307. Umiho (1)
Chirp chirp chirp.
The sparrow cries.
A moderate amount of light streamed in from beyond the thin white curtains hanging on the window, illuminating the room.
I opened my eyes.
As soon as I woke up, I got out of bed and stretched.
My muscles became more flexible with stretching. My condition was perfect.
I like bright sunny days better than rainy days.
Today was like that.
Chirp chirp chirp.
The bird is crying.
The sun is incredibly warm.
Above all, I slept soundly without even dreaming once.
I went out to the living room.
Sunlight streamed in from the wide veranda windows of the penthouse on the top floor of the office building.
Wheein.
Grind the coffee beans with a coffee bean grinder.
I cleaned the grinder inlet thoroughly with a brush.
Finely ground coffee beans were put into a wooden bucket and tapped onto greaseproof paper placed over the dripper.
I set the water purifier temperature to 85 and poured water into a stainless steel kettle.
Pour water along the coffee bean lines laid out flat on wax paper.
The senses of the immortal and the physical control of the shapeshifters shine.
It is water that flows at a very constant speed.
After turning the water over the coffee beans once, it was left to steep.
The scent of coffee tickled my nose.
Immortals are sensitive. Their sensitivity to taste has made them all Michelin tongues.
The sense of smell of the Shapeshifters is like that. Their sense of smell is even more sensitive than that of the Immortals.
They are the so-called Gaeko clan.
Therefore, the scent of these expensive coffee beans was like a drug to the transformation tribe.
Stab.
It sends shivers down my spine. It’s such a good scent.
I savored the fragrance to my heart’s content and then poured the rest of the water.
At a constant pace, the shapeshifter’s body becomes adept at everything the body can do.
Even if their head doesn’t work, if they do something with their body, they are easily called geniuses. That’s the Transformers.
At the Olympics and World Championships, athletes with mixed blood from the Transformers were excluded more thoroughly than those who doped.
It can’t be helped.
Even if you have less than the quota of mixed blood, you cannot compete in the Olympics.
Some people are even talking about holding something like a special Olympics.
Even to a nine-year-old passing by, it sounded no different from the barking of the white dog next door.
What are you going to do with something like a shape-shifting spear thrower?
As time passes, the way we look at special species changes, public safety is improved, and special species disappearances are not as frequent as before.
There are still a lot of crazy people.
A group of mad scientists are thirsting for the blood of a special species.
There are also other crazy religious groups.
There are people who sacrifice immortals. These crazy people really do exist.
Anyway, the world is really tough.
I made a cup of coffee with a hand drip and turned on the hologram to look at the contact I received last night.
[Prince of the neighboring country] How rude. Contact me once every two days, no, once a week. How can I, a king, contact you more often?
Been busy, you twelve year old brat.
It’s not that I wasn’t busy, I was really quite busy.
It’s been a week since I robbed the black market.
I remembered what happened then.
* * *
“You ate a lot, didn’t you?”
I said those words naturally because I was truly impressed.
The back alley king, who revealed himself as Robert, was not embarrassed. He was calm and confident.
Instead of sweating like before, he acted like he had given up on something.
“The higher-ups ate more.”
This black market looks like an underground city straight out of a fantasy world.
Clank clank!
If it weren’t for the occasional subway noise I’d hear, I wouldn’t be surprised if a dwarf or something popped out of the alley between the tents.
“end?”
In the alley between the tents, instead of the dwarf, Sister Jeong-ah jumped out holding a bow.
“yes.”
After that, Yohan and Gwitae came out.
As soon as he saw me, Gwi-tae got up close behind me and asked.
“Did you find it?”
“On the way.”
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Then he followed me with fire in his eyes.
I let them chase me. Gwi-tae worked the hardest on this task.
Although the visible part is all about supporting Noona Jeong-ah, there is a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes.
He said he ran until his feet sweated.
Inside, I was inside a building built in the middle of the city.
It seems like only yesterday that I was admiring the buildings built on the Arthur Side in the Mud Desert.
It’s the same here.
It wouldn’t have been easy to move the materials.
It was a neat concrete building. Looking inside the building, it looked like a commercial bank.
Clean white painted walls and solid marble floors were visible.
Over my left shoulder I saw a sign that said VIP Room.
There were also counters and number ticket machines.
“I also managed currency exchange and auction items.”
Even without asking, Uncle Robert said it with his wit.
As I went inside, I came across a safe.
I was amazed when I saw that safe.
