The Wise Cleaning Life Of A Returning Genius Hunter [EN]: Chapter 261

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“So…”

The man sitting across the negotiation table from Branch Manager Sean opened his mouth with a rather perplexed expression.

“You’re saying you want to receive investment using the Herb as collateral?”

“Yes.”

Branch Manager Sean replied immediately, as if there was nothing to think about.

Hermes, a distribution company in Vietnam.

Not quite a leading conglomerate, but a company that has achieved steady growth for quite some time.

Branch Manager Sean, upon meeting its CEO, immediately got to the point.

He didn’t have the leeway to beat around the bush.

In fact, considering the amount of money needed right now, it would have been better to deal with a reliable large corporation or a foreign company.

However, to keep it from reaching the ears of the headquarters, a smaller company was safer anyway.

Of course, even so, it had to be trustworthy and have a solid position to invest a large sum.

Hermes was a pretty good fit for those conditions.

“May I ask why? If you’re using the Herb as collateral, it seems like a pretty serious situation… Has a problem occurred internally? Or externally…?”

The man sitting across from Branch Manager Sean, Hermes CEO Long, asked cautiously.

The Association generally doesn’t reveal problems well.

Because citizens become anxious.

So it was natural for CEO Long to ask.

Of course.

“It’s confidential, so it’s difficult to say.”

“…Is that so.”

Of course, he wouldn’t tell him that directly.

“By the way, why did you come to us instead of a bank? You could get more through a loan from a bank.”

“That’s also… confidential.”

Branch Manager Sean gave the same answer again.

CEO Long showed a lukewarm reaction, but in fact, for Branch Manager Sean, there was no more honest answer than this.

Borrowing funds using the Herb as collateral is something that only a very few people within the branch know, including himself and Control Team Leader Jonathan.

Of course, it was something that shouldn’t be known to the surroundings or reach the ears of the headquarters.

However, if a loan is processed through a financial institution, the headquarters will inevitably find out.

It would be a matter of time before it spread to the media.

That is tantamount to showing Kim Jun-woo his cards and, at the same time, a very shameful thing to admit that he has been driven into a corner according to his plan.

To proceed as secretly as possible, borrowing money from a company in the form of investment was the safest.

“First of all, if it’s the Herb, there won’t be any special screening. It’s undoubtedly the best golden goose.”

When he openly suggested a deal, CEO Long immediately got to the point as well.

“So, how much do you want?”

“300 million dollars.”

“…….”

When Branch Manager Sean answered immediately, CEO Long closed his mouth as if he had lost his words for a moment.

That’s because it was a huge sum of money, close to 300 billion won in Korean currency [approximately $250 million USD].

“That’s quite… a lot of money.”

CEO Long replied, trying to hide his embarrassment.

“Is it difficult for you?”

“No, it’s not. It’s not difficult, but… are you, Branch Manager, okay?”

Branch Manager Sean smiled.

“Of course, I’m okay.”

“It may sound funny for me to say this, but shouldn’t you think about it carefully one more time? Even if it’s the International Association branch, it won’t be easy to repay 300 million dollars.”

“No. It’s a decision I’ve already thought about enough.”

When Branch Manager Sean answered firmly several times, CEO Long finally nodded.

“…I understand. Then let’s proceed with the contract.”

He took out the prepared documents.

“Hermes will invest 300 million dollars in the International Association’s Vietnam branch for one year.”

He immediately began to verbally confirm the contract details.

“The repayment period is three years, but… if more than 10% of the principal is not repaid for six months, or more than 30% is not repaid for one year, the sale of the Vietnam International Byproduct Herb will proceed. Have you confirmed?”

“Yes.”

A quick answer, to the point where it was questionable whether he had really confirmed.

Soon, Branch Manager Sean quickly scribbled his signature at the bottom of the contract.

“This is really the first contract of this scale since the company’s founding. My heart is pounding. Then… I’ll be on my way.”

CEO Long joked as he organized the documents, but Branch Manager Sean immediately got up from his seat and left the office, as if there was nothing more to do.

“Oh, it’s me.”

As soon as he came out into the hallway, he took out his cell phone and called Control Team Leader Jonathan.

「Did it go well?」

“I signed the 300 million dollar contract as planned. From now on, gather hunters from both domestic and overseas. Prepare to activate the support team, and expand the cleaning team as well.”

「Ah, the, the cleaning team expansion, you mean? We don’t have the authority to operate the cleaning team…」

“You stupid bastard. Just take the cleaners and give them different names. Roughly create a dungeon management team and recruit them indiscriminately.”

「Ah, yes. I understand…」

He ended the call without even hearing the answer.

Now that he has a source of funding, there’s nothing to worry about.

If only the uncleared dungeons are resolved, everything can be passed over as if nothing happened.

Then, after that, he can contact the headquarters and report that there was a small mistake, but it was resolved without any problems.

No matter how much he made a mistake, what can they do if he has already solved it?

Secretary-General Wesley will also overlook it with a generous heart.

‘And then…’

He will regard Kim Jun-woo’s actions against the branch as a clear declaration of war, request an airstrike, and blow away WDSO [World Dungeon Subjugation Organization].

Kim Jun-woo will only be able to watch the headquarters being bombed while his feet are tied here.

‘He tried to bring us down, but he will be the one to collapse instead…’

He shouldn’t have been scheming from the start.

A smile leaked from the corner of Branch Manager Sean’s mouth.

***

Paris, France.

International Hunter Association Headquarters.

“How is the Japan branch matter going?”

Secretary-General Wesley asked his executive secretary, Kate.

“They say preparations are complete. It seems like we can proceed next week.”

“Good.”

She handed him the prepared documents.

Secretary-General Wesley checked it with a rather satisfied expression.

He felt quite refreshed for the first time in a while.

It wasn’t that things were progressing more smoothly than he thought.

The Karma… no, the WDSO guys are also quiet.

‘It seems like they’re afraid to move now that they have the title of an international organization…’

Well, what great significance would it have to gather losers and decide to be an international organization?

Of course, they are managing the subjugation of all the countries that have joined the organization, but it seems like they don’t intend to confront us.

As soon as they became an international organization, Kim Jun-woo was demoted to the cleaning team, and Secretary-General Park, who became the new person in charge, is not doing anything.

There’s no reason to fight us.

Without having to bear the risks, they can maintain their influence as an international organization just by managing subjugation.

So… just stay still.

So that it’s easier for us to devour you.

It was then, as he was smiling.

The phone on his desk rang.

When he answered the phone, it was none other than Branch Manager Sean.

“It’s only been a week since we talked, what’s the matter this time?”

「Well, it’s not that, but…」

When Secretary-General Wesley asked, Branch Manager Sean answered cautiously.

「Actually… a few days ago, an uncleared dungeon occurred due to a minor mistake.」

“…Yes?”

The secretary-general’s eyebrows twitched.

“An uncleared dungeon, how on earth…?”

「Kim Jun-woo secretly infiltrated the branch. Taking advantage of the gap when I was paying attention to other things, he cut the branch’s cleaning team in half, and because of that, the work schedule kept getting delayed.」

“Ha.”

You stupid bastard.

Hadn’t he told him to be careful like that?

「As a result, along with the suspension of operations for about 3 days, a total of 30 uncleared dungeons occurred, but…」

“…….”

He was very displeased that he was reporting such a serious problem now, but it didn’t seem necessary to get angry.

That’s because even though he knew his mistake, the fact that he contacted him directly like this meant that he had already solved all the problems…

「I… failed to respond.」

“…Yes?”

At that moment, an answer that made him doubt his ears came back.

“Fa, failed? What does that…”

「I, I misjudged. It was not at a level that could be handled with manpower and support.」

Branch Manager Sean’s voice trembled.

No less than that, Secretary-General Wesley’s blood vessels also began to tremble.

「Currently, more than 105 uncleared dungeons have appeared… and further operations are impossible.」

“…….”

Secretary-General Wesley gritted his teeth.

And soon.

“There’s no choice. Let’s give up the Vietnam branch…”

「Wh, wh, what about… there’s one more problem.」

Damn it, what is it this time?

「I received an investment using the Herb as collateral… if we give up the branch, the Herb…」

“Ha… hahaha.”

He finally burst out laughing in vain.

He handed over the Herb as collateral?

Is he really crazy?

He trusted him and left him in charge, and he made things this way?

“How much did you receive?”

He asked, trying to suppress his anger.

「300 million dollars…」

At that enormous amount, he finally lost his reason.

“Bring all the employees back to headquarters right now.”

「Ye, yes? Then the branch…」

“If you say one more word, I feel like I’m going to go find you and kill you myself, so shut up and return.”

「…….」

A frightened breath was heard from the other side of the phone.

Soon, Secretary-General Wesley hung up the phone as if he was going to break it, and let out a rough breath.

But that was only for a moment.

“Kate, how much budget do we have left?”

“…We have about 500 million dollars.”

“500 million dollars…? Didn’t we have more than 1 billion dollars last month?”

When Secretary-General Wesley sharply fired back, Executive Secretary Kate calmly explained.

“A lot of the budget went into the Japan branch matter recently. Also, the subjugation profits for this quarter have not been fully settled yet. We have to operate within this budget for the next 6 months.”

“Damn it…”

After repaying 300 million dollars, only 200 million dollars will be left.

Can all branches be operated for 6 months with 200 million dollars?

‘There’s no way…’

He clenched his fist tightly.

He can’t fall into the pit himself to get the Herb back right now.

Then there’s only one way left.

“Forget the Herb, let’s give up the Vietnam branch. Evacuate everyone.”

“Then the branch operating rights…”

“Let them handle it on their own locally, and just bring all the employees.”

“…I understand.”

Then, the executive secretary asked again cautiously.

“Th… then what are you going to do with the uncleared dungeons?”

“Damn it, why do we have to solve that?”

“If we leave it like this, the entire Southeast Asia will be in danger. In this situation, our mistake will be an opportunity for WDSO.”

“…….”

He sighed deeply once.

“Contact the Bank Item Management Team right now…”

What can he do?

He can’t handle over 100 uncleared dungeons now.

“Block the dungeon appearances in the entire Vietnam area.”

This is the only way to do it.

***

Three men facing each other at a table.

Huynh opened his mouth first in that place.

“It seems like they are currently establishing an evacuation plan centered on the employees belonging to the headquarters.”

“Evacuation? Then what about the investment…”

“We won’t be able to get it back.”

At the same time, Hermes CEO Long asked in dismay, and then I answered.

“It’s all money supported by WDSO, so we don’t care, but is Team Leader Kim really okay? If they evacuate like this, you won’t be able to recover any of the investment…”

“Who knows.”

I gave a vague answer.

Hermes, a distribution company in Vietnam.

Before Branch Manager Sean went to visit there, we contacted CEO Long first.

Then, we requested that someone would come to sign an investment contract using the Herb as collateral, so please accept it.

On the condition that all the investment would be supported by WDSO.

“We haven’t even invested 100 million dollars yet, so wouldn’t it be better for us if we give up on repayment? When you think about it, it’s like we sold the Herb for only 100 million dollars.”

“…….”

CEO Long stared at me intently, then asked cautiously.

“Did you perhaps… know that the branch would evacuate?”

I smiled instead of answering.

Rather than knowing… it was obvious.

In the first place, this situation was impossible to fundamentally resolve.

Because it was a plan from the beginning that could never be resolved no matter how much money and manpower were poured into it.

They will try, but they will probably realize that it is impossible before long.

Then they will contact the headquarters at that time.

As of today, a total of over 100 uncleared dungeons have appeared throughout Vietnam.

All operations will be stopped.

Moreover, a large amount of money is tied up with the Herb as collateral.

In this situation, what choice would the headquarters have?

Other than giving up everything and running away.

With this, the branch and the Herb have come back into our hands again.

And one remaining problem.

“But… then what about the uncleared dungeons? Does no one can solve it mean that we have to leave it alone?”

Coincidentally, Huynh also had the same thought, so he asked worriedly.

“There’s no need to leave it alone or worry about it.”

“…Yes?”

“Vietnam will now be freed from dungeons.”

“……!”

“……?!”

The two men’s eyes widened at that answer.

“In fact, it would be right to be happy if the dungeons that threaten the lives of citizens disappeared. But the fact that we can’t give up the dungeons even though that’s the case means that something is very wrong.”

I continued slowly.

“The reason why we gave in to Secretary-General Wesley’s threat to block the dungeons was because we weren’t ready to accept it yet.”

“…That’s right.”

“But what if we were ready?”

Branch Manager Huynh looked up at me with a puzzled expression.

“If the industry can run sufficiently even without subjugation profits, would we still need dungeons then?”

“Ha, but that’s not as easy as it sounds…”

Huynh tried to object, but at that moment, he immediately noticed something and stopped himself.

“Could it be…”

I nodded.

“Vietnam will now go all-in on the Herb and distribution. And…”

I smiled and looked at the two men.

“We already have the company and employees ready for that.”

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

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

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Status: Completed Author: Native Language: Korean
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[English Translation] Once hailed as the world's first SSS-ranked genius hunter, Junu Kim's legendary career was cut short by a mysterious ambush. Now, stripped of his hard-earned skills and thrust ten years into the past, he faces an unexpected twist of fate: a career as a dungeon cleaner. But this is no ordinary janitorial role. To unlock his dormant hunter abilities, Junu must embrace his new life with unwavering resolve. Witness the extraordinary transformation of a fallen hero as he navigates the monster-infested depths, armed with cleaning supplies and a burning desire to reclaim his former glory. Get ready for a thrilling adventure where wit, strategy, and a spotless dungeon are the keys to unlocking a hunter's true potential!

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