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< How much will you give me? >
The wild dog that had been rolling around on the ground raised its body and barked ferociously at me.
Woof! Woof woof woof!
But perhaps because being hit once had made him wary, the guy didn’t attack right away.
Meanwhile, I spoke to the little boy who was frozen in surprise.
“You’re bothering me, so go to your mom quickly.”
“Oh, thank you!”
“Don’t just say thank you, give me a chocolate bar instead.”
The annoying little boy ran away without even looking back, not even looking at the chocolate bar. I blocked the way so that the dogs could not chase him.
Woof! Woof woof woof!
Five or six red spotted dogs surrounded me.
Maybe it was because I was hungry, but these guys kept looking like nutritious soup.
“Well, in the old days, we used to catch and eat them sometimes···.”
Woof woof woof!
As if they were offended by my words, they all bared their teeth and attacked me.
I dodged the dogs’ attacks and swung my sword with moderate force.
Thud! Thud! Thud thud!
First, it was a warm-up exercise to check the physical condition.
Even though it was my body, it was from 20 years ago, so it took some time to get used to it.
Strength, flexibility, stamina.
Everything was in a much worse state than when I was forty, before I regressed.
I guess it’s because my body hasn’t trained at all.
Still, there was one thing that was definitely better.
“The one thing that’s good is that my knees don’t hurt.”
My knee, which had been creaking for nearly 20 years due to a construction site accident, felt so good that I was able to jump and do movements that I had previously had to endure in pain without any problems.
WHEEK!
I quickly turned around to face the stray dog and stabbed it in the temple with my club.
Phew!
The sharp part of the iron bar dug into the dog’s eyeball and tore through its brain.
Before I could even pull out the stuck stick, two wild dogs attacked me from the left and right.
I jumped in place, dodging their teeth, then spun around and kicked both feet up.
Boom! Boom!
The wild dogs fled. But the empty space was quickly filled by other wild dogs.
Woof woof woof!
I was surrounded by wild dogs and moved around frantically for a while.
He swung his blood-stained sword around like a madman, and when he saw a wild dog trying to attack a civilian, he threw rocks at it to draw aggro.
Urrrrrrr.
He took off the damn watch in his left hand, gripped it like a knuckle, and whacked the dog on the bridge of its nose.
Wake up! Wake up!
The wristwatch was stronger than I had imagined. It broke the monster’s nose without a single scratch.
As I fought without thinking, my new jacket got scratched and ruined here and there. At least it wasn’t completely torn because it was made of monster leather.
Well, I guess I should just think of it as a vintage style and keep wearing it.
I took a moment to catch my breath and estimate the number of men left.
“Ten… There’s about half left.”
I’m starting to feel out of breath. I feel like I have poor stamina. And…
“Haa. I’m really hungry.”
I woke up and didn’t eat anything, so I was so hungry I felt dizzy.
It was when I was trying to raise my remaining mana, determined to finish it quickly.
Wheeeeeeeeeeing!
A loud siren sounded. I turned my head and saw a police bus coming.
Fully armed riot police jumped out of the bus and moved in unison.
[Police! Citizens, please follow our instructions!]
Police evacuated the civilians while surrounding a pack of red-spotted dogs, including me.
“Whew. You came quickly.”
I sighed and escaped the encirclement while the dogs were in confusion.
The police will take care of the rest.
“Ugh. This is pretty expensive…”
As I was examining my scratched jacket, a police officer approached me and said:
“Superhuman! Thank you for saving the citizens!”
“Yes, what···.”
“If you tell us your affiliation and name, the government will pay you compensation later.”
Because of belonging.
Although there are some superhumans who work as freelancers on their own, in many ways it is more comfortable to have an affiliation.
It is virtually impossible for an individual to outperform a group in terms of spoils handling, tax administration, and information power.
Well, my situation is a little different.
“Landlord. I don’t have any affiliation yet. I haven’t even registered as a superhuman yet.”
“yes?”
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The police officer asked with a puzzled expression. He probably thought I was a superhuman belonging to the guild.
I said it again.
Speak a little louder so that other people around you can hear.
“I woke up today.”
“···Today?!”
“Yes. It hasn’t been that long.”
The police officer’s face lit up with surprise. He looked back and forth between me and the scene I had created – the corpses of the red-spotted dogs – and muttered.
“You’re amazing. To have such skills on the day of awakening···.”
Actually, I did it once 20 years ago.
Instead of saying that, I just smiled humbly.
“Please deposit the compensation into my account right away. Oh, I can’t receive it right away, right? Can I leave my contact information and account number first?”
“Oh, yes! Please cooperate.”
I gave the police officer my cell phone number. It probably wouldn’t be much, but I had to accept the reward.
“excuse me···.”
The police officer seemed to want to say something more.
I could already guess what you were going to say.
The same goes for other gazes felt from around you.
Many eyes were watching me with drooling eyes.
It must be because of the saying, ‘I have no affiliation.’
Then should I wear you out a little more?
I interrupted the police officer in the middle of his speech.
“Sorry, I’m a little busy.”
“Just a moment! I have something to tell you…”
“Then that’s it.”
I just kicked the floor.
Tadah!
And I left the scene quickly, but fast enough that people could tell which direction I was going.
***
After the landlord leaves the premises.
The police officer immediately reported to his superiors.
“We have found a new Awakened person. Name: Landlord. No current affiliation, only contact information secured.”
That wasn’t all.
