Chapter 187

Chapter 187

Even the crazy ones among the hunters had ranks. Dissolute hunters who spent money like it was water were actually the easiest to deal with. Making them feel good was easy for as long as they had money. They were naturally quite expensive to maintain, but companies were good at making a profit out of hunters.

Companies were confident that they could earn more than what they were spending on the hunters. However, not all hunters wanted money.

-There’s this hamburger that I ate eighteen years ago. It was really delicious. Unfortunately, the store went out of business a year since I first ate there. Find the chef who made the hamburgers there. What? It’s impossible to cook that again because the ingredients are different from that time? Find all the ingredients, then.

-I don’t like the XX station channel. Can’t we legally ban it? Isn’t it a completely nasty piece of garbage?

-I signed a contract with a constellation who wants me to dedicate my life to eliminating all wars in the world. I ask for your cooperation.

-I heard Japan has a king. Reading mangas has made me interested in their culture. Can we have a meal together? Please ask the Japanese government to take care of it. I want to eat a plate of sushi.

... Things like that were impossible to solve with money.

Nevertheless, world peace was a bit...

“What do you mean by world peace?”

“Does that mean he wants to destroy other countries?”

“Isn’t that too much?”

“That’s dangerous. Haven’t we already seen that done once or twice by hunters who have contracted with constellations? Constellations shouldn’t be judged using our common sense.”

“I heard he is really stoic even among the first-generation hunters.”

“That just makes him more terrifying. It would have been better if he just wanted money. Don’t people like him go insane and do crazy things?”

The businessmen here liked people who were easy to understand—individuals who only wanted money, fame, development, etc.

Hunters whose goal was world peace were really... scary.

What kind of hunter could he be?

***

“Ah. Time to eat.”

“You’re thinking about eating now?”

“Of course not. I was just saying.”

“I feel so sorry for the chefs who work here. They work hard, but their food never gets touched.”

The CEOs shook their heads when they saw the dishes prepared by the chefs. It wasn’t that the food was tasteless. All the dishes were made by the most skilled chefs and with the highest quality ingredients. It was bound to be delicious.

“?”

“Is that an employee?”

One of the CEOs pointed to Choi Yeonseung out of curiosity. Not only was he dressed differently from everyone else, but he also had unusually well-developed muscles that showed through his clothes. No matter how they looked at him, he was far from the average person. Wasn’t he a hunter?

“... What are you doing over there?” Hwang Gyeongryong asked Choi Yeonseung, clearly bewildered. He had been wondering where this madman was. It turned out he had been cooking in the kitchen all this time!

“The kitchen had great facilities and ingredients, so I decided to cook.”

“I told you to come and meet the CEOs. When did I tell you to cook?!” Hwang Gyeongryong growled in the lowest possible voice to protect his dignity and reputation.

While the other CEOs were worried about the hunter who was going to take over as the new CEO, Choi Yeonseung was doing something strange.

“Then don’t eat, Hyung. I’ll just give this to my niece.”

“No, that’s not what I meant... Haven’t you noticed all the eyes on you?”

Choi Yeonseung looked around. People were staring at him with eyes that asked, ‘What are you doing?’

“Hmm. It’s a pleasure to meet you all.”

Choi Yeonseung happily greeted and shook hands with them.

“... I-It is a pleasure.”

“The pleasure is mine.”

“By the way, why did you cook?”

“Cooking is my hobby.”

“Of course, I know what everyone is worried about.”

Choi Yeonseung looked around as he laughed. The other hunters, who were trying to send texts, flinched. Did he catch onto them?

“You’re probably worried because I, a hunter who has never run a business, suddenly wants to run a company.”

"That isn’t necessarily the case.”

“Right. As a hunter, your magical abilities are a huge asset to the company.”

“... Hunter Choi Yeonseung is a martial artist...”

“Ah, right.”

Choi Yeonseung continued, “It isn’t that I don’t understand your concern. First of all, the chairman is responsible for this. He basically forced me to do this.”

“......”

“......”

‘Hey, you son of a...!’

The CEOs glared at Hwang Gyeongryong, their eyes seemingly shooting out lasers. They seemed to be asking how this happened.

“If things don’t work out, I won’t hesitate to step down as CEO. In fact, as a hunter, fighting in the field suits my personality more.”

Choi Yeonseung’s words made the CEOs sigh with relief. They thought he was a madman due to how powerful his presence was, but after talking to him, they learned he was actually surprisingly rational. They could easily communicate with him. This incident obviously stemmed from Dragon Hwang’s eccentricity.

‘That’s right. He probably got caught up in something strange again.’

‘He feels so bad whenever he fails.’

Hwang Gyeongryong had many successes, but he also had many failures. He had made spur-of-the-moment decisions that brought them the jackpot, but he couldn’t always avoid failure.

‘This hunter doesn’t seem like the type to change everything or do strange things.’

‘He will probably step down if the artifact he releases fails.’

With everyone seemingly satisfied, Choi Yeonseung said, “Now that we seemed to have come to an understanding, let’s eat.”

Choi Yeonseung scooped up rice and some spicy beef soup. On the other hand, none of the CEOs moved.

“Why aren’t any of you eating?”

“Ah. I don’t have an appetite.”

“Oh, have you already eaten?”

Ducoms, the CEO of Dragon Battery, was flustered. He was known for his dirty temper and arrogance, but he wasn’t stupid enough to show that in front of an A-grade hunter. The average person would just grab him by the collar, but that alone could lead to his neck breaking if done by an A-grade hunter.

“No. I didn’t eat before coming here.”

“What’s wrong, then? Why don’t you have an appetite? Wait, let me check your pulse.”

Choi Yeonseung grabbed Ducoms by the wrist and released internal energy. Doing this with magic was difficult, but it was easy to do with internal energy. Choi Yeonseung couldn’t just completely control internal energy. He could also freely transform its nature.

“I think you’ve only slept for three or four hours. You have insomnia.”

“How do you know that?”

“There is a cloud of energy around your head, so you probably have a headache as well.”

“How...?”

“You’ve been taking a lot of medicine, but that’s just making your condition worse.”

“No, how do you know all that?!”

Ducoms was shocked. Even hunters who had medical backgrounds couldn’t figure out what was wrong with his health that quickly and easily. Not even Hwang Gyeongryong could do such a feat.

“I... What should I do?”

“Let’s eat first.”’

“No... Forget eating. What should I do about this insomnia...?”

“If you really want to know, then eat first. Do you want me to force-feed you?”