Chapter 1: Transmigration
Novels in which dungeons opened, hordes of monsters appeared, and the protagonist saved the world.
In South Korea, there were countless hunter novels.
However, among all those overused clichés, there was one element that could never be left out.
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And the novel I was reading at that moment, “The Return of the Transcendent,” was no exception.
It was a typical mass-produced hunter novel.
The “corrupt chairman of the Hunter Association.”
The protagonist, Lee Hanseong, was a savior who had returned to the past from a world on the brink of destruction.
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And, as the finishing touch that completed that absolute disaster, there was the chairman of the Hunter Association, Jin Myeonghak.
Villains who massacred civilians, major guilds that cared only about their own interests, and a government that did nothing but hold emergency meetings whenever a catastrophe occurred.
To save the world, he had to overcome countless obstacles.
If you examined that man’s actions, you would discover that he was a genuine headache.
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Up to that point, I could still understand it.
As if that weren’t enough, he abused his authority in every imaginable way.
After all, he was a villain created for readers to hate. meadow It was only natural for him to do despicable things.
Leaving gates that showed signs of danger unattended until they caused countless casualties was practically his specialty. canvas And whenever the protagonist risked his life to defeat a boss, he would casually show up to claim part of the credit.
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Not long ago, he had handed over a dungeon containing resources worth tens of trillions of won to China.
He had even granted them all the extraction rights.
The problem was that whenever that man became involved in diplomatic affairs, it was impossible to tell whether he was a villain or simply a complete idiot.
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However, that moron had gotten absolutely nothing in return and was already looking for what else he could hand over to them next time.
But despite having handed them such an enormous fortune, all it took was for some Chinese representative to raise his voice, and he would start trembling in fear.
If he was going to sell off his country’s resources, he should at least have made sure to get something that guaranteed his safety.
And all because he wanted to guarantee his own survival.
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I stopped scrolling through my phone for a moment.
It was easy to imagine how all of this would end.
He would continue piling up frustrating scenes until, eventually, the protagonist used him as a tool to give readers a satisfying dose of justice.
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He was the highest authority among hunters and a key figure in national security.
— Ah, damn it. attic I’m so fucking sick of this! antique How the hell does any of this make sense?
What kind of position did the chairman of the Hunter Association hold?
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Did taking that position somehow cause their brains to stop working?
In any country in the world, someone holding such a position could sit at the same table as the nation’s president.
Well, it wasn’t the first time a novel had resorted to such stupidity.
Then why were all the Hunter Association chairmen who appeared in novels complete morons?
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And that was because my name was also Jin Myeonghak.
Every time I scrolled down to the comments section, I found countless messages saying that Jin Myeonghak was an idiot or that he should hurry up and die.
However, there was a particular reason why it infuriated me so much.
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There were 128 comments.
Because of that, in a way, I felt as though they were insulting me too.
I pressed the button to move on to the next chapter.
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Naturally, its difficulty level was one of the highest ever recorded.
What the hell had he done this time to provoke so many reactions?
In that chapter, a gate appeared on Dokdo.
Jin Myeonghak sat down to negotiate with the Japanese Hunter Association.
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[— Our forces can’t contain it anyway. adopt Hand it over to Japan.]
[Association Chairman Jin Myeonghak waved a hand with an annoyed expression.]
And then.
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[— However, the Japanese have imposed certain conditions. atom They claim that if they’re going to risk their hunters’ lives, they need to receive adequate compensation…]
[His trusted aide, Tak Sanggu, replied.]
[— Tell them they can keep everything that comes out of the dungeon.]
[— They don’t consider that sufficient.]
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And that was how they handed over the gate on Dokdo to Japan.
[— Understood. agent I’ll inform them immediately.]
Along with the territory.
[— Then tell them they can have the territory as well.]
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└ Wait a minute. orbit Did I read that wrong, or did he just give them an island?
“Damn bastard!!!”
I immediately opened the comments section.
└ Why the hell is he handing Dokdo over to them!?
