I Possess Too Many Characteristics

Chapter 28

After Sangsu, who had poured out Jeonghyeon’s story, left,

Junwon was sitting alone in his office, lost in thought.

An unregistered Hunter at Level 3?

It’s only natural to assume he’s F-Rank.

Who would hide their rank and operate in this day and age if they weren’t?

‘Even though his proficiency level seems to have risen quickly, it’s possible.’

Although it felt like it had risen much faster than usual, it was still understandable.

He single-handedly defeated two D-Rank Villains, so what does the proficiency level matter?

But the problem was,

‘If he’s F-Rank, how in the world did he catch two D-Ranks?’

It was something more fundamental.

It couldn’t be explained by mere luck.

Even if he could somehow manage to take down one by taking advantage of their carelessness, how did he deal with the other one?

Furthermore, Junwon was even more surprised because he was familiar with the Masked Duo.

To think there was such a backstory to their sudden deaths a while ago.

That alone meant that the Hunter named Han Jeonghyeon was hiding something that transcended his rank.

Junwon, who had been picturing Jeonghyeon, whom he had never met, in his mind, finally exclaimed.

“Ah! Then the Association would already know about it anyway.”

No matter how much he was in charge of scouting low-rank Hunters, Junwon still held a position in the Jeongjin Guild.

His personal power was also at a tremendous level of B-Rank Level 5.

Therefore, it wasn’t strange that Junwon knew the most suitable contact for this situation.

“Let’s see……”

Junwon’s eyes finally stopped as he searched through his phone’s contacts for the number.

━（Association） Investigation Division 3 Cha Yerin

Division 3, which is in charge of investigating Villains inside Gates within the Association.

Junwon had the number of Yerin, the head of that division.

It had been quite a while since he got the number when Yerin started to stand out in the Association, but Junwon had never contacted her until now.

“Because even if I contacted her, it wouldn’t have worked.”

Yerin was a celebrity in the Hunter world, needless to say.

As soon as it was revealed that she had an A-Rank trait, guilds from all over the country, and even foreign guilds, sent her love calls, but the fact that she ultimately chose the Association further fueled her fame.

Even though Junwon wasn’t the type to be driven by personal gain, he didn’t think it was a wise decision.

Furthermore, she ignored all the implicit requests that were hard to overlook and even boldly reported them to the internal audit department or investigative agencies.

As a result, she became a pie in the sky that everyone coveted but couldn’t touch.

‘Tsk, I don’t want to contact this person either unless it’s absolutely necessary.’

Yerin’s image was the same for Junwon.

Although there were a few opportunities to naturally have conversations with her because they were around the same age, had high ranks, and awakened around the same time,

He couldn’t figure out what her true intentions were.

Coincidentally, they shared the same surname, so he tried to strike up a conversation, but……

“Ahaha, Hunter-nim Yerin, you’re also a Cha? I haven’t seen many Chas until now.”

“Yes, so what?”

What could he do when this was the response he got?

It’s not like Junwon was really happy to see someone with the same surname, and she must have realized that he was usually trying to build a rapport.

It was so bad that her nickname among the Hunters who knew her was Pretty Crazy Bitch.

But now wasn’t the time to be picky.

If Han Jeonghyeon was truly a gem buried in the mud of being unregistered, he had to unearth him no matter what.

Ring ring━

He reluctantly made the call, but Yerin didn’t answer easily.

Even this was a new experience for Junwon, who rarely had his calls ignored.

And just as he was about to hang up, a voice came from the other side.

━Yes, this is Cha Yerin, Head of Investigation Division 3.

“Ah, Chief Cha. This is Cha Junwon from Jeongjin.”

━Yes, go ahead.

As expected, it was a reaction that wouldn’t draw a single drop of blood even if you pricked her.

If she had answered rudely or curtly, he would have at least felt bad, but her voice itself was warm and polite, making it impossible for the other person to complain.

But this time, Junwon didn’t back down either.

