Cha Hae-In doesn't exist in this reality.
In this reality, after 'Double Dungeon' Sung Jin-Woo's body changed drastically, into that of blonde haired yet beautiful woman, all because of 'Re-Awakening' he had undergone. He or now she is 9th South Korea's S-Rank Hunter.
And only 'female' Hunter.
Ashborn doesn't become Shadow Monarch in this alternate reality, stays as Ruler and Sung Jin-Woo still becomes his vessel.
So Sung Jin-Woo is as strong as National-Level Hunter, because Asborn is strongest Ruler, that naturally makes Sung Jin-Woo strongest Hunter, stronger than Thomas Andre.
.......
To the story.
Change of POV: Sung Jin-Woo
It had passed a month since I 're-awakened' and became 9th S-Rank in South Korea.
"It has been a hectic month." I sighed, I enjoy watching view below me. Seoul is truly a beautiful view when you watch it from high enough height, for example, Daesung Tower.
My feet dangling as I'm sitting on the corner of the building.
'I don't have to worry about falling off.' I thought . "Seriously, these reporters are crazy! Imagine when I have to run away from them and even sit on huge buildings just to get away from them!" I complained, I couldn't help but complaining, they are bore! All they wanna ask would be "How do you feel as a woman?" or " Did you adapt quickly to your gender?" or "How is it being S-Rank."
"And there are hundreds memes of me already on damn internet!" I gritted my teeth, it's still weird hearing this soft and definitely feminine voice from me. " Those bastards enjoy milking everything they can!"
I sighed.
Then I cast a gaze at my 'chest'. Despite everything, my body is like that of a super model right now, beauty is off the charts.
"There is nothing free in this world, if you want something then you must give something in return. Perfect example would be me, I became woman in exchange for being strongest S-Rank in South Korea. " I mumbled to myself, despite one month passing by, I had meet every single S-Rank from South Korea, some of them tried to recruit me into their Guild but I refused.
And I discovered some simple and yet interesting things.
"It's like I am monster among Hunters..." I clenched my fists tightly, feeling breeze passing by. Indeed, my Mana is incomparably higher than everyone else's in South Korea. I am not a Mage-Class, I'm fighter-Class.
And my physical strength and speed is ridiculous too..
In just one month, I had already cleared over 20 C-Rank Dungeons with Yoo Jin-Ho for money, then cleared 4 B-Rank Dungeons with him.
And even solo-cleared a High-End A-Rank Dungeon owned by Hunters Guild, it was almost S-Rank.
Yet I cleared it without even trying too.
And also cleared a fake S-Rank Dungeon made by 'System' I received too, that thing was worthy enough to be a plaything. I also got cool armor and strong sword from the Boss of that Dungeon.
But most importantly, I got Holy Water of Life, and managed to craft 10 samples, and used one on my mom already.
"Maybe, losing my old identity for gaining a huge amount of power and healing my mother was worthy after all." I said to myself as I laid on the cold ground with my back slightly.
"And it's all thanks to [System], hey show me my skills, will you?"
Immediately, transparent purple screen appeared in my vision.
This thing barely has any uses.
It gave me S-Rank Dungeon to train myself, get strong armor with strong sword from Demon King too.
But beside that one 'Dungeon', it gave me option of [Inventory] to store Items I want into it, and [Stats] to see my skills and that's it.
"It would be better if I could Level up or buy items or something." I thought to myself, but once again, beggars can't be choosers.
[Stats]
[Passive Skills: [Dagger-Wielding LVL-2], [Swordsmanship LVL-MAX], [Hand-To-Hand LVL-2] ]
[Transformations: [Spiritual Body Manifestation]
[Active Skills: [Ruler's Authority], [Bloodlust]. [Fly].]
"Thought, unfortunately I only got three [Active Skills], and one of them was given to me with my 're-awakening' and other two from rune stones. I probably should save up more money for some Rune Stone on market soon enough." I thought to myself as I checked my skill set once more before I hear my phone ringing. " Rune Stones are not cheap at all, even worst rune stones are billions of dollars."
So without waiting, I took it from my pockets.
"Woo Jin-Chul? What could he want?" I asked myself before I clicked green on the phone before bringing it to my ears. " Hello, Sung Jin-Woo here, what do you need?" My smooth voice trailed off.
I could hear a cough from the other side.
" Miss.. ~Cough~ I mean Mr.Sung Jin-Woo. " I deadpanned at Woo Jin-Chul's tone. "Chairman Go Gun-Hee requests your presence in the headquarters if possible..?" He trailed off.
I sighed, my sigh was definitely heard on the other side.
"Okay, I will be there in 10 minutes or so. Is there anything you need to notify me of?" I asked him just in case.
He coughed again?! Seriously man, if you are sick then don't work!
"No, that would be all!" He closed the line..
"Weird guy.. Why does he behaves like that though??" I asked myself before putting the phone back into my pockets before I jumped from tho corner of the tower to the center of the tower.
I'm currently wearing white short sleeve shirt, and blue pants with pink cap.
Hey don't blame me for pink cap! Sung Jin-Ah damaged my last blue one so I was forced to take her Pink one!
I don't wanna go shopping yet.
I shuddered at the thought.
"Shall we go?" I disappeared from my position, to others it might seemed like I used teleportation
Anyway, with my superhuman speed, I kept running and jumping.
Running from street to street, and jumping from roof to roof with my incredibly athletic body.
In less time than expected, I was at South Korea's Hunter Association Headquarters doors.
And the others waiting for me is none other than Woo Jin-Chul.
"BOO!" I sneaked up on behind him before shouting "BOO!" to scare him. This guy is funny to tease and mess with sometimes.
