Mr. Kim Strikes It Rich with Auto-Hunting [Novel] Chapter 78

Chapter 78

The Turtle Ship.

A ship virtually impossible for any Korean not to know.

I had a hunch even before this.

Back when the cannon used by Yeo Hae was finished.

Rani had told me.

This cannon was still incomplete.

She said it would only be complete once there was a big ship.

So.

Ah, I’ll probably only get to see it later when I acquire the Turtle Ship fragments, I thought, but….

You can summon it?

“Yes, I felt an intuition that I could summon it, even if only in a small size.”

Come on.

Why does size matter?

Even if it’s small, as long as it has the shape….

Then that’s the Turtle Ship, isn’t it?

Of course it’ll fire cannons too.

“Whoa…. Now I’m getting really excited about this?”

Admiral Yi Sun-sin cruising around in a Turtle Ship and blasting cannons.

Just thinking about it gives me chills, doesn’t it?

“Yeo Hae, you have a mission.”

“Yes! Please give the order! I will follow any command from the Director!”

Kya.

Look at that salute.

He’s a true soldier through and through.

Very dependable, indeed.

“For the time being, let’s focus our training on how you can overcome your trauma.”

“Understood, Director! Loyalty!”

“Arthur help too!”

“Alright.”

“Then, Director! Could you open the passage heading North?!”

Pardon?

All of a sudden?

“Why the North? That area is undergoing stabilization right now, so there shouldn’t be anything to do?”

“I heard from the subcontractor representative, Park Mu-pal! He said if you go a little west from Pyongyang, the sea appears! I will go and overcome it in a head-on match!”

“Kya! Newbie, good! That’s the mindset!”

“No…, well…….”

So.

You want to go to the sea right now?

And all the way to North Korea at that?

“No can do.”

Yep.

Instantly rejected.

Man.

You don’t need to learn ignorant stuff like that.

Who goes and has a head-on match with the sea, seriously….

“How can one overcome trauma right off the bat? I said let’s train slowly, so don’t be in such a rush.”

Honestly, isn’t it true?

Right this instant.

Hey you, overcome your trauma!

Is telling someone that going to magically solve it?

Of course not.

It’s not like raiding a dungeon or anything….

“Let’s just set it as a goal for now, and raise the stages slowly.”

“Still….”

“Now now, rejected.”

Say whatever you want all day.

I’m definitely not opening it today.

Instead—.

“Let’s just eat.”

“Right! Said we eat jjajang and tangsk today!”

“Jjajang? Tangsk? What is that?”

“Newbie, you never ate jjajang and tangsk?”

“It’s not tangsk, it’s tangsuyuk. And forget jjajangmyeon, Yeo Hae hasn’t even eaten meat….”

A lot of things happened, after all.

And right from the moment he was summoned, no less.

So.

“Trauma overcoming or whatever, everything is completely banned for today.”

A company dinner after a long time.

I plan on ordering absolutely everything by variety, you know?

Let’s stuff our bellies to bursting.

* * *

“Delivery is here!”

Ding-dong—!

“Delivery!”

Ding-dong!

“Boss, Boss. Delivery arrived!”

“Arthur, you must be really hungry, huh?”

“How did you know?”

How would I know?

I know because you’re using polite speech for once.

You punk.

You only use polite speech when there’s something you need.

“Calm down for a second though. Not everything has arrived yet.”

Since we’re bringing it in anyway, it’s better to bring it all at once.

If the bell goes ding-dong while setting up and eating, it breaks the flow.

Looking at the delivery app, almost all of it is here, so….

Ding-dong!

Okay, everything has been delivered.

Then?

Time to eat.

“Arthur, I’ll bring it right in, so tell Everyone to get ready to eat.”

“Understood, Boss!”

Arthur left.

Now let’s bring the food in.

Carefully opening the door, peeking out.

Whoa….

Just how many items are there.

There are so many.

Then again.

“Chinese food, pizza, chicken, malatang….”

Literally ordered everything by variety, so it’s natural there’s a lot.

Still, it’s our first team dinner in a while, right?

