I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 185

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 185

How to Get a House Cheap

An annual salary of 60 billion won.

It’s more than enough for living—an overflowing amount.

However, I only started receiving this salary recently.

I lacked the lump sum needed to purchase a new house.

If I asked the Hunter Bureau, they’d get me any house I wanted, but that was a last resort.

Since this was my first home purchase, I wanted to find it myself this time.

For this reason, I had been pondering deeply.

How could I find a house I liked with a limited amount?

A spacious house where my friends could stay comfortably.

Then I recalled various real estate scam news I’d seen recently.

A fraud group consisting of landowners, homeowners, and real estate agents all in cahoots.

It was a place that cleverly exploited legal loopholes to create new victims.

And Lee Geum-suk, the broker standing before me now, is a member of that group.

“Come this way! Oh my, you look so young but already have the ability to buy a house. How responsible and admirable!”

“Thank you. I worked hard without sleeping to save up.”

That wasn’t actually true, but anyway.

“How admirable! I’ll introduce you to a really good property, so don’t worry!”

“I heard there are a lot of scams these days, but it’ll be okay, right?”

“Oh my, what unnecessary worries. I’m Lee Geum-suk! Even scammers avoid me!”

They would avoid her. She’s tier 1 among scammers.

Following the boss, I lowered my voice.

“Grandfather.”

“What is it.”

“But how do you know about scammers like that? Don’t tell me you too…?”

“Don’t suspect innocent people. Can’t you tell from the general store that sells everything cheap? I’m someone who’s never ripped anyone off in my life.”

Oh Jae-gap looked at Lee Geum-suk walking ahead.

“Among my regular customers, there are several who got scammed. They reported it and filed lawsuits, but nothing got resolved. So while I was looking into it directly, I got acquainted with her. It was good timing when you asked me to introduce you to a scammer.”

After finishing his words, Oh Jae-gap looked up at Jinhyeok.

Asking to introduce him to a real estate scammer if I knew any.

At first, I thought I’d heard wrong.

‘Looking at him closely, he’s not in his right mind.’

Aside from being a Runner, his thought process is definitely not normal.

An ordinary person would ask to be introduced to a good broker when wanting to find a cheap, good house.

But instead, he asked to be introduced to the worst kind—his approach to problems is different from the start.

Ding.

The moment the door opened.

The gazes of the people inside focused on Jinhyeok.

‘Ugh.’

I immediately recognized it since so many people had looked at me with those eyes before.

Eyes looking at prey.

“This is the homeowner. I was worried about making busy young people wait these days, so I asked him to come early. Good idea, right? Oh, and next to him is the person who manages the house. Sit down for now. Sit. I’ll make you a nice cold coffee.”

“I’m Kim Chul-woo.”

“I’m Ji Cheol-ju from Safe Friend. Oh my, I was curious who would become the owner of such a wonderful house. You’re very lucky today! I have a lot of real estate business, and there’s no other house like this one!”

“I’m Yoo Jin-hyeok. So it was such a good house. That’s wonderful.”

Jinhyeok showed an innocent smile.

Kim Chul-woo and Ji Cheol-ju, who looked at each other, raised the corners of their mouths.

As expected of Lee Geum-suk.

Her eye for finding and selecting suckers is truly professional.

“I see. Jin-hyeok, are you married?”

“No. Not yet.”

“I thought so, you look too young. But I heard you’re looking for a house over 120 pyeong? With a large yard too. Do you raise many dogs?”

“It’s not that, I just have many friends.”

“How many friends could you have…”

“Hey, boss!”

Ji Cheol-ju, who had been listening in the middle, interrupted.

That old man Kim Chul-woo, really.

Like the old-fashioned person he is, he always talks too much about useless things.

What if the sucker gets away?

“Can’t you tell just by looking? He’s obviously popular just from his appearance. How many friends must he have? For popular people his age, the trend is throwing parties in spacious mansions or yachts.”

Jinhyeok swallowed dryly.

So that was the trend.

How far behind am I?

“But um… Jin-hyeok, if you don’t mind, I need to ask you a few questions. Is that okay? The price is quite high, and this isn’t a mansion just anyone can buy. It’s a basic verification process.”

“Of course.”

“I need to know the source of the purchase money. What’s your occupation, by any chance? Are you a hunter or do you work for a government agency?”

This is a very important matter.

The Player Hunter Bureau.

It’s such an influential place that messing with its members becomes troublesome.

“I’m still unemployed. I’m preparing for job hunting.”

“Then how did you get that money…? We’re selling it at a bargain price, but it’s still 5 billion won. That’s too much money. Are your parents perhaps corporate executives or high-ranking government officials?”

It happens from time to time.

Diamond spoons beyond imagination.

“My parents farm in Chungnam, and that money…”

Jinhyeok looked around and lowered his voice.

“I made it with cryptocurrency. Something an older friend told me to buy long ago went up a lot.”

“Oh! Really? Things worked out really well from a young age!”

Smiles bloomed on Kim Chul-woo and Ji Cheol-ju’s faces.

