“What are you doing? Do you like watching me clean outside that much?”
“Is something good happening?”
As the two looked at Hyejin with puzzled eyes and asked, the embarrassed Hyejin spoke as if making an excuse.
“Just, yeah, I was doing some exercise. Being stuck inside the convenience store all the time makes my whole body feel stiff. Like jumping jacks?”
Hyejin spread her arms and pretended to jump lightly.
Suho, who had been watching her closely, suddenly asked.
“Do you have bad eyesight? When did you start wearing glasses?”
Ah, right!
Hyejin quickly took off the glasses she was wearing and gently slipped them into her vest pocket.
“Ah, that, it’s glasses I already had. Ah, anyway, I have something to tell you part-timers. Starting this month, our convenience store will be running promotions.”
“Aren’t promotions usually directives from headquarters? Did this convenience store have a headquarters?”
Suho asked Hyejin curiously.
“No, that’s not it. I thought about it, and there are items in the convenience store that aren’t selling. Plus, to pay the salaries of our SS-rank hunter part-timers, I need to earn over 6 million gold a month, so after worrying about it, I decided to run our own promotions. This convenience store doesn’t have anything like a headquarters.”
“That sounds fine. If it works well, it’s a gain. Ah, by the way, Manager. There’s a weird rumor about the convenience store going around in the hunter community.”
Suho, having organized the puppy food and bowl, showed Hyejin and Eunwoo the hunter community screen on his phone.
“Is this convenience store owned by Baektae Confectionery by any chance?”
Eunwoo, looking at the screen, laughed as if it was absurd.
“Wow, that’s really funny. What is this? What did they even write?”
<Free Bulletin Board> The Surprising Secret of the Convenience Store Inside the Dungeon
I’ve figured out the secret of the 24-hour convenience store at the dungeon entrance.
I went there to buy something, and SS-rank healer Yoon Eunwoo was working there, so I thought it was just someone who looked similar.
But turns out, it’s the real healer Yoon Eunwoo from SNS.
Honestly, a convenience store inside a dungeon doesn’t make sense, right?
And all the part-timers are SS-rank?!
Plus, it’s basically a monopoly since it’s the only one—there must be a huge corporation behind it!
I thought about it, and there he is, Yoon Eunwoo?
This is 100% involvement from Korea’s one and only global confectionery group, Baektae Confectionery.
If it’s Baektae Confectionery, they could definitely build a convenience store inside a dungeon.
I’m betting my wrist that the 24-hour convenience store inside the dungeon belongs to Baektae Confectionery. For real.
Lol
Otherwise, why would a convenience store be there? I glanced and saw Baektae Confectionery products slipped in too.
<Comments>
– It was seriously suspicious, but yeah, I figured there was something with a big company.
Baektae Confectionery is impressive, I thought they just did a lot of donations, but they’re making money hard too.
– So what’s the convenience store manager doing there? Hunter or civilian?
Lol Civilian? How could a civilian work in a place like that, they couldn’t even enter—manager’s probably S-rank or higher.
Cha Seojun the chef joined under Baektae Confectionery too? Then maybe Baektae will open an omelette shop later?
Hyejin blinked in bewilderment after reading the post and comments.
“What kind of nonsense is this…….!”
The only connection to Baektae Confectionery was meeting Eunwoo for the first time, yet it was being treated like a subsidiary.
She felt a sudden surge of anger, but Hyejin soon calmed down.
It seemed ridiculous to explain such baseless claims.
As long as no one came directly to pry or dig, this level of rumor wasn’t a big issue.
“What the. Our dad built a convenience store inside the dungeon? For hunters? They need to stop with the bullshit.”
“I was a bit surprised too, but I figured it wasn’t true. Just in case, I wanted to ask you, Manager.”
“Suho hyung……? You seem older than me, so I’ll call you hyung. Anyway, Baektae Confectionery has nothing to do with this convenience store. Just because I work here doesn’t make the convenience store mine. Who even thinks like that? Their brain is seriously simple.”
“Most people are simple by nature.”
“Beyond simple, it seems stupid. I’ll DM the admin to delete this post. And report the guy spreading rumors.”
Hyejin was really fine.
In fact, this kind of misunderstanding might even be better.
