The Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial - Chapter 202

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Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial! Episode 202

On Jurim stared at the kneeling middle-aged man as if he were looking at a bug.

Shiver!

Suddenly getting goosebumps, PD Hwang blinked his eyes in bewilderment.

“Daddy!”

Just then, Han Gru raised her hand high.

“Han Gru wants to be a scout!”

The child huffed and puffed through her nose.

Then PD Hwang spoke in a much more relaxed tone.

“Yes, yes, we would like to cast On Gru together in this variety show. Of course, it will proceed after consultation with her guardian…”

“You’re going to do another variety show?”

You did one last time too.

At the disapproving voice, Han Gru fidgeted with both hands.

“No good?”

“No, it’s not that it’s not allowed…”

On Jurim trailed off.

He was reminded of the previous ‘Guild Leader for a Day’ filming. How troublesome it had been when she appeared without giving him any heads up at all.

“Then Han Gru go to countryside?”

“Countryside?”

When Han Gru brightened up, PD Hwang quickly raised his head and started talking rapidly to exploit On Jurim’s opening.

“Yes, yes! It’s not anything strange, it’s just an observational variety show about countryside living. It’s a healing concept that families can comfortably watch together.”

“Ah.”

PD Hwang was a PD who had greatly raised his stock value with observational variety shows traveling around various countries of the world, and On Jurim had occasionally seen him on TV and such.

Usually it was celebrities working hard in everyday environments of foreign countries…

While On Jurim was recalling celebrities who had diligently made kimbap and served food, Han Gru came over and clung to him as if climbing onto his lap.

On Jurim brushed Han Gru’s hair behind her ear and held and played with her soft hands.

“Do you want to go to the countryside?”

“Yes!”

Han Gru swayed her body while clinging to On Jurim’s legs, reciting what PD Hwang had told her when he was trying to entice her.

“I want to see moo-moo cows too. I want to see tree frogs too, and I want to see how many stars there are in the countryside…”

In response, PD Hwang hurriedly approached and thrust photos at them showing how pretty the filming location was.

But Han Gru blinked her eyes looking up at On Jurim, who was only half-looking at them.

“No good?”

“…Hmm.”

Looking at his expression, Daddy seemed to be seriously contemplating whether he should let her go or not.

So Han Gru waited anxiously for his answer to come.

The variety show looked fun too, but actually she had to go to that place called ‘countryside.’

‘Han Gru has to go to the countryside to avoid becoming Groot…’

Han Gru glanced sideways at Kazuki.

Dad had said his master was sick. He didn’t tell him exactly what was wrong, but the elixir should be able to heal him.

For that to happen, the acorns needed to grow…

‘They won’t grow!’

Despite the warm sunlight, changing the soil, and adding nutrients, the elixir wouldn’t grow beyond 34%.

Just when he was wondering if he should plant it back in his head, PD Hwang had come looking for him, even sleeping rough.

To take Han Gru to the countryside!

That’s when Han Gru had a realization that rang like a bell in his head.

The place where the elixir had last grown rapidly was none other than Yeonhamsa Temple.

In other words, a quiet rural area full of magical power!

Magical power usually accumulates in places where ordinary people aren’t present. And places where magical power gathers are naturally accompanied by strange phenomena.

Because of this, nowadays in the countryside, aside from the original natives, the number of people moving to rural areas or even visiting for travel had greatly decreased.

Although the government provided a lot of support to prevent danger, changing the perception that something was dangerous once it was established was an extremely difficult task.

So according to PD Hwang, this variety show was…

“I want to capture Korea’s countryside, which has completely fallen out of people’s interest, on screen…!”

That was it.

When On Jurim’s gaze fixed on him, PD Hwang continued speaking passionately.

“As you saw earlier, Korea has so many beautiful places. But the problem is that after the Great Upheaval, no one pays attention to these remote areas anymore.”

Before the Great Upheaval, it was common to dream of moving to rural areas, and there were times when camping equipment would sell out at marts.

But after the Great Upheaval, interest in the countryside had completely died.

