#Episode 38
“Convenience is what our Salvation Guild has done up until now. We will skip all bribery, behind-the-scenes manipulation, and such and settle things cleanly.”
“… … Please tell me.”
“The Salvation Guild will be active in Seoul from now on. They will also have priority for clearing SS-grade or higher gates that appear throughout South Korea. They will not be bidding on anything. If you want to join, you can make a formal request to the Salvation Guild. Some guilds will have the flexibility to clear the gates together, so don’t worry.”
“… … That’s a bit… … .”
“and.”
In a way, this was the conclusion.
Yoon Young-soo crossed his legs.
“I have no personal feelings toward the Prime Minister, but I still have to say something. Why are you here?”
“……yes?”
“Why did you come out here?”
Yoon Young-soo was overwhelming Sung Gil-soo, who became prime minister through political skills, simply by the atmosphere.
“Why is an unauthorized person wasting my time? Do you think I am asking for a favor?”
“… … .”
“I think the president is worth living for. Now that the lame duck period is approaching, he should be very nervous, but I wonder if he still doesn’t understand the situation.”
Yoon Young-soo, with a fierce expression, took a drag on his cigarette and continued speaking.
“Tell the President exactly what I said. Don’t bring in an arrogant, unauthorized person and tell him to come in person.”
Sung Gil-su was genuinely angry. His reddened face was an expression that a seasoned politician should not show.
I was that angry. But I didn’t really have anything to say.
Just one word sticks in my head.
An unauthorized person.
A dog like a dog, dare to.
My fists trembled, but that was it.
“I forgot to mention this. I’ll give you 30 minutes. If the President isn’t sitting in front of me within 30 minutes, things will get worse. Prime Minister, you can go now.”
Seong Gil-su was still unable to say anything to Yoon Young-soo’s way of speaking, which skillfully mixed formal and informal speech.
That’s the extent of the Salvation Guild’s power.
And now Sung Gil-soo clearly noticed that the Salvation Guild had sharpened its sword properly.
There’s no point in talking here. Seong Gil-su has the most cool-headed and clear understanding of the situation.
So Seong Gil-su went out, and then another person came in.
“Wow, bro. You really sharpened the knife well.”
Hong Hyun. He is the second strongest pure SSS-class Awakener in the Salvation Guild after Jin Song.
Yoon Young-soo said to him.
“We’ve been too obedient up until now. You know that too. The Master has been too unwilling up until now.”
“That’s right.”
“It’s understandable. Just like now, he’s a powerhouse that’s playing not only in Korea but all over the world. But unfortunately, it’s been revealed that there’s a world where even such a master can’t do anything.”
Hong Hyun crossed his arms and leaned back against the wall.
hmm.
“Are those guys called apostles really that strong?”
“Well, if you and the Master work together, you could probably take on one person, but the 99th one that showed up in Texas before, I think even two people would have a hard time with that one.”
Yoon Young-soo also has his own perspective. He didn’t see Karma directly, but he received Jin Song-i’s watch records.
The power of karma imprinted on that watch is real.
A small smile appeared on Hong Hyun’s lips.
“That’s interesting.”
“You’ll have fun.”
Yoon Young-soo put the glass containing the cigarette aside and then lifted the bottle of alcohol and brought it to his lips.
“The Master needs to grow more. Even now, a unique awakened person who doesn’t know the end is stuck in Pangyo and is only clearing small gates? Do you think that makes sense?”
“No way.”
“Of course, it’s true that the level of the Awakened in Korea has risen overall because the Master has made concessions and concessions. But when I look at it, I realize that it’s not a fight of quantity. We need to go for quality rather than quantity. Hyun-ah.”
“why?”
“You too, hurry up and +. You’ll be busy at least from next week onwards, so prepare yourself mentally.”
and.
“Are you worried about me now?”
I can’t help but worry. Hong Hyun is one of the strongest members of the Salvation Guild.
Not only is he not a unique Awakener, he is also an extremely rare SSS-class Awakener in the entire world.
“And go to the Conqueror’s Guild with the 2nd Strike Captain. There, warn Lee Seong-jae not to climb up.”
Lee Seong-jae is an Awakened person who runs a guild called Conqueror.
This is because, after the Great Cataclysm, when the era changed and the Awakened established a corporation for the purpose of clearing the gate, that corporation was usually called a guild.
It’s not a guild, it’s just a company.
The guild can handle everything from distribution to production, entertainment, etc., and the conqueror is a guild based in Seoul with a market capitalization of nearly 1 trillion dollars.
Lee Seong-jae, the guild master and president, is not on good terms with Jin Song-i of the Salvation Guild.
It’s because of a bad relationship from the past, and that bad relationship is much more persistent than you think and continues to this day.
After Jin Song-i made up her mind, Yoon Young-soo immediately moved the media to spread the news that the Salvation Guild would be moving its headquarters to Seoul.
And in response to that, there are promises with the United States, bad relations with the Conqueror’s Guild, and people think it would be more ideal for Jin Song-i to continue her activities from Pangyo to Seoul like she is now.
All sorts of ridiculous articles were coming out.
It was all instigated by the Conqueror’s Guild behind the scenes.
Of course, Jin Shihou recently had friction with the Conqueror’s subordinate guild, the Lord’s Guild. At that time, all records, including CCTV, were deleted, which is causing chaos now, and in many ways, he is entangled with the Conqueror.
A proper warning should have been given at least once.
So he tells Hong Hyun to go and come back, but Hong Hyun’s answer when he comes back is amazing.
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“Can I kill you?”
Yoon Young-soo’s answer was even more interesting.
