Kuehehehe. Kueng?!

Cuengi, who was running toward Sejun, suddenly stopped.

Ku… eng. Kueng!

[A… right! It’s Detective Cunan. Detective Cunan has solved it!]

Cuengi, who briefly confused his main persona with his role-playing character, resumed his method acting.

“As expected, Detective Cunan is amazing.”

Sejun also played along to let Cuengi get fully immersed in his role-playing.

While Cuengi was engrossed in his alter ego, Detective Cunan,

“Puhuhut. The case isn’t solved yet, meow! Detective Cunan has only unraveled one of the many clues, meow! It’s still 0-1, meow!”

Theo, brimming with competitive spirit, said to Cuengi. The match isn’t over yet, meow!

Kueng!

[Detective Cunan will win!]

“Puhuhut. I will show you the skills of Sherlock Sejun’s trusted assistant, Theoson, meow!”

Kueng!

[Detective Cunan will also show his skills!]

“Puhuhut. But you can’t beat me, meow! I, Theoson, am a master at catching thieves, meow!”

As Theo and Cuengi competitively ran into the building,

“But what is this building?”

Sejun slowly walked towards the massive structure, looking around.

There was a broom leaning against the wall, fallen leaves gathered on the ground, and stones replaced with new ones amidst the aged stones marking the passage of time on the building.

There were signs that someone had been here.

Probably thieves, considering the size of the building, there might be more of them around.

At that moment,

“Sejun, it seems someone is living here. I’m sure it’s the thief who stole my money!”

Sejun heard a voice beside him. It was Uren.

…!

Sejun felt his heart drop and quickly looked to his side. There stood Uren, the icon of misfortune.

I am here with Uren?

Without Theo or Cuengi?

Osooso.

A chill ran down Sejun’s spine.

“Guys, wait for me!”

Sejun hurried into the building.

“Sejun~nim, wait for… Ack!”

As Uren hurriedly chased after Sejun into the building, he suddenly fell into a pit that appeared on the floor.

Pihu… Piyo!

[Phew… it’s starting again!]

Piyot sighed and followed after the fallen Uren.

***

Green Tower, 1st Floor.

Thump. Thump.

“Is it there?!”

A massive troll, one head taller than other trolls, glared at Sejun’s shop and asked.

“Yes! That’s right, boss.”

“That’s the shop!”

The Twin Head Ogre, Dooly, the deputy boss of the Immortal Clan, responded.

The boss of the Immortal Clan, Giant Troll Orga, had been summoned by the powerhouse of the 93rd floor of the tower for not paying his tribute for the 1st floor of the tower and had been severely reprimanded.

So he came to the 1st floor of the tower to collect the tributes himself.

“It doesn’t look like much. Let’s wrap this up quickly and go. Sweep them away.”

“Yes! Boss!”

“Boys, clear the way!”

“Yes!”

“Move aside!”

At the command of Dooly’s right head, the members of the Immortal Clan began pushing away the hunters, clearing a path to the shop.

And then,

“Aack!”

“What’s going on?!”

The hunters were helplessly pushed back.

The trolls quickly cleared a path to the shop.

Thump. Thump.

Orga, with Dooly in the lead, slowly followed behind.

At that moment,

Bang!

Thump!

With a loud crash, one of the trolls flew through the air and landed in front of Dooly.

“What?!”

“What’s going on?!”

Dooly hurriedly asked the troll that had fallen to the ground.

“The… Saintess… escape…”

The troll muttered something in a barely audible voice before losing consciousness.

“The… Saintess…”

“Saintess of Destruction, Egel?!”

“No way. That can’t be true.”

“There’s no way the boss of the 97th floor of the tower would be here.”

While Dooly’s two heads were conversing,

“Hey… look ahead.”

Orga, looking ahead, called out to Dooly in a terrified voice.

“Yes?”

“What’s ahead…?”

Dooly, looking ahead, was at a loss for words.

In front of them stood Agni, the boss of the 99th floor of the tower, who had transformed into a giant, and Egel, the boss of the 97th floor, the Saintess of Destruction.

