Bab 336
Perwakilan Guild Penantang, Jigi Jung, tidak menginginkan situasi ekstrim seperti aksi mogok sejak awal. Ia berharap bisa menyelesaikan segala sesuatu melalui percakapan yang sopan dan santun.
Ketuk, ketuk.
u201cMasuk.u201d
u201cPak, ini Jung.u201d
u201cPa? Oh, Jung ya.u201d
u201cBolehkah saya minta sedikit waktu?u201d
u201cAda apa? Lihatlah sendiri kondisiku akhir-akhir ini. Kalau memang penting, nanti saja kita bicarakan.u201d
u201cu2026u2026.u201d
Pada titik inilah, Jigi Jung merasakan kekesalannya mulai menumpuk.
Seorang Hunter dari guildnya saja telah memasuki kantor CEO, dan si CEO bahkan tidak tersenyum mengangguk sama sekali u2026 Ia teringat, dalam musim Breaking ini, berapa kali rasanya ia melihat wajah CEO itu?
u201cTiga kali? Tidak, mungkin dua? Apa pun, pasti kurang dari tiga kali.u201d
Ia datang ke lapangan latihan lima hari seminggu, tapi hanya melihat CEO tiga kali atau kurang? Bukankah mengelola tim raid termasuk tugas utama seorang CEO?
Apa yang lebih penting lagi di sini: Jigi Jung adalah pemain reguler di pertarungan arena.
u201cJika bahkan pemain reguler saja diperlakukan begini, bagaimana dengan anggota lain?u201d
_Crack!_
Tiga detik saja, dan lagi satu titik kekesalannya bertambah.
Jigi Jung menahan amarahnya yang mendidih dan duduk di sofa. Baru saat itulah CEO mulai memperhatikannya, menyadari ekspresi yang ditentukan di wajahnya.
u201cJung, ada sesuatu yang ingin kamu katakan?u201d
u201cPak, saya tidak dapat menerima kondisi guild ini.u201d
u201cSituasi apa? Jelaskan dengan jelas apa yang kamu maksud. Apa sebenarnya masalahnya?u201d
u201cMasalahu2026? Saya ingin bertanya pada Anda, Pak. Apakah Pak tidak tahu apa masalahnya?u201d
u201cu2026u2026Jung?u201d
u201cBaiklah. Kalau tidak tahu, saya akan mengajarkan kepada Anda. Segalanya! Segalanya! Setiap aspek dari guild ini adalah masalah! Apakah Anda tahu bagaimana tim raid kami berfungsi sekarang? Ini adalah kekacauan total!!u201d
Pemain reguler yang pernah membawa kemegahan tahun lalu kemarin tersebut tersebar.
u201cKami mengirim mereka dengan lebih banyak kesempatan, dukungan, tantangan yang lebih tinggi, dan tepuk tangan saat berpisahu2026 tapi jujur saja, alasannya yang praktis adalah bahwa Anda tidak mampu menanggung kenaikan gaji. Karena Anda tidak mau mengorbankan biaya transfer yang besar!u201d
Itulah cara mereka mengirim rekan-rekan mereka pergi.
Apakah mereka benar-benar mengisi kekosongan yang tertinggal? Jika mereka berhasil, Jigi Jung tidak akan berada di sini.
u201cDari awal musa Liga Musim Dingin, Anda berjanji akan memberi kesempatan pada tim kedua, tapi u2018kesempatanu2019 hanyalah kata-kata. Berarti tidak ada penguatan nyata.u201d
Tidak ada juga pembaruan peralatan atau senjata.
Program latihan dan sistemnya tak berbeda dari tahun lalu.
Apakah fasilitasnya diperbarui? _Kreeeek, kreeeek_u2014suara engsel yang menjengkelkan itu masih terbunyi di telinganya.