It’s a safe like you’d see in a real bank.
The door was large enough to hold with an outstretched arm, and there was also a locking mechanism in the center that could be turned left or right.
To fill a safe of this size, it would usually be impossible without eating.
This isn’t a real bank.
There’s no crazy person who would store their personal belongings here.
The black market itself is illegal, so why would anyone trust it with their valuables?
Yes.
This was all owned by the king of the back alleys.
“There are more items on the top.”
He said.
“Would you like to open it?”
He complied obediently.
He said that as long as he saved his life, it didn’t matter what happened.
It’s an open safe.
Squeak.
This is not a fantasy world. It is not overflowing with gold and silver treasures.
Instead, it is.
First of all, there was the heart of an adult.
A jewel radiating a soft white light, he asks with his eyes if it is the Gwitae who saw it. Hyemin nods.
Gwi-tae took out a neatly folded cloth from his bosom, held the jewel in his hand, folded it neatly again, and put it back in his bosom.
Then he looks left and right and quietly bites his foot. If someone saw him, they would think he was a thief.
“You’re not going to eat it and then cut it?”
Hye-min asked. It’s a reasonable suspicion. I think he’s doing it out of caution.
More suspicious behavior.
Well, I guess there won’t be any crazy groups raiding us on the black market in this yard.
“never.”
I answered.
Fart-tae is a better guy than Woomiho, even though he has billions of dollars.
How much was that jewel?
Didn’t you say that even if you couldn’t hit it, it would be over a hundred billion?
Yeah, it’s really hard to find a younger sibling for a subordinate.
In addition to the jewels, there were a lot of documents. Rose’s eyes lit up as she looked through one.
“Nodajiya.”
What do they mainly deal in on the black market?
The first of these is information.
Information could soon become money and power.
The first treasure in the vault was information.
The second treasure also overflowed.
“We don’t deal in adamantium. Where is this? This is a black market. If it wasn’t rare, we wouldn’t even store it.”
The king of the back alleys said.
It was truly a collection.
Among them, Parasiteum was also seen.
Parasite Stone, now the origin of my parasite rifle gear that Kang Purum stole.
What did Purumi say?
I thought there was a severe shortage of parasites.
Dude, there’s a lot here.
Although it wasn’t painful, the lump was large enough to fit three adult heads together.
The king of the back alley standing blankly next to me came into view.
I started with ‘What was this author’s name?’, but then I forgot.
“Was your name Lotto?”
So I ask again.
This is really crazy.
Lotto looked at me with a look of surprise in his eyes.
“Pfft.”
Only Hye-min laughed at what I said.
The rest were busy doing their own work.
Rose searches for information and Gwitae wraps the jewel around her like a child.
Kinam pretended not to see and looked around, then stopped in front of a collection of handleless blades.
From my perspective, it looks like a blade woven with a curse or some other spell, and I’m staring at it intently to see what’s so intriguing about it.
The king of the back alley decided to let him go without a fight.
reason?
“If you leave me alone, I’ll die. If you find out I’ve passed on all of this.”
Hye-min said. According to her mother, the group chasing her is an illegal magic alliance called the Sweepers.
They’re also bounty hunters, and they’re the masterminds behind the black market. But if they knew what was going on, would they just leave that guy who just broke the safe alone?
You said that Se-Choi-Tyuk was your opponent? Then I have to understand. You did well. You even gave me the safe.
Should I say that?
The League of Illegal Magicians is as crazy as any mad scientist.
Therefore, what Hye-min said was right.
Even the lottery admitted it.
“I heard he’s a god of destruction. He destroys everything he touches.”
“I?”
At Lotto’s words, I pointed to myself and asked back.
“That’s not wrong.”
Hye-min, who had been listening, answered.
No, you’re wrong.
What did I break?
“I heard that Save & Money and Arthur Side Mud Desert Base were also blown up, as well as the Prometheus branch, Park Hyuk Research Institute, and the Korean crime syndicate.”
“stop.”
I did a thorough background check. The lottery listed my past in detail.
“If you’re going to do it, it would be good if you could destroy the sweeper too.”
“You want me to destroy the place I’ve been in?”
“If they knew I passed it here, I’d be dead.”
This guy who says such things so calmly is not normal.
Anyway, for this reason I decided to release it.
We believe that if we leave it alone, it will help us and not be a hindrance.
But who would say something like a god of destruction?
* * *
The safe transfer work took exactly three days.
