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Whether to call this fortunate or unfortunate.

Yang Ju-hee, who was overwhelmed by Ha Ye-rin’s cute yet overpowering atmosphere, was so frightened and flustered that she lost her composure as soon as the alcohol began to take effect.

It seemed as if she had forgotten that the person in front of her was a stranger, as she began to laugh and pour drinks without hesitation.

“No, I made one mistake and the boss…”

“I see.”

Ha Ye-rin responded dryly, clapping a few times, while Yang Ju-hee laughed gleefully.

“But, Ye-rin.”

“Yes. Unni.”

Once the alcohol took hold, Yang Ju-hee became invincible.

As soon as she realized she was older, she blurted it out.

Originally a man, Ha Ye-rin felt awkward hearing “unni” coming from her own mouth.

Having been active on the battlefield until recently, everyone she met was accustomed to addressing her by rank or as a senior rather than as an older sister or brother.

However, considering this was part of the mission, she soon became accustomed to it.

“What do you usually do, Ye-rin?”

“I’m a problem solver.”

“That doesn’t pay much, does it?”

“This is my first assignment, so I don’t really know.”

“I see…”

Yang Ju-hee thought with a clouded mind.

The profession of a problem solver that she knew of was generally associated with people who were financially struggling. They didn’t have much money to begin with.

This was a prejudice and stereotype that had solidified due to the main characters of problem solvers in comics.

In any case, in Yang Ju-hee’s eyes, the girl in front of her suddenly began to appear as a pitiable child with an unfortunate situation.

“A young child suffering like this already…! Oh dear!”

While it was true that she was young, her suffering was somewhat different from what Yang Ju-hee had in mind, but it was true that she had suffered until now.

Though their situations were somewhat reversed, Yang Ju-hee felt a desire to help the girl in front of her in some way.

“Do you have any worries, Ye-rin? Just tell unni! Unni’s abilities are better than you think~.”

“Well… then, is there a way to get more assignments?”

“If you promote yourself more vigorously…?”

“How should I promote myself…?”

“What about internet broadcasts?”

Again.

Elena also suggested trying streaming, and she received recommendations for internet broadcasting. Do people in this world only know about internet broadcasting? Since there were frequent cases of broadcasting or YouTube for promotion purposes on new platforms, companies, and even on TV, it was a decision made after much consideration from Yang Joo-hee’s perspective, but Ha Ye-rin had no idea about that.

“…I have no interesting things to say, and I’m not funny, so no one will watch.”

“No! Just looking at your face is entertaining enough. It will definitely be a hit…”

“….”

“And there hasn’t been a broadcast with the concept of solving requests until now, so this is a complete breakthrough, isn’t it?”

“Um… I’ll think about it.”

“Yeah! When you start the broadcast, make sure to tell me too!”

“Yes…”

…Well, still. If it’s not just for making money but for promoting as a solver…

If the purpose was to take requests from people far away, then considering internet broadcasting was reasonable.

First, she decided to think about what she needed to prepare before starting the broadcast.

“Ugh….”

In the end, Yang Joo-hee, who drank heavily until well past 3 am, ceased to be human.

She became a dog.

“Unnie, where’s home?”

While supporting her as she half-crawled to catch a taxi to send her home, she asked, but she didn’t answer the question and instead asked strange questions.

“Eriiinaaa… Call me again next time?”

“Unless I’m not busy with something else. Where’s home?”

“Uh… thank you…”

“…Where’s home?”

“Can I touch your tail?”

“No.”

“Uh….”

* * *

Rude… No, stubborn. Park Cheol, whose real name was Cheol Park, had been on hiatus for several days.

It was a hiatus conducted under the pretext of intensive training. Fortunately, since his profession was a hunter before he became a broadcaster, he frequently took breaks, so there were few viewers looking for him.

“This is driving me crazy….”

The reason he went into intensive training was none other than the video of ‘Cat’s Eye’ he received as a donator.

No matter how many times he tried it himself, he couldn’t grasp how he could fall at such a speed.

If even he finds it difficult to gauge his own rise to A-rank… wouldn’t that mean she’s at least a top-tier A-rank player?

“When you watch the video, it doesn’t seem like a very high building….”

In a game called “Save of Abyss,” he repeatedly fell from a height of about 10m in a personal training ground.

