I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 83

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 083

The Price of Complaints (5)

Park Ho’s mouth gaped open and closed.

No, what kind of bullshit is this?

It’s true I expressed complaints, but when did I ever try to strip away his leadership qualifications?

“Guild Master, it’s not just rumors. Here, please look at this article too.”

“Article?”

“Yes, if you swipe to the side, it’ll come up.”

Swish.

Park Ho swiped the screen to the side with his thumb.

Then, articles that the staff had organized appeared in a row.

[Arirang Guild Master Hong Ari announces position. Regarding B spreading in financial circles, absolutely not me.]

[Ilwol Guild Master An Gi-jeong. “That information? Somewhat accurate, but I’m not involved either.”]

[Carpe Diem executives unanimously: “Baek Jin-woo is our eternal role model!”]

“Crazy!”

This doesn’t make sense.

How long has it been since those rumors spread, and those three guild masters are making official position statements?

“This was prepared.”

Something felt strange.

Those people who showed fearful eyes and didn’t welcome him whenever he visited…

Perhaps there were spies among them too.

And the most suspicious person at this point.

Ring ring-

Park Ho immediately called Ilwol executives An Gi-jeong and Hwang Ju-won.

But neither of them answered.

This is certain.

‘They’re abandoning me?’

When he persistently called in frustration.

– What.

Hwang Ju-won answered with an irritated voice.

“Hyung-nim! What kind of behavior is this!”

– What behavior. That’s why I warned you as an adult. I told you to just stay quiet.

“Even so, isn’t this too much? Spreading false rumors and simultaneously making position statements?”

– It’s not false facts.

“…!”

– And you bastard, honestly speaking, what good would it do for us to be in conflict with Baek Jin-woo? Baekho might be anxious since they’re maintaining their unshakable first place. Our Ilwol was originally the lowest position among the Big 3. Even so, we should be grateful to Baek Jin-woo who personally provides 10 hours of consulting per week, so what’s with this chaos? Your greed is way too excessive.

“You’ll regret this.”

– Regret?

“While Arirang and Carpe Diem rise up, Ilwol will likewise crumble. Why can’t you think of that?”

Huff, huff!

Park Ho took several deep breaths on the spot, as his excitement wouldn’t subside.

– Regret, well.

Chuckle.

Hwang Ju-won’s laughing voice could be heard faintly.

Then, click! It cut off.

What.

Did he just unilaterally cut off communication?

Has a mere Ilwol ever been this rude to Baekho before?

“This son of a bitch!”

Crash!

Park Ho couldn’t contain himself and threw his phone at the wall.

Only the staff member watching helplessly felt pitiful.

Ilwol Guild Office.

“What was that about?”

When guild master An Gi-jeong asked from the side, vice guild master Hwang Ju-won laughed heartily.

“He says not to regret it? As if Ilwol will eventually be eliminated if we don’t follow his words.”

“Hmm. The Baekho Guild Master knows one thing but not two.”

“He can’t help but not know. He probably can’t even guess who’s pulling strings behind the scenes?”

Hwang Ju-won leaned back in his chair and tilted his head back.

‘Truly foolish.’

Pride in being South Korea’s top guild?

That only has meaning when you’re at your strongest.

From the moment they confirmed Baek Jin-woo’s power, they should have bowed down low.

Does pride put food on the table?

“By the way, Yu Ji-a from Yubaek… She’s truly a frightening person.”

“That’s what I’m saying. I was shocked too.”

Actually, before the position announcement.

Yu Ji-a had personally visited Ilwol.

Even while smiling brightly, her eyes were so full of venom… Even veteran player Hwang Ju-won flinched.

She said as soon as she arrived.

Baek Jin-woo intends to conclude by excluding Baekho from consulting, but she couldn’t do that and had already established plans to completely uproot Baekho.

At the same time, they had to listen to semi-threatening remarks.

There is no neutrality.

You must absolutely side with one of the two.

She declared complete war against Baekho, and would consider those who don’t help as enemies.

“Tremendous confidence. That statement about no neutrality… It means she could drag us down too if we clash with her, right?”

“You were right, hyung-nim. That Park Ho bastard was stupid. Even if he was going to provoke someone, he should have done it while watching his opponent. Wasn’t this an unwinnable fight from the start? Looking at the plans she laid out, she’s no ordinary person, right?”

From preparations to sway public opinion to preparations to bury the opponent’s statements, everything was perfect.

The most frightening point was that countless politicians, ministers, vice-ministers, and business figures were backing Yu Ji-a!

“By the way, what about that proposal?”

“SKY?”

Yu Ji-a said she plans to launch a new guild and has already obtained all the permits.

Also, she said she would give Ilwol an opportunity.

What opportunity?

An Gi-jeong, Hwang Ju-won.

An opportunity for only these two executives to enter SKY!

She said this was compensation for not falling for Baekho’s temptation and instead passing information to this side.

“Sigh, that’s the thing.”

To enter there, they’d have to abandon Ilwol.

But Yu Ji-a kindly provided a solution for that too.

A method of putting the guild’s third-in-command as guild master and just bringing the guild’s shares.

Simply put, use a puppet leader.

Then they could be SKY members while also controlling Ilwol as a subsidiary organization.

“I think it’s a good opportunity. From what I heard, Arirang and Carpe Diem are also planning to enter SKY in that way…”

“If we enter, will we also receive separate training from Baek Jin-woo?”

“Yes, they’ll even provide a house in Yubaek City? For the whole family and everything.”

“That’s really tempting.”

It was tempting yet frightening.

‘Yu Ji-a.’

She was definitely ruthless.

If I made them my enemy, it wouldn’t just be tiresome—it felt like my life would be ruined.

‘At the end of the plan she proposed, there was something like this too.’

A plan to completely remove Baekho from this World League national team and rebuild the roster entirely with SKY members.

‘If that happens.’

Park Ho would truly be doomed.

While receiving every curse from the public, he’d be kicked off the national team and might even have to return the 1 trillion won he received.

If that happened, would MK and Future Group just sit still?

They might even take out their anger on players like Park Ho or Kang Geon-ho.

They could pin every crime, real or fabricated, on them and let them rot in prison for life.

Is there anyone who’s completely clean when you dig deep enough?

“Hah, SKY.”

The sky of South Korea.

“Gi-jeong, you know what?”

“Yes?”

“We’re Ilwol. The sun and moon.”

“That’s right.”

“Originally, the sky embraces the sun and moon.”

“Wow. Are we going in?”

“Well, what choice do we have? If we want to keep being on the national team, we have to join.”

Hwang Ju-won smiled gently.

Unlike Park Ho, the experienced man knew how to follow the tide.

Yu Ji-a made a resolution.

From the moment Baekho Guild came to Baek Jin-woo and acted rudely, she would uproot them completely.

That’s why she went to the Daeseong Strategic Planning Team.

Where her father was.

“Dad.”

“Oh, my daughter!”

As soon as she entered, the man looking at his daughter lovingly with an expression like he was serving a superior was Yoo Dae-hwan.

The eldest son of founder Yoo Byeong-cheon and the person almost confirmed as the next successor.

Originally, the management succession battle among the brothers had been fierce, but when Yu Ji-a created “Yubaek” and firmly grasped Baek Jin-woo, he was solidly established as the successor.

When that strict Yoo Byeong-cheon laughed heartily and transferred some of his shares, that said it all.

So how lovely would his daughter look?

In fact, Yoo Dae-hwan had asked his daughter several times to arrange a meeting with Baek Jin-woo.

Though she had politely declined, saying Jin-woo didn’t like such things.

“So, you’re always busy, what brings you here?”

His daughter was still in her twenties.

Father Yoo Dae-hwan wished she would visit him personally, not just for work.

“I have something I want to ask.”

“What is it! Ask me anything!”

“You know what.”

Yu Ji-a’s lips twisted, and then something truly remarkable came out.

“Can I crush Baekho?”

“What?”

Yoo Dae-hwan’s mouth fell open.

Baekho?

The Baekho I know?

Crush the guild that’s one of the Big 3 and considered the best group in current South Korea?

Moreover, behind them were rival companies MK and Mirae.

Those who had a love-hate relationship with Daeseong.

“To crush Baekho, I’ll need to move a bit… dirty, and for that, I need Dad’s help.”

Swoosh.

She handed over documents.

There were even more amazing plans written there.

From spreading information to stock market gossips, famous cyber wreckers, and YouTubers who were former reporters from both parties, to hiring digital undertakers to shut up opponents!

She had listed countless ways to socially bury Baekho and its leader Park Ho.

And that wasn’t all?

“…How did you even get this kind of…”

Tax evasion routes and various corruption evidence of Baekho, MK, and Mirae that even Daeseong couldn’t obtain were all neatly organized.

“It’s too much for me to handle alone. If Dad wants to be completely recognized by Grandfather this time… don’t you need this?”

Grin.

Why did smiling Yu Ji-a’s smile look like an angel’s?

“Hehe, hehehehehe!”

That was right.

Definitely right.

With just that, even if they trampled and ravaged Baekho as they pleased, those guys wouldn’t dare to act rashly.

“Our daughter has completely grown up.”

“I’ve been grown up for a while now, why so suddenly?”

“Now you just need to marry well.”

“Huh? All of a sudden?”

“Hurry up and arrange a meeting with Baek Jin-woo.”

“That again! Anyway, I gave you the materials! The rest is Dad’s job!”

Yu Ji-a, her face reddened, quickly gathered her things and whoosh! left.

“Hehe, that girl.”

Yoo Dae-hwan tapped the documents.

Baekho dared to bare their teeth at Baek Jin-woo?

Then naturally, those teeth should be grabbed, torn out, and ripped out alive!

“How dare they touch our son-in-law?”

Yoo Dae-hwan’s eyes blazed.

Like daughter, like father.

“Damn it! Damn it all!”

Bang, crash! Bang!

The furniture in the Baekho Executive Office began to break.

Because Park Ho was going crazy and rampaging in the battlefield called the office.

Public opinion had already turned.

It was already revealed that B was Park Ho’s initial.

The public was furious, saying how dare someone who wasn’t even the captain create group discord before the World League.

All communities were buzzing about the discord rumors, and Baekho transformed from a group that raised complaints to the worst trash group in the world.

Of course, a minority sided with Baekho.

Those who readily believed conspiracy theories and were very suspicious.

But they were an extreme minority.

It wasn’t easy to beat “Yubaek,” which boasted a thick fan base and even gained media power.

Park Ho contacted such people and persuaded them.

He told them to claim that all of this was Yu Ji-a’s manipulation and a conspiracy of a hidden giant cartel in the shadows.

However, the opinions they expressed couldn’t ride the community algorithms.

Someone was thoroughly blocking them.

Suddenly, Park Ho felt miserable.

When did they support and worship him for three years, only to turn their backs on him now?

Even a national petition to remove Baekho from the national team began to appear.

It was truly a bolt from the blue.

“…How could it happen overnight.”

Park Ho’s feelings were utterly devastating.

He felt wronged.

It was just a fair request to teach us together as well.

How did the situation flow to this extent?

He even felt disillusioned by the people who were just cursing without even listening, thinking this was their chance.

“Rotten South Korea.”

Park Ho clenched his fist tightly.

Now it’s one of two options.

Either take revenge by force or naturalize elsewhere, telling them to go eat shit.

Still, since he’s a former ranker, wouldn’t developing countries welcome him if he went there?

“Fuck.”

That’s not right.

Why should I be unfairly driven out from where I was born?

“Geon-ho.”

“Yes?”

“Gather all the ranker kids.”

“Ha, what are you planning to do now.”

In Kang Geon-ho’s case, he had completely given up.

At first, he hated Park Ho to death, but now there’s nothing that can be done about it.

However.

“Yu Ji-a. We need to go find that bitch.”

At those words, even Kang Geon-ho had no choice but to explode.

Not only did she send the once-proud members of Baekho into the abyss, now she wants to go find the path to the afterlife?

‘This isn’t right.’

Kang Geon-ho gritted his teeth.

Perhaps.

The moment when he would have to abandon Baekho, which he had built together with him, might be approaching right before his eyes.

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