We have to order at least this much.

“Whoa—! There’s so much food….”

“……Meat!”

“Oh, you even ordered malatang? The malatang from this place seems somewhat more high-end, Director.”

“Of course. I looked around and ordered from the best place in this neighborhood.”

“Ho-ho, thank you. I am looking forward to it. I shall enjoy the meal.”

Though, seeing the workers’ reactions, it doesn’t even feel like I ordered that much.

Look at them already gathering and swallowing hard.

“Company dinner good, chweeek!”

What’s more?

We even have the orc misters.

Then, well.

There’s no worry about leftovers.

The other workers too, but.

Our orcs really eat a lot.

“Director, come quickly! Chweek!”

Seeing them, they’ve really changed a lot too.

During the first company dinner, the orcs only drooled while walking on eggshells.

Now?

They’ve grabbed their own utensils and are fully seated.

Instead, the new recruit is spacing out.

“Yeo Hae, what are you doing? Come quickly and sit down. When we eat, we should eat together.”

“Yes, Understood!”

“Newbie, look at this! This is jjajang! This is tangsk! Got it?”

“Goodness…. The smell is extraordinary!”

“Is it only the smell? The taste will be even more extraordinary, you know?”

So, just take a bite first.

I want to see your reaction.

“Right! Newbie, eat quickly!”

“Heh—! Rani wants to watch him eat before eating too!”

“If Everyone says so, this mage shall also follow the trend.”

People really all think alike.

The other workers.

Even while gulping down their saliva from hunger, their gazes are focused.

Slurp.

Hey, hey, Robin.

You’re drooling….

“Then, I shall partake in the meal!”

Always polite, Our High Grade Worker Yeo Hae.

He greeted first.

And when he took a bite of the glistening jjajangmyeon?

“Goodness….”

His eyes went wide, and he immediately went in For another bite.

Just from the reaction, it’s obvious.

See, what did I say? The taste is unbelievable.

“Shall we eat now too?”

“Thank you! Rani will eat well!”

“Thank you For the food!”

At times like this, Our workers are in perfect sync.

Simultaneously grabbing the food they wanted.

“Whoa….”

“Phew—! Delicious! It’s so delicious!”

Exclamations began One after another.

Is it that good?

Let me try One too….

“Whoa, this place is seriously delicious.”

“Right! Out of all the tangsk Arthur ate so far, this is the most delicious!”

I hesitated because it was a famous place and expensive.

I’m glad I ordered it.

Kya.

Yeah.

This is why I earn money.

“Everyone, eat to your heart’s content according to your taste. If it’s not enough, we can just order more, so don’t worry.”

“Really?”

“Sure. Of course. And Arthur, drink this coffee along with it too.”

“Oh! Boss, thank you! Coffee aroma is nice!”

It’s the same For the others too.

There’s alcohol, drinks, and even snacks over here.

Let’s eat to our hearts’ content.

Let’s all play as much as we want today.

And let’s work hard again starting tomorrow.

* * *

[Denmark becomes the first in Europe to successfully conquer the Highest Floor! Behind the scenes was the Manpower Management Director.]

[Turkey also succeeds in conquering the Highest Floor! Thereby rising to the ranks of safe nations—]

[Canada succeeds in the conquest too! Now we can sleep peacefully!]

……

…

The world that changed following Ralph Carter’s ascent of the 70th Floor.

The Tower difficulty generally increased.

And the clear deadlines were all reduced to 3 months.

Climbing was tough enough as it was.

For the difficulty to go up on top of that.

Most people thought it was impossible.

In fact, most were blocked as well.

However, right now.

Nations that succeeded in conquering the Highest Floor were increasing One by One.

What did they have in common?

– They’re all countries that received weapons from the Manpower Management Director.

– Just how many people did he save at this point?

└ Counting at the very minimum, over 1 billion people.

└ Insane lmao He’s literally at the level of humanity’s hope

└ For real. If the Manpower Management Director disappears right now? All the remaining countries will probably fall.

– At that level? Couldn’t the Big 5 powers temporarily naturalize their people to clear it For them?

