I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 193

“D-Don’t move!!”

The man frantically pulled out the gun he had kept in the drawer and aimed it at Seonghyun.

“Right. This is America, isn’t it?”

He was a little surprised to see the gun, but not because he felt threatened.

It was rare to see such a thing, and low-level Hunters could be killed by guns.

“Don’t move! Get inside! Quickly…”

He thought he could subdue the man in front of him in an instant if the Hunters waiting outside came in, but he was mistaken.

The man, who had instantly appeared in front of him, lightly touched the gun with his finger.

It was such a light touch that it seemed like he was just tapping it, but the part where the man’s finger touched seemed to explode and evaporate.

“W-What is this…”

“Let’s calm down first. I want to have a conversation.”

Did he even have a choice in the first place?

He could think of many ways to respond right now, but none of them were viable options.

“C-Conversation… you say? What on earth…”

The man was quick to grasp the situation.

The movements the man in front of him had shown were definitely beyond the level that he or the Hunters waiting here could handle.

‘Just who, who is he?’

He couldn’t recognize him because his face was covered with a hood, but recalling what he had mumbled, he didn’t seem to be American.

“Shall we sit down first?”

“…Alright.”

It seemed the ownership of this room had already changed hands.

The president was about to sit down as Seonghyun guided him, but he flinched and turned around when he felt a hand on his shoulder.

“Show some respect.”

“…Yes, I will.”

Seonghyun, who naturally sat in the seat of honor, looked at the president and said,

“I recently heard that you’re planning to run a tourism business with the Grade 1 Gate monsters that are flooding out…”

“H-How did you know that!!”

It was information that had been kept strictly confidential, so the president couldn’t hide his embarrassment when this unknown man knew about it.

“The fact that I know is not important. However, how I know might be a little important.”

“…”

The president swallowed hard at Seonghyun’s words that he had an information network.

“W-What do you want? If it’s an investment, there are other ways besides this…”

“Wouldn’t I have used other methods if it were an investment?”

“If you’re going to tell me to give up…”

The president glared at Seonghyun for a moment, but Seonghyun didn’t even flinch.

It was as if he was looking at the angry face of a five-year-old child, and his reaction was simply that it was cute.

“You must have prepared a lot, and you must have poked around here and there, but even if I suddenly appeared and told you to give up, who would do that? And who would listen?”

“Ahem…”

Usually, strong Hunters wouldn’t care about these things at all, so the president breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he could still communicate with him.

“No, then you could have come in through the front door, but why the window…”

He was expressing his dissatisfaction, but as expected, he couldn’t help but shrink in front of the strong, and the president’s last words became more and more slurred, eventually becoming inaudible.

The president hurriedly changed the subject, afraid that Seonghyun would ask him to repeat what he had said.

“First of all, what do you want…”

“When you started redeveloping that area, didn’t you buy up all the surrounding commercial districts?”

“…That’s right? It’s a necessary process, of course.”

“But I think the price was a little, no, a lot lower than it should have been.”

“You know about that too?”

The president quickly racked his brain.

Except for that one store, the other store owners should have bargained, but they accepted their offer as it was.

The conclusion was that it wasn’t because they were 불안해진 [uneasy] by the continued flooding of Grade 1 Gates, but because they wanted to hire the man in front of him.

“So, you mean just give them a little more money… something like that?”

“As expected of someone who runs a company, you’re quick on the uptake.”

“Haha, we have to live by our wits. Ability is always second.”

The president quickly calculated in his head.

How much money did this man receive?

Giving the store owners a reasonable amount of money was not an insignificant amount.

Wouldn’t it be an opportunity to give this man more money than they gave him, so that he could use this man and save money?

‘That’s right. This is an opportunity.’

Not an unexpected variable of money going out, but a golden opportunity for an unexpectedly strong Hunter to come directly.

“Perhaps…”

“That’s enough.”

“Yes?”

“If you say the next word, I might take unilateral action.”

There was no way Seonghyun wouldn’t know what the president was thinking.

He had already acted in such a way that the man’s thoughts would reach the direction Seonghyun had anticipated, so the result that would come out after that was already determined.

“Ah, and you told me to come to the front door earlier, right?”

“Yes? Ah, yes, yes. Th-That’s right. Haha. But that’s not what I meant…”

“Tomorrow afternoon. I’ll come to the front door.”

“Tomorrow?”

“Yes. Tomorrow. To the front door you mentioned. And until our conversation is completely over, I would appreciate it if you refrain from appearing around there.”

The president stared into Seonghyun’s eyes for a moment before averting his gaze.

He was certain that the other party was hiding something, but he had no idea whether the hidden card was a dangerous one or a beneficial one.

“Then tomorrow…”

He hesitated for a moment before speaking, but Seonghyun had already disappeared.

