The Dungeon Cleaning Life of a Once Genius Hunter - Chapter 320
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A funeral home in Seoul.
Secretary-General Park In-beom’s funeral was held simply, as he usually requested.
The event was attended by WDSO employees, people from various fields, and even President Cho Hyun-min.
However, compared to the large number of mourners, the mortuary was set up in a very small place with no space for bowing.
It was at that time that the funeral proceedings, which lasted about an hour, were over and everyone was leaving the funeral home one by one after saying their goodbyes.
“Then… we’ll go first.”
“We are overloaded with work due to damage recovery and relief projects.”
“Ugh… I can’t even rest.”
Ah-young Lee, Seong-il Ha, and Director Yu-bin Han said that as soon as they left the ceremony hall.
“Yeah well… go in.”
“See you at headquarters then.”
When I spoke, Director Lee Ah-young gave me a quick greeting and went straight to the headquarters with the two people.
Well… their work is real from now on.
“…It’s a bit bland.”
And then.
Minjoo Kim, who was left alone with me, opened his mouth insinuatingly.
“What else?”
“I think it’s too small compared to the achievements I’ve made.”
She answered while looking at the ceremony hall.
Looking at his expression, he seemed to have quite complicated feelings.
“Is this your first time attending Hunter’s funeral?”
“It’s not that, but…”
“Then you don’t know. “It was originally like this.”
In the past, dozens of hunters died every month.
Since it was realistically difficult to hold a funeral for all of those people, from then on, all hunters signed a consent form in advance regarding their own funeral procedures.
Do it as simply as possible and as quickly as possible.
Well, in the first place, due to the nature of the job as a hunter, there were almost no cases where the body remained.
However, Kim Min-ju still seemed dissatisfied.
“Still, you are the one who created our country’s subjugation system, but you are treated the same as regular hunters…”
“I was lucky.”
“…yes?”
Minju Kim looked at me as if asking what I meant.
“President Park was able to survive because he was lucky, and thanks to his survival, he was able to create a system and association. In other words, other hunters just had bad luck.”
“What is that…”
“Do you think the other guys who were unlucky would not have been able to achieve that much if they had survived to the end?”
“….”
Kim Min-ju’s gaze was directed to the floor.
Of course, I know it’s not something to say after the funeral of the person involved, but…
This wasn’t my idea in the first place, it’s something Secretary-General Park In-beom has said several times during his lifetime.
He said that he only survived because he was lucky, and that if those who were unlucky had survived, they would have done more than he did.
That was why he asked that if he died, the funeral would be held with the same simple procedures as the others.
“If you treat the fact that you were lucky enough to survive as if it was a great achievement, you’ll get beaten up by the guys who got there first or something.”
“…?”
Then suddenly another voice intervened.
I turned around to see someone.
“Are you here?”
“…were you the director?”
It was none other than director Lee Du-sik.
“What about the other kids?”
“I went first. “I’m busy.”
“Well, now is the time to be really busy.”
He said the same thing as me and took out a cigarette.
“Did you smoke?”
“I hung up. “That guy is being so damn rude.”
“President Park?”
“He was my immediate senior.”
With those words, I lit a cigarette.
He soon took a deep sip and opened his mouth again.
“You lived a long time. “He probably lived the longest among the hunters.”
He said with a smile.
But it seemed like the intention was not like that at all.
No matter how mentally prepared you are, there is no way you wouldn’t mind losing a friend you’ve been with for decades.
I hesitated to answer for a moment and then moved on to another topic.
“Are you resigning from your position as director?”
“It’s hard for me now too. Now that all the big things are over, I’d like to go somewhere with a nice view and have a drink.”
Unusual answers and facial expressions.
Instead of offering trivial consolation, I deliberately said something even more mischievous.
“Are you trying to rest comfortably on your own, even though you handed over the responsibility of being the Secretary-General to me?”
“Hey man, are you and me the same? How much longer will I live? “You should get some rest in your old age!”
