The Wise Cleaning Life Of A Returning Genius Hunter [EN]: Chapter 231

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Paris, France, International Hunter Association Headquarters.

Secretary-General Wesley sat at his desk, quietly organizing his thoughts.

The International Association is currently at war with Karma Corporation.

Not a war fought with swords and guns, but an invisible war where they wield their power recklessly to devour each other.

Direct conflicts like before have disappeared, but that’s why it’s necessary to move even more meticulously.

Since it’s invisible, it’s impossible to know where and what they’re plotting.

‘Above all, with the authority to manage Hunters, we can’t rashly touch them…….’

Secretary-General Wesley clicked his tongue.

If they openly attacked them like before and the dispatch of subjugation [monster hunting] teams to the International Association branches was suspended, they would only suffer losses.

Of course, that doesn’t mean they can just stand by.

Kim Jun-woo’s goal is to bring him down, so he will be moving busily.

To devour the International Association and himself.

But that’s not the only thing that bothers him.

The death of Team Leader Hwang Dong-hui.

They succeeded in processing Ban-neungseok [a fictional mineral with special properties] to deal with him, who was close to immortal.

This means that Karma Corporation has finally acquired the technology to process Bank Items [powerful, rare artifacts] and commercialize them as weapons.

Branches being built at a terrifying speed around the world.

Highly loyal employees.

Authority to manage Hunters.

Ineungseok and Ban-neungseok.

And the technological prowess to process them.

It is a place that has all the conditions to compete with them for the title of an international organization.

Now, Karma Corporation cannot be seen as simply a subjugation company in a small country.

So, they must stop their growth at all costs.

If it’s hard to stop them, they must be stopped even by causing incidents.

‘So, they were trying to deal with the detection facility…….’

With Jung Hoon-ui getting caught at the last minute, that’s gone down the drain.

“……Currently, there is no proper means to keep them in check.”

At that time, the executive secretary, who was standing by, carefully opened his mouth.

“Shouldn’t we focus on gathering our strength now in preparation for the future?”

“The future…….”

Secretary-General Wesley sighed deeply.

That’s right.

The last resort to take out if Karma cannot be stopped.

War.

Of course, it is necessary to gather strength from now on for preparation.

Well, in fact, the reason for continuing to hold the Chinese Association was also to replenish personnel more easily, but now even that has fallen away…….

“The key is where we can replenish enough personnel to prepare for war.”

The executive secretary nodded at Secretary-General Wesley’s words.

“Currently, all Hunters registered in the rank system are managed by Karma Corporation, so it is impossible to secretly gather troops. Above all, rank screenings are currently underway around the world, so we can’t avoid their eyes.”

“That’s right.”

After taking some time to organize his thoughts.

“Then… it doesn’t matter if they are those whose rank registration has been canceled, does it?”

Soon he came up with a clear answer.

At the same time, the executive secretary realized the true meaning of those words and asked.

“Are you only gathering those who have already been canceled, or…… are you canceling as many as you need?”

“Of course, it’s the latter.”

“How many are you expecting…….”

“Well, generously.”

Secretary-General Wesley calculated the numbers in his head.

“About 300,000?”

The executive secretary looked quite embarrassed at the unexpectedly large number.

“Wouldn’t 300,000 be too many? I think it will interfere with subjugation internationally…….”

“That’s none of our business.”

Secretary-General Wesley shrugged.

“Isn’t the authority to manage Hunters with Karma Corporation? Of course, they should be responsible for the shortage of Hunter personnel.”

“…….”

Secretary-General Wesley smiled.

Yes.

With this, we can prepare our last resort and keep Karma Corporation in check at the same time.

If there is a shortage of Hunter personnel simultaneously around the world, Karma Corporation will naturally be responsible for solving the problem.

But no matter how much Karma Corporation is, it will not be able to fill the gap of 300,000 people right away.

They will have no choice but to dispatch even the headquarters personnel.

“In that case, they won’t be able to pay attention to external matters.”

“……Then.”

“Have the connections stand by. I think I’ll have to issue orders soon.”

“Understood.”

The executive secretary answered and immediately turned around.

As she left the office, she admired the secretary-general’s strategy.

But on the other hand, she also wondered if it was normal to keep an organization founded by a janitor in check to this extent.

***

“So, how’s it going?”

Karma Headquarters, CEO’s office.

After completing her work report, Han Yu-bin asked slyly.

“What are you talking about?”

“The training. I know they are not serious criminals, but they are not easy to control…… Are they listening well?”

“You don’t have to worry. I’ve organized the hierarchy well.”

“……?”

She tilted her head as if asking what he meant.

“Would you like to see it for yourself?”

“…Now?”

“Isn’t this month’s planning over, so you have plenty of time? Well, I also have something to tell them.”

Well, it’s better to see it once than to say it a hundred times.

It’s also annoying to explain everything.

“Follow me.”

