SSS-Class Suicide Hunter

Paradise after the ending.

(2) ====================== “Now you have to think a little more about where you are going!”

said the witch.

She kept hitting my forearm with a rolled up newspaper.

Tuk! Tuk! I was so excited that I couldn't control myself.

“Are you drunk?”

"Yes.

Now, you've all joined the 5 major guilds.

But in reality, there is nothing different about being an independent.

Now that things have worked out so well, it’s good to create a new guild yourself.”

The witch smiled happily.

“If you are a hunter with a reputation that ranks third in the rankings, you should have a title of ‘guild leader’.

No matter how many guilds you join at the same time, the assortment doesn't match unless you're an ordinary guild member." I didn't feel well.

“It’s the guild chief.”

What kind of guild I'm going to be the head of? Not only did I not feel it, I couldn't even imagine it.

Is it necessary to have a Hunter as a subordinate in the first place? I have an army of skeletons.

"but." Recognizing that my complexion was not good, the witch shrugged.

Over her shoulder, the swordsman was silently looking at this side.

“You, like my grandfather, may be suited to solo playing.

There are surprisingly many people who have a romance to destroy everything with a dokgo die.

If you don't have any thoughts, I won't force you." “Uh-huh.

Are you telling me your backstory right now?”

“Even so… .”

The witch turned her head while ignoring the sword.

“What are those?”

Across the acacia forest road.

In a small plain, the soldiers of the continent were building something.

it was barracks Instead of giving up attacking the Maw's Paradise, they will rest today and return.

“Ah.”

I stroked my chin.

“These soldiers are from all over the continent.”

“Across the continent?”

"As for this...

.”

My explanation continued.

Of course, the story about the angler was omitted.

I only said how I deceived the forces of the continent.

The witch and the swordsman heard the story together, but the more the explanation continued, the more strange the expressions of the two became.

A word from the witch represented their thoughts.

“The King… .

You have a knack for lying.”

"What.

Thanks to you, I did not bleed and cleared it.”

“No, I am not blaming you.

On the contrary, he did really well.”

The witch's eyes narrowed.

It was the eyes of a merchant who recalled an insidious plan.

“From now on, we can trade with the continent as well.

It means we don't have to crouch any more to the old men out there.

bad guys! Hitting the price with food every day.

We’ll see if we can do that in the future.”

Anger flowed from his voice.

“Basically, trade between the tower and the outside world is unfair.”

said the swordsman.

“Capital, resources, technology.

Whatever it is, the outside world is richer than the tower.

Of course, there are elixirs and ingredients in the tower that cannot be obtained from the outside world, but...

.”

"food! Food is always a problem!”

The witch kicked the ground with her feet.

When I first saw him, I thought he was a blunt person.

Is it because the three of us broke through the 12th to 19th floors together? In front of us, the expression of emotions became very colorful.

That means we've become friends.

“Black Dragon Lord.

Anyway, you mean to start trading with people from this continent?”

"Yes? Of course.

The outside world has to taste the bitterness.”

"then." I smiled.

And he pointed to the camps set up on the plains.

“From now on, I will have to talk to those people.

If we just say 'Let's trade' blindly, wouldn't the seeds not work? To the people of the continent, we are strangers, and to us, the people of the continent are people from another world.”

"Yes." “I will lend you my name.”

I said.

“In another world, I am the former servant of the Emperor Shi Huang and the goddess’s apostle.

If you, too, make up your own words to say that you are an apostle sent by a goddess, at least it will be useful for starting a trade.”

"......." The witch's eyes narrowed.

“Thanks for the suggestion.

It's a valid offer.

But there's no way I'm going to lend you your name for free...

what do you want?" “It’s on the 20th floor.”

"What?" I looked around.

Acacia Forest.

small plain.

Esdel's hometown.

This little world was all on the 20th floor.

“I want the 20th floor.”

For a moment, the witch was speechless.

"...Wait a minute.

It's the 20th floor.

Are you sure you want to own the entire 20th floor?”

"Yes.

To be precise, it would be nice if all the land on the 20th floor belonged to me.”

"that… .”

"instead.

I will not receive anything from the 11th to 19th floors.

The other hunters also share the profits from trade with the continent.”

The witch's lips closed again.

It was an outrageous proposal.

Usually, once the hunters attack the stage, the participants share their achievements.

Ownership of the item.

and even the ownership of resources.

However, about half of the rights are shared by all hunters.

There is no precedent for someone to have an entire [floor].

"This… It is not something I can handle alone.”

The witch had a puzzled expression on her face.

