Evolution Theory of the Hunter - Chapter 168

Chapter 168

The submarine was a Seawolf rank nuclear powered submarine, the Elveridge .

With a length of 100 meters it was a monster level submarine capable of voyaging over 500 kilometers .

It was also what contributed greatly in making America the greatest country in the world before monster waves .

“For this to still exist…… . ”

An Gyu-bum opened his mouth while observing the surroundings .

I didn’t know much but he had a pretty excited look as if he had some knowledge on it .

In reality, nuclear powered submarines were treated as obsolete and couldn’t even be seen unless it was in a museum .

Since submarines would just sink if they were to go to the ocean, highly dangerous nuclear powered submarines couldn’t even dare to set off .

“How in the world is this wandering the ocean?”

An Gyu-bum who was walking through the narrow passage asked the soldier behind him .

However, an answer did not come back .

“Obviously, it would be a national secret . ”

He then nodded as if ashamed of himself .

After moving for a while we were guided to the captain’s room that was relatively wide .

“Wait a minute please . ”

Lieutenant Colonel Reagan said so and left . There were two soldiers on standby in front of the captain’s room .

Despite that, they didn’t have guns and were not hunters but regular humans . It wasn’t confinement since I could leave any time I wanted .

It seemed fine to think of them as observer cum guides .

There were exactly four beds in the captain’s room . I lied down on a bed for now .

I got drowsy as soon as I lied down as the pent up stress rose up .

The battle with Baek Gyeong, the battle with the Arctic Bear, and the other battle with Baek Gyeong .

A considerable amount of fatigue had piled up due to the continuous battles .

“To be able to sleep in such a place . You’ve got quite the nerves . ”

I let out a short laugh at An Gyu-bum’s words .

In the first place, my reason for finding the submarine was simple . I wanted to see the face of the guy that fired the missiles and second to see if it was actually possible for it to travel in the ocean .

If that was possible it would mean that maritime transportation would be possible which would mean humanity’s domain would completely change .

China would start rampaging, and considerable chaos would occur even if not to the point of when monster waves first appeared .

The story after that is not at the level where I can infer .

It’s possible that a huge problem may arise .

At that point, it’s would be none of my business though .

After taking a short nap of 30 minutes, we were called to the captain’s cabin .

There was an officer of about 50 years of age waiting for us with a pipe tobacco in his mouth .

Wait, isn’t smoking forbidden on a submarine . This guy is dangerous, damn .

“Shall we introduce each other? I am Colonel Ronald, the captain of the Elveridge . You are Jeon Sang-min correct?”

“You know my name?”

“You were pretty famous . ”

It seems John Mclain’s words wasn’t a joke .

He said I was pretty famous in America, but how did a nuclear powered submarine captain recognize me?

“And you are…… . ”

Colonel Ronald’s line of sight turned to An Gyu-bum . He swallowed with a slightly tense face . It seems he was concerned about someone recognizing him .

“Could you introduce yourself?”

His expression crumpled up a bit . A light smirk appeared appeared on my face unconciously .

“He’s An Gyu-bum . The successor of the GE Group . ”

“I see . ”

“Is that it?”

“Is there something more that I should know?”

“No, it’s fine . ”

An Gyu-bum frowned . It seems he thought his company would be recognized even if he himself wasn’t . However, no matter how famous the GE Group is it’s not like they sell items to America or something .

Edward and Jeon Min-jeong also introduced themselves .

Pointless chattering continued for a while and then Colonel Ronald got to the main point .

“Do you know why I called you guys in? Even though this ship isn’t supposed to board civilians that is . ”

“Because of Baek Gyeong I suppose . ”

“So you call that Baek Gyeong?”

Ronald said . As expected, it seems America didn’t know much about this .

An Gyu-bum shoved my ribs from the side . Probably telling me to not carelessly let things slip .

I ignored him and started talking .

“That is so . It’s the existence that’s currently destroying the American hunters at the moment . ”

“It seems there’s more I need to hear from you people . ”

I answered while shrugging my shoulders .

“There’s nothing free in this world . ”

“Our government will reward you greatly . ”

“I have a surplus of money actually . ”

“Do you have something you want?”

An Gyu-bum hit me lightly at Colonel Ronald’s words .

I asked the Colonel to be pardoned and left my seat with him .

“Leave this to me . ”

“What are you going to do?”

“You don’t need anything else besides money . And I have more information on Baek Gyeong than you do so I will be able to get direct profit through negotiations . ”

“What would I get?”

“My utmost support . ”

“What would I do with your support . ”

“I will support team Delta from uniform to all sorts of items . ”

“It is a bit funny to ask this after all this time but why are you going so far? What good would it do if you supported me . ”

“As you know, my personality is absolute trash . ”

This guy could self objectify better than I thought huh?

An Gyu-bum opened his mouth with a laugh at my reaction .

“Why are you looking at me with such a surprised look in your eyes? Did you think I wouldn’t know that much?”