Lee Geum-suk, who had been making coffee with perked ears, couldn’t help but raise the corners of her mouth.

A young man from the countryside with no background to worry about, no one to help if problems arose.

The perfect prey.

“Come on! Coffee’s here, so let’s have a cup and quickly go see the house! Real estate work needs to be handled quickly when a good owner appears.”

“That’s right! Actually, this house has very deep meaning to me. So if I didn’t like Jin-hyeok, I was going to reconsider, but now there’s nothing more to think about.”

Kim Chul-woo, Ji Cheol-ju, and Lee Geum-suk began laughing heartily.

Oh Jae-gap, quietly sipping his coffee, looked at the three with a pitying expression.

He could guarantee it.

The worst misfortune had befallen them.

A couple of hours later.

Jinhyeok’s eyes weren’t just sparkling after seeing the house—they were spinning.

The new house in Seo Panjyo, I love it so much!

Not only the spacious yard but also the surrounding walls that guaranteed privacy.

It was a perfect house for friends to stay freely.

Plus, there was even a swimming pool.

I could already picture it.

Kancheo swimming around splashing all day, occasionally getting grabbed by Momo and dunked underwater.

“Well then, shall we wrap this up?”

Lee Geum-suk presented the contract.

Ji Cheol-ju and Kim Chul-woo did their best to hide their excitement.

Though it was before signing, the contract was as good as sealed.

That face, unable to hide its glee, is proof of that.

Jinhyeok slowly examined the contract.

When Jinhyeok’s eyes reached a specific section, Lee Geum-suk spoke up.

“This is what I mentioned on the way here.”

There was a temporary container installed within the mansion grounds.

A container where Safe Friends personnel temporarily resided, thanks to Kim Chul-woo’s consideration.

It was offered at a much cheaper price than the surrounding market rate, on the condition that the container would be maintained until the work was finished.

“Oh my, normally we’d just demolish containers like that and sell for over 15 billion won, right? But the boss is such a good person.”

When Lee Geum-suk made her flattering remarks, Ji Cheol-ju naturally responded.

“Of course. I owe him a great debt. Mr. Jinhyeok, you don’t need to worry. The work is almost finished, and as soon as it’s done, we’ll clean up the container completely.”

Of course, it was a lie.

The container would never be removed.

Not until Jinhyeok got tired of the continued chaos and tyranny and gave up, selling it back at a bargain price.

Since they bought it cheap, couldn’t they just sell it to someone else at a reasonable price and leave?

Absolutely impossible.

This wasn’t their first or second time pulling this scheme.

The rumors had already spread so much that nearby real estate agents wouldn’t even handle that property.

But what if someone still appeared wanting to buy it?

They’d show them personally.

Just how much harassment they’d face the moment they bought this house.

A strange silence flowed while the contract was being reviewed.

Swish, swish.

After finishing his signature, Jinhyeok spoke.

“I’ve transferred both the down payment and the balance in full. I’ll move in tomorrow right away.”

The corners of the three people’s mouths rose so high they practically ascended to heaven.

They had set the down payment at 20 percent, worried he might hear rumors later and cancel the contract.

To think there was such a refreshingly naive sucker in this world – you live and learn.

“Since you’re here, let’s finish the resident registration too! I’ll give you the keys right away! Hahaha!”

“Thank you.”

“Thank you? We’re the ones who are more grateful.”

Watching the three people smile brightly, Jinhyeok also smiled along.

To give him something worth over 15 billion for 5 billion.

He was grateful.

Truly.

While Jinhyeok was finishing the remaining procedures.

The harsh sound of brakes came from the parking lot outside the real estate office.

A face poked out through the window.

A brilliant snake tattoo starting from the neck.

Ryu Seung-gwon, the only son of Jaeung Construction, frowned.

“What the fuck. Which crazy bastard put this in my spot.”

A single motorcycle parked squarely in his designated spot.

Anger slowly rose within him.

Nothing had been going right for him lately anyway.

China and Japan canceled their offers when rumors spread that he’d been rejected by the Player Hunter Bureau.

Thanks to that, Ryu Seung-gwon had become like a duck egg on the Nakdong River.

Even in his usual crowd, he was mocked like a bat, being ridiculed for losing his connections after playing both sides.

And today, his father had even given him a beating, telling him to get his act together.

He’d come to party hard and blow off some of his foul mood.

But as soon as he arrived, this shit was in his way.

“These fucking bastards, really, this one and that one, what do they take me for!!”

He didn’t honk the horn.

Finding the owner was too much of a hassle.

It was just some piece of shit motorcycle anyway.

He’d just push it out of the way.

Vroooom!!

He floored the accelerator with all his might.

The vehicle shot forward and rammed into the motorcycle.

The motorcycle was crushed with a crunching sound, but he didn’t take his foot off the accelerator.

Instead, he pressed harder, trampling over the motorcycle as he passed.

“Ha!! Wow!!”

Ryu Seung-gwon let out an exclamation.

He’d been suffocating to death, but now he finally felt some relief.

And then.

Ding-a-ling.

The real estate office door opened with a cheerful bell sound.

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