Chapter 20

Chapter 20

Exchanging names

Looking around the black market, it seems there really is everything.

There are also items wondering if that is really useful, and items sexual to the degree of being startled.

And there were various potions, magic tools, even martial arts books.

The price wasn't that expensive either. There were tons of items wondering if giving that item at that price there would be anything left.

Of course since Seo I-hyeon doesn't need them he just looked around as if passing and passed.

Not even thinking of asking and just passing, the middle-aged man following couldn't help but be puzzled.

"Hyung-ssi, what on earth are you looking for? Are you looking for something? It seems you're just passing without even examining?"

Seo I-hyeon didn't answer and just walked to the end of the village.

Only after arriving at the end like that did he turn around again and slowly go back.

"That potion, is it usable?"

Transparent bottles containing red liquid were placed in a row on the display case.

Just looking isn't it a treatment potion.

At Seo I-hyeon's question the middle-aged man answered killing his voice.

"It's a 50 coin potion. The performance is poor and the pain when using is also considerable. When there's no money and a big wound occurs one has no choice but to use it, but I don't recommend."

That seems to be the potion those guys who attacked then mentioned.

Those guys also seem to obtain potions at the black market.

"That potion, can't it be obtained elsewhere besides the black market?"

The middle-aged man looked at Seo I-hyeon who asked such a question with peculiar eyes.

"Certainly a newbie is a newbie. This you don't know too much? How did a person who doesn't know like this find the black market?"

Seo I-hyeon answered as if nothing.

"Is that strange?"

"Rather than strange it's a bit peculiar. Because extremely rare. No, honestly I am the first. I haven't even heard of it."

Why is this peculiar? Seo I-hyeon couldn't understand.

The middle-aged man who read that expression said.

"Usually they find Obsidian first. And if there's an item to obtain they first find the cartel, that is GE cartel. The black market is the last to set foot in. Why? Because dangerous."

Cartel is another what? Seo I-hyeon as things he has to know increase more and more a sigh came out.

Really there is no easy thing in the world.

The middle-aged man's eyes widened.

"Hyung-ssi, don't tell me you don't know the cartel either? Ha, so that's why you found here. This is really strange? How on earth did you enter this field? It seems there's no one guiding either. This is exactly the grimoire route?"

"Grimoire?"

The grimoire Seo I-hyeon thinks is a book recording magic. In fact he has heard of magic books but grimoire is the first.

"You don't know grimoire either?"

"Well, is it something like a magic book?"

"Fuck, it's not the grimoire route either? Well, if so there's no way I wouldn't have known. Wow, this really seems to have just entered? It's a really rare case."

Seo I-hyeon closed his mouth. Because he seemed to roughly know the situation going around.

Probably usually it's a style of someone drawing into this field. They wouldn't draw just anyone and would go through verification several times.

But since Seo I-hyeon doesn't seem like that it seems that kind of reaction.

But this is a bit unfair. Strictly speaking Seo I-hyeon also entered this field through someone's introduction.

If not Jeong Sang-cheol would it have become like this?

'Um. It's not Jeong Sang-cheol's fault. Even if not he would have gotten involved in some way.'

The middle-aged man looked at Seo I-hyeon smiling kkilkkil.

"You said you don't know what a grimoire is, right? It's a book where just by possessing one can use the power recorded in the grimoire. Rather than a book it's closer to a medium of power. Usually it allows using various magics."

Seo I-hyeon's eyes widened.

'What? Just by obtaining it makes one a mage? Such an unreasonable thing exists? Fuck, then what am I who learned magic with my body while suffering that much?'

The middle-aged man waved his hand.

"Stop. Grimoire, is really dangerous. If wrong one can be eaten. No, usually one is eaten. People who properly use grimoires can be regarded as almost none even combining the whole world."

The middle-aged man seeing Seo I-hyeon's expression giggled again.

"What's so unfair? If someone sees they'll think you learned magic by studying all night or something."

Seo I-hyeon flinched and looked at the middle-aged man. How did he know? Of course just looking at the middle-aged man's expression and tone it was clear he doesn't think at all that Seo I-hyeon learned magic.

"Originally the world is unfair. Just accept it as is."

That's right, but still being unfair can't be helped.

"Anyway don't do this here and use Obsidian or the cartel. The price is just a bit expensive but much better than here. Especially if a beginner even more so."

The middle-aged man glanced around all directions and continued.

"Here is full of pure scammers."

"You mean all are scammers? Then it wouldn't be maintained."

