Chapter 380 – Clue (7)
The next day after the entrance exam.
Out of about 200 people, the only two people who got a passing grade from me appeared in the club room.
That too early in the morning.
“Hello, seniors!”
“Hello.”
“…”
Why does it seem like there is no middle ground for these people?
I’m sure they told me to come to the East today…
“You guys came really early.”
I didn’t mean to come out this early.
Yoon Si-hoo, the man who bowed down to greet her despite feeling burdened, smiled cheerfully and answered.
“I came as early as I came late yesterday!”
“Aha…”
I get it.
You are a very passionate friend.
With that one word, I could roughly understand his personality.
Jin Ha-rin, who was standing quietly next to him, poked Yoon Si-hoo’s side with her elbow.
“Even if you train in moderation…”
“Haha, sorry.”
After scolding her childhood friend, she immediately lowers her head to me with an apologetic expression.
“I’m sorry, senior. Because he really wanted to pass, he devoted himself to training even on the day of the exam…”
The reason for being late is also extremely passionate.
“What… “It’s not too late, so you don’t have to be sorry.”
Rather, I was grateful that he came to me even though it was late.
If they hadn’t given up and showed up, the atmosphere in the auditorium would have been several times worse than yesterday amid the unprecedented announcement that there were 0 successful applicants.
“First of all, the reason I called you here is to give you a few instructions.”
“Yes!”
“Yes.”
Umm.
As I watch two people showing the difference in temperature, I feel like I am looking at living fire and ice.
“You probably already knew about it and took the test, but the test you took yesterday was just a test to join a club, but in reality it was no different from a test to join a guild.”
“Yeah, I know!”
“Me too.”
I’m glad you know.
He takes out two documents prepared in advance for the two people and holds them out in front of each of them.
“It’s a contract. Read slowly and carefully, and ask questions if you don’t understand anything. “Once all your questions have been answered and you fully understand, let’s sign then.”
This is a contract written with reference to industry standards.
Down payment of 50 million won.
The annual salary is frozen at 50 million won until passing the hunter qualification exam.
Afterwards, salary is increased according to hunter grade and profits are distributed according to contribution to dungeon raiding.
As they used their status as college students to pick up talent that had fallen on the ground, the contract did not include any toxic clauses or content that could hurt each other’s feelings.
In fact, even if it is not necessary, it is unconditionally advantageous in the long run not to include toxic clauses.
The Hunter Guild is ultimately about people.
If you are treated poorly, dissatisfaction is bound to build up, and the only end to such accumulated dissatisfaction is a breakup.
Two people sitting close together on the club room sofa, looking at each other’s contracts.
To be precise, Jin Ha-rin is the one who truly understands her content, and Yoon Si-hoo completely trusts and leaves it to her.
“… “The theory is probably weak.”
Although he doesn’t know practical skills, he seems to be of the same class as Shin Yu-jeong, who is weak in theory.
Jin Ha-rin, who had been carefully reading the contract for quite a long time, raises her hand.
“I… “I have a question.”
“What?”
“I heard that you often go on dungeon raids to get a feel for real-world combat.”
“Yes.”
“Then… “Are we also going to be involved in dungeon raids?”
Hmm.
It is not easy to read emotions due to the tense and tense facial expression.
What was the intention behind asking such a question?
Is it because you don’t want to participate in dungeon raids?
“What… , I was going to focus on training during the vacation and focus on dungeon raiding starting next year, but if you think it’s too early, you don’t have to participate…”
When I started talking to leave room for the fact that I didn’t have to participate in the dungeon raid right away, Jin Ha-rin quickly shook her head.
“Oh, no. “I will participate in the strategy.”
“… Okay.”
I guess my thoughts were the opposite.
It seems that the reason for that question was because I wanted to start conquering the dungeon as soon as possible.
After resolving her curiosity, Jin Ha-rin and Yoon Si-hoo wrote down their names on the contract.
“I signed it, sir!”
“Here you go.”
After receiving the contract and checking to see if it was filled out properly, I noticed something odd.
“Hmm… , The address written by two people on the contract is the same. Did I write it wrong? Or not…”
I couldn’t bear to ask if they were living together, so I trailed off, and Yoon Si-hoo and Jin Ha-rin shook their heads at the same time.
“Well, that’s not it!”
“It’s true that Sihu and I live together, but… , It’s not the feeling you were thinking of.”
“You’re right! Not only do I and Harin live together, but my parents also live together… , I mean, uh… “What should I say?”
“Calm down.”
Looking at the reactions of two people with a clear temperature difference, it doesn’t seem like they are living together.
Considering that Yoon Si-hoo’s parents live together… , Is Jin Ha-rin living at Yoon Si-hoo’s house?
She speaks to Yoon Si-hoo, who is still thinking about her words, telling him to calm down.
“I know roughly how it feels, so you don’t have to say any more.”
“Ah… , Yes.”
When Jin Ha-rin and her eyes meet for a moment, he gently bows his head and expresses his gratitude.
“… Thank you, senior.”
They seem to be grateful that they understand the difficult situation and turn a blind eye to it.
