The karma of the pro hunter neighbors who have started to secretly absorb health drinks.
Jinseok coughs in embarrassment.
"Hmm..."
Well, now was the time.
It's now that the hunters from the Dainty Guild, our neighbors, have gathered for their morning exercise.
Jinseok suddenly shows a sinister look in his eyes.
'It would be a good time to collect a lot of karma while the pro hunters, who are my neighbors, gather for their morning exercise... I'm sorry I can't explain the karma extraction process, but it would make things unnecessarily complicated if I did, so let's collect everything secretly like we did just now!'
The karma extraction of the pro hunter neighbors has begun in earnest.
Jinseok gives instructions to his lucky son, Goldie.
"Hehehe, Goldie, let's get started then!"
"Bam!"
Jinseok begins to approach the Dainty Guild members one by one, using greetings as an excuse to stretch.
"Hi, thank you so much for helping me move yesterday. It's nothing much, but please give me a health drink!"
"Oh, thank you."
Jinseok naturally makes contact with the hunters while handing them health drinks.
Every time, Goldie secretly absorbs the hunters' karma like Yamsi.
"Dueut!"
So 10 minutes later.
Jinseok absorbs the karma of all 20 members of the Dainty Guild.
Then, in the details, it was recorded that the Karma Coin had become really full.
[Accumulated Karma Coins 10,200]
Jinseok is secretly delighted.
"Wow, I've already collected 10,200 Karma Coins in just 20 minutes... As expected, I'm not that bad at keeping things simple!"
Jinseok thinks with a look of triumph in his eyes.
Since you've already collected about 10,000 Karma Coins, the days of purchasing unique items from the DLC shop may not be long.
Moreover, Jinseok has not yet been able to absorb someone with a huge karma value.
...from Mito, one of only four S-rankers in Korea.
Jinseok scratches the tip of his nose, feeling embarrassed.
"Mito knows about Goldie's existence, but we're still not even on friendly terms, so I can't just extract her... I guess I'll have to ask her politely later and then try."
"Duet?"
It was around this time that Jinseok was waiting after collecting his karma with his head.
Mito was giving instructions as the Hunters' stretching session ended.
"Okay, then shall we all head out for breakfast?"
"Yes, Gilma!"
Mito approaches Jinseok gently and starts a conversation.
"Huh... Jinseok!"
"yes!"
"Would you like to have breakfast with me? I use the Hanbit Group cafeteria every morning, and it's really nice. Jinseok, you might want to join us for breakfast every morning. I'm planning to visit with the rest of the staff right now."
Mito's suggestion was to have breakfast together.
Wow, how could I refuse to have a meal with a female college student who is the same age as me and an S-ranking student?
Jinseok immediately responds with a bright smile.
"Yes, thank you for inviting me to breakfast!"
"Oh, no."
"Ahem, then where should I go to the company cafeteria?"
"Umm, it's about 30km from here."
"Aha, 30km... Yes?"
Jinseok gives an awkward smile in a moment of embarrassment.
I wonder if Mito is joking. After all, the breakfast place is 30km away. Surely she wouldn't run there just to exercise?
Jinseok's face turns pale with an inexplicable feeling of unease.
'Damn it... If Mito really jumps up and down to go eat, I might collapse on the way there.'
But that was then.
Mito leisurely gives instructions to her short-haired colleague.
It was a somewhat unexpected sight for Jinseok.
"Yumi, I'll be counting on you to take good care of the portal today as well."
"Yes, Sister Gilma!"
The short-haired girl who heard her name called closed her eyes for a moment and concentrated.
"...."
Her hands were suddenly imbued with a strange blue mana.
This is because her unique hunter skills as a professional hunter have been activated.
Yumi immediately faces the empty lot, spreads out both hands, and lets out a refreshing cheer.
"Yup, open the portal!"
Then it was then.
In the empty space her hand pointed to, a large portal suddenly appeared.
A blue portal with a swirling pattern, large enough for two people to enter together.
"....!"
The portal was connected to a specific area.
This is the in-house cafeteria of Hanbit Group, located in Cheongdam-dong, a whopping 20km away from here.
Jinseok and Goldie are simply amazed at the sight.
"Wow, there's even a teleportation ability called portal... The world is so vast!"
"Dewuk...?"
Mito gives instructions in a gentle voice.
"Well then, shall we all take a minute to go eat through the portal today?"
