Chapter 30 – Interest (1)
“Whoa-“
Shin Eun-seo sighed as she turned over the paperwork.
It would not have been difficult to guess the meaning of the sigh from the pile of papers piled up like a mountain at the head of the desk.
Still, she persevered and continued to flick her wrists to pay for the paperwork.
“It’ll be all over again today.”
It was because there were too many agendas submitted by each regional branch.
There are a total of four general Hunter branches.
Headed by the general hunter branch of the four directions, east, west, south, and north, the terminal branches in the city area under the umbrella posted regional reports and agendas to the general hunter branch in that direction.
Shin Eun-seo is the head of the West Hunter Branch.
According to the map of Korea, she was tasked with managing two districts, Chungcheongnam-do and Jeollabuk-do.
Even though she had two districts, there were not one or two cities in them, so she had to suffer from Shin Eun-seo once a month.
Normally, the deadline for receiving reports by region is one week.
However, Shin Eun-seo covered all of that period with her monthly report.
The deadline for receiving the report was not a problem because the branch manager had the authority to set it at will, but it was a difficult task to deal with the bombs piled up with reports and agendas for each region for at least 4 weeks.
“Kang Ha-rin…”
She must have been annoying herself, but the source of all her evil was, of course, Harin Kang.
Numerous petitions and inquiries come in every day.
It was not an ordinary thing for everyone to demand Kang Ha-rin’s punishment.
However, not covering Kang Ha-rin is something that could never happen in her nature.
In the end, her best choice was to entrust her hands and feet to Seong Ayeon.
Because the branch manager also has his own schedule.
If it is a schedule of high-ranking people, they would think of a pleasant leisure time, but it was not.
Regular visits to major areas where dangerous gates occur, and sufficient prior discussions with branch managers about issues that each area wants to be serious.
Even ten of her bodies were not enough.
And after completing the schedule to a certain extent, you can barely have your own time.
Even that was all about mobile games, but it was always like a ghost, and at that time, his assistant came in, so the ghost only wailed.
It’s like a situation where my mom comes in when I turn on the computer and say let’s play some games after I’ve finished my studies.
Sung Ah-yeon’s timing was always like that.
She looked disapproving, she didn’t know anything, and she was embarrassed when she reprimanded herself, but she still couldn’t swear in her face.
Inquiries and petitions were the most troublesome chunks of the branch manager.
For she had her own assistant doing her cover without an inch of error for that part.
” Under- “
Shin Eun-seo, who had shaken the wrist of his hand as he was signing autographs without rest, stared blankly at his ceiling, then turned his chair back and looked out his window.
Lots of cars and tall buildings.
And to many people who are busy going anywhere.
All of them were modern people who were busy living a purposeful life.
I turned my chair to look at the pile of documents again, and suddenly I remembered Kang Ha-rin again.
The little girl I saw in the BExcel project and now.
Where did that child go wrong?
If he found it sooner, wouldn’t that child have lived a normal life like modern people like that?
“This will also be karma…”
Shin Eun-seo smiled bitterly at the numerous piles of paperwork.
The branch manager’s schedule may also be a schedule, but she was actually the one who spent more time trying to cover Harin Kang.
Compensation for damages and provision of remedies could have been done by an employee at the lower end, but she couldn’t.
As a result, it was natural for him to always have things to do.
It’s only now that I’ve taken it there to subdue all Tritran under the pretext of punishing Kang Ha-rin, so I’ve been able to breathe a little more.
“Let’s shorten it even a little bit.”
Shin Eun-seo, who had stretched her body, smiled and began to focus on her work again, but soon after, she narrowed her eyes.
“Increased the frequency of the highest level monster gates in Gongju.”
Gongju was a region in Chungcheongnam-do, and it was included in the district under the jurisdiction of Shin Eun-seo.
And she let out a sigh as she brushed her hair.
“It’s quiet, but why do you scream again?”
Have you ever been sick in a quiet place?
This was a serious problem.