Quite a few of the witnesses at the scene made phone calls somewhere.
They spoke quickly into the phone as if they were competing.
“Hello. Is this the Phoenix Guild?”
“I saw a superhuman who had just awakened.”
“He looks about twenty years old.”
“You seem to have considerable skill. You can defeat thirty monsters on your own…”
Superhumans are precious.
Guilds sponsored by government agencies and corporations have always had a need for superhumans.
Therefore, whenever a newly awakened superhuman appears, a fierce competition to recruit them begins.
In particular, guilds advertised a lot in order to get ahead in the competition to recruit, and paid rewards just for reporting awakened superhumans.
The result was this sight.
“I just went towards Jongno City Hall!”
“But until when will the deposit be paid?”
“Contact information? I don’t know that either.”
The name ‘Landlord’ was spread to all the guilds in Seoul by witnesses at the scene.
New Awakener.
Here, rumors about the incredible skills he displayed while fighting monsters spread like wildfire.
The emergence of an outstanding rookie!
It was natural that there would be competition between guilds.
In other words, the story was that the ransom was rising wildly.
Of course, the parties involved knew that better than anyone else.
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Zeeing! Zeeing!
I looked at my phone, which had been ringing nonstop for a while now. All the numbers were unknown.
“Children. You’re fast.”
From my perspective, there was no rush. I put my phone in my pocket and walked, looking around.
The time I returned was two years after the ‘First Gate’ occurred.
A time when superhumans with mana and [personality] began to replace the military and police, and guilds began to gain power and exert influence in earnest.
It was a time when monster response manuals were still lacking and proper superhuman training institutions had not yet been established.
“What else was there···”
I thought back on what had happened during this time to help me plan for the future.
“It was around this time that superhuman criminal organizations began to become active···.”
I knew that some of the
“···I don’t know about anything else, but you have to be careful to avoid disasters.”
If you get caught up in a disaster, you’ll just die.
Well, since I’ve blocked them before without any relation to them, I guess you don’t have to worry about it.
At that moment, a restaurant came into view. It was a small noodle house. I opened the door and went in, ordering two bowls of noodles.
As my stomach grew full, I began to seriously think about what to do next.
There was no need to think about it for long.
All I wanted was to retire and live comfortably.
Retire as soon as possible···.
“You live a lazy life, just playing around all your life.”
It was just a conversation between two people, but the man sitting at the next table clicked his tongue as if he heard what I said.
“Tsk. Anyway, I heard that young people these days don’t think about suffering.”
“···What? Aren’t you having a hard time? Do you know how I feel after being f*cked by a guy from the future for 20 years?!!”
Instead of grabbing the old man by the collar and shouting, I called the kitchen lady.
“Auntie, please give me some soju.”
After doing the math, I went outside and looked up at the sky. The sky was so blue it was almost freezing.
I thought my life after retirement would be that blue and clear.
“Ha. The weather is so damn nice.”
Anyway, the important thing is to retire again.
To do that, you need to first create a retirement plan.
Fortunately, I had knowledge of the future and information that others did not have.
Money, health, power, foundation, connections.
Essentials for a happy retirement life.
It used to take 20 years, but now it can be done much faster than before.
“I will retire within three years at the latest.”
As I clenched my fist and made that pledge, I heard a voice I had never heard before from the side.
“Are you the landlord?”
When I turned my head, a neatly dressed man with a businesslike smile was approaching me.
I answered indifferently.
“Yes. But?”
The man’s smile deepened. He said, handing over his business card.
“I am Kim Gil-su, the manager of the Royal Family Guild. I am none other than···.”
I was just listening to that with one ear and letting it go out the other when a brand new white limousine stopped right in front of me.
The one who got out of the limousine was a beautiful woman.
She spoke in a slightly nasal voice.
“Are you the landlord? My name is Baek Young-hee, a scout from the White House Guild. If you have time…”
Before she could finish speaking, a loud voice interrupted from the left.
“Hello, brother! I’m from the Warriors Guild!”
A man who looked like a gangster no matter how I looked at him bowed at a 90 degree angle to me.
That wasn’t the end of it. In an instant, people from all sorts of guilds surrounded me and started talking to me.
They even fight among themselves over the order.
“Get out of the way! I got here first!”
“Nonsense! I got here first!”
“No!”
“That’s right!”
There was no separate market street on market days. I sighed lightly and said to them.
“Everyone, keep your mouths shut. If you say one more word, you will never be allowed into that guild again.”
“······.”
The managers were all like, “When did we start talking?” I looked around at them and said.
“Why are you talking here? Just follow me.”
I took them to a nearby cafe. The cafe owner looked very embarrassed when a crowd of expensively dressed men and women came in, excluding me.
“Please give me the most expensive one here. And a decent amount of dessert too… Who will pay the bill?”
One word from me caused an uproar as they both offered to pay each other.
“Me!”
“I will do it!”
“Here’s the card!”
I looked at the sight with a pleased face.
It was worth dropping a lot of bait.
I sat cross-legged at the head of the longest table and took a quick sip of my coffee.
The guild managers had anxious faces.
Everyone would probably want to bring me to their guild somehow. But in this situation, being the first to bring up the subject could easily turn into a bad thing.
So, I have to make it easier for them to talk.
I said, crossing my legs in the opposite direction.
“Without further ado, let me start with the deposit. How much will you give me?”
At my words, the managers began to look at each other.
< How much will you give me? > End
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