67.
Upon hearing the report, Director Kim Cheol-su clicked his tongue. Neither this way nor that way. It seemed that the method was too moderate.
“It’s all for the country.”
As he made a disapproving expression, wrinkles deepened on his face. In that state, the director summoned Ryu Young-jin from the intelligence department.
“Did you call for me?”
“I called, I called. So, do you know what’s going on these days?”
“I am from the intelligence department, so there’s no way I wouldn’t know.”
“Then you must know about Ji Hyeon-woo.”
“I have a rough knowledge.”
That was what he said, but in reality he probably knew a lot more in detail. Young-jin was that kind of person.
“I entrusted it to Choi Moo-hyuk, but he couldn’t manage it properly.”
“He doesn’t try very hard.”
“So I want to entrust it to you this time. I’ll support you with costs and manpower.”
“I’ll see to it however you want.”
“Yes, you are so quick-witted!”
The director straightened his face and smiled.
After that, persistent interference began in the Seon-Hyeon Guild. From trivial thanks to tax issues, people dispatched from the government harassed the Seon-Hyeon Guild. It wasn’t hard to guess the reason, as people normally wouldn’t even dare to set foot there.
‘It looks like he wants to separate me from my younger brother.’
Seon-woo looked at the dispatched government officials with cold eyes. Beside him, Chan-young had a disgruntled expression on his face. He was holding it in, but it looked like it would explode soon.
“Do you want to leave this to me?”
In the end, he couldn’t stand it and let out a word.
It was such a mess to send out the domestic manpower even though it couldn’t protect it. His stomach was boiling. No matter how much they searched, they wouldn’t find anything wrong with it, but just seeing this kind of behavior made him angry.
“There is not much time left, so I’m more desperate. Let’s leave it for a while. Are you taking good care of my Hyung?”
“Yes, he’s at home now. And with Lena and Ain guarding the door, it should be fine.”
That was it. Because Seon-woo’s first priority was his older brother Hyeon-woo. As he was watching the people in the government who were so grateful, a new guest came. He was from the Hunter Administration. Wearing glasses on his skinny body, he politely greeted him.
“Hello, this is Ryu Young-jin from the Hunter Administration.”
The reason he came was simple.
“This time, I came to inform you in advance of the bill that will be passed with the cooperation of the government and the Hunter Administration.”
“What is it?”
When Seon-woo asked back, Young-jin replied with a grinning smile.
“It’s the monster management method. Even as a tamer, we have decided that it was dangerous to take monsters with him. That’s why the government thought it would be better to manage it separately, so this law was created.”
Chan-young swallowed the sound that rose to his throat.
‘What bullshit!’
Was it any different from taking a weapon from an Awakened!
“It’s the first I’ve heard of it.”
Young-jin skillfully answered Seon-woo’s words.
“It’s a government initiative. You may or may not know.”
So, you’re saying there are people, who don’t know? A corporation created for the sake of the Awakened? It was amazing bullshit.
The Seon-Hyeon Guild had an enormous influence in Korea, and that influence also worked on the members of the National Assembly. In other words, he was saying that there were people who were on this side even though he influenced the government.
However, since he had never heard of such a thing, there was a high probability that what he was saying was a lie. Or was it that he was deliberately trying to pass through the snatch, excluding people who were friendly to the Seon-Hyeon guild?
The skill of scraping the inside was excellent [1]. However, a young boy with nothing had built the Seon-Hyeon guild and come this far. Seon-woo was not a good person either.
“Rather than that, have you thought about the invitation from America?”
“My opinion does not change.”
If you want to go, we all go, or not go at all.
“It would be a good opportunity for Hyeon-woo as well, but it’s a pity.”
Young-jin answered that and stepped back. But it was easy to see that this was not the end. He was probably trying to pressure the Seon-Hyeon Guild until he got the answer he wanted.
And the ceiling above the office of the Seon-Hyeon Guild, which is under investigation. A small creature clung to it with something in its mouth.
It was Spotty.
In Hyeon-woo’s room, Kero and Two-eyed were sitting quietly there. And in Hyeon-woo’s hand, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, he was holding a small device, and sound was coming out of it.
“It’s fucking shit.”
A harsh sound came out of Hyeon-woo’s mouth overhearing the conversation. He was in the position to bring and dedicate oneself to the United States.
“Why are you harassing someone else’s younger brother?”
Not only that, but he was terribly tormenting Seon-woo. But how could he stand that? Hyeon-woo’s expression gradually became grim.
“I’m going out for a while.”
Hyeon-woo stood up from his seat. He just couldn’t stand it. He seemed to be relieved by at least defeating the opponents who were pissing him off. Some of them just seemed to be moving outside, so it wouldn’t be difficult to meet them.
