Dark Market -3-
“Sick······Sick······”
The scorpion sweats profusely.
Is it because the subordinates are watching?
He doesn’t cry. He just curses, scratches the floor, and bites his lower lip until it bleeds.
Thud!
He threw away the steel finger he had pulled out.
“Do you want to try more?”
A scorpion looks up at me.
There is a deep resentment, anger, and hatred in both eyes.
He seemed ready to rush in at any moment, as if he would accept and feed the ash-gray messenger, but he couldn’t bring himself to open his mouth.
A gang with a clear hierarchy.
Even though he was No. 2, he couldn’t disobey the boss’ orders.
“You······what is your name!”
Are you asking that now?
I answered, crossing my arms and looking down at the scorpion.
“It’s Kim Jeon Sa.”
“Kim Jeon-sa, Kim Jeon-sa, Kim Jeon-sa!”
The iron scorpion burned with hatred as it rolled my name······Kim Jeon-sa’s name on its lips.
“You just have to wait and see, Kim Jeon Sa! One day I’ll stick my finger into your heart!”
“Oh, okay.”
I just gave a snort.
“You cliche extra, if you ain’t gonna f*ck me, get out.”
“Ugh!”
Do you realize that the leader has said something cliche?
The scorpion raised its body.
The poisonous guys who had been just watching until now are now moving busily.
“Sister!”
“Please carry me!”
“You need to go to the hospital right away!”
“Let go of me! I’m going with my feet! Get out of here!”
The scorpion refused to be carried or supported and walked away on its own two feet.
Following this, the poison faction receded like an ebb tide.
All that’s left are the naked bodies that are terrorizing your eyes in real time.
I stared intently at the spotlight.
“Is it your turn now?”
“Hehehe, that’s right. It’s truly amazing. I never thought the Doksan-dong iron scorpion would run away so miserably. You called him Superman Kim Jeon-sa, right? You’ll have to watch out for the back of his head from now on.”
“That’s something I’ll take care of.”
When wasn’t it like that?
As soon as I sold the magic core at the exchange, I was attacked by a group of deer.
In the end, the only thing I can trust is my own strength.
To do that, you must find the magic power training method by any means necessary.
The exhibitionist spread his arms exaggeratedly.
“Since you’ve come this far, how about taking refuge in the Goddess of the Beginning? Superman Kim Jeon-sa, you’re handsome and have a great body. You even have extremely manly scars, so the Goddess of the Beginning will be very pleased. If you take refuge in the Goddess of the Beginning, our organization and sect will do everything in our power to protect you. Hehe, maybe you’ll start as a higher-level person than me.”
Anyway, the superhuman priests were all anxious because they couldn’t expand their religious influence.
I applied factual violence head-on.
“Why should I join your church?”
“I’ll say it again······”
“Hey, think about it carefully. If I’m going to join a religious order, then of course I should join a large and strong religious order. Not one of the seven major religious orders, or one of the two tiers below it. Why would I join your religious order, which is nothing more than a cult, a cult of the worst? Right?”
He poked the black flames while speaking.
What this means is that if you want, you can join your father’s old sect, so why would you join yours?
As the black flames burned, a red flame also appeared on the lightmaker’s face.
“Go, how dare you!”
“Why? Are you mad because I called you a cult? You are a cult, right? The 100 deities listed in the Treaty of Westphalia. If they’re not there, don’t you know you’re a cult?”
“Hey! This insolent man!”
The exhibitionist’s face turned pale.
Then, surprisingly, he quickly regains his composure.
“You are indeed an unbeliever. Come here. I will stamp the mercy and love of the Goddess on your worthless brain.”
“Well, that’s your specialty. Okay, I’ll take it.”
The characteristics of exposure light are nothing special.
[Mind Control]
It was a pretty useful trait in combat.
Because we’ve made one of our enemies join our side.
In this world that has become reality, it will be more powerful.
The Iron Fist leader looked at me with worried eyes.
“Superhuman. Be careful. That guy may look weak, but he’s very strong.”
“I saw it earlier and it wasn’t anything special.”
“There is a big difference between using divine power directly with your own hands and using it from a distance.”
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There wasn’t much of a difference in the game, but it seems not to be the case here.
It doesn’t matter.
I walked confidently and stood in front of the flasher.
Then the exhibitionist starts talking nonsense.
“Get on your knees, my strong and handsome brother.”
“Stop whining.”
“Wow······How can one be so rude when receiving the grace of the goddess?”
Kim Jeon-sa’s height is slightly over 180 cm.
On the other hand, the exposure light is short, about 160 cm tall.
Even with my arms outstretched, I couldn’t reach the top of my head, so the exhibitionist looked like he was on tiptoe.
But I didn’t laugh.
