D-Rank Constellation Hunter… Stuck Without Internet! - Chapter 77

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Chapter 77
Jang Deuk-sung moved as quickly as possible to impose restrictions on Touch One.
His tactic was to claim that Touch One fell below the standard for a Hunter Guild and block new registrations.
But Constellations were always faster than humans.
〔(Special Report) Current Hunter Association Chairman Jang Deuk-sung Distributing Rewards to Guilds ‘According to His Taste’?〕
The truth had already leaked to the outside world.
In this age of information currents, most conflicts boil down to a race of speed.
And infiltrating algorithms to spread information rapidly—that was what Constellations did best.
Tasha, the former System, eagerly seized the opportunity.
‘Learning the speech patterns of Earth’s communities has its own peculiar charm,’ she thought.
And all the information I had accumulated flowed toward the ‘right’ places.
On a broadcast channel run by an E-rank Awakener leveraging their ‘original talent,’ every misconduct Jang Deuk-sung had committed was laid bare.
〔You see this? The Association Chairman was distributing subsidies with bias this whole time.
And the official letter sent to the ㅇㅇㄹ constellation to force entry into the dungeon was shared by ㅌㅊㅇ;;
He claimed it would help Hunters, but that’s total nonsense lol
But instead he ignored it and bragged about opening a Training Ground to actually help Hunters
Deuk-sung’s getting scratched? Looks like he’s getting scratched〕
Countless Guilds that had been dissolved after Jang Deuk-sung rejected their subsidies erupted in fury.
Not only were their Guilds subjected to scathing evaluations, but it was also revealed that he had written his responses on the back of their carefully prepared applications.
It was a perfect mockery of those who had poured their hearts and souls into those applications out of desperate need.
This one’s not
The name’s not great
My friend’s son started this, so quick payment please
His hastily scrawled notes were nothing but graffiti devoid of any fairness.
He had simply trampled on those who had squeezed every ounce of sincerity and time to write their applications because they truly needed the support.
The backlash was inevitable and severe.
Months of neglect followed by rejection, with no sign of even minimal consideration.
How many could smile when they learned their desperation had become mere scrap paper?
〔Petition for Jang Deuk-sung’s Execution〕
〔This is the Association Chairman’s direct number, sharing it!! People are flooding the line right now so calls aren’t going through, but I think it’s important to keep trying〕
〔We await contact from Guild members harmed by subsidy rejections. Hunter Daily News XXX-XXXX〕
〔Is legal consultation possible regarding the current Association crisis?〕
Jang Deuk-sung posted a bland apology on the Association’s homepage, but that alone would not resolve the matter.
People demanded clear compensation or punishment.
At minimum, the Association Chairman’s resignation; at maximum, compensation for the dissolved Guilds and penalties for those that had received favoritism.
Seeing people rising up in unified anger, Ha Gyuhyuk let out a heavy sigh.
“Quite the uproar.”
“This is just the beginning.”
“Probably.”
Jang Deuk-sung was an S-rank Hunter.
But if he wasn’t going to actually get into a physical fight with Hunters and cause a commotion, it was nothing more than an empty letter.
And even among Small Guilds, there were quite a few founded by independent S-rank Hunters.
“He probably thought that Small Guilds fall apart the moment they dissolve.”
“Generally, when a Small Guild run by an S-rank Hunter gets disbanded, where do they go?”
Ha Gyuhyuk’s gaze turned toward Kim Gyuwun, who was monitoring the rapidly updating timeline beside him.
Knowing well the influence of the internet, he sighed and looked back at us.
“Either they return to Large Guilds or go independent….”
His eyes shifted to Dan Yibum, who was leaning against the wall.
Dan Yibum hadn’t been in a Small Guild, but it was true that his guild had been disbanded.
He blinked and gave a short bow. It wasn’t like he hadn’t heard—was this meekness or stupidity?
“If the Association needed talented people, they might recruit them that way. Of course, what happened to the guild Dan Yibum was in probably wasn’t manipulation.”
“Yes, if that had been manipulation, I would have eliminated the Association Chairman myself.”
A brief silence fell as we tried to infer the many meanings contained in the word “eliminated.”
Probably the meaning we were thinking of was correct.
At that moment, the door burst open. Dan Yibum, who had been standing against the wall right beside the door, crashed into it with a bang.
