Solo Leveling: Ragnarok - Chapter 134

Chapter 134

-Woo Jinchul-ssi?
There was an interview detailing the person named Woo Jinchul by a newscaster.
And all the interviewees asked this question first.
-Before the cataclysm or after? Which one?
And this answer was the same for anyone.
If the life of Woo Jinchul up until now was being questioned, the answer always got split between before and after cataclysm.
-Before the cataclysm, Woo Jinchul used to be a police superintendent. Central police station, I think.
The central police station used to be a legendary location among the police officers.
Since it used to be the highest criminal arrest for 20 years.
Of course, the culprit behind the legend was not Woo Jinchul.
Back then, there was a legendary detective labeled with the title ‘ghost’ in the central police station.
A 200% arrest rate.
In front of the ‘ghost’ who could catch the criminals of not only his own cases, but the unsolved cases of the past, no amount of criminals or gangsters could stand proudly.
But despite the accomplishment, he oddly declined every promotion.
And the reason for it was absurd.
To focus on the field work.
To catch more criminals personally.
The name of the police officer that spoke these obvious and unsurprising statements to remain as a detective was ‘Jung Jinwoo’.
It was the name of the Shadow Monarch that was currently on the war with Itharims at the outer universes
And Woo Jinchul was the superior and the most friendly coworker who had been following after Sung Jinwoo since his highschool days to make him get tested for police position
And because Sung Jinwoo continued to push off his accomplishments to him, Woo Jinchul continued to get promoted at the speed of light alone.
And when he became the police superintendent.
Many started to talk behind his back out of jealousy.
– the man who sold off his coworker for promotion.
-why did he claim the accomplishments of his subordinate?
-Does Woo Jinchul take a hold of Detective Sung Jinwoo’s weakness or something?
However, after a meeting with Sung Jinwoo, none of the backtalkers spoke of such accusations ever again.
But after that, a new rumor started to spread.
That the real power behind the central police station was Detective Sung Jinwoo.
That’s how it has always been, so nothing was surprising.
Since numerous people have witnessed Woo Jinchul be polite to Sung Jinwoo.
But suddenly, the famous central police station stopped being the topic of conversations.
It was after Detective Sung Jinwoo stopped coming to work all of a sudden.
-There were a lot of rumors. Maybe that ghost detective went missing, quit being a police officer, or went on a long leave……. Anyways, what was the name of that detective?
But mysteriously, no typical citizens knew of the name of the ghost detective.
Perhaps it was because that’s what he intended for. But the name that got published on the articles had always been that of Woo Jinchul.
But since the name Sung Jinwoo had been popular among the police coworkers, his sudden disappearance brought forth countless rumors.
However, the superintendent Woo Jinchul spoke nothing of his disappearance and took care of the matter as ‘leave of absence’.
As if believing that Sung Jinwoo would return undoubtedly.
And just like that…….
The name Sung Jinwoo got forgotten.
It couldn’t be helped.
Since the empty gap of Sung Jinwoo was too large.
All the detectives that worked lazily thanks to Sung Jinwoo worked as if their tails were on fire to prevent cases from spreading.
-And that’s when the cataclysm suddenly occurred.
The interview started from here.
– Woo Jinchul revealed their true self at the same time the cataclysm started.
With the start of cataclysm, the rumor that he got promoted thanks to his subordinate dissipated within a blink of an eye.
-I’m not entirely sure, but I believe that it was Woo Jinchul who got their awakening first.
And that’s how it was.
The age of sudden emergence of gates and monsters, the cataclysm.
The police superintendent of the time, ‘Woo Jinchul’ , awakened their mana before anyone else.
But the reason why people started to admire him was due to his actions after his awakening.
Unlike the others, Woo Jinchul never was never amazed by or staggered due to the new powers he got.
In fact, he used his powers as if he was born with it.
And this was never made public, but at the moment of his powers awakening, he calmly analyzed his powers with his eyes closed.
“……A rank. So it’s the same as before.”
Until this point, Not even the US had a classification of hunters per their mana amounts.
And mana detectors was before its development. However, Woo Jinchul could still analyze his own mana rank.
It was an obvious thing.
Since he regained the memories of his past life decades ago thanks to Sung Jinwoo.
Before the cataclysm, those memories were useless. But after the Earth got put under a similar situation as before, he was essentially a hunter again as a 2nd life troupe.
At the same time, Woo Jinchul understood the severity of the situation.
‘This is bad. The world is in chaos like back then, but Sung Jinwoo hunter is not here.’
He knew that Sung Jinwoo often disappeared to fight off enemies of different dimensions even before the cataclysm.