“We have to call the other guild leaders and discuss it.”

"What.

I have nothing to do in the next 24 hours, so I’m waiting.”

“… Do you really want to have a stage here?”

The witch glanced around.

“It’s a land that doesn’t seem worth much even if you look at it.

Acacia Flower Road...

is pretty though There is not enough land for farming.

The size of the stage is also cramped.”

"Well." “It’s my experience, lord.

In this case, it is much more profitable to just receive the achievements cleared from the 11th to the 20th floor.

You can make a lot of money.”

i laughed “I like real estate more than money.

The land is the best.”

"call?" The witch sighed.

I'll collect the guild leaders.

Let's discuss it on the first floor." “It is.”

"Yes.

After all, you have to show your face to people at least once.

By the way… .”

The witch slowly looked away.

“There was something I wanted to ask you from a while ago.”

“Yes.”

“…what else is that?”

I looked in the direction the witch was pointing, and said, "Mr., bal… uh… fuck this, stop…! Stop! Is this such a difficult request, damn it! I have a grudge against me, what did I do wrong…!!" There, the top dancer in the tower was showing off her skills.

The dancer's sweat and tears flowed down and wet the acacia forest road beautifully.

It's beautiful.

"Black dragon wine." I smiled brightly, "The Black Dragon Lord didn't see anything." "Huh?" "I didn't see anything, you know." "......." The witch made a strange expression, the face of a biologist facing the mystery of a lifetime.

"Yeah.

There are different kinds of people in the world.

I'll understand.

But," said the witch.

He muttered, "You're not crazy either..." It was also a minority opinion.

“Yeah, I don’t care anywhere.”

The first-floor city I returned to after a long time in Babylon.

Others may see it as returning after only five days, but to me it was not.

Literally hundreds of days.

Returning to the city after many years.

"Haha." "Why?" “No.

Now I feel like I broke the stage a bit.”

The witch grinned, "Well, maybe you should listen a little more." "Yes?" "I told you.

Now people in the tower only talk about you.

Prepare your mind." There was no need to ask, “What kind of mental preparation?”

“Huh?”

“Maybe that…”

Not long after stepping on the first-floor transmission seat, the surroundings began to murmur.

Pedestrians on the street.

People who sell stalls on the roadside.

Hunters who were just getting ready to go hunting, whispered one by one.

You are a swordsman.”

“Then that person…”

“It’s the king!”

Someone shouted, and that was the starting point: “The Four Kings have appeared!”

A customer who was carefully examining used weapons at the stall turned his head, a man and a woman enjoying coffee in an outdoor cafe stood up.

A merchant selling rare flowers, a hunter chatting with colleagues, dozens or hundreds of people all looked at this side at once.

In an instant, a crowd swarmed in.

"Wow, woah---." “There is a rumor that he cleared the 20th floor by himself, is it true?”

“Look here! Wait! Here you go!" murmur murmur.

I didn't even have time to deal with anything.

Just a blink of an eye and people surrounded us.

It didn't end there either.

When I blinked twice, the siege was doubled in thickness.

"Huh… .”

“Don’t say anything.”

The witch whispered softly in a voice only I could hear.

“Have you no experience dealing with the media yet?”

“Yeah, what.

Absolutely." “Mysticism? A popular star?”

"Yes?" “It’s a concept.

Do you want to do it with a mystical concept, or with a popular star concept?”

Even as the witch whispered, the crowd tripled.

Our group's footsteps seemed to be about 30 times slower.

click! click! With every step I took, my phone's camera buzzed.

Oh My God.

I was out of my mind! “Once a concept is set, it is difficult to change it.

Do you want to answer me now?”

"Huh.

I understand the concept of mysticism, but what are the other popular stars?”

“It’s like a movie star.”

said the witch.

“First, I need to open a new social media account.

Separate the secretary who manages the image and the secretary in charge of the press.

Of course, you should hire someone to take care of your appearance and fashion.

Oh, don't worry about money.

The Black Dragon will take care of it.”

Still, my mind was gone.

Next to us, the swordsman frowned.

he muttered “I don’t want to do that shit, so I go alone.”

It sounded like a sensible thing to say.

“I’d like to ask you with the concept of mysticism… .”

"it's okay? People change when they are taken care of.

It's only natural that we'll be much better looking than we are now, and we'll see how we treat other humans with some new eyes.

In the case of an Inquisitor, you also appear as a magazine model and take a personal photo shoot?”

I knew that too.

Wasn't that what I was doing before returning 4,000 days to collecting magazines and pictorials like that? Even the black witch right in front of her was a regular model on the cover of a magazine.

