Solo Leveling: Ragnarok – 228



Episode 228

Woo Jin-cheol is revered as a national hero in Korea.

The shock that the S-class hunters received when they learned of the secret that the association president had been hiding was indescribably great.

An association that should have taken a middle path was receiving support from private companies behind the scenes!

However as soon as Suho opened the door and saw Jinho Yu appear he vaguely realized the reason.

Woo Jin-cheol.

The president of the association who was a long-time friend and colleague of his father Seong Jin-woo was a person who lived with all the memories of a past era that has now been forgotten.

What was the first thought that came to his mind when another cataclysm occurred on Earth in this world?

‘…not having a father.’

That’s right.

The first emotion he felt was an unending anxiety.

Seong Jin-woo who protected the Earth with powerful power and noble sacrifice in the past world suddenly disappeared in this world.

A world without Seong Jin-woo!

Could there be a world as unstable and ominous as this?

This feeling was a very existential anxiety that only Woo Jin-cheol who had personally experienced all the horrors of the past era could feel.

If Seong Jin-woo is not there who will be able to protect this world on his behalf this time?

‘does not exist.’

Woo Jin-cheol was able to say for sure.

There is no one who can replace Sung Jin-woo.

therefore….

‘Let’s believe.’

You just have to believe.

Hunter Seong Jin-woo will definitely come back!

‘Then let me do what I can for that time.’

So he started doing what he was most confident and familiar with.

Just creating an association.

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But there was a problem here too.

‘This time Association President Go Geon-hee is not there.’

Unfortunately in the past the president of the Korean Hunter Association Go Geon-hee had died from old age.

Go Geon-hee who was the chairman of a large company generously invested his enormous fortune in the past to create the Korean Hunter Association.

Government help?

Other investors?

You can spend your own money but is there any need for such a thing?

If there are no investors there is no external pressure.

It is possible to remain moderate without the support of a specific political party.

And Go Kun-hee was someone who could do that from the beginning.

The Korean Hunter Association which was created without anyone’s help was created solely as an organization by President Go Kun-hee for the Association President Go Kun-hee.

However despite being in such a position Association President Go Geon-hee did not use all his power to dominate or dominate the hunters.

There was no need to do that in the first place.

Self-interest?

Desire for fame?

In the first place such things are only necessary for low-income people.

When Go Kun-hee was young he was already the head of a large company that had acquired all the wealth and fame on his own so he had no desire for anything.

There was only one thing he desperately wanted.

‘To fight together with young people to protect the world.’

The association that existed solely with that upright and noble sense of mission was the association of President Ko Kun-hee.

‘…But I am not Chairman Ko Kun-hee.’

Woo Jin-cheol knew his own shortcomings.

He did not have the same capital or power as Chairman Ko Kun-hee.

Police chief? Police chief?

With such mediocre power they could only be swayed by the government.

So he desperately tried to make up for his shortcomings and was eventually able to find an alternative solution.

The answer was always close by.

‘Yoo Jin-ho.’

That’s right.

Yoo Jin-ho Seong Jin-woo’s only colleague and subordinate in the past era.

In this era he married Seong Jin-woo’s younger sister and was tied to them through family ties.

And in this world Woo Jin-cheol also interacted with Yoo Jin-ho through Seong Jin-woo and became close friends.

Although they weren’t very close the three of them had a few drinks together with Seong Jin-woo in between them.

and.

‘Ajin Soft CEO Yoo Jin-ho’

He was the CEO of Ajin Soft Korea’s most famous game company and the world’s first virtual reality game. Possessing enormous financial power.

‘okay. Let’s get investment from CEO Jinho Yoo. If this method is used there will be no problem even if Hunter Seong Jin-woo returns.’

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…This was the reason why Woo Jin-cheol approached CEO Yoo Jin-ho to personally invest while forming the association.

Although Yoo Jin-ho had no memories of the past era at the time the ‘project’ presented by Woo Jin-cheol was enough to persuade Yoo Jin-ho who had transformed into a thorough businessman.

