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Ryu Seon-hwa looked at Slaine’s droopy corpse and then turned his head.
Naked western women were staring at me.
In the conventional way, they would have to kill them as well, but I didn’t want to do meaningless killings.
‘Craxis-sama said that if I act as a demon, there will come a day when I will regret it later. That means don’t do things like the devil as much as possible.’
Kraxis had the modifier of the Great Devil, and he had always thought of becoming a demon after him.
But now I shouldn’t even have that thought.
If Kraxis gave advice, of course, I would have no choice but to follow them.
“Are you going to save them?”
“I told you not to do anything you will regret. Do you remember too?”
“Using their testimonies, other priests or hunters on the Italian side may pursue us. Are you okay though?”
“You must not kill unless it is necessary. You have to make atonement for what you’ve done so far. This is an ordeal and destiny that must be overcome.”
“…I will do as you say.”
Rachid and his followers escape from the bedroom and create a gate.
He had already decided to follow Ryu Seon-hwa, and he was operating under the assumption that Miterichi’s student council president was Kraxis.
Besides, after killing the archbishop, there is no turning back.
‘How have you been, Kraxis-sama? I have to go back to Korea soon.’
Ryu Seon-hwa slowly calms her trembling heart and moves on.
Seo Hyun-woo had already satisfied two of the conditions that Craxis had.
If only two more appeared in the future, the resurrection of Kraxis would be complete.
‘I’m a little worried. I’ve decided not to commit a sin now, but I have to kill all the teachers who don’t listen, right? Still, it’s for Kraxis-sama, so it doesn’t matter, right?’
***
The top floor of the Hunter Committee, the chairperson’s office.
Choi Seung-ho looked at the large monitor and waited for the video conference to start.
It was not as urgent as the Undead South Incident, but the importance was high, so all Setinos Hunters had to gather.
If the Setinos Hunters did not reach an agreement within a certain period of time, the decision would be passed on to the majority of the Black Hunters.
“Do you still have that battle suit in mind?”
“It still is. I am still working hard to achieve results.”
“Anyway, it’s just a level 5 dungeon. No matter how bad it is, shouldn’t we have to subdue a level 3 dungeon?”
Jung Woo-jin habitually wears glasses and shows disbelief.
To evaluate objectively, for a battle suit, it was quite a great achievement.
Until now, no one had ever used a battle suit in battle, and even subjugating a level 5 dungeon was nothing short of a first case.
However, the limitations of the battle suit were clear, so we could not look beyond that.
“I wanted to watch a little longer, but it was a pity. We will have to postpone it until later.”
“If you want to get the next chance, you will have to fight the Setinos Hunter and win. Or, there is a way to postpone the decision of the successor after reaching an agreement among the Setinos Hunters.”
“Um… that’s a good way. Shall I lead you there?”
“…”
Upon hearing this, Jung Woo-jin looked at Choi Seung-ho as if pathetic and shuts his mouth.
Is it okay for a person who is the chairman of the Hunter Committee to say something like that?
At this point, I was thinking that I might have gotten some back money from the head of the battle suit development team of Hanhon Industries.
“Chairman, it has been confirmed that the Purple Jingu died about two hours ago. One of the seven Cetinos Hunter positions is now vacant! Are you still going to postpone the decision of your successor?”
“It’s true, as you said, things aren’t going well. But only one seat is empty. Wouldn’t it be okay to leave that vacant for a while?”
“Say something that makes sense! Is it justified to leave the seat of Setinos Hunter vacant in a situation where even bringing in the strongest hunter of all time is not enough?”
“In my mind, I also want to appoint the strongest hunter of all time as the Setinos Hunter. But now his whereabouts are unknown. And if that happens, you and I will have no choice but to retire.”
Choi Seung-ho answered calmly and turned his gaze to the monitor.
Of the eight screens, only five had human figures on them.
Even with the exception of the purple shrine, the two were not connected yet.
“I cannot understand. No matter how ignorant you are, isn’t it a loss to put the strongest hunter ever at the lowest rank?”
“…who would want to have a disobedient man under him?”
“Who… can the greatest hunter ever say such a thing even after emigrating to another country? If you are dissatisfied with the Korean government and conduct terrorism alone, what will you do?”
“It must be removed. We have to do that even if we mobilize all Setinos Hunters and Black Hunters.”
For Choi Seung-ho, the greatest hunter ever was only a means of use.
Although they acted arbitrarily, they were of great help in maintaining national security.
In other words, they were doing something that would benefit the state, so they were sitting on the sidelines.
Of course, now he has disappeared, and he has come to the conclusion that there is a high probability that he secretly emigrated to a foreign country.
“The Black Demon King will follow suit. How about Hunter Baek Jeong-woon? Do you not know what kind of relationship these two have with the greatest hunter of all time?”
“It is also something that I and the government have to bear. That’s why I want the battle suit to play an active part. A battle suit is essential to create a society that is not swayed by the Awoken.”
“…so you said you were going to take the time?”
