Can You See This Too?

Do you know what lottery winners do first?

The answer is confirming whether they really won.

Do-hyeon was no different.

Ding-dong—

A sound like a bank number ticket rang out. When Do-hyeon approached the counter that called his name, the Hunter Association guide who had finished the inspection spoke kindly.

“Lee Do-hyeon-nim, your points have been confirmed. Congratulations on awakening.”

“Ah. Thank you.”

“Your awakening registration is complete. Please wait in the auditorium through the left entrance for now.”

“Yes, thank you.”

Do-hyeon answered without hesitation and headed where the guide had directed. The auditorium the guide mentioned soon came into view.

Following the instructions, he sat in the auditorium. His heart pounded so hard he could feel it racing.

It’s real.

He really had awakened.

He had already completed the tutorial, so he thought it was real, but you never know.

After failing so many job interviews, he might have gone crazy watching hunter videos and dreamed the whole thing. It was only natural to wonder.

Someone who never exercised and had zero connection to awakening had every reason to doubt.

But the moment the guide said the points were confirmed, those doubts melted away like snow.

Only now did it truly sink in.

And that meant—

So everything I’m seeing right now is real.

This was definitely the lottery.

No, it had easily surpassed the lottery.

If he had to compare it to something, it was like winning the American Powerball.

Anyway, that was exactly how Do-hyeon felt.

He never imagined he would become a hunter.

And not just any hunter—the only one in the world who could see status windows!

The thought made him so excited he could barely contain himself.

Most people in the auditorium looked just as flushed as he did, but Do-hyeon was different from them.

Once it truly sank in, Do-hyeon belatedly noticed the new Points section that had appeared on his status window.

I get what Points are, but what’s Analysis Points?

He knew Points came from killing monsters, but Analysis Points were completely new to him.

The name made it obvious they were related to Analysis, yet no details were provided.

The moment Do-hyeon grew curious, as if it had been waiting for this, the almighty Analysis explained it to the ignorant Do-hyeon.

Huh?

In that case—

The moment Do-hyeon tried to look at the Analysis trait on his status window, information appeared just like before.

It was information he already knew from his experience with the goblin, but seeing it written out like this made it feel even more incredible.

He really had obtained an absurdly powerful ability.

Just then, Do-hyeon looked at several people gathered in the auditorium.

When he first entered, his heart had been pounding too hard for him to pay much attention, but now he saw there were more people than he expected.

Two women and, including Do-hyeon, three men.

Five people had awakened today alone?

Well, it was the Seoul branch, so it made sense there would be many people.

Or was five actually a small number compared to Seoul’s population?

While having such pointless thoughts, he turned his gaze and noticed a man around his age sitting nearby.

The man sat quietly in his chair, but his flushed face and restless movements were obvious.

Of course he would be like that after awakening.

Do-hyeon had been the same.

But the moment he looked at the man, letters suddenly popped up and cluttered his vision.

“Huh?!”

“Eek? W-why, why are you like that?”

Startled by Do-hyeon’s sudden shout, the man beside him—Kim Yong-chan—jumped and asked in surprise.

Seeing that, Do-hyeon quickly shook his head and replied.

“Ah, it’s nothing. There was a bug.”

“In this winter?”

“W-well, exactly.”

“……?”

Kim Yong-chan gave him a strange look, clearly finding it odd, but soon lost interest and turned away.

Meanwhile, Do-hyeon stared at Kim Yong-chan’s status window still floating before his eyes and swallowed hard.

So I can see other people’s status windows too?

Not only his own, but others’ as well. He hadn’t seen this with the goblin, so the surprise hit even harder.

And that wasn’t the end of it.

When he looked at Kim Yong-chan, another line of text appeared.

Ah. So that’s how you get points when Analysis succeeds.

But it was pretty stingy.

Only 10.

Was it because Kim Yong-chan’s trait grade was low?

Even the goblin had given 100, so there had to be some difference.

The moment Do-hyeon wondered about it—

Wait. If I look at the others, won’t I get points too?

Thinking that, Do-hyeon quickly looked at the other people.

First, he looked at the two women nearby. Just like with Kim Yong-chan, their status windows appeared.

Seeing another 10 points each, he scratched his cheek.

All their trait grades are the same? No, more importantly, what’s with these stats?

Kim Yong-chan was a man, so his higher stats made sense.

But Gu Min-a’s stats were almost identical to his own, which was a little embarrassing.

How little had he exercised if his stats were the same as a woman’s? On top of that, Gu Min-a’s mana was five times higher than his.

