novelzi Chapter 120: Please Call Me Bodyguard Yu Il-Shin
Chapter 120: Please Call Me Bodyguard Yu Il-Shin
chapter 120: please call me bodyguard yu il-shin
once, the people of jinan city in china’s shandong province led peaceful lives.
“aaaaaargh!”
“a-a monster!”
“eeeek!”
but one day, everything went up in a smoke as a gate opened, from which monsters emerged.
-hooo! hooo!
amidst his escape, wang chen had stumbled and fallen onto the ground. he could only helplessly stare at the monster before him. a rhinoceros monster larger than a dump truck, with horns sprouting all over its body, salivated over him. an a-rank spiky rhinoceros.
sweating bullets, wang chen’s shaved head was soaked, as if drenched in rain.
why?!
why was this monster chasing him, of all people?! he was just an unattractive, middle-aged man! surely, someone younger would be much tastier?!
sniff sniff!
the spiky rhinoceros’s nostrils, larger than an adult’s head, flared wide as it sniffed the bag at its feet. inside were the dumplings wang chen had spent an hour in line for at his favorite restaurant, half moon hall.
was this the cause?!
in the next moment, a tall shadow loomed over him. the spiky rhinoceros spread its cavernous mouth, about to swallow wang chen and the dumplings at once!
“aaargh! buddha! please save me!” wang chen screamed, squeezing his eyes shut.
if i’d known this would happen, i would’ve gotten married first!
swoosh!
just then, a man appeared in the sky. he descended at tremendous speed, slamming his fist into the spiky rhinoceros’ head.
baaaam!
then, something incredible happened. like a squashed watermelon, the terrifying spiky rhinoceros’ head exploded into a messy spray!
“...?” wang chen cautiously opened his eyes.
a grubby, shaggy-haired beggar stood before him with a bushy beard and a tattered training suit. even the clothes underneath were ragged.
one of those who hid in the area recognized the beggar and exclaimed in delight.
“beggar god! the beggar god has appeared!”
“oh! the rumored beggar god!”
the beggar god. nowadays, in china, a certain beggar had become a hot topic, reminiscent of the flower beggars of the past. despite his scraggly appearance, he actively healed the sick and defeated monsters more than any local hunter, putting him in the spotlight.
“beggar god! beggar god!”
as people started to cheer and surround him, the beggar god leaped into the sky. he was clearly avoiding the lavish attention.
baaaam! swoosh!
the beggar god saved those in danger and left immediately afterward! truly a hero of modern times! after such a close call, wang chen decided it was time for him to start going on blind dates. he didn’t want to become a bachelor ghost!
all of a sudden, wang chen felt hungry. well, let’s have lunch first. however, his bag of dumplings was nowhere to be found. no, wait. the beggar god had it! and he was walking into the distance!
“beggar god stole my dumplings!”
***
ding!
[your good deeds have increased by 1.]
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[quest: a hundred good deeds a day makes the world a beautiful place.]nôv(el)b\\jnn
quest rewards: secret elixir of resurrection.
effects: can resurrect the dead. made by infinite abundance by consuming her causality.
hug!
“eek! w-what are you doing! let me go!”
sung mi-na panicked, trying to push me away.
“waaah! ms. sung mi-na, i missed you so much!”
my tears overflowed like a broken dam. in this foreign land, sung mi-na was like an angel to me.
“haa...”
seeing i became a sobbing mess, sung mi-na sighed before hugging me tightly.
pat pat—
“there, there. don’t cry. u-unni—no, noona’s here. aren’t you a good boy?”
***
gone were the days when i would eat dumplings i’d picked up from the ground like some beggar.
chew chew! nyam nyam!
i was currently seated in first class on a chartered flight back to korea, elegantly relishing my meal. the exquisite taste pleased my mouth, while the cozy seat pampered my ass. no wonder people loved first-class seats when traveling by air!
sung mi-na, who sat across from me, frowned. “haa. no one’s going to steal your food, so slow down.”
despite her teenage appearance and prickly attitude, she was kind and trustworthy.
“gulp! mi-na noona, thank you! i’ll never forget the kindness you’ve shown me today!”
she turned away, blushing.
“...you should thank the chairman of the hunter association and shin yoo for preventing this from turning into an international issue. by the way, shin yoo used all his connections to arrange this chartered flight for you.”
oh, shin yoo, is it? so he isn’t just an annoying fanatic! i’ll be sure to be nice to him the next time we meet. i wonder if his training is progressing well?
“also, keep this in mind. we agreed on a narrative that the relief work you did in china was covertly requested by the china hunter association. if anyone asks you, you know what to say, right?”
“yes.” i nodded vigorously.
i wasn’t sure what they discussed in detail, but it was probably a grown-up thing. i’d accept everything as long as i could return to korea.
“but why would you appear on newtube? did it never occur to you that if you become famous, someone might recognize you?”
“huh?” i stared blankly at sung mi-na, who then sighed.
“i’m not sure if you’re smart or naive. sometimes, you’re like a frightened child, and other times, you’re as trustworthy as a god. what the hell... ugh.”
she pulled out a piece of napkin and wiped the sauce stain in the corner of my mouth.
“anyway, as soon as we land, we have to see the chairman of the hunter association.”
“why?”
“in case you didn’t know, things have been quite chaotic in korea recently. a few high-ranking hunters went missing all over the world. moreover, at least hundreds of hunters suddenly went missing in china, including that crazy bitch, lin xiaoming, whom you failed to kill. that’s how serious it is.”
flinch—
i stopped eating altogether. i knew they’d learn about the three martial association sooner or later, but thinking that i might’ve been the cause of all this made me uneasy.
“u-uhm, so why is the chairman looking for me?”
“they’re requesting some sort of protection. i’m not sure, but they especially asked for you. well, they’re most likely dirt-rich, so the reward should be more than plenty.”
protection? like a bodyguard?
my heart skipped a beat as i imagined myself wearing a fancy suit while protecting a beauty, just like a bodyguard from a classic movie. truly, it was every man’s dream!
even after arriving in korea, my heart still thumped with excitement. the same happened when i went to the client’s suite.
“oh, you’re here.”
there, a middle-aged man with a handsome, western actor-like beard waited for me in a bathrobe. he was the s-rank creation-type hunter, kang woo.
my hope was dashed.