Seoul Station’s Necromancer Chapter 35:
Chapter 35 – Dungeon Reset (3)
He entered by breaking the regulation, so will he be arrested or be given a penalty?
“Haha… . ”
It was when everyone’s attention was focused on him, Woojin saw the security personnel that was still hanging around the station . He spoke towards the one who had pushed him .
“Uh-ooh, ahjuhshi . What were you doing pushing me? I almost died . ”
“I…I didn’t push you…”
Woojin approached the security personnel then he gave an exaggerated hug .
“Hahaha . It’s alright . Everything is fine since I’m still alive . Ahjuhshi was probably also surprised? You don’t have to feel guilty . Aren’t I still alive?”
No . How can this be considered just being alive? This was the first incident where a Roused had successfully cleared a 5 star Dungeon by himself .
“Uh uh? Hey . Hey . Hurry up and turn the camera . ”
The people from the tv station, who were taking a break, started to busily set up their cameras .
When the announcer spoke, Woojin’s image was captured by the camera, and it was broadcasted to the entire country .
“We are bringing you some breaking news . Mr . Kang, who had accidentally fallen into the Dungeon, has surprisingly come back out alive . We have no idea what has happened, but I will try to interview the person directly involved . ”
When Jung-minchan saw the announcer approaching Woojin, he sidled up next to Woojin . Minchan took off his coat then he placed it around Woojin .
“Uh?”
Woojin was confused, but Minchan quickly placed an arm around him .
“Please dont’ do anything . If your identity is revealed through the press, then the press and people around the country will gather to bother you . ”
That couldn’t happen . Woojin obediently put the jacket over his head . Sunggoo was quick on the uptake, and he also sidled up next to Woojin . Kim-haemin quickly went to get his car, so they could make a quick exit .
During all of this, Jung-minchan blocked the path of television crew, and the reporters who were relentlessly pressing down on their camera’s shutter .
“He has just barely made it back out alive from the 5 star Dungeon . He is declining to do an interview . He requires stability right now . ”
“Who are you dt block us? Doesn’t the public have the right to know?”
Several complaining reporters recognized Jung-minchan’s face .
“Isn’t he a Hammer guild’s team leader?”
“Does that mean the Roused in the accident is part of the Hammer Guild?”
“Was this incident disguised as an accident, so the Hammer guild could **** the Dungeon away?”
Jung-minchan became serious when he heard the reporters talking in whispers .
“Please stop these speculative reporting . I will sue you . If the personal information of the Roused is leaked then we will respond strongly . ”
Minchan blocked the reporters, who were trying to earn at least a single shred of information . Haemin brought his car around during all of this .
“Team leader! Over here . ”
Sunggoo and Woojin quickly entered the back seats . When Minchan also got in the car, Haemin quickly drove into the crossroads before the mass of people could crowd around the car .
“Whew . It felt like I’ve turned into a criminal . ”
Michan let out a sigh when he heard Woojin’s words .
“Whew . I’m not really sure if I am in a dream or not . ”
Minchan’s heart pounded . His intuition had pointed out Woojin, but he would have never guess Woojin would be able to clear a 5 star Dungeon by himself… . Moreover, it was an undisclosed Dungeon .
“So what happened?”
“What do you mean? I was pushed, and I entered co . incident . ally?” (TLN: he clipped the word coincidentally into 3 parts)
Minchan smirked at Woojin, who answered a question with a question . If someone saw him right now, who in their right mind would think this person just came out of a 5 star Dungeon?
“So how was the Dungeon?”
“Ah . It was somewhat of a hairy experience . ”
“It must have been an arduous experience, since you weren’t able to bring out any loot . ”
Ah, it was a in his sub-dimension . He was late, because he was gathering every last drop of bloodstones… .
Woojin didn’t feel the need to tell him the truth .
“Well, it was something like that . ”
Jung-minchan half-turned his body from the passenger seat, and he stared straight at Woojin .
“There will be a lot of noise in the media for awhile . Don’t go to a Dungeon for the time being . Better yet don’t even come out . The Hammer guild will try its best to block the reporters, and the tv crews . ”
Woojin grinned at Minchan’s words . Why was he putting so much effort into him? Why was this ahjuhshi so amicable towards him?
“What’s the catch?”
Minchan gulped down his saliva .
“Will you join the Hammer guild? Your ability is already proven now, so it would be possible for me to get you the vice president’s seat . I’ll be able to get the authorization from the president with no problem . Moreover, we will make a team just for Woojin-nim . You will also have free reign to choose your team members . ”
Sunggoo, who was listening to the conversation from the side, gulped down his saliva .
It was understandable . There were only 10 Rank A Roused in Korea . Woojin had suddenly emerged, and he might be a new Rank A Roused . Of course, he would be treated well, but this was too shocking .
Sunggoo stopped breathing as his eyes headed towards Woojn’s lips . Even Haemin, who was driving, pointed his ears towards Woojin as he focused on what Woojin would say .
*
“Chet . Why does he have to go to a place like that to get publicity?”
Hammer guild’s president Park-sahngoh clicked his tongue as if he was displeased . His ire rose when he saw team leader Jung-minchan’s face on the breaking news .
