The Dungeon Cleaning Life of a Once Genius Hunter - Chapter 182
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“…What is this?”
Branch manager Michael suddenly visited my office and held out a document with a calm expression.
It was a document that was torn to pieces so much that I couldn’t even tell what it was written on.
“This is an official letter from headquarters sent to me. A little while ago, the headquarters audit team came to us and ordered us to stop operations. “He said he would prepare a place for me at headquarters.”
“I guess you noticed as expected.”
Branch Manager Michael nodded.
“But the state of the official document is like this…”
“It was rejected.”
“There’s no way he could have gone back quietly just because the headquarters refused.”
“yes. “The American branch will probably be forced out of the International Association sooner or later.”
“…?”
My eyebrows twitched.
“There was one more document besides this one. “They said they would force us to withdraw if we didn’t stop the operation… An official letter will be sent as early as tomorrow.”
“That’s… we’re in a bit of trouble. Being kicked out of the International Association means losing the right to subjugation…”
“There are still three weeks left until the grace period. All you have to do is find it there.”
“Haa….”
What kind of helpless words is this?
No matter how much you think about it, isn’t it right to first accept the suspension of operations and then come up with a plan?
Once you are withdrawn, you can’t go back, and if you can’t even find Eden, everything is in vain.
‘Well, since the choice was given to me, the outcome was inevitable…’
It wasn’t that I was completely unexpected.
However, when I heard about it, Branch Manager Michael said he was never the type of person to take risks. Why did I make such a risky choice?
After looking at that thought for a moment, he burst into laughter.
“I know. It doesn’t suit my personality. This is my first time too. “A decision like this was made without any plan.”
“But why…?”
“I just strangely felt confident that I could do something about you.”
“….”
What the fuck are you saying?
What do you know about me to entrust such an important matter to such trivial feelings?
“Therefore, I will accept the offer you made before.”
“…yes?”
“This is a merger and acquisition proposal with Karma Corporation.”
The story eventually came out of his mouth.
The U.S. branch is the largest branch among associations around the world and tops the list in sales every year.
Absorbing it would of course be a great thing for us, but we couldn’t just be happy about it.
After all, once the grace period ends, even subjugation will become impossible except for those belonging to the International Association.
Therefore, it can only be said that they have no choice but to accept it because it seems like nothing is happening now.
“Well, let’s talk about the details later…”
I continued with a very serious expression.
“No matter how much we force the U.S. branch to withdraw from headquarters, we cannot just sit by and watch operations continue for three weeks.”
“I guess so.”
“Forcibly occupying the branch and taking away the control system, or deploying headquarters personnel to the operation site to interfere with the subjugation by force… or both at the same time.”
Branch Manager Michael’s expression darkened.
Therefore, it would have been better to accept the suspension of the operation for now.
Currently, we do not have the manpower or time to prepare for an armed conflict.
Rather than openly threatening to continue the operation, it would have been better to pretend to stop the operation and proceed in secret, thereby buying at least a few more days.
But… there’s nothing you can do about regretting what happened in the past.
“It won’t be easy, but we must be prepared.”
He said as he got up from his seat.
I knew this day would come someday since they were trying to destroy the International Association, but it came one step sooner than I thought.
Of course, I have no intention of avoiding it.
If I leave here, nothing will happen.
Now is the time to confront the international association head-on.
***
“Chief Michael refused the order to stop the operation.”
International Hunter Association Headquarters.
As soon as Representative Emma spoke her first words, Secretary General Wesley’s eyebrows narrowed significantly.
“Are you asking me to report that now? “I told you to stop it somehow.”
“Don’t look at me like that. So, I said from the beginning that Michael would not be the branch leader, right? “That person is too stubborn.”
Despite Secretary General Wesley’s sharp tone, CEO Emma spoke jokingly.
Well, in fact, although Michael is stubborn, he is not a brave person. I’m not the type of person to take risks.
There’s no way a guy like that would refuse a stop order without any countermeasures.
Unless Kim Jun-woo cheated from the side.
‘Otherwise, given his personality, there’s no way he would go against us so openly.’
Representative Ema muttered to herself and nodded.
But Secretary General Wesley was still not convinced.
“So what? Since we refused the order to stop the operation, there is nothing we can do now? Even if you are withdrawn from headquarters, you will continue to subdue during the grace period, right?”
“What are you looking at me for?”
Representative Emma answered calmly.
“Actually, it didn’t really matter what Michael chose. “I just needed a reason.”
“what…?”
“It would have been better if we had quietly stopped the operation, but refusing it doesn’t mean much. “If the American branch were to break away from our affiliation, we would be able to move more freely.”
“….”
Only then did Secretary General Wesley seem to vaguely understand what she was trying to say.
The American branch is now out of the hands of the International Association.
At first glance, it may seem that the headquarters can no longer be involved since it is out of the control of the International Association… but in fact, this is not the case.
As Wesley previously announced to the world, the right to subjugate any organization that is not affiliated with the International Association, including the Independent Association, is no longer recognized.
The American branch eventually became a non-affiliated organization, so strictly speaking, there is currently no official punitive organization in the United States.
Rather, conditions were created that were extremely favorable for the headquarters to take action.
