151 episodes
Days that have passed without hesitation as to whether to run a business or work under the water.
The dungeon goods business is becoming more profitable day by day thanks to the unification of the distribution process by working with an interpersonal group.
Now, the number of hunters who give orders from the shadows is over a thousand people.
If the Jeongin Guild and the transport team, which were recently called up to their size, were added, the scale was comparable to that of the giant guilds in previous lives.
But one day, I heard a rumor.
“It’s ridiculous.”
The story told to me by Joo Yong-seop, the ally of the Cheonmu Guild, was very surprising.
“Is there such a rumor going around?”
“Yes.”
Joo Yong-seop said with a very serious expression.
“There are ridiculous rumors circulating, such as the rumor that Jeong-in development did all the interpretations to steal the skill stones and pretended not to know, and that he used the skill stones he had collected for other places, and that he knew the location of the dungeon in advance and took the lead.”
Rumors made up of absurd content that Joo Yong-seop himself said was a bizarre rumor.
“It’s like supplying hunters from the academy to guilds and planting spies, and installing cameras at the outpost to keep track of the hunters’ trends… .”
“Pu ha ha ha!!”
Did someone know the truth and spread the rumors?
That doesn’t make sense.
I never shared any information about my past life with anyone, and never will.
In other words, these are false rumors that have only been made up front and back of the business I have been doing.
But the funny thing is that almost all of these rumors are true.
So it’s more fun.
“This is a complete comedy. What do you think of the main guild leader?”
“It is a rumor without any evidence. There are a lot of things that don’t make sense in the first place.”
okay.
This is probably the reaction of most hunters.
That’s because there’s no evidence at all.
The only real thing is the camera installed at the outpost?
However, all the cameras installed in the outpost that had been recently leased to the guilds had been removed.
After all, if it was recorded, it had to be retrieved, but since the basic condition of the rental contract is that only the guild that rented it except for the warehouse, it was impossible to recover it, so it was removed altogether.
The forward base, which is open for general hunters, has a transport team on standby for delivery service, so there is no problem with anyone looking for the camera.
In any case, except for the camera, everything else was nothing more than a conspiracy theory.
It is also a level of rumors that are difficult to comprehend in common sense.
I said with a look of interest.
“These rumors came out at the same time… .”
Would it be right to see that someone spread it intentionally?
I said with a smile.
“How should we deal with these nonsense? Do you have any good comments?”
Joo Yong-seop said with a bewildered expression that he had not thought of that.
“Ah, it’s just a rumor anyway, so if you consistently react to it, it won’t go away.”
no.
It can’t be.
If it’s just a coincidence rumor, then that’s the correct answer, but this is a rumor spread on purpose.
In other words, we can’t let the rumors go away.
I said with a smile.
“Thank you for caring me. You must be busy, so please come all the way here.”
“It is nothing compared to what CEO Jung In-soo did. Anyway, if you need any help, feel free to let me know.”
Joo Yong-seop, who had spread the word, left the office, and I leaned on the sofa and wiggled my legs.
“It’s nonsense… .”
It was surprisingly accurate and fun, but I have to pay the price for touching me.
The question is, who spread this?
Originally, rumors have no feet, so it is very difficult to find their origin.
Just as I spread rumors related to the construction of an interpersonal group forward base, I don’t know if the basis is clear. Finding the source of these floating rumors… .
“yes?”
for a moment.
Director Kim Byung-tae responded to my rumors and tried to use it in reverse, right?
If it actually came out like that, I would have been very troubled.
“Kim Byung-tae… Would you like to see your abilities?”
* * *
Although he was pushed to a prettier position, Kim Byung-tae did his best in everything.
“Asan Industrial is running out of supplies, so please release the spares.”
“All right. Director.”
“The insufficient reserve quantity can be filled by requesting from Jeongin Development… .”
Kim Byung-tae, who finished the work like that, said.
“What is your next job?”
At that, the employee paused for a moment and said.
“That, that.”
Kim Byung-tae said with a shallow sigh.
“Ha, isn’t it?”
“Yes… .”
Kim Byung-tae said while rubbing his temples.
“Get out.”
“Yes! Director.”
The problem is, there’s nothing to do.
Jeongin Development thoroughly kept its promise with the Daein Group and supplied the quantity without any setback, and the Daein Group was also actively expanding its logistics network using it.
In this situation, Kim Byung-tae’s job was nothing more than just inventory management.
“shit.”
It is the executives of large corporations who reign as the top level of the company, but at the same time do not know when they will be cut as contract workers.
Therefore, it is necessary to constantly produce results and, if not, to be good at internal politics.
Of course, since the chairman highly values Kim Byung-tae’s ability, the probability of what will happen right now is small, but if Cho Han-gil becomes chairman in the future… .
“Should I be worried about Daum soon?”
He worked hard for the company to repay the favor he received from the president, and he intends to continue playing, but even the opportunity has been forfeited.
