Become Overpowered CEO of Hero Clan

Become Overpowered CEO of Hero Clan – 213 (Final Episode)

Epilogue

There were two choices.

[Please select.]

1. Become one with Martial God, the original body.
2. Return as Lee Geon-ha, the office worker.

The Isaac of that era was a being born from the soul fragment breathed into by Martial God.

The soul fragment that had completed its mission must return to its origin.

But the fact that the system presented these two choices meant…

“I guess you missed the ordinary life, huh.”

Martial God, who could have forced a unilateral absorption without any problem, was essentially saying he would vicariously enjoy watching Lee Geon-ha’s office life.

With a mindset befitting the future Lee Geon-ha, the current Lee Geon-ha lightly touched the hologram screen.

Fwoooooosh!

The space of nothingness was enveloped in white light.

That was the last scene Lee Geon-ha remembered as the hero Isaac.

Life continued once again.

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An extraordinary life and an ordinary life.

It was still unclear which would be the happier life.

Those who grasp privileges will have to shoulder the corresponding responsibilities, while those who are ordinary will be granted the freedom to go with the flow.

The saying that living an ordinary life is the hardest didn’t come from nowhere.

According to that, even the notion that capable people live as capable and incapable people live as incapable was somewhat flawed.

In the end, the standard of happiness would be determined by each individual’s subjective measure.

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Returning to reality, Lee Geon-ha diligently continued his company life.

Even without the memories from the imaginary world, he leveraged his skills to transfer to a mid-sized entertainment company, and based on the experience gained during 1 year and 6 months on Chloe’s Earth, he quickly became a veteran in the industry.

The prowess of Management Team Leader Lee Geon-ha, who had wielded power over superiors in the imaginary world, wasn’t going anywhere.

After 10 years filled with ups and downs, he finally earned the title of Director.

The company didn’t want to lose such a rare talent in the industry, as he turned every celebrity under his care into a rising star.

During this process, various connection proposals and sexual bribery attempts tempted him, but Director Lee’s keen senses caught onto the shadowy hands behind these crude approaches.

This became a crucial turning point for Lee Geon-ha to deliver a decisive counterpunch to the unscrupulous competitors trying to bring down his entertainment company, ‘Butterfly Spring Inc.’, while he was tracking down their moles.

The CEO of Butterfly Spring had limited options in the face of Director Lee’s shocking moves that could make or break the company single-handedly.

“Director Lee Geon-ha. No, Geon-ha, my brother! You’re not going anywhere else, right?”

“Well, that depends on how I’m treated, doesn’t it?”

“Come on, why so cold?”

That night, when they realized that the golden goose Lee Geon-ha was also an all-around entertainer capable of handling security threats, his position swiftly rose from Director to Executive Director.

A promotion to Executive Director in a mid-sized company, comparable to receiving stars in the military. Although Butterfly Spring wasn’t a large corporation, Executive Director Lee Geon-ha decided to be content with the life given to him.

After 10 years of steady financial management and wealth accumulation, Executive Director Lee Geon-ha’s economic status rose to the ranks of the affluent middle class, if not beyond.

He had become a top-tier husband material in the marriage market.

And the world wouldn’t leave such an Executive Director Lee Geon-ha alone.

Pretty young ladies from the entertainment industry and potential in-laws began to emerge from various directions to entice him.

After dating several people and experiencing fleeting breakups, Executive Director Lee Geon-ha, now approaching forty, belatedly began looking for a suitable bride.

Surprisingly, the path through which he met his future wife was a famous online game.

After voice chatting and finding they got along well, he boldly suggested a date under the guise of a meetup. Lee Geon-ha, well aware of the entertainment industry’s dark side, decided on the spot to spend his life with a pure-hearted woman named Baek Ye-eun, who had nothing to do with his industry.

“Youth was good. It’s still surprising when I think about it now.”

The middle-aged Lee Geon-ha at the wheel recalled the memory of swiftly passing the meeting with his in-laws some 20 years ago.

“Huh?”

The one questioning his nostalgic voice was a smiling young man occupying the back seat.

“Dad? You still look plenty good now.”

The young man’s way of addressing Lee Geon-ha, Dad.

Now in his late 50s, the middle-aged Lee Geon-ha was continuing his role as a ‘father’ befitting a family man with two children.

