A S-Class Hunter With Great Agility - Chapter 14

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Chapter 14: Hunter Registration (2)

 

This, something’s a bit wrong.

I blinked my eyes.

 

‘This, no this doesn’t seem right?’

 

The first floor had something like bank counters set up. It seemed to be a reception area for hunters who came to register.

The problem was that the place was packed with people. It looked like it wouldn’t clear up even if it took a week.

Damn. Based on my experience waiting at bank counters, this was going to take forever. One hundred percent.

 

‘Ah, I remember now.’

 

I barely managed to steady my wavering pupils and recalled something.

The reason why the Association was in such chaos from midday on a weekday. There was a corner that I could pinpoint exactly.

Newspaper articles I used to read occasionally flashed through my mind.

 

 

I had forgotten.

These days were literally the era of lowest popularity for civil servants.

The qualification for applying to the Association was definitely being an awakened person.

But which awakened person would be crazy enough to crawl into the Association? They’d probably receive a salary almost at the level of my fortune-telling fees.

Naturally, with no applicants, manpower was always insufficient.

But with so much work to handle, situations like this occurred.

 

‘Damn…’

 

I shed tears of resignation and grabbed the glass door handle.

What choice did I have? If I couldn’t register, I’d live as a lawbreaker, unable to enter dungeons or hunt monsters with these good skills, receiving only those damn foreign language penalties for life.

And compared to sitting in the Shaman House waiting for customers, even this much was a blessing.

 

Creak—

 

I naturally pushed instead of pulled to open the door.

 

“Hey—there—!”

 

But at that moment, I heard some sound.

I reflexively turned my head.

 

‘What, what is it?’

 

“Wait—a—moment—!”

 

Wow, damn fast.

I was startled and dodged the person. Thanks to that, I was fortunately able to avoid a collision.

 

“What is it? Who are you?”

“Haa, whew.”

“…?”

“Hello?”

 

A person in a white suit grinned right in front of my nose.

He was taller than me, so I had to look up a little.

 

‘What is this, a strangely irritating smile.’

 

I’m really sorry, but unfortunately, that was exactly my first impression.

The person who suddenly called out to me was a man around my age with light purple hair. He had a long sword strapped to his back.

 

‘A Hunter?’

 

In the uncomfortable atmosphere, I took a few steps back to distance myself.

 

“Nice to meet you for the first time. I’m Jung Su-hyuk, an A-rank Hunter from Eden!”

“Ah, yes…”

“Aren’t you surprised? I came to find you personally!”

“Huh? Well…”

 

Should I be surprised?

 

‘…What’s with this guy?’

 

Jung Su-hyuk continued chattering.

 

“The guild leader tried to stop me, but I was too curious to hold back. A rookie hunter who hasn’t even registered cleared ‘that’ zombie dungeon alone! I rushed here as soon as my dungeon clear was finished. I’m so lucky there wasn’t much time difference.”

“So, you’re saying you’re a Hunter from Eden?”

 

 

Ah damn.

 

“Not just any, but super elite. I’m A-rank.”

“No, that’s fine…”

 

When I tiredly waved my hand, the man—no, Jung Su-hyuk—tilted his head.

He had an expression that said something didn’t sit right with him. Jung Su-hyuk had been staring at me intently from the beginning, as if watching a spectacle.

What was so fascinating?

 

“I know you’ve seen two A-rank Hunters. But I’m completely different from those unremarkable abilities…”

 

Unremarkable?

 

“Why did you come here?”

“…I came to help you register. You’re a beginner, aren’t you?”

 

After being interrupted twice, Jung Su-hyuk answered with an unpleasant expression.

 

‘Isn’t he just here to watch me?’

 

But I quite liked that answer. Even if he looks like that, he’s still affiliated with Eden after all.

An idea came to mind.

 

“Then….”

“?”

“Can’t you get through that line somehow?”

 

I pointed inside the door.

If it’s Eden, couldn’t they do something about the Association?

Sometimes using power was also an important part of living life.

Jung Su-hyuk looked in the direction my finger was pointing.

 

* * *

 

‘Yes. Large corporations are the best.’

 

I enjoyed the sweet taste of power.

Though it wasn’t clean, I arbitrarily rationalized that this was also thanks to saving Eden’s main force.

The people who had been waiting for a long time in front of what looked like a bank counter murmured as they watched me go straight inside.

 

“White suit, that’s Eden, right?”

“Tsk, large guilds sure are nice. But what’s with that daily hanbok?”

“An A-rank must have emerged. Eden’s already recruiting them, I guess.”

“Damn. Life’s so unfair.”

 

Heh. Then you should have been born shaking bells and doing shaman work like me from birth.

I snorted and didn’t stop walking.

If you consistently dig down one path, rewards will come.

 

‘But still….’

 

They look alike.

I looked at Jung Su-hyuk walking beside me and a woman walking in front of me.

After hearing my question, Jung Su-hyuk immediately opened the Association door and went in, saying something to the counter.

