The Time-Limited Leader Makes the Raid a Success - Chapter 55



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Episode 56

56. Now, I will tell you about the vision.

Lee Cheol-joong visited his regular sushi restaurant for the first time in a long while. He found a reserved seat and sat down. It was a late lunch, so even though it was a small restaurant, it was quiet.

A little later, I heard a noise at the seat next to me. I greeted the other person while pouring a glass of the drink I had ordered in advance.

“How would I know if you said you’d meet me there last time?”

“You knew it, didn’t you? What is it? Are you already drinking? The sun is high in the sky.”

Kang Mu-hyeok naturally accepted the glass that Lee Cheol-joong offered. The two ordered sushi and took turns drinking two glasses with pickled shallots as an appetizer.

“You were already a guest, so tell me now. You wouldn’t have just called me.”

“Bugilma will hold a shareholders’ meeting soon.”

“You mean, about my seat? Well, I’ve always been after it, so I’m not surprised.”

“This time it’s a little different. Union Asset Management will join hands with Bugilma to form a new board of directors. It’s a move to replace the representative guild leader. One of the guild leaders has probably gone over there too. I don’t know the internal situation, so I don’t know where, but check out the places they’ve been distancing themselves from recently.”

“It’s obvious even without looking into it. They’re the Dynamic Collection guys. For some reason, they’ve been avoiding drinking parties lately. Damn, I thought I was just being careful because I was drunk again… But anyway, how did they know about this? They’re someone who left the guild a long time ago.”

Kang Moo-hyuk met Lee Cheol-joong’s eyes out of the corner of his eye. His voice was calm, but his eyes were filled with suspicion.

I don’t know what kind of attitude it was, but it was the attitude that a guild leader should have. That position could only be maintained by constantly being suspicious. Knowing that, I didn’t feel particularly sad or offended.

Because you too will have similar eyes.

“I got involved somehow. In the process of resolving it, I made a deal with Bugilma. I made some practical gains by using the Union.”

“Does that work against me quite a bit?”

“Yes. This time, it will be difficult for you to just let it go. I am sorry to tell you this.”

Lee Cheol-joong let out a low sigh. He fully understood what Kang Mu-hyeok meant.

As the leader of the Iron Will Guild, he made that decision. And what he meant by that was consideration for old times.

“I heard that the HR team was busy. I also knew that the target was Iron Will. I thought that Bugilma was simply trying to get revenge on you. That’s why I left it alone. It was not a time when I could have stood up and clashed with Bugilma. I wanted to bide my time. So who can I blame? You have no right to grumble about disloyalty.”

“There’s no need to feel sorry. It’s a natural choice for someone running a guild.”

“I guess you won’t feel sorry either.”

“It was a fair deal, and a profitable decision for both me and the guild leader.”

Lee Cheol-joong silently lifted his glass and held it out to Kang Mu-hyeok. Kang Mu-hyeok also lifted his glass and clinked it lightly. With a light slap, he drank the remaining alcohol in one gulp.

The sushi he ordered arrived, but Lee Cheol-jung tried to get up without even taking a bite of it.

“Thank you for letting me know. Even if we stop this, the fight won’t end completely. It was bound to happen at some point. I’ll have to find a way.”

“There’s not much time left. This time, it’s going to be difficult to get through it safely.”

“I can’t just keep getting beat up because I don’t have time.”

“We need to buy time.”

“Hmm, you’re not the type of person to talk nonsense. I guess there’s a way. How?”

Kang Moo-hyuk handed over a note.

When Lee Cheol-jung unfolded the folded paper, there was a phone number written inside.

“It’s a bit of a dirty trick, but it’s definitely effective… You’ve probably heard of the term ‘stockholder’s gunman.’”

He knew what a shareholder was. That’s why Lee Cheol-jung tilted his head as if he was even more puzzled.

The swindlers were small shareholders who attended the shareholders’ meeting and demanded money in exchange for disrupting the proceedings.

He would come to shareholder meetings like a ghost and cause a ruckus, especially when there were many sensitive issues.

