SSS-Grade Cafe in Front of The Dungeon

stomach in an instant, and the assailant ran away immediately.
Jijon was startled, unable to breathe.

“Grandma, are you okay? Wa-wait, hold on a second.
I … damn, you bastard!”

Thinking that he had to catch the criminal, Jijon hurriedly ran out the door.

The assailant had already disappeared, but as a C-class Hunter, he should be able to catch up.
Such a vicious bastard could not be forgiven.

However, as he left the main gate of the workshop and chased after the mysterious assailant, the fire that flew from somewhere lit up.

“O-oh, no…..”

The fire spread quickly and blocked the entrance to the workshop.

The moment he saw that sight, he was filled with fear.

The assailant had already disappeared, and he was the only one left.

At this rate, he will be accused of being the culprit.
It can’t happen.
This time he succeeded in trying to become a successful hunter.
He cannot be framed for murder.

Jijon was driven by fear and fled from the workshop.

Still, in the end, his conscience caught his feet.
Every time he thought of the old lady’s palce face, his steps became heavy, and he eventually collapsed on the ground.

Jijon gasped for his breath and murmured.

He’s the supreme.
In order to become the supreme leader of the Hunter World, he gave up his common real name and took this name.

However, it is impossible to run away just because he’s afraid of being framed.

He could barely hold the phone in his hand.
Jijon struggled to suppress his shaking and entered the number on the screen.
The sweat drips down like rain, and his fingers slide.

“Ugh, 1, 1, 9….”

It was just then.

Pukh!

“Aaargh!”

A person on the other side of the alley stepped on Jijon’s hand, who was holding the phone, with his foot.
He was so strong, even with the power status of a C-class Hunter, Jijon couldn’t shake his hand.

Krak!

The phone screen shattered on the heel.
His face, terrified and in pain, was reflected on the black screen.
The bones of his right hand appear to have been broken.
Jijon carefully raised his head, wrapping his right hand that had been trampled on the heel of his shoe.

In front of him, an unexpected figure was looking down at him.

“You’re….”

It was the secretary who guided him when he met Lee Sein, the CEO of C&L Corporation.
A very beautiful secretary, but with an atmosphere of ambiguous age and gender.

His name is Aeon.

Wait, did he have a face like this? Was he this creepy?

Jijon met the secretary’s eyes and was frightened.
The eyes with a strange light seemed not to be human eyes.
It was strange, as if it had been embedded with bluish imitation jewels.

Before he knew it, goosebumps appeared on the back of his neck.

Then, the secretary smiled slightly and moved his lips.
The tone was soft, but the cold, subdued voice felt intimidating.

“It’s disappointing.”

“Y-Yes….?”

“The CEO will be very disappointed, too.
We can’t believe you can’t do such a simple thing right.
How would the CEO, who believed in Hunter Jijon, feel about this failure?”

“Don’t tell me … no way, you ki-killed the old la-lady.”

The hardened tongue did not move straight.

“Don’t worry.
Even if Hunter Jijon didn’t do his job properly, I handled it well.
I’m glad the weather is sunny.
The news said that even a small fire can easily become a big fire because it is dry.”

“But the old lady ….
such an old lady, how can you?”

“We explained everything to you.
The current No.
1 ranker will betray humanity, and we need that ring to stop him.”

The secretary bent his knees and sat on the ground.

Jijon was startled and tried to step back, but it was quicker for the secretary to step on his hand.

“Argh! Argh!”

The back of his hand, crushed by the heel of his shoe, hurt.

Irrespective of Jijon’s screams, the secretary slowly took out his phone and held it out.

Jijon didn’t know what it meant, so he blinked blankly, and the secretary smiled.
It was a creepy smile.

“If Hunter Jijon feels remorse, it’s okay to report it.
Yes, because you can’t do anything bad to an old lady.”

… Gulp.

“But do you know this? The knife that stabbed the old woman at the crime scene would be found.”

“That, what….”

“Not long ago, the CEO gifted a weapon to Hunter Jijon.
Where’s the knife that Hunter Jijon used to use now?”

Jijon, who understood the secretary’s words, turned pale.

The knife he originally used was disposed of by the Hunter Market, so he entrusted it to this secretary in front of him.
His name was written on it.

He clearly saw a strange man who suddenly appeared attacking the old lady.
But what if that person was ordered by C&L? What if he used his old weapon as the crime weapon?

Even if he reports it, it means that he is the one who will be accused of being the culprit.

“Ugh, if I say that I was ordered by C&L, it’ll blow it up.….”

“Do you have any evidence?”

“Evidence … there are plenty of them!”

“You didn’t even sign a contract with us.”

“What, what……?”

The secretary continued as if reading a book.

“Hunter Jijon is a person who has nothing to do with our company.
However, it is regrettable that we, as a leader in the Hunter industry, did not realize that such a vicious hunter exists.
We will do our best to be more careful in recruiting talent for the development of the Hunter industry in the future.”

“…….”

“…..If we do it, it will be over.”

The secretary said abruptly, putting him on the last wedge.

“The Hunter Jijon’s family are all ordinary people.”

“…….”

“You must be very worried.
Rifts, monsters, and every other things.
It’s a dangerous world.
We don’t know where or what’s going to happen.”

“….Hik.”

Tuk.
Eventually, Jijon dropped his phone from his hand.

“Don’t worry.
The CEO still believes in Hunter Jijon.
You’ll do well next time.”

Coldly, the secretary laughed.