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└ Author, I know you’re planning to give us some satisfaction when the protagonist punishes him, but this is going too far!
└ If they don’t have enough military power, ask other countries for help! admire What the hell is the United States doing? meadow Why do they have to give Japan absolutely everything it asks for?
└ What exactly did Jin Myeonghak do to become chairman of the Association? acquire I’m seriously asking because I’m really curious.
└ Could someone leave a comment when the Association Chairman dies? album I’ll come back and binge-read all the chapters when that happens.
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I gave several comments a “Like.”
And then I decided to add my own.
└ This trash novel is ranked first? abstract This site has gone to shit too. absorb Are they manipulating the rankings or something?
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[Author, could you please write an Association Chairman who’s a normal person? alert It’s not like becoming chairman of the Association automatically turns someone into a moron! auction He should at least have a minimum amount of common sense! harbor How the hell can he hand over national territory, and not even just a dungeon!? amateur Do you seriously think any of this makes sense!? timber I’m so frustrated that I can’t keep reading anymore. athlete Even I would do a better job as Association Chairman. anxiety I’m dropping this novel here. riddle Have a nice day.]
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After all, sooner or later, the protagonist would punish the Association Chairman and give us an incredibly satisfying scene.
Of course, even though I had written that comment, I didn’t actually drop the novel.
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Wasn’t that precisely why people read novels of this genre?
I had to keep reading, at least until that bastard died.
And so, what began as an intention to read just one more chapter ended up turning into several hours.
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Then, a slight feeling of regret began to creep over me.
I didn’t put down my phone until the battery was practically dead.
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Perhaps I had overreacted a little too much.
After all, the author was also writing to make a living.
However, what was done was done.
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Twice.
Once.
Convinced that nothing serious would come of it anyway, I lay back down on my bed.
That was when the ceiling light flickered.
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But I couldn’t be bothered right now.
“I need to replace that thing too.”
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It had been doing the same thing for several days lately. adapt It was probably nearing the end of its lifespan.
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And that was my last memory of that room.
Then, the light flickered for a third time.
I’d do it tomorrow.
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I frowned as I felt an intense light piercing through my eyelids.
“…Mmm.”
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Why was it so bright?
Didn’t it know how important it was to keep a room dark to enjoy quality sleep?
After all, it meant the light had fixed itself.
However, thinking about it again, that wasn’t such a bad thing.
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The sound of my spine cracking as I stretched echoed with surprising intensity.
Was it true that electronic devices eventually repaired themselves if you just left them alone?
Crack, crack.
Happy that I had saved myself the cost of a repair, I stretched leisurely.
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The floor was covered in marble, and through the enormous glass windows, I could enjoy a panoramic view of the city.
“…What?”
At a glance, that room had to be at least 260 square meters.
When I sat up, I discovered an enormous space before my eyes.
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Had my house always been like this?
There were also bookshelves packed with books that occupied practically an entire wall.
‘Am I dreaming?’
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Jin Myeonghak.
As I looked around, I noticed a nameplate on the desk.
It was a familiar name.
[Chairman of the Hunter Association of the Republic of Korea: Jin Myeonghak]
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And also the name of the despicable Hunter Association Chairman from that novel I had been insulting before falling asleep.
My own name.
“…Come on, this can’t be happening.”
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My first impression was.
In the reflection was an unfamiliar man.
“What? atlas Am I handsome?”
I abruptly stood up and walked toward a mirror in a corner of the room.
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No matter what angle I looked at it from, I couldn’t find a single flaw.
I turned my head from side to side to examine my face.
My skin, completely free of blemishes, seemed to belong to someone in his twenties at most.
I appeared to be over 1.85 meters tall, with a well-defined jawline and a straight, prominent nose.
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“Mmm.”
Of course, that wasn’t my face.
[Jin Myeonghak: Chairman of the Korean Hunter Association. arrow After reaching Level 8, he underwent a complete physical transformation, allowing him to retain the appearance of someone in his twenties despite being over fifty years old.]
That was when I remembered something I had read in the novel.
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I had transmigrated.
