#131
“The third official vote of our Central Center Hunter Management Team, which pursues democratic problem-solving. We will now begin counting the ballots.”
Hunter Management Team Leader Song Jeong-ae stood solemnly in the center of the office. She pushed up her glasses with a grave attitude. Despite this, she didn’t exude much charisma due to her increasingly haggard appearance lately. Anyway, Team Leader Song Jeong-ae opened the ballot box made from an energy drink carton and unfolded one of the folded notes.
“One vote for Plan 1.”
Gulp. The Hunter Management Team members, watching Team Leader Song Jeong-ae with tremendous concentration, swallowed dry saliva in tension. Team Leader Song Jeong-ae picked up the second paper.
“One vote for Plan 2.”
“Damn… it’s neck and neck again.”
Park Sang-yun, rubbing his palms against his thighs, muttered with palm-sweating tension. His colleague next to him whispered quietly.
“Could it be another tie this time too?”
“Don’t say such unlucky things. I really want to get out of this situation as soon as possible.”
“You think you’re the only one suffering? Our whole team has gone to hell together. And it’s not just our team. The Recovery Team is ruined, the Information Strategy Office is ruined, and the Field Management Team is ruined too.”
Oh Chae-min, Park Sang-yun’s partner who seemed perfectly adapted to the ruined state, muttered indifferently. In the center, Team Leader Song Jeong-ae continued to announce the vote count. “One vote for Plan 1.” At Song’s voice, an anxious Sang-yun nudged Chae-min.
“Which one did you vote for?”
“I voted for 2.”
“What? You said you voted for 1 last time. Why do you keep changing your mind?”
Chae-min lowered his already quiet voice even more while checking if anyone was listening.
“Actually, I’ve only heard about Hunter Lee Han-sol but have never seen him. He seems to have always come and gone when I wasn’t around.”
“What? But.”
“Though we’re not supposed to look up private information, I couldn’t resist my curiosity and finally accessed the hunter information. I was so curious about what kind of person would make Hunter Ki end up like this.”
“Oh.”
“Wow, his face is…”
Honestly, such a person should be protected. Someone like that should have been treated well from the start, everything is Hunter Ki’s fault.
Park Sang-yun looked at Oh Chae-min, who was muttering with a shameless face, with a pathetic gaze. Talking about looks when someone is nearly dead. Is he in his right mind?
From Park Sang-yun’s perspective, the Hunter Management Team members seemed to be going crazy one by one. It was understandable since the very serious problem they faced was inevitably becoming prolonged. This hopeless situation was driving everyone mad. There was Oh Chae-min talking about someone’s face and beauty in a life-or-death situation, and over there, Kim Yu-jin and Lee Chan-yang glaring at each other as if they would kill each other due to their over-immersion in this problem.
While everyone was on edge and focusing on Team Leader Song Jeong-ae, Manager Jang Eun-jun, who seemed to have lost his mind as he kept looking at his monitor and giggling, didn’t appear normal either. Of course, Park Sang-yun, who was gloomily observing others like this, wasn’t normal either. In any case, the problem of the increasingly insane Central Center Hunter Management Team was singular.
“I will announce the results of the third vote on ‘Measures to Preserve Hunter Ki Baek-woo’s Life and Normalize His Mental State.'”
Plan 1, disclose all information about Hunter Lee Han-sol to Hunter Ki Baek-woo and forcibly bring Hunter Lee Han-sol back to Zone A. Eight votes.
And Plan 2, seek cooperation from the Field Management Team and Recovery Team to monitor Hunter Ki Baek-woo 24 hours a day, not distinguishing between home and gate. Eight votes.
“With a total of sixteen votes, this vote has also resulted in a tie, just like the first and second votes. Therefore, this week, the Central Center Hunter Management Team will once again somehow endure, praying that Hunter Ki Baek-woo doesn’t die, and that he miraculously revives again even if his heart stops and his entire body breaks, just as before.”
Team Leader Song Jeong-ae, looking even more haggard after the voting results, shouted, “Let’s get through this week too, saving Hunter Ki Baek-woo, Hunter Management Team fighting!” before disappearing into her office.
A momentary, dejected silence fell over the Hunter Management Team office. Everyone looked disappointed and tired. It was natural. Because the reason they were all going crazy lately, the very serious and huge problem, remained unresolved today as well. That was, as always, Ki Baek-woo.
Ki Baek-woo. That brilliantly named great S-class Hunter Ki Baek-woo, bearing the nation’s security on his shoulders. Among the uniquely different S-class hunters, he stood out with his clean and quiet demeanor, being considered the S-class hunter everyone wanted to work with. As long as no one mentioned Hunter Lee Han-sol in front of him, he showed a more perfect image than anyone. After doing so well, he suddenly collapsed completely. He was found attempting something extreme after not just collapsing, and then started acting like someone determined to die completely by going crazy once more. This was the problem tormenting the Central Center Hunter Management Team so much.
“I mean, is Hunter Ki immortal or something? Just because we hope and pray to heaven, he’ll come back to life after dying…! Such talk is for hunters who don’t have this as their job, we’re supposed to manage hunters. We can’t just sit back like this, can we? We really need to do something now. Everyone knows Hunter Ki Baek-woo is no joke! That man isn’t just unhappy with living, he’s crazy about dying. How can we save someone who is determined to space out in front of Destruction with prayers and tears?!”
Someone shouted in frustration. Since it was such a valid point, no one came forward to refute or get irritated. Ki Baek-woo’s recent attitude was truly no joke. In a word, Baek-woo was acting as if he lived to die.
