When I Returned to Farming, National-level Big Juniors Flock - Chapter 97



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97. Special Salmon

A question mark appeared above Oh Hyun-seong’s head at the unexpected visitor.

A situation where Choi Jeong-il, who I heard was busy with work, suddenly showed up in front of my house without saying anything.

“Wait a minute, you’re not…”

Choi Jeong-il nodded and quickly went inside.

He strode into the house and headed straight for the kitchen, where he was met with an empty pot.

This is the spot where the steamed carp was, now completely empty.

dump!

Choi Jeong-il sat down weakly.

There is no trace left of the large fish that once roamed the reservoir freely.

He wasn’t the type of guy to leave so easily.

At the end of the carp that had been tragically oxidized, he lowered his head and was unable to move for a while.

“… This is fucking sick.”

A brief comment from Oh Hyun-seong, who was watching.

Meanwhile, Joo Ji-hye, who arrived a little late, was surprised to see Choi Jeong-il like that.

“Oh… Should I have left some behind?”

Joo Ji-hye muttered in embarrassment.

The steamed carp was really delicious, but I didn’t know I would want to eat it that much.

Meanwhile, Choi Jeong-il staggered out of his seat.

Then he approached Joo Ji-hye, grabbed her shoulders, and said.

“I heard your injury has already healed. That’s fortunate.”

“Are you pretending to be worried now?”

“Thank you, senior.”

He turned towards Oh Hyeon-seong and bowed his head.

I only heard that his injury had gotten better, but I didn’t hear exactly what happened.

But it was easy to predict that it would definitely be thanks to Oh Hyun-seong.

It was a recovery speed that was impossible by normal means, and it was obvious that someone like Changyeong-ri would do something like that.

‘This guy… I guess I was worried.’

Oh Hyeon-seong nodded slowly at his sincere words.

There was no denying that he was crazy about fishing, but his feelings towards his junior hunters were also undoubtedly sincere.

Because he overturned the industry standards with a sense of mission and responsibility, and he was the one who brought Aegis to where it is today.

But that feeling was short-lived.

“Okay, let’s go now, senior.”

Thud!

Choi Jeong-il, who had gone to the trunk, put down the luggage he had packed.

A splendid display of various fishing equipment, including several fishing rods.

“…you crazy bastard.”

*

The next day, Oh Hyeon-seong and Choi Jeong-il headed to the reservoir on the back mountain.

It was impossible to calm down Choi Jeong-il, who had already lost consciousness, and since it was already late at night, it was best to postpone the time until the next day.

In fact, he came down to Changyeong-ri without any notice, regardless of his next schedule or anything.

Even though the fishing enthusiast had found this immortal spot, Choi Jeong-il was trying hard to look away and not pick up his fishing rod. This is because all the things he had endured until then burst out all at once because of this incident.

Oh Hyun-seong, who knew for sure that he had been enduring it, decided to hang out with him.

“Detective Choi, how are you catching some fish?”

“I’ll run away when I hear your voice, senior.”

Choi Jeong-il’s appearance, focused as if he wasn’t even breathing.

The idea is to somehow recover the fishing losses that have occurred so far.

But the harvest wasn’t that good.

Even though I set up in a spot where I was sure I would catch fish easily, I never got a bite, and even if I did catch them, I let them go because they were small fry.

“Today is not a good day.”

“Let’s try a little more.”

Fish that I can’t catch at all today.

Of course, there was no rush, so I continued fishing, but the empty container never seemed to fill up.

At that moment, Joo Ji-hye appeared behind them.

“You said it would be finished before lunch. Are you still not finished?”

“Well, I think it’ll take more time.”

“Please eat.”

She put down the lunch box she had heard about.

It was a multi-layered lunch box wrapped in a bundle, and when I opened it, there was food inside that was very nicely decorated.

Of course, it wasn’t just pretty to look at, it smelled good too.

“You can’t cook, can you?”

“My master gave it to me.”

“aha.”

Han Su-yeon’s cooking skills are trustworthy.

No, it wasn’t just reliable, it was very good.

“What about Suyeon? Did you just pack her lunch?”

“Yes, he told me to just tell him that he doesn’t want to come and come. He said that it doesn’t look like it’ll be over soon.”

“Yeah, right.”

Han Soo-yeon didn’t really understand men’s hobbies.

After I became high enough to step into the political realm, I gave up golf, which I had been pushed around here and there, as being boring, and even more so, static fishing.

Of course, it wasn’t just a hobby for boys.

She had never had a proper hobby during her time in the special forces, and it was the same for him even now.

There was no opportunity to find a hobby that suited my taste.

For her, the only way to catch her breath was to come down to Changyeong-ri, and that was why she made time for herself and came to visit.

There was nothing more healing than getting away from the suffocating city and politics, eating delicious food and relaxing in a leisurely neighborhood.

Still, Oh Hyun-seong thought that it would be good to have at least one hobby that one likes.

“Well, it’s still delicious.”

Joo Ji-hye put the sausage in her mouth and smiled with satisfaction.

The lunch box was indeed delicious.

With the addition of cheat-key ingredients to Han Su-yeon’s already excellent skills, it couldn’t possibly be tasteless.

“Hmm, it’s delicious.”

Oh Hyun-seong also nodded in agreement.

But at the same time, he felt a strange sense of competition with Han Su-yeon’s lunch box.

I never thought I would feel emotions like this in a place like this, even when I was working as a hunter in the past.

Anyway, we finished a delicious meal, including Choi Jeong-il, who was still eating without taking his eyes off the fishing rod.

“Can I do it too?”

Joo Ji-hye, who was watching them with her chin resting on her hand, said.

