Chapter 10. Leufs Garden (1) (1/2)
Leuf’s Garden was located in a rechang County, Gangwon Province After safe zones had started to appear across the world, Gates had stopped for in populated areas
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A self-driving taxi stopped in a rural area, and a scowling man stepped out
“Dammit, why do I always have to put up with this bullshi+t…” He gru his camera The other reporters who had arrived before hi! You’re here!”
Jung rubbed his ared over to them “Yeah Man, it’s cold today too I can’t believe we have to go through this every day”
“That’s what I’uarantee that the man who cleared the Curse of Daill clear Leuf’s Garden”
“Of course, there isn’t The higher-ups just want to release articles before the bigger news outlets do, but since there’s notpeople like us”
“Daet into one of the major journals”
The reporters continued to complain endlessly about their superiors While they were talking, another self-driving taxi came up the unpaved road
“Huh? Looks like another reporter’s co”
“Seems like it Another poor soul to join us”
“Shall we go greet the man who stepped out of the taxi seemed to be in his mid-twenties He looked around, saw the Gate, and started walking over
“H-Huh? Is he trying to enter the Gate?”
“What? Is he crazy? Stop hi him off The man frohen they blocked his way
“What are you doing?” asked theto enter the Gate?”
“Yes, I ah, clearly annoyed He gestured with his finger “Show me”
“Excuse me?”
“Show one crazy” The hed and held out his license, annoyed
“Player…Seo Jun-Ho?”
“Wait a second It’s only been teeks since he got his license?”
“Gah, I’o crazy Hey kid, do you even knohat kind of place you’re trying to go into?”
“Leuf’s Garden”
“So why’re you trying to go in even though you know that?” The reporters scoffed as they studied his appearance His arh-quality, but his body seemed even weaker than theirs
‘What’s with this scrawny body of his?’
‘Is he really a Player?’
‘He doesn’t look like he’s a physical-type Player Is he a h?’
They didn’t intend to, but they ignored the man hi while observing him
“Huh? The e to the Player association?”
“You’re right Are you with the association?”
“I am”
“Ohh, I see,” a reporter exclailances with the other reporters If they used this skinny-looking man, they could create a scoop that their superiors wanted They casually turned on their voice recorders and started to talk
“Goodness, you ”
“I bet people look down on you because you’re part of the association”
“I don’t know about that,” Seo Jun-Ho said dryly The reporter patted his shoulder, acting all friendly
“Coer brother and I feel bad~ Just think about it You had to take a taxi frohost town all by yourself just so you can enter a Gate How can they treat you like this? Right, Reporter Jung?”
“Gee, they can’t be doing this to you If you were in a Guild, they’d never treat you like this”
“Right? I don’t knohat the association is thinking, sending a kid like this to an Uncleared Gate”
‘Ah…’
Seo Jun-Ho’s eyes darkened as he watched the reporters’ terrible acting He realized just what kind of article they wanted to write with this terrible acting of theirs
‘Seems like they want to write about how the association coerced a Player to go to an Uncleared Gate’
Gates were ticking time bombs If no one entered them for some period of time, they would become Open Gates Naturally, once they opened, theout to Earth
‘Safe zones prevent Gates froainst monsters’
Uncleared Gates were thorns in the association’s side since they couldn’t force people to go into those Gates if they didn’t want to Because of this, tabloid journalists were always proet some form of proof, they’d be able to print an exclusive news’
The Guilds would surely rip into the association if even a ru the Korean Player population to their deaths instead of protecting them
‘Whether it’s back then or today, these trashy journalists are always creating problems’
They would push aside facts and push forward sensationalized topics They didn’t deserve to call themselves journalists They had no morals or objectivity Seo Jun-Ho had always refused to acknowledge them as real journalists He slapped away the reporter’s hand off his shoulder
“There’s a lirace yourself as journalists,” he grumbled coldly He hadn’t even entered the Gate yet, but he was already exhausted Seo Jun-Ho ed the back of his head
“What? Speak up Why did the association send you here?”
“You keep pleading the Fifth A pressure from the association?”
The tactless journalists pushed theirto provoke a reaction Seo Jun-Ho couldn’t take it any longer, and he scowled “Hey, fuck off”
“W-what?”
The reporters blinked, surprised by the sudden profanity Even high-ranking Players wouldn’t make an enemy out of the press With a few exceptions, star Players were always created through the media