“It’s nothing else, but do you happen to know a Hunter named Han Jeonghyeon?”

It was better to be direct with Yerin.

It was obvious that he would only tire himself out by beating around the bush.

As expected, a meaningful response came back.

━Aha, Hunter Han Jeonghyeon? I don’t know him.

“I don’t think you don’t know him.”

━I don’t know him.

“He’s the one who caught the Masked Duo. Isn’t it dereliction of duty if you don’t know him?”

━No, it’s not. I’m hanging up now.

It was a truly shameless attitude.

If she really didn’t know him, she would have asked back, ‘Who’s that?’, but to blatantly say ‘Aha, Hunter Han Jeonghyeon?’ and then claim not to know him was nothing more than playing dumb.

There was no way someone like Cha Yerin would make such a mistake, so she must have been intentionally teasing him.

It meant that she wouldn’t tell him even if she knew.

But Junwon didn’t back down so easily either.

He grinned and said,

“If Chief Cha doesn’t know him, I guess we can freely recruit him to Jeongjin.”

━……Suit yourself. I’m really hanging up now.

The call ended just like that.

On the surface, it seemed like a conversation with no gains for Junwon, but it was actually different.

‘At least he’s someone Cha Yerin acknowledges.’

She didn’t even pretend not to know Han Jeonghyeon, and she was a little shaken by him saying that he would recruit him.

It was clear that Cha Yerin was also paying attention to him.

Junwon pressed one of the call buttons on his desk.

And soon, a man entered the office.

“Did you call?”

‘Yes, Assistant Manager Seo Jin-wook. Something came up that I need your help with.”

“Just tell me.”

It was Seo Jin-wook, who worked directly under Junwon.

Although he was Junwon’s subordinate, he was a C-Rank Level 3 Hunter.

Even though he was only like that because he had been focusing on desk work since joining Jeongjin, considering that his actual experience as a Hunter was much longer than Junwon’s, he was a veteran among veterans.

He was also someone Junwon would always consult with on slightly heavier scouting matters.

In other words, it was safe to assume that Junwon had made up his mind to some extent if he called Jin-wook.

“Han Jeonghyeon, unregistered, estimated Level 3. I need you to look into this person. I’ll send you the details in a file.”

“Yes, Team Leader-nim.”

After Jin-wook left, Junwon sank deep into his chair.

“An unregistered Hunter……”

Junwon, who had been awakened for almost five years, was also a fairly experienced Hunter, but the era of the so-called ‘Romance of the Unregistered’ was even further in the past.

It was when the founders of each influential guild were still active.

Perhaps Jeonghyeon was the ‘Romance of the Unregistered’ that couldn’t be found in the present era.

If he could discover such a Hunter, wouldn’t there be a way for him to climb higher than just being stuck in HR Team 2?

An image of a gray-haired man formed in Junwon’s mind.

The best of Jeongjin and one of the pillars of Korean Hunters in name and reality.

“Considering the Guild Leader’s personality, who’s always talking about romance, he’d be more than happy to do it.”

A deep smile spread across Junwon’s lips.

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━10,153,000 Korea Hunter Association

“Kyaa! Money is the best after all!”

Jeonghyeon rolled around on his bed, looking at the deposit details on his banking app.

The profit from this Rock Spider hunt was a little over 10 million won.

After rolling around for a while, Jeonghyeon stretched out and muttered,

“Ha…… I could have earned more if I had just dismantled them.”

It was because of the Rock Spider byproducts that kept appearing before his eyes whenever he closed them!

Originally, he would have dismantled them one by one as he went, but where was the time for that this time?

He had been dodging the swarming Rock Spiders, and after catching the boss, he had rushed out in a daze.

But he couldn’t just blame the boss.

Most of the profit he earned this time was from the reward for hunting that mutated boss.

Besides, Jeonghyeon knew better than anyone that this was a complaint he could only make when he was full.

