SSS-Class Revival Hunter
Chapter 224: If (2)

Chapter 224: If (2)

—We are recruiting a manager for Class S Hunter Yoo Soo-Ha, the Rank 1 Hunter and the Tyrant of the Babel Tower.

Yoo Soo-Ha frowned when he saw the banner.

“Su-Jeong.”

“Yes.”

“Senior Manager Ja Su-Jeong.”

“Please go on.”

“That banner doesn’t fit the purpose of the event, does it?”

Ja Su-Jeong looked calm. “Is something wrong? You’re the attention seeker of the century, so I made sure the interview will be extravagant. Reporters will be here tomorrow, and an article about your new manager is scheduled to be published once you made your decision. For the next two weeks, your face will be on the cover of every web portal. That’s good. Congratulations!”

“How the heck did I get such a fucking talented manager like you? Dang it. Su-Jeong, you know I love you very much, right?”

“Your love is scorching hot, suffocating, and filthy. Please don’t come any closer. If you do, please stop breathing.”

“Hey! Why did you call me filthy?”

“Did you expect to be fragrant after vomiting while performing a triple axel three times in a row?”

“Fuck. I should have taken a shower...”

“So do you not like the banner?”

“No, it’s not that I don’t like it. Give me a second.”

Yoo Soo-Ha went into the guild warehouse and returned with a can of paint. With a hand that showed he had some experience with graffiti, he painted over the banner. In the end, the banner lost its original meaning.

“Good. This is awesome.”

—We are recruiting a slave for the manager of Class S Hunter Yoo Soo-Ha, the Rank 1 Hunter and the Tyrant of the Babel Tower.

Ja Su-Jeong was speechless for a moment. “Mr. Yoo Soo-Ha.”

“Yeah.”

“Guild Leader Yoo Soo-Ha.”

“Go on.”

“The banner says something completely different now.”

“I told you you’re the senior manager. Since you had a promotion, you should have a subordinate as well,” Yoo Soo-Ha confidently answered as if he were reciting the absolute truth of the world. “A fresh young rookie can’t come in and expect to be treated the same as the manager who has been with me for a long time. Corporate life isn’t that easy, Senior Manager Ja Su-Jeong.”

“I see...”

“Our guild is strictly based on seniority. I’ll forever be the super almighty leader of this guild. Su-Jeong, you were the second to join, so you have the right to have some slaves. I don’t care what you call them. Feel free to get a slave of your own. Pick a strong one who knows how to drive. Anyway, get someone who knows what they need to do.”

“I understand.”

“Alright, then I... blaaaaaargh!”

On that day, an interview was held at the exact same spot where Yoo Soo-Ha had vomited for the fourth time. Of course, since Amethyst cleaned up with a mop, the tiles were sparkling clean. After all, they cost one hundred gold per piece, so they needed to look pristine.

“What motivated you to apply for this job?” Ja Su-Jeong asked from the interviewer’s seat as she looked at the applicant.

The applicant’s eyes also sparkled, as if they were also freshly cleaned tiles.

“I’m a Hunter from East Asia, just like Mr. Fire Emperor! Here to prove that East Asians can do it, too! In the Tower, everyone starts from square one. Since that’s the case, East Asians have the advantage! I’m here to prove that—”

“You can cut the crap.”

“What?

Ja Su-Jeong shook her head. “The guild leader hates his home country and the countries surrounding it. He hates the Earth, where his home country and the other countries exist, and the universe since that’s where the Earth is located.”

“What?”

“And I think he won’t like you either. Next.”

Rejected.

“What motivated you to apply for this job?” Ja Su-Jeong asked.

“I have always deeply admired the Fire Emperor.”

“What part of him you found admiring?”

“First of all, his well-defined beauty resembles that of an Apollo statue. I find him captivating,” the applicant answered in a dreamy voice.

“I’ve heard the analogy of the Apollo statue so many times that my eardrums will spasm just by hearing that word. Well, alright. This interview isn’t about checking your sensibility. Please go on.”

“Above all, he has a heart of gold. He cares about others—”

“That is a beautiful load of bullcrap.”

Rejected.

“To be honest, I applied because I wanted to sleep with the Fire Emperor at least once.”

Ja Su-Jeong stared at the applicant. “Is that so?”

“Yes.”

After a short moment of silence, Ja Su-Jeong handed the applicant a paper. “Here. Please sign this document.”

“What is this? Is this, by any chance, an acceptance letter?”

“No, it’s an NDA. Six top-level hunters used their Skills to create it. If you tell anyone outside this room what you are about to hear, you’ll end up with about thirteen new holes in your body. They will serve as escape hatches for your life. Are you going to sign it?”

“Yes.”

“Wow, you really signed it.”

“That, I did.”

“Then let me tell you something. Mr. Yoo Soo-Ha is impotent,” Ja Su-Jeong whispered.

Silence prevailed for a long time.

“What?” the applicant asked.

“He suffers from erectile dysfunction. Should I explain things using not only nouns and adjectives but also verbs? Would you understand better that way?” Ja Su-Jeong offered kindly.

“Oh, no. So I... Um...”

“Remember the thirteen holes.”

“Right...”

“Please note that the thirteen holes don’t include your eye holes, nostrils, ears, navel button, and anus. These thirteen holes are in addition to the holes you already have. Aren’t you curious about how much evolutionary potential your body holds in terms of holes?”

The applicant saluted. “I won’t say anything even if I die.”

“Next.”

Rejected.

A scruffy man now sat in the interview chair.

“I... I, so, um. Well, at least once, just once, I want to live in and breathe the same air as the person who made it to the highest place in this world[1].”

