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I put my hand on my forehead and sighed.
“ha···.”
Now, in front of me was a golden-brown, roasted white lion with a single horn.
I had the little one practice controlling the intensity of the flame, and he ended up making a grilled chicken.
In front of the lion roast that gives off a delicious smell,
The little boy was crouching with a rather serious expression on his face.
Knock knock.
The little boy poked the grilled fish with his hand to see if it was cooked well.
Sniff sniff.
Put your nose up to it and smell it,
slap!
He turned his head and looked at me.
“mister···.”
Gulp, gulp.
I can hear you swallowing your saliva from here.
“Can you eat this?”
Drool was already flowing from the corners of his mouth.
I shook my head firmly.
“No. I’ll get a stomachache.”
“But···.”
I lifted the scruff of the neck of the foolish brat and walked away from the grill.
And he spoke into the ear mic.
“Control room. Are there any more monsters left?
[There are no remaining entities! Gate destruction has also been confirmed! Situation is over!]
Operator Chae Su-min’s voice was filled with fighting spirit.
Well, it could be because I’m still new.
I nodded and said.
“Then let’s wrap things up. Team 7. Thank you for your hard work.”
Soon several people answered simultaneously through the ear microphone.
[[[Thank you for your effort!!]]]
After a while, the field support team arrived at our location.
“Move quickly!”
They loaded the monster carcasses into the vehicle, retrieved the cameras, checked our injuries, checked the gear we were wearing, etc.
The medical team leader, Cheon Il-nam, approached me.
Cheon Il-nam was a cold-looking handsome man with glasses wearing a white gown.
“Team Leader. Is there anything that feels uncomfortable?”
“I’m okay.”
“What about Lily?”
“Hey, wipe your hands. They touched something dirty earlier.”
Cheon Il-nam said as he wiped Lily’s hands with a wet tissue.
“Where is Wang Gu-ho···.”
I pointed in one direction with my finger.
There, Wang Guho was lying on his back, gasping for breath.
“Ugh, gasp···.”
Before the little boy made the grilled turkey, it was Wang Guho who had sparred with the one-horned white lion.
Cheon Il-nam looked at Wang Gu-ho with a worried but also subtly expectant expression.
“Are you hurt anywhere?”
I gestured to him to tell him it was okay.
“I’m acting like this because I’m tired. Please bring me some water.”
“···There’s nothing for me to do.”
Cheon Il-nam sighed with a disappointed expression, then went to Wang Gu-ho and started asking him various questions.
The next person to come to me was the head of the filming crew, Cheon In-nam.
“Team Leader! I found a killer video. Would you like to take a look?”
Cheon Inam.
He wore jeans and a hoodie, and unlike his older brother Cheon Il-nam, he had a cheerful and sociable personality.
“This is it! Take a look!”
The video that Cheon Inam showed me showed me hunting a second unicorn lion.
The image of me using the Gungshin Tanyoung to stab the white lion in the eye in one breath, and the image of the superhumans chasing me and then turning into dogs chasing chickens appeared one after another.
It was a scene from a movie, with a bit of exaggeration.
“Wow! I almost regretted missing this. This is in my top 10 videos of the year!”
Cheon Inam mumbled for a while and then went back.
Although Cheon In-nam looks like a bum with nothing to do, his drone piloting skills and sense for filming are amazing.
The last one to arrive was the third of the three Cheon siblings.
Following Cheon Il Nam and Cheon Inam, her name is…
“Thousand Three Girls···.”
“It’s Cheon Seol-ah!”
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Cheon Seol-ah, who had been shouting sharply, took off the armor I was wearing one by one.
I said with a shrug.
“Everyone calls me Samnyeo.”
Cheon Seol-ah was the leader of the equipment support team. She had short hair, was wearing loose-fitting overalls, and had goggles on her head for protection.
She said, pouting her lips as if she was dissatisfied.
Yet the hands that were dismantling my armor did not rest for a moment.
“When I was little, my older brothers started calling me ‘Samnyeo’ as a joke, but it stuck and now everyone calls me ‘Samnyeo.’ Oh, can you raise your arm for a second?”
I said, raising my arms.
“Why must my brothers have been like that? Their names are Ilnam and Inam, but my younger sister is named Seol-ah. Didn’t my father name her Seol-ah? If she was a man, she would have been called Samnam.”
Cheon Seol-ah sighed.
“It’s not my fault. It’s over now.”
“thank you.”
After Cheon Seol-ah took off my equipment, she took off the kid’s equipment as well and took it to the vehicle.
The equipment support team vehicle was loaded with equipment needed for a variety of environments and situations.
They kept their superhuman equipment in tip-top condition and could even create tools on the fly.
The three Cheon siblings.
Nowadays, it is a unique history that both siblings work in the superhuman industry.
In the future, each and every one of them would make a name for themselves as a specialist in their respective fields.
Just having these people on my team was a relief.
By the way, they are called team leaders even though they lead each team because our titles overlap.
I was watching the field support team work for a while, and I muttered to myself.
“I should compliment my manager later.”
[Oh my. Really?]
A familiar voice came through the ear microphone.
I said with a sigh.
“Ms. Baek Young-hee. Isn’t this wiretapping?”
[What are you talking about? I am also a member of the team.]
When you say it like that, I’m at a loss for words.
Baek Young-hee said.
[I didn’t mean to overhear you. I just wanted to tell you that I have a lot to report to you, so please come back quickly.]