Dengan teriakannya, CEO di seberang meja akhirnya berbicara, seperti biasa dengan wajah serius minta maaf.
u201cJung, seperti yang kamu ketahui, guild kami adalah guild penjual. Kami kayau2026u201d
Jigi Jung memotongnya dengan tegas.
u201cKami bukan kaya. Kami tidak kaya. Guild kecil punya caranya tersendiri, dan kami harus hemat. Pada akhirnya, Anda mungkin akan bilang bahwa kami tidak mampu memberi kami gaji, kan? Bukankah begitu?u201d
u201cu2026u2026.u201d
u201cBagaimana repertoire Anda tidak berubah selama bertahun-tahun?u201d
u201cJung, kamu tidak sopan.u201d
u201cItu Anda yang tidak masuk akal, Pak!u201d
Apakah Jigi Jung bodoh?
Sungguh tidak mengerti apa-apa?
Ia datang dengan penuh kesadaran bahwa guild-art kwarters saat ini sedang meraih keuntungan yang belum pernah dilihat sebelumnya dan bersorak gembira.
Jika sebuah guild yang berada di peringkat rendah seperti ini, berapa banyak lagi guild-guild menengah seperti White Sword atau Royal Sword? Itulah sebabnya mereka begitu antusias untuk berkembang.
Guild Penantang memang sudah termasuk dalam kelompok ini, tidak tergespendeknya.
Faktanya, pemberontakan underdog tahun lalu telah membawa mereka keuntungan yang cukup substansial.
Dan di atas segalanya, ada alasan yang meyakinkan mengapa Guild Penantang secara alami bisa kaya.
Itu adalah Black Star Princess.
u201cMaster Sister sebenarnya memiliki kontrak tersisa satu tahun. Tapi ia mengubahnya menjadi kontrak jangka panjang untuk guild kami dan pindah. Sejauh yang saya tahu, transfer fee saja mencapai 9.000 sesuatuu2026u201d
u201cJigi Jung!u201d
u201cKenapa? Terlalu mentok untuk Anda? Siapa pun yang perlu tahu sudah tahu. Semua orang tahu berapa banyak uang yang kami dapatkan dari transfer Master Sister. Dan Anda masih bicara soal guild penjual ini? Minta maaf, Pak, tapi tolong berhenti memaksakan pendapat Anda.u201d
u201cJung, saya pikir Anda sudah melampaui batas.u201d
u201cBatasnya yang dilanggar adalah Anda!u201d u2013 Bukan bukanlah tentang transfer fee dari penjualan Hunter? Bukankah seharusnya itu secara alami kembali ke tim raid? Apa saya salah?u201d
u201cu2026Segalanya demi guild.u201d
u201cYa, demi guild. Membuka kafe franchise, mengirim pelatihan ke tanda tangan, membangun gedung di depan stadion untuk menciptakan distrik komersial, proyek terkait kota? Anda juga pernah melakukan hal-hal aneh.u201d
u201cu2026u2026Jung, kamu tidak mengerti. Tim raid bukanlah segalanya. Kamu, sebagai seorang Hunter, tidak menyadari bahwa sebuah guild bukanlah hal yang sederhana.u201d
u201cYa, saya tidak mengerti. Guild yang pernah saya lihat adalah sederhana. Pertama, Hasilkan hasil. Menciptakan hasil yang baik dengan kekuatan yang baik adalah sebuah guild. Itulah yang saya pelajari dan latih setiap hari.u201d
u201cu2026Jadi kamu mengatakan saya melayani kepentingan pribadi sendiri? Jung, saya berusaha sebaik mungkin sebagai perwakilan.u201d
_Anjir._
Pada saat itu, kata-kata kasar mendesing di tenggorokannya. Menjijikkan bahwa ia mencoba menyimpangkan argumen karena kekalahanannya. Ia tidak tahan.