“Those guys only work in regular companies. If they start acting like that in a listed guild, you know what kind of consequences they’ll get in return.”

“There is a group of hunters who are the general shareholders. They make special contracts and move during the general shareholders’ meetings of listed guilds. Their ranks are also quite high. If they try to force them out, the general meeting hall will be in shambles, so even the bugilma won’t be able to do anything. It will be postponed in some way. Try contacting them. You’ll be blocked from the entrance next time, but they will definitely cause trouble at this general meeting. In the meantime, try to persuade the shareholders, find a weak point, or find another way.”

“Huh! How is this… … .”

The shareholder who Kang Moo-hyeok spoke of was another of Mr. Joe’s businesses. She was a guild specialist who could change faces and voices and was organizing an organization to disrupt shareholder meetings.

As you make a living selling information, you will inevitably receive a flood of requests and find new business possibilities.

Mr. Joe confirmed that there were surprisingly many listed guilds that wanted to disrupt the shareholders’ meeting. However, ordinary shareholders’ meeting participants did not dare to risk their lives to disrupt it, so they did not go near the guild shareholders’ meeting. She could not just ignore it since she had discovered a blue ocean in that niche market.

“Well then, I have an appointment, so I’ll get up now.”

Kang Moo-hyuk picked up a piece of sushi, ate it, and stood up. As he was about to leave the sushi restaurant, Lee Cheol-jung suddenly became curious about something.

“Chief Kang, what did you have in your deal with Matthew? If it’s difficult for you to tell, you don’t have to.”

“The transfer of one hunter.”

“who?”

“This is Lee Jin-joo Hunter.”

“What?! Lee Jin-joo? Hey, that’s not it.”

“Please sign the transfer agreement later. That will be considered repayment of this debt.”

“Hey, hey!”

* * *

“Team Leader Kang… Oh, you’re the team leader now, right? Anyway, I didn’t know Team Leader Kang would ask to see me. What’s going on?”

“Hunter Lee Jin-ju. Let me get straight to the point. Transfer to Iron Will. How is it?”

“… … .”

Lee Jin-ju hesitated for a moment, unable to find the words to say. It was a completely unexpected proposal. No, it was a proposal that didn’t make sense. From Titan, which looked upon the Tier Guild, to Iron Will, which was treated as a C-rank at best.

Iron Will is quite famous these days, but compared to Titan, he is just a firefly under the moon.

Of course, it could be a very promising guild because it has a few mountable monster breeding grounds in the world, but in the end, the guild speaks for itself through skill and achievements. Most of those achievements came from gate hunting.

Iron Will was far from being able to speak of achievements.

“Did you think I would accept that offer? Seriously, Captain Kang, you’ve lost a lot of touch since you left Titan. Just go out and hunt any hunter and ask them. No. You can just hunt any regular person and ask them. Which one would you choose? If there were a hundred, it would be a hundred. It would be Titan.”

“I know. If it’s a hundred, it’s a hundred, if it’s a thousand, it’s a thousand. It’s a Titan. But if a pearl hunter is included in that hundred or thousand, one of them will have no choice but to choose Iron Will.”

Lee Jin-joo was nervous about Kang Mu-hyeok’s subtle tone of voice.

She was an ambitious hunter who aimed to become the first female expedition leader of the Tier Guild.

He was very sensitive to the interests, family affairs, and moods of those around him. In order to move up, not only his personal skills but also the support of the hunters behind him was important.

Kang Mu-hyeok, who had been waiting for his opponent to figure out the mood, opened his mouth again.

“You will know when you return to the guild that a temporary general meeting will be held soon at the request of Bugilma.”

“It’s nothing special, it’s just plain news. When didn’t Bugilma try to take Gilma’s place?”

“Several shareholders, including Union Asset Management, have decided to support Bugilma.”

“!!”

“And there’s a rumor that Matthew is returning to the expedition. Aren’t you on bad terms with Bugilma because of the incident you dealt with him before?”

“You ask questions like a snake even though you know everything, but now you sound like the old team leader.”

