Chapter 21 · 12 min

Chapter 21

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Lee Yeong-su raised both hands as if surrendering and said.

"It's literally. I, am a broker. You've heard, right? Don't tell me you don't know brokers either?"

"I know."

"Occasionally if finding a person whose intuition comes I approach like today and give information and give help and give favor while contracting is the work. Saying this with my own mouth is a bit, but I am a person with fairly good faith, and also ability."

"Why of all people me?"

"I said, right. Intuition came. Ha, honestly I also don't understand a bit now. Did I mention? I am also half but an ability user."

"Ability user?"

Seo I-hyeon looked at Lee Yeong-su with slightly surprised eyes. He didn't know he would be an ability user.

"I can read the opponent's power. With that I can distinguish whether an ability user or not."

Lee Yeong-su said that and scratched the back of his head hard.

"So I also don't understand. The people I approach are novices who just became ability users. But sticking this much to a person who is not any ability user is the first time."

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

Certainly an ability user. Probably photographing himself wasn't ability but sense, but then that means that sense is excellent to a level almost close to an ability user, right.

"If contracting with me bothersome things I'll cleanly resolve all. From identity problems to accounts, laundering. And I'll also bring requests. You know, right? That even rolling in the community it's hard to receive proper requests."

That he knows really well from experiencing.

Appetite is tempted. Seo I-hyeon couldn't deny that the actions Lee Yeong-su did today are having considerable influence on his decision.

If not that he wouldn't have even done this kind of worry.

"That ability, it's not magic, what kind is it?"

"Aha. You're curious about my ability? This is a superpower. Commonly called esper, right? I am exactly that esper."

Now esper even came out. Really the feeling of receiving a comprehensive gift set.

Seo I-hyeon nodded.

"Let's do it. Contract."

Lee Yeong-su brightened.

"Oh! You thought well. Alright, first let's go out from here. Sacred things like contracts should be done in a space with only the two."

When Seo I-hyeon slightly glanced at the woman called Sun-ja, she also seemed to accept that as natural.

Well, not current girlfriend but ex-girlfriend so she wouldn't feel disappointed over this kind of thing.

The two people went outside.

Lee Yeong-su took Seo I-hyeon to a darker place further inside the alley.

At the end of that there was one small house.

Lee Yeong-su boldly entered inside and turned on the light.

It's amazing that electricity comes in here. It would be a village abandoned for quite a while.

"The electricity here is separately supplied by the black market. Usable only while open. This house is one I rented at the black market."

Freshly the thought that Lee Yeong-su is not an ordinary person arose.

"Contract or whatever, I have no thought of writing that kind of thing. We are all verbal contracts. It's a relationship made of trust. Well, if wanting a contract I can also write it."

"You contract without even a contract?"

"I said, right. Trust. And in this field would there be meaning in a contract? Unless a contract with special power dwelling."

That's true.

"Alright, regarding the contract as done, now let's also make identities and accounts on the Obsidian and cartel side. I said, right? That side is a bit more expensive. But if using connections it's not necessarily so."

Lee Yeong-su grinned and continued.

"On the Obsidian and cartel side I also have one ex-girlfriend each? Through them I can do it a bit cheaper."

Seo I-hyeon looked at Lee Yeong-su with speechless eyes. How many ex-girlfriends are there at all? Even maintaining good relationships still?

The person called Sun-ja earlier although words were rough the eyes held fairly affection.

"And identities one has to meet directly to make. So today enjoy the black market and tomorrow let's move together. Okay?"

Seo I-hyeon just nodded.

The thought that contracting already was good arises.

Lee Yeong-su lastly said as if admonishing.

"And if entered this field, don't trust anyone. Don't trust me either. I base on trust, but still don't trust. I also hyung-ssi, was it Ian? Anyway I don't trust. So besides me contract two more brokers."

Seo I-hyeon looked at Lee Yeong-su with curious eyes. Saying like that rather trust rises more.

"Alright, then let's go look around the black market. If there's something needed say. I'll help so you don't get ripped off."

Seo I-hyeon nodded and went out to the center path again with Lee Yeong-su.

Now it's the turn to execute the second purpose of coming here, disposing of acquired items.

* * *

Seo I-hyeon was really greatly satisfied. To the degree the thought that contracting was good arose several times.

Why did he worry foolishly until now? It's this good.

As expected the broker was the answer.

Of course Seo I-hyeon knows well that he is a lucky case. Probably not all brokers are like Lee Yeong-su.

