My Range is One Million

Chapter 27: A Talk with His Uncle 1

His uncle’s name was Kim DaeSeong, he was a 42 year old former hunter applicant who had a gambling problem. His sister had a bright future in archery and that was why when he was young, he was deprived of his parent’s attention. All of their time was given to his sister and because of that, he grew up to be an unhappy and bitter person.

His dissatisfaction had reached its limit when his sister won her second Olympic gold medal. That urged him to take three million dollars from home to take a Gagseog procedure.

His Gagseog ratings were high and his skills continued to increase. He was able to reach the third rank but the dangers of the hunter life scared him off and he escaped just to get an even more expensive Gagseog procedure. He stole five million dollars from his family and he threw it all away by gambling.

At that point, his family and relatives already saw him as a bad person. Only Jaehwang’s grandmother solely felt sorry for him. A few years after that, his family tried move past everything and live in peace after all those past tragedies.

“He’s worse than a beast...”

He came to the hospital for his parent’s insurance money. He obviously and legally got the insurance coverage from the hospital by committing insurance fraud. When Jaehwang found out about it, he hated him unconditionally. He lost his mind when he found out that his uncle secretly took everything away from him.

He couldn’t imagine that something like that would ever happen. He was only a minor at that time so the insurance information had to be protected by the state and laws. However, many people had died after the generation mash-up and society was ruined and lost its control. With that, insurance related documents being stolen became one of the country’s biggest problems.

Of course, the government tried to resolve the insurance documents issues but there were things that were a little more important to focus on. So the policy was delayed and Jaehwang faced that law’s weak point.

He was also so injured that his body and mind were not the same and he couldn’t even live a normal life because of the mental and physical impact.

After the insurance incident with his uncle, he tried to file a lawsuit for insurance fraud but the lawsuit company took too long and he had no chance to get the money back. One of the problems was that, Jaehwang was also thought to be dead.

He then gave up on the lawsuit because his grandmother got on her knees and begged in front of him. She said that she wanted her son to be forgiven... She said that she wanted to pay back the money any way that she could...

But his mother’s side of the family cut off all contact with him after that. Time passed and they avoided him, never paying him back as they promised. Jaehwang completely gave up on them as well but he obviously didn’t forgive his uncle. Instead of wasting his time to find him, he had set his goal of making a full recovery and going back to school

He promised one thing and that was that he would never go looking for him purposely. That was what he promised to his grandmother. But, if there came a chance that they would meet face-to-face coincidentally, he wouldn’t just let him go.

And today, he coincidentally found that idiot and so Jaehwang secretly followed him. They passed by an alleyway and he soon found himself in a shabby underground coffee shop. He followed him down the stairs and kept a far distance at a different table.

He watched his uncle order coffee and look at his phone. Two guys in black suits soon showed up to his uncle’s table and greeted him before sitting down.

“How’s it going?”

“There was no face. Sir... Everything’s gone.”

“Idiots... you went to Rome and did whatever else you wanted with that money, are you trying to make me mad?...”

Jaehwang’s uncle, DaeSeong, carelessly talked to the guys in the black suit as he drank his coffee.

“But why are you gathering people to kill that kid?”

Said one of the guys in the black suit. His uncle then put down his coffee and continued to speak in the same tone.

“Idiots. You don’t know what’s in that house, okay? I’m not even a hunter and you need to get rid of my sister’s husband...”

“..It’s impossible that he could be a Gagseog... He’s just an ordinary person...”

DaeSeong was now a level three F-ranked hunter. It didn’t seem like that much but there was a big difference between a Gagseog and a normal human.

“Try harder! Are you not taking this seriously?”

“N-no, that’s not it.”

One of the guys in a black suit shook his head. Jaehwang’s uncle then took out a cigarette and placed it in his mouth as he talked.

“Wouldn’t it be nice if he just ate acid...”

“He could just drink it and that’s all, right? He’s not even twenty years old yet so when you get to him just do it, it should be easy. What’s so hard to understand...”

“He’s disabled! Just take him out, isn’t it that easy? And then that niece, she’s in a coma so that shouldn’t be a problem. They’re both hopeless...”

...

Jaehwang fought back the urge to go over them and punch him in the face. His fingernails were digging into the palm of his hands and he wanted to go and take care of him right then and there.

“I’m going to the bathroom for a second.”

His uncle went to the bathroom and Jaehwang tried to follow along behind him but he then, heard his uncle’s henchman talking so he stayed behind to listen.

“Ha... That fool... Is he really acting like this? I talk a lot like that too but this is the first time I’ve had to deal with someone like him. How could he do something like this to his niece in the hospital and his sister in law’s parents?”

“That jerk has been using his money for gambling and has millions in secret loans. He has to pay the money back to them so he’s trying to get rid of them.”

“So taking out the acid was just an excuse?”

“No, not that... I think he said that he came here because he’s going back to a cottage that was built here. He said that he was in debt...”

