All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 10

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 010

“Let’s wash up first and then go buy some clothes.”

“Clothes? But I don’t have any money…”

“I have a card I received for times like this, so it’s fine. And since Sejin is a few years older than me, would it be okay if I called you hyung?”

“Yes, well… that’s fine.”

“Sejin hyung, please speak comfortably too. Where in the world is there a hyung who speaks formally to his younger brother?”

“Sh-should I?”

As soon as Choi Cheolho’s permission was given, Shin Hyeok successfully established a brotherly relationship with Sejin.

Looking at Sejin who was staring at him with an awkward expression, Shin Hyeok recalled the past.

‘Mr. Bang. This settles our connection from my previous life.’

In the past, when he was a Challenger Player.

Sejin, who had been responsible for his weapons and armor.

No, burying Cheonggyecheon’s Mr. Bang in the past, Shin Hyeok headed to the public bath house with Sejin.

“…So even a third-generation chaebol comes to places like bath houses.”

“I told you I wasn’t even treated as a third-generation chaebol growing up.”

“Ah, that’s right.”

“Let’s take a refreshing bath and scrub off all the grime. We’re going to give those old workplace bosses a big middle finger.”

“That sounds good.”

Looking at Sejin’s innocent appearance as he grinned happily just imagining it, Shin Hyeok parted with Su-a in front of the bath house.

“Should we meet in an hour?”

“An hour is too short! Women need at least 2 hours!”

“…Isn’t that too long?”

“Absolutely not. So let’s meet here in 2 hours.”

“…Alright.”

However, Shin Hyeok couldn’t understand at all what they could possibly be doing in the bath house that would take a minimum of 2 hours.

“Are they having a war inside or something, hyung?”

“W-well? I don’t know much about women either…”

Of course, that didn’t mean Sejin knew either.

In the end, the two men who knew nothing about women could only escape the bath house after taking a bath, scrubbing off all the grime, and then eating a dozen eggs and a bottle of ion drink.

“Ahh, it feels good to come to a bath house after so long.”

“…There seems to be some kind of magic in the women’s bath.”

“I think so too.”

They had clearly been to the same bath house, but Su-a’s skin was smooth and glowing while the men were just clean.

The two men could only nod their heads at this magical phenomenon for a moment.

“Now let’s go shopping, hyung.”

Shin Hyeok gestured as he got into the luxury sedan that had come to pick up the three of them on time.

Soon, Su-a and Sejin got into the sedan one after another, and the driver turned his head to confirm the destination.

“Will you be going to Shinwha Department Store, young master?”

It was a natural question.

Since Shin Hyeok could now clearly be called a child of Shinwha Group, it was natural to go to Shinwha Department Store when buying clothes for Sejin.

However, Shin Hyeok had no intention of taking the obvious path.

“Please take us to Oseng Department Store Gangnam Branch.”

“…Oseng, you said?”

“Yes, Oseng.”

“…Understood.”

Oseng Department Store.

A place that dominated the department store market along with Shinwha Department Store.

Above all, at the mention of going to that rival location, the driver couldn’t hide his displeasure as he stepped on the accelerator.

“Shin Hyeok, what are you thinking? Shouldn’t we go to Shinwha Department Store?”

“Normally we should. But I feel sorry.”

“Sorry about what?”

Su-a, who had been stamping her feet saying they should go to Shinwha Department Store instead of choosing Oseng Department Store, tilted her head at Shin Hyeok’s words.

Going to Oseng Department Store because he felt sorry.

Even washing her ears and listening again, it was an incredibly strange thing to say.

However, Shin Hyeok raised the corner of his mouth crookedly and added his reason.

“I feel sorry for Joo-ho. I heard he got placed in Bronze instead of Silver because of me.”

“Ah… Shin Hyeok, you’re really wicked, aren’t you?”

Lee Jooho.

The eldest son of the Oseng Guild leader and a player who got bloodied after taking the placement test with Shin Hyeok.

Right now, Shin Hyeok was saying he was going to Oseng Department Store because he felt sorry for that Joo-ho.

At this fact, Su-a looked at Shin Hyeok with a disgusted expression.

“While we’re at it, should I buy some equipment for you too, Su-a?”

“But Joo-ho did things to you for 3 years, so this much is self-defense. Mm-hmm!”

Of course, that Su-a fell for Shin Hyeok’s temptation of buying her equipment and became corrupted by capitalism.

The luxury sedan carrying Shin Hyeok, who chuckled at Su-a nodding her head rapidly, smoothly headed toward Gangnam.

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Oseng Department Store, Gangnam Branch.

It was always a place packed with people.

Naturally, when a celebrity appeared in such a place, a huge commotion would ensue.

“It’s Shin-hyeok Choi!”

“Shin-hyeok Choi who got placed in Silver 1 in the placement test?”

“Shin-hyeok Choi who completely destroyed Lee Jooho?”

“But why is he here?”

Shin Hyeok’s appearance was exactly like that.

However, while people were amazed by Shin Hyeok’s appearance, they couldn’t hide their bewilderment.

Shin Hyeok’s family was Shinwha Group.

Naturally, he should go to Shinwha Department Store, so why did he come to Oseng Department Store – that was their question.

And from within the crowd, questions burst out to solve that mystery.

“Mr. Shin-hyeok Choi! Why did you come to Oseng Department Store?”

“That’s right! Is it because Oseng Department Store is better than Shinwha Department Store?”

“Please answer!”

The sight of ordinary people, not even reporters, asking questions as if possessed by reporters was quite extraordinary.

