The Hunter’s Gonna Lay Low Chapter 16

“Your face is going to get drilled through.”

Lee Sayoung said leisurely and propped his chin. The voice that had been heard from inside the gas mask flowed out over his lips. The impression was that the black hair and the calm purple eyes suited the voice well. Every time he blinked, thick, long eyelashes cast shadows.

The flexibly extended bridge of the nose and the small mole below the left side of his plump lips. Overall, it was a beautiful appearance with thin lines as if painted with a brush. It was a delicate and splendid feeling, yet somehow languid.

Funny enough, Wijae understood why Sayoung wore a gas mask. In his own opinion too, walking around showing that face everywhere seemed like it would cause all sorts of headaches.

It was true that Lee Sayoung was unsatisfactory in many ways, but objectively, this guy’s face was like that. Should he say it drew attention in a different sense from that gas mask. When he wore the gas mask, he was simply a lunatic not worth dealing with, but once it was off, the difference was that he became a lunatic whose face matched his worth.

A few Hunters still remaining glanced at Sayoung, but he didn’t seem particularly uncomfortable. His attitude was that he was used to receiving others’ attention. Rather, following Sayoung’s gaze, the Hunters hurriedly averted their eyes as if they’d been burned.

Lee Sayoung, who had cleared the surroundings without a single word, picked up his spoon. At the same time, Wijae also moved his steps since his business was done. Just what would he say after eating the hangover soup? It was the moment Wijae slowed his pace pretending not to care and pricked up his ears. As if to scratch his itch, Bae Wonwoo asked.

“How is it. Tasty?”

“The broth is hot.”

“Of course it’s hot, it was just boiled, you crazy bastard. I mean the taste, the taste.”

“The meat is tender.”

“Right? The meat here separates from the bone super tenderly.”

“Yeah, well. It’s decent.”

Lee Sayoung nodded slightly. It was a lukewarm reaction, but at least he hadn’t said it was bad. Only then did Wijae feel a little relieved.

Wijae glanced at the hall while catching up on the piled-up dishes in the kitchen. Unlike before the order when he’d been picking a fight, Sayoung was eating quietly without causing much trouble. During the time the two people sitting in the eye of the storm ate, a brief peace settled inside the hangover soup restaurant.

Around the time he was almost done with the dishes, Sayoung rose from his seat first. Not long after, Bae Wonwoo also stood in front of the counter and called Wijae.

“Part-timer, can I pay please!”

“Yes, just a moment—”

Wijae took off the rubber gloves and roughly wiped the remaining moisture on his hands against his pants a couple of times. On the tables he passed on the way to the counter, there were two ttukbaegi pots—one scraped clean to the bottom and one with a little broth left. It was natural since they hadn’t ordered more, but Wijae was inwardly surprised that Bae Wonwoo had only eaten one bowl.

“That’ll be thirty thousand won.”

Sayoung held out two fifty-thousand won bills. Is this a money show-off? Wijae thought ‘What a strange bastard’ and plucked out just one bill. When he took out twenty thousand won as change, Sayoung looked even more dumbfounded.

“I paid for the tableware too.”

“…Why?”

“Didn’t I tell you my name?”

“You told me, so what.”

“You didn’t search it….”

Sayoung, blinking lightly, spoke in an admiring tone.

“Hyung really doesn’t know me.”

And he opened his mouth a bit wider, briefly showing his tongue. Not an ordinary crimson, but a tongue black to the very tip appeared. Sayoung, confirming where Wijae’s eyes were headed, lightly bit the tip of his tongue with his front teeth.

“I have poison in my mouth too, so,”

‘Wait a second, fuck.’

“I don’t eat out much.”

No wonder the space around this bastard was empty in a circle! Wijae unconsciously looked back at the table where Lee Sayoung and Bae Wonwoo had eaten. He’d thought it was safe because he was wearing gloves, but who knew he was a snake bastard with poison in his mouth too. This is why you shouldn’t just read the headlines of articles but read the content too. There was a reason for everything when it came to wearing a gas mask.

Sayoung smiled brightly.

“Yeah…. It seems we need to get to know each other a bit.”

‘No thanks, you crazy bastard.’

“I’ll come again next time.”

Wijae’s next words came out of his mouth.

“Don’t come.”

“Then tell me your name next time.”

“I said don’t come.”

Wijae openly glared at Bae Wonwoo. The meaning was: take your Guild Master and get the hell out. Wonwoo, who had perfectly caught that meaning, slowly pushed Lee Sayoung’s back with his palm. However, South Korea’s rank 1 was not to be trifled with. Lee Sayoung, who was neither pushed nor not, suddenly spoke.

“Your hair.”

“Hm?”

