Ch.255255. Guys Who Enjoy Themselves on Someone Else’s Card

In life, you always meet these kinds of people.

Those who take credit using other people’s cards.

As if they bought it themselves. They use someone else’s money to buy things and then take all the credit.

Taking credit would be the least of it.

The bigger problem is those who keep helping themselves to things in the process.

“He said he would review the list if we send it.”

“That’s right. You can do it, Team Leader Kim. I’ve been counting on you.”

“But he mentioned one condition.”

“Condition? What is it? We should accept it no matter what. We’re one with Farming Company, you know?”

“He wants me to join Farming Company and act as his representative in future mediations with the Hunter Association.”

“You, Team Leader Kim…? So suddenly?”

“Yes. I’ve received several offers to join Farming Company before.”

“He must really like you.”

The Korean Hunter Association President left to report this, and soon returned with a troubled expression.

“That would be difficult, Team Leader Kim. As you know, the higher-ups consider this a critical period. We need to seize opportunities amid this internal and external chaos to establish our country’s position. At times like this, it’s not about Farming Company but Kim Suhyun who matters, and you’re the one who can control Kim Suhyun right now. It would be problematic if you suddenly left.”

“I understand.”

“I knew you would. I understand your desire to leave, Team Leader Kim. You want a higher salary, and once we get through this situation…”

“Then I’ll convey your rejection.”

“What?”

“He said that if you reject his condition, he won’t cooperate with the Hunter Association’s requests, nor will he help with Korea’s dungeon backflows.”

“What is that supposed to…”

The Hunter Association President frowned and grumbled.

“Is he refusing to fulfill his duty as a citizen? Whether he’s an SS-rank or SSS-rank hunter, he still has obligations as a Korean citizen and hunter.”

“…”

Team Leader Kim Jin-hyeop pressed his throbbing head with both hands.

Kim Suhyun’s different vision of South Korea?

As if such a thing could exist.

Even though the world has changed and times are different, politicians and those who have tasted power remain the same.

They just put on a show of being gentle and coaxing hunters to prevent them from leaving, considering the high value of hunters in terms of profit and loss.

Giving more, taking care of them more.

Of course, they don’t do this for free or out of their own pockets.

It’s all national funds and taxes anyway.

Saying a few words isn’t difficult if you think about election campaigns.

Behind it all, there’s still that old-fashioned, authoritarian mindset that can’t let go of old habits.

This doesn’t just apply to Kim Suhyun with his SSS+ abilities.

Even Team Leader Kim Jin-hyeop, an S-rank hunter who would be respected in any guild, receives quite a high salary but is still looked down upon and disrespected simply because he’s a civil servant, treated as if he should just do as he’s told.

They look down on him, assuming he wants to leave just for money.

If S-rank hunters and above didn’t have patriotism to begin with, they wouldn’t be working at the Hunter Association for peanuts—something politicians and those in power, who live well on high salaries from national funds, would never understand.

Team Leader Kim Jin-hyeop has already made up his mind.

There’s nothing stronger than a civil servant who has made a decision.

“Go back and try to persuade him, Team Leader Kim. Don’t be like this. This is really dangerous thinking, you know? I understand what you’re thinking, but you need to stay in line. You’re just an individual after all. Let’s all get along.”

“…You can say that even after seeing the Dark Site incident and the Congressman Ju Hyeon-cheol case?”

Team Leader Kim Jin-hyeop was genuinely curious.

How could anyone say this after witnessing Kim Suhyun’s actions?

“Come on. He’s not like those people. He’s not directly causing harm. We’re just asking to cooperate and work well together. Farming Company is going to stop dungeon backflows for their image anyway, right?”

Every time he watches videos uploaded to the Farmer Hunter YouTube channel, he gets goosebumps.

That overwhelming power.

Abilities that seem capable of taking on the entire world alone.

Kim Suhyun keeps getting stronger.

Do these complacent people really not understand that the reason he doesn’t go to America is simply because he has no reason or need to?

