The Dungeon Cleaning Life of a Once Genius Hunter - Chapter 26

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It was an extremely embarrassing encounter.

I say I know Director Lee Ah-young, but there is no way she knows me.

The first time I met Lee A-young was right after I became team leader. So, it’s still 5 years later.

In my previous life, I had never met face to face before.

But you come to me first out of nowhere like this? why?

“What’s on my face?”

“yes? “Oh no.”

I quickly relaxed my eyes.

“You won’t do it?”

“…yes?”

“A handshake. Are you saying you won’t do it? “It’s getting a bit difficult.”

Only then did I notice Lee Ah-young’s outstretched hand.

I belatedly shook her hand and looked at her again.

He looks much younger than when we first met in his previous life. Nevertheless, the face of Lee Ah-young that I know still vaguely remains.

However, the atmosphere was a little different.

Compared to the time when he was my aide, he is somehow…

more like a person.

‘Ah… was it before that happened?’

I began to piece together the time period in my hazy memories.

“I have heard the story of cleaning lady Kim Jun-woo well. “This statement of position was quite impressive.”

“….”

I was so focused that I missed the moment to answer.

The silence that came because of this.

“I mean well.”

“…Oh yeah. Well… thank you.”

“….”

Silence again.

The atmosphere is extremely awkward.

Finally, Lee Ah-young let out a light sigh and opened her mouth.

“You’re not as charismatic as I heard, are you?”

“Do you need it?”

“Well, we need some for what we’re going to talk about now.”

Lee Ah-young sat down across from me and answered.

“So, what kind of business does the Assistant Manager of the Support Team have for me…?”

“Well, straight to the point….”

It’s time to take a close look at me.

“Where do you want to go?”

“…yes?”

“Where do you want to go from where you are now? Cleaning team leader? Director of the Talent Management Department? Or higher up?”

It was a question whose meaning I could not understand.

“I’m not sure what you mean.”

“If you decide to go higher, we might be able to help you. For example, he said he would push out Seo Min-cheol, the head of the division, and become the head of the division…”

Lee Ah-young said in a buoyant tone.

At the same time, my eyes became round and Minjoo Kim’s eyes became even more round than mine.

“What is that all of a sudden…”

“It doesn’t mean anything… It’s just about watching a ritual and eating rice cake. Personally, I would like to see the headquarters turned upside down.”

Lee Ah-young crossed her legs and continued.

“Honestly, I was getting a little sick of it. Hierarchy or order? Of course, it’s necessary, but it’s not really my taste. You know what? “When you came in, the cleaning team wasn’t allowed to use the cafeteria?”

Of course I know.

In my past life, it was like that until the day I died.

“The support team is just a little better, but the situation is similar. Team leader Kim Min-ju will know. “Where did they say they would pick on us?”

“Ah ah… yes….”

Kim Min-joo trailed off.

This is also something I know.

Because it was a term used by Team Leader Soo-yong Lee when referring to the support team.

“What’s interesting is that it was a given at headquarters. There was no one to criticize, so even though I chewed in the back, I couldn’t even open my mouth in front. But some random guy has suddenly appeared and is acting like a janitor, making a fuss… Are you not interested and disgusted?”

Lee Ah-young shrugged her shoulders.

At the same time, I let out a sigh.

“So now… the support team will help you, so you’re telling me to eat the headquarters?”

“It’s not like that in particular. You can just do what you do. “I just wish we would do it on a larger scale.”

“That’s what it sounds like.”

“Well, if you accept it that way, there’s nothing we can do.”

A very confident answer.

I don’t give up on a single word.

“I don’t know what your plans are for the future, but… wouldn’t it be difficult with just one cleaning team and one operational team? If there are a lot of cards that can be used, isn’t it good from that perspective? “I think you’ll be able to do what you want a little more if you have a support team, right?”

“….”

It was true, but I saved my answer for now.

This was because there was a problem with biting into something that was right.

As I remained silent, Minju Kim spoke first.

“I… I feel grateful, but is it okay for me to make this decision on my own, no matter how much I am the deputy director?”

“Yeah, whatever. That’s enough. “To begin with, you have a lot of fans even within the support team.”

“Then, what is the scope of support….”

“Anything we can do. Equipment manufacturing, intensive care, etc. Ah, but is this a harsher condition for the operations team than for the cleaning team?”

Lee Ah-young’s voice was more confident than anyone else’s.

Well, there is a reason why she, who is not a manager or team leader, exudes so much confidence.

That guy’s father is an executive at the association.

‘Director Lee Doo-sik… he was quite a big name.’

One of the few powerful people who can manage the association.

Except for the president of the association, there was no one who could comment on his choice.

Well, unfortunately it didn’t last long.

Within the next five years, Lee Du-sik will be dismissed from the board of directors.

Well, there were all kinds of reasons, but the biggest factor was that while promoting the reform of the Seoul headquarters, it was overlooked by others.

And one of them, a successful hunter, influenced the president of the association and the board of directors.

In the end, Lee Doo-sik was fired for being accused of various things, and the employees who cooperated with him were made an example of big and small things.

The representative person is Director Lee Ah-young.

I don’t know if it was her father’s support or her skills, but she was a person who became the head of the department at a fairly young age and used her own power in the association…

After Lee Doo-sik became like that, she lost her power in the support team and became an assistant to a popular hunter.

It was from then on that Lee Ah-young became like a machine.

