37. Investation

Of course, their grandparents are speechless when they hear it. They obviously know about awakeners and their ranks. So they are very surprised that 2 of their grandkids are awakened and even got S-Ranks.

"T-then you will be hunters?"

"Yeah, it will be a waste if we don't be hunters with our power."

"HAHAHA! GREAT! VERY GREAT! NOW I CAN BRAG TO MY FRIENDS ABOUT THIS."

"D-dad, lower your voice!"

Grandpa's shouting takes everyone's attention and some people even get choked because of it. Ayu even needs to apologize to everyone for the disturbance, but Grandpa doesn't seem sorry at all.

"Father, they still need to do a 2nd test in Jakarta using a better machine with higher accuracy. So we can't be sure that they are truly S-Ranks. But they will at least get an A-Rank even if the result on the 1st test is wrong."

"Oh? Well, it's not a problem. That is still a very high rank, right? Agung was bragging that his son awakened as a B-Rank. But my grandkids got higher ranks than him, hahaha!"

"Hmm? Uncle Agung's son? Is it Chandra?"

"He only has a son, so there's no one else."

Agung is Grandpa's old friend in the military. They were very close, so Ayu often played with Chandra when they were young.

"So does he become a hunter? He was a doctor, right?"

"Agung said he doesn't become a hunter and chose to work in the Hunter Bureau as a healer because he has healing power."

"Oh? I'm also a healer."

""Eh?""

Everyone is surprised because Indra never told anyone his ability. Dewi also hasn't told them her power because she was worried she might destroy something. She knows what her abilities are, but she never used them before, so she's worried it will go out of control.

"Have you ever used it?"

"No, just like my sister, I'm worried it will go out of control because I got this ability too suddenly. The supervisor in the Hunter Bureau told us we need to refrain from using our abilities until the 2nd test. They have a special facility for high rankers like us to try our abilities in Jakarta."

"He said some A rankers caused big incidents because they couldn't control their power yet after they awakened, that's why we shouldn't try our abilities before the 2nd test. But we already know what we can do because the information of our abilities just appeared in our minds when we awakened."

"Oh, so it's like that. Then we can only see your abilities after the 2nd test, huh? When will you do it?"

"Next week. We'll go to Jakarta on Saturday and return on Wednesday or Thursday. The test is on Monday, but there are a few other things to do other than testing out abilities."

"Anyway, Grandpa, I have something to talk to you regarding all this hunter stuff. You have quite a lot of connections, right?"

"What kind of connections?"

"Trustworthy & rich people. I plan to build a Guild with my sister, but we don't have money to start it and we don't know how to operate a business properly."

"Sigh, my cute grandson, trustworthy, rich, and business don't usually get together. People can stab each other when it comes to money no matter how close they are. Even family members can kill each other just for money."

"I know, but we really want to build our own Guild. Joining other Guilds or even the Hunter Bureau will put us under others and we don't want to receive orders we don't want to do. Being free is the best."

"I understand that very well. When I was in the military, I often received orders I hated to do, but I couldn't refuse because I have a lower rank than them. That's why I tried to avoid using my rank as an excuse to give my subordinates unreasonable orders when I got a high rank."

"Right? That's why I want to find investors. I'm sure many will want to invest in a Guild that has 2 S-Ranks. But I want to find trustworthy people, so I am asking you who have a lot of rich friends."

"How much do you need to start the Guild?"

"Well, the most important thing is to have money to buy the rights for dungeons. I read in an article that the bid for an A-Rank dungeon can go up to 16 Billion Rupiah (1 million USD)."

""WHAT?!""

Everyone is surprised because it's much more expensive than they thought. Bur Indra tells them the profit from an A-Rank dungeon can double that amount. They can get around 3 million USD from selling all the materials they get in an A-Rank dungeon, so their profit can reach 2 million USD.

"It's even predicted that the prices for materials from dungeons will keep increasing as we find more uses for them. So it will be very profitable."

"So you need at least 1 million USD to start your Guild?"

"Yeah. There are things like recruitments, but we can pay our employees using the profit from our raids. The most important thing is to make sure we can raid dungeons first."

"Hmm, if what you need is just money, then I'll give it to you."

"Huh?"

"Your grandpa will be your investor."

"You will invest 1 million USD?"

"1 million? I will give you 2 million, so you can hire people and even rent a building for your office. Your grandpa has invested in some businesses since I was young, so now I have quite a lot of savings."

"Woah, you're so cool, grandpa."

"Heh, of course. I'm not your dad, after all."

Alexander doesn't say anything, but somehow he still gets mocked by his father-in-law.

"So you want to be the only investor, Grandpa?"

"Well, rather than investing, I actually just want to give you the money."

"No! It's for business, so I can't just receive the money."

"Then how if I lend it to you. Just return the same amount to me whenever you can. There won't be any interest."

"No interest? Are you sure?"

"Yeah, but in exchange, I want you to accept anyone I recommend."

"I can't do that. It will be a problem if you recommend some people that we don't need or don't have the skills we need. The most I can do is to prioritize them more than others."

"Hehe, good, you are being cautious, I like it. I won't allow you to start a Guild if you just accepted my term that easily. In business, you need to be wary of even your parents, after all. Well, let's do that. I'll recommend some people and it will be up to you whether to receive them or not. Though I'm sure you'll accept them because I won't send just anyone to work in your place. While I don't have the power to be a hunter like you, I am more experienced with business. So I'll help your Guild grow bigger."

"Seems like you already have some people you want to send to me."

"I have. There are some people I know who have great skills but can't shine because of diferent reasons. It's still up to you whether you'll accept them or not. But I'm sure you'll like them. They will help you run your Guild because just being strong isn't enough. You need different skills to run a business."

"I really appreciate it, grandpa."

Indra also knows that just being powerful isn't enough to grow his Guild. His power is only useful to hunt monsters. But to grow a Guild, they need good management and the right people to run their Guild. So he's more than happy to receive some recommendations from his Grandpa. This turns out better than he expected.

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