Hunter Kindergarten, Dolphin Class! - Chapter 140

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Chapter 140

 

Leaving behind Kang Ho-won, who had been hit by the dodgeball while spacing out and froze in place, I waved my hand.

 

“Na Hwi-yeon!! Na Hwi-yeon!! Na Hwi-yeon!!”

 

The PR Team members welcomed me back to the tent with cheers and shouts.

 

“Teacher, I knew you could do it!”

 

“That ending was amazing~!! Isn’t that what you call a complete turnaround?”

 

“Look at the sweat on my palms. Teacher, you really, really worked hard!”

 

The dopamine from barely beating the Field Team seemed to have taken over the PR Team.

 

No, actually it wasn’t just the PR Team – the tents of other teams excluding the Field Team were also buzzing.

 

‘The ending was pretty dramatic.’

 

Even I thought using abilities in a dodgeball fight was underhanded… But still, considering what he did to me, he probably won’t complain about it.

 

‘He seems to have that much sense at least, so I can rest easy.’

 

“As expected, matches between young people are the most entertaining!”

 

“Good! Great! This is exactly what makes company sports festivals fun!”

 

…The sight of the directors in the corner drinking and thoroughly enjoying the match as entertainment was rather unsightly though.

 

“How did you win? I mean, I clearly saw Hunter Kang Ho-won holding the ball?!”

 

Looking at Assistant Manager Park who was asking while expressing doubt but also getting excited, I smiled slightly.

 

“Well, it seemed like he got a cramp in his hand for a moment. I was lucky.”

 

“Aha! Wow… Teacher, you’re really lucky! And you have great athletic ability too!”

 

“Thank you for the compliment.”

 

Seeing Assistant Manager Park high-five her colleague out of joy made me feel proud.

 

“Phew…”

 

It had been a while since I moved my body so intensely that my face turned red.

 

I sat down on the plastic chair more naturally than before and caught my breath.

 

‘This is more fun than I thought.’

 

The matches continued after that.

 

There was foot volleyball and tug-of-war, which were typical company sports festival events, and simple break-time activities (but these were also included in the prize evaluation) like ‘freeze tag’ and ‘trivia quiz’.

 

And the scores calculated so far were…

 

Team Dolphin (PR): 3

 

Team Seal (Research): 1

 

Team Turtle (Field): 1

 

Team Jellyfish (Distribution): 0

 

Unfortunately, we lost in the physical battle of ‘tug-of-war’ and the mental battle of ‘trivia quiz’.

 

‘Still, we fought desperately to win the other events.’

 

Of course, I didn’t use any abilities after the dodgeball match.

 

But today, I had another ability I didn’t know about.

 

‘My insane luck stat seems to have hit MAX today.’

 

Strangely, luck seemed to help me like coincidence at every crucial moment today.

 

Like how opponents couldn’t catch only the balls I kicked in foot volleyball, or how the entire opposing team fell down during freeze tag making them easy to catch…

 

“We’re winning!!”

 

“Never look down on the PR Team again!”

 

‘Anyway, everyone’s so happy about this…’

 

I guess my horoscope ranking was just high today.

 

After frantically finishing the rapidly progressing matches, lunch was already set up under the tent when we returned.

 

I managed to bring Nabi, who was performing all sorts of antics among the resting employees, to sit next to me.

 

“You seem excited today?”

 

“I sang the ‘Butterfly’ song hyung taught me, and everyone gave me snacks! I think my stomach’s going to burst.”

 

“Yeah, your belly’s bulging. But let’s eat some rice. You’ll need energy to run hard later.”

 

Of course, I had no intention of forcing Nabi to eat if she didn’t want to. I was mostly asking out of consideration for the dining atmosphere around us, and more importantly… today’s lunch was no joke.

 

I caught a glimpse, and it was a premium three-tier lunch box.

 

“Run? Why? Isn’t it enough already?”

 

Hey, that’s not what I meant… Never mind, she’ll naturally find out about this later.

 

“Just take a look, and if you still don’t want to eat, you don’t have to.”

 

I unpacked the three-tier lunch boxes provided by BOND one by one.

 

‘Wow, meat dishes, seafood, fruits, and even dessert.’

 

Money really is nice.

 

I hurriedly put rice in my mouth while taking care of Nabi’s meal.

 

After having such an extravagant meal and a coffee time with casual conversation.

 

“Did everyone enjoy their meal? Well, now that you’ve had a delicious meal and caught your breath, let’s start Part 2.”

 

“What’s in Part 2?”

