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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 19
Chapter Title: The Yeouido Gate Incident
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The Seoul Branch of the Hunter Agency, under the Seoul Metropolitan Natural Disaster Response Policy Agency.
Located in Gwanghwamun, the Seoul Branch was a popular field trip destination for every middle schooler in the city. This meant it usually had a bright, lively atmosphere. Its doors were always wide open, alongside a slogan that read, “The Hunter Agency is Open to the Public.”
But for the last few days, any school that applied for a field trip had been turned away. Its doors were now shut tight. The lights in the conference room had been on for three days and nights straight.
This was all because of the Gate that had opened in Yeouido a week ago.
While there had been some damage, including the destruction of a broadcasting station, it wasn't extensive. There had been one fatality, but since the person had been crushed by the collapsing broadcasting station while trying to escape, the Hunter Agency bore no legal responsibility.
Under normal circumstances, there would have been no reason for the Seoul Branch to lock its doors. If anything, the PR team would have seized the opportunity to hand out pamphlets on Magic Stone management, and the Hunter Agency's union might have staged another protest against privatization.
The problem, however, was that the Gate had closed far too quickly.
A B-rank Gate had appeared in the middle of the city. Just as an S-rank Hunter team, pulled from the nearby Sangam District Dungeon to subdue it, was about to enter, the Gate closed.
The only agent who had been inside was a single E-rank.
[Jeong Yu-jin, Chief of the Mapo Branch]
Jeong Yu-jin’s head snapped up. She had been summoned to the main conference room of the Seoul Branch. Inside, a dozen managers were seated, all glaring at her.
Jeong Yu-jin held her head high.
A clear sign for them to say what they had to say.
"This is Supervisor Yoon Hyeon-dong. Has Kang Ha-ra failed to appear again today?"
