I Became a Hunter with the Heavenly Slaughter Star Trait. - Chapter 60

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Episode 60

 

Episode 60

 

“Let’s organize things first.”

 

Go Ju-hui nods her head.

 

Now the laughter had disappeared, leaving only sharp gazes probing each other’s true intentions.

 

“You don’t actually intend to destroy GR Guild, do you?”

 

At my words, Go Ju-hui’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

 

“What you want is real power within GR Guild.”

 

Driving out the rats and taking their place.

 

“Am I wrong?”

 

“…To some extent, you’re right.”

 

At Go Ju-hui’s words, I couldn’t help but chuckle.

 

“To be more precise,”

 

“…”

 

“You want to get your hands on GR Guild itself, don’t you?”

 

“…”

 

As expected.

 

She doesn’t deny it.

 

Rather than being flustered,

 

her reaction suggests she doesn’t mind that I know.

 

“Of course, I”

 

“…”

 

“don’t care who gets their hands on GR Guild.”

 

Once again, Go Ju-hui’s eyebrows twitch.

 

Something she’s betting her life to obtain,

 

and I’m saying it ‘doesn’t matter’ – that must sting.

 

“From what I can see…”…”

 

Go Ju-hui was now waiting for my words with a ‘let’s see how far you’ll go’ expression.

 

“It seems like you’re making a very foolish choice, Ms. Go Ju-hui.”

 

“Mr. Lee Tae-pyeong.”

 

Unable to hold back this time, Go Ju-hui cuts me off with a frown.

 

“Just hear me out.”

 

“Nothing’s been decided yet. So you need to be careful with your words…”

 

“No matter how expensive a house is,”

 

“…”

 

“if it’s rotting and about to collapse, could you live in it?”

 

Go Ju-hui fell silent for a moment.

 

“A rotten house remains a rotten house, even if you fix it.”

 

Under Go Ju-hui’s piercing stare,

 

I simply shrugged my shoulders.

 

“Now is exactly the time for you people to do what you do best, isn’t it?”

 

“What do you…”

 

“Redevelopment.”

 

“…”

 

“Let’s change the signboard.”

 

Had she not thought this far?

 

Bewilderment flashes across Go Ju-hui’s face.

 

As expected.

 

She only planned to devour GR Guild after crushing it.

 

She had no intention of killing GR Guild itself.

 

“If I refuse the contract as you planned, GR Guild will naturally collapse.”

 

“…That’s right.”

 

“So taking it over will be easy for you. But…”

 

“…”

 

“What happens after that?”

 

“…”

 

“Your brothers won’t help you, will they?”

 

Of course not.

 

They’ll do everything possible to swallow up the GR Guild that Go Ju-hui has nicely prepared.

 

They’ll drag out corruption they’ve kept buried until now,

 

and set up a scenario where Go Ju-hui, who took over GR Guild, has no choice but to resign.

 

And then?

 

One of the four brothers will swallow up GR Guild whole.

 

Or they’ll divide it up amicably.

 

And Go Ju-hui won’t be able to get even a single crumb.

 

“That’s why I’m saying we should change the signboard from the start.”

 

“…”

 

“Don’t keep the jjajangmyeon restaurant sign – let’s change it to a pasta restaurant sign.”

 

At that moment,

 

Go Ju-hui’s eyes waver.

 

“…That means,”

 

“Yes.”

 

I nodded.

 

Go Ju-hui is smart.

 

So by now she must have figured out what my ‘plan’ is.

 

“As I told you from the beginning, I don’t need GR Guild.”

 

“…”

 

“I’m going to create a guild for my own use.”

 

“Create a guild…”

 

Go Ju-hui lets out a hollow laugh.

 

But the calculations in her head must already be finished.

 

She’s a smart woman, after all.

 

“The choice is yours, Ms. Go Ju-hui.”

 

I didn’t bother extending my hand.

 

Instead, I quietly added:

 

“Whether to change the signboard.”

 

“…”

 

“Or inherit a rotten jjajangmyeon restaurant.”

 

* * *

 

The car stopped in front of the Management Bureau.

 

“Be careful going in.”

