The Wise Cleaning Life Of A Returning Genius Hunter [EN]: Chapter 234

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“W-What are you saying?! War…!”

“Calm down.”

Han Yoobin widened her eyes and asked, but I immediately stopped her.

From the start, would I have come here to actually kneel? Absolutely not.

No, if that were the case, why would I have brought her?

“So, what Representative Kim is saying is…”

Then, Secretary-General Wesley, who had been staring at me, slowly opened his mouth.

“You’re saying that the Karma Corporation is going to wage war against the International Association?”

“Of course not. If you grant my request, that won’t happen.”

“Do you even know who you’re saying such things to?”

“I’m saying it to Secretary-General Wesley.”

“Ha… hahaha!”

He burst into laughter.

His eyes flashed.

“Are you trying to play games with me?”

“I told you.”

I smiled, meeting his gaze, and continued.

“I’m serious.”

Perhaps my sincerity was conveyed, as Secretary-General Wesley said in a heavy voice.

“If you’re serious… you must be prepared for the consequences, right?”

And the moment he said those words.

As if they had been informed of the situation, soldiers and Hunters immediately rushed in and surrounded us.

Among them was Representative Emma from PB Corporation.

I glanced around at them.

“Is this all you’ve got?”

“……What?”

“You know best, don’t you? This isn’t enough to stop me.”

“…….”

“Stop playing around and mobilize all your forces. Or what… are you giving military training to the Hunters who failed?”

As I openly provoked him, Secretary-General Wesley’s face gradually hardened.

“Mr. Kim. I think there’s some misunderstanding…”

But that was only for a moment, as he calmly opened his mouth.

“They’re not here to stop Kim.”

“……?”

“They’re here in case I go berserk.”

And at that moment.

[Unique Skill: Genesis]

The surrounding space began to warp and swirl.

A skill that controls space…? A mage class…?

No, this is….

‘Shit, could it be…!’

The same as me, a Transcendent Class.

You sly bastard.

Hiding such power so well.

“……Do we really have to fight?”

“It seems we do.”

Han Yoobin nodded slightly at my words.

[Unique Skill: High Panic Berserker]

[Unique Skill: Demon King]

Kwagwagwagwang—!!

The crimson aura that burst out mixed together.

“To think we’d reunite like this. You never cease to amaze me, Mr. Kim.”

“The same goes for me. I thought you were just someone who hid behind the scenes pushing papers, but to think you were an ability user. How did you live with such power hidden?”

“Thanks to you, I’ll get to stretch my muscles today. But before that… let me ask you one thing.”

“Anything.”

“Why are you being so extreme?”

He asked with a smile.

“No matter how I look at it, this isn’t like you. There’s no benefit for you to wage war against us in this situation, is there?”

“Of course not. Rather, I’ll be blamed by the international community for causing trouble and venting my anger on the wrong people.”

“Furthermore, we are the International Association. You know what it means to launch a preemptive strike against an international organization, right?”

I nodded.

“I don’t think I gave you a proper answer the last time you asked, so let me tell you exactly in this place.”

I slowly opened my mouth.

“Yes, as you said, Secretary-General, I am someone who came to the past through the Time Stone [a powerful artifact].”

“…….”

“I plan to return to where I was once I achieve my goal. But our Secretary-General keeps interfering with my work.”

I stared straight at Secretary-General Wesley and continued.

“I was someone who had nothing to lose from the beginning. Everything I achieve will be meaningless when I return to the future anyway. Criticism from the international community? Blame from the citizens? Do you think I’ve only experienced that once or twice? I can endure that a hundred times over.”

However…….

“Even so, I can’t just ignore the trash that blocks my path.”

“…….”

“You were preparing for this anyway, weren’t you? Just think of it as coming a little earlier.”

“You’re really going to wage war.”

“What’s stopping me?”

“Are you confident?”

“That’s what I want to ask.”

[Unique Skill: Demon King – Awakening]

[Awakening skill has been activated.]

[From this moment, the caster transcends the existing class.]

[Awakened Class: Absolute Monarch]

Kugugugugung—!!

“International Hunter Association, Secretary-General Wesley.”

The dark aura swirled and mixed in the space.

“Are you confident you can stop me?”

Secretary-General Wesley and I simply glared at each other without a word.

***

Seoul Central District Customs Office.

A national institution that processes customs clearance for all import and export cargo.

“C-Customs Director…!”

An employee rushed into the office of Customs Director Ji Bowon, the person in charge there.

“Karma Corporation keeps calling! It seems like we need to process it quickly, but is it still under review?”

“…….”

Despite the employee’s urgent question, Customs Director Ji Bowon kept his mouth shut.

Then, he glanced at the few documents placed in front of him.

“Reject them all.”

“Y-Yes?!”

“Didn’t you hear me? I said reject them all.”

“B-But…!”

The employee continued with a very embarrassed expression.

“If we reject the export of Hunter weapons, we won’t be able to support the subjugation [monster suppression operations]…!”

Nevertheless, Customs Director Ji Bowon kept his mouth tightly shut.

The documents in front of him were applications to send hundreds of Hunter weapons overseas.

He had received these documents every time there was an overseas dispatch, and he had always granted permission without a moment’s hesitation.

But for some reason, this time he rejected them all.

Rejecting the export of Hunter weapons was no different from preventing the dispatch.

The employee asked again with an incomprehensible expression.

“Why are you suddenly doing this! You know that each country’s association is in chaos due to a shortage of manpower! If we reject this now, we’ll miss the opportunity!”

“…….”

“Customs Director…!”

“Are we the association?”

Then, Customs Director Ji Bowon, who had been silent all along, finally opened his mouth.

“It’s all Karma’s fault, why should we cater to them?”

“W-What do you mean….”

The employee widened his eyes and asked back at the completely unexpected answer.

“This isn’t just a matter between businesses, it’s a matter of the lives of citizens around the world…!”

“Hey, you bastard. We’re civil servants. Not UNICEF! [United Nations Children’s Fund, a humanitarian organization]”

Customs Director Ji Bowon cut off his words and shouted.

“We’ve been sending them all without any restrictions until now. Like with the US and Hong Kong. What happened each time?”

“……?”

“During the US incident, they directly confronted the International Association, and during the Hong Kong incident, they destroyed an entire city. Every time Karma sends a dispatch, they always cause a big accident, how long are we going to turn a blind eye to this?”

Customs Director Ji Bowon got up from his seat and continued.

“I could understand if they were just causing accidents. Every time they go out, they touch the nerves of the International Association or other countries, and they become targets every time. Karma may not care, but the country loses every time. So much so that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Strategy and Finance are constantly nagging us.”

“…….”

“Besides, this time the dispatch scale is the largest ever. If we just send them, something will definitely happen.”

He turned his back and looked out the window.

“Then what should we say to Karma….”

“Do we have to do our work while being mindful of that? They can figure it out. Anyway, we can’t send them this time, so keep that in mind.”

“…….”

The employee couldn’t dare to say anything more.

He knew that it was impossible to persuade him because he was such a stubborn person.

But apart from being stubborn, he was at least a sensible person.

That’s why he couldn’t understand his choice even more.

Wouldn’t it be a greater national loss if he blocked the dispatch here?

All sorts of criticisms would pour out for being late in the initial response.

It seemed much more difficult to handle that than to clean up the accident….

‘Sigh, I don’t know.’

But he only thought about it in his mind, and the employee didn’t even think about saying anything more and turned his back.

Yes, what power does a mere employee have to push forward?

He just had to think that’s how it is. That’s good for his mental health.

As he gave up and grabbed the doorknob and turned it.

Bang—!

Suddenly the door burst open.

“Hello?”

“Are you Customs Director Ji Bowon?”

Unidentified men who rushed in with an explosion.

Thanks to that, the employee was thrown backwards, and Customs Director Ji Bowon was startled and jumped up from his seat.

“W-What…? W-Who are you!”

“Why are you curious about that?”

“Are you kidding me…! Where do you think this is…!”

Kwajik—!

The moment he opened his mouth, the men who had suddenly broken in slammed their fists on the desk instead of greeting him.

Customs Director Ji Bowon gritted his teeth as he looked at the desk that had been split in two.

“W-What the hell is this…! This is obstruction of official duties! What are the guards doing!”

“Hey.”

Then, the men approached Customs Director Ji Bowon with fierce expressions.

“A public official shouldn’t do that.”

“W-What…?”

“How much did you get from the International Association to pull this kind of trick?”

“……!!”

Customs Director Ji Bowon’s pupils widened greatly at the men’s words.

“W-What nonsense are you talking about…!”

As he denied in a trembling voice, the men smirked.

Then, they took out their cell phones and made a call somewhere.

“Yes, Team Leader. I think we caught him.”

“So, what should we do?”

“……I understand.”

They hung up the phone and turned to the employee who had fallen backwards a little while ago and opened their mouths.

“Hey, you over there.”

“Y-Yes…?”

“Get lost. If you don’t want to die.”

“Y-Yes!”

The employee nodded frantically and immediately ran out of the office.

And at the same time.

Click—.

The men locked the door tightly.

“Listen carefully, Customs Director Ji Bowon.”

Soon, the men put on the gloves they had prepared and slowly opened their mouths.

“We’re working legally, you know?”

“W-What…?”

“So… it means it’s legal for us to beat the shit out of the Customs Director here right now.”

“Legal? What nonsense…! Who sent you! Who instigated you…!”

“The President.”

His face stiffened.

“The President of the Republic of Korea sent us.”

“…….”

“Choose wisely. Whether you tell the truth here and walk out on two feet, or tell the truth with difficulty and crawl out like a dog.”

“W-What are you talking about! I-I don’t know anything…!”

Ttuk—.

The moment his leg broke, a scream that tore through the ears echoed throughout the office.

The men smiled with their mouths torn at the sight.