He is a legendary prison guard. - Chapter 7 I can't put it off.
Episode 7: I can’t put it off.
“Company 2 on the 5th floor worked overtime yesterday, and Mandeok was completely quiet? Am I lucky?”
“Didn’t you hear what I said?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Director Lee Si-hyeon said he caught Mandeok like a rat.”
“What? Mandeok caught that bastard?”
“Yeah, Mandeok is so scared that he’s crying.”
“That can’t be true; isn’t it nonsense?”
“No, Chief Park Young-Hwan saw it himself and spread the rumor.”
“Wow, how did they catch a guy who couldn’t even handle CRPT? I can’t believe it. They beat him?”
“Hey, how do you hit an inmate in today’s world? It’s going to be a big problem. He said he didn’t hear clearly because the chief was outside, but he said he choked him anyway.”
“How can you control that bastard with your mouth? I didn’t think Director Lee Si-hyeon was that kind of person.”
It was instantaneous for the rumor to spread around the prison.
Everyone reacted in disbelief at first.
But seeing Mandeok become so calm, I couldn’t help but believe him.
The district chief was worried that he might file a complaint for being treated harshly, but when he saw Mandeok leaning against the wall of his cell with a yellow face and staring blankly at the ceiling, he clicked his tongue and went away.
It was an incident where Sihyeon’s image changed 180 degrees.
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Korean prisons provide outdoor exercise to inmates once a week. It is carried out in three buildings on a rotating basis each day of the week.
The method was simple.
The guards in charge of exercise from the first, middle, and second divisions gather together and have them exercise in order, starting from the first division.
The first prison guard opens the door while leading the inmates at the front, the middle prison guard leads the prisoners in the middle, and the second prison guard leads the prisoners down the stairs at the very end.
Then, all you had to do was check the number of people in the main stadium and then have them exercise.
Today was the day when the second company on the 5th floor, which Sihyeon is in charge of, did outdoor exercise. It was my first turn.
As usual, Sihyeon stood at the forefront and led the prisoners down the stairs.
Of course, there were things that were different from usual.
Something so foreign that it even gives me goosebumps.
They were the prisoners.
“….”
Since it was the second class, prison guard Choi Sang-sik, who was leading from behind, was completely surprised, as if he had seen something in vain.
This is because the prisoners were going down the stairs on the right.
Like a knife too.
Does this make sense?
What kind of model citizen are you?
Normally, I would have rushed down the stairs, making a loud noise or something. Chatting with each other is basic.
But everyone is quiet, as if they have glue on their mouths.
It was so quiet, it was almost eerie.
Even the reading room before the exam won’t be this quiet.
“Hyaaa….”
It’s even more impressive when you go down to the main stadium.
Normally, they were people who pretended to stand in line by shouting and making a fuss, saying, “Please stand in line.”
But they line up in 8 rows among themselves.
The fact that I don’t even open my mouth is still the same.
Even the Marine Corps, with its strong military discipline, would not be able to do something like this.
“What… is this the army? Are we the army here?”
Choi Sang-sik said it in a dazed voice because it was so absurd.
I’m still a rookie, but I’ve been in prison for a year, and this is the first time I’ve ever seen something like this.
No, I couldn’t even imagine it.
“Come on, let’s check the number of people. Sit numbers.”
When Sihyeon said that, the prisoners sat down, counting at the top of their voices. If you listened with your eyes closed, the voices were so loud that you would have thought they were soldiers with full military discipline.
“one!”
“two!”
“three!”
“heat!”
Sihyeon confirmed the number of people and contacted Director Younghwan Park in Sadong via TRS.
“The total number of people exercising outdoors in two companies on the 5th floor is 80. We will start exercising from now on.”
Beep.
I blew the whistle as per FM.
Normally I don’t use it often because it’s annoying, but this month’s instructions from the head of the security department included instructions to use a whistle when exercising outdoors.
“Okay, let’s start exercising. By 10:10. Don’t make loud noises, don’t even do jegi kicks, and don’t go near the door. Then let’s start.”
As soon as Sihyeon finished speaking, the inmates began exercising.
Walking, running.
What was unusual was that not a single inmate took off their official uniform. It was common to see inmates taking off their official uniforms and running while exercising outdoors. It was an area that the guards did not particularly touch.
But what happened to this compound was that not a single inmate took off their official uniform.
Choi Sang-sik could only make an expression of disgust.
“Senior, what on earth is going on? How did you arrange the detention order?”
