#Episode 29
“Brother, are you okay?”
Yoon Young-soo turned his head. There was a man wearing a hood over his head. He was the first strike leader of the Salvation Guild and the strongest Awakened person in the Salvation Guild after Jin Song.
Hong Hyun.
He was the strongest among the strong, having awakened all the top-level skills of the fire system to the extreme.
He has a deep relationship with Yoon Young-soo and has done most of the things that Yoon Young-soo has done.
“I feel like it’s too obvious to kill.”
To be clear, this was not Yoon Young-soo’s way.
The basic method that Yoon Young-soo has used to deal with his political enemies has been assassination.
That assassination wasn’t just any assassination, it was an assassination disguised as an accident. But this was a bit ambiguous.
Anyone can see that Kang Hyun-soo is hostile to Jin Shi-hoo. That Kang Hyun-soo is dead. And he died openly.
There will be opinions coming from various quarters that someone from the Salvation Guild has taken care of it.
“Hyun-ah.”
“uh.”
“When did I first see you?”
“15 years ago. When I was in elementary school.”
“It’s been a long time. I’ve said this countless times, but I want a world without gates.”
“… … .”
“To be exact, I wish for the day when humanity is completely safe from the Gate.”
It’s a difficult problem.
Sacrificing a cow for the sake of the family.
Who decides the big picture and who decides the small?
Yoon Young-soo had no doubts. You could say he was arrogant. But it is only natural for a person to live his life and carry out his own will.
If anyone gets in the way of that work, they are not treated as cattle, but as mere obstacles.
Yoon Young-soo is ready to take responsibility for his own choices.
“Hyun-ah.”
“Why do you keep calling me?”
“Let’s clean up. Burn everything here.”
“It’s an apartment.”
Yoon Young-soo continued speaking with a cold face.
“So, just burn down this house. Make it look like the Awakened did it.”
Yoon Young-soo’s gaze turned to Kang Hyun-soo’s laptop.
The article is read as it floats naturally.
[Lee Seong-jae, the SSS-class Awakened of the Republic of Korea, must prevent the Salvation Guild from entering Seoul. Promises between nations are no joke.]
The Salvation Guild has been looked down on so far.
now.
We plan to become a guild that no one can ignore.
Jin Song-i’s entry into Seoul is the beginning.
We must create a Salvation Guild within the Republic of Korea itself.
Yoon Young-soo was confident that he could do that.
“Brother, I’m a little scared today.”
“Stop talking nonsense and get started.”
Hong Hyun shrugged and snapped his fingers.
Within a moment, it’s like a whirlwind.
Kang Hyun-soo’s house is on fire. All traces of the person named Kang Hyun-soo disappear. His body is turned to ashes and piled up.
And that moment.
An SSS-class gate has occurred in the Uyuni Desert in Bolivia.
* * *
Ji Chang-soo, the leader of the first team of the Cheongju City Gate Safety Management Team, stared blankly at the paper in his hand. The more he looked at it, the more absurd it seemed.
It was written in large letters the size of a door.
Letter of resignation.
Ji Chang-soo raises his head. He sees Jeong-bin with a confident expression.
therefore.
“Are you quitting?”
“yes.”
“……why?”
I was genuinely curious. Why on earth?
“I have something I want to do.”
“What do you want to do?”
“Yes. It’s personal.”
Ji Chang-soo wiped his face.
Have you come up with something you want to do?
“You’ve only been here for two months. Be honest with me. What do you want to do? Is that really what you want to do?”
“… … .”
“Could it be because of what happened last time?”
“Are you talking about the incident at the roundabout last time?”
“Oh, that. I sent you alone for no reason and you got swept up in the gate. It was fortunate that it was an F-class gate. If it had been a B or A-class, it would have been a disaster. Isn’t that why you’re feeling disillusioned with your job and resigning now?”
It was when Jeongbin was about to say something.
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“No, rookie. No, Bin. Listen. There’s no job like this. As far as I know, you get paid 500 a month, right?”
“Yes, I get that much.”
“Yes, excluding performance bonuses and such, the net monthly salary is 500. And you’re a newbie. Do you know how much I, the team leader, get paid now?”
“… … How much do you get paid?”
