Chapter 59: Welcome to the Kindergarten of Destruction! (59)/ 783 |
TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
[Congratulations.]
[You have awakened upon joining Sejun Company as a full-time employee.]
[You have become Sejun Company’s Full-Time Employee No. 10,432,131(F).]
[All stats increase by 5 due to job trait.]
[Due to job trait, your body changes very slowly to a healthy constitution.]
[Due to job trait, you do not easily gain excess fat.]
[Due to job trait, you can purchase goods sold by Sejun Company at a 5% discount.]
[Due to job trait, if you achieve outstanding performance, your recognized work hours will increase according to your achievements and you can receive a maximum of 1 rank promotion.]
[You have acquired job skill: Receive Salary (Lv. 1).]
[You have acquired job skill: 40-Hour Work Week (Lv. 1).]
[Keep this in mind.]
37.150.24.137
[The only way to leave Sejun Company is through death.]
Messages appeared before Choi Moran, who was forcibly awakened upon becoming a full-time employee of Sejun Company.
Until now, [System SJC] had learned much from [System Eok-Samchiri] and built a system that could thoroughly manage Sejun Company employees.
Thus, two job skills were created solely for full-time employees of Sejun Company.
[Job Skill: Receive Salary] allows you to receive your salary no matter where you are on payday. As the level increases, your salary and bonuses increase, and you gain more options to receive goods instead of Tower Coins.
[Job Skill: 40-Hour Work Week] increases your weekly allowable working hours by 1 hour for every level gained, thereby increasing the time you can work.
You may ask what’s good about increasing work hours, but once you work more than 40 hours a week, you earn increased wages and bonuses due to job traits and can more quickly raise your job grade.
That’s because job grades only increase based on accumulated working hours.
For reference, to go from Grade F to Grade E requires a total of 1,000 working hours, and from Grade E to Grade D requires 10,000 hours.
Naturally, benefits await with each job grade promotion.
Basically, each grade promotion increases all stat growth and adds new job traits.
Upon reaching Grade E, you can enjoy Sejun Company’s virtually non-existent welfare policies. At Grade D, you gain access to the <Earth> Full-Time Employee Communication Network, and at Grade C, you unlock a job trait that allows you to negotiate your salary with Sejun, though whether negotiation is actually possible remains unclear.
Convincing Theo in the first place was already an enormous hurdle.
Since working naturally leads to promotion, [System SJC] didn’t pay much attention.
For reference, the highest job grade a full-time employee can reach is SSS grade. To achieve that requires a total of 10 billion working hours.
Thus, Choi Moran, who was previously unawakened, and her secretary Nam Garam, both awakened. Already awakened individuals gained additional jobs, job traits, and job skills.
“Puhuhut. From now on, work hard and earn lots of money for great hybrid Chairman Park!”
As Theo proudly shouted about working them to the bone,
“Vice Chairman Theo-nim, could you just stamp your paw here? I’ll treasure it as a family heirloom for life.”
Nam Garam held out a blank sheet of paper. She wanted to be promoted to the executive committee of the Meow-Meow Club.
However,
“Meow?! No way, meow! I, Vice Chairman Theo, never stamp blank contracts, meow!”
Since it was a trick he himself used often, Theo was immediately suspicious.
“Oh. That’s not what I meant. Then how about this?”
-Nam Garam will work hard for Vice Chairman Theo-nim from now on.
Party A: Park Theo
Party B: Nam Garam
Nam Garam quickly wrote this on two sheets of paper and
Stamp.
Put her fingerprint next to her name.
“Puhuhut. Good, meow! An excellent contract, meow!”
Stamp.
Theo also gladly stamped it.
And thus, Nam Garam secured Theo’s paw print.
“Vice Chairman Theo-nim, would it be possible to take a photo too?”
“Puhuhut. Good, meow! To commemorate becoming a full-time employee, I’ll take one for free without even asking for Churu, meow!”
“Thank you!”
Click.
After taking a photo with Theo,
-Everyone, please congratulate me! I joined Great Theo’s company! Here’s the contract and the photo Great Theo took with me!
She uploaded the photo along with the message to Theo’s fan cafe, the Meow-Meow Club Cafe.
-You’re a true successful fan!
-So jealous!
-Great Theo’s jelly paws are so cute!
Meow-Meow Club Cafe members left envious comments.
-Bears are cuter than cats! Come see our Cuengi!
-Why are you promoting in someone else’s café?! Banned!
Amidst it all, a promotional post came in from Kueng-Kueng Club, the rival fan club of Meow-Meow Club.
Oh. I should add limited edition stamps with Vice Chairman Theo and Director Cuengi and photo opportunities to Sejun Company’s welfare policies.
It doesn’t even cost money, and it’s really great.
Seeing that, [System SJC] added it to Sejun Company’s welfare policy.
