The Former Empress Roughly Hides Her Abilities - Chapter 497

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Yeo Joo Saves the World
Part 3, Episode 101

Hunters – [ Free Discussion Board ]
What was that announcement the Association Director just made?
My brain’s having a complete shutdown right now
What even is the Justice Project?
The content is so massive that my brain can’t process it
Maybe it’s because the Director and Kang Han’s two-shot together was so intense
When I see people talking nonsense, it means I’m really shocked too

Comments
Comment 1 You’re not the only one lol, same here
Comment 2 I thought it was a dream and pinched myself so hard I bruised
Comment 3 Wait, re-awakening?
Comment 4 Re-awakening can be done just like that whenever?
Comment 5 Wow I’m having a mental breakdown
Comment 6 The general public forums are flipping out over that Emergency Kit thing ㄷㄷ
Comment 7 If all that is real, isn’t that a revolution?
Comment 8 It went by so fast I tried to watch it again but it hasn’t been uploaded yet ㅠㅠ

Hunters – [ Free Discussion Board ]
Justice Project Press Conference Summary
Lots of people said they didn’t understand the content, so I’m breaking it down for you
Fair warning: it’s long enough to give you buffering brain
This is the Justice Project overview screen
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They said they’d distribute additional materials soon, so for now I’m just putting down what was announced at the press conference and the Q&A
By the way, I couldn’t be bothered to write down reporters’ names and media outlets, so I’m just calling them all “Reporter”
If you’re curious, go find that out yourselves
Press Conference Contents >>
1. Inter-guild Conquest Teams
Ji Jung Hwi – Given the rapidly changing Gate environment lately, we need inter-guild-level responses
We’re moving away from the old single-guild conquest teams and making multi-guild conquest teams the norm
Reporter – The return of the Jung Dong Alliance and the Gong Gil Yeon Alliance?
Ji Jung Hwi – No. The Jung Dong Alliance and Gong Gil Yeon Alliance are ancient history. Domestic guilds have already broken free from factional divisions and are actively cooperating
Reporter – So the Association designates which guilds participate in the conquest teams?
Ji Jung Hwi – No. The Association is a support organization for guilds. We have no plans to force or meddle in conquest team composition
Reporter – Then naturally won’t they just split into the Jung Dong Alliance and Gong Gil Yeon Alliance based on existing connections?
Ji Jung Hwi – (sounding annoyed) Are you really asking that question after seeing what happened at the Gimpo Gate recently?
2. Re-awakening Project
Ji Jung Hwi – This is what we’d call the core of the Justice Project. The Justice Guild has recently discovered a method to trigger re-awakening, and this project will be carried out under the leadership of Guild Master Kang Han. Most importantly, the Justice Guild has decided not to monopolize this but to share it openly with all, so I hope citizens will give them a round of applause
Reporter – That sounds almost too unbelievable. You can really achieve re-awakening?
Ji Jung Hwi – (sighing lol) Guild Master Kang Han, you answer that
Kang Han – There have been numerous instances of skill re-awakening and rank re-awakening previously, so we were able to get hints from those, and we’ve confirmed the effect recently
Reporter – Recently, you say?
Kang Han – Lee Yu Eul and Jang Su Ho re-awakened as S-rank. New skill windows already registered with the Association will be released as press materials
Reporter – Why disclose it?
If you kept it secret, it could become your guild’s greatest competitive asset
Kang Han – The Justice Guild is already the greatest guild. Even if we share the re-awakening protocol, our standing remains unchanged. Also, after blocking the recently appeared SS-rank Dungeon at Gimpo, we felt firsthand how crucial and how powerful inter-guild cooperation is, and that’s what drove this decision
Reporter – Who’s participating in the project?
Kang Han – There was a guild leadership meeting not long ago. We’re currently taking applications primarily from guilds that expressed their intention to participate there
Reporter – Then only high-rank hunters benefit, right?
Kang Han – To some extent, yes. For now, we’re planning to start primarily with S-rank and A-rank hunters who can be immediately deployed as full combat power in crisis situations like what happened at Gimpo. But we’ll gradually expand from there
3. Emergency Support Unit
Ji Jung Hwi – Unlike the re-awakening project, which will proceed primarily with high-rank hunters, this is an initiative for all awakeners and ordinary citizens. While the Emergency Support Unit has already been operating to some extent, it’s been under-publicized. We’re planning various media exposure as part of our efforts to activate it
Reporter – Is this led by the Awakened Healer Hospital?
Ji Jung Hwi – Correct. However, both the idea and the execution of the Emergency Support Unit were led by Yeo Joo, a healer from the Justice Guild
Reporter – Why are we only finding this out now? (wow)
Ji Jung Hwi – ……There are limits to the Association’s administrative capacity. There have been many incidents lately. We’ll do better. We apologize for the oversight
Reporter – Even we in the media aren’t familiar with the Emergency Support Unit’s activities. Could you explain it?
Ji Jung Hwi – This is a type of inter-guild response that was already being implemented before the Justice Project. Traditionally, hunter berserk states haven’t been properly discussed so much as hidden and treated as taboo. When darkness accumulates in the body as a result of Gate clearing, berserking occurs, but hunters had to face that alone, locked away in their guild’s basement or secret chambers. After Purification Potions were developed, the Emergency Support Unit was created through cooperation between the Association, the Awakened Healer Hospital, and the Justice Guild, using those potions to help hunters who’ve reached a berserk state
Reporter – So you’re saying you’ll expand the Emergency Support Unit?
Ji Jung Hwi – Yes. We’ve also established emergency protective measures. If an awakener or those around them judge the situation to be dangerous, they can call the Emergency Support Unit and report it. Trained personnel will then respond. Note that reporting can be done not only by the awakener themselves but by any civilian who discovers a berserking hunter. The Emergency Support Unit is a system to protect everyone from the blind spot of berserk states that we’ve been hushing up and covering until now
4. Emergency Kit for Non-awakeners
Ji Jung Hwi – As the name suggests, protective gear usable by non-awakeners will be manufactured and sold
Reporter – Who invented something like that?
Ji Jung Hwi – (looking at Kang Han)
Kang Han – It’s a collaboration between the Justice Guild’s item crafting department and Master
(I, watching the broadcast with the reporters, was completely taken aback)
Reporter – (collecting himself) Master? As in Master from the Maestro?
Kang Han – Yeah. Hunter Han Ji Sung from the Justice Guild created Mana Storage Stones, and Master conducted joint research with him to develop various types of protective gear items. Distribution and sales will start through the Justice Mall and the Maestro. Once sufficient quantities are secured, anyone will be able to purchase them through the Sama Market and various online marketplaces
Ugh, this is killing me
There were some minor Q&As after, but someone else can organize those
Even awakeners get sore joints from typing too long ㅠㅠ