Dengan respons yang menjijikkan ini, amarah Jigi Jung melebihi sekadar kekesalannya, memanasakan kepalanya.
u201cCukupu2026 Saya hanya ingin menyampaikan permintaan saya. Saya tidak butuh apalagi—hanya lengkapi fasilitas latihan dan tenaga.u201d
Guild kecil? Klub kecil? Guild penjual? Baiklah. Sebagai guild penjual, setidaknya ciptakanlah lingkungan di mana Hunter bisa berkembang.
u201cSaya tidak peduli apakah Anda tertarik pada bisnis Anda atau tidak. Cukup perbaiki lemari dan pintu-pintu kotor ini. Lakukan modern, ya? Jadikan latihan menyenangkan! Ini tidak akan mahal. Bahkan tidak akan mencapai sepersetiga dari bisnis-andalan Anda. Anda mampu melakukan ini, kan?u201d
Ia tidak meminta kenaikan gaji.
Ia tidak meminta item-item.
Hanya soal fasilitas dan latihan.
Jika ini diterima, setidaknya tahun ini ia akan bertahan dan bekerja untuk guild ini.
Jigi Jung juga mencinta guild ini. Bagaimanakah tidak, ia sendiri adalah salah satu Challenger Kid, tumbuh dari sini dari seorang Hunter yang berjanji.
Itulah sebabnya ia menahan diri dan mempertimbangkan posisi guild ini beratus kali dalam usulan akhirnya ini. Cukup masuk akal, bukan? Itulah yang ia pikirkan.
Tapi respons yang diterimanya adalah:
u201cMohon maaf, tapi hal itu tidak bisa dilakukan.u201d
Saat meninggalkan kantor CEO, Jigi Jung tertawa berdiri.
u201cWow, perwakilan kami benar-benar berubah.u201d
Tidak seperti ini sebelumnya.
Ia pernah pelit dan lebih memilih uang daripada hasil, tapi ia juga tulus menemukan dan mendidik Hunter-hendangnya.
CEO yang ia lihat setelah sekian lama terlihat kurang seperti pemimpin sebuah guild dan lebih seperti kepala perusahaan.
u201cCoba bayangkan, tempat ini juga benar-benar berubah.u201d
Kapan punggawa utama dan kantor lama benar-benar menjadi semcleanan ini?
Rekan-rekan Front yang dulunya selalu bersentuhan dengan senyum hangatnya pun sudah tiada. Semua wajahnya baru. Kapan Front benar-benya tumbuh sebesar ini?
u201cu2026u2026.u201d
Jigi Jung berhenti di pintu otomatis, tertunduk dalam pikirannya.
Ruangan latihan tetap memiliki engsel yang kreeeky, tapi di sini tidak ada suara itu sama sekali.
Apakah uang yang mengubah orang, atau apakah uang yang mengungkapkan sifat sebenat? Apa pun, Jigi Jung merasa guild ini hari ini sangat asing bagi dirinya.
Terasa seperti berada di pulau terpencil.
Mungkin karena itu, secara tidak sadar ia mencari orang yang bisa diandalkannya.
Kakak tuih satu-satunya dari tim raid, yang telah membesarkannya sejak pertama ia terbang dan saat-saat di tim kedua.
u2014 u201cApa kabar, Jung? Kenapa suaranya seperti ini? Beritahu suster.u201d
Nomor di ponsel Jigi Jung adalah nomor Black Star Princess.
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Baru-baru ini, panggilan dari Princess datang ke Lee Shin.
u201cPerwakilan, tolonglah. Saya tidak tahu apa-apa tentang hal ini, dan tidak tahu apa yang harus kulakukan.u201d
Tepat pada saat itu, Lee Shin sedang mencampur mayo ayam dan hendak bertanya, u201cSudah makan siang?u201du201d ketika tiba-tiba ada suara panik yang memanggilnya.
Meskipun setelah itu ia masih berteriak, tetapi dengan cara berteriak yang menggenggam, ia jelas tidak bisa mengendalikan kepanikannya.
