◈ Episode 76: Only I can recognize (1)
Kim Joo-hyuk stared at the man.
A man wearing a very stylish looking black suit and covering his face with a mask.
“You left the market?”
“yes. You don’t have to be so wary. “Not only do I have no power to harm you, I just came to deliver you a letter.”
“… … letter?”
Kim Joo-hyuk answered like that and thought about the market.
‘Is there anyone who can send me a letter?’
He had been to the market.
However, it only happened once, and Kim Joo-hyuk never even went to the market after selling the product.
‘Besides, he must have covered his face with a mask.’
Of course, it was Kim Joo-hyuk who only went in when he first entered, but in the end, he even remembered that he received a mask from a man working inside the market to hide his identity, so he tilted his head and asked.
“Are you sure it came from me?”
“yes. Kim Joo-hyuk of Valhalla Academy. “The letter is addressed to you.”
He nodded without hesitation to his question, then approached Kim Joo-hyuk and took out the letter in his arms and handed it over.
“Hmm?”
Black letter envelope.
Kim Joo-hyuk, who was looking at it quietly, soon realized that his name was written on the envelope.
“What, you sent it to me right?”
“Of course. “Our ‘DAY-1’ is not immature enough to make mistakes in these areas.”
“… … Day one? “What is that again?”
When Kim Joo-hyuk asked as if he was curious, he took out a business card from his pocket where he had taken out a letter as if he had been waiting and handed it over with a polite gesture.
“… … “What is it, the postman?”
“Strictly speaking, it is similar to a postman or delivery company, but DAY-1 is a very specialized company that is different from those companies.”
“Something like premium service?”
“That’s correct! “If you pay a reasonable price, we can deliver the product you want to wherever you want it within one day.”
“… … At first glance, it looks like he’s a contractor, but he doesn’t kill monsters, but delivers them… … ?”
Kim Joo-hyuk honestly looked at him with a slightly incomprehensible look, but the man still spoke with a smile on his face.
“This makes more money than going to dungeons or catching monsters. Anyway, since you have received the goods, I will leave now.”
The man said that and was about to turn around when he let out a low exclamation as if he had remembered something.
“Oh, if you need fast delivery, please call that number and we will come to you right away. Well then… … “Not this.”
When the man turns again, Kim Joo-hyuk is now looking at him with a strange expression.
The man briefly bowed his head as if he had no shame and spoke.
“Now I see that I didn’t tell you one more thing.”
“What do you want to say?”
“yes. “I had to say, ‘We ask that those who have received the letter come to the market only if they are able to ‘answer’.”
“… … Only if you can answer?”
“Yes, then I really want to go now.”
With that, the man disappeared in an instant, as if he had never been there from the beginning.
“… … Now, rather than contracting and catching monsters, we are delivering them.”
Kim Joo-hyuk smiled involuntarily as he looked at the man who disappeared in an instant.
That’s because I’ve never really thought about using the power I gained from Kim Joo-hyuk’s position for something else.
‘Well, it’s not something I should interfere with.’
However, Kim Joo-hyuk soon lost interest in the man, put away the business card he gave her, and walked towards the dormitory.
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Baekjang (禦葬).
They are a newly created group of evildoers.
Of course, if it were just up to that point, Baekjang would not have been attracting the attention of those around him.
However, even though it was a newly created group of villains, there were three reasons why the villains, associations, and guilds were calling out for their reputation.
The first reason is because of Baekjang’s leader.
The head of Baekjang was quite famous in the contracting industry, or rather, he was so famous that everyone had heard of him at least once.
Because there was no one who did not know about the S-class contractor ‘Alchemist John’.
‘Alchemist John.’
An S-class contractor and a man who made a contract with the S-class constellation ‘Ashen Alchemist’ not through the power of his family, but by luckily discovering a relic from the Age of Destruction.
Since there was no one who didn’t know him, Baekjang received attention.
The second reason they are attracting attention is because of the market.
To be precise, the association, guild, and villains did not know what kind of connection there was between Baekjang and the market, but the important thing is that Baekjang was suddenly created when the market was building a building made of money.
Because of that, others were assessing the difference between Baekjang and Market.
And the final reason why they are attracting attention these days.
That’s right
“Have you done some research?”
This was because rumors spread that they were trying to assassinate Kim Joo-hyuk.
“yes.”
A luxurious mansion located in the mountains.
There, Alchemist John spoke to a man who nodded in response.
“Okay, what do you think?”
“I think I can handle it well enough.”
“good.”
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John grinned at the man’s words and tapped the glass he was holding.
‘Things are very good.’
As John thought, the current situation was not a bad situation at all for him.
Although Baekjang had nothing to do with the market right now, that wasn’t that important.
What was important was how the outside world viewed the relationship between the market and Baekjang, and even if it was later revealed that Baekjang and Baekjang had no relationship, it would not have been a bad thing.
‘We will have already secured enough recognition by then. Plus… … .’
John grinned and muttered as he looked at the documents the man had brought him.
“Kim Joo-hyuk… … .”
Kim Joo-hyuk.
Although he was only a student, he single-handedly dealt with villains several times and caused enormous damage to the Ventric family.