 

“I heard Part 2 will start with our Ocean Kindergarten children? It’s the amazing ‘Obstacle Race with Parents!’ Oh my, cheering will be so much fun!”

 

Right, Part 2 started with the ‘Obstacle Race with Parents’.

 

For others, it would be entertaining content to prevent post-meal drowsiness, but for someone, it was no different from participating in a second round of competition…

 

I participated while recalling the matters that had been discussed with the teachers at the end of lunch.

 

‘Come to think of it, I had Nabi with me… How did I forget about this.’

 

So I quietly abandoned the plan to participate as Tae-jae and the twins’ guardian.

 

After all, leaving Nabi with someone else would look strange and make me anxious too…

 

So the discussed result was.

 

Tae-jae, who participated in the company sports festival with his grandparents, would be with Yu Jin-chae, and Kwon Hae-seong would take care of Seo-ro instead of Lee Seo-hyeok who was participating as Seo-ra’s guardian.

 

To summarize…

 

Nabi – Me

 

Tae-jae – Yu Jin-chae

 

Noah – Noah’s Father

 

Seo-ra – Lee Seo-hyeok

 

Seo-ro – Kwon Hae-seong

 

Cheonji – Baek Cheonhyeong

 

With BOND’s representative participating, the atmosphere heated up beyond just being on fire.

 

I scanned the adults standing solemnly while holding children’s hands on both sides.

 

‘I don’t know what kind of combination this is.’

 

After awkwardly making eye contact with Noah’s Father and returning his greeting, I turned my head to see Baek Cheonhyeong standing next to me.

 

But you know…

 

Baek Cheonhyeong, who noticed my gaze, raised his eyebrows.

 

‘No… you guys.’

 

Why do you look like you’ve eaten shit?

 

The Baek brothers were holding hands affectionately while looking straight ahead with shit-eating expressions.

 

‘Don’t tell me you guys still haven’t made up?’

 

“It’s been a while.”

 

“Yes… It’s been a while.”

 

Instead of greeting me, you should probably cheer up your younger brother first…

 

“Wow! Everyone’s really fired up! ‘Obstacle Race’ with cute children! Well then, shall we start now?”

 

…Let’s do the race first and see.

 

***

 

“Since this is a race shown by precious children, there should naturally be prizes for the children too, right? All child participants will receive tickets to the ‘Go, Shark Man!’ musical! And amazingly! The 1st place child will receive a W Company classic toy car!”

 

W Company classic toy car.

 

It’s a spacious and neat toy car that can easily handle adults weighing around 40kg.

 

But here’s the key point.

 

Since it’s made to perfectly replicate an actual W Company foreign car, it’s truly luxury itself.

 

It can be driven automatically with a remote control and also manually driven directly – in short, it could be called an ‘ultra-expensive toy’.

 

It was enough to make any child go crazy with excitement.

 

And the children standing at the starting line began to get noisy upon hearing this.

 

“That’s mine! Dad! You absolutely have to win!”

 

“Well… Noah, Dad’s joints are getting old…”

 

“Why are your joints old? Buy new ones and replace them!”

 

Na Hwi-yeon quickly turned his head.

 

‘Noah’s Father, you have my sympathy.’

 

“Seal Teacher, I gave up on Hyung and chose you. Please don’t make me regret my choice.”

 

“…Well, um… Teacher will do his best.”

 

“Please put in a lot of effort.”

 

“Well… okay.”

 

He could see Seo-ro looking at Kwon Hae-seong with a warning expression.

 

‘Hang in there, Kwon Hae-seong.’

 

The other children weren’t much different.

 

Tae-jae and Seo-ra also seemed moderately interested.

 

“Tae-jae, Teacher will get that car for you~”

 

“That kind of favor is hard to repay, but thank you anyway.”

 

“Older Brother! I want that!”

 

“…Well, if we can’t get it, Older Brother will buy it for you.”

 

However, while everyone was busy coveting the car, we were…

 

“Is it food?”

 

“No.”

 

“Then I don’t need it!”

 

Nabi wasn’t interested in anything except food.

 

‘Thank goodness, this time will be easy.’

 

Na Hwi-yeon secretly clenched his fist and turned his gaze again.

 

To the problematic Baek brothers.

 

“If it’s not first place, it’s meaningless.”

 

“Finally, someone who speaks sense.”

 

What are they saying?

 

He couldn’t figure out where to start pointing out the problems, so once again he just opened and closed his mouth before giving up.

 

Wait, was the parent consultation insufficient?