In the information shared by each general branch, there was already news that several top-level gates were randomly ramping up, but it was impossible to sit idly by as it appeared in their jurisdiction.
“I have to go once and then come back.
As she put the papers she had received into one of her drawers, she started playing with her hands again.
*
“I knew it would be like this…”
Shin Eun-seo, who was taking a short break, called Ha-rin Kang, but as expected, she only dialed and did not answer the phone.
“There’s a health checkup, and what I want to know is Mt. Taesan…”
Kang Ha-rin, whose eyes turned to her son’s safety, went out like that and no news of her was cut off.
Even if she left out the medical examination, she was worried about what would happen to the hunter named Yuna Yeon, who she had kidnapped.
If it was in Kang Harin’s hands, she would not have been satisfied even if she was brutally killed.
‘ Haa, the post-processing is also a headache… ‘
Worst or lesser evil, I had to make assumptions by looking at the probability of Yuna Yeon being dead.
If that happens, it is a self-evident fact that she will have to step in.
Besides, if it was an SS-class Hunter, the wavelength would have been quite large.
‘ ····. ‘
Without realizing it, she began to feel guilty again.
Wouldn’t she have become like watching a criminal if she went out on her own?
But her troubles didn’t go deeper.
I wondered what would be the use of such a thing in the yard where I had already claimed to be Kang Harin’s back.
I just thought that keeping her so that she could live a comfortable life even now would be a way to ease her guilt for her karma.
– Smart
“I’m going in, chief.”
“Yes, come in.”
A familiar tone of voice.
The voice was her own, her one and only disciple, Seong Ahn, who was her assistant.
“Do you have a lot of paperwork?”
“…That’s right, whoa-“
“So I shouldn’t have been playing like that normally and I should have been working.”
Shin Eun-seo laughed at Seong A-yeon’s reprimand.
Maybe because she knew that it wasn’t a bad word, because she seemed to have changed her mood a little at the usual nagging of her student.
” Why are you laughing? “
“Huh? No, I just feel good.”
“You know how strange it is? … I won’t say anything.”
“It’s not like that.”
“Yes, you’ll be fine.”
“By the way, what’s going on? It’s been quiet lately, but isn’t it a petition today?”
“No… That’s… That, Hunter… Is dead. He said he was also killed.”
At Seong Ah-yeon’s words, Shin Eun-seo swallowed her saliva.
In the end, it is said that she crossed the irreversible river without even being able to stop her.
That said, as she expected, she now had to sort this situation out on her own.
” . . . Name and signature.”
“SS-class hunter Yuna-yeon. It’s a long-distance magic type, and the cause of death is… I don’t know.”
” What? “
“····The entire building has turned to ashes, so there’s nothing to be salvaged… Besides, the force field is open, so you don’t know who is who.”
“If you pinned the force field, did you use a tool?”
“I have to say that, right…? There won’t be that many magicians who can open a station field… Ah, if it’s Kang A-seol, it’s possible. But… Kang A-seol wouldn’t be able to do that.”
Seo was shocked by Seong Ahn’s words, as if she had been hit in the head.
It was because a person she had been overlooking had appeared on the new culprit line.
“Any other characteristics?”
“The only thing that is certain is that something with tremendous destructive power was used. After opening the force field, only that building was blown up… Wouldn’t that level of destructive power be equivalent to a Boil Bomb?”
‘No, if it was Aseol, it would have been more than that… He is a child who thinks of the second child as terribly as Harin does… ‘
The case was complicated, but she rather had less of what she had to do.
Everything is burnt and the culprit cannot be identified.
In addition, if the force field was opened, there was a high probability that the case would remain unsolved.
The force field is advanced magic.
Even assuming that it was unlocked with equipment, the user’s mana would have already evaporated.
” ···· What about the bereaved family?”
“Uh, we’re going to pay compensation separately to the bereaved family, and the culprit… I have no choice but to say that I’ll do my best.”
“・・・Please handle it like that. Please.”
“Yes, then.”
