Janitors Association -3-
bang!
The sound of gunfire pierced the air.
The guys who were kneeling and prostrating themselves flinch.
I tapped the butt of the rifle I was holding on the floor.
“If you don’t want to die, stay still.”
“Yes, yes!”
“Don’t shoot!”
“How many times have I told you? If you stay quiet, I won’t kill you.”
I leaned against the wall and waited for a moment.
Not long afterwards, the sound of footsteps could be heard.
Led by Kim Cheol-kwon, members of the Iron Fist gang rush down the stairs.
“Hmm!”
Kim Cheol-kwon frowned.
It’s not because of the big guys I made kneel down.
It’s not even because of the superhuman from the reinforced soldier series who was probably a senior officer and got his head blown off by a slug bullet.
It was because of the children.
Iron bars are packed tightly around me.
Children locked in cages.
Some children have cat eyes, others have puppy ears and puppy tails, and others have entire bodies covered in snake scales.
The result of body modification.
It’s a world where people commonly modify their bodies to become stronger or to improve their abilities.
However, the forced body modification was clearly illegal.
Especially if it’s for a child who isn’t even an adult.
“Are these kids?”
“Yes. Take them. Those guys too.”
“These piece of trash······”
Kim Cheol-kwon growled, his eyes shooting fire.
The subdued people tremble and bang their heads.
But there was still one guy who raised his head as if he still had some energy left.
“Tongue, if the president finds out, you guys······”
bang!
“Eek!”
“omg!”
I still haven’t come to my senses.
When I blew his head off on the spot, the others flinched in fear.
The members of the Iron Fist gang also look quite dispirited, but only Kim Cheol-kwon stands tall and looks at me.
“They’re not worth keeping alive, so just kill them if they talk nonsense. Only spare the cooperative ones. Anyway, after tomorrow, it’ll all be meaningless.”
“Yes.”
Kim Cheol-kwon looks at the security guards with disgust in his eyes.
“What are you doing? Tie them all up! Let the kids go!”
“Yes! Yes!”
The Iron Fist faction moved briskly.
Handcuff the subdued person and open the iron gate.
When the children started to hesitate, I urged them on and at the same time coaxed and comforted them, taking them outside.
I quietly called Kim Cheol-kwon.
“Sir, please follow me.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
The core facility of Geonwoobong Geumyeok.
The body modification workshop was located deepest here.
When I used the electronic key I got from killing the executive earlier, the door creaked and opened.
Pot!
The lights turned on automatically, revealing the interior.
“Hey.”
Kim Cheol-kwon looks slightly impressed.
It was worth it.
A large glass tube installed in the center.
On the right is an artificial bio-propagation facility.
On the left is the mechanical body assembly unit.
A giant magic circle that binds the three.
And on each wall, there are pillar-shaped magic supply devices that emit light.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
A massive wave of magical power struck my heart like the sound of a drum.
Kim Cheol-kwon must have felt it too, as his appetite was completely wiped out.
“This must have cost quite a bit of money.”
“Right? How is it? Is it useful?”
“It’s not worth it. This is equipment that can be used up to level 3, or even higher, if you just get a proper wizard or magician.”
“If you ask me.”
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The Cleaners’ Association could not find such wizards and magicians.
Caron?
Unfortunately, the lineage is different.
Modifying the facility to mass-produce necromancy bodies would be a possible solution, but······
That’s too dangerous.
“That’s great. I know a wizard who can help me, so I’ll have to contact him.”
“How about you tear down the facility or use it here?”
“I feel like I’m going to have to keep saying this… I should write it here. How can I tear it all down in one day?”
“It’s hard.”
“But it’s hard for us to directly participate in battle. If we clash with the Cleaners’ Association, we’ll be finished right away.”
“I understand. Just take care of the aftermath.”
“Whew, my goodness. You’re truly a mystery. When I first saw you, you seemed weaker than me.”
Kim Cheol-kwon looks at me with complicated eyes.
This is the third time we’ve met in person.
Right after fighting the deer gang, right after fighting the dagger gang, and this time we met.
Each time, I got stronger quickly.
Wasn’t it almost level 1, level 2, level 3?
“Anyway, you can win, right? If you lose, we’ll suffer a lot too. You absolutely have to win.”
“Don’t complain when you have a plan B.”
“Well, that’s it.”
“Boss, you know that I won’t fight a losing battle, so aren’t you helping me out?”
“That’s true. I felt from the first time I saw you that although you may look reckless on the outside, you are actually a very meticulous person on the inside.”
Kim Cheol-kwon chuckled once.
Then he takes out his e-cigarette and takes a long drag.
In his exhaled breath, magical light flickered like fireflies.
“Can I ask you one thing?”
“Go ahead.”
“Since you’ve broken with the Janitors’ Association, you’re going to end it all… I understand why. But is it really necessary to do that? You have nothing to gain from the Janitors’ Association collapsing. It doesn’t seem like you have any interest in vested interests. You’re not employed by anyone, so why do you insist on fighting?”
A gaze that is both experienced and sharp, searching me.
From Kim Cheol-kwon’s point of view, it is questionable.