This meant he was single-handedly covering the expenses and driving for the family of four’s trip to Japan.

“Dad has transcended the realm of looking young. I’m tired of people thinking we’re ‘that kind of relationship’ when we go out together.”

A woman of indeterminate age sitting in the passenger seat chimed in to support the young man’s claim. The identity of this woman occupying a corner of Lee Geon-ha’s car was, of course, the youngest daughter of the Lee family.

Indeed, the middle-aged Lee Geon-ha looked virtually identical to his 20-year-old self.

With Dad staying the same while Mom’s wrinkles increased, creating a biological disharmony, the daughter became worried about her birth mother Baek Ye-eun’s solo aging this year.

She wondered if the Lee family’s extraordinary youthful genes only manifested in males.

Of course, it wasn’t that his wife looked old for her age.

She too looked about 10 years younger than her actual age.

“It’s unfair because of you. Last time I checked, even your physical age came out as in the 20s. Let’s age together a bit. I feel left out.”

Despite her words of feeling left out, her eyes were full of hearts.

She was deeply immersed in a privilege that ordinary middle-aged women could hardly enjoy, thanks to her husband’s aura that far surpassed the average appearance level of middle-aged men whose wrinkles increase daily and bellies grow rounder.

A husband who earns well, is family-oriented, and doesn’t age.

Above all, his dislike for private gatherings, making it extremely rare for him to come home late reeking of alcohol, played a significant role in her love for her husband.

However, there was one problem.

“By the way, honey. Are you really going to quit your job?”

The issue was that this man, who had solidly established himself in an entertainment agency, was now entertaining the late-blooming idea of starting his own business.

It’s not that she didn’t trust her husband’s abilities, but as a middle-aged Korean housewife who was well aware of the brutal success rate in the entertainment business, how could she not worry?

‘Kids, now’s the time.’

Her question was intended to prompt their children, who would also be greatly affected by their father’s resignation, to voice their concerns together.

‘Quit?’

‘Dad?’

Noticing their mother’s pleading gaze, the Lee family’s son and daughter shared the severity of the global economic crisis that had hit last year and the cold statistics of the capitalist market, where over 300 idol groups debuted and disappeared without a trace in a single year.

“Nothing’s been decided yet. I’m just thinking about it.”

Lee Geon-ha let out a small chuckle at his family’s sincere attempts to dissuade him from quitting.

How could a living legend in the industry not be aware of the US-originated global economic crisis and the devastating competition rate in the K-pop industry?

He was just feeling a bit of mannerism after working in the same field for so many years.

Vrooom―

Passing the Incheon Munhak Stadium, the sleekly designed foreign car descended onto the elevated road. Soon they would cross Incheon Bridge and arrive at Incheon International Airport.

“I’m so excited!”

“Are we going to the tempura specialty restaurant for our first meal?”

Used to the Lee family patriarch’s generous spending habits when he did spend, his wife Baek Ye-eun and their two direct descendants instinctively let their imaginations run wild.

They would lazily enjoy hot spring baths in a luxurious ryokan, and the sushi and gyudon, filled with the dedication of first-class chefs, would melt and disappear in their mouths.

The family’s hormones reacting in advance like Pavlov’s dogs was largely due to the head of the household Lee Geon-ha’s grand gestures and ample financial means.

Whoooosh―

The vehicle carrying the family of four climbed onto Incheon Bridge after passing the elevated road.

Meanwhile, the children’s conversation topic shifted to a certain celebrity who was currently on the rise.

“Kyaaah! Ha-sung! What to do about Cho Ha-sung?”

What caught the daughter’s attention as she tapped away at her smartphone was a 30-second short video of a cold-looking handsome man slaying a monstrous creature with a single strike of his longsword.

Surprisingly, this wasn’t a scene from an action fantasy movie or drama.

“Cho Ha-sung is legit. Being the youngest A-rank is no joke.”

“Dad, why did you say Hunters are difficult? Are they picky about their personalities?”

A-rank. And Hunter.

The meaning of these two keywords was clear.

In the world where office worker Lee Geon-ha lived, a profession called “Hunter” had emerged, encompassing both the “monsters” that harm people and the superhumans who confront them.

The curiosity in the daughter’s question was whether an entertainment agency could manage Hunters.

