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I sat back down, crossed my legs on the table, crossed my arms, and glared at the security guards.
“What are you doing? I told you to call the representative.”
“What, what is this!”
The security guards belatedly drew their guns and aimed them at me, but all they could do was sigh.
“Stop doing useless things and call the representative. Take a look. Is this the size you can handle?”
“······”
There were two people lying on the floor.
The bloody man is one of the Black Hound team leaders.
And one of them is the guild leader’s cousin.
Even if Black Hound had intended to provoke me from the beginning, he would not have anticipated this situation.
“So, call the representative.”
As I repeated, one of the security guards spoke into an ear mic and made a call to someone.
Meanwhile, I waved at the cameras on the ceiling.
Hey Kim Taejin. Is this what you want?
“You’re the team leader!”
Baek Young-hee, sitting right next to me, whispered in my ear.
“No matter how angry I am, how can I let someone get to that point!”
I chuckled.
“When I saw you earlier, you had a really relieved expression on your face?”
Baek Young-hee made a stinging expression.
“Of course, it feels really good inside, but… If this continues, there will be conflict between guilds.”
I nodded and sighed.
“I already regret it.”
If I think about it, it’s likely that the comment about the cake’s expiration date being past was a deliberate provocation to make me angry.
It’s even more so when you see that little kid who eats three cakes – his, mine, and Baek Young-hee’s – and still looks fine.
“Hey, kid.”
I pointed to the seat next to me, to Lily, who was the only one in the room who had no idea what was going on.
“Come here and sit quietly.”
Lily, who sat down next to me, opened her eyes wide and asked.
“Why did you fight?”
It was too much of a hassle to explain everything in detail.
“There is something like that. And from now on, don’t accept everything that anyone gives you. There aren’t only kind and handsome guys like me in the world.”
“······.”
Perhaps because of the somewhat serious atmosphere, the little boy simply blinked his big eyes instead of responding as usual.
Why doesn’t this match?
I said, brushing back the little boy’s red hair.
“Instead, I’ll ask Sirutteok to pack your lunch. Okay?”
“···huh.”
“Okay, that’s fine. And Wang Guho.”
Wang Guho, who caught my gaze, answered in surprise.
“Yes, four!”
Wang Guho was at a loss as to what to do in this sudden situation.
If I rushed in like Jang Seok-hyeon, I would definitely get hit, but it would also be strange to just sit still.
“You should come and talk to me later.”
“······.”
And I got up from my seat.
It hadn’t been that long since I contacted you, and there was already a guest outside the door.
I could feel the mana full of life from beyond the door.
Soon the door opened and a middle-aged, expressionless man walked in.
Thud thud.
As the man approached, the murderous aura filling the room grew stronger.
It was an incredible mana control. He took control of the room with his mana, making his presence huge for a moment.
It gave me goosebumps on the back of my hand.
“······.”
The man glanced around the room, then walked straight toward me.
Ss …
The mana he was emitting began to weigh heavily on the room.
“omg···.”
“Ugh···.”
The faces of the security guards turned pale as if they were out of breath. It would be difficult for even superhumans to withstand this kind of momentum, let alone ordinary people who can’t control mana.
“······.”
Baek Young-hee, standing next to me, also turned pale, and a look of displeasure appeared on the little boy’s face.
Whew.
I waved my arms to disperse the mana that was weighing on the two people.
Then Baek Young-hee’s expression became much more relaxed.
A strange look appeared on the face of the man who was approaching her.
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“Wow. You’re a talented guy, just like I heard.”
Talent?
I didn’t have the talent to manipulate mana like breathing.
However, it was only an acquired ability that was acquired after training in martial arts for over 10 years.
The man standing in front of me. Kim Tae-jin, the representative of the Black Hound Guild, looked around and spoke.
“I heard the story on my way here… but the scene was even more gruesome than I heard.”
If you just hold on to the form as it is, you’ll end up making a fool of yourself.
I watched it all with a camera.
Kim Tae-jin sat across from me.
“I would like to hear an explanation directly from the person involved about what happened.”
The mana that had been weighing down the room had dispersed, but just sitting in front of him gave off a different sense of weight than when Kim Hyun-tae was sitting there.
Demon King Kim Tae-jin.
One of the first Awakened.
Like Baek Chang-soo of White House, he was also a chosen human being.
Of course, the evaluations of the two people are very different.
Gulp.
Baek Young-hee swallowed and opened her mouth.
“CEO Kim Tae-jin. I will explain everything···.”
I cut her off.
“I did. So, please let those two go first.”
“Team Leader?!”
At my words, Baek Young-hee looked at me with wide eyes, and Kim Tae-jin looked at me with interest.