While Theo was busy making full-time employees,
Sejun quietly approached the unconscious Han Young-jae.
Kihihit. Kking?!
[Hehe. Butler! Are you going to scold him?!]
Blackie got excited thinking Sejun was about to punish Han Young-jae and followed closely behind.
However,
“No. I’m going to heal him.”
Kking?
Sejun had approached Han Young-jae to heal him.
Chuk.
Sejun placed his hand on Han Young-jae’s head and closed his eyes.
He was definitely crumpled somewhere deep in his unconscious due to Blackie’s spiritual pressure.
No one knows the struggles of an sunfish better than another sunfish.
Thus, Sejun entered Han Young-jae’s mental world.
He quickly found Han Young-jae trembling in his unconscious and
“Young-jae. The scary wolf is gone. You can come out now.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
As he comforted Han Young-jae’s soul, he also checked the condition of his body.
As expected, his physical energy had weakened a lot.
When exposed to strong spiritual pressure, the body weakens. This is because the soul affects the body, and the body affects the soul.
I should share some strength.
“Take this.”
Sejun handed over a small black orb created from a fragment of his own power. Though a trivial power ignored by his companions, to Han Young-jae it was an extraordinary opportunity.
“Thank you.”
Han Young-jae accepted the shimmering black orb as if enchanted.
Whoosh.
The black orb unraveled like thread and was absorbed through Han Young-jae’s nose and mouth.
So comforting.
Han Young-jae’s body, shocked and frightened, was healed and strengthened.
“Now that you’re all healthy, you have to pay the price for hitting our Blackie, right?”
“Huh?”
“You hit our Blackie?!”
“Argh!”
Sejun gently flicked Han Young-jae’s soul on the forehead and exited his inner world.
A moment later.
“I’m sorry!”
Han Young-jae shouted and opened his eyes.
And then.
[You have awakened by inheriting 0.001% of the power of Black Tower’s Tower Farmer Park Sejun.]
[You have become <Earth>’s Farmer (F).]
…
..
.
He awakened as a Farmer.
“Huh? Uh… waaah! I became a farmer! I’m ruined!”
Han Young-jae burst into tears. He had wanted to awaken later and become a cool warrior, but a farmer?!
He would later come to realize that being a farmer was better than a warrior, but that would take time.
At that moment,
“Young-jae! Are you okay?”
Choi Moran rushed over and checked on Young-jae’s condition.
“No. I’m not okay. Mom, I became a farmer…”
Han Young-jae answered tearfully, clinging to Choi Moran.
“A farmer?”
“Yeah. It said I inherited Park Sejun’s power. So I have to be a farmer. Hwaaa!”
He started crying again, feeling sorrowful even as he explained.
However.
Oh. What a stroke of fate!
Our Young-jae, a farmer?!
Han Tae-jun and Choi Moran were overwhelmed with joyous shock.
He had inherited Sejun’s power, and more importantly, he was the first awakened individual on Earth, excluding Sejun himself, to obtain the job of Farmer.
“Puhuhut. Since you’ve received the grace of our great hybrid Chairman Park, you should give a reward, meow!”
Theo didn’t miss the opportunity and proudly demanded payment.
“Of course! We should give something! What would you like?”
Choi Moran readily agreed. Now that her child’s future was secure, there was nothing she wouldn’t give.
“Puhuhut. Tell me what you can offer, meow!”
“Just a moment. Secretary Nam, bring me a list of my assets.”
“Yes. Here it is.”
“Puhuhut. I want this building, meow!”
“Yes, you can have it. Do you want any other buildings?”
“Puhuhut. Then this one and this one too…”
“Hahaha. Dong-sik, let’s go back inside.”
“Hahaha. Okay.”
While Kim Dong-sik and Han Tae-jun resumed their meeting with Iona and Theo was busy shaking down Choi Moran’s assets,
“Kids, let’s start the Pot Smashing game!”
Sejun gathered the children to begin the third event of the sports day. The kids had been waiting so long that their patience had reached its limit.
“Aileen, give the signal.”
“Okay! Start!”
With Aileen’s energetic shout, the Pot Smashing game began.
“Yap!”
“Eeyap!”
Pop! Pop!
Each time the beanbags thrown by the Children of Destruction hit the pot, explosive sounds rang out.
And then,
“Throw it!”
“This time, let’s win!”
Pop! Pop!
The kids from Hwanggung Kindergarten weren’t going down easy this time. They had selected the 23 strongest kids, equipped them with items, and boosted their Strength, Stamina, and Agility using Sejun’s crop doping.
After 30 minutes of Pot Smashing,
The pot still hadn’t cracked. In truth, Sejun had used a slightly sturdier pot to buy some cooking time. Of course, it was sturdy only by the standards of Aileen and the Children of Destruction.