Jung Woo-jin was greatly embarrassed, but I thought that doubts would arise.
Choi Seung-ho was also an Awakened, and he had no choice but to think of the Awakened’s human rights more than anyone else.
Even so, didn’t the battle suit give an opinion to check the Awakened?
“Then why did I say something like that? You may have thought that you were being paid back by the single marriage industry.”
“Why the hell are you thinking like that? When the Awoken first appeared, they faced tremendous discrimination from governments and citizens. Now that there is a balance between the Awoken and the civilians, are you going to break it again?”
“Woo Jin-ah. The Awoken has brought peace to this world, but don’t forget that it may become chaotic again at any time. If the Awoken set their minds, they can overturn this world as much as they want. Haven’t you thought of that?”
Jung Woo-jin swallows dry saliva as he recalls the name of a recently confirmed secret organization.
They had infiltrated members of Miterich in order to gather information from the Awoken.
It wasn’t enough, so didn’t he even have the idea that the Awakened should rule this world?
“The people called Rebellion didn’t just pop out. If you’re not careful, several Awakened people may fall for their advice. Should we trust only the Setinos Hunters and the Black Hunters? That’s not it. Can you guarantee that the Awoken will not appear again after Rebellion?”
“…do you think I will agree with the chairman?”
“I don’t know. Because it was meant to keep me in check.”
“What…”
From two of the three blackened screens, someone appeared.
Choi Seung-ho stops the conversation and looks at the monitor in front of him.
Jung Woo-jin seemed to hesitate for a moment, but then headed to his seat.
“It seems that everyone has gathered, so let’s start the videoconference. You must have already heard the news that the Purple Shrine has passed away.”
Choi Seung-ho takes his mouth off the microphone and stays silent for a while.
The purple shrine could not leave the hospital due to an incurable disease that occurred during the dungeon subjugation.
And about two hours ago, he could not overcome the disease and died.
“It’s unfortunate, but we have to do our own thing. Now, you must select a Setinos Hunter to replace the Purple Shrine. If there are any candidates you have thought of in advance, please call them by name.”
Choi Seung-ho opened his mouth again, but no one wanted to speak first.
It was as if they were trying to carefully state their position while looking into each other’s eyes.
In the end, Yong-Jun Park responds first by flashing the blue light.
“I’m going to nominate the Vice-Chairman, that is, Hunter Jung Woo-Jin.”
Starting with Park Yong-jun, the Setinos Hunters started calling out the Candidates of Setinos Hunter one after the other.
In the midst of this, Jung Woo-jin did not even show any signs of agitation.
In conclusion, it was narrowed down to three candidates, and even a biased candidate did not exist.
“There are two Hunters Yujin Kang, two Hunters Woojin Jung, and two Hyeonu Seo, a student at a training institution. I think we need to come to an agreement now.”
Choi Seung-ho is interested in the unexpected result and is deeply troubled.
The choice of the golden sword and the blue chang-seong for Kang Yu-jin was nothing but predetermined.
The fact that the dragon king of red and the demon king of black chose Jung Woo-jin could be understood to some extent.
However, I thought it was a little strange that the white saint and the five-colored spirit king chose Seo Hyun-woo.
‘Black must have thought that he should watch Seo Hyun-woo more. Why did you choose Seo Hyun-woo for white and five colors? Surely Seo Hyun-woo played an active part in Cheorwon.’
Seungho Choi leans the chair back slightly as he watches the Setinos Hunters exchange opinions.
Perhaps it was not possible to narrow down each other’s opinions.
If that happens, the decision will be passed on to the Black Hunters, and I wondered if either Kang Yu-jin or Jung Woo-jin would be decided as the Setinos Hunter.
‘Shall we take a little more time? If a civilian becomes a Setinos Hunter, a good picture will come out as it is. From what I’ve heard, they say they’ll be subjugating a level 4 dungeon soon…’
***
Currently, in Miterichi, year-end closings were in progress, including the administration, security, and student council.
When the winter break started, all work was stopped at the same time as Miteric was closed, so I had to finish it in advance.
At this time, not only the administration and security departments were busy, but also the head of the student council and the general secretary had no choice but to focus on the year-end settlement as they forcibly banned battles.
Each head of the student council used to face a lot of embarrassment whenever they prepared the year-end financial statements.
Various budgets and achievements, as well as departmental problems and members’ personal information, had to be thoroughly organized and reported.
Above all, because it was something I had never done before, I was often rejected, and I was involved in excessive stress.
“Is it okay for us to be like this? Managers must be busy.”
“We just have to review as we always do. It was just that the weekly report turned into a year-end closing.”
Seo Hyun-woo answered by drinking hot coffee through a straw.
Seo Hyun-woo and Baek Seo-yeon were sitting in a park chair and talking.
Unlike the managers, the two had to deal with the same tasks, so they had a relatively leisurely time.
“…Do you have time for winter break?”
“There isn’t. There’s nothing to do but training. Why?”
“Then could you give me some time? There is something I want to do with you.”