She felt bad for Eunwoo, but if the rumor solidified that she was the manager of a convenience store owned by Baektae Confectionery, at least her being an F-rank hunter wouldn’t be exposed.
Any potential wary forces would definitely hold back if they thought a major corporation was behind the convenience store.
So Hyejin gauged Eunwoo and Suho’s reactions.
Wondering if she should get angrier or act aggrieved.
“Manager.”
“Ah, yes. Eunwoo-ssi.”
“Don’t worry too much. I’ll handle it myself.”
Eunwoo patted Hyejin’s shoulder and smiled.
As if telling her to trust him, Hyejin smiled awkwardly.
At that moment, Asha spoke to Hyejin to change the topic of conversation.
“If you’re doing promotions, you’ll need plenty of stock—won’t you need to prepare more?”
Come to think of it, yes.
To run promotions from now on, she needed ample inventory.
But how much would the event products actually sell?
She’d bundled the products, but Hyejin wasn’t confident they’d sell well.
Having never hunted a monster in the dungeon, there was no way she could 100% understand the hunters’ minds.
If she’d lived even a day deeper in the dungeon, she’d have a rough idea of what was needed and how, but Hyejin had zero such experience.
She’d just bundled products based on her experience working at convenience stores.
Hyejin took out the business card Seungseok had given her a week ago from her wallet.
And just as she was about to call Seungseok on her phone to place an order for the first time, she recalled a conversation she’d had with Asha before.
The very item mentioned in that conversation.
<The supercomputer that helps with ordering in the manager-exclusive shop>
She had to buy that.
“System, open the manager-exclusive shop.”
Leaving Suho and Eunwoo to their conversation, Hyejin stepped aside to the counter and said aloud.
Then the manager-exclusive shop opened, and products filled the opaque window.
The supercomputer that helps with ordering, which she’d wanted to buy for a while.
She didn’t know how to use it, but it was essential for running the convenience store.
As she swiped through the product pages with her hand, the supercomputer soon appeared.
“I’ll buy the supercomputer that helps with ordering.”
Supercomputer that helps with ordering
Price: 2 million gold
Product description: Input the barcode of the convenience store event products, and it analyzes the convenience store sales data to automatically proceed with necessary product orders.
Part-timers can temporarily use it in place of the manager. In emergencies, you can receive products quickly using the teleport delivery item, but in that case, you must purchase the teleport baggage machine.
Caution: As it’s an automated machine, errors may occur frequently. If an error occurs, press the reset button to reboot. In case of breakdown, only SS-rank crafters can repair it.
Would you like to purchase ‘Supercomputer that helps with ordering’?
YES/NO
Hyejin pressed the YES button without hesitation.
Yes. Starting purchase. It will take about 5 seconds to complete the purchase.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1…….
Purchase of supercomputer that helps with ordering completed. Would you like to view other products?
“NO.”
At Hyejin’s words, the system window closed, and shortly after, with a loud thud, the supercomputer was placed on the small desk in the staff room.
Unexpectedly, the computer tower and monitor looked extremely lightweight.
“This should work properly, right?”
Hyejin first brought all the event products, then turned on the computer.
It booted up immediately, and the main screen appeared.
When Hyejin clicked the ordering system with the mouse, the system window opened.
Would you like to start ordering?
YES/NO
When Hyejin pressed YES, another screen appeared.
Product Name
Price
Sales Volume
Stock Quantity
Order Quantity
It was a window reminiscent of an Excel screen, but nothing was listed under product names yet.
Normally, this window should be packed full of products.
But why was it empty?
Thinking it strange, Hyejin moved the mouse, and a new window popped up.
Please scan the convenience store name and manager name to use the supercomputer. Once scanning is complete, all products will automatically update.
“S-scan?”
Hyejin wasn’t bad with computers.
But scanning on a computer?
Usually, scanning required a scanner.
However, no matter where she looked on the computer, there was no scanner.
“Where’s the scanner?”
At that moment, Suho, having finished his conversation with Eunwoo, approached behind the perplexed Hyejin at the computer and said.
“That stand next to the computer seems suspicious.”
At Suho’s words, Hyejin tilted her head and examined the stand.
There was a small stand newly installed along with the computer—she’d thought it was a service item for using the computer, but apparently not.
The only thing suspicious enough to be a scanner was the stand.
“This is the scanner?”