Guide Me If You Dare
Chapter 227: HUMANOID MONSTERS

Chapter 227: HUMANOID MONSTERS

THE FREAKING press conference was finally over.

Well, it ended when Ki Gayoon ran out of patience. He just walked out after he had said everything he needed to say.

Kwak Hakjae, Professor J, and Hayoung Cheon wrapped it up for him.

But there was just one thing that annoyed him after leaving the hall where the press conference was being held.

"Why are you following me?"

"I have a question for you," 17 said, following Gayoon as if they were just taking a stroll in the park. "Let’s catch up, Gayoon~"

"Why are you acting like we’re friends?"

"Aren’t we?"

"No, you’re just being delusional."

"But we got along well when we bullied the first AWO President into quitting his position."

"That wasn’t bullying— that was extracting justice since the first AWO President was a scumbag."

"But we had fun back then, right?"

Haaah.

This persistent bastard won’t stop until I give him attention, will he?

"What do you want from me?" Gayoon asked, turning around to face 17. "I already shared all the information that AWO would find useful with your professor."

"Ah, I don’t care about that anymore. I already got what I wanted when President Kwak made an oath to activate my personal Status Window," 17 said, shrugging. "But I want to talk about your Guide."

"What about my Guide? Noh Yuno is mine. You’re not allowed to even glance at him."

"Dude, do you live your life as if every Esper in the world is after your Guide?"

"Yeah. Why not? Noh Yuno is pretty, smart, sexy... no. You’re not allowed to know his lovely qualities."

"I’m not interested in your Guide as a person— I’m only interested in his class."

"Ah, very well then," Gayoon said, crossing his arms over his chest. "It seems like you already know something about E-Class Guides. You won’t be interested in people you know nothing about."

"Aww. You know me so well, Gayoon. See? We’re friends."

"You and your delusional ass."

17 just laughed, and then he changed the topic. "Hey. Are E-Class Guides that rare?"

"Noh Yuno is the first E-Class Guide that I’ve met in the last fifteen years since I became an Esper. Well, maybe I’ve met other E-Class Guides who were hiding their real class in the past. But why did you ask?"

"I’ve met several E-Class Guides in the past."

"And how sure are you that those Guides were E-Class Guides?"

"Gut feeling?"

"Are you stupid?"

"No, for real," 17 said, laughing. It was hard to take this bastard seriously when he was acting like this. "It’s not like it’s everyday you get to meet Guides who could attack you using the corrupted Mana they absorbed from you."

Oh.

"Reverse Guiding."

17 nodded. "Yeah, only E-Class Guides could do that."

"How old are those Guides?"

"Much younger than your E-Class Guide."

"Then those aren’t Noh Yuno’s "siblings,"" Gayoon said, knitting his eyebrows. "Noh Yuno is the youngest among his "siblings." Where did you find those kids?"

"Am I supposed to give that information for free?"

"What do you want in return, you greedy bastard?"

"Nothing much," 17 said, laughing softly while shaking his head. "I have just a tiny favor to ask, Gayoon."

"Tiny," my ass.

Gayoon could already tell that 17 was up to no good.

***

IT’S TIME to go.

But Gayoon still had one last thing to do.

Having the power over the entire country comes with responsibilities, so I have no choice but to suck it up.

"President Kwak, I’ll leave the President’s job to you," Gayoon said while looking at the people he gathered in his own office. "Yu Minju, you’re going with the AWO representatives. Baekho, you’ll lead the team in my place. Kang Dabin, you’ll work with the Rogue Clan."

Yes, the people he gathered there were Kwak Hakjae, Yu Minju, Baeko, and Kang Dabin.

"Alright," Kwak Hakjae said while nodding. "We’ve been receiving calls from our allied nations. I’ll take care of them."

Gayoon nodded. "If someone is brave enough to threaten our country, tell me."

"Oh, you bet I will," Kwak Hakja said while laughing. "I’ll let you deal with all the violent stuff."

Yu Minju raised her hand and asked awkwardly: "Am I supposed to cooperate with AWO, Boss Oppa? What if they force me to do something that I don’t want to do? Those people are kind of greedy for my ability."

"If they do, just throw a tantrum. I’ll clean up after your mess," Gayoon assured Yu Minju. "I gave the humanoid corpse to Professor J. Since the humanoid monsters can’t be detected by average Espers, Professor J is planning to create a device that could pick up the presence of humanoid monsters. Help them, but only give them the bare minimum. Our guild should still come up with a better device later."

Yu Minju nodded. "Got it, Boss Oppa."

Gayoon then turned to Baekho and Kang Dabin.

To be honest, the two had just recovered from their previous injuries. He didn’t want to ask for their help, but he couldn’t help it.

They’re the only people I can entrust the guild with while I’m gone.

"Don’t give us that look," Kang Dabin said, scoffing. "We will take care of the guild and keep an eye on the Rogue Clan."

Baekho nodded in agreement. "Please trust us, Boss."

"So hurry up and find Noh Yuno," Kang Dabin added, giving Gayoon a disapproving look. "You badly need your Guide, dude."

Right.

My Mana is dropping to its Red Zone already.

"That’s the plan," Gayoon said, sighing when he remembered that he had one last task that he needed to do. "I just need to check on the pink bastard first."

***

TO BE HONEST, Lee Sarang wasn’t expecting a tearful reunion with Mo Hanjin.

However, she also didn’t expect that they would be so cold towards each other as if their past dynamic was nothing but a fever dream.

I used to act like a pushover around Hanjin Oppa, after all.

But Lee Sarang didn’t feel like doing that anymore.

"I’ll get straight to the point," Mo Hanjin said, breaking the cold silence between the two of them in a room similar to an interrogation room as seen in movies. "Lee Sarang, those people are humanoid monsters."

Lee Sarang knitted her eyebrows. "What do you mean by that? And who are "those" people you’re talking about, Hanjin-ssi?"

***

GAYOON went inside his dungeon to check on Bambi.

However, what greeted him wasn’t a Guide.

No, it wasn’t actually human.

"You..."

"Why are you looking at me like that, Gayoon Hyung?" Bambi asked, tilting his head to one side while observing Gayoon’s face. "Can you see my true form now?"

The fuck.

At once glance, Bambi looked like the pretty Guide that he claimed to be.

But it was as if Gayoon’s eyes had suddenly been opened.

He couldn’t see Bambi as human anymore because his entire body was shrouded in what seemed like corrupted Mana.

Like he was nothing but a lump of Mana— one that was bad for humans.

"I should have known," Gayoon said, clicking his tongue while looking at Bambi’s supposed "true form." "You’re not human."

But what exactly is he?

***

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