Of course, there are still three weeks left in the grace period.
In any case, since the initiative for subjugation lies at headquarters, no one can criticize us no matter what we do there.
“Are you planning to go to war on American soil?”
“If you need.”
Representative Emma shrugged her shoulders.
“Can you handle it? “If we’re not careful, it could spread to Daejeon.”
“You have to handle that, not me. You said that, right? Stop it at all costs.”
Secretary General Wesley chuckled.
“Anyway, does PB Corporation have the manpower to do that? Noah also lost contact. “Isn’t it impossible to do anything with just the team members?”
“Why worry about manpower? “80% of the world’s subjugation organizations belong to us.”
Soon, Representative Emma presented a document.
It was none other than a list of hunters ranked from 2nd to 50th in the world.
“Rankers need to be helped at times like this.”
She answered triumphantly.
***
“Here’s a report.”
The temporary operation headquarters room of the Korean punitive force located in the northern state of Minnesota, USA.
Cha Seok-hyeon, the representative of the Ares Guild, presented a report in a straight posture to team leader Kim Min-ju, who was in charge of the northern section.
“As of today, there are a total of 510 dungeons that appeared in the northern section, a total of 510 dungeons that were conquered on the day, and 0 dungeons that were not conquered. “There were injuries in the yellow-grade dungeon, but there were no serious injuries, so I think we can continue the subjugation tomorrow.”
“What happened to the dispatch team that sent support to the East?”
“It ended well. “I will be back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.”
“okay. Thanks for your efforts. “CEO Cha.”
“ha ha ha! “The team leader did the hard work.”
When the formal report was over, Guild Leader Cha Seok-hyeon immediately burst into laughter.
Ares was not the only guild that participated in this operation.
At a time when Director Lee Ah-young was urgently recruiting personnel to be dispatched, guilds from all over the country gathered around the information that this was a large-scale operation led by Kim Jun-woo.
A total of 1,500 people from 22 guilds across the country voluntarily participated in this operation simply because it was ‘Kim Jun-woo’s operation.’
The Karma Corporation’s operations team had to continue domestic subjugation even during the grace period, so there was a limit to the number of teams that could be dispatched.
In the meantime, it was fortunate that numerous private guilds came forward voluntarily.
Of course, this would be possible thanks to the teacher’s accumulated skills.
Kim Min-ju truly thought so.
“Anyway, CEO Kim is still amazing. “You’re in charge of a simultaneous subjugation operation across the United States!”
“Iknow, right. “I thought we were catching up a little bit now, but every time I do that, you’re a long way ahead.”
Kim Min-ju said in an upset tone, but there was a smile on her face.
And then.
“Ah… I’m so tired.”
At that moment, Han Yu-bin, who was in charge of cleaning and by-product disposal, came into the operation headquarters room.
I throw myself down on the sofa placed on one side.
“Are you finished?”
“I barely did it. Ah… I’m shaking from the thought of doing this for a few more days.”
Han Yu-bin frowned and grumbled.
But even for a moment.
“By the way, I heard you were withdrawn from the American branch of the International Association?”
“They say so. It seems that Branch Manager Michael refused the order to stop the operation. Thanks to that, I reluctantly agreed to the merger and acquisition.”
“Does that have any meaning? Anyway, the path to subjugation will be blocked after just three weeks.”
“There is still a grace period, so if you find Eden during that time, there won’t be any major problems.”
Han Yu-bin reacted indifferently, but Kim Min-ju comforted her nonetheless.
“Did the CEO say anything?”
“There was. “What’s important.”
“What is it?”
As soon as Han Yu-bin asked, several more people came into the operation headquarters room.
“Did you call me?”
“I can’t believe we’re convening at this hour.”
“What’s wrong?”
The leaders of each operation team, including none other than Artemis Guild representative Yoo Ji-woo, were all summoned.
Han Yu-bin looked quite puzzled by the sudden situation.
The team leaders gathered there seemed to feel the same way.
“I have urgent information received from the command center.”
After confirming that everyone was gathered, Kim Min-ju opened his mouth with a serious expression that was quite different from before.
“From this moment on, you all enter into an emergency defense system…”
Finally, the moment when Minju Kim got to the point.
Quagwagwang—!!!
The operation headquarters room was blown up by a bomb that came from somewhere.
The building was suddenly engulfed in large flames and black smoke.
Everything disappeared in an instant.
At that time, two silhouettes appeared in front of the collapsed rubble.
“Is this okay?”
“maybe?”
The calm voices of the two men and women rang quietly through the tragic scene.
David Evans and Salt Evans.
Twin hunters ranked 11th and 12th in the world rankings.
They were the ones leading the global guild Lost Guild.
“It’s not as difficult as you think.”
“I know.”
It was the moment when they turned their backs with steaming expressions after confirming that the mission had been completed by looking at the building in ashes.
“Enter the emergency defense system and take out all those who attack…”
Someone’s voice was heard from the rubble.
“That’s how you conveyed it.”
“…Whew.”
“Hehe, just subjugating is too much, do we really have to do something like this?”
“Of course we will give you additional allowance, right?”
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These people casually walk out of the collapsed rubble.
The eyes of the team leaders covered in black dust flashed.