Ch 74
Episode 73 – One-day dog tigers don’t know how scary they are.
“Now, are we on equal footing?”
Seongmin Han slowly clasped his arms behind his head.
“is that so.”
Jaejoo Kim changed his posture to be comfortable, but he was still expressionless.
Seongmin Han clicked his tongue inwardly.
‘It’s difficult.’
Now the two are at the center of the poker board.
It was a battle to compete for the hand of information and who was the better hand.
Han Seong-min knew that his opponent had a good hand, but he didn’t know what it was.
Han Seong-min, who is no one else.
At first, Seongmin Han thought that Jaejoo Kim would be one of the unusual users.
Surprisingly, such idiots were common in the tower, and the fact that they are common means that they are commonplace.
That’s why it was heartbreaking.
But now it felt different.
Because no user showed an indifferent attitude on the 17th floor as if they had entered their own house.
I could feel the boredom that was evident because I knew everything.
Seongmin Han never imagined that he would feel a sense of crisis at the word ‘information’.
‘So is it fun? Not the user….’
Realizing that he was thinking too deeply, he narrowed his brow.
When you think deeply, you fall into the poison of guesswork.
For now, we need to focus on the visible facts.
Han Seong-min decided to shoot the jab first.
“Let me tell you about the 18th and 19th floors.”
“it’s okay.”
“You’ve never been there, so you have an attitude that you don’t have to worry.”
“yes.”
“················ogue.”
I poked it, but my mind was more complicated.
‘I haven’t been there, but is there any information? Wasn’t it a lie that I belonged to Hippocrit?’
“How much do you know about the tower?”
Sungmin Han asked again.
If spinning around doesn’t work, simply ask.
“Until Seongmin Han is satisfied.”
The answer returned was ambiguous.
It was enough to touch Han Seong-min’s nerves.
“It’s fun.”
The debate continued for a long time.
But no answer came.
On the contrary, only the doubts about Kim Jae-joo grew.
“I lost.”
Seongmin Han cleverly raised both hands.
He said it jokingly, but the truth was mixed.
Because if I went on like this, I felt like I was going to explode due to the accumulation of irritation and unknown discomfort.
“What do you want? Let me help you.”
Han Seong-min clings to the sofa like a dog sagging in the sun.
“I want you to make me a non-existent person by the 20th floor.”
“Do you want me to erase the rumors?”
“Isn’t it?”
“I can’t. It has already spread. How do you erase the fact that it even reached Hippocrit’s ear?”
“okay.”
As Kim Jae-joo tried to get up from his seat without any regrets, Han Seong-min grinned.
“I was told not to just delete it. It is possible to lighten the presence.”
Jaejoo Kim sat down again and looked at Sungmin Han.
“Is it rude to ask how?”
“Transactions must start with trust. Let me tell you, it’s not even a trade secret. Rumors are covered by rumors. If you mix the really big rumors circulating these days with the nonsense rumors related to Kim Jae-joo, you will quickly lose interest. That would be enough time to get to the 20th floor, wouldn’t it?”
“Enough.”
The transaction was successful.
So far, though, Han Seong-min was in a position to unilaterally take a loss.
Of course, for Han Seong-min to step down from the position of the clan leader like this, it would hurt his pride.
“Now, since I made the concession first, may I ask a little more? On the condition that you never lie.”
“good.”
Jaejoo Kim didn’t care.
After all, you will have to give and receive help from him often in the future.
“This is information that I did not understand properly. Is it real?”
“It seems that the subject is missing.”
“They said he was wearing a fur coat on the 15th floor, but he said the clothes made a noise.”
“················ogue.”
Jaejoo Kim thought about it for a while, but knew that hiding would make each other tired, so he opened the backpack he had left on the sofa.
“Laha, Cordin, Verin.”
Han Seong-min, who tilted his head at Kim Jae-joo’s unknown words, stiffened as it was.
Because something was sticking out of his backpack.
It looked around for a moment, which looked like a ball of white cotton, and then jumped onto the sofa.
“Popoi!”
Cordin and Berin used the sofa as a springboard and immediately landed on Kim Jae-joo’s legs.
“Laha?”
“Popoi?”
Codin blinked, then quickly understood what he meant, and jumped back into his backpack. Cordin’s hair grew long, and then he pulled something up as if fishing.
She fell asleep with her eyes closed.
“Popoi…….”
