Chapter 74 (1/2)

No. 74

Lee Hwi-min did not hand over the microphone right away. He first needed to organize his thoughts.

However, Yoo-seong directly grabbed it from him.

“Excuse me, I need it,” Yoo-seong told him.

Tuk-!

Yoo-seong tapped the mic as if to check if it was working. No one cared about the annoying sound that reverberated in the hall.

Even Lee Hwi-min, who was biting his lips as he watched Yoo-seong. Everyone was thinking about what Yoo-seong did to reach the stage.

‘He walked in the air.’ Lee Hwi-min couldn’t make sense of it.

‘He walked in the air as if it was nothing.’

‘What kind of Tech…’

Even him, who was part of the Moon Faction, couldn’t fathom the Tech’s identity.

For a moment, his legs were covered in some kind of a fog.

‘Could it be… the Jahan Gong?’

Impossible, he convinced itself.

If it was, it should have a vivid purple color. That was the characteristic of the Volcanic Martial Arts.

Besides, it had only been three days since Ha Yuk-il gave the originals to him. No one could have learned a Gong in three days, even if someone taught him.

‘But if it isn’t the Jahan Gong,’ Lee Hwi-min was confused, ’then what is it?’

“Excuse me,” Yoo-seong caught his attention.

He spoke casually, as if Lee Hwi-min didn’t attack him a few days before.

“Can I ask for an interpreter?”

“What?”

“Is there anyone else here who can speak Korean?” Yoo-seong asked.

Yoo-seong considered this,

Could he entrust Lee Hwi-min with interpreting his words?

Certainly not.

However, they were surrounded by reporters and cameras, as well as numerous officials.

If Lee Hwi-min distorted his words, there would be evidence on record. Yoo-seong decided that he had the upper hand.

He began talking.

Lee Hwi-min, who had no other choice, translated after him.

“I apologize for not responding to the Dive invitation that came two days ago. I was cut-off from everyone and immersed myself with training after the Shanghai Shock. As soon as I heard the news, I ran right away.”

Numerous simulations ran in Lee Hwi-min’s head.

‘No matter what he says,’ Lee Hwi-min thought, ’I must twist them somehow.’

He had to do it in a way that even a person fluent in both Korean and Chinese wouldn’t think that he had distorted Yoo-seong’s meaning.

It was very tricky, but it still had to be done.

‘You are trying to provoke me by delegating me as your interpreter,’ he thought.

‘However, your arrogance will be your biggest mistake.’

Lee Hwi-min waited for Yoo-seong’s next words. However, the foreigner went quiet for a while.

Then, he looked at Lee Hwi-min.

“Thank you,” Yoo-seong told him.

“What do you mean?”

“I don’t need your help anymore. The longest part is over.”

Yoo-seong was one step ahead of him.

He took a deep breath before he began speaking. He spoke a simple and easy Chinese sentence that he memorized prior to coming.

His accent was also very clumsy, but everyone in the hall understood what he said.

“I will participate in the Dive.”

Yoo-seong’s firm words echoed in the silent hall.

A groan escaped from Lee Hwi-min’s mouth. Things weren’t going his way.

However, Yoo-seong’s cheekiness did not end there.

He glanced over the other hunters on the platform as a predator looks at its prey.

“When the hunt is over, it will be proven,” he declared.

His tone was not boastful. Rather, it was as if he was stating a fact.

“Of these… I am the best.”

The hall exploded in anger.

“What the hell is with that attitude!”

“You think too much of yourself!”

The reporters, seemingly forgetting their duties, raised their voices.

Yoo-seong remained calm amidst the audience’s outburst. From the time he memorized this phrase, he had already thought about the crazy consequences.

He was taking on the Doryongbang and Jinchung.

More than that, he was daring Ha Yuk-il and Won Yeong-cheon, members of the Ship Zone.

However, it was true.

He was literally the most powerful among the hunters under Lee Hwi-min, and he was prepared to prove it.

“It doesn’t matter,” he said. “I have nothing to be afraid of.”

Swish-!

As soon as he finished speaking, he threw the microphone towards Lee Hwi-min.

The microphone soared into Lee Hwi-min’s hands.

Now, it was his turn.

However, he couldn’t think of what to say.

‘He shouldn’t have come here,’ Lee Hwi-min seethed.

Excluding Biyeon, all the other hunters present here were under his control.

Everyone was a Ship Zone member or a competent person who could qualify if a position was empty. It was a challenge to Lee Hwi-min more than anyone else.

The audience was clamoring for him.

“CEO Lee!”

“Please respond to him!”

Everyone in the hall was excited. They were surprised that Lee Hwi-min seemed to be at a loss after being such remarks.

It was as if he had allowed Yoo-seong to walk away unscathed.

With that, the atmosphere was instantly reversed.