Trust (1)
It was Kang Jun-mo who entered.
Sang-woo jumped up with a happy heart.
Number 1, of course.
“Agent came really quickly.”
“I stepped on it a little. But what’s going on? It was very noisy outside.”
Sang-woo told me about a soldier who had been attacked with a cursed sword.
“Ah… that’s why you didn’t want to let me through. You shouldn’t have been hurt too much.”
“The blade is a little dull, so it should be fine.”
The two talked about swords for a while until Sergeant Lee Pil-hwan arrived.
Then Kang Jun-mo, who had heard Sang-woo talking about how he got the rusty sword, screamed.
“yes? You caught the fishman?”
“yes. that’s right. Whatever it is…”
“Whatever it is. Fishman is an E-class monster!”
Kang Jun-mo made a fuss.
“It’s only been a month since you became F-rank, but you’ve already caught an E-rank monster… that’s amazing.”
He was very surprised by Sang-woo’s growth.
“Haha… I’m pretty good at it.”
Sangwoo smiled shyly.
Then he explained about the rusty sword.
Kang Jun-mo became excited again when he heard that he would go crazy with a rusty sword.
“oh my god! It’s a win!”
“Are you good? It’s your gain. It looks like it’s been cursed and it’s rusty, so it’s a problem.”
“It’s not just a win, it’s a jackpot. haha. It seems to be a cursed item.”
I was cursed, but I got it.
Sang-woo was puzzled.
“Isn’t it bad if you’re cursed?”
“Yeah, just look at it. However, once the curse is lifted, it becomes a usable masterpiece. Or you could just sell it to a place that specializes in buying only cursed items. Well, you have to look at the item status, but even if you can’t, you’ll get 300 million.”
“Hey… 300 million?”
It is said that Sang-woo is making big sales these days by hunting horned rabbits, but the unit of billion is new.
With 300 million, you can buy a small house.
“yes. Besides, a sword with the Berserker attribute would be great, right? Enrage buffs increase overall body abilities such as strength, agility, stamina, endurance, and pain tolerance, but that’s not a common performance. You really got it right. It’s almost like winning the lottery. haha. Congratulations, Hunter.”
Junmo Kang smiled brightly.
With that smile, Sang-woo felt that the lingering anxiety in the corner of his heart melted away.
“I see. haha. thank you.”
“yes. Hunter. So, so is the item. Shall we leave at once?”
Current time is 5:30.
In the morning, it was still a long way from public institutions like the Hunter Association to start working properly.
“The guard post outside has to wait to look up data on duplicate access rights…”
“Ah~ that’s it? Please wait.”
* * *
After Kang Jun-mo called here and there and had a long talk with Sergeant Lee Pil-hwan, Kang Jun-mo was able to get out of the guardhouse with No.
Before leaving, Sergeant Pilhwan Lee came to No. 1 and apologized.
I can’t help it because I have to make it clear due to the nature of the soldier’s job.
Kang Jun-mo called the monster corpse collection team and collected the monster corpses for about an hour, then came to the motel with No. 1 and Sang-woo.
And now, on the way to pick up Sang-woo and head to Seoul.
Kang Jun-mo opened his mouth while looking at Sang-woo and No. 1 alternately in the car.
“Yeah-but every time I see it, it’s exactly the same. Even twins wouldn’t be this good, but it’s great.”
“Right? Talented people like me keep appearing as alter egos.”
“…I don’t think so.”
“It’s a joke. Don’t be serious.”
“ha ha ha-!”
Afterwards, after talking about the cursed item, we arrived at our destination.
It is an officetel used as Kang Jun-mo’s office.
Kang Jun-mo came to his office because he had something to take care of for a while.
The office was messy with the futon on the sofa and the musty smell of cup ramen containers piled up in the garbage bag in the corner.
Kang Jun-mo hurriedly cleared his seat and prepared a place to sit.
“It’s shabby, but please sit here.”
“yes.”
“Please wait.”
Then I turned on the computer, typed something, and printed out the documents and brought them.
What was written in the document was as follows:
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< Confidentiality Agreement >
Article 1 [Purpose]
This contract is for JM Agency (hereinafter referred to as ‘A’), the target company in charge of the agent of Jeong Sang-woo (hereinafter referred to as ‘A’). It is a contract to confirm that the terms of confidentiality to be observed mutually have been agreed upon in the provision and use of information or data related to business progress with (referred to as ‘B’).
