〈 Chapter 327 〉 Chapter 319 – Cleanup
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The dump truck carrying the hostage Lizard Beastman and the animals raced down the street with vigor.
A bit faster than when coming to the Chief’s house.
“Hey, Reptile year! This is the wrong lane!”
“It’s fine! There are no cameras here!”
“That’s not the problem, f*ck!”
No, it was f*cking fast beyond comparison.
The Lizard Beastman was someone who went crazy when grabbing the wheel.
Right now, that tension seemed like it could pierce the sky.
Of course, it wasn’t hard to understand.
The hostage was a thorn in my side, but for the Lizard Beastman, it was a highly sensitive reverse scale and an unbreakable shackle.
Now that the problem was completely resolved, it was only natural for him to go crazy like this.
[Your life is quite tenacious. Surrender it already.］
“Shut up.”
Even so.
“Move!!! Today, I’m going to become a star!!!”
“Keep that up, and I’ll really become a star in the sky, you crazy b*tch!!!”
This was going too far.
I distinctly remembered throwing up as soon as we arrived at the Chief’s house.
And even though I hadn’t eaten anything, I felt like I might throw up again any second.
This time, it wasn’t digested food but some other important something.
[Are you just purging your personality? Isn’t that usually done down below?］
“It’s an all-ages setting, and this guy isn’t even hitting the brakes, what a piece of sh*t.”
Moreover, it wasn’t just the Lizard Beastman.
There was one annoying presence.
“Sister! Show me Inertia Drift!”
It was the younger brother of the Lizard Beastman.
He was sitting in the back of the dump truck, simply enjoying the whole ride.
With a carefree smile as if nothing was the matter.
At those words, the Lizard Beastman’s eyes, which had been shining with madness and greed for speed, returned to their original state.
Even with all this craziness, he seemed to think that demand was too much.
“Little brother, not today.”
“Why! You used to let me do it when I was a kid!”
The Lizard Beastman gently scolded his brother.
“Unlike back then, the road is narrow here.”
“There are no cars anyway! Plus, there are no cameras!”
“That’s true, but… I’ll let you do it next time.”
The younger brother of the Lizard was just insistent on making unreasonable demands.
By this point, he could have backed down.
But instead of choosing to give up, the little brother stuck to the Lizard Beastman persistently.
“Chop?”
He ignited the previously extinguished madness of the Lizard Beastman.
“Chop, you f*cker!”
“Just like my sister!”
“Hey, you dog bastards!!!!”
So that it wouldn’t go out again.
I shouted profanity, but despite that, the dump truck attempted a sharp turn.
Occupying both the correct lane and the wrong lane.
“Incest (??) Drift!!!”
Screeeeech!!!
The truck leaned heavily, feeling like it would tip over at any moment.
But the little brother just smiled brightly and spoke to me.
As if he was enjoying it.
“Old man! What do you think of my sister’s most excellent and familiar drifting skills? Amazing, right?”
“It’s not old man… it’s hyung… you f*cking brat.”
Compared to that, I could only barely respond.
At least, fortunately, as I mentioned earlier, there were no cameras nearby.
And there were no passing vehicles either.
Of course, even if there were, I would have probably done the same.
Still, it was a relief that the Lizard Beastman’s Inertia Drift didn’t last too long.
While I caught my breath, the Lizard’s younger brother began talking to me with excitement in his voice.
“Hyung! Isn’t this f*cking fun?”
“Fun? I almost died. This is the end of it.”
However, the younger brother of the Lizard didn’t care and asked to do it once more.
As if it wasn’t enough with just this.
“Don’t be like that, just one more time!”
“What?”
I momentarily felt anger rise up and growled at the younger brother.
“Did your mom die or something?”
“Yes.”
“……Sorry.”
I immediately shut my mouth at the younger brother’s answer.
After several additional drifts, the dump truck finally arrived at its destination.
“Is this really the best place?”
“Of course.”
The animals rescued from the Chief’s house had only one place to go.
Keeping them at home was practically impossible.
And giving them to the zoo would be a rather complicated process.
Considering the slight possibility of the Chief having connections to the zoo.
“Do you think there’s a better place than here?”
“You’re right, as Shinwoo said.”
In the end, the only remaining option was the Academy.
Not perfectly safe, but a place that was hard for outsiders to access unless it was a specific time.
Even Hunters employed by the Chief wouldn’t be an exception.
Moreover, there were powerful animal friends and Cheonma living here.
And if push comes to shove, our Boss would just scrub the story, so there’s no need to worry either.
Plus, this was a place I would make disappear by my own hand anyway.
It was a situation where there was really not much time left until its demise.
If that’s the case, making maximum use of it until then could also be a courtesy.
Soon, I waved enthusiastically at the animals and said my farewells.
