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◈ I Became the EX-Rank Pet Maker Hunters Obsess Over ◈
Chapter 25: Returning Home
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Incheon Airport was packed with countless reporters and citizens who had come to see Yoo Hyun.
“Whoa!! He’s here!!!”
“Mr. Yoo Hyun, look this way!!!”
“Wait... why is Hunter Baek Seola with him?”
“They even have their arms linked? What’s going on? What are they to each other!?”
Dozens of flashes went off every second as Yoo Hyun appeared.
“Agh... Let me get some shots toooo-!!!”
[ Chat Window ]
- Petite Cream, get your aim together. The screen’s shaking like crazy!!!
- Why’s Baek Seola next to Yoo Hyun, though? What’s their relationship??
- They look really close...?
- Hunters from Wolyeong and Dongbaek were escorting Yoo Hyun from Germany, but what’s that about...? I’m curious.
- What’s with that...? Why are those National Assembly members here to greet him? Aren’t they the ones who pushed the magical beast regulations through? How can they show their faces;;
- Oh, they’re walking up to Yoo Hyun.
- They’ll be lucky if Yoo Hyun doesn’t punch them in the face. Where’d they get the nerve? Hahahaha
Yoo Hyun had finally returned to Incheon Airport, and the lawmakers who had supported the regulations naturally approached him.
Assembly Member Jeong Geumrye led the group, walking toward Yoo Hyun with both arms spread wide.
“Haha!! Mr. Yoo Hyun! The pride of Gangnam District!! I told you I had an eye for talent!”
“...Who?”
He could tell they were a politician, but he didn’t have every face memorized...
When Yoo Hyun looked confused, Baek Seola, standing beside him, explained.
“They’re the lawmakers who voted in favor of the magical beast regulations.”
“...Why are those people looking for me?”
Assembly Member Jeong smiled, stepped toward Yoo Hyun, and faced the cameras.
“Our nation’s treasure! Mr. Yoo Hyun traveled all the way to Germany to bring honor to our country, so of course we had to come greet him ourselves! Isn’t that right, everyone?”
The reporters, who had been about to bombard him with questions, watched with interest, wondering what kind of show this was supposed to be.
Yoo Hyun shook his head.
“I didn’t enter the competition to bring honor to the country...”
“Haha! You’re too modest. Otherwise, why would you have entered the competition?”
Assembly Member Jeong grinned and moved closer to Yoo Hyun. Then someone stepped in front of them.
Dazzling silver hair came between Yoo Hyun and Assembly Member Jeong.
Baek Seola swept her hair back and looked down at the lawmaker coldly.
“Ha, hey, Assembly Member Jeong Geumrye?”
“Oh, Hunter Baek Seola. Do you know Mr. Yoo Hyun? To think you returned together...”
“That isn’t what matters right now. President Yoo Hyun didn’t enter the competition to bring honor to the country or anything like that. He had no choice but to participate because of the regulations your side created. Did you know that?”
“What? Ah, no, what are you saying...?”
The lawmakers broke into a cold sweat at Baek Seola’s sharp response. As things grew more interesting, the noisy reporters and spectators fell silent as the grave.
Baek Seola looked at the lawmakers, who still failed to grasp the situation, and became certain.
‘Ha... They have no idea. They clearly don’t even understand the regulations they created...’
Then one reporter shouted.
“Hunter Baek Seola! It sounds like you know why Mr. Yoo Hyun entered the competition. Is his participation connected to you in some way?”
Baek Seola placed a hand over her chest and declared confidently.
“Of course. I was the one who requested that President Yoo Hyun participate in the Magical Beast Creation Competition at Germany’s Messe Frankfurt.”
The entire airport began to buzz at her words.
As the situation took an ominous turn, the lawmakers who had supported the regulations looked at one another. They still seemed to have no clue what was happening.
The reporters didn’t stop despite the tense atmosphere. No, they began to swarm like hyenas that had caught the scent of blood.
“What? What does that mean? Is there more behind Mr. Yoo Hyun’s participation in the competition?”
“Hunter Baek Seola, please explain!! The public wants to know!”
Only then did Assembly Member Jeong realize something was wrong.
“H-Hunter Baek Seola? It’s a good day, so perhaps that’s enough... Mr. Yoo Hyun must be getting tired too...”
Baek Seola completely ignored them.
After drawing everyone’s attention, Baek Seola began to explain in a calm, clear voice that carried through the airport.
“Did you know that private alchemists need a special license to create B-rank or higher magical beasts?”
It was an unexpected question, but a reporter with some knowledge of magical beast regulations answered.
“Uh... I know high-rank magical beasts are dangerous, so there are regulations for them. But may I ask why that became the reason he entered the competition?”
