Kapitel 12: Cp 12
a Man with blonde hair stepped out of the airport building. "Haaah." The man breathed the fresh Korean air in. Picking up his phone, he puts it to his ear before speaking in English. "I've just landed, sir." He said and put his phone down.
Not long after, a black car pulled up to the American, prompting him to enter the vehicle. Seated at the driver's seat was Woo Jinchul, who nodded at the blonde before starting the car and driving towards the Association.
"Usually my meetings would be more... Private." The blonde spoke, trying to ease the silence in the car, but to no avail as Jinchul didn't react. "But I'm fine with this arrangement." He finishes and the car falls silent for the duration of the travel.
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"Good evening. My name is Adam White." Adam introduced himself in fluent Korean to a sitting Jin Mori after being ushered into Go Gunhee's office. Stretching out his arm, Adam shakes Mori's hand.
Mori looks the man up and down as they shook hands. "I've long known about you, Adam White." Mori smiles, speaking English.
Not minding the language, Adam continues the conversation in English. "So you must know what I'm currently doing in Korea." He says, sitting across Mori.
Mori nods, and before Adam could continue, Mori raised his hand. "I do. And I would like to decline." He said. "And no, I will not be changing my mind because of the upgrader."
Those words shock Adam to his core. "I-I'm sorry, sir?"
"You heard me." Mori shrugged. "Those powers will be of no use to me currently." Mori took a sip of the tea in front of him. 'I mean her powers allow people to grow a closer connection to the origin of their power. If I remember correctly. It won't work on my the same it didn't work on Jinwoo. We ourselves are the origin.' He thought.
Adam composes himself and puts on a smile once more. "We might have something else that might entice you." He said, picking up the cup of tea.
Mori simply shakes his head. "I have no greed over the stone you posses."
Go Gunhee, spectating the conversation between the two, looks at his right hand man with a raised eyebrow, only to receive a confused shrug from the latter. 'What stone is he talking about?' He thought.
"How do you know this?" Adam spoke up calmly, his smile still present. It's not like that information could end the world, but it's still tightly held secrets. So if Mori knew this, then what else could he know?
"I have my ways. But anyway, I came to this meeting not to reject you the whole time." Mori suddenly changed the topic. "I have some of my own proposals."
"I'm listening." Adam said, wanting to hear the rest.
"I plan to open subsidiary Guilds in the near future." Mori revealed, much to the confusion of the people present, but their confusion was quickly overwritten by shock at his next words. "Guilds in all the countries of the world. Of course Heaven's Equal would still reside within Korea as the main branch." Mori concluded.
Adam glanced at Go Gunhee, seeing the same expression he had. Surprise. Which meant that this is the first time Mori spoke about it. "And what would be the proposal?" He asked, not denying the Hunter's dream. 'Some connections are better than none. And considering he single handedly stopped an S-Rank gate...'
"When I start my plan, I will send trusted people into the different countries to receive citizenship. And I hope America would welcome them as you would me." Mori smiled.
Adam thought deeply on Mori's words for a few seconds before slowly standing up. "It was a pleasure meeting you, sir." Adam spoke.
"Just Mori will be fine." Mori corrected, standing up as well.
"Then, Mori." Adam copied. "I will have to speak to my superiors about this." He explained as they walked to the door.
"It's fine. I just wanted to notify you of it." Mori waves it off before Adam exited the office with Jinchul.
'Jin Mori...' Adam thought, looking at the Association's building as Jinchul drove off. 'How will you prove your worth next?'
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"What was that?" Gunhee questioned, carefully examining Mori's face.
"Hm..." Mori hummed, staring back at Gunhee. "Do you know how I became Heaven's Equal's Guild master?" Mori asks his won question, his answer a negative head shake by Gunhee. "You see, my Vice-Master was previously the guild's master. He created his own Guild with one dream in mind." He started his story, lifting up one finger. "To become the greatest Guild in the world. And he passed the Guild off to me. Trusted me with it. So I will complete his dream... But not in the narrowminded way this world does it." He finished off, his smile growing.
"I see..." Gunhee mutters, looking down at his desk before raising his head. "Is it too late to offer you the chairman position again?"
"Yeah..." Mori smiles awkwardly. 'This old man really just ruined the mood.' "I'll be heading out now." He said, standing up.
"Wait." Gunhee raised his hand. "Here take this." He picks up a file off his desk and hands it to Mori. "We've started planning for this. It would most likely happen in a few months." Gunhee explained simply before waving Mori out.