Pada akhirnya, Lee Shin tidak punya pilihan selain menaruhkan mayo ayamnya.
u201cTenang saja, Princess. Mulailah dengan napas dalam-dalam. Huf hufu2026 Iya. Bagus. Sekarang kamu sudah tenang, ceritakan perlahan-lahan apa yang terjadi. Apa yang terjadi?u201d
u201cUmu2026 ini tentang tim lama saya, Guild Penantangu2026u201d
Jujur saja, saat Princess sampai dengan sukuu2019kata pertama u201cPengawal Pengamat,u201d Lee Shin sudah menduga seperti apa ini.
Akhirnya, bokongnya benar-benar sobek dan membenarkan dugaan.
Singkatnya, perwakilan Guild Penantang mengamok dalam keadaan buta akibat bisnis, anggota inti tim raid tidak tahu mau berbuat apa dan menghadapi, lalu seluruh tim raid bangkit.
u201cu2026Anak-anak raid kami memang hebat, tapi ketika mereka mendengar sulitnya untuk mempertahankan fasilitas dan meningkatkan sistem latihan, mereka pasti merasa ditipu.u201d
u201cWajar. Ini tentang latihan, setelah semua.u201d
u201cSaya tidak mengerti mengapa sampai keadaan mencapai seperti ini. Orang itu tidak kejamu2026u2011 meskipun sedikit pelit, selama ini ia selalu memperhatikan anak-anaknya dengan baik.u201d
u201cMmm, Princess. Tidak ada seorang pun di dunia ini yang seperti itu. Pernahkah kamu mendengar peribahasa ini?u201d
u201cu
Chapter 336
Challenger Guild’s Jigi Jung didn’t want such an extreme situation as a strike from the start. He had hoped to resolve things through as gentlemanly a conversation as possible.
Knock, knock.
“Come in.”
“Representative.”
“Huh? It’s Jung.”
“Could you spare a moment?”
“What’s the matter? As you can see, I’ve been busy lately. If it’s not important, we can talk later.”
“…….”
At this point, Jigi Jung’s first irritation point was already accumulating.
A Hunter from his guild had entered the CEO’s office, yet the CEO didn’t even glance at him… Thinking about it, how many times had he seen the CEO’s face this Breaking Season?
‘Three times? No, maybe two? Either way, definitely fewer than three.’
He had gone to the training grounds five days a week, yet seen the CEO three times or fewer? Isn’t managing the raid team a main task of the CEO?
What was more critical here: Jigi Jung was a starter in the arena matches.
‘If this is how little attention even a starter gets, how little do you think other members get?’
Snap!
Another irritation point was added in three seconds.
Jigi Jung swallowed his rising anger and plopped down on the sofa. Only then did the CEO look at him, noticing his determined expression.
“Jung, do you have something to say?”
“Representative, I cannot accept the current state of the guild.”
“What situation? Explain it in a way I can understand. What’s the problem?”
“The problem…? I want to ask you. Representative, do you not know what the problem is?”
“……Jung?”
“Fine. If you don’t know, I’ll teach you. Everything! Everything! Every aspect of the guild is a problem! Do you know how our raid team is functioning right now? It’s a complete mess!!”
The starters who had written the glory of last year were torn apart.
“We sent them off with more opportunities, more support, higher challenges, and applause at farewell…but honestly, the practical reason is bigger, right? Because you couldn’t handle the salary increase. Because you couldn’t give up the huge transfer fee!”
That’s how they sent their colleagues away.
Did they properly fill that void? If they had, Jigi Jung wouldn’t be here.
“You said from the start of the Stove League that opportunities would be given to the second team, but ‘opportunity’ is just words. It means no reinforcement.”
No upgrades in equipment or weapons either.
The training program and system were no different from last year.
Were the facilities reinforced? Creak, creak—the annoying hinge sounds were still vivid in his ears.
At Jigi Jung’s shouting, the CEO opposite him finally opened his mouth, as always with a sorry expression.
“Jung, as you know, our guild is a selling guild. We’re rich……”
Jigi Jung cut him off decisively.
“We are not rich. We are not affluent. Small guilds have their own way, and we must be frugal. Eventually, you’ll probably say it’s tight even to give us our salaries, right? Isn’t that so?”
“…….”
“How come your repertoire hasn’t changed in years?”
“Jung, you’re insolent.”
“You’re the one who’s being unreasonable, Representative!”
Was Jigi Jung a fool?
Did he really not understand anything?
He came here knowing full well that guilds these days were making unprecedented profits and crying out in joy.
If a lower-ranked guild is like this, how much more would mid-tier guilds like White Sword or Royal Sword be? No wonder they were so eager to expand.
Challenger Guild was firmly among this mid-tier group.
In fact, last year’s underdog rebellion had brought them a fairly substantial profit.
And above all, there was a solid reason why Challenger Guild could naturally be affluent.
It was the Black Star Princess.
“Master Sister originally had one year left on her contract. She changed it to a long-term contract for our guild and transferred. As far as I know, the transfer fee alone was 9,000-something……”
“Jigi Jung!”
“Why? Is it too blunt for you? Anyone who needs to know already knows. Everyone knows how much money we got from transferring Master Sister. Yet you keep talking about this damn selling guild? Representative, please stop forcing your point.”
“Jung, I think you’ve crossed the line.”
“The line was crossed by you! It’s the transfer fee from selling Hunters. Shouldn’t it naturally return to the raid team? Am I wrong?”
“……Everything is for the guild.”
“Yes, it’s for the guild. Opening franchise cafés, taking trainees to signings, building buildings in front of the stadium to make a commercial district, city-linked projects? You’ve done weird stuff too.”
“……Jung, you don’t understand. The raid team isn’t everything. You, as a Hunter, don’t realize that a guild is not that simple.”
“Yes, I don’t know. The guild I’ve seen is simple. First, produce results. Producing good results with good power is a guild. That’s what I learned and what I’ve trained for every day.”
“……So you’re saying I’m serving my own selfish interests? Jung, I am doing my best as the representative.”
Damn.
At that moment, a curse rose in his throat. It was disgusting that he tried to scatter the argument because he was at a disadvantage. He couldn’t stand it.
With this disgusting response, Jigi Jung’s anger went beyond irritation and heated his head.
“That’s enough… I’ll just say my demand. I don’t need anything else—just supplement the training facilities and staff.”
A small guild? A small club? A selling guild? Fine. Then as a selling guild, at least create an environment where Hunters can grow.
“I don’t care whether you obsess over your business or not. Just fix the crappy old cabinets and doors. Make them modern, alright? Make training enjoyable! It won’t cost much. Doing this won’t even reach a fraction of your precious business. You can manage this, right?”
He wasn’t asking for a salary increase.
He wasn’t asking for items.
Only about facilities and training.
If this was accepted, at least this year he would endure and work for the guild.
Jigi Jung loved the guild too. After all, he himself was a Challenger Kid, having grown here from a promising Hunter.
So he had restrained himself and considered the guild’s position a hundred times in this final proposal. Reasonable enough, right? That’s what he thought.
But the response he received was.
“I’m sorry, but that can’t be done.”
When he left the CEO’s office, Jigi Jung laughed hollowly.
“Wow, our representative has changed a lot.”
It definitely wasn’t like this before.
He had been miserly and focused on money rather than results, but he had sincerely discovered and nurtured promising Hunters.
The CEO he saw after a long time seemed less like a guild leader and more like the head of a business.
“Come to think of it, this place has changed a lot too.”
When did the old main building and office become so clean?
The familiar Front colleagues who used to speak to him warmly were gone. All faces were new. When did the Front grow this much?
“…….”
Jigi Jung stopped at the automatic doors, lost in thought.
The training room had creaking old hinges, but here there was not even that sound.
Has money changed people, or did money reveal their true nature? Either way, Jigi Jung found the guild strangely unfamiliar today.
It felt like being on a remote island.
Perhaps because of that, he unconsciously sought the one person he could rely on.
The eldest sister of the raid team, who had cared for him since he awakened and during the second team days.
― “What’s wrong, Jung? Why does your voice sound like that? Tell sister.”
