Kim Yoo-Naâs eyes widened .
âThisâ¦â¦? Is this âthatâ as well?â
âYes . â
Kim Yoo-Na agreed on Hyun-Sooâs plan to gain control through food .
It was possible because she worked with Hyun-Soo for a long time .
Hyun-Soo also assumed that Kim Yoo-Na somewhat had an idea about his skill .
âThereâs no way someone as quick-witted as Kim Yoo-Na wouldnât know . â
But she never asked him directly or hinted at it, so all he did was assume .
She was surprised by the tangerine that Hyun-Soo gave her .
She knew about his cooking skills since she ate his food before, so she wasnât expecting this at all .
âSo thatâs why they acted that way . â
She thought things were working out on their own because they reacted so passionately and didnât know this was the reason .
âItâs not an ordinary tangerine . You did something to it, right? Iâm assuming itâs related to what you wanted to tell me . â
âYes, thatâs right . Regarding the potions that are being sold at the black market, Iâm thinking about making a more systematic approach . â
âThe potion that are being sold? Are you thinking about selling them through a different method?â
âIâm still thinking about it, but it doesnât hurt to plan ahead . â
Getting the result you want right away was difficult .
Thatâs why itâs important to take one step at a time even if it takes longer .
Then youâll be able to reach your goal during the most important moment .
âWhat kind of plan is it?â
She was no longer focused on the tangerine .
She turned into a serious businesswoman .
âIâm planning on putting a grade on the potions . It would be divided into low rank and high rank potions . Iâm thinking about making the low rank potions cheaper so that more people will purchase it . High-ranked hunters will most likely go for the high rank potions, so it wouldnât bad to offer those to them . â
âAre you thinking about making them limited editions?â
âYeah, because all they have if money . And if itâs limited, itâll make them want to buy it even more . Theyâre not interested in ordinary potions, so using that method to sell potions to them wouldnât be that bad . â
âI agree . Selling ranked potionsâ¦not a bad idea . No, itâs actually great . â
She mumbled while looking down at the tangerine that was in her hand .
âThe world is changing, but the hunters are still in the same spot . There are a lot of A rank hunters that are unable to overcome the S rank barrier . Excluding those hunters, everyone else is changing . â
Colorful portal .
An odd transformation that didnât exist before .
Skilled hunters tried hunting it, but they ended up failing .
âEvolution or selection . â
What Kim Yoo-Na said was simple .
They didnât know what kind of danger they were facing .
Will this evolution stop here or will it grow bigger that itâll eventually get out of hand?
If they donât change with that evolution, theyâll fall behindâ¦
âThatâs us . â
It wasnât just the FE clan .
The FE clan and other groups .
The last would be mankind .
When the portal first appeared, it affected a large amount of the population .
Before hunters appeared, people predicted that the world was going to end .
But there was one reason why mankind and civilization didnât die out .
Evolution .
And change .
In order to go against the mysterious portal, hunters were the result of the change .
And Kim Yoo-Na was talking about another evolution .
A change for evolution .
And the preparation stage for that change .
She was pointing that out .
âIn that sense, I support your decision . Iâm not saying it from the business aspect . As a human and a member of the human race, I want to thank you for it too . â
Kim Yoo-Na bowed .
âThe reason wasnât even that grand . â
An amazing task for the human race .
He didnât have the time to do that .
He didnât have that kind of strength and wasnât in the position to do something like that .
âI donât know what will happen in the future, but sheâs thinking highly of me when all Iâm trying to do is survive . â
All this time, Hyun-Soo lived to survive .
He wanted to live a better life to be exact .
Thatâs why he was doing everything he could in order to make money .
A life where he could live happily without being pressured by others .
He thought it wasnât a bad life since his family had been living a long, difficult life .
He endured all of that and came this far .
âBut a comfortable lifeâ¦we still have a long way to go . â
Even the rich had their own problems .
But the people here were trying to get more and take away as much as they could .
It was a cold world because they didnât care who got hurt during the process as long as they were okay .
It was probably the same everywhere .
But seeing people unsatisfied with what they had and stepping on others to get more was an unpleasant sight .
That made Hyun-Soo look towards the top of the world .
There were other reasons, but that was one of the reasons .
âAnd this plan will help me reach that goal . â
Out of all the hunters, there were only a few high-ranked hunters .
Most were low-ranked hunters .
Low-ranked hunters usually make a big deal before entering a portal .
Was there really a need to give them potions?
âIâm not working for charity . â
It was like planting seeds into a field .
