Chapter 115
First of all, I definitely understood that I have to overco the difficulty of gathering Hunters who will co along.
“The distance itself is not that far.”
It really was sothing that could be considered an Erosion Core more threatening to Korea than Jaun Valley.
“The distance from Paju to Pyeongseong is about a hundred and seventy kiloters.”
The distance between Changchun City, where Jaun Valley was, and Paju was almost six hundred seventy kiloters. Even at a glance, it was much farther.
The things spilling out from there were strengthening all the monsters swarming in the Erosion Zones north of the ceasefire line.
“They say you hate the priest praying beside you more than the knight holding the sword.”
It was a saying from the other world. Originally it ant that the bastards watching from the back were the real bastards.
Anyway, the ones who support and strengthen the fighters from the rear are several tis more troubleso and dangerous than the ones you see right in front of you.
“This feels like we have to push up from Paju.”
“Chan-seok, Taebaek is guarding Paju.”
For hell’s sake. I could not help but twist my face at those words. I was not exactly on good terms with those guys.
“Is there no way to go through Cheorwon instead?”
If it were Jannabi, that would be fine. At my words, Han Sang-ah pointed at the map and drew a line with her index finger.
“There are no roads. The area north of the ceasefire line belonged to North Korea in the first place, then got covered by Erosion Zones, so the road conditions are an enormous ss.”
“The highway from Pyongyang down to Kaesong cannot possibly be intact.”
Han Sang-ah shook her head at my words.
“Right, it is seriously damaged. But at least a road exists.”
“What about going by sea?”
At my question, Jung Oh-hoon snorted.
“Nampo Port is the closest. And it is useless. I once went there with so guys I know to see if we could use it as so kind of smuggling warehouse.”
According to Jung Oh-hoon, several ships were lost and they barely fled because huge green fireballs ca flying in like crazy before they could even get near.
“There is no chance the corporations will cooperate, right?”
Han Sang-ah nodded at my question.
“It will be hard. Incheon Port is still intact. Nampo has nothing to appeal with.”
Han Sang-ah thought about it, then shook her head again as if it was definitely impossible.
“Right, it really is hard. If we say we are going to attack Samhyeol Cave through Nampo, the corporations will probably be the ones to suggest using the Kaesong–Pyongyang highway instead. If a corporation makes that kind of proposal, we would have to explain why we are insisting on Nampo Port.”
“You an we would end up in a situation where we have to say we are not on good terms with Taebaek?”
At my words, Han Sang-ah nodded.
“Most of them might already suspect it, but hearing it directly from us is a completely different matter.”
Rumor turned into fact. Listening to the conversation, Jung Oh-hoon made an awkward face.
“Then the corporations will be reluctant to support you too.”
“Because the other side is Taebaek.”
There was no way around it. From what I was hearing, going from Cheorwon up to Pyeongseong was pointless as well. The corporations would ask the sa question about why we were abandoning Paju and pushing up from Cheorwon.
“There is no thod besides pushing up from Paju then.”
Sa Seung-hee spoke while she drank her tea.
“Then you will have to talk with CEO Sung Sihoon.”
He was not soone I particularly wanted to et. Sa Seung-hee smiled when she saw my face.
“Why are you making that face? You almost beat Hunter Choi Yeoreum too.”
Sa Seung-hee got up from her seat, then ca back a mont later with champagne and glasses and poured for us.
“Getting Taebaek’s cooperation is very simple. I think Hunter Yoo Chan-seok probably knows too.”
I answered Sa Seung-hee.
“Are you saying I should just go and stomp him flat? I do not see it that way.”
Taebaek’s ideology was survival of the strongest. But to be blunt, I did not actually think Taebaek was truly upholding that survival-of-the-strong ideology.
Sung Sihoon had simply created a fancy doctrine so that he could keep Taebaek in his grasp and control it. Because Sung Sihoon was the strongest in Taebaek.
If he slapped on the excuse of survival of the strongest, he could do whatever he wanted. Have you ever seen a dictator stick to the fine ideals he used when he first seized power all the way to the end?
“If that survival-of-the-strong rule ever starts to hold back CEO Sung Sihoon, he will just throw away the ideology. He might not even fight.”
Jung Oh-hoon twisted his mouth into a rather nasty smile.
“Who cares? We just have to make it so he cannot refuse. Listen to for a second.”
Then Jung Oh-hoon laid out his idea. Once I heard his whole plan, I let out a quiet oh and gave my evaluation.
“Our Mr. Jung used his head really well this ti.”
This was sothing we could put into action right away. As expected, when it ca to sches like this, Jung Oh-hoon was frighteningly good, just like his nickna suggested.
“The thod is dirty.”
“Does it look that way to a chaebol’s daughter?”
Jung Oh-hoon slipped in a jab at Han Sang-ah’s comnt. Han Sang-ah drank the tea in front of her as she replied.
“Yeah. And it is efficient.”
She probably did not even realize that Jung Oh-hoon had just teased her. In any case, our policy was decided.
If we executed the idea Jung Oh-hoon had proposed, Taebaek would have no choice but to cooperate with us.
“To think that when we are trying to get rid of that damned Erosion Core, the ones in the way are not monsters but people.”
It really was a world that was crazy in many different ways.
“We are going to have to set up so kind of eting.”
I shook my head at Han Sang-ah’s words. A eting, seriously.
“Just tell where Taebaek’s headquarters is.”
In modern Earth, for the idiots who used a cringey concept like survival of the strongest as their company’s ideology, it was ti for to show them the real thing.