Exiting the office, Mori wasted no time and opened the file. "Jeju Island..." Mori muttered as he read the first words. 'Hmm... So they've started planning the raid. It seems Sung Jinwoo is almost at the point of being an S-Rank. I'm going to have to visit him someday. Maybe I could prank him or something...' Mori thinks idly, tucking the file under his arm.
Just as Mori exited the building, his phone rang. Picking it up, he hears Yoonho's voice.
[Mori. How are you?] Yoonho asks after Mori answered the call.
"Oh cut the small talk, Yoohoo." Mori rolled his eyes, a smirk on his face at the nickname he just came up with. 'Hahah! Yoonho to Yoohoo. Damn, I have to be the smartest person alive.'
[Okay...] Yoonho's confused voice sounds out. [I called you because our Guild is going to train some of our newer members in a Gate in a week or so. I was wondering if you'd like some of your new recruits to join in.] Yoonho explained.
'New recruits? Gate? Training? Yeah this is the red gate incident.' Mori muses before answering. "Yeah I'll be in contact with you about that." Mori nods, almost reaching his Guild building. "I'll for sure be happy to let my members experience your training. I'll tell Fatty about the idea."
[Alright. Then I'll await your answer.] Yoonho said before ending the call.
Putting his phone away, Mori enters his (Fatty's) building and heads straight to his office, grabbing Fatty along the way and dragging him with.
"What the fuck, Boss?!" Fatty bellowed standing upright as Mori closed his office door. "I don't know what got into you, but just know that I am heterosexual." He spoke, clearing his throat, only to be smacked on the head by Mori.
"Shut up, Fatty. I have a mission for you." Mori said and sits on his (Fatty's) chair.
Fatty's ears perked at his boss' words. "I'm listening." His expression serious as he sits opposite Mori.
"Yoonho contacted me." Mori started.
Before Mori could continue, Fatty sprang up. "Baek Yoonho?! Master of The White Tiger Guild?!" He exclaimed.
"Yes." Mori nodded. "Me and him hit it off a few days ago."
"Holy shit! You're friends with THE Baek Yoon-"
"Sit down." Mori spoke simply, his words echoing through the room. After Fatty sat down, Mori continued. "In a few days or weeks, Yoonho will be training his guild's new Hunters. He asked if some newer members of mine would like to join in." Mori explained.
"Of course we will." Fatty clenched his first, his smirk growing by the second, before he glanced at Mori. "That is what you said, right?"
Mori nodded. "Yes, I told him I'll inform you about it and I'll contact him when we've gotten a confirmation from the new Hunters."
Fatty raised an eyebrow. "Alright... I'm sure the Hunters wouldn't reject the offer, but what does that have to do with me?" He questions.
Mori suddenly smirks. "I want you to overlook it. I'm sure you'll see something interesting in there." Ignoring Fatty's confused look, Mori stood up and went to open his door. "That will be all." He spoke, opening the door. "Go gather new recruits who you think have some talent and let me know when you're finished." He said, gesturing for Fatty to exit.
Fatty's senses yelled at him. 'This must be a trap!' Fatty thought before smiling sheepishly at Mori. "It's okay, Boss. I don't really want to oversee the raid."
Mori tilted his head sideways. "But it wasn't a request?" He said in a questioning tone.
'a Fucking devil!' Fatty thought, quietly exiting the office. Although he might seem sad, his guild will basically be closely knit with White Tiger after this. And he's sure that if this goes well, then there would be more joint trainings in the near future. Fatty couldn't help but tear up at this thought. He was once more a step closer to achieving his dreams. Although he needed outside help for it, he doesn't regret it.
"Now then, let's start picking some prodigies." Fatty muttered, walking through the building.
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Mori stared at the latest report on Sung Jinwoo. The kid had been missing for a bit. "Seems he's doing the Job Change mission right now..." Mori muttered, before thinking about the original timeline. Some things are different than what he had read. He hadn't know Yoonho had a daughter, much less the different Guilds in Korea... But that could just be Guilds that didn't have a major impact on the storyline.
Thinking about Guilds, Mori's expression turns sour as he thinks about the Vulture Guild. "I'll have to handle them while Fatty's in the Red gate." He told himself. He didn't want to drag Fatty into this pathetic attempt at revenge. Nothing good comes from it.
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Author here. If I am correct, we just reached 15k words!! This has the need for celebration!! Whoooo! Okay celebration over. As you can see, I jumped into the middle of solo leveling's story. Why? Because... *Drumroll*... I have a whole plot lined up that I think would be hella cool.
Hope you enjoy!
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