chapter 29
Episode 029 Agreement with Pyo Cheon-deuk, president of the association
[I think you’ve already had a fight with someone?]
A few days later, in the lobby of the association building, there was a lion written in blood.
Even more creepy was the association of not erasing it.
I guessed roughly who did it.
[who?]
‘Blood Demon Han Soi’
[That crazy b*tch?]
Currently, she is the only Hunter with blood-related traits.
Even if he had the same characteristics, only Han Soi could do this.
[But why didn’t you delete that text? Where are you going to be creepy?]
‘Perhaps he threatened not to leave me alone if I erased him, or he told me to leave him because of his personality.’
Pyo Cheon-deuk was such a person.
A soldier to the core, he was broken when he was broken, not a man who would bend.
Bulldog general, bulldozer.
‘And the skills are good.’
When the gate first opened, he was the one who took his soldiers and completely blocked the monsters coming out of the gate more than any other military force.
As a result, the people below can’t help but follow.
[You are going to meet such a person.]
‘huh.’
We had to meet each other anyway.
It would be nice if we could come to a conclusion today, but at least it would turn the situation in our favor.
“I’m here to see the president of the association.”
I told the information staff in the lobby.
The guide recognized my face and hurriedly pressed the intercom.
“Yes, Elementalist Yu Seo-Jun is here. Yes, I will send it up.”
Took.
The receptionist put down the phone and pointed to the elevator with a bright smile.
“Come up. You can use the elevator at the far right.”
The elevator she told me had only one button.
It was an elevator exclusively for the president.
ding.
The elevator, which had been going up quietly, reached its destination and the door opened with a clear sound.
“Welcome, Elementalist. Follow me. The president is waiting for you.”
When the door opened, a woman in a neat suit greeted her with her head bowed.
It was a face I hadn’t seen in a long time.
[Is this a familiar face?]
‘I spent 10 years in the association alone. As long as it’s not the new character you mentioned through the butterfly effect, you can assume that there’s no one I don’t know about among the existing characters.’
The woman in front of us was Pyo Chun-deuk’s chief secretary, Lee So-jung.
It wasn’t an Awakener, but the handling of the job was really neat and excellent.
“Chairman, Elementalist Yu Seo-jun has arrived.”
As Lee So-jung stood at the door of the president’s office and spoke, a deep voice came from inside.
“Come in. Bring me some tea.”
“Yes, let’s go in.”
As I entered the door opened by Lee So-jung, Pyo Cheon-deuk, who was reading a newspaper, met my eyes.
All white hair.
He’s muscular and big enough to be called a grandfather.
And black, powerful eyes with unknown depth.
It was the same as the chairman of the association I remembered.
“Sit down.”
After having a snowball fight with me, the association president got up and pointed to a small table in front of me.
“okay. This time, my family did something bad to you.”
“You know it’s not just once, right?”
“Forgive me. It’s because this old man didn’t speak well to his subordinates.”
A nerd-like guy.
Pyo Cheon-deuk tried to blunt it like a serpent fell over a wall.
This isn’t some kind of neighborhood kids fight.
“Are you kidding me? now? The prosecution has come forward and there is even talk of an amendment to the Special Act on Awakened Persons. Is this something that can be done with just a word of apology?”
It was spectacle that Pyo Chun-deuk’s expression distorted at my words.
Currently, from Pyo Chun-deuk’s point of view, he could never harm me.
All the things we tried to do in the meantime failed, and in the aftermath, the association is currently being hit by a sling.
I somehow cut off the relationship and made it an individual act of Kim Min-cheol and Hwang I-chan, but public opinion was cold.
This is also true because no matter what individual did, they were members of the association and even Kim Min-cheol was a person with the title of chief.
Is this just going to go away?
And now I come from the victim’s point of view.
“Looking at the status of the lobby, it seems that the Blood Demon has been there too?”
I then took out the blood demon Han Soi card.
‘I said There is a time to use this card.’
[her. You write it like this?]
I wasn’t aligned with the Blood Demon Han Soi, but judging by Robbie’s condition, she was already on my side.
If not, would Han So-yi not be an idiot and would have done something to be reported in the middle of the association?
When I brought up the story of Han Soi, Pyo Chun-deuk showed an expression of discomfort.
It’s probably very intrusive even if you can’t show it to others.
