Solo Leveling

The shadow soldiers who had already received Cheng Jin-Woo's instructions to set off swam through the entire banquet hall and grasped the positions of the hunters.

Now just go and meet them.

"what?"

Adam, who didn't know what happened, opened his eyes wide and didn't understand Cheng Jin-Woo's meaning at all.

And Cheng Jin-Woo didn't answer for him, but asked Adam.

"But how come one is missing? I don't see number six on the list."

"How do you know..."

Cheng Jin-Woo shrugged his shoulders, and Adam nodded slowly, half understanding.

'Ah, trade secrets...'

“The man lost contact with us a few days before the meeting. We have contacted the government of country B privately, but we have not found any trace of him.”

Cheng Jin-Woo nodded slightly to show his understanding.

The shadow was just dispatched to the second-placed Thomas, while the third-placed Christopher Reed and the sixth-placed B-country hunter were not present.

' Then there are seven people left. '

Cheng Jin-Woo said to Adam.

"Let's go."

"OK."

Cheng Jin-Woo and Adam walked through every corner of the banquet hall, and they greeted the hunters on the list one by one.

He first asked Adam to let him meet these people, and he also wanted to know what kind of people needed to send shadows to pay attention to.

Starting from Liu Zhikang at the top, to the tenth at the bottom, one by one in order.

'what?'

"Does Hunter Seong Jin-Woo also want to expand his network here?"

'But the hunters he accosted...'

Seeing Cheng Jin-Woo actively looking for someone to talk to, the hunters began to expect whether they would find them.

'Come here...!'

' Sure enough, it was me after that. '

The hunters who were anxiously waiting for Cheng Jin-Woo to greet them all lowered their heads regretfully when they saw him skipping past them.

The work is quickly over.

After dispatching shadow soldiers to all the hunters on the list, Cheng Jin-Woo and his party left the banquet hall.

"what......"

The tenth hunter who talked with Cheng Jin-Woo at the end raised his voice proudly, but the hunters after the tenth place just drank in silence after that.

That day.

The Hunter Administration, which hosts the Hunter's Night, has been struggling for a long time to find out the cause of the unprecedented increase in alcohol consumption.

***

"Is tomorrow the last day?"

The deputy director handed Adam a cup of coffee, who was slumped in his chair.

Adam immediately sat upright and took the coffee respectfully.

"Thank you, Deputy Commissioner."

The deputy director patted Adam on the shoulder, and then sat beside him.

"I almost fainted when I heard the conflict between Goliath and Hunter Cheng...Thanks to you, the matter was resolved smoothly. It was hard work."

"Deputy Director, you are too proud..."

That being said, how can an employee refuse a sincere compliment from his boss?

Adam's face brightened.

Seeing the honest reaction of his subordinates, the deputy director smiled gratifiedly, then he put down the coffee in his hand and asked Adam.

"Well, so how about the Hunter Cheng you saw up close?"

After thinking for a while, Adam replied with a smile.

"Deputy Director, do you know? Hunter Cheng Jin-Woo still insists on training every day."

"train?"

"Yes. I've confirmed it with my own eyes. He runs ten kilometers every morning, does a hundred push-ups, and never forgets sit-ups and squats."

"what?"

The deputy chief was astonished.

Hunter Seong Jin-Woo, who is now known as the strongest hunter, is doing those basic training every day?

What is the use of running for a body that has already surpassed the limits of human beings?

Seeing the incomprehensible look on the deputy director's face, Adam smiled and explained.

"Compared to physical training, it should be mental training."

"Psychic practice..."

Adam nodded.

The unshakable composure when seeing science and technology far surpassing modern technology, the diligence that persists in training every day, and the mysterious ability to easily recover from fatigue.

The Seong Jin-Woo that Adam saw was just so amazing.

Even the deputy chief, who was listening carefully to Adam's words, agreed very much.

"Really, really, really good guy."

It would be great if he was the hunter of our country M.

He suddenly envied country H for having such hunters.

The deputy director sighed while sipping half of his coffee.

'Hmm...? Is this what coffee is supposed to taste like?'

Today's coffee was surprisingly bitter.

***

The Hunter's Association has this kind of anecdote.

If you want to know where the president's room of the Hunter Association of Country H is, go to the last room where the light is turned off.

Today, Gao Jianli, who stayed in the chairman's room to work overtime, still worked late.

Recently, the monsters have become stronger, the number of awakened people has increased, and accidents have become more frequent.

From the standpoint of the Hunters Guild, which is in charge of running them, it's a headache.

"Ok......"

After putting the documents on the table, Gao Jianli rubbed his tired eyes.

'... Strange. '

Oddly enough, my heart has been beating fast and non-stop lately.

Plop, plop.

Having a bad heart is not something that happens every day or two, but recently the state has become very strange.

'Have... reached the limit?'

The attending physician once warned him that if he didn't stop working immediately, he might lose his life within half a year.

In this way, after a year, two years

Then came to the present.

'Even if it is the limit, there is no other way. It is enough to thank God for sustaining this level. '

Gao Jianli smiled lightly.

hehe.

why?

If it was before, he would definitely whip himself to keep going, but now he is not as uneasy as before.

'What changed?'

What is different from before?

Gao Jianli thought about it carefully, but laughed out loud because of the obvious answer.

Cheng Jin-Woo Hunter.

Now country H also has the strength to organize and eliminate S-class catastrophes.

The existence of Cheng Jin-Woo instantly changed the status of Country H.

'Yes, maybe my heart...'

Is it because of meeting Cheng Jin-Woo that you have supported until now?

Gao Jianli showed a slightly bitter smile.

"Look... what did I say..."

The soliloquy of the president of the association echoed in the empty president's room.

'By the way, is tomorrow the day Hunter Seong Jin-Woo returns?'

Thinking of being able to put Minister Wu Zhenzhe in front of his eyes and listen to him tell the story of Hunter Cheng Jin-Woo, he couldn't help being a little excited.

at this time.

Dululu-dululu-

The phone rang suddenly.

'Is there a call at this time?'

Could it be that another big accident happened somewhere?

Gao Jianli felt uneasy and raised the microphone.

"Is there nothing going on today?"

It's my wife's call.

"Wife."

Hearing the voice of his wife who was worried about the late husband, Gao Jianli's stiff face instantly relaxed.

"How could it be. I was going back..."

However, with the sound of sizzle, the phone was hung up suddenly.

"... Wife? Wife?"

Of course, his wife's voice was also lost.

what happened?

When Chairman Gao Jianli put his head down and put down the microphone, he unconsciously looked out the window.

'...!'

He couldn't say anything for a moment.

Everything that should have been outside the window disappeared.

Whether it's tall buildings, roads, or people.

Looking out of the window, there is only an unfathomable darkness left.