Chapter 900 – Hope (1)

As I said before, hunters become quite busy with outdoor activities at the end of the year and the beginning of the year. Hunters’ special abilities are often needed for various purposes at large-scale events or festivals.

Thanks to this, last year’s Azure Shield also had a history of temporarily suspending activities from the end of the year to the beginning of this year, and of course this year was the same.

Anyway, being a hunter is all about making money. When you’re really busy, it’s natural to go and find something that makes you money.

Just because Azure Shield was taking a temporary break didn’t mean I was neglected or abandoned. Rather, I also had work to do at the end of this year, so it was a perfect time for a break.

At the end of this year, I also had to complete various tasks related to the ‘Eun and Ok Chuncheon City Branch’ that will be opened in Chuncheon City.

‘To be honest, I still don’t like the guild name a little.’

Even though it is operated as a branch of the company guild, it seemed better to change the guild name. No matter how much I think about the term ‘Eun and Ok Co., Ltd. Chuncheon City Branch’, it feels like an eternity.

I decided to think about it when a suitable idea came to me, and today I stopped by Chuncheon City for the first time in a while.

I had to see the remodeling status of the old Chuncheon City Hall, which will be used as a guild building, and meet briefly with the ‘Chuncheon City politicians’ who emerged after Chuncheon City was liberated.

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As I took the warp gate from the company to Chuncheon City, what caught my eye was a site that seemed to be under construction no matter where I went.

Area B, where the company gate is located, was originally the site of an amusement park, but now it appears that most of the facilities are being torn down, and a new building is being built.

Since it was an area where large monsters roamed around in the first place, due to the aftermath, the demolition itself was like construction that had already begun.

It appears that the buildings that appear to be in good condition will be rebuilt and reused. Well, I’m not an expert on architecture, so I’m not sure.

The expert in this field I know is probably busy building a large apartment complex these days, so I probably won’t have time to see him in person. The reason I was able to ask Do Ye-hee to remodel the Chuncheon City Hall building was because it included an interest contract that allowed me to run an apartment business based on the land I owned in Chuncheon City.

While I was walking to the meeting place, looking around, the voice of a woman of a certain age reached my ear.

“Ah, isn’t it Hunter Seong Tae-kyung!”

“… Are you Mayor Park Hee-sun’s secretary?”

“Hey, it’s an honor to remember you, Hunter Seong Taekyung. “You are correct that you visited in connection with the Chuncheon City Hall development meeting, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“I will take you to the conference room. Let’s get on.”

“Then I will take care of you.”

The ‘New Chuncheon City Hall’, which arrived in a sedan driven by Mayor Park Hee-sun’s secretary, was not in as bad a condition as expected.

Although it may only have been a few months since redevelopment began, it already looks like a decent-looking building. It probably wasn’t rebuilt from scratch, but it seemed like they were remodeling the intact buildings in the amusement park.

Of course, amusement park buildings were rarely built higher than 5 stories, so it was a bit narrow to use as a city hall. Perhaps because they knew this, they seemed to be expanding the building through construction.

Actually, the best thing would be to reuse the old Chuncheon City Hall, which was almost intact on the outside, but I had already decided to use that building as a hunter guild. If you take that guild building away from me now, you will be criticized by public opinion, so I will have no choice but to go back this way.

“It’s been a while, Hunter Seong Taekyung.”

“Oh, yes. How have you been, Mayor Park Hee-sun?”

“Thank you. Thanks to the redevelopment of Chuncheon City, I can definitely breathe easier these days. Should I call this a blessing in disguise, haha…”

Mayor Park Hee-seon.

Last time I heard, it seemed like he was a person who was pushed out of the political competition within the party and exiled to his local district in Chuncheon. I almost won the party leadership primary, but fell into a trap and lost completely.

This Chuncheon mayor position was decided because it was thought that public opinion would be adversely affected in various ways if the candidate was forced to leave the party just because he won the primary.

After the ‘Chuncheon City Monster Wave Incident’ that occurred a dozen years ago, Chuncheon City was the mayor of a district that had become a kind of temporary exile.

Even if you are elected in the local district, there is no actual area to run, so all you can do is figure out whether the monster barrier surrounding Chuncheon City is properly maintained. It feels similar to South Korea electing North Korea’s Hamgyong Province Governor or Pyeongan Province Governor in a previous life.

