The Dungeon Cleaning Life of a Once Genius Hunter - Chapter 348
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349. Side Story After Episode 6
In front of Geumgwang Capital’s office.
“Whoa…”
Association President Lee Ah-young stood in front of him and took a deep breath.
“They say you’re unusually nervous.”
Then, Planning Director Han Yu-bin, who accompanied her, opened his mouth as if the sight was quite unfamiliar.
“It’s different from the old days. “How burdensome it is to meet people as the president of an association.”
“If you’re not confident, you can hand over that position to me.”
“If we pass it on, wouldn’t Minju be better than Yubin?”
“….”
Han Yu-bin closed her mouth as if speechless.
Minju Kim, who was listening to the conversation, also scratched her nose in embarrassment and looked the other way.
“Anyway… let’s go in.”
Soon, Association President Lee Ah-young opened the door, and Kim Min-ju and Han Yu-bin followed behind and entered the office.
At the same time.
“What?!”
“Lee Ah-young, president of the association?”
“Next to me is Director Kim Min-ju…”
“Even Han Yu-bin… Are you saying you’re going to overthrow everything if you can?”
I could hear the men in the office whispering.
It must be quite an embarrassing situation for them.
It’s not that it wasn’t, because it was unplanned that the top officials of the Korean association belonging to WDSO came all at once.
“…are you here?”
The man sitting at the end of the office with his back turned opened his mouth.
The moment he slowly turned his chair to face Association President Lee Ah-young, she could not hide her embarrassment.
‘Is that person…?’
The man who previously stepped in for the cleaning team when there was an argument.
The person who boasted about his daughter without even asking.
‘That man was the leader of the Black Light Sect…?’
I was momentarily taken aback by the unexpected reunion.
“Long time no see. Mr. Choi Jang-seok.”
Association President Lee Ah-young hurriedly adjusted her expression and calmly greeted me.
“It’s nice to see you again. “I don’t know if you were surprised.”
“I didn’t expect anything, but… it doesn’t really matter.”
“Then I’m glad. “Anyway, the name is very cold.”
“Consider it a blessing just to be given an honorific title.”
Association President Lee Ah-young smiled and sat across from him.
The two stared at each other for a moment without saying anything.
“But… why did the president of the association come?”
Soon, Choi Jang-seok opened his mouth first.
“I definitely called the Secretary General.”
“Choi Jang-seok.”
Lee Ah-young’s eyes sparkled.
“Know your topic.”
“….”
“There is no reason or justification for the Secretary General to move directly to meet a local gangster.”
“Uh huh…”
“Hey. “He’s a gangster, that’s a bit annoying…!”
“Stay still.”
As soon as his subordinates intervened, Choi Jang-seok’s sharp gaze turned to them.
The subordinates immediately lowered their heads.
Once the situation was resolved, Choi Jang-seok spoke again.
“I don’t think my words were conveyed well… Didn’t I clearly say I would talk to Secretary General Kim Jun-woo?”
“That’s why I came instead. “If you tell me, I will convey it to you.”
“…no. “That’s not it.”
Choi Jang-seok looked at Lee A-young with his hands folded.
“Rather than delivering it, wouldn’t it be right for them to call Kim Jun-woo right now?”
“…ha.”
Association President Lee Ah-young sighed and shook his head.
“Why do you think we bothered to meet Choi Jang-seok?”
“what?”
“We are giving you a chance now. Choi Jang-seok’s last chance to make an excuse. Of course, we decide the method.”
Association President Lee A-young’s voice gained strength.
“No matter what Mr. Choi Jang-seok says here, we will definitely hold him accountable. Of course, depending on what you mean, it will depend on whether the younger brothers who have surrendered now will end up with probation or be sentenced to prison.”
“….”
“So it would be better for everyone if you talked to me here.”
He soon gave a final warning. Choi Jang-seok lowered his head and began to think.
But even for a moment.
“no.”
He came to exactly the same conclusion.
“I will talk to Kim Jun-woo. “If they can’t help me, there’s no reason for me to open my mouth anymore.”
“…All right.”
When the conversation ended, Association President Lee Ah-young stood up as if there was nothing more to see.
And then, without any regrets, I turned my back and opened the office door.
“congratulations.”
Association President Lee A-young turned his head slightly and said something meaningful to Choi Jang-seok.
“…what?”
He asked back, but Association President Lee Ah-young ignored him and left the office.
At the same time.
“…!”
“…!”
The eyes of those in the office, including Choi Jang-seok, widened.
Lee Ah-young, the president of the association, and a man who took turns entering the headquarters as they left the office.
“Long time no see.”
“….”
“….”
The man Choi Jang-seok wanted to meet for so long.
The Secretary General of WDSO and the one person who will listen to his wishes.
Kim Jun-woo appeared.
***
As soon as I entered the office, I sat down facing Choi Jang-seok.
Soon his men brought me coffee and I picked it up.
“…Why did you send the association president first? “It will come eventually.”
He opened his mouth.
“I had to check something.”
“check?”
“I was wondering how important the story was that it took four months to write about it.”
I said, slowly turning the paper cup.
“If they had accepted the association president’s proposal, I would have gone back as was. “If this was a story that would proceed even if you didn’t call me, it wouldn’t be worth listening to in the first place.”
“….”
“so.”
I leaned back and glared at him.
“What is it?”
I asked, trying hard to swallow my emotions.
“What on earth are you talking about, beating up our employees who have nothing to do with us like dogs?”
“….”
He suddenly lowered his head towards me for a moment, waiting for an answer.
“First of all… I sincerely apologize for what I did. “It was a desperate situation, so there was nothing I could do.”
“Choi Jang-seok.”
I tried to suppress my laughter and looked straight into his eyes.