But as if unconcerned, Ji Chae-ah rushed in, breathing heavily.
“Jang Deuk-sung resigned!”
“As he should!”
“But apparently, the Constellation applied pressure in this matter, and most of it was due to coercion…. A-and furthermore, the Guild Master’s pressure was also involved, they said.”
Anger flashed across Ha Gyuhyuk’s face in an instant.
Jang Deuk-sung seemed to want to claim that he and I had conspired to discredit him or something like that.
It wasn’t surprising.
“Is that so? What are people saying about it?”
“They left.”
“What?”
Ha Gyuhyuk, his voice hollow, looked at me.
Seeing my face trying to suppress laughter, he seemed to belatedly understand something as well.
Those wielding the power of the stars had already entered this place, and yet a mere human thought he could put us in danger.
Moreover, the internet was now under Tasha’s control.
“I bet Jang Deuk-sung thinks this is a fight between Touch One and himself?”
There’s a saying in Korea like this.
The arm bends inward.
Constellations are fundamentally individualistic, but if forced to choose between humans and Constellations, they’d side with the Constellations.
[ Tasha: This isn’t a matter of the arm bending inward, Se-um. ]
[ Se-um: Huh? ]
[ Tasha: You’re misunderstanding something. ]
[ Tasha: You have a lot of allies. ]
[ Se-um: Me? ]
[ Franson: That’s right!! Se-um doesn’t really care, but even if an unfamiliar Constellation asks you to buy them an item, you just buy it ]
[ Franson: You’re always helping out saying that good is good, you know ]
[ Se-um: It’s because there’s this thing called Korean sentiment. ]
[ Franson: So you’re saying other Constellations don’t have that sentiment? When I first became a Constellation, I called over other Constellations to eat meals together because I needed to take care of my meals, remember? ]
[ Tasha: You said something like how you need to eat properly to have energy and work well, right? ]
[ Tasha: So there are even some Constellations who’ve grown accustomed to the taste of rice. ]
It seems like that might have actually happened.
Though I don’t eat much these days, I still insist that my clients eat all three meals a day.
But it’s not because I’m kind—it’s because of the essence of rice carved into my very bones.
There’s a reason the saying goes that you should share even a single bean with others.
When I’m alone eating snacks or rice cakes at a gathering, I feel oddly embarrassed and end up offering them to the person next to me….
Is this really something only humans on Earth do?
The moment I realized that everything I’ve been doing is ‘building trust with Constellations,’ it felt like I’d been struck on the head.
[ Tasha: Why would Constellations abandon their own worlds and try to access this place in the first place? ]
I’d thought only Constellations with plenty of time helped me.
Those people all had worlds they’d set their sights on, yet they made time for me?
The more I learn, the more shocking it is.
Everyone was helping me, and I was the only one who didn’t know—was that really the situation?
“….”
“Se-um? What’s wrong?”
“Oh, it’s just that I’m suddenly realizing I’m quite an extraordinary being.”
I’d been admiring how Ha Gyuhyuk gains trust by doing good deeds for others.
But I couldn’t believe that I was, in some ways, no different from him.
Unable to contain my astonishment, my mouth fell open, and Ha Gyuhyuk gently covered it for me.
“….”
Then Dan Yibum emerged from behind the door with a nosebleed, staring intently at Ji Chae-ah.
“What? Why are you coming out from there? And why is your nose bleeding?”
“…There was a certain situation.”
“Anyway, Constellation, I don’t know why, but everyone just ignored Jang Deuk-sung and left!”
“Right, thanks for letting me know.”
“Oh, and this.”
Ji Chae-ah rushed over and held up a tablet screen to me.
“This is a white tiger that appeared at the Hunter Association. It suddenly showed up, howled toward the room where Jang Deuk-sung was, and then disappeared—people are saying even the mountain god rejected Jang Deuk-sung!”
What appeared in the video was truly an enormous white tiger.
A majestic howl echoed so precisely that only the window of the room where Jang Deuk-sung was stayed intact, and the white tiger slowly vanished.
Without thinking, I buried my face in Ha Gyuhyuk’s hand.
“Se, Se-um?”
I deliberately ignored his flustered voice.
My lips trembled.
It was Sungho the Constellation….

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