“I told you I didn’t have much time either.”
“Pretending to be expensive….”
Director Lee Doo-sik wanted to keep an eye on Kim Min-ju.
“So… what are you going to do from now on?”
I immediately brought up another story.
Since I knew his intention, I also answered without showing any signs of it.
“First, we need to proceed with the recovery project starting with the association that was attacked. “It’s probably impossible to subdue them right now, so let’s dispatch a support team as soon as possible.”
“There are more than a dozen, can you handle them all?”
“Hanbyeol Group promised support. Well… if we work hard, things will probably get back to normal in a year.”
“That’s a good thing.”
Director Lee Du-sik looked straight ahead and exhaled cigarette smoke.
I looked at him and continued.
“And… after normalization, we plan to reduce the subjugation industry step by step.”
“Shrinking…?”
“yes.”
I answered calmly.
“Shouldn’t we start preparing to go back 50 years?”
“…You are trying to destroy Eden.”
“Of course it’s not something I would do.”
I said that and looked at Minjoo Kim.
At the same time, she smiled awkwardly and nodded.
And that moment.
Ringing -.
“Oh, I’m sorry.”
Minju Kim’s cell phone rang.
She nodded and answered the phone.
“what’s the matter?”
“…In Jongno?”
“Okay, I’ll go now.”
After exchanging a few words, we immediately hung up.
“Something urgent comes up, so I think I should go first. “You two, please talk.”
“okay.”
“It’s a lot of hard work~. “Go quickly.”
Soon, Minju Kim ran somewhere.
As soon as she disappeared and was left alone with director Lee Du-sik.
“…How many hours are left?”
he asked right away.
“…about 8 hours left.”
“Can you organize everything in the meantime?”
“Well, since everyone is working hard on the restoration project, it will be enough.”
“No, not work.”
He looked at me and said with a very serious expression.
“You need to sort it out.”
“….”
I thought I knew what he meant, so I saved my answer.
As I was doing that, Director Lee Du-sik asked again.
“You’re not planning on not talking until the end, are you?”
“…I do not know.”
“These are the guys who have trusted you for four years. “At least I have to say goodbye.”
“….”
I looked into the distance.
When the story of the appointment of Secretary-General first came up, I told Director Lee Doo-sik everything that had happened so far.
Everything from the return karma time stone to Eden and going back again.
However, Director Lee Doo-sik gave me the position of Secretary-General even after hearing the whole story.
If you’re going to run away after starting something, it means you should at least finish it for the remaining time.
Of course, other guys who know about me will also have a vague idea that I’m going back.
But you might think not right now.
That’s why I still haven’t any idea how to say it.
That’s why I keep refraining from saying anything.
“done. “I guess you can take care of it.”
“…Yes.”
“No matter what happens, don’t leave any regrets.”
Still unusual answers and facial expressions.
Without realizing it, a chuckle escaped me.
And then.
“Junwoo!”
“Hey you bastard! “Shouldn’t we contact you when you return?!”
“Huh, what is your habit of speaking to our Secretary General?”
So-yeon Moon, Sang-hyuk Han, and Manager Geun-tae Park.
The three members of the cleaning team spotted me and came to me in a huff.
Director Lee Du-sik looked at them and me, then tapped me on the shoulder and quietly left.
“Are you feeling okay?”
“The Secretary-General… he got into trouble all over the place!”
“Ugh… I was able to attack you until I was the CEO, but now that I’m the Secretary-General, I don’t think I can do anything recklessly.”
Moon So-yeon is worried, Park Geun-tae is happy as if it were his own, and… Han Sang-hyuk is still a mess.
They were truly unchanging guys.
“Today is a little different… How about having a company dinner tomorrow? “I also called all the headquarters managers.”
At that time, Manager Park Geun-tae spoke in a quiet voice.
OK.
“I like it!”
“Of course I should! With Junwoo’s card, of course!”
Moon So-yeon and Han Sang-hyuk also immediately chimed in. And then he looks at me.