“I just felt like I had let them go too far, so I was a bit strict with them.”
“Huh… I don’t think it’s acceptable to get caught just because you caught it. All I can say is that it’s really amazing.”
“Haha, what? Rather, I should have stood on FM today. I heard that the head of the security department will show up during exercise today.”
“Huh, really? If I hadn’t known, I would have broken. Then, I’ll go over there, senior.”
Choi Sang-sik made a surprised face and headed toward the entrance door. Another prison guard was already standing at the opposite door, as if he already knew that the head of the security department was appearing.
The vision was located in the very center of the main stadium.
The detainees’ attitude was perfect, and there would be no need to criticize them at all.
‘by the way…’
There was something that bothered me.
It wasn’t about work.
Things were going so well at work that I couldn’t be happier.
What was at stake was the awakening.
Sihyeon opened the stat window.
<Stats> Strength 101 (D), Agility 101 (D), Wisdom 110 (D), Stamina 101 (D), Spirit 210 (D), and Horsepower 99 (E)
In the meantime, whenever a quest occurred, I diligently performed it, and my stats had recovered quite a bit. Now there are more letters like D than E.
But there were two problems.
The first problem is that no matter how many quests you perform, your magic power no longer increases.
At first, I didn’t think it was a big deal.
However, as time passed, although my wisdom and mental strength increased, my magical power did not.
It was clearly the same stat as those two, but it didn’t go up one degree. It even made me wonder if this was the limit.
The problem is that if the stat window is not disclosed, the grade will inevitably become E.
And Sihyeon had no intention of revealing the stat window to the Hunter Association.
I guessed that I was a very unique, awakened person. It was like a hidden weapon. It was ridiculous to disclose such information.
It couldn’t have been a dilemma.
The second problem was related to strength, agility, and stamina.
Up until now, my abilities have increased rapidly just by eating well without doing much, but the moment I exceeded 100 and reached D rank, the quest completely changed.
That’s also completely absurd.
As soon as his health recovers, Poachim’s blood as an executioner boils again. [Let’s soothe his boiling blood.]
[Quest: Kill humans or humanoid monsters.] 0/10]
Nimmi.
This guy didn’t seem to know that this was actually a country that abolished the death penalty. Well, is it weirder to know?
The good news, though, is that the target is not a death row inmate but a human or humanoid monster.
I thought that perhaps the system had changed to suit the environment here.
In any case, it made no sense to kill humans, and now it seemed like there was really no choice but to enter the gate.
I couldn’t put it off.
To do that, you have to get a license, and then you’re level E… .
‘… Well, it can’t be helped.’
Sihyeon scratched his cheek.
And with this ability, soloing is absolutely impossible.
First of all, it seemed like if I wanted to join the party and hunt, I would have to join a guild.
It didn’t really matter which guild I was in, but I was definitely planning to avoid the guild where my ex-girlfriend Sujin was.
Squeak.
The sound of the door opening broke Sihyeon out of his thoughts.
The entrance door to the main playground was old, so it made a metallic sound every time it was opened.
The head of the security department was coming this way, along with a corrections officer and the deputy chief.
Seonghan Kim, Head of the Security Department.
To put it in a good way, he was strict about discipline, but to put it in a bad way, he was a security manager who was not very popular among employees because he was too strict about even the smallest details.
I took a quick look and saw that the security manager had a good expression on his face.
In fact, given his personality, he would have felt satisfied to see the large playground in perfect order.
“On duty, on duty!”
As the security manager approached, Si-hyeon raised his hand and saluted.
“Yes, it’s a lot of work.”
He laughed and tapped my shoulder.
“Your name is Lee Si-hyeon, right?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Recently, there has been a rumor that you are good at your job.”
“Oh, really? I didn’t know.”
“Haha, you usually find out about yourself late. I hope you continue to work well like that in the future.”
“Thank you. I will continue to work hard.”
“Okay, good job then.”
The security manager and his group disappeared through the door on the other side.
What I felt when I saw the security manager’s expression was that there would never be a bad review this time.
‘Isn’t this going to result in S in performance bonuses?’
S is 172.5% of the basic salary, or over 3.5 million won. It was a grade that Si-hyeon, who always got only Cs and Bs, was jealous of.
I really thought that if S came out, I would have to feast on beef for the first time in a long time.
‘Oh, by the way, I have to take annual leave next Monday.’
Sihyeon decided to visit the Hunter Association on a leisurely weekday rather than on a weekend, when it was obvious that it would be crowded with people.