 

‘For now… yeah, let’s see after the competition ends.’

 

And so the competition began.

 

“Ah~ Everyone’s running skills are quite impressive! Oh, they’ve already reached the first obstacle!”

 

The first obstacle was quickly eating snacks hanging in the air.

 

The adult had to lift the child up high and let them eat the snacks hanging in mid-air using only their mouth.

 

“Dad! Higher! Ack! It touched my nose!”

 

“Seal Teacher, please lift me up properly.”

 

“Nabi! Stop eating the snacks!”

 

Each had their own difficulties, but somehow they all seemed to manage well.

 

And the next obstacle was…

 

“This one’s a bit difficult~ I think speed and strength are the key.”

 

They encountered an obstacle that required quickly traversing a large inflatable air obstacle.

 

And here, the standout performances were… the two former Field Team members and Baek Cheonhyeong.

 

“Uh, um… As far as I know, you two are kindergarten teachers, but is this speed normal?? And CEO Baek Cheonhyeong is truly amazing as an S-rank! Wow!”

 

The tremendous speed with which they carried the children while traversing the obstacles looked almost miraculous.

 

Holding a child in one arm while vaulting over obstacles with the other was almost acrobatic.

 

And naturally, the remaining ordinary people were…

 

“Haha! Dolphin Teacher is so cute! Your speed isn’t too slow either!”

 

“Nabi! This isn’t a playground!”

 

“Why not? I want to bounce!”

 

Na Hwi-yeon and Nabi, who spent two minutes trying to catch a child who ran away wanting to play after running well, automatically became the trailing runners.

 

“Dad… I’m disappointed in you!”

 

“Noah, Dad is doing his best…”

 

Noah’s Father, being a non-Awakener, suddenly found himself being severely scolded by his son at what felt like an enemy company sports day.

 

And during this process, though he didn’t receive much attention, Lee Seo-hyeok quietly and quickly entered the upper ranks like a proper field Hunter.

 

“We’ve reached the final obstacle! Ah~ this is a bit of a brain battle!”

 

The final obstacle was the ‘Mind Reading Quiz Game’.

 

It might sound grand, but it was actually simple.

 

Only the adult could first check a sketchbook with simple words written on it, and could explain it to the child only once.

 

However, the child’s correct answer wasn’t important here.

 

The key was for the adult to read the child’s psychology.

 

The system was to tell the waiting MC whether you expected the child to get the answer right or wrong, and if the result matched, you automatically passed.

 

If wrong, having to go back and wait in line again added nerve-wracking thrills.

 

“Unfortunately, Baek Cheonji’s answer is wrong~ The CEO, no, big brother said he would get it right, but that’s too bad. Please go back and stand in line again!”

 

“…You.”

 

“I’ll get it right next time.”

 

Na Hwi-yeon barely managed to stand in the waiting line and thought.

 

‘Looking at the atmosphere, the Baek brothers are heading for disaster.’

 

Fortunately, since there wasn’t a single person who had passed, it was an even more nerve-wracking moment.

 

An unexpected person claimed victory.

 

“That mister.”

 

“That… mister? You don’t mean CEO Baek, do you?”

 

“Yes, that mister.”

 

“Ah!! He got this difficult one right! Nam Tae-jae, correct answer! And you pass!”

 

Yu Jin-chae showed a victory V sign.

 

Yu Jin-chae and Nam Tae-jae team’s quiz answer was actually ‘CEO Baek Cheonhyeong’.

 

Yu Jin-chae had voted for ‘Tae-jae will get it right’ and gave this explanation.

 

“Who is Hyung Cheonji?”

 

Immediately after passing, flower petals fluttered from both sides and people’s laughter could be heard.

 

The CEO’s unexpected side, which had seemed endlessly heavy, and our cute and somewhat lacking procession seemed to bring great joy.

 

With Tae-jae showing an eye smile and leisurely touring the tents in W company’s car with Yu Jin-chae as the finale.

 

The obstacle race came to an end.

 

“Ahh~ What a shame!!”

 

“Seal Teacher, we still did our best.”

 

“Older Brother, that was fun!”

 

“Me too! Nabi had fun too!”

 

“…”

 

However, Na Hwi-yeon was bothered by the Baek brothers who disappeared with their backs turned to each other without any encouragement or comfort until the end.

 

“Teacher Hwiyeon, we need to participate in the next competition!”

 

“…Ah, yes, I’m coming now!”

 

But he had no choice but to turn his gaze away, unable to follow up due to the rushing competition schedule.

 

“Next is the relay race!”

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