Hunter Kindergarten, Dolphin Class! - Chapter 138
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Chapter 138
『 50% favorability achieved, Status Window Access is now available! 』
‘Status Window Access is available?’
I looked at the red text floating next to Nabi’s pink head.
50%.
A clear favorability display.
…A jump from 40% to 50%.
Just for finding one eye, it went up by 10%.
Of course, aside from all the hardships I went through to find that one eye, it was undoubtedly a tremendous favorability increase.
While feeling bewildered throughout my body, I steadily shouted inwardly.
‘I have to access it!’
Until now, I thought I was going to die from curiosity about this guy’s identity!
-Ding.
『 Official Target Subject : Nabi (aka. Eternal Rest is Only Death!)
Unique Abilities
1) Arrival (Future)
2) Eternal Rest (Death)
3) ■■(■■) (Past) – ■■ Status
*Detailed Description : One who reaches the end of time can access the time of all life.
Status Abnormality : Physical Deficiency 4/6
▶ Judgment ability significantly decreased
▶ Ability instability
▶ Memory loss
▶ Incomplete state
STORY 1. Pulsation 』
Wait a minute.
“What’s…. so verbose about this?”
I thought I’d feel refreshed like my insides were cleared after seeing the Status Window, but even after looking, there were incomprehensible sentences everywhere.
As I was flustered and tried to close my mouth and concentrate to ponder the meaning again….
[ Take gift! ]
“…Oh, right.”
There was also a gift.
The gift that Nabi always gives like a reward after finding each of her body parts.
I received what the black hand that tore out of the White Dog Doll carefully handed to me.
Small, blunt, ugly…. toy?
…Or not? As I lightly rolled it in my palm and examined it overall, one word clearly came to mind.
‘Totem.’
A crude ‘bird’-shaped totem made of wood with all the paint peeled off.
That’s exactly what it was.
“What is this?”
It’s cute, but I don’t know what it’s used for.
Maybe because all the gifts Nabi has given so far have been practical, I thought that even though it looks like this, it must have some use.
Skill sharing to see the future, and gold items were the previous gifts….
‘Of course, the gold I received as gifts are stuck there without being able to dispose of them…. Ah, thinking about it again makes me feel so wasteful I could die.’
I stared at the drawer containing the gold items for a moment, then squeezed my eyes shut and turned my gaze away.
‘If I keep thinking about it, it’ll only hurt my heart.’
[ This? Don’t know? I picked it up! But it’s good! I guarantee it! ]
“….”
[ They said good things happen if you carry it. ]
“…Oh?”
Is it like a charm that brings good luck?
After staring at it for a long time, I soon smiled quietly and nodded.
“Thank you, I’ll use it well. I like it.”
[ Hehe, thank you too! ]
Hmm, this one doesn’t seem to be practical.
Still, it’s cute.
‘This seems better than the gold items I can’t even use.’
It was somewhat clumsy and crude, about the quality of a handicraft work displayed at a village festival.
“I should hang it on my mobile phone and carry it around.”
I lightly patted the White Dog Doll’s head with my hand and put the lucky totem in my pocket.
‘I received the gift…. Let’s see, what I missed.’
Along with the increased favorability, the Status Window text also changed once again.
『 You’ve built a special friendship! Now restore trust as close childhood friends! 😀 』
I’m grateful that Nabi now thinks of me as a close friend, but ‘restore trust as childhood friends!’
‘Hey, when did I ever break your trust?’
…Don’t tell me this is because I forgot after saying I’d buy snacks a few times?
I hid my sense of injustice and struggled to maintain my expression.
But still, feeling disappointed is feeling disappointed, and I think I need to do some research on Nabi’s Status Window.
It’s right to check the status of a non-human friend who sticks around all day, even just in case.
‘Let’s take time to examine this carefully.’
So, after looking at the urgent things first, the thoughts I had buried naturally surfaced again.
-“You’ve grown a lot. Your name is, so Hwi-eon… no, was it Hwiyeon?”
-“You look exactly like when you were little. I almost didn’t recognize you! But you’re the spitting image of your dad~!”
The suspicious woman I met at the BOND Branch.
‘The employee said she was a criminal.’
The license application I received from the branch employee is still on my desk.
‘Well, I did ask Yu Jin-chae before we parted.’
While receiving considerable suspicion, that is.
-“Could I possibly get some basic personal information about that person?”
-“Huh? What would you use that for? Did…. that person say something nonsensical to you, Teacher? I heard she’s a crazy researcher, should I say something to her for you?”
-“No, no. That’s not necessary, just… her face looked familiar.”
-“A criminal…?”
-“That… yes.”
I thought I was going to die making excuses like ‘She seems like someone I know through someone, so I’m just asking just in case.’
-“I did say I’d pretend not to know about other things as a service…. but suddenly I really want to interfere.”
‘Still, since she reluctantly agreed… I guess it worked out.’
Even after getting basic personal information from Yu Jin-chae, if there’s still something bothering me, I’ll have to approach it differently then.
While I was sitting in the chair with no intention of getting up due to my uneasiness.
Nabi, who had returned to child form before I knew it, had slipped into the blanket and finished preparing for bed.
“Let’s sleep quickly! We’re busy tomorrow!”
“….”
‘She really loves imitating people.’
I don’t know if she actually sleeps, but she always tries to copy everything I do like this.
Still, thanks to that, I felt like my thoughts that were about to turn serious were being refreshed.
“…Right.”
Eventually, I chuckled and lay down next to Nabi.
Right, let’s not worry unnecessarily.