Moreover, although the truth has not yet been properly identified, it seems that something has happened in the Seol family recently.
And, John was very pleased with Kim Joo-hyuk’s eccentricities.
Because John thought of Kim Joo-hyuk as very sweet prey.
Of course, Alchemist John did not have any special grudge or other connection to Kim Joo-hyuk.
In the first place, Alchemist John wouldn’t have even known about Kim Joo-hyuk’s existence if he wasn’t famous.
The reason why John is targeting Kim Joo-hyuk.
It was because of ‘reputation’.
A reputation that you created yourself, that will lead your plan to success, and that will instantly raise the reputation of your organization to the top.
‘There is no one as good as Kim Joo-hyuk to gain fame all at once.’
Of course, John had a general understanding that Kim Joo-hyuk was special.
If he were just an ordinary student, it would have been impossible for him to deal with the villain alone or, conversely, cause great damage to the Ventric family.
However, just because Kim Joo-hyuk was special, John had no intention of giving up on assassinating him.
At least according to his calculations, Kim Joo-hyuk’s head is a prey with enough reputation to definitely raise Baekjang’s reputation to the top.
Of course, that didn’t mean John thought it would be easy to deal with Kim Joo-hyuk because he was a student.
Dealing with Kim Joo-hyuk may have been difficult.
However, it was much easier to assassinate Kim Joo-hyuk, who now had an enormous reputation, rather than using the same effort to deal with a stronger contractor than Kim Joo-hyuk, and above all, it was more cost-effective.
Because the reputation that Kim Joo-hyuk has now is much higher than that of most contractors.
Therefore, from the time he formed the group, John used his subordinates to secretly spread rumors around him that Baekjang would assassinate Kim Joo-hyuk.
Thanks to that preliminary work, the board was already perfectly laid.
And that’s a perfect fit for Baekjang to grow up by devouring Kim Joo-hyuk.
so that.
“When do you think you can handle it?”
“The rumors have already spread, so if you’re going to do it, I think it’s okay to do it now.”
“Then let’s prepare right away and deal with Kim Joo-hyuk without wasting any time.”
John smiled as he decided to deal with Kim Joo-hyuk right away.
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Kim Joo-hyuk’s dormitory was very large compared to the first semester.
It wasn’t just big, it was really big enough to be called ‘very’.
The reason is because of the donation from the Bentrick family.
The Bentrick family made a donation to Valhalla with Kim Joo-hyuk as the beneficiary, and thanks to that, Kim Joo-hyuk wondered if this was really a studio apartment. He was able to be assigned to a room so huge that it made you think.
Well, actually, from Kim Joo-hyuk’s perspective, he wasn’t the type of person who cared that much about whether the room was big or small, but recently, he was a little worried about his own room.
‘It’s so empty.’
The reason was because the room was too empty.
The room Kim Joo-hyuk was assigned was really spacious.
However, there was only a bed and a desk in that large room.
And because Kim Joo-hyuk had a laptop on his desk from before he was reincarnated, his room looked very empty.
‘I’ll fill in something later when I have time. what.’
However, Kim Joo-hyuk remembered that he wouldn’t be in the room for long anyway, and after paying attention to the empty room, he immediately sat down on the bed and looked at the letter the man had handed over to him.
A black envelope that looks quite luxurious.
Kim Joo-hyuk looked at it for a moment and soon began to tear the letter, then unfolded the letter inside and began to read the contents inside.
How long has it been like that?
[…] … This is very strange content.]
While reading the letter, Kim Joo-hyuk responded to the voice of Barce, who spoke for the first time in a long time.
“Aren’t you dead?”
[Didn’t I tell you this last time? I’m not doing it because I have nothing else to say. Besides, I’ve been thinking about a little bit lately.]
“Are you a tiger or something?”
[There are some of those and others, but… … That story hasn’t been resolved yet, so I’ll tell you later. Rather, do you really understand the contents of this letter?]
“What is this letter about?”
[okay.]
“of course.”
Hearing Kim Joo-hyuk’s words, Barce looked at the contents of the letter that Kim Joo-hyuk was reading with a strange expression.
But soon Barce couldn’t help but frown.
That’s because what was written on the letter that Kim Joo-hyuk was currently reading was not any font, but an extremely complex-looking hieroglyph that seemed absolutely indecipherable.
[How do you read this?]
“I know how to read.”
[…] … Do you know how to read these strange characters?]
Barce’s question.
Kim Joo-hyuk did not reply and continued to read the letter.
Eat.
He soon answered with a smile.
“Oh, of course I have no choice but to know.”
[Why?]
“I created this text.”
[…] … what?]
“I made this text.”
Kim Joo-hyuk’s words.
Barce had a question mark on his head without realizing it, but then asked back with a strange expression.
[…] … You created this text?]
“okay.”
In response, Barce opened his mouth without realizing it and immediately spoke.
[So, the fact that this letter arrived… … ]
“The only person who knows this letter is my disciple, so the person who sent this letter is my disciple.”
After Kim Joo-hyuk answered that way, he smiled as he looked at the letter written in complex hieroglyphs.
“Anyway, I think we should go to the market.”
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