Chapter 170: Chapter 170: Operation is a Go (2)

This was only a hypothesis, but given Kim Ki-Rok's track record, it was likely correct. As such, President Kikumoto used it as a pretext to smooth over negotiations with a particularly troublesome country.

In addition, representatives from the various nations who had attended Kim Ki-Rok's Discernment of the Gate each contacted their home governments to initiate plans for increasing the number of personnel their countries would send to the Gate. These reinforcements wouldn't be dispatched immediately, of course, but once a weak point was confirmed and deemed accessible to low-level Hunters, preparations were already in place to send them to Japan without delay. Naturally, this required prior negotiations with both the Japanese and Korean governments.

After three full days of doublespeak and haggling[1], Kim Ki-Rok and the S-Class Hunters from each country finally gathered in front of the Gate once more.