Episode 153
Hunter Lee Yong-min, who was returning home after hunting with a tired face, murmured.
“tired. I feel tired.”
Although Dangjin Dungeon is the lowest level dungeon with a lower probability of accidents than traffic accidents, it was quite hard mental labor to wield a weapon, grab a monster, wet the monster’s blood, and dismantle it.
In particular, as Lee Yong-min, who became a hunter after waking up at the age of 47 after working all his life as an office worker, the intensity of mental labor he felt was more than he expected.
If other people hear it, they will swear at it for being full.
“I need to earn money quickly to buy a building and retire. It’s still okay, but you can’t fight monsters until you’re old.”
Therefore, Lee Yong-min has always dreamed of retiring.
As a hunter, collect money as quickly as possible to create stable income such as building rentals and spend a comfortable retirement.
That was the beautiful ending of the hunter life that Lee Yong-min ultimately dreamed of.
That’s when I was walking down such a bumpy road.
“We are recruiting vigilante members! Dangjin Dungeon Vigilante Recruitment!”
A huge booth was created, and there were already a bunch of people presumed to be Hunters doing something.
“vigilante corps? Did you see that Jeong-in, the head of development, made it with the government?”
Create a vigilante group to help maintain security.
It was the content that the government claimed while creating the vigilante group, but it didn’t really resonate with Lee Yong-min, a hunter.
Rather, like the government that has been insisting on a hard line, I feel a bit resentful because I want to use a new method to control the hunters again this time.
taken from noblemt l
Moreover, the government said there was no government-level support for the vigilante groups.
In other words, they are looking for free volunteers, but it’s an absurd story for Lee Yong-min who wants to retire quickly by saving even a little more.
However, as there were so many hunters, Lee Yong-min, who was slightly curious, approached the man promoting it outside the booth and said,
“excuse me.”
“Yes. Please speak.”
“You’re recruiting vigilante members here, right?”
“you’re right. We are looking for members to join us for the security of Dangjin Dungeon City.”
“Well… the purpose is good, but as far as I know, it’s just volunteer recruitment.”
“ah!”
The man smiled brightly and said.
“You haven’t heard the news.”
“What is that…”
“Thankfully at the Merchants Council to hear that the vigilantes are active, after discussion, they decided to donate a portion of the sales to the vigilantes. Thanks to this, we have decided to pay a small amount of money to the vigilante members.”
Lee Yong-min said with a persuasive expression when he said that he would give me money.
“What is the activity fee?”
“Yes. We have decided to provide a monthly activity support of 2 million won to hunters who joined as a member, and additional compensation will be provided if they help prevent or arrest hunter-related crimes.”
Lee Yong-min said with a disappointed expression at the word of 2 million won.
“ah. 200. It’s a bit small.”
“If you listen to the story, will you change your mind? Just because you join a member, we don’t ask you to do any special activities. All the members have to do is just do this. Just live your life as usual and intervene in case of a crime nearby.”
The man said with a friendly expression.
“This is our vigilante motto. Everyone is a police officer and a citizen at the same time. That’s why we are focusing on recruiting as many people as possible.”
“Then when you get involved in something dangerous . . .”
“At that time, you can contact the vigilante headquarters. If you just contact us, other vigilantes will flock to you. CEO Jung In-soo is thinking of becoming a vigilante group.”
All the hunters active in Dangjin are less than 5,000, but you want to collect a thousand people.
Lee Yong-min muttered with an interesting expression.
“Is this… are you okay?”
Although I have lived in Dangjin for over a year, I have never witnessed anything that could be considered a crime except for the black market.
In other words, even if you join as a member, you rarely get active, but you give 200 a month every month?
“What if the crime goes unnoticed and there is no record?”
“It’s a story that Dangjin Dungeon City has good security, so it should be welcomed. It doesn’t matter.”
It’s literally free money, but if you don’t do it, you’re stupid.
“ah! That’s it. This is almost the only rule, but if a member commits a felony, he has to pay twice the amount of money he has received as a penalty for his activities. Of course, don’t worry, I won’t be accused of parking violations or misdemeanors like this.”
A rule that has no meaning for Lee Yong-min, who only goes back and forth between houses and dungeons anyway.
“I will join.”
“Then come this way. I’m signing here…”
A suspicious plate that the government gave me.
It looks like something is up and I doubt it, but since there is no evidence, I can’t do it carelessly.
If that’s the case, it’s enough to grow the board so that it doesn’t mean anything.
Right now, they are members who only see 2 million won, and there are no rules to restrict their actions, but this vigilante group will grow together as the city grows, and as any organization grows, it will have corresponding power.