He changed his characteristics while receiving both expectant and worried looks.
[Divine Resistance][Meditation][Concentration]
[Patience][Magic Heart][Black Flame]
At this level, it is more than enough to withstand a mental attack from an N-level superhuman.
But I didn’t let my guard down and kept my eyes wide open.
I feel it.
The projection of heterogeneous forces through the Jeongsu-ri.
A holy and overwhelming shadow, a high and lofty presence, falls upon my mind.
I feel like getting on my knees.
I want to kiss her instep.
I want to praise its beauty, its nobility, its glory.
Take off your clothes.
I also expose my body.
I feel like praising, thanking and worshipping Him by rubbing my body against this giant shadow like a dog in heat.
It’s stronger than you think.
Even though I am clearly protected by divine resistance and patience, I am in this state.
Now I know why the merchants exposed to the divine power sucked up the potion, and why the enemies in the game were mind controlled without exception.
I bit my tongue.
A dull, tingling pain, similar to getting an anesthetic shot at the dentist, and a pungent liquid spreads.
‘Come to your senses.’
A body that has overcome the baptism of a saint.
It would be embarrassing to be defeated by a mere level 2 N-class superhuman.
It sinks deep into me.
In particular, the focus was on the brain and central nervous system.
The magic circuit is distributed along the cardiovascular and nervous systems.
I thought that the magical power that started from the magic heart would soar like a rocket.
So I imagined it being implanted in the brain, spreading throughout the central nervous system, building fortresses one by one, and building a long, long Great Wall of China.
My head feels like it’s burning.
My mind goes blank, and a fierce heat races through my cerebrospinal fluid and up my spine.
It was a difficult and challenging task, but I already had the experience.
Also, there were some traits that helped me.
Anyway, victory is mine.
The moment my hot, sweltering head suddenly cooled, a violent backlash of force occurred and covered the exposed man who had been holding my crown.
“Khuuuk!”
The flashbulb bounced off, spraying blood.
A flash of light that was almost 10 meters away.
Blood spurted from every orifice in his face, and he looked at me in horror.
“W, how can this be! How, how can you repel the power of the goddess!”
I guess you took great pride in your mind control?
But, mind control isn’t invincible.
Even if you only have one mental protection-related trait or one piece of equipment, the success rate for mental abilities is significantly lower.
If the brainwashing is absolutely successful, then only mental superhumans will be used in Arcane Seoul?
Moreover, I gained something from this competition.
[Resolution] trait.
Specializes in mental defense, and additionally reduces magical damage.
Okay. They’re stacking up nicely, one by one.
“Is it my turn?”
Clench your fists.
Replace the trait.
The veins in my fists bulged and my sweatpants twitched menacingly.
The exhibitionist screamed in horror.
“Hey, wait! Don’t do that! Brother! I’ll give you the consolation money!”
“Consolation money?”
“Yes! Yes! Brother, you don’t have to do this with your hands hurting! I’ll give you 100 million, no, 200 million, no, 300 million, so please bear with it just this once!”
Wow, look at the change in stance.
Since he’s a priest-type superhuman, he has a lot of money, right?
300 million is definitely a lot of money.
If you can get paid without hitting anyone, that might be profitable.
But instead of nodding, I swung my fist.
Pfft!
“Kueeek!”
When I hit his chin, blood spurted out in a straight line.
An exhibitionist who rolls his eyes wide.
The plump body trembled and then fell down.
I shook my hand, which was starting to hurt slightly.
“300 million won isn’t enough.”
I don’t know if it’ll be worth more than a billion.
I wanted to be a loser from the beginning.
A t-shirt and panties with a short cape.
Ugh, I’m afraid I’ll see you in my dreams.
“It won’t turn off?”
“Go, go!”
“Take care of the priest!”
“Uh······What should I say to the bishop?”
The nudist disappeared with the exposure light.
The Iron Fist leader raised his hand behind him and stopped the attack.
“They look great! Those little shits. Hahahaha!”
“Thank you, Superman!”
“Long live Superman Kim Jeon-sa!”
“Hahahaha! We won!”
The Iron Fist faction was like a defeated army that got drenched in rain before I came forward.
Now they surround me and cheer.
If I was a member of the Iron Fist faction, I would have just thrown a towel at them, really.
But the expressions on the faces of the merchants watching around were very dark.
It can’t be helped.
Because the Iron Fist faction is known for their vicious protection fee collection.
I can understand this when I think back to when the owner of the goshiwon I used to live in died.
Even back then, the landlady was obsessed with money, saying that she had to pay a security deposit, and ended up getting stabbed.
“hey.”
“Yes! Superman!”
When you call the officer, he answers in a very military-like voice.
“Am I honestly the one who did everything this time?”