I looked at them one by one for a moment without answering.
Immediately with a smile.
“Well… I’ll go when the time comes.”
I made a promise I couldn’t keep.
***
WDSO Seoul Headquarters.
Office cleaning team 3.
After returning from the funeral, I stood in the middle of nowhere and looked around the office.
Desks littered with all kinds of documents.
Cleaning tools that are not properly organized and an unidentifiable musty smell.
Even at a glance, it is a space that is extremely messy.
Korea Ability Dimension Management Association.
Karma Corporation.
And even WDSO.
As I faced the place where we had been together for a total of four years, quite a strange feeling arose.
‘I’ve been busy…’
I started out as a janitor who had to deal with cleaning every day, and worked my way up to the head of the operation headquarters, the president of a private cleaning company, and the secretary-general of an international punitive organization.
In the meantime, all kinds of things happened, including raising the position of the cleaning team, reorganizing the headquarters, building overseas branches, and a takeover battle with the International Association.
If you add all these things together, it felt like I had spent 40 years here instead of 4 years.
That’s all over now.
The Lions Clubs International is gone, and Secretary-General Wesley must be cursing his own karma by now.
All bank items from around the world are stored by WDSO, and at the same time, even Eden is in our hands.
WDSO has become an organization that no one can touch.
Like the previous International Association.
So…
‘My role is over.’
As I muttered that, a smile escaped me without my knowledge.
I was lost in appreciation for a moment and picked up an old broom that was lying around.
That moment.
bang-!
“…!!”
My heart dropped to the floor at the sudden sound of the door.
“…Why are you so surprised?”
Eventually, I heard a voice and turned my head, my heart pounding.
And there.
“…Please open it gently. “I thought my liver was failing.”
Sure enough, Director Chloe was standing there.
“How did you know I was here?”
“Is there anywhere else for you to come other than here? “It seemed like he was alone and shaking, but it was a bit shocking to see that he was actually doing that.”
“….”
“It seemed like there wasn’t much time left.”
My eyes widened for a moment at those words.
what.
How does he know?
You’re making a very embarrassed expression.
“I took a picture and it looks like it was hit.”
She shrugged her shoulders.
“You didn’t tell anyone else, right?”
“Do I seem that friendly?”
“…I can believe it.”
At those words, she laughed as if she was shocked.
“So what do you have to do with the few people left?”
“Are you really planning on leaving without telling me before that?”
Director Chloe lightly ignored my question and said what she still wanted to say.
I took a moment to take a deep breath.
“I don’t have time to go to each person and talk to them. “It would be better to finish the work as much as possible during that time.”
“Who is it better for?”
“…yes?”
My eyebrows twitched.
Director Chloe sighed lightly and sat down in her chair.
“Well, honestly, it’s not something I would say, but… don’t you think that’s too selfish?”
“….”
“There must be a lot we haven’t said to each other yet, right? “So do you and those around you.”
Why do you suddenly say things that seem out of place?
Is it because you want to get hit?
“So are you here to persuade me? Instead of sitting here trembling, should I go and say goodbye to the people around me?”
“no.”
A firm answer.
I asked, furrowing my eyebrows.
“Then what on earth…”
“I just came to ask.”
“…What do you mean?”
Soon she got up from her seat and came closer to me.
And then.
“I wanted to ask you if you really plan to go back.”
“…what is that?”
“Honestly, isn’t it a waste? “I don’t know what you were doing in the future… or some other world, but honestly, I don’t think it would be any better than it is now.”
“Ha…”
You pretend to know everything, but you don’t understand at all.
“It’s not my choice to go back. I just follow.”
“You don’t understand what I mean.”
“…?”
She opened her mouth again.
“So what would you do if you could choose whether to go back or not?”
I frowned and refrained from answering.
But even for a moment.
“Wait, no way…”
Something crossed her mind, and at the same time, she raised the corners of her mouth.
And then.
“There is a way.”
He told me that.