The trolls were kneeling before them.

Why are the bosses from the highest floors of the Green Tower here?!

Orga and Dooly were startled and tried to quickly turn around and run away.

Grrrr.

But Cerberus, the boss of the 98th floor, blocked their path.

“Kneel.”

Thump. Thump.

At Cerberus’ command, Orga and Dooly knelt faster than anyone.

“Sign it.”

Cerberus handed them a contract prepared by Theo in advance.

***

[You have hunted 1 slave.]

[All stats increased by 1 due to the effect of <Title: Slave Hunter>.]

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..

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“Puhuhut. My subordinates are doing well, meow! But where is this, meow?!”

Theo said, looking around after reading the message.

He had definitely entered the building with Cuengi, but he ended up in a completely different place. Moreover, Cuengi was nowhere to be seen.

“Puhuhut. I should go to Chairman Park first, meow!”

Theo moved toward where he sensed Sejun’s energy.

“Meow!”

I feel a pull from here, meow!

As he walked along the path and entered a room where he felt the pull, there was a jade-colored stone placed in the center of the room.

“Puhuhut. This looks good, meow!”

Even though it obviously looked like a trap, Theo grabbed the jade stone without hesitation.

Rumble.

The room shook for a moment.

“What, meow?”

Theo tilted his head and left the room, heading toward Sejun.

Soon after,

Clang.

Sharp spikes coated with purple liquid shot out from the top and bottom of the room Theo had just left.

“Meow meow meow.”

Unaware of the danger he had just avoided, Theo hummed a tune as he ran toward Sejun.

***

Kueng?

[Where is this place?]

Just like Theo, Cuengi, who had fallen into a strange place, looked around.

Kueng!

[Cuengi smell Dad from over there! Detective Cunan has found Dad!]

Bang! Bang!

Cuengi started moving straight toward Sejun, breaking through walls.

Clang.

Traps appeared along the way, but

Kueng! Kueng!

[You can’t block Detective Cunan! Cuengi have to go quickly!]

Cuengi destroyed all the traps.

While moving forward by solving everything with brute force,

Piyo!

Kkuik!

Cuengi heard Piyot and Uren screaming from afar.

Kueng?

Cuengi quickly ran toward the sound.

Rumble.

He saw Piyot and Uren running away to avoid being crushed by a giant boulder.

Kueng!

[Get out of the way!]

Cuengi shouted to them and extended his front paw.

Then,

Bang!

With a loud explosion, the boulder turned to dust. It was Cuengi’s Step Punch.

Piyo…

[We’re saved…]

“Cuengi, do you need some pocket money?”

As Uren, who had narrowly escaped death, tried to reward Cuengi,

Kueng!

[Dad told me not to take money from just anyone!]

Cuengi refused Uren’s money.

“I’m not just anyone…”

Uren felt hurt.

***

“Where is this place?”

Sejun stood at the end of a dead-end corridor, looking around.

As soon as he opened the door, he felt something strange and was plunged into darkness, ending up here as if he had teleported.

Step. Step.

Since it was a dead-end, Sejun walked forward.

Then,

(Sejun~nim, be careful!)

Paespaes, who was hiding on Sejun’s instep, warned him and swung its wings at the ground three meters ahead.

Then the floor sank under the air pressure.

Creak.

With the sound of gears turning, huge iron skewers shot up from the floor.

What… what was that?

Did I almost die just now?!

Sejun froze at the sight of the trap.

Kkirorong. Kkihit.

In contrast, Blackie was sleeping as comfortably as ever.

Yeah, just sleep.

In Sejun’s mind, Blackie was still a baby puppy.

Thinking that there was nothing good to be gained from experiencing this kind of situation, Sejun completely closed his sling bag.

(Just a moment.)

Paespaes swung its wings to cut the metal spikes and flew ahead.

Bang! Bang!

(Phew. It’s safe now!)

After destroying all the traps ahead, Paespaes returned.

Thanks to Paespaes, Sejun could move comfortably.

As he continued to move along the corridor,

“Huh? It’s Theo.”