The 5 star Dungeon was only two station down from the Sahdahng station yet the Hwarang guild was in line to be the first one to attack the Dungeon . Minchan had the galls to linger around there .
In the first place, wasn’t he trying to scout a necromancer name Woojin or whatever? Wasn’t this the price of neglecting his original duties?
When Minchan returned, he would hand down a strict disciplinary action . It happened when he was having such thoughts .
“Uh?”
The barrier being filmed by the broadcasting camera disappeared, and Woojin walked out . Park-sahngoh abruptly stood up from his seat .
“This is nuts . ”
He soloed a 5 star Dungeon?
It was possible . Park-sahngoh was confident he could do it . However, he was a Rank A Roused . Wasn’t the other person a Rank C? No . He was able to become a Rank C, because Jung-minchan adjusted the Rank from the middle .
“Is he a Rank A?”
This Roused wasn’t at all like Park-jinwoo where his potential had to be unearthed . This person was already a completed product .
“This is crazy . ”
Was Jung-minchan’s intuition correct?
He saw Minchan on the broadcast . He hurriedly protected Woojin’s identity . They got on a car, then they quickly drove off .
Park-sahngoh made a fist .
“Yes! I knew team leader Jung would succeed . ”
Jung-minchan was about to reel in the 3rd Rank A Roused for the Hammer guild .
*
Hwarang guild’s Master Lee-sahngho was sighing as he read over the investigative report prepared by the Support department .
“How confident are you on this report?”
“About 70% . ”
“Hmmm . ”
Lee-sahngho frowned .
A Roused named Kang-woojin was the subject of this investigation .
The conclusion from the investigation was written in this report .
The Roused was secretly grown by the Hammer guild . He had disappeared for 5 years, but there weren’t any conclusive evidence as to whether he really disappeared or not . He became active only recently, and he hadn’t tried to raise his Roused Rank . He had been working as a Rank C .
Moreover, he cut in line in front of the Vermillion team, who had arrived first at the Dungeon .
“Didn’t he just ignore the queue?”
Woojin was the very first person to write his name for the queue . However, he was a Rank C Roused . He didn’t have the right . His attempt at the Dungeon broke the rules .
He entered the Dungeon using an accident as an excuse . He basically worked around the rules? He also risked going in solo? Moreover, he did this while revealing his identity as a secretly cultivated Roused?
The Hammer guild did this to take a mere 5 star Dungeon?
“It just doesn’t add up . The Hammer guild is currently struggling to shut the reporters from talking . Couldn’t we draw a conclusion from this fact?”
Hammer guild wanted to keep Woojin’s identity a secret .
The Support team leader, who had made the report, furrowed his brows .
“If he isn’t affiliated with the Hammer guild, then his skill can’t be explained . ”
“That’s correct . It can’t be explained . If a person could become a Rank A just from completing 4 Dungeons, then couple hundred Rank A would exist . ”
“That’s true . ”
“Please investigate him again . Please approach the investigation as if he was free . Please look at it as a possibility . ”
The Support team leader thought **** it before he spoke .
“President . There is one way we can find out his affiliation . ”
Lee-sahngho’s ears perked up .
“What is it?”
“Mr . Kang-woojin is still an incomplete . ”
“……!”
Lee-sahngho’s round eyes turned into a crescent shape, then he smiled .
Of course, if they used that method, then they would be able to accurately dig up Woojin’s affiliation .
*
“Pooh-haha . I really like that part . ”
“Haha . You are so funny, hyung-nim . ”
Jaemin frowned since he couldn’t focus on his study in this environment . He turned his head to see them laughing their heads off at the comedy program . Sunggoo, Woojin and the cat… Uh? Why is a cat laughing like that?
Maybe this cat has some self-awareness?
As he looked at them, Jaemin couldn’t stop himself from speaking .
“I’m studying for test, so couldn’t you turn down the volume?”
“All right . All right . ”
Woojin half-heartedly pressed the button on the remote, and a single bar of volume went down .
“Hehe . I’m sorry, student Jaemin . ”
“Ha-ah . ”
Jaemin let out a deep sigh .
Why did this house become an inn for those youths with nowhere to go?
“Hyung . Aren’t you guys worried?”
“Ah haha . About what?”
Woojin gave a half-hearted answer as his eyes never left the tv .
“It’s been 3 days since the reporters started blanketing outside . ”
Jaemin’s voice was filled with exhaustion .
“They’ll start to get tired of me, then they’ll enventually disappear . ”
There were a lot less reporters compared to the first day . However, that wasn’t the problem .
“Hyung . Haven’t you seen the internet? They are making a huge ruckus about the person who soloed a 5 star Dungeon . I know it was hyung . ”
“I guess I’m famous now . ”
Jaemin shook his head from side-to-side at Woojin’s apathetic answer .
There were several dozens of speculative articles written about Woojin every day before it got buried .
[The veiled Roused, KangXX . What is his identity?]
[Hammer guild’s secret Roused . ]
There were all kinds of speculative reporting rampant everywhere, yet how can the people directly involved be so relaxed?
Woojin was annoyed at Jaemin, who kept talking to him . So he brought out his wallet .
