I Stole the Number One Ranker’s Soul - Chapter 6

Episode 006

Of course, there are people like that somewhere, so the hunter society is maintained and dungeons are conquered.

At least not me.

Think about it.

Even if you go to the dungeon and get 10 billion more, what’s the point if you die?

What would I do if I die leaving my lovely 2.5 billion won behind?

From now on, I will never go to dangerous places and never do dangerous things.

I will live a long, healthy and happy life with my pretty and cute 2.5 billion won.

But already someone who is trying to undermine my happiness has appeared.

“Oh, Mr. Moa. “I heard you were sick yesterday?”

The male team leader of Management Team 1, who had been blocking the company entrance and telling jokes since morning, showed a happy expression on his shiny face.

“Yeah…”

Everyone seems to think I suddenly got sick.

It would be better to roughly match the rhythm.

I answered awkwardly and tried to quickly pass by, but the team leader of Team 2, which I belong to, smiled slyly and quickly blocked my way.

“Why does your face look so good when you’re sick? “Have you been playing somewhere?”

The faces of the people standing around all had expressions of having discovered something interesting.

And the person who takes the lead and offers up his team members as a chewable sacrifice is our team leader.

“It looks like it’s a little swollen.”

Do you like the color of your face?

Is it because of the healing potion?

My condition is good.

I thought it was because I felt light-headed because of the thought of leaving the company.

“okay? It must have hurt a lot. Still, I need to contact you. “There are no cases of people….”

I wanted to ask whether it was right to stand in groups in front of people who came to work while sick.

But since it was true that I was absent without notice, I just bowed my head and quickly headed to my seat.

Since I’m about to leave the company anyway, I want to rush in.

I can’t do that if I think about the hardships the rest of the team will have.

Yesterday must have been very difficult due to my unauthorized absence from work.

Besides, after I leave the company, the work of the remaining people will become more difficult, so let’s not cause any more inconvenience.

“Moa, are you okay?”

As I sat down at my familiar desk and turned on my computer, Assistant Manager Kim sitting next to me spoke up.

“Oh yes, I’m okay now. “I’m sorry I couldn’t contact you.”

It’s true that there was actually a hole in the stomach, so it’s not really a lie.

It’s not like I intentionally didn’t contact you.

“That could be true. “Don’t push yourself too hard today.”

Did you hear, team leader?

If a person comes to work while sick, this is what you have to say.

Our team is all good people.

Except the team leader.

“I took sick leave yesterday. “The documents have been submitted, so don’t worry.”

“Oh, I was planning to come to work today…”

Instead of answering, the assistant manager just shrugged.

“And the deputy manager is going to work this afternoon.”

“Huh? Deputy Director, are you hurt?”

“Moa left work early this morning to make up for her absence from work yesterday.”

Ugh.

When you come to work, you have to say that you are resigning.

After hearing this, my heart became very heavy.

No, that’s that and this is this.

I have to resign.

And I’m going to go find happiness.

But that’s for later, I have to do other things now.

I strained my eyes and stared at the monitor.

Even if I missed a day, I had a lot of work to do.

It’s a little better because the deputy manager took care of a few urgent cases, but if I don’t hurry up, I’ll have to work overtime today.

Let’s see. Hunter Market Item Purchase Request?

This is a bit too many cases.

To handle this, you have to go to the Hunter Market Manager downstairs.

Ask him to purchase the necessary items, use ledgers of company assets, records of product transactions, etc.

After completing cumbersome paperwork, it is a matter of packaging the received items well and processing them for shipping.

Considering the quantity, there are a lot of items, so it will take four hours, right?

I feel like I need to skip lunch.

You should tell this to Assistant Manager Kim in advance.

“Sir, I don’t think I’ll be able to eat lunch today, so don’t wait for me to eat it.”

The assistant manager, who was looking at the monitor with a deathly expression, turned his head to stare at me.

That’s my habit when I hear something I don’t like.

“You’re not eating?”

“Yes… I have a backlog of work…”

“How much backlog is there?”

Instead of answering, I held up the list of purchase request forms I had just printed and the assistant manager frowned.

“I guess it will take 3 hours?”

“I think it will take more than four hours. Besides this, there are a lot of things that are behind me…”

She chewed her lips, weighed something up, and eventually sighed.

“I want to help, but I don’t have any hands. Don’t starve though. kimbap? sandwich? Or porridge?”

