Chapter 72

Saturday morning.

Minjun was the first to arrive at the lobby of the student union building.

There were some who came 10 minutes early, but as expected, not a single member of the crew came before Min-jun.

“I didn’t expect you to come before me.”

Min-joon waited for them, thinking that it would be a relief if all of them came.

By the time I sat on the lobby bench for about 5 minutes.

Seo Min-jae appeared first.

“Did you come soon? Are you free?”

“Isn’t a day like today supposed to come soon?”

“Well, not really.”

Still, Seo Min-jae came earlier than expected, so he wasn’t bored waiting for the rest of the crew.

After that, after 1 o’clock on the hour that we were supposed to meet, the members started to gather one by one.

“Phew, I was nervous because I was afraid I would be late.”

“Oh, fortunately I am not last!”

“Why is the weather so hot again? I thought I was going to die of heat.”

Fortunately, all members of the crew gathered in time.

Hey hey, I’m going to visit the Ark Guild office building representing Korea, but can I miss it?

“Still, everyone gathered before it was too late. Then, shall we simply eat and go? It’s until 2 o’clock anyway, so I can go after eating.”

“OK.”

Everyone seemed to follow Minjun’s words without saying anything.

In the case of the Ark Guild office anyway.

It was so large that it was not envious of most department store buildings, so it took a lot of stamina to look around it all.

In the original work, there was a part where the supporting actors visited the Ark Guild office building, but there was a scene where everyone walked around so much that the soles of their feet were swollen the next day.

Min-jun had already put a patch on the sole of his foot.

“By the way, where do you eat lunch?”

“I don’t know much about this area because I only eat school meals every day.”

In response to the team members’ questions, Minjun pointed at one place with his finger as if he had waited.

“If you cross the crosswalk over there, there is a place where you can stir-fry pork. Let’s go there.”

“In addition? Hey, Minjun Cha. Did you go yesterday too?”

“So you don’t like it? It’s delicious.”

“It must be delicious! Still, you ate yesterday, don’t you get tired of eating again?”

“Are you tired of meat?”

Members of the crew quietly listened to Min-jun talking with Seo Min-jae.

They were suspicious.

“Did you two eat together?”

“When did the two of us eat alone without our knowledge?”

“Aren’t you two already together?”

When Communications Department Kim Ki-yong spoke as if he was looking between the two, Seo Min-jae made another sudden attack.

Booung- Booung-

She wielded her trademark long spear with no regrets.

Not only did he not hesitate an inch, but in an instant, he brought the blade of his spear to Kim Ki-yong’s neck.

gulp-

“If you talk like that one more time, you’ll really die next time.”

“No, I was kidding~ Why do you take it so seriously~”

“Even if it’s a joke, it’s embarrassing to hear it.”

“Mi, I’m sorry. I made a mistake, so put that window down.”

Rather, Minjun, who was still, felt as if he had somehow suffered a mysterious defeat.

‘Do all the students here put a blade on their neck at every opportunity?’

It didn’t feel very good, but the first thing to do was to dry the relationship between the two.

Min-jun hurriedly spread his arms out to the sides and separated them.

“Come on, I don’t have time for this. There’s nothing good about fighting each other, right? Min-jae, don’t be too emotional.”

“Sheesh.”

Only then did Seo Min-jae put down his long spear.

There was no need to consume physical strength already, so Min-jun hurriedly led the crew to a regular restaurant.

***

After having lunch like that.

Arrived at the Ark Guild office building near Xenix Academy.

The Ark Guild office building is made of blatant glass and high-rise buildings.

It felt different from the party room building where Park Anna held a party the other day.

“Then, shall we go in?”

Minjun took the lead and entered the entrance of the building.

The lobby inside the building was full of security guards in black suits.

“How did you get here?”

Among them, a security guard approached as soon as he saw Min-joon’s group.

“We are trainees at the Zenix Academy, and we came because we had a field trip experience today.”

“Wait a minute, did you get a temporary pass?”

“Here you go.”

Minjun presented the temporary pass he had received in advance to the security guard.

Even after presenting the pass.

A thorough inspection was conducted.

I had to return all of the members’ student IDs, smartphones, and valuables.

When members of the crew entered a capsule equipped with artificial intelligence, they were even checked in turn.

[Pass!]

If you stay still for about 1-2 minutes in the capsule, the sensor automatically scans and passes through.

‘It wasn’t a prestigious Korean guild for nothing.’

Minjun was the first to finish all the checks.

Fortunately, he was able to carry Min-jun’s favorite black bow.

It was a little ironic that he could carry the weapons of the trainees while everything else was fine.

‘Does it feel like something is not right?’

Whatever.

After completing all the inspections, including Seo Min-jae, who was the last one, a welcome (?) person appeared.

“Welcome, Jennix. My name is Im Seong-choon, who is in charge of the arc guild secretary position.”

