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Return of the Frozen Player CH 69

Author:Seo Category:urban Update time:2022-11-22 05:59:53

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“Now, lets get down to business.” The smile was gone from Deok-gus face, his voice serious.

Seo Jun-ho sensed what he was about to say.

“The orphanage”

Deok-gu nodded gravely.

“We dont know the exact location, but we found a lead.”

“That was faster than I thought.” 

“We were just lucky.

We happened to find something while investigating a bunch of different places.”

“An orphanage Is that a code word” The Frost Queen asked.

She was playing with a large column.

“No, were talking about a literal orphanage.” Seo Jun-ho explained to her how the Fiend Association was using orphanages to train fiends.

She banged on the column in anger.

“Those wicked, impudent humans!”

“Hey, that columns expensive…” Deok-gu looked like he was about to cry, but she was already on a roll. 

“Lead the way.

I will punish those filth.”

“Lets hear about that lead first.” Seo Jun-ho looked at Deok-gu expectantly, who then tapped on his Vita.

A photograph of a man showed up.

He was a foreigner with a kind face who looked like he was in his 30s.

“Torres Milo.

A level 72 player who was active on the 2nd floor.

Abilities unknown.

He announced his sudden retirement while his career was peaking.”

“Nothing suspicious so far.” It wasnt out of the ordinary for players to retire even when they were doing well.

Sometimes, players had a sudden change of heart or became scared for their future.

“Look at the next picture.”

Beep—

It was an image of Torres walking in front of the Colosseum with two children walking behind him. 

“An agent who was investigating Rome just so happened to take this picture.” 

“And”

“As far as I know, Torres never married.

But there were kids with him, so I did some digging…” His face darkened.

“And it turns out that his activities since his retirement are completely unknown.

Even if he tried to erase his records, theres no way it would be so clean.”

“Thats a little suspicious.”

“Right Something felt off, so I went even deeper.” He pulled out a few documents; they were a compilation of reports from Rome.

“I think hes been living around Rome for a few years now, but no one knows where he lives or what he does.

It seems that he sometimes goes out in public with children, but the important thing is that theyre never the same.”

“……” Seo Jun-hos eyes narrowed.

“Hes getting more suspicious the more you tell me about him.

But if hes really the fiend who runs the orphanage, why is he acting so openly”

“I wondered the same thing, so I went through crime records from the past few years.”

Beep— The two men and the spirit stared up at the hologram report. 

“Almost every time he went out in public, there was a missing persons report within a week.”

“…Of course.” Seo Jun-ho instantly realized what that meant.

“So he goes out to check for himself if the children are worth using”

“Thats what I think.

Of course, it could be something else.” Deok-gu didnt sound confident, but Seo Jun-ho was sure of it.

Keen Intuition was now A-rank, and it was screaming at him right now. 

“How often does he go out”

“Once every two months.

He should be going out again next week.”

“Good.

Ill go.” 

Deok-gu looked at him, worried.

He wanted to tell him off, but he couldnt quite do it. 

“I know youre strong.

Hell, you know better than anyone how strong you are.

But its really dangerous this time.” They didnt know how many fiends worked at the orphanage.

Besides, the place was overflowing with fiends in training. 

“I dont expect it to be easy,” Seo Jun-ho said calmly.

“But you know how hard Ive worked to get rid of them.

So when they were wiped out, I didnt think they would appear again.”

But things didnt always work out the way you wanted them to.

After the Five Heroes haddied, the fiends had started to crawl out of the shadows.

“I cant forgive the fiends.

I dont want to forgive them.

You know why, dont you”

“……” Shim Deok-gu pursed his lips.

He had nothing to say. 

“If it werent for them, my parents wouldnt have been killed by monsters.” Seo Jun-hos eyes were cold.

Deok-gu raised his hands in surrender. 

“…Tsk.

Its unfair of you to bring up your parents.”

“Either way, I wont let them slip away.”

“What, so you dont need any extra manpower Youre gonna take care of everything alone with the Frost Queen”

“Its Frost Queen-nim.”

“…Youre gonna take care of everything alone with Frost Queen-nim”

“Its just an investigation.

If hes not a fiend, Ill come back quietly.”

“And if he is”

“Well, things will get noisy, then,” he said coolly.

He seemed to consider something.

“Also, do you know if some sort of technology has been developed that can turn fiends back to normal”

“…There isnt.” Deok-gu knew why he was asking.

He laughed bitterly and patted Seo Jun-ho on the shoulder, as if to brush away some of the heavy burdens his friend was carrying. 

* * *

Rome was divided up into 15 administrative districts called municipios.

