The Mightiest Manager Chapter 9

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She was shocked, shocked enough to make her brain go completely blank. Then, she realized why some passengers were tilting their heads as if there was something wrong with the announcement.

It was a trick exploiting the fact that she would only listen closely to the content of the announcement rather than trying to find where the sound source was and the 2nd subway line is always packed with people. Kang-Joon was not quite sure whether she would buy it or not…

“As…As if…”

Kang-Joon then followed by a somewhat frightening statement.

The full-grown Magical Girl, Acacia, opened up her eyes wide in shock.

She was always worried about the responsibility which she might have to face for the hunting activities and the damages she had done to the surroundings and infrastructure with no hunter ID whatsoever. Kang-Joon smiled at her, bringing two drinks from the counter.

“Huh? Oh, yes!”

“No need to be scared. I’m not a cop.”

How he got to her, what he meant by something related to her life, why he wanted to find her to start with and how he knew about her ability…all these questions were about to burst out of her head.

‘Hmm…there’s a lot of questions I want to ask as well but…’

Now was the time for him to give her a shock. Whatever he was about to say, it would be easier for him to lead the conversation after he stirred her up a little bit.

As Kang-Joon predicted, she indeed was dramatically stirred.

“Do you feel any sort of a random headache or dizziness? Doesn’t your body feel lethargic when you wake up in the morning?”
“Yes….Yes…my body just feels really heavy like I’m wearing soaked clothes in the morning.”

“

Well, I’m sorry to say this but…since this is a serious topic I hope you understand. Your period has not been so regular right? You were losing your appetite at one moment then all of a sudden you went on a binge and stuff, right?”

“That’s a side effect from excessive usage of Avatar. I think it’s more serious than I expected. With this pace, it’s probably not even five but three…”

Of course, those symptoms mentioned by Kang-Joon were simply from overwork and tiredness.

There was no doubt that she would be terribly tired. Hence, she was, in fact, suffering from the overwork and what Kang-Joon mentioned was merely a list of symptoms that could be caused by that. Even if it wasn’t overworked, everybody wakes up with a tired body in the morning.

Even before he actually began, he instinctively felt that she was almost falling over into his hands. He opened up his phone then started watching the video footages of Acacia.

Regardless of all that, Gi-Na was feeling so humiliated that she could almost bite her own tongue, watching the very footages of herself with another person. The reason being…

She was spitting out that kind of nonsense, with all of her heart and passion. As a contrast to the name ‘Thunderstorm’, she was making sparks from the asphalt ground by scratching it with telekinetic pressure.

“The power you are using in these videos is at least S-Class or SS-Class at maximum.”

“Don’t you find it weird, though? Even the Awakes with the best talents can’t use this kind of power on this scale without absorbing a massive amount of Aether. Have you ever absorbed Aether before?”

Aether crystals are used as power sources for weapons but the Awakes could absorb in into their bodies to enhance their powers.

Kang-Joon frowned right after that.

To start with, it is compulsory for the Awakes, once they came to recognize their ability, to be quarantined to the managing facility and have their power tested and measured in detail.

There is a lot of creepy rumors around that facility. Most of them are on an urban myth level, such as ‘they dissect the brains of the Awake at the facility’. Yet, they were more than enough to make Gi-Na scared. Hence, she decided not to register.

Should they be considered to be not able to control the power properly and hence there was a risk of them being a threat to the society, there were cases where they have locked away in the facility forever.

So, The Magical Girl Acacia, as well as a hero to the public, was an unregistered Awake which the government was chasing after. With such a cute nickname, she was almost a dark hero.

“Well, I guess we can start talking now.”

“I’m actually a manager at Hero Management Inc.”

Gi-Na then finally came to doubt Kan-Joon’s motives. It was a known fact that different firms were trying day and night to get to her and her, of course, knew it.

“Managers obviously take care of hunters. You are using your power way too uncontrollably. I do not know what kind of motivation you have been hunting with and I do not want to know or judge your decision. But, things are dangerous for you like this.”

“You do not yet know about your power well. I have witnessed a few people with power like yours and I know the secrets and the problems of it. I, for sure, can tell you all that. You need somebody to take care of you right now. Also…”

“I don’t know about other countries, especially Canada, but you got to know that I am the only one who even knows about this ability in entire Korea.”

“I’m working as a manager now, but a B-Class hunter at the same time.”

“Please, have a think about it and contact me. What you have been doing is dangerous. For your body and for the society as well.”

“Oops, almost left my coffee.”

After meeting Kang-Joon, Gi-Na headed back home with heavy steps. Just like any other day, she took the subway. When she met him, although she was fooled by a wicked trick, she had no choice but to admit what he said was mostly true.

At first, she thought it was a dream. Being able to use those supernatural power is indeed a daydream for most of the people.

When she did that, the very streetlight right before her eyes got bent like a spoon in a split second. The feeling was so real that she woke up right away started.

It took a fair bit of time for her to get to the point where she could use the power whenever she wanted with a little concentration. She used to glide through the air using her Avatar.

After graduating from a university in Seoul, she did a few internships at book publishing companies and became a full-timer not too long after. She was a part of the accounting team which had barely anything to do with books and publishing, so her daily job was just a boredom for her.

She had always been trying to become something but before she even realized, she had already become something else. So, she felt like there was no longer a chance for her to become someone different.

Having nothing to expect of the future was miserable. She could not even open up her worries towards those friends of her who could not even find a full-time job.

The only entertainment in her life was to summon the Avatar to walk through the night, fly in the air and try out her powers.

The disgust was nothing compared to the realization of her great power and the acclamation from people. That’s when she came to notice what she needed and what she had lacked

Getting the appreciations from the soldiers and the hunters was just enough.

Then, she came to think maybe the concept of Magical Girl would not be too bad and eventually…
Acacia, The Magical Girl was born.

Chapter end