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“The pilgrim came directly. He said he would come back soon.”

“You mean you know where we are?”

“You couldn’t leave yet, so I thought you would be around. If you tell me the exact location, I will pass it on to you.”

“Hmm… I see.”

After hanging up the phone, Kabulsky’s expression was not so bright.

Even if you get the desired result.

“We know we are here…”

Toulouse asked me to tell you the exact location, but if I recall the words of Toulouse a while ago, pilgrims said that they go to Toulouse when they want.

“It’s as if it was deliberately tailored to the situation.”

It didn’t require great wisdom, and if he had any thoughts, he would have asked the location beforehand.

But the pilgrim was not like that.

As if to hide what they already knew where they were.

“Are you saying you’re not alone?”

Then an idea ran through Kabulsky’s head.

In the current situation, the most urgent place to move is none other than the United States.

The United States did not show an active appearance even though Russia moved directly.

At first, I wondered if he was watching Hunter Kim Seong-hyun, but since the situation was so perfect, I couldn’t help but doubt it.

Kabulsky was convinced that the pilgrim’s existence already had links with the United States.

“Hey, I knew this.”

Kabulsky’s hardened expression gradually brightened.

It was as if he had grasped a huge hidden secret.

“Go back. They say the pilgrim is coming.”

“Yes.”

I don’t know whether the pilgrim’s ability to move is his or her ability to crystallize, but if the latter is the case, it was also proof that American technology could be grasped again.

So Kabulsky had already gained a lot, and even though he had not yet met the pilgrim in person, he smiled with satisfaction.

Just one.

If a pilgrim really had a deep relationship with the United States, they needed something to turn that relationship upside down.

‘What Russia can give, America can give. I can give you more, better things.’

Kabulsky knew right away that Russia would have to give up a lot to catch such a pilgrim.

“I must prepare to meet the pilgrims.”

“There are not many people, so I think we should hire mercenaries.”

At the word mercenary, Kabulsky wrinkled his eyebrows and gave him a pint glass.

“mercenary? Stop sounding like a mercenary. Whether it’s the ability to move or the equipment, nothing has been revealed, but if you prepare the personnel for nothing, you will only face a headwind.”

“Sorry, I’m sorry.”

“Still… a mercenary with a search ability wouldn’t be bad. Responsible and hire as many mercenaries with search capabilities as possible.”

The subordinate, who had lost the grass by holding the pinzan, answered Kabulsky’s words, who sympathized with him again, with more enthusiasm.

“Yes!”

“The mercenaries are placed at a distance from where they meet the pilgrims. Even if the pilgrims use their movement abilities to escape, they won’t be able to fool the eyes of so many people.”

Toulouse had promised to call back before the pilgrims showed up.

“Give me a seat, right? I don’t know if I’m overconfident or arrogant.”

I would prepare a lot of people and equipment, but I didn’t intend to use it right away.

This is the final finale. It was the last move the pilgrim would use when he turned down all offers.

Shortly after Kabulski returned to his hotel, Toulouse was contacted immediately.

“They say you are coming to visit us tonight.”

“…Tonight?”

“Yes. If you are having a hard time tonight, you said that you would visit another place first and then visit.”

“…All right. Let’s do it tonight.”

After hanging up, Kabulsky nervously threw the phone away.

“…are you expecting everything?”

I didn’t know where the pilgrim’s gaze would reach, so I had to bring in a small number of people from the beginning, so I needed more people now, but the reason I contacted them today and came to meet them was that I wouldn’t give them time to bring in the additional people.

“After all…it can’t have anything to do with the United States.”

As this happened, Kabulsky’s doubts turned into certainty.

Unless the pilgrim was a top-level hunter, he would not have been able to grasp his movement, and that was obviously the United States was delivering information from behind.

“Well, if we meet today, we will know everything.”

And it wasn’t just about knowing.

At least it had to result in taking pilgrims.

“The search team has been hired.”

“Good work. In your home country?”

“The selection of personnel has been completed. It is expected to arrive tomorrow morning.”

“Call me back right away and tell them to use the equipment. Tonight. A pilgrim appears.”

“Oh, is it tonight?”

Time is much tighter than expected.

“okay. So make sure you get there before tonight. Otherwise, everything is in vain. I think the pilgrims have something to do with America.”

“…and America…”

“Come on, move.”

“Yes!”

Kabulsky began to anticipate the conversation with the pilgrim like that, and as time passed, the evening drew near.

“Everyone has arrived.”

“Huh, that’s good. How many members are there?”

“There are a total of 47, and they are all top hunters.”

“Great. I’ve already finished talking to the hotel, so please disguise yourself as a hotel employee and keep your seat.”

“Yes.”

Just before night came, luckily everything was ready.

Now all that remains is to wait for the pilgrim to appear.

“Come on… come on.”

This site will not be a pilgrim’s tomb, but it will be a pilgrim’s tomb.

From today onwards, the pilgrims will be active as Russian healers.

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“Is it here?”

Seong-hyeon, who immediately finished disguising herself as a pilgrim, was spending time from lunch to night near the hotel in Kabulsky in the first place.