Article 2 [Scope]
B cannot disclose or disclose any information related to A. If information needs to be disclosed, the consent of A must be sought. …
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Article 5 [Compensation for damages]
…
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It was a confidentiality agreement that contained the condition that Kang Jun-mo would not reveal Sang-woo’s information.
Sang-woo looked at Kang Jun-mo in surprise.
“Agent, what is this?”
“This is a non-disclosure agreement stating that I will not disclose any secrets.”
“Why do you have to do this…”
“Actually, I was really surprised to see you hunted the fishman this time. Even when you said you were going hunting in the bipedal fish dungeon, you said you would catch a few bipedal fish. I thought of you as just a slightly superior F-class hunter. I misunderstood Hunter’s value, potential, and abilities.”
“But why is the confidentiality agreement…”
“It is to gain Hunter’s trust.”
“Trust me?”
Sang-woo was puzzled.
Kang Jun-mo finally felt the value of Sang-woo after seeing him hunting the fish man.
He finally decided to take care of Sang-woo properly.
“A hunter’s greatest weapon is his skill. Because of this, no hunter properly discloses their skills. As soon as it is revealed, it will be analyzed in some way and your weaknesses will be exposed. That’s why any ranker on TV only shows what skills they have, but it never shows how they use them.”
“Yes.”
Junmo Kang was right.
The skill names of famous hunters such as Jumper Hercules and Leogard are known, but no one knows how they fight and play with those skills.
It is only judged by their hunting results.
Because of this, in fact, Sang-woo did not tell Jun-mo Kang about his clone technique in detail.
It’s just that you can summon an alter ego.
“Give me Hunter’s trust. And give me a chance to take care of Hunter. We will make you the best hunter. please.”
Kang Jun-mo jumped up and bowed his head 90 degrees.
Sang-woo was taken aback for a moment, but soon fell into deep thought.
‘Yes, I think it’s okay to talk to this person. You don’t have to write down a contract like this, but you’re putting restrictions on yourself. If it’s this level of sincerity, it’s believable. And there are limits to seeking information on my own, and I need help from experts in that regard. And above all, he’s a good person.’
His conclusion was to be with Kang Jun-mo.
“great. I trust my agent.”
Sang-woo signed the contract with a single stroke.
Kang Jun-mo, who carefully checked even the folds, smiled with joy.
“Hunter. Thank you for your contract! Now, the ‘trust’ between Hunter and I has grown stronger. haha. Then, I wish you better in the future.”
Kang Jun-mo jumped up again and said hello and asked for a handshake.
“I really appreciate you.”
Sang-woo stood up with an undeserved heart and held his hand firmly.
The two hands were tightly interlocked.
* * *
The next day.
As soon as the skill cooldown time returned, Sang-woo took Kang Jun-mo’s car and went to the Hunter Center skill demonstration room.
It was to apply for duplicate entry permission.
When the skill was demonstrated at the skill demonstration room, the reaction was hot.
“Oops!”
“Is it big…?”
Because the alter ego was summoned naked.
Sang-woo and Kang Jun-mo, who wanted to regret it, had to cover their alter egos naked.
But the issue ended there.
Contrary to Sang-woo’s idea that he knew how to do it because his clone technique skill was so good that it became an issue here and there and spread widely, no one was interested in the hunter Jeong Sang-woo or his clone technique skill.
“Originally, this industry is like that. Scouts don’t work unless they’re just awakening.”
After demonstrating the skill, Kang Jun-mo put documents here and there at the Hunter Center and went through the procedures while calling Sang-woo in order to officially authorize Sang-woo’s duplicate entry into the dungeon.
Sangwoo didn’t have to do anything else.
‘But it’s nice to have a good agent. It’s very comfortable. Good job signing the contract.’
Kang Jun-mo began to pay attention to Sang-woo except for the application for duplicate access rights.
First, he investigated in detail the specs of Sang-woo’s alter ego skill.
Kang Jun-mo listened to the facts and information Sang-woo found out.
He noticed one thing.
“You want to share your experience?”
“yes. When my alter ego exercises, my stats go up.”
“Huh… Really, it’s great, right? Hunter, then what about your skills?”
“As for the skill, I tried to make the alter ego use the clone magic skill before, but it didn’t work. I haven’t experimented with it since I had the Familiar skill.”
“Then let’s try an experiment now.”
Come to think of it, Sangwoo had never let his alter ego use the Familiar skill.
According to Kang Jun-mo’s opinion, I made No. 1 use the Familiar skill.
But nothing changed.
“Is it true that you are using the skill right now?”
“Well… I don’t know if I’m writing it or not. No. 1, are you using your familiar skills right now? Answer me.”