Or rather Yu Jin-ho’s eyes flashed as if he was very interested in his suggestion.

-That’s good. We will invest 10 times the amount of money you want. There is so much money that it will rot anyway.

-…?

At this point I was actually curious about Woo Jin-cheol who had suggested it first.

Yoo Jin-ho does not know Seong Jin-woo’s true identity and has no memories of past times so why does he trust Dae-joint so much?

-It’s not because I believe it. It’s to protect our company.

However the answer that came back from Jinho Yoo was completely different.

– Even at this moment the power of the hunters is growing more and more. It is said that hunters already rule like kings in some weak countries. In this situation how long can the law and public power protect us?

Jinho Yu’s voice was heavy.

-So if I had the chance someday I was planning to gather trustworthy hunters and form a group. But before that an association that unites all hunters in Korea must be formed.

And he smiled meaningfully as he unfolded the ‘project plan’ presented by Woo Jin-cheol.

-In that sense I think this ‘Hunters’ Virtual Reality Training Project’ that you proposed will be very beneficial to our company. But let’s increase the scale a little.

-…?

-I think it would be better to open this game to the general public not just for hunters.

-Are you also talking about non-awakened people?

-yes. I would like to provide our company’s users with the experience of becoming a hunter in the game and running through dungeons to hunt demonic beasts. We are fundamentally a gaming company.

Woo Jin-cheol thought for a moment at the unexpected words.

-…That means that all information provided by the association will be disclosed to the general public. However if this fact later becomes known to the public the association may be criticized.

-At that time I will take responsibility and defend you. In the first place you make money to spend it on those occasions. Including all the risks it is 10 times the investment amount.

-….

Woo Jin-cheol was quite impressed by the meaningful smile of Yoo Jin-ho who actually increased the scale of his proposal by more than 10 times.

I was completely mistaken.

The man sitting in front of him was no longer the childish boy who followed Seong Jin-woo around.

Unlike the past era when he was born as a second-generation chaebol and did not know anything about the world this era’s Yoo Jin-ho has grown older and grown into a full-fledged adult or even a giant.

And although he didn’t seem to realize it his adult appearance was like…

‘The most famous chairman in the business world’

That’s right.

Without realizing it Yoo Jin-ho was following in the footsteps of his father the famous chairman.

Even that ability.

A thorough businessman who gave up all his authority and favorable conditions as a second-generation chaebol and founded Ajin Soft from scratch growing it into a leading conglomerate.

That is the man Jinho Yoo of the present era.

And he once again emphasized the first thing Woo Jin-cheol said to him.

-And never forget your initial promise. A promise that from the moment the association is stabilized we will use all of the association’s power to find the whereabouts of my missing brother and his wife.

-Of course. That is a higher priority for me than anything else.

Suddenly.

Woo Jin-cheol and Yoo Jin-ho’s eyes looked at each other as they shook hands firmly concluding all agreements.

In this way the Hunter Association of the Republic of Korea with Woo Jin-cheol as its president secured enormous financial power just as it did when Go Kun-hee was president.

From then on he was able to follow a thorough middle path without being pressured by any external forces.

No actually it wasn’t the middle ground.

The association was originally created for Woo Jin-cheol’s very personal purposes.

World peace?

Citizen safety?

Keeping villains in check?

All those little reasons were incidental.

From the beginning Woo Jin-cheol had only one purpose in creating the association.

‘For Hunter Seong Jin-woo!’

That’s right.

From the beginning the Hunter Association of Korea belonged to Seong Jin-woo and for that purpose Woo Jin-cheol prepared as best as he could.

For when Seong Jin-woo who suddenly disappeared without saying a word comes back to protect the world.

To unite Korean hunters no all people from all over the world.

‘Only then can the people of the world move as one centered around Hunter Seong Jin-woo.’

…It wasn’t like that in the past world.