Anyway he disposed of the items to dispose at a good price. Thousands of coins additionally arose.

To the degree of putting 7 thousand coins each into Obsidian and the cartel.

Of course in the account not 700 million but between 300 and 400 million will be stuck.

Obtaining a satisfactory result he left the black market. When returning there was no need to take the train. Because Lee Yeong-su brought a car.

Comfortably riding a car driven by someone else he met Lee Yeong-su's ex-girlfriend Yeong-suk working at Obsidian and made identity and account and cashed the coins.

And moved comfortably again and met Lee Yeong-su's ex-girlfriend Ok-sun said to be working at the cartel and repeated the same work.

Like that three new identities and three new accounts arose for Seo I-hyeon.

As a bonus more coin wallets than that also arose.

Managing all this also won't be easy.

The newly made identities are Shin Yong-un and Kim Gyeol. Both men and Shin Yong-un is 42 years old, Kim Gyeol is 33 years old. Shin Yong-un is the Obsidian side, Kim Gyeol is the cartel side.

He also went home comfortably.

Although still living in the goshiwon, because he didn't want to inform the location to Lee Yeong-su he got off far away.

Still compared to taking the train, taking public transportation, and running it was really too comfortably done.

Lee Yeong-su decided to find a decent request soon and contact.

Probably it won't be a great request. That side also has to test a few times.

Anyway like that the long long journey to the black market ended.

Returning he lay on the bed and slept soundly while drawing blood.

From now on he decided to gather blood as much as possible. This can't be helped. To earn money easily more.

A faint smile formed on the sleeping Seo I-hyeon's face.

* * *

Seo I-hyeon left the goshiwon early in the morning.

Now there is no need to live here anymore. Since money also became ample he should find a better environment.

Of course with the money currently possessed he can't buy a house. If somewhere in the provinces maybe but here is Seoul.

Seoul house prices are famous, right.

Just as long as it's a bit wider space it's fine. There won't be such an occasion, but just in case later when there is an occasion to increase subordinates, there should be space to place materials, right.

Seo I-hyeon solidly ate breakfast at a gukbap restaurant near the goshiwon.

And moved his steps to look for a house.

"Wait a moment, the account with the most cash now is..."

The money in the account made at the black market is the most. Because a bit over 400 million.

Then he should use this.

Seo I-hyeon entered an alley with no people and put his feet into the shadow. Just shadow draping on the face is enough.

From the shadow draped on Seo I-hyeon's face blood water flowed out and thinly covered the face.

"Mask. Form fixation. Adhesion. Block."

Along with the spell Seo I-hyeon's face changed into the appearance of a 40s man.

Exactly the face of Seo Chang-hun, the identity Seo I-hyeon made at the black market.

In fact before leaving the house he practiced several times. Not only Seo Chang-hun but also practiced Shin Yong-un and Kim Gyeol's faces.

Making this face in one go is a really difficult thing.

Looking at the ID and making the face and confirming with a mirror and taking a selfie and contrasting with the photo in the ID he repeated and caught the form.

No sense of incongruity was the most important.

Anyway the face completed like that is this current face.

"The place is... yeah. If Seoul it's Gangnam."

Seo I-hyeon took the subway and headed to Gangnam.

Seo I-hyeon who arrived on the Gangnam side first wandered that vicinity aimlessly.

Just entering any real estate office and finding out is the fastest, but Seo I-hyeon wanted to confirm with his own eyes first where would be good.

In fact until now he had only run without leisure. Even without doing much, earning money with day labor and adapting there was really no room to look beside.

So this time incidentally he is doing this to also look around the surroundings and revive some old memories.

Only after wandering sufficiently to satisfaction like that did he start earnestly looking for a house.

But, the house price wasn't that expensive as Seo I-hyeon expected.

He had heard somewhere that a suitable house in Gangnam is tens of billions, but the officetel of the size Seo I-hyeon wants was about hundreds of millions.

Looking into more, the ones tens of billions are apartments, and officetels are not like that.

"Well, it turned out well."

Even so he couldn't think of buying. For buying money was lacking. If bundling accounts into one or inserting a loan it's fine, but that he somehow disliked.

So in the end he decided to enter with monthly rent.

Later moving is also convenient and he doesn't know what will happen.

After seeing several houses the conclusion he reached was.

"Ha, dirty expensive."

Seo I-hyeon grumbled while eating donkatsu for lunch.

