▶ Chapter 47. Throughout the Duel (2)
Ordinary Mode!
That was right.
The previous modes had been far too noticeable.
The upgraded modes were almost completely different.
If I use this mode,
I would look like someone with such an ordinary face that even if people greeted me while looking directly at me, they would forget my appearance one second later.
The average height and weight of a Korean woman in her early twenties.
Ordinary everyday clothes and shoes suitable for the season.
A completely average person.
That was exactly how I appeared.
Unlike the previous modes,
this one did not stand out at all.
I liked it.
I remember when I first used this yesterday and went to Wish Guild.
All three brothers had been extremely surprised.
Even Han Junggeun, whose expression almost never changed, had widened his eyes.
“Could that appearance perhaps be....”
“No. This isn’t my real face. It’s the Hidden Power item’s Ordinary Mode. It makes me look like an average ordinary person.”
“Ah, I see.”
“The previous modes each had their own functions, but they stood out too much. From now on, I plan to use this mode whenever possible.”
“Yes.”
The three brothers looked slightly disappointed.
They were probably curious about my true appearance.
But just like before,
they did not ask about my real face or my name.
That’s the right attitude, but somehow I feel a little disappointed....
Anyway,
I liked this mode.
Still, I did not plan to use it during normal daily life.
Using an item always produced a tiny amount of mana.
If someone sensitive to mana, like Han Dongju, noticed it and became interested,
that would be troublesome.
I want to live comfortably.
That was my goal.
And after quitting my job,
I had mostly been living that way.
No. I’m still doing PT seriously, clearing gates from time to time, giving special training to Hunter Han Junggeun....
And today,
I was attending a duel.
This doesn’t sound very comfortable at all?!
The thought suddenly struck me.
No, it’s still better than working at the company.... I can sleep late, sometimes take naps, I don’t need to see that disgusting former boss, my house is extremely comfortable, I can buy whatever food I want, I even subscribe to the most expensive Nepflix plan, and I watch movies in reclining seats....
I desperately told myself all that.
Because I did not want to admit that my life was not actually that relaxed!
No, no. It definitely is comfortable to some extent!
I was also getting along well with good people like the three brothers and Mundal.
....Today won’t be comfortable, though.
I would probably have to deal with the people attending the duel.
The duel itself was being kept completely secret to prevent reporters from gathering.
Still,
there were several official observers.
That can’t be helped.
I put Twelve, who had finished all five servings of sweet and sour fried chicken and was now nodding off, into my inventory.
Then I activated Stealth and left home.
The duel location was not Wish Guild.
Duels between hunters, especially high-rank and high-level hunters, produced enormous destructive power.
Naturally,
duels were absolutely forbidden anywhere civilians lived.
The Gobi Desert in Mongolia.
Raimund Wiegmann, President of the World Hunter Association, had designated a completely uninhabited area there as the duel location.
He had even prepared a portal nearby, making travel convenient.
Hmm.
Several people were already waiting in the Jamsil Portal waiting room, where we had agreed to meet.
The three brothers.
Mundal.
And four other people I had never seen before.
It’s easy to tell which organizations they belong to.
Two women wore Wish Guild badges.
The other two men wore badges from the Korean Hunter Association.
Han Yonghwan had explained beforehand.
“When a duel takes place, the rules require at least two Association employees from each hunter’s country to observe. Two employees from the Korean Hunter Association will come. We were promised that they would send capable people who know how to keep secrets.”
“Wish Guild’s General Management Team Leader and Legal Team Leader will also accompany us. Both are people the three of us trust, and both are extremely capable. They will handle administrative and legal matters.”
“Welcome.”
When I released Stealth,
Han Junggeun greeted me first.
Han Yonghwan also bowed politely.
But,
“....Hello.”
Han Dongju hunched his body and stiffened his face like an ordinary civilian facing a robber.
He was deliberately pretending to be terrified in front of the Hunter Association employees.
At the same time,
he was gritting his teeth.
He’s holding back his laughter.
Honestly,
I almost burst out laughing too.
I clenched my teeth just like Han Dongju.
Then I crossed my arms and lifted my chin arrogantly.
I made my face as cold as possible and merely gestured toward the portal with my chin.
“....”
The two Hunter Association employees turned pale and shrank back.
Apparently, they had heard the Association President’s warning that I was violent.
While the portal administrator quietly activated the portal,
the two men remained completely silent.
Wish Guild’s General Management Team Leader and Legal Team Leader also became tense and stayed quiet.
Mundal, however,
did not.
Han Yonghwan had told me beforehand,
“Hunter Mundal will also accompany us because she is an excellent buffer and could help if something goes wrong. She greatly wants to meet HunterAnham, but we clearly told her that HunterAnham does not want other hunters approaching. Hunter Mundal promised to maintain her distance.”
Mundal’s eyes widened at first because my appearance in Ordinary Mode was unfamiliar.
But soon,
her lips curved into a smile.
She looked like she found the situation amusing.
Maybe it was because I was behaving differently from how I had acted in Gangneung.
“You may enter now.”
After the portal administrator spoke,
