Chapter 16 - Job Experience (2)
Job Experience (2)
Translator : Elizabeth
Lee Min-ho, a First Class Hunter of the Subjugation Squad at the Interdimensional Transfer Countermeasures Headquarters, read an email uploaded by one of the Third Class Hunters in charge of miscellaneous duties.
"The Settlement Support Division requests that two transferee trainees from this batch be classified as suitable for the Subjugation Squad and accompany us for physical training, sparring, and on-site field practice for job experience..."
Unless an interdimensional transfer occurred or monsters generated from it roamed near civilian areas threatening citizens, creating a need to go out on site, the Subjugation Squad mostly spent time doing office work or training in the office.
Since it was exactly such a period right now, there were many other Third and Second Class Hunters in the Subjugation Squad office.
Lee Min-ho asked, not pinpointing anyone specific but so that everyone in the office could hear.
"Does anyone know how many transferees there are in this batch at the Settlement Support Division?"
Since it wasn't Subjugation Squad business, no one knew the exact number, but as soon as Lee Min-ho's words dropped, the sound of keyboards tapping rapidly rang out from all directions simultaneously.
After a short time passed, one Hunter in the office answered quickly.
"It is said there are a total of 3821 people in this batch!"
"Why so many?"
"When interdimensional transfers occurred in 4 places simultaneously a month or two ago, the Search Team and Settlement Support Division contacted and brought people from Icheon, and it is said the number was that large. In Cheonan, only exactly 1 person was found, so she joined and received education together."
Lee Min-ho searched his memory, recalled something, and clapped his hands.
"Icheon and Cheonan...? Ah, is it perhaps that? The one that was on the news because transferees fought like crazy in Cheonan last time?"
"Yes, that's correct. The Settlement Support Division says the people they are sending to us are those two parties involved."
"Ha, really. Didn't they say they barely avoided going to the Special Management Bureau because the victims submitted petitions not wanting punishment? Sending such problem children here? Has our Subjugation Squad become such an easy place now?"
None of the Subjugation Squad Hunters spoke.
Since the Subjugation Squad was a place where the strongest people among Hunters went, the Hunters belonging there had exceptional pride, and needless to say, the pride of the First Class, who were the best among them, was immense.
Lee Min-ho greatly disliked the Settlement Support Division's judgment of trying to send such problem transferee children to their Subjugation Squad.
If he followed his heart, he wanted to go to the Settlement Support Division right now to protest and tell them to cancel such a decision.
If he went and said a strong word, he had the power to make them retract anything.
However, according to stories heard recently, the transferees on the Taebaek side were so aggressive that serious discussions were coming and going about whether they should really define them as enemies and send the Subjugation Squad now.
Since he heard it himself, it couldn't be a groundless rumor, meaning the Countermeasures Headquarters was actually holding meetings on that topic, and if that happened, it wouldn't be good to cause trouble now for no reason.
Of course, that didn't mean he intended to accept riffraff into the Subjugation Squad either.
'Well, even if they bring them, I can just reject them saying they don't meet my standards.'
Thinking so, Lee Min-ho said to the other Hunters.
"Everyone doesn't have any important work to handle right now, right?"
"Yes!"
"Then let's wrap up indoor work roughly around here and go outside to loosen up our bodies a bit? We should at least let the Settlement Support Division, trying to bring strange problem children from somewhere, know that this isn't a place that can be entered so easily."
"Yes!"
When meeting people at interdimensional transfer sites, to protect their privacy, personal information about individuals was strictly kept confidential by the Search Team and Settlement Support Division, so even Lee Min-ho couldn't know who would come.
But regardless of who came, thinking he would properly show the hierarchy to the Settlement Support Division who dared to recommend idiots causing major accidents during education to the Subjugation Squad, Lee Min-ho pushed ahead with training full of more spirit than usual.
Thinking he would suppress their spirits right away by showing the Subjugation Squad's intense training.
However...
"Ah, you were here. They said the Subjugation Squad is currently training, so I unavoidably came to find you. I am Jung Hyun-soo, Section Chief of the Interdimensional Transferee Settlement Support Division. The person who is First Class... Ah, Hunter Lee Min-ho is over there. Hello, Hunter Lee Min-ho. May I speak with you for a moment?"
'...... Huh?'
As soon as Lee Min-ho saw the two people Jung Hyun-soo brought, his mind went blank.
The two women standing behind Jung Hyun-soo were quite unique starting from their attire.
One was wearing a typical wizard hat and robe likely to appear in manhwa, and the other was also wearing a white top and red skirt that couldn't be found in Korea.
And the appearance of the two was outstanding enough that such peculiar fashion didn't bother him in the slightest.
The woman wearing the wizard hat had long blonde hair and green eyes, and because of her distinct Western features, he thought she would look more suitable in Hollywood than here.
The woman wearing the shrine maiden outfit had rare white hair rolled up beautifully, giving off an incredibly pure and elegant impression, and unlike the blonde woman, she overflowed with Oriental beauty, arousing the desire to hug her immediately just by looking.
Seeing the 2 supreme women, Lee Min-ho smacked his lips inwardly and changed his mind.