The person who appeared from inside afterward was that woman.

A beauty wearing a black suit and silver glasses, hiding her cold impression.

 

Definitely… she was certainly the Association staff member I had seen before entering the zombie dungeon.

 

 

That Association staff member who had blocked me with stiff speech back then.

What was her name again….

 

“This way, please.”

“Ah, yes.”

 

The staff member guided us. I cleared my distracting thoughts and answered.

But Jung Su-hyuk was looking at her with an expression that seemed displeased.

Not long after, he suddenly asked.

 

“Why are you here?”

 

So they do know each other.

 

“First, we’ll start with basic stat measurement. After that, skills and….”

“No, hey.”

“….”

“I asked why you’re here. You’re not from this department.”

 

I think I’ve seen this somewhere before.

That is….

 

‘When the Choi siblings were fighting….’

 

“Do you two know each other?”

“…I was late with introductions. I’m Jung Su-jin from the Emergency Gate Management Department. Hunter Jung Su-hyuk and I are blood relatives. I came to the Registration Department… because I was temporarily called due to urgent staffing shortages.”

 

Jung Su-jin explained calmly.

 

‘I thought they looked alike. These two are also siblings.’

 

However, Jung Su-hyuk seemed to still have something to say.

 

“We know each other very well. Blood relatives… we are.”

 

Jung Su-hyuk wore a sneer across his face.

 

“It’s embarrassing. Honestly.”

 

Embarrassing?

It certainly wasn’t a commonly used expression. I narrowed my brow.

But digging into the detailed circumstances of these siblings here was a bit much.

 

“Excuse me.”

 

I eventually interrupted the conversation.

 

“Let’s just go quietly.”

 

I let out a light sigh and mediated between them.

Only then, in the quieted situation, I followed Jung Su-jin again.

 

* * *

 

Jung Su-jin guided us to the front of the measurement room door. She said they would test precise stats in the measurement room.

I felt puzzled and asked a question.

 

“But since it’s all in the status window, couldn’t you just fill it out by hand?”

 

There it was. The pure and cruel question of an ordinary person—that’s the expression they were looking at me with.

Jung Su-jin and Jung Su-hyuk both looked at me simultaneously. Jung Su-jin seemed to hesitate for a moment, then continued speaking.

 

“We proceeded that way initially. However, people in this world… aren’t that honest.”

“….”

“There were many people who falsified their documents and obtained higher-grade Hunter licenses.”

“Ah.”

“They entered higher-level dungeons on their own… Of course, they all died.”

 

‘That’s quite a novel suicide method.’

 

Well, normally only the person themselves can see their own stats. So they wouldn’t be able to catch fake documents.

Then Jung Su-hyuk, who had been quietly listening to the conversation, suddenly interrupted.

 

“Hunter, you don’t know much, do you? Even ordinary people know this much.”

“Yes. Well. I wasn’t an ordinary person.”

“…?”

“I’m a former shaman.”

“…?”

“Can we go in?”

 

Jung Su-hyuk had a dumbfounded expression, but I ignored him. Jung Su-jin opened the door to the measurement room and I followed behind her.

 

* * *

 

Huh.

 

‘The facilities are pretty good?’

 

Unlike the old building, the inside of the measurement room was a completely different space.

I looked up and gazed around the interior with admiration.

 

“Wow…”

 

Very high ceilings and a vast, pure white space.

Uniquely shaped machines were installed here and there, all operating while emitting sky-blue light.

 

‘It looks like something from a movie.’

 

Looking up, I could see transparent glass windows. It seemed like you could look down at the measurement room from inside there.

Jung Su-jin proudly began her explanation.

 

“Korea’s measurement rooms are world-class. Korea absolutely doesn’t fall behind any country when it comes to Hunter technology. The equipment we use boasts the highest precision, and it’s all state-of-the-art.”

“Oh ho…”

“Actually, Eden’s Guild Leader Choi Yu-kyung’s sponsorship played a big part. Compared to that, cutting in line is nothing.”

 

Jung Su-jin poured out words that weren’t entirely casual in a casual tone.

She said this while adjusting her glasses, which made me laugh. I genuinely admired her boasting.

Of course, that was only temporary. Jung Su-hyuk interrupted again.

 

“In other words, they can’t do anything without Eden.”

“…Does this person really have to come in too?”

 

When I spoke suspiciously, Jung Su-jin answered with a reluctant expression.

 

“Since we don’t know what might happen during measurement, having a high-grade Hunter here won’t… hurt.”

 

Ah, I think I understand why Sister Yu-kyung told him not to come.

 

‘Can’t I just hit him once?’

 

I sighed.

 

“Let’s start with basic stat measurement first. Please stand in front of this machine.”

 

What Jung Su-jin pointed to was a machine that looked like a treadmill.

I couldn’t help but feel nervous.

 

‘This must be for measuring stamina.’

 

I gulped. While confidently relying on connections, there was one thing I had forgotten.

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