{ "dataList": [ { "id": 0, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "Hello! Anyone home?" }, { "id": 1, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "Hmm~ I heard on good authority that this was your hideout... So I wonder why you're ignoring me?" }, { "id": 2, "content": "The child strode confidently through the dilapidated, run-down hallway of an old building." }, { "id": 3, "content": "He comes to a sudden stop in front of a small door at the metallic stench of blood." }, { "id": 4, "content": "The child raises his hand, soft and clean, unlike his outfit and the brutish manner in which he carried himself. He gently places it on the doorhandle." }, { "id": 5, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "Excuse me, may I enter?" }, { "id": 6, "content": "His voice is bright and upbeat." }, { "id": 7, "content": "... But between every knock, his voice drips with murderous intent so intense that it couldn't be masked." }, { "id": 8, "content": "Perhaps whoever was in hiding could sense it, too." }, { "id": 9, "teller": "???", "title": "???", "content": "……." }, { "id": 10, "content": "A barely-noticeable sound of breathing seeped past the doorframe." }, { "id": 11, "content": "Barely noticeable." }, { "id": 12, "content": "But that hint of profound terror carried by that slightest exhale... brought a grin to the child's lips. He simply could not help it." }, { "id": 13, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "Aha! Are we playing hide-and-seek? Pretending to be... unavailable?" }, { "id": 14, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "Ha ha! I can hear your breathing, you know~ If you won't open up, then..." }, { "id": 15, "content": "Still, there was no reply. But this silence seemed to have only emboldened the child." }, { "id": 16, "content": "He slowly and casually lifts his leg, then..." }, { "id": 17, "content": "... kicked the door down." }, { "id": 18, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "... you leave me no choice but to let myself in!" }, { "id": 19, "teller": "Bloodfiend", "title": "???", "content": "Agh!" }, { "id": 20, "content": "The door splinters open, and..." }, { "id": 21, "content": "... the Bloodfiend, who'd been hiding and listening from behind the door, gets flung across the room." }, { "id": 22, "content": "The child smiles cheerfully at the Bloodfiend on the ground." }, { "id": 23, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "Aww. Why didn't you just open up when I asked you nicely? You gave me no option, you know." }, { "id": 24, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "It's not like we'll turn a blind eye and walk away just because you're holed up in here like a dirty little rat~" }, { "id": 25, "teller": "Bloodfiend", "title": "???", "content": "How... did you find this place...?" }, { "id": 26, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "I'm impressed by the bond between you and your Family. They knew the addresses of every single one of their relatives, including yours..." }, { "id": 27, "content": "The child lightly tapped a photograph framed on a wall with his hammer and took a slow look around the room." }, { "id": 28, "content": "There was a whole mound of letters on the table, while framed group photos with other Bloodfiends were placed about the room." }, { "id": 29, "content": "The Bloodfiend realized that something must've happened to his Family." }, { "id": 30, "content": "Something... awful. If they were forced to spill even his location, then..." }, { "id": 31, "teller": "Bloodfiend", "title": "???", "content": "W-wait! There's— There's been a misunderstanding. Can we talk first? Without waving that hammer in my face...?" }, { "id": 32, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "A... misunderstanding?" }, { "id": 33, "teller": "Bloodfiend", "title": "???", "content": "Yeah! A misunderstanding! I've never... I've never hurt a human before!" }, { "id": 34, "teller": "Bloodfiend", "title": "???", "content": "I always kept to myself, drinking blood only from humans who were already dead!" }, { "id": 35, "content": "The Bloodfiend wasn't lying." }, { "id": 36, "content": "Bloodfiends hiding out in this area were yet to hurt a human." }, { "id": 37, "content": "They've been stalking the Backstreets, subsisting on stale blood from corpses." }, { "id": 38, "content": "An inexperienced Fixer on their first Bloodfiend hunt might hesitate upon hearing this, but..." }, { "id": 39, "content": "... it didn't matter to this child, who's been in the business for a while." }, { "id": 40, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "Ah~ Yep, I remember! That's exactly what your Family told me." }, { "id": 41, "teller": "Bloodfiend", "title": "???", "content": "M-my Children would never spill the beans on me... Unless you— What have you done to my Family...?" }, { "id": 42, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "They had the audacity to bite a human. How... uncivilized, hm? So, I employed a little ice-breaking trick grandfather taught me." }, { "id": 43, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "And it worked! It really was a chatterbox; it started sharing all kinds of fun stories with me." }, { "id": 44, "teller": "Bloodfiend", "title": "???", "content": "Broke the ice...? Y-you just tortured my Family!" }, { "id": 45, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "Oh, don't be overdramatic. I don't think it was *that* bad. At least, not enough to be called 'torture'." }, { "id": 46, "teller": "Bloodfiend", "title": "???", "content": "Why... why are you doing this to us?! We've never even made a Bloodbag! Not one!" }, { "id": 47, "teller": "Bloodfiend", "title": "???", "content": "We just wanted to live! We just wanted to live a life like anyone else! Why are you doing this?!" }, { "id": 48, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "What? Oh, that's..." }, { "id": 49, "content": "The child started, then stopped himself with a scoff." }, { "id": 50, "content": "Maybe he thought whatever he said wouldn't matter." }, { "id": 51, "content": "So, the child's answer to the Bloodfiend's cries was far from logical... almost flippant." }, { "id": 52, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "Because you're a Bloodfiend. What other reason do I need?" }, { "id": 53, "teller": "Bloodfiend", "title": "???", "content": "What... what