“Oh······ That’s right. If it weren’t for Superman, we wouldn’t be able to eat at this market.”
The executive looks slightly uneasy.
There is no such thing as a free lunch in this world.
I decided to be nice to Kim Cheol-kwon, but it would be difficult to wash my mouth with that.
Even if it is not a tangible benefit, intangible benefits must be received.
“I have a market share here too. Don’t you?”
“Uh, ahem, but earlier······”
“Don’t you think about the future? Right now, you’ve returned to Doksan-dong, where you sell poison, and Bongcheon-dong, where you sell nudity, but do you think you’ll be like that for a thousand years? If you come back here again, greedy for the market, what will you do then?”
Leaving the legal district is something that cannot be done lightly because of the police presence.
If you want to advance from Dong to Gu, you need to be of that weight class.
Because you have to bribe the police station, not the police box, and the district office, not the community center, and secure connections.
Still, one market is possible.
“Uh, uh, that’s what I mean······ My eldest brother will have an idea!”
“So you’ve been neglecting this place until now?”
“Well······”
“To be honest, President Kim is not yet ready to take over Shillim-dong. The only level 2 superhuman is President Kim himself.”
However, it is impressive that he fought fiercely with the Dagger Sect.
Instead, the dagger faction in Sillim-dong had it all.
Like the identity market here.
The slums outside the police zone are actually large in area but have little money.
I held up my index finger and pointed downward, toward the ground.
“If you grant my request, I will help you here, at the Shinwon Market.”
“You’re going to help me?”
“Yes. You take care of the internal affairs of the market. But I can intervene in the really troublesome disputes. If the gangs outside of Shillim-dong come in, I can fight with them.”
A limited alliance that goes beyond inviolability.
Not bad.
I too have things to solve through the dark path, and even if it’s a low-level organization, it would be helpful to know about it.
The executive swallowed dry saliva.
An alliance is an alliance, even if the conditions are limited to the identity market.
I can hear the sound of heads rolling all the way to my ears.
The executives were now thinking of forming a closer relationship with me through this alliance, and were even thinking of having me join the Iron Fist faction.
You’re recruiting a superhuman with proven fighting prowess like mine?
That’s a really huge ball.
Although his ranking will drop by one level, his position among the level 1 superhuman executives will definitely become stronger.
“Okay. What should I do?”
“It’s simple.”
I lifted my finger, which was pointed at the ground, and pointed around.
And draw a circle.
Towards the entire market.
Or towards the merchants lined up around.
“As for the protection fee, just take the amount that the Dagger Faction received before.”
This is a masterpiece.
Just think of the iron fists sucking the life out of the merchants’ spines.
Will that resentment only go to the Iron Fist faction?
Come to me too.
Then the treasure you have hidden away will not be sold to me.
“Yes? Then we have nothing left······”
“Why isn’t there one? I know it all.”
“Ugh.”
“You don’t like it? If you don’t like it, then don’t. But it’s a bit disappointing? I put all my effort into it, and you can’t even do this? You said you’d help me in the future? This is really disappointing.”
The word ‘sad’ was given a lot of emphasis.
The executive fidgeted and groaned, then shut his eyes tightly.
“I understand. I’m sure even you, Big Brother, can understand this much. From today on, we will only accept the protection money as before, just like the Dagger Sect did.”
“Of course it should be like that.”
I thought you had that much discretion.
“and!”
A brief cheer erupted among the merchants.
“Thank you, Superman!”
“I survived thanks to you, Superman!”
Merchants flocking to greet us.
I spoke my mind openly.
“Please give me a bigger discount in the future. That would be enough.”
“Oh, of course! It won’t be the full amount······but I’ll give you a big discount anyway!”
“I’ll give it to you if I lose!”
“Oh my, even a strong person can speak beautifully.”
“He’s a rare sight these days.”
“From now on, there won’t be any more gangsters causing trouble, so gather a lot of customers and make a lot of money. Bring in a lot of goods, and contact the people who are currently resting and have them reopen their stores.”
“It’s cancer, it’s cancer!”
“I will only trust you, Superman!”
Merchants screaming with joy and gangsters laughing awkwardly.
If someone saw me, they would think I was the one who ate the Shinwon market, not the Iron Fist faction.
Actually, that’s not wrong.
Only the protection money goes to the iron fist faction.
If the Iron Fist gang or another gang causes trouble, the merchants will come looking for me.
Every time I do that, my reputation will rise and I will be able to easily get anything from the market.
Whether it’s magic training or whatever.
I just smiled and waved like a nice person.
The merchants cheered louder, and even the Iron Fist Party awkwardly raised the corners of their lips.
And the next day.
Finally, I came face to face with Kim Chun-bok, a junk dealer who was in business.