In fact, if you run away, that’s the end of it.
The influence of the cleaners’ association is limited to the metropolitan area.
If you go abroad, even to Jeolla-do or Gyeongsang-do, it will be difficult for the cleaning association to do anything.
At best, they’ll send an assassin.
I shrugged my shoulders.
“Boss. Your top priority is to grow the organization, right?”
“That’s right. The Iron Fist faction is like my alter ego.”
“I’m similar. However, I prioritize developing my personal strength. Like other warriors.”
“hmm······”
“Isn’t it strange? Why am I getting stronger so quickly? I think you must have noticed, sir.”
“ah!”
Kim Cheol-kwon made a face that said he knew.
Why did you get stronger? You got stronger because of the blank body and the trait change.
But Kim Cheol-kwon wouldn’t know this.
Instead, I think it has characteristics that increase experience gain, like [Genius] or [Cheonsalseong] in games.
And one thing that geniuses and geniuses have in common.
The idea is that you have to fight to the death to become stronger quickly.
Kim Cheol-kwon nodded.
“To tell you the truth, I thought that would happen.”
“Do you understand why I insist on fighting the janitors’ association?”
“Yes, yes. I understand 100%. If I were in your shoes, I would act the same way.”
On the one hand, there is a look of relief.
I think the time to see myself as prey has already passed, whether I am a genius or a genius.
Instead, their actions became more cautious.
“Assuming that you, Superman, win, we will prepare the follow-up measures.”
“It won’t take long.”
“Yes. Good luck.”
Kim Cheol-kwon bowed to me and left the workshop.
Let’s take a quick look around the workshop.
A magic circle drawn on a neatly finished metal facility emits a faint light.
A landscape created by a combination of magic and science.
The bloodstains on it were disturbing.
He shook his head once and went out.
Outside, work was in full swing.
“Yeah! Put them all there!”
“Sir! The broken CCTV has been replaced!”
“Connected! Now under control from central control!”
“That’s not enough! How many times do I have to tell you to double it?”
“We don’t have enough power!”
“That’s why I told you to bring an emergency generator!”
“Sir! If you connect it that far, the wires will be overloaded! This thing will burn out 100% within a month!”
“A month? That’s okay! Just hold out for a week! Shut up and connect!”
Chief Choi was busy installing the supplies I ordered.
Even though the blueprint was drawn up in advance, Director Choi alone is not enough.
I also snuck in and took the lead.
“Send that box to point A-9.”
“A-9······ A-9······”
“Superman! What is this?”
“Put them on the driveway. I’ll install them myself.”
In the end, I have to finish everything.
Chief Choi, who had been cursing, came up to me.
“Superhuman. Can this be done by morning? I heard the regular report comes in at 8 AM.”
“I have to do it, somehow.”
“Ugh······”
“And after work, take those friends to a bar and make them eat until their noses are crooked for a day.”
“That’s easy. I’ll definitely block any news from reaching the association.”
“Thank you.”
When will the janitors’ association intervene?
It will take at least several hours to assess the situation.
If we gather the power scattered here and calculate the time it takes to get here from Gangseo-gu······
‘At the earliest, in the afternoon. At the latest, at night.’
The transport and installation of supplies has been completed.
Even though all the workers brought by Chief Choi of the Iron Fist faction have left, there is no time to rest.
Now is the time to start working in earnest.
“Ugh!”
Dig a trap.
Place the Claymore on the driveway and place a trip wire around it.
There are hand grenades hanging from the trip wire.
Anti-personnel mines are also unavoidable. The restricted area has been completely covered in minefields.
Machine guns and cannons are placed on each element and a long-range detonator is installed.
The same goes for rocket launchers and high-velocity grenade launchers.
On the one hand, they hide wiretapping devices and various detectors in places where it is easy to conceal······
“Hoo!”
I wiped the sweat once.
The three-piece set of [Crafting], [Modification], and [Repair] obtained while digging the Magic Heaven were somewhat helpful.
I modified the bomb a bit to increase its firepower.
Since the items were brought in through a back door, there were a few that were broken.
By painting Geonwoobong Geumyeok with traps like that, we also gained a new characteristic.
[pitfall]
Once the trait was added, it felt like setting traps became easier.
It’s also become more stealthy and sophisticated.
So I even took care of all the traps that had already been set up.
It took a long time and I sweated a lot, but I felt relieved when I saw it finished.
On the surface, it didn’t seem strange at all.
Even I, who installed it, saw it myself.
“Oh, right.”
Finally, I took the magic bath out of its packaging.
The exact thing I had installed in my home.
Here, water from a 20-liter bucket was poured in.
Exactly 10, or 200 liters.
The magic bathtub reacted and began to heat the water.
After confirming that the gentle magical waves were spreading, he quietly closed the lid.
The preparations are complete.
Before I knew it, the day was dawning.
The janitors’ association has time to wait for regular reports.
A brief moment of sweet respite for me.
We moved to the central control room in advance.
I activated all the CCTVs, checked the status of the wiretap and detectors, then leaned back in my cheap chair and closed my eyes.
The calm before the storm.