 

I nodded at Go Ju-hui’s words.

 

I didn’t need to ask

 

what would happen next.

 

The next steps were already determined anyway.

 

Before I got out of the car, Go Ju-hui added:

 

“Don’t worry, no one will know about today’s meeting.”

 

“Yes. I won’t worry.”

 

“This will be recorded as a personal schedule at the Management Bureau too, right?”

 

“As going to eat ramen at a convenience store.”

 

“That’s good.”

 

Go Ju-hui smiles brightly.

 

“Thank you for bringing me here. Have a safe trip.”

 

“Have a good night, partner.”

 

Huh?

 

Partner?

 

Before I could ask back,

 

-Click.

 

With the sound of the door closing, the car immediately departed.

 

“Hmm…”

 

I scratched the back of my head while watching the car drive away.

 

Partner.

 

Well, if you think about it, isn’t that right?

 

I returned to the dormitory.

 

Since I said I was just going to the convenience store,

 

no one asked me anything more.

 

“Ah, I’m tired.”

 

Is it because I used my brain too much?

 

I took a shower and closed my eyes as soon as I lay down on the bed.

 

And the next morning.

 

-Bzzzz.

 

My phone rang before the alarm.

 

[Have you thought of a new guild name?]

 

It was a short text.

 

But the meaning was clear.

 

I stared at the screen with a face still drowsy from sleep,

 

then chuckled.

 

‘Faster than I thought.’

 

The talk about creating a guild came up yesterday.

 

For me, it was something I’d been thinking about for a while,

 

but from Go Ju-hui’s perspective.

 

It was something that required completely revising all the plans she had.

 

Not taking over GR Guild,

 

but creating a new guild.

 

There would be many problems arising from that.

 

Yet she’s already bringing up the ‘name’ topic.

 

It means she spent all night organizing her thoughts.

 

It means we can move on to the ‘next stage’ right away.

 

‘That’s good.’

 

I only had the vague idea of creating a new guild.

 

I don’t know much about the practical work.

 

But coincidentally, at perfect timing, this person called Go Ju-hui appeared.

 

A ‘partner’ whose interests align perfectly with mine.

 

Guild Master would be me.

 

Operations Director would be Go Ju-hui.

 

One reason I chose Go Ju-hui was

 

because she wasn’t a Hunter.

 

A professional manager who isn’t a Hunter.

 

Someone who can skillfully handle contracts, distribution, and various responses.

 

Well, it would be nice if I could do everything myself.

 

But that’s realistically impossible.

 

I don’t have the time or the skills for that.

 

In that sense, choosing Go Ju-hui was an excellent choice.

 

Go Ju-hui would be skilled at dealing with GR Group, which dominates the Tower byproduct processing industry.

 

When GR Guild collapses,

 

GR Group will naturally look for a new byproduct supplier,

 

and they’ll have no choice but to reach out to Go Ju-hui.

 

In other words.

 

If I join hands with Go Ju-hui,

 

byproduct distribution will naturally be resolved too.

 

Moreover,

 

Go Ju-hui was the External Cooperation Director of GR Group.

 

Naturally, she’d be skilled at handling various troublesome media responses.

 

She’ll definitely be helpful in many ways.

 

‘A guild name…’

 

I haven’t decided on one yet.

 

I should think about it from now.

 

Anything would be fine, as long as it’s not a crappy name like GR Guild.

 

“Taepyeong Guild…?”

 

No.

 

Using my name from the start seems like excessive self-consciousness.

 

“TP…?”

 

No, let’s not use English when we have proud Korean.

 

Then, what would be good.

 

As I was pondering, something caught my eye.

 

-Typhoon No. 25 “Winter Typhoon” occurs… What’s the expected path?

 

The TV in the living room was giving weather information.

 

“Typhoon…”

 

It’s similar to my name,

 

and looks strong at first glance!

 

Concise! Eye-catching!

 

“…This is it.”

 

I quickly picked up my phone and replied to Go Ju-hui.

 

[Typhoon Guild]

 

[Let’s go with this.]

 

Nice.

 

Now that I’ve even come up with a name,

 

it feels real somehow?