“Should I start my own business?”
Kim Byung-tae, who had been calculating the money he had accumulated and severance pay, said with a bitter expression.
“My wife is going to be upset.”
Will the wife, who boasted about having held the executive title at a young age, accept this fact?
It was clear that he was probably going to make a fuss to preserve his seat somehow.
taken from noblemt l
My kids are going to go to university soon, so what if they leave the company already?
“Why do I have to worry about this… .”
As I was thinking about this and that, suddenly there was a lot of noise outside, and someone came and knocked on the office door.
smart.
“who are you?”
“Director Kim, this is Insoo Jeong.”
Kim Byung-tae said with a surprised expression.
“CEO Jung?”
It was the first time Jung In-soo came to the office in person.
“Come on in.”
Jeong In-soo, who came in with the office door open, waved his hand and said.
“Are you busy?”
‘Rather, there is nothing to do.’
Kim Byung-tae shook his head and said.
“It’s ok, I was just busy. What did you come here for?”
At Kim Byeong-tae’s words, Jeong In-soo sat down on the sofa and said.
“That’s it, Director Kim.”
Jeong In-soo looked at Kim Byung-tae and said.
“Can I ask for some advice?”
* * *
“It’s nonsense… .”
Kim Byung-tae, who heard the story told by Jeong In-soo, could immediately recognize it.
‘Who did it on purpose?’
Unnatural rumors that erupted simultaneously.
I’m sure someone spread it on purpose.
“You said it was counseling for trouble, but do you want a solution from me?”
“It would be nice to have a solution. A counterattack would be better.”
“A counterattack?”
Jeong In-soo said with a smile.
“I want to know who spread these rumors. And I want to bring down the corresponding mace.”
Then Kim Byung-tae said with a puzzled expression.
“You want to know who spread it? Whatever it is… .”
“It doesn’t have to be exact. Because what I want from Director Kim is not to have someone track down the rumors, but to guess. Who spread these rumors for what? Last time I saw you, you were doing well.”
“Well… .”
In my mind, I want to ignore it.
It was a fact that I found out later, but it was Jeong In-soo who made him not even start the plan he had made and put him in this place.
However, the opponent is the representative of development, Jeong In, who is a supporter of the Daein group.
In the end, Kim Byung-tae said with a bitter smile.
“You can try it, but don’t be too sceptical. Because I am not a god.”
“A natural word.”
“Let’s check this first. Are the rumors true?”
“No. Absolutely not. It was a rumor that was nonsense in the first place.”
“Evidence?”
“Do you mean evidence to prove my innocence or evidence to prove that the rumors are true?”
“They are similar, yet the same. It’s just a different way of using it.”
“It is. Anyway, proof… Let me tell you this for sure. There is not.”
“Is it simply not? Are you gone?”
Jeong In-soo said with bright eyes at Kim Byung-tae’s words.
“this… You go into too much detail.”
“You have to know that to be able to count. A client who does not tell the truth to a lawyer cannot win a trial.”
“… Hmm, good. It’s not anyone else, it’s our director, Kim, I have to tell you. it just doesn’t exist. in the first place.”
“Then it’s all completely nonsense.”
“you’re right.”
“then… For some reason, it spawned false rumors. It’s also something that the other party can’t prove… just to take it down? No, there’s no way rumors of this size could have been spread with that kind of intention. There must be a clear purpose… .”
Kim Byung-tae thought for a moment, and said.
“What damage do you think this rumor will cause?”
“Are you avoiding it?”
“Yes. To know who your opponent is, it’s important to know what he’s doing for you. The target is definitely Development Jeong or CEO Jung, so if you know what the purpose is, the next step is easy.”
“Avoid… If Hunters believe this nonsense, it can be a bit difficult. You may avoid using the forward base, or you may be more reluctant to sell the skill stone to me.”
“A skill stone?”
“Yes. I am providing interpretation services only to the alliance guilds or the guilds I want. Of course, only on the premise that I was accompanied by the hunter I dispatched and did not check the skill stone text. But if rumors spread that I’m playing with the skill stone and believe it… It might be a little difficult.”
Kim Byung-tae said with a meaningful expression.
“Most of the rumors are in line with this. The fact that Jeongin development is using the Hunter and the Guild. However, I don’t know if this rumor itself is the purpose or if the development of Jung-in is mainly related to Hunter, so the strategy was focused on that.”
* * *
He said that he did not know whether he was aiming to inflict damage by creating a rumor with the development of Jung-in as a target, or if the purpose of spreading the rumor itself was the goal.
But I felt it instinctively.
‘Rumors are the purpose.’
To say that the development of Jung-in was targeted, the basis for the rumors is poor, and the development of Jeong-in is too strong.
Then, naturally, it means that the rumor itself is the purpose.
“Is there any group or individual that could benefit from this rumor?”
At Kim Byeong-tae’s words, I smiled and said.
