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CH 78S

Hunter Association, Presidential Chamber of Association.

Doctor Joo Chiui was looking at Go Gunhee with a serious expression.

The doctor removed the stethoscope from his chest.

"Association President ..."

"You don't have to say anything.Your expression tells me everything

I need to know"

Go Gunhee buttoned her shirt and chuckled.

Joo Chiui could not open her mouth.

‘President of the Go Gunhee Association ... It is a miracle that he can even walk in

this state ... '

But the association's chairman did not reduce his busy activities.

After all, the man didn't even have time to go to the hospital and had to

call the doctor to work.

"You know,"

Go Gunhee wears her suit.

“I once thought that with the advent of Healer and their healing magic, I

maybe I can experience my youth again.I'm ready to say goodbye to

my old fragile body this”

Go Gunhee laughed again.

"It doesn't seem like that's the problem"

"Is there no other way?"

"Even a high-level Hunter can't stop the flow of time"

If Hunter Class Healer can completely eliminate every disease, every hospital

in this country it will be closed, and the doctors will be out of work.

Whether it was lucky or not, such a thing did not happen.

Just helping the body regenerate is the limit of healing magic.

Even if it could magically regrow a severed arm, it would not

can cure a child with the common cold.

"Thank you, I at least have a job ..."

Joo Chiui looked at the association president who was already preparing to leave.

"Someone like the president of the association needs to borrow an unknown magic power

and become whole"

Unfortunately, no healing magic or medical advances could help the man.

The only thing a doctor can do is give words of support,

“Please take care of yourself, sir.Although a little, you need to rest"

"I'll love it too"

But what will happen to the Hunter Association?

Go Gunhee just laughed instead of continuing.

"This association without Go Gunhee."

Even now, the great Guilds were fiercely competing to become stronger.

Their power has grown far beyond conventional military power in part

big country.

The fact that the Association has influence over them is not due to the government

supporting the Association, but due to the power of Go Gunhee.

The moment the Association lost that power, the Hunters would become like beasts

released from their cages.

'No, not yet.'

He can't retire now.

Currently, Associations were the only existences guarding the Unity.

Without a suitable alternative, the man could not afford to disappear.

"To show that the Association is alive and strong, my presence is necessary"

Rank-S among Rank-S.

Go Gunhee's name should be there.

No matter how long it has to last ...

"Mm!"

Go Gunhee clutched her chest in pain.

"Association President, this ..."

Joo Chiui prepared some painkillers and water.

"Thank you."

After taking the medicine, he felt a little better.

Suddenly, the phone rang,

"Hmm?"

He had given strict instructions not to bother her while the doctor was here.

Go Gunhee furrowed her brows and picked up the phone,

"I'm being checked right now."

On the other end of the phone, his secretary spoke in a panicked voice,

“I'm sorry, the president of the association.This is too urgent"

"Did the Japanese contact us again?"

"Indeed, but this isn't about that, sir"

Go Gunhee's brows twitched for a moment,

"There's a bigger problem than ants on Jeju Island?"

Whatisit?

"What's that?"

Before Go Gunhee lost her temper, the assistant spoke carefully,

"There's been word from the Testing Department"

"Test Department?"

The Hunter Association's Testing Department is in charge of measuring Gates' magic power and

determine the new Hunter rank.

It's not the department that's going to talk about the problem.

'Except if…'

Did they get Gates another problem?

Go Gunhee frowned while recalling the incident with Baekho.

However, the pain lasted only for a moment.

The words the secretary spoke far exceeded the problem, though,

"It was just in the Testing Department .. they said someone showed up with the results

'measurement is impossible'."

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"Hunter Association President, Go Gunhee?"

Did he hear it right?

Jin Woo questions the health of his ears.

South Korea's greatest hunter came all the way to the hospital to meet him?

'Cannot be…'

While Jin Woo stood up in disbelief, Woo Jincheol pointed to his back

and confirm,

"Yes, the president of the association is here."

Woo Jincheol waited for Jin Woo's reply with a serious look.

The man was clearly not kidding.

‘... He's really here.’

Why would Go Gunhee want to meet him?

A strong suspicion surfaced in Jin Woo's mind.

The only thought he could think of was the results of the retest ...

"Do they want to take me to the Association?"

But the Association is a non-profit organization.

They won't use HSD heads just to come and get

Hunter's alone like this.

In addition, the results of his retest are still pending.

The more he thought about it, the more unreasonable the association president's actions were

get the.

"All right"

Jin Woo decides to obey.

Compared to the solemn expression he had shown just a moment ago, the face

Woo Jincheol became bright in an instant.

"Thank you Sir!"

His gratitude was filled with sincerity.

"Even that serious-looking ahjussi could make such a face, yes"

Still amazed, Jin Woo follows Woo Jincheol.

On the corner of the street, an old man was sitting on one of the chairs used by

people waiting in the hospital.

"The man is ..."

Jin Woo swallowed.

Hunter Rank-S called "The Sky Above Skies", Go Gunhee.

rise up

Finding Jin Woo, Go Gunhee got up from her seat.

"Hunter Sung Jinwoo - nim?"

The old man's body did not seem to belong to someone over 80 years old.

It was reminiscent of a retired wrestler or a sireum player.

However, there was no pressing pressure from the man.

Note: sireum \= Korean Wrestling

"Not as I expected"

Jin Woo thought the man's appearance and place in society would give rise to

depressed feeling.

On the contrary, the HSD head next to him looked much scarier in his eyes.

"Yes, I'm Sung Jin Woo"

Go Gunhee reached out with a bright face.