It was hard to say which of those seeds will grow, but among the few that does grow a lot, theyâll provide a nice shade for Hyun-Soo .
âMany a little, makes a mickle . â
He was forced to include the low-ranked hunters .
It was also because he was reminded of the time he was a low-ranked hunter .
He wasnât like Kim Yoo-Na who was a leader of a large group, but he wanted to assist the low-ranked hunters a bit .
There was a reason why having a lot of people was beneficial .
The more people a group has, the more power they have .
If Hyun-Sooâs potion helped them, then that optimistic mindset will help them someday .
It didnât matter if they had limited strategies against the high-ranked hunters .
But it was better to kill two birds with one stone .
âIf things work out according to your plan, then the potions will aid them . When a hunter grows, the chance of them changing increases as well . Itâll increase the huntersâ overall level . â
âYeah . Iâm not sure how much itâll affect them, but itâs better than nothing . â
If a hunterâs level increases even just a little bit, itâll make the hunt a lot easier .
Then theyâll be able to earn more experience .
Like Kim Yoo-Na mentioned, it can increase a hunterâs overall level .
âBut this is just an extremely optimistic assumption, of course . â
Wouldnât it be nice if things went the way he wanted?
Problems and changes that Hyun-Soo never expected could occur .
Kim Yoo-Na also knew .
But despite of Hyun-Sooâs decision, she displayed a happy, beautiful smile .
âIâll fully support your decision . Profit is important, but that doesnât mean profit makes up for everything . â
âWell, I donât think we have to worry about profit since we have the low-ranked hunters . We can get profit elsewhere . Howâs that tangerine?â
âThis tangerine?â
She looked down at the tangerine that was in her hand .
âItâs a bit different from the food you made before . The huntersâ reacted really well while eating the food . â
âIt was good, right?â
âYeah . I have never eaten a tangerine as sweet as this one . â
She ate a variety of fruits other than the tangerine and among them, sheâs never eaten a tangerine that was this sweet and had this much sugar .
âCan you check your energy?â
âExcuse me? The energy in my body? Why shouldâ¦!â
After Hyun-Soo asked, Kim Yoo-Na started concentrating and stopped talking .
She then opened her eyes .
She couldnât talk because she was so surprised and just blinked while looking at Hyun-Soo .
âItâs obvious sheâs reacting that way since the tangerine was filled with energy . â
Hyun-Soo didnât say anything and just thought Kim Yoo-Na looked cute .
âLetâs see . â
He activated Interface and saw that her total energy increased .
It was a small percentage, but she was lucky .
âThings will work out easier than I thought . â
âHyun-Soo? How didâ¦this happen?â
Energy moved inside her body and she was able to feel a larger amount of energy moving within her .
It was a small amount, but as she carefully checked herself, she was able to notice the small change within her .
She was able to easily find out the reason .
The tangerine in her hand .
It was so sweet that she couldnât stop herself from putting the whole thing in her mouth . It was the same tangerine that Hyun-Soo gave her .
Full of surprises .
Thatâs what Kim Yoo-Na thought every time she saw Hyun-Soo .
Hyun-Soo always thought ahead of Kim Yoo-Na .
When she believed that she figured something out, he offered something more and surprised her .
âWas that why?â
It felt like whenever they got close, they grow apart and when she gets the courage to take a step forward, he becomes far away .
Shake, shake .
Kim Yoo-Na shook her head and threw away her thoughts .
Now wasnât the time to think about things like that .
âWhat do you think?â
He already knew the answer, but still wanted to ask .
âThere willâ¦definitely be a war . â
Hyun-Sooâs potion alone was enough to create chaos .
But a potion that will increase the energyâs max limit?
Any hunter that desired power would want it .
A potion that increases oneâs stats or recovers oneâs stamina couldnât be bought .
But thereâs a potion that increases the energyâs max limit?
Hunters that arenât able to overcome the S rank wall will desperately want it .
Those that are thirsty will do whatever they can to quench that thirst .
Even if it meant that they had to cut their skin open and drink the blood .
Hyun-Soo noticed her worried expression .
ââ¦â¦Iâm a pretty lucky guy . â
Hyun-Soo already knew how people were going to react once they release this .
He expected bad reactions as well .
There was going to be a lot of people that wanted it .
Kim Yoo-Na was a hunter too .
Itâs possible that she would want one too .
She couldâve asked what Hyun-Soo did to the tangerine .
But her face wasnât filled with greed, desire or curiosity . She was just worried about Hyun-Soo .