How to Seduce S-Class Hunters with Bungeoppang - Chapter 5

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Chapter 5
Following my finger, she turned to look behind her, and her expression shifted to one of alarm.
Everyone was staring at her with fierce, intimidating eyes—a woman who stood there chatting away without buying anything.
“We don’t have time for this!”
“If you’re not buying, step aside!”
“I even used a half day off for this!”
See? I told you I don’t have time for idle chatter like this.
Gong Ju-hee’s face turned as red as a carrot, and she bit her lip.
“What are you doing? Move aside.”
“I, I want one too!”
“…What?”
Gong Ju-hee slammed the ten-thousand-won bill she’d been holding onto the shelf. It was crumpled from being clutched for so long.
“Give me one. C, cough. I waited in line too…”
Ah, so you wanted to eat fish-shaped pastries all along?
Everyone around her had been talking about the fish-shaped pastries, so she’d gotten curious and joined the line. But knowing the shop owner was me, she apparently couldn’t resist scratching at that itch.
“You want fish-shaped pastries made by a mere F-rank?”
“…No, that’s not what I meant.”
She probably wished people would fawn over her the way they did back in school whenever she said something, but this was society now.
There was no reason to fear a girl who’d only had a voice among high schoolers.
“Why is this taking so long!?”
“Ugh, this is so frustrating!”
As I heard the urging from behind again, anxiety flickered across Gong Ju-hee’s face. Yet she stubbornly held her ground, insisting on the fish-shaped pastries.
If I knew her personality from back then, she would have left long ago saying she didn’t want them. But she really did seem curious about these fish-shaped pastries.
‘Goodness, how badly did she want to eat them…’
It was a bit annoying, admittedly, but not enough to coldly chase away someone who wanted to eat something.
I stopped teasing Gong Ju-hee and took out a fish-shaped pastry, placing it in a bag. Her expression brightened instantly.
“Here. Enjoy it. And our shop doesn’t accept cash.”
“What…?”
“Only Hunter Pay. Remember that for next time.”
It was clear that handling cash from so many Hunters would become unmanageable. So as soon as the number of customers grew, I’d immediately implemented Hunter Pay, the QR code payment system.
“…Next time, who, who said anyone’s coming back!”
It didn’t matter what she said while clutching the fish-shaped pastries and walking away.
I watched Gong Ju-hee disappear into the distance for a moment, then attended to the next customer. I really couldn’t make anyone wait any longer.
Fortunately, even while talking with Gong Ju-hee, my hands had kept baking fish-shaped pastries, so I was able to take the subsequent orders without any interruption.
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“Phew, I’m exhausted.”
I finally closed the shop after baking fish-shaped pastries late into the night. My body felt as heavy as lead.
The moment I arrived home, I collapsed onto my bed.
“If I didn’t have that skill, I really would have died…”
Without the skill that boosted my stamina by 200%, I might have given up long ago.
“That’s why you need to exercise regularly, meow!”
“Exercise… yeah, I suppose I should.”
Even if I boosted my stamina by 200%, it would be useless if my base physical condition was garbage to begin with.
I stared at the cat that was nagging away incessantly. Come to think of it, I still didn’t know the cat’s name.
‘I can’t just keep calling it “cat” forever.’
It was an unexpected encounter, but we were business partners now, so I felt like I should at least know its name.
“What’s your real name?”
“My name, you ask, meow?”
“Yeah. We’ve been together for a while now, and I don’t even know your name.”
The cat grinned wickedly. Then it proudly leaped up beside me and spoke.
“Of course I have a name, meow. A very cool and magnificent one at that!”
The cat took a moment to catch its breath before crying out.
“My name is (screeeeeech——)meow!”
“Ugh! What is that sound!?”
“(screeeeeech——)! (screeeeeech——)! (screeeeeech——)!”
A chilling sound like fingernails scraping across a chalkboard pierced the air.
I could tell it was trying to say something, but all my ears picked up was a high-pitched, unpleasant noise.
After attempting several times, the cat seemed to give up, its body going limp as it whimpered.
“Sigh. There are so many restrictions in the Human Realm, meow…”
“The Human Realm? Where did you come from?”
The cat flopped down beside me and said it came from a very distant place. Apparently, it was so competent that it received a special mission and came to Earth.
‘Looks like it got kicked out for causing trouble, if you ask me.’
