When I Returned to Farming, National-level Big Juniors Flock - Chapter 33



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33. Even the appetite that came back after leaving home

“A deal?”

“I’m being literal. If asking isn’t enough, I’ll give you what you want, so change your mind.”

“Do you know what I want?”

“We can find out from now on. Do you want anything?”

“Ha, you’re going to use the negotiation techniques I taught you on me?”

“At least I can do whatever the Security Bureau can do. Whether domestic or international, even in extra-legal areas.”

“That sounds scary.”

“That means they’re being sincere.”

Oh Hyeon-seong chuckled at Baek Ji-su’s serious words.

I can see where her true feelings are coming from.

But still, nothing changed.

“The negotiations have broken down.”

“Why?”

“Well, what I want right now is something you can neither understand nor give to me.”

“What is that…”

At that moment, Baek Ji-soo’s gaze suddenly turned around.

A creepy sense of life outside the house.

That’s also coming this way.

Crunch!

“Senior, stay back.”

She picked up a long sword and jumped up from her seat.

With her senses sharpened, she approached the floor, felt the object on the other side, and drew her sword in one breath.

Kwajik!

A door that was sliced ​​like tofu.

The door was torn to pieces as if paper had been torn apart, but there was nothing to catch on to with the tip of the sword.

And at that moment, a burst of light engulfed her.

The range was extremely compressed, but it was fast and powerful, and it was a single blow that could easily tear off the arms and legs of a high-ranking hunter.

However, Baek Ji-soo twisted his sword in an instant to accelerate, and cut down dozens of the explosions themselves.

And then there are two entangled hunters.

Oh my!

Baek Ji-soo pushed her opponent against the wall.

But the sword she was holding also bounced off and hit the wall on the other side.

“Baek Ji-soo, I told you not to do anything stupid. But you still managed to crawl all the way here.”

“Huh…? Were you the one who gave me orders? Let alone getting permission from the Vice Director to come see my discharged senior?”

“You came to see my face? You only move when it’s beneficial to you. Don’t you think I know that you’re coming to a retired person to try to harass him?”

Han Su-yeon said with a look of contempt.

But Baek Ji-soo paid no attention and responded with a laugh.

“What if the trickery is true?”

“what?”

“If we need each other, we can give and receive. What’s wrong with that?”

“Is that something you would say to someone who has already left the industry?”

“That’s something for you, Senior, to decide for yourself. Do you think Senior Oh is someone you should fight over? You still can’t get rid of that obsessive habit, whether it’s in the past or present.”

Han Su-yeon let out a sigh as she let out a hollow laugh.

“You are such a selfish and disgusting bitch.”

“You’re a fucking hypocrite. What were you doing last year while your men were dying? You were just standing behind the president and politicians, acting nobly.”

“Baek Ji-soo!”

The space was filled with a mixture of sincere life and death.

The moment Han Su-yeon drew up the magical power within her body and Baek Ji-soo was about to reach for the dagger in her bosom.

Pfft!

Their heads shook.

“Ugh…!”

Han Su-yeon and Baek Ji-soo simultaneously clutched their heads and sank to the ground.

When I look back, Oh Hyeon-seong is looking down at them coldly.

“Everyone, put your heads together.”

***

“What…what the hell is this?”

Joo Ji-hye, standing in the yard, stared blankly at the house.

Suddenly, I felt a terrifying presence outside, so I went out and saw what was happening.

“That’s true. It’s a mess, it’s a mess.”

Oh Hyun-seong shook his head.

The wind howled through the torn door, and a hole was ripped through one of the walls with Baek Ji-soo’s thump.

In addition, the house was empty, so it seemed as if they were planning to give it some decorations, and on the other side, the sword that had been thrown out was hanging there.

It’s fortunate that most of the households were not involved.

“Yeah, I was wrong! You guys are so old, and you didn’t even teach us not to destroy other people’s houses! I only taught you how to cut off monsters’ heads!”

He shouted as he was looking for tools in the warehouse.

As he strode out, there were three hunters standing side by side, receiving their salute.

“I… why am I…”

“It’s the responsibility of the regiment. The senior guard should have done it properly.”

Choi Jeong-il tried to appeal his grievances, but it was to no avail.

It is an aiding and abetting to come in and watch while the outside world is full of life.

They must all be elites in this industry, their attitude is just amazing.

You may wonder if it is right to be like this in this mess, but since you have an overwhelming justification, you have no choice but to follow without complaint.

‘…What the hell am I looking at?’

Joo Ji-hye looked at the sight blankly.

It was hard to believe that Choi Jeong-il was doing that, but the members on either side of him were even harder to believe.

Especially since just a moment ago, the terrifying Baek Ji-soo from the National Security Agency was lying face down on the floor in the yard.

No matter how much I rub my eyes, I’m not seeing things wrong.

“…Senior, I’m sorry. I’ll clean everything up and go. I’ll call a repairman and have them fix it…”

“At this hour, do you think there will be a company that will come all the way to this mountain village?”

Thud!

Tools poured down in front of them.

“Clean up everything and go.”

***

The tools and materials left behind by the original homeowner were quite varied.

I wonder if he had any interest in this area.

Although I haven’t had much use for it in a while, it has been filling up a corner of the warehouse since it first came in.

The door panel would have to be roughly installed to block the wind and replaced, but thanks to that, the damage to the rest of the wall could be patched up temporarily.

“…”

Baek Ji-soo, squatting down, plastered the wallpaper.

Although she had done all sorts of tedious work while working on operations as a member of the special forces, she had never tried this before.

Every time the wallpaper wrinkled due to my clumsy hand movements, a deep sense of frustration rose up inside me.

“Who would think that way?”