 

Of course, it’ll take quite some time until the actual guild establishment.

 

But a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

 

“Let’s go!”

 

With an energetic shout,

 

another day began.

 

Another day has begun.

 

* * *

 

During the few days remaining until the meeting.

 

Go Ju-hui gathered trustworthy people while preparing to establish a new guild.

 

[Aren’t there any other hunters worth recruiting?]

 

While the practical side was proceeding smoothly,

 

the important matter of hunter recruitment wasn’t happening.

 

Go Ju-hui seemed quite worried about this.

 

I pondered for a moment before sending a reply.

 

[I can’t think of anyone.]

 

[The new guild won’t be a one-person guild, will it?]

 

A message arrived that seemed both absurd

 

and teasing at the same time.

 

“Hmm….”

 

Wouldn’t that be fine?

 

Of course, it’s not like I couldn’t think of anyone at all.

 

Starting with Cha Ye-rin,

 

Ujeongmin, and even Baek Ha-rim.

 

I could have made proposals to my current team members.

 

But….

 

‘Is there really a need…?’

 

They’re already doing well enough at the Management Bureau,

 

and it doesn’t seem like they particularly need a guild.

 

Besides, Baek Ha-rim just left GR Guild, so asking him to join another one would be strange.

 

[We can recruit later.]

 

[To enter GR Group’s Tower byproduct processing business, we need many active guild-affiliated hunters.]

 

That’s correct.

 

But it’s only half correct.

 

It’s not that we need many guild-affiliated active hunters,

 

but that we need many Tower byproducts brought in by guild-affiliated active hunters.

 

‘I think I alone would be sufficient….’

 

I’m not just saying that.

 

I enter the Tower almost every day,

 

and the number of magic stones I obtain each time is several times that of ordinary hunters.

 

Even more so when I go in solo rather than with a party.

 

I don’t know for sure, but I think what I earn alone might equal about five average hunters.

 

Well, this can only be proven with numbers.

 

‘I should organize and show her once.’

 

[Try subtly hinting to your colleagues around you.]

 

[There might be people who share the same intentions.]

 

“….”

 

This time I didn’t bother replying.

 

Actually,

 

unlike Go Ju-hui who wanted to recruit hunters from here and there,

 

I had no such intention.

 

Creating a guild would generate various controversies.

 

It would be tantamount to backstabbing GR Guild and GR Group.

 

For a while, there would definitely be constant noise from everywhere.

 

I didn’t want to involve people I cared about in that.

 

‘It won’t be too late to ask after everything’s finished.’

 

No, that would actually be better.

 

I put away my phone and headed to the kitchen.

 

Do Sang-jin was making breakfast as always.

 

“I’ll have it ready for you shortly.”

 

Come to think of it,

 

once I create a guild and leave the Management Bureau, I won’t be able to eat Do Sang-jin’s cooking anymore.

 

‘…That’s something I really don’t want.’

 

I don’t know about other things, but thinking about losing Do Sang-jin’s home cooking makes my heart ache.

 

“Hunter?”

 

“Ah, yes.”

 

Do Sang-jin called out to me as I stood there blankly.

 

“What did you say?”

 

“I asked whether you’d like poached eggs or fried eggs.”

 

“Fried, please make them well-done today.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Would it be rude to ask Do Sang-jin to work as my personal secretary?

 

He’s a civil servant, the ultimate iron rice bowl….

 

Tsk.

 

What a waste.

 

I should eat home cooking diligently until I leave the Management Bureau.

 

“Thank you for the meal!”

 

When I devoured twice my usual amount,

 

“Today’s meal seems to have suited your taste well.”

 

Do Sang-jin smiled proudly.

 

“Yes. It’s really delicious. You made the tteokgalbi yourself too, didn’t you, Sang-jin?”

 

“Haha, yes. I’m happy you noticed.”

 

“I’ll be eating here for a while, so please prepare three meals a day.”

 

“Of course, Hunter.”

 

Do Sang-jin, unaware of my circumstances, smiled brightly.

 

Somehow it feels lonely.

 

While I remain at the Management Bureau, I should thoroughly enjoy home cooking.

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