Chapter 181 – Kang Seong-Ki, the Strongest Man in Korea (2)

“This is the reason why I have stayed in Korea and continued my research. The expectation that SS-class dungeons will appear. As an engineer, this is your best opportunity. If Hunter can take the lead in conquering this SS-level dungeon, and if you can provide new materials that can be obtained from the dungeon, of course I will stay in Korea longer. 5, no, 10 more years left to do research and development. At Hunter’s company, of course.”

Kim Yeon-hwa said something meaningful.
I could understand what Kim Yeon-hwa was saying even without Choi Yun-mi giving additional explanations.

So far, all S-class dungeon raids have been led by Jo Dong-geun.
He was a person who did not care about the development of domestic equipment technology.
He had no patriotism.
The only thing he was interested in was the expansion of his reputation and power.

If I take his place and become the center of domestic S-class hunters.
And if you can become the vanguard of future SS-level dungeon raids and provide new materials as a top priority.

Under those conditions, I was saying that I could stay in Korea longer and come into my company.
Yeonhwa Kim.

It was a realistic proposal, and at the same time reasonable.

I replied with a smile.

“All right. Did you promise?”
“…”

Kim Yeon-hwa looked at me with eyes full of courtesy and curiosity.

“Really? Are you confident? Aren’t you saying this because you don’t know how difficult it is to clear SS-level dungeons?”
“I don’t know. I’ve never even tried to clear an S-class dungeon, let alone an SS-class dungeon. But if I can’t do it, no S-rank hunter in Korea will be able to clear SS-level dungeons. As Yeonhwa said, what would you do if you stayed for a long time in a country where there were only hunters who couldn’t even attack the dungeons in their own country? I must leave quickly and find my light.”
“Ho-ho-ho!”

Kim Yeon-hwa smiled happily.
She said to Yoonmi Choi.

“You are more than you said. He is full of confidence despite not knowing anything else. I just hope that I am not arrogant because I know little.”

Kim Yeon-hwa spoke without hesitation.
She was a much more confident woman than I was.
If Jo Dong-geun was alive, I thought that it would be difficult for him and Kim Yeon-hwa to coexist anyway.

In such an environment, Yoonmi Choi must have given up on everything.
Korea has no future.
Like many other countries where hunters without morality have taken over the country, you would have thought that Korea would soon become like that.

“Of course~ If that was the case, then I wouldn’t have bothered to ask Yeonhwa to take the time to meet her~”

Yoonmi Choi said confidently.

“Ha, this is true.”

Kim Yeon-hwa said while looking at the time by rolling her wrist.

“I’m not the kind of person who doesn’t expect things, but seeing these two makes me do things that aren’t like me. It was nice meeting you today. At least it wasn’t a waste of time.”

She raised her body
I got up after her and held out her hand.

Kim Yeon-hwa’s hands were still smeared with hamburger grease and ketchup.
She hesitated for a moment, then she grinned and took my hand.

“It’s a constructive meeting, so I feel good too.”
“Yes, please, I wish I could too.”

After Kim Yeon-hwa disappeared, I sat down again.

“Whoa…”

Yoonmi Choi let out a sigh and shrugged her shoulders.

“She is a very difficult woman.”
“So you’re more trustworthy? Nari and I will be a good duo.”
“Ho-ho-ho. I’m glad that Kim Yeon-hwa looks good on Seong-gi. He is a very demanding person.”
“By the way.”

I raised my hand and called the clerk.

“The burgers here are delicious. Would you like to eat more, Yoonmi?”
“Yeah?”

Ignoring the surprised Yoonmi Choi, I ordered three more sets that I hadn’t tried yet.
There are dozens of people’s mana in me, and the amount and level were very high.
Eating one hamburger set was not enough.

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After meeting Kim Yeon-hwa, something became more certain.
It was something I had to do anyway, and it was also something that would come regardless of my will.

Since Jo Dong-geun is gone, someone has to take his place.
I’ve lived without a relationship with power, and I didn’t even think I had such a desire.
However, Kim Yeon-hwa’s work hit a wedge.
Whether I want it or not, it has to be that way.

– Seonggi, I have something to tell you. Can I talk to you?

It was a text message from Seulbi Kim.

I decided to live in a hotel for the time being.
Reluctant to go back to her studio, she thought it would be more convenient to stay in a hotel where she didn’t have to clean and cook, since it wouldn’t take much time while Yunmi Choi worked out the contract for her new apartment.

