LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 53 - Does D.P only catch deserters?
Translator: Marctempest
Editor: The Reader
Chapter 53 Does D.P only catch deserters?
“A, a robber?!”
“Yes. He was a former hunter who suddenly barged in, claiming he needed something valuable.”
“So? So what exactly did that bastard take?”
“Well… I told him I had no money, so he only took my phone.”
By the time the sun had set and night had fallen.
Katarina, who I thought would accept my proposal and retreat quietly.
But, as expected of a smart character even in the original work.
“I’ll take your phone.”
To create a definite link with me, she disappeared with the phone I usually used.
‘Well, thanks to that, I could at least claim it was a robbery…’
Of course, no one here believed that someone who hacked the entire CCTV system of a large hospital and easily subdued Sophia, a B-rank hunter from the U.S., was an ordinary robber.
“No… There’s no way someone with that skill is just a robber.”
“But it’s also true that we don’t have any solid evidence besides what Shin-woo said.”
“That’s true, but…”
Katarina’s subsequent actions were unknown.
No one, except me and those who briefly encountered her like the unconscious Sophia and Ria, had seen her.
“For now… let’s just say it was a robbery.”
Hearing about the attack on my hospital room, Mrs. Rolling came running in a hurry.
Following her was Branch Manager Jin-ah Lee, who, despite feeling uneasy, seemed to reluctantly accept the situation.
‘Surprisingly, she let it go easily… I thought she’d interrogate me thoroughly like with Princess Kurumi.’
Or maybe she had something else ‘on her mind’?
While I was quietly watching Branch Manager Jin-ah Lee, who seemed lost in thought.
“……”
“……”
Come to think of it, I still had something to do.
That was to address the two people sitting dejectedly in the corner of the hospital room, filled with self-loathing for not being able to protect me.
“Shin-woo, I’m sorry…”
“Oppa, I’m sorry…”
Sophia and Ria, in a gloomy atmosphere, hugged each other and even began to sob.
Although we had effectively won once, it was as if we had crossed over from such a parallel world.
‘Maybe the Sophia in that world is laughing and having fun?’
Anyway, that was already a separate world, and the Sophia in this world was the only one in this secluded place.
“Sophia, Ria, both of you, come here for a moment.”
“…!”
“Oppa…”
I called the two, who had done their best to protect me, to the front of the hospital bed where I was sitting.
As soon as they came over, I immediately pulled them into a hug.
“Huh, huh?!”
“Oppa?”
“Thank you both for protecting me till the end.”
With gratitude in my heart, I hugged the two of them as tightly as I could.
Their gloomy expressions only lasted for a moment.
“Huh, hahaha! For the record, this is just a one-time loss!”
Sophia, full of confidence, quickly regained her energy and declared to me with a powerful stance.
“Next time, I’ll definitely protect you from that woman, Shin-woo!”
“Yeah, sure.”
“Ria too! Ria will do her best to protect you, oppa!”
Ria, standing next to her, adopted a similarly energetic pose and spoke vigorously.
‘Even though our opponent has the insane ability to retry until she wins, let’s just leave it at that for now…’
Anyway, the two of them had recovered.
I smiled at them.
If it was Katarina, she was a famous big shot in the underworld, so she’d either contact me or do something on her own.
With that thought, I regained some composure.
“Uh, by the way, Auntie.”
“Yes. What is it, Shin-woo?”
Considering it was an incident where her son was attacked.
I was worried that she might bring a tank, but instead, I thought of the uncle who was nowhere to be seen, not even close.
“Where did Uncle Seok-gyu go?”
Since he was not the type to miss a family gathering, I asked out of concern.
A look of worry briefly crossed Mrs. Rolling’s face.
“Well… it’s a bit complicated.”
“Complicated?”
“Mom, I’m curious too. Where did Dad go?”
“The man who gives me snacks. I’m curious too!”
Seeing the three of us looking at her with curious eyes, she seemed to give up on keeping it a secret.
“Is it… military confidential?”
“Military confidential?”
“Kids, you must not talk about this carelessly, okay?”
Mrs. Rolling then explained why the four-star Army Chief of Staff was out in the field doing something not befitting his rank.
She told us about Uncle Seok-gyu’s plan, which would make not only the regular soldiers but also the officers foam at the mouth.
***
Military Police.
Also known as MPs, they were soldiers who could be responsible for the security of the entire nation, as well as within the military itself, depending on the situation.
And within the MPs, there was a unit skilled in tracking and capturing. The name of that unit was the Deserter Pursuit Unit.
In English, they were called Deserter Pursuit, commonly abbreviated to D.P.
“But, why are we, who are supposed to catch deserters, tracking someone who isn’t even a soldier?”
