History's Strongest Manager Chapter 35

Translator’s Ramblings:

‘Sup guys,

from here on out we will be using hyung, noona, oppa, unnie addressing terms. They really can’t be translated without some loss of meaning.

Here is for those who have no idea what I am talking about:

Oppa : is for a girl referring to a slightly older guy / their actual big brother.
Unnie : is for a girl referring to a slightly older girl / their actual big sister.
Hyung : is for a guy referring to a slightly older guy / their actual big brother.
Noona : is for a guy referring to a slightly older girl / their actual big sister.

I will change back the previous chapters when I can. Which is probably soon since it is kinda easy.

And thanks to Beliaev N. for actually replying to me. You other people only care about the chapters and ignore your translator, shame on you.

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[Battle Results – All dead, Defeat]
[Player 1 – Choi Gina : Death 4min 44sec]
[Player 2 – Seo Aran : Death 9min 21sec]
[Player 3 – Jiwon : Death 3min 30sec]
[Remaining enemies : Daytime Dokkaebi (Remaining HP 7%) ]
[Battle Rating F Rank]

It was able to a.n.a.lyze and issue a post-evaluation about who caused how much damage, or the circ.u.mstances regarding one’s death. In many ways the Battle Station was a place in which the simulations did their money worth. Everyone was downcast with the consecutive defeats. However, Kang-Joon didn’t comment anything.

“We should eat something first.”

This place was where new Hunter Teams did their training, so as soon as they came out the Battle Room they met people who were aware of Seo Aran’s circ.u.mstances, sharing some light greetings every now and then.

“Wow! Aran! It’s been a while!”

“Yeah.”

“How are you?”

“I am well.”

“Oh, ah… Have you eaten?”

“I am going now.”

“Ah… Yeah, have a nice meal! Let’s meet again later!”

Most of the people they met were glad only to depart with Aran’s dry responses while others simply nodded their heads as greeting, with the clear-cut responses and the lack of willingness in continuing the conversations displayed all too openly the majority of those were glad not have seeing each other in a long time ended disgruntled.

Everyone watched the cute child there and there were those who greeted it looking as if they found it endearing, and Jiwon, likewise,  diligently greeted them.

“Hi!”

Of course, Hero Management was attracting all attention of the management industry these days like a second sun rising in the sky, and those who were aware of the news of a newly recruited Mutant’s presence there roughly guessed Jiwon’s ident.i.ty.

The treatment given to Mutants was already less than ideal, and if it was a child involved in the murder cases in a Mutant breakout incident then, it was no surprise to be treated like the chicken by the cow — with sheer indifference.

Seo Aran was a familiar face among the Knights, while in Choi Kang-Joon’s case the rumours had more than enough time to spread to the people who were well-informed by now, and the people who had heard of Choi Kang-Joon could roughly guess Jiwon’s circ.u.mstances.

‘Then who is she?’

What those who pa.s.sed by, specially the management officials, were paying attention to was Choi Gina. Thinking that if Choi Kang-Joon’s cast consisted of a Templar aspirant and a runaway Mutant, Choi Gina as well might be a talented Hunter worth keeping track of. However, as it was, looking at her she seemed simply like a woman in her mid twenties with distinguished and beautiful features.

Besides, seeing their crestfallen expressions, one could guess without difficulty the colossal failure in the Battle Room. This is a Battle Station, and making a mistake here meant nothing other than death in a battle, so it was often followed by the managements strong reprimands and sometimes issuing of penalties.

In the end, even if private  they were a company after all, and the Hunters here were training under their managers’ surveillance.

The managements’ trend those days was to run new Teams at the Battle Stations for some days if short, or a few week if long to build up teamwork. The majority which was then ordered to go out working in the field. it was, in various aspects, the speed of roasting a bean with lightning.

There were many cases where ‘training’ was the equivalent of being imprisoned in the Room, and skipping meals was but a matter of course. There were occasionally cases of Freelancer Hunters which were able to summon winds, clouds and rain before the contract becoming no different from slaves after them.

As such, Hunters were, in their majority, almost half-dead.

That was also the same to Kang Ju-Yeon who was in the middle of a meal in the food court.

“Haa… I hate this.’

For 3 whole days, she was training hard together with her new team members while getting only the minimum necessary sleep. Working hard with D Rank Hard Mode Clear as goal, she — together with a Knight and a single Awaken — was part of a three-man Team, training under a manager’s instructions.

A Knight, who had physical strength much more outstanding than others, felt this much fatigue, the additional fatigue the awaken had was clear to see.

He was at his wit’s end, and without even going through 3 spoonfuls ran to the restroom in order to throw up.

Until the contract was signed no matter what they did she was no different from a queen, now the manager only had eyes for his watch as if he was apprehensive.

If the expected amount of training wasn’t fulfilled it was, to the team leader, the same as a failure.

The down-payment was received, so in the future she had to move in accordance with the management’s commands, and regardless of much she earned the plain truth was the management had the initiative. However she was a headstrong person, and could endure this much.

And that was when she found a familiar face in the food court.

‘Seo Aran?’

A man, one quite pretty young kid which she couldn’t tell whether was a boy or girl, followed by Seo Aran and another woman. Kang Ju-Yeon was able to know at once that adult man was Hero Management’s manager from those widespread rumours. Although they were seated quite far away, she eavesdropped in their conversation concentrating her senses.

“What do you want to eat?”

“Side-dishes[1] too.”

“Can I eat a Tonkatsu[2]?”

“Tomato pasta.”

“Okay… Tonkatsu and pasta with side-dishes. Jiwon, should we order you a junior set?”

“Noooo! Something big, would it be bad if I eat something big?”

“I get it. Something big.”

Kang-Joon rose from the seat finishing the tally.

‘What the, they came here to fool around?’

Looking as they were they were no different from people who had come to visit a department store’s food court. The manager standing in front of Kang Ju-Yeon’s eyes continued talking without care.

“Finish your meal, take a 3 minutes rest then come to the room immediately after. Ms. Ju-Yeon, you are indeed doing good so far, but can you keep in mind your overeagerness in the future? Move with the idea of helping you teammates first once in a while. And Mr. Jikwon isn’t it too problematic to be scared now? It is augmented reality after all, what are you scared of? If it’s this way right now, what about in a real battle then?”

A Manager in the early thirties ate casually talking at length of work matters. Even if considered a prospect, she was still nothing but a C Rank Knight, her potential was seen by the company and selected — nothing but that. She would grow during the 5-year contract, and, because of that, would end providing more Energy Crystals as commission than the company’s initial down-payment.

The allure of money was ruthless, therefore, before she was employed in real battles she was pushed very hard. Although Kang Ju-Yeon was doing well, it seemed the Knight that came together with her, Kim Jikwon, was being subjected to a very severe talk.

‘Then why don’t you try being hit once!’

Fake or not, due to the operating psychokinesis the amount of impact transferred was not ordinary. Enough for a common person to break out in a thousand screams.

Translation’s Notes:

Banchan – Side-Dishes:

Banchan is a collective name for small side dishes served along with cooked rice in Korean cuisine. As the Korean language does not distinguish between singular and plural grammatically, the word is used for both one such dish or all of them combined.

Banchan are set in the middle of the table to be shared. At the center of the table is the secondary main course.

Source: Wikipedia – Banchan

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Tonkatsu – don-kkaseu:

Tonkatsu pork cutlet, is a j.a.panese dish which consists of a breaded, deep-fried pork cutlet. The two main types are fillet and loin.

Source – Wikipedia – Tonkatsu

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