“Okay, I’ll be there soon. But my car···”
Operator Chae Su-min spoke as if she had been waiting.
[Reporter Park Young-bae, I have called you! If you are at your current location, you will arrive within a minute!]
Chae Soo-min. Our new operator is also very quick-witted and nice.
I was just waiting for the vehicle to arrive, but then an idea suddenly occurred to me and I stepped forward to the on-site support team.
“everyone.”
About 20 people stopped what they were doing and looked at me.
“······.”
I’ve been doing this for 20 years before I returned, but I’ve never been a team leader or held a high position.
I’ve always been a person who followed someone’s orders.
Later on, I got tired of that so I left the guild and started playing freelance.
Anyway, that’s why I know.
How should I treat them?
It’s best to be polite as a person, but at the same time keep an appropriate distance.
I looked around at them and said,
“I haven’t been with you for very long, so I don’t know most of your names. I’m too lazy to remember them, so I probably won’t be able to remember them later. So don’t be upset.”
At my words, some people forced a smile, while others looked at me as if to ask why I was doing that when I was busy.
I continued speaking with a snicker.
“Instead, if you go to the dungeon this time, I’ll tell the guild and pay for the team dinner, send you on vacation, and give you a generous bonus. Sounds good, right?”
Cheon Inam raised his hand and playfully shouted.
“Team Leader! Everything you just said was recorded!”
I said with a grin.
“Feel free to do so. If the guild doesn’t give you a bonus, I’ll give it to you myself.”
Cheers erupted from all sides.
“Wow! Really?”
“Team leader, you’re the best!”
“Long live the landlord!”
In an instant, the atmosphere became festive.
I made a lot of promises, but the guild may not be able to give them bonuses later.
Because what we will bring back from the ‘Labyrinth of Fallen Souls’ will be enormous.
It will be that hard, but…
I was the only one who knew that fact.
Well, I guess this should be enough motivation.
“Then I will go first. Take care.”
After greeting them, I got into my private vehicle with the little boy and Wang Guho.
Reporter Park Young-bae said with a kind smile.
“Team Leader. You seem to be popular with your subordinates.”
I leaned back on the soft sheets and closed my eyes.
“I know the minds of my subordinates well. Please wake me up when you arrive.”
“Hahaha. Okay, I understand.”
The knight smiled kindly and started the car.
The ride was so smooth that I didn’t even realize I was moving.
If only there hadn’t been a rustling sound next to me.
I said with my eyes still closed.
“Kid. Don’t touch the snack box.”
Shudder.
The little boy sighed softly and grumbled.
“How did you know…”
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When I returned to the office, Baek Young-hee was waiting for me.
She looked at me with a curious expression.
“Team Leader, are you really 20 years old?”
“···Hmm? Why?”
When I looked at her, feeling a little embarrassed, Baek Young-hee smiled brightly and continued speaking.
“You’re so skilled. The way you treat people, the way you speak and act that’s unusual for your age, and you’re surprisingly kind… Can’t I just call you oppa?”
I sighed as I watched Baek Young-hee smile.
I thought I was caught again.
Today, too, it was Baek Young-hee who was always the same.
“Okay, then go ahead and report. You said you had a lot to say.”
Baek Young-hee, with her lips pursed, handed me some documents and spoke.
“Here is the purchase history of the items you requested. They will all be delivered to the office by tomorrow.”
I glanced over the documents and nodded.
“Good.”
Two days left until entering the ‘Labyrinth of Fallen Souls’.
I asked her to get me the items I needed to clear the dungeon, and even though some of them must have been quite difficult to get, Baek Yeong-hee got them all for me.
“As expected, our capable secretary. Perfect.”
“I think I’d become more capable if you gave me a reward… For example, a meal at a cozy place….”
I dismissed that comment and moved on to the next question.
“What happened to the special equipment?”
Baek Young-hee glanced at me and then said.
“The special equipment you requested from the workshop will likely be completed by tomorrow morning. However, there isn’t enough time until testing···.”
“There’s nothing we can do about it. Once it’s done, send it to the equipment support team right away.”
“all right.”
After that, Baek Young-hee made a few more reports, but most of the matters had already been dealt with, so I just had to nod.
“Oh, and the person the team leader told me to look for.”
Baek Young-hee took out a document from a thick file and handed it to me.
“I think I found it.”
It was a document containing a person’s personal information.
Baek Young-hee continued speaking.
“I thought it would be hard to find since there was little information about it other than the name. But I found a video of the item he made on the Internet.”
Without even looking at it closely, I nodded the moment I saw the photo at the very front.
Although he was much younger than I knew, his unique atmosphere was still there.
“It seems right.”
In the photo, a boy, unable to make eye contact with the camera, was standing with his mother with an anxious expression on his face.
I knew this boy’s name.
Jang Young-shin.
The name that will one day become the best creator of superhuman equipment.
In the future, a single piece of equipment made by Jang Young-shin was traded for at least hundreds of billions of won.
Some people may have doubts.
This is not the time when swords were made in blacksmith shops.
In an age where everything from design to production is possible with cutting-edge science and technology, how different can it be?
But when Jang Young-shin makes it, it’s different.
Because Jang Young-shin is the only superhuman in Korea with a [producer] personality.
Originally, Jang Young-shin became famous several years ago,
There was no reason to wait until then.
I asked Baek Young-hee.
“Where is he now?”
ⓒ Ganjjajang