“Hey, be quiet! What if someone hears you!”
“Hmph hmph hmph~.”
Two soldiers whispered, trying to blend in as civilians, in the back of a Lamborghini(?) car, trying not to draw attention.
They were talented individuals who held the best records in the current D.P. unit and were likely to be allowed ‘long-term service.’
Since the world of
In this world, professions capable of fighting monsters were naturally revered as heroes, and the benefits that came with it were unimaginably enormous.
Thanks to this, hunters, the representative profession for subjugating monsters, were the most beloved and desired job worldwide, followed by the second most desired job worldwide.
That was the ‘soldier,’ which in Korea was voted as the number one most desired job, even surpassing hunters.
Due to the nature of a divided country, it was an unavoidable profession.
And during that dreamlike one year and six months, ordinary soldiers, who were treated the best, all wanted to extend their service, known as ‘staking a flag.’
However, naturally, being promoted to an officer was as difficult as passing the hunter exam, and even the top performers in the D.P unit were barely on the cutoff line.
“Why don’t you guys work with me for a bit?”
On a sunny day.
Without any notice, the General barged into… no, visited the Military Police.
“Attention! Salute!!”
“Oh, yes. Have you been well, Military Police Chief?”
“Major General Yoo Guk-cheol!! Yes, I have been well, sir!!!”
“The thing is, I need to find some people…”
“No matter where they are in the world, I will find them immediately!!!!”
Not a metaphor, the arrival of the General literally turned the Military Police upside down.
And the two D.P soldiers, who were pointed out at that time, even imagined crossing the river Styx for a moment.
‘This might actually be an opportunity…!’
‘Because it’s not just anyone but the Chief of Staff of the Army!’
Just catching the eye of a division commander, known as a two-star, guaranteed success.
The person who personally sought them out this time was not someone who could be compared to a mere division commander but the Chief of Staff of the Army, a four-star general, Lee Seok-gyu.
“Both of you hope for long-term service, right?”
“Yes!!! That’s correct!!!”
“For the country!!! We are ready!!! To give our lives!!!”
“Hahaha. I really like your enthusiastic voices! You guys are too talented to be given to those hunters!”
Currently, the D.P duo riding in Lee Seok-gyu’s personal car No. 25.
Private Kim Joon-young.
Sergeant Choi Han-sol.
Both of them, wishing for long-term service, were nervous but more determined than ever for this mission.
And it was at that moment.
“You both have skills in tracking, right?”
“”Yes, that’s right!””
“Then, can you track down the person who made this?”
While driving himself from the driver’s seat, Lee Seok-gyu handed a small glass bottle to the two soldiers in the back.
Receiving it with both hands and peering inside, the two soldiers were puzzled.
But seeing nothing inside the glass bottle left the two with dumbfounded expressions.
“There’s, there’s nothing in it, sir.”
“Yeah, I know… Or maybe this is some kind of test?”
“A t-test, sir?!”
“You know… something to check our loyalty, or something like that!”
Even though the glass bottle appeared empty, since it was given by a superior, there must be something in it!
Even if it was an inedible object, since it was given by a superior, it must be delicious!
It was an absurd situation, but perhaps the general was testing them with the old absurdities that made miracles in the military possible.
Seeing the junior officer sweating profusely, Choi Han-sol was certain of it.
So, he answered brilliantly.
“We can track down the factory that made this glass bottle!!”
“Hahaha! Excellent. But the person I’m trying to track down isn’t the factory that made the bottle. It’s the one who manipulated the thread inside the bottle.”
“E-excuse me?”
“Thread… did you say?”
Thread?
What thread?
Where was the thread supposed to be?
With such thoughts, the two soldiers carefully examined the inside of the glass bottle again.
However, there was no sign of any thread or any other object inside the bottle.
Meanwhile, Lee Seok-gyu, watching the two soldiers through the rearview mirror, laughed heartily again.
“If you can’t see it with your eyes, try touching it. Then you’ll understand.”
“Yes, sir!”
Even if he told them to touch it, they couldn’t touch something they couldn’t see…
If they were in society, such complaints would have come out first, but they were not in society; they were in the military.
And with the general ordering them, they had to take some action.
“Darn it!”
“Sergeant Choi Han-sol?!”
No matter how much he looked, the glass bottle was empty, but Choi Han-sol inserted his finger into the bottle.
Then.
Swoosh.
“Huh?”
“What’s wrong?”
“There really is… something in here?”
“R-really?!”
Wasn’t this supposed to be a loyalty test?
Thinking that, the two soldiers immediately pulled out the invisible remnants of Riverine’s magic thread from the bottle and began examining it closely.