I Became the Final B Chapter 128 : Chapter 128

Chapter 128. Aftermath

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Gunshots ringing out consecutively.

Gunshot wounds bursting one after another.

One shot in each shoulder, and one shot in each side of the pelvis.

Pyo Seok-jung drove a total of four bullets into Cha Hak-jun's body.

"Aaaaaaaagh!!"

Cha Hak-jun wanted to writhe but couldn't.

Because the four bullets just lodged had completely destroyed the nerves connecting his body and limbs.

Pyo Seok-jung looked down at him.

The armor made of blood energy was already completely shattered.

Moreover, the

stuck in his chest was also broken like glass.

With this, the possibility of Cha Hak-jun reviving beca completely zero.

Pyo Seok-jung said.

"Certainly, putting a magic bullet in first makes regular bullets lodge well too."

"You son of a bitchaaaaah!!"

Magic bullet.

A bullet condensed with mana.

What Pyo Seok-jung shot and lodged into Cha Hak-jun as the first shot was exactly a magic bullet.

That was why that hard armor of blood energy shattered at once.

Pyo Seok-jung said mockingly.

"By the way, did you know? They say this magic bullet was given by you."

"What kind of bullshit……!"

Roughly 80 percent was true.

Because the purchase cost of this magic bullet did indeed co from Cha Hak-jun's wallet.

Turning back ti a bit, back when Francis Appel was still alive.

Riman fought the forces there imdiately after entering the first floor of Francis's workshop building.

In that process, Riman seized magic bullets from a guard's gun.

And after that, right before Pyo Seok-jung fled to the safe house.

Riman handed these magic bullets to Pyo Seok-jung.

Just in case Cha Hak-jun used magical tools.

Pyo Seok-jung said.

"I think I know, but let

ask one thing. Why did you do it."

"What?"

"Why did you touch even my wife?"

At those words, Cha Hak-jun burst into laughter, pu-hat.

"Why did I touch her? You're asking because you really don't know?"

"……."

"Because I could! Because just doing that could clear you out from in front of !!"

"As expected."

BANG!

Another cold gunshot rang out.

This bullet pierced Cha Hak-jun's belly skin.

A scream burst out of his mouth like coughing up blood.

"Kuaaaack!"

"Oops, my hand slipped."

"You son of a bitchaaaa!!"

"Did you think I'd let you go gently? Thinking about the pain my wife suffered, even dissecting you alive right here wouldn't be enough to satisfy ."

"You fuck… Hey Pyo Seok-jung……! You bastard, do you think you'll be safe after killing ……."

"Of course. Safe and sound."

"What……?!"

"This is a safe house. Your safe house that has never been known to anyone in the world, and won't be known in the future. Do you understand what this ans?"

"Wait……!"

"Right. Whatever happens here, people outside have no way of knowing."

"This……!"

"How you died, why you died, now that's all up to , is what I'm saying."

Cha Hak-jun had completely fallen into his own trap.

"Now, your limbs are all dead with this. I just cut off your real limbs too. Your death will be painted ugly, and no one will step forward for your honor and revenge."

"Th… This……!"

"Leaving nothing behind, so ugly… die now."

BANG.

The last gunshot rang out.

The bullet fired from Pyo Seok-jung's hand pierced exactly through the middle of Cha Hak-jun's forehead.

Blood and brain matter spraying out from the back of the head.

Cha Hak-jun died.

It was completely over.

"…It's over."

Before he knew it, Joseph Han was standing behind Pyo Seok-jung.

Pyo Seok-jung asked him.

"Is your body okay?"

"Not good. Since I was slamd directly into the wall."

Joseph bent his waist backward as if stretching.

A cracking sound ca from his waist.

Pyo Seok-jung said.

"Thank you. I heard you volunteered to be Cha Hak-jun's insider……."

"I just completed the task requested."

"Even so, is intelligence work in the enemy camp easy? So."

"……?"

"I sent enough not to be disappointing. Check it."

"……?!"

Joseph turned on his phone and checked his account.

The amount Pyo Seok-jung remitted a mont ago was stamped there.

Seeing that, Joseph's eyes widened.

An amount exceeding expectations.

At the sa ti, the thought that he did well to stick with Riman's side strongly brushed his mind.

And then, Pyo Seok-jung said.

"Now, shall we wrap this up."

* * *

This incident was wrapped up quickly.

First, Cha Hak-jun's body was secretly moved to a certain company.

And disappeared from the world.

To be exact, it was ground to powder level and then burned in high heat.

And officially, it was processed as missing, not dead.

Processed as… led agents across the city hall lobby and then went missing sowhere.

And since he went missing, now it was ti to create a reason for missing.

"…At 6 AM today, as docunts related to Seoul Mayor Cha Hak-jun's corruption were secured, the investigative authorities……."

First of all, docunts detailing the corruption committed by Cha Hak-jun were delivered to each dia outlet.

Most of those docunts were materials secured by a reporter risking his life to cover.

And this reporter was exactly the reporter Riman saved from the warehouse.

Cha Hak-jun's private soldiers tried to kidnap and kill that reporter, but Riman intruded midway, killed all the private soldiers, and saved the reporter.

Thanks to that, the materials secured by the reporter were passed to Riman, and Riman passed them to Pyo Seok-jung again.

Pyo Seok-jung was a person who knew very well how to handle such materials.

He mobilized extensive connections and acquaintances.

After secretly setting up for all major dia outlets to clamor about this docunt, he burst the report all at once.

So that Cha Hak-jun's affiliated party wouldn't even have a chance to intervene.

