The Rankers Guide to Live an Ordinary Life - CH 25

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[Mom’s big mistake: Rokrok]

[Mom’s big mistake: Bambi Bambi]

[Mom’s big mistake: What’s a Barb?]

[Mom’s big mistake: Do you know Yoon Eui-seo?]

[Mom’s big mistake: Give me information]

“…Where are you and what are you doing?”

‘Why are you texting in the middle of a meeting again?’

He wasn’t even trying to hide it.

Would our 〈Babylon〉 really be all right?

Sa Sejong, the assistant leader of the guild 〈Babylon〉, coughed in vain, leaving behind the familiar questions.

“Let’s focus.”

“Barb… If there is a Barb with Yoon Eui-seo it’s probably ‘ ‘invibe’’. Isn’t he under Hwang Hon?”

At Gyeon Ji-rok’s words, Domi who was trimming their nail polish responded.

“Right. It was quite a huge guild in the early days, but the late night snack king gulped it down and stole the scavengers’ rice bowls from the bottom. So, he eats really well.”

“You are a baseless asshole.”

“Let’s focus…”

“Not an asshole, a gangster, young boss. They play internationally, too.”

“Yeah, you guys are gangsters.”

“Focus…”

[Me: Bad quality garbage]

[Me: It’s  not any of your business]

[Me: Aren’t you at the academy? Aren’t you at class?]

Tak. After Gyeon Ji-rok finished typing he loudly hit the keyboard and then pushed his bangs up.

“What’s wrong with you leader?”

“As expected, our leader is young. It’s a famous case, yet you don’t know it? You know, back in the day when they ignored Hunter’s duty and a major crack went underwater. That was the nightmare of the third month…”

Ooops.

While talking Domi realised her mistake and hurriedly shut up.

Everyone in the conference room glanced towards one side.

But the face of the young boss had already gone cold.

The intensity in the air immediately became heavy.

The dual nature of the ‘forest’ was that it made everyone feel comfortable yet at the same time it could make everyone tense.

Gyeon Ji-rok’s contractor was also second to none in terms of cruel temper.

The surrounding smell of the greenery was chilly.

Sa sejong sighed and naturally changed the subject.

“Certainly Yoon Eui-seo ‘Invibe’ is not worth rotting in some places. Since he is a rare tamer.”

“…”

“There are only two Ranker-class tamers in the world, Maramaldi and Yoon Eui-seo. So I tried talking to them through the head hunter before, but it didn’t work. Is there something going on? Why are you suddenly asking?”

“…who told you about it.”

“Who cares. I’m sure it’s his sister again.”

Sa sejong snorted. It was something that could be mocked about this siscon.

Gyeon Ji-rok was fussing for no reason.

After noticing the refreshing smell Domi also joined in.

It was a chance to refresh the mood!

“Oh, you said she ran away from home before, did she come back? Even though she is a part of the aristocratic at school, why does she have to make things so difficult? She has a rich and successful brother, she should just play around.”

“That’s enough. She’s just making my mom’s dream come true.”

“Really? Then she is a good daughter.”

“….Even though Gyeon Zio lives and acts without thinking she does still think of her family.”

The gentle Bambi nodded in agreement.

As times became harsher and many things were replaced by mana, the popularity of art, which was entirely up to “people,” had also increased.

It wasn’t called the aristocratic art school for nothing.

Mrs. Park and Gyeon Zio both wanted it and insisted on it for the sake of each other.

Gyeon Ji-rok’s eyes deepend as he thought of the two women.

“Your sister’s name was Zio… wow, I’m not the only one who knew her name right? Did you all know it?”

“No way. We can’t even see her face for once even though he cares about her a lot. I think I’ve seen Geum-hee a few times on her way here, but I’ve never seen her.”

“Young Boss’s sister would be a very beautiful woman. It’s long and slim, so it’s understandable.”

A neck stretched out like a deer.

His long curly hair covered some of his face and went down to his li[s.

Gyeon Geum-hee, the youngest, was also the same.

The Gyeon siblings they saw were characterized by their model-like body shape and a captivating atmosphere.

But there was something twisted, Gyeon Ji-rok frowned.

“We don’t look like each other so don’t pay attention to it. Why do you keep talking about other people’s families? Do you have nothing to do? Aren’t you supposed to have a meeting?”

Ah yes…

The dirty look of a powerful person…

The guild members with rotten expressions turned their gazes to Sasejong who recklessly followed Bambi.

“Hyung. Why are you asking about the guy under the twilight? I don’t want to get involved with those bastards, so don’t do that again.”

“Yoon Eui-seo is a little different. He’s definitely not bottom-line. Well, if you still don’t like it, I’ll take a look… we really need to replenish the staff, have you looked at that yet Boss? Let’s focus on the meeting.”

Sa Sejong’s hand tapped on the monitor.

“This time the riders are Baek Do-hyun and Na Jo-yeon. We have to catch at least one of the two super rookies.”

Hmmm. Gyeon Ji-rok crossed his arms and checked the profiles of the two people.

‘Baek Do-hyun, Baek Do-hyun… the name is strangely familiar.’

“What about Baek Do-hyun?”

“According to an informant on Mars, he seems like an S-class.”

“Okay, then. Get this guy.”

“Na Jo-yeon is a character specializing in healing. It is estimated to be at least Grade A, Grade AA or higher. Why don’t you think about it a little more?”

