Chapter 161 – Potential Awakener Choi Yunmi (1)

“There is another reason why now is the right time.”
“Another reason?”

I asked Yunmi Choi.

“Yes, did you hear the news? An SS-level dungeon will be created in Korea soon.”
“Yeah.”
“If there is a really SS-level dungeon, everyone in the industry will rush. Because materials that do not exist in the world will pour out en masse.”
“Ah…”

I could understand everything Yoonmi Choi was trying to say.

As she said, now was the right time.
In Korea, two people with the greatest talents appeared, and even an SS-level dungeon was being created to stimulate their curiosity.

“It will be fun.”

I genuinely thought so.
Since I was born in Korea, I have a natural level of patriotism.
Apart from that, if I and the girls with me could make their own equipment and weapons…
I had never thought of it this way, but I thought it would be fun in itself.

Besides, my ability could not be defined as one.
It’s because all kinds of mana is captured and expressed independently and interactively.
It was difficult even for me to guess what equipment and weapons would suit me.
That’s why when I first visited Yoonmi Choi’s shop, I just rented all the weapons by type.

“Ah…”

Yoonmi Choi held my hand.

It may have been because he was drunk, but he seemed thrilled.
But she soon realized her own mistake and quickly withdrew her hand.

“Sorry!”

I smiled.

I could guess why she was surprised.
If it were other S-class hunters, they could have inflicted great harm on them depending on their mood.
I don’t know why it happened, but there were many psychopaths among the S-class hunters I met.

“Don’t worry.”
“Yeah…”

Yoonmi Choi’s face turned redder.
I felt her unexpected response come from her.

Mana flowing softly.
It had a very unique shape.

But I was stuck in something and couldn’t get out of it.

If it had been me before, I probably wouldn’t have been able to detect this.
However, I was able to sensitively capture even this characteristic of mana because I had grown beyond my knowledge.

“Yunmi-san, by any chance…”

Yoonmi Choi was startled when she saw me staring at her.
Not only that, but “Hiccup!” Made a sound

When she met Kang Man-cheol, she seemed so calm that she had no blood or tears, but now she is a very cute woman.
Not to mention, she was also quite pretty.
As much as she is a businesswoman, she wears a suit and has a mannered attitude that is ingrained in her body. As long as she changes her clothes and tries to do so, she is a woman who can appeal to men enough.

In any case, Yoonmi Choi’s reaction just now seemed to be a bit misunderstood.

According to common sense, an S-class hunter can’t hug a normal woman, but Choi Yoon-mi can’t be unaware of that fact, but it’s something she can understand only with her head.
There was no way ordinary women could reject the charm of an S-class hunter.
It had absolutely nothing to do with whether or not force was used.
Even though she knew exactly what she was going to do, she was helplessly sucked in.

When I think back to the first time I met Seulbi Kim, I was really dizzy.
It was the same when I saw Kim Eun-bi, who had visited the dungeon before, from a distance.

However, apart from that, I had a unique impression on Yunmi Choi.
I asked her what she was curious about.

“Have you ever awakened?”
“Yeah?”

Yoonmi Choi made an expression as if her heart had stopped.
She stayed like that for about 3 seconds before letting out her inexplicable sigh of “Whoa…”.
Looking a bit disappointed, I guess he was expecting me to say or do something else.

“Rather than awakening…”

Choi Yoon-mi said with her shoulders drooping, as if she had completely abandoned the expectation that something would happen with me.

“I had some work before. It happened in Japan…”

She wrinkled her brow as if recalling her painful memories.
She raised her glass in her hand and took a shot of champagne.

“Since I am in the industry, various rumors have come to my ears. There has always been a story about an item that turns ordinary people into hunters. But since it’s the most deceptive story, it’s often fake. There are many people who have been harmed by such rumors.”

I was able to guess her situation to some extent by listening to Choi Yoon-mi’s words with her distressed expression.

“I wonder if Yunmi-ssi also…”
“Yes… I thought I would never be scammed… But the story was so plausible that I thought it would be worth it to lose money…”

Her face turned red, but this time it was a different expression.
That’s very embarrassing.
In her own way, she had risen to prominence in the industry, and she felt ashamed to have fallen for such a scam.

“How did you know that… I completely forgot…”

Perhaps she herself would not have brought up the story of herself being swindled.
I asked the question directly, and besides, the atmosphere was friendly, so I must have said it without even realizing it.

I became more curious.

“Have you failed?”
“Yes… It was a Korean hunter, but she was a woman who created a lot of strange rumors. She was also called an alchemist, but since hunters with such abilities were rare, there were many people who were dubious about her. But I was able to trust her because she had demonstrated her abilities in front of me. She dismantled some C-class equipment, and she fashioned other materials out of it. And the material was judged to be grade B. She said that she didn’t understand her abilities well and that she was still researching. If her ability was stable, of course I would have wanted to keep in touch and do business with her. But she was still immature in her abilities. I figured it would be better to leave her alone and let her grow on her own. Several months passed like that. I had almost forgotten about her. She contacted me from Japan and said she seemed to have made something great.”
“Is that…”
“Yeah. It’s something that awakens ordinary people to become hunters…”

Yoonmi Choi lowered her head.
She felt ashamed to talk about it again.

“I have never heard of an awakening item actually working. If I had heard the same thing from someone else, I would have doubted it. And I would have ignored it. But I’ve seen the miracles she created before. I thought that a hunter who can activate alchemy, which is extremely rare in the world, came from Korea. She thought that she would be working hard to develop her own ability, but no way it was her awakening item…”

Yoonmi Choi let out a sigh and continued her words.

“After that, it’s as expected. I went over to her Japan and met her. She had a very uplifting face. She said she had already used the same item a few times and it worked. After seeing her expression and tone of voice, I became more suspicious. After that, I came to desire the natural desire, the thing that ordinary people most desire. It is to become a Hunter.”
“Well…”

I could fully understand what Yoonmi Choi was saying.
When I received the awakening test 10 years ago, I believed that I would live a completely different life from now on.
I didn’t even think that a long time of hope torture would continue after that.
It is such a strong desire.
Being able to awaken and become a Hunter.

“At first I thought it was a success. An unknown feeling filled her chest and her body seemed to float. I had never taken those kinds of drugs, but it was like I was hallucinating. And that feeling continued even after I returned to Korea. She said she had work to finish in Japan, and later she asked to meet her in Korea. But she didn’t know then. That feeling would soon disappear. I paid 5 billion for the item price. Of course, this was done with the conviction that it would work. The feeling was so intense. But it turns out it was a scam. I heard later that she was chased by hunters in Japan. It was because the awakening, which I thought was successful, turned out to be ineffective later, like mine. I thought I had eyes to see people, but I didn’t know at all. I think she tricked me into delusions and hallucinations. After that, I was afraid that something would go wrong with my body. She tried to find her but never heard from her. She thinks maybe she was killed by Japanese hunters.”

Choi Yoon-mi, who vomited her long story, sighed again, “Haaaaa…”

After hearing the whole story, I felt my doubts dispelled.
And when I looked at Choi Yoon-mi with concentration, I realized that the ambiguous feeling from earlier had become stronger.

This time, I held Choi Yoon-mi’s hand on my side.

“What would you like?”
“Yeah?”
“If what the alchemist gave to Yoon-mi really had the effect of awakening.”