“If you can’t communicate, kill me.”
* * *
Lee Seong-jae stood up from his seat.
His expression, which had turned red as red as it could be, told me that he was very uncomfortable at the moment.
That was understandable.
now.
“what?”
“Our chief secretary told me to stop talking nonsense.”
“… … Are these kids crazy as a group? Did they take some medicine or something? Huh?”
Hong Hyun, who was wearing a hood over his head, was different from Lee Seong Jae, who was angry.
It was very leisurely. Hong Hyun crossed his legs.
And then he let out a sigh.
“Let’s be honest and be frank. It’s true that you climbed up.”
“… … This kid… … .”
“Just do it moderately, just do it moderately. It’s enough if you haven’t been paying attention to me for so long. How high are you going to climb? If you keep doing this, I’ll end up climbing the Himalayas on all fours.”
Lee Seong-jae slammed his fist on the desk. The desk shattered into pieces. Kim Seon-jae, the sub-guild master of the Conqueror’s Guild, who had been watching from the corner with his hands behind his back, shut his eyes tightly.
It broke again. That one is hard to get.
Lee Seong-jae snorted.
“Do you really want to come up to Seoul that much? But is it easy?”
“It wasn’t that hard. Our Master just didn’t have any greed. It was easy.”
“… … You’re really crazy as a group. What about your relationship with the United States? What about pressure from the political world? What about the public opinion? Are you going to ignore all that? Just leave it at that. Just stay in Pangyo. That’s what suits you… … .”
“Sorry, let me get this straight. It’s not about the relationship with the United States. It’s about the relationship with Jamie Wilson, the unique awakened American. You’ve been playing with me enough.”
“Did you play with me?”
“That’s all for this ridiculous agreement. If Jamie Wilson were to take this up officially, things would probably get a little crazy. Wouldn’t the United States probably split in two?”
“You’re crazy.”
“Seongjae. Even the pigs raised by our Salvation Guild know that he’s a monster.”
‘Pig’ is the name of the Doberman raised by the Salvation Guild Reserve Strike Force. He is also the Dog Show Grand Champion. As a side note, the Doberman raised by Jin Shi-hoo’s doppelganger is of this pig’s bloodline.
Hong Hyun continued speaking.
“But our Master is no different. And I’m not ignoring America, but honestly, you know that if you give me just one day, I can kill all the Awakened Americans who follow him.”
Hong Hyun is definitely capable of that.
“Of course, the most important thing here is your whereabouts. If things go that way, you will no longer be a human being in this world. I don’t know whether you will die by my hand or by the Master’s hand, but you will definitely die. The possibility of living? No. And.”
The more he thinks about it, the more absurd it seems, and Hong Hyun bursts into laughter.
“Don’t worry about the political world. Contrary to what you think, everything will be taken care of by today. The people’s opinion? I’m not an amateur, so why are you doing this today? If you know how to think, there’s no way you’d oppose.”
“You’re going to ignore everyone else’s opinions? I didn’t know the Salvation Guild was such a reckless guild. Oh, no, I made a mistake. The Salvation Guild is basically just a bunch of punks.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Have you forgotten what happened eight years ago? I didn’t know your memory was that bad.”
Hong Hyun chuckled.
It was strange not to laugh at this.
It was simple.
The bad relationship between Lee Seong-jae and Jin Song-yi began exactly eight years ago with ‘that incident’.
The incident we are talking about here is the incident that occurred 8 years ago at the A-class gate where Jin Song-i had friction with the members of the Conqueror’s Guild.
It didn’t matter who started the fight first.
In the end, only Jinsong returned from that gate alive.
“Our Master said that. At that gate, a member of the Conqueror’s Guild was the first to start a fight.”
“… … .”
“If it was to that extent, I would have thought so. Since they are awakened, they should fight to some extent. But hitting the back of the head of the Master who was hunting the boss monster was crossing the line. So you killed them all, but no matter how I think about it, isn’t that self-defense?”
“The arm has to bend inward.”
“I’ll give it back to you. They say the arm bends inward.”
Lee Seong-jae walked next to Hong-hyun, who was sitting. He bent down and glared at Hong-hyun. Hong-hyun smiled and turned his head. Their eyes met.
“This is your final warning. The Salvation Guild will not be coming to Seoul. So pack your bags again and head back to Pangyo.”
Hong Hyun let out a deep sigh.
“You still don’t understand what I’m saying. Seongjae, it’s not you who should be giving warnings, it’s us.”
“……what?”
“I’ll give you just one day. Put down all the articles. And don’t interfere with anything the Salvation Guild is trying to do in the future. If you don’t keep even one of these, you’ll die.”
Lee Seong-jae’s eyes turned red.
The blood vessels burst with anger.
“Originally, if our chief secretary didn’t listen to me, I was going to just kill him right away, but I have a lot of affection for him. Considering our old friendship, I’ll give him a day or so.”
Hong Hyun stood up from his seat. Then he motioned to the 2nd battalion leader, Yoon Ji-hoo, who was leaning back in the corner with his arms crossed. Let’s go out.
Yoon Ji-hoo shrugged and opened the door and went out. Lee Seong-jae spoke to Hong Hyeon, who was trying to follow him.
“You’ve grown so much. That little punk who used to follow me around.”
Hong Hyun turned his head.
“That’s what I told you. It’s old times.”
“… … .”
“Think carefully. The Chief Secretary or the Master didn’t come in person, so why did I come here? We keep to a certain level. That’s the kind of guild we are. But if that becomes difficult, then there’s nothing we can do. This time, we absolutely cannot back down.”