It was made from dragon scale over 500 years old, specifically one that had lost much of its durability after 1000 years.
In other words, it was something the children of Hwanggung Kindergarten or rather, Earth’s Hunters could never break.
“Huff, huff. Why won’t it break?”
“I can’t do it anymore.”
The kids from Hwanggung Kindergarten collapsed after throwing beanbags with all their might, unaware of the trick.
“Yap!”
“Eeyap!”
In contrast, the Children of Destruction showed no signs of fatigue.
At that moment,
Sniff sniff.
Sniff sniff.
“Huh?! Something smells delicious!”
“It must be lunchtime!”
“YamYam wants to eat now!”
The children caught the scent of Sejun’s cooking.
“This won’t do! PangPang is done hiding her strength!”
“MulMul too! Hidden power, release!”
“YamYam as well! Power release!”
Boom! Bam bam!
They began throwing the beanbags at full strength.
After about five minutes,
Pop!
The pot burst open.
-Kindergarten of Destruction wins!
Confetti rained down along with a victory banner.
As the pot burst,
“Yay! Let’s go eat!”
The Children of Destruction rushed off to the cafeteria without even a victory celebration.
“Waaa! We lost again!”
“Dad’s going to scold me if I lose… waaa!”
The kids of Hwanggung Kindergarten, left alone beside the still-intact pot, burst into tears at their continuous defeats.
“Kids, don’t cry. Look at this. Our lunch is a bento made by a famous chef. Doesn’t it look delicious? For lunch, we beat Kindergarten of Destruction.”
“Sniff… Really?”
“We won?”
“Of course.”
Lee Myung-sook hurriedly brought out the bento boxes made by a famous chef and comforted the crying children.
However.
“Let’s eat outside today.”
“Yay! Food tastes three times better when we eat outside!”
As Sejun brought his food out to the garden, Lee Myung-sook’s comforting words were rendered useless.
“Waaa! We lost again!”
“The smell over there is even better!”
“We lost lunch too! We lost everything! Waaah!”
The kids of Hwanggung Kindergarten began crying even harder than before.
But who is Sejun?
“I made plenty, so if anyone wants to eat, you’re welcome to come. Who wants some?”
Chuk.
“Me!”
“Me too!”
The crying children stopped and raised their hands high.
Chuk.
“May we have some too?”
Even Lee Myung-sook and the teachers from Hwanggung Kindergarten abandoned their pride and raised their hands for Sejun’s food.
Thus, the children grew closer as they shared the food.
After lunch, they all took a nap together.
“Alright, let’s begin!”
When they woke up, they mixed the teams evenly and continued with the remaining events, relay race and obstacle course.
The result was 1 to 1.
A match where everyone won.
And then.
“Shall we do the final boss battle? Beat the Theo-Cuengi-Blackie brothers! For reference, targeting the youngest, Blackie, increases your chances of winning. Hehehe.”
In the final event, everyone formed one team to compete against Theo, Cuengi, and Blackie.
The game was tag-the-tail. The team that pulled off the cloth attached to the opponent’s rear would win.
“Start!”
And so, the game began.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Great Blackie will beat everyone!]
Jingle! Jingle!
[As expected of great Blackie-nim! You’re amazing!]
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Great Blackie knows it too!]
As soon as the game started, Blackie, cheered on by Kkobangi, bravely charged into enemy territory.
Kking!
[No!]
And was heroically defeated.
“Puhuhut. Blackie, don’t worry, meow! Big brother will win this for you, meow!”
Kuehehehe. Kueng! Kueng!
[Hehehe. Blackie, just sit there and watch! We’ll win for you!]
Even without Blackie, the result didn’t change.
“Game over! Theo-Cuengi-Blackie brothers win!”
With the overwhelming performance of Theo and Cuengi, the kids lost the boss battle.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. It’s all thanks to great Blackie!]
Despite doing nothing, Blackie puffed up proudly.
Jingle! Jingle!
[Absolutely! It’s all thanks to great Blackie-nim!]
Kkobangi vigorously shook his bells, sucking up to Blackie.
A short while later.
Once the sports day was completely over,
“Min-cheol, take care.”
“Yeah! Mingming, you too. Stay well.”
The children who had become close during the day called each other’s names and said their goodbyes.
And so, the lively joint sports day between Kindergarten of Destruction and Hwanggung Kindergarten ended with a 3:0 landslide victory for Kindergarten of Destruction, but the children of Hwanggung Kindergarten received an enormous reward without even realizing it.
Although only a future Creator God, the fact that the Creator God called them by name.
The kids from Hwanggung Kindergarten didn’t yet understand just how lucky they were.
Gods and stars began to watch over the Hwanggung Kindergarten children, whose names were spoken by the children of Kindergarten of Destruction, with eyes full of goodwill.