He murmured as if he was sleeping, but when Codin threw it on the sofa, he immediately opened his eyes.
“Popoi!”
Then, seeing Jaejoo Kim, he made a welcome sound and jumped up to his shoulder and started licking his cheek.
“················ogue.”
Han Seong-min opened his mouth at the unusual sight.
“It’s amazing. The small size, and the vigilant attitude.”
The popoes who looked at Han Sung-min for a moment at the first voice they heard.
“Popoi!”
Kim Jae-joo jumped over his head.
His large eyes narrowed as if his nerves had been sharpened.
“You seem afraid of me.”
“You must have run wild on the 8th floor.”
“They looked at me as something, and they just played around with stones and magic stones. There is nothing you can do to live.”
“Popoi are sensitive to the death of their own people.”
Seongmin Han shrugged.
No matter how cute the Popois were, it was not worth exchanging their lives for.
For nothing, Han Seong-min turned to the awkward atmosphere thanks to the popoes.
“What were you doing before coming to the tower?”
“…Is it important?”
“Now.”
Jaejoo Kim honestly talked about his past.
From growing up as an orphan to working at a supermarket.
It was something the viewers were also curious about, so I couldn’t say it roughly.
“You really came here simply to eat well and live well?”
Han Seong-min stared at Kim Jae-joo with an expression of being beaten by something.
“yes. Is there any problem?”
“I was some kind of psychopath, and I thought I had committed a crime and escaped to the tower, but it was so ordinary…”
“················ogue.”
“sorry. Excuse me.”
Han Seong-min smiled brightly and straightened his posture.
Kim Jae-joo’s expressionless expression made it impossible to even tell whether he was in a bad mood or not, so it was because he had noticed.
When Seong-min Han looked carefully, Jae-joo Kim sighed and opened her mouth.
“It was definitely there when I came in. Because the environment I grew up in was difficult even to make a living. It’s a little different now. If other people see the tower as a game, you can understand that I am feeling the game as if it were real.”
“Are you over-immersed?”
“It doesn’t matter how you look at it.”
“haha. It can be. It’s because I came in after just messing around with stocks outside.”
“Did you come here because you were bored?”
Han Sung-min’s expression hardened.
I thought it was just one bite, but I felt like my stomach was being dug up in an instant.
“Where’s the crazy guy who comes in because he’s bored with the tower?”
“I don’t know. Because there are a lot of people.”
“He’s a really fun guy.”
Only then did Han Seong-min realize the identity of the unknown discomfort.
Jaejoo Kim was treating him as if he knew him really well.
Even Seongmin Han himself doesn’t know him.
“I will help you with all my heart. Instead, you should be prepared if the rewards you get back are poor.”
“Anyway. Then we will go.”
Jaejoo Kim politely bowed his head and got up from his seat.
“Laha, Cordin, Verin.”
“Popoi!”
Kim Jae-joo watched the popoes go into their backpacks, and glanced at Han Seong-min.
‘I must have gotten some fever.’
One corner of Han Sung-min’s lips was strangely twisted.
It was the expression that came out when something didn’t go as expected.
Kim Jae-joo was relieved only when he saw that expression.
Han Seong-min shows his best ability when he makes such an expression.
‘Originally, I did not intend to do this.’
I came out of the 17th floor and changed my mind.
Because the appointment was changed without notice.
The reason was reasonable, but the fact that they decided to send the clan members away and didn’t say anything about the changed situation means that it could happen later.
‘The warning must be clear.’
I mean, I’m not the kind of person who will play with you or treat you roughly.
Jaejoo Kim smiled as he shook hands with Seongmin Han.
Seongmin Han asked with strength in his hand.
“What are you going to do now?”
“I have to go right away. to the 18th floor.”
70th floor.
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Hippocratic Clan House.
No, now a building that can be called a house, a building that looks like it will hit the sky is located in the center of the city.
The top floor of the building boasting no resistance to long-distance interception magic and destructive power such as the knights’ siege.
There was a man who looked down at the mass of land that was constantly turning for pioneering.
He was a man with a cold impression and a suit suitable for a luxurious interior.
“Clan Chief.”
Han Jin-soo opened the door and entered cautiously.
The clan chief still looked down through the open glass, but did not even look at Han Jin-soo, who came in.
“I heard it. Things went wrong.”
“yes. There was an attack. After all, only factories that produce magic metals are attacked and attacked.”
