The Dungeon Cleaning Life of a Once Genius Hunter - Chapter 167

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“Do you think this makes sense?”

International Hunter Association Headquarters.

Secretary General Wesley opened his mouth with team leader Noah Balance in front of him.

Team leader Noah hesitated to answer for a moment before opening his mouth.

“It appears that CEO Kim Jun-woo manipulated public opinion in Japan. To avoid taking responsibility, Branch Manager Shoichi quickly handed over authority and ran away. Maybe it was all planned from the beginning….”

“I know that much. Well, I understand that if it had stayed the same, either we or Japan would have had to be held responsible. That’s not what I’m asking…”

At that moment, Secretary General Wesley’s sharp eyes turned to a man.

“I wonder what kind of face you have for coming here, having given up the branch on your own to live alone. “Director Shoichi.”

“…Oh no!”

Branch Manager Shoichi, who was lying face down on the floor, urgently shook his head.

“You tried to live alone! This is absolutely not true. “I simply delegated responsibility to former CEO Kim Jun-woo, believing that he would help our branch.”

“You believed that? “The person who tried to swallow up the Korean Association in the name of helping?”

“….”

“And that’s it. “I heard that you received a down payment plus a rebate as a condition for handing over authority. How do you explain that?”

Branch Manager Shoichi’s shoulders flinched at the sharp criticism.

Secretary General Wesley, who saw this, opened his mouth as if he understood.

“It was fake?”

“…!”

“I tried to live comfortably somewhere with a nice view with the money I received, but later I found out that what I was holding in my hand was not money, but a piece of toilet paper…. Only after realizing that he had been deceived did he come to me to ask for help. Isn’t this it now?”

“It’s not like that…”

Branch Manager Shoichi’s voice gradually deepened.

Secretary General Wesley shook his head as if it were pitiful.

Did he really think that he didn’t know?

“Ha, just give me one more chance! Since this was an unfair transaction in the first place, couldn’t the Secretary General withdraw the delegation of authority? “If you take down CEO Kim Jun-woo and leave it to me…!”

“Why should I do that?”

“…yes?”

Branch Manager Shoichi’s pupils shook for a moment at such a firm refusal.

“Thanks to you, the Japanese branch has already suffered irreparable international disgrace. But what would neighboring countries think if we continued to maintain the branch?”

“….”

“Even if you come back, it’s obvious that you won’t be able to exert any influence on Korea and China, so why should I bring you back?”

“But wouldn’t it be a big loss for the headquarters to lose a decent branch to that guy Kim Jun-woo…!”

“Well, that’s true. “It is such a great loss to have the branch taken away with both eyes open, but…”

Secretary General Wesley approached Branch Director Shoichi, who was still lying face down on the floor, and continued speaking.

“Now it seems like it would be more detrimental to continue to have a Japanese branch.”

“….”

“The withdrawal process is already in progress. The Japanese branch will now be under Karma Corporation. Of course, CEO Kim will never call you again.”

Branch Manager Shoichi shook his head in disbelief.

But it was fortunate that that was all.

Because a harsher end was waiting for him.

“Well, by the way… Branch President Shoichi must take responsibility for arbitrarily selling out our branch.”

Secretary General Wesley said calmly.

I couldn’t just leave this unscrupulous bastard who had abandoned the branch and crawled in on his own.

“We will have to compensate you for the estimated profits we could have earned from our Japanese branch over the next 10 years. “Of course, I plan to give you a small discount, so don’t worry too much.”

“Oh, how much…”

“With a huge 50% reduction… you only have to pay 2 trillion won in compensation.”

“Yes yes…?!”

Branch Manager Shoichi’s heart sank at the unimaginable amount.

“Two groups?! “That’s ridiculous…!”

“Of course, it is not an amount that Branch Manager Shoichi can personally bear. “By the way, I heard that your son is the CEO of a fairly large small business?”

A smile appeared on Secretary General Wesley’s face.

“You can send all the profits from your son’s company to us. Still, I don’t think it’s enough. “If that doesn’t work out for your grandchildren, wouldn’t it be possible for your great-grandchildren to work hard to earn something?”

“….”

“Anyway, from now on, consider dedicating all the assets earned by the three generations below you to me. “This is the contract, so sign it and leave.”

“Oh no…! “Isn’t this too much?”

Branch Manager Shoichi made a last-ditch effort as the contract included a death sentence, or perhaps even worse than death.

“Please save me just this once… just this once. “I will take responsibility and resolve it somehow.”

“When did I say I was going to kill you? “Didn’t I say I would save your life?”

“The only thing this means is death…”

“So you’re saying you can’t sign it?”

“Please have mercy just once…”

Branch Manager Shoichi folded his hands and began to beg.

Of course, I wasn’t the type of person to do something stupid like that.

“Then I guess I’ll have no choice but to go with the oriental style to suit the branch leader.”

“…Yes yes?”

“Team Leader Noah, Mr. Shoichi, please cut off one of his thumbs and stamp it with a thumb.”