Looking here and there, his eyes gradually rose.

Rather than narrow and dark places wide and bright places would be better, right. And he also has to take care of the view a bit. Moreover to comfortably summon Black the floor height also has to be high.

After seeing such good places, the ones below didn't even enter his eyes.

But the place to Seo I-hyeon's liking one has to pay millions of won in monthly rent. Still it doesn't go up to 10 million. That doesn't mean the deposit is cheap, absolutely not. The deposit one has to burn 100 million or 200 million.

"Well, thinking of the money I'll earn from now on it's nothing."

Seo I-hyeon ended the worry while eating lunch and immediately ran and did the contract first.

Of course the contractor name was Seo Chang-hun.

Since it was an empty room moving in today was possible. He deliberately chose such a place.

Seo I-hyeon standing in the middle of the wide officetel and looking around the room nodded with a satisfied smile.

At this level it's enough. Wide is also good, but the living room being very wide was also to his liking.

It was an officetel consisting of one bedroom and one dressing room, and living room, and the living room connected to the kitchen was very wide.

The living room he will leave completely empty. Because he has to do work here.

Seo I-hyeon approached the window.

The complex and wide Gangnam roads were looked down at a glance. A very likable scenery.

"Alright, then shall we start in earnest?"

Just obtaining a house isn't the end. Here is a house a mage, no, a black mage lives.

So he has to decorate the house to suit a black mage, right.

"First shall we try obtaining materials?"

Seo I-hyeon hummed a tune and held the smartphone. Since he used the black market's money now it's the turn to use the cartel and Obsidian's money.

* * *

The external manpower operation team leader's office in the Etherix building.

Team leader Park Gyeong-ho was sitting facing the guest who visited.

The guest who visited today was one of the cards Park Gyeong-ho had been cherishing until now.

Not usable carelessly, but once used a certain card.

"Team leader's face has aged a lot."

At the guest, fortune-teller Ye Ju-hwan's words Park Gyeong-ho made a bitter smile.

"These days there are many headache-inducing matters so it is. Still since teacher Ye came like this my heart is solid. Among the matters teacher exerted effort isn't there no matter that doesn't resolve."

Even at Park Gyeong-ho's praising words Ye Ju-hwan didn't even twitch one eyebrow.

"This is the second. Team leader now has one left."

"I know well. By any chance... can I know how many times the other brothers used?"

Ye Ju-hwan was firm.

"I cannot tell."

Since he expected that Park Gyeong-ho nodded. Anyway it wasn't that he asked wanting to hear the answer. Just because he asked every time so if not doing it would seem disappointing it was only a mechanically done question.

"Then since you must be busy I'll tell the business first. I wish to find one person."

Ye Ju-hwan's eyebrow slightly rose to one side. His gaze was as if piercing through Park Gyeong-ho.

He knows how great his ability is. No, he knows how useful it is.

But using such an ability just to find one person?

But such a question he just swallowed inside. Anyway he just has to give three opportunities according to the contract with Park Gyeong-ho's father Park Han-seong and answer the questions.

"Please tell who to find."

"It's the guy who attacked the laboratory a while ago. Thanks to that the research I was proceeding became very difficult. But the whereabouts couldn't be found at all. Surely there seems to be a backer."

"The laboratory attacker and backer. Understood. Please wait a moment."

Ye Ju-hwan said that and took out one silver stick from his bosom. A stick about an adult's finger.

Holding that in his hand he tightly closed his eyes.

The silver stick was an item called an ether stick.

Made by condensing massive ether, and since refined conveniently for Ye Ju-hwan to use others can't use even if wanting.

It was an expensive item of 10 thousand coins each. But since the more used the held ether is consumed one has to continuously spend cost to charge ether.

That charging fee is also not small.

Still Ye Ju-hwan didn't care. The cost going into this matter is all supported by Etherix.

His body was dyed with mystery.

Park Gyeong-ho admired seeing such Ye Ju-hwan. That appearance one can't help but admire every time seeing. As if in an instant rising to an existence several dimensions higher in class than a person.

Now Ye Ju-hwan is looking into something a human cannot look into. Something transcending cognition.

Soon Ye Ju-hwan opened his eyes. He usually has almost no expression. But now it wasn't so. Very clear fluster was revealed in the expression.

"Why is that?"

Park Gyeong-ho carefully asked with puzzled eyes.

Ye Ju-hwan answered without erasing the surprised expression.

"Not visible."