“Ah . I’m in an inconvenient situation, so I can’t eve go out right now . That being said could you go out an buy some tangerines?”
“Student Jaemin . Please buy two bags . ”
Hul . These hyungs looked frighteningly more relaxed than me? Furthermore, I’m the one who is being inconvenienced . He was **** uncomfortable right now .
“Hyung . It’s my testing period . ”
“You can have the leftover money as a tip for shopping for me . ”
Woojin took out $50 bill and he waved it around . Jaemin had a sullen expression as he glared at the money . Then he stood up from his chare/
“Do you need anything else?”
“Student Jaemin . I want a Melona . ” (TLN: ice cream)
“I want a Wonder cone . ”
“Nyahh, Nyahhng . ”
“…… . ”
Woojin immediately raised the volume as soon as Jaemin left .
“Hyung-nim . Aren’t we being too much of a bother to student Jaemin?”
“Haha . Where else are we going to go? Everywhere we go the reporters are following us . ”
The reporters had even come looking for them at their home, and they were making life difficult for their family members . This was why the two of them had escaped to Jaemin’s house . It had already been 3 days, but the undercover reporters were still hanging around where they stayed . They couldn’t even go to a Dungeon, so they were just staying inside Jaemin’s one room .
“Also, hyung-him . Are you really going to keep turning down the Hammer guild’s offer?”
“Uh . Why?”
Ah, it was a great opportunity .
They don’t give the vice president seat to just anyone… .
“Whew . It’s nothing, hyung-nim . “
Ddi-ri-ri-ri . .
At that moment, Woojin’s hand phone started ringing, so he answered it .
“Yes, mother . Are the reporters still showing up? Yes . What?”
Woojin, who had been lying down on his side as he watched tv, suddenly sat up .
“They still send those things out?”
Sunggoo was curious to know what was said on the phone . What made Woojin so surprised?
“Whew . I understad . If I have the chance later, I’ll go pick it up . ”
“Hyung-nim . What’s going on?”
Sunggoo asked the question as soon as Woojin ended the call .
Woojin’s face turned as serious as Sunggoo had ever seen .
“Sunggoo . ”
“Yes, hyung-nim . ”
“Did our countries unify yet?”
“Not yet . ”
“Why not?”
“…… . ”
If he knew the answer to that question, then he would be the Minister of Unification . Why would he be sitting here?
Woojin pressed firmly on his temple .
His draft notice had come .
It had been 5 years since the Dungeon had formed, but this **** country was still divided .
“Hey, Sunggoo . You should come with me to Pyongyang . ”
“What? Why would we go there?”
“Let’s go kill Kim-jungil . ”
“What? Kim-jungil has been dead for awhile… . ”
“What? He’s dead yet the countries aren’t united?”
“His son took over . ”
“…… . ”
“…… . ”
After thinking over it for a moment, Woojin spoke again .
“Then let’s go kill that son of a **** . ”
“What?”
Woojin was looking at Sunggoo with a serious face, so he knew Woojin wasn’t making a joke at his expense . So he sobered up .
“Hyung-nim . What’s causing you to act this way?”
“My draft notice was issued . ”
“…… . ”
Sunggoo’s expression turned serious . Woojin abruptly stood up .
“H…hyung-nim . ”
“Let’s go! Let’s unite the country . Let’s unite it before I have to join the army . ”
“H…hyung-nim . Please calm down . Do you really think both countries will immediately unite just from killing that person?”
“Why not? It’ll work . ”
“It won’t . ”
Woojin sat down in despair when he heard Sunggoo’s words .
“Ha-ah . ”
What era were they in? Why was the compulsory military service still a thing?
Sunggoo seriously thought about the situation alongside Woojin, when a thought suddenly came to him .
“Ah, hyung-nim!”
“What?”
“When a Roused goes to the army, they are assigned to a special division . ”
“Why?”
“They are the first ones to be mobilized to the station when the Dungeon Break erupts”
“So what?”
“There is a way you could do the same work without entering the army . ”
“Explain it so I can easily understand it . ”
Sunggoo had dropped out of school, so his draft notice would also be coming soon . This was why Sunggoo had done some research on the army, so Sunggoo was well informed on this subject .
“It is like working for the public interest . You don’t enter the army, but when the military asks for help, you have to cooperate with them to suppress the monsters . ”
“Oh! So how do I apply for it?”
“This option is only available for the Roused who are verified as being a member of a guild . ”
“Mmmm . ”
Sunggo slyly spoke to Woojin, who was racking his brain .
“Why don’t you use this opportunity to join a guild?”
“Hmm . ”
Woojin thought about it .
‘Should I secretly enter Pyongyang for an assassination?’
He didn’t want to join a guild in the first place, so entering one wasn’t even an option . Then Woojin suddenly had a good idea .
“Hey, Sunggoo . ”
“Yes, hyung-nim . ”
“Let’s make a guild . ”
“What?”
Woojin put on a satisfied smile .
“Get ready to establish a guild . ”
He didn’t want to bow his head to enter a guild . So he’ll just make a new one . It’s just a guild, so he could probably half-ass it when he made one .