Episode 266
“Are you here?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
The next day.
Suho, who had a good night’s sleep, went to the cursed item warehouse prepared by the special management team with Kang Seulgi as soon as he got to work.
The warehouse was located not far from the existing resource building.
The only difference is that the stored items are strictly secured because they are objects.
Of course, it didn’t mean much to Soo-ho.
Suho said while looking around the cursed item warehouse.
“For a place that was just built, the interior is pretty nice, isn’t it?”
“Because it was an empty and renovated warehouse. Since we were using it to process cursed items, other departments actively supported us, so we were able to set it up quickly.”
I chuckled at that.
but.
It’s a cursed item that only eats up manpower and taxes, but no department can dislike it.
Kang Seul-gi said this while handing Soo-ho the cursed items and related documents that she had sorted one by one.
“We have completed the classification and documentation.”
“Thank you for your hard work. It’s not a very meaningful task since it will be incinerated soon anyway… … But I have to leave the documents behind, so there’s nothing I can do.”
“It’s okay. What’s so difficult about this kind of work? Do you have any questions or anything else you’d like to ask?”
“No, there isn’t. If you find anything bothersome while working, just push it over here. Then I’ll just dispose of it and replace it. Oh, by the way, I was just wondering. Among the security devices here, is there a CCTV…?”
“I didn’t install it on purpose because you said it was a secret project. So, you can use it with peace of mind.”
“As expected, Team Leader Kang has a great sense… … Thank you. Thanks to you, I can use it comfortably.”
“Haha, yes, then fighting!”
After a while, Kang Seul-gi, who had finished cheering, quietly leaves.
Suho, who was left alone, only then began to look through the mountain of cursed items.
‘There are this many cursed items in our country.’
It only took a few days for the cursed item warehouse to be set up.
Yet, there were already hundreds of cursed items piled up in the warehouse.
Suho shook his head as he looked at them.
If there had been no intervention by government agencies, these would have all flowed into the private sector. Then, how many innocent civilians would have used these items without even knowing that they were cursed items?
Thinking about it that way, it was quite dizzying in many ways.
‘That is also the reason for the existence of government agencies.’
Suho opened the subspace house.
Then, I could see Pi Seong-yeol, who was writhing in pain and suffering from withdrawal symptoms.
“Ah, item… … Give me the item… … .”
He was drooling, his hands were shaking, and his eyes were unfocused.
It was a typical Mega Crusher-specific item withdrawal symptom.
‘That was the hardest time.’
But there is nothing around that Mega Crusher can eat.
So, the host of Mega Crusher, Piseongyeol, is suffering and drying up.
Suho grabbed the guy by the scruff of the neck and dragged him outside.
Then he threw the guy into a pile of cursed items that looked like a mountain.
“Ah, item… … !”
Pi Seong-yeol’s eyes sparkled as he saw the piled up items.
At this moment, Pi Seong-yeol’s consciousness was not Pi Seong-yeol.
Half eaten by Mega Crusher.
So, Piseongyeol started sweeping up all the cursed items he could get his hands on, following Mega Crusher’s orders.
The location is, of course, near the lower abdomen.
It was the same as Kang Seul-gi’s time.
It was then that the first item entered the Mega Crusher.
Wheeing!! Kkarddddddd-
The cursed item is sucked in like interlocking saw blades.
Once the items are split like that, there is nothing left.
But the host calms down.
As expected, Pi Seong-yeol, who had been half-conscious just a moment ago, finally regained his senses.
“Uh… … Uh uh… … .”
A person who was drooling just a moment ago doesn’t look much different now that he’s come to his senses.
Suho said while looking down at Pi Seong-yeol.
“Senior, stop making a fuss and get up quickly.”
“Why, why am I here… … .”
“Ha… … You’re making me say it twice again.”
Time is gold.
So I have no intention of proceeding with the work according to the condition of the tool that is not even good enough for one person.
When Suho kicked the buttocks of Pi Seong-yeol, who was still unconscious, his eyes lit up and Suho said after seeing him.
“We don’t have much time, so let’s move quickly. Move everything here over there.”
“… … .”
“Aren’t you going to answer?”
“Oh, I see… … .”
Pi Seong-yeol begins to move the cursed item to the subspace house at Suho’s command.
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After carrying things around for a while, I soon succeeded in moving all the cursed items in the warehouse.
Suho said as he pushed Pi Seong-yeol back into the subspace house.
“Go to the items whenever you have time. Check them out from time to time.”
“Oh, I see.”
“Do you understand? This is a short answer?”
“……All right.”
“Now, let’s come to our senses. Or do you want me to play with fire again to make you come to your senses?”
“Oh, no! Yes, I will try my best!”
“Okay, then I’ll see you later.”
After saying that, Suho closed the subspace house.
Now all that remains is his own fight.
‘I guess I’ll have to work hard for at least a few days to get a higher grade.’
Grinding refers to the act of grinding an item in a mega crusher.
The reason why Kang Seol-gi couldn’t make Mega Crusher an A-grade all this time was because she only used the bare minimum to survive in everyday life.
But the conditions for Piseongyeol were different.
Since you have time and items left, you will quickly reach Grade A in a few days.
And that’s when the Mega Crusher really starts to take effect.
A few days passed like that.