The police would also prefer to cooperate with the vigilante team equipped with an immediate dispatch system rather than the general hunter, and the vigilante group will gradually establish itself as a representative organization of Dangjin Dungeon City.
Naturally, the bigger the role of the private organization, the weaker the influence of the central government.
“So who will give me a reason?”
I think I was trying to give a justification that followed only responsibilities without rights, but as long as the justification is clear, it is not a matter of creating rights.
Besides, this is one of the things I learned from watching and learning from the giant guilds in my previous life.
The gigantic guilds in their previous lives were as well protected from various crimes as the ordinary citizens of their district.
Just like a drug cartel zoning with the support of local residents.
Like that, I use the vigilantes to achieve the reader zoning of Dangjin Dungeon City.
“Didn’t you want me to do a good job? So, I worked really hard, how about you?”
I laughed out loud as I recalled the face of Jo Man-cheol, who looked at me anxiously with a poopy expression on his face.
“Of course, it’s going to be completely different from what I wanted.”
What would happen if I, who originally controlled everything in the city, even ate up the security?
Bought police and vigilantes.
Now, it will become a world where no one can point a finger at anyone who commits any illegality openly.
A city where law and safety coexist.
Of course, that safety will always depend on my convenience.
“If we do this well, will the land price go up?”
The reason why people support Kim Kang-gyun’s hardline policy is because of the vague fear of Hunter’s powerlessness.
However, only 1,000 vigilantes are active in this city, and it is managed by Jeongin Development, which has a Jeongin Guild.
Is there any other place in Korea that is safer from hunter crimes than here?
“Even the wealthy are coveted.”
In addition, there is a black market nearby for the wealthy, so they can receive snow white fruit at any time.
Here, money laundering using casinos is also provided as a side dish, so I think it would be a mess.
I said with my eyes shining.
“great. Now the motto of Dangjin Dungeon City is safety.”
A city safe from crime.
A city that hunters protect.
But a city of contradictions with a black market and an underground arena.
Kim Kang-gyun said with an anxious expression.
“Have you gathered a thousand people?”
Jo Man-cheol bit his lip and said.
“Yes.”
“This crazy bastard haha.”
All I did was put on a coat of arms and try to cooperate with the government.
He said that it was just a stepping stone for the next plan.
But this madman took the coat of arms, rubbed the jewels on it, and turned it into a crown.
“Right now, there is almost no solidarity and all I do is get 200 a month… but there is no way Jung In-soo could have grown up like this just aiming for that. He’s trying to turn the vigilante into a real organization, not an obscure position.”
Jo Man-cheol said with a tired expression.
“It is, in effect, an organization that receives taxes . . . of city citizens.”
A private organization that collects and runs taxes on merchants every month.
The fact that it was finished in an instant without any objection was just another proof that Jung In-soo had absolute control over the city of Dangjin Dungeon.
“Didn’t the merchants react? It’s not net profit, it’s 1% of sales, right?”
“…the merchants cannot resist. I don’t know if Jeong In-soo is different, but he’s the best person as a building owner.”
“What do you mean?”
“We adjust the number of dungeon merchants to make the best profit, and we do not allow new stores in the same industry near the stores in our building. From the point of view of merchants, they are more than just the owner of the building, but someone who directly coordinates their livelihood. If such a person asks for 1% of sales, I have no choice but to listen. Even if you have any complaints, please do it quietly.”
Jo Man-cheol said with a disappointed expression.
“It is the first time since the founding of the Republic of Korea that a person has completely taken over an area to this extent.”
Korea is a competitive society.
The same goes for building owners.
To make their buildings in the best possible location and for profit.
In other words, the interests of the individual rather than the interests of the community must be prioritized.
Therefore, there is no unity to the extent that the word “cooperation” is insignificant.
However, Jung In-soo owns all the buildings in Dangjin Dungeon City and moves while looking at the forest, not just a single tree.
That is why this absurd urban structure was completed.
“I . . . was wrong.”
Jo Man-cheol said with a self-helpful expression.
“I decided too easily that Jeong In-soo would move within the scope of my judgment.”
Kim Kang-gyun said with a firm expression.
“Now is not the time to regret. You have to take measures. How about making sure that the vigilante’s active area is limited to the dungeon rather than the city of Dangjin?”
Jo Man-cheol shook his head and said.
“That makes no sense. It is a place that literally just exists without any authority in the first place. Jung In-soo expanded that by himself. In other words, there is nothing to take back because nothing has been given in the first place.”
As if he had already expected it to come out like this, Jung In-soo actually did not enact any related rules other than reporting or suppressing crimes when they were discovered.