“What did you just say?”
“Let those two go. Don’t you have business with me anyway?”
I looked straight into Kim Tae-jin’s face.
In the past, I would not dare look at the face of the guild master, but now, somehow, it looked pitiful.
Maybe it’s because I know the dirty look hiding behind that heavy face.
A twisted smile appeared on Kim Tae-jin’s lips.
“···Let’s do that. If you want to take full responsibility for it yourself.”
Gogooooooo.
A mana that was incomparable to that just a moment ago rose from Kim Taejin’s body. That mana wrapped around my body like chains.
“You two can go first. The landlord will be solely responsible for all of this.”
“Of course.”
I nodded willingly and looked back at Lily.
“Kid. Go back to the guild with your big sister and wait.”
“···What about you, sir?”
The little boy’s expression was quite serious.
Even though I couldn’t understand what was being said, I could tell that the atmosphere was not good.
Besides, this guy would have instinctively known how strong Kim Tae-jin was.
That I can’t beat him either.
“I’ll be there in a bit. Oh, and don’t eat snacks in the car.”
“······.”
The little boy lowered his head for a moment and said nothing.
And the moment I raised my head again, the guy’s crimson eyes were shining menacingly.
“···Should we burn everything here?”
I was speechless for a moment at that sight.
Since I only see him eating, sleeping, and throwing tantrums every day, there are times when I forget.
This guy is the ‘disaster’ that turned Seoul into a sea of fire.
Depending on what I did, it could have been a more terrible disaster than the past.
So I pulled both of the little kid’s cheeks.
“It’s annoying. Don’t play with fire without my permission. You’ll never see chicken again in your life!”
“Ugh… that won’t do….”
I left the little boy, who had barely returned to normal, in Baek Yeong-hee’s care.
“Please leave it for a moment. I’ll come get you right away.”
“Team leader···.”
“What kind of separated family reunion is this? Let’s go quickly.”
Baek Young-hee nodded with a stern expression. Then she handed me a piece of paper with something written on it.
Then he took Lily’s hand and turned around without any regrets.
“Let’s go, Lily.”
I saw the two people get on the elevator.
The two of them will be able to return to the guild safely.
Even if he’s a black hound, he wouldn’t be able to touch Baek Chang-soo’s daughter and get away with it.
I unfolded the paper that Baek Young-hee had handed me before she left.
-I’ll save you right away!-
The handwriting scribbled on the paper looked so urgent that I couldn’t help but chuckle.
“Don’t worry about anything.”
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We moved to Kim Tae-jin’s office.
As I looked around the office, Kim Tae-jin snickered and said.
“There are no cameras or wiretapping devices here. There are a lot of secret things to talk about here.”
I knew that too.
No one in the world knows better than I why there should be no cameras or bugging devices here.
I got straight to the point.
“What do you want from me?”
Ever since I heard that Blackhound had made it a requirement that I be present at the meeting, I suspected that there might be something up there.
That doubt has now turned into certainty.
Even though his nephew got beaten by me and his face looked like an expired loaf of bread, Kim Tae-jin remained calm.
At first, he pretended to be angry, but after sending Baek Yeong-hee and Lily away, he seemed rather calm.
Besides, the fact that you brought me all the way to your office is…
“Was Wang Gu-ho an excuse to call me here from the beginning?”
A smile appeared on Kim Tae-jin’s lips.
“You’re quick-witted.”
How could you not know?
They say even a dog can recite poetry after three years of studying, but I worked in this shitty guild for three years.
Kim Tae-jin leaned toward me.
“Hey. Would you like to work under me?”
I frowned as I could.
“You want to scout me? It’s going to cost you a lot of money to bring me in.”
The penalty for a superhuman contract is usually ten times the contract amount.
That is, my deposit is 100 billion.
If Blackhound wants to recruit me, he has to pay Whitehouse that money.
Of course, that’s fine if I say I don’t like it.
“So I thought about it for a while.”
A mean smile appeared on Kim Tae-jin’s lips.
“I was wondering if you could continue working for the White House as you are now and provide me with information on a regular basis.”
Now I know what you’re trying to do.
I looked at Kim Tae-jin with a hollow laugh.
“You want me to be your spy?”
“It’s not a bad offer for you. I’ll pay you well.”
Kim Tae-jin took out the contract and held it out in front of me.
“Okay. Read it and sign.”
It was as if it was a given that I would sign here.
I crossed my arms and looked at Kim Tae-jin.
“What if I refuse?”
Kim Tae-jin chuckled.
At the same time, the mana that was gushing out from his body pressed down on my body.
