SSS-Class Hunter is Going to Rest - Chapter 55



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Episode 55 Negotiation (4)
2024.06.05.

“No. The reason I suddenly brought up this topic is… … If I wasn’t here right now, I would have died without even having a chance to do anything. So, there’s no need for the team leader to feel guilty, and we just got a chance to do what we can… … I thought it was good.”

Soo-ji didn’t say anything. She

was grateful that he thought so.

But in the end, even for Peace, who has two children, if the world suddenly ended, it would be a big deal.

Of course.

It would be difficult if humanity were to go extinct.

But listening to each and every one of their personal stories, I really thought that each and every life was too precious to be played around by those outsiders’ bets and die. They

’re going to die anyway. They were going to die anyway since they were born… …

Still.

There was a world of difference between burning and dying without regret for something you thought was valuable and being killed by some ridiculous monster.

Crack.

Saint, who had been blankly staring at the blazing bonfire, raised his head and looked at Peace, perhaps feeling that the conversation had come to an end. He

then sat with his legs crossed and muttered.

“I didn’t know that Peace was so protective of his children… … I’m sorry. I made you talk.”

“No, it doesn’t matter. If you really wanted to hide it, you wouldn’t have said anything.”

“Then what about dating?”

“You have two children, so what about dating? Why? Are you interested in me?”

“That’s ridiculous. No, that’s right. You look like a womanizer more than anyone else.”

“Me? I look like a womanizer? No, before I joined this team, all I heard was that I was handsome. Ha. My life has been ruined since I started being compared to Elaine.”

Saint and Peace were not the type to make the atmosphere heavy.

They bickered as usual, perhaps on purpose, but Suzy noticed that there was a hint of worry on their faces.

Even though I didn’t know all the details, the time I spent with them as a team leader was long.

It couldn’t be otherwise.

In this situation.

Suzy exhaled deeply and reached out to retrieve the bonfire item.

In an instant, the surroundings were covered in darkness.

A world without even the slightest light, something you can’t see in the city, enveloped them.

In the pitch-black darkness where it was hard to tell whether her eyes were closed or open, her eyes adjusted very slowly.

Suzy slowly raised her head and then lay down.

Above her head, countless stars were shining like a painting.

There was a path of light gathered like the Milky Way.

There were so many stars that it seemed like the light was covered with black paper with too many holes.

Now, she couldn’t tell whether the stars or the light shining like the sun were real or fake.

Still, beauty is beauty.

She found it funny that she was so easily in awe of something that she didn’t know who made, but she was consumed by its beauty.

As she lay there for a while, looking up at the sky, the team members also looked up at the sky one by one and then lay down next to Suzy.

The night sky that the four of them looked up at while lying side by side did not have a single constellation that they knew.

Amidst the various emotions, Suzy suddenly spoke up.

“Can I tell you something boring?”

“Yes, Daphne.”

The answer came from Elaine. She

felt Peace and Saint sit up at the mention of Daphne.

However, she did not want to make a fuss over something trivial, so she smiled slightly and quickly continued.

“I really hate it. Honestly, I really, really hate this situation. Why are they betting the survival of humanity on a bet? I can’t help but think they are crazy. They lost 101 times and are betting again. I want to connect you to the Korea Gambling Problem Management Center.”

Suzy slowly clenched her fist and stretched it out toward the sky. Then she opened her hand.

The stars felt close enough to touch, but also so far away.

One thing was certain: she had adapted too much to this dungeon that was a perfect imitation of Earth.

She had only lived in a world with a hunter system since birth, so whether she liked it or not, she had to break out of this embrace.

‘Is that possible?’ She

honestly wondered at first, but she still had to do something.

“But like Peace said, maybe it’s a blessing that there’s something to do in this situation. I might not have known anything.”

“… … Maybe it would have been better if I hadn’t known in advance.”

Elaine’s deep voice answered her words.

It was an unusual calm tone for him in any situation.

However, it was only natural that he couldn’t maintain his usual personality in this situation.

Suzy rolled her eyes and thought about it.