I took Han Yu-bin and immediately got up from my seat.

As we left the building and entered a nearby street, we soon saw people wearing fluorescent vests that said ‘Volunteer’ cleaning the streets.

And, sure enough.

“Hey, is this plastic or a can?”

“Can’t you tell by looking at the bottom? It’s plastic.”

“But the top is a can…?”

“…What kind of thing is this?”

“Should I split it in half and throw it away?”

“Ah, do I have to go that far?”

“Then what should I do? I can’t just throw it away.”

“Should I ask the CEO?”

“…Who’s going to ask?”

“…….”

“…….”

They were diligently cleaning the streets, each holding a broom and a garbage bag.

“How is it? Haven’t they become useful enough?”

“…….”

Han Yu-bin had a face that said she didn’t know what she was seeing.

But that was only for a moment.

“That’s not training, it’s remodeling, isn’t it?”

“Minister of Justice Oh Myung-jin said the same thing.”

“The Minister of Justice came to see you?”

“Yes, well… he seemed quite worried about this project. But he said he saw those guys cleaning on his way to me. He seemed quite shocked.”

“…….”

“Well, it’s only possible because they are all petty criminals, it would have been difficult if they were crazy guys.”

“……I’m sure.”

Han Yu-bin shook her head as if she was dumbfounded.

I approached them, who were immersed in cleaning.

“Everyone, thank you for your hard work.”

“…C, CEO?!”

“Ah, hello!”

“Hello!”

As soon as they found me, they bowed 90 degrees.

Compared to a month ago when they were full of poison, they seemed to have become human now.

“As you all know, this week is the last week of training. After this week, you will start your full-fledged work.”

“Huh? Has it already come to that?”

“Oh, I guess it was worth it.”

“It was more fun than I thought.”

“It felt like my calling? Haha!”

They laughed, joking around.

I also smiled slightly and continued.

“By the way, where is Team Leader Hong Doo-sik? I haven’t been able to reach him since earlier.”

“Ah, ah, that’s…….”

“T, Team Leader is now, well…….”

Suddenly, they started to look at each other and stammer.

At the same time, my eyebrows twitched.

‘No way…….’

The moment an ominous thought flashed through my head.

“H, he went to throw away the trash, and he said he was going to get some ice cream…….”

“Hey, I told you not to say that……!”

“Then should I lie to the CEO?”

“…….”

……That human is nothing to worry about.

He’s a very carefree person.

“Anyway, thank you for your hard work. When you’re done here, you can start cleaning the dungeon in Cheonho-dong.”

“Yes!”

“Understood.”

“Then I’ll be on my way…….”

As I was turning around, my phone rang.

When I checked the number, it was none other than Ha Seong-il, the head of the overseas business division.

As soon as I saw it, I felt ominous.

Since I delegated full authority to him for overseas business, he rarely contacts me directly except for work reports.

Nevertheless, the fact that he contacted me with his personal number… usually meant that there was a problem or something bad.

“……Yes, this is Kim Jun-woo.”

I carefully answered the phone.

And, sure enough.

「CEO! B, big trouble!」

“……Haa.”

The ominous feeling was spot on.

“What’s wrong?”

「A large number of people are failing the rank screening at associations around the world!」

“…Yes?”

What’s the big deal about that?

That’s the screening we started in the first place.

「It’s not something to be taken lightly. The number has exceeded 150,000!」

“……!!”

150,000 people…?

Is that even a plausible figure?

「No matter how I look at it, it’s not a natural figure. Dropouts are still occurring!」

“What on earth is…….”

「More than anything else, it’s interfering with the subjugation of each association. Since the shortage of personnel is our responsibility, I think we should dispatch headquarters personnel as a matter of urgency.」

“…….”

I paused for a moment and organized my thoughts.

Then I nodded.

“Understood. I’ll gather as many people as possible who can be dispatched now.”

「Yes, thank you.」

“If there are any other problems, please contact me immediately.”

「Understood!」

After hanging up, I stood there blankly for a while.

“What’s wrong?”

Han Yu-bin asked, but I didn’t answer.

It hasn’t been long since the rank screening started, but it’s unnatural that 150,000 people have already failed, no matter how I think about it.

Someone is interfering with the screening.

And that’s 100% likely.

‘International Association…….’

It must be those guys.

But why?

What does it mean to them to disqualify so many people from the screening?

‘…….’

After thinking harder than ever before.

“……I think we need to finish the training a little earlier.”

I slowly opened my mouth to the 10 Hunters in front of me.

“Prepare to be put into work right now.”

“…Yes?”

“W, what’s going on?”

“I don’t know the details. However…….”

I continued with a serious expression.

“Something big is about to explode soon.”

Hunters who have been deregistered in units of hundreds of thousands.

A worldwide shortage of subjugation personnel.

The responsibility of Hunter management authority.

No matter how I look at it…….

It was clear that those guys were preparing their last resort.