Of course, Baek-woo hadn’t acted normally before either. Rescued after attempting suicide while locked up alone at home, he continued to ransack gates afterward as if determined to overwork himself. That wasn’t exactly the attitude of someone who wanted to live either. But back then, Baek-woo’s life-threatening situations were just because he reached his limit by using excessive force and throwing his body around recklessly to torment himself. In other words, the purpose of his eccentric behavior then was just to torture himself.
However, Baek-woo, who had gone crazy once more recently, was different from then. That is, his actions were similar to before, but the difference was that his purpose had become ‘death.’ It wasn’t just a metaphor or a commonly used idiom. Baek-woo, who had been going in and out of Zone B for some time, began to move solely with the goal of death at some point. Unlike before, his actions with a clear purpose were very noticeable.
Baek-woo is trying to die.
Everyone who witnessed him could tell at once. As this happened, rumors began to spread uncontrollably. In a quantity and speed that the Information Strategy Office could no longer contain. The story that flowed and spread eventually leaked even to the civilian media.
So these days, Baek-woo’s story could be seen everywhere. The dual monitors that Manager Jang Eun-jun had been looking at for a while showed this. Just looking at the Center community and internet news displayed on each screen proved it.
Are S-class Undead?
Anonymous | 2x.04.06 | 19:03
Is an S-class life also S-class? Are they immortal? Living so recklessly
Comments
Anonymous1 KBW?
└ Anonymous2 The name that comes up without a subject OMG
└ Anonymous3 But Hunter Ki Baek-woo is really a total mess. Thought his head was all blown off… Can’t explain unless he’s determined to die
└ Anonymous4 They say that’s Hunter Ki’s new hobby lol clearing the entire gate alone until he’s about to go berserk and then standing blankly in front of Destruction hahahaha
Anonymous5 But why is he really doing that? His eyes seem to have become brighter somehow, but his actions are even more crazy… it’s so scary
Anonymous6 Last time he was just standing still trying to get crushed to death when the gate collapsed, and Choi Tae-hyuk rescued him lol
└ Anonymous7 That’s crazy (negative) To think the day would come when Ki Baek-woo becomes weirder than Choi Tae-hyuk
Anonymous8 It’s sad that someone who should be in a mental hospital is out in the field because S-class are in short supply lol
└ Anonymous9 kkkkkkkkkkkkkkuuu
└ Anonymous10 If it were me, I’d want to live, but even if you go crazy like that, the country won’t let you go because you’re S-class and can destroy raids alone uukkk
└ Anonymous11 KBW is already committing suicide so many times; But he seems so Jesus-like; I saw his spine shattered and he wasn’t breathing, but not long after he was out on raids again;; He really seems to have resurrection ability;;;
Anonymous12 But he really seems immortal; Saw him die
└ Anonymous13 He’s still alive, what nonsense is this; Please self-regulate such liked hateful comments; We’re the ones who’ll be ruined if we lose KBW;;
└ Anonymous14 It’s not a hateful comment, it’s facts, you ignorant shit! I was next to him during the last rampage and he wasn’t breathing
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[Spreading S-class Hunter Death Rumors, Hunter Association Has No Place Left to Retreat]
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[Hunter Ki Baek-woo’s Continued Solo Actions, Why Isn’t the Hunter Association Protecting S-class Hunters?]
Manager Jang Eun-jun scrolled down and down with his mouse wheel. The posts related to Baek-woo continued endlessly. The content was all extremely negative. Because the situation was extremely bad.
How bad? Bad enough that all Hunter Management Team employees had gone insane, saying things like, “I absolutely oppose sharing this hunter’s information. Because my ex-boyfriend came to see me yesterday and I really wanted to kill him,” or “Lim’s ex-boyfriend is ugly. Hunter Ki still looks good even though he’s skin and bones. He went from Dolce & Gabbana to Dior. Dior is expensive. Who doesn’t like expensive things?” or “Let’s just have a Hunter Ki Baek-woo vs. Hunter Lee Han-sol face battle. Can’t we go in a direction that benefits the winner of the battle?” – utterly useless nonsense strung together.
‘Ki Baek-woo is crazy.’
Comments
Anonymous15 I’m a Recovery Team employee and he really did die
Manager Jang Eun-jun thought as he wrote comments mixing lies and facts on the community post.
Someone who doesn’t know might ask why the sudden fuss when Baek-woo has been crazy for a long time, but everyone at the Center would be feeling this: ‘Even among crazy people, there are levels.’ If the previous Baek-woo was a level 10 crazy person on a scale where max level is 10, today’s Baek-woo had evolved to an ultimate form of level 100.
‘His eyes and expression are much better than before…’
But his actions have become even stranger. The ultimate form of a crazy person. Manager Jang Eun-jun recalled Baek-woo, who was an unsolvable puzzle in himself.
The last time Manager Jang saw Baek-woo was four days ago. During his precious lunch break, he had rushed to the Hunter Recovery Room after receiving an emergency call from the Field Management Team and Recovery Team. And there, a scene that looked like it belonged in a medical drama or movie was unfolding.
Baek-woo covered in blood and numerous medical staff gathered around him. Hands pressing repeatedly on Baek-woo’s chest, who was motionless as if truly dead.
Doctor, it’s asystole! Damn, I’ll continue CPR. Epinephrine! I’ll prepare for intubation since there’s no IV! Continue compression please! How many minutes has it been? I’ll check the rhythm! Epinephrine quickly! Continue compression! Doctor, there’s no response! Epinephrine!
The unceasing beeeep- steady and sharp mechanical sound.
Manager Jang Eun-jun was a layman with absolutely no medical knowledge who seriously believed that wounds could be disinfected with saliva, but even he knew what that moment meant.
Ki Baek-woo had died. At last.
Author: Hyacinthus B
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