An announcement was made that an internal audit would be conducted to clearly identify the current problematic areas.
So, had the burning public opinion cooled down?
Not a chance.
– What a load of bullshit.
Internal audit?
They just wrote a long-winded way of saying they’ll cut off a few tails and cover it up.
L Is this your first day?
L Forget tails.
They’ll just wait for the public to quiet down and then bury it quietly.
Perhaps because they had experienced it so many times before, there wasn’t even an expectation that the Monster Management Bureau would change because of this.
Since there was no expectation that the Hunter Administration would do anything anyway, the hunters’ interest was solely on the Level 1 Anonymous.
—It’s here!—
At the news that Min-hyuk’s third strategy video had been uploaded, hunters flocked to the strategy board in an instant.
This time, as everyone expected, he uploaded a strategy video for Special Slimes.
[Special Slimes are actually easier. Because these guys have elemental power, they have less acidic fluid than regular slimes, so there’s less mucus. Instead, the quality feels a bit poor.]
He dismantled a Special Slime in an instant and grumbled that the viscosity of the mucus was disappointing.
[It seems that the more acidic fluid there is, the more it periodically melts these hard crystals and creates good mucus. That’s why other slime mucus feels less bouncy because of the lack of acidic fluid, right? The impurities are also quite bad.]
He even shared information he had analyzed in his own way.
[Still, these guys have decent cores. It’s true that slime core prices aren’t worth much, but these are worth a bit.]
A 1st-floor slime core is nothing more than a round mana stone as small as a marble.
Naturally, it couldn’t be worth much money.
But what if it contained elemental power?
That was a different story.
[Well then, shall we stop here for the Special Slime?]
The man, who had finished the dismantling in an instant, stood up and looked at the Slime King that appeared with a roar.
[Next is the Slime King strategy. You know the drill, right? This will be in the next episode….]
When the screen turned off with the message that he would reveal it in the next episode, comments from everyone watching the video erupted in sighs of disappointment.
From the first video until now, he had explained things so easily that even a child could understand.
Even new hunters who were ordinary people until recently felt, ‘This is easy,’ due to the clean explanation.
—He really is good at explaining.—
L lol. He would have been popular even if he were a professor of dismantling.
L A star instructor in the making.
L Huh? Another one just went up?
L What? No way….
L It’s for real!
At the news that videos were being uploaded consecutively, everyone rushed to the next video.
A strategy video for the Slime King, which could effectively be seen as the end of the 1st floor.
This one was a bit difficult.
It was like several giant slimes had been merged together; it could move its body as freely as a transformed slime, and its interior was filled with acidic fluid.
[To be honest, the Slime King is a bit tricky. But if you know the timing, this is even more of a breeze than a regular slime.]
Saying so, he generously shared his know-how.
[See that blunt part when it shoots a tentacle? That one has a tentacle inside. But this one doesn’t, right? If you cut it like this… there’s only mucus inside. You can just take these for free.]
Avoid the tentacles containing acidic fluid, and cut the ones that don’t.
As he conquered the Slime King bit by bit using this simple method, its size was seen to have decreased significantly.
[The size has decreased, right? When this happens, it thickens its outer skin and focuses on defense. But instead, it counterattacks by spraying acidic fluid.]
As he fought while intentionally inducing the opponent’s attacks, the Slime King’s size gradually decreased.
[Once about half of the acidic fluid is gone, the ratio of acidic fluid, mucus, and outer skin becomes appropriate. Then, you just make a scratch and squeeze it out, just like peeling a slime’s skin. After that, just pluck out the core from between the acidic fluid filling the skin with a spear, and the strategy is complete.]
A video of him easily conquering even the Slime King.
It was just when people thought he would end it here.
[But isn’t it a shame? This acidic fluid is also a byproduct… couldn’t this be used for something too?]
The man said, looking toward the forest.
[I think you might have thought about investigating this forest at least once… Why hasn’t there been any news of byproducts coming out of the 1st-floor forest zone?]
The man raised a question.
[I’m curious as to why a place that should have been investigated long ago has been neglected like this. The budget received for tower investigations by places like the Korea Monster Management Bureau or the Tower Ecological Environment Research Institute must be quite substantial.]
Shaking his head as if he couldn’t understand, the man picked up his weapon.
[Since things have turned out this way, I should investigate a bit more. If the state won’t do it, I will.]
Walking toward the forest, the man turned around as if he had forgotten something and spoke.
[Ah! The next video is a forest ecological survey. I’ll look for anything useful as a byproduct and upload a video. Um… I think the next video will probably be the last one for the 1st-floor strategy. Why? Because I have to conquer the 2nd floor. Well then, see you all in the next video~]
When the video ended with him neatly handling even the Slime King, the reaction was explosive.
Normally, it would have been a strategy video that people just admired.
But this time was different.
—Is there really something more to get from the 1st floor?—
L I am curious.
L If it’s the Teacher, he might find something out.
L Uh-uh! He’s not ‘Teacher’ anymore.
L Then?
L He’s the Savior.
The Savior of low-level conquerors.
A savior sent by the system for those who were starving.
At least for those who had just entered the world of hunters, he was building up achievements worthy of being called that.
—But is this right?—
L ?
L I mean, it’s true that the state should have taken the lead in researching these things. Isn’t that right?
L True.
L They should have at least provided support.
L Right.
If I were a state administrator, I would have started by sponsoring this video.
L Tsk tsk.
They have no sense.
That’s why they’re called incompetent.
L Aren’t they actually incompetent?
L That’s true.
