I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 38

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 038

Territorial Behavior

In front of Dongdaemun General Store.

“Huuuuuu.”

Oh Jae-gap, who had blown out cigarette smoke, stared at the pile of materials that had accumulated.

“Too much.”

“Isn’t having a lot a good thing?”

“That’s true, but. With this old body, it’s not easy to move everything.”

Oh Jae-gap extended his long pipe to sort through the items.

“I can buy raw stones and ore fragments. But I probably can’t buy all the orc leather and teeth. Are you going to bring this much from now on?”

“Probably.”

From the next floors onward, Momo would collect everything without fail.

The quantity would only increase, not decrease.

Oh Jae-gap took out a pen and wrote down an address.

It was a place not far from here.

“Go check this place out. It’s a trading company run by my granddaughter. They handle larger quantities than here, so selling will be easier.”

“Thank you. Then would you like to buy at least the raw stones?”

Raw stone items certainly had good profit margins compared to their size and weight.

Jinhyeok knew this too, which is why he suggested it first.

“Thanks for thinking of me. But I’d be more grateful if you sold them to my granddaughter’s store. My granddaughter is having a hard time lately because she doesn’t have goods.”

“Then I’ll sell everything there at once.”

“Thank you. I’ll buy you something delicious later. But how did you carry all these materials here? Your inventory must have been insufficient.”

“I carried them split between her and me.”

Oh Jae-gap’s eyes moved to where Jinhyeok was pointing.

“Oh my. What? When has she been there?”

Oh Jae-gap looked at Momo with surprised eyes.

Now that he looked, it seemed like she had been there from the beginning, but also maybe not.

Oh Jae-gap, who had been staring at Momo, raised his head.

“Not bad.”

“She’s not my daughter, she’s my niece.”

“Really? Anyway, if you came with a child, you should have said so. Then I could have put away my cigarette… Huh? Where did my pipe go?”

Poke poke poke poke.

Jinhyeok poked Momo’s shoulder, telling her to return it quickly.

“Ta-da!”

Momo held out the pipe on her tiny hand.

Oh Jae-gap’s eyes widened as he got his pipe back.

This little one, the greed in her eyes is no ordinary thing.

She’s definitely going to make it big.

“I’ll come again.”

Jinhyeok turned around after greeting him.

“One more strange kid has been added.”

Jinhyeok, who brings amazing companions every time he visits.

He was already looking forward to what kind of friend would come on the next visit.

“As expected of an Honorable Stair Climber.”

He blew out cigarette smoke.

He was fairly certain based on the Pantheon floors that were updated daily and the materials Jinhyeok brought afterward.

When it’s revealed to the world that the runner is Jinhyeok, he plans to put up a huge advertisement.

The General Store that the Honorable Stair Climber has patronized since he was a newbie.

# Yeon Sanghoei.

After checking the sign, Jinhyeok entered the store.

“Hello.”

A refreshing fragrance entered his nose.

A store so thoroughly cleaned that not a speck of dust could be found.

If there was one fatal problem, it was that there were no customers even though it was broad daylight.

“Welcome!”

A woman with brown bobbed hair and cannonball-sized glasses appeared from inside.

She looked to be around Jinhyeok’s age.

The woman who greeted him again made an apologetic expression.

“What should I do? We don’t have any goods to sell right now.”

“I came to sell goods.”

“Ah! The customer grandfather mentioned! I just got his message. Please sit over here.”

He was guided to sit on the sofa.

The cannonball glasses owner brought coffee with a savory aroma, asking him to wait a moment.

“I’m so sorry! We only have instant coffee.”

“It’s fine. I like instant coffee.”

An essential item for someone living alone.

Back when he used to game while staying awake to stay alert, he really drank it like water.

“I’m Yoo Su-yeon. But… huh?”

Suyeon, who had been staring at Jinhyeok, adjusted her glasses.

When had she been there?

A five-year-old child was sitting right next to Jinhyeok.

“Sorry, little one! Your sister was distracted!”

Suyeon, who belatedly noticed Momo, brought another cup of cocoa.

Momo sipped it with a satisfied smile.

“I’m Yoo Jin-hyeok. I’m always indebted to the General Store. The reason I visited today is…”

Jinhyeok took out an enormous amount of orc materials.

Along with udium and jade fragments that would sell instantly just by putting them out here.

It was an amount that would make Suyeon’s eyes widen.

“I want to sell these. Similar amounts will come out daily from now on, so it would be good if you could buy them regularly. I heard you were short on goods.”

“Uh…”

Stunned Suyeon looked back and forth between the items and Jinhyeok.

There was quite a lot of leather that could be classified as top-grade, showing how cleanly he had cleared the Tower.

A stroke of luck that rolled in at an unexpected timing.

The expression “rain in a drought” seemed perfectly fitting.

But why was it?

“I’m truly grateful beyond words, but…”

Hesitation appeared on Suyeon’s face.

“Oh my! What’s all this!”

Just then, people came rushing into Yeon Sanghoei.

They were owners running shops nearby.

“Boss! Are you trying to sell those goods? Why did you come here! I’ll buy them instead!”

“How much did you agree to sell for? I’ll pay 10% more than that!”

“You’re still young and don’t have an eye for stores! There are so many good stores, why did you come to this corner?”

Jinhyeok narrowed his eyes.

This was an abnormal situation.

To openly interfere like this even though Yoo Su-yeon, the store owner, was right there.

“I appreciate the offer, but I’ll decline. I’m going to sell to this store.”

