The Wise Cleaning Life Of A Returning Genius Hunter [EN]: Chapter 57

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As soon as lunchtime was over, Seo Min-cheol summoned me.

Well, now that the general meeting was over, the reason he was looking for me was obvious.

“I, I’m sorry.”

His carefully crafted scheme had gone to waste… all that was left was begging, of course.

“Song Cheol-sik put pressure on me, so I couldn’t help it. I mean it, please believe me!”

“I’m aware of that much.”

“R, really? You believe me, right? Then please, to the association president as well…”

“Sss, I think that’s beyond my role.”

The sound of his heart dropping seemed to echo all the way here.

Head of the Seoul Branch, Seo Min-cheol, trudged out and finally knelt before me.

“Seriously…”

I let out a burst of laughter at the sight.

Just yesterday, he was the head of the Seoul Branch.

No matter how high-ranked a hunter was, no one could treat him carelessly, and he had no reason to bow his head to anyone else.

To think that such a person could become so pathetic.

I shook my head.

“Please, just give me one chance! If you give me this one chance, I can tell you everything Song Cheol-sik has been embezzling, down to the last penny!”

“Head Seo Min-cheol.”

I lowered myself to meet his eyes.

“What would I do with that information?”

“……”

Seo Min-cheol’s eyes trembled.

I stood up again.

“Actually, since you’ve been accommodating me, I’d like to let it go smoothly… but unfortunately, I’m just a cleaner. I don’t think there’s anything I can do to help.”

“Don’t say that! How can you be just a cleaner? I’ve never seen anyone as capable as you!”

“Isn’t that too much to say? You’ve been ignoring me all this time, and now you’re saying I’m capable?”

Seo Min-cheol seemed speechless.

“That’s right, why bother someone who’s just sitting still and working hard?”

“……”

Further conversation was meaningless.

I turned my back and was about to leave the office when.

“What’s going to happen to me now……”

I paused for a moment at the utterly pathetic words. I almost burst out laughing.

“Why are you asking me that?”

I left the office with a smile.

***

Kim Jun-woo left, and Seo Min-cheol was alone in the office.

His fist clenched tightly.

Thanks to that, the documents in his hand were crumpled.

Just as he felt like he was about to explode with uncontrollable anger.

Knock, knock.

Lee Soo-yong entered.

“You called for……”

“You son of a bitch!!”

Lee Soo-yong was immediately covered with the pile of documents that came flying at him as soon as he stepped in.

“You said he wasn’t on the association president’s line! You said there couldn’t be any connection!!”

Seo Min-cheol’s agitation didn’t subside even after throwing everything he could grab.

“B, based on my investigation, that was definitely the case! It would be strange for someone with those credentials to have a connection with the association president!”

“But damn it, how did Kim Jun-woo know and bring in the association president? How did he find a position that even the board didn’t know about!”

“T, that’s……”

“Was it just finding him? That stubborn old man who wasn’t even interested in the association has returned! And he’s even pushing for reform! Is that something that can be done with just a normal connection? Huh? Answer me if you have a mouth!!”

“……”

Lee Soo-yong lowered his head and kept his mouth shut.

It was something he couldn’t understand either.

Did he develop a connection with the association president in the meantime?

No. As Seo Min-cheol said, to persuade him to intervene in the association’s internal affairs, it couldn’t have been a relationship built overnight.

Besides, the atmosphere he saw in the cafeteria was also unusual. It felt like more than just a connection, like they were friends of ten years.

‘Damn it, what the hell is his identity……’

Lee Soo-yong suppressed his resentment.

In fact, his information wasn’t wrong.

Far from being wrong, it was 100% accurate.

He just didn’t have the ability to see the past life.

“C, calm down first……”

“How can I not be agitated?! Several people are about to lose their heads!”

It was then that the phone on the desk rang.

At the same time, Seo Min-cheol’s expression hardened.

After hesitating, he picked up the receiver and put it to his ear.

“Hello……”

「You son of a bitch!! What are you! What are you!」

As expected, the voice he expected was heard.

Seo Min-cheol’s face automatically contorted.

「You said you’d take care of Kim Jun-woo! How are you going to explain this!!」

“T, that’s, I proceeded based on what Lee Soo-yong told me……”

「I don’t care whose words you believe! How can a guy who said he’d take care of it not know until the association president barges in during the board meeting?! The other executives are foaming at the mouth! What are you going to do about this? What are you going to do!」

“What can I do here! Wasn’t it the director who wanted to get rid of Lee Doo-sik by associating him with the association president!”

「Y, you son of a bitch… who are you raising your voice at right now?!」

“How can I not raise my voice? Don’t you think it’s too much to try to pass the buck to me now?”

「You son of a bitch. I know you’ve been selling off those bad inventory dungeons to guilds and putting them on the operations team 1’s record, don’t think I don’t know! Should I open my mouth?!」

“Are you threatening me now?”

「Yes, I’m threatening you! If you don’t want to lose your head for real, cling to Kim Jun-woo and somehow smooth things over!」

Click.

A curse word burst out.

When did you tell me to take care of it by any means, and now you’re telling me to cling to him and smooth things over?

If that had worked, would I be like this now?

Seo Min-cheol lowered his head and let out a deep sigh.

“Soo-yong.”

“……Yes.”

“Thanks to you, you’re about to lose your head.”

“Why is the arrow coming at me again?”

“If you…… hadn’t said that nonsense about Kim Jun-woo not being on the association president’s line, things wouldn’t have turned out this way!”

Lee Soo-yong raised his head and looked at Seo Min-cheol.

Then Seo Min-cheol shook his head and continued.

“You… the head of the headquarters is out of the question.”