‘Speaking of which, as Nabi said, tomorrow will be frantically busy.’
After all, there’s a major event scheduled for tomorrow.
-“There’s going to be a company sports festival soon, everyone will prepare at least roughly, right?”
That’s already tomorrow.
***
Company sports festival.
What exactly is that?
Usually, employees who barely acknowledge each other unless they’re in the same department gather together just once a year for sports activities with shared purpose, whether they want to or not.
“Yes, um, to promote communication and harmony among executives and employees! And yes, um, through joint activities, to strengthen organizational unity! And foster camaraderie, our BOND is….”
Like the ‘green tea bath’ at a sauna, this company sports festival started with reasons that looked good but had questionable actual effectiveness, and like all adults worn down by society, the participation motives weren’t pure.
“Ugh…. At my age, why am I running around like this? If the prize money wasn’t so small, I would’ve taken a day off.”
Starting with the most typical prize money motive.
“Oh my! Manager! Who will victory belong to? That’s right, the As-sign-ment Team! We’ll bring victory for the Assignment Department to you, Manager!”
“Hehe, this supervisor? Very reliable, aren’t you?”
Down to the tearful motives of office life.
Of course, wherever you go, there are always people who march to a different beat.
“Perfect timing, I had a few people I wanted to mess with anyway. Let’s legally blow off some steam again this year~”
Participating with the purpose of legally beating up people they’d been eyeing….
‘No, this person has completely lost it.’
Next to me, Yu Jin-chae was cracking her knuckles loudly while smiling with satisfaction.
…That’s right.
As announced, the Ocean Kindergarten teachers also participated in today’s BOND large-scale company sports festival.
Of course, the children also occasionally appeared in the spectator seats.
‘Later, during intermission time, the children will participate too.’
Looking at the schedule, there was something like ‘obstacle race with parents.’
I should watch carefully and participate too.
‘Tae-jae and the twins will probably need a guardian.’
“Before we begin….”
An MC that you’d often see at movie premiere broadcasts was standing on the platform holding a microphone.
‘Look at this scale.’
This company sports festival held in a gymnasium that was supposedly purchased for field team training near headquarters was no joke in terms of scale.
From the hired MC to the three-tier lunch boxes provided as meals, expensive prizes, and…. even the gymnasium decorated to match the concept.
“Still, this year is more reasonable compared to last year. Except for decorating everything so blue that it hurts the eyes.”
“Right? The clothes are just fine being plain blue activewear. Perfect, since our kindergarten activewear is the same.”
“Thanks to that, we saved money.”
Right, the concept is apparently ‘ocean.’
Maybe that’s why the jellyfish balloons hanging from the ceiling have been bothering me.
“Maybe because they got too much criticism last year, they didn’t go overboard with decorations.”
This?
With all kinds of marine life balloons hanging from the ceiling, a large beam projector on one wall showing the ocean surface, and even surfboards and signs set up in every corner of the gymnasium as if it were a real ocean….
I looked down at my navy blue activewear that I could claim was blue.
‘This is reasonable?’
Looking around, everyone was wearing what they called blue but was actually sky blue, navy blue… hey, what’s with the black?
‘Did they think they could get away with calling it deep sea?’
Thinking about grown adults wearing similar colored clothes and running around in this kind of space made me dizzy, but….
‘Everyone’s just doing what they’re told from above…. This is how scary office life is.’
I barely managed to accept it and was chatting with my kindergarten colleagues.
Then.
“The energetic atmosphere looks so great! Haha! I’ve been an MC in many places, but the way teams are divided here is really unique, isn’t it? Amazing, kindergarten teachers as representatives!!”
“…What bullshit is this.”
Yu Jin-chae pretended to clean her ears as if she’d misheard while looking at the MC on the platform.
“Teams will be decided by randomly assigning kindergarten teachers as representatives for each department! Ah~ I’m so excited! Whose idea was this!”
And there was no time to stop it.
Apparently, this method was decided by some anonymous company vote.
‘If Yu Jin-chae finds whoever suggested this, they’re dead.’
And for good reason….
“The Assignment Department gets drumroll! …Teacher Yu Jin-chae! Ah, so now the Assignment Department becomes the Jellyfish Team!”
As I predicted, she ended up on the very team she’d planned to mess with.
And as their representative, no less.
“Fuck.”
Yu Jin-chae muttered a curse under her breath and walked toward where the Assignment Department people were gathered with murderous eyes….
‘Is it okay to send her off like that?’
After that, the randomly decided teams starting with Yu Jin-chae were as follows.
“We have no hope….”
“Yes, it looks that way….”
The Research Department became the Seal Team with Kwon Hae-seong.
“Ah~ it’s an honor! I already feel like we’ve won? Is this what it feels like to gain a mighty army?”
“Just trust us!”
The Field Team became the Turtle Team with Park I-deun.
“Let’s not get hurt. We don’t want to work today.”
“You and I think alike. Good.”
The Medical Team became the Shark Team with Kang Sa-gwa.
And I….
“Serve him with respect!! Get a chair right now! This is Teacher Na Hwi-yeon who saved us from overtime!!”
“…Please, let’s just keep it normal.”
Became Team Dolphin with the PR Team.
‘What exactly is my image in the PR Team?’
So I took Nabi’s hand and suddenly found myself competing in the company sports festival as Team Dolphin’s representative.
And in the first match.
“How are you doing?”
“…Haha, yes, I’m doing fine, but.”
“Why, aren’t you fine?”
“…Excuse me?”
I faced off against Kang Ho-won.
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