Chapter 27 – Chapter 27
It’s a really shitty company, but I was able to adapt to it because there was senior An So-ra.
Our company is short-lived.
In particular, in the early days of joining the company, as soon as the training was completed, I had to enter a dungeon where I could barely get the minimum wage and die.
Risk pay? Life allowance? There was none of that.
The advantage is that I became a team leader in six months, but there was no way I could have known such a future in the early days of joining the company. Even now as the team leader, Park Bong-in has not changed.
In addition, Awakeners are as crazy as Awoken people, since I am the youngest, I take care of all the errands, and I thought about quitting dozens of times.
If I hadn’t gone on the second F-level dungeon expedition with An So-ra, I wouldn’t be in this company right now.
At the time, even though I was the youngest, my senior took care of cooking and washing dishes, and personally stopped the bullying of the awakened people.
It was literally on a different level from senior Kim Chan-il, who was with me in the first dungeon.
Of course, senior Ahn So-ra entered the company more than a year before senior Kim, but senior Ahn was just a good person in and of itself.
Because of that, I admired my seniors.
As a senior at work, not of the opposite sex.
Of course, the senior was an attractive woman, but I had a girlfriend that I was living with at the time.
But such a senior suddenly quits the company?
Of course, this case is no joke.
Many people died.
However, compared to other companies, our company suffered less damage.
3 Awoken and 1 courier worker.
I have no intention of belittling the lives of the victims, but compared to other companies, we were on the good side.
Why is the senior suddenly trying to quit the company?
Also, the company told me to stay in the hospital for a few days to stabilize my mind and body, but I refused and came to work today, Sunday.
Lim said to the senior.
“What’s wrong with Team Leader Ahn? This doesn’t happen for a day or two. Why suddenly… Rather, we suffered less damage than other companies. This is all thanks to Team Leader Ahn…”
“Sorry.”
If a senior quits, it is a big loss for the company.
It’s hard to raise an Awoken person, but it also takes time and money to develop someone who can do it right.
In particular, the senior has a history of successfully raising F-class Awakeners several times and sending them to D-class dungeons.
Oh, is this by any chance?
Come to think of it, from a senior’s point of view, this would not sound like a compliment.
When the Awakener grows up, it is normal for the manager to become a D-class dungeon manager and follow suit.
However, the senior remained in charge of F-class for two years.
Do you think the company is at fault?
Incentives come out when you go to a D-class dungeon, so from the point of view of our management team, it’s a little taste of life.
But is it really because of that?
If it were me, I would hit you right away.
“What is the reason? Let’s listen to that first.”
“I thought it was right to quit because of this accident.
Everyone in the office, including me, is listening.
Because of the partition, I won’t get caught by the manager, so I’m very openly eavesdropping.
It’s obvious when you see that the sound of tapping on the keyboard has completely disappeared.
“Hmm… Follow me for a moment. It’s hard to tell your true feelings here.”
Manager Lim and senior Ahn followed him out of the office.
Are you thinking of going to the cafe next door?
So, can’t we move it to a larger place with a proper conference room so that we can have a meeting at this time?
Our company wouldn’t have that much money…
Monday. The meeting with the new Awakeners scheduled for tomorrow will also be held by renting a venue.
I rented another company’s large meeting room downstairs for a day with some money.
In the morning, I have to brief in front of Vice-President Park and the team leaders of the top teams, and in the afternoon, I bring Kim I-sol and other new awakening people to the meeting again.
I haven’t finished editing the battle video yet, but the day I can rent a meeting room is set for tomorrow, so I’m crazy busy right now.
“Ha…”
Come to think of it, our company will suffer huge losses due to this accident.
The office will be the status quo for some time to come.
I don’t know if it’s good to keep working at a company like this… I don’t know if there is any hope.
After a while, the two of them returned to the office, but senior Ahn went to his seat to organize his luggage, as if he had not reversed his decision.
She was always unhappy with her expression and her complexion.
Straight away like this?
Acquisition handover?
Ah, has the Awoken died out so the need for that has disappeared?
No matter what, why so suddenly?
To ask why, I immediately sent a message to my senior.
Let’s have dinner together tonight.
I stopped talking about her drinking, considering the senior’s physical condition.
Actually, I thought I should give her a good rest instead of making a meal appointment, but I was so curious about why her senior quit, so I sent her a random message.
A long time later, a reply came from a senior who disappeared with only a handful of luggage.
It’s a little different today, but I’ll buy you a drink next time.
I was forced to wait for that day to come soon.
* * *
Even after the senior disappeared with her luggage, she had to continue working, and she was barely able to leave work at 7pm.
The sand garden where this accident occurred is a classified matter, so it is not immediately known what happened inside.
Even if I asked So-ra An or Mi-yeon Kim, who is still in the hospital, via text message, the answer came back saying that they could not tell me right now.
Apparently, the government has already contacted us.
In this case, there is usually a high probability that the awakened person had a major accident.
I remember hearing that certain companies or the Awoken community put pressure on the government to hide it.
Of course, there may be other cases.
It was because a higher-level monster suddenly appeared in the E-class dungeon, which was already known as it was already known.
I was stressed out with the Mars Gate incident all over my head, and I needed something to relieve it.
What is Yu Da-jung doing?
She currently has no contact with her at all.
I didn’t really want to fight my ego, but it was a little like contacting me first even though I wasn’t going to confess to dating.
To contact me to meet and have sex… I would be grateful if you did that first.
How nice it would be if you made sure to have a sex partner in the first place.
Just then, a phone call came to me.
I got off the subway because it was full of people, and when I tried to call again, it was a call from Isol Kim.