“Yeah, it’s great that I’m earning this much. It’s 10 million won in a day’s work.”

500 for the first hunt, 1,000 for catching the Villain, and 1,000 for this time.

It seemed like he had become quite well-off after only a few hunts.

Before, he was barely able to make ends meet after earning for a day and paying off his debts.

But even Jeonghyeon still had a lingering complaint that couldn’t be resolved.

“I don’t care about that, but I wish I could hunt normally next time!”

It was because, from others’ perspectives, the things Jeonghyeon had gone through could only be described as incredibly unlucky.

The only normal hunt he had was probably the ‘Corridor of Dried Corpses’ when he first met Sunhyeong’s party.

Of course, if those who looked at Jeonghyeon with pity knew that he was the owner of an EX-Rank trait, they might throw stones at him, telling him to shut up.

‘Well, it’s fortunate if I don’t throw knives……’

Perhaps this strong bad luck was because he had obtained a trait beyond the ranks.

But would he give up because of that? No way.

‘It’s fine if I just catch all the Villains and mutated bosses.’

If he worked hard and grew stronger, there would come a time when no one would dare to challenge him, so why bother?

Until then, he would always have to be careful and take good care of himself.

━R r r

At that moment, the phone in Jeonghyeon’s hand rang.

It wasn’t a text message, but a call.

‘There’s nowhere I’m expecting a call from?’

He looked at the screen with a puzzled expression and saw a slightly unexpected person, Han Sangsu.

He had saved his contact information because Sangsu had begged him to exchange numbers before they parted ways after leaving the Rock Spider Gate, but he didn’t expect him to actually call.

A bright voice came over as he answered the phone.

━Ah, Hyung-nim! Have you been well!

“That Hyung-nim thing…… You’ve been doing well, right?”

Perhaps as a psychological reward for saving his life, Sangsu always addressed him as Hyung-nim and spoke respectfully.

Jeonghyeon had told him it was burdensome because they were the same age, but Sangsu insisted that if someone was stronger, they were Hyung-nim.

━Hyung-nim, don’t you have any thoughts about joining Jeongjin?

“Huh?”

He wondered why Sangsu had called, and it turned out to be quite a big deal.

Jeongjin?

It seemed that he had called the guild as soon as he left the Gate and told them about Jeonghyeon.

‘I can’t stop him from doing that……’

Jeonghyeon couldn’t nitpick about Sangsu sharing his experiences, so it wasn’t Sangsu’s fault,

But it wasn’t pleasant to have his story spread around.

Moreover, wouldn’t it be suspicious to the Jeongjin people, who were the best of the best, even though he could somehow manage to get past the beginner Hunters like Sunhyeong’s party?

‘Anyway, judging by the fact that he’s asking if I’ll join, it doesn’t seem like they think badly of me.’

Jeonghyeon fell into thought for a moment.

He had thought about it while dealing with the Rock Spiders, but he couldn’t hunt alone forever.

It wasn’t like he had received an offer from a mediocre guild, it was Jeongjin.

There were a few guilds in Korea that were considered to be on a similar level, but none had a clear advantage.

But soon, Jeonghyeon shook his head.

“Thank you for the offer, but I don’t have any thoughts about it right now.”

━Huh? But…… Then hold on a second! There’s someone who wants to talk to you, is that okay?

“Huh? Who…… Yeah, sure.”

And the call ended just like that.

It was bewildering, just like when he first received the call.

Judging by the context, it must have been someone from the Jeongjin Guild.

It was definitely a good opportunity to be scouted, but not now.

It wasn’t like there was no potential for him to increase his value, and if he was given time, Jeonghyeon’s worth would skyrocket.

Just as he was calming himself down in a situation where he couldn’t help but lick his lips, Jeonghyeon’s phone rang again.

“Yes, this is Han Jeonghyeon.”

━Yes, hello, Hunter-nim. This is Seo Jin-wook, Assistant Manager of HR Team 2 at Jeongjin Guild.