Chapter 12: Bigger Fish
By the time Sunjae got back to the White Tiger Job Centre, Han Gil-Do had already regained just enough consciousness to start groaning again.
"Can you stop moving?" Sunjae said, dragging him across the floor by the back of his jacket. "You're making this way harder than it needs to be."
Gil-Do tried to curse at him, but it came out as something between a cough and a dying goat sound.
The moment the lounge door opened, every head inside turned.
For a second, the room went silent.
Then one of the contractors sitting near the wall slowly lowered his coffee cup.
"…Did that kid just solo Gil-Do?"
Sunjae looked around, then down at the man he was dragging.
"Was I supposed to bring him back prettier?"
A few of them let out dry laughs, though most of them were staring at him like he had just walked in carrying a dead person.(practically was after that beating)
Manager Kim adjusted his glasses and stood up from behind the desk, his usual calm smile still there, though Sunjae noticed the slight twitch near his eye when he saw Gil-Do's face.
"You completed it faster than expected."
Sunjae dropped the man on the floor with a dull thud.
"He talks too much."
As if on cue, Gil-Do weakly raised a hand. "This psycho hit me for speaking—"
Sunjae lightly kicked him in the side.
"See?"
Manager Kim sighed, then motioned for a few staff members to take Gil-Do away.
As they dragged him off, Sunjae caught a few looks from the other freelancers in the room. Some curious, some cautious, some openly irritated.
One of them, a broad guy with a scar across his cheek, stood up.
"You're the new kid?"
Sunjae looked at him.
"Depends. Are you here to congratulate me or get beat up?"
A few people snorted at that.
The man's expression darkened. "Don't get cocky because you beat one washed-up enforcer."
Sunjae took a sip from the banana milk he had stolen from the fridge on the way in.
"Unc, you look like you're 40, get a real job."
The room immediately went quiet.
Manager Kim pushed his glasses up and muttered something that sounded suspiciously like, Here we go again.
The scarred man stepped forward, cracking his knuckles. "You little—"
Before he could finish, Sunjae was already in front of him.
The man's eyes widened.
So did everyone else's.
Sunjae moved fast, cause he's pretty fast, but that's not the point, he was also kind of fired up after the Gil-Do fight, his body still felt hot, like the adrenaline hadn't fully worn off. His fist stopped just an inch away from the man's face. (bro is not gun)
Close enough for him to feel the aura.(he's sweating and stinks)
Close enough to kiss.(no homo)
Sunjae smiled.
"Sit back down."
The man slowly sat back down.
No one said a word.
Then the familiar sound rang in Sunjae's head.
[Synchronization increased: 50% → 52%]
[Trait progress: Choi Sunjae combat demeanor recognized]
Sunjae blinked.
Oh?
Truly aurafarming is the best.
That was cold.
Manager Kim cleared his throat before the atmosphere got any worse.
"Come with me."
Sunjae followed him into the office, still carrying Bboong under one arm.
The moment the door shut, Kim turned to him.
"You're progressing faster than expected."
"???"
"we just met, though? What do you mean progress" ,Choi Sunjae asked, confused.
"How did you conver question mark in a converstaion"
Sunjae dropped into the chair opposite the desk.
"Im actually a genius so i get super strong super fast.",Choi sunjae changed the subject
Kim sighed then slid a file toward him.
"This mission is different."
Sunjae opened it.
His eyes immediately narrowed.
J High.
A few students had been causing trouble outside school grounds. Extortion, underground fights, and possible crew connections.
Sunjae leaned back.
"So basically school stuff."
Manager Kim gave him a long look.
"Not normal school stuff."
That got his attention.
There was only one kind of school problem in Lookism that got White Tiger involved.
Crew business.
His excitement rose almost instantly.
Because if crews were involved, that meant sooner or later he'd run into people like his glorious king gun and that fraud Run Lee.
one monster and one fraud.
More people worth fighting.(Not fraud lee though)
A grin slowly spread across his face.
Manager Kim noticed.
"…Why are you smiling?"(autism)
Sunjae stood up and tucked the file under his arm.
"No reason."
He paused at the door.
Then looked back.
"Actually, there is one."
Manager Kim sighed.
"I don't like that look."
Sunjae smiled wider.
"I think school's about to get fun again."
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woah, im uploading this for no reason, also please ignore everything in this chapter, i forgote how to write.