A young lawmaker with some energy left could go into an ‘abandoned village’ as a hunter and hunt monsters, but that was too much for a middle-aged politician over 50.

And now that Chuncheon City was liberated and there was a lot of work to do, it was a time when she was given ample opportunities to build up her achievements.

“When I was told to run for this constituency, I thought my political career would be over, but thanks to Hunter Seong Tae-kyung, I have another opportunity, so I have to grab it with all my might.”

“I am also receiving help in many ways thanks to Mayor Park Hee-sun. “We sincerely thank you for giving us permission to recycle the former Chuncheon City Hall building.”

“Anyway, if Hunter Seong Tae-kyung wasn’t there, this building would have been used as a habitat for monsters, so of course we should allow Hunter Seong Tae-kyung to use it if he wants. Since you said you would establish a hunter guild in that place, there is no reason for me to stop Hunter Seong Tae-kyung’s plan.”

If I establish a hunter guild, it will also be helpful to Chuncheon City. Even if it is a small guild at the moment, it is necessary for her as the mayor of Chuncheon to somehow attract it.

And while I was based in Chuncheon City, it was better for me to get to know her in order to receive various administrative conveniences. There were still two years left in her term as mayor of Chuncheon.

“As I said last time, if there is any problem with your work in Chuncheon City, please let me know at any time. “If I think it is helpful to the development of Chuncheon City, I will help as much as I can.”

“I understand, Mayor Park Hee-sun.”

“I am confident that the male hunter in question is active in our area. It’s almost meeting time, so let’s go in.”

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The meeting held at the new Chuncheon City Hall lasted much longer than expected.

Perhaps because it was an area that had been lost to monsters and was regained, it was a meeting where lawmakers with great motivation gathered for various reasons.

… The problem was that they all only had great motivation, and the rest seemed like they were insignificant people, even to me, who had no knowledge of politics.

“So, in order to revive Chuncheon City, we need to develop tourist facilities first…”

“Right now, the entire foundation has been blown away due to the monster wave, so what kind of tourist facility is this so carefree? “Do you want to come and play in an area that has been devastated by monsters?”

“What? Auntie?! How old are you?”

“First, we have to rebuild the road. Since we have to pass through the land regardless of whether it was where the monsters appeared, we rebuilt it from the Yangyang Expressway and turned National Road 5 into a highway…”

“That… They say AI or something is doing well these days… Is there anything we can do with AI? ?”

“What kind of AI is an old woman who can’t even use a computer?” .”

As I said before, the constituency of Chuncheon City had long since turned into a place of exile for each party, and of course there was no way that there would be any decent people among the city council members who gathered like that.

There may be at least one or two local residents who have lived in the same area for a long time, but the entire city of Chuncheon was occupied by monsters. Unfortunately, like other cities, there were no council members who had as much knowledge about the region as possible, so most of the content of the meeting was nothing more than gossip.

Not only did the content of the topic bounce around a lot, but there were almost no real opinions, and the only thing that could be salvaged from the meeting that lasted over two hours was that the road should be rebuilt from the beginning.

Occasionally, there were people who asked me questions as I was the only city council member, but I chose to keep quiet instead of talking about various things. In a situation like this, it seemed obvious that the person who opened his mouth would end up doing more work.

“Ha. So, let’s assume that the budget plan will go toward rebuilding the Yangyang Expressway first. The reconstruction of National Highway 5 will be delayed a little later…”

Mayor Park Hee-sun, the only trustworthy person, led the meeting in a heavy manner. If it weren’t for the shame, the meeting would have ended after two hours of meaningless nonsense and arguments.

It was a time at the meeting where I became firm in my decision to contact Mayor Park Hee-sun directly rather than getting involved with other city council members if I need anything related to Chuncheon City activities in the future.

“Ha, now let’s move on to the last item on the agenda.”

Mayor Park Hee-sun, who looked exhausted, brought up the last agenda of today’s meeting, and the eyes of other city council members turned to Mayor Park Hee-sun.

“The last item on the agenda is a plan to change the name of the district in Chuncheon City. Does anyone have any good opinions?”