Because it was corruption of a considerable scale, the dia heated up quite a bit.

Citizens' reactions were also quite hot.

The interesting thing was that the dia already knew about such corruption of Cha Hak-jun to so extent from before.

Nevertheless, there were two reasons why most dia couldn't properly attempt coverage.

First, because there were bribes they had taken from Cha Hak-jun.

And second, because they feared the military force possessed by Cha Hak-jun.

Cha Hak-jun had hired agents trained through the 'Black Orphanage', private squad units, and even Mugan escapees.

Touching such an opponent wrongly could result not just in a few reporters dying, but the dia company itself being ground up.

Therefore, even dia outlets that refused bribes couldn't rashly touch Cha Hak-jun's corruption.

However, now all that military force Cha Hak-jun possessed was cut off.

There was no reason for dia outlets to fear reporting anymore.

Thus, Cha Hak-jun's honor plumted, public opinion went to hell, and the position of his counterweight Pyo Seok-jung began to rise again.

For reference, the Seoul Mayor in the worldview of

was an appointed position, not an elected one.

Therefore, public will wasn't that important, but anyway, it wasn't bad for Pyo Seok-jung that public opinion tilted.

How many days passed like that?

The administrative part of the situation finally reached the stage of suture.

First, Pyo Seok-jung took the vacant mayor's seat and rose to that position.

The reason this was possible in just a few days was, as ntioned before, because the political system here was quite unique.

First of all, Korea in this world wasn't a presidential system but a parliantary system where things were twisted a lot.

Plus, another power entity called 'World Federation Governnt' was involved.

So it didn't take that long to seat a new person in the trendous position of the mayor of the capital.

Things flowed like this.

Everything was as Riman intended.

Cha Hak-jun died, his military force was uprooted and disappeared, Pyo Seok-jung rose to the mayor's position, and thus Riman gained a solid backing in political circles.

All things flowed exactly as Riman planned.

From a rely powerful wizard to a wizard backed by a pillar of power.

Thus, Riman continued to climb the stairs of growth not only in magical aspects but also in socio-structural aspects.

Anyway.

After Pyo Seok-jung returned to politics like this.

Pyo Seok-jung began to process the remaining tasks quickly.

First, he started with dismantling the 'Black Orphanage' that Cha Hak-jun was operating secretly.

The Black Orphanage, a place that was an orphanage only in na but actually a training center supplying Cha Hak-jun's mana user agents.

Pyo Seok-jung first scattered all the inmates there to other facilities.

After that, he intended to dispose of all agents who finished training there and beca Cha Hak-jun's subordinates by culling.

Because such agents already had loyalty close to brainwashing engraved, so keeping them alive itself was a danger.

However, there was no need for that.

Because those agents were already all dead.

Since Cha Hak-jun had scraped them all together and taken them to the safe house, and Joseph killed all the agents gathered like that.

Therefore, the work to be done moved to the next stage.

In the Black Orphanage, children who didn't pass the standard were all handed over to pharmaceutical companies.

For uses such as clinical test subjects or spare organ procurent.

And this was just a cri without even needing to go into ethics.

So Pyo Seok-jung began to strike from there.

Based on the ledgers from the Black Orphanage, he began to interrogate the pharmaceutical company that had a connection with Cha Hak-jun.

Parakel Company.

A huge pharmaceutical company that currently ranked within the top five in all of East Asia.

Therefore, the Parakel Company side also didn't just obediently suffer from Pyo Seok-jung.

"They entered into tail cutting."

A room in a fine dining restaurant.

Pyo Seok-jung and Riman were talking there.

Riman said.

"If it's tail cutting……."

"They are claiming that the lab supplied with orphans from Cha Hak-jun is a simple subcontractor. That there is no fault on their part as the pri contractor."

"Hmm."

Riman first scooped a spoonful of food placed in front and put it in his mouth.

Potato mousse topped with caviar.

The rich saltiness of wild sturgeon roe, extrely hard to obtain in this world, impressively soaked the inside of his mouth.

"Then wouldn't it work to crush the cut tail first?"

"They didn't just cut it. This is bait."

"If it's bait… those Parakel guys have no intention of just throwing away the cut tail."

"Right. They already deployed considerable forces to that research institute."

"If they do that, it would be quite awkward for us to touch it too."

"Exactly. To strike those forces, we also have to endure considerable damage."

It was quite a clever move.

By announcing the controversial lab as a subcontractor, the head office avoids responsibility, and simultaneously, by stationing forces, the lab is maintained as is.

It was a asure to secure both justification and practical benefit.

Riman asked.

"By the way. It's simple curiosity."

"What is it?"

"Is there a reason we must strike Parakel Company?"

In fact, there was no reason for Pyo Seok-jung to specifically attack Parakel Company.

Although Parakel had a cooperative relationship with Cha Hak-jun, there was no reason to attack Pyo Seok-jung now.

Therefore, touching Parakel could be seen as stirring up a hornet's nest.

However, Pyo Seok-jung's answer to this was firm.

"That drug that worsened my wife's condition, where do you think supplied the ingredients and mixing recipe for that drug?"

"…It was Parakel."

"Just for that one reason, Parakel deserves my hatred."

Riman nodded.

Although it was an expected answer, hearing it actually made him feel a much heavier hatred.

"…Then let's do this."

"How?"

"Take this opportunity to openly announce the military force the Mayor possesses."

"…Tell

in detail."

"Officially issue a business suspension order, and force the closure and incineration disposal of that lab."

"There was already a report that considerable forces are gathering at that research institute."

Riman chuckled and said.

"Why worry when I am here."