Well.

“If a meteor were to hit the Earth tomorrow and destroy it, I would want to hear it before I die.”

Peace and Saint nodded.

“Me too. At the very least, I want to die with my children when I die.”

“Me too. I can choose to die with my family and colleagues.”

After listening to the two voices in turn, Suzy turned her head and looked at Elaine.

Although it was complete darkness, her eyes, which had become accustomed to it, saw his silhouette.

He was lying down and staring at her intently.

“What about Elaine?”

“If it’s information that would really cause all humans to panic, I think it would be better not to release it.”

“You’re more conservative than I thought.”

“Because it would cause another chaos before the actual destruction.”

“That’s right. But wouldn’t it be possible for all humans to jump together and change the Earth’s orbit?”

“… … Are you kidding?”

“Yeah. I was kidding. I was just saying that it would be nice to try something and

then die.” Soo-ji said that and let out a deep breath.

It certainly felt like things had been sorted out a bit after talking to her.

Nothing had changed, just…

just.

Lying down with these people, looking at the stars, talking about the end of humanity was somehow comforting.

It felt like the direction of what to do in the future had been decided.

She immediately brought up the first thing that came to mind.

“Do you want to have a space-out competition?”

“… … Space-out?”

“I’ve always thought that doing nothing was a waste of time. When else would I do something so extravagant if not now?”

“That’s true, but… … .”

“The loser will cook a delicious meal for the winner.”

Since time had stopped, it naturally meant that things like having food made and delivered by outside personnel were impossible. There

was an abundance of ingredients.

The only problem was that everyone had built a wall around cooking.

At Suzy’s words, everyone laid down side by side with quite determined faces.

“Start.”

After her words, a sudden silence followed.

As Suzy had said, being absentminded was truly a luxury for them.

Until the first hour had passed, no one thought this time was boring and just quietly looked up at the night sky.

Suzy looked up at the empty sky and thought it was a shame that even the wind had stopped because time had stopped.

Then she slowly organized a plan in her head.

First, she planned to do something that the other conquerors of the Laurel Tree had not done.

Let them know.

Let the world know that something like this could happen.

If they knew that such a desperate situation would happen, as Elaine had said, the negative effects might be greater.

However, if everyone showed that they were not just sitting back and trying, it would be different.

At least, she believed that.

And she planned to be the one who made that effort.

Up until now, she had only shared how to deal with waves and how to conquer some monsters.

However, now she planned to completely share the strategies for conquering each floor of the tower. If other countries also climbed the tower and became great forces, it would be a great help.

And.

I have to tear it down as

much as possible. I don’t know how well the design was done, but if the ‘Great Beings’ had such excellent eyesight, there was no way that such a miserable bet would have resulted.

I was planning to scrape away more than the compensation they were giving me for what they had made.

I was planning to do my best for the people my mother was trying to save, but in the first place, Suzy couldn’t respect the ‘Great Beings’, and she wasn’t someone who worked for them.

In a way, they were the ones who killed my mother.

So.

First, I was going to take care of the Second Wave, and ultimately, I was going to give them everything they had and make sure they never mess with the human world again. One way or another.

The moment Suzy looked up at the stars in the sky and organized her thoughts, someone stood up right next to her.

“Oh, did they move?”

She felt Elaine nod.

“I’m bored and can’t just lie down like this. I’ll take care of the cooking, Daphne.”

“Oh my! Where’s the fun in doing that?”

“Here we go again, that fox.”

As soon as Elaine finished speaking, boos poured out.

“But Daphne? Since when did you start calling me that so affectionately?”

“I’m seriously ticklish. Do you see the goosebumps?” “

Are you crazy? It’s so dark I can’t see anything. Stop hitting me, man! No, what should I call you? Peace Young Man!”

“Why am I crazy? Then you were like, Team Leader, and then you suddenly say, Daphne, and you say it doesn’t tickle you? Huh?”

Everyone’s voices were more lively than when they were talking earlier.

Satisfied with that, Suzy declared the end of the staring contest.