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Join the ServerAt that shout, everyone pressed their faces to their monitors and started clicking their mice.
Just as the countless sounds began to fade,
“Aaaah! We can go home today!!”
“Team leader!! Home, no! An article! A real article came out! It’s plastered all over the news board!”
“Thank you, God! Thank you, Buddha! Thank you, Hunter Han Dokyeom, !!”
“You Chinese bastards, go as far as you can!! You’ll get to pull an all-nighter too, !!”
Everyone threw their papers in the air and cheered.
Their faces were gaunt, and their once clear complexions were now haggard beyond compare, but no one paid any attention to their shabby appearance. After three consecutive all-nighters, surviving today felt like heaven.
And with good reason.
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FHK***: What’s this again lollll The journalist who posted this as an article or the Sahyeon Guild stubbornly denying it lollll
ss9***: Came to trash but saw the name Ju Nohaan and shifted to neutral gear. He’s the only journalist I trust, so don’t trash him.
dfo***: Wow lolll Are you doing a body twist? Okay, sure lolll
ppe***: But seriously, is there something…? The Sahyeon Guild, which had been handling things well, hasn’t made any statement, which is suspicious. I don’t know, I’ll just drop a ward.
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bl2***: ?? Why is Han Dogyum there??? The unconscious hunter was Han Dogyum??? What is this?
kqr***: So to summarize… Something did happen inside the gate, but only Han*gyum knows about it, and he was unconscious so the Sahyeon Guild couldn’t make a statement, but now that he’s awake, they’ll state their position.
└ I understood it that way too.
└ Oh, that’s it.
└ f*cking nonsense lollll Then the Sahyeon Guild should have announced in advance that they were waiting for Han Dogyum to wake up. Why are they only saying this now? lollll In my opinion, they’re just doing PR to save face and saying “screw you.” lollll
└ Do you think what you’re saying makes sense? How many cases have there been where announcing uncertain facts to the public backfires? They’re not announcing it because of guys like you lollll Know something before you talk lollll
ee8***: No, I want to trust the Sahyeon Guild… After seeing Han Dogyum’s video, I have no choice… Oh, how worried they must have been….
Finally, the article that would save them began to flood the news board. How long had they been waiting for this moment?
Just as the team leader, who had been reading the article, let out a sigh of relief, a staff member with an equally gaunt face shouted from across the partition, “Team leader! The CEO’s office called! They want you to go up now!”
The team leader slicked back his hair, put strength into his eyes, and stood up without a moment’s rest.
“Ahem, everyone, wait while leaving a comment each. Also pass the news to Hunter Han Dokyeom.”
Yesterday, his eyes were bloodshot, but today, his face was generous and kind again. Watching him walk away, everyone felt a poignant moment.
Then someone started typing on a keyboard, and everyone else sat down, eyes wide, and busied themselves leaving comments.
In the midst of that, someone contacted Han Dokyeom, and this incident was thus concluded.
“Ah, Han Dokyeom-ssi. I’m Park Woohyun, deputy head of the legal team. Yes? Ah, I’m calling to tell you that the article went up well. How is your body? Haha, that’s a relief. We’re also glad, of course. Yes, yes. If you have any difficulties, just let us know. Oh, you’re being discharged?”
A warm smile hung on Deputy Head Park’s lips as he talked. The world suddenly seemed brilliant; his heart felt more generous and life more beautiful than before.
“Oh dear, you’ve worked hard. The rest will be handled by our legal team to the best of our ability, so don’t worry. Oh, thank you then. Yes, take care of yourself. Please go safely, yes. I’ll hang up.”
Thank you, Hunter Han Dokyeom! Even after hanging up, Deputy Head Park held the receiver for a while, clutching it like a prayer, not sparing his words of gratitude.
He would definitely repay him next time they met.
“Does anyone know what Hunter Han Dokyeom likes?”
At that, as if someone had read Deputy Head Park’s mind, a staff member suddenly asked. The office fell silent for a moment, then sporadically offered words.
“Last time, I saw him eating… bread like that.”
“No, I saw him crunching on ice cream.”
