Chapter 185 – Kang Seong-Ki, the Strongest Man in Korea (6)

“Those who want me to be the leader can press 1, and those who think Kang Seong-gi can be the leader can press 2.”

I said something, and before I knew it, a machine for voting was placed in front of each seat.
It is a touch-type electronic device, and numbers appear on the screen.
It’s a small device, so if you don’t want to, you can put it under the table and press the numbers without anyone else seeing it.

Seo Na-yeon looked the other way and glared at her.
She couldn’t say who the target was.

The two, who don’t want to know that they are growing up, exchanged glances with Nayeon with mixed expressions.

“Okay, let’s begin.”

As Baek Seong-hoon said that, two people’s faces appeared on the large monitor behind him.
One was Baek Seong-hoon, and the other was me.

Baek Seong-hun’s photo, at least, didn’t seem to have been taken recently.
His hair is full and he has a gentle expression.

On the other hand, my face was clearly the picture taken today.
I thought it might have been a picture taken when I passed the entrance.

It didn’t feel right to have my picture used freely, and I also didn’t like being shown on a big screen, but honestly, it wasn’t a bad picture.

I wondered if the staff had pulled out the photos in a good way so as not to offend me.
What is not an ID photo?

Voting has begun.
It was indicated by the numbers displayed under each person’s face on the monitor.

Numbers going up one by one.

Baek Sung-hoon’s face twisted when he saw it.

The numbers under his and my face were going up at about the same rate.

Eventually I reached 5 first.
It was obvious who would have chosen me.

It was me, Seulbi Kim, Nayeon Seo, and Hyeonjun Park and Hyeoncheol Kim.

At least a tie here.
Yes, I wasn’t too worried.

Because Park Hye-na was also close friends with Kim Seul-bi.
Knowing that Seulbi Kim and Seulbi Kim are close, I wondered if I would choose Baek Sung-hoon.

Baek Sung-hoon’s face was shock itself.
It seems that he did not assume even 1% that this would happen.
Seeing the frighteningly distorted face, there was a sense of exhilaration in its own way, in contrast to the self-imposed arrogance on the podium.

The current score is 5 to 4.

The one left will decide the outcome.

And…

Beep!

When I saw the final score, I was amazed.
On the contrary, Baek Seong-hoon had a face of great relief.

5 to 5.
It was concluded with a tie.

“Hmm…”

Baek Seong-hoon bit his molars and glared at the monitor.
But, of course, that wouldn’t change the outcome.

“There’s a tie…”

Seo Na-yeon shouted at him as if he was jeering at him, who said that he couldn’t stand it because he was angry.

“Nonsense! Vote again!”

Will a re-vote change the result?
I didn’t think so.

“All right. First, we cast a vote to decide whether or not to re-vote. Both me and your time are precious, so I think it would be better to decide that first.”

In the vote to decide whether to re-vote, the result was 2 to 8.
Eight people refused to re-vote.

Neither did I, and I wasn’t very happy that this atmosphere continued.
Baek Sung-hoon is the only one who wants to come to a conclusion quickly.
If you add it to that, it’s about Seo Na-yeon.

“We have one week left to attack Hongcheon. That means you shouldn’t procrastinate too much. It’s an important issue, so why don’t we get together and vote again in three days?”

Baek Seong-hoon suggested it, and it was also voted on.
This time the result was 9 to 1.
It seemed that only Seo Na-yeon voted against it.

It seems that Baek Sung-hun asked to meet again after three days because he judged that he needed to carry out political activities behind the scenes.

It would be important for him to start by figuring out who voted against him.
Then he had to change the results after 3 days.

I was curious too.
Who chose Baek Sung-hoon?
It was a vote that could not be lost by simple calculation.

Hunters rose from their seats.
One by one they went through the door.

Baek Seong-hoon put his hood on again and looked at me.
His gaze was sharp as if it would kill me.
It was also an expression of not knowing why the situation had come to this point.

Anyway, all the work to be done here is done.
He straightened his gaze and walked out the door.

“Why did this happen?”

Seulbi Kim also had a face that was not convinced.
She, like me, must have done her calculations.
And you would have expected it to be 6 to 4.