And he always supported Sung Jinwoo by taking care of the paperworks.
But for some reason, Sung Jinwoo was nowhere to be seen for years.
He never lost hope.
‘Sung Jinwoo hunter will surely return. Until then…… I’ll do what I can.’
And that’s when he started.
moving using the memories of his past.
Right after the cataclysm.
The world was in chaos not only from the monsters but the accidents that occurred with the awakenings.
Woo JInchul, who was the police superintendent at that time, used all his connection and power to establish the ‘Hunters Association’,
Became the first chairman of the association to start the negotiation with the governmental members.
-I believe South Korea was the first country that established the hunters association.
– Thanks to that, we got hunter laws established pretty quickly.
Countless protocols and endless times are needed to create a new law.
Chairman Woo Jinchul, who knew that fact, passed the most important laws step by step.
Among them was the ‘Villain Criminal Laws’. For the ones that created the most societal chaos.
And with that law, he started to apprehend the villains that use their power for chaos.
‘Just the monsters are already a headache in itself, humans shouldn’t fight against each other.’
Of course, it was difficult to apprehend all villains as an A rank hunter.
However,
‘Lacking power can be filled.’
As the first steps to strengthen the association, he started to recruit the S ranked hunters according to his memory.
Especially the S ranked hunter with the nickname of ‘The Ultimate Soldier’.
He succeeded in befriending the leader of the highest ranking guild of South Korea of the past ‘Choi Jongin’ before he awakened under the guise of coincidence.
Then offered his business card the moment he awakened as the S rank hunter again.
“For this country, for the sake of justice and to defend this world. Will you become my comrade?”
“……Understood.”
From that date on, Choi Jongin started to work as the S ranked hunter to represent the Korean hunters association.
And thanks to the works of Woo Jinchul, the chaos of Korea stabilized in no time.
The speed was recognized nationally and Chairman Woo Jinchul was lit under the spotlight.
-National Hero Woo Jinchul!
But he was never swayed by those attention and fame.
Rather, he stayed focused on his task as if nothing else bothered him. Which further increased his fame from the civilians.
It was natural.
Woo Jinchul was a hunter for the second time.
And he was experienced even in his past life by being selected as the successor of Chairman Go Gunhee to become a chairman as well.
He expertly gathered the hunters and prepared for safety as if he was born to become a chairman.
At this rate, no citizen of South Korea could deny the fact that he was a national hero.
He remained an A ranked hunter, but not even the S ranked hunter could dare act out in front of him.
-For the past 2 years, all the paths that Chairman Woo Jinchul walked on are the history of Korea’s hunters.
The final interviewee left these last words to disappear.
The newscaster nodded with a satisfied expression after the interview..
-This concludes the interview. The next news is about the Jisan Prison. The Jisan Prison is a specialized facility for villains built 2 years ago by the hunters association…….
“So Woo Jinchul-ssi became the chairman? That’s good.”
Cha Haein, who was checking the news of Korea on the internet after leaving the glacier dungeon, let out a sigh of relief.
Association created by Woo Jinchul was trustworthy.
His efforts of the past 2 years to remedy the vacancy of Sung Jinwoo would be unfathomable.
Cha Haein advised Suho after being moved by it all.
“Woo Jinchul-ssi knows a lot about your father. He is a long time family friend. When he returns from the northern volunteer experience, make sure you notify him of the situation. He’ll be able to help you out a lot.”
“……What about you mother?”
Suho looked towards his mother with a serious expression after detecting something odd from what she just said.
“I can’t go with you.”
Surprisingly, Cha Haein was planning to return back to the glacier dungeon.
Cha Haein was petting the parrot sized Kaisel on her shoulder with a saddened expression.
“Kaisel will cease to exist at this rate. I can’t let that happen.”
The dragon who protected her for the past 5 years was a precious existence to her.
So Cha Haein was planning to return to the center of the Echo Forest, where ‘gray snow’ fell.
“Surprisingly, the more we neared the area with the gray snow, the more Kaisel recovered. Albeit a tiny amount.”
[It’s most likely…… because the gray snow is the ash of a dragon.]
Cha Haein nodded to Beru’s comment.
“Right. I think so too.”
Cha Haein recalled what Sung Jinwoo mentioned while enjoying the white snow falling from the sky.
One of the most dangerous enemies of Sung Jinwoo, King of Dragons.
The day that he defeated the countless dragons under the king of dragons.
The gray ash that fell from the sky from the corpses of the numerous dragons. That the white snow falling from the sky always reminded him of it.
“And beyond the gray snow, I’m sure…….”
[That there’d be the dimensional rift connecting to the graves of the dragons.]