The Top Omega Hunter Chapter 37: Ch 37: Drunken Mistake - Part 1

Chapter 37: Ch 37: Drunken Mistake - Part 1

"Shhh. I can’t hear you. If I can’t hear you, then I don’t have to follow what you say. You won’t leave ."

Theo spoke and I heard the loud noise of sothing crashing. The world around

was swaying, but I could not tell if it was because of Theo or because of the heavy pheromones surrounding .

’I need to do sothing or I will lose consciousness. Darn-! I really did not want to play dirty. But it looks like I don’t have a choice in this matter.’

I took in a deep breath to calm myself before I let out my pheromones. They collided with Theo’s before they passed the alpha pheromones and reached Theo himself.

The effect was imdiate and Theo’s body sagged in relief.

"Theo, listen to . I am not abandoning you... nor am I getting rid of you or going away. I am only talking about what-if scenarios. Don’t react so strongly. I am still here for you."

I reminded Theo and only then did he relax.

"Y-You are not going away? Really? You are not leaving ? I... thank god..."

Finally, Theo controlled his pheromones and the heavy feeling went away. I could breathe normally once more.

Theo looked shaken and also sleepy.

"Let’s get you back to your room now, Theo. You need a good night’s sleep. Don’t worry. I will be there to et you in the morning."

I promised him before I took him to his room. This ti, there was not much protest.

When I walked back to my room, I noticed that so of the paintings on the walls had fallen and their glass had cracked as a result.

I decided not to touch them and returned to my room.

My body felt tired but my mind was too alert. I recalled the detail of the news I saw on T.V. regarding monsters with Jun’s face and then what happened with Theo.

It was clear that both were not normal incidents but I had a feeling that I wouldn’t get an answer unless I was willing to jump back into the hunter’s world.

’But would that be the right thing to do? I wanted to live a normal life. But if I step back into the hunter’s world, all I’ve worked hard for would be gone.’

That was a concern of mine and a big one at that.

I had worked hard to build up my current life and it finally seed like things were on track toward a normal life.

And then, this happened.

It felt almost deliberate, almost as if soone knew who I was and wanted to lure

out. And it was working.

Doubt began to creep up inside my mind and the part of

that mourned for my teammates and friends asked

if I was truly going to not investigate this.

I had been a hunter all my life, so my instincts agreed with that side as well and told

to return.

But the Kyle of today did not want to return to the past self and the Kyle of the past did not want to disappear.

"Ugh, this is not helping. I need to clear my mind and drink sothing. Where did I put that can of juice."

I picked up a can from my drawer, not looking deeply at what I was picking up. So, I did not notice that I took a huge sip of strong alcohol when I needed to drink juice.

’Ugh, bitter-! What the—’

I ant to spit the alcohol out but in my sudden shock, I ended up swallowing it.

There was a sudden boost of energy in my system and I felt much more awake and refreshed. I looked at the system that was mocking

with the screen asking

to ’activate’ my account as Ace.

"Tsk, what’s so special about this? I don’t even know what I am afraid of. All the information I need is likely in the hunter’s database. I just need to connect for a minute and then disconnect. It will be an easy thing to do."

The alcohol made my head much clearer, but I did not drink much.

I tried to recall why I did not drink often since I knew there was a reason. But no matter how much I tried to recall, I could not do that. Nothing ca to mind but my desire for answers.

"Ugh, who cares about the consequences! Those are for the weak. And it’s not like I am drunk or anything. I am making a conscious decision here."

I was sure about what I was doing, so I pressed the activate button.

Millions of pop-ups showed on my screen and the system gave an error ssage.

[System inbox full. System update in progress...]

[Approximate ti... 6 hours]

[Overall rankings updating...]

[System authority access... updating...]

[New position as system admin open... applying user privileges... checking identity]

[Welco back... ???]

With that final ssage, the system screen went blank and stopped progressing. The only words on the screen were updating and the progress percent.

"What the hell—where are my answers? Where did everything go? The inventory... hello?"

I asked, now surprised at the sudden onslaught of ssages I got.

It felt overwhelming but annoying at the sa ti. But what ticked

off even more was the fact that I could not get any answers from it.

"Fuck! Fine-! Be a bitch to . See if I care. I am going to sleep now."

I closed my eyes and decided to tune the world out. After all, there was nothing else I could do anyway.

Little did I know that my small action would cause the world around

to crash and burn from my small decision.

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[World rankings updated...]

[Current rankings.]

[Re-Enter #1- Ace

Down #2- Lynn

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.....]

The system updated in real ti and the news of what happened spread within a few minutes. Everyone opened the system to check if this was true or not.

"What the—"

"It’s real! Ace has returned. But how? And when?"

There was chaos, and among this, the ones who were the most shocked were the hunter’s association.

"Ace is back-? How? Where is he? Why didn’t he contact us as soon as possible? What about the others? Are they back as well?"

An executive asked, now panicking.

"Forget about that. What do we do about his assets? We distributed most of it among ourselves in the na of donation because we were sure he wouldn’t be back-! What if he asks for it back? Won’t we be in trouble?"

Another executive asked in a panicked voice.

Ultimately, the old chairman sitting at the head of the table smacked his stick against the ground and everyone paid attention to him.

"Don’t be so worried about Ace. He was just a kid dependent on us when he went into that final dungeon. If he ca out now, then he won’t know any better either. What we need to do is get to him before anyone else does and convince him that we’re the best people to look after him."

The old man said and everyone suddenly looked calr. The chairman continued once he had everyone’s attention.

"Make sure to bring Ace under the association once more. He always belonged to us and he always will be. And this ti, we can get him bonded to one of our alpha hunters to assure he won’t be able to leave us."

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Note. Also, I’ll do 1ch/day till 1st and then mass release.