“See you again later!”
Quack!!!
Haaack!!!
Cough!!!
Kong!!! Cough!!!
I promise the blessings of Ain Hasard and other subscription systems will not appear in this new work.
[Isn’t the volume of those barks excessive? Especially the last part.］
“Probably the writer made a mistake. How can that last part be barking?”
The more I saw it, the more ridiculous it was.
Wrapping even normal statements in dog barks.
It seemed like the writer’s head was starting to spin already.
I chuckled at such a poor thought.
[It seems I was mistaken. If that’s barking, then the webtoon adaptation of this story would also be barking.］
“That’s right. No matter how much of an idiot we are, we should at least think while living.”
The moment I got on the truck, leaving the Academy behind.
Suddenly, the Lizard Beastman cautiously spoke to me with a worried expression.
Glancing at the younger brother sitting in the back.
“But where are we going now?”
“Hmm.”
It seemed like he was most concerned about where his hostage brother would stay.
But I also had something in mind for that.
The Academy could be one choice, but there was an even better and safer place.
“Really? Is it okay?”
“Of course. Don’t worry.”
As I told the Lizard Beastman the destination, he began to show a look of surprise.
As if he hadn’t expected it.
“It’ll be fine.”
“If Shinwoo said so, I won’t say any more…”
The Lizard Beastman shifted his gaze to his younger brother.
His gaze was filled with the question of whether it would be okay and worry at the same time.
Then, noticing the meaning of that gaze, the younger brother quickly replied.
“I’m okay with anywhere. As long as it’s not the previous place.”
“……Alright. Don’t be a burden, okay?”
“Okay!”
With the destination set.
The somewhat lightened dump truck sped towards that place.
Before long, it arrived at its destination.
“Mom, I’m home.”
“Okay.”
Right back at our house.
“Come in quickly. Your girlfriends are here.”
“Yes, got it.”
Perfect timing.
Even if it wasn’t the Lizard Beastman.
I was planning to let the younger brother stay at our house for a while.
I might as well introduce them while I was at it.
[What? Isn’t it necessary to speak in advance?］
“What’s the problem?”
The door burst open, and my mom appeared, followed by the heroines.
I energetically greeted them.
“Tadaima!!!”
No one answered my words.
They just stared at me with shocked expressions, their eyes trembling.
An abrupt silence enveloped the room.
The moment I sensed something was off about the atmosphere.
My mom pointed at the Lizard’s younger brother standing next to me with her fingertip.
“…….You, who is that…?”
“Oh, him?”
Before I could even finish my answer, she suddenly started looking back and forth between the Lizard Beastman and the younger brother.
Saying something I never expected.
“Don’t tell me… that kid is with… you?”
“……What?”
I was taken aback by my mom’s words and momentarily hesitated.
That was a huge mistake on my part.
Because before I could even say anything more.
“Hey, what’s that?”
“Master? I don’t recall ever hearing that it was ‘possible’!”
“The main character will just eliminate that ugly thing. Then won’t that make it a non-issue?”
“How suspiciously you hated furries, and now you’re actually one yourself?”
The heroines began to shoot fierce gazes at me.
Meanwhile, my mom glared at me as if ready to roar.
Like she was representing the emotions of the heroines.
“I told you I wouldn’t let you bring home any weirdos!”
“No, it’s not mine, I swear!”
“Then what the hell is this kid?”
“This is that girl’s little brother!!!”
I hurriedly denied my mom’s words and quickly turned my gaze to the Lizard Beastman.
As if urging him to say something.
“Hey! Clear things up quickly, f*ck!”
“Ah…”
At that moment, everyone’s fierce gazes shifted onto the Lizard Beastman.
Silently waiting for him to open his mouth.
Suddenly, the Lizard Beastman shuddered slightly and began to sob.
“Wahhh… this child… thanks to Shinwoo… he worked too hard…”
That was the signal.
It was the signal for the heroines to start kicking my shins like mad.
“You f*cking bastard! I thought I was first!”
“Just fcking do incest! By the way, that Ria Perkus illustration is fcking horrible!”
“Is adding one more to that number of four a sign of insecurity? If that’s the case, I’ll cut you five times!”
“This bastard should have just been shoved into the Daecheong Kingdom!!!”
Regardless, the Lizard Beastman sobbed and continued.
“I was able to rescue you from the Chief’s house… Thank you so much…”
“I really appreciate it! I owe my life to you!”
At the same time, the younger brother of the Lizard also expressed his gratitude to me.
Those words caused the heroines’ beatings to stop, replaced by puzzled looks heading my way.
But the only thing I could say was one thing.
“If only you’d spoken a little faster, you dog bastards.”
[Well, you weren’t wrong, were you?］
“F*ck.”
I held onto my throbbing shins as I thought.
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