The Wise Cleaning Life Of A Returning Genius Hunter [EN]: Chapter 280

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Republic of Korea, WDSO Headquarters.

Director Ha Seong-il’s office.

President Ha Mi-yeon wore a dumbfounded expression after the call was abruptly cut off.

“I’ve done all I can. I don’t know if they’ll listen.”

She looked at Director Ha Seong-il beside her and spoke.

Director Ha Seong-il looked like a heinous criminal.

As if he knew his mistake better than anyone, he avoided President Ha Mi-yeon’s gaze and quietly opened his mouth.

“……Thank you.”

“Tsk, you stubborn bear. You should have told me from the start if it was something like this. Why make things more complicated!”

“I did tell you.”

“……?”

President Ha Mi-yeon’s eyebrows twitched.

Then, Director Ha Seong-il looked straight at her and continued.

“But you didn’t even listen and just kept saying no.”

“…….”

Only then did vague memories come to President Ha Mi-yeon’s mind.

She vaguely remembered hearing about the German matter and the WDSO situation…….

“……I thought you were just talking nonsense again. I was so busy.”

She said with an awkward expression.

But that was only for a moment.

“Even so, how could you steal the contract? It should have been in the legal team’s safe, and how did you know the password?”

“They just gave it to me when I went in and said you told me to bring it?”

“…….”

President Ha Mi-yeon blinked a few times and gestured to the secretary behind her.

“Secretary Kim, tell the entire legal team to write a report by the end of today.”

“…Understood, President.”

Immediately after.

“So…….”

She then continued.

“Is the International Association really invading Germany?”

“That’s what our information says.”

“Hmm…….”

President Ha Mi-yeon’s expression became serious.

She spoke with a helpless expression.

“Is there anything else I can do to help?”

“…Help?”

“Whether I knew or not, now that it’s reached my ears, I can’t pretend I don’t know.”

“Still… your company is Hanbyul Group’s main business. Won’t Grandpa say something if he finds out?”

“Seriously, don’t you know Grandpa’s personality yet? He’ll be furious that I haven’t helped yet.”

“……I guess so.”

Director Ha Seong-il nodded slightly.

Then, he opened his mouth with a heavy expression.

“But in the current situation, there’s nothing we can do on our end. For now, we need to monitor the situation……”

And then.

“Director Ha!”

Kim Min-joo, the operations director, suddenly burst into the office.

“The International Association has crossed the German border and is advancing!”

“Yes…?”

“……!”

She delivered news that left no room to monitor the situation any longer.

“It’s been confirmed that they crossed the border three hours ago, but their advance speed is so fast that they’ll reach Berlin within two days if this continues!”

“D, Director Kim? Can you reach him?!”

“No. It seems his belongings were confiscated when he was taken into custody.”

“…….”

Director Ha Seong-il frowned and blamed himself.

It was an incident caused by his mistake.

“Germany will start preparing in a hurry, but…… it won’t be enough. And we can’t just go out and provide support without permission…….”

“Director Kim is also out of contact, so…….”

“For now, should we just wait for the Instructor to do something?”

Kim Min-joo carefully suggested.

But Director Ha Seong-il didn’t think that would be the answer either.

Of course, Kim Jun-woo would somehow find a solution even in this situation.

But… there’s not enough time for that.

In the current situation, Team Leader Kim Jun-woo is as good as isolated in Berlin.

If he’s detained, he might not even know about the current situation.

Even if he’s released, figures out the situation, and persuades the German Association to send support, two days is too short.

If only we could slow down the advance even a little…….

“Can we know where the International Association has advanced to now?”

At that moment, President Ha Mi-yeon suddenly asked Kim Min-joo.

“Our control team says they’ve reached Stuttgart.”

“Stuttgart…….”

She stroked her chin for a moment, then took out her phone.

“Ah, Branch Manager. This is Ha Mi-yeon.”

“Yes, yes, I’m listening. So, what is it…….”

“How much demolition dynamite do you have there right now?”

She contacted someone.

***

Germany, Berlin.

As soon as we escaped from the detention center and came outside, what caught our eyes was the city center, which had already become a scene of utter chaos.

The sound of sirens echoing throughout the streets.

The roads were jammed with hundreds of cars.

Citizens were panicking and looking for their families.

“The air raid… has begun.”

I could be sure without even needing to confirm.

The International Association must have crossed the German border.

‘Damn it, I didn’t think they’d start this quickly…….’

We haven’t prepared anything yet…….

“Chloe, if the International Association advances to Berlin with its full force, how long do you think it will take?”

Chloe also had a serious expression on her face.

“If they advance along the shortest route without major battles…… they’ll arrive in two days.”

“That’s too fast…….”

“Of course, if they gather all the German forces and try to stop them as much as possible, it could take up to five days, but in the current situation, it won’t be easy to gather forces in one place.”