To the innocent query of his underage daughter who hadn’t even graduated high school yet, Dad Lee Geon-ha explained the current state of the Hunter industry with a faint smile.

“It’s not at a stage to be discussed yet.”

The South Korean government, having experienced military coups in the past, was wary of the possibility that private organizations advocating special interest groups might entice Hunters to incite rebellion.

Moreover, the new business of “Hunter management” was still in its early stages of establishment.

It had only been 7 years since monsters started emerging through “Gates” and Hunters capable of sensing mana appeared simultaneously.

Given that an incident where a Hunter with criminal tendencies massacred civilians occurred just 2 years ago, it was clear that social norms regarding Hunters were still not well-defined.

“Heeeng. But there are many righteous and kind Hunters too. I wish they wouldn’t regulate them too much.”

“It’s not as simple as you think.”

“What do you mean? I wasn’t talking to you.”

“Why don’t you go say that to the families of the Hongdae Incident victims?”

The Hongdae Incident.

It was a tragedy that occurred 2 years ago when an unknown Hunter with mental issues indiscriminately slaughtered civilians.

That incident amplified calls for government control over Hunter activities, but it was true that most Hunters, with some exceptions, were preemptively cleansing Gates to protect citizens’ safety.

Moreover, Gates were like ticking time bombs that could spew out monster waves anytime, anywhere…

Whoooooosh!

Just like that, a massive sea monster could suddenly emerge from a Gate submerged in the sea.

An enormous sea dragon suddenly rising from beneath the Incheon Bridge. Although it was over 1km away, it was more than enough to make the ordinary members of the Lee family faint.

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

“Uwaaaaaaaah!”

Screeeech! Thud!

The luxury foreign car came to a sudden stop amidst the children’s loud screams.

Too shocked to even scream, housewife Baek Ye-eun spoke up with a mother’s sense of duty to protect her children.

“Kids, are you alright?!”

“No!”

“What do we do! M-monster. Monster! Ah, we’re blocked from behind!”

While shouting at the top of her lungs, the youngest daughter quickly assessed the situation and ordered everyone to get out of the car.

“Let’s get out! Hurry!”

With the sea monster’s appearance, cars in front were blindly reversing while more vehicles kept piling up from the Incheon Bridge entrance.

It was a situation where emergency evacuation by vehicle was practically impossible.

If there was any consolation, it was that famous Hunters were rapidly deploying, likely because the government had detected anomalous magical waves from the underwater Gate early on.

Among them was even the celebrity Hunter that the daughter was crazy about.

“Cho Ha-sung!”

“Hey, hey, hey! Just run anyway! Mom, don’t trip while running!”

Whoosh!

Hunters equipped with combat suits dashed like arrows towards the center of Incheon Bridge, cutting through the crowds of citizens.

They moved so fast that by the time one caught a glimpse of the Hunters’ appearances from afar, they had already zipped past.

Due to the urgency of the situation, the Lee family only belatedly realized they had forgotten their physical and mental pillar.

“Kids! Where’s Dad?”

“Ah!”

“Huh?”

The figure of the family head Lee Geon-ha, who they naturally assumed would be running with them, was nowhere to be seen.

When the youngest daughter, who had been running forward, looked back, she saw the frustrating sight of her father still standing by their precious foreign car in the distance.

The children screamed at the top of their lungs at this epic trolling by their direct ancestor, biological father Lee Geon-ha, who had always been their rock through childhood and adulthood.

“What are you doiiiiing!”

“Daaaaaaad! Hurry uuuuup!”

While the Lee family was shooting this tragicomic family drama, the situation was taking a turn for the worst.

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwang!

The giant sea dragon, boasting a body length of hundreds of meters, shattered the Incheon Bridge with a brutal body slam.

The more desperate point was that the creature’s weight class was so overwhelming that even the A-rank Hunters dispatched to the scene were at a loss for what to do.

‘How on earth do you cut something like that!’

Even Cho Ha-sung, known as the Supernova, lost his fighting spirit at the sea monster’s body size.

“Everyone evacuate the scene! Save as many as you can!”

Left with no choice, Cho Ha-sung activated his field control authority and ordered his fellow Hunters to make a hasty retreat, pulling up citizens who were struggling to move amidst the congested vehicles and sending them to either side of the bridge.