“Oh come on. Even when we’re offering to pay more, if you still sell here, what is that but foolish? Don’t be stubborn and follow us! We’ll take you to a good store! What are you all doing? Hurry up and escort him!”

When the old man made threats, several of those who came in with him grabbed Jinhyeok’s arms and pulled.

“Wh-why is this…?”

The men were flustered when no matter how hard they tried to drag him, he wouldn’t budge at all.

When Jinhyeok pulled his arm away, the people who had been struggling and grunting fell on their butts.

“Tsk tsk! Such a stubborn young fellow! At times like this, you should listen to your elders….”

“You seem to have trouble understanding what I’m saying.”

“What, what?”

“Even if you offered me double, I’m going to sell it here. So.”

Jinhyeok pointed toward the door.

“Could you please leave now? You’re getting in the way. I’m busy, you see.”

“Shoo shoo!”

Momo, who was beside him, also waved her hands along.

The people were startled when they belatedly noticed Momo.

“Ji, Jinhyeok.”

Suyeon tried to stop him, but it seemed it was already too late.

The shop owners glared at Jinhyeok with twisted expressions.

“Making things ugly, aren’t you. Won’t you regret this?”

“Of course not. I’ve never regretted anything.”

The old man brought his face closer to Jinhyeok.

“Be careful. I can read faces a bit, and you have the look of someone who’ll face great trouble due to youthful recklessness.”

“Grandpa, even being careful would be hard for you. You look like you’re on your last legs.”

Unlike the relaxed Jinhyeok, the old man’s face twisted horribly.

The people who had followed him also watched the old man’s mood with tense expressions.

“You’ll regret this.”

The old man and his people left the shop, leaving those final words behind.

Jinhyeok shrugged his shoulders and looked at Suyeon.

“So this is why you had nothing to sell. Is it some kind of territorial behavior?”

Suyeon let out a deep sigh and nodded.

“The ones who just came in are from the Sejin Guild. It’s a guild that has a tight grip on Dongdaemun. They’ve been persistently asking me to join since I opened the shop, but I held out and refused. This is the result.”

Suyeon looked around the completely empty shop.

“Setting aside the expensive guild fees, they demand ridiculous price fixing. Not based on supply and demand, but they control quantities and set prices however they want. Since Dongdaemun is virtually the only place where a low-floor item market has formed, they manipulate it to their taste. I sold items at reasonably fair prices, but I ended up being branded as the main culprit ruining the market and got pushed all the way to this corner.”

Suyeon leaned back against the sofa.

“I’d like to move somewhere else if I could. But the Sejin Guild is even blocking the sale of this shop, so I was slowly dying.”

“Do you know the General Store old man too?”

“I didn’t tell him because I was worried he’d be concerned. He actually tried to help me a few times, but it only caused him trouble.”

Jinhyeok wasn’t the first person to come here through the General Store’s introduction.

There were even people who got indignant about this territorial behavior and stepped forward to help.

These people suffered unexpected accidents not long after.

After that, they got scared and completely stopped coming.

“It’s like something out of a corruption movie.”

“You need to be careful too, Jinhyeok. The guild leader seemed really angry.”

Jinhyeok slowly nodded his head.

Seeing this, Suyeon gave a sad smile.

There wouldn’t be any fool who would still want to sell items to Yeon Sanghoei after hearing this story.

To think she had to chase away with her own hands the sweet rain that came during a drought – it was just sad.

“That aside, you’re still going to buy this, right?”

“Huh? But….”

“Don’t worry about it. I can take care of myself. Now then.”

Jinhyeok rubbed his hands together.

“Shall we talk business?”

He liked this place.

From now on, item sales would definitely be through Yeon Sanghoei.

When the sun began to set.

Five or six men with sturdy builds were tailing Jinhyeok.

The men followed at a distance, then stopped at an alley with a corner.

“What? Where did he go?”

“Huh…? But this is a dead-end alley?”

They searched the alley thoroughly, but nothing changed.

“Forget it. He’ll come back to sell items anyway, so we can get him then.”

“Damn, the old men are going to say something again. Let’s head back for now.”

The men spat on the ground and turned around.

They arrived at the Sejin Guild building.

Creak.

“What? Why are you back so early?”

The old man who had talked about reading faces to Jinhyeok, guild leader Kim Geon-man, frowned and asked.

“Well, that is… we lost him at a dead end.”

“You stupid bastards! You can’t even properly tail one dim-witted low-floor player?”

“We’re sorry. He’ll come again anyway, so we’ll definitely teach him a lesson then.”

“That arrogant little bastard! Beat him up properly so he can never set foot there again! Got it?!”

“Yes. Yes. We’re good at beating people up, aren’t we? We’ll do it properly next time.”

Kim Geon-man clicked his tongue and leaned back in his chair.

That rude bastard who doesn’t know how the world works.

He should have been crushed today – what a shame.

“So you did follow me after all.”

“Ahhh!”

Kim Geon-man fell backward at the voice that came from right beside him.

Somehow, Jinhyeok was standing right in front of him.

Kim Geon-man’s pupils shook terrifyingly.

Since there was no way he could know stealth skills, it was a natural reaction in a way.

“You, you rude little bastard, where do you think this is….”

Thwack!!

Kim Geon-man was kicked and sent flying, his head drooping.

“As you said, I’m rude, so sometimes I don’t respect my elders.”

Jinhyeok looked around at the stunned people with a relaxed expression.

The reason he hid his identity as a Runner was because it would create many troublesome situations.

However, that didn’t mean he planned to hide the power he possessed.

If necessary, he intended to beat them up without hesitation.

Very refreshingly, at that.

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