“…All right.”

Soon, the shadow of Team Leader Noah appeared in front of Branch Manager Shoichi.

“Now wait…!”

Not long after he spit out his words, a terrible scream rang out from the Secretary General’s office.

***

Haneda Airport.

There is not much time left before departure.

As Lee Ah-young and Headquarters Ha Seong-il decided to remain in the Japan branch and take care of internal issues that still need to be resolved, the only ones returning to Korea today were Yu-bin Han and I.

“Oh my…”

Director Lee Ah-young, who came to see us off, sighed as if she was still shocked.

“One of them said he was going to check on the gossip, and he said he was going to take over the Japanese branch, and the other was going to unify the Yakuza forces across Japan…” “In the end,

everything went well, didn’t it? “The International Association also accepted my request to withdraw without comment.”

“Isn’t it funny that you do all the work and I have to finish it?”

“…Didn’t you come all this way to say that you would finish it yourself?”

This is ridiculous.

Anyone who sees it will think I passed it on.

“That’s what they say.”

Director Lee Ah-young gave a vague response as if he had nothing to say.

“Well, anyway, please take care of me. If you have any problems, please contact me right away.”

“Don’t worry about here, just worry about headquarters work. How much work piled up while the CEO was away? “You have to go to work as soon as you return home?”

“…I heard you sound like a dog.”

When will I ever get a break?

“Then please return safely, CEO. Please contact me when you arrive.”

“All right. Then, please both of you work a little harder.”

Director Ha Seong-il also shook our hands and saw us off.

After completing all the formalities, I boarded the plane and was waiting for takeoff.

“Can I ask you something, Han Yu-bin?”

After organizing my thoughts, I quietly opened my mouth.

“What is it?”

“It’s nothing else, but a friend from when I was at the American branch.”

“….”

As soon as she spoke, her expression became subtle.

He didn’t seem angry, just a little embarrassed by the sudden conversation.

“Why is that…?”

“Has anything similar happened at the American branch?”

“…?”

A reaction of not knowing the intent of the question.

Therefore, I brought out the main topic first.

“It is said that about three years ago, a cleaner from the U.S. branch lost her life in an accident. However, as far as I know, the dungeon where the cleaners were sent at the time was of a low risk level, so there was no risk of loss of life… Do you know anything about that accident?”

“Ah… I’ve heard of that before, but why all of a sudden?”

“I decided to make a deal with someone.”

With Hunter, the current PB Corporation balance team leader and world number one.

Of course, there is no need to say that.

I gave it a vague answer, but Han Yu-bin seemed a bit confused, but still answered.

“I’ve heard of it before, but I don’t know the details. Her name was… Sophia Weston Wood, I guess. Why is it ranked number 1 in the world? “I remember him because he has the same last name as that person.”

From the looks of it, she didn’t seem to know that she was the human’s biological sister.

“So is it true that you had an accident while working?”

“I… I’m not sure.”

“What do you mean you’re not sure?”

“It’s a bit difficult to explain…”

She gathered her thoughts for a moment and continued explaining again.

“I heard this too, but according to the control team employee, a report was posted that the cleaning was completed without any special issues at the time. So, nothing happened until the work was finished.”

“…?”

What are you talking about?

There was no problem with the work, but there was an accident while working?

“Are you saying that the cleaning work was completed without any problems, but then an accident suddenly occurred and people lost their lives? “What on earth happened?”

“I don’t even know that far. However, immediately after the cleaning completion report was posted, staff from the International Association headquarters visited the dungeon, and they said that Sophia did not come out of the dungeon.”

“No, what is that…”

The headquarters came to the dungeon in person?

why?

“What about my colleagues on the cleaning team who were with me? “Don’t those people know something?”

“Of course, the branch conducted a survey of those people. But everyone said they were so scared that they were in no condition to investigate. “I don’t know what it was, but I think I was very shocked.”

He clicked his tongue as if it was a pity and continued speaking again.

“Anyway, it wasn’t long before all of those colleagues quit. “I have no idea what he’s been doing since then.”

“…okay.”

“Did you get an answer?”

“no.”

“…?”

“In the end, you don’t even know what happened, right? If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have listened. “My head just hurts more for no reason.”

“….”

It was a half-joking remark, but Han Yubin had a murderous look in his eyes.

When I saw his clenched fist shaking, I immediately looked away and pretended not to notice.

Actually, I said that, but a rough picture was drawn in my head.

The cleaning process went without any problems.

A headquarters employee who visited the dungeon directly after that.

Mysterious disappearance. Colleagues who kept their mouths shut.

When you infer from these, what you can think about is…

‘Did something come out of the dungeon during the cleaning work?’

Bank item?

No, there is no way to go directly to collect the bank items acquired by the branch.

If it’s important enough to go find it in person…

I don’t know.

If you can figure it out with that much clues, it’s a ghost.

Well, I’ll have to look into it in more detail when I have time.

I wonder what happened back then and what came out of the dungeon.

I gathered my thoughts and leaned back against the seat back.