Chapter 258 – How Is Our Crystal?
Most of the comments were from men who were envious of me, but sometimes women posted comments like ‘I’m a fan’ or ‘You look really good with Kim Rua’.
And the effect of the interview was immediately evident.
[You have captured the quest ‘Training as if it were a real battle!’]
[As a reward, I got 20 EXP for special skills and skills.]
This message popped up before I even checked this week’s Power Rankings for ‘SG-Team’.
I got a call from Kim Eana.
– It’s Sungkyu! Saw? We’re number 24!
“24th place?”
I was dumbfounded.
I thought it was a big deal to be in the top 100, but 24th place.
It definitely didn’t even make the top 200 until last week.
“Really?”
– Yes! After the interview video is uploaded, the tally is like this for a few days, so I think it will probably go up next week!
I felt like my head hurt.
I had worked so hard in my previous life in the guild, but my guild’s highest ranking was 14th.
But to think that it was ranked 24th after just two weeks of making the party.
According to Eana Kim, if the interview video was exposed properly for a week, the ranking would have been higher.
It might have been possible to enter the top 10.
‘It’s funny.’
Hunters work hard to raise their name value.
But in reality, the power rankings were no different from the popularity rankings.
After all, if a hunter who already had a reputation created a party, or if a celebrity or sports player awakened and created a party, it was often recorded at a high rank from the beginning.
‘Not bad.’
It was good to get attention in any way.
I also thought it wouldn’t take long to form a guild if I continued like this.
Actually, our party is doing well.
It’s just that they lacked experience, but if you look at the individual members of the party, they were better than most guild members.
‘Then…’
With the experience points I gained, I raised the level of my special ability ‘Magic’ and ‘Summoning’.
The two became level 2 side by side.
‘I’ll be busy for the time being.’
In my previous life, I didn’t get much attention from people, and I didn’t want it.
Because the final grade was only B, he was only one of many hunters.
But this life was definitely different.
I thought about what it would be like to live the most glamorous life of a hunter.
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“What’s this?”
Kim Seo-yul clicked her tongue while watching a YouTube video.
She went to study in the US right after graduating from her high school, and she returned to Korea for summer vacation.
After spending about a month in Korea, she planned to return to the United States.
Then, when she saw her trending YouTube video, she frowned.
She used to watch Korean YouTube videos in the US, but the trending videos were often tallied around that country.
“Choi Seong-gyu?”
When she was in high school, she dated Choi Seong-gyu.
He was the most handsome boy in the school and the other girls admired him, so it was natural for him to connect with the school’s queen.
It was also around graduation, but the relationship was sorted out.
Anyway, Choi Seong-gyu and himself had different paths.
Her family was different, and her potential as a hunter was different.
She was the one who had decided in her heart that she would only date him until high school.
Even after he went to America, he often thought of him, but he still regarded him as an unimportant man in his life.
“Fuck, is this…”
All she noticed was the woman sitting with him.
It was an interview video of a new party called ‘SG-Team’ that emerged as a video that was rapidly gaining popularity.
The people sitting in the same party were all women except Choi Seong-gyu.
One of them caught Kim Seo-yul’s eyes.
“Park Eun-ha…?”
Her height and ferocity made her instantly recognizable the first time I saw her.
A woman who had a crush on Choi Seong-gyu.
When she found out, she called him out and lynched him.
‘No…’
It was not a one-sided lynching, though Park Eun-ha fiercely rebelled against it.
Then Choi Seong-gyu appeared and the atmosphere became hazy.
At that time, he remembered Choi Seong-gyu yelling at him and covering Eun-ha Park.
‘These, by any chance…’
Looking at the interview video alone, the relationship between Choi Seong-gyu and Park Eun-ha did not seem special.
There were so many unique and pretty women that even Park Eun-ha, despite being quite a beauty, did not go unnoticed.
‘Originally, he was popular with women.’
Kim Seo-yul felt her heart tickle.
Once again her possessiveness returned.
She met quite a few men in America, but she always thought she was lacking something.