After Seong Ah-yeon left, Shin Eun-seo smiled bitterly.
It’s still unclear, but given the circumstances, Kang Ha-rin couldn’t be the culprit.
Harin Kang would not have thought of burning the house itself.
Because she would only think of killing Yuna Yeon very slowly and painfully.
It was a predictable category because I knew her better than anyone else.
” Ha····. “
Worried about Kang Ha-rin, the gate outbreak, and Kang Ah-seol, who is suspected of being the culprit.
Around the time her head exploded, the phone rang, and Shin Eun-seo looked at the receiver and hesitated for a moment before answering the phone.
“What’s going on?”
– Oh, do you get it early today?
“…Tell me about your business.”
Shin Eun-seo, who had no intention of playing an unprofessional prank, replied coldly, and laughter flowed from the receiver as if she was having fun.
– This is embarrassing. Still, I’m acting as a shield. Are you still lacking in trust?
“…I’m grateful for that. But don’t you think it’s a bit ridiculous that you trust Harin for touching him?”
– I told you, I have no intention of experimenting with such an asshole, I don’t need any drugs or anything. It’s just that her genes are interesting.
“To me, that’s what it all looks like. It’s loud and talks about business.”
– ····Well, good. It’s an interest move, but to be sure, we need more genetic samples from her.
“····I gave it to you last time. Fingernails and hair.”
– No, I just have to go straight to Kang Ha-rin and meet her.
“Don’t even dream about it.”
– Hey, I have a limit to respect you too. You and I have been helping her so far, but don’t forget that it’s because we got along well with her ethics in her experimentation and for taking good care of her.
“You say you’re just helping out because you need a contact with nothing else? Why, don’t you like that?”
– You’re taking care of each other. Now, look, I’m different from those guys, if they’re talking about them, is there any consideration? No no Rather, I might have been cursing.
“Anyway, that request is not allowed.”
– If she keeps coming out like that, I have no choice but to meet her in person.
“Do you think I’ll stay still?”
– I don’t want to threaten you, but you keep making bad people… If I don’t become your defense right now, you’re the one who’s in trouble, right? She said it would take her toll on her too.
“Whatever you do. I will protect Harin until my life ends.”
– Really, who does that personality resemble? Ha- Among the people I knew, there was one colleague who was stubborn, and he was just like you.
“…My opinion has not changed.”
– It’s disgustingly disgusting.
A passionate middle-aged man’s voice continued to flow from the receiver, and Shin Eun-seo answered the man’s words not jokingly.
– Really… How could it not be…? Hopefully this opportunity will reveal the secrets of her genes.
“If you want to make money with it, quit it early. I will stop it at all costs.”
– Well, if I was crazy about money, I would have caught it like those bastards and already gave it a damn! Am I just interested in her genes?
” . . . “
– If you’re talking about our industry, it’s a research subject. That’s it. It wasn’t enough that I had precocious puberty at an early age, so I got pregnant, but I’m leading a normal life? You’re intrigued.
“So what?”
– I have no intention of making money or writing a dissertation. Now all I need is hair from other parts of her body that contain her genes and a blood sample.
” . . . What is the reason for this?”
– Haha- It’s frustrating. Did you say Aren’t people in the same science industry too hard to communicate? You know the joy of discovering something new.
“Yes, because new things always excite me.”
– Yes, that’s it!
“I understand, but I can’t.”
– Huh – It’s not easy to narrow the difference of opinion. Well, it doesn’t matter. Did you tell me earlier? Even if you keep blocking it like that, I’ll stop looking at it.
“I won’t let you go.”
– Your opinion is not important. Well, I think we’re done seeing each other, so I’ll hang up.
Shin Eun-seo bit her lip as if she was angry at the man who unilaterally hung up the phone.
Since he has the personality to do anything he says, there must have been a high probability of appearing in front of Kang Ha-rin.
“Kang Ha-rin… Hurry up and answer the phone… Ha-“
Whether she knew her burning inside or not, the only thing I could hear was her call on her cell phone.