He changed his clothes and put his hat on. Then, he pulled his body out through the door that opens outward. He went down the building without people noticing and put his foot on the floor. Just then, he saw a few people carrying boxes coming out of the entrance of the Seon-Hyeon Guild Building. And at the end, Young-jin stood.
Of course, since he only heard his voice, Hyeon-woo couldn’t recognize who he was. All he knew was that they were people from the government.
‘Great.’
The moment Hyeon-woo clenched his itchy fists and was about to step forward, he felt a sense of presence behind him. He wasn’t surprised by that. He simply swung his clenched fist at the master of the human figure.
“Ack! Wait!”
It was a familiar voice. It was Do Ga-jun. He quickly raised his arm to block it, but the fist was stuck in the middle of his arm. There was nothing wrong with his bones because he managed to control his strength, but Ga-jun stepped back in fright.
“If it was a normal person, the bones would have been split!”
“It’s fine.”
“It’s not fine! No, more than that, why are you here?”
Apparently, Ga-jun recognized Hyeon-woo right away.
“I have some business to attend to.”
“What business!”
“What are you doing here?”
“I came because I had something to do with Ji Seon-woo!”
At that, Hyeon-woo asked curtly.
“Why are you here?”
“The government’s behavior has been strange these days, so I thought I would give you a warning.”
In fact, he came to give him a dose of medicine under the pretext of warning. However, it was not possible to say it in front of the person concerned. A suspicious gaze immediately returned, but Ga-jun took off his pretense.
“Well, I told you the truth. What about you?”
Hyeon-woo rolled his eyes.
“Just going out for a while.”
“Do you make going out like that?”
“I don’t know.”
Hyeon-woo also took off his pretense.
“I don’t know. It looks like you’re trying to rip off government officials.”
‘Shall I faint?’ While contemplating the destruction of evidence, Ga-jun continued.
“That would be fun.”
And then he grinned.
It was strange that only the Seon-Hyeon Guild went into the audit, so other guilds, big or small, also went into the audit. It was not strange that the Baekho Guild belonged in the list.
That was why Ga-jun was a bit horned. If it wasn’t for that, he wouldn’t have bothered to inform Ji Seon-woo about this.
“Shall we go together?”
Hyeon-woo nodded involuntarily at the offer that came in calmly.
“But not here. It’s in front of the Seon-Hyeon Guild, isn’t it? The security guards will be dispatched within 10 seconds of the beating.”
“Then where?”
It was difficult to leave the house for a long time. Two-eyed was lying on the bed and pretending to be asleep, but Seon-woo would notice when he lifted the covers.
“Let’s see. Is it hard to go far? Then, let’s get out of this neighborhood and attack.”
“Is that okay?”
“You can make it happen.”
Then, he took out a hat with only the eyes and nose pierced from his bosom and held his arms out. As he was staring at it blankly, he took the initiative and tried to turn it over first. After that, he took off his suit jacket and rolled up his sleeves. After all that was over, all that was left was one good robber.
“Although there are fewer of them, there are villains in Korea.”
Villain. Those who have awakened but do not use their abilities to catch monsters, but to commit crimes. Now, Ga-jun suggested imitating them.
“Great.”
Hyeon-woo accepted the hat. And 30 minutes after that, Hunter Administration Agency’s vehicle was attacked by two villains they had never seen before.
“Aaaaaagh!”
Among them, Young-jin, who was caught by a shorter villain, was beaten to the point where it was more difficult to find the real white flesh.
“Yeah.”
Pak! A small fist hit him hard.
“My Heart.”
Pak! He was fortunate that the bones were unharmed.
“Fine.”
There were no screams anymore.
“He probably knew.”
Talking and beating softly, it was so frightening that his body trembled. The other villain just watched with a smirk.
He wondered what would happen now. Thanks to the emergency call bell that someone else desperately pressed, the awakened people were mobilized, and the villain was surrounded. He thought he was alive then, but the villain evaded the siege and beat Young-jin for another 5 minutes before disappearing.
“Hahahaha!”
Ga-jun laughed till he was out of breath.
“What’s so funny?”
Hyeon-woo growled and asked, and Ga-jun answered while wiping his eyes.
“You don’t know who it is, do you?”
He didn’t know. It was only because the voice was familiar that it was especially loud.
“This is Ryu Young-jin from the Intelligence Department of the Hunter Administration. He’s like a slithering snake. There’s a high probability that this incident also came from his head.”
Then he giggles again and laughs.
“I won’t be able to get up for a while.”
“I let you off the hook a lot.”
“I know.”
Because if an awakened person decided to hit an ordinary person, it was possible to crush their bones.
Note:
[1] To control the interior power of the country.
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Credits:
Translator: Hoshi Miya
Editor/Proofreader: Davine, YaagRabRag
HM: Why are these people harassing HW to go to America… gosh…. hmph
Davine: This is why you don’t put an outsider to be the head.
YRR: I would’ve called their bluff. Say the entire guild moves if that becomes law.