When I turned my gaze, Oh Hyeon-seong came over and handed me some water.

Baek Ji-soo, who had quietly accepted the drink, turned her gaze back to the wallpaper.

Still awkward, but looking focused.

“If you don’t hit him even though you said you couldn’t do it, then I guess you can do it.”

“Senior, it looks like you’re good at country life. You seem familiar with it.”

“Yeah, I’m pretty good at living a quiet life. Maybe I had a hidden constitution that I didn’t know about.”

After concentrating for a moment, she opened her mouth.

“…I’m sure senior Choi Jeong-il has heard about it by now.”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“You know about toxicity, right? The toxicity we thought was safe actually accumulates in our bodies.”

Oh Hyun-seong, who was hit hard, was speechless for a moment.

While I was racking my brain over what to say, she spoke first.

“I don’t plan on arguing with that guy about what I told my senior. But don’t go around talking any further. It won’t end with me or my senior getting in trouble.”

“I was curious anyway, so that’s great. Why are you guys stopping it?”

“As you may remember, the early government did its best to control the Awakened and incorporate them into the existing system. Even in our time, if there was any sign of potential, they were forcibly taken to training camps.”

“I don’t remember.”

Including Oh Hyeon-seong, all of the first generation hunters here had excessive experience for their age.

The reason is simple.

This is because everyone is selected early in their minor years and sent to training camp, and the more outstanding they are, the sooner they are deployed to the field.

Something that couldn’t happen now.

“The reason why governments around the world took the lead in raising the status of hunters and tolerating the breeding of hunters was because they felt the limitations of the existing methods. Raising them one by one was inefficient and had clear limitations. Naturally, more manpower was added, and only after experiencing a crisis did they change.”

She continued.

“But if this problem breaks out, those plans will all fall apart at once. Existing hunters will avoid going out into the field, will try to retire earlier, and the supply of new hunters will also decrease.”

The other side of the hunters’ glamorous appearance is that they are always facing death.

But the money, fame, and pride that followed made the hunters willing to jump into the limbs.

Each of them is willing to die for his own reasons.

The media fueled this, and Hunter became the object of admiration he is today.

But if the real reality becomes known that the accumulated turbid energy is inevitably leading the hunters towards death.

The blow was bound to have a significant impact on the Hunter’s supply and demand.

“There’s a lot of talk about the level, but it’s absolutely impossible to maintain the current level of social safety net. Especially, the defense line in the north, which is most exposed to the atmosphere, will be riddled with holes, and the special forces don’t want that either.”

“But is controlling forever really the answer?”

“At least for me, I think this is the best for now.”

You can’t just drop a bomb without a countermeasure.

However, Oh Hyun-seong thought that if they kept wrapping things up like that, there might never be a solution.

“Then will I be put on the Security Bureau’s list too?”

“I haven’t put my name on it yet… but from the moment you regain your strength, you will be subject to regular reports.”

Baek Ji-soo shrugged her shoulders as if there was nothing she could do.

From the perspective of the National Security Agency, which must manage and control information, it should have been aware of the existence of Oh Hyeon-seong, who knew of top secret information.

Moreover, if an Awakened person with that level of power regains his power, it is bound to be something that requires attention at the national level.

Just as the name of Joo Ji-hye, a 10th-grade high-ranking hunter, is being mentioned periodically by both the Management Bureau and the Security Bureau.

‘But I want to avoid that.’

Being on the list doesn’t mean I’ll be wiretapped or monitored, but that in itself isn’t very appealing.

Baek Ji-soo wasn’t the type of person to give up easily, even though it was a senior-junior relationship.

Of course, it would be absurd to try to cover this up by making the deal we just had.

‘Hmm, that gave me a good idea.’

Oh Hyeon-seong suddenly got up from his seat.

Then, a little while later, a tray was brought from the kitchen.

“What is that?”

“Eat and do your thing.”

Oh Hyeon-seong said proudly.

AKA bribery operation.

Baek Ji-soo is a great gourmet.

He is the owner of a picky palate that cannot be compared to Oh Hyeon-seong or Han Su-yeon, who had no interest in food.

The problem was that it was so extreme that even when they were on the verge of starvation during operations, they would not even touch combat rations.

Oh Hyun-seong forced himself into her mouth several times, but since there was no one else who could stop her from doing such things, he kept his gourmet spirit alive until the end.

I couldn’t throw it away.

Of course, your eyes will roll back when you taste delicious food.

“Meal… is this all?”

Baek Ji-soo, who received only one bowl, asked in a bewildered manner.

“Ah, this is called bibimbap.”

“I know what it is.”

A perfect bowl of fresh vegetables and sauces on top of white rice.

Because it was a dish that was greatly affected by the ingredients, it was like a cheat key for Oh Hyun-seong.

Then Baek Ji-soo picked up her spoon without saying anything.

“That’s unexpected. I thought you wouldn’t even put it in your mouth.”

“Because the food my senior makes is rare. And I’m not picky about food like I used to be.”

She started eating bibimbap.

The appearance of moving a spoon without any change in facial expression.

Oh Hyun-seong felt that she was using one of her specialties, her poker face, here as well.

Even she must have reached a great level if she didn’t even exclaim once after eating this delicious food.

But surprisingly, it wasn’t acting.

Druk.

The bowl that had not even been eaten was pushed aside.

The first leftovers from his (very short) cooking career.

“What…”

Oh Hyun-seong lost his composure for a moment.

The situation was even more shocking because I had been so confident.

Towards him, Baek Ji-soo pointed to the scar on his cheek and spoke.

“Sorry, I can’t taste anything.”

After the injury that day where half of my jaw almost flew off.

She lost her sense of taste.

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