“Ha… is this giving me a choice?”

The first choice he received from this man.

That was the way to greet the man who would come tomorrow morning.

If he couldn’t bear even this small loss, he would gather more people to greet the man, and if he wanted to eliminate the risk even if it meant taking a slight loss, he would prepare to proceed according to the man’s request.

“Hoo…”

The president sighed deeply and said,

“Outside. Come in.”

But no one responded to the president’s words.

“Why is it so quiet?”

The president, who had been sitting on the sofa dealing with Seonghyun, returned to his seat and checked the CCTV.

“…Wh-What…”

Only one screen was left on the CCTV, and the rest were all black.

The only screen left showed none other than his subordinates.

There weren’t many of them, but they had some experience in mercenary work and monster handling, and they had all been taken care of while he was talking to Seonghyun.

“…It was a misunderstanding.”

Even the thought that he had been given a choice was a misunderstanding.

He hadn’t asked for much, and he hadn’t coveted what he couldn’t have.

Just the right to choose.

The feeling of being deprived of even the will to make a decision was so miserable that it was beyond words.

“Haha. Is that so.”

Now he could finally understand.

What that man, Seonghyun, had come to him for today.

The situation was similar to when he met the store owners in the area he was redeveloping.

An offer you can’t refuse.

Giving you a choice you can’t choose and then telling you that this is what you chose, so you have to deal with it.

He had never felt these things before, so it was quite interesting, but he never wanted to feel them again.

The president sat in the chair where the CCTV screen was visible and kept smoking cigarettes until his subordinates woke up.

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The next morning.

Seonghyun went straight to the American Association.

“Welcome!”

Seonghyun was already treated like a hero in America, so a scene unfolded where they bowed respectfully from the entrance.

“Nice to meet you.”

Seonghyun held out his hand to the guard who greeted him, and the guard shook his hand as if it were an honor.

“No, no.”

“Yes?”

He didn’t know much about America, but Seonghyun knew that America didn’t have very strict formalities in hierarchical relationships.

‘Well, it doesn’t mean that this person is below me.’

Seonghyun, who had grabbed his hand as if to shake it, grabbed his hand and lifted it up, bumping their shoulders together.

“Then. Thank you for your hard work.”

“Ah, yes!”

The reason Seonghyun came to the association today was simple.

He had given that president a stern warning yesterday, so he would definitely do something.

If necessary, he could have used force to suppress him, but this was clearly American soil.

In addition, the president of the American Association had to listen to Seonghyun, so there was no need to use force directly.

“Oh, Hunter Kim Seonghyun? What brings you to the association so early…”

Seonghyun, who happened to run into the president of the association on his way to work, went straight to the president’s office with him.

“There’s someone famous in the association, right? Someone whose face is well known.”

“Ah, yes. Of course.”

The president of the association, who didn’t even sit down, continued the conversation while standing, seeing Seonghyun get straight to the point.

“Is there anyone among those who can accompany me after lunch today who is the most famous?”

“If it’s Hunter Kim Seonghyun’s request, we’ll clear even a full schedule. You may not know this, but there are people among the families of the association’s personnel who have received Hunter Kim Seonghyun’s grace.”

“Then, after lunchtime, please send someone to the hotel where I’m staying. It’s not a big deal, and it won’t take long.”

The president of the association smiled and replied to Seonghyun’s words.

“It’s okay if it’s a big deal, and it doesn’t matter if it takes a long time. Of course, you have to return them.”

Seonghyun also chuckled lightly at the president’s appearance.

He was clearly holding his weakness, but it was even better because he didn’t treat him as difficult as he thought.

“Then. Thank you.”

Usually, other people would have asked and found out why they needed someone, and where they were going, but Seonghyun didn’t need such a process.

This was true for Leach and other Hunters as well, but Seonghyun was the only Hunter who had the ability to deal with all variables when a really big accident occurred.

Even strong Hunters like Leach had the ability to prevent the process from going to the worst result, but they didn’t have the ability to twist and change the worst result itself.

Because there were things that couldn’t be undone.

On the other hand, Seonghyun had the ability to prevent the process like them, as well as the other ability mentioned earlier, which was 독보적 [unique].

The president of the association’s decision today was not because Seonghyun was holding his weakness, but because it was a reasonable decision even when looking at Seonghyun as a Hunter.

“In a way, it might be a better situation to have a weakness.”

If that weren’t the case, wouldn’t he have targeted Seonghyun like the vice president of the association who had disappeared by now?

And wouldn’t he have faced the same result?

The president of the association, who was watching Seonghyun’s back as he left the association building without any regrets as if he had no more business to do, immediately called someone.

“Who is the most famous person in the association right now?”

There were several famous people, and the president of the association chose the one with the least schedule and arranged today’s schedule for them instead.