“If Bugilma becomes the guild leader, he won’t immediately kick out a hunter as skilled as Hunter Lee Jin-ju. There are people watching him. He’ll at least keep his contract. But he’ll have to give up his position as expedition leader. Unless he goes to another guild. And even if he does, it won’t be easy to remove the stones that rolled in along the way.”

“So?”

“This transfer was already discussed between me and Bugilma. If not, I wouldn’t have met a Titan Hunter out in public, saying I was crazy.”

Jinju Lee groaned without realizing it. If the conversation had progressed to this point, Bugilma’s intention was clear. It was an expression of her feelings of discomfort. It was an indirect way of telling Jinju Lee to leave.

‘Chief Kang Moo-hyuk is not a person who would lie. If you look into it even a little, he wouldn’t be talking nonsense about something that would be revealed in no time.’

Lee Jin-joo trusted the credibility of the former strategy team leader.

If I had known the story behind how Kang Mu-hyeok planned his transfer, I would have been upset, but paradoxically, I didn’t care because I trusted him to handle things.

Of course, even if I had known, it wouldn’t have changed much.

Kang Moo-hyuk spoke as if driving a wedge into the ground.

“The guild leader will also sign the transfer consent form.”

“Even, Gilma… … ?”

“Of course, that is only possible if Hunter Lee Jin-joo agrees to the transfer.”

Lee Jin-joo’s face darkened. Since she was quick at calculating, she immediately understood the situation she was in. At least the expedition leader had gone across the water.

Given Matthew’s personality, if his older brother becomes Gilma, he will likely use his power to cause trouble.

The current expedition leader, who was supposed to protect the members, was very sensitive to guild politics, so he might have turned a blind eye and pretended not to know.

I closed my eyes tightly to the future that was so obvious.

“That’s enough explaining the situation. Now, I’ll tell you the vision.”

Strangely enough, from that moment on, Kang Mu-hyeok’s voice began to sound sweet.

“I have dismissed the current leader of the Iron Will expedition. The position is empty. I will appoint Hunter Lee Jin-ju to fill that position. The existing expedition team has also been disbanded, and the new expedition team will be centered around Hunter Lee Jin-ju. Just like how I coordinated Hunter Lee Jin-ju’s hunting style in the past.”

Lee Jin-joo’s complexion became relaxed. Kang Mu-hyeok’s ability was trustworthy in areas related to guilds and hunting.

He immediately benefited from the ability himself. He changed his position from a wizard with a magician’s traits to a swordsman style, making him the main character of the expedition.

She found herself listening to Kang Mu-hyeok’s subsequent words.

“Although Iron Will’s homeland is a special area and is far from the gate, we will not sit back and do nothing about conquering the gate. First, we will slowly accumulate experience by forming alliances with guilds that are having trouble conquering the gate. In addition, we will help Jinju Lee learn the combat abilities of Hunter Lee Jinju and the know-how of the Red Gate through the guidance of Guild Leader Ju Se-ah. Of course, I will also support the expedition’s strategy and operations.”

Lee Jin-ju focused on the name Joo Se-ah. She was younger than her, but she was stronger than anyone else in Korea. She was a hunter worthy of the title of the strongest. Furthermore, she respected her as a fellow female hunter.

At first, I was hesitant about Iron Will’s scale, but as I began to feel a little more inclined, Joo Seah’s presence became more apparent.

“Well, it’s not bad. If everything goes according to plan. But wouldn’t it take too long for Iron Will to reach the level he’s aiming for? Even if he does, it’s probably not enough to form a successful expedition.”

“I have a plan that will shorten that time considerably.”

“Bok-an? Is there really such a thing? No. Is such a thing even possible? If it were possible, the other guilds wouldn’t be making such a fuss.”

“Establishing expedition tactics is a matter of training, so it will take time, but I plan to start improving the guild’s overall quantity and quality as soon as the transfer of Lee Jin-ju Hunter is complete. It may sound too obvious, but please trust me and transfer to Iron Will.”

There was no wavering in Kang Mu-hyeok’s eyes.

Before she knew it, Jinju Lee was nodding her head.