“What is it, Hunter Han Dokyeom is famous for that. He sweeps the beverages from the executive floor vending machine on the 7th floor when he goes home.”
“That guy likes cream bread, cream bread.”
“Ah… so that’s why he made such a face every time the CEO gave him red bean bread.”
“……”
“……”
For a moment, a long silence drifted through the office. Everyone scratched their chins with subtle expressions, their thoughts unified.
What the… It seemed the CEO knew but did it on purpose. No one could bring themselves to say it, and they fixed their eyes back on the monitors. Deputy Head Park, who had been beaming, did the same.
Oh dear, suddenly I feel sorry for our Han Dokyeom-ssi. How did he get on the CEO’s bad side… Tsk.
“Well, let’s at least be good to him.”
“I guess so…”
“…Let’s order some Japanese sweets with the legal team fund. Enough for Han Dokyeom-ssi and the kid he takes around to eat generously. I’ll get the approval from the team leader.”
At Deputy Head Park’s words, spoken as if pitiful, everyone nodded without objection. After that, only the sound of keyboards typing comments continued in the office. Though with a grin on their lips from the joy of finishing three days of all-nighters.
Everyone rubbed their chests and whispered gratitude. Thank you, Hunter Han Dokyeom!
***
“I mean, how is it that humans who eat better than me still don’t have a single car, huh? When I contact them, they give all sorts of excuses saying they’re busy, saying next time, next time, and when they need something, they come knocking. If that’s not a nemesis, what is? Don’t you think so, Yeonhu?”
“……”
Beom Yeonhu, sitting in the passenger seat, scratched his eyebrows with an awkward look, lowering his gaze. The man, glancing at him with white eyes, then looked at the pale man reflected in the rearview mirror, tried to say something, but seeing his sickly figure, sighed.
“With such a pale face. Showing up pretending to be sick to soften a person’s heart and asking for a ride out of the blue. Aish, tsk… I, with my big heart, have to endure. Rather than suffering, I’d rather die.”
The man tapped the steering wheel, sighing as if the ground would cave in, then pressed the accelerator as soon as the signal changed. But even that wasn’t easy because the cramped car was loaded with one child and five men, making it heavy and slow.
Moreover, the air conditioner was broken, so in this sweltering heat, everyone was helplessly languishing. The worst was Baek Jiun, who was holding onto the window frame and dry heaving.
Behind Baek Jiun, Agon was already frowning deeply, with a faint murderous glint in his eyes. He only calmed down occasionally when he pulled Dokyeom’s wounded arm, sniffed it, and licked it.
“Hey, if you throw up in my car, it’s no joke! This car is too narrow anyway, why did that guy insist on following along? Tsk.”
The man, or rather Beom Yeonhu’s old friend Kim Seongyun, shouted sternly, worried about dirtying his car. Then, shifting his gaze, he looked again at the rearview mirror. Precisely, at Dokyeom reflected in the mirror.
“Hunter, you did a survival report on SNS, but is it okay for you to be here like this? On the news, they splashed your face saying ‘tearful reunion’… Ah, what. So that’s why you called me? Wow, Hunter, now that I look closely, you’re cunning.”
“Cunning, my foot… Ah, I said I’d fix the air conditioner.”
“Forget it! Do you think I can’t fix it because I don’t know how? Ah, with a car that the repair shop gave up on, how can a Hunter fix it? I took it apart too, and there’s just no answer.”
Grousing as he drove, the car soon entered an alley lined with residential complexes. It was a quiet residential area with even paved roads being immaculate. Most houses were large enough to be called mansions, and cars that would normally be parked on the roadside were nowhere to be seen, as if cleared away.
“I never thought I’d see this neighborhood in my lifetime. I’ve hit the jackpot. I’m going to get a free expensive meal when this is over, so prepare to empty your pockets, Hunter.”
“Seongyuna, that… don’t be too hard on him.”
“You’re the worst, you bastard! Showing up with sunken cheeks and the first thing you say is ‘Give me a ride’?! Hey, just go and die! Huh?! Enough, I’ll make you pay for an even more expensive meal, so shut up. Now that you’re S-rank, you don’t even think about seeing your friends anymore, do you? Do you even know how Kang Taesan is doing?”
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