhyun grabbed his neck and greeted the camera.

Even in that moment, Kang Sungjun desperately held onto the camera.

This is my lifeline.

“L-live… kuheck.”

If he knows it’s live, he won’t do anything extreme, right?

How did he get here?

Could he have discovered who commissioned the hit?

That’s impossible.

One of Dark Site’s absolute principles is maintaining client confidentiality.

This isn’t for the client’s sake but a matter of Dark Site’s credibility.

Although Dark Site sells information about assassination attempts on major US figures to America, that’s a distorted story—in reality, they simply don’t accept contracts targeting key American figures, yet they don’t indiscriminately sell information about all clients.

How could such a treacherous assassination group survive otherwise?

So he believed—or wanted to believe—it wasn’t that.

But Kim Suhyun just sneered at the mention of being live.

“So what? Dark Site already confessed everything. Said they took hundreds of billions from you for an assassination contract.”

“You son of a—”

Suddenly, the surroundings changed.

“Huk! Kek kek.”

Instead of the building where he had been streaming, he found himself in a vast plain, and terror made his body tremble.

The small live chat window on his camera had long since frozen, and while the recording light was still on, the live broadcast indicator was gone.

And Kang Sungjun knew exactly where this was.

He had watched videos of this place over and over again.

Though a bit distant, the visible cabin looked exactly like the one in the videos.

“Fuck… AAAAARGH!”

Before he could understand why Kim Suhyun had laughed at the mention of being live, his remaining arm burned with pain and fell to the ground with a thud.

“AAAAARGH!”

This time, there was no immediate healing, and the burning pain in his arm along with the flowing blood made him dizzy.

His vision blurred.

Still, it seemed Kim Suhyun didn’t intend to kill him yet, as after letting him feel the pain for a while, he healed him again.

“I-I’m sorry.”

Kang Sungjun isn’t such a bad person.

The world just made him that way.

If he had been truly evil from the start, he wouldn’t have turned on YouTube and picked fights—he would have roamed dungeons openly killing Hunters.

He’s just the epitome of bullying the weak and cowering before the strong.

Someone who, with a little power, enjoyed bullying those weaker than him.

Naturally, when faced with someone stronger trying to crush him, he could abandon his pride immediately.

“Please spare me.”

There was no emotion in those eyes.

The look that suggested he could kill without any concern made Kang Sungjun’s mind go blank, feeling like he had become the lowest creature in the food chain.

“I tracked down from the Dark Site operative who contacted you and destroyed them all, and I’ll send you to join them cleanly. Don’t worry. And why would I kill you? What would I gain from killing people? You’re just going to die alone, without limbs, foolishly charging at Black Monkeys.”

Words that extinguished all hope.

“Please…!”

Despite his desperate plea, as he saw five Black Monkeys approaching from a distance, he could barely keep his eyes open.

Larger than humans.

Muscular, hairy bodies.

Looking at their mouths, he saw something dripping down their fur on all five of them.

“Is that drool…? FUCK!!!!”

In matters like this, Kang Sungjun was perceptive.

It would be his final insight.