“1,500 a month. Let me mention it again, that’s after deducting all performance bonuses and bonuses. Does that mean you and I have a lot of work to do?”
Honestly, there wasn’t much.
“The Awakened Ones Association measures the gates, and we just go and control the surrounding area. Yes, we’re just the face madams. We just go and give orders to the police. Does that mean we go inside the gate, or do we wait outside until the gate is cleared? If it’s a really big gate, we go and wait until it’s finished, but most gates don’t. Compared to the money we get, this is just a god’s job. You know it’s so hard to get in here. So why quit?”
Ji Chang-soo was sincere.
I honestly didn’t understand.
No, to be frank.
“You’re a B+ class awakener.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“If you’re a B+ rank awakened person, you go out and clear the gate, so let’s say you work as a clearer, hey, is that easy? It’s spread out, B+ is spread out. You can earn as much as you’re earning now. If you’re a supporter, you’ll earn more. But that’s all life allowance. You should know since you’ve worked as a hunter. There’s no death more ridiculous than making money and dying. Hey, think again. That’s really not true.”
“Team leader.”
“why?”
“I don’t intend to work as a cleaner.”
Ji Chang-soo blinked. Wasn’t it? Really?
“What is it, then?”
“I will write from now on.”
I’m speechless.
* * *
First of all, I moved accommodations.
I needed a place to operate for the time being, and I personally wanted that place to be spacious.
It’s not like I don’t have money.
The 200th apostle had earned quite a bit of money. Most of it was earned by his older sister, but strictly speaking, it wasn’t his older sister’s money.
Personally, it seemed like blind money to me.
So I just wrote it.
First, I booked a long-term stay in a suite at the White Hotel in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul.
The area is 70 pyeong, and it costs 250 million won per month.
It wasn’t even my money, I just scraped it up.
Of course, I didn’t just pay for the accommodation. I also bought a new computer.
It’s prefabricated, so I bought it with the highest possible estimate. Of course, it’s possible because it wasn’t my money. I didn’t install it either.
“Binah.”
“Yes, brother.”
“Are you done?”
“Yes. The installation is complete. I have installed the Korean language files and the work board has also been installed.”
“Thank you for your hard work. Now, get to work.”
Jeongbin took out the pen of Aveiro Zeino that he had seen.
Then he stared at me.
“why?”
“Brother, before we start, you need to make sure of this first.”
“What?”
“How much money will you give me?”
He made a strange expression. Pup.
“There really is no such thing as a jar of desire. Inma, I raised your level and gave you skills, but you son. How much do you want to receive?”
“… … Seriously, I have some sense of shame, so if possible I would rather work for free, but I need money.”
“What money?”
“I owe a lot of money.”
“debt?”
“Yes. I haven’t paid off my tuition and equipment costs yet.”
“What equipment cost?”
“Clearers wear gear. They can’t go inside the gate naked.”
“That’s true.”
Jungbin is a B+ rank awakened user. He’s a max level awakened user, and he must have been to all kinds of gates to get there. But how much does he owe?
“Is it worth a hundred million?”
“… … It’s close to 100 million won. But I paid it off every now and then, so it went down a bit.”
“Then let’s do this. As I see it, the contract between management and me is 85:15.”
“It’s tall.”
“Is it tall?”
“Yes. Just because you’re Jin Song-i’s younger sibling, there are more than a few people who will buy and read any novel you write, so it’s higher than the existing contracts.”
anyway.
“I’ll give you half.”
Jeongbin’s eyes widened.
and.
“I’m going to try changing this contract ratio a bit.”
“……yes?”
“As I said before, I will only take 50% of the profits. But if you can reduce the contract ratio to 90:10 or 95:05, you and I will both get more profits by that amount, right? What do you think?”
Jeongbin’s expression brightened.
“Brother, I will truly be loyal to you.”
“Yes, and I’ll give you that legendary pen, too.”
“… … You’re giving me this?”
“Uh. Just write one of mine and be a writer. Not a ghostwriter, but a real writer. Write your own story. Is that okay?”
Jeongbin’s eyes start to tear up.
Ignored it.
“Then let’s get to work. Your editor’s number is on your KakaoTalk, right? It’ll be there. You’re my legal representative from today, so negotiate on your own. Okay?”
