Translator"s ramblings:
Hey guys and girls,
we are happy to announce we are picking up History"s Strongest Manager, previously mistranslated as The Mightiest Manager (we gonna solve that).
I would also like to talk about what release speed you guys can expect for this novel. For now I only promise 1 chapter/week with release on sat.u.r.days. Yes, it is on the low size, but I really need some time to get a nice rhythm going and to stockpile some chapters. And I may or may not be going through a crazy programming vibe.
Back to the novel, if you don"t remember the story that well you might want to check the page to refresh your memory (mainly important terms like names, places, organizations, etc.). Or if you are feeling adventurous check the and just re-read it all.
Special shout-out to Chamber who double-checked the chapter.
Important thing! The chapter is divided in two so you will see a b.u.t.ton to read the 2nd half. There is no ads or wait, just consider it a page refresh. I think it won"t be an issue.
Hope you enjoy the chapter.
There"s Only a Paper-thin Difference Between Red Ocean and Blue Ocean (1) Weekend, morning.
Kang-Joon didn"t have any close friends, nor family. Recently the only times his phone rang were caused by mobile games, which he mistakenly downloaded, sending him promotional messages like “log-in now to collect 20 Ruby”, Seol Yeong was the only person who sent him messages.
[The company car will be used by Mr. Kang-Joon in the future. The key is at your desk so take it later. There is nothing to worry about about insurance, Team Leader Song will handle all of it.]
After scouting the Magical Girl and extorting devices worth 800 million won (~800,000USD) Seol Yeong"s trust in Kang-Joon shot up to the sky. That was the reason he suddenly had an imported car. Kang-Joon enjoyed the corporate lifestyle quite a bit. The low number of people meant that there was almost no hierarchy, and he enjoyed the part where he could act like half-friends with the president.
‘Should I raise Hero Management instead?"
After he talked about creating a company with Seol Yeong, he realized that it was quite a troublesome task. How many doc.u.ments one needs to prepare; what insurance to choose; how many administrative matter one had to know. Kang-Joon realized creating a company wasn"t as easy as he thought.
And also, he found out that the administration of most of that sort of administrative work was handled by team leader Song who just slept everyday.
Most of all, Kang-Joon was currently in a dilemma. If he developed Hero Management itself and later, when he established his own, all of his efforts until then would go down the drain. He would be back to square one.
Working at a company to get to know the industry, and ending up helping it was rather nonsensical. But Kang-Joon was always a hardworking person like that. Doing sincerely what work he must, and doing whatever was necessary in the immediate moment.
Be it developing Hero Management and taking over it later, stealing it"s manpower, or starting a new management from scratch, all of that belonged to the future. As always, no one knew Choi Kang-Joon genuine aim.
In many ways, Kang-Joon"s start-up is still far away in the future, and for now he should first focus on his work developing Hero Management sincerely. They still didn"t possess a proper hunter team yet, and he must get to know how they are faring in other areas than hunting.
-Ziiin!
His cell phone rang as he received a message. This time too the sender was Seol Yeong.
[Mr. Kang-Joon, we should now create our proper hunting team, right? Monday two weeks from now will be the completion ceremony of the Korean Branch of the Temple. It would be good if we could rope-in a Knight there. We have a total of 3 sets of equipment. If we can at least get 2 more persons we should be able to run our first hunting team.]
[Oh, that sounds good.]
[In that case you and I will have to go to YangPyeong on monday so I called to let you know.]
[Okay.]
[Then go rest. Sorry for contacting you on your day off.]
And with that the call came to an end. Kang-Joon fell into his thoughts.
Every year new Knights would graduate from the Knight Temple and join the Hunter circle in droves. The Knight Temple itself was an organization funded entirely by the UN, which had grown in scale ever since the Great Disappearance. They looked for people who had talent to become a Knight, and trained them.
After finishing it, the graduates can become Templars under UN or choose to become a Knight. Templars are those without worldly desires who wander the world"s dangerous areas for the sole objective of protecting others, and Knights had many choices, such as deciding to sign a contract with a management company, or becoming a freelancer.
Naturally, there were many people who choose to become a Knight over a Templar. However, there were still many that chose to become Templars as a result of Knight Education or body modification process.
And the graduation ceremony was where they will evaluate the level of the graduates and also the moment each and every one of them will decide which way they would go.
And, that graduation ceremony is precisely monday after next week. Obviously, Knights taking their first steps preferred affiliating themselves to a management rather than hunting alone, being taken care of until they were able to throw out their newbie badge, while managements always required new Hunters so each party needed the other.
Kang-Joon had no knowledge of that system, and Seol Yeong had enthusiastically told him about it.
‘I now know something I didn"t before."
Kang-Joon had experienced attending a completion ceremony in the past, the memories he had of it was of observing a sacred ceremony. However, it had now become a place where management scouter were everywhere.
Next week would be period management and Knights meet each other, which would be one week earlier than the graduation ceremony where they decide which path they will walk in the future.
A hunting team required a minimum of 3 members. Of course, Awaken and Mutants possess their own diverse abilities and as such have their own appropriate battle formations. But, the most important pieces were the Knights. Knights were fundamentally more efficient than most other units. They were indispensable since their strong bodies could defend attacks or easily fend them off, which in turn, allowed for more stable formations.
Therefore, a good Knight was considered indispensable in a hunter team.
Even though Kang-Joon didn"t have a bad eye for Knights, he knew an expert in the area. He called somewhere with his cellphone. And, after beeping for a moment, somebody answered.