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    In fact, the association has not been idle all this time.

    If you make a mistake, this is an issue that could turn into a huge scandal with the words, ‘The Korea Hunter Association… is ending its service…’, so the team leader Eugene and the manager, who can be said to be her immediate superior, are taking the lead. Because he gathered trustworthy people and formed a task force that was absurd.

    The manager, who could be said to be Eugene’s immediate superior, wanted to use all of the department’s capabilities to get a definite answer from Su-hyeon, but Eugene foamed at the mouth and opposed it, saying that this was absolutely not possible, so he ended up stopping at that level.

    Although there is nothing more burdensome than confronting your superior’s opinion head-on, it was an unavoidable choice from Eugene’s point of view.

    When I met him for a drink the other day, I found out that a man named Yoon Soo-hyun had the appearance of a tree frog.

    If I were to compare myself to an object, should I say that I am a person like a spring?

    So, if I approached it with a timid attitude, I could have ended up receiving the worst report card.

    There was a huge possibility that this would happen, so even though an emergency response committee was set up, it was not functioning properly…

    ‘foreign student? ‘To the Hunter Department?’

    A piece of news has been delivered that is so shocking that it puts to shame everything that has been done so far by the benefactors out of fear that it might irritate the target.

    Suddenly, there were foreign students in the Hunter Department, where foreign students were rare or almost non-existent.

    Even looking at the photos brought by the employee temporarily assigned to her, I realized that there was no other beauty like her.

    Should I say that if you were to search for a beautiful Western actress, she would be the first or third face to appear?

    At this time, someone with this appearance is coming as an international student?

    Of all the many domestic universities, the Hunter Department at Korea University, which the target is attending?

    Wouldn’t it be strange if you didn’t feel a sense of discomfort or strangeness in such a situation?

    Oh, of course, there is a possibility that all of this is just a coincidence.

    There are many such things, but isn’t the situation itself too complicated to just believe in that faint possibility and ignore it?

    So, it would be right to point it out clearly at least once.

    “What do you say is the current situation of Target?”

    “According to the last message received from the observation team, he was headed somewhere with Oh Ra-hee.”

    He went somewhere with Rahee.

    If so, their destination was obvious.

    It must have been headed to the headquarters of Rahee’s guild, Flame Shroud.

    Last time we met, I mentioned in passing that I would rather join a guild, so I’m sure that’s the case.

    then?

    It wouldn’t matter if the people attached to the target were temporarily diverted to a different location.

    I placed an observation team around the target just in case, but even if their abilities were outstanding, they wouldn’t be able to infiltrate the headquarters of a 10th guild like Gentian Blood and continue to observe the target.

    “Please convey this to employees in the field. I will change the object of observation just for today.”

    “Yes? You mean the object of observation? If you were to change it, who would it be…”

    “They said that a foreign student entered the Hunter Department at Korea University this time.”

    “Yes? Are you a foreign student? Are you talking about the Hunter Department?”

    Yes, this is a common reaction.

    “They even said she was an amazing beauty.”

    “Like that…”

    One day, a mysteriously beautiful foreign student suddenly fell from the sky.

    I wondered what I should do if she didn’t feel it was serious even after telling me this far, but as someone who had personally recruited her to the emergency response committee, I wonder if she knew right away that the situation was starting to get serious as soon as she heard those words.

    “Are you moving in the United States?”

    The flow of conversation took a leap forward in an instant.

    “We should find out about that now.”

    “If the United States is really moving with the intention of recruiting the target to their side…”

    The employee couldn’t bear to continue speaking, but in fact, she already knew.

    If the U.S. is serious about stepping forward, they don’t have much of a chance of winning.

    No matter what conditions they present to the target, the United States will likely offer conditions several times better than those, so can they be a match?

    In such a situation, the only thing you can place your hopes on is patriotism or attachment to the country you were born and raised in, but in Su-hyeon’s case, it was honestly a bit difficult to place expectations on those things.

    If he had grown up normally, he would have been in high school at the age. Not only was he bullied by people all over the country, but he was not even properly protected. There is no way he would have any attachment to the country where he was born and raised.