“You are very busy.”

People who started appearing where people shouldn’t be.

They were Hunters, and they kept a certain distance between them.

“We also hire local mercenaries…”

That wasn’t all.

A huge magical power appeared in the inside of the hotel for a moment and then disappeared.

There was only one reason for this to happen.

There was no such thing as a huge attack inside the hotel, so it must be a movement-related phenomenon.

“If it’s this size… how are you going to be close to 50 people?”

There were also times that I deliberately pressed the time so that something like this would happen.

Of course, it wasn’t because it was difficult to deal with.

I just didn’t want to do anything annoying.

But the board has already been made.

Russia was also in Seonghyeon’s plan, so there was no option not to go.

Seonghyeon moved around the hotel after confirming that all the hotel staff were suddenly shifting.

“How did you get here?”

“I have someone to meet. Suite room.”

“I’ll see you.”

Kabulsky was the only person staying in the suite room at this hotel, so Seong-hyeon followed the guidance of a suspicious hotel staff.

In the hallway on the floor where the suite room is located, people exuding a lot of suspicious energy like the hotel staff who are now guiding Seong-hyeon were working.

“I consider it. I hope you have a great time.”

“thank you.”

Upon entering the opened door, Kabulsky greeted Seong-hyeon with a smile.

“hello. It is such an honor to see the pilgrim like this.”

“You’re welcome.”

“Then would you like to sit down?”

“It is.”

Seonghyeon checked the inside of the room the moment she sat down.

There was nothing special in the room, considering that there were a lot of people standing outside.

‘I’m not going to give you a proof, right?’

“Can I call you Pilgrim-sama?”

“Yes, please. Then I…”

“You can call me Kabulsky.”

“Then Kabulsky, may I ask why you came to Toulouse?”

Kabulsky, who met Seong-hyeon’s eyes, knew right away that he wasn’t asking a question because Seong-hyun didn’t really know.

This formal question was just a signal for wanting to get straight to the point.

“Before that, I think the pilgrim already knew where I was?”

“I’m from Russia, can I not know?”

“It’s not like that… he’s acting as if he’s been informed in advance by someone.”

As he finished speaking, Kabulsky glanced at Seong-hyeon, but his expression was not visible because he was covered with a hood.

“If so. Does that matter?”

“…Yes?”

“For example, if I received information from somewhere, be it the United States or Korea, Japan or China, will Kabulski change your words and purpose here?”

“It’s… no.”

“Then I will ask you again. Why did you come to Toulouse?”

As Seong-hyun said, even if Kabulsky’s question is true, what changes is Kabulsky’s response and attitude, not the result.

“Since there have been articles like that in the media…we can’t stand still. As the pilgrims know, the current power is virtually the same as that held by the Republic of Korea. Because of one hunter with that healing power.”

“Now then, Kabulsky’s horse has come to me for power. Can I see you like this?”

Kabulsky, who paused for a moment at Seonghyeon’s question, looked straight at Seonghyeon and said.

“I’m going to have power… it’s not wrong, but it’s also wrong.”

“Why?”

“Originally, power is at its most unstable when one has everything. Well, in the distant past, there have been leaders like Seonggun or something, but in the present era, even if such a person appears, they cannot exert the same influence as they did back then.”

“You need me to divide the power that will eventually be concentrated in one place. This is what you are saying.”

“You saw it right.”

Seonghyeon lightly sips the car in front of him and gazes into Kabulsky’s eyes.

“Is there any reason it has to be Russia?”

“Before answering that question, is there anything else you would like a pilgrim to do? There are a lot of things I prepared, but if you know what you want first, won’t it reduce meaningless conversations?”

“Actually, what I want is simple. It doesn’t interfere with me. Of course, I know it’s impossible.”

“We don’t expect much from pilgrims. Just solid proof of belonging to Russia. That’s all.”

It was Kabulsky who was in a hurry at this place.

Since we moved first in the first place, we had to get certain results first.

“So, have you prepared this many people?”

“…”

“It’s like if the conversation doesn’t go well, something will happen.”

“Does the pilgrim have anything to do with America?”

“America? What…”

Seong-hyeon, who was about to answer Kabulsky’s words, paused for a moment.

Why did Kabulsky ask such a question?

‘The US is not moving, and I have a lot of information, so did you think that way?’

“Well… it’s not a deep relationship.”

“Also!!”

There was no need to correct this misunderstanding.

For Sung-hyun, dealing with Russia and other countries right now was quite cumbersome.

“Then, do you have anything more to say?”

“…what did America give you?”

“You don’t even have to do that. It’s just a difference in time, because one day I will have a relationship with everyone.”

“Can I believe that?”

Kabulsky’s expression was not the expression of a person wishing for faith.

His eyes seemed to ask for thoroughly credible evidence.

To those funny eyes, Sunghyun answered with a smile that he couldn’t see.

“If you don’t believe me, what are other options…?”

“…”

“Then stop.”

Seonghyun disappeared from my sight in such an instant.

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