“It’s black? Did you dye it?”

Damn, how did he know that too. Fortunately, the Poker Face trait was still on. Wijae answered shamelessly.

“What are you talking about.”

“I thought gray was kind of showing back then.”

‘A guy wearing a gas mask, why are your eyes so good?’

It was fortunate that Haeun had told him it was time to dye. Thinking he should buy her at least one slime toy she wanted, Wijae answered.

“You must have seen it wrong. Why would a perfectly fine person’s hair be gray.”

Lee Sayoung, as if Wijae’s rebuttal wasn’t worth answering, only said what he wanted to say.

“Your eyes too.”

“…What?”

“They’re black.”

“Korean people’s eyes are black, obviously.”

“It’s strange.”

Lee Sayoung, who had fumblingly put the gas mask back on, stared blankly at Cha Wijae through the lenses.

“When I saw you then, they were blue.”

A chill ran down Wijae’s spine for a moment. Had he seen it in that fleeting moment before shaking off the pursuer’s eyes?

‘Ah, this bastard is really troublesome.’

The moment Wijae’s lips were hardening, the purple eyes narrowed and Sayoung pulled his body back.

“Well… that’s it for today. I’ll go, hyung.”

“Goodbye, customer.”

“Won’t you call me Sayoung?”

“Go, please.”

Sayoung left behind a small laugh and disappeared. Bae Wonwoo, scratching his head with a face that didn’t understand what was going on, bowed and left the hangover soup restaurant. The hangover soup restaurant swept by the storm was filled with nothing but silence. Wijae stared at the two fifty-thousand won bills on the counter and muttered.

“What a lunatic bastard….”

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Title: [Anonymous] These days we have team dinners at the hangover soup restaurant almost every day

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Is this normal?

I’m suspecting our whole team is being subjected to workplace bullying…

The hangover soup is tasty… It is tasty but…

Eating it every day is a bit…

Comments (14)

—Is it Vice Guild Master’s team? lololol

　└Yeah…

—Vice Guild Master originally loves hangover soup lololol Are you taking your team members now too?

　└I heard the Guild Master prepaid five million won at the hangover soup restaurant

　└???

　└What?

　└Not Vice Guild Master but Guild Master???????

　└Five hundred? [t/n: the commenter mistakenly says 500]

　└Yeah, he tried to prepay fifteen million won but the part-timer and Vice Guild Master stopped him, so he only did five million

　└No, he should prepay ten million at a hanwoo place, why the hangover soup restaurant

　└Right, why the hangover soup restaurant??

　└I don’t know… So we’re eating hangover soup every day… It’s nice saving on meals though…

　└240 is a free spirit but this is newly bizarre and baffling

　└Right

《Knowledge ON》

1. [Question] I was obstructed in business by a Hunter

Hello, I work at a small shop. If a Hunter obstructs business, where should I report it? I’m debating between the police and the Awakened Management Agency.

1. [Questioner’s pick]

According to the Awakened Special Act, Awakened-related incidents should be reported to the Awakened Management Agency. Even if you report to the police, it gets transferred to the Awakened Management Agency anyway, so it actually takes more time to process. Report to the Awakened Management Agency from the start.

I don’t know what kind of business obstruction you experienced… but is it perhaps a Hunter’s abuse of power issue? Taking advantage of the poor public sentiment regarding abusive Hunters, you could post on an anonymous board to publicize it. If the Hunter belongs to a guild, the guild’s legal team will contact you to settle for image management. For free Hunters, I can’t guarantee it, but… if you know a reporter, try an interview too.

　└Q+. [Questioner’s additional question] 　

If I report to the Awakened Management Agency, does a Hunter from the Agency come in person? 　

└A+. [Answerer’s additional answer] 　

Usually an investigator is dispatched first, but if it’s a somewhat well-known Hunter and the evidence is clear, an Awakened Management Agency Hunter will come right away.

1. Who? lol Still someone doing abuse of power? Just tell me the Hunter name initials and I’ll clean them out yes yes
2. If they come again, record it and spread the transcript online, let’s go for justice~

Comments (5)

—If it’s a high-rank Hunter, their ears are good and they’re quick to notice, so they’ll notice you recording with a normal device. Breaking the machine? That’s nothing to them. If you’re going to record, use a recorder with a dungeon reward item or magic stone in it.

　└Easier said than done ** lolol how does an ordinary person get a dungeon reward item and a magic stone recorder?

　└If you have Hunter connections and money, it’s easy to get.

　└If you have Hunter connections and money it’s easy~

1. This is Park Cheolmin, reporter for Hanmin Daily. If you’re interested in an interview, please email me at the address below. I’ll guarantee your anonymity.