As expected, he stumbled before he abruptly turning behind to look at me with flushed expression with a hint of 'annoyance' was it in his eyes?
I think he almost released his Aura but he managed to compose himself while 'fixing' his tie, once more coughing with flushed expression.
"That's not a professional behavior, Mr.Sung Jin-Woo." He replied as he fixed his sunglasses now. " Out of every S-Rank I worked with you certainly the most... eccentric.." He finished
I shock my head, my behavior is completely professional with other unknown people and not family. But this guy, he is almost as if he is my best friend at this point. We have contact almost EVERY single Day.
So all in all, he is built different.
"That's only with you, Mr.Woo Jin-Chul." I shock my head, letting a small smirk to fall on my red lips. " Now we shouldn't keep Chairman Go Gun-Hee waiting, shouldn't we?" I re-directed Subject away.
Woo Jin-Chul let out tired sigh as he motioned for me to follow.
We entered headquarters building, and certainly it's quiet.
Normally this building is filled with Hunters re-assessing their ranks non stop and people trying to hire them, or awakened people who want to register. Almost every day there should be at least one awakened.
But Woo Jin-Chul noticed my gaze.
"Because of current circumstances, we stopped re-assessing ranks for next couple of days, Chairman Go Gun-Hee should explain everything to you in his office."
I simply nodded, even thought he can't see it, I think he has sixth sense which allowed him to.
We continued walking in peace and quite till we walked into and elevator.
Woo Jin-Chul typed the highest floor, and it burned into life.
Dozens of seconds later, in quiet and humming silence, we exited the elevator and I continued following Woo Jin-Chul.
I cast my gaze at my left hand, a black glove covers my left hand.
In this world, there are Soulmates, almost every person has a Soulmate and tattoo somewhere on their body called Soulmate Mark. When you meet the person made for you, you feel 'attraction or pulling' sensation towards that person and Soulmate Marks of both Soulmates will glow brightly in the presence of two Soulmates.
But it will glow brightly only once, but attraction will be for forever.
'I'm wearing this glow so there are no people who would waste my time by pretending to be Soulmates. In this world, the higher Hunter rank you are, the higher celebrity on the list you are. And there would obviously be a lot more people claiming to be your Soulmates just to get a chance to meet.' I though. ' And they would even go as far as making a tattoo of your Soulmate Mark if you are famous enough."
'And my popularity in South Korea would certainly be one of their picks.' I sighed.
My thoughts were broken as I almost walked into Woo Jin-Chul who stopped walking in front of Go Gun-Hee's office.
Best reflexes from slaying a Demon King! Sung Jin-Woo!!
"Please enter first, ladies first." He oh so gentlemanly side stepped from the doors and mock bowed.
I felt my left eye twitch, so I ignored him before opening the doors and walking in.
I was meet with a sight of an office that looks more like living room than office.
Don't get me wrong, on the right side of the office is a desk, work desk with paperwork, pens and laptop. But on the left side is two couches, a small table in between, two glasses on the table and a bottle of whisky.
And Go Gun-Hee is sitting on the couch too, I noticed his face and he motioned me to sit at couch in front of him.
Without further ado, I stepped inside, Woo Jin-Chul following behind me as a dutiful dog as he closed the doors.
I sat down on the cough with my bag ass, and I could feel how comfortable it is. I leaned on the couch too.
"Do you know why I called you here for, Mr.Sung Jin-Woo?" Chairman spoke as he proceeded to sip the whisky in the other glass before extending it to me, I took it with gratitude while shaking my head.
"I see." He replied before taking a sip of the whisky with cubes of ice mixed into it. "We are going to raid Jeju Island for 4th time, 4th Jeju Island Raid with the help of Japanese S-Ranks. In total, for now would be 14 S-Ranks participating. This time, it has highest chance of success till ever with current strategy and team work.."
But I sense a ' but'.
"But, we would like if you would be able to join the 4th Raid on Jeju Island. " He replied, pausing for a moment. " But we also would understand if you were to decline because of your 'inexperience'.'
We both know that no one here thinks i'm 'Inexperienced'.
While they don't know that I technically soloed an S-Rank Dungeon alone, they know I soloed a High-End A-Rank Dungeon bordering on S-Rank. No one with 'less experience' even with my powers would have been able to do that/
I took a sip from the whisky, feeling it pass through my throat.
On one hand I would like to spend more time with my mother since she is finally free from the Eternal Slumber..
But on the other... It's an S-Rank Dungeon we are talking about too, if there appears something like Demon King Baran from Demon Castel S-Rank Dungeon then they all would be no-diffed.
And if they got no-diffed, not only would South Korea lose S-Rank Hunters but also people would in trouble, I heard something about Ants evolving to fly to Japan. And if they could reach Japan, then they could reach South Korea too.
'I need to get rid of them for both Mother's and Jin-Ah's safety..' I took another sip, before locking eyes with those of Go Gun-Hee.
"I will go." I replied to him. And immediately, his face that appears to have aged up more, brightened as if he became younger.
He released a breath he didn't knew he was holding..
But then I felt Mana radiations from the other side of the building, my eyes snapped in the direction.
"Ah, you can sense S-Ranks practice with your senses from there, impressive. " He replied.
I glanced at him before chugging the entire glass before placing it on the table.
"I want to see how they fight, this is rare opportunity." I said before I stood up, followed by Go Gun-Hee.
Chapter Word Count; 2125
Honestly
Sung Jin-Woo's Soulmate here will be one. But depending on the views, I might make different routes of Soulmates.
Examples.
Sung Jin-Woo X Kanae Tawata
Sung Jin-Woo X Liu Zhigang
Sung Jin-Woo X Akari Shimizu
Sung JIn-Woo x Gina
or something, depends if I feel like it.