Baek Seola gave a cold smile at the answer she wanted.
“The requirements for obtaining a magical beast license, which exists only in our country, recognize nothing but ‘experience,’ not individual ability.”
Starting there, Baek Seola slowly explained everything that had happened so far. Every moment was captured by the cameras of reporters and YouTubers.
“...So, in order to fulfill a request to create a B-rank or higher pet, I supported President Yoo Hyun’s application for a license. That is how we arrived at this point.”
Once Baek Seola finished speaking, not only the reporters but also the spectators were dumbfounded.
“What the fuck kind of regulation is that?”
“Isn’t it more dangerous to issue licenses just because someone has a long career when they don’t even have the ability...? What were they thinking when they made that requirement...?”
“...There aren’t even any magical beast competitions left in the country, but they demanded a record of placing in competitions? That makes no sense...”
“They gave that kind of answer even at the request of Baek Seola, one of Korea’s top Hunters? The Korean Alchemists Association seems like a problem too. There might be something if we dig into this.”
“More than that... Don’t tell me the lawmakers didn’t even know the contents of the regulations they voted for?”
“Looking at their reactions earlier, there’s no doubt.”
[ Chat Window ]
- This is insane... The reason he entered the competition was the regulations too?
- Ah... Ah... What is wrong with this country...!!!
- This is fucking gold hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
- This is nuts, holy shit hahahahahahahahahaha
- But what’s with Baek Seola buying the dip...? Is that what it takes to be the top female Hunter? Crazy bitch hahahaha
- Yeon Harim’s the top female Hunter now, though?
- Look at Jeong Geumrye’s face going pale hahahaha
- Sigh... Goodbye, Yoo Hyun... Be happy over there...
- Sigh... Goodbye, Jeong Geumrye... Suffer over there...
The entire nation was already furious over rumors that Yoo Hyun would emigrate because of the excessive regulations, and now it turned out that even his reason for entering the competition had been the regulations.
On top of that, the cameras had captured lawmakers who appeared not to even understand the regulations they had voted for...
‘Hunter Baek Seola wrecked them all without me needing to do anything...’
Yoo Hyun left the stunned lawmakers behind.
“Mr. Yoo Hyun!! Please give us one last comment about your plans going forward!”
“For now, I’m going to make Jellykkos.”
[ Breaking News ] “He entered the competition because of regulations”... The truth behind the harmful law that sent a Korean alchemist to an overseas expo
[ Exclusive ] Hunter Baek Seola’s revelation... “Even with ability, you can’t make B-rank magical beasts” Korea’s absurd licensing rules
[ Politics ] “Did they not even know the bill they voted for?” Assembly Member Jeong Geumrye panics on camera
[ Issue ] Baek Seola’s “buying the dip of the century”... A seismic shift in Korea’s Hunter world after securing an alchemist sought by the entire world
[ Society ] “They want competition placements when there are no competitions”... The result of the Alchemists Association and political world’s desk-bound administration
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The next day, Yeon Harim appeared on a broadcast after completing her promotion to an S-rank Hunter and revealed that Yoo Hyun had made her pet, delivering the final blow.
【 Korean Hunter Gallery 】
- [ Free ] No way... Yeon Harim’s meteoric rise was because of Yoo Hyun too hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
- [ Free ] The man who turned an A-rank into an S-rank, just who is he...
- [ Free ] Sigh... Fuck, should I just emigrate too? Hahaha
- [ Free ] Seriously, I’m considering it...
- [ Free ] It’d be hilarious if all us Hunter Gallery dorks escaped this hellhole together hahahaha
- [ Free ] Wolyeong’s recent performance is all thanks to Yoo Hyun’s pets too. It’s up on the Wolyeong Guild homepage now lol
- [ Free ] Sigh... I have nothing left to say. Wolyeong’s momentum has been no joke lately, and that was all because of Yoo Hyun too...? How much did Korea lose out on?
- [ Free ] Without the regulations, Korea’s average Hunter ranking probably would’ve gone way up thanks to Yoo Hyun lol...
- [ Free ] Korean magical beast companies would’ve shot up too... They’re gone now, though...
- [ Free ] Okay, I’m going to burn down the National Assembly at 8 tonight.
- [ Free ] Hey... Delete that post, dude. You’ll actually get arrested for that;;;
[ Breaking News ] “Furious over rumors of Yoo Hyun’s emigration” Man in his twenties arrested within three hours after posting a threat to burn down the National Assembly
[ Exclusive ] Man in his twenties who posted a threat to burn down the National Assembly found to be unemployed... Pleads for leniency during police questioning, saying, “I wrote it in the heat of the moment”
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