Han So-yi was such a person.
You can’t even get the world’s votes without care.
“… … .”
I drove away Pyo Chun-deuk, who spared no words.
“And yet, you kept giving orders to sabotage us.”
“What are you talking about! didn’t you say Kim Min-cheol and Hwang I-chan personally harbor ill feelings toward you!”
“So you’re saying the Association is not at fault?”
“… … This story will never end. Okay, so what do you want?”
Pyo Chun-deuk pressed his temples as if his head hurt, changed his attitude and came out seriously.
Indeed, my intuition that I should use Han So-ra’s hand was correct.
If she hadn’t done this, the votes might have been strong.
If so, I would have gone hard and it would have been an endless fight.
“Associations, focus on what associations do. Keep a check on strict people and don’t touch them.”
“Okay, can I not touch you? Would that be enough?”
No way.
You have to accept what you can accept at this time.
“Please. Did people’s lives come and go? Do you know how scared Hwang Yi-chan was when he threatened me? Oh, did you say that? Do you think we got here by accident? Association president… … .”
“stop.”
As I followed Hwang Yi-chan’s tone and spoke, the president of the association cut me off.
Hwang Yi-chan didn’t mention the president of the association, it was my guess.
I put the president of the association in the back to test it out, but seeing the embarrassed face of Pyo Chun-deuk, I was sure of what he had ordered.
I wedged myself in there.
“What would happen if I stated what Hwang Yi-chan said? Ah, could Hwang Yi-chan, who had already been abandoned twice, tell the prosecution?”
Hwang I-chan, who had been abandoned by the association twice, would have done so, but strangely, the prosecution did not say anything about the association.
If the statement is accepted, at least the vote, Cheon-deuk will be charged with aiding and abetting murder.
However, there were two cases in which there was no movement in the prosecution.
‘Either he’s with the prosecution, or there are circumstances Hwang Yi-chan can’t talk about.’
The former would be a bit of a headache, but the latter was a simple matter.
Because there was a transaction that no one knew about between the president of the association and Hwang Yi-chan.
If so, my current threat will work.
If it was the former, Pyo Cheon-deuk would laugh it off. ‘Will the prosecution believe that there is no recorded evidence?’ while doing.
“It can’t be. Just because he made up something he didn’t do doesn’t mean it won’t happen.”
Looking at the current reaction, fortunately it was the latter.
“Then, let’s do this. This is the second condition.”
“There won’t be a third, right?”
“I saw you doing it.”
“I can tip over.”
“Take a look.”
“… … .”
Is this also savory in its own way?
Pyo Cheon-deuk, whose weakness was caught, was unable to move on me.
I thought there would be difficulties due to his personality, but was Han So-yi’s movement big or was he really afraid of the prosecution?
Pyo Chun-deuk consistently accepted my requirements with a distorted expression.
First, the Association does not interfere with what the Avengers are doing and what the members of it are trying to do from now on.
Second, in the case involving Hwang Yi-chan, Kim Min-cheol, and Yoo Seo-joon, the association compensates the victim Yoo Seo-joon for damages as an organization to which the perpetrators belong.
This was the condition I demanded of the Association.
Pyo Cheon-deuk, who looked at the agreement I proposed, sighed deeply and said:
“If you have prepared these things, then you already have a lawyer. You have grown a lot in that short amount of time.”
Still, the eyes that saw it as the head of a group were accurate.
In fact, the legal documents required for this negotiation were prepared by Lee Hui, who was introduced to the company’s lawyer.
Our guild was still a paper guild with no buildings or proper departments.
But, you don’t have to reveal it.
“Are you so afraid of my growth?”
“afraid? No, it’s not you I’m afraid of. Han Soi and the law. It is only out of goodwill that I am wary of you.”
“Usually, when you’re feeling good, do you try to get someone else to kill you?”
“What are you talking about? When did I tell you to kill me? nope I just kept you in check and instructed you to grow faster than you. The process of implementing it was planned by Kim Min-cheol and Hwang I-chan, who died.”
I kept trying, but until the end, Pyo Cheon-deuk emphasized that it was not his fault.
This was also the reason why I couldn’t get more votes than this.
Externally, it was known that the association’s fault was moral and that Hwang Yi-chan and Kim Min-cheol had a personal grudge against me.