“Then, do you think we can persuade the German Association to dispatch reinforcements within two days?”

“Absolutely impossible.”

“So, we can’t stop the advance no matter what.”

“Of course not. How can ordinary forces stop an army composed of ability users?”

This is a big problem.

“Then, shouldn’t we at least request support from headquarters independently?”

Team Leader Lee Ah-young asked, trying to hide her trembling voice.

“There’s no way we can send support as we please without any permission.”

“Then what do we do…?”

“We should at least deploy the German Association’s operation team.”

“That means…….”

“Let’s go to the German Association.”

We immediately started moving against the crowds escaping the city.

After struggling through the jammed roads, we finally arrived at the association.

As we entered the building, it was just as chaotic as outside.

“Excuse me! Where is the association president right now?”

I grabbed one of the busy employees and asked.

But he irritably pushed my hand away and raised his voice.

“What! Can’t you see it’s an emergency?! Don’t stay here and evacuate immediately!”

“I’m Kim Jun-woo, the Team Leader of Cleaning Team 3, WDSO Seoul Headquarters. I need to see the association president right now!”

“WDSO…?”

When I revealed my affiliation, the employee finally focused on me.

He wore a complicated expression as if he was contemplating something for a moment.

“Follow me.”

He immediately led us somewhere.

After taking the elevator to the top floor, he opened the door to an office.

“……There’s no way ordinary forces can stop ability users! You must grant us permission to deploy the operation team to the front lines!”

A middle-aged woman was yelling into the phone.

“Damn the principles! This is a state of war! Don’t make us sacrifice unnecessarily…! Hello? Hello! You son of a bitch!!”

Bang—!

She threw the phone down as if something didn’t go well.

She seemed furious.

The employee who brought us there carefully opened his mouth in that situation.

“Um… President Amelie……”

“What? Why did you come up here! I told you to have the operation team on standby!”

“Y, yes, we’re preparing now.”

“Who are these people?!”

Only then did her gaze reach us.

“I’m Kim Jun-woo, Team Leader from WDSO Seoul Headquarters.”

I took a step closer to her and revealed my affiliation.

At the same time, her brow furrowed.

“WDSO? How did WDSO get in here? You shouldn’t even be allowed to enter the country?”

“Well… I used some tricks.”

“More than that, why are you here? Don’t tell me you guys caused the air raid…!”

“Please calm down. We didn’t do it.”

I tried to calm her down, who was in a state of excitement, and continued in a calm voice.

“WDSO had information that the International Association was planning to attack Germany. I wanted to let you know somehow, but I couldn’t contact the German Association, so I came here directly.”

“What…?”

President Amelie’s eyebrows twitched at those words.

“How did WDSO know that?”

“That’s…….”

At that question, I turned my gaze back, and at the same time, Chloe stepped forward.

“I’m the one who gave the information. As a member of the International Association, I knew about various situations.”

“…Former member of the International Association?”

“Yes.”

“Ha! What the hell is going on…….”

President Amelie muttered like that and looked at us alternately.

She had an expression that she didn’t know how to accept this situation.

She kept swearing with a frustrated face for a while.

“So? The air raid has already started, so why did you come to me?”

Finally, she asked the most important question.

“As you know, ordinary forces cannot stop the International Association. You must use all available operation teams right now…….”

“Who doesn’t know that? But I can’t get permission from above! They say I can’t violate the law that ability users cannot be deployed as combat forces in times of war!”

Are they adhering to the rules even in this situation?

‘But something’s strange…….’

Even if they’re stubborn, they wouldn’t go this far.

Are they really trying to follow the rules?

Or is there another reason?

As I was thinking that, President Amelie continued to speak again.

“In the first place, we don’t have many operation teams! They have 60,000 confirmed troops, but we don’t even have 20,000 even if we gather them all. Besides, we lack equipment too!”

“Don’t worry, we’ll support the lacking personnel and equipment.”

“What…?”

I finally brought up the main point.

“I’m saying that we’ll dispatch an operation team from WDSO headquarters. I dare to say that we are the best force in the world. We can definitely stop the air raid.”

“…….”

President Amelie’s eyes wavered.

“……I won’t get permission. I don’t know if you know, but we have completely suspended exchanges with other countries…….”

“That’s the government’s position.”

“……What?”

“The request to dispatch the operation team is ultimately under the authority of the association president. You don’t need to be mindful of the government’s opinion. It’s enough if the association president gives permission.”

“Ha, I’ll be summoned to the war crimes tribunal later if I do that?”

“I guess so. Well, that’s up to the association president’s choice.”

I looked straight at the association president and continued.

“Will you protect Germany and take responsibility, or will you impeccably lose the country?”

“…….”

She looked at me for a moment.

“……Can you definitely stop them?”

She asked.

“I can guarantee it.”

I answered firmly.