“Really, I will be loyal to you, hyung. If you really tell me to die, I can die.”
“Stop talking nonsense and go get to work.”
I stood up from my seat, put on my coat and put on my shoes as usual.
Jeongbin asked me like that.
“Where are you going?”
He answered with a smile.
“Good place.”
* * *
Jeongbin sat in front of the monitor.
I’ve already heard the general story from Jin Shihou.
To be exact, he read the book. It was a book in a language that was impossible to interpret, but when Jin Shi-hoo put his hand on his head, the language flowed into his head. Naturally, Jeong-bin was able to read the book, and from that book, he learned the ‘truth.’
I read that book all day.
To be honest, I stayed up all night.
That book, no, Jin Shihou’s diary, had that much appeal. It was an unrealistic story, but it was reality.
Since Jin Shihou said it was reality, then it is reality.
Jeongbin moved the mouse and modified the title of the Korean file, which said ‘Untitled’.
Now, there is no more Jungbin from the Gate Safety Management Department. There is a ghostwriter Jungbin. It is time to unfold that dream that was kept a long time ago.
Of course, it’s a bit weird that it started out as a ghostwriter, but it doesn’t matter.
Jin Shihou said.
I don’t necessarily plan on hitting the jackpot, and I’m okay with not making any money.
I am content to just leave the truth to the world.
Jeongbin thought.
see.
What would be a good title?
In the past, titles like “The Youngest Son of What House”, “What What What Level Up”, etc. were popular.
I scratched my chin for a moment. Let’s just keep it simple and plain.
Titan.
What better title could there be?
The reason for using such titles in the past was to attract aggro. There were so many writers and works that ordinary titles could not attract readers’ attention.
However, that has nothing to do with the current Jeongbin.
As long as you have the pen name and real name, ‘Jin Shi-hoo’, and you make up a title like ‘The Poop Man of the Republic of Korea’ or ‘Anseong City Babari Man’, you are guaranteed at least several hundred thousand readers who will click on the first episode at least once.
After changing the title of the Korean file to ‘Titan’, I went to the serial site. I moved my gaze for a moment.
There was an ID and password on the post-it note that Jin Shi-hoo had left behind. I logged in with those.
Jungbin immediately registered a new novel titled Titan.
Returning to the Korean file, Jeongbin began to slowly type on the keyboard.
As before, the style of writing that mixes the first and third person is popular these days. I have already done my research in advance.
I closed my eyes for a moment.
At this moment, Jeongbin had become Jin Shihou.
I read it at dawn and memorized everything in my head.
Jeongbin recalled his first day on Titan as Jin Shihou.
That moment when I fell into a strange land without even knowing English.
Feeling lost.
The confusion, shock, and amazement of seeing a strange being speaking inhuman language.
A dog walks on two legs, talks, and swings a hammer.
That was the world.
I opened my eyes.
The moment he put his hands on the keyboard, Jeongbin felt a tremendous sense of disconnect.
‘This is not it.’
I picked up the pen again, which I had briefly placed next to the keyboard.
[A pen filled with the soul of a great novelist]
[Rank: Legendary (Excellent)]
[If you hold this pen and write, you can get the inspiration and writing skills of a legendary novelist.]
The moment I touched the mouse, I felt a strange sensation. Stories came to my mind like crazy. Everything was interacting. It was tangled.
It breaks and then connects again.
A light went off in my head. Flashes of light. Lightbulbs flashed. Like crazy.
I feel like I’ve become a different person.
I held the pen in one hand and typed on the keyboard with the other.
As expected, it was unnatural.
I looked around for a moment. I saw a note in Jeongbin’s eyes. I brought it over.
After unfolding it, I started writing.
Jeongbin wrote madly, as if possessed by a ghost.
1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours.
It’s nothing new.
Jeongbin was only focused on one thing.
I unraveled the story in my head. Spelling? I don’t know. I just wrote it as my hands went. The story flowed. Introduction, development, climax, turn, and conclusion. In an instant, the first episode was created, then the second episode, then the third episode, and then the fourth and fifth episodes.
Jeongbin continued to write.
Square, square.
