Trapped in a Webnovel as a Good-For-Nothing

Chapter 93

"I've seen you appear on TV a few times. You know, when you were coming out of a club in the morning holding a vodka bottle, and when you suddenly jumped on top of someone else's car with a bat, and..." said Yu-Ri.

"Stop," said Yu-Seong while watching the TV program with a rather strange expression. He cut Jin Yu-Ri off and tried to cool down his red face by fanning himself with his hand.

"I'm not trying to make fun of you. I've always heard such bad news that it feels really new and fresh to hear good stories instead. I should buy a VOD[1] and show it to my brother. I'm sure hell love it, Yu-Ri said.

"I know what you mean, but... Wow, this is... Even though he fanned himself rigorously, Yu-Seongs red face did not cool down.

This just raises my reputation by too much.

It was embarrassing to hear them commenting on his intelligence, calculated movement, excellent combat sense, and the evaluation saying that he would lead South Korea in the future. Most of all, he was compared to the members of the Taegeuk raid party led by the Swordmaster Cheok Jun-Hui. They even implicitly evaluated the pairing of himself and Kim Do-Jin above that attack team.

I have not a single thought of pairing up with Kim Do-Jin, but

Anyway, it felt strange to hear such a story.

"No way. Oppa, are you embarrassed?"

"Uh..."

"Whyre you embarrassed all of a sudden? You've been hearing a lot of compliments in newspaper articles and social media comments, right? Jin Yu-Ri asked.

"That's just in writing. It's my first time hearing people actually talk about me like that on TV, Yu-Seong said.

Ah?"

"Oh, I'm really embarrassed. It's no joke, said Yu-Seong. His face was flushed. He buried his face into the decorative cushion on the living room couch. At this moment, he really couldnt raise his head.

"You're especially cute today."

"Hush, Yu-Ri, Yu-Seong said.

Suddenly, his phone started to vibrate in short but continuous bursts. It sounded as if someone was calling him, but there also seemed to be something different about it.

Yu-Seong, still red-faced, rummaged through his pocket and brought it up to look at the screen. It wasn't a phone call. When he looked at the top of the screen, he could see countless notifications.

What is this?

Frustrated, Yu-Seong unlocked his cell phone. The first thing he saw was Choi Woo-Jae's message on Coconut Talk.

- You're doing great. I'll send you some more pocket money. I also have set a schedule with Chairman Yoo. Be fully prepared.

Yu-Seong couldn't hide his smile even though his face was still red. He immediately sent a reply saying, Thank you so much.

The notifications, in the meantime, were still coming.

What the heck?

- djas2356 started following you.

- Shin-999 started following you.

- lexkim started following you.

-...started following you.

-...started following you.

Perhaps it was because of the TV show, but his phone was suddenly going crazy with notifications of new followers on his social media.

But the show just ended

Actually, it was not difficult to figure out why there were suddenly so many followers. This was because a person with a profile picture of a fairly familiar face had just sent Yu-Seong a direct message on social media.

Kim Hyuk-Joon?

It was Koreas top celebrity hunter.

- Did you watch the show? I posted a link with your ID after I figured out that you are active on social media. I'll delete it right away if you are uncomfortable with it, so please send me a direct message. I'm rooting for you.

Kim Hyuk-Joon had sent quite a cautious message to Yu-Seong. It seemed like he was trying to be careful, since Yu-Seong was a member of a chaebol family. That was the reason why Yu-Seong had a flood of new followers.

The Star Factor skill has

Yu-Seong's system interface window suddenly popped up in front of him with the word *New flashing in gold next to the Star Factor skill. He easily guessed what that meant.

The additional ability is unlocked!

Did Kim Hyuk-Joon say that he would delete the link to the account he posted on Outstar if Yu-Seong was uncomfortable? What a joke!

Theres no way!

Kim Hyuk-Joon, currently the most well-known celebrity hunter in Korea, had 18 million followers on social media.

I cannot thank you enough, Yu-Seong shouted out loud. He quickly sent a reply to Kim Hyuk-Joon and immediately checked the flashing additional information of the Star Factor skill.

"Wow, this is awesome!"

It was heartfelt admiration. Yu-Seong was so extremely happy that he instantly forgot how embarrassed he had been because of the compliments that he had gotten from The Hunter's Night.

***

The small office of the guild Eclipse was no longer empty. There were a lot of office supplies and partitions, and a lot of employees had been hired to work. When Kim Do-Jin came to work in the late morning, wearing a rather comfortable outfit, the employees stood up and greeted him with surprised and envious expressions.

"Hello," said one of the employees.

"You are late," said another employee.

"Don't worry about it and do your job," said Do-Jin. He waved at them, then entered the president's office.

It was the first time Do-Jin came to work in the morning since he spent the majority of his day in a dungeon. It was not surprising that he received such attention from the employees, which he found somewhat uncomfortable.

Do-Jin did not actually pay too much attention to the employees. He was mostly annoyed that he had to actually be at work this afternoon for some interviews.

I need to recover my strength as soon as possible and get revenge

Do-Jin once again recalled the name Choi Woo-Jae that remained deep in his mind. Then, he checked his system interface window.

C-rank, level 60.