The results will tell whether I was sufficiently prepared or not.
***
“Ugh.”
The president’s office on the top floor of the janitors’ association building.
It’s called the chairman’s office, but it’s actually a penthouse.
Association president Park Dae-yeop took off his suit jacket and threw it carelessly.
OMG.
A cleaning drone receives a suit jacket and places it in a garment manager.
Just like the ultra-expensive cleaning drones that are difficult for ordinary people to use, ultra-expensive clothing managers with cleaning magic applied.
He sits comfortably in the executive chair and stretches out his arms.
As if it had been waiting, a high-quality magic cup slides across the desk and falls into your hand.
“Hoo hoo hoo.”
This is the taste.
The view of Seoul that I see every morning on my way to work.
Warm sunlight pouring through the large windows.
Classical music that suits your taste, played by your secretary.
A bitter yet sweet coffee that stimulates the tip of your nose and tongue.
I finally made it this far, and a burning desire to conquer wells up in my chest.
“joy.”
east.
A direction that can only be seen if you turn your head sharply.
There are rows of skyscrapers there that easily overwhelm buildings like the janitors’ association headquarters.
The peak.
Over there, in the distance, are three twin buildings that seem to pierce the sky.
Songpa-gu’s superintendent’s tower, visible from Gangseo-gu.
Park Dae-yeop’s eyes sparkled as he looked at the super tower.
‘Someday I will enter.’
That was Park Dae-yeop’s life goal.
Become the owner of the tallest building in Seoul, South Korea, and East Asia!
If the owner of the super tower isn’t the owner of the Republic of Korea, then who else could it be?
Although things have been a bit tricky lately, Park Dae-yeop believed that it was entirely possible.
Today should have been a peaceful day.
My expectations were shattered less than 10 minutes after I arrived at work.
“Chairman! Chairman! We’re in big trouble!”
The door opened wide and the operations manager rushed in.
“What? What’s going on?”
“Chairman! We… We have been attacked!”
“What? Tell me more! What are you talking about!”
“Geonwoobong! There’s Geonwoobong!”
“Geonwoobong······ Ah, over there! I know. What is it? Were you attacked over there?”
The tension is suddenly relieved.
The muscles that had been so tense that they seemed ready to jump out at any moment relaxed, and the breathing that had stopped for a moment returned to normal.
Park Dae-yeop waved his hand as if he was not interested.
“It was the same a few years ago. Some idiots must have attacked the poppy fields. Why don’t we just move? No, we don’t even need to move. Hire some mercenaries from the External Cooperation Department and send them over. Let them taste something hot.”
“That······ That’s it. President.”
The operations manager swallowed hard.
“I confirmed with the local monitoring agent that it was him who attacked.”
“That guy?”
“That······the guy who killed Director Caron at Landfill 1.”
Kwaaaaang!
Park Dae-yeop slammed the desk.
A high-end executive desk made of expensive wood and with various life magic spells is instantly broken in two.
“Why are you telling me that now? You should have said that first!”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
“This bastard! This bastard who won’t be satisfied even if you chew him up! Not only did he kill Caron, but he also ate Geonwoobong? This bastard······”
Park Dae-yeop, who seemed like he would swear nonstop.
Suddenly my body stops.
After rolling his eyes a few times, he asked the secretary who followed the operations manager in.
“Wait a minute. What was there at Geonwoobong? There must have been something important besides the poppy field.”
“There is a workshop that makes the items that were given to Assemblyman Baek and sold on the black market.”
“What the hell!”
Park Dae-yeop kicked the splintered desk.
The desk shattered and shards flew everywhere.
“How did you manage the organization, you punk! How could you not know until that guy ate the Geonwoobong?”
“Yes, I am assessing the situation.”
“This kid!”
Park Dae-yeop clenched his fist and raised it.
Just as he’s about to strike, his secretary lights a top-of-the-line drug cigar and hands it to him.
Park Dae-yeop, biting a cigar as if chewing it and blowing out smoke.
The turquoise magic light scratched his face, but the operations manager couldn’t say anything.
“What about the vice president and directors?”
“The vice president is on a business trip to Daejeon, and Director Viper is at work.”
“What about Ebony?”
“He, he’s investigating. He said he went to the club yesterday too······”
“Bring them all right now!”
Park Dae-yeop roared.
“The association is going to fail. What? A club? A club? The vice presidents and directors, all of you, come in!”
“Shall we also convene the External Cooperation Department?”
“Don’t say the obvious. Hey? If you have any mercenaries you can call, call them, and if you have any members who are just hanging out, gather them all! Everyone!”
Park Dae-yeop gritted his teeth and stared into space.
As if I could see the face I saw yesterday.
“I said warrior Kim.”
A puppy with a scar on its right cheek.
Are you saying that he’s a popular superman these days?
Even so, it’s still low level.
Even if you hit him well, he’s only level 3. He’s just a kid who’s finally being treated like a superhuman.
“I’ll kill you!”
He held tightly to whatever object was in his hand.
A cleaning drone flying around to clean up a smashed executive desk.
That expensive item just fell apart.
Crunch!