    Even if it existed, it was highly likely that it would be at a very faint level or focused on a few specific people.

    But putting your hopes on that… wouldn’t it be too conscienceless of an act?

    “Haa… If the association had shown at least a minimal movement to protect the target when he was attacked by people in the past, he wouldn’t have been in so much trouble…”

    Eugene laughed bitterly without realizing it at the behavior of the employee who was grumbling and complaining, saying that it was all the fault of the superiors, so why is it up to us below to bear the repercussions?

    It doesn’t seem like something someone with vested interests would say, as one of her relatives sits on the board of directors of the association, but honestly, her thoughts weren’t much different.

    It’s the same in any group where there’s someone who did something wrong and someone who corrects it, but now that I’ve been the one directly correcting the issue, I feel a bit irritated even if I try to put it on the best note.

    It felt as if something was stuck in my throat.

    Thanks to that, I couldn’t get my hands on things at all…

    “Honestly, I wonder if it is the right thing to do to approach a target under the name of the association. Considering what Target went through, I think whatever we suggest will only have the opposite effect…”

    “But what can I do? I can’t just leave my hands like this and not do anything.”

    “Haa···.”

    “No one knows at this point whether it will be porridge or rice, but if there is even the slightest possibility, shouldn’t we try something?”

    Yeah, anything…

    *****

    The Flame Shroud Guild, one of the top 10 guilds representing Korea and where Rahee’s mother is the guild leader, was located in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.

    According to what I heard from somewhere, the Yongsan Electronics Market, which used to exist in Yongsan-gu, was virtually destroyed in the early days of the Gate incident, and later, in the process of restoring Seoul damaged by monsters, the land was granted and they naturally settled there. I know that…

    Is it because they succeeded in taking over an area so large that it was called a shopping center rather than just a building?

    The Flame Shroud guild headquarters that we finally came across was enormous.

    Should I say that it is not only tall above, but also incredibly wide on the sides as well?

    The location itself was also quite good.

    Not only was there a large square right in front of the building, but a park was created behind the square.

    The park even has an artificial lake.

    So, I was admiring to myself, “I don’t know whose skill it was, but they did a really good job of laying the foundation.”

    “That square and park are also owned by your guild?”

    “Well… technically, right?”

    ” Hey… Even if your guild grows bigger later, you don’t have to worry about land.”

    According to Kadera, another teenage guild based in Seongbuk-gu is said to be making a fuss, saying they would rather move to Gyeonggi-do because the size of the guild has grown so much since it first settled down.

    As I was once again admiring the thought that I would not have to worry about such things at least until the end of Rahee’s generation if the size of the remaining land was this large, Rahee, who was walking ahead of me, suddenly stopped.

    “···Your guild?”

    “Then shall we call it your guild or your guild?”

    “Sseu-eup…! We should call it our guild, not your guild.”

    “No, I haven’t even signed the contract yet?”

    Of course, of course I know.

    I wonder what Rahee’s intention is when she says such things.

    By deciding to join their guild, I guess they meant to give them a sense of belonging.

    I know that’s what he meant, but isn’t it still a bit early to feel a sense of belonging?

    This is a situation where you haven’t even seen the actual contract, let alone signed it.

    “Now, Ari, stop distracting yourself.”

    “Huh?”

    I know it’s strange because it’s an unfamiliar scene, but if it goes on like this, I’ll be 20 years old and look lost.

    In an act of unconsciousness, I firmly stopped Ari, who was trying to take a different route, and then spoke to Rahee, who was standing there with a slightly sullen expression, as if she didn’t like my answer.

    “Hey, that won’t work. Please introduce the guild facilities first.”

    “What, let’s write a contract first?”

    “Can’t you see Ari’s condition? If your mind is somewhere else, can you even see something like a contract?”

    “Ha… Really.”

    After shaking her head as if she had no choice, Rahee crossed her arms and declared.

    “Then, will you follow me? Can I just guide you from the bottom?”

    “Oh.”

    “You can look forward to it. Our guild facilities are truly the best.”

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