"no.

Mysticism! Please be mystical.”

But if the party was me, it was a different story.

"Why? Don't you want to take a picture?" Did I get shot in the head! “I’m dying of shame!”

“At first, everyone was shy.

No, the Heretic Inquisitor was unaware of shame from the beginning...

that he is the exception king.

In fact, to be ashamed of it, it's much more so...

.”

“If it is not mysticism, I will leave the five major guilds.”

It was said with sincerity.

The witch laughed a little.

"okay.

I guess so.

You look like that.”

“What should I do with the concept of mysticism?”

“Simple.

Keep your expressionless expression.”

For the first time in my life, I was given advice such as 'make a good expressionless expression'.

“SNS activities are absolutely prohibited.

No magazine and broadcast appearances.

Even if a private broadcaster or a media company asks for an interview, he refuses.

It's okay to interview twice a year.

I will only send reporters whom I have verified in advance.”

Well.

“...is that all?”

“You don’t know yet how difficult this is.”

The witch grew tall.

“Interest is a drug.

The most addictive drug.”

The swordsman took over her words.

“It is also the drug that destroys people most thoroughly.”

"okay.

If only 10 humans paid attention to him, he would feel happy.

But when you come to this place, tens of millions of people react to just a few words.

There are very few people who can resist these drugs.”

More crowds came.

It was as if the entire city had gathered here.

“It’s all in vain.”

The swordsman said so.

"Yes.

But it’s a pleasant vain.”

The witch said so.

“Perhaps knowing how to enjoy these kinds of drugs is a trait of a famous person.

Until you get tired of drugs.

Or hold on for a while until you become disillusioned with your fellow drug users.

What will the king do?”

I looked around.

man's tent.

The crowd was packed with no gaps.

The camera flash constantly fired, and I had to squint.

The procession of flashes looked like a mirage, and the veil of phosphorus almost looked like a shadow.

“…No one else is as thirsty as I am.”

I opened my mouth.

“What I want to get is recognition.

And I don't know...

I think it’s a little different to get attention and to be recognized.”

I remembered the salt.

The Absolute Person who monopolized all the attention of the tower before returning 4000 times.

“I don't care if millions of people don't care.

It is enough just to show interest from the people around you.

Whether it's hundreds of thousands or millions, what I want to get from the world is...

It’s not about interest, it’s about recognition.”

"okay." The witch smiled.

“I am the one who thinks the two cannot be very separate.

If that's your answer, I'll respect it." “Yes.”

“I’m glad you are like that.”

That's something I've heard once before: "So, how do you make a good expressionless expression?" “I’ll tell you the secret.”

The sound of the crowd erupted from all directions.

Slowly, our speed slowed to about 10 centimeters per second.

"Remember a really bad memory." “A bad memory?”

“Yeah.

In my case, my father died in a civil war while I was outside.”

Said the witch calmly, "I was seven years old.

I was running away with my parents, but I think the soldiers were chasing me.

My father was left behind.

At that time, my father shouted, 'Don't look back, go now.' But..." The witch took the lead and walked through the crowd: "I really ran without looking back.

I heard gunshots, but I didn't look.

I kept running." Click! Click! The camera's flash didn't stop, "It was when I was a kid." “It happened when I was young.”

muttered the witch.

“It’s not that I hate running away.

that I was a child But, why didn't you look back? That would have been easy.

Just don’t even look.”

"........" "Whenever I have to put on an expressionless expression, I think of that time.

When I think back on the memories of my heart beating so fast, I can create expressionless expressions very well.

It’s like my own little magic.”

The witch looked at me.

“Do you have one or two memories like that?”

have.

dark alley.

I remembered the time when the head was caught by the flame and my whole body was set on fire.

"Iknow, right." I couldn't tell without looking in the mirror.

That I'm making a perfect expressionless expression right now.

“Look here for a second!”

“Tell me something!”

“Black Dragon Juice, the official announcement can be heard anytime… .”

“What kind of relationship are you two?”

“Swordsman! What do you think of the Four Kings!”

When I looked around again, my eyes became accustomed to the flash of the camera and I could see the surroundings clearly.

It was the first time I was surrounded by such a large crowd.

It was the first time I had been baptized with a flash like this.

But.

“Isn’t the effect direct?”

I wasn't as crazy as I was before.

It just calms my mind as usual.

The witch raised the corners of her lips slightly.

“You learn quickly.

You'll get used to it soon." Obviously, the world changed in 5 days.

But I haven't changed enough to have to change.52.