Siwoo went up to the rooftop because he had nothing to do.

He went to get some air and to clear his head, which was dizzy from thinking.

‘𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙪𝙢 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙. 𝙄 𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙎𝙄𝙐 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙣𝙤𝙬.’

Shin Ji-soo will be trained until she is able to stand on her own.

Chu Ha-min seems to be rewarding to teach, so I might as well continue teaching him.

Red Ear and Volk are a bit of a burden. . . .

‘𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙.’

What Siwoo was most concerned about right now was Kang Yeo-hwa.

He had thought that Xiaolong would go back because he was an ambitious guy.

But Kang Yeo-hwa. . . .

She had always been a kind and gentle person who watched over him.

‘𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝘾𝙝𝙤𝙞 𝘿𝙖𝙚-𝙨𝙤𝙤? 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙜𝙪𝙮 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨.’

He raised the coffee he had been holding to his mouth.

It had been cold for a long time.

Siwoo threw the coffee in the trash and went downstairs.

“What the hell?”

The office was in an uproar.

The noisy atmosphere felt like he had entered a sports club locker room.

He peeked out from behind the people to see the culprit.

‘𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮?’

There were two men and one woman he had never seen before.

Sung Chang-won, Ha Jun-tae, and Ji Yu-ri.

They were like fish in water, joking around with the team members who followed them and talking loudly in the middle of the office.

“Ha ha ha! Japan was nothing! They called us there because HSIU was short on combat Hunters. We made money, drank a lot, and got women. It was a great business trip where we ate pheasant and eggs.”

Sung Chang-won, who was large in size, boasted about his exploits while chugging down a bottle of sake.

His team members seemed to be excited as well and cheered him on as they drank beer.

Ji Yu-ri was next to him, twisting her hair as if she was not interested and only looking at her phone, while Ha Jun-tae was looking around as if he was looking for someone.

His venomous eyes and black-rimmed glasses made him look even more fierce.

“Hwang Jeong-gu is nowhere to be seen.”

“Ho ho ho. Jun-tae, why are you even worried about that guy? I bet he ran away because he was scared before we got here.”

“If he was scared, he should have come to greet us first. If he doesn’t come, we have no choice but to go to him.”

Hwang Jeong-gu was actually the Team Leader of Team 2, which was in charge of internal affairs.

Team 1, led by Sung Chang-won, was mainly composed of a small number of people who solved external problems and went on business trips, while the remaining HSIU team members were mostly assigned to Team 2, which handled internal affairs.

So far, there was no problem with this.

The problem was that Sung Chang-won, the Team Leader of Team 1, and Hwang Jeong-gu, the Team Leader of Team 2, were famous for their long-standing grudge.

The two of them were similar in their aggressive personalities and size, so they clashed and fought wherever they went.

Even when Hwang Jeong-gu first made a name for himself in HSIU, Sung Chang-won belatedly went to S-Rank Hunter Lee Ye-ji and entered this place.

Hwang Jeong-gu did not oppose Sung Chang-won’s entry.

However, he requested that they be divided into Team 1 and Team 2 and promised that he would never touch his team members.

They had been sailing along the horizon like that, but the scales tipped sharply to one side when Ha Jun-tae joined Sung Chang-won.

This was because Hwang Jeong-gu did not have a combat Hunter on his side, while Ha Jun-tae was a seasoned fighter who skillfully led the battle by acting as a supporter.

Siwoo pushed through the crowd to get to his desk.

The Team 2 members were standing near the entrance and couldn’t get in.

“Who are you?”

Ha Jun-tae glared at Siwoo with his snake-like eyes.

Siwoo ignored his gaze and walked past them.

“Who did you ask?”

“A person.”

“Are you playing with me?”

“Me? Why?”

“. . . Team Leader. May I kill him?”

Gulp.

The atmosphere in the office rapidly cooled.

Everyone’s gaze turned to the two of them.

Even Sung Chang-won, who had been drinking sake, watched their conflict silently, as if it was amusing.