"Yes, Gilma!"
"Mr. Jinseok, please come with me."
"yes!"
Jinseok also hesitates and steps into the portal.
"Tchcha."
His feet, straddling the portal, naturally moved to a different location.
Soon, beyond the portal, there was a men's cafeteria inside a shiny building.
A spacious and comfortable buffet restaurant that you can tell at a glance is well-maintained.
"...."
Jinseok tilts his head in wonder.
"Oh, it's connected directly to the restaurant. Is it a buffet restaurant?
The restaurant ladies, whose faces are full of affection, greet you warmly.
"Mr. Mito, members of the Dainty Guild, hello again today. Everyone, please wash your hands before eating!"
"Oh my, thank you."
Breakfast started right away like that.
Each person places a plate of buffet food prepared to their liking and begins to fill the table.
Jinseok and Goldie also start eating right away with excitement.
"Hey, Goldie, you have to eat a lot for breakfast. Should I try to eat hard?"
"Duet!"
Jinseok wets his lips with his tongue in anticipation and then puts the food in his plate.
A luxurious meat set including king donkatsu, beef, pork, chicken, duck, and thawed frozen tuna.
Jinseok shows a bright smile.
'Hehe, men are meat after all!'
Jinseok, who received the meal, moves to the table.
Mito, Leha, and Juyong were already waiting at the table.
Mito speaks in a gentle voice.
"Oh my, Jinseok, you received the king pork cutlet?"
"Yes, you should eat a lot in the morning!"
"Oh, but you didn't bring a tonkatsu knife?"
Jinseok blinks his eyes in shock.
"Huh?"
How could you possibly make such a mistake, not bringing a knife when eating tonkatsu? It was a fatal mistake, almost like not bringing a gun to a battlefield.
Jinseok turns around in a hurry.
"Eek, come to your senses.... Mito-san, I'm sorry, but I'll go get a knife for a moment!"
But that was then.
Mito smiles brightly and tries to dissuade him.
"Oh, Jinseok, you don't have to do that. I'll cut it for you with chopsticks."
Jinseok hesitates because he is in a state of confusion.
"Huh? Chopsticks..."
Cutting pork cutlet with chopsticks? What kind of absurd joke is this S-ranking female college student of the same age making?
But that was the time.
Mito holds a pair of chopsticks in her right hand and aims for the king pork cutlet on the plate visible from afar.
"Huh...?"
Immediately afterwards, her hands move so quickly that they are invisible to the naked eye.
Then, a black energy is emitted from the chopsticks and hits the pork cutlet five times.
In just one second.
"....!"
Jinseok stares blankly, feeling bewildered.
"...."
Immediately after, his eyes widen in shock as he checks the plate.
"omg...?"
By the way, the king pork cutlet was already cut into 16 pieces.
And all the pieces are even and neat.
That was the second good thing about having a pro hunter as a neighbor: the ability to have a quick and accurate breakfast(?).
Wow, even though she's the world's greatest swordsman, she uses chopsticks to perform swordsmanship. Is she really human?
It was around the time when Jinseok was sticking out his tongue in awe.
"Hmm..."
Meanwhile, Mito says it's not a big deal.
"Oh, Jinseok!"
"yes?"
"For your information, the tonkatsu was cut using only the kind of blackness that is latent in chopsticks, so it didn't touch my chopsticks, so there is no problem in terms of hygiene."
"Hmm... That feels like quite a disadvantage to me?"
"Ahaha, our Jinseok is good at joking. Then, let's start the delicious meal!"
"Haha... yes!"
Jinseok begins his meal with an awkward smile.
At that moment, his neighbors, professional hunters, were having a unique meal around him.
For example, each of them is a professional hunter and uses their own abilities as a habit.
Yumi, who was eating at the table across from her, grumbles.
"Tch, meat needs to be cooked thoroughly to be delicious... Ah, Sujin, use your spitfire skills to cook it a little more."
"Oh my, this thorn is annoying... yuck!"
At Yumi's request, the black-haired girl, who is her best friend, radiates flames from her knuckles, grilling the meat on the plate.
It would have been a strange sight to the average person, like Mito's chopstick cutting earlier.
Jinseok, who was watching from the side, suddenly shows a pleased smile.
'Wow, since the hunters with strange abilities are my neighbors, my future life might be more interesting than I thought... And it might be a really good thing for me to have a younger sibling who is a YouTuber!'
