Ch.5555. The World’s First SSS+ Rank Hunter

Ji-hyun didn’t offer any further explanation.

“I’ll make it and show you.”

With that, she left to get her work tools, heading out with excitement. Watching her go, we also left the house.

“Oppa. You haven’t registered as a hunter yet, right?”

“No, I haven’t.”

“Let’s go do it. It’s about time we should.”

The time had come to take care of something I’d been putting off.

To be honest, since I rarely entered dungeons in the real world, I had wondered if hunter registration was even necessary.

When I first awakened, I thought I’d make a name for myself as a hunter in reality, but now I found more enjoyment in selling resources from the Rift Dimension and completing quests there that offered better rewards. My ambition had diminished considerably.

But I couldn’t avoid hunter registration forever.

Even if not immediately, I still wanted to gain recognition by being active as a hunter in the real world.

That desire was merely being substituted by the attention I received from bringing back rare resources.

“Now that you’re making money, if you don’t register as a hunter, the Hunter Association will come investigating.”

And as Su-jeong said, I was making too much money.

Just a week ago, I made nearly 300 million won through hunter activities.

She explained that if I didn’t register as a hunter and just pocketed all that money, it wouldn’t count as hunter income and would be fully taxed.

With even more profits coming in this time than before, I couldn’t let that happen.

Plus, I needed hunter registration for contract purposes.

“We need to set up a company between you and me and make a contract. Like a hunter agency where I manage you.”

I agreed to give Su-jeong 10%.

That 10% wouldn’t go entirely to Su-jeong. She explained that with an agency contract, her agency would manage all sales related to my hunter activities, and I would receive 90% of the sales through a formal procedure.

“The 10% is used for your activity expenses. Things we buy when going to the farm. Your real-world living costs. But you’ll have to buy hunter items that can’t be tax-deducted yourself.”

This wasn’t Su-jeong using some loophole; apparently most hunters these days made contracts like this.

“From that 10%, I’ll officially take a portion as salary. Usually, we’d set a fixed amount, but since it’s just a one-person company, I’ll use whatever’s left after your expenses.”

Honestly, I hadn’t thought this far ahead.

Considering the value of the Rift Dimension, giving Su-jeong 10% was quite generous.

I knew that even if I just gave her a few tens of millions of won as a salary, she would be grateful and work hard.

But if I had done that, she wouldn’t be working this diligently.

There’s a clear difference between working for a fixed salary and working harder to earn more when the amount is uncertain.

Above all, she’s family.

Not that being family means you can trust everyone to work together.

But despite being my annoying, nagging little sister, she’s proven herself trustworthy and has shown that she can handle responsibility.

Plus, she takes care of all these bothersome tasks while maintaining appropriate boundaries, allowing me to comfortably do whatever I want.

“Ah! Just so you know, giving you 10% is actually quite generous. For regular hunters, agency contracts have set percentages based on rank. Roughly 10% would be for B-rank to A-rank? S-rank and above usually get around 1-3%, but they make so much from additional income that even 1% can earn them tens of billions a year…”

“Are you saying you want to change it?”

“Since it’s a contract, speak up now if you want to change it. I know I’m getting a lot because we’re family, but I’m not that shameless. Yes, I’m trying to make money by sticking with you, but I told you—I really like your farm. So let’s settle this properly now to avoid any issues later.”

“Hmm.”

Is she being this strict about it?

If you asked whether I cared for Su-jeong this much, I’d say no.

It’s funny how we went from constantly arguing and cursing at each other in the living room to bickering over who gets to take better care of whom.

But I’m genuinely fine with giving her what I think is fair.

“You said it’s an agency, right?”

“Yes.”

“If you hire employees and expand later, you might want more. Take it while I’m offering. Cash doesn’t mean much to me anyway.”

Reality isn’t that different from the Farming World.

Money is a constant expense that grows as your farm expands.

Even employing one NPC creates ongoing costs that add up, and if you want to hire more NPCs, you’ll never have enough no matter how much you earn.

When I was in the Farming World, I had to manage all those NPCs myself, placing them where they were needed.

But in reality, I’m planning to leave everything to Su-jeong, seeing how much she can handle.

With 10% of what I earn, that should be possible, and if she hires more people in the real world later, it won’t even be that much money.

Above all, my main focus isn’t Earth but the Farming World.

Everything there—even items lying on the ground—sells for high prices here, so what difference does it make if I earn 1 billion or 900 million?

It’s just piling up money and thinking, “Oh, I’ve accumulated this much,” nothing more than self-gratification.

After Su-jeong sorted out her personal concerns, we headed to the Hunter Association for hunter registration, company establishment, and contract signing.

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Hunter registration is simple.

You go to the Hunter Association and show your status window to an employee. That’s it.

There are no other methods.

The Hunter Association exists to manage hunters and control the risks they pose.

Of course, there are complaints.

Why must you show your status window?

Couldn’t there be other ways to prove it?

But ultimately, nothing is as clean and definitive as showing your status window, so the World Hunter Association firmly maintains this method.

There’s really no reason not to comply.

– Revealing your rank might expose you to danger.

This is addressed by the Hunter Association’s strict confidentiality.

Naturally, since humans are involved, information leaks can happen, but the Hunter Association deals with such incidents through severe punishment.

If a hunter’s personal information is leaked against their will, they thoroughly investigate and execute the responsible employee.

Officially it’s termination, but surprisingly, all employees involved in such incidents have gone missing after being fired.

With the government keeping quiet and the massive International Hunter Association backing them, such incidents rarely occur.

Few people would risk their lives for money when they’d eventually be caught.

Even the selection process for Hunter Association employees is so rigorous that problems that might happen in novels rarely occur in reality.

So there’s no reason not to use this easy and convenient method.

“I’m here to register as a hunter.”

“I’ll guide you this way.”

The registration room was completely sealed off.

Inside, an employee asked me to show my status window.

I confidently displayed it.

“Gasp!”

The employee looked at my status window with a shocked expression.

“SSS+ rank… but… what’s a Farming Window?”

“Is that important?”

“…Could you wait a moment, please?”

I understand.

Hunters use a [Status Window].

But since I came from the Farming World, I use a [Farming Window].

Either way, I had nothing to hide.

It’s the same ability and stats, used the same way.

The employee, facing an unfamiliar situation and not wanting to handle it alone, left the room. About three minutes later, he returned with a middle-aged man who appeared to be higher-ranking.

“Hello. I’m Team Leader Kim Jin-hyeop.”

“Ah, hello.”

“I apologize, but I received a report and don’t quite understand. Could you show me your status window again?”

“Sure.”

When I showed my Farming Window again, Team Leader Kim’s expression hardened.

“SSS+…”

The team leader’s reaction wasn’t much different from the employee’s.

First, he tilted his head at seeing what appeared to be a Farming Window, then was surprised by my ability rank.

Then he looked at my stats and back at me.

“If you don’t mind me asking… how did you awaken?”

I could tell something was different, but what they saw was clearly a system.

Seeing no need to create confusion, I told them the truth.

“Do you know Farming World?”

“Yes, I do. I’ve heard it’s a game that most closely resembles the current hunter system.”

“I was playing that game when I awakened, and my status window appeared like this.”

“…Pardon?”

“I drew an SSS+ ability there, and when I quit and came back to reality, I had awakened with that SSS+ ability applied.”

“…..”

Yes, that’s what happened.

The incredulous expressions of the two employees were quite a sight to behold.