It was ti for our great CEO of Taebaek to experience firsthand just how awful that thought of shut your mouth and do what you are told feels from the receiving side.
Once I confird the location of Taebaek’s base, I imdiately got in a car and pulled up in front of the building.
“Wow, flashy. How many floors is this.”
A sixty seven story high-rise building, and the whole thing was Taebaek’s headquarters. I looked the building up and down, then grabbed a small black case.
On my way here I had briefly t with Choi Seung-gi and received a spear.
The spear I had been using, the spear Seonghong had used, and Banshee’s Tears had been combined to create this item, which had finally finished its long process of crafting and found its way back into my hands.
“With this, well.”
At least I did not have to worry that my weapon would not suit . Whoever said that a master does not pick and choose weapons had clearly never seen a real master. Once a master starts choosing, they beco incredibly picky.
Compared to the spear I used in the other world it was lacking, but it was still more than good enough to satisfy .
“Excuse , uh… Hunter Yoo Chan-seok?”
As I approached the door, two n in black suits moved to stop , then froze when they saw my face.
“I ca to look at CEO Sung Sihoon’s face. Move.”
Their expressions hardened at my words.
“Do you have an appointnt?”
“No. Am I in a position where I need to go that far to co here?”
One of the n spoke into an in-ear device and communicated with soone, then said.
“CEO Sung Sihoon is currently attending to his schedule. If you have no prior appointnt, we cannot let you pass.”
Of course. So he was too busy to see anyone huh..
“Then try to stop .”
“Pardon?”
Why was he pretending not to hear when he had heard everything clearly? I was going in. If they had the ability to stop , they could try.
As I started walking right in, the n, who were still Hunters affiliated with Taebaek, tried to block the door and hold back.
“Get lost.”
I did not even need to do much. The ring on my finger glowed blue and ice clung to the hands and feet of the Hunters who were rushing . Ignoring the ones who were neutralized in an instant, I walked into the building.
“What the hell is this guy… Wait, Hunter Yoo Chan-seok?”
“Did you people write up so kind of script for what to say when you et or sothing.”
Why were their reactions all the sa? Should I give them my signatures or sothing?
“I ca to see Sung Sihoon. Either lead the way or get out of the way.”
I wondered if their next reaction would be the sa too. In conclusion, it was. They tried to block , and then they got beaten up and knocked aside.
“Hunter Yoo Chan-seok, CEO Sung Sihoon, is busy right now. It is difficult when you suddenly barge in and say you want to see him like this.”
After I made a bit more of a commotion, a man showed up with nearly fifty people at his back and spoke to . Judging from the mana I felt, he seed to be soone at the level of a team leader.
“You people are acting incredibly expensive for soone who just wants to look at his face.”
“Please co back later and make an appointnt. This is Taebaek’s headquarters. There are a lot of Taebaek Hunters staying here.”
I lit the Paradoxical Fla at my feet, then gently kicked the case open and pulled out the spear.
“Then tell all the bastards staying here to co crawling out. If I beat them all into a pulp, Sung Sihoon will have to stick out his face.”
The eyes of the ones blocking my path moved to the spear in my hand and the Paradoxical Fla that was silently burning under my feet.
“Everyone here knows that Hunter Yoo Chan-seok’s skill is exceptional. But this is Taebaek, one of the three major Hunter companies in Korea. Do you really think this kind of rampage will be tolerated?”
I nodded.
“Yeah. And if I make a ss here and walk out in one piece, I can clearly see how the citizens of Korea will think of Taebaek.”
The ones who had been bragging about survival of the strongest and showing off their power, and yet they just stood and watched while soone like walked out of here without a scratch?
I wondered if people might think sothing like that.
“You cannot possibly fight every Hunter in Taebaek headquarters by yourself.”
“Do not say things you are not even sure of.”
He said “cannot possibly”, not I cannot. I slowly walked toward him. At the sa ti, the Paradoxical Fla spread under my feet moved with my steps.
“Do not get hurt for nothing and cry later. Guide to CEO Sung Sihoon. Otherwise you are heading to the hospital.”
I had no idea how many tis I had said that bastard’s na already. It was not like saying soone’s na three tis made anyone happy.
— All right, everyone, let us stop here.
At that mont, a voice echoed through the tense lobby of the building. The instant that voice rang out, everyone standing there dropped their fighting stances and snapped to attention with their heads bowed, as if they had rehearsed it.
“What a joke.”
I looked at this ridiculous scene with an expression of disbelief. Judging from the voice, this had to be that great and glorious CEO of Taebaek, Sung Sihoon.
He was less like the CEO of a company and more like the king of so country.
— Hunter Yoo Chan-seok, it is sudden, but welco to Taebaek headquarters.
“Show your face when you talk.”
At my words, a few of the people who had their heads down flinched. They did not seem to like my attitude.
— You really have a personality as fiery as your abilities. I understand. Co up. I will have soone guide you.
The voice disappeared after that. I clicked my tongue, put out the Paradoxical Fla at my feet, shortened the spear and hooked it at my waist, then spoke to the ones who were still bowing their heads.
“What are you doing? Your great and wise supre leader is telling you to guide . Do what you are told, you bastards.”
“If you mock our CEO like that one more ti…”
I reached out toward the man who was trying to keep talking, and his body floated up and flew toward . In an instant, I had him by the collar.
The Hunters watching the scene were all wearing expressions of shock. I had no idea why they were so stunned by sothing that felt like a kids’ trick.
“If I mock him, what. What are you going to do? Are you going to hit ?”
I tossed the guy away with a flick and brushed off my clothes.
“Guide .”
I wanted to hurry up and see that bastard’s smug face.
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