“Kids these days don’t go to the countryside to visit their grandmothers and grandfathers. Because they think it’s dangerous. Before the Great Upheaval, I can still vividly remember how congested the roads were during holidays with people going to and from their hometowns… I interviewed some officials, and they said that despite the local government’s earnest efforts, it’s not easy to turn people’s footsteps back to the countryside. Of course, it’s not like this wasn’t the case before the Great Upheaval, but it’s on a different level now. But here’s the thing. Villages that people stop visiting are bound to die.”

PD Hwang spoke thoughtfully, recalling the rural villages he had visited.

“I’m not some great revolutionary, but I hope that viewers watching variety shows will think of rural villages once again like they used to. For that to happen, embarrassingly, we need some buzz. Once something becomes a topic on a variety show, it’s bound to become popular as a tourist destination or whatever. Then it becomes famous for being famous, and people attract more people, right? Haha! You know what I mean?”

He explained how much promotional effect the countries featured on ‘Global Mart’ had received.

It was a voice filled with deep affection and enthusiasm for his own program.

“With observational variety show formats, editing is important, but having cast members who can handle it well is really crucial. That’s why I don’t want to just use Amakusa Hunter as a one-time rowdy guest… Can you feel it? That’s my vision. Taking the most unsuitable celebrity to Korea’s deepest rural village. Now, imagine it. A handsome face that looks like a tattooed gangster struggling to live in the countryside.”

“Huh?”

Kazuki pointed to himself and asked blankly, On Jurim chuckled, and Han Gru deeply empathized.

Seeing the reaction wasn’t bad, PD Hwang smiled brightly.

“Doesn’t it create an expectation that it would be funny and entertaining? Before the Great Upheaval, there was a time when spending vacation in the countryside was called ‘chon-cance.’ I’m thinking of promoting chon-cance with this opportunity. The idea is to show the joy of glamorous city people awkwardly and difficultly living rural life. Also, our Han Gru is the princess of the world’s top guild.”

When Han Gru quickly raised her head at the word princess, PD Hwang smiled slyly.

“Wouldn’t Amakusa Hunter and Hyeonak Princess’s chon-cance capture both the buzz and the planning intention?”

“…”

A brief silence settled over them.

PD Hwang, who had given his passionate speech, moistened his dry lips.

Would this work? Could a few words really move On Jurim’s heart?

PD Hwang recalled On Jurim when he had come down from the Tower.

The man who had been like a cold blade itself back then now seemed like a languid predator, and somewhat like a tolerant king.

It was probably because of Han Gru.

He was reaching that conclusion when…

Gru nodded once solemnly toward PD Hwang.

“…?”

PD Hwang’s passionate speech, who looked bewildered as if he didn’t understand what she meant, had touched Gru’s heart deeply.

“So just trust your big sister.”

Lee Romi said proudly as she opened the main gate of the secluded rural house.

Creeeeak-

The loud sound of hinges scraping echoed out, and in the courtyard they could see Kazuki busily lighting a fire in the traditional stove.

“I’ll help you!”

“No, no. This is too hard for a woman. It’s okay~”

Han Gru, who was seeing a traditional stove for the first time in her life, watched this with interest, then tapped On Jurim’s thigh as he lay sideways on the wooden platform with his eyes closed.

“But daddy’s a man.”

“….”

On Jurim just kept his eyes closed. He didn’t seem to be sleeping though?

“Daddy daddy, what should we do?”

“….”

“Daddy, are you sleeping?”

“Not sleeping.”

“Are you going to sleep?”

“….”

“Hmm hmm? Daddy~”

On Jurim quietly opened his eyes and stuffed steamed corn from the basket into Han Gru’s mouth.

“Hup!”

Munch munch. Han Gru chewed the corn, then looked at On Jurim closing his eyes again and was shocked.

How could someone be this lazy?

It was pure, raw laziness that completely ignored the cameras.

Han Gru glanced around with her big eyes, but kind Kazuki just smiled warmly-

“It’s okay~ Gru-chan should stay there since it’s dangerous~”

And continued lighting the fire.

Hyeonak, was this really okay?

The antis were probably laughing saying ‘I knew On Jurim would be like this,’ but On Jurim was showing the epitome of laziness as if he didn’t care at all.

Meanwhile, the production staff filming this secretly welcomed On Jurim’s behavior.

In a family-concept reality show, the moment when the roles of diligent, overly kind mother and incompetent, lazy father were established.

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