Seulbi Kim came to the hotel room.

We had sex as soon as we met.
I don’t think that’s the reason Seulbi Kim asked me to meet her, and it wasn’t that someone asked her to do it first, but the atmosphere naturally flowed that way.

I had a different kind of affection for Kim Seul-bi than other women.

No matter what, it was because she was a fate that informed the starting point of a changed life for her and me.
At the time, I thought that an impossible miracle had happened to me, and I never imagined that I would have a similar relationship with another woman other than Seulbi Kim.
It’s not her first love, but Kim Seul-bi has a similar feeling.

I approached her and her sex with her sincerity.
It was important to enjoy her sex itself, but she also cared about infusing her mana into her.
It is only natural that the S-class also grows.

I wanted all the women around me to be as strong as possible.

We had deep sex and ordered room service to fill our stomachs.
After that, Seulbi Kim opened her mouth.

“There will be a meeting of S-class hunters soon.”
“Okay?”
“Before, we met once a week. Jo Dong-geun led the way. The purpose was plausible, but in the end, it had the purpose of confirming its authority and monitoring other S-class hunters. Everyone felt the same way, but no one said anything about it. After Jo Dong-geun died, there was no one to gather. Of course, you would have thought that Jo Dong-geun was alive somewhere, so it was natural. But yesterday I got a message from Baek Seong-hoon. He asked me to come to the place where we always gathered.”
“Are you Seonghun Baek?”

I was also a person whose name and face I knew.
One of Korea’s S-Class Hunters.
It was a hunter who was said to be almost equal to Cho Dong-geun in terms of current skills.

But there wasn’t much going on with that.
Would you say you don’t have much of a presence?
I could only think of him after hearing his name from Seulbi Kim.

If you think about it, among the existing S-class hunters in Korea, there were many people I hadn’t met yet.

“I personally think that what is to come has come. On the surface, it’s about having a meeting about raiding an upcoming S-class dungeon, but I think there’s a different intention. Perhaps he wants to take over Jo Dong-geun’s position.”
“You say you’re succeeding Jo Dong-geun?”

I thought of Baek Seong-hoon’s image.
I know very little about him, but at least from the image alone, he doesn’t seem to have such a lust for power.
I thought if I was going to go to the front for that reason, other hunters would move first.
In fact, I have already taken care of a few hunters who have the possibility.

“All S-class hunters knew that Baek Seong-hoon was quiet because he noticed Jo Dong-geun. I have connections in Southeast Asia. I’m also communicating with the Japanese hunters. In other words, I was looking for an opportunity. If Jo Dong-geun showed a gap, he was planning to bump into it at any time.”
“How does Seulbi know that?”
“When you attend an S-level meeting, there are things you learn even if you don’t want to. There were also subtle factions. Even though they seemed to be loyal to Jo Dong-geun on the outside, there were also S-class hunters who wanted to benefit from sticking to Baek Sung-hoon. Baek Seong-hoon was better than Jo Dong-geun in terms of business skills. In addition, there are many foreign connections, so there were more things to do abroad to earn money and enjoy entertainment than in Korea, where Jo Dong-geun’s notice was visible. Anyway, I think he noticed. There’s no way Jo Dong-geun will show up again.”
“Did he find out he was dead?”
“I don’t think so, but at least I think this is an opportunity. Because Jo Dong-geun is known to have panicked about his younger brother. If it’s not this time, I’m sure he’ll think he’ll never get another chance. It’s also good for the timing. It’s time for him to attack the S-class dungeon, so if he takes the lead, he’ll look good. That will be thrown at the meeting tomorrow.”

Seulbi Kim’s story was very unexpected from my point of view.
An unexpected person was greedy to take the place of Jo Dong-geun.

Yunmi Choi had told me that she wanted me to become the center of the world’s hunter world, and I expected that many fights would happen before me.
However, as it turned out, there were obstacles to be faced from within the country.

“Even if Sae-in and Eun-bi are still there, wouldn’t it be good for Seong-gi to attend the meeting tomorrow?”

Seulbi Kim asked me.
I thought I wished
I had to move from now on to go beyond clearing the S-level dungeon and go all the way to clearing the SS-level dungeon.

“Yes, I will go with you.”