“Just falling won’t generate that kind of speed. That means I’ve hit a wall.”

No matter how many times he tried, achieving the same speed as in the video was impossible.

Before the speed could properly build due to gravity, he ended up face-planting into the ground.

Thanks to that, his pathetic HP continued to deplete.

Falling quickly and striking the enemy.

It seems easy just to say. In reality, it’s not a difficult task.

But what if the falling speed is reminiscent of lightning? What if that speed is what must be endured from a mere 10m height?

To land silently and stably at such a speed during free fall?

That would already be in the realm of the extraordinary.

In reality, despite repeatedly falling from a 10m height, Park Cheol only managed to reach the level of an ordinary fall, far from resembling lightning.

He couldn’t even manage to land properly while descending with a downward punch.

In his heart, he wanted to claim that it looked blurry just because he had seen it through a video. In reality, it wasn’t that fast! But he didn’t want to make excuses.

Park Cheol knows. Hunter cameras are not made using scientific technology but are manufactured through magic engineering and mana stones, known as ‘artifacts.’

If it had been just a little faster, even through the video, he could have observed the falling cat Nuna in detail.

Honestly, now he didn’t even feel like imitating the cat Nuna from the video.

He was just curious about how strong the cat Nuna really was.

“If I could just get close once, I’d have no regrets.”

In reality, if he got close, he would surely die, so only in the virtual world.

As fellow hunters, if he rises to A-rank and continues to act, he might encounter her someday.

Thinking such thoughts, Park Cheol decided to start streaming after a long time.

-Cheonha.

-Cheolha.

– Cheonbak, you’re back.

– Cheolha

– Cheolha

– Cheonbak, hi

– What are you doing here now??

“Ah~ Hello, everyone. I’ve been quite busy with some things, and today, after a long time, I thought I might do a live broadcast…”

[Cheonbak-nim, have you seen this? You donated 25,000 won!]

“Hmm? What video is this as soon as I came… Just a moment.”

As soon as he started the broadcast, Park Cheol, who seemed to be waiting, looked at the video Dohne sent with a bewildered expression.

An old video. Severe shaking as if hastily taken while evacuating.

“Oh, no. Is this a war zone? You shouldn’t send something like this. The Association’s members will come looking for you.”

By default, privately viewing or leaking videos related to a war zone, unless officially released, is strictly prohibited.

Park Cheol, greatly flustered, tried to quickly turn off the video, but hesitated upon seeing the chat window urgently opposing him.

-No no

-No no no

-This isn’t a battlefield

-It’s in Korea

-No no

-No no no no no no

-Something big is happening

-No no

-Why is the video quality like this

-You can tell it’s not

“Hmm… really? It’s not like they’re trying to stop me, right?”

-It’s real

-It’s not an assassination

-Oh, it’s from back then

-Yes, that’s right

-Why don’t you trust people so much, sir?

-Cheonbak oppa is cute being scared of getting banned

-It’s from the time of Anubis

After checking the chat window once again, Park Cheol relaxed and looked at the video.

Upon reviewing it, it was definitely not a battlefield. Rather, it seemed as if a disaster had struck domestically…

“Oh, this is from back then.”

Four years ago.

There was a sudden simultaneous occurrence of monster waves in Korea.

Gates appeared without warning, causing a “break” phenomenon, expelling monsters and bringing forth high-ranking narrative-type maus.

And this video was from when Anubis, a judgment-class maus known as the strongest except for those classified as transcendent or end-of-the-world level, suddenly appeared in Seoul.

It was an unprecedented crisis where the country could have been overthrown within minutes if things went wrong.

Fortunately, the units on the front lines were summoned and managed to suppress the situation before the damage escalated.

And there was one name in particular that stood out among those units…

“The Twilight Unit.”

An elite group of the elites, unlike other units that prevent the front line from collapsing.

A legendary unit established to become a spear itself and pierce the heart of the enemy.

“But why did this video suddenly…?”

Park Cheol, who had been staring blankly at the scene of the accident four years ago, unintentionally let out a gasp.

Because the familiar face he had been watching repeatedly over the past few days was present in the video.

The image quality was poor, and the familiar cat ears and tail were not visible. Moreover, because it was a video from four years ago, she looked much younger than she does now.

Without a doubt, she was ‘Cat Eyes.’