“There is no target.”
“ah! Come to think of it, the target hasn’t been decided.”
Kang Jun-mo listened to Sang-woo’s words and brought a cat nearby.
He said he borrowed it from a neighbor.
Sang-woo made No. 1 use the Familiar skill on the cat again.
After all, it was impossible to confirm with the naked eye whether the skill was being used, so I had No. 1 answer again.
“I can’t use it.”
No. 1’s answer was that he couldn’t use the skill.
Sang-woo asked why.
“Familiar skills cannot be used because it is not an enslaved object.”
“Right. Familiar skills can only be used on subordinate objects, so there are no targets other than pets.”
I made No. 1 to use the Familiar skill toward No. 2, but it was impossible to use it because it was not a subordinate object.
‘As expected, there was a reason why the price was cheap among supernatural skills. It’s only because the utilization is so narrow…’
In the end, the use of the Familiar skill using the alter ego ended in failure.
But there were results.
“Seeing that the clone tried to use the skill, it means that the clone can also use the skill.”
“Oh Hunter. I think that’s what I heard.”
“Then, maybe we can use the alter ego for skill training.”
“Wow- Awesome! Then Hunter-nim will be able to raise his skill level significantly, unlike other hunters!”
Excited Kang Jun-mo screamed.
“Thanks to the agent, I learned something new. Then, I need to buy a new skill because I am training the familiar skill now. I still have the Familiar skill installment left, but I’m going to break the money again…”
“Yes. But you don’t have to buy it now.”
“yes?”
“You can acquire it through training. I know how to acquire some skills.”
Kang Jun-mo said he would tell me about how to acquire skills he had learned while working at the Hyeseong Guild.
It was the ‘Strike’ skill.
The top-tier guilds in Korea manage hunters with their own training methods, and one of the curriculums was how to acquire the hitting skill.
“The acquisition method is simple. Just hit ‘with all your might’! That’s all.”
“You want to do your best?”
“yes. In the Comet Guild, it was usually practiced by hitting a hammer on a tire. It would be good to test it out.”
“Okay then let’s go to the gym to test it right away.”
Kang Jun-mo and Sang-woo took No. 1 to a well-maintained large gym.
Only No. 1 was given a one-day pass, and when the three entered, all eyes were on Sang-woo and No. 1.
“Look at that person. They look exactly the same.”
“Are they twins?”
“Ordinary twins look slightly different, but those people are exactly the same.”
Not paying attention to the people who said a word, they went to the huge tire on the side of the gym.
Large, well-built people with bulging muscles were training to lift tires or hit them with big hammers.
“Hey No. 1, do you see those people over there? Let’s practice hitting the tires with a hammer like they do. Let’s start!”
When Sang-woo’s order was given, No. 1 raised the hammer and began to strike it mercilessly at a tire lying on the ground nearby.
puck! puck! puck!
“No.1, harder! sooner! Hit it with all your might!”
When Sang-woo asked for more strength from No. 1, No. 1 gasped and gave more strength.
No. 1, his entire body burning red as if it were about to explode.
“Hit down with all your might! Go ahead!”
puck! puck! puck!
Everyone who was exercising around him stared at the fierceness.
“Even though he doesn’t look like he has a lot of muscles, he’s amazing.”
“Hey, you train really well. I have to do that too.”
“I can’t lose either. Ssssscha-!”
“Yaaaaap!”
They were people who suddenly started working out harder, as if they were stimulated by watching No. 1.
That heat was contagious, and that day the gym was filled with the hot moaning (?) of the men.
* * *
A few hours later.
While No. 1 worked hard to acquire the slam skill, Sang-woo and Kang Jun-mo discussed the use of alter egos, and the sun had already set.
On the way to leave the gym after training with a sad heart.
“As expected, it seems difficult to acquire the skill right away. There were no results today.”
“Still, if you keep your concentration like No. 1 and continue to do high-density training, you will get it right away. Even in the Comet Guild, there were hunters who got it in 15 days at the earliest, so you should be able to get No. 1 within a month at the longest. So don’t worry too much. Hunter.”
“Is that right? From now on, No. 1 should continue to run only that.”
“yes. And Hunter-nim will have to learn mana breathing quickly. After that, if you train your alter ego to mana breathing, the synergy will be no joke.”
“yes. I have to go to the academy again…”
Sang-woo replied with a look of annoyance.
It was when the 2 boys and 1 alter ego were returning home.
[A marksmanship skill has been created.]
A new skill has been created for Sang-woo.
