Soul Devourer Chapter 3 Episode 12 — Rushing to the Scene in a Frenzy
It seemed that「Grimm Reaper」rampaging across various regions were all targeting fellow hunters, and I couldn’t very well ruin the Hokkaido trip because of my own business.
So I decided to let my father and mother continue enjoying their trip in Hokkaido.
I headed straight from the dungeon to the airport by taxi, bought a ticket for the next available flight to Tokyo, and waited while browsing the hunter-exclusive site on my phone.
Information about「Grimm Reaper」was already spreading across the site.
Some people left bold comments about heading out to capture them out of a sense of justice, while others posted helpless remarks begging someone to deal with it.
I skimmed through those posts to kill time, and when boarding time approached, I lined up for baggage and body inspections.
I boarded the plane without issue.
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After arriving in Tokyo, I immediately grabbed a taxi, told the driver my destination, and headed to the Hunter Guild.
When I entered the Hunter Guild, the guildmaster was waiting in the lobby.
Since it was an emergency, we exchanged only brief greetings before I followed him up to the rooftop.
There, we boarded a specially prepared helicopter and rushed to an A-rank dungeon in Nagano Prefecture.
Though it was a different vehicle from the plane, I still enjoyed another trip through the sky before we landed in front of the target dungeon.
A cordon had already been established around the dungeon by gathered hunters, all wearing expressions of fierce determination, clearly resolved not to let「Grimm Reaper」escape.
(E/N: A cordon is basically an organized crowd that forms a barrier, this is unlike the police cordon or crime scene tapes used by law enforcement.)
“Excuse me. What’s the current situation?”
I asked a nearby guild staff member.
“About an hour ago, the special unit stationed at the branch headed inside to attempt a capture, but we haven’t received any contact since.”
“I understand. I’ll head in.”
“Please be careful!”
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When I passed through the dungeon entrance, a desolate graveyard shrouded in thin mist spread out before me.
It had the same atmosphere as the dungeon where I once saved Takahashi Izumi-san from thugs, and the dungeon where I defeated the Elder Lich.
“Which means the monsters are undead types for sure.”
Since it was an A-rank dungeon, I would have liked to take my time and enjoy it properly when I had leisure, but「Grimm Reaper」had ruined that.
Grumbling to myself as I moved forward, I sensed a group approaching from ahead.
The thin mist made it hard to tell at a distance, but as we drew closer, their figures became clear.
“White masks with crescent-shaped slits and pitch-black robes… no doubt about it.”
They were definitely「Grimm Reaper」, the same group that had once attacked me.
Since their faces were hidden behind white masks, I could only judge by their presence and movements, but the moment they recognized me, I sensed a flicker of surprise.
“You may already know this, but I’m Yuito Matsubara, an S-rank hunter. I came here to arrest you all. But first, I want to ask one thing… What happened to the special unit that went ahead of me?”
At that, one of them stepped forward as a representative and answered my question.
“You know what kind of clan we are, right? That’s your answer.”
“I see. Any other victims?”
“We wiped out about three parties.”
“…Why are you doing this? What’s your objective?”
“I can’t answer that.”
“Understood.”
I never expected them to answer honestly. So, as planned from the start, I decided to incapacitate them first and extract the answers afterward.
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E/N:
The smug faces behind those masks boutta turn into horror-filled despairing ones…
Stay tuned!
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