“Hey! You guys really want to die!”

Seo Na-yeon screamed.
The target she shouted at was none other than Park Hyeon-jun and Kim Hyeon-cheol.
They hurriedly rushed over here to protest.

“It’s not me! Really! Brother! I am not~~!!”

Kim Hyeon-cheol said with a face that he would die of regret.

“Neither do I. Why me! Baek Seong-hoon says he doesn’t like that bastard either!”

Park Hyeon-joon also looked unfair.

“Oh really…”

Since the two felt unfair, Seo Na-yeon had nothing more to say.
Although they don’t have the ability to read minds, it was clear from the atmosphere that the two weren’t lying.

“Seulbi, I’m going. I’ll call you, so let’s eat later.”

As she said that, it was Park Hye-na who raised her body.
As if she had promised, all the eyes of the remaining people went to her.

She showed me her friendliness and asked me to have a meal with Kim Seul-bi, but she didn’t even look this way now.
It was clear that something was hanging on his mind.

“You guys are real!”

Seo Na-yeon still questioned Park Hyeon-joon and Kim Hyeon-cheol.
But I decided it was useless.

The same goes for Seulbi Kim.

“See you next.”

I said to Seo Na-yeon.

“Uh? You want to break up like this?”

Seo Na-yeon had a sad face.
She is a woman who has stepped up for me in many ways.
She didn’t have to be more harsh than necessary.

“It’s three days later. You can see it then.”

A smile spread across her face as I spoke.

“Yes!”

Park Hyeon-joon and Kim Hyeon-cheol shouted as if they were making a final protest, with Seulbi Kim and I leaving the door.

“Go carefully!”
“Brother! See you in three days!”

They might be afraid of me, but more than that, they wouldn’t want it known that they were eunuchs.

Seulbi Kim muttered as she left the building.

“I don’t think Hyena would…”

Of course, she seemed to have guessed who chose Baek Sung-hoon among the people who thought she would film me.

“It can be.”

It could be.
To Park Hye-na, I am the first person I saw today.
Besides, even if he was close with Seulbi Kim, he wasn’t close enough to know everything while meeting every day.

She had no grounds for forcing her to film me.

‘Now…’

How does it work?

The vote ended in a tie.
If I gave Baek Seong-hoon the leader position, it would be difficult to meet the condition that Kim Yeon-hwa had set, namely, that I had to become the center of S-rank hunters and attack SS-level dungeons.

3 days…

Something in it had to change.

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Kim Seul-bi and I agreed to visit Kang Ah-jin to discuss Baek Sung-hun’s work.
She knows more than we do about what goes on in the light and shade of the Hunter world.

Besides, Valentina and Louisa were also in the house.

Titi and Chichi returned to Thailand to take over their organization.
They had said that they would return to Korea soon.
Kang Man-cheol probably took them to Thailand.
The last time I saw Kang Man-cheol, he looked more like a huge piece of meat than a living person.
It would probably survive for more than 10 years and become a tool for testing all sorts of poisons.
Just imagining it is terrifying.
Of course, what he did in Korea and what he intends to do in the future is never worse than that.

Kang Ah-jin saw me and Kim Seul-bi off.
Still, getting to her home was impossible without her help.

I thought maybe it would be possible if I further developed my sorcery skills, but of course that was a matter for later consideration.
Another thing I thought I might try later was how about putting a warp facility in each of the women’s and I’s houses.

Then you’ll be able to come and go easily whenever you want.
I didn’t live far away, but the traffic situation in Seoul is not easy.
Of course, it would be convenient.
Besides, when there is something to discuss together like today.

In the car, Kang Ah-jin heard what happened during the S-class meeting today.

“You finally showed your ambition.”

Like Kim Seul-bi, she also seems to have known that Baek Sung-hoon had the ambition to usurp Jo Dong-geun’s place.

“Maybe it was done beforehand. Some Hunters don’t like Jo Dong-geun’s reign. Not because of the lust for power, but because of the greed for money. Because Jo Dong-geun was not generous. Relatively, Baek Sung-hoon’s desire is more focused on power than money. He’ll think it’ll be easier to make money if you stick with him.”