That’s why he’s even more disgusted.

The reason he could make up his mind was the judgment that even if he stayed by Kim Suhyun’s side, at Farming Company, at the farm, he could at least safely endure this chaos until he died of old age.

Perhaps this was also the way to preserve his patriotism.

Of course, it’s not some grand patriotism.

It’s not the kind where he’s determined to protect and secure the country.

He has a family too.

To keep his family safe, the country needs to be strong and solid in this changing world—that’s the extent of his patriotism.

But what if there’s a way to protect his family more safely and securely, even without patriotism?

Kim Suhyun offered that as his condition for recruiting him to Farming Company.

He would create a villa where he and his family—not extended relatives, but his immediate family—could live.

There was no reason to refuse.

So there was no need to remain loyal to the Hunter Association that exploits hunters under the guise of patriotism.

“I’ll go with your rejection.”

Team Leader Kim Jin-hyeop is known for being difficult to manage within the Hunter Association.

Even the Association President knows it’s not easy to handle him as desired.

Usually, he does as he’s told, but the President knows that once something goes against his principles, he rarely backs down.

“Fine! Fine! I’ll do it. Just send the list. Will he help us then?”

The condition was accepted.

It took less than two days for Team Leader Kim Jin-hyeop to pack his things and leave the Hunter Association.

——————

“Welcome.”

“Thank you.”

“No need for thanks. You’ve been working almost as my manager, so you deserve proper treatment. How long were you going to work for those slave wages?”

Bringing Team Leader Kim Jin-hyeop to Farming Company was partly because his external affairs skills had already been proven, but also because Kim Sujeong needed a tank in the Rift dimension.

For Kelin, Clay had changed his ability to become a tank and protect her.

Although Kim Sujeong rarely went hunting outside, when operating two teams, she still needed a tank.

He would serve as a farm guardian tank normally, and occasionally join Kim Sujeong’s party when venturing into external biomes.

And for resolving annoying matters in the future, S-rank hunter Kim Jin-hyeop would communicate better than my civilian father.

For this purpose, I gave him one of my remaining SSS-rank ability selection rights.

“Sorry, but other abilities aren’t an option. We need a tank position.”

“I prefer being a tank. Thank you…”

Team Leader Kim Jin-hyeop’s expression was somewhat ambiguous.

He looked pleased but also seemed to be thinking, “Is it really this easy?”

“Did they really let you go that easily?”

“I think they just interpreted the word ‘review’ however they wanted.”

“Well, when you’re holding the card, you don’t think about the credit limit or remaining balance—you just write checks first and think later.”

“They’re busy trying to profit from S-rank dungeon backflows in struggling countries by creating competition, so they can’t pay much attention to other areas.”

“Well, they probably think that way since I’ve been cleaning up S-rank backflows in other countries and uploading YouTube videos for image-making.”

“…But are you really going to do it? They might harass you more than you expect.”

A country’s system is more intricate than one might think.

Living as a member of a nation is not easy because of this.

Laws.

Rules.

It might seem like nothing major would happen if an individual breaks these, but when a state deliberately digs into an individual’s various issues and tries to trip them up, there are countless things they could catch you on.

Especially from a business perspective, there are many things that are overlooked and forgiven, which could all be brought up as issues if they decided to target you.

“Let’s show them once and for all.”

That’s precisely why I set up this situation—to show them properly.

I thought I had been showing them indirectly until now.

With the Dark Site incident, and though I didn’t do it directly, the Death Note-like executions that happened.

But what would happen if an SSS+ rank hunter directly crossed legal boundaries?

“Why I’m operating Farming Company in Korea. Who loses if I stop operating Farming Company.”

The miners’ part-time period is also coming to an end soon.

Most of them are mid-tier hunters in Korea.

I casually mention to them:

“If you wish to participate in the next batch, please work hard until the end.”

And to lay the groundwork, I posted notices about various additional job opportunities for hunters.