I Became a Genius Swordsman in the Pretty Girl Game-Chapter 254: Shin Do-hwa (3)

Aaaaaaang—

An unexpected disaster alarm rang through Guangdong.

“Head over there!” “The intruders have been located!” “...But why is there a disaster alarm? Are the intruders that dangerous?”

The Guangdong Hunters, tasked with locating the intruders, headed towards the designated location, only to be bewildered.

Before them was a thick, black cloud.

The black cloud swarmed both the sky and the ground, approaching closer and closer.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Amidst the heavy clanging of metal, the black cloud drew nearer.

Finally, the true nature of the black cloud became visible to the Hunters.

It was a swarm of insects.

A horde of living, writhing insects.

Flies, mosquitoes, moths, and other flying insects, alongside ground insects like cockroaches, ants, and beetles.

Just the visible ones seemed to number in the thousands.

“Aaah!” “What, what are those swarms of bugs!?” “It’s disgusting, creepy!” “Insects...? There shouldn’t be insects here.”

The Hunters were stunned and horrified at the sight of the insect swarm.

Guangdong had undergone massive changes in recent years, transforming into an advanced magical engineering city under the rapid push of the absolute power holder, Liu Jin. The city, under severe drone surveillance, always maintained clean air, with no monsters able to invade.

Moreover, the entire city was surrounded by a repellent barrier, even keeping insects out.

As a result, the Hunters employed in Guangdong had no preparation for dealing with insects.

“Ugh! They got in my mouth!” “Ah! Get off! I think they crawled inside my clothes!” “What the hell is this!? Why are there suddenly so many bugs!?” “Aaah!!!”

Such chaos was inevitable.

Despite being Hunters empowered far beyond normal ones due to Guangdong’s support, they were helpless against these tiny insects.

Ratatatatat—

While the Hunters flailed and twisted to fend off the insects,

A group of people slipped past them unnoticed.

Boom—

In Shin Do-hwa’s underground lab.

“Shin Do-hwa!!!”

A woman kicked the door open and stormed in.

“What the hell is going on!? Suddenly, there are posts all over the internet criticizing Guangdong! The central government has started paying attention to us!”

The woman had thick eyelids and a downturned mouth—Shasha Pong’s mother, Liu Jin.

“On top of that, swarms of insects have started invading! Is this all your doing!?”

She spat out the words furiously, but Shin Do-hwa’s expression remained cold.

Shin Do-hwa pointed her finger at her.

Whoosh—

Pew—

A thin red line brushed past Liu Jin’s cheek.

Drip.

Blood dripped from the sudden cut, and Liu Jin shouted in outrage.

“Shin Do-hwa, what the hell are you—!” “Insects have entered.”

Following her gaze, Liu Jin looked down.

A cockroach lay on its back, twitching grotesquely.

“...”

Liu Jin bit her lip.

“It wasn’t me.” “How can I believe that—” “Shut up. It’s noisy. Have you forgotten? Who gave you that power... I warned you not to step into my domain. And you bring insects?”

Shin Do-hwa’s voice was cold as ice.

Gulp.

Liu Jin swallowed hard, unable to respond.

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‘I should never have brought this crazy woman here!’

She was the one who provided the money, time, and place.

In other words, she was the one in charge, and Shin Do-hwa was supposed to be subordinate.

But somewhere along the line, this madwoman had started acting like the one in control.

Yet, Liu Jin couldn’t raise her voice against Shin Do-hwa.

She was truly dangerous, capable of turning on Liu Jin if she felt like it.

Shin Do-hwa stared at the cockroach burning at her ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) feet, then spoke.

“You said there are posts criticizing Guangdong?” “...Yes.” “Then, it’s part of the intruders’ plan.” “...Intruders? Haven’t you caught them yet?”

Annoyed, Shin Do-hwa turned away from the holographic screens showing nothing but insect legs from the drones.

“No. The drones can’t work properly because of these insects.” “Then, what do we do?” “We have to catch them ourselves.” “...Who?” “You.”

Shin Do-hwa pointed at Liu Jin again.

“...Me?” “Yes, I gave you power. It’s time you earned your keep.”

Shin Do-hwa condescendingly treated Liu Jin like a subordinate.

“I, I—!” “I know it’s too much for you. So I’ll lend you my elite guard.”

“What?”

Snap!

At her snap, ten women in black cloaks appeared behind Liu Jin.

‘When did they get there!?’

Liu Jin hadn’t noticed their presence until they appeared. Cold sweat beaded on her forehead.

“They are Shin-ga’s elite guard. They’ll find those rats and kill them. I’m very angry, so make sure you get them.”

Shin Do-hwa’s red eyes glinted with rage.

“Aarrgh! Spit! Ugh! Ptuh! Ptuh!”

Yuuri repeatedly gargled and spat.

She had led the insect swarm, so several bugs had brushed against her mouth.

“Ugh... I think one got in my mouth earlier...”

Bzzz—

Above, insects attracted by Yuuri swarmed.

Attracting the insects had been easy.

The stench from the decaying bodies of the chimeras drew swarms of insects.

After dealing with those failures, We simply lured the insects here to Guangdong.

“...I feel like we’ve become the villains.” “Indeed... It feels like we’ve unleashed a disaster in a catastrophe movie.”

Kang Do-hee and Sophia looked up at the sky, disgusted.

Despite the numerous insects, none approached our Utopia party.

We had thoroughly coated ourselves with high-performance Hunter insect repellent spray.

Shasha—

While the insects were visible, they avoided us, diverting into buildings instead.

“...To clean all this up, wouldn’t we need to burn down the entire city?” “Well... It’s just returning to its original state. It was only insect-free thanks to Shin Do-hwa. Guangdong naturally had a lot of bugs.”

I said confidently, even though I wasn’t sure it was true.

“Really?” “And, this is the quietest way to handle things. I mentioned before we left that we’d be as quiet as possible in China.”

“...This doesn’t seem quiet.”

Yuuri, looking bewildered, argued.

“No. This is quiet. Fighting the Chinese Hunters would be truly loud. Insect damage can be managed, but human casualties in a battle would escalate things.”

“Right. We must avoid fighting the Chinese Hunters. They’re just hired, and it could lead to international conflict. Dealing with insects takes time but isn’t a big deal nowadays.”

Shin Se-hee supported my explanation.

“And I’ve instructed the Indian Rain Dance to manipulate public opinion, making it seem like Liu Jin’s doing.”

Oh. I hadn’t thought that far.

Anyway,

“Well... We’ve cleared the immediate Hunters with insects, but now the real threat will show up.”

“...The real threat?”

“Yeah, here they come.”

I gestured to the alley across from us.

Step.

Step.

A rough-looking woman walked ahead, followed by ten cloaked figures.

It was Liu Jin and Shin-ga’s elite guard.

“...Mom?”

Shasha Pong turned, shocked to see her mother.

“Shin-ga’s elite guard...?”

Shin Se-hee spoke tensely.

Liu Jin glanced at Shasha Pong and laughed mockingly.

“Ha. Shasha Pong.”

She called out in a dry voice.

“Was all this your doing?”

“...”

Shasha Pong trembled as if having a seizure, fear rising from facing her mother directly.

“Hmph. Like father, like daughter. I gave you everything, and this is how you repay me!?”

Liu Jin’s thick eyelids narrowed with malice.

“I didn’t expect to handle family discipline this way...”

Shiiing—

She drew a long sword from her waist.

“Kill them all. Bring Shasha Pong to me alive.”

Dash!

With that, Shin-ga’s elite guard charged towards us.