“Isn’t that guy a good swordsman? For the sake of enhancing strength, attackers are better. We have enough healers for npw. Focus on this person…”

Diing.

[Director Jang Il-hyun of center: Hunter, could you spare us a minute? If it’s okay with you I have something to talk to you about]

‘I was wondering why you weren’t coming.’

The national flag of the world ranking’s no.1 was changed to Korea’s national flag. A job that couldn’t be put to just anyone.

As he came out of the conference room, Ji-Rok pressed the call button without a delay.

The recipient was Tiger.

Are you saying that we were asking for a ranker who was good at front fighting?

To this stag beetle over there. It was the basic setting of the negotiating table.

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The flu caused by fame is similar to a rite of passage for Ranker.

Especially for the heavenly world.

The lower the exposure, the worse it is for top rankers.

In the case of Jo, the most famous yet the one least known.

Starting with the North Korean defector theory, they might be a criminal, a hairy old man, a mother, an alien, a biological weapon, a Korean-Chinese, a joker, a zombie, John Wick, etc.

There wasn’t anything she hadn’t heard.

The speculations regarding their identity was almost like the palmandaejanggyeong at the Haeinsa temple. (a collection of Buddhist scriptures carved on over eighty thousand wooden printing blocks during the Goryeo period)

It wasn’t like Zio wasn’t aware of it, so she had been to a few contests herself.

-She is a ranker in her 20s, and all her peers say she is a cutie sexy beauty fairy.

↳ – Yes~ Thank you for your wishes dear Otaku~ Now stop being delusional~

↳ – Is this something to badmouth and curse about?

↳ – ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ was that a curse? Are you crying? Crying?

↳ – F-Fuck… ㅜㅅㅠ

She soon realised the cruel reality of the internet and retreated.

Since then she had been living like a Tibetan fox with the mindset of ‘mountain is mountain and water is water’.

“Come on, Proof.”

‘Kang-Jae, you really are single.’

Zio, who was changing her water bottle, sighed.

Social Evil was included in the Optimus curriculum as well as practical classes to see how much one planned to sponge off.

Today was the first day of class.

She had drawn a self portrait of the Magician King to test her skills and follow the hunter theme…

Yet she was in a bad mood because she was praised about how ugly she made the monster.

“Huh… I wasn’t going to show things like this but if you know who I am you’ll really turn upside down… Huh?”

‘Uh, huh?’

Zio grabbed the image from Yoon Kang-jae’s hand.

Looking at her with surprise, Yoon Kang-jae crossed his arms together.

“Look. I told you it was real, do you see it now? Even Seo Gahyeon doesn’t know this because I didn’t show her it out of fear that she would bother my brother.”

“…Where did you get this?”

“You have to believe in my words. Don’t you think so? Noona is too mean. Just trust my words…”

“Hey.”

“…”

“I am asking you where you got this from.”

Unknowingly, Yoon Kang-jae felt his body stiffen.

He couldn’t stand still. Both of his legs were trembling uncontrollably.

A dark shadow darkened the room.

Thanks to it, Gyeon Zio’s expression could barely be seen.

No matter what she said, the unique expressionless expression was definitely the same…

[Your contractor, ‘The reader of fate’ whispers to you telling you to calm down.]

[Although they might look similar I still recommend you to check again and you will notice that it’s fake.]

‘Huh? It is?’

She walked out of the shade and put the picture towards the window.

Black dragon scales.

She was sure she was right… ah.

‘It’s true. It’s not Nidhogg.’

When reflected by the sun the scales became colorful instead of pitch black.

A bit similar to a lacquered scale?

Well…

Come to think of it, who would dare touch the dragon that nested in her library?

Zio handed it back over with an insincere touch. As if nothing had happened just now.

“So this is your hyung’s?”

“…Y-Yes.”

“Using honorifics out of the blue? You used to talk informally.”

“I-I think so?”

“I thought the dragon was a unique thing to me but it’s amazing, have you ever seen it?”

“Not often, just once or twice… Huh? What did you just say?”

“I originally wanted the red dragon from the apocalypse but I wasn’t skilled enough. Nidhogg was the limit. It looks like this has been nerfed too. I’ve been carrying it around with me ever since I was a kid, it looks quite cute too.”

It sounded like she was bragging about her own dog.

Whether she was joking or serious, Yoon Kang-jae couldn’t grasp it through her face at all. Zio laughed bitterly.

“Why are you seeing ‘Jo’ for the first time? Isn’t there one in your house too?”

“…Ah, haha. So you were joking. You surprised me.”

“I am serious. Zio, Jo. Very simple. Don’t you get it?”

“Ah, Noona! Stop joking around. If you show a face like this, I’m really going to be deceived.”

Then, Yoon Kang-jae made a fuss about how he was going to hold my water bottle for me.

As she stared at his back that walked ahead of her, she silently tapped her foot on the floor

[The title attribute, ‘Dragons Peer (Legendary)’ is disabled.]

At the same time, outside of Tiger’s field of vision.

The shadow of the dragon that had been covering the entire area quietly faded away.

(For people confused about what happened at the end, basically Jo is known for her black dragon and Kang Jae showed something(it didn’t fully say what it is so i assume it’s a picture) of a black dragon to show that ‘Jo’ really is his ‘brother’. Zio thought Nidhogg (the name of her black dragon) got stolen which is why she was mad for a second before realising they are different dragons and just looks similar)