“yes?”

“I’ll buy it for you. But you have to do it while eating.”

Because of her sharply cut short hair and urbane appearance, everyone who saw Assistant Manager Kim for the first time thought that she would be very strict and cold-hearted.

However, after being close to him, I found out that this person is the person who hates it when people around him go hungry and don’t sleep.

“Still…”

“Porridge. Beef porridge. Good, right? “Then I’ll assume that’s the case.”

“Sir, then I will give you my card. With this…”

“Oh, I heard you’re busy.” Come on, let’s go. You know that market managers get really busy after the morning meeting, right? If I wait, I won’t be able to do it all today. Come on, let’s go. hurry.”

The assistant manager stubbornly stared at the monitor as if he had nothing more to say.

I don’t think it will work if I say more.

In fact, since the market managers’ peak time was approaching, I moved to my seat for now.

Market managers refer to hunters who belong to our company and manage product registration in the hunter market.

They earn hundreds of millions of dollars in annual salary just by buying and selling goods in the market.

Most of them are hunters who have just awakened, and they make money in this way until they can buy a dungeon escape stone.

If you participate in dungeon raids and start obtaining by-products or items, you can earn ridiculous amounts of money, such as the hundreds of millions of dollars in annual salary that this company gives you.

So, actual hunters are not interested in this type of work.

And since most people would jump into a dungeon even if there was no escape stone, finding a market manager was quite difficult.

I often hear HR managers complaining at company dinners about how difficult it is to hire a market manager.

If something unexpected happens later and I lose all my money, I should try working here.

Actually, I’m still thinking about it.

Whether to reveal the fact of my awakening or not.

Since I woke up and went to work right away, there was no one else to talk to and I didn’t have time to think deeply about this, so I decided to hide it for now.

Even if they are awakened, their status value is almost like that of an ordinary person, but if their status value is this low, they usually become hunters with strong healing skills or crafting support systems.

But all I have is one gathering skill.

Although there is a hidden skill.

My experience as an office worker, who said ‘I can do that’ and then had to work overtime for a whole month, warns me.

If I reveal that I have awakened, it will be really annoying.

In the elevator going downstairs, I made up my mind.

It’s not like we don’t have money right now, so let’s hide it for now.

If there is an unavoidable situation, we will disclose it at that time.

okay.

The secret to longevity is strength.

People who have long hidden their abilities and live as if they are dead last a long time, and then they disappear first.

This is wisdom learned over many years in company conference rooms.

People who come up with ideas and participate in meetings with passion are the ones who leave the company the fastest.

I was weighed down by the overtime that I brought on myself…

The manager was a good person.

Anyway, I just woke up, but in reality, I am no different from a civilian who does nothing but gather.

A hunter with only one gathering skill?

It would be so nice to just drag it anywhere and roll it around.

Its status is low, so it cannot be rejected if pressure is applied.

It’s easy to drag someone into a dangerous place.

Aren’t you going to dig up Class B potion ingredients until you die?

Although such an inhumane crime has never occurred yet.

It might be happening somewhere that I don’t know about.

Okay, let’s hide it.

For a comfortable and comfortable life.

While I was re-committing, I arrived in front of the market management office.

Once inside, a hallway lined with small offices appeared.

Since we arrived early, there seemed to be no need to wait in line.

All market managers are provided with a private office.

There are twelve managers in our company, originally there were twenty, but the number was reduced because we could not find more people.

The head of the human resources team said that it is becoming more difficult to find awakened people every day.

He also half-joked that he might not be able to save Hunters at all in the future and told him to prepare for a job change.

It was true that it was becoming increasingly difficult to find market managers as large guilds were recruiting hunters on a large scale some time ago.

Originally, weak hunters who would not be of much help in conquering the dungeon would not be accepted.

These days, it is said that they have them in the 2nd or 3rd group and ask them to do brokerage work.

Then, they even sneak in empty spots on the strategy team.

Working for 2 years and getting an escape ticket vs. making a mark at a large guild and then participating in dungeon raids.

Any way you look at it, the latter is more beneficial.

Thanks to this, it was becoming increasingly difficult for small businesses like us to survive.

There were widespread rumors that market managers currently under contract would not extend their contracts once their contracts expired.

If we can’t find even a single hunter, we’ll eventually have no choice but to close the company.