“I didn’t come here to get an apology like that, so stop being such a bitch and get to the point.”
“….”
“If you don’t have anything to say, I’ll just go back now….”
“Bank item.”
At that moment, Choi Jang-seok said an unexpected word.
“I need a bank item.”
“…I beg your pardon?”
“Can you give me permission to use bank items just once?”
“….”
My eyebrows twitched greatly.
I just looked at him with my mouth shut for a moment, wondering what he was talking about.
Soon, past events flashed through my mind.
“No way… are you the one who came to me a few days ago asking for permission to use bank items?”
“I see.”
“Ha…”
In the end, I couldn’t hold it back and burst into laughter.
The troublemaker who came to the headquarters a few days ago and made a fuss, demanding to be allowed to use bank items… I never would have guessed that it was this person.
‘You bother me to no end.’
With that thought in mind, I slowly opened my mouth.
“Choi Jang-seok’s bank items are items that we store with extreme care. This is not an item that can be given permission just because you want to use it. “You haven’t forgotten what happened just a year ago, right?”
“…I know.”
“So you’re saying you did it even though you knew you shouldn’t?
” “Wouldn’t that mean it’s that desperate?”
I frowned at his answer.
“In fact, we have received requests to use bank items several times before Choi Jang-seok. Of course, they were all rejected. Well, the reasons for needing bank items were all different, but…”
I continued, looking straight into his eyes.
“Would those people have given up because they weren’t desperate?”
“….”
Choi Jang-seok exhaled loudly.
A very complex expression.
I could see my two folded hands shaking slightly.
Of course, that reaction had nothing to do with me.
“Then I believe you understand…”
“I have a daughter.”
At that time, Choi Jang-seok said something quite unexpected.
“…Yes, I know. “Because you said it last time.”
Let me answer hesitantly.
“I need it for that child.”
“….”
“There are no parents who can beat their children. As a father, shouldn’t you do whatever you can?”
Choi Jang-seok finally revealed his true feelings.
‘Haa…’
I knew right away what he wanted to say.
“I’m sure… your daughter said she would apply for the operations team soon.”
“I hoped so.”
“You said you also have this ability.”
“…okay.”
I sighed deeply.
It was like that too.
Well, there is only one reason why bank items are needed in this situation in the first place.
“It looks like your daughter is unranked.”
“Unranked?”
“I have this ability and would like to join the operations team, but isn’t my rank insufficient to qualify for application? So, they are probably trying to use Lee Neung-seok to raise their rank.”
“….”
“There were many people like that. Well, I don’t intend to criticize it on its own. “Isn’t it too contradictory to assault an ordinary person, especially a member of the association’s cleaning team, just to become a hunter?”
I continued speaking while leaning my upper body forward.
“I’m sorry, but that alone has already disqualified you from applying. “WDSO does not hire people who do not understand the organization and its members.”
“….”
Choi Jang-seok waits for a moment to answer.
“My daughter was diagnosed with B rank at the age of 21.”
“…yes?”
“The potential of the unique skill was A-rank, and the acquired skills were also sufficient to be a hunter.”
An unexpected and embarrassing story.
I looked at him with a puzzled expression.
Then Choi Jang-seok’s eyes turned to the small picture frame on the desk.
“The future… my daughter doesn’t need Lee Neung-seok.”
A young woman smiling brightly while wearing a graduation cap.
Choi Jang-seok looked at the photo he took with her and spoke slowly.
“It was about a year ago.”
***
As I left the office, three people approached me as if they had been waiting for me.
“It took longer than I thought.”
“What were you talking about?”
“Well, at least it’s a trivial story.”
“….”
I saved the answer for a moment.
“First of all…”
he said in a heavy voice towards them.
“Kim Min-joo and Han Yu-bin, please return to headquarters.”
“yes yes?”
“No, you’re telling me to call you like this and go right in?!”
I nodded instead of answering.
And then he immediately shifted his gaze towards Lee Yi-young.
“Association President Lee Ah-young… do you have a moment?”
“yes?”
“I have somewhere to go.”
“….”
As if she had noticed that the title had changed, she also answered with a very serious expression.
“all right.”
“Then let’s leave right away. “It’s not that far away.”
“Previously… “Can I ask where you are going?”
I answered her question with my back turned.
“hospital.”
“yes?”
“I’m going to Kiseok University Hospital.”
I just answered and left the building first.
After that, we didn’t say anything during the car ride.
Of course, it wasn’t that I had nothing to say.
Because she had an expression full of something she wanted to ask right now.
That’s how we arrived at Kiseok University Hospital.
When I entered a hospital room, I saw a young woman sleeping there with all kinds of devices attached to her.
Lee Ah-young quietly looked around the hospital room as if she still didn’t understand why she came here.
I looked at the skinny woman who was nothing but bones and asked cautiously.
“Who is this person…?”
“Choi Mirae. “This is Choi Jang-seok’s daughter.”
“…uh?”
Lee Ah-young’s eyes were round.
She probably never thought that Choi Jang-seok’s daughter would be in such serious condition.
“They asked for permission to use bank items.”
“That man?”
“huh.”
“Now wait a minute! Could it be that the person who kept coming to see you a few days ago…?”
“that’s right. He said it was him. My daughter really needs it….”
“What is that….”
“Well, at first, I thought you were asking me to borrow Lee Neung-seok to raise your rank since you said you were applying to the operation team….” “….
” ”
Everyone’s eyes turned to the woman at those words.
And before long, Lee Ah-young cautiously opened her mouth.
“I understand how you feel, but. “This is not a problem we can solve. As you know, there is no bank item that saves people.”
“no.”
I answered while looking at the woman.
“That’s not what Choi Jang-seok wanted.”