4 Chapter 4
[General POV]
It has been a week since Toneri's debut, and the various discussion about him is dying down. Although slow, people's talks about him are going down
Although, the reason why the talks about him are slow is because of the female fans. All of them are either smitten by Toneri's appearance or just outright supporting him.
There was even a group online named 'Toneri's fan group' consisting of 75k members and almost all of them are females, with a small quarter of males. The average post about Toneri there is about hundreds per day. That alone is enough to show how obsessed these fans are.
But during this time, Toneri had done nothing but grind A-Rank Gates. Although the limit for each A-Rank gate cleared per day is 3, it did not stop him from going to other gates.
Inside the gates, he mostly uses his Shinra Tensei and Banshō Ten'in to kill monsters. And since a hunter is required to have a party of at least 9 members to enter an A-Rank gate, the members that saw him fight could only kill monsters on the sidelines and did not interfere with his massacre.
As for the boss battles, on rare occasions, he would activate the tenseigan chakra mode to kill the boss monster.
Of course, he did not neglect to collect the mana crystals that can be mined inside gates
And so, after 8 days of grinding monster gates, he finally accumulated over 118 million won, which is roughly equivalent to 100k USD.
What did he do after gaining so much money?
Well, first he searched for a new house, obviously. Since he had been staying in the port warehouse since day 1 in this world, it's refreshing to know that he does not need to come back to that place anymore.
Second, he bought new items. For example, he obtained an item called Ring of Tarish which increases his attack speed by at least 20%. This is a pretty good item if he had to admit, but of course, it is expensive too.
Besides that, he also tried experimenting with the Puppet technique.
Toneri tried using it on a monster corpse that he killed, and it succeeded. But, in exchange for a puppet, he needs to focus his attention on it at all times to give it commands.
Moreover, there's also that command lag that takes time before his orders are delivered to the puppet.
This not only made his battles worse, but it also made the team he was with be exposed to danger.
If he wants puppets that do not need his attention and only need one command to do their work, then he just needs something similar to the energy vessel in the Naruto world.
Because the puppets that the original Toneri uses consume energy from the Energy Vessel in the moon, he only needed to order them and they will abide by his orders. No need to control them using chakra threads.
So, Toneri added another item to his to-do list, the number one is to befriend the main character, the second is to become strong as hell to protect himself, and the third is to find a way to create an energy vessel similar to Naruto world.
But, Toneri knows that the Jeju Island raid is coming soon, and he did not neglect his training. He would go to the outskirts of the city and secretly train there. Improving his chakra control and jutsus.
[Toneri's POV]
Coming back from the dungeon I entered to earn money, I went to the agent that handles the dungeon
"That is your 11th A-Rank gate cleared this week, Sir Toneri."
"Mm, transfer the money for clearing the gate to my account."
*ding*
"It's already done."
I held up my phone to see the balance of my bank account increase.
Since there isn't anything to do here anymore, I should go home and rest. I've done nothing but clear gates since my debut and I needed to rest too
"Ah wait! Sir Toneri! The Chairman has a message for you!"
"What is it?"
"Chairman Go said that an important meeting will be held in 3 days. All S-Rank Hinters are needed to attend."
Important meeting? Oh... I guess it's finally time. If my guess is correct, then the meeting's topic should be about the Jeju Island raid. And since the raid is about to come, if my memory is correct, Jin-Woo should be about to clear the demon dungeon.
'Jeju Island raid... The plot for the story is starting. I estimate that the giant gate in Japan would appear in roughly about... 2 or 3 months.'
'Now... To add one more to my to-do list; get the attention of Norma Selner. With her upgrading skill, she could enhance my prowess and I could become stronger. Her upgrading my jutsu by 30% will greatly benefit me. I just hope that I won't end up like Jin-Woo who has 'No Limit' and can't be upgraded'
I didn't reply to the agent and waved my hand. I'll think about all this stuff later.
'I'm craving crab corn soup... Are there any of those here?'
With that in thought, I went inside my car and drive off to a restaurant.
- Korean Hunters Association -
[General POV]
Just like what had happened in the series, a monster ant managed to reach one of the islands of Japan. This leads all the important people in the Korean Hunters Association to discuss this matter.
After the meeting was over, Woo Jin-Chul approached Chairman Go GunHee and talked to him
"Chairman Go GunHee."
Chairman Go looked at him
"Chief Woo Jin-Chul, What's wrong?"
Woo Jin-Chul leaned closer to the back of Chairman Go's ear and whispered
"I didn't reveal this during the meeting earlier. But there's someone who contacted us in top secrecy."
Chairman Go stopped walking and flinched
He asked
"Top secrecy? Who?"
"Hunter Hwang Dong-Su from the scavenger guild. He said he would cooperate in the upcoming Jeju Island raid."
Chairman Go just listened to Jin-Chul before sighing and continuing his walk
"What an obvious ploy"
Jin-Chul, who was behind him, relied
"Yes. It is obvious that his true objective is Hunter Sung Jin-Woo."