“I’ll have to pay the price for making my nephew and Team Leader Jang Seok-hyeon look like that. And then, because of my mistake, I might lose the use of an arm.”
Skillful threats and persuasion were Kim Tae-jin’s specialties.
As expected, it was the same side dish that went with the rice.
Kim Hyun-tae was just a visible scoundrel, the real villain was this man in front of me.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t give you much time.”
“···okay.”
I said, pretending to look at the documents Kim Tae-jin handed me.
“By the way, how is your younger brother?”
To my question, Kim Tae-jin tilted his head with a puzzled expression.
“Why are you suddenly talking about my brother here?”
I shrugged.
“I was just wondering if you were doing well.”
Kim Tae-jin snickered. His expression seemed to indicate that he knew what I meant.
“Are you trying to threaten me now? What are you going to do to my brother?”
I shook my head as if to ask what that meant.
“Hey. How could I touch someone who receives so much love from his brother, and even his sister-in-law loves him so much?”
“···what?”
Kim Tae-jin’s smile froze.
It seemed like it took him a while to fully understand what I was saying.
I was happy to help him understand.
“Don’t you know, my brother? Your wife and your brother have a relationship where they give each other lots of love.”
“You, you, you···. That, that···.”
His smile was now completely broken.
Kim Tae-jin looked at me with a face filled with a mixture of shock, disbelief, and fear.
Now it was my turn to laugh evilly.
“How do you know that? Does it matter now?”
Kim Tae-jin has been having an affair with his brother’s wife for over 10 years, and his brother eventually finds out about it.
His brother kills his wife and then hangs himself.
Due to the shock, Kim Tae-jin also retired from the industry shortly thereafter.
This is the story of the future that I know.
Honestly, I didn’t want to bring up such a messy story.
But if the opponent came out like that first, I had no choice but to fight him using the weapons I had.
I spoke in a different tone than before.
“What would happen if my brother found out about this? With his personality, wouldn’t he rush at me and say, ‘Let’s kill you first.’”
“you···.”
Now the positions were completely reversed. I leaned back on the sofa leisurely, crossing my legs and placing them on the table.
Kim Tae-jin was glaring at me as if he was going to kill me.
“I think you’re thinking about killing me to silence me. Unless I’m an idiot, I wouldn’t have prepared for it, right?”
“Ugh···!”
I just gave Kim Tae-jin the same smile he had just given me.
“Now I will make a suggestion.”
“······.”
“First, hand over the royal seal. For free.”
“······.”
“And there are a few things you need. I’ll write them down here, so have your secretary bring them to you.”
I wrote down a detailed list on the back of the contract that Kim Tae-jin handed me.
After I finished writing the list, I smiled and handed it to Kim Tae-jin.
Of course, the tone of speech also became polite again.
“If you just take care of this, I’ll keep my mouth shut, Mr. Kim.”
“Ugh···.”
That was an offer Kim Tae-jin couldn’t refuse.
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I left Blackhound headquarters carrying five heavy shopping bags in each hand.
“Lulu~”
I found myself humming a tune because I was so satisfied with the shopping.
Since Baek Young-hee and Lily would have taken my car, I planned to catch a taxi and go back to the guild.
It was when I opened my phone to call a taxi.
“This bastard-!!”
A thunderous voice that shook the windows of the building.
Something was rushing towards me at incredible speed, accompanied by a terrifying blast of air.
I put my shopping bag on the floor and drew up all the mana in my body.
Looking closely, it was a person.
That being, clad in pure white armor all over his body and swinging a giant Azure Dragon Sword, is running towards me…
“Mr. Baek?”
Baek Chang-soo, who had passed by me in an instant, stopped in front of the main gate of Black Hound headquarters.
“You bastard Kim Tae-jin! Don’t hand over the landlord team leader right now!”
As if it wasn’t a simple threat, Baek Chang-soo stomped his foot hard.
Kwaaang-!
The whole building shook as if an earthquake had occurred.
It goes without saying that the faces of those who witnessed that terrifying power turned pale.
“Kim Tae-jin! If you don’t answer by the time I count to ten, I’ll go inside! Ha···!”
Baek Chang-su couldn’t even count to the end.
Because I spoke to you from behind.
“Sir, what are you doing here?”
Because my appearance was so natural, Baek Chang-soo explained the situation to me.
“Oh, you? These guys imprisoned Team Leader Lim… But why are you here?”
Baek Chang-soo looked back and forth between me and the Black Hound headquarters building with a confused expression.
I sighed.
“Why did you come here?”
The middle-aged hunter scratched his head awkwardly as he slowly lowered the Azure Dragon Sword he had been raising high into the sky.
“Younghee sent me?”
I took a taxi back to the guild with our representative.
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