Jinseok suddenly shows a sinister smile.
"Well, professional hunters each have their own unique skills, right? If we could invite one of our neighboring hunters as a guest on our YouTube channel and show them off their skills, our YouTube channel would probably get even more attention... I guess I'm a smart guy. Hehe!"
It was the monster born of capitalism, the remnants of the self-made monster Jinseok.
On the other hand, Goldie starts eating the pork cutlet in front of her as if she doesn't care.
"Crunch crunch."
The pork cutlet was fried so well by the mother that it had an impressive golden color. Moreover, it was really easy to eat because a beautiful female college student cut it with chopsticks.
Goldie gulps down the pork cutlet over her small throat.
"Kuk...."
That was when.
Goldie's sand-sized eyes were immediately filled with tears of emotion.
"...Dewuk?!"
Wow, I didn't know pork cutlet was this delicious?
In the future, Goldie's favorite food ranking may have to be changed from canned tuna to pork cutlet.
Goldie, who quickly finished a piece of pork cutlet, happily burped.
"Kkukk..."
It was around this time that Jinseok and Goldie were enjoying a breakfast of different dreams.
Meanwhile, after finishing her meal, Mito wipes her lips with a handkerchief and suddenly asks a question.
"Hmm... By the way, Jinseok!"
"Yes, Mito!"
"Mr. Jinseok, what are your plans this week?"
Mito's No Questions, this week's schedule.
Could it be that she, a top-ranking female college student of the same age as me, would give me a good job?
Jinseok immediately gives a light smile as expected from a self-made man and answers.
"I'm always fine, but if you have any work to do, please let me know, Mito-san!"
"Ahaha... You have to be humble."
Mito makes a suggestion with a bright smile.
"Mr. Jinseok, would you like to work with us at the Dainty headquarters this week for the large hunter guild? Of course, we will pay you well for your hard work, Mr. Jinseok!"
"Oh, what about Dainty's guild work?"
Jinseok thinks inwardly.
Mito's suggestion, guild work.
It was a good opportunity to become close with someone my age, but I also thought it would be a great opportunity to earn Karma Coins.
... Well, isn't the Hunter Guild's job mostly about eliminating monsters?
Jinseok chews on it inwardly.
'Ahem, since it's a large hunter's guild, I guess their main job will be to exterminate monsters... Since monsters definitely have karma, I'll be able to take care of guild work, absorb karma, and also pay off my debt to Mito little by little. This is killing three birds with one stone!'
Jinseok accepts right away.
"Yes, Mito, I will try my best!"
"Huh... Yes, Jinseok!"
This was the guild work of a young man from a poor family who happened to be assigned to it by chance.
Goldie, the lucky child, also eagerly responds to the anticipation.
"Duet, duet!"
***
After some time passed, it was morning.
Jinseok was at the Dainty headquarters this week as a temporary employee.
Jooyong welcomes you warmly.
"Hehehe, Jinseok hyung, welcome! Please become a member of the same guild as me!"
"Yeah, thanks, guy."
Jinseok smiles brightly and looks around.
Dainty headquarters on a weekday morning.
There, many guild members in casual clothes were working diligently.
As befitting a professional hunter, some people are sharpening their weapons, while others are busy talking on the phone or working on documents on their laptops at their desks, just like office workers.
For example, Yumi, the short-haired girl who had become familiar with the portal she had created in the morning, was working hard on the phone in a suit.
"Yes, hello. This is the Dainty Guild. How may I help you? Yes, sir. Our guild members are on a business trip..."
Jinseok, who was watching the scene, suddenly asks a question.
"Hmm, by the way, Jooyong?"
"Yes, Jinseok-hyung!"
"I wonder if the guild work we're going to do from now on involves waiting in a monster dungeon and then going to clear it out?"
Wouldn't a large hunter's guild be a guild that specializes in eliminating monsters?
It's like waiting in the Monster Dimension that appeared near Hanbit City the other day and then going out in a group sweep operation.
But that was then.
For some reason, Jooyong keeps giggling and picking on me.
Jinseok gave an answer that I had never expected.
"Hehe... Our Jinseok hyung, what kind of joke are you talking about! The Hunter Guild only hunts monsters?"
"huh?"
"The guild's work is incredibly diverse. For example, we'll go straight to the farm!"
"Huh, a farm?"