On the bad side, that confident person has become compliant, and on the good side…

‘…is that thanks to you, you became my aide?’

Anyway, it looks like he hasn’t been fired yet… The conditions that Lee A-young put forward are definitely part of Lee Doo-sik’s plan.

So, if we cooperate here….

‘The cleaning team and the operation team will all disappear without a trace.’

It’s not even worth watching.

“I appreciate your offer of help, but I will refuse.”

“…yes?”

A reaction of genuine embarrassment.

“I don’t understand. “I’m not putting any conditions on it, I’m just asking you to do what you’ve been doing…”

“I’m going to do what you’ve been doing, but I don’t want to receive any help.”

“…Are you confident? Or do you just not like me?”

“Neither.”

I got up from my seat.

“Overturning the headquarters, or pushing out someone to become the head of the headquarters… I don’t have such grand goals in the first place.”

“Oh, by the way…”

Lee Ah-young laughed as if she was shocked.

“I’m sure you understand… Then, I have to go to work this afternoon.”

You may think it’s a shame, but there’s nothing you can do about it.

For now, I can’t let the cleaning team do anything wrong.

So I left the office first.

***

“…What is this guy?”

Deputy Director Lee Ah-young had her eyes fixed on the office door for a long time.

Then, he shifted his gaze to Kim Min-ju, as if it was truly absurd.

“I said I would help you without any conditions, but you turned it down? Wow, this is so embarrassing? “Isn’t my face red now?”

“That’s the kind of person he used to be.”

However, Kim Min-ju’s response was that there was no surprise.

“To begin with, it was something the teacher wouldn’t be interested in. If it were me, well… I would have made it a condition that I support the cleaning team rather than being asked to become the general manager.”

“…Really, the more I see of you, the more insane you become.”

Lee Ah-young shook her head.

Although he said that, he had a smile on his face.

“I’m sure the teacher understood the vice director’s feelings. “It’s because your expressions are a bit stiff.”

“If the team leader says that, I have nothing to say.”

“What are you going to do now?”

“It can’t be helped. It’s a bit funny to beg for help. “You should let them do whatever they want.”

Minju Kim smiled.

“Come visit sometime. “The teacher often comes to help me.”

“Wow… do you know how jealous I am? “It means that the operations team is included, but the support team is not included.”

Lee Ah-young frowned exaggeratedly.

And then he immediately stood up.

“Anyway, if you come to me later saying you need our help, I won’t listen to you easily.”

“I’ll tell you that.”

“And well… I’ll come visit you sometime.”

Lee Ah-young said those words and hurried out of the office.

***

At the end of lunch time.

I arrived in front of the next dungeon in time.

There was only one reason why I took refuge in Kim Min-ju’s office instead of eating lunch with the cleaning team members.

There was so much nagging about my statement yesterday.

Did you think we would be comfortable if we covered ourselves like that?

too much.

sad.

Promise me you won’t do that again.

Etc..

It seemed like he wasn’t going to rest for a while, so he was busy running away from them whenever he got the chance.

“Oh, Junwoo came first?”

“Hey, the new Chinese restaurant over there is nice. Next time, let’s all go together.”

Just then, Moon So-yeon and Team Leader Park also arrived in front of the dungeon.

“Now then, shall we get to work right away?”

“…Han Sang-hyuk hasn’t arrived yet.”

I looked around with a puzzled expression and asked.

“Where did you go for lunch?”

“hmm? Didn’t I tell you? “Sanghyuk has class today.”

“Suddenly? “Are you not feeling well?”

“No, no, my sister came to Korea after a long time and came to meet me.”

“Sister?”

“okay. That friend’s older sister is a hunter from the International Association. “I heard that I came to the country because I had some business to do… Even Sanghyuk doesn’t know the details?”

“….”

I nodded at this quite interesting fact.

A hunter belonging to the International Association.

With average talent, it would be impossible.

My older sister is an international hunter and my younger brother is a cleaner….

Han Sang-hyuk That bastard must be worried about one thing or another.

“Actually, Sanghyuk’s only family is an older sister. So I told him to take a few days off and come back. “We’ll have to do it on our own for about a week.”

“…okay.”

M’s family matters are none of my business.

‘It’s a job with three people….’

I didn’t want to take the last train for a week.

“Let’s work quickly and rest a bit. Everyone check the equipment once…”

“Hello!”

It was then.

Team Leader Park was interrupted and someone’s voice rang out.

At the same time, a young man in a smart suit approached us from far away and bowed to us.

“…?”

Of course, none of us knew that man.

“Ah, this is Joongang Ilbo reporter Koo Sang-chan. Then please take care of me!”

“….”

Even though the man introduced himself, everyone seemed to have no idea what he was talking about.

A reporter. Why is the reporter here?

What does it mean to ask for everything?

“Eh? “Surely you didn’t hear from me?”

“…? “We haven’t heard anything.”

“Really?! We’re in big trouble. What should I do with this?…”

The man was genuinely confused and kept scratching his head.

“Oh, should I contact you again? It was really hard to get permission… How could something like this happen….”

Then he kept muttering to himself without even thinking about explaining.

In the end, I couldn’t help but ask first.

“So what on earth is your business? “What do you mean by permission?”

“Ah ah…! Actually, I made an appointment to cover the 3 cleaning teams starting today.”

“…yes?”

“The headquarters barely gave permission, so I thought it was natural to talk to you all…”

…coverage?

Us?