Kim Gong-ja

* Non-Complete Constellation
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* **Hundred Ghosts Reincarnation**  (지골룡의 두개골) (SSS+)
* **Infernal Heavens Demonic Art (지옥 천국 악마 예술)**(SS)
* **Guardian Goddess** (수호의 여신)(S)
* **Music box just for you** (당신만을 위한 오르골)(EX)
* **Phalanx Dragon's Skull (지골룡의 두개골)**(SSS +)

* S-Class (Former)
* SSS-Class }}

**Kim Gong-Ja** (김공자) is the main character of SSS-class Suicide Hunter.

## Appearance

He has black hair and black eyes with white pupils. In the webcomic, his eyes turn red whenever he uses his aura.

## Personality

At the beginning of the story, Kim Gong-ja was characterised by his strong self-loathing and delusional jealousy of successful hunters; individuals he deemed as 'main characters' unlike him, who was an 'extra'. This envy was so palpable that it was noticed by the Tower, who rewarded him with the skill card 'I Want to Be Like You!' Despite his unsightly envy, Kim Gong-ja displayed traits that would inform his later success. For example, his ability to critically evaluate situations enabled him to identify the underlying motives of the Five Great Guilds during negotiations, as well as handle Sword Saint's hostility during the Aegim War arc.

He can be quite shameless, talking back against the Tower Master and excellently bullshitting his way out of conflict against the Aegim army during the Aegim War arc. Although Kim Gong-ja initially sought to become strong out of a desire for fame and authority, he later acknowledges to Black Witch that he seeks recognition, not attention. His drive is so unusually strong that Sword Emperor comments that it powers his lack of fear against both pain and death, thus allowing him to retain his sanity even after voluntarily killing himself over 4000 times to kickstart his first regression

Throughout the story, Kim Gong-ja's original motivation for fame and riches is gradually replaced as he witnesses the horrors and suffering experienced by others in the Tower. Although shrewd and cunning, he starts demonstrating a sense of righteousness in trying to do right by everyone he encounters. After hundreds and thousands of regressions, Kim Gong-ja cherishes the people around him and tries to save them even if they cannot remember his efforts.

Kim Gong-Ja gets easily embarrassed by the antics and shamelessness of the people around him (despite him being arguably worse). Additionally, he has experienced so much hostility during his life that he gets very touched by the goodwill of others, such as when Black Witch screen shotted news articles one by one for him.

## Background

Before entering the Tower, Kim Gong-ja was an orphan. As an F-rank hunter, he was subject to the cruelty and bullying of those who looked down on him, hence admiring elite hunters as subjects of public respect and recognition. This admiration was accompanied by a powerful envy and self-loathing that led to him neglecting himself− dwelling in a garbage-ridden one-room apartment and scrolling for news and public discourse about Yoo Soo-Ha, all the while spamming social media with the same comment repeating over and over again: "I want to be like Flame Emperor too."

This unsightly envy gained the attention of the Tower, which rewarded him with the S+ skill card "I Want to Be Like You!" This disappointed him immensely as it required him to die in order to gain any skills. However, upon witnessing Flame Emperor murder the Saintess, he was killed by Yoo Soo-Ha in order to cover up the crime. This activated his S+ skill which allowed him to copy Flame Emperor's regression skill, thus returning 24 hours before he was killed.

Recognizing that he lacked both skill and capability to avenge himself against the World rank 1, Kim Gong-ja killed himself over 4000 times to go back to 11 years before, at a time preceding Flame Emperor's gained the regression skill so that he may permanently murder the Flame Emperor.

## Quotes

* "*Everything* was unfair. I could have lived a better life. I had the right to live a better life. But, I also made three mistakes: Died by mistake. Lived making mistakes. Born by mistake. Was everything a mistake since birth?"
* "No matter how easy it is to make money, a hunter must be a hunter... even with all the money in the world, without power then it would eventually be robed."
* (To Sword Emperor) "Oh no. This person's saying things he shouldn't. Aren't we partners, partner? Forever friends. Best friends! Who in the world would kill their best friend? From now on, we'll be together forever."
* "My Death Lasts Longer than your Life"
* (To Lefanta Aegim) "If killing constellation is your sole mission and duty--Kill yourself first! Sky-Killing Constellation!"

## Trivia

* He killed himself 4,090 times to return to the past in order to kill Yoo Soo-Ha.
* As of the latest chapter on the manhwa Kim Gong-Ja suicide 6 more times while talking to Sword Saint Marcuz Calenbury thus making his kill count 4099(this isn't entirely true since the Sword Saint killed him so he technically didn't kill himself but was murdered 6 times by Marcus, so it would stay at 4093 or 4092)
* He did not enter high school and stopped his education at middle school.
* Kim Gong-Ja's name means Confucius in Korean. His name was given by the caretaker of the orphanage, who wanted him to become a person as great as Confucius.
* He may not entered highschool but his I.Q. is higher than average human
* The goblins gave him many nicknames like "Foul-mouthed Lion", "The one who loves to hit with their hands" or "Believer of education through violence"
* After gaining the Tower Master's Skill, Gong-ja decided to summon Preta and give her a living body to make her his adopted child. Preta decided that her name would be Estelle from that point.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 50
2. ↑ Chapter 119
3. ↑ Chapter 1
4. ↑ Chapter 3
5. ↑ Chapter 8
6. ↑ Chapter 15
7. ↑ Chapter 45.2
8. ↑ Chapter 69
9. ↑ Chapter 110
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Chapter 363
11. ↑ Chapter 328
12. ↑ Chapter 39
13. ↑ Chapter 112
14. ↑ Chapter 155
15. ↑ Chapter 362
16. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `:2`
17. ↑ Chapter 15
18. ↑ Chapter 32
19. ↑ Chapter 128
20. ↑ Chapter 128
21. ↑ Chapter 240
22. ↑ Chapter 313