After that, the black market.
“I didn’t waste my age. I only trust my son-in-law and mother-in-law.”
“Who is the son-in-law and who is the mother-in-law?”
Why are mothers and daughters like this?
Anyway, the self-proclaimed mother-in-law, Hye-min’s mother, Mrs. Kim Joo-hee, stepped forward.
She was resourceful.
It’s not a good level. After checking the entire black market system in three days.
They cleared out the remnants of the terrorist group that remained inside.
And yet the black market continued to function properly.
Those who want to sell, sell, and those who want to buy, buy.
An auction is also held.
At the same time, I did not forget to ask for resources for my research.
The lady next door was a capable person.
He wasn’t a spellcaster who only studied magic.
Not only did I learn a lot from hearing and hearing things while running around with Hye-min,
As a spell creator, his abilities were also outstanding.
gulp.
I took a sip of coffee while watching social news and such on a hologram.
As much as the shapeshifter’s sense of smell felt joy.
The immortal’s taste buds also express satisfaction.
It was coffee that would satisfy the tongue of Michelin.
Perfect hand drip technique and coffee beans come together to create a beautiful taste.
It’s delicious and delicious. It’s beautifully delicious. It’s enough to make you feel happy with just one cup of coffee.
While I was at it, I toasted some bread, poured some beaten egg on it, toasted it, and spread some strawberry jam on it.
It’s freshly made French toast and a cup of coffee.
The weather was nice and the food was pleasant.
And then I looked at today’s schedule.
It was the day that Woo Ji-ho and Woo Mi-ho decided to treat their younger siblings.
Actually, my schedule is nothing special.
This time, I was busy trying to secretly take control of the black market.
That busyness was something that would just show up on my face.
All I had to do was show my face to Dangun, the government, and those who unknowingly lined up in the black market and let them know that I was now the master.
I was busy moving around because Umiho said I had to go myself.
Other than that, I don’t do any work.
In reality, external affairs are handled by Panda-hyung and Umiho.
Internal management and inspection are handled by the second-hand brother.
The HR department is run by Steven Choi.
On a normal day, I eat, sleep, and train. Occasionally, I do other things.
For example, a project like today to save Woo Ji-ho.
I wanted to remove the toxins that were harming civilians from the black market.
For example, things like powdered medicine sold to civilians.
Drugs for immortals and drugs for ordinary people are of different types.
Because the drug of immortality sometimes comes with pain.
It doesn’t necessarily give pleasure.
To be precise, it would be more correct to call it an elixir of immortality rather than a drug.
I ate, washed, and went out.
The weather was really nice. On days like this, anything goes.
“The success rate is 80%.”
These are the words of Hye-min’s mother, who gathered all the materials and simulated them.
From now on, I couldn’t hide it from even Umiho.
If it fails, we don’t know how the spell will affect the subject and younger sister Miho.
“Let me talk.”
Brother Gwi-tae stepped forward.
I would have told you by now.
Would Umiho be happy at the possibility that her little brother would be up, talking, and moving again?
Or are you more afraid of failure?
I don’t know.
I really can’t understand that kid.
“The vehicle has been prepared.”
When I went downstairs, the old man’s secretary prepared tea for me.
I drove a sedan to the hospital.
When I went up to the hospital room, Hye-min’s mother, Hye-min, Woo Mi-ho, and Gwi-tae were already there.
“You’re early.”
“You’re late.”
Gwitae said. His voice was sharp. He was clearly nervous.
Hey, this is the first time I’ve seen you like this.
Umiho didn’t even look at me.
He just stares at his younger brother.
What are you thinking about?
“Then can we begin?”
Hye-min’s mother asked.
In her hands she held the scales of red flame and the jewel of the saint.
Hongyeon’s scales are literally scale-shaped gems.
There was a ripple of flame burning within it.
The jewels looked almost alive.
Adult jewels are the opposite.
It looks like a heavy stone, but it’s white. It’s extremely white.
A gentle light that heals the heart just by looking at it seeped out.
Two jewels and an outstanding wizard.
This was the condition for saving Woo Ji-ho.
Umiho couldn’t open her mouth easily.
Hye-min moved her lips in response to her mother’s question, and then finally answered.
“……yes.”
There is a lot of meaning in the words contained in that one-liner. I felt that.
Soon Hye-min came forward.
To lift this spell, Hye-min’s mother created a spell.
The condition was that Hye-min would use it.
Soon, the magic to lift the curse began.