Still, he had successfully analyzed the two women and gained AP.

Thirty AP from this alone.

Then how about the last person?

Do-hyeon turned his gaze to the man sitting apart from the others.

The man looked like the typical athletic type with some muscle, as if he had trained harder than Kim ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠Yong-chan or Do-hyeon. His status window appeared just the same.

But—

Huh?

An E-grade trait, higher than the other three he had seen so far.

Plus, he had a skill the others didn’t.

So if the trait grade is higher, you get skills too.

While Do-hyeon was slightly surprised and impressed, the usual point acquisition message appeared before his eyes.

Whoa.

The points definitely increased when he analyzed a higher-grade target.

While Do-hyeon was marveling at that, another message appeared.

Huh?

Do-hyeon stared blankly at the message, swallowing hard at how generous it was being.

Analyzing it two more times would even raise the skill’s grade.

What exactly couldn’t this do?

The thought came naturally.

This is seriously insane.

It felt like every foundation for growing stronger quickly and reliably had already been prepared.

He could grow stronger just by looking at hunters.

It was a trait that made it impossible not to become a hunter.

With this, couldn’t he really become the strongest hunter?

No, he had no choice but to become one.

While thinking that, Do-hyeon suddenly felt something off.

Huh, wait a second?

Now that he thought about it, everyone else’s traits were like job classes.

Warrior, Mage, Assassin.

So why was his trait just “Analysis”?

Not “Analyst”?

Just as that question rose in his mind, someone interrupted his thoughts.

A man walked to the front of the auditorium, his shoes clicking sharply.

He looked at the five people and spoke.

“Nice to meet you, hunters. My name is Choi Jeong-hwan, and I’ll be explaining the hunter training center to you.”

At those words, Do-hyeon unconsciously used Analysis.

Damn…

Even though he was an unawakened person, his stats were higher than Do-hyeon’s.

But no further messages appeared after that.

Ah, so you don’t gain AP from non-hunters.

He had learned something important.

Thinking that, Do-hyeon listened to Choi Jeong-hwan’s explanation.

The man was explaining the hunter training center they would enter today.

They were finally stepping onto the path of becoming real hunters.

Hunter Training Center.

To become a hunter, one had to enter the hunter training center.

Even though they had gone through the tutorial, the inside of a Black Gate was unpredictable. Just because someone had awakened didn’t mean they could shoot skills like in a game. They had to complete the process of becoming a hunter through training.

Only after finishing all the training and education that spanned a full thirty days could someone truly become a hunter.

There had been considerable backlash at first, but after seeing the death rate drop dramatically following the introduction of the training center, those complaints had died down.

Now that becoming a hunter was stable, it wasn’t a bad thing for new hunters either.

Of course, complaints still broke out.

“Haa, why do we have to stay at the training center for a whole month?”

“Can’t we just learn how to handle mana and be done with it?”

“This is such a pain.”

It was understandable. They had just awakened and probably felt like they had the world in their hands.

While the two women and the still-young-looking Jeong Min-woo grumbled, one person was grinning from ear to ear.

None other than Do-hyeon.

Even though he had already done his military service and should have been annoyed at having to go through training again, why was he smiling?

It was obvious.

There’ll be even more hunters at the training center, right?

Since he could grow stronger just by looking at hunters, why would he refuse to go somewhere full of them?

He almost wanted to beg them to send him there.

While Do-hyeon and the other four new hunters rode the shuttle bus, it finally arrived at ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠the training center. Instructors stood at the front to greet them.

“It’s good to see you all, trainees.”

A woman’s powerful voice rang out.

Despite her sharp eyes and features giving her the appearance of a cold beauty, she greeted the trainees with a booming voice. Everyone reacted.

“Huh? Isn’t that Hwang Ha-na?”

“Whoa, Hwang Ha-na from the Taebaek Guild?”

“No way, Hwang Ha-na is an instructor?!”

“Wow, it’s really ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠Hwang Ha-na.”

Hwang Ha-na was a member of Taebaek, Korea’s top guild and one of only four A-rank guilds in the ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠country.

Everyone was shocked to see her here.

While the trainees who had been complaining moments ago now stared at her in surprise, their complaints forgotten, Do-hyeon was also surprised when he looked at Hwang Ha-na.

He had known who she was, but that wasn’t why he was shocked.

It was the first time Analysis had failed.

And then—

Insane.

While Do-hyeon stared at Hwang Ha-na’s status window, she looked at the trainees and smiled brightly.

“I’ll be putting you through hell for the next month.”