S-Rank is My Side Character (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 42

“It was suspicious from the very beginning. Sending the Rank 1 to the North, of all places—packed with national secrets—I thought they were trying to extract intelligence, but Mr. Rude said there were no listening devices.”

Rude simply nodded beside him.

His skill, ‘Wait, is this going viral on NewTube?’ could also detect eavesdropping devices.

The fact that it hadn’t triggered meant eavesdropping wasn’t their goal.

“So that means they genuinely wanted us to deal with that Gate. But the Guild Master of Gunshin wouldn’t involve the Temple just to handle that Gate. The only logical conclusion is that someone with substantial influence deliberately sent you here. And the only person with that kind of clout is you. Right?”

Lee Ji Sung gave a faint chuckle.

His sunglasses glinted under the fluorescent light. Kang I Hyeon slightly frowned, then spoke again.

“The patients we treated yesterday mostly had illnesses that seemed ‘neglected and chronic.’ There was only one regular doctor and one pharmacist here—no actual healers.”

In Kang I Hyeon’s judgment, the illnesses afflicting Gunshin’s guild members—like ligament damage treatable with extracorporeal shockwave therapy—could all be cured with about a month of specialized care.

“The supplies were also pretty poor, and yesterday’s corn soup was past its expiration date.”

“Oh, about that.”

Rude continued, saying he’d found the envelope just discarded on the car floor.

In any case, it was clear that Gunshin’s ‘Owl’ division was being neglected by the South. Kang I Hyeon spoke again, this time with firm conviction.

“Is Gunshin deliberately sending powerful, vocal individuals up North? And preventing them from returning?”

“Yeah.”

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