"And the result?"
"Due to the trouble Hunter Baek Yoon-Ho during the red gate incident, we sent a request for denial of entry to the country."
Jin-Chul then stopped walking
"But Hunter Hwang Dong-Su isn't the only hunter that contacted us."
Chairman Go flinched and asked
"There's more?"
"It was from a national-level ranker."
- At Toneri's new home -
[Toneri's POV]
"If only I know the hand seals for Edo Tensei, I would have revived countless monsters and become someone like Jin-Woo who can control the dead..."
Currently, I was lying on the couch of my new home. If I had to be honest, I'm quite lazy today. That crab corn soup always hits the spot when I'm stressed, but makes me lazy.
I wonder what to do now... I'm certain that I have good control for my chakra, as for some jutsus... Well, I haven't mastered some of them yet, but I can confidently say that I can use them just fine. As for the tenseigan, for some reason, I kept getting that urge to go outside and control the moon... I mean, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THAT?! I DON'T HAVE AN ENERGY VESSEL!
But, that constant and unavoidable urge from my eyes just kept increasing by the minute.
"God damn it, why would the tenseigan even want to move the moon?!"
"Urgh, whatever. I'll just try it out to stop these damn eyes."
I then jumped out of my comfortable and soft couch and left the house.
*woosh*
It's currently night time and the night breeze is cold, it even brushed past my face
I looked up at the moon with a frustrated gaze. I really don't know why the Tenseigan is forcing me to control the moon. I mean, what do I even get from doing this? I can't even guarantee if I can move an inch of it
"Hah... Let's just get this over with."
"How do I even do this? Oh, wait..."
The tenseigan hist gave me the instructions on how to do it. Basically, I need to use Banshō Ten'in to its limit.
"..."
Are you serious right now? Hah...
I then held up my hands in the sky.
"I swear if the moon comes down to earth... I don't know what to do. Just in case, I'll prepare Shinra Tensei too."
Then, I started.
An incalculable amount of attractive force appeared between me and the moon's surface.
Tons of sweat beads are going down my neck. What if the moon really does fall down on earth? I'll become someone who committed mass genocide...
But, to my surprise, the moon did not even move from its position.
"Hah... Thank goodness... I mean, I expected the moon to not move so..."
I then checked that urge to move the moon. And surprisingly, the urge was gone. No more trying to move the moon nonsense
I looked up and muttered
"Just in case..." Then, I used Shinra Tensei to push back the moon, I don't if this will work since Banshō Ten'in didn't but I'm just trying my luck.
"Alright... Now with some peace of mind, I'll go back to lazing around. Tomorrow is a busy day because I need to master all my jutsu."
After stretching my arms, I went back inside the house.
- Meanwhile, at a certain Astrology Facility -
[General POV]
"SIR WARREN! WE NEED YOU HERE!"
"CARTER! WHAT'S THE SITUATION!"
"SIR! THE MOON HAS GONE BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL ORBIT! NO OTHER ANOMALIES HAVE BEEN SPOTTED!"
Half an hour ago, this facility was quiet and normal. The people working here were doing their everyday job.
But suddenly, everyone was startled when the notification of the moon's trajectory changed. This caused a lot of people to become alert and assess the situation.
From the analysis they collected, the moon slightly went off its orbit by 700 meters but went back to its original trajectory at the next moment.
"Tell me, what could have caused this?"
Warren, the overseer of the facility, asked one of the astrologists
"Report. A strong gravitational pull from the earth attracted the moon!"
"What?! Have you tracked down the location of the gravitational pull's origin?"
"Yes! It just came in! We found out that the origin of the pull came from somewhere around South Korea!"
'South Korea... Why does that country have so many events happening in it? First is the Jeju Island crisis, the second is the 2 S-Rank Hunters appearing. Now, something or someone caused the moon to slightly stray from its orbit...'
Warren let out a sigh and said to Carter
"You. Follow me to South Korea."
"H-Huh? But Sir, I need to first gain approval fro—..."
"No need. You have one day to meet with me at the airport."
And just like that, Warren left the room leaving the dazed Carter
- Demon Dungeon -
[General POV]
In the vast barren expanse with nothing but burning debris and rubble lying around, two figures could be seen walking
The other one was a tall male wearing a cloak, and the other is a woman with purple hair and sharp ears with a backpack behind her.
The tall male stopped his walking and thought silently
'I should be arriving at the 86th floor in about an hour...'
This male, of course, is none other than the original series' main character, Sung Jin-Woo. And the one following him is the demon named Esil
"Sir Jin-Woo! We should be able to arrive at the next floor in the next hour!"
"Alright, let's pick up speed and finish this floor already."
After that, Jin-Woo unleashed more shadow soldiers and made them all scatter all over the 85th floor. Notifications of his soldiers killing a monster kept showing in front of him, and he just ignores it.
He then felt like something big was happening on earth...
'I wonder what's happening outside...'
But, he just ignored the thought and continued on their journey.
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