Ja Su-Jeong looked at the man. “Why?”

“I don’t know. I think there must be something more to this life than what I have going on for myself at the moment. There has to be.”

Ja Su-Jeong narrowed her eyes.

“I-I don’t have a gift, and my Skill is weird... I won’t be able to go to the top of the Tower myself, but I can help the one who is capable of doing that.”

The man got up from the chair and bowed. “No! I want to help! Please allow me to work for you! I’ll do any chore! I’m fine with any salary if it’s enough to keep me from starving to death! Please, I’m begging you!”

Ja Su-Jeong looked at Kim Gong-Ja. “What do you think about Mr. Fire Emperor’s personality?”

He blinked. “Uh...”

“Please be honest. Really honest. I need to understand your way of thinking as accurately as possible. If you lie to me right now, you might get accepted right away, but you’ll probably be kicked out a day or two later anyway. Let’s save each other time.”

“Um...”

“Yes?”

“His personality is pretty fucking awful.”

For the first time since the interview began, Amethyst rested her chin on the palm. “Hmm. In what way?”

“He says he doesn’t like being called Fire Emperor, but that isn’t true, right? He’s always trying to stay cool. If he calls his title stupid when people tell him he’s cool, amazing, the best...”

“Then?”

“... he turns all his fans into his inferiors just by hating his own title. His fans still love the title and say he’s cool. It’s a perfect virtuous cycle... No, is this a vicious cycle...?”

Amethyst clasped her hands together and rested her chin above them. This was also the first time she took the posture after the interviews began. “Hmm. Interesting.”

“What?”

“I understand what you’re saying, Mr. Kim Gong-Ja. Can you work for Mr. Yoo Soo-Ha regardless?”

“Ah, yes...”

“Mr. Yoo Soo-Ha may be a much worse person than you think. If you join the guild and work together with him, you’ll learn a lot about him, whether you like it or not. Depending on the incident, outcome, and his reaction, you could be killed to be silenced.”

Kim Gong-Ja didn’t reply.

“I’ll ask again. Can you still work for Yoo Soo-ha?”

He thought for a long time before he said, “I came to work for Mr. Yoo Soo-Ha, not to care about him.”

“Huh?”

“If Mr. Yoo Soo-Ha is much more evil than I thought... I don’t know. I’ll probably try to stop him. Still, I think I would give him one last chance to regain my trust. I tend to do that...”

“Hmm.”

“So, I’m sorry, ma’am, but it’s difficult to say yes to your question.”

Ja Su-Jeong tilted her head. “You’re even more interesting than I initially thought. Why should I choose you as the new manager?”

Kim Gong-Ja looked up at Ja Su-Jeong. “Because you’re probably the same as me. You don’t work for Mr. Fire Emperor but work under him. Since you became a manager, you’ve never tried to glorify Mr. Fire Emperor’s personality in any way. You never hired part-time workers to manipulate public opinion online, too, so...”

“I’m listening.”

“You’re looking for someone who will become your colleague, not Mr. Fire Emperor’s confidant.”

Ja Su-Jeong smiled. “You got the job.”

And...

“What? His Hunter Class is F? Su-Jeong, didn’t I tell you last night to get a strong slave? Why did you bring in trash? The recycling bin is over there. Throw him away,” Yoo Soo-Ha grumbled.

“Please note that recycling day is Wednesday. Today is Monday.”

“How would I know that?!”

“Just give him two days, Mr. Yoo Soo-Ha. Torment him for two days before you make your decision.”

“Do I have to? He doesn’t seem much younger than me...”

Yoo Soo-Ha scowled at Kim Gong-Ja.

“If his Hunter Class is still F, the answer is right there. He’s trash. Trash! He sometimes works part-time, goes for a stroll on the second floor’s hunting ground, picks up some items, and then buys groceries with the money he got from those items. Then he’ll coop himself in his room and write stuff on the internet.

“Wow, I got goosebumps just from saying that. Hey, Ja Su-Jeong. I’m really supposed to hurt my eyes from seeing him for two days? Managing my eye health is also the manager’s role— Aaaaaah! Fuck, what is this?”

“It’s tangerine juice.”

“Why the fuck would you shoot tangerine juice into my eyes?”

“It’s said that tangerines are good for your eyes, Mr. Yoo Soo-Ha.”

“You bitch, would you open up my head and shove a ginseng in my brain since it’s so good for my health? Have I been too soft with you these days? Do you have a death wish? You think I can’t kill you?”

“Yes.”

“Fuck!”

And...

“Huff, huff, huff...”

“Still, this bastard gives the best reaction when I torment him. I told him that he didn’t have to follow me, but he still crawled all the way to the thirty-first floor. Why is he like that? Well, it’s fun to watch him struggle. Huh? Su-Jeong, did you hire this trash to entertain me?”

“Yes.”

“Senior Manager Ja Su-Jeong, I really made a great choice when I hired you. No, from now on, you’re the assistant guild leader! You have to try being an assistant leader at least once! I’ll dig up some Arimentalium and make you a very awesome nameplate. Assistant Leader Ja Su-Jeong... Do you know that “boss” in Korean reads as sajang? Sajang and Su-Jeong. They fit perfectly. You were born to be a leader.”

“Huff, huff, huff, huff, huff...”

“Mr. Gong-Ja is dying,” Ja Su-Jeong stated.

“Tell him to die. That’s just his luck.”

“You’re right. Mr. Gong-Ja, good luck.”

Yoo Soo-Ha waved. “Good luck, Part-Timer.”

“Fuck...” Kim Gong-Ja mumbled.

Time passed.

1. The Tower’s highest cleared floor. ☜

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