Hunters from various countries who for their own reasons did not believe in or acknowledge Seong Jin-woo’s power.

At that time the countries that ignored Seong Jin-woo’s strong warning to flee immediately and snorted were completely destroyed and obliterated by the Dragon Emperor’s legions.

Because Woo Jin-cheol clearly remembers that tragedy.

‘This time!’

I will prepare well.

In the first place I never dared to dream that something like this would be able to add even a little bit of strength to Seong Jin-woo’s battle.

Just to make sure they don’t get caught up in Seong Jin-woo’s actions.

Shouldn’t we come together as one listen carefully and even try to run away?

…and so on.

Ajin Soft’s enormous investment money flowed into the association.

In return this was created using hunter information provided by the association and detailed mapping data from numerous dungeons…

“I’m the only one who levels up.”

It is a simulation training project for hunters and a virtual reality game that perfectly embodies a real dungeon.

“The game is finally complete.”

With the game completed and memories of the past era returning Jinho Yoo no longer needs to hide his relationship with the association.

And there was no longer any need to wait vaguely for Seong Jin-woo to return to Earth.

Although he is still lacking he has a son who has inherited his strength and is growing steadily.

‘okay. We have guardians.’

Therefore shouldn’t adults be able to sort out the inconvenient things that block Suho’s path?

“In that sense we are recruiting hunters to participate in the closed beta test.”

Yoo Jin-ho proudly declared to the S-class hunters gathered in the gym with an extremely confident smile.

“But only for those who approved of Suho’s attack on North Korea.”

Smirk.

As he said those words Yoo Jin-ho’s face which was squinting one eye and winking at Su-ho looked very similar to someone else’s.

He appears blunt and extremely cold-hearted at work but in reality he is extremely resourceful…

Like ‘famous president’.

And the impact of what CEO Jin-ho Yoo said was enormous.

“CEO Yu Yu! “Has the Nahon Level game really been completed?”

The S-class hunters gathered here were all representatives of large guilds and they had already been paying attention to the ‘Level Up Only’ game that Ajin Soft was developing for a long time.

Wasn’t the project that the Hyeonmu Guild bothered Suho in the first place but then got ruined by Yoo Jin-ho?

However for that very reason the Hyeonmu Guild did not know more specific information about the Nahon Level game.

Suho suddenly remembered something he once heard from Jinho Yoo’s employee.

-yes. If the game does well the Hunter Guild that helped will benefit greatly from the publicity. This is confidential so please ask directly when you meet the CEO.

Expensive publicity and money.

For the Hunter Guild it increases brand value and in return the game company gains reality that can lead to thrilling excitement in players.

For that very purpose Ajin Soft was willing to cooperate even by paying high hunters’ ransom.

‘…The secret at that time was the hunters’ mock training.’

Suho nodded.

At that time I couldn’t ask for more details about the game because I was trying to bring back Jinho Yoo’s memories.

But even if I knew I probably wouldn’t have paid attention.

Because he could gain experience and level up only through direct combat.

However from the perspective of ordinary hunters who unlike Suho cannot level up the value of Jinho Yoo’s virtual reality game was bound to be felt completely differently.

“Is it really possible to simulate training in virtual reality? “To what extent is the synchronization?”

“oh my god. So is it possible to gain practical combat experience against magical beasts there without worrying about getting hurt or dying?”

“If it’s virtual reality no matter how much you train your weapon won’t be damaged. It will be possible to train various strategies against the same boss mob!”

Upon hearing that the game was completed the S-class hunters’ faces were filled with anticipation and excitement.

Unlike the Hyeonmu guild the guilds that were already in close cooperation with Ajin Soft were well aware of its confidential information.

But I never imagined that a project of that scale would already be completed.

CEO Jinho Yoo confidently answered their questions.

“Whatever you can imagine we have prepared more.”

“CEO please let us…”

Suddenly it was Hyun Moo-gang who raised his arms and approved of Su-ho’s strategy to conquer North Korea.