“Of course it is. It’s a problem because there are too many.”
It could be someone I have a grudge against, the government or a competitor coveting my business, etc.
There are too many, but there are so many that it is impossible to pinpoint just one.
Kim Byung-tae closed his eyes and muttered.
“The surest way is to set a clear target and attack the epicenter of the rumor, but it’s not possible right now. If so, it would be right to attack the rumor itself first.”
“The rumor itself?”
“Hunters think it’s already a false rumor, but if the rumors are repeatedly mass-produced, there will definitely be hunters who believe in them. The best thing to do in this case is to swim.”
I said with my eyes shining.
“Ohh.”
“CEO Jung himself is creating additional rumors that are even more ridiculous. To the extent that anyone who believes in this is said to be an idiot.”
Like it.
Although it was not possible to find out who spread the rumors, how to offset the rumors by lowering their credibility.
“What would you like?”
“The core of the rumors right now isn’t that CEO Jung already knew everything and took advantage of it. then… .”
* * *
“Did you hear that rumor? In the development of Jeongin, you were pretending not to know even after the skill stone analysis was advanced?”
A hunter said with a firm expression.
“It’s a rumor, but if this is true… Isn’t the problem serious? It’s all about CEO Jung.”
Then a colleague laughed and said.
“Ah, I heard. But there were rumors about it, did you not hear it?”
“What rumors?”
A colleague whispered to the Hunter.
“CEO Jung is actually a hunter.”
“What?!”
“While waking up, I got the skill called Future Vision, and after seeing the future with this skill, I bought the land and preempted the goods and it was just like that.”
The skill called Future Eye is absurd, but it’s not even a skill stone, it’s just that you got it right after awakening.
“What nonsense is that?”
“You know that’s all? Guild leader Lee Jae-jin, who was originally disabled, woke up while working under CEO Jeong. In fact, CEO Jung had a skill called the Awakening Path, so it was a deal that forced him to awaken.”
Hunter said with a puzzled expression at the words of his colleagues, who became more and more respectable.
“Hey, say something that makes sense! If you have those skills, why run a company? Isn’t it invincible if you just make money by investing in stocks and awaken the hunters around you and spread them out?”
Then a colleague laughed and said.
“That’s what I mean. Don’t be deceived by hearing nonsensical rumors somewhere. How can you finish interpreting the skill stone runes so quickly without saying anything like the future? The United States of America has not done it yet. is not it?”
“It is. Then the forward base camera… .”
“Honestly, don’t you just have to be? Because of the delivery service, the dungeon items are piled up in the outpost’s warehouse, and security cameras must have been installed. Isn’t that a twist?”
“… Do you think so?”
“And so is the academy. To be honest, who isn’t from the academy these days? It’s like a rite of passage for a completely new hunter. If both of you are a development spy, is that a spy? it’s just all the same Are you more reassured?”
Hunter said, scratching the back of his head.
“is it? It’s just a rumor, isn’t it?”
* * *
Future vision and the path of awakening, etc.
These were all ideas that Kim Byung-tae came up with, not me.
The content is at a level that is absurd at the same time as it penetrates the blind spot of the rumors that have spread before that.
Should I say that a conspiracy rumor turned into a real conspiracy theory?
“What should I do next?”
“If there is no way to find out right away anyway, we have no choice but to wait for the opponent to come out more blatantly. What… There are a few things that come to mind about being proactive, but you wouldn’t want them to go all the way to the bottom of the water.”
“you’re right. I have to show you clearly what happens if you touch me.”
“Then you just have to wait. If the first number is blocked anyway, the next number is obvious. give up or Or put an irrational number.”
It’s just like when I was competing with an interpersonal group, I was given more and more strength to the continuous challenge of the interpersonal group, and my intentions were completely understood.
“If you give up, you can move on thinking that you are just that kind of guy.
Byung-Tae Kim.
it is pass
Do you like it.
“I did a good job consulting with Director Kim. I like it very much.”
“It was nothing.”
I took an envelope out of my pocket and held it out.
“Take it. It is the cost of a successful request for counseling for concerns.”
“it’s okay. You can’t get this kind of private money.”
“Even if it’s a sign of your personal last name?”
Kim Byung-tae said with a serious expression on his face.
“… I don’t want to get caught up in the pod for nothing.”
“You didn’t even check how much money it was?”
“That salary is not low. Above all, I don’t want to leave a stain on my interpersonal group career.”
I looked at Kim Byeong-tae for a moment, then retrieved the envelope and said.
“good. Instead, I’ll just keep this for myself. Just keep in mind that it was in billions.”
“… groan.”
“If you think you can get it now, come visit me anytime. We will return it to you on the spot. so.”
I got up from my seat and said.
“Thank you again next time.”
“… Again?”
“Yeah, no matter what you think, these rumors.”
I said raising the corners of my lips.
“I don’t think they’re going to give up like this.”