Others who saw it would think this was a surprising increase in level, but Do-Jin wasnt satisfied with the result.

I haven't regained even half of the power that I had when I was in the Aliod continent yet.

Maybe that was the reason why Yu-Seong's name had greatly piqued Do-Jins interest these days. At first, Yu-Seong had been a person to use and throw away. Then, at some point, he had become a person that Do-Jin wanted to have on his side. Now, he felt a little different.

It's... It's not a pleasant feeling, but

It also wasnt something unpleasant. These days, even when Do-Jin thought of the name Yu-Seong, he was overwhelmed by the desire to go to dungeons and become even stronger. This was just like how he thought of Choi Woo-Jae as motivation to train. The problem was that Kim Do-Jin did not know exactly what this feeling was.

'I thought I'd mastered a lot of emotions over 50 years, but I really can't figure it out.

It was an unknown feeling. The word unknown was one that Do-Jin hadn't needed to use in a long time, and this made him feel a bit uncomfortable.

It's a feeling that I don't need.

Kim Do-Jin lightly shook off that thought and reached out to a few resumes that were on the desk. He checked the faces of the people that he was supposed to interview today. When someone knocked on the closed door of the president's office, he said with a frown, "Come in."

A male employee in his twenties carefully opened the door. With a somewhat red face, the employee rambled some words. "Well, sorry, boss, we've got some visitors just now and

"Get to the point."

"...They want to see how strong you are, boss.

Hearing the employees summary of the situation, Kim Do-Jin smiled and stood up from his seat without hesitation. He commented, Great summary.

A perfect guest had come just when Do-Jin was getting annoyed by his own strange feelings.

***

Kim Do-Jin and Baek Ah-Rin, the current super rookies representing both genders in Korea, had set up a guild. It made perfect sense. However, there were quite a few people who didnt view it in a good way. For example, the top ten guilds executives, who had worked hard to recruit the two, and the conglomerates bigshots, were among the unhappy ones. Therefore, it was expected that someone would come and pick a fight with them at least once. Though, even if they did, Do-Jin thought that they wouldn't cross certain lines.

After all, they wont hear anything pleasant from the public if they send an S-rank to pick a fight with a guild where the president is only a C-rank hunter.

In other words, they wouldnt be able to take action directly in a situation like that. They could certainly hurt Do-Jin, but it would instantly turn them into a laughingstock. After all, they would be seen as bullying the weak.

Therefore, Do-Jin had thought that those bigshots would simply send a couple of B-rank hunters to threaten him into submission.

"But..." said the employee.

Kim Do-Jin's eyebrows twitched when he saw a group of funny-looking people blocking the offices entrance as soon as he left the president's office.

I'm Cha Sun-Wook," said the man who looked like the head of the party.

Cha Sun-Wook

Kim Do-Jin tried to recall the name several times in his head, then smiled subtly. "Never heard of you.

"Well, Im not as famous as you or the vice president here. I may not look like much, but Im"

"An A-ranker.

Cha Sun-Wooks expression changed as his abilities were bluntly revealed. He scratched his cheek and muttered, "How did you know that? Is it a skill?"

"I don't think there's any reason for me to answer," said Do-Jin.

Cha Sun-Wook smirked at Kim Do-Jin's words, shrugged, and nodded. Do-Jin felt that the vibe of the conversation was strangely different from what he had first thought. He tilted his head and pointed out, "You dont seem to have come here to pick a fight.

"Half right, half wrong. Didn't that kid tell you?" Cha Sun-Wook looked at the young employee who was basically hiding behind Kim Do-Jin.

"I've heard that you wanted to see how strong I am," said Do-Jin.

"That's right. Your company is planning to set up a team of hunters these days, right?

Cha Sun-Wook wasnt completely wrong; the interviews that Kim Do-Jin had come for today were in order to find a hunter team member to go to dungeons with. If it hadnt been about that, he wouldnt even have come to work in the first place.

In fact, a team was not really necessary for Kim Do-Jin, who had been targeting rank 6 dungeons so far. However, it would be a bit different from rank 7 onward. The difference in difficulty between rank 6 and rank 7 was not just a small gap, but a massive abyss.

If I regain a little more strength and do my best, Ill still be able to clear them, but it would be a little easier with a strong enough team member.

Kim Do-Jin was clearly the kind of lone-wolf, maverick character, but that didn't mean he completely ignored the positives of having colleagues. He was sure that, had he been alone, it would have taken him more than ten years to topple the demon king on the Aliod continent.

In conclusion, in Kim Do-Jin's opinion, it was not a bad thing to keep a supporter by his side as long as the supporter was capable of following him.

"So what?" asked Do-Jin.

"I'll be straightforward. My friends and I all want to join the Eclipse Guild."

At Cha Sun-Wook's words, Kim Do-Jin looked closely at the people behind Sun-Wook. They had come in a group, like some kind of high school bullies, but the aura they gave off was nothing to laugh at.

All of them are at least B-rank.'

Not only that, but there were even a few A-rank hunters mixed in, apart from Cha Sun-Wook. Of course Do-Jin was suspiciousthese people were not the kind to randomly join a startup guild, whether it was founded by a super-rookie or not. There was definitely a catch.

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