novelzi Chapter 98
Chapter 98
Ryu Jinju suddenly widened her eyes at the appearance of a person wearing a puppy mask in front of her, then twisted her face and ground her teeth.
“You don’t have a personal grudge against me...?”
“Yes, well. Not yet.”
“...Who the hell are you?”
“Pardon?”
“...Where is the staff?”
“Well, they’re probably all fast asleep, don’t you think?”
“They were put to sleep... Is that so? Is that what happened...?”
Ha... Hahaha!!!!
Ryu Jinju laughed with a hearty voice. But the meaning behind it was closer to disappointment.
‘Yes, the game has already begun. It was already too late.’
The whistleblower who risked his life to expose the truth of the Hunter Management Office. He had sensed something was amiss in the situation and urgently conveyed information to her.
However, everything was already in the hands of the opponent.
‘The whistleblower was already under surveillance. That’s why they tracked the package the whistleblower sent and came here...’
The evidence to support this speculation was solid. Otherwise, there was no way this suspicious character would have appeared as soon as she received this information.
“So, who are you?”
“Pardon?”
The person wearing the dog mask extended his tongue and tilted his head sideways.
“Who’s behind you? Is it Kim Jiwon?”
“Kim Jiwon? Ah, the Hunter Management Director. That person! Hmm, I don’t know much about her. I just know the name.”
Ha.
Ryu Jinju let out a hollow laugh at the natural tone of voice.
‘Are you pretending to be innocent...? Your ulterior motives are so obvious.’
The situation was dire.
Her subordinates had all been compromised, and the appearance of this person here meant that the situation had been conveyed to Kim Jiwon’s ears.
However, if she could capture this guy, there might still be a chance.
‘All the subordinates were dealt with by surprise attacks, and then he revealed himself in front of me. Did he want to see my reaction?’
Though he was raised somewhere, he was making a mistake right now.
‘But he’s just a man. Judging by his voice, he seems quite young.’
Yes, there was no reason for her to lose.
“Now, enough talk, let’s get to it quickly. I don’t have much time either.”
Flick.
As Ryu Jinju moved back, the fox-masked figure behind her began to collect the documents hurriedly.
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As Jin Yuha revealed himself and confronted Ryu Jinju, exchanging words between them,
Meanwhile, the fox-masked woman, Mine Chul-sal Unit 5,with the enemy successfully diverted attention moved behind Ryu Jinju, grabbing the papers she had been looking at.
She immediately moved to the empty space on the ceiling and handed a stack of papers to Baek Seol-hee.
“Director, these are the documents Ryu Jinju was just looking at.”
Baek Seol-hee accepted the papers. Currently, her face was covered with a mask resembling a round-eyed bulldog.
“Hmm...”
Flipping...
Flipping...
Baek Seol-hee began to flip through the ledgers that Ryu Jinju had been looking at one by one.
“Director, but can our youngest catch that guy?”
The fox-masked figure looked down with a worried tone.@@@@
“Not the youngest.”
Baek Seol-hee cut off her words, still fixated on the documents as if uninterested.
“No, Ryu Jinju is not someone we can ignore. It seems difficult even for a rookie member to deal with her... But maybe helping a little...”
Swish.
Baek Seol-hee looked up at the fox mask.
“Still, it seems like it’ll take quite some time...”
“Hmm, let’s see.”
Baek Seol-hee calmly dismissed their concerns, and the Demon Extermination Unit members adjusted their postures and began to observe the two’s battle again.
As the first attack failed to land, Ryu Jinju gritted her lips and swung her sword again.
Swing!
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
Once again, five attacks flew her her single sword strike.
Watching the scene unfold, Ryu Jinju couldn’t help but admire inwardly.
“He’s skilled... The sword strikes are so precise it sends shivers down the spine. Flexible posture, clean swordsmanship, and swift movements.”
It was almost like praising her opponent. But that was all.
The difference was still evident.
While she swung her sword once, her opponent swung it five times.
“Is she going to keep responding like this?”
Ryu Jinju ‘s lips curled into a smirk.
“I’ve won.”
Although the outcome wasn’t decided yet, she was confident.
A man’s body couldn’t sustain this indefinitely.
In the end, she had the advantage in stamina and strength. In other words, their efficiency differed.
Wanting to quickly end it, Ryu Jinju infused more mana into her sword.
Swish!
Crackle!
The horizontally swung sword demolished the furniture in the office as it swung towards her opponent.
Her opponent once again overlapped sword strikes in response.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
For a moment, Ryu Jinju ‘s brow furrowed.
Something felt different, awkward even.
And soon, she could identify the source of this discomfort.
It was the number of sword strikes her opponent was using to counter.
“It’s... reduced by one?”
The metallic sound that had been overlapping five times until now was now reduced to four.
Ryu Jinju dismissed it as a coincidence and amplified the mana even further into her sword.
“Ha-ah-ap!!”
With a shout, a powerful surge of magical energy shot out from the tip of her sword towards her opponent.
It was like a mighty blow that could split her opponent’s body in half.
However...
Swish!
Clang! Clang!
Three times the metallic sound rang out.
“...What the...”
Swish!
Clang! Clang!
Twice the metallic sound echoed.
“How...”
Swish!
Clang!
Now, only one metallic sound reverberated.
The large greatsword came to a complete stop in front of the thin sword.
Silence fell.
Gradually, the smirk vanished from Ryu Jinju ‘s face.
Her expression turned incredulous.
Her eyes, tinged with fear, fixed on her opponent.
“...Is this even possible?”