That was the feeling I got, but the atmosphere suggested it wouldn’t explain even if I pressed.
I poked at the cat’s belly fat, which spread across the bed like a blanket, and spoke.
“I don’t know what your original name is, but since I can’t pronounce it, I’ll give you a new one.”
“You’re going to give me a name, meow?”
“Yeah. Hmm… since my name is Haneul, how about ‘Ha-nyang’ to match the character? It combines my name with your speech habit of saying ‘nyang.'”
It was a name I came up with on the spot, but once I said it, it actually sounded pretty good.
The cat hissed as if displeased, but I paid it no mind. They say animals with humble names live longer, after all.
“Better late than never. Nice to meet you, Ha-nyang!”
“Kyaaak-!”
I forcefully hugged Ha-nyang, who was twice as plump as any other cat, and rolled around on the bed. It was warm and soft, just like a bag full of fish cake broth.
“Ack! I can’t breathe, meow!”
Ha-nyang made a strangled sound and thrashed about. What an exaggeration!
But then, suddenly, I thought of the Shop.
“Ha-nyang, our Shop has a real problem.”
“A problem? What is it, meow?”
“Customers keep increasing, but making them two at a time isn’t fast enough.”
If I had more fish-shaped pastry molds, I could bake several at once, but right now it took an enormous amount of time, and the number I could make was far too small.
That’s why the line kept getting longer.
“Sigh… since it’s a tool for making items, I can’t just buy the mold separately, right?”
“Hmm… there is a way, meow.”
“There really is a way!?”
Ha-nyang nodded and added flatly.
“But it’ll be difficult for you to purchase it right now, meow.”
“Could it be… the Hunter Market?”
The Hunter Market was a customized item shop for Awakened ones that no Hunter could be unaware of.
Not only did it sell a variety of items, but prices varied wildly depending on their functions.
I’d been curious about the Hunter Market since before my Awakening, and finally I could…?
“The Hunter Market? It’s not that kind of strange market, meow.”
“Then? Where is it?”
Ha-nyang declared confidently.
“It’s Jeoseung-i Dot Com, meow!”
“Jeoseung-i Dot Com…?”
What kind of website name is that? It sounds so ominous.
With a dubious expression, I opened my laptop and searched for Jeoseung-i Dot Com.
“Nothing comes up?”
“Ordinary methods won’t work, meow.”
Ha-nyang leaped onto the keyboard and began typing something with her stubby paws, tap-tap-tapping away.
I followed her instructions, clicking when told to click and pressing Enter when told to press Enter. After repeatedly entering and exiting various mysterious sites, finally a legitimate-looking website appeared.
[Enter Jeoseung-i Dot Com ⇒]
Upon entering, a product list scrolled down. Without hesitation, I clicked on the fish-shaped pastry category (surprisingly, there was a dedicated fish-shaped pastry category!).
And my eyes went wide.
“Wow! A mold that can make six fish-shaped pastries at once!”
“An endless storage container? That’s incredibly useful!”
“Wait, what’s this? An all-purpose robot hand?”
The more I read each description, the more I felt that every single product was exactly what I needed.
Ugh, I want to buy everything, but this is a disaster…
“But what’s this price unit ‘P’? What is this?”
The fish-shaped pastry mold was 300P. The storage container was 700P. And the all-purpose robot hand was 1300P.
It couldn’t be 300 won…
“Points, meow.”
“Points?”
I learned that points were the virtual currency used here, and if desired, I could convert money into points.
“At Jeoseung-i Dot Com, human currency has little value, so you’d better give up on that, meow.”
The currency value is poor? To what extent?
I checked the exchange rate to convert my money into points and was shocked.
“…Is this right? Only 1 point for 1 million won?”
Then the fish-shaped pastry mold alone would be… 300 million won?!
What kind of absurd amount is this?
“That’s exactly why I said I can’t afford it right now.”
“Not just now—I’ll never be able to afford it in my entire life.”
Three hundred million won wasn’t pocket change. Earning that much over a lifetime just to buy a single fish-shaped pastry mold seemed impossible.
“Don’t worry about it. Just get some sleep for now. An opportunity to earn points will come soon enough.”
Ha-nyang couldn’t pinpoint exactly when, but assured me it wouldn’t be long.
And just as the clever cat predicted, an opportunity to earn points arrived sooner than I expected.

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