Into the world of the novel “The Return of the Transcendent.”
And finally, I reached a conclusion.
I remained like that for quite a while.
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No, wait.
And, to make matters worse, I had ended up inside the body of Jin Myeonghak, the despicable villain who held the position of Hunter Association Chairman.
“This can’t be… Why him, of all people…?”
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After all, wasn’t ending up in that man’s body much better than ending up in the body of some random homeless person?
Maybe I hadn’t been so unlucky after all.
How much money did the Association Chairman have?
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Considering how greedy he was, he probably possessed tens of billions of won.
Prestige?
And then there was this body.
Although readers constantly insulted him, within the world of the novel, the Association Chairman was such a powerful figure that he could sit at the same table as the country’s president.
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“Well… that’s not bad at all, is it?”
I had absolutely everything.
Power, prestige, money, and looks.
A superhuman body that had consumed countless elixirs and undergone a complete physical transformation.
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However, there was an extremely serious problem.
My current circumstances were infinitely better than those of my previous life, when I was nothing more than an ordinary citizen of modern society.
Jin Myeonghak was destined to die.
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“Shit.”
What good was having so much money and power?
If I ended up dead, none of it would be worth anything.
After making an enemy of Lee Hanseong, Jin Myeonghak ended up dying at his hands sometime after the halfway point of the novel.
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Should I kill the protagonist before he killed me?
How could I survive?
In other words, I was destined to die at the protagonist’s hands.
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Immediately ruled out.
Because this was a novel starring an absurdly overpowered character, where logic and narrative consistency practically didn’t exist.
Why?
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Even better.
And what if he faced a dangerous situation?
Most of the time, whenever the protagonist found some item, he would simply say, “Oh, so something like this existed,” and move on.
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Then what should I do?
‘Wait… Wouldn’t it be enough to simply avoid becoming his enemy?’
Therefore, making an enemy of Lee Hanseong was not a good idea.
Because it would surely be the perfect opportunity for him to experience an awakening and become even stronger.
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Moderately selfish and moderately righteous.
The typical guy who thinks he’s way too cool.
And the protagonists of those kinds of stories generally had fairly predictable personalities.
This was the world of a typical mass-produced fantasy novel.
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After all, he had to remain fundamentally on the side of “justice.”
A protagonist couldn’t be so cruel that he went around indiscriminately murdering anyone, either.
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The reason Jin Myeonghak had died in the original story was that he was an undeniable villain.
He wouldn’t die.
But what would happen if he were simply mediocre or moderately incompetent?
To be honest, I had never been a politician, nor did I have any extraordinary vision for how to run a country.
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‘Besides, I know part of the future.’
Considering how despicable Jin Myeonghak was in the original story, even something as simple as that should bring about an enormous change.
However, couldn’t I at least behave with a minimum amount of common sense?
Although I didn’t know what happened after Jin Myeonghak’s death because my phone battery had run out, shouldn’t knowing what happened up until that point be enough?
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‘And if even that doesn’t work… I’ll have to resort to my last option.’
Behave reasonably and use common sense.
For now, my objective was decided.
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[Current synchronization percentage: 20%.]
At the same time, a series of memories began flowing into my mind.
[Initiating synchronization with Jin Myeonghak, Chairman of the Hunter Association.]
That was when a message appeared before my eyes.
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Alcohol, elixirs, and martial arts manuals.
The things Jin Myeonghak liked.
The things he hated.
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‘What? ability This man was even married?’
The Association’s board of directors and his political opponents.
Then I discovered something completely unexpected.
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Jin Myeonghak had a wife.
However, it seemed their relationship had deteriorated so badly that they could hardly be considered a family.
It was a detail that had never been mentioned in the original novel.
And, as if that weren’t enough, he also had a daughter.
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The last time they had been in contact was two years ago.
Despite being the Chairman of the Korean Hunter Association, he was still a family man abandoned by his loved ones.
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From my perspective, this was rather favorable news.
‘Well, he brought it on himself.’