I’m tired to death. Can I hang this?
As I was thinking about it, the phone rang again.
I let out a deep sigh and pressed the call button.
I-Sol Kim yelled at me saying, “Why didn’t you answer the call all at once?
It’s not a question if you can go, it’s a declaration.
I laughed out loud when I saw Kim I-sol, who was still proud of herself even though she had lost her magic.
“Sorry, but not today.”
– Why?
“I’m a bit busy today. I have an appointment.
– So what am I to do?
“The next expedition hasn’t been decided yet. Until then, let’s take our time.”
– Don’t say it’s not your job! Do you know the heart of an awakened person who has suddenly lost his power?
This bitch still hasn’t come to her senses.
I was suddenly very annoyed.
I was blown away by the wind, and I shot at him with one word.
“You are that kind of person, do you know the feeling of a person who wanted to become an Awakened but couldn’t? Yes, you are right. I have never been an Awakened, so I don’t know how Kim Isol feels, claiming to have lost her power. . Bye then.”
– Now, wait a minute…
I hung up the phone without answering.
I feel relieved for nothing.
It’s true that I got a little angry, but I didn’t say everything emotionally.
The first reason is that you are tired of meeting Kim Isol today, and the other reason is to let people know that the world is not as easy as you think.
I hold her key
Kim Isol is in a position where she has to ask me for a favor.
Of course, I couldn’t change her attitude right now, but I felt the need to draw a clear line about who was above and who was below.
If she had the same attitude next time as now, it would be impossible for her to ever regain her magic power.
A call came straight from Kim Isol.
I didn’t answer and turned off the phone altogether.
We’ll see you at the meeting tomorrow anyway, but until then, cool your head and think hard about it.
I felt free from work for the first time in a while.
Today, I’m going to read a web novel that I haven’t been able to read because I’ve been busy recently, and I’m going to sleep well.
Tomorrow is Monday.
Also, because I have to take the hellish subway to work.
I stopped by a convenience store to buy something to eat, and when I arrived home, I simply ate a meal and lay down on the bed.
“Today is decided by you!”
I fell asleep while reading a novel on my smartphone.
It’s been a long time since I didn’t even use my lower leg, and I took a break like a true dog honey.
* * *
A week has already passed since the Mars Gate incident.
Our company has been busy without a break for the past week.
Still, the problem with the fatalities was resolved by paying compensation at the industry average, and insurance coverage for damage suffered by the carrier was well established.
The damage suffered by the company is great, but fortunately it is not to the point of ruin.
At least that was my comfort.
On the other hand, Team F was forced to reorganize.
It was only natural that Senior Ahn So-ra’s team, who had already quit, would go through the process of disbanding, and there were changes to Senior Kim Chan-il’s team and my team as well.
Due to the deaths of new Awakeners, our company and most companies have decided to take a more conservative approach to dungeon raids in the future.
In particular, many people said that newbies who had just graduated from the academy should delay heading to the E-class dungeon.
The Diamond Guild, one of the companies that suffered great damage this time, has so far skipped the F-class dungeon and put its rookies straight into the E-class dungeon.
Of course, it’s understandable because the elites of the academy are used there, but I heard that it was completely reexamined because of this accident.
When such a rumor spread on the Internet, some even sarcastically said that if foreign countries did like Korea, all the gates might flow backwards, saying that they were cowardly awakened people.
So, how did our team…
At the meeting last Monday, I highly praised the skills of the little ones on our team.
He boasted that he had excellent potential and could go directly to E-class.
After a series of incidents, the company’s high-ranking officials did not know whether to keep the F team, which is currently in the red, or to wait for a long time, or to disband it altogether, so there was no other way.
Well, the confidence in my ability was also the reason I made this statement.
Because I want to make money as quickly as possible.
Nevertheless, the company did not change its conservative stance.
Besides, the guys’ crappy battle video was impossible to wrap no matter how they were edited.
That’s how the company chose.
It was to roll the F team mainly in commuting dungeons and bring visible results.
It was said that if the Awakeners’ skills improved significantly, then they would send them on an expedition to the upper dungeon.
“Shit…”
Being told to commute to and from the dungeon is like asking to go on an expedition without the help of a carrier.
Enter the dungeon in the morning and have lunch with a boxed lunch.
And in the evening, sleeping with me is a course to sleep at a nearby motel.
In other words, from the company’s point of view, it is one of the hardcore ways to raise Awakeners while saving the astronomical amount paid to equipment carriers.
The downside of this expedition is manifold, one of which is the bathroom problem.
In particular, the backlash from Awakeners who wear all-in-one Class C suits is bound to be extreme.
It is even more difficult in the case of a mixed team of men and women.
In addition, there will be a lot of dissatisfaction from equipment manufacturers.
It won’t be a lot of money since you only rent suits and weapons.
Since they don’t have to go into the dungeon, they can safely make money, but it’s hard to make a big profit because it’s a rental, not a sale.
It’s not like there are millions of awakened people in Korea.
For this reason, most companies do not adopt this method.
It is a method used when an awakened person who does not belong to a separate company goes to a dungeon alone or with a small number of people, and it is not something a well-equipped company can do.
But do you do that?
That meant that the current company did not have the capacity to properly invest in newcomers, or the idea itself.
Maybe he wants the F-class Awakeners to walk out on their own feet.
Well, since I watched that battle video…
“Fuck. Do you really want to stop at this point?”
“What are you quitting?”
Lee Dong-geul, who was lying naked next to him, spoke to me with wide eyes.
It seems that you have heard my self-talk.
