Chapter 306 – Anxiety (5)
The second quarter hunter qualification test took place over 3 nights and 4 days.
This test was generally passable.
It’s difficult because it’s a test to pick out the boulders, of course, but at least there wasn’t a ‘Darkness Maze’ that generated dropouts like last quarter.
Kim Do-jin’s members, who received a lot of attention from the start, survived well, recording excellent results.
Considering their skills, it’s natural.
But considering that this is a competition, it was great enough.
“Hey… , You did a good job organizing the team.”
“I know. That friend, Kim Do-jin, must not only have good skills, but also have good eyes.”
“Look at how he persevered despite such intense checks.”
“Skills are skills, but poison is more powerful. Kids like that live a long time even if they live as hunters.”
Evaluations of scouts watching through hundreds of monitors.
Kim Do-jin’s teammates, who drew attention even before the exam began, were truly public enemies.
Many people joined hands to drop them, and intervened in every case to keep them in check.
Heavy Overweight (衆寡不敵).
Even though it is possible to lose consciousness and be shaken by the checks of dozens or hundreds of opponents.
The team members used all kinds of moves and survived to the end to engrave their names at the top.
Thanks to that, the eyes of the scouts began to shine brightly.
“Um… , Not to mention Kim Dojin, they all don’t have guilds…”
Everyone, including their leader Kim Do-jin, is invincible without a guild they belong to.
That means that there is a possibility of recruiting Kim Do-jin, who is considered one of the world’s top prospects beyond Korea, and his selected teammates at once, as long as he coaxes them well.
“Yes, boss. The recruitment list has been sent. Why do you have the name Kim Do-jin? If we pick him, will all the prospects for this quarter follow suit?”
Even though the test wasn’t over, they were already calling the guild.
Although the last exam remains, their passing is almost a fait accompli.
In the midst of such a congestion, only one person was sitting and staring at the monitor in silence.
‘Hey, the brackets are fun.’
He was none other than Kim Do-jin.
When I secretly told the association that I wanted to see the performance of the team members, they even ordered me to put them in here in disguise.
Thanks to that, for 3 nights and 4 days, I checked how I passed the test.
What is Kim Do-jin’s evaluation table for them?
‘I picked one person well.’
It was satisfactory.
That’s why they showed their skills well.
Even in an emergency situation, he calmly sought numbers without being nervous, and led the flow based on this.
At this level, even in a dungeon, unless it was a tolerable crisis, he wouldn’t panic.
‘If only I grew up like this… , Uhm.’
While I was away, I also took a little look at their future.
I’m not sure unless I go to the future in a time machine and see them.
Assuming they don’t neglect training and proceed as they are now.
‘At least the top of the A class would be generous.’
The lowest price is the highest grade A.
That means that S rank is possible enough depending on how they spend their time.
Someone might snort.
There are only six S-class hunters in Korea now, so does it make sense that all team members under one person have the possibility of becoming S-class?
‘Well, there’s nothing that can’t be done.’
The world is evolving.
And the possibilities of hunters who grow up with this are also developing as generations go by.
It’s not enough to disparage the good hunters in the past as water rockets, but it’s true that they’ve improved.
Even among the upwardly leveled talents, the team members selected by Kim Do-jin were exceptional.
No, I was specially selected.
‘Did I pick it because it was pretty… ?’
I picked her because she was pretty, so maybe it was because of her talent.
I’m not sure, anyway.
Even among Korean university students who only select talented people, they are exceptional talents.
Rather, wouldn’t it be more strange if there was no possibility of becoming an S-class?
‘The most disturbing thing among them is…’
Kim Do-jin’s gaze goes to one of her monitors.
The 1:1 tournament, the final task of this quarter’s Hunter Qualification Test.
Shin Yoo-jung, who has arrived at the finals and is standing on the stage.
‘I’m a bit worried about him.’
Shin Yoo-jung is also exceptional compared to other students at Korea University.
However, among the team members of Kim Do-jin, who only have exceptional people, they are a little behind.
As a matter of fact, there was some affection involved in choosing her.
Of course, that doesn’t mean it’s going down too much, but… , I’m a little worried.
She gains greater enthusiasm when she sees people who are better off than herself.
Thus, she pushes and whips herself even more to use it as a platform for great growth.
It’s been a really good process so far.
‘The problem is that if I follow it incorrectly, only the crotch may be torn.’
She’s coming along just fine so far.