Pyo Chun-deuk’s argument is so consistent, and all the documents and evidence support it, so if I went further here, I could be counterattacked.
‘Yoo Seo-jun holds a grudge against the association and attacks Pyo Cheon-deuk.’
When public opinion swarmed in this way, it was never in my favor.
Pyo Chun-deuk was a great man who would show his teeth someday if left as it is.
At that time, all I had to do was grab the evidence and destroy it.
Now, in a way, it was a ripening stage for the taste of deep revenge to be tasted at that time.
“Now, I hope I don’t have to see you again.”
“I wish I did too.”
We shared an agreement that each of us would keep.
After that, I left the association without looking back.
[Are you really okay like this?]
‘I can’t attack more than this unless I touch it first.’
This society is not a lawless society.
It is a rule of law state where everything is done within the circumference of the law.
The only place lawlessness was allowed was inside the gate.
Because that wasn’t the world we live in.
However, this incident made people interested in the special law for the awakened.
This thing was going to be noisy for quite some time.
‘By keeping the law. Using evil law as evil law. That’s my way.’
We do it according to the law and according to our conscience, but who will dispute it?
For this lifetime, I will protect my people in my own way.
And I will live a successful life without becoming a monster like the guys at the time.
[Don’t forget That I have to help.]
‘Yes, I know.’
Now that the hostile relationship had been sorted out to some extent, it was time to keep the promise with the Gillians and focus on what the real guild and hunters had to do.
*
“Are you really giving it to me?”
The first thing the guild will do.
The time has come to recruit a new colleague, Lee Hui.
A few days after I went to the association.
As promised, I met Lee Hui.
The relics that were supposed to be given to Lee Hui were sent to his private warehouse.
What surprised him so much was the ‘Bracelet of the Atomic Dynasty’ that I had to give him when I met him.
[Grade S] [Bracelet of the Atomic Dynasty]
[Built-in Skill]
┗S-rank Search Magic [Active]
┗S-grade charm divergence [Passive]
Lee Hui, who was carefully examining it while holding it, said with a bright expression.
“For giving me such a precious thing. thank you.”
“Are you that good?”
“yes. Now that you have the search magic needed to find the artifact, can’t you save yourself the trouble of wandering?”
[hmm. then. It’s a magic someone made, so there’s no need to worry about getting lost.]
‘Yes, your sh*t is thick.’
[what! @#$%!]
Ignoring Gilliant’s noise, I focused on the conversation with Yihui.
“By the way, Seo-joon and I don’t have much of an age difference, are you comfortable? I hate formality.”
Lee Hui is 32 years old. I’m 28 now, so there was a 4 year age difference.
“Then can I call you brother?”
“Ah, come to think of it, you are the guild leader.”
Lee Hui was the man I had imagined.
[You didn’t think of him as a local hogu, did you?]
‘Do you want to keep choking?’
Could it be that you thought of Lee Hui that way?
Although Lee Hui doesn’t bother showing off, he is also a person who has been trained as a successor to a conglomerate.
Now he goes around saying he’s not interested, but he was never an easygoing person.
However, unlike the other brothers, he just lived doing what he wanted to do.
“I don’t like being too formal. Treat yourself comfortably in the usual way. Wouldn’t that make us friends again?”
“right? Yes? This, I’m used to just putting on a show every day, so this kind of story is a little strange.”
I felt something bitter about Yi Hui who said such a thing.
Well, it’s not a gold spoon, it’s a diamond spoon. He is the third son of one of Korea’s top 5 companies, how many people approached him with a pure heart?
[Your heart isn’t that pure either, are you?]
‘I’m as pure as I am.’
Yi Hui’s background is just an option.
The reason I really wanted to recruit Lee Hui was because of his personality and the characteristics he possessed.
“Anyway, let’s get along.”
“Okay. let’s get along really! When will I invite you?”
“Where are you?”
Yihui smiled and said.
“Where are you? You said you live in the same house? So, is Su-yeon also there?”
Oh, look at this innocent man.
Oh Soo-yeon wants to see you.
[Puhahahahaha. Did you fall in love in the Underlight Dungeon that day?]
‘I guess it’s like that.’
Oh, I thought of a house, but I have to quickly find a guild building and move… … .
Looking at Yihui’s smiling face, a good idea came to my mind.