I’m the one who wrote about seeing Daphne. I’m back from the bathroom, so I’ll continue spilling the tea.

While I was running my ass off, some civil servants rushed over and made eye contact with me as they were taking their positions.

One of the older female civil servants looked at me with eyes that said “Why is this punk here causing trouble?” and escorted me out.

They say Korean civil servants have a high rescue rate, and it’s true. Super quick and accurate. There were other people besides me who were out there at dawn, and they smoothly evacuated everyone.

But that wasn’t the end of it.

I think the prediction of where the wave would start was slightly off? Anyway, everyone at the designated spot had evacuated, but slightly beyond that… you know, the secondary evacuation zone. That’s where the gate started.

All the gates I’ve seen until now appeared exactly at the predicted spot, but this was the first time I saw something like this.

Anyway, the civil servants seemed flustered too, talking amongst themselves as they rushed over there. Honestly, I couldn’t see well. It was so fast.

But there was a kid who hadn’t managed to evacuate. I couldn’t see clearly, but it looked like a student.

Probably came out for an early morning workout like an old fart like me.

The kid got sucked into the mouth of a monster that suddenly appeared.

Honestly, I’ve never seen such a big monster before. You know the blobfish from the deep sea? Anyway, it looked exactly like that but with legs. Fucking gross and scary. I couldn’t even see how it ate.

The running civil servant stopped at that moment.

They must have judged that they couldn’t save that one.

That’s when it happened.

The blobfish… sorry, I don’t know the name of that fish-like monster. Anyway, that huge thing that looked about 10m long, its mouth split horizontally, and then it completely vanished.

Everyone was dumbfounded, not knowing what had happened, when Daphne appeared, not in civil servant attire or even hunter gear. Just wearing something like a tracksuit.

She was carrying the boy who had gone into that thing’s mouth. He looked about 50kg, but she was easily carrying him with one arm. Is this too obvious?

Anyway, the kid was out of it, but the medical team immediately took him, so he seemed okay.

Probably?

And after watching the medical team take the kid away, she said something to the civil servant.

I couldn’t hear the conversation clearly, but I heard one sentence exactly.

“I just stopped by on my way.” So cool;;;;

I swear. If this is a lie, I’ll never eat fish-shaped bread again.

You know how when you see someone really handsome or pretty, they seem to shine?

At that moment, Daphne alone seemed to be sparkling.

She was so fucking cool and…

My heart was racing then. Because she was so cool;

Maybe that’s why I forgot the guideline about not making loud noises in the evacuation zone, and I stupidly shouted; Honestly, I don’t know why I did it; I probably said something like “I’m a fan of Daphne, I’m always cheering for you”; So embarrassing;

What’s the point of having fans when you’re not even a celebrity;

But Daphne, who was turning away, glanced in my direction and smiled.

I can die happy now.

That monster must have been the main one, because usually during a wave, many monsters appear at once, but this time it was cleaned up pretty quickly.

Afterwards, a civil servant warned me not to shout next time, so I apologized profusely and that was the end of it.

I still don’t understand what I was thinking, shouting near a wave outbreak. But I don’t regret it. But I did wrong.

That’s the end of the story, and I don’t have anything to prove it, but as one of Daphne’s fans, I shared this because I know many people are curious about her recent activities. There will probably be more stories from other people who saw it too.

└Wow

└Daphne ㅠㅠㅠㅠ So she’s been doing well ㅠㅠㅠ

└Can gate measurements be that off? This guy is fucking lying

└└Don’t you know there was an article about the gate measurement being off today? Do some research before calling bullshit

└└└Sorry;

└Wow if this is true, there should be news articles soon;

└There’s already an article; (article link)

└Holy shit it’s real

└Hey OP, I’m so jealous… You really saw Daphne

└Hmm the article just came out; Look at the timing;

└God Daphne ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

└Looks like she’s just taking a break from top activities ㅠㅠ

└Wow but she’s really in another class… For a B-rank gate, the dispatched civil servant hunters must be A-rank or AA-rank. She saved someone they couldn’t even touch;;;

└└No wonder other countries are aggressively trying to recruit and advertise to S-rank and above?

└└└Seriously. It’s crazy how she just rips the monster’s mouth without touching a hair on the person

└I was curious about what a blobfish looks like, so I looked it up.

(Blobfish image)

└└Gross;

└└The newspaper article didn’t specify the exact monster name either. Looking at this, I can kind of see what kind of creature it was.

└God Daphne, but why don’t we hear any news when she’s active ㅠㅠㅠㅠ What is she doing these days ㅠㅠㅠ Come back ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ] [This is the timeline separator]

This is what happened when Suji passed by that place.

She was just casually on her way to have an item appraised.

Since the ‘Appraisal’ skill required a randomly assigned ‘talent’ to learn, there were only about four people in Seoul, South Korea who specialized in appraisals.

The clients of such people were hunters who possessed rare items that required appraisal, and appraisal shops were usually located near hunter exchanges.

As a result, the journey to get an item appraised was quite long, even if one took shortcuts.

Suji, who had ended her seclusion of over a month and ventured out into the world for a very brief moment, was walking quite briskly.

“Ah, I need to get back quickly.”

After trying board games, she found them quite enjoyable. Since there were rarely opportunities to compete equally with others, even though it was just a game, there was fun in becoming attached to fake money, arguing with each other, and bluffing.

It was even more fun to watch Elaine, who was terribly bad at bluffing.

And above all, every moment spent with people who cared for her was precious and joyful.

“I’d like to try something called Mafia game too. Maybe I should have asked Aunt Yeonju to bring enough people.”

While muttering like that and walking hurriedly, Seo Suji suddenly felt a subtle change in the air flow. She stopped walking near the Han River and looked around.

‘It feels like a signal of a gate opening…?’

As she passed by with heightened senses, she saw civil servants rushing over.

At that moment, her status window moved.

‘Is it a stalker or what.’

She wondered if it might be a warning to be careful?

But with the civil servants present, there was no need for her to intervene, and it would probably end well on its own. These days, the warning systems work so well, and evacuation drills are practiced so often that people will likely evacuate on their own.

Thinking it was nothing special, Suji shrugged her shoulders once and was about to continue on her way.

But.

Everything happened in an instant. The air rippled as a gate formed, and a huge, alien being that sprang out of that gate pounced on a human in a flash. Soon after, the person disappeared as if sucked into its mouth.

‘…What just happened?’

Swallows prey whole and digests them.

Strength 309 Health 19,000

‘Status Ailment’: Excited(Enraged)]

The hunter system allows detailed data queries for monsters caught over 100 times.

Additionally, as the number of catches increases, even ‘status ailments’ can be checked.

So Suji, who had practically lived in the Tower, could easily query monsters that popped out of ordinary waves.

She frowned as she noticed something strange while examining the query results that appeared before her eyes.

‘What, why does something that just popped out of the gate have a ‘status ailment’?’

It wasn’t a normal case. Absolutely not.

But there was no time to think deeply.

Suji immediately leaped, pouring out all kinds of movement speed-related skills. Closing the distance in an instant, she swung up the and split the creature’s head.

“…Woah!”

“Waah!”

Clap clap clap clap!

Applause and cheers poured out.

Although they were trying to keep their voices down since the gate wasn’t completely closed yet, she could hear them clearly.

It was an atmosphere she had never seen in the Tower, where comforting each other within the team was all they did after defeating monsters.

Although she didn’t intend to seclude herself forever, Suji had planned to pass by quietly without revealing her face. Feeling somewhat shy, she approached the civil servants carrying the boy and set him down.

“…Hunter name, Saber! S, SSS-rank hu-hunter! It’s an honor to meet you, Lady Daphne!”

From the perspective of the civil servant in front of her, did she appear to be a formidable superior? The other party introduced themselves very politely, even adding a salute.

‘…Why are they so uptight?’

Suji returned the greeting to the civil servant who appeared older than her.