In response, Shin Hyeok placed the trembling Sejin next to Su-a and lightly answered the questions.

“I came because I feel sorry for my friend.”

“Friend?”

“You came because you feel sorry?”

Naturally, just like Su-a had, other people couldn’t immediately understand Shin Hyeok’s words either.

However, at the explanation that followed, people couldn’t hold back their bursting laughter.

“Yes, I think I was too harsh on my friend Joo-ho during the placement test, so I came to help boost Oseng Department Store’s sales.”

“Joo-ho, you mean…”

“Lee Jooho?!”

“Pfft, he trampled on him like that and now he feels sorry so he’s helping the department store’s sales.”

“Is this that ‘giving disease and giving medicine’ thing?”

“Ah, I need to post this on Inbyeol.”

“Lee Jooho is going to be so pissed if he finds out about this?”

He came to boost department store sales for Joo-ho, whom he had personally crushed.

Those words were ridiculous no matter who heard them.

Snickering sounds could be heard from here and there, and some even burst into loud laughter.

“Well then, I need to fill Joo-ho’s wallet, so I’ll be going.”

Having created a fun time for the people like that, Shin Hyeok smoothly disappeared with his group, accompanied by the driver who also served as a bodyguard.

-Shin-hyeok Choi just showed up at Osung Department Store!

-Shin-hyeok Choi said, Lee Jooho is my friend. So I came to boost his sales.

-But the girl next to Shin-hyeok Choi is really pretty….

-Shin-hyeok Choi should pay double taxes and get a special investigation. Seriously.

-What about an autopsy?

-You crazy bastard, why would you autopsy a living person?

The place where Shin Hyeok had disappeared.

There, the words Shin Hyeok had just spoken were rapidly spreading to various SNS platforms including Inbyeol.

Naturally, it was exactly as Shin Hyeok had intended.

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“I’ll take everything from here to here. Give me all the shirts that fit. I’d like to get them tailored, but I don’t have time right now, so I’ll buy ready-made clothes for now.”

“Th, thank you!”

The store manager bowed with a bright face to Shin Hyeok, who had entered a luxury suit store and performed the “everything from here to there” move that only the truly wealthy could do.

It was a natural reaction since they received incentives based on store sales.

Of course, he paid with the Shinhwa card.

“Sh, Shin Hyeok. I don’t need this much. I’ll just wear work clothes when I pick up the hammer again anyway, so why do I need these suits.”

“Is that so? Then you can just swing the hammer while wearing a suit.”

“Why would I do something so inconvenient and wasteful….”

“Wouldn’t that piss off the bosses who used to torment you? If the guy they used to berate uses suits they can barely afford to buy as work clothes?”

“…Ah. Shin Hyeok, you thought that far ahead.”

“Yeah, so don’t worry too much about it. Considering the value of the equipment you’ll make for me in the future, it’s more than profitable.”

“Ha… haha, is that so?”

Sejin, who had been bewildered by such a huge gift, was completely won over by Shin Hyeok’s persuasion.

There was no more perfect and satisfying revenge than showing those who tormented him a version of himself doing better than them.

And when Shin Hyeok told him not to worry and even threw in a joke, the atmosphere became even more relaxed.

“Go change into the clothes and come back. I’ll be waiting here.”

“Alright. I’ll change quickly and come back.”

Watching Sejin head to the fitting room with the pre-selected suit and shirt, Shin Hyeok showed a warm smile.

“Next, let’s go look at equipment for Su-a. Osung Department Store should have something decent to use. It’ll take some time for Sejin hyung to start making equipment in earnest, so it should be sufficient to use until then, right?”

“…Wow, I never imagined I’d be using Osung Department Store equipment as temporary gear. I really chose my friend well, didn’t I?”

“Yeah. When else would you use a rich chaebol friend if not at times like this.”

Watching Su-a brighten up and get excited at his words, Shin Hyeok threw out a joke and laughed.

Though he said it like that, Su-a was a true friend who had been with Shin Hyeok since when he had absolutely nothing.

Because she was such a friend, Shin Hyeok was doing everything from recruiting Sejin, who needed to keep his acquaintances to a minimum, to purchasing expensive equipment.

While chatting with Su-a and passing time as Sejin changed clothes, Shin Hyeok suddenly had a thought.

‘But can’t I also wield a hammer?’

The thought that not only Sejin, but he himself could also wield a hammer.

‘In the past, I was desperate just to survive, just to raise my tier, so I only honed combat-related skills. The term All-Master ultimately only applied to combat. But…if I’m a true All-Master, shouldn’t I master production jobs as well, not just combat?’

And that imagination began to take concrete shape rapidly.

Unlike the past when he was an All-Master only in combat, this time he could become a ‘true’ All-Master—just as he was thinking this, Sejin came out of the fitting room.

Seeing him, Shin Hyeok immediately shared his thoughts with Sejin.

After finishing his explanation by appropriately mixing his Job: All-Master with his Trait: Versatile, Shin Hyeok waited only for Sejin’s choice.

“…An apprentice level should be possible, I think?”

Apprentice.

A term referring to a trainee learning work under a craftsman.

At those words, this time Shin Hyeok knelt in front of Sejin.

“Hyung…. I want to… wield a hammer….”

Both the older and younger brother were at an age when they really wanted to wield hammers.

Thus, Shin Hyeok succeeded in becoming an apprentice to the man who would be called The Artisan.

‘In this life, I’ll master not only combat but also production and crafting fields completely.’

Taking a big step closer to his dream of becoming a True All-Master was a bonus.

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