chapter 5
5
Perhaps the association was waiting for Seong-hyeon to come, and as soon as he arrived nearby, a guide appeared at the entrance and was waiting.
“Are you Mr. Kim Seong-hyun?”
A pretty cold-looking female guide greeted Seong-hyeon, who answered with a nod of his head.
“Yes, I am Kim Seong-hyun.”
“You are waiting. Follow me.”
The guide led Seong-hyeon to a fairly secret space.
It’s as if the current conversation shouldn’t be counted out.
“I came with Kim Seong-hyun.”
A pretty gentle voice came from within.
“Oh, please come in.”
Soon, the guide opened the door, and Seong-hyeon bowed her head slightly to thank the guide and entered the slightly dimly lit room.
“Mr. Kim Seong-hyun?”
“yes.”
“Sit down for now. We have quite a lot to talk about.”
Seong-hyeon sat in front of the man, and the man handed the car to Seong-hyeon and said that he was in a car.
“It’s a car that makes you feel comfortable.”
“Oh, thank you.”
“Let me introduce myself first. He is the vice president of the association. Just call me Vice President.”
At the word of the vice president, Sunghyun put down the teacup he was holding to drink again.
‘Hey, is this the vice president of the association?’
One of the people who defeated the beasts on the front lines when the gate overflowed long ago.
Numerous civilians and hunters died, and even the best hunters at the time died, and he was also one of the few top-level hunters who survived such a situation.
Considering that he was a person who came through such a hellish period, the vice president of the association, who had a slightly finite impression, spoke carefully first.
“I heard the story. He has healing powers…”
Sung-hyun looked closely into the eyes of the vice president.
It was a little dark, so I couldn’t see completely, but at first glance there seemed to be no greed.
“Yes, that’s right.”
“…her…”
The vice president couldn’t believe it until now, so he couldn’t keep talking and took a sip of tea.
“I’m not going to ask you to show me. The reason you came to the association today is probably because of the equipment?”
“Yeah, you know… my abilities have quite a side effect.”
“…”
The vice president recalled the report he had received.
I was surprised enough to get up from my seat at the first report that it had healing power, but I sat back down quietly because of the side effects written below.
“The equipment you want the most is probably one of the two. Equipment that eliminates side effects, or equipment that eliminates pain.”
“you’re right. Do you have any equipment that can be supported?”
“Unfortunately…”
The vice president knew in advance what kind of equipment Seong-hyeon would require.
So, I brought both equipment to this place, but it was not in a normal state at a glance.
“The equipment that eliminates the side effects was partially lost during the previous flooding, and all that is left is this incomplete equipment. There is a device that eliminates pain, but I don’t know how it will work because Kim’s pain is not an external factor but a side effect of her ability.”
The vice president of the association handed the two equipment he had brought in front of Seonghyeon.
As if you could have both.
“Can I take both?”
“It’s a device that prevents nociception, it’s not a very precious thing, and it’s a device that prevents side effects, so few people use it anymore.”
Seonghyeon looked at the hand of the vice president of the association handing over the equipment.
The flesh visible through the sleeves of the suit was completely distorted as if it had been burned.
‘…The vice president was also an ability with side effects.’
“thank you. But may I ask why the vice president came out in person?”
Originally, the vice president would not have appeared in such a simple matter of receiving equipment support.
There was a separate person in charge of equipment, and I should have met the person in charge.
“Actually, the equipment is not that important. The academy’s representative offered to talk to me…but wouldn’t it be better to talk to me? You have a choice.”
The vice president of the association, who was lucky enough to get into the main topic, took out a document from his chest and handed it to Seong-hyeon.
“this…”
“As you can see, it’s a simple indicator of the status of countries around the world. Can you see the location of Korea there?”
“…Yes.”
South Korea ranked 20th.
Considering that Moon was in second place when it was first created, it was a situation that could be considered a complete fall.
“If we want to raise the status of the Republic of Korea right now, we need to reveal Kim Seong-hyun’s abilities on a large scale.”
When the vice president of the association said that he would make a big public announcement, Sung-hyun wrinkled his brow and asked.
“The safety of me and my family. Are you sure?”
A tone that can sound quite aggressive.
However, the vice president also understood the cause of the tone, so he explained the situation step by step.
“Common sense, when these precious and rare abilities are manifested, it makes sense to hide them.”
“Then why do you want to disclose it?”
In response to Sung-hyun’s question, the vice president held out the documents he had prepared in advance in front of him.
“This…”
They are not famous now, but hunters who will make a name for themselves in the future.
The names of famous hunters that Seong-hyeon had seen before returning were written on it.
Regardless of nationality or age. along with what abilities you have.
“This is a list of Hunters who have re-expressed their abilities in each country.”
“…”
A large number of countries such as the United States, Russia, China, the United Kingdom, and Japan were at the top of the ranking.
“If the times were a little earlier, it would be correct not to disclose it. But now it is different.”
The eyes of the vice president looking at Seong-hyeon were full of concern and sincerity.
“The hunters listed here are all hunters that have not yet been released by each country.”
“Is there such a thing as a spy?”
“Let’s say it’s similar. In a word, even if you don’t disclose it, it doesn’t change what everyone knows.”
“Is there any better reason to disclose it?”
If it could be delayed even for a moment, wouldn’t that be the right thing to do?
“You have to take full advantage of your ability here.”
“which…”
“Isn’t it healing? An ability that did not exist in this world, and is still unmatched. It’s just that it’s not enough to just talk up and down from the hunters’ mouths.”
Quite simply, it was to wage a public opinion war against the whole world.
“The current ability has side effects, and it is still possible to heal only small wounds, but just having the ability to heal is already of considerable value. So, I’m going to take advantage of this.”
“More details please.”
“Korea’s status ranking is 20th, and it is in the process of falling from here, so my pride is a little off, but it’s obvious what other countries think of Korea. In other words, those countries will come out in such a way that they will leave Korea ‘for now’.”
I understood which way.
Of course, I don’t know if it will go on literally.
“In extreme cases, you could reach out to your family to use your powers, or threaten your safety. So, we plan to open up to the media on a large scale even the side effects of Hunter-sama.”
“I will increase the value of the ability itself, but lower the value of its use. Are you saying this?”
“You saw it right. For them, Hunter-sama will not be perceived as a threat to their safety, but as an existence that can coexist with each other.”
Certainly, if the vice president’s words were followed, there would be no better way than that.
The restrictions on using Seong-hyun’s abilities will be greatly reduced, and it will be possible to achieve rapid growth as it is reduced.
“To be honest, I have a hard time trusting the Vice President.”
“I fully understand.”
“However, I believe in the status of the Republic of Korea and the sincerity of playing at the forefront of the front line.”
“…”
To be honest, there was no other way for Seong-hyeon.
As long as the application for re-expression has been completed, other countries must already know the list, and in the end, it has already been exposed, so the vice president’s method was the best.
However, there was a big difference between accepting it that way and accepting it as Seonghyun’s remarks now.
Remarks that make it feel as if the association owes Sung-hyun.
“thank you. Sometimes the past helps.”
“no.”
“Thank you for your valuable time. They will be waiting outside for guidance.”
When I left the room after greeting him lightly, the guide who had guided him earlier was waiting for him.
“Are you going to the warehouse?”
“Oh, yes.”
“Follow me.”
Still with a cold attitude, Sung-hyun headed to the association’s warehouse.
“You can take as many as you want. then.”
The huge door opened, and when I went inside, countless pieces of equipment were spread out in front of my eyes.
If I wanted to, I wanted to take everything here, but I shook my head because I knew better than anyone that I was overexerting.
“Today I have to go on a subjugation of the beasts, so I’ll just have to get some decent swords.”
I was trying to find a suitable sword like that, but a light was coming out from the depths.
“what?”
There was an ominous white light that was hard to see, and Seonghyeon approached the light as if possessed by something.
“ring…?”
A light was emanating from an unknown ring.
As if to take your own.
“Let’s take it at once.”
Seonghyeon put the ring in her pocket and left the room with a suitable sword.
“…Is that all you got?”
“Oh, yes. Any problem…?”
“no.”
The guide was looking at Seonghyeon with a look of surprise.
As a result of the investigation, it was a person who was far from affluent, and most of those people were greedy when given the opportunity like now, but Seonghyeon came out with only one sword.
“Oh, and there’s also a ring.”
“A ring?”
The guide, who tilted his head slightly at the word ring, immediately checked the ring coming out of Seong-hyeon’s pocket.
“These two are all.”
“Oh, yes. Okay. I’ll take care of it, so you can go back.”
Seonghyeon bowed her head slightly to the guide and left the association.
“Did you have a ring…?”
The guide remembered the shimmering ring in front of him.
It could have been that he couldn’t remember because it looked just like a normal ring.
“Yeah, maybe I don’t remember everything.”
The guide headed straight to the person in charge, as it was necessary to deliver the contents to the person in charge.
The person in charge’s room was so full of equipment that it was difficult to see ahead.
The person in charge who was assessing the capabilities of the equipment noticed that the guide had arrived and said without even looking at him.
“Oh, you can leave it there.”
At the words of the person in charge, the guide put the equipment removal report on the table and went outside.
“Let’s see…what happened today…”
The person in charge who picked up the report scratched his head after checking the contents.
“ring? Wouldn’t there be a ring?”
No matter how much he thought about it, there was no ring in his head.
It was the same when I checked it on my computer.
In that case, there were no other cases other than the guide’s mistake, so the person in charge didn’t think much of it.
“He makes mistakes. So, are all the swords taken out?”
The person in charge registered only one sword on the export list today and finished writing it.
Seonghyeon looked at the sword, which was quite heavy, but held comfortably in his hand.
“I don’t think today’s subjugation will be bad.”
There was no intention of going very deep anyway, and there was no real injury if you weren’t vigilant because the door was low enough to be opened to low-level hunters.
“Anyway, it ended sooner than I thought.”
I thought it would take a few more hours, but after lunch time, I finished all the work that had to be done in the association.
“But what the hell is this ring…?”
I was curious about the use of this ring.
I was expecting something different to happen if I put it on myself, but again, just by wearing it, nothing else happened.
“Looking at the light, I think it has to do with my abilities…”
The light I saw in the association’s equipment warehouse a while ago was a light that anyone could see as sacred.
It was only a small amount, but it made me feel more sacred because of it.
“Well… someday you’ll find out.”
Originally, he was going to get an appraisal from the person in charge of the association, but when he showed the ring, it was Seong-hyeon, who escaped immediately in case the guide’s unusual reaction occurred.
“It’s been a long time since subjugation… Let’s get our senses back with weak beasts.”
It might not be over in one day.
Then, there was not much time as the academy was only a few days away.