Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 71

Suho’s special recruitment as a Grade 5 civil servant had been in the works for a while, but it happened much faster than anyone expected.

And for good reason.

After the thank-you award ceremony, three installments of articles were uploaded, causing the already growing view counts to explode.

"Where is Justice in Yeongdeungpo? Part 1."

Views: 7,488,486

"Hunter Ahn Suho Appears in Yeongdeungpo! Part 2."

Views: 7,345,845

"The Changshik Gang and Their Victims. Part 3."

Views: 6,812,877

The numbers were insane.

The view count for Part 1, which had barely hit 500,000 initially, was now averaging over 7 million.

Jo Jin-hwi looked at the explosive stats with a satisfied smile.

“This is why I do journalism.”

View counts are my power.

Comments are my power!

The rise in viewership was due to several factors.

For example, articles from other reporters who attended the ceremony played a role.

But the biggest driver was undoubtedly the addition of one keyword that had been missing in Part 1: Ahn Suho.

Jo Jin-hwi scrolled through the comments, checking them one by one.

"Wow... The only light to appear in the forsaken Yeongdeungpo..."

"I always believed in you, Sword God."

"Absolutely badass. How can anyone even do that?"

"But isn’t it kind of hilarious? Why is a private citizen doing what the police, prosecutors, or Hunter Association should be doing?"

"Isn’t Nexus behind this?"

└ "Why would a guild waste their time ordering someone to beat up gangsters? Use your brain."

"I caught a glimpse of him at the ceremony. The man is ridiculously handsome."

"I’d love to be cut by the Sword God just once."

"Mom! When I grow up, I want to be the Sword God!"

There was no shortage of praise.

Of course, not all the comments were positive.

"Isn’t this just vigilante justice?"

"He’s not a cop or a judge. Isn’t this going to get him in trouble if someone files a complaint?"

"Why is he acting all high and mighty? Ahn Suho seems like a bit of an attention seeker, don’t you think?"

Some raised valid concerns.

Others, however, simply disguised their insults as criticisms.

Whenever such comments appeared, Suho’s supporters were quick to retaliate:

"Isn’t this just vigilante justice?"

└ "And? What’s your point?"

└ "At least he’s doing something while you’re sitting in your room scratching your belly and hammering away on your keyboard."

└ "What can you do?"

└ "So what’s your solution?"

"He’s not a cop or a judge. Isn’t this going to get him in trouble?"

└ "Are you dumb? Do you really think the gangsters are going to make Suho’s life hard? Or will it be the other way around?"

└ "Maybe the one with the problem isn’t Suho’s head but yours."

"Why is he acting all high and mighty? Ahn Suho seems like a bit of an attention seeker."

└ "Isn’t the real attention seeker the person writing this comment?"

└ "Ignore the trolls."

└ "Why is someone as insignificant as you even bothering to act high and mighty?"

└ "Public education in this country has really gone down the drain."

└ "No way he’d do that."

└ "Let’s wait and see what they say."

In a way, it was an inevitable turn of events.

You only notice the side dishes after fully enjoying the main course.

Nexus understood this all too well and had prepared for it in advance.

“It seems like people are starting to talk about us now.”

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“Yes, I think it’s time to start releasing the articles.”

Following the orders of Chief Secretary Kim I-kang, PR Team Manager Park Gu-wan began rolling out the pre-prepared articles.

They weren’t going to miss this opportunity.

As the saying goes, you row the boat when the tide comes in. In this case, they weren’t just rowing—they were attaching a motor to it. This was the perfect moment to polish their image.

The first step was Nexus’ official statement: