I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 136
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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 136
Negotiation with the Nation (2)
Yu Ji-a briefly stepped away from her seat.
As expected.
This method is the best.
Why would I complicate things by thinking alone?
The nation’s top experts would gather and assign appropriate value themselves.
‘I just need to make good use of the Mind Reading Squad.’
I’ve been feeling it more lately.
There’s no other cheat summoned creature like the Mind Reading Squad.
‘I wish I had about five instead of just two…’
Since they’re A-grade rare summoned creatures, there would only be 50 in the entire world.
‘Should I monopolize them in advance?’
I should do that.
I have so much money overflowing lately with nowhere to invest, so I should buy more Mind Reading Squads.
Once they’re in the hands of wealthy tycoons, they probably won’t sell easily…
But if Yubaek says they want to buy them, wouldn’t some people consider it?
Anyway.
Yu Ji-a wasn’t trying to throw her weight around against the nation.
She planned to give sufficient benefits to the country and receive benefits in return.
However.
Yu Ji-a was born a merchant.
She just didn’t want to be taken advantage of.
Only relationships of mutual respect and win-win situations could last long; relationships where one side sacrifices would inevitably crumble.
Time passed.
The meeting resumed, and the Prime Minister personally summarized the situation.
“First, we assessed the value of each technology at a minimum of 100 billion dollars. That’s 130 trillion won in Korean currency. With 10 technologies, that would be 1,300 trillion won. Also, we set the value of 10 billion barrels of crude oil at 85 dollars per barrel, totaling 850 billion dollars. That’s 1,130 trillion won in Korean currency.”
Yu Ji-a’s eyes narrowed slightly with suspicion.
‘Hmm, Uncle Hwang Ju-won said the crude oil would be worth about 1,300 trillion won…’
Well.
Uncle Ju-won does have a bit of a know-it-all tendency.
And I can just check with the Mind Reading Squad anyway.
“Therefore, based solely on the value of this championship reward, the total comes to 2,430 trillion won.”
“Whoa…”
“Huh…”
Gasps of amazement flowed from here and there.
Even though it was a result they had reached through their own deliberations, it was an incredibly enormous sum of money.
‘Oh.’
Yu Ji-a was also slightly surprised.
It really was tremendous.
40 times Great Star’s annual net profit.
More than 4 times the national budget.
“Beyond that, if we include the honor of bringing victory representing South Korea, even greater value would be formed, but as you know, South Korea doesn’t have the capacity to pay this amount. We already have over 1,000 trillion won in national debt.”
“Yes, yes.”
Yu Ji-a nodded.
What she had requested was the value of the reward anyway.
Knowing that was sufficient.
All subsequent judgments were her responsibility.
‘First.’
She judged the Prime Minister’s truth through the Mind Reading Squad.
Some time passed.
‘True.’
She learned there was no lie in his words.
‘That’s good enough.’
Yu Ji-a’s eyes instantly became gentle.
“First, let me state Yubaek’s position.”
“Yes.”
“Please speak.”
“Very well.”
Everyone swallowed nervously as they listened.
They all looked visibly tense.
“Please establish a special law. So that tax rates for Yubaek and SKY are measured differently.”
“Are you asking us to amend the law?”
“Yes. Abolish inheritance and gift taxes. Exempt value-added tax, and we’ll pay only 20% of income as income tax. The country will probably become wealthy quickly just from that, right?”
“…That would be the case.”
Considering how much income they would earn in the future.
It wasn’t a difficult request.
Just handing over those technologies and oil fields would be equivalent to paying decades worth of taxes, wouldn’t it?
It would require convincing the National Assembly, but it was certainly doable.
“Next, please give all the land surrounding Geomdan Mountain to Yubaek and lift the greenbelt restrictions. Also, please transfer all development permit authority for that area to Yubaek.”
“…!”
“The nation won’t lose anything from this either. If we build landmarks there, that alone will greatly elevate the nation’s prestige, and we’re saying we’ll do it ourselves.”
“That’s true.”
Something was strange.
They expected her to demand something tremendous, but these were things they had no choice but to accept.
In fact, other countries don’t collect any taxes from their national team players.
It’s to prevent defection.
But here she was volunteering to pay taxes.
20% at that.
She was even declaring she’d develop a tourism business in Hanam that the whole world would pay attention to… This isn’t compensation, it’s almost a benefit, isn’t it?
“…”
“…”
The meeting room became quiet.
Yu Ji-a also kept her mouth tightly shut.
“Su-surely that’s not the end?”
The Prime Minister asked stutteringly.
“Yes.”
Yu Ji-a nodded with a smile.
“You have the capability to do this much, don’t you?”
“Of-of course.”
“It’s too easy to even talk about capability…”
“Is that really all it takes?”
When the ministers asked with passionate eyes, Yu Ji-a smiled brightly.
“Come on, what do you take me for?”
“…”
“The people have already paid the price for the technology and oil fields. They stayed up all night watching the league, cheering and celebrating for us. If we can’t give back this much, would that even make sense?”
“Ha.”
“Hah…”
Everyone sitting in the meeting room trembled their lips as if moved.
A momentary silence of emotion flowed.
Shock!
And emotion!
‘He really is an admirable person.’
‘He was planning to give it all away from the beginning.’
‘As expected of the Daeseong Family. They really know how to raise a person.’
‘Indeed, he has the character to control that Baek Jin-woo.’
The atmosphere in the meeting room, which had been subdued, turned positive once again.
And.
“…Thank you so much.”
The Prime Minister barely managed to speak.
“I really didn’t expect you to go this far. Thank you so much for making a decision that will be a great strength to our people and our country.”
At the same time, he bowed his head with all his heart.
Crash!
Kang Geon-ho’s Paladin (A-rank) falls after being bitten by An Gi-jeong’s Seven-Point Snake (B-rank).
He tried to control it somehow to endure, but it was no use.
An Gi-jeong’s movements were skilled and persistent, and eventually the poison’s continuous damage accumulated until he couldn’t withstand it.
He collapsed.
“Brother Gi-jeong wins! Brother Geon-ho loses!”
Damn it.
Today, that Kang Ji-ho’s voice feels even more annoying.
“…”
Kang Geon-ho had been lacking energy lately.
Nothing seemed to improve no matter what he did, and he felt no motivation.
[Domestic Ranking 8th, Kang Geon-ho]
He had fallen from 1st to 8th place.
He wasn’t even in the world rankings.
What was it?
What exactly was the problem?
Kang Geon-ho, who squeezed his eyes shut, headed to none other than where Baek Jin-woo was.
He wanted to find answers even if it meant putting down all his pride.
“So… you feel like your skills aren’t improving lately?”
Baek Jin-woo, who had been breathing heavily next to Aso, stood up.
“…That’s right, Guild Master.”
Kang Geon-ho muttered as if frustrated.
“I’m working hard on physical training and trying my best to learn Hunkyo’s teachings, but I don’t know what I need to change.”
“…What do you mean change?”
Baek Jin-woo let out a slight sigh.
“You need to change everything.”
“Excuse me…?”
“You think you’re doing well but your skills aren’t improving? No. The fact that your skills aren’t improving means you’ve improved enough until now, but now you’re looking at a much higher level, right?”
“…That’s right.”
“Did you work hard?”
“…”
Kang Geon-ho clenched his fists tightly.
He had worked hard.
He definitely gritted his teeth and ran, and consistently practiced control.
However, talent.
Lack of talent…
But then again, Brother Ju-won is doing well, isn’t he?
“From what I can see, you haven’t.”
Baek Jin-woo said firmly.
“Well, you might have done well until now. But your goal now is to be a world ranker, right? Then you can’t continue like this.”
“…!”
“The routine, habits, practice, etc. you had when you were domestic 1st place. If you’re still sticking to that now, you’ll keep staying in the same place. Of course everything needs to change. You don’t come out at dawn, do you?”
Baek Jin-woo practices breathing techniques on the rooftop at dawn whenever he can’t sleep.
Every time, he sees.
Hwang Ju-won making blood-sweat efforts in secret to reach the standards Hunkyo set.
And Hong Ari, Oh Sun-young, Gi Jae-hyeok, Kang Ji-ho…
“The world is fair, Geon-ho.”
“…”
“And as I said before, we’ll be recruiting the 2nd generation soon. The selection will be held within SKY. If you get overtaken there too… there’s nothing we can do. You’ll be dropped from next year’s national team.”
He has no personal feelings about Kang Geon-ho.
Rather, they’re on good terms.
Since they’re guild members.
But?
It’s not enough to cover for lack of skill, and a guild master must be fair.
If he’s going to run the guild based on personal feelings, it would be better to just have a social club.
“I… understand.”
Bow.
Kang Geon-ho, who lowered his head, bit his lips tightly.
It was a direct but clear answer.
Because he wasn’t doing it, he wasn’t improving.
‘Was I stuck in a rut?’
He habitually woke up and only did familiar exercises.
He didn’t actively move to fix his shortcomings.
He didn’t know at first.
After all, he was domestic ranking 1st for a whole 3 years.
He thought the reason Hong Ari, Oh Sun-young, Gi Jae-hyeok, and Kang Ji-ho were doing well was because they received separate tutoring from Baek Jin-woo.
But.
That wasn’t it.
Just lack of effort.
Lack of proactive learning.
Because he didn’t do as much as them, he was overtaken.
‘Again.’
Let’s try.
He can’t give up here.
Song Yeon-hee and Hwang Ji-woo are climbing up frighteningly from behind.
“Thank you, Guild Master.”
Kang Geon-ho, who had steeled his resolve, turned around and headed to the training ground.
England, Player Zone.
“Sister.”
Olivia looked at Rachel with worried eyes.
“Are you really going right away? It’s the first time. You’ve never gone right away without preparing like this.”
“What do you mean not preparing. I’ve done everything.”
She was currently standing in front of the Tower of Trials entrance.
Now it was time to challenge the 51st floor!
A world first.
“Liar.”
Olivia pouted.
“It’s because of Baek Jin-woo, isn’t it? Because you think he’ll really catch up next year?”
“No?”
Rachel looked at her with an expression that said ‘what kind of ridiculous nonsense is that?’
“You’ve already been caught up to, so what are you talking about.”
“Come on, we don’t think that way. The number one in our hearts will always be you, sis.”
“Don’t talk nonsense. Even if you think that way, the number one in my heart will always be Jinugod.”
“….”
Olivia’s lips jutted out even more.
No way.
Do you like Jinugod that much?
Ever since 【Go back】, just thinking about Jinugod makes my head spin with disgust.
“Olivia, put those lips back in. What are you, a hippo?”
“Sis!”
“Anyway, I’m going up.”
Going up first and working toward conquering the 100th floor.
That was Rachel’s current goal.
For humanity.
To find out the truth behind this suspicious system that’s throwing the world into chaos.
“The 60th floor boss is Asmodeus. I already have the complete strategy in my head. It’s more than enough, so don’t worry.”
Step.
Rachel began walking.
“You guys train hard and wait for me.”
Her golden hair tied in a long ponytail swayed gently in the wind.
Swoosh.
Olivia could only watch anxiously as Rachel’s figure confidently entered through the main gate.
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