The same goes for any man she meets.
They all looked like horny little kids.
Of all the men she’d ever met, if she were asked to choose one truly manly man, she could only pick one.
Sungkyu Choi…
I think I know why I sometimes thought of him, whom I only considered as an accessory from my high school days.
He was a man too good to be abandoned.
Seeing him sitting among the other women made me jealous.
Kim Seo-yul did her research.
How has Choi Seong-kyu been?
He vaguely thought he would be going to college and living a normal, humble life.
‘Gaon…?’
That was written on his profile registered on the Hunter site.
If his memory is correct, there was no reason for Choi Seong-gyu to enter the best academy in Korea.
He had a good physique and was sincere, but in the world of hunters, his rank and ability were the best.
In fact, there was nothing else to say other than that.
‘Why…?’
Other surprising details about Choi Seong-gyu were revealed one after another.
An advertisement with a mixed-race female model named Rua Kim.
Rumor has it that he was the one who provided the recipe for ‘Potion-R’ to the GP.
Moreover, the recently formed party is growing in popularity…
‘What the heck is this…’
Kim Seo-yul chewed his nails carefully.
A message came from his friend asking him to go to a club, but he didn’t see anything like that.
Originally obsessive personality.
What she considered her own was the one she never yielded to.
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“This is really great.”
Julia said in a tone with a foreign accent.
“I didn’t expect such a simple recipe to create such a great item.”
She came to Korea after hearing about GP from Soo-Jung Choi.
Since she had a very busy schedule, it had only been a week since she had come as soon as possible.
She received the product from Italy, and the effect had already been verified on her own.
“This item alone is well worth the investment.”
She said she was a beautiful woman who outwardly looked only in her early 30s, although in reality she was in her early 40s.
There was a notion that Italian women care more about fashion, and she saw Julia as saying that was true.
Even while busy, there was no mess in the clothes and makeup.
It seemed more professional that way.
“Our crystal~ is also my treasure. As soon as I came to Korea, I found a great company!”
Julia hugged Choi Soo-jung, who was sitting next to her, and she kissed her on the cheek.
For some reason, I thought that would be the case, but Julia gave the impression that she cared for Choi Soo-jeong very much.
Wasn’t it because of Soo-jeong Choi that she learned Korean?
Considering that she was close to Choi Soo-jung’s mother, it seems that this is not the only reason.
“Ummm~ You are Choi Seong-gyu.”
He spoke to me in an ambiguous tone, either flat or respectful.
“Yes, I have heard a lot. Thank you for your investment.”
“I heard that our Crystal awakened thanks to you.”
“No. I saw the potential to awaken, so I only gave a little help. Little did I do.”
“No~ I’ve never seen a Hunter with that ability. You said the magician made the medicine, is that correct?”
“Yes.”
“Is that drug versatile?”
I thought I knew why Julia was asking this.
I thought I came to Korea to invest in GP and to see Soo-Jung Choi, but there were other things I wanted to check.
“No, it can only be used in special cases. The conditions that can be applied are very demanding.”
“Um~ I’m sorry about that.”
If there was an item that could turn ordinary people into hunters, it would have been a hit.
Unlike the ‘recovery potion’, calling it must be worth it.
However, in order to awaken, I had to first check if I had the potential to do so with my scout ability.
Only after that does Han Yeon-ju’s medicine take effect.
It was a condition that could never be commercialized.
Julia smiled and held out her face.
“How is it? Do you see the potential to become a Hunter too?”
“No.”
“Oh, I didn’t even look closely! Ho-ho-ho!”
Although she was seen as a scout, Julia had a 3 percent chance of awakening as a Hunter.
It wasn’t 0 percent, but the odds of not being able to say she could be a Hunter.
As if she wasn’t expecting much, Julia laughed heartily.
“How is our crystal? Are you the best girlfriend?”
Choi Ju-ri, who was sitting in one place at the sudden question, looked at me.
My relationship with Rua Kim was something she saw right through, but she didn’t seem to have guessed this.