“No, I was just surprised at the fact that you would go around acting like that even while knowing that . ”

“It’s fine for me to do so . ”

“That sounds about right . ”

Just how overblown is this guy’s ego .

“Either way, there’s a lot of enemies around me because of that . Even now there’s no telling when my seat will be stolen . ”

“Isn’t there still a lot of time left before your grandfather dies? There’s should be your father above you too so you seem like leftovers . ”

“I’m not talking about the president’s seat . I’m talking about the System Research Laboratory seat . I need you on my side to be able to maintain this . I’m supporting you for that reason . It’s a good idea to possess some force just in case . ”

“Wait . So you’re telling me you’re going to use me, no, team Delta as your personal army?”

“There’s a nice word called cooperative relationship . You just need to help me out a bit when I need it . ”

“Don’t really feel like it though . ”

“You don’t need to . It’s not forced after all . I just need to shower you with money like until now and you just have to take it . ”

It was an incredibly active attitude . So this is what he meant by supporting . Is he thinking that I will want to help even if I don’t like him if he feeds me to hell?

“I’ll say this again but you don’t need to do it if you don’t want to . ”

I nodded my head at his words .

“Alright . I’ll rip you off as you want then . ”

“I knew you would do so . ”

“I’ll say this ahead of time but I won’t ever do something if it’s absolutely absurd . ”

“Yeah . ”

An Gyu-bum held out a hand after saying so .

I hit his hand as if lightly clapping instead of shaking hands and turned away .

I’ll leave the annoying things to that guy and go sightseeing the nuclear powered submarine . There was no telling when I would be able to see such a thing again after all .

Since they said I couldn’t go around alone, I was looking around with a soldier on me .

Originally, letting a civilian on board and letting them walk around like this would have been something impossible . However, I wasn’t a normal civilian for one thing .

I was a level 10 hunter and was a pretty famous figure in America as the ‘Great Summoner’ . Personally, it’s a bit embarrassing nickname but movement is easier for a hunter the more famous they are so it wasn’t all that bad .

Otherwise, there would be no way they would let someone wander around the interior of a submarine that should be a national secret .

The submarine’s interior was more cramped than I thought . I thought there would be some space for activity but I was told that a large portion of the space was used up for operating the nuclear power generator . There were about 200 crew members .

It was a very small number compared to its size .

It’s possible to stay underwater without surfacing for several years if they really wanted to but people aren’t able to stay in such a cramped place for an extended period of time .

I suddenly remembered something and looked through the Delta Store .

There was an option to expand the interior of the van so I was wondering if it was possible to apply that on the submarine .

Space Expansion Marble (3) : Expands the space the user is riding . It is possible to retrieve after usage .

It seems it’s an item that comes in the form of a marble and can be applied to what one is riding .

The cost was 50 EP . It was incredibly expensive as expected . However, since it was possible to retrieve it after using it, it wasn’t all that bad of an item if I were to go around using it here and there .

I wanted to test if it was possible to apply it to a ride like this that wasn’t considered an item .

It didn’t matter because I could just use it on a van if it didn’t work and it would be possible to sell this at a high price so I wasn’t seeing a loss here in any way with that alone .

I was able to confirm the marble get added to my item list as I selected purchase in the store .

I held it up after taking it out .

This wasn’t a marble but a……

“A dice?”

“Did you say something?”

The soldier said so while turning around . I laughed awkwardly as I shook my head . While slowly following him from behind I looked into the marble, no, 20 sided dice .

There was a number from 1 to 20 written on each side .

I wasn’t able to tell the exact meaning but I think it was safe to say that the space expanded would be larger the higher the number .

In other words, it’s a type of random reward .

The space would be expanded proportional to the number rolled .

It’s a good thing I don’t like gambling .

For it to be a random stat item . If such an item existed in the old system there would have been a heap of people that made their family go bankrupt .

In any case, I guess I should roll this on the ground since it’s a die and all?

I stopped my slow steps following the soldier in front of me and lightly tossed the die .

The die that bounced on the ground a few times spun around and soon stopped .

The number facing the top was 10 . No more no less, exactly in the middle .

“It seems you dropped something . ”

The soldier picked up the die and handed it to me .

I made an awkward smile as it was handed to me .

“Either way, that’s a pretty interesting die you got there . It’s my first time seeing a 20 sided die but it has 10 written on every single side . ”

“Every single one?”

“Isn’t it yours?”

The soldier tilted his head as if confused .

“Haha . It’s something I got as a present you see . ”

I glossed over it and inspected the die . As he said, the die that originally had the numbers 1 to 20 written on it were now all changed to 10 .

In other words, you can’t roll twice after rolling once . Now, only 10 will come out no matter how many times I roll it .

It seems it was made this way since it could be reused any number of times .

Rolled Expansion Marble (3) : Expands the interior space by 10 cubits . 1 cubit is a cube where one side is 1m .