NOVEL NEXT Chapter 39
Meanwhile, while Parang and Vertea were busily retrieving Alexandra’s corpse.
The community was, as always, ablaze.
[Today’s Monster Fish War Highlights.gif] [78]
[Bambaspis, this madman] [45]
[“What are you doing? Post it.”] [99]
[Shin Yuna giving Yu Parang a shoutout during the broadcast] [32]
[But what’s Yu Parang’s personal life even about??] [51]
[Is this an internet celebrity gallery or a hunter gallery?] [87]
[Great Fish Hunter is really damn pretty] [55]
[Today’s Yu Parang broadcast featuring a foreigner, lol] [41]
[Yu Parang’s monster execution scenes compilation] [31]
[Is this an internet celebrity gallery or a hunter gallery?]
[Author: Naimilimmhahnag]
(Screenshot blending Yu Parang’s face into Delacroix’s “Liberty Leading the People”)
Both were wrong.
From today onward, this is the “Yu Parang Gallery.”
– (Worship Con)
– (Worship Con)
– (Worship Con)
…
[Great Fish Hunter is really damn pretty]
[Author: Who called me?]
(A collection of GIFs of Vertea)
Ah, damn it, Parang, I’m sorry…
– Ah, shit, I like redheads.
– What do you mean sorry? You can like both.
N – How does that work?
N – Great Fish Hunter lives in France, so when she streams in the afternoon, it’s night there.
N – Wow, damn, you genius?
[But what’s Yu Parang’s personal life even about??]
[Author: No need to know]
The room’s head is honestly strong, though.
(Screenshot of Vertea boiling a whole monster.)
Honestly, there’s no way someone like this would declare defeat without hesitation against Yu Parang.
I don’t think she’s ever mentioned a personal life on her stream.
– Shit, thinking about it, huh?
– If you go to the Hunter Association’s site, it’s marked private.
N – That’s because 90% of hunters keep it private.
N – Where did you see it? Link, please.
N – (link)
N – Didn’t know?
N – I thought it’d be S-tier.
[Shin Yuna giving Yu Parang a shoutout during the broadcast]
[Author: Yeah, get lost right now.]
(Recording of Shin Yuna’s broadcast)
(Yu Parang’s broadcast clip came in as a video donation.)
“Oh, I’ve seen this before, but the important part to pay attention to is…”
She cut off her own broadcast and spent an hour explaining Yu Parang’s highlights.
– Crazy girl, lol.
– But she’s been a bit crazy for a while.
– What’s being made back there?
N – An unmanned submersible. She’s planning deep-sea exploration.
N – Didn’t she say that before?
N – This time, she got decent skills and safety consulting, so it’s supposed to be okay.
N – Who’s the safety consultant?
N – Who else but Yu Parang?
[Today’s Monster Fish War Highlights.gif]
[Author: I need a spell.]
(Muros dodging Hinus’s attacks in a GIF)
(Hinus smashing against the wall in another GIF)
…
(Bambaspis staring dumbly at each other. The tension is suffocating.)
(Bambaspis’s combat scenes. The intensity, action, narrative, and emotion can’t be expressed in words.)
Just Yu Parang, the GOAT of all broadcasts <— if you admit it, upvote, lol. - Upvote. - Upvote. - Upvote while howling. - After watching this, I ripped Bambaspis apart. N - Why’d you rip that, damn? Lol. - To call something the GOAT feels a bit lacking… I feel like that initial terrifying and frustrating flavor is gone. N - What kind of initial flavor are you talking about from someone who’s only streamed three times? N - But it is true, though. N - But I agree with that. The taste from catching Galecus feels a bit lost. [“What are you doing? Post it.”] [Author: I'm done for, self-destruct.] (Yu Parang's profile picture) Every day the same bait, the same talk, he gave light and salt to the Hunter Gallery. The one and only god of broadcasting, Daily high points being refreshed. (Parang's broadcast profile picture) GREATEST OF ALL TIME GOAT Great Parang - Upvote. - Upvote. - (Worship Con) Squeezing— Shin Yuna quietly pressed the recommend button and closed the community. Ah, today’s broadcast was fulfilling. Time to get the popcorn and beer and review Yu Parang’s broadcast. She opened the fridge wide. There was no beer. Yuna smacked her forehead and headed to the convenience store. Meanwhile, in Seoul. Hunter Association Asia Headquarters. Step- Step- Seo Sunwoo, head of the Hunter Association Asia headquarters and Seoul Branch, He shifted his steps toward the Branch Head Office. A Silo agent disguised as a top executive of the Hunter Association. That means he must handle the duties as a Hunter Association branch chief without a hitch while also managing Silo's tasks without being detected by the Hunter Association. If it weren’t for his superhuman work efficiency and strength far exceeding that of a typical hunter, he would’ve collapsed from overwork long ago. Moreover, to make matters worse, Silo and the world government’s behind-the-scenes power struggle had reached critical levels. Silo and the world government were at each other's throats over the damned ocean issue, while the newly coup-ridden President Natsuko kept an eye on the situation while reshuffling internal personnel. In the midst of this, Silo and the world government were trying to push their power back into the Hunter Association, resulting in an overlapping power struggle between the two. In such a situation, Seo Sunwoo was working as ‘the top executive of the Hunter Association (abbreviated).’ To top it all off! A new directive had just come down from Silo. About the Yu Parang hunter. He received word the night before that higher-ups had contacted her first. It was right after Parang met with a mysterious man. This was not originally scheduled. According to the plan, the Yu Parang hunter was supposed to first contact the core Silo figure through her meeting with Seo Sunwoo at the Hunter Association. Thanks to that, he had to overhaul nearly 70% of what he had planned. “Sigh...” He pressed his hand against his forehead. Having come this far, he thought he had seen it all, but life still didn’t go as he wished. Yet, he persevered day by day with an incredibly superhuman mindset and tenacity. Remarkably, he had managed to handle everything from Silo's task regarding the Yu Parang hunter to the business of the Hunter Association branch chief. He envisioned soothing his fatigue by sipping on the high-grade green tea he had saved in the branch head office. Just imagining it brought him joy. But the moment he opened the door to the branch head office… Clink- “Oh, branch chief.” Seo Sunwoo couldn't help but feel like tearing his hair out. “President.” Igarashi Natsuko. The current president of the Hunter Association, was sitting on the guest sofa of the branch head office, sipping the green tea. Of course, his expression was perfect. Irritation or fatigue couldn’t be found even if he searched with a magnifying glass. But he wasn’t completely expressionless either. Just a slightly bewildered expression containing the question, ‘Why is the president here?’ A thoroughly fabricated expression. He walked over and sat facing Natsuko. The scent wafting from the teacup placed between them was rich. “This green tea tastes really good.” “I was saving it to drink alone later.” Seo Sunwoo replied nonchalantly. After all, she was still his superior, and it could come off as a bit rude. But Natsuko didn’t seem to care. “What do you mean saving? It was clearly sitting right there on the desk.” “Usually, no one enters the general headquarters office to drink tea off my desk.” “We’ve shared life and death together for years. What’s a cup of tea? I’ll just get you some fresh one. And, I told you to speak comfortably. This feels awkward.” “…Alright, I got it.” Seo Sunwoo sighed deeply. That image was truly the sight of a comrade who had shared life and death joking about Natsuko. It was all an act. Seo Sunwoo truly despised Natsuko. He felt like ripping off Natsuko's neck at any moment. But what came out of his mouth was completely different. “Now that you’re president, keep your dignity. Forcefully barging into your subordinate’s space… what is it this time?” “I’ve lived my life fighting all the time, so I’m not used to this. I’m actually surprised how quickly you’ve adapted. And you know why I’m here.” “Sigh… fine. I’ll give it to you now, so hurry up and get back. I don’t want to spend my break with superiors.” Seo Sunwoo pulled a small USB from the desk drawer of the branch head office and handed it to Natsuko. It contained classified materials from Silo. Depending on how Natsuko uses it, it could definitely deal a blow to Silo. All of this was instructed by Silo to leak to Natsuko. On the surface, it appeared as if Seo Sunwoo had procured the secrets by deploying people into Silo. Silo chose to embed individuals near Natsuko, even at a slight expense. It was also to maintain the state of Natsuko's position. Through Natsuko's coup, they could implant a significant number of Silo personnel into the Hunter Association. Currently, the Hunter Association was practically showing their cards to Silo. As long as they could maintain her regime with minimal loss, they would profit. Silo planned to support her regime until Natsuko became unnecessary or uncontrollable. After all, eliminating her would require Silo to take substantial losses as well. Of course, Natsuko was a very, very dangerous individual. However, Silo judged that having someone whose intentions were transparent in the position of president was more beneficial than having an unknown who could not be seen through. Only the materials related to Yu Parang were thoroughly excluded. Natsuko was only aware that the world government and Silo had recently been feuding fiercely, unaware that it was a battle over the ocean. Naturally, Natsuko had no idea of Yu Parang's true identity. To her, Parang was just a B-tier hunter, nothing more or less. Given the current situation around Yu Parang, it's likely Natsuko would soon become aware of Parang’s existence, but the later that moment happens, the better it is. Well, whatever the case. These intertwining reasons allowed Seo Sunwoo to firmly position himself within the association as ‘a sword to keep Silo in check.’ The agent sent by the Hunter Association to Silo was, in fact, Silo's pawn. Natsuko accepted the USB and gave him a faint smile. To Seo Sunwoo, that smile felt endlessly terrifying. He had directly witnessed how many lives had been cut down along with that smile. Countless souls had perished meeting her crimson eyes. Among them was his reason to live. After that reason disappeared, he found a new reason to live. To see Natsuko's body torn to shreds with his own eyes. That was his life goal and the driving force for his day-to-day survival. Finally, Natsuko left the room. Seo Sunwoo's expression, which had been smiling and waving, instantly hardened. What remained was an unbearable urge to kill and hatred. But soon, even that feeling was buried deep within him. He began to tenderly brew some extra tea leaves he had saved. Huu- Hurp. In the silent room, the only sound echoing was the brewing of the tea.