The number on Jigi Jung’s phone was the Black Star Princess’s number.
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It was only recently that Princess call came to Lee Shin.
― “Representative, please help me. I don’t know anything about this kind of thing, and I don’t know what to do.”
At that moment, Lee Shin had just been mixing chicken mayo and was about to ask, “Have you eaten lunch?” when suddenly a frantic voice called out.
Even after that, the mumbling made it clear she couldn’t control her panic.
In the end, Lee Shin had no choice but to put down the chicken mayo.
“Now, now, Princess. Let’s start with some deep breaths. Hup hup… Yes. Well done. Now that you’re calm, slowly tell me what’s going on. What happened?”
― “Um… it’s about my old team, the Challenger Guild……”
Honestly, the moment Princess said even the first syllable ‘Chal,’ Lee Shin already had a sense of what it was about.
Finally, the crotch had split and sure enough.
In summary, the representative of the Challenger Guild went on a rampage blinded by business, the main members of the raid team couldn’t stand it and confronted him, and the entire raid team rose up.
― “……Our raid team kids are really good, but when they heard it’s hard to maintain the facilities and improve the training system, they must have felt betrayed.”
“Understandable. It’s about training, after all.”
― “I don’t understand why it came to this. That person isn’t that cruel…… even if a bit stingy, they usually take good care of the kids……”
“Hmm, Princess. No one in this world is like that. Have you ever heard this saying?”
― “……?”
“Want to see a person’s true nature? Give them power.”
― “Representative, you mean…….”
“Eventually, what’s going to happen, happens.”
Not a joke. This was real.
It was an incident Lee Shin had even ‘written’ about in the past.
『……If you want to start the league at rank 1, I recommend the Challenger Guild. For time and background settings, refer to <link>.
……
Anyway, if you create a manager under these conditions, the Challenger Guild is probably on the verge of disbanding.
To summarize the incident, the franchise star and ranker, the world-class Necromancer, Princess, transferred to Europe for a record-breaking fee. The representative tried to use that money for bizarre guild dealings, causing clashes with the raid team.
……
During this process, one hunter caused a violent incident, and the situation spiraled out of control……』
It was the accident where the representative, trying to stop a hunter from destroying internal facilities in anger, got caught in the incident.
The representative’s arm was broken and taken to the hospital, and the hunter……things got rather messy.
If Lee Shin’s memory was correct, that hunter’s name was……
― “Jigi Jung is a deep-thinking kid. Loves the guild. Takes care of the younger members too.”
Correct. Jigi Jung.
The Challenger Guild’s ranged DPS.
“Then let’s summarize here. The representative of the Challenger Guild and the raid team have crossed a river of no return. The Joan of Arc of the raid team is hunter Jigi Jung. And Princess wants advice from me about this situation. Correct?”
― “Yes. I know it’s another guild’s matter and this may be rude, but there’s really no one else to ask but you. Please, just advice.”
As Princess said.
Strictly speaking, it was another guild’s business. Lee Shin didn’t need to know, nor did he have to expend attention on it.
Princess knew that, which is why she asked in such a humble manner. By all rights, it was rude. She even braced herself for a refusal after this silence.
But Lee Shin’s mind was completely different from what Princess expected.
This was totally lucky!
‘Good, what was going to happen has happened.’
After all, Lee Shin had set up this board, promoted the league, and even the person who handed out the bundles of money was ultimately Lee Shin.
In fact, it was almost the situation he had quietly hoped for.
‘Just a bit tight, though.’
He checked the calendar. The breaking season was nearly over.
Without overburdening the league, without crossing the line, yet fun, cool, and stylish.
The image he wanted assembled instantly in his mind.
And so the solution Lee Shin proposed was:
“Alright, Princess. Give me Jigi Jung’s phone number.”
― “……Represeeeentative!!”
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Calling Jigi Jung, Lee Shin quickly sets the scene.
― “Jigi Jung, if you rush in with half-baked courage, you’ll get blown back. This is war. Understood?”
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