Comments
Comment 1 Upvote! Upvote!!!
Comment 2 I was about to push this to Best Post!! but it’s already there;
Comment 3 This is getting shared across other communities like crazy lol
Comment 4 It became a hot post on the main forum’s free board right away lol
Comment 5 Everyone couldn’t digest the press conference content;;
Comment 6 Nationwide brain shutdown issue lol
Comment 7 But seriously, what is the Justice Guild? Why are they so generous?
Comment 8 If our guild master were like that, he’d have hidden the treasure and we’d be hoarding it all to ourselves
Comment 9 Justice is being unreasonably generous lol;
Comment 10 In the additional Q&A, the important stuff roughly summarized: 1. Why the Justice Project name? Because it’s led by the Justice Guild. 2. How do you trigger re-awakening? Kang Han: Not ready to disclose to the public yet. But!! We’ll be able to learn more by working with hunters who are “durable” enough to withstand re-awakening
Comment 11 Durable? ㄷㄷㄷ
Comment 12 Yeah I can’t handle this lol hahahaha…
Comment 13 I’m also weak but just imagining what “durable” means by Kang Han’s standards gives me nightmares;;

Everyone’s Forum – [ Free Discussion Board ]
Emergency Support Unit Live
Link
This seems to be the Emergency Support Unit live stream
That was mentioned in this morning’s Justice Project thing?

Comments
Comment 1 Whoa, how are they this fast?
Comment 2 It’s Yeo Joo!!
Comment 3 I heard Yeo Joo created the Emergency Support Unit
Comment 4 Is the director going out herself ㅠㅠ
Comment 5 Korea can’t function without the Justice Guild now lol

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“Why is this so grand? How many cameras are there, for heaven’s sake.”
As I stepped into the Emergency Room of the Awakened Healer Hospital, I was startled to see lenses pointed at me from all directions.
“Four of them… wait, five?”
A fixed camera was hiding in the corner of the Emergency Room, apparently set up for me.
“You said it was just a simple live stream?”
“The one camera broadcasting is live, but the rest are recording footage to edit and upload later!”
The PR Director from the Association answered my question in a bright voice.
“Broadcasting? You’re already going live?!”
“Yes, Healer!”
They’re eager, which is nice.
But you should’ve told me that right away!

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