"It's nice to meet you.I'm Go Gunhee"

The two men shook hands for a moment.

Go Gunhee pointed to a chair opposite the chair she was sitting on.

"Please sit down"

"Thank you"

After Jin Woo sat down, Go Gunhee followed him.

The first thing that attracts Jin Woo's eyes is a gold badge pinned on the

go Gunhee Suits.

A member of the Supreme Court and President of the Hunter Association,

"And Rank-S"

Go Gunhee was not a man that just anyone could meet.

Including politicians and even high-ranking state officials, the waiting list

wanting to meet that man was very long.

And this makes Jin Woo even more curious.

Why would a person like Go Gunhee look for him in such a hurry?

"Now I think about it, Choi Jongin also ..."

The two men he met one after the other today really deserved the word "best"

in describing them.

And Jin Woo hasn't even officially become an S-Rank yet.

Go Gunhee spoke as if signified,

"Congratulations for being a Rank-S Hunter"

Jin Woo is confused,

"I'm sure I still have to undergo a re-measurement"

Go Gunhee shook her head,

"No meaning for re-measurement."

"Master?"

When Jin Woo became disbelieving, Go Gunhee continued with a gentle smile,

“The truth is, what is called an accurate measuring instrument is only used to decipher

and it is not able to measure any magic power more than our ordinary machine”

"Then why"

"Do we need to make something like a re-measurement?"

Yep.

If the results would be the same, why would the Association make things more complicated by

the wrong measurement?

Go Gunhee's reply was very easy, though,

"It's to give us time"

'Stretching time…?'

Before Jin Woo could ask, Go Gunhee continued, a little embarrassed, though,

"Little time we can get to have the first chance to

talk to people like Hunter Sung Jinwoo-nim"

Ah ~

Jin Woo completely understood what the president of the association said.

"As you know, compared to the size of our organization, the Association does not have

many incredible Hunters like Guildmaster Woo Jincheol"

Jin Woo knows why.

"Because of the large Guild"

Sure oes.

Jin Woo nodded.

“Guild big could offer money and fame in bulk.Compared to it,

who wants to work for us in the Association?”

The Hunter Association's salary wasn't too small.

However, compared to the amount offered by a large Guild, it would look like

cheap price.

Same for fame too.

"People might recognize the names of the main Raid members of large Guilds, but they didn't

someone knows the name of our Chairman Woo Jincheol"

When mentioning the main Raid members, Jin Woo thought of Kim Cheol.

Stat Sense has many uses.

One of them is to distinguish the abilities of different people.

Right now, Jin Woo can tell that Woo Jincheol is on top of Kim Cheol.

'They're both Rank-A, but the levels are different'

Jin Woo turned to look at the HSD chief.

As if embarrassed by the words of the association president and Jin Woo's gaze, the man stood up

with his head down.

'But…'

Had Kim Cheol been able to work as a Hunter, he would have gotten a ton more than

Woo Jincheol's.

Not to mention much more famous.

That was the difference between the Hunter Association and the Hunter Guild.

“So, we created a small scheme for such circumstances when a powerful Hunter appeared

the Association"

And that's a re-measurement?

"When I think about it ..."

Once the results are officially announced, it will make waves across the country.

The association would have a hard time meeting him face to face like this once that happened.

That's a convincing strategy.

"Allow me to get straight to the point"

Suddenly, a smile disappeared from the face of the association president.

"We're not a business, so we can't promise you a lot of money.However,"

Go Gunhee stuffed a hand into his suit pocket and took out something inside

fist.

"We can help on another path"

"What do you mean…?"

"That means we can help Hunter Sung Jinwoo-nim grow in other ways"

Open closed box.

The National Guard's golden badge shone in Go Gunhee's hands.

"He's talking about ... authority?"

However, Jin Woo is still suspicious,

"There's something I don't understand."

"Hmm?"

"Is there any reason to look for me like this?"

That's a reasonable question.

Go Gunhee's eyes looked at Jin Woo lit up with interest.

‘He was not bothered by who I was, nor was he shaken by the offer in front of him,

he calmly asked such a question ... '

Is he in too much of a hurry on this?

They say your patience will decrease with age.

Go Gunhee realized how true it was.

The old man swallowed a laugh and continued,

"You're aware of the top five Guilds in our country, right?"

Who wouldn't?

Jin Woo nodded.

"In our country now, there are five monsters that barely keep balance with each other"

Hunters Guild, Baekho, and Grim Reaper area capital.

Myungsung and Knights other provinces.

"No matter where the Hunter-nim Guilds joined, the fragile balance would be broken

and the board will be upside down"

Even now, the power and authority of large Guilds had already soared into the sky.

And if any of them can get a single S-Rank Hunter and leave

the others in the dust?

Can the Association still have control over that Guild?

The association was the lynchpin that held the balance of large Guilds.

“Law, community, military.It's too late for those things to hold the Hunter”

Jin Woo had thought of something similar in the past.

The creatures of the Dungeon were not the only monsters.

Hunter could easily become just as dangerous.

If anything, just by "power", the Hunter is already more dangerous than the monster.

"And that's why the Association is needed"

Go Gunhee's face turned very serious,

"And that association needs Hunter Sung Jinwoo-nim"

"A man who holds strong power like you"

The old man's eyes became sharp,

"Well, time will tell what kind of man you really are ..."

As long as Sung Jin Woo says "yes" here, the president of the association does not hesitate to

support him with everything he has.

That's the value of Rank-S.

"I thought I said enough things"

It had been a long time since the old man had been nervous.

And with that, Go Gunhee asked in a calm voice,

"What's your answer, Hunter-nim?"