Chapter 39: GwanJae 1  

“Supervisor, I know that you were worried about your job at that time and I hope that that doesn’t happen again. You should see applicant eleven, I don’t know why but he’s too strong. His eyes looked like he had seen and experienced death. His grades are far from everyone else, he even came first among the physical strength test applicants.”

“We had to lower the risks of accidents and that’s why we’re considering the lowest of options. We have our position to consider and we can’t let ourselves be put in a terrible situation. If we start another game then even I would have nothing to say to my superiors.”

His face turned blue in fright as he looked at the supervisor before raising his voice.

“Please check his evaluation score too, I’m sure you won’t find any faults in his grades or scores. I don’t care whoever you had to bribe, I wouldn’t just let a talented person pass by due to my personal greed. I might even complain this to the main bosses! Do you understand?”

He never had the guts to speak up during these past years but now, he kept his gaze at his supervisor as if he didn’t care about what could happen. He expected that his supervisor would turn red and threaten him but he just tilted his head. It was normal for him to behave that way but instead of being angry, he was shaking as if he was nervous.

After a brief moment of silence, he turned his back and spoke with an eerie tone.

“Hm... I didn’t know it was such a funny story.”

The tension grew further as fear had started to mix with the air between them. The supervisor then understood the problem they were facing. He turned around and he spoke with a calm serious voice.

“This is something that the boss might misunderstand...”

He heard him mention his boss and he returned his gaze as if he was looking at a pile of rotten meat. Both of them exchanged a look with cold eyes.

“It looks like I have nothing more to tell you.”

“...Oh...”

He went back to his chair until someone pushed the door and walked inside his office.

The supervisor greeted the two rivals that entered but he saw the other one first. He was wearing a cool modernized hanbok and he had a gray hair. His outfit was simple but he looked like a strong-minded person with energy overflowing through his body.

“Ahem...”

The moment that they got to look at his face, they can’t believe who just stood in from of their eyes. They met a living legend, a one hunter that belonged in the Republic of korea that some might even consider a myth.

The boss.

His dense energy had overtaken the atmosphere around the office. There were hundreds of hunters a long time ago but even if you would combine all of their capabilities, they would still not come close to what he could do. There were seven kinds of them, all of them were admired as they are feared.

He was called a legend and a God. He later then became the head supervisor of the Republic of Korea Hunter office and his name was Hwang JeongMin.

“How do we tell the boss...”

The supervisor’s mind went blank. It wasn’t long before he got it together, he realized that his reason for coming here was no longer important.

It felt like there was a launch button in front of him. He knew that that button would release a missile but then that normal missile was suddenly replaced by a nuclear bomb. The boss’s presence alone was scarier than its destructive blast.

‘What should I do...’

He wanted help to fix his current situation and the man that stood before him had the ability to do so. His gestures seemed that there might be a chance of replacement of low leveled employees in their company.

He held his breath before his spoke with his shaking voice.

“Follow me.”

“Yes!... Okay.”

He cheered up as soon as he heard him speak. The supervisor’s thoughts had stopped after that one world, he knew that he had to behave and follow him.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes!”

***

“What should I say... Where should I start to avoid making a mistake?”

He bent down and looked at the tile pattern on the floor as he thought of something that his supervisor had mentioned. He was issued at the position in the Daegu branch and he had been there for over twenty years. During that time, he improved his strength and got stronger.

He adequately begged, accommodated, trampled and bribe-offered to get to this point.

He remembered about what happened on the second-floor observatory. This matter could no longer be ignored since the VIP’s self-control was requested. He help that person accountable and and dropped him. That accident had resulted into a drastic change.

The Korean Republic Hunter Secretariat’s head senior and official boss had held onto many secrets. One had to be seen and achieve a high score to even be able to get a glimpse of it but the problem was they didn’t know that they should achieve.

There were seven types of hunters that were forgotten and they thought that they could handle them with ease. It was supposed to be perfect but he acted as if they had no control over him. He racked his brain until one of his employees came. They arrived here about four hours earlier and they were also the ones who hurried towards the noise coming from the accident.

They tried their best that all of that went to waste. A bigger problem even appeared, the company was failing and they were desperate for help.

“Do I have any responsibilities here?”

“Uh...Ah, yes! Huh... The hunter training department needs the head supervisor. We would appreciate it if he paid this messy place a visit. Our head supervisor Hwang JeongMin.”

“Hm... I didn’t know you knew this place so well. Good... Take the lead.”

“Me? Okay! Where should we start...”

“I want to see what’s downstairs. Why haven’t we done that?”

“No!”

There was no way that he could refuse his orders so he introduced him and commanded others without really thinking. The problem had then turned out worse.

“Uh... It’s not done yet!”

He hesitated about getting off of his chair. He walked over to the side as if he had no interest with the gathering to begin with. Everything was pretty much hidden before they revealed something to him.

“I can do it. This... However this situation goes...”

He staggered to the window and opened it. The moment that his boss turned his back, he began to talk whisper.

“Quietly step back. From now on, track down all the people you’ve contacted.”

“Jonmyeong!”

He bowed and at moment where he tried to get a glimpse of his boss, he suddenly disappeared like a mirage.

“I didn’t know when the trash got cleaned up.”

Those words felt cold as it brushed up his spine. With everything that he said, he figured out that the Yeongnam Station’s Hunter association would get themselves into a huge storm. However the old guy just looked towards Jonmyeong without the slightest care.

“Well then, should we go meet that fun guy?”

He sat on the corner of the stadium with a gloom look in his face.

-Someone’s coming towards you!

Jaehwang opened his eyes as soon as heard the spirit’s whisper. He could already sense that that person was powerful since he had that sensation before but the only difference was that he felt like he’s got some work to do.

Jaehwang and the old guy locked each other in their eyes. They hugged and that’s when he figured out that he was strong. His strength couldn’t be compared to the ones he had met before, his foot even had more strength compared to the combined power of everyone that he met.

-There aren’t many people like him in this world today.

The spirit said in a serious voice and even she was surprised. She did her best at helping Jaehwang for these past two years and she did improve her abilities.She had reached her limit and got back to her original strength once again. It took quite some time but she knew that she was now stronger compared to before, but that confidence was then shattered by presence of that old man.

It crossed through her mind. If this person turned out to be bad she wouldn’t be too sure if she could protect Jaehwang. Nevertheless, losing all of what she had recovered all this time would be worth it compared to prize and the person that they would get rid off.

-Don’t worry.

Jaehwang said to the spirit.

-I’ll protect you.

-...

The spirit didn’t say anything. The old man stood in place so he got up from his sit and bowed with respect. Jaehwang maintained his eye-contact until the old man spoke for the first time.

“What is your name?”

“My name is Jaehwang.”

“What a great name.”

If anyone saw this scene then they would think that it was just a typical talk between a grandpa and his young boy. The old man then left and brought him along to his companions that already stopped the practical skills test.

They were showing off their magic skills in combat until the timer had stopped. They were left standing around, not knowing of what they are supposed to do after that. The combatants just stared at each other but it wasn’t long before they started chatting without the slightest care in the world.

“I didn’t know using a stick weapon would be so fun.”

He then smiled.

GwanJae 1, The end.