I'm Otsutsuki Toneri

Chapter 8

[Toneri's POV]

'Well well well, if it isn't the main character himself...'

As the door opened, Chairman Go and Jin-Woo walked out. I stared at him trying to assess his power but of course, what I'm doing is foolish as I remember what he can do in the future.

Then, Choi Jong-in walked towards them and started conversing with a smile on his face

After conversing, he started assessing everyone else in the training gym's power. He then saw me and I gave a nod at him which he responded with a confused expression.

Shortly after, the rest of the S-Rank Hunters including Goto Ryuji started talking to the person next to them and are discussing Jin-Woo's power.

"That's the S-Ranker before you, Sung Jin-Woo, right?" (???)

I was startled a bit when an unknown person spoke to me.

I quickly turned around and saw a person around the same height as me (184cm), with somewhat tired-looking eyes, and shoulder-length purple hair.

How did he even approach me without giving off his presence?

"Who...?" (Toneri)

"Japanese S-Rank Hunter, Yoshimoto Ryuu. Although acquainting with others is troublesome, I'm trying..." (Ryuu)

Why did this guy suddenly approach me? I don't remember having been in contact with him before. And besides, him being able to get near me without even making his presence known is quite unsettling...

As for that name... I don't remember any names like that in the series... But who knows? Perhaps he wasn't introduced because it was unnecessary. Just like how I couldn't recognize Hisoka from the original series... I might have seriously set off a butterfly effect just because I existed here.

"Uhh, yeah... Ōtsutsuki Toneri." (Toneri)
After I spoke, I reached out my hand for a handshake

Ryuu shook my hand lazily.

I then replied to his previous question.

"As for Jin-Woo... I wonder how strong he is?" (Toneri)

Although I already know Jin-Woo's real power from reading Solo Leveling, I still need to pretend and blend in with the crowd around me. And conversing about the mysterious hunter whose abilities are unknown to us is the way to go.

"It's stated in his profile on the Hunters Association website that he's a mage. But his specific powers were not shown. Quite interesting if you think about it actually..." (Ryuu)

I didn't respond after that and just nodded. Of course no one knows about Jin-Woo's powers. The guy summoned at least a hundred shadows during his assessment which even shocked the Chairman. If I'm correct, he should reveal his powers in the live stream during the raid.

After that, events in the series happened. More people came from different guilds that will join the Jeju Island raid.

Some guy that is the leader of a guild challenged Goto Ryuji's translator and they fought.

The female translator— known as Hanekawa charged at the person named Park Jongsoo. Hanekawa is decently fast and kept on trying to grab her opponent's wrist. As for the latter, he tried kicking her but was blocked. Although it seemed like she got that one right, the guy called Park Jongsoo managed to grab her wrist and the match ended. To be honest, those two were pretty fast for A-Rankers. 

But of course, with these eyes of mine, those quick punches looked slow to me as if I was watching a YouTube video at 0.25x speed.

The match ended with Goto Ryuji saying he enjoyed watching the match.