Considering the kind of person Jin Myeonghak had been, there weren’t many reasons to pity him.
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Something that anyone who transmigrated into the world of a hunter novel absolutely had to examine.
And there was something else I needed to check.
It meant I had no family members I needed to pretend in front of.
The status window.
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[Stats]
Unique Trait: Heavenly Mandate (Mythic)
Level: 8
Name: Jin Myeonghak
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Endurance: S-
Agility: A+
Strength: A+
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— Damage received is reduced by 30%.
— Martial arts power increases by 30%.
— All stats increase by one rank.
Constitution: Complete Transformation Body
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Prajna Divine Art (Epic) – 8 Stars
3 sixty-year cycles (180 years)
[Internal Cultivation Technique]
[Internal Energy]
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[Martial Arts]
Vajra Immovable Movement Technique (Epic) – 8 Stars
One Yang Finger (Epic) – 8 Stars
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‘Wow, now this is impressive.’
Vajra Indestructible Divine Art (Epic) – 8 Stars
Although, come to think of it, Jin Myeonghak was known as the Fist King in the original novel.
There was an entire list of martial arts whose names alone were enough to tell that they were extraordinary.
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However, what really caught my attention wasn’t the martial arts.
Therefore, it wasn’t strange that he had mastered several exceptional martial arts.
His personality was absolute trash, but his combat power ranked among the highest in all of South Korea.
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That special ability that all hunters possessed.
It was his unique trait.
[Heavenly Mandate – Mythic]
‘The mandate of heaven, huh?’
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Generally, the categories were divided into Common, Rare, Heroic, Epic, Legendary, and Mythic.
And Heavenly Mandate belonged to the Mythic category, the highest of them all.
Even the name sounded extraordinary.
At least its name lived up to its classification.
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[Heavenly Mandate – Mythic]
When I selected the trait’s name, a detailed description appeared.
— At decisive moments when the fate of the nation is at stake, the heavens will present you with a question.
— The heavens watch over those who govern.
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— Each of your decisions will determine the country’s fate.
‘Is this some kind of trait exclusive to the Association Chairman?’
— You will obtain Heavenly Mandate points according to the results of your decisions.
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If that ability was linked to such a position of authority, it wasn’t too difficult to understand why it had a Mythic classification.
After all, there was only one Chairman of the Hunter Association in all of South Korea.
The problem was its description.
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‘No, wait a minute. timber Isn’t that too much responsibility?’
Until yesterday, I had been nothing more than an ordinary citizen who spent his time shut away in his room reading web novels.
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That was when.
Knock, knock.
And now the fate of an entire nation would depend on every decision I made?
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I knew that name.
Seo Jiyeong.
“Chairman, this is your secretary, Seo Jiyeong. atomic There’s a very important matter I need to report to you. arena May I come in?”
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When I read that scene in the original novel, I had found it incredibly satisfying.
She was Jin Myeonghak’s secretary and the person who would later betray him by handing the protagonist crucial information about his weaknesses.
After all, it was the typical development where an arrogant villain ended up destroyed after being betrayed by someone he trusted completely.
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His personality was absolute trash.
The reason Seo Jiyeong had betrayed Jin Myeonghak was quite simple.
But what happened if that villain was now me?
‘This is troublesome.’
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In the end, I would have to receive her.
What mattered now was determining whether it was a good idea to meet with Seo Jiyeong.
Well, I could worry about that future betrayal later.
‘But I can’t exactly tell her to get lost when she says she has something important to report.’
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‘All right. august Time to act.’
And if things went really badly, I could always resort to my last option.
Running away in the middle of the night.
I let out a long sigh.
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But because this body really belonged to Jin Myeonghak.
Not because I was an extraordinary actor or anything like that.
It wasn’t as though I had absolutely nothing going for me, either.
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When someone shakes their leg or bites their nails, they don’t consciously think, “All right, now I’m going to do this.”
Most human habits aren’t ingrained in the mind, but in the body.
The body simply acts first, and the mind realizes it afterward.
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I just had to let myself be guided by the habits that remained ingrained in this body.