└ Major powers? Even they are struggling because they can’t clear their own country’s Highest Floor, you know?

– It’s truly absurd though. The prevailing theory was that all countries were doomed

– They even say he’s still continuously supplying weapons right now

└ Kya…….

Just the countries saved so far numbered in the dozens.

What about the future?

There will be even more.

It was literally not an exaggeration to call him humanity’s hope.

However.

Even amidst this, there were those who harbored dissatisfaction.

“Just why won’t he accept our request?”

China’s Central Awakened Management Bureau.

Director Li Wei let out a deep sigh as he stared at the monitor.

[Weapon Crafting Request Form – China / Result: Rejected]

Just how many requests had this been?

No.

They matched the terms similarly to the other countries that submitted requests and received weapons….

Just why…?

“Is it because of what happened back then after all?”

Zhang Zi’an, Liu Hao.

These damn bastards.

If only those things Didn’t mess with the Manpower Management Director.

No.

How did they plan to handle the aftermath when they touched him?

“They’re already dead bastards, but these days I want to kill them One more time.”

Still, it wasn’t completely over yet.

Why?

“They said the situation is similar For those called the Big 5 powers as well….”

Currently the Big 5 powers.

The United States, Korea, the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia.

China wasn’t even a major power.

Because they had no hunter who climbed above the 61st Floor.

Amidst that, having to clear up to the 62nd Floor was dizzying, but.

There was hope.

– But why isn’t the Manpower Management Director making weapons For the Big 5 powers?

└ He made One For the US.

└ That was a long time ago when he got paid to make it….

└ There’s a rumor that they lowballed the terms.

└ Fr??

– If he doesn’t make them now, he’s in a position to get criticized internationally

└ What a bunch of thugs;;;;

└ Still, well…. Wouldn’t he eventually make them?

True.

He is humanity’s hope.

Surely he wouldn’t just leave them to die.

Yeah….

Please, let that be the case.

* * *

The internet reaction.

Yun Hajun saw it too.

“That’s what they’re saying, Director.”

Todd showed it to him?

But….

Everyone is misunderstanding something.

“I have no intention of making weapons unless they offer proper terms though….”

It’s obvious they’re lowballing, so why bother?

“You are correct, Director. Other countries aside, I believe there is especially no need to craft For the Big 5 powers.”

Agreed.

The reason I made weapons For other countries?

It’s nothing special.

Since Rani could easily craft stuff of that level in a snap….

If the terms are decent, I’ll make them, sure.

Just about that?

“Actually, the main thing was the request points too.”

However, the Big 5 powers?

You guys are different.

No matter how top-tier our Rani is.

Using materials from the 61st Floor and above takes quite a bit of time.

“Todd, give me the request forms from those Big 5 guys.”

“Yes.”

[Weapon Crafting Request Form]

The United Kingdom, Germany, Russia.

The US isn’t here.

Receiving them right away and skimming through.

“Phew….”

At this level, these are similar conditions to the 50th Floor-tier countries.

They want me to make weapons with this?

“Kya, no conscience at all.”

“They likely obtained information on the other nations and matched it to that.”

“Probably so. They’ve been amazingly good at gathering intel since way back.”

A global crisis.

As the Manpower Management Director, he’d have no choice but to help even at a bit of a loss.

Why?

Because people are watching.

…That seems to be what they think.

They picked the wrong person.

“I don’t care about any of that at all.”

Did I live anonymously For nothing?

Well, even if my identity gets revealed someday?

I can hold my head high.

Honestly, I’ve done more than enough.

Just how many countries have I helped so far?

“Todd, pass a message to the Awakened Management Bureau.”

“What should I convey?”

“Tell the Big 5 powers. Stop playing cheap tricks that won’t work. Present proper terms. Then I’ll think about it.”

“Yes.”

“Ah, add that this is their last chance, so they better think carefully.”

If they act brazen again this time?

Yeah, not my problem.

I can just climb my own Tower and call it a day.

So, go ahead and make an offer.

I’ll see just how sweet of a deal you bring to the table.