Somewhere in Korea
The most beautiful day in the city, the people going by their day like usual. Monsters attack the humans, while the hunters save the civilians as expected. While this is happening somewhere in the city, a house far away you see a young man sleeping on his couch.
The man we all know, the strongest human that took down all the 9 monarchs. He was someone who was called the hero, and savior of earth. His mom and dad were in the kitchen while his sister slapped his idiot lazy brother on the couch.
Bam!
Sung Jinah " Wake up you lazy!"
Jin woke up.
Jin-woo "Mmmm!"
Jin Woo got up with laziness, he was looking around the place he was at. When he looked at the place he was at, he started to show an expression on his face.
Jin-Woo " Why am I here at my house? "
Sung Jinah " What do you mean, why are you at the house, of course, you are here because you live here. You idiot, get up and clean up the living room."
Jinah was mad.
His brother was sleeping while not helping out with cleaning. She cleaned this area already 6 hours ago but when I came back his brother made a mess.
Jinah " Mom! Why didn't you say anything to him"
Park Kyung-Hye" Well, he is about to go to work soon."
Jinah " Dad why didn't you say something "
Hye looks back at his husband with a smile with a deadly aura.
Sung II-Hwan " Silent"
Hwan didn't say a word because he was afraid of his wife. He knew if he said something out of terms he had to deal with it for 2 days straight.
Hwan " Let's get something to eat first( afraid)"
Jinah " Fine. Let me put some nice clothes on then, while you Jin Woo clean up your mess.
Jin Woo was still lazy and shocked and the same time.
Jin-Woo " What the hell happened, didn't I go in the gate with cha hae-in? Wait, don't tell me, I went back in time. Do I have to start over again?"
Jin Woo was still in his thoughts trying to figure things out.
Buzz!
A sudden shock came to him, he didn't know why but he started to remember things that didn't happen before. He remembered that he was an F-rank hunter, not an E-rank hunter, and his mind was still hurting. He could feel new information coming from inside of his mind, he could tell everything was the same and different.
The system rank in this world is different than mine, the weakest rank was F not E so I'm ranked the lowest than E rank. I'm trash in any world then.
Jin-Woo " This is fucken ridiculous! I'm still trash in this world."
Jin-Woo was mad as hell, he went from strongest to the weakest again. Jin-Woo got up while his mom called him out.
Hye " Son! Your friend is here to pick you up."
Jin-Woo " What!"
Hye " Sorry, he is still the same as always "
Jin-Woo's mom smiled at his son's friend for coming to pick him up, he was very handsome tall, and muscular, why are American people so huge he looked taller than my husband. While she was in her thoughts, Jin-Woo was thinking about who came to his house. He knows that he went back in time, So no one should know him, could it be Yoo Jinho, no jinho doesn't know me yet.
Jin-Woo walks towards the door and sees who he is. When he got there his mom brought him in, and Jin-Woo saw his face.
Buzz!
A sudden memory came to him, he called out his friend's name.
Jin-Woo " Michael "
Michael " What up dude"
Jin-Woo is shocked, he doesn't know him, but at the same time, he knows him. He remembered that we were friends back when we were 12 years old. This new memory is kinda weird, why am so happy to see him, don't tell me that I'm gay. No way, that's not it.
Michael " Is something okay with you, you seem a little bit different "
Jin-Woo " You could tell"
Jin-Woo was surprised.
Michael " Let me guess, you are gay"
Jin-Woo " Screw you!"
Michael was laughing.
Michael " It was just a joke man, don't take it seriously."
Jin-Woo still felt weird, he could tell something was off.
Michael " Hey, are you ok"
Jin-Woo " Yeah. I'm just not feeling well, I might not go to work today. I'm still not feeling well."
Michael looked at him with a serious face.
Michael "Do you start to feel something off when you wake up, like you still feel like you are still a dream."
Jin-Woo looked at Michael with a straight face.
Jin-Woo " Well. Yeah, you could tell by how I look(smile)"
Michael then stared at him.
Jin-Woo " What! Look man, I'm seriously not feeling well so..."
Michael cut him off.
Michael " Let me guess, you started to remember when you and Chae Hae-in went into that gate and woke up here in this place."
Jin-Woo walks back 4 steps.
Jin-Woo was ready, his hands were up, and his face was showing a serious expression.
Jin-Woo " Who are you, why do you know that."
Jin-Woo was ready to hear him out, if he doesn't talk, I'll force him.
Michael stood there without care in the world. He already knows that he can't fight or even hurt him because he knows Jin-Woo very well. He already knows that he is an F rank just like him, but he just told him while sitting down on the couch.
Michael " Relax man. I'm here to talk to you, not fight you."
Jin-Woo slightly walks to the other side of the couch.
Jin-Woo " Talk!"
Michael " Before that, do you still have the system."
Jin-Woo shows a slightly shocked expression.
Jin-Woo " How do you know that I have a system ?"
Michael " Just answered yes or no"
Jin-Woo called out the system in his mind.
DING!
Jin-Woo looks at it and smiles.