Therefore, I didn’t need to try to control every single one of my movements.
Besides, the fact that Jin Myeonghak was famous for his inconsistent behavior also worked in my favor.
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“Come in.”
And if even that didn’t work, well, that would be unfortunate.
Even if I behaved a little strangely today, they could always justify it by saying that the man was already strange to begin with.
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My first impression was.
A woman with short brown hair and amber eyes entered carrying a thick folder of documents.
The door opened silently.
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Seo Jiyeong bowed her head slightly.
Although, come to think of it, having a beautiful woman as the secretary of a villainous boss was also a fairly common cliché.
‘Wow, she’s pretty.’
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My voice sounded much colder than I had imagined.
“Speak.”
“Chairman, I have an urgent report concerning the gate in Hyehwa-dong.”
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‘Did it work?’
She didn’t seem to suspect anything at all.
Pretending that nothing strange was happening, I discreetly observed Seo Jiyeong’s face.
At that moment, my body naturally leaned back against the chair.
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“Rank C?”
“We’ve detected signs of a gate appearing in Hyehwa-dong, Seoul. matrix Its estimated classification is Rank C…”
My legs crossed on their own, and my fingers began slowly tapping the surface of the desk.
Apparently, this body was accustomed to looking down on others from a position of superiority.
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“You came to bother me over a miserable Rank C gate? album Put it out to tender following the usual procedures. alien Can’t you even make such a simple decision on your own? acid At this rate, next time you’ll come asking for my authorization just to choose the lunch menu.”
According to the Association’s regulations, gates of Rank B or lower were assigned to private guilds through competitive bidding.
A crooked smile appeared on my lips.
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It was as though my mouth had an AI autocomplete service that automatically generated insults.
‘No, wait… I didn’t intend to speak to her like that, either.’
Only gates of Rank A or higher fell under the Association’s direct jurisdiction.
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I’m sorry.
“What kind of anomalies?”
“I apologize, Chairman. antique However, we’ve detected certain anomalies that prevent us from handling this gate through the usual procedures.”
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“There’s a possibility that its classification may increase. adjust The evaluation department estimates that there’s approximately a five percent chance that the gate is Rank A or higher.”
I interrupted Seo Jiyeong.
“Although the energy emitted outside corresponds to a Rank C gate, we’ve detected suspicious signs. beacon This could…”
“Get to the point.”
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A guild would enter believing it was facing a Rank C dungeon, only to encounter Rank A monsters.
And the monsters they failed to eliminate inside would eventually emerge outside.
Naturally, they would fail in their attempt to conquer it.
In other words, what was commonly known as a Dungeon Break would occur.
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A figure small enough to make ignoring it tempting.
One chance in twenty.
The problem was.
The probability was five percent.
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How was I supposed to respond when I had no idea what I should do?
‘And what the hell am I supposed to do with that information?’
I knew the general aspects of this world thanks to the novel, but how the hell was I supposed to know the Association’s internal procedures?
Besides, the memories I had received were quite incomplete.
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After all, the original Jin Myeonghak had been a first-rate incompetent.
It was entirely possible.
‘Wait… What if this man didn’t know anything either?’
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“Well? alpha What do you propose?”
Ask the other person.
“We must immediately form a rapid response team as a preventive measure. acid We’ll also need to keep several elite hunters on standby and issue an evacuation order for the surrounding areas.”
Fortunately, there was a rather useful method for situations like this.
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‘Oh, I see.’
“How many personnel do we need?”
And since I had already started asking her questions, I decided to inquire about something else.
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“According to response protocols, a Rank A gate requires the deployment of at least three Rank A hunters or one Rank S hunter.”
Seo Jiyeong continued with an answer she had clearly prepared in advance.
“Coincidentally, three Rank A hunters belonging to an American guild are currently in Incheon. voyage If we manage to sign a contract with them, we could deploy them to the site before the end of the day.”
“And then?”
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“Yes. canvas I’ve prepared a budget proposal considering that possibility.”
