Solo Leveling: Ragnarok – 223



Episode 223

Central Police Station.

This place now the headquarters of the Hunter Association once housed a legendary homicide detective called ‘Ghost’.

The arrest rate is a whopping 200 percent.

He was a mythical figure in the violent crime world of the Republic of Korea who would turn any violent criminal or gangster into a docile sheep in front of the ‘ghost’ who would hunt down and catch not only the cases he was in charge of but also criminals of past cases that were left unsolved all the way to hell.

And when Lee Se-hwan was still young.

Back when he was just a rookie detective.

Lee Se-hwan who had applied to join the homicide department in the central region was doomed to become the direct subordinate of the ‘ghost detective’ who was the person involved in the rumor.

Yes fate.

Se-Hwan Lee was able to confidently say that all the moments he spent with that senior were neither bad luck nor misfortune but ‘fate.’

-Is this guy the new guy?

-Yes that’s right. This is Lee Se-hwan.

No matter how much time passes.

I will never forget the memory of when I first met him.

A breathtaking feeling of intimidation.

Lee Se-hwan froze as he looked up at the senior who was one head taller than him the average height for a Korean male.

-I’m going to teach this guy.

– Come back come back.

After a brief greeting was exchanged Lee Se-hwan was led outside by a senior ghost.

– Senior Seo! Where are you going now?

In response to the urgent question of Lee Se-hwan who was hurriedly following behind him he continued to walk forward and asked a question instead of an answer.

-Why did you become a police officer?

-Ah… I…

After hesitating for a moment Se-Hwan Lee remembered his dream which he had forgotten while wrestling with drunk people while working as a police officer at the district police station.

-I want to catch the bad guys…

-okay.

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Stand tall.

Only then did the ghost’s footsteps stop.

And as he looked back at Se-Hwan Lee a unique smile appeared on his lips.

-I’m going to do that now.

A smile that puts your heart at ease just by looking at it.

-That’s why I became a police officer.

That one word changed Lee Se-hwan’s life forever.

-Are you going?

-Of course senior!

That’s how Lee Se-hwan became the ghost detective’s official partner.

We spent a long time together.

Why was Se-hwan Lee able to become the head of the Hunter Association after the cataclysm?

Of course there was a strong recommendation from the association’s president Woo Jin-cheol a former police chief.

There was only one reason why no one complained about that bold personnel decision.

It is said that Lee Se-hwan was the long-time partner of ‘Detective Seong Jin-woo’.

A class A hunter a former homicide detective who learned how to catch criminals directly from ghosts.

That is the current Head of Division Lee Se-hwan.

And as time passed….

“her.”

Now in front of Lee Se-hwan there was a guy who looked exactly like the ghost senior when he was young standing proudly.

Suho Seong.

his son

‘…You look just like your brother.’

A laugh could not help but come out of Director Lee Se-hwan’s mouth.

Yes this feeling of intimidation.

That subtle confidence that comes out naturally without having to show it outwardly.

Even the smile that appeared on Seong Su-ho’s mouth right now looked exactly like the unique smile his older brother often wore.

As soon as he saw that scene in front of him a suspicion suddenly appeared in Lee Se-hwan’s head.

‘… Could it be that Brother Jinwoo had already awakened earlier than anyone else at that time?’

If so quite a few questions that were incomprehensible until now are explained.

That new arrival and departure….

‘No no.’

I became a little less confident.

‘I’m an A-level hunter now but I’m not confident that I can do as well as my brother back then. I guess I should say that my brother was an S-class hunter…’

Of course if I thought about this on my own there was no way to confirm the truth now that the person involved had disappeared anyway.

Director Lee Se-hwan who was immersed in memories returned to reality.

“…Anyway Suho. No it’s Woojin Guild’s representative Hunter Seong Su-ho. So what is the purpose of your visit to the association?”

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No matter how close my brother’s son was I decided to be polite to him as he entered the association as a guild representative.

“No no. Before that…”

But before hearing the answer from Suho’s mouth we had to point out the most important point.

“Are you that ‘Seongsuho’?”

Lee Se-hwan who was happy to see a face that resembled his brother suddenly turned sharp.

That’s because there was so much at stake in Korea right now about the name ‘Seong Su-ho’.

International relations public opinion etc.

To top it off an emergency order was sent to the association’s president Woo Jin-cheol who was in North Korea.

-Emergency Security) Investigate everything about Seongsuho!

Thanks to this the association has been busy investigating Seong Su-ho these days.

There were countless people with the same name as ‘Seong Su-ho’ in Korea and the number of them registered as hunters was greater than expected.

However since the photo showing the face was also revealed the difficulty level would not have been that difficult.

However the problem is the departure record.

Not among the hunters in Korea but among the Korean hunters who took a plane to India there was no one named Seong Su-ho.

However this time there was no entry record again and I was suddenly standing here so the association was just confused as to what the situation was.

Looking at Lee Se-hwan’s sunken eyes Su-ho nodded confidently.

“Yes that’s right.”

“…!”

In response to that answer not only Lee Se-hwan but all the association employees nearby looked at Su-ho with wide eyes.

Oh my god!

The real thing has appeared!

Seong Su-ho who is making the world the most noise these days has come to the association on his own!

But who is Director Lee Se-hwan?

“Hmm. “Okay then.”

As the partner of the legendary detective Seong Jin-woo he did not forget his duty even in these confusing moments.

