Reset Life with Infinite Talents - Chapter 11

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Infinite Talent Reset Life Episode 11

 

 

The CEO office that Giselle awkwardly left, judging that this wasn’t a situation for her to be in.

Click! Click!

“Who are you people?”

“I’m Phil Morris, this woman’s lawyer. This person is just a photographer I brought to document evidence, so please don’t mind him.”

“…Ha!”

Larry, utterly dumbfounded, looks at Johann facing the person claiming to be his birth mother.

It’s only been about a week, but Johann has grown dear to him during that time.

Johann, who had quite an eventful day today as well.

‘Letting him go… would be right, wouldn’t it?’

His mouth tastes bitter. Whether Johann knows Larry’s feelings or not, he looks at the person claiming to be his birth mother.

“You’re… my mom?”

This was a moment he thought might come someday.

But it came too quickly, leaving him flustered and bewildered. His mind goes blank with no thoughts coming through.

Even though he definitely hadn’t missed having parents.

‘Why?’

“Oh! My child. Don’t you remember me, your mother? Good heavens! What did that man do!”

‘That man…?’

His previously dazed mind turns cold.

“Hey, child?”

When Johann suddenly gets up, the person claiming to be his birth mother panics, and Johann burrows into Larry’s embrace.

“Jo, Johann?”

“She seems fake, Larry.”

No, she is fake. She’s a fraud.

Johann’s eyes turn cold.

“…!”

Startled, Larry turns around.

“It’s okay. You don’t need to be scared, Johann. I’m your mother.”

Larry, his expression hardened, whispers.

“Why do you think that?”

“I’m not drawn to her.”

Father is a fictional character, but since he can’t explain that, Johann makes a plausible excuse.

“But Johann…”

“Calm down.”

She’s someone who came just days after he became famous. And she even brought a lawyer.

Whether her intentions are good or bad, it means she came thoroughly prepared.

Either way, they can’t let her know that this side is suspicious.

At Johann’s words, Larry’s mind snaps to attention.

‘Ada!’

He doesn’t know what the truth is.

This was a moment when Ada, with her cool rationality, was needed.

“I’m Larry’s lawyer, Ada Wong. You claim to be Johann’s birth mother?”

“Ada!”

 

* * *

 

Silence descends on the CEO office.

Five people sitting on the sofa look at each other.

“Oh, Jimmy. My child. Why are you over there. Mommy is here.”

At the woman’s pleading, Johann burrows into Larry’s embrace once more.

Ada furrows her brow. She senses something strange about Johann’s uncharacteristic behavior.

“He must still feel awkward. Calm down, Mary.”

“But…”

The woman bites her lips at the lawyer’s gaze and tries to calm down, and Ada speaks up.

“I’m Ada Wong.”

“I’m Phil Morris. This person is…”

“I’m Mary Jung.”

“You claim to be Johann’s birth mother.”

“Not Johann, but Jimmy! Can’t you tell by looking at Jimmy’s eyes and my eyes?!”

“Ah…”

Ada looks at Larry and Johann.

‘Damn it!’

Larry also fully realizes it. That these people are fraudsters.

Just as Johann said, they were people who came with bad intentions.

‘Ha!’

Ada, her head heating up, tries to calm down.

“Give me back my child now!”

“If it’s proven that you’re the birth mother, then naturally you should take him.”

“He’s my child!”

“I understand your claim, so I’ll ask a few things before the paternity test.”

Ada sets down a voice recorder.

“Are you truly Johann’s birth mother?”

“Not Johann, but Jimmy! Yes!”

“How are you certain?”

“I told you! The eye color! Plus he looks exactly like me, even his appearance!”

“How many years ago did you lose Johann?”

“8 years ago! That man took him away from me!”

“By that man, do you mean Johann’s birth father?”

“Yes! But to think he was hiding in the Rocky Mountains!”

“What’s that man’s name and physical characteristics?”