The Monster Management Bureau had suddenly become an icon of incompetence.
YouTubers sensitive to trends immediately picked this up and began creating videos quickly.
Even a little digging revealed an abundance of things to compare.
That was why videos comparing them to the monsters of the past began to appear one by one.
「A few years ago, Monster Management Bureau (Competing for 1st or 2nd in the world) vs. Current Monster Management Bureau (Risk of losing 4th place status!)」
「The Monster Management Bureau of the past, where several new monster dismantling methods were released every month. Now? They can’t even properly maintain what was built in the past.」
「Non-awakened individuals who were fired from the Monster Management Bureau were recruited overseas for large sums?」
—The strange thing is that the Monster Management Bureau’s notoriety has been building up since then.—
L Seriously, it’s been going downhill since the Bureau Director changed.
L Agreed. It’s not something that can just be covered up and moved on from.
L They live off monster byproduct companies; if they cover this up, there’s going to be an uproar.
L They’re keeping it quiet, but I know there’s a lot of dissatisfaction among related companies right now.
L It’s going to explode soon.
The hidden truths began to emerge, burning slowly from the spark Min-hyuk had thrown.
And Min-hyuk watched this quietly.
“Has the fuse been lit?”
Now, the Monster Management Bureau had become a bomb that wouldn’t be strange if it exploded at any moment.
The fuse had been lit.
The moment this bomb exploded, the things they had hidden would come out one after another.
‘When that time comes, the non-awakened who were unfairly kicked out will also start to speak.’
When that happened, the flames would grow beyond control.
Because there was a limit to what the backers who received bribes from the Bureau Director could cover up.
Even the giant guilds had many people who were unknowingly dissatisfied with the Monster Management Bureau.
It was natural, since they had strictly restricted the entry of private companies for the sake of their own interests.
Thanks to gathering relevant talent in one place, they grew quickly, but as time passed, they became stagnant and rotten, and the ill effects were coming to light.
“By the way, they really are incompetent.”
Only a few days had passed since he awakened.
Yet, even on the 1st floor alone, there were many things to experiment with if one looked.
“Is this the key?”
He looked at the two key ingredients in his hand.
[Slime Acidic Fluid]
[1st Floor Torch]
Acidic fluid contained within a slime skin that doesn’t melt even in acidic fluid.
He heated it with a torch.
The strange thing was that when the slime skin touched fire, it became hardened and tougher.
That meant it could become a container for the acidic fluid.
From then on, he experimented with all sorts of things.
Intentionally not catching the Slime King, he went into the forest, cut some grass, and put it in the acidic fluid.
[1st Floor Slime Mucus Grass Aging: 36 hours remaining]
[1st Floor Slime Mucus Leaves Aging: 36 hours remaining]
[1st Floor Slime Mucus Blue Flower Aging: 36 hours remaining]
Min-hyuk was currently experimenting with three main things.
The results would come out in two days, and by then, it would be time to slowly head to the 2nd floor.
“It’s perfect to upload the last 1st-floor video before leaving.”
A video to be used as material to give courage to the non-awakened who hadn’t yet found it.
For the final finale on the 1st floor, he even gave up on entering the 2nd floor and concentrated on editing for that material.
Two quiet days.
However, even during that time, the campfires continued to rise, and slime pieces continued to appear on the auction house, so even though strategy videos were no longer uploaded, the issue regarding Level 1 Anonymous continued to be reproduced among hunters.
As a result, the Monster Management Bureau’s efforts to somehow cover it up with other issues came to naught.
“What on earth is wrong with this Bureau!”
In the end, the Director of the Monster Management Bureau, who was pissed off to the limit, exploded in anger and began to berate the employees.
As he began to pick on every little thing he had let slide while taking bribes, the employees who were in his line also began to feel a sense of crisis.
This was because it felt strongly like he was trying to cut off tails based on the faults he was finding.
After a bout of scuffling, the Director looked at the video that had brought the situation to this point.
“Ha… who the hell is this guy?”
He gnashed his teeth at the arrogant brat who kept dragging the Monster Management Bureau into this.
“If I show them I’m firing a few guys and finish it by resigning myself…….”
It was certain that he would have to step down.
However, for it to end there, he had to instill an image that he was reforming the Monster Management Bureau even now.
As long as the sparks didn’t fly to those above him, there would be a chance for a comeback.
“Phew… incompetent brat.”
Thinking of the low-level Monster Management Section Chief, the Director clicked his tongue and looked at a report containing information about Choi Min-hyuk, whom he had kicked out not long ago.
“First, I’ll bring this guy back and re-recruit the non-awakened to put out the fire…….”
It was just when he was thinking of visiting personally to apologize and recruit him with good conditions to put out the fire.
“We… we have a big problem!”
“What is it?”
When a subordinate rushed in, the Director frowned.
“I heard there’s talk in the National Assembly that a formal investigation is needed.”
“What? What kind of bullshit is that?”
He was stubbornly blocking it by pouring money into those above him, so why was such talk coming out?
As he made an expression of disbelief, the subordinate hurriedly showed him an article on his phone.
「I found a way to get new byproducts? Level 1 Anonymous drops another hit video from the 1st floor!」
The brat who had been tormenting him discovered a new byproduct?
It was impressive, but what did that have to do with the Monster Management Bureau?
As he thought that, the comments caught his eye.
“What on earth is this…….”
As he stood there bewildered, the employee, breaking out in a cold sweat, explained the reason why things had become such a mess.
“At the end of this video, there was a statement openly sniping at the Monster Management Bureau!”
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