After handing out the two contracts, one each, I finally gave a welcome greeting to the two new guild members.
“Congratulations on becoming a member of the Twilight Guild.”
“Thank you!”
“Thank you.”
At this time, both of them were showing their unfiltered joy with smiles without any difference in temperature.
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After completing the contract with the two people in the morning, I trained briefly until the afternoon and then headed back.
A familiar face walks towards me from the opposite hallway.
Toggak Toggak
Professor Baek Hyun-ah showed off her body again today in a tight two-piece suit with high heels.
“Oh my, seeing you somewhere like this?”
Exaggerated emotions can be felt in the way they say hello as if they are happy to see you.
“Hello professor. “I guess class is over?”
“Yes. “I just finished work and am on my way home from work.”
She speaks with a slight accent on the word ‘get off work.’
I get a feeling.
The time she had promised had finally arrived.
Ask her to make her a little more sure.
“Are you leaving work early today?”
“Yes that’s right. “I decided to meet a ‘friend’ after a long time.”
“Aha… , I see.”
This made it clear.
“Have a good time with your friends.”
“Yes, Thanks.”
After a conversation that doesn’t seem to be the least bit strange, they pass each other by.
The night seems to be quite long today.
* * *
Baekhyun leaves the school gate in his car as the sun is setting.
As she checks behind her in the rear-view mirror, she realizes.
A familiar car that I had seen several times was following behind me.
“…”
Turning her gaze to the front, she pretends not to have seen it and heads to the address she had been instructed to address in advance.
Cars slowly moving away from the center of Seoul.
After driving for a little over an hour, we arrived at a huge logistics warehouse located in Gyeonggi-do.
A remote area where all you can see are nameless mountains and fields overgrown with weeds.
Park the car nearby, get out, and enter through the gap in the door that is open enough for one person to enter.
As soon as you walk in, you feel the acrid smell of dust and the unpleasant smell that comes through it.
A voice comes from under the dark shadows.
“Welcome, Professor Baek.”
Baekhyun-ah shivers at the familiar voice.
The owner of the voice was the man who ordered Kim Do-jin’s elimination.
“Team leader, why are you here…”
From beyond the thick darkness, a man and a team leader appear with a very light smile.
“Why? “It’s not that I can’t come, right?”
“That’s right.”
He came closer to her and continued speaking.
“Originally, I was going to add a few people… , I suddenly became curious.”
What led him here was none other than curiosity.
Kim Do-jin.
What is the potential of this person who is considered a global prospect beyond Korea?
If it’s too bad to kill, wouldn’t it be okay to forcibly keep them in the organization?
“What… “But that’s only if it meets my standards.”
While he was coloring his surroundings with an infinitely light atmosphere.
Kugu Palace… !
Kim Do-jin enters, loudly opening a door as large as the size of a logistics warehouse.
He closes his nose and closes his eyes at the mixture of various smells centered around the smell of dust.
Two men and women standing side by side in the dark.
Among them, the man raises one corner of her mouth and opens the conversation.
“It’s finally here.”
“…”
He spoke as if he knew it was coming.
With that one word, Kim Do-jin quickly finished grasping the situation.
“It’s a trap.”
Then her man nods his head with a satisfied expression.
“It’s good that you make quick decisions.”
“…”
Instead of the man walking forward, Baek Hyun-ah stands behind her and gives her an expressionless gaze, and Kim Do-jin makes eye contact with her.
“In the end, that’s what you chose.”
My appetite is bitter.
At least I hoped she wouldn’t betray me.
Baekhyunah, who read her disappointed expression from him, frowned and opened her mouth.
“It would be foolish to jump on board a sinking ship.”
“It’s a sinking ship…”
It seems she only saw herself that way to her.
“Then there is nothing we can do.”
Kim Do-jin, who has shaken off the lingering regrets that have lingered on her body, looks at the team leader with a sharper gaze.
“So you’re the only one who came to catch me?”
“No way.”
The team leader shook his head with a cheerful expression in response to his question.
As if he had prepared something, he stretched his hand towards the right, and the door of the huge container there slowly opened, making an unpleasant sound.
Meeeeek-!
Kim Do-jin, who checked the inside of the wide open container, frowned without realizing it.
“… “Are they your subordinates?”
The thing that was full of people there was none other than people.
Swords, axes, spears, bows, staffs, etc.
These people are each holding various weapons and holding each other’s bodies tightly.
A sigh escapes me.
“No matter how subordinate you are, being treated like that is a bit… , Huh?”
While trying to point out the unfair treatment of his subordinates, he belatedly felt puzzled.
‘I feel lifeless.’
The people who were so close to each other that they couldn’t even complain about the narrow space could not feel the vital signs that a human being should feel.
Heartbeat, breathing, presence, etc.
He realized this as he watched the steps moving out one by one from the front.
That they were all corpses with no need to breathe or even a beating heart.
The foul smell hidden in the acrid smell of dust was the rotten smell that emanated from them.
Kim Do-jin, frowning, turns his gaze to the team leader.
“You… , It’s a corpse?”