The other guy in a black suit sitting across from him took a sip from his cold water and continued the conversation,

“Ugh... I hate him... If only I had Gagseog skills... He would be...”

“Done for. Three million. What even are the kids’ names? I also heard that he went after his sister’s family with a dump truck and that the insurance money he has was for the kids. He’s an evil person. We need to be careful.”

“He’s coming...”

Jaehwang quietly eavesdropped on their entire conversation from his seat.

The moment he heard that their family were stuck in his uncle’s failure, it felt as if his last string of hope was cut.

-It’ll be okay.

The spirit said to Jaehwang as she was starting to get worried.

-Thanks.

-You’re still not in a good condition.

-I know. I’ll control myself.

Jaehwang tried to relax and not feel so worried but he couldn’t do that since he had to fight his murderous urge. He wanted to just die away but he felt like there were a lot of things that he had to know. He also wanted to settle the old debt and ask them about that day. But now was not the right time or place.

Jaehwang had lost all contact with him before and was now back to his uncle. He followed him and found out what and where the motel he was currently staying in was. Straight after that, he went to the neighborhood market and bought two pairs of women’s stockings. He then went to the hardware store and brought one pack of a four roll bundle of duct tape.

It then became night. Jaehwang got his mail order and put on the stuff from inside. Second tier monsters came out of the Dakosu’s dimension gate and there was one on the loose. It was comparable to a small rhinoceros with its strong defensive skills. But its attacks were fairly simple and straightforward, It looked like it would be an easy monster to hunt.

His family was terrified by the wide range of defense devices. It was one of the highest ranked Gagseog weapons there was. He carefully checked the weapon and then put on the protection and wore a black mask that covered his mouth and neck.

Whriing...

Jaehwang went into the hotel used by Tiger hunters. The person at the desk was wearing headphones in his ears, he continued to play his game and passed Jaehwang the room key. He got to the third floor and went into his hotel room. He looked out of the window to check the space where his uncle was staying.

-Has this person ever died before?

-No...

Jaehwang answered the spirit’s question with a stern look...

-Oh...

The spirit could tell that Jaehwang seemed anxious. She had always seen Jaehwang as the devoted model student type. Being an 18-year-old kid, he already had amazing talents. His skills were great but he seemed to have had a hard time getting his feelings together. He won’t always be happy but he could learn to control it a little.

He was exceptional at hunting but hunting people was not a good thing.

-What are you going to do?

-First I have to think a plan to overpower him.

-So he can die.

-...

The spirit didn’t answer and just looked at him with the thought of helping while Jaehwang thinks of the debt that his uncle had created.

He walked slowly down the hallway. The thing he had to be most careful of was the CCTV and breaking things by accident. When he got to the door, Jaehwang took a deep breath and looked through the pass key terminal.

Tic...Dding

“Huh?”

Kim DaeSeong was drinking his beer and laughing as he watched an adult program on TV when someone suddenly opened the entrance door. He turned his head with a smile full of suspicion. He knew that he had the hotel key but the still suddenly came open. He eventually looked towards the door from his bed but he didn’t see anything out there.

“What is going on...”

He struggled to get on his feet. The door then opened wider and something was suddenly wrapped around his neck.

“Keug..”

He couldn’t breath but his hunter senses still mildly worked.

“Argh!”

He couldn’t see what was going on but he still had confidence in his skills so he started to squirm and swung his arms.

Popeog...

He broke free from the killer’s clutches and he was able to see that the man who attacked him wore a mask and an armor. He followed up as soon as he regained his footing but the masked man was not an easy target and avoided his punches without any effort.

“You... Who...”

He then picked up a sharp knife and stabbed him. DaeSeong fell on the floor and started to scream with tears in his eyes. He tried to cope with the pain but it was too much since the cut had reached the marrow of his bone. He then stopped squirming and moved further away on the bed. His clothes were all torn up because of the knife but that made things faster for the masked man than just fighting each other face to face.

He jumped over a crack in the bed and landed beside him. He grabbed DaeSeong’s arm and threw him on the floor.

Kwang...

DaeSeong howled in pain as soon as his shoulder cracked but his scream was muffled by the masked person’s hand. He shook his head as he tried to free himself from his clutch with his other arm but the man later took it and broke it as well.

“Eouup...”

He screeched at the room ceiling and then glared at his heavy crystal ashtray on his side. He then saw a blue flash of light and felt a strong force that rammed into his head.

PaJang!!

The ashtray was shattered its pieces and flew everywhere. DaeSeong lost his consciousness and Jaehwang then punched him in the face to double-check before he took a deep breath.

-Wow... How are you so good at this?

-Huh? Really?

-Where did you learn this?

-What are you talking about?

Jaehwang asked back answering the spirit’s question as he locked the entrance door. He then went back next to the bed where his uncle lost consciousness on the floor. He placed him in a chair and started to wrap his entire body until he used up all the duct tape he had bought. He then took the two stockings and tied them together to make a gag for his mouth.

A Talk with His Uncle 1, The end.