Her business was to just stare blankly without returning home.

“Oh, of course. Just grab a fishing rod and sit down.”

Oh Hyun-seong spoke readily and unfolded one of the chairs for her.

There was no need to go all the way to the storage room at home, thanks to Choi Jeong-il’s over-the-top attitude, the fishing gear was overflowing.

Then, Joo Ji-hye, with a bright expression, quickly sat down.

‘I caught a big fish last time, so I’m excited. But I’m not sure about today.’

Beginner’s luck didn’t last long.

Especially on a day like today when, unlike the first day, there are not many fish to be caught, it is even more difficult to get lucky.

But his short thoughts were short-lived.

Choaaaak!

“Wow! Big, big!”

“What… what is it…?

Joo Ji-hye caught a freshwater eel as soon as she started.

Just catching an eel was an unusual start, but the size of the fish was also extremely large and heavy.

But this was just the beginning.

While the other side was silent, on one side, all kinds of fish were coming up, including salmon, croaker, flatfish, and catfish.

There was a moment when I thought I might catch a shark.

“…Does salmon live here?”

Oh Hyun-seong looked at the fluttering salmon with a bewildered face.

A new species that, according to common sense, would not appear in a reservoir like this.

“Ahahaha! There are so many!”

Joo Ji-hye smiled as she looked at the barrel full of excited juice.

But while the two of them were gathered together and chatting away, there was a heavy silence on one side.

Choi Jeong-il stands in front of an empty fish tank that doesn’t even contain a single fish.

“Why… I…”

Of course, there were days when I didn’t catch anything while fishing.

This was only natural.

But even without that, he was already mentally unstable after having his glory of catching a 6-pound carp stolen by Joo Ji-hye, who was trying fishing for the first time, so he couldn’t help but despair when he was overwhelmed by the same opponent by such a large margin.

“Am I doing well?”

Joo Ji-hye catches fish while talking nonsense.

In the end, Choi Jeong-il had to return home empty-handed that evening.

*

“Are you upset, sir?”

“… at all.”

Choi Jeong-il trudged down the slope, holding a bucket in both hands.

It was a bucket full of fish that Joo Ji-hye had caught.

His shoulders were hunched over, and it was pitiful to see him from behind.

“Well, I guess I won’t have to worry about fish for a while.”

Oh Hyun-seong, holding a large icebox behind them,

Of course, the icebox he is holding is also filled with only Joo Ji-hye’s loot.

Originally, there was no need to catch this many fish, but since Choi Jeong-il kept shouting for just a little more, we had to keep fishing until the sun went down.

Despite all that perseverance, it was Choi Jeong-il who caught the least fish.

‘It’s convenient in this situation since there’s a spirit freezer.’

In the basement of his house, there was a freezer that borrowed the power of the water spirit Albern, and there was no need to worry about the food stored there expiring.

At the same time, there is absolutely no loss of taste due to freezing and thawing.

Even though we caught so many fish, we had no trouble disposing of them.

“That’s enough talk. Let’s talk about work.”

“Are you talking about work?”

“You haven’t forgotten all the schedules you had before, have you?”

Choi Jeong-il looked at her and said.

The moment I returned to the position of the company representative and the hunters under his wing.

Since being injured in a recent battle with a named monster, all of her scheduled activities have been canceled.

It was a natural thing.

Aegis has always put the safety of its Hunters first, and everything else is a secondary concern.

But now that her injuries have fully healed, the story is different.

“We won’t be resuming activities completely. Of course, we will exclude the gate site, and we will also exclude small schedules, but it would be good to carry out some of the important schedules that were scheduled.”

Such as schedules with financial groups that have been advertising models for several years, or important events overseas where I have been invited.

There were a few big numbers this month that were too big to miss lightly.

“… Okay. I wanted to take this opportunity to have some fun, but my conscience was a little prickly.”

Joo Ji-hye also licked her lips and nodded.

After exchanging a few more words about the schedule they were working on, they quickly wrapped things up.

Perhaps because this was a completely unfamiliar world, he looked quite professional.

“It’s an advertisement… I’m curious. How much do you get paid for one of those?”

Oh Hyun-seong, who was listening to their conversation from the side, asked her out of pure curiosity.

Then she came closer and whispered in his ear, and at that moment his mouth fell open.

“What…? Really?”

“Then would I lie about something like this?”

Joo Ji-hye coughed loudly and turned her gaze away.

It was a one-year advertising contract, so of course it was worth a lot of money, but it was an even higher number.

A number that is slightly higher than what was roughly thought.

‘Is this the level of skill required to recruit a top star?’

I’ve often heard that famous hunters are expensive, but I never thought it would be this expensive.

Of course, thanks to his continued premium agricultural product transactions with department stores, his finances were quite comfortable and not lacking in money, so I couldn’t help but feel surprised.

But after hearing the amount, it felt like it was a more important position.

“Hmm, then let’s try using some force this time.”

He was deep in thought, then he chuckled.

It seemed like it would be quite helpful to her, who had been out of action for a while because of me.

When he returned home, he took out ‘salmon’ from the fish he caught that day.

It wasn’t something that would normally appear in a reservoir like this, but considering the special nature of the location, it wasn’t impossible anymore.

But what surprised him the most was that this was not ordinary salmon, but a special salmon that was shining a pure white light.

This is the first time I’ve seen such a glow coming from fish in a reservoir, not crops growing in the spirit’s field.

Oh Hyun-seong made her salmon poke for dinner that evening, and Joo Ji-hye, who originally loved poke, ate it with shining eyes and relish.

And the next morning.

She woke up half-asleep and was startled when she looked in the mirror.

“Huh… Huh?”

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