“I’m seeing you for the first time, but you’re very disrespectful. I should smash your head and display it in front of Team Leader Hwang.”

“As you wish.”

Siwoo ignored Ha Jun-tae and sat down at his desk.

‘𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮’𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙮.’

“I won’t give you a second chance!!”

Bang!

Ha Jun-tae slammed his fist right into Siwoo’s desk.

One side of the desk split open.

Bang!!

He kicked the desk next to it and pushed it all the way to the wall.

The atmosphere in the office instantly dropped below freezing.

Ha Jun-tae spread his killing intent without hiding it.

The pressure, as if his skin was being torn, filled the entire office.

It was a kind of warning in its own way.

“Ho ho ho. Jun-tae, calm down.”

As Ha Jun-tae approached Siwoo, Sung Chang-won called out to him as if he was trying to mediate.

However, his intention was closer to that of a brother-in-law trying to stop a fight rather than a mediator.

“There must be a valid reason for you to ignore me. [𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝] 3rd Division Leader, how dare a newbie like you ignore me? I have to tear those presumptuous eyes out.”

[𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝]. . . .

They were the ones who had caused a commotion when Siwoo first returned from the other world.

‘𝙍𝙮𝙪 𝙅𝙞-𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧, 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙚?’

It was not a guild that left a very good impression.

“You should take your grievances to Hwang Jeong-gu.”

Mana began to surround Ha Jun-tae’s fist.

Siwoo clicked his tongue.

His heart was not broad enough to laugh off the trouble that was coming his way.

Rather, there was a clear line that he had to protect, and that guy had just crossed it.

“Heyㅡㅡ!!!”

Suddenly, a tremendous roar reverberated from the entrance.

It was Hwang Jeong-gu.

He came in with a pale face. Sung Chang-won, who had been sitting at his desk drinking sake, jumped up.

The two of them stood at almost the same height and glared at each other as if they wanted to kill each other.

“Oh my~ Our Team Leader Hwang. You’re very busy.”

“Why are you hitting my team member?”

“If you had picked a team member worth respecting, you should have educated them well. Even if they’re from a different team, they should know their Team Leader’s face.”

He continued to speak with a chuckle.

Hwang Jeong-gu gritted his teeth.

A murderous aura emanated from his body as if it was about to explode.

“Do you want to try? Here?”

Sung Chang-won put the sake bottle down on the table and turned his shoulder.

It was as if he had been expecting this.

“You’re going down today, you and Ha Jun-tae.”

“Ho ho ho. You alone? Or are you going to bring your internal affairs guys to fight? It would be perfect if you gave them computers. Ah! Are you going to fight with this newbie?”

“It won’t come to that. I’ll rip you apart myself.”

Hwang Jeong-gu retorted with a fierce expression.

“Wow~ Hwang Jeong-gu has grown a lot. But you haven’t forgotten that you’re an A-Rank and I’m an A+ Rank, have you?”

“Does your fist get stronger just because you have a plus sign? You’ll still get hit the same.”

Just then, an emergency alarm sounded.

Beepㅡ Beepㅡ Beepㅡ

“Team Leader! Monster outbreak alert!”

“. . . Let’s go out for now.”

The Gates were usually handled by each guild, but HSIU was in charge of the monsters that came out of the Gates.

Of course, there were times when they would ask nearby guilds for cooperation.

“Hwang Jeong-gu’s life was saved. Come on, it’s your first day back home, so let’s go out and play.”

Sung Chang-won, Ha Jun-tae, and Ji Yu-ri left the office.

In the silent office,

“Jeong-gu.”

Siwoo opened his mouth softly.

“Yes! Senior. Are, are you okay? I’m sorry, it’s my fault! Those two guys are from the second generation, so they don’t know anything. . . .”

Hwang Jeong-gu hurriedly bowed his head to Siwoo.

“This is a monster response. Can Team 2 go out too?”

“Team 1 is going, so it’s not necessary for you to go. . . .”

“Don’t say that. I’ll go too.”

Siwoo smiled wryly.