It was a picture that Minjun had already expected.

To the point of regret if Chief Lim fell out of the Ark Guild, his presence was prominently revealed in the original work.

In fact, it was a different feeling to see it again like this in the office building.

“It’s nice to see Cha Min-joon again like this.”

“Me too.”

The members of the crew looked at Minjun with curious expressions.

That would be too.

Would a trainee who was only a freshman ever have a chance to meet Ark Guild Lim?

It was natural to wonder how the two knew each other.

“First of all, I will briefly guide you through the internal structure of our office building and what kind of work each floor does. Please follow me.”

The crew looked up at the high ceiling and were excited.

Of course, Seo Min-jae was busy following Min-joon with a shy expression.

Meanwhile, Director Lim took the lead and looked at Min-joon with a sidelong glance.

“I never expected Cha Min-joon to be a field trip student. There are all these coincidences.”

“Maybe we are meant to be?”

“I hope so.”

Lim’s expression looked meaningful.

It seemed like he was hiding something, probably because he remembered what Minjun said the other day.

“Oh yes, and.”

“… … .”

“Our master is very curious about Cha Min-joon… . Rather, before I even brought up the story, he said he wanted to meet me in person.”

This was a bit of an odd statement.

To think that Chief Lim knew of Min-jun’s existence before he even brought up the story of Min-joon.

Due to the personalities of Koo Dong-man and Lim.

I never would have told Gu Hwang-seok about the situation on the roof first… .

If so, there was only one guess.

‘Well, it spread quickly on the Xenix homepage, so it’s strange that I don’t know.’

Gu Hwang-seok seemed to have checked the video of the sparring with Gu Dong-man.

Furthermore, if Gu Hwang-seok, the founder of the Ark Guild, would have enough to catch Gu Dong-man’s inhalation of the B-03 potion.

Against such driving, Min-jun’s tricks will inevitably come quite unusual.

Let me point out one more thing here.

The efficacy of the ‘parliament flower’, which has not yet been revealed by the Hunter Association.

Because Min-joon revealed it through video as if to show it off.

For Gu Hwang-seok, of course, it was enough for Min-joon to catch his eye.

“Oh, there is one part I didn’t mention while showing you the internal structure of our office building.”

“… ?”

“There is still one more thing left besides the entrance gate.”

“Is this your first time hearing something like that?”

“You mean that? Have you heard of our internal gateways elsewhere? Cha Min-joon?”

Oops!

It was Minjun who almost made a mistake.

Nothing was known to the outside world at all about things like the gateways inside the Ark Guild.

Not only do their entry and exit gates change every day, but they are also implicitly strict in maintaining security.

Minjun’s remarks just before left enough room for doubt.

Minjun also stopped thinking based on the original work, and unconsciously spit out the words.

“Ah~ I must have mistaken it for another guild. Our trainees often share such stories. How about a guild here? What about the guild over there? It seems that I was confused for a while while talking about this.”

“… okay. If that’s the case, it’s just confusing.”

For now, it seemed that they had passed the crisis by using other guilds as an excuse.

Before long, I took the elevator to the upper floor following Director Lim’s guidance.

“The 56th floor, which we will drop off in a little while, is a place prepared to analyze your combat power and skills. It is the most signature floor in our building and we are proud of it.”

***

The 56th floor of the Ark Guild Building.

As soon as the elevator doors opened, a vast plaza greeted Minjun and the members.

“Wow~”

“Is it better than our Jenix Fountain Park?”

“Is this in the office building? I am truly envious.”

Xenix Academy’s fountain park was positioned as the top of the nation’s academies for landscaping.

Of course, the landscaping is much more splendid than the Zenix Fountain Park.

The 56th floor, equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, was able to imprint the scale of the Ark Guild again.

‘The 56th floor, the 56th floor.’

When Minjun arrived on the 56th floor, he seemed to vaguely remember something.

‘The 56th floor… 56th floor… oh! It’s a field here!’

A field on the 56th floor that is famous even among the members of the Ark Guild.

It was a place where the air was almost zero, and it was called the ‘Air Zone Field’ among the Ark Guild members.

It was the best field for not only training the body in an extreme environment, but also training one’s magical powers.

If so, why did Director Lim bring the field trip students to this place?

It was possible to predict that an unusual gateway was prepared.

“Welcome to our Airzone Field. Before introducing the field, I will give you a gateway here. At any rate, when passing through a given gateway. We will give you a chance to have a one-on-one meeting with Master Gu Hwang-seok. You know what this means?!”

One-on-one interview with Master Gu Hwang-seok.

Because just sharing a meal with him was a huge opportunity.

It was a place that all trainees dreamed of.

Having a meal with him meant that upon graduating from the academy, the probability of entering the Ark Guild would increase significantly.

At this, Seo Min-jae took a step forward and looked at Chief Lim.

“So what is the gateway?”