No, didn’t he even get ahead of him and make it to the finals of the tournament?
But she will come back one day.
There comes a moment when a gap arises between Shin Yoo-jung and her other teammates that no matter how hard they try, they cannot bridge it.
There are two things in the words of those who struggle to bridge the gap somehow.
‘The crotch is torn, or the wings are spread.’
Most of them are frustrated because their legs are torn all the way while trying to jump over somehow.
However, there are also a small number of those who fly in the sky by sprouting even wings that were not there from time to time.
So while Kim Do-jin was worried, she was curious.
What will happen to Shin Yoo-jung when that moment arrives?
Will it collapse
Or will she overcome even that and gain wings?
‘The first hurdle is right now.’
Shin Yoo-jung arrives at the finals, defeating her opponent with a wave of force.
The opponent blocking her path is the crystallization of her sparkling talent.
It was Son Seo-yeon.
* * *
Shin Yoo-jung reached the finals by destroying her opponent with an unstoppable force.
Among her opponents she defeated was Elena, a member of her team.
Recalling that time, she frowned and shook her head.
‘I won’t fight with him even if I die.’
Just thinking about it was fierce enough to make her shudder.
Because each other’s defense was so strong, we fought for an hour and a half.
Why did she win in the end?
Because Shin Yoo-jung’s attack power was slightly superior to Elena’s.
‘Recently selling only swordsmanship was helpful.’
And this was done with the recommendation of Kim Do-jin.
Shield skills aren’t bad even now, so sword skills should be at least comparable to them.
I won thanks to that.
‘A wonderful child.’
I feel like I want to run right away and give you a kiss.
But it is still too early to rejoice.
It’s because I met a bigger mountain now that I reached the finals by beating my rivals.
“Please take good care of me.”
Son Seo-yeon greets me with a plain tone and expression.
Looking at her like that, Shin Yoo-jung smiled bitterly at her.
“I expected a senior to come up, but…”
It was expected from the moment her name landed on the other side of the bracket.
A spot in her finals would be hers.
However, the momentum of her met on the arena is stronger than expected.
“You are more passionate than you look.”
It seems like her whole body will be burned by her blazing eyes and momentum.
I don’t think I was the kind of person who was this eager to begin with.
“Couldn’t Do-jin be doing it because of his wishes?”
She laughed even when she asked jokingly.
She doesn’t lack anything, and she can’t show that kind of enthusiasm because she only wants a man…
“That’s right.”
“… ?”
Shin Yoo-jung looks at her hand Seo-yeon with her blank eyes with her mouth wide open.
What.
Is it a dream
‘… No, it’s not a dream.’
The pressure of hundreds of pairs of eyes looking upwards at the arena.
And Seo-yeon’s presence, which is bigger than that, is blocking her escape from reality as the source.
Something unpleasant feeling.
Shin Yoo-jung, who crumpled her impression, asked.
“Senior, maybe… , Do you like Kim Do-jin?”
Hearing her question, Seoyeon stood firm for a moment, then shook her head.
“No.”
She likes it, but she doesn’t like it.
Rather, other emotions are greater.
Like respect, or awe, or something like that.
“Is it so? I again…”
Shin Yoo-jung is relieved by her answer.
But why is there such a thing?
You have to listen to the end to learn Korean.
She was like that now.
“Not yet.”
Shin Yoo-jung’s heart sinks at the words spoken a little later.
She asked in a puzzled tone.
“Therefore… , Not now… , Maybe you will like it later?”
“Exactly.”
That was exactly what Son Seo-yeon meant.
You don’t know what the world is going to be like.
Of course, if I didn’t feel any emotions from him, even the future would have been closed.
‘I don’t know.’
Because the emotions I’m feeling towards him right now are the most positive ones.
Plus, he looks a lot like my dad.
And from a young age, she lived with the words in her mouth that she would marry her father when she grew up.
I wonder if the ideal type of that time has been carried over and has an influence… , Something only she knows.
“Ah.”
On the other hand, Shin Yoo-jung, who heard Son Seo-yeon’s answer, looked up at the sky at her with a wrinkled expression.
It flickers in the eyes.
The fat figure of Kim Do-jin in the past.
It wasn’t because of his appearance that I hated him.
I just hated the indolent and lazy personality of not doing anything while confined to the corner of the room.
If you have the same personality as you do now, I think you could passionately love her then.
‘Should I gain weight again?’
She was seriously thinking.