Grooooooooar!

Meanwhile, the terrifying sea monster was charging up for a second body slam.

Its target was the 1/3 point of Incheon Bridge. It was the spot where fleeing people were crowded among stopped vehicles and the masses.

And that spot was also where the Lee family’s patriarch, Lee Geon-ha, was standing by without any plan.

Swoooooosh!

Finally, the sea monster rose vertically, and its massive body tilted diagonally.

At her husband’s eccentric behavior that was essentially no different from taking his own life, the face of his wife Baek Ye-eun turned pale.

“Ah, aaaaah! Uwaaah!”

It wasn’t just her, on the verge of becoming a widow, who was screaming.

The anguish and struggle of hundreds of citizens about to be crushed by the sea monster erupted from all directions.

Swoooosh―

However, all that noise was silenced by a world of shadows unfolding from one person’s grasp.

The sea monster that had leapt into the sky was frozen in mid-air, like a scene from a Disney movie where mysterious wizards appear.

And for some reason, the owner of the right hand emitting writhing shadows was the ageless patriarch of the Lee family, about to embark on a family trip.

“…Honey?”

“…Dad?”

Unsure if they were dreaming, the dazed mother and daughter called out to their husband and father, but.

Snap.

Slash───────!

At last, when the man known as the golden hand of the entertainment industry suddenly snapped his fingers, a shadow blade estimated to be 150m long split the sea monster in half.

“Huh!?”

“Dad was a Hunter, Mom?!”

“No, well… I don’t know either?”

Faced with the shocking revelation of her spouse that she had never seen despite being life partners for over 20 years, wife Baek Ye-eun felt a storm of emotions rising within her, along with a bit of hurt.

‘That’s… my husband?’

A strong partner who guarantees a stable and happy life.

While the number one criterion for judging an excellent husband in modern society might be “financial ability,” it was ingrained in the genes of Homo sapiens.

Throughout the history of civilization passed down from ancient times, the desirable trait of a male for humanity was powerful physical ability that could protect the family in any situation.

There must be scientific reasons why people are so enthusiastic about sports stars and social media fitness influencers, right?

‘He’s incredibly cool!’

Like falling in love at first sight with a superior mate, wife Baek Ye-eun found herself falling deeply in love with her own husband once again.

“Uh… What? There’s something else, you say?!”

Meanwhile, A-rank Hunter Cho Ha-sung, who had received communication from the disaster control center about another strong magical wave detected underwater, asked back in a subtly loud voice.

He was hoping that the unidentified mysterious person who had instantly dealt with the giant sea monster would step up again.

“Understood! And as you’ve seen… Yes. That’s what happened.”

While Hunter Cho Ha-sung continued communicating with headquarters, carefully observing the mysterious person’s reaction.

For some reason, the face of the person deemed an invincible mysterious being was trembling violently.

And finally, the king of shadows opened his mouth.

“Honey. I’m just going to quit and start a company.”

He finally announced to his wife that he would challenge his grand dream instead of retiring.

Rumble rumble!

As the mysterious being, family head Lee Geon-ha, was expressing his bold ambition, another massive object was trying to pass through the underwater Gate.

“I just decided on the business too. Hunter management. And…”

At last, the identity of the object that forcefully emerged, parting the sea was.

Swoooooosh!

It was a spaceship no smaller in size than the sea monster.

On its deck stood four figures that would bring tears to one’s eyes just by looking at them.

“Those kids will be my first contract signings.”

After traveling through infinite Earths in the multiverse, they must have finally reached the timeline where the current Lee Geon-ha exists, at the end of a long journey.

“Booooooooss!”

Hwang Man-deuk, Seo Eun-ha, Gil-seong, Yeo Jin-soo.

The four children flying through the sky. Towards them, shouting “Leader” at the top of their lungs,

Lee Geon-ha spread his arms wide.

“Let’s have a hug after all this time.”

《Become Overpowered CEO of Hero Clan》

The End

Translator Note:

Hi everyone!

This is the last episode for Become Overpowered CEO of Hero Clan. It marks as my second completed project for past year.

I sincerely thanks for all of your support in reading and promoting the title. I hope that you will keep supporting me in my translation journey.

Thank you and have a wonderful day!! 😀