the hell..." }, { "id": 54, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "Oops...! We've wasted enough time. Shall we begin? I hope to hear..." }, { "id": 55, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "... many, many stories from you tonight, too." }, { "id": 56, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "Stories about your family." }, { "id": 57, "content": "The child produced a silver bottle and swished it in front of the Bloodfiend." }, { "id": 58, "content": "Then..." }, { "id": 59, "teller": "Bloodfiend", "title": "???", "content": "Ahh-aghhhhhhh! Go away! Get that thing away from me!" }, { "id": 60, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "What's so scary about this little vial of water? Ha ha." }, { "id": 61, "content": "A drop of water falls through a small crack in the vial." }, { "id": 62, "content": "As soon as the drop lands on his skin, the Bloodfiend begins to convulse, an inhuman scream escaping his mouth." }, { "id": 63, "content": "The child continued to swish the vial in front of the Bloodfiend, until..." }, { "id": 64, "content": "... he grew so exhausted that he couldn't even scream anymore. Then, the child picked up the hammer." }, { "id": 65, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "That sure was scary, huh? Don't worry. I'll help you forget this horror soon enough." }, { "id": 66, "content": "As the Bloodfiend shuddered helplessly from the sheer horror engraved in his instincts, the child suddenly raised the hammer and brought it down upon his leg." }, { "id": 67, "teller": "Bloodfiend", "title": "???", "content": "Gahhh!" }, { "id": 68, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "Wow~ You can regenerate from a crushed leg? Your kind sure are persistent~" }, { "id": 69, "content": "He continued to pummel the Bloodfiend's legs with the hammer until they were nothing more than shards of bone amidst a sludge of meat. So that he may never pursue a human again... so that he may never flee from hunters such as himself again." }, { "id": 70, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "Just..." }, { "id": 71, "content": "Then, the child crushed his arms so that he may never grab a human." }, { "id": 72, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "How..." }, { "id": 73, "content": "Then, he held the Bloodfiend's jaws open and pulled his teeth out one by one, so that he may never bite a human." }, { "id": 74, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "Much blood have you drunk..." }, { "id": 75, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "To keep regenerating like this?" }, { "id": 76, "content": "What followed was a brutal, one-sided beatdown." }, { "id": 77, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "You're holding out for longer than I expected." }, { "id": 78, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "But struggling won't change anything." }, { "id": 79, "teller": "Bloodfiend", "title": "???", "content": "Why... but... why... are you so... cruel..." }, { "id": 80, "teller": "Bloodfiend", "title": "???", "content": "I... never attack... a human... I live just like... humans do... a normal life..." }, { "id": 81, "content": "The child shook his head in exasperation, watching the Bloodfiend trying to speak through his mangled gums and lips." }, { "id": 82, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "What? Ha... haha. Wait, you're serious?" }, { "id": 83, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "You are a monster. A beast, filled with nothing but yearning for blood. You can act like a human, but your nature... doesn't change." }, { "id": 84, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "Sure, a few corpses might fill you up for now. But sooner or later, you won't be able to stand that yearning. Besides... you have other sins to answer for, don't you?" }, { "id": 85, "teller": "Bloodfiend", "title": "???", "content": "What... sins...? I just... I just want to live a quiet life... with my Family..." }, { "id": 86, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "Whoa, would you look at the time! Let's wrap this up, okay?" }, { "id": 87, "content": "With that, the child raised the hammer over his head, and slammed it onto the Bloodfiend's head." }, { "id": 88, "content": "Then again. And again. And again, until he could no longer regenerate. Until the sun began to rise over the horizon." }, { "id": 89, "content": "Only when even the Bloodfiend's fingers stopped twitching did the child rise from his position with a hollow smile." }, { "id": 90, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "Family, huh..." }, { "id": 91, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "Ha ha... that's a good one. I'm sure it mentioned the Family only because it didn't know who contracted me for this job, but... that's really funny." }, { "id": 92, "content": "The child unfolded a tiny piece of paper, dipped his fingers in the pool of blood that filled the room, and drew a red circle." }, { "id": 93, "content": "On the paper was a heartfelt request. A contract on the life of a Bloodfiend that turned one of their family into a Kindred before fleeing." }, { "id": 94, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "Will your real family no longer be your own after you get turned into a Kindred?" }, { "id": 95, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "I suppose that's why he protested his innocence to the end, but..." }, { "id": 96, "content": "The child produced several other pieces of paper, all yet to be circled, and read them." }, { "id": 97, "content": "He found one of them that seemed particularly relevant to what the Bloodfiend said and unfolded it." }, { "id": 98, "model": "홍루", "title": "Fanghunt Office", "content": "... Bloodfiends are, at the end of the day, evil from the moment they are born. It's their nature." }, { "id": 99, "content": "The child quietly left the building, red sun rising behind him." }, { "id": 100, "content": "He may rest for a short while, but... it will be long before he finds true respite." }, { "id": 101, "content": "Beneath the surface of the City, Bloodfiends and their victims still skulked within..." }, { "id": 102, "content": "And whether he wished to or not, the child had to behold so many more things about Bloodfiends in his shimmering eye before he would be able to return." } ] }