He took out the handcuffs with ghost-like sharp eyes.

“Illegal entry into India is a serious crime so you are being arrested for violating international law.”

“ah.”

“…is a joke. Anyway be prepared because you may be asked to pay a hefty fine in India later. Of course looking at public opinion now the compensation may be larger. Anyway if you are the hunter who showed up in India then the reason you came to the association headquarters… is that also the reason?”

Suho chuckled.

Even without answering Director Lee Se-hwan was already directing his subordinates to bring something with a glance.

It’s a horsepower meter.

Suho nodded.

“yes. “I’m here to re-evaluate horsepower.”

“okay. It doesn’t make sense for a C-rank hunter to do something like that in the first place. We had a hard time researching it at first because of that. Have you had a reawakening recently? Oh sorry. “I spoke informally again.”

“You can speak comfortably.”

“no. “You can’t do that.”

Director Lee Se-hwan shook his head with a stern expression and held out a horsepower meter in front of Su-ho.

“I should be polite to someone who might become an S-class hunter. ruler.”

‘You keep speaking informally.’

Suho chuckled and placed his hand on the horsepower meter.

Then a soft light began to flow from the fist-sized black magic gemstone embedded on top of the magic power meter.

Shoooooo-

As the light gradually became stronger the value displayed on the horsepower meter began to rise more and more rapidly.

Cold sweat formed on the foreheads of Director Lee Se-hwan and the association staff.

But suddenly something strange happened.

Damn it!

“…!”

Suddenly a crack appeared in the magic stone and it eventually broke.

“This can’t be right!”

“The meter exploded!”

People couldn’t help but be embarrassed.

S-class hunters are beings with magical power that cannot be measured by man-made machines.

However even for an S-class hunter it was unheard of for a mana meter to explode like now.

In fact the magic meter that had been shattered in Suho’s hand was melting into pieces with an unidentifiable heat.

As if I had touched lava!

“It could be a malfunction. Bring it back with a new one!”

“…yes!”

Soon a new magic power meter appeared in front of Suho.

Awesome!

Without a doubt it exploded in his hands.

And it was melting like lava again.

“Suho how do you have this kind of magical power….”

Se-hwan Lee looked at Su-ho with a very embarrassed expression.

Those eyes contained a sad feeling toward Suho.

“Are you holding on with that body?…”

It is common for hunters to have attributes attached to their mana.

Hunters who use fire or water magic.

Alternatively there were hunters who had no attribute or could handle multiple attributes at the same time.

But that’s to an extent.

I had never heard of mana melting the magic meter itself.

Even impossible to measure!

I couldn’t even imagine how a hunter with an immeasurably heated mana in his body was alive.

“So does that mean I’m now an S-class hunter?”

Even in such a calm manner!

Director Lee Se-hwan closed his eyes tightly when Suho asked him as if this strange phenomenon was not surprising.

“Yes Seongsuho Hunter. From now on you are a nationally certified S-class hunter.”

But at the same time as I said these words I also had doubts.

Is it possible to dare to put a being with this much power in the same category as other ‘ordinary’ S-class people?

* * *

Although the Vigilante incident made a lot of noise it was actually just a fad being pushed by the media.

Vigilante?

Well he was just a guy who killed hundreds of villains in just a few days.

Isn’t that amazing? What is that?

Meanwhile in India a Korean hunter has conquered an entire large field.

In other words it was soup.

-A Korean hunter saves India!

-Kya! Master! Here’s another bowl of soup!

-Ah has the whole world finally found out? This is Korea’s potential.

The name Seong Su-ho was already heating up the Korean media.

But there was one strange thing.

-No so who on earth is Seong Su-ho? Does anyone really know?

-Why does no one know a hunter like that?

Despite his fame Seong Su-ho’s personal information was completely controlled.

There is only one photo floating around.

There was only a small photo taken during the Lee Min-seong Villain incident and three letters of the name written in the article.

And suddenly as if they had promised each other all media outlets began to focus on the Vigilante incident.

The effects were quite good because the corpses of the villains who were brutally murdered and the evil deeds they committed were so provocative.

There was a reason for this.

It was because of an emergency order that suddenly came from the president of the association who was leaving for North Korea.

– Immediately place all information regarding Seongsuho at level 1 security.

In short it meant controlling information.

That wasn’t the end.

The president of the association even tightly blocked the mouths of large guilds that had worked with Seong Su-ho at least once.

-The timing of when the information is released must be left up to Seong Su-ho himself.

“…Why on earth are you doing this?”

I really don’t know why.

However the Woo Jin-cheol they knew was a person who never acted without reason.

That’s why I’m even more curious.

What exactly does the president of the association want?

“Are you saying you want to buy as much time as possible? “For what?”

However there was something that even Association President Woo Jin-cheol did not expect.

Seong Su-ho who was in India returned to Korea in an instant through a shadow exchange.

It was Seong Su-ho who came to the association headquarters on his own initiative.

And he confidently revealed his purpose much sooner than the association president expected.

“Well now that you have become an S-class hunter….”

After completing the re-measurement of his magical power Suho officially stated his purpose for coming.

“As an S-class hunter I am requesting the right to attack North Korea.”

…!

That’s right.

North Korea.

The land has become a huge field like Loktak Field in India even bigger.

The starting point of the vast apocalypse that passes through North Korea and extends to China and Russia.

“We need government permission.”

Seong Su-ho announced his intention to go to North Korea.