They said that they had things that ordinary citizens, not just vigilantes, could do and grouped them into the category of vigilantes.
“Then let’s reduce the number. Are there any relevant regulations?”
“····The autonomous method has various regulations in return for supporting subsidies, but the Dangjin vigilante group is··”
Without the right, there is no room for the government to intervene.
They were caught in the footsteps of their plan to only hold them accountable.
“If you intervene by providing government subsidies even now… haha. It cannot be accepted.”
Jo Man-cheol said with a firm expression.
“For now, I’ll try to convince Jeong In-soo to stop doing nonsense.”
“This is true. It was like this and that Manager.”
I said with a puzzled look.
“You want me to come and reduce the number?”
“That’s right. Even so, isn’t a thousand people too much?”
“How are you going to keep the dungeon safe without even doing this? They gave me a seat with no rights or anything, so I tried to do something by filling in the numbers. To prevent hunter crimes taking place in dungeons or on Earth by increasing the number of vigilantes. And without a single penny of subsidy, I and the merchants are spending their raw money.”
I’m shooting with an absurd expression, but the more I say this, the more plausible the cause the government gave me is.
“I know that, but if an organization that is too large is created, the residents may feel uneasy.”
“It is an organization that is run by donations made voluntarily by the residents. This is a voluntary donation!”
Of course, it’s anti-compulsory, but the original Korean is different and it’s a different law.
“You don’t even know about my efforts to increase the number of vigilantes to see the effect of crime prevention. Aren’t you really overdoing it? Yes? I made the rules too loose to avoid a strange misunderstanding. what i uh? We are not trying to overthrow the country by gathering vigilantes.”
okay.
Why do you have to overthrow this livable country with your own hands if you have enough money?
If the Republic of Korea in my previous life was my enemy, the Republic of Korea today is very important to me.
“It’s just different from being a hunter, not an ordinary person, it’s just like the local autonomous crime prevention squad. no. Rather, it plays a small role. I don’t do patrols. Declaration. And this is the only on-the-spot arrest, but it deserves a commendation even for ordinary citizens!”
In the end, Jo Man-cheol sighed and said.
“Whoa. I’ll just be honest. From the government’s point of view, guilds alone are troublesome enough, but the appearance of a new hunter group with a scale of thousands is not welcome. So, just by looking at our face…”
“What about my face? I talked to everyone in the neighborhood and recruited members, but now come and leave? What would hunters or merchants see me as?”
A whip would suffice.
“Chief Joe. There have been so many burns in the past, so I understand it. But I didn’t do it alone, and the government asked for help, didn’t I? Yes?”
“It is… yes.”
“For now, we are not going to increase the number of additional people here. Let’s negotiate like this for now.”
“…and I’m not going to add it.”
“Yes.”
Jo Man-cheol, who was silent, said.
“For now, I will know.”
Jo Man-cheol withdrew without much income.
I looked at the door of the office where Jo Man-cheol had left and said with a grin.
“Did you think I could give up the cause I had once held on to so easily? Dream big.”
What a limitless work to do with the vigilantes in the future.
“Hmm…By the way, if the government continues like that, it’s a little difficult.”
I pondered for a moment, then raised the corners of my lips and said.
“What. I can’t let you touch me any more.”
Strengthening dungeon security through vigilantes.
This was the cause of the vigilante group promoted by the government.
I made this much bigger and wider.
Then, will the government spread it nationwide to the point where it can’t come to its senses?
The giant guilds took over a specific area through zoning after the organization was completed.
In a big way, they spread the dungeon goods they obtained to the area to revitalize the economy, and to establish security by dismissing the hunter crimes in the area as an insult to them.
As a specific region became subordinate to the giant guilds, the central government lost its power.
“After all, it is the future. It won’t change anything if I move the future a little bit forward with my own hands.”
taken from noblemt l
Maintain the position of the third party, but more aggressively and boldly.
The trigger is pulled by the government, but the muzzle is controlled by me.
I picked up my cell phone and called someone.
-Yes. Representative Jung.
It was Joo Yong-seop, the guild leader of the Cheonmu Guild.
“Guild Master. You know I run a vigilante group, right?”
-I know.
“When I tried it, the response from the residents was really good. I mean, there are so many hunters working as vigilantes, so where are the criminals going? haha. So by the way…”
I said raising the corners of my lips.
“Why don’t the Cheonmu Guild get a decent seat now and sit down? Gyeomsa Gyeomsa and surrounding residents would be very happy if you could get some security around the temple. This is the true symbiosis between hunters and ordinary people. Of course, if possible, a place like wealthy village would be better, right? It’s better to be friendly with powerful people. In that sense, I’d like to introduce myself a little… How about you?”