"No. They only scam those they can scam. And there are also some who don't scam."

Seo I-hyeon frowned. So isn't it saying that he is exactly that guy who will be scammed, no, the guy who will get scammed.

"In the black market don't trust anyone. Well, you can trust me a bit. Because the career is long and I don't scam well. Especially to hyung-ssi I absolutely won't scam so you can trust."

Originally people who say one can trust must absolutely not be trusted. But Seo I-hyeon couldn't deny that the trust degree toward this middle-aged man rose a bit compared to when first meeting.

'Is it a method?'

It might be a method of sticking and showing intimacy and giving help while building trust and melting vigilance.

"So, what exactly do you want?"

Seo I-hyeon thought for a moment then decided. This level he can tell.

"I am trying to cash the coins."

The middle-aged man frowned.

"That kind of thing would be much better using Obsidian or the cartel?"

"Because I don't know what kind of guys they are."

"No, frankly speaking the black market is more suspicious. Here there are tons of guys who openly scam."

The middle-aged man thought for a moment then continued.

"It seems the amount is a bit. Or coins that are a bit troublesome if revealed."

Coins leave records in all processes of transferring. So the moment Seo I-hyeon transfers coins somewhere, the guys who had coins taken can know that right away.

"Then even more one has to use Obsidian or the cartel. Well, the black market isn't completely without usable corners either."

The middle-aged man looked at Seo I-hyeon and asked.

"So how are you going to receive the cash? Don't tell me you're trying to receive directly into your own account?"

Seo I-hyeon blankly looked at the middle-aged man. Is that not okay?

"You have to make a disguised account. Not to the degree of making in a tax haven, but still if a large amount of money enters hyung-ssi's account wouldn't it become a problem?"

Since he hadn't thought up to there Seo I-hyeon had no choice but to flinch.

"Ha, this really can't be left alone."

The middle-aged man gestured with his chin.

"Follow. Fortunately, I know one guy who won't scam."

Seo I-hyeon followed the middle-aged man. While doing so he thought. It seems he has to steel his heart. If even a little suspicious he will overturn the board.

The middle-aged man entered an alley. Walking the dark alley a bit a house where faint light was leaking out appeared. He entered inside without hesitation.

"Hey, I came."

Seo I-hyeon carefully examined the surroundings. And using the shadow eye also confirmed whether there were other people nearby.

There was no one. Except one person in the house.

The person in the house was a middle-aged woman who looked similar age to the middle-aged man.

The woman as soon as she saw the middle-aged man frowned first.

"Get lost."

"I'm glad to see you too."

"I said get lost."

"Yeah. I love you too."

The woman exhaled a sigh long to the point of wondering if a sigh can be this long.

That was clearly a breath to suppress anger.

Seo I-hyeon instinctively tensed.

'Ah, fuck. PTSD is coming.'

So he decided to just stay still. Certainly to properly adapt it's still far. Just seeing a somewhat aged woman sighing and this appearance.

Still thinking of it as adaptation training it got a bit better. Yeah, one has to get used to it. One can't be like this forever.

Still he couldn't avoid the whole body aching. It's not actual pain but the memory of pain created by experience stimulating the body.

The better thing is, the point that the woman isn't that pretty.

Probably if she looked young, and if pretty it would have been much worse.

Well, that doesn't mean he's scared. It's just a natural reaction of body and memory.

The middle-aged man looked at Seo I-hyeon and introduced the woman.

"This side is my ex-girlfriend. She is operating a laundry."

And looking at the woman said.

"I brought a customer. Identity and account are also needed."

The woman as if letting the middle-aged man's words flow didn't even look that way and only stared at Seo I-hyeon. As if trying to dig out something, an extremely sharp gaze.

The middle-aged man grinned and said to Seo I-hyeon.

"Divide the coins into three. Decide the ratio on your own, among them one here, the remaining two each entrust to Obsidian and the cartel."

Seo I-hyeon nodded. Certainly it was an okay thought. Since it's dispersing the risk.

"Don't make all identities here either, make one each at three places."

Today he learns a lot. Whatever the middle-aged man's purpose, anyway until now he is a truly thankful person.

The woman was still staring at Seo I-hyeon. Then she exhaled a deep sigh.

"Haa. Young people are hard to obtain."

The woman continued speaking without taking her eyes off Seo I-hyeon's face.

"If forcing a bit it seems up to thirty-four can be tried somehow. Downward twenty or nineteen also looks okay. Tsk. First let's take a photo."

Probably she is trying to make an ID with Seo I-hyeon's face. Seo I-hyeon shook his head.