Sejun could sense Theo coming this way.

“Let’s rest here for a moment.”

(Sure!)

As Sejun waited for a bit,

“Chairman Park, I missed you so much, meow!”

Theo ran over and hugged Sejun’s face.

“Yeah. I missed you so much too!”

Sejun welcomed Theo more warmly than usual.

At that moment,

Rumble.

Rumble.

Rumble.

The vibration rapidly approached where Sejun was.

“What is it?”

Sejun grabbed Theo’s body with both hands, ready to defend at any moment.

A moment later,

Bang!

The wall in front of Sejun shattered.

And then,

Kueng!

[Cuengi found Dad!]

Thud, thud, thud.

Cuengi hurriedly ran towards Sejun.

“Cuengi!”

Sejun greeted Cuengi as if he hadn’t seen him in decades.

Piyo!

[We’re saved!]

“Theo~nim, I missed you!”

Following Cuengi, Piyot and Uren appeared.

The group was reunited.

“But where should we go?”

Kueng!

[Detective Cunan smelled the thief earlier! Just trust Detective Cunan!]

Cuengi confidently raised his front paw and shouted.

“Puhuhut. No, meow! I felt a strong pull from that direction, meow!”

Theo also confidently raised his front paw and shouted.

Kueng!

[Cuengi is right!]

“No, meow! My front paw’s pull has never been wrong, meow!”

The two started bickering again.

“Guys, calm down. You’re both right. Let’s first go to where Theo felt the pull.”

The pull Theo felt was surely towards the treasure stolen by the thief. So, let’s first grab the treasure and then chase the thief.

“Puhuhut. Follow me, meow!”

Kueng…

With Sejun’s words, Theo’s confidence soared, while Cuengi became sullen.

“Detective Cunan, don’t be too sad. I’ll give you one five-star stamp instead.”

Kuehehehe. Kueng?!

[Hehehe. Really?!]

“Yes. Here, take out the paper.”

Kueng!

[Got it!]

Thus, having cheered up Cuengi, Sejun followed Theo’s lead, moving towards the pull.

And then,

“Wow…”

They arrived at a gigantic warehouse.

It was filled with jewels, weapons, paintings, and other expensive-looking items.

“Theo, gather what you’re pulled towards first, and then pack the rest of the jewels!”

“Got it, meow!”

Kueng!

Piyo!

“Yes!”

Following Sejun’s instructions, the group began gathering the jewels.

“Chairman Park, I feel a strong pull from within here, meow!”

Guided by Theo, Sejun stood in front of a pile of jewels.

“From here?”

“Yes, meow!”

Shhh.

Theo answered and then dived into the pile of jewels.

A moment later.

Swoosh.

Theo’s chubby front paw emerged from the pile of jewels.

When Sejun pulled Theo’s paw, Theo appeared holding a black diamond in his other front paw.

104.28.193.250

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, it’s this, meow!”

Theo, dangling from Sejun’s grasp, confidently offered the black diamond.

[Skill Copying Stone]

Gulp.

Sejun took the black diamond and examined it closely.

[Skill Copying Stone]

→ An item made from black diamond.

→ It can randomly copy and store one skill from a target.

→ The stored skill disappears after use.

→ Skills cannot be copied if the difference in levels is significant without the target’s consent.

→ Skills that cannot be used cannot be copied.

→ Currently copied skill: None

→ Usage restrictions: Level 100 or higher, all stats above 2000, recognized as the master of the Copyist Kapi

→ Creator: Copyist Kapi

→ Grade: ★

“It can copy skills?”

So, if I copy and store the skills of Theo or Cuengi…

Hehehe. Will I be able to use Meow-meow Storm Fist and Kueng-fooo too?

While Sejun imagined enemies falling to his newly acquired skills and chuckled,

-What? You dare to use me? Then you must first pass the trial of the Copyist Kapi!

As soon as the arrogant voice echoed in his mind, Sejun lost consciousness.

Kki…

[Please, let me sleep comfortably…]

Blackie, grumbling about sleep, closed his eyes and entered Sejun’s mental world.

*****