The Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial - Chapter 244

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Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial! Episode 244

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Chairman Nam returned two hours later.

“Gru, let’s stop playing now. Uncle is tired… Huh?”

Jeon Byeongho, who had been clinging to Gru and pleading almost tearfully, immediately jumped up as soon as he spotted her.

His neatly tied necktie was almost completely undone, his jacket was thrown aside, and one of his dress shoes was nowhere to be seen.

Chairman Nam chuckled at the sight of his slicked-back hair sticking up in all directions and gave Secretary Kim a look.

Secretary Kim then pulled out documents from his bag.

“Pfft. Ahem. Well, this is actually the contract. Take a quick look and sign it. You know it’s hard to book a venue on short notice anywhere else, right?”

“How do I know you didn’t slip in some weird clauses?”

“As if I would. Watching former Representative Jeon’s comedy show today was enough for me.”

Chairman Nam chuckled and grabbed Jeon Byeongho’s necktie, pulling it up to his neck.

“Today’s incident is a warning not to pull any more pathetic stunts. I’m much better at screwing over former Representative Jeon. Do you understand now?”

As Chairman Nam whispered in his ear, Jeon Byeongho’s shoulders trembled with frustration.

“So you’re going to give us the venue? Aren’t you underestimating us too much? You don’t have any S+ hunters either.”

Chairman Nam burst into laughter at this.

“Former Representative Jeon, when doing business, you need to look at the market more broadly. Do we look like we’re targeting hunters?”

“…!”

Jeon Byeongho finally realized something and frowned.

“It means we were aiming in completely different directions from the start.”

Right? Chairman Nam patted Gru’s head.

Gru smiled brightly and waved her magic wand gently.

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Chairman Nam’s words were proven by the crowds that gathered from the day before the popup store opened.

[‘Jjapso’ proves Korea’s supremacy in production-type! Popup store a huge success!]

Gru, wearing a suspicious alien hat and even a mask, put down her mobile phone and checked the front of the department store.

‘Huge success!’

The line surrounding the department store to enter the popup store seemed endless.

The article mentioned that people had been laying out spots and lining up even before the department store opened, creating quite a spectacle.

While hunters’ expectations were focused on the ‘Inoue Haruna Special Exhibition’, most of the crowds flocking to Jjapso’s popup store were ordinary people.

And their numbers were on a completely different scale from the hunters.

In the end, Japan’s sabotage operation had almost no effect.

“There really was no need to worry.”

Gidan looked at the long line with a somewhat displeased expression.

If things went wrong, he had planned to go straight to where the special exhibition was and cause a ruckus.

Sergey didn’t say much either, but his expression clearly showed disappointment.

In contrast to them, Gru tried hard to calm his heart that was pounding with excitement.

Since he had only done one-on-one sales like a peddler or online proxy sales until now, this was the first time he witnessed crowds gathering to buy items that Gru had made.

‘Amazing!’

A thrilling feeling swept over him as earthworms in his heart set off fireworks and threw a party.

Gru squeezed his eyes shut and entered the 1st floor while holding Gidan and Sergey’s hands on each side.

And as soon as he entered the popup store set up on the 1st floor, he opened his eyes.

“…!”

His mouth fell open involuntarily.

This popup store, which used the entire 1st floor of the department store, was decorated cutely like a magical shop street from a fairy tale book.

In the center stood a large Unfinished Bear statue, with people lining up next to it to take photos.

In the sky, Poro X doll items that boosted stamina flew around making whooshing sounds.

“Wow, I can really feel the power.”

Gidan also opened his mouth in surprise, and Sergey looked around at various things, poking items with his finger.

This popup store had various attractions from experience zones like chick drone assembly to demonstrations of various items, along with items sold by Jjapso on display.

Among them, what people were most excited about was naturally the magic wand that could transform!

It was a transformation toy for children that was being sold for the first time at the popup store.

It had captured not only children’s hearts but adults’ hearts as well.

However, due to its overwhelming popularity, magic wand purchases were limited to one per person, but the generously distributed number tags had already sold out.

“What? I waited for hours and you’re saying I can’t buy it?”

“We’re sorry, customer.”

People who had struggled to enter the popup store but couldn’t get number tags were seen leaving in disappointment.