The woman shouts Johann’s father’s name.

“He’s Latin and white mixed race, and he’s a bastard with white hair!”

“So the name Jimmy was chosen by both of you together?”

“That’s right!”

“Hmm. Fine. Then lastly… you’re currently claiming to be Jimmy’s birth mother by suddenly showing up and disrupting business. If this is false, we’ll hold you legally responsible. Do you agree to this?”

“Yes!”

Ada looks at the woman’s lawyer.

“So she says.”

“…Sigh. You didn’t just secure interview content, but also pulled strings at the hospital that will do the paternity confirmation?”

“What did you say? Listen here, Lawyer Wong.”

“Johann?”

“Is it my turn?”

Johann, emerging from Larry’s embrace, looks at the woman and lawyer.

Chills!

“W-wait a moment…”

The lawyer, sensing something in Johann’s indifferent gaze, urgently tries to speak, but Johann was faster.

“First, the name you mentioned isn’t my father’s name. It’s the name of my father’s acquaintance. My father never told me his name.”

What he told the Child Protection Agency in the interview was the real name of ‘The One Who Became a Star’. It’s a name that was already erased long ago and no one remembers.

“What, what? Ah, ah, then…”

Johann snorts mockingly at the woman who claimed to be his birth mother and was now flustered.

“And most importantly, my eye color and hair color aren’t originally these colors. They changed because of the poison.”

Thud!

“Huh, huh?”

The startled woman looks at the lawyer. The lawyer’s eyes waver.

Ada smiles coldly.

“Mary Jung, and lawyer Morris. I’ll give you one last chance. If you tell us about who’s behind this even now, I won’t press charges.”

Everyone looks at Ada in surprise.

Johann nods his head.

The mastermind was something he had suspected too.

Not only had they obtained the contents of the interview with the Child Protection Agency, but if they came out this boldly, it’s presumed they also put effort into the paternity test.

Could this be something a mere lawyer could do?

In America, lawyers are often described as devils for the various things they do, but Ada had never heard the name Phil Morris.

This means there’s someone with extraordinary power behind these two.

“Who is it? The person who committed this dirty deed?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. It seems my client was mistaken. Sorry for the trouble…”

“Beck Kurtz?”

The instinct of ‘The One Who Became a Star’ speaks.

This person has the highest possibility of being the mastermind.

Flinch!

Everyone looks at Johann.

Ada nods with a serious expression.

“That’s right.”

A person who would covet the current Johann and has the power to do so.

Beck Kurtz, the CEO of Star Model Agency, LA’s top model agency.

“The timing is perfect too.”

Ada’s eyes stare into the lawyer’s eyes.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. If you’re entangled badly with someone named Beck Kurtz, I hope you resolve it well. Excuse us. Let’s go, client.”

“Yes, yes!”

As the two and the photographer hurriedly leave the CEO office, Larry grits his teeth.

“Beck, that bastard really!”

“Wait! I’ll make the call!”

“Both of you calm down.”

“How can we calm down now, Ada?!”

“So what are you going to do?”

If they can’t prove that Beck Kurtz sent that group of scammers just now, they can’t expect any punishment. Knowing this, Beck Kurtz will mock Larry to his heart’s content when he calls in anger.

“Even if we’re angry, we have no choice but to swallow it.”

“…Damn it!”

Larry, who was about to storm out of his seat, suddenly looks at Johann.

“Johann, are you okay?”

“You’re going to smoke, right? I’m fine, so go ahead. I didn’t expect anything anyway. Johnny, you go too.”

“…Ada, I’ll leave Johann to you.”

“Okay. Go ahead.”

After Larry and Johnny leave, Ada looks at Johann.

“Why did you do that?”

Why did he make up his father’s name?

“If she was really my birth mother, she would have noticed that made-up name too.”

“Ah…”

“Ada, Beck Kurtz will do this kind of thing again, