The Wise Cleaning Life Of A Returning Genius Hunter [EN]: Chapter 365

364. Epilogue 3: Retirement (3)

“P, President!”

Eun-gang Life headquarters, the president’s office.

Head of Human Resources, Kang Woo-joo, urgently sought out President Baek Joong-hyun, his voice agitated.

“What is it, Director Kang?”

“Y, you have to see this!”

Director Kang cautiously handed over a document, and President Baek shifted his gaze with a puzzled expression.

“A resume?”

President Baek read the large letters at the top of the document first. Then, Director Kang immediately added an explanation.

“Yes, this person came for an interview for the non-regular position at headquarters this time. Well… as you can see.”

Director Kang glanced around for a moment, lowered his voice, and continued.

“I, it was Secretary-General Kim Jun-woo.”

“Yes?”

“WDSO [World Dungeon Situation Organization] Secretary-General Kim Jun-woo! He applied to our company, and even went through the interview!”

“What is that…”

President Baek trailed off, examining the resume again.

Kim Jun-woo.

The three letters written in the name section. The neatly taken ID photo next to it, and the densely filled experience section.

And one line written there so blatantly.

Current WDSO Secretary-General.

President Baek stared at Director Kang with wide eyes, as if he couldn’t even manage a hollow laugh.

“I, isn’t this some kind of prank? Logically, there’s no way Secretary-General Kim Jun-woo would come to our company for an interview…”

“Team Leader Kwak, who conducted the interview this time, said it was really Secretary-General Kim Jun-woo.”

“…”

President Baek’s mouth began to dry. Then, just in case, he asked Director Kang.

“He… he said he applied for a non-regular position?”

“Yes, he applied for the cleaning team, to be exact.”

At that answer, President Baek felt like he had been hit in the head with a hammer.

But Director Kang continued, as if he wasn’t finished yet.

“But there’s something even more important than that.”

“What is it now?”

“Our HR team has a network of lines spread out to each company for reference checks. But since Secretary-General Kim Jun-woo went for the interview, there’s information that Kim Jun-woo went for interviews at other companies as well…”

“…”

“So far, he has applied to Kyunwoo Construction, TCO Industries, Eouri Food, and 3 other companies. Moreover, the positions he applied for were all non-regular positions such as cleaning, kitchen assistant, and production assistant… Not to divide classes, but compared to Secretary-General Kim Jun-woo’s experience…”

“It’s an unfitting job.”

President Baek rubbed his face roughly.

The most influential person in the world is going around to other companies for interviews for non-regular positions…

This can never be taken lightly. Especially if it’s Secretary-General Kim Jun-woo.

You can tell just by looking at his actions so far.

His actions, which seemed like a very simple reason, were always the first move to shake things up in the end.

That’s how Kim Jun-woo became the head of WDSO.

President Baek fell deeper into thought.

This situation needs to be judged more coldly.

He, too, is at least a person who leads an organization.

‘Come to think of it, they said they would declare the end of the situation the day after tomorrow…’

He recalled the news he had seen before.

The official announcement made by WDSO.

The complete end of the Otherworld phenomenon was scheduled to take place.

This is naturally good news socially.

However, the situation is a little different from the company’s point of view. Regardless of domestic or foreign, almost all industries are conducting WDSO projects.

In a way, WDSO was the best customer of each company and a partner who would never betray them.

But if this phenomenon ends, WDSO will naturally be dissolved, and all companies with ties to them will naturally suffer great losses.

In that situation, Secretary-General Kim Jun-woo reveals all his identities and goes directly to each company for interviews?

And only picks non-regular positions?

There’s only one way to think about this.

A warning.

A warning to companies.

Companies related to WDSO will try various methods to make up for their difficult finances after the end of the situation.

No! They’re just not talking about it, but they’ve already finished preparing.

And the easiest and most realistic of the methods being prepared is…

‘Non-regular worker restructuring…’

It’s certain.

When the Otherworld situation ends, they will cut off the non-core positions first.

The only reason I’m so confident in this is.

‘Because we were preparing too…’

Secretary-General Kim Jun-woo threw a warning at the large-scale bloodbath that would soon blow.

Don’t act recklessly. I’m watching you.

He is a person who started as a dungeon cleaner, which everyone avoided, and went to the top of WDSO. He also took care of everyone around him.

If you ignore his warning.

‘He’ll devour you in some way.’

Because he has the ability and power to do so.

“Well, what can we do?”

“Yes?”

“The restructuring plan that was brought up as an agenda at the board of directors… let’s scrap it.”

“Yes? W, what do you mean all of a sudden!”

Director Kang stopped talking and closed his mouth.

President Baek, who had always shown only decisive and charismatic 모습 [mosub – appearance/figure], was now trembling with fear in his eyes.

“I understand.”

Whatever the reason, it was his superior’s order.

Director Kang immediately followed his will.

“Then, what about Secretary Kim’s interview results…”

“What do you mean, what about it? Then what, do you think the WDSO Secretary-General really took the interview to get a job at our company?”

“W, well, I don’t think so…”

“Let’s get a sense of things, Director Kang. We’re not replying to a warning.”

“Ah, yes… I understand.”

President Baek put his hands together and brought them to the tip of his nose.

I hope the other places have a sense of things too…

Thinking that, President Baek closed his eyes and repeated deep breaths.

***

A small cafe near WDSO headquarters.

“Why the hell?”

Holding my phone, I kept chewing on the text messages that were arriving one after another.

「Thank you for your interest in our headquarters, but unfortunately, we are unable to offer you a position in this recruitment…」

I stared at the phone screen until it was about to break, but the message content didn’t change.

I was momentarily dazed by the first rejection message I had ever received.

“Did you fail?”

Han Yu-bin, who was sitting across from me, asked, sipping her coffee.

With an expression as if she knew it would happen.

I glared at her, feeling unfairly angry.

“That’s why people who have only succeeded can’t understand. It’s not a big deal to fail…”

“Is that something you should say in front of someone who failed?”

“You said you interviewed in a lot of places. It’s okay to fail one or two.”

“It’s not just one or two…”

“…?”

At that, Han Yu-bin paused, gently put down her coffee, and asked in a small voice.

“I’m just asking in case, but by any chance, did you fail them all…?”

“I failed them all.”

“…”

“There’s one place that hasn’t contacted me yet…”

“Ah, ah, you might have passed there? Don’t be too discouraged!”

“That’s very comforting.”

“…”

Han Yu-bin hurriedly avoided my gaze and sipped her coffee again.

The awkward silence continued for a while.

“No, well, I saw that you only applied to big companies, and it’s originally difficult to get into those places at once.”

“So I deliberately only applied to companies that are related to WDSO. I thought I had some connections, so I thought they would look favorably on me…”

Haa, I let out a deep sigh.

No matter how hard I tried to think about it, I couldn’t understand.

It’s not like I lack experience, it’s not like I’m very old, and it’s not like I applied directly to core positions…

How could I fail 17 out of 18 companies?

“…”

“…”

Feeling that my mood wasn’t very good, Han Yu-bin also saved her words, unlike usual.

Another silence came again.

But soon, Han Yu-bin brought up another topic as if trying to change the atmosphere.

“Oh, by the way, did you make up with Ah-young?”

“…We didn’t even fight in the first place.”

“Ah, yes…”

At the abruptly cut-off answer, Han Yu-bin sipped her coffee again, looking embarrassed.

Then, without giving up, she turned the conversation again.

“But, didn’t you say before that you weren’t sure if you should continue the relationship? What does that have to do with looking for a job?”

“I was trying to liquidate the past from the perspective of 역지사지 [yeokjisa ji – putting oneself in another’s shoes/understanding from another’s perspective].”

“Just for that reason?”

“I’m about to become unemployed soon, so I have to find a job to make a living in the future.”

“That’s quite realistic.”

“Oh well, what can I do? What’s done is done… I’ll have to find another job for now.”

“Hey, other jobs will be similar, right?”

At that moment, Han Yu-bin suddenly threw a fact with a smirk.

“To be honest, whatever job it is, there will be tons of people who have been preparing for years to do that job, so do you think you can compete with those people after preparing for only a few days?”

“…”

“Frankly speaking, you’re a legend in this field, but outside, you’re no different from a social 초년생 [chonyeon-saeng – rookie/newbie].”

“Social 초년생 [chonyeon-saeng]? Still, I’ve worked here for a while…”

“Have you ever taken the TOEIC [Test of English for International Communication]?”

“…”

“What about certifications?”

“Driving…”

“Besides the license.”

“…”

When I closed my mouth tightly, she sighed once.

“I’m a little sorry to say this in front of someone who failed, but you’re not even at the level of a social 초년생 [chonyeon-saeng].”

“…”

She suddenly hammered a nail into my heart.

It’s not like I can say anything to refute it, but I threw a word at her, feeling unfairly angry.

“Come to think of it, if WDSO is dissolved, you’ll be unemployed too. Are you preparing well?”

I felt so unfairly beaten that I threw a word.

Then, Han Yu-bin made an absurd expression for a moment, then opened her mouth with a smile.

“I have a lot of offers. I’m thinking of going to Hanbyul Corporation’s Planning Division this time because they contacted me.”

“H, Hanbyul Corporation?”

Hanbyul scouted her…?

No, more than that.

‘What about me? I submitted my resume too?’

Just in case, I submitted my resume to Hanbyul too, but I failed again.

I’m the CEO of 느그 [neugu – your/yours]! I ate with you! I went to the sauna with you!

That’s not it.

Anyway, I’ve been with Ha Sung-il for several years, but he left me out and only contacted that human?

“Don’t look at me like that.”

Han Yu-bin said, noticing my gaze.

“I asked anyway. If you were thinking of taking him with you.”

“What did he say?”

“He said you’re too much of a 거물 [geomul – big shot/important figure] to be comfortable with.”

“…”

What?

“Well, I understand. He’s a person who started as a cleaner and went all the way up to Secretary-General. It’s a bit… to have someone like that below you.”

“…”

“I guess he thinks you’re someone who’s going to do bigger things in the first place.”

“Big things?”

“Politics, or something, there are a lot of 레퍼토리 [repeotori – repertoire/options], right?”

I put my hand on my forehead.

Oh my god, politics.

Does that human still see me as someone who will do politics?

“Anyway, that’s your position right now. You’re too much of a 거물 [geomul] to be a newbie, but you’re too much of a layman to be in a key position. It’s ambiguous to put you anywhere.”

“It’s difficult.”

“What wouldn’t be?”

Suddenly feeling the wall of reality, I dropped my head and sipped my coffee quietly.

And then.

Ding―

A text message rang just in time.

I checked my phone without any expectations.

“…”

And soon, I stood up from my seat without realizing it.

At the same time, Han Yu-bin flinched, as if surprised.

“W, what is it?”

“P, passed.”

“Yes?”

I continued in a very emotional voice.

“The place that hadn’t contacted me yet… I passed.”

“…It’s not a spam message, is it?”