Gidan and Sergey dragged Gru, who was looking at them with pity, further inside.

Then what caught Gru’s eye was the drone assembly.

It was an experience zone where you could try assembling drones with various parts, and families and couples were gathered in small groups occupying tables to try assembling drones.

“Gru, I want to do that!”

“Again?”

“You can just make them anyway.”

“Still.”

Gru pouted his lips.

Though it wasn’t visible because of the mask, Sergey seemed to notice he was sulking and pressed down on Gru’s head.

“Don’t sulk again. I’ll go to the bathroom first and then we’ll do it.”

“Gru too!”

“Right. Gidan, what about you?”

“I’ll wait here for a spot to open up. Go ahead.”

“Suit yourself.”

Leaving Gidan behind, the two moved to the bathroom upstairs.

As if the popup store on the 1st floor had sucked in all the people, the 2nd floor was so empty you couldn’t see a soul.

‘A huge success!’

Gru entered the first stall of the bathroom while mulling over the article title.

As he was cheerfully taking care of his business, he heard the sound of someone crying sadly from the next stall.

[“There are too many people… Hic…”]

Huh?

‘A bathroom ghost?!’

…That can’t be right?

The crying continued without stopping. The sobbing was so loud and heartbreaking that it was heart-wrenching.

Gru put his clothes back on and pressed his ear to the next stall.

[“Waaaaaah. I couldn’t buy it…”]

Is that a foreign language?

‘If so…’

Gru took out his mobile phone and opened the translation app.

[I couldn’t buy it. There were too many people. I’m such an idiot who can’t do anything right…]

The sorrowful voice coming from the next stall was constantly blaming herself.

If she couldn’t buy it, it must be that thing.

The magic wand.

The purchase line was so long that they couldn’t even give out waiting tickets after 11 AM.

If she’s a foreigner, she must have come from far away.

Feeling sorry for her, Gru rummaged through his bag.

Gru currently had three magic wands.

One was the magic wand that Gru had been carrying around originally.

And the other two were magic wands meant as presents for his friends Harry and Huiyeon…

Gru could probably get a few more for his friends, but the foreign woman crying next to him wouldn’t be able to get one easily.

After hesitating, Gru nodded his head.

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[“Sniff!”]

Inoue Haruna sniffled.

‘This isn’t the time to cry. I should go now…’

She didn’t want to disappoint others with her irresponsible behavior.

It was when Haruna wiped her tears with the back of her hand and opened the door.

Squeak- Creak- Squeak-

“…?”

Along with the sound of old bicycle wheels rolling, an ugly bear doll appeared beyond the half-opened door.

‘Jjapso?’

While she was wondering if it was real, the bear doll looked at her face and let out a startled exclamation.

– You are…!

[“Ah…!”]

She wasn’t wearing her mask because she was wiping away tears. Haruna hurriedly put her mask back on and pulled her hat down low.

– Inoue Haruna?

When her name was called, Haruna turned pale and hunched her shoulders.

She knew how much trouble her coming here would cause for her family and her homeland.

[“I’m sorry. Please don’t tell anyone else. I won’t appear again. I’m truly, truly sorry.”]

Not knowing what to do, she grabbed the brim of her hat and pulled it down while bowing her head.

I must really be an idiot. Please, just let this one time slide. That’s what she was desperately hoping when it happened.

– Inoue Haruna. Is this pink magic wand yours, or is this blue magic wand yours?

[“Huh?”]

At her completely confused expression, Jjapso pulled out his mobile phone.

He awkwardly tapped something with his bear paws, and soon a translated voice came from the phone.

[“Is the pink magic wand yours? Or is the blue magic wand yours?”]

Magic wand? At these completely incomprehensible words, Haruna lifted her head.

The bear on the bicycle was holding a magic wand in each hand. One was pink, one was blue.

“….”

Eventually, Haruna also turned on a translation app and frantically typed on her phone before turning on the speaker.

“Neither of them is mine.”

Then the bear paws wrote on the phone again and translated.

[“You are a good child. I give you both.”]

“Huh?”

Haruna received the magic wands the bear handed her on both her palms.

Seeing that they even had magic stones attached, they were clearly genuine articles in every way.

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