*
“Phew… … .”
Suho stopped eating breakfast and lay down.
It was because of the night market’s necklace.
‘Wow… … This seems like it could work, but it doesn’t.’
It seems like I’ve been pouring magic power into the night watchman’s necklace twice a day for the past few days.
But somehow, even though it seemed like it would work, the necklace just wouldn’t come off.
What could be the problem?
‘Is there any point in putting it in several times?’
I thought that might be the case.
A structure that requires you to pour out all of your magical power at once, rather than accumulating it.
In that case, I thought I should build up my magic stat a bit more.
‘Whatever it is, it’ll take some time.’
After replenishing his magical powers, Suho got up from his seat and started preparing for work.
Today was an important day.
That was understandable, because it was the day after the special forces recruitment period ended.
‘From now on, the real hell starts.’
During the special recruitment period, a whopping 3,000 resumes were received.
My resume, which I thought would end at around a thousand, ended up growing three-fold.
So these past few days, Suho and Jeongcheolmin have been almost entirely focused on reviewing resumes.
I never even thought about asking others for help.
This was because it was originally a public recruitment for special forces personnel, and Soo-ho and I strongly insisted on personally selecting them.
‘Like other private companies, we can screen candidates several times based on academic background or qualifications, but if we do that, we may miss out on truly talented people.’
For example, those with high potential who only Suho can recognize.
So, I’ve been focusing on reviewing resumes for the past few days.
Still, there were some achievements.
Because I knew quite a lot of player information through the Library of Memory, I was able to filter out quite a few problematic players.
Soon after, when I arrived at the association, I could see Jeong Cheol-min sleeping with his chair leaned back.
Suho said as he opened the curtains of the manager’s office.
“Why are you sleeping here? Did you not get off work by any chance?”
“… … Oh, I was looking at resumes until dawn and then I dozed off.”
“Just go home and sleep. Why are you staying up all night here?”
“I should at least do this. You’ll have to take charge of the practical training anyway.”
Jeong Cheol-min, who had just woken up, yawned heavily and took a sip of the energy drink he had been drinking.
“First, look at these. These are the ones I filtered out in the first round last night.”
“Oh, thank you.”
Jeong Cheol-min had a better eye for people than I thought.
So, Suho didn’t really check again the kids that Jeong Cheol-min had filtered out in the first round.
While Suho was looking at the kids that Jeong Cheol-min had filtered out, his gaze was fixed on the resume of one player.
‘Look at this? The kid applied?’
Suho chuckled at the familiar name.
As I look through resumes, I come across unexpected people like this, and it is because of these people that I cannot help but review them myself.
Suho reached out to Jeong Cheol-min as he packed up his documents.
[ Heal is activated . ]
[ Recovery is activated . ]
Hwaaaa!
A radiant halo.
Jeong Cheol-min, who had received healing from Suho, yawned and stretched again.
“Ugh… … Should I really like this or not?”
“But it’s effective. If you really don’t want to do it, just go to the sauna and take a nap. Then you can work in the afternoon.”
“Okay, I’ll sleep until I’m dead.”
“I clearly recommended it?”
“Okay, let’s get this over with today. We don’t have much time.”
Still, Jeong Cheol-min takes up his resume again to see if the healing and recovery are effective.
After a long time, around lunchtime, the first review was finally completed.
“Ugh… … I saw it all… … !”
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“How many people were saved in the first review?”
“Roughly speaking, about one hundred and fifty people?”
“From three thousand to one hundred and fifty, that’s a lot of reduction, right?”
“Because there were a lot of fakes.”
“Are there any kids you’re particularly keeping an eye on?”
“Yes, what? How many people? And the manager?”
“Of course I am one of them.”
“Oh, that’s him?”
There were many unexpected people in this special recruitment.
In particular, many celebrities applied, but I wondered why they applied to the low-paying civil servant hunter positions.
Jeong Cheol-min said while drinking coffee.
“But how are you going to handle the practical interview? You told me to leave it to you, so I really didn’t do anything… … Even if you filter out 150 people in the first round, do you have any good countermeasures?”
“Yes, I have. I have prepared it well, so don’t worry. In that sense, should we not filter the documents any further and just move on to the second round?”
“What? All 150 people?”
“Anyway, those who are half-baked will be filtered out in the second and third rounds, right?”
“If that’s what you think, then that’s fine… … Then first, prepare a report and give it to me. No matter what, I need to know what it is.”
At those words, Suho took out a document from his inventory and handed it to Jeong Cheolmin.
“I already picked it out in advance.”
“Well then, that’s right. You have everything planned out, right? Then let’s take a look… … .”
Jeong Cheol-min takes a look at the documents Su-ho handed him.
Then, she narrowed her eyes and looked at Suho again.
“Are you serious about this?”
“Yes, I am serious.”
“No, no matter what, what is this… … .”
“It’s not some other place, it’s a special unit. We’re selecting people to work with, so shouldn’t the standards be strict?”
“Ha… … But you know that, right? Starting from level 9, we’re going to select from a variety of series. We need to clearly differentiate them based on ability, right?”
“Yes, I know.”
“… … Okay, do it yourself.”
“Yes, yes, then I will post the results of the document screening as soon as I finish preparing for the practical exam.”
Suho’s eyes sparkle as he answers.