Most people gathered in municipio 1, where the Colosseum was.

On the other hand, municipio 15 was mostly empty because of one large private property. 

“It really has been a long time.” A man with a dusty hood looked up at the gates.

It was the middle of the day, so he could see clearly into the property.

Dozens of children were laughing and playing. 

Creak.

The gate opened, and a priest stepped out.

He smiled at the man. 

“Welcome, brother.

What brings you—Keuk!” 

The man took off his hood and grabbed his throat.

“Call the director.” The Demonic energy that emanated from his body made the priest tremble in fear. 

“A-a fiend… I-I apologize, I didnt…”

“Thats enough,” a new voice said.

A kind-looking man walked toward them, his hands clasped behind his back.

“I didnt expect the Demon Bow to come to such a humble place.

If you had informed me ahead of time, we couldve avoided making such a mistake.”

Demon Bow Kal Signer. 

“Am I not allowed to come here”

“Of course not.

You are welcome at any time.”

Kal Signer glanced at the children.

“Life must be pretty boring here.”

“Haha.

Were not here to have fun, after all.

I am working day and night for the sake of the Demon Kings return.”

“The Demon King… Are you sure you can talk about him in front of the children” He was conscious of their vicinity. 

“Of course.

If you dont believe me…” 

Torres clapped his hands.

Suddenly, the children all stopped.

The child on the slide, the child in the sandbox, the children playing tag; their smiles fell from their faces, and they stared at Kal Signer, expressionless.

“…Disgusting little things.”

“Theyre all training hard so they can become like you.” Torres clapped again, and the children went back toplaying.

“Come on in.”

The large building was reminiscent of a college dormitory.

Torres led him to his office and started to make coffee.

“So… what brings you here I havent received any other orders.”

“Im not here on Association business.

I came here to carry out Nazad Hallows orders.”

The directors eyes widened when he heard the name.

He seemed nervous.

“H-have I done something wrong…”

“You must feel guilty about something,” Kal Signer snorted and put his legs up on the coffee table.

“Its got nothing to do with you.

He ordered me to bring up some no-name to the 2nd floor.” It would take some time for him to succeed because Seo Jun-ho had to reach level 30 first. 

“Just who…”

“No one important.

Do you know someone called Seo Jun-ho” Signer expected him to say no, but Torres nodded immediately. 

“Of course I do.

Hes the hottest topic on the 1st floor right now.”“…What You know him”

“Arent you talking about the Korean player He reached 1st place in the Cave of Trials.”

“Wait, 1st place”

“You didnt know” Signer frowned.

It had been hard coming down to the 1st floor while avoiding the Associations; hed barely made it with the Pathfinder.

He hadnt had any time to check the news. 

“Well, its not like the only one whos 1st place.” 

Kal Signer had never been to the Cave of Trials before.

Most fiends couldnt even get close to it because it was maintained by the Player Association, but he thought hed be able to reach the 9th level if he tried. 

“Huh Hes the only one.”

“What How is that possible” He pulled his feet off the table.

He didnt understand.

“He cleared the 10th level and set the record for 1st place.”

“…He beat Specter, Rahmadat Khali, and Kim Woo-joong”

“Yes.”

“Ha… hahaha!” He let out an amused laugh.

“Hasnt it only been four months since he debuted”

“That would be correct.”

“Tsk, he got lucky again.” Signer was greatly underestimating him.

Hed been watching Seo Jun-ho for a while, and he thought that his luck had extended to the Cave of Trials.

It was exactly what Seo Jun-ho wanted. 

Hes a weakling.

The Shadow Brothers couldve easily taken care of him.

Signer just thought that he was extremely lucky—that it was how Seo Jun-ho had avoided the Shadow Brothers and the Las Vegas incident.

I wrote in my report that Seo Jun-ho was deeply connected to the Watchdogs deaths… but I dont believe it myself.

It was the Dokkaebi Guilds Gong Juha.

Seo Jun-ho didnt do anything. 

He hadnt even been level 20 back then.

How could he have taken down the whole team

“Signer-nim, are you expecting to stay here for a while”

“Do you have any complaints”

“No, but…”

“I am indebted to you.

That monster is wearing me down.” The orphanage was the only place on the 1st floor where he could hide.

“This place will be safe.”

“Well, make yourself comfortable.

However…”

“You dont need to say it.

Youre the director here.

I wont impede on your authority.”

“Thank you for understanding.” Torres was relieved that the Demon Bow wasnt here for him. 

To think that Nazad Hallow wants Seo Jun-ho… How unexpected. 

Of course, his thoughts on the matter ended there; it didnt have anything to do with him.

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