"Just any face is fine. Age also doesn't matter."

At those words the two people's expressions became slightly peculiar.

"Doesn't matter?"

When Seo I-hyeon nodded, the woman grinned.

"Well, then for me it's good. This time I'll clear one bad inventory. A forty-five year old man is okay?"

"It's fine."

"Good."

The woman walked to the inner wall. A large cabinet with dozens of drawers was tightly filling the wall. It was furniture that would be used in an oriental medicine clinic.

She opened one of the drawers then took out something from inside. It was a resident registration card.

Seo I-hyeon received and confirmed, it was really a forty-five year old man. Even with a photo embedded. Coincidentally this man was also Seo. Seo Chang-hun.

"It's a person who died while homeless. Confirmed there are no relatives. This is account information. Change the password on your own. If postponing and an accident happens later I don't take responsibility. And problems arising because the face is different is also your responsibility. I clearly said so keep it in mind."

As soon as Seo I-hyeon received the account information he installed the bank app using the burner phone and accessed and changed the password right away.

This kind of thing must not be postponed.

"So, how many coins are you going to sell?"

Seo I-hyeon confirmed how many coins he currently has. First excluding the one thousand transferred to the Ether Pay side it was 17300.

After worrying how many to change he said.

"7 thousand."

The middle-aged man looked at Seo I-hyeon with slightly surprised eyes. Because it was more than thought. He had regarded at most one thousand or two thousand, if few it could be hundreds.

Even more surprising that that is one of the three divided. Since he doesn't know how the ratio was done he can't know the total number.

On the other hand the woman whether having no particular feeling only slightly nodded and took out one crude laptop from under the desk.

It wasn't an old laptop, and seemed specially made.

"First the coins. Send this way. The fee is 2 thousand."

2 thousand? The fee? Changing 700 million the fee is 200 million? What percent is this at all? Isn't it close to 30?

"Originally 30 percent but I just cut the back to make calculation convenient. Rather I am at a loss. And the ID price is one thousand."

Suddenly the mind becomes blank. Then deducting 3 thousand? Almost half disappears. If this isn't magic what is magic.

But there was no choice.

Seo I-hyeon took out the phone and sent 7 thousand to the address.

The woman sent the value of E coins corresponding to exactly 4 thousand to the account.

It wasn't a simple account transfer. There were several complex processes in the middle across several stages.

While confirming the money that entered the account, the middle-aged man said.

"Thinking of taxes and such it was rather eaten cheaply. And if thinking Obsidian or the cartel will be cheap it's a miscalculation. Those guys are more. Probably 1500 more would have been deducted there?"

Isn't that a robber without a knife? The black market being the cheapest, it's a bit strange.

"Still one can receive money safely and use it."

That's the most important. For Seo I-hyeon there is still no money, but for Seo Chang-hun over 400 million money arose.

"You'll also make identities on the Obsidian and cartel side, right?"

At the middle-aged man's question Seo I-hyeon nodded. Of course he has to. Money will be dispersed, but money if earning again is enough.

Well, still in the middle of conceiving, but there is an okay method where he doesn't need to rob other guys' coins.

"Shall I help with that too?"

At the middle-aged man's words Seo I-hyeon thought briefly. Receiving help is good. But is it okay?

At that time the middle-aged man struck in.

"Shall we gradually exchange names?"

Seo I-hyeon flinched. Does he have to say his real name? No, is exchanging names necessary?

"I am Lee Yeong-su. Of course it's an alias. However in this field they know me as Lee Yeong-su. Over there my ex-girlfriend is Sun-ja. Also an alias."

It seems being active with aliases here is the standard.

Seo I-hyeon also lightly gave an alias.

"Ian... ah, I don't like this."

Reflexively the name Ian came out. It's the name he used in the other world.

"Why, it's good. Ian. Not bad. Convenient to use abroad too. Surname is Lee and name is An?"

Seo I-hyeon frowned and nodded.

"Let's do that."

"Alright, then since we exchanged names like this let's gradually move to the main point. Do you have thoughts of contracting with me by any chance?"

Seo I-hyeon looked at Lee Yeong-su with cold eyes.

Lee Yeong-su unlike until now had a considerably serious expression.

"Those words now, you have to explain properly."

At Seo I-hyeon's quiet words the atmosphere rapidly sank. The air became chilly. Not a feeling but the temperature actually dropped.

The middle-aged man, Lee Yeong-su looking at such Seo I-hyeon swallowed dryly.

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