Unlike her attitude toward Kang So-ah, Han Jin-soo spoke in a very cautious voice.
“it’s okay. There were one or two places we hated. What is your identity?”
“I didn’t feel like I belonged to a clan. Everyone shook their heads even when they collated the montage.”
“Are you saying you didn’t even catch it?”
“······yes. There are no traces of it, as he did not chant and only moved pure magic.”
“You look at this side, are you saying that the raid was necessary? He shows off his face proudly, so he is a strong self-conscious person.”
The clan chief backed up.
I was worried about the crack of the dam, but it is a situation in which a bomb is dropped and exploded.
“The front and back don’t match.”
Han Jin-soo quietly shut her mouth.
Interfering in this case will not result in good results.
Either for yourself or the clan leader.
After such a long time, the silence was broken.
“How about Kang So-ah?”
“Due to the reconstruction of the factory, we have brought in all the personnel who were under surveillance and are taking a break. The wound got worse during the confrontation with the attacked person.”
“······okay?”
The clan chief asked in a strangely low voice.
“yes. It’s been a while, but I’m sure I saw it with my own two eyes. In particular, the fight in the 2nd factory area was intense and most of it was destroyed.”
“I should go to the hospital.”
“yes?”
Han Jin-soo was embarrassed for the first time.
He was the clan leader who did not blink an eye even if someone died.
“If a valuable clan member is injured, we should visit him.”
“···yes. I will prepare.”
Jaejoo Kim headed to the hotel where he was staying with comfortable steps.
Things turned out to be easier than expected.
It felt as if someone was secretly helping Kim Jae-joo.
‘It can’t be.’
I took a deep breath to clear my mind.
– What is he? i’m not fit
-I agree
– Jaejoo Kim does it on his own, but why are you like that haha
-I’m more concerned about our hard work with our talents than that.
– Heuk, I don’t even know that, and I’m making fun of Kim Pagoni and Kim Jae-joo. i’m stupid
-That’s all right; especially the last.
-Look at the dill being put in.
– Jaejoo, this hyung looks only at you from now on. do you understand
– Do you think you’re the only one following me?
“······thank you.”
After arriving at the dormitory, Jaejoo Kim did a simple inspection.
I had to organize the 16th and 17th floors as well.
The 18th floor was a cooperative ordeal, so if it is solved easily, it will be over quickly.
– Now what?
– As I said, right on the 18th floor?
“yes. You have to prepare.”
Rotonto’s items taken out of the backpack were now taking shape.
The coat seemed to return to its original shape after a while, and the rest of the gloves, wrist guards, and boots were half regenerated.
‘The tunic is the problem.’
The newly acquired tunic was also difficult to write on its own performance, but it was not known how it would work as a set effect.
After the other items were restored, it took time to adapt.
-On the 18th floor, only one person needs to do well, so I think I will carry my talents?
– Like a group assignment?
-I feel that way
– Because it’s a group assignment, it reminds me of my uncle when I was in college.
-why? were you a troll?
-NB: You entered the school late, but you came after working for a marketing company for a year, so you completed the PPT and presentation by yourself. Instead of splitting it up for nothing, I’m frustrated that I won’t be able to watch it. As a Photoshop craftsman, the level was different; Thanks to you, I got all A+s haha
– Wow, what a bitch; age
– There are quite a few people like that.
– She’s like my girlfriend.
-Everyone meets once, but I have never met or seen one. damn
-LOL
– I’m sorry;
-You’re talented, check your rewards quickly, Gazua!
“yes. I will check right away.”
The reward on the 16th floor was mediocre.
1500 coin pouch, rare grade phantom, and even fireball skill book.
Compared to the 15th floor, it was slightly better.
‘It must be difficult to have high expectations.’
So when I pressed the 17th floor compensation alarm window.
kuung.
The silver box fell with a heavy sound.
It’s less than a fancy treasure chest, but it’s a metamorphosis level compared to the 16th floor reward paper box.
“Popoi!”
Surprised by the sound, the popoi jumped up.
– Belt?
– What is it?
-Is this to say that Jaejoo Kim did a good job?
– Manager! Are you watching? are you here Come out!
-???: Gatchman…
-damn;
‘what?’
Obviously, on the 17th floor, there was a side where Jaejoo Kim excelled, and the rewards are good compared to other floors.
However, it was the first time a silver treasure chest had fallen.
Jaejoo Kim carefully opened the box with questionable eyes.
– Why is this here?