Lee Soo-yong took a long breath through his nose.

He must have been very angry too, but Seo Min-cheol didn’t care.

“Get out.”

“……”

“Get out, you son of a bitch!”

Lee Soo-yong left the office without any particular reaction.

“That bastard Song Cheol-sik is really……”

The anger that had been rampant in his eyes had turned into murderous intent.

“So, that’s how you’re going to play it?”

Seo Min-cheol gritted his teeth.

***

“That bastard……”

Lee Soo-yong, who came out into the hallway, also gritted his teeth.

It was only natural that he was angry too.

He had spent his own money to dig up information on Kim Jun-woo, all for Seo Min-cheol.

Of course, it would be more accurate to say it was for his own line.

Anyway, when he first brought the information, didn’t he welcome him as if he would take care of him for the rest of his life?

But now that a problem has arisen, he’s immediately passing the buck.

‘I knew he was that kind of guy from the start……’

Just look at how Im Dong-bin was kicked out of the operations team 2 leader position.

It wasn’t just Im Dong-bin. He was the kind of guy who would cut off his tail, regardless of whether they were allies or enemies, as soon as a problem arose.

It was just his turn this time.

“Hoo……”

His head throbbed.

From the moment the association president returned, the main axis of the association had already changed.

The people below, including Song Cheol-sik, were driven to the edge of a cliff, and Seo Min-cheol would soon abandon him.

So, there’s nothing to gain by staying under those bastards anymore. Rather, if he stayed, he would be mercilessly bitten and thrown away.

If so…….

‘It’s stupid to stay still in this situation.’

Yes, it’s all or nothing.

He has to bite before he gets bitten.

***

Operations Team 2 office.

I closed my eyes and calmly sorted out the situation in a place where Cleaning Team 3 members and Kim Min-joo gathered.

To be honest, I didn’t think that the association would be greatly affected just because Lee Doo-sik had taken the sword [taken a leading role].

Even though the association president had appeared, too many executives had already turned their backs.

If they united and pushed forward with determination, the association president’s return would simply be a happening, and Lee Doo-sik would not be able to escape the fate of being a flashy but useless person.

Of course, even if they failed to reform, it wouldn’t have anything to do with me.

I was satisfied with just giving Seo Min-cheol a blow, and on top of that, I had instilled the misunderstanding that I was on the association president’s line again.

But…….

[Korea Esper Association, Corruption Allegations Erupting One After Another!]

[Director Song Cheol-sik’s Illegal Bribery! Citizens’ Sincere Anger at the Unimaginable Lobbying Amount.]

[Head Seo Min-cheol, Illegal Dungeon Sales and Performance Manipulation?]

[Successive Corruption Exposure Warfare! Who is the Beginning?]

[Only 14 Executives Involved in the ‘Association Gate’ [a major scandal]. Prosecution Investigation Commences]

[Netizens, ‘US Branch Corruption? Not in a Position to Talk About Others’, Association President Park In-beom Says, ‘I Realize the Need for Association Reform With This Opportunity’]

[‘I Will Take Responsibility to the End and Create a Healthy Association’, Exclusive Interview With Director Lee Doo-sik, Appointed as Head of Planning]

…Why are they suddenly biting each other?

└ There’s no day without wind ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ [Laughter indicating chaos]

└ Hey hey! They’re fighting!

└ It’s so much fun ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

└ Are you guys laughing? That means they’ve all gobbled up your taxes.

└ Fact) Everyone here is unemployed, so they don’t pay taxes

└ Student,,, take down the post,,,,^^@

└ No, so why did the exposure warfare suddenly erupt?? Who blew it up??

└ Is there anyone other than ‘that guy’ who would blow this up?

└ LOL ㄹㅇㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ [Real/True laughter] Anyone can see it’s ‘that guy’~

└ Kingly Reasonable Godly Suspicion… I agree…

Why is my name muted again?

The dozens of corruption cases that spread to the media were actually all allegations that were pinned on Director Lee Doo-sik in the past life.

The fact that they were all exposed means that Lee Doo-sik will not be falsely accused and dismissed like in the past life.

Somehow, it’s going exactly the opposite of the past life.

“Now I’m really starting to get scared. What are you really?”

Han Sang-hyuk shook his head with an unbelievable expression.

“……I didn’t do anything?”

“That humility……”

Han Sang-hyuk shuddered, but I was sincerely wronged.

Because I really didn’t do anything!

“Thank you, Jun-woo.”

“No, there’s nothing to be thanked for……”

Then Moon So-yeon also added to it and gently grabbed my hand.

As I was doing that, I felt a tingling sensation in the back of my head.

From behind, Kim Min-joo was making a dissatisfied expression.

“…Why are you making that expression?”

“It’s nothing in particular.”

She turns her head away with a sulky voice.

Did only incomprehensible people gather?

I need to get out of here quickly.

At that time, the office door burst open.

“Some people are working their bones out, and these guys are slacking off?”

It was the newly appointed Head of Planning, Director Lee Doo-sik.

“We’re just bystanders.”

“You shouldn’t say that, even if it’s someone else.”

Lee Doo-sik shakes his head as if he’s resentful.

At some point, he started talking to me informally.

It’s like we’ve seen everything from each other now.

“Anyway, do you have some time?”

“Yes, well, I have time… what’s the matter?”

“It’s nothing special, the association president is calling you for lunch.”

“Ah, that’s good. I was going to visit you anyway.”

Then he took out an envelope from his pocket.

“Hey, hey, you……!”

“J, Jun-woo?”

Han Sang-hyuk and Moon So-yeon’s eyes widened.

The words ‘Resignation Letter’ were written in large, formal script on the envelope.