Originally, whoever came, he intended to let them participate in training roughly once and reject them saying they had no aptitude, but if they were women of this level, he had to admit they had aptitude even if they didn't.
Lee Min-ho smiled brightly and guided the three people to the training ground.
"There's no problem at all. Welcome to our Subjugation Squad. I'm Lee Min-ho, a Subjugation Squad First Class Hunter. Instead of doing this outside, come inside first. Take a look around slowly while watching the Subjugation Squad's training or work."
Although he said that, Lee Min-ho didn't even glance at the ordinary person Jung Hyun-soo in the very front, and his gaze was fixed only on the two beauties following behind him.
Once he got them into the Subjugation Squad, he could use his status as First Class to call them out anytime, push them down, and make them his women, so Lee Min-ho couldn't bear the wait for that time already.
......
Lily and Yukino felt Lee Min-ho's gaze scanning them and thought similarly inwardly.
'Look at that bastard's gaze. It's been a long time since a guy looked at me like that. Should I just pluck his eyes out? No, but if I ruin that bastard here, Hyun-soo will suffer again... Tsk, that bastard is lucky.'
When she was active as the Hero's Party in Astraia, demons or dragonkin, whose standards of beauty were not much different from humans, blatantly smacked their lips when seeing her, saying things like 'I'll make you a mother for a superior future generation.'
Every time that happened, Lily gouged out their eyes or burned their tongues with fire, and for 3 years after subjugating the Evil Dragon, no one in the world dared to look at her in such a way.
But the man who introduced himself as Lee Min-ho had exactly the same eyes as those demons or dragonkin when they looked at her.
Recalling unpleasant memories as soon as she saw him, Lily felt the urge to attack Lee Min-ho sharply, but she didn't want to cause more nuisance to Jung Hyun-soo here, so she decided to just close her eyes and pretend not to notice.
Yukino's impression upon seeing Lee Min-ho was the same.
'His soul is full of lewd thoughts. It's obvious what he's thinking. Whether he's doing that looking at me, or looking at that undignified woman, either way, he's a human who can't grasp the subject.'
Yukino, a Great Shrine Maiden, could read the energy harbored in a soul just by looking at a person, and the soul of the person named Lee Min-ho was full of lust, overflowing with lewdness.
Probably a person who lived his whole life with the joy of embracing women, but hearing such a person is one of the strongest people in the Subjugation Squad, she was already worried about the future of this place.
If she followed her heart, she wanted to stick a talisman on his forehead right now and give a teaching that would make that base soul come to its senses, but if she did that, it was obvious Jung Hyun-soo would become very troubled.
Having learned through continuous education that her actions could lead not only to punishment for herself but also to reprimands for her superiors or those in charge, Yukino didn't want to cause harm to Jung Hyun-soo.
Both women noticed Lee Min-ho's true nature as soon as they saw him, but for now, considering the face of their husband Jung Hyun-soo, they decided to overlook it pretending not to know.
Dreaming not even in his dreams that the two women recognized his true nature at a glance, Lee Min-ho showed the Subjugation Squad's training appearance or informed them in detail what the Subjugation Squad does and what they do in the office when there is no dispatch on site.
Minimizing the difficult points of the Subjugation Squad as much as possible and inflating the good points as much as possible, he induced the two women to want to enter the Subjugation Squad immediately...
"So you mean if I have power in the Subjugation Squad and can prove my skills, I can climb to that position called First Class in an instant, right? And if I become First Class, no one dares to say anything recklessly?"
"Lily, polite language!"
"... Yo?" (Korean honorific ending)
Lily, who wasn't accustomed to using polite language to anyone, asked while receiving Jung Hyun-soo's correction, and Lee Min-ho answered while smiling brightly.
"Of course! There are only exactly 3 people including me throughout the entire Subjugation Squad who are First Class like me, and such people receive the highest level of treatment even within the Countermeasures Headquarters and can voice their opinions when making most policy decisions! Isn't it really good? That's why everyone in the Subjugation Squad tries desperately to become First."
This time Yukino asked.
"And within that First Cla-ss, does a person with more outstanding skills have greater authority? Even to other departments?"
"That's the tendency. Ashamedly, I am the weakest among the First Class, so if the other two tell me to peel, I have to peel (do as told). Quite sad, right? Ah, and the benefits received in private parts besides work parts are immense. If you have enough skill to enter the Subjugation Squad, you won't regret it."
"That sounds good. Then I'll talk with the Section Chief here for a moment..."
Both Lily and Yukino left the spot for a moment to talk with Jung Hyun-soo, and Lee Min-ho smiled grinningly, judging that the appeal for the Subjugation Squad worked sufficiently well.
"Hehehe, where did that person come to bring two such awesome women as offerings. I was lucky today. As soon as they come to the Subjugation Squad, I should teach them exclusively and tame them slowly."
Meanwhile, the three people including Jung Hyun-soo...
"Lily? Yukino? I'm saying this just in case, but just because you become First Class, you shouldn't go around abusing power on anyone, okay? You learned what power abuse is, right? And you shouldn't fight every day to determine superiority either."
"Fufufu... Don't worry. When have you seen me worry you?"
"You really, you worry too much. The things you are thinking won't happen, so don't worry."
Naturally, someone like Lee Min-ho was not even in their consideration.