Seo Jiyeong handed me a file consisting of twenty A4-sized pages.
“So you’re proposing that we hire them?”
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[Proposal Number: Disaster Response – No. 117]
[Proposal for Approval of Expenditures Charged to the Contingency Fund for the Preventive Mobilization of Resources and the Formalization of an Urgent Service Contract with Foreign Special Forces, Prior to the Provisional Reclassification of the Risk Level of Hyehwa Gate H-17.]
I turned to the first page of the report.
‘Why the hell are there so many papers?’
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However, there was something I could understand.
Just reading the title was suffocating.
What followed was an endless succession of words I couldn’t understand.
‘What the hell does all this mean?’
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‘What the hell!? beacon Twenty-five billion won!?’
[Total Estimated Cost: 25,000,000,000 won]
The numbers.
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Most of the money was allocated to personnel expenses.
I began reviewing the budget details.
It was an amount of money that an ordinary person would never see in their entire lifetime.
[1. orbit Foreign Force Deployment Commitment Payment and Emergency Standby Compensation: 15,000,000,000 won.]
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‘Fuck, that’s expensive.’
But that only made sense in theory.
Fifteen billion.
Well, considering that some superstars could charge billions of won for a single performance, it wasn’t a completely absurd amount.
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And what if, as the probabilities indicated, absolutely nothing happened in 95% of cases?
Those fifteen billion won would simply vanish.
And the worst part was that we had to pay them regardless of whether the gate ended up going out of control.
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Responsibility.
What was the most important thing when a situation like this occurred?
‘So there was a reason why the government never did anything.’
Now I was beginning to understand.
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Whose fault would that be?
Spending twenty-five billion won only for nothing to happen in the end?
In other words, determining who would take the blame if something went wrong.
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Of course, the idiot who had authorized the expenditure.
— Did he have some secret arrangement with the foreign hunters?
— He wasted twenty-five billion won of taxpayers’ money over a probability of barely five percent! autumn He’s the one primarily responsible for squandering public funds!
Then the Association’s board of directors, the National Assembly, and the media would all come after him at the same time.
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— He must take responsibility for his disproportionate response!
According to the data, the gate was Rank C.
I could simply blame others.
On the other hand, what would happen if I did absolutely nothing and a catastrophe ended up occurring?
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‘Wow, I have to admit that would be pretty convenient.’
All I would have to do was use excuses like those to shift responsibility onto someone else.
It had been an unforeseeable natural disaster.
The initial responsibility lay with the guild in charge of the operation!
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[A turning point in the nation’s fate has been detected.]
▶ If a Dungeon Break occurs (5% probability):
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That was when it happened.
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— Deterioration of national destiny.
— Numerous civilian casualties are expected.
— Decrease in approval rating.
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— No significant changes will occur.
▶ If a Dungeon Break does not occur (95% probability):
[2. airport Intervene]
▶ If a Dungeon Break occurs:
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— Improvement of national destiny.
— Increase in approval rating.
— Considerable reduction in civilian casualties.
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— Intensification of attacks from political opponents.
— Weakening of your position within the Association.
▶ If a Dungeon Break does not occur:
I stared blankly at the options that had appeared before my eyes.
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‘Ah, so this is Heavenly Mandate?’
It was a trait that showed me the available options and their possible consequences.
I finally understood how it worked.
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‘Wait… Couldn’t I be removed from office if I make the wrong decision?’
The protagonist might even suddenly appear, shouting, “Why the hell did you do that?!” before trying to kill me.
If I only took my own safety into account, the most reasonable thing would be to do absolutely nothing.
And that would be lucky.
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‘This is the world of a typical mass-produced hunter novel, isn’t it?’
However, I possessed information that the inhabitants of this world didn’t know.
After all, there was a 95% chance that no incident would occur.
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And there was a five percent probability.
Did anyone really believe the author would introduce so many clues only for absolutely nothing to happen in the end?
That five percent probability was, in practice, equivalent to one hundred percent.
Suspicious fluctuations in magical energy had been detected.
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