Michael then looks at him with a smile.
Michael " Good. It seems you do have it, now how should I explain it"
Jin-Woo looks at him.
Jin-Woo " How would you know I have it"
Michael " Because I'm looking at it right now. "
Jin-Woo " You could see it?"
Michael "Yeah"
Jin-Woo " How"
Michael " Don't know, maybe I'm special"
Jin-Woo rolls eyes.
Michael " What was I said before, that right, it started back when we were 12 years old."
Michael explained everything that happened back then. When he first started to remember his past life, he didn't tell him that he got dragged into solo leveling without knowing why he was there. He didn't tell him that he is from the real world, the world that he is in now is a novel.
Jin-Woo "You are telling me that you woke up in Korea, without knowing why you are here. You somehow wake up in a different body with the same name, and you are telling me to believe that made-up story."
Michael " Right back at you, you woke up in the same body and name."
Jin-Woo didn't know how to reply since that just happened to him.
Michael " Well. Since we got that outta the way, let's go to work."
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Back at the construction worker.
Hunters operating within the same area tended to know each other pretty well. In the event of a Gate opening up, all the Hunters in that district would be asked to come, that's why.
The Hunters who had arrived early sipped on the cups of coffee handed out by the Association's employee and shared cordial greetings.
Oh, hey. Mister Kim, Over here. Here."
"Oh? Mister Park, what are you doing here? I thought you were giving up on being a Hunter?"
"Well, that… My wife is pregnant with our second child."
"Hahahaha, is that so? Yeah, for a Hunter to earn big in one go, participating in a raid is the best, isn't it."
How do you find me I wonder, Mister Kim jovially burst out in laughter. Mister Park followed suit with a sheepish chuckle, before asking Kim.
"By the way, why do I feel like that the Association is calling on us less and less nowadays? Did the number of Gates decrease or something?"
"Eii, of course not. That's only because the Guilds are getting all worked up over clearing the Gates; it's got nothing to do with the Association. I hear that various Guilds are jumping in with both feet since there is big profit involved in this whole thing."
"Well, in that case, since this raid is being supervised by the Association, it should be safe, no?"
Mister Park took a glance around as if he was getting nervous.
If a Guild was not involved today, that meant there wasn't enough profit to be had, and if there wasn't enough profit to be had, then that could only mean that this particular Gate's difficulty would be low.
Of course, nothing in this world was 100% absolute.
It wasn't just Mister Park; other Hunters were nervously glancing around as well.
"Hmm. I wonder…."
Mister Kim finished the rest of his coffee while avoiding answering his friend, before spotting a certain someone and his friend he raised his hand in happiness.
"Uh! He's here. Hey, Mister Seong!! And Michael!"
Other Hunters also displayed joy at discovering that young man.
Jin-Woo " No way, I can't do this"
Michael " Yep. Same day that he got your powers"
"Ah, hello."
It was none other than Seong Jin-Woo.
Jin-Woo performed a simple nod of the head at the joyous Mister Kim and walked by.
After making sure Jin-Woo was well out of earshot, Mister Kim began sniggering while confidently speaking up.
"So, Jin-Woo showed up with Michael. Then it's going to okay today, too."
I'm here for you. Mister Park's eyes widened up and he hurriedly asked Kim.
"What was that? Is that Hunter Seong Jin-Woo really strong?"
"Ahh. Right, of course, you wouldn't know who he is. He's a Hunter who started working shortly after you left, you see. However, every Hunter here knows who that kid is by now."
"He's really that strong? Wait, why is he working for the Association, then? Why not for a Guild or as a freelancer?"
Kim sniggered some more before narrowing his eyes.
"You know what that guy's nickname is?"
"How should I know that? C'mon, man. Just tell me already."
"Humanity's weakest weapon."
"….Weakest? Not something like, the ultimate weapon?"
"Dude, that's the nickname for the rank S Hunter Choi Jong-In. That kid is the 'weakest weapon'. I'm pretty sure he's the weakest Hunter in the Republic of Korea."
"Really?"
Park began frowning deeply.
Why would other Hunters greet this Seong Jin-Woo if he was really that weak? After all, didn't they need someone to trust their backs if things went south?
Park couldn't really understand the reactions of other Hunters.
When Park's head tilted this way and that, Kim chuckled and poked the side of Park with his elbow.
"Eii! The raids Seong Jin-Woo participates in will only have low difficulty because he's so weak. The Association would never entrust him with a tough job, don't you get that? They don't want to see him get killed, right?"
Only then did Park's expression brightened up.
"R-right. Yeah."
please come again, his wife was deeply worried about him since this would be his first raid in quite a while. Honestly, even he himself was worried, too. However, now that he listened to Kim's words, he felt like a weight was lifted off his mind.
"What about him."
Park then look at the person that Kim pointed.
Park " To be honest, I don't know much about him."
Kim " What do you mean"
Park " Well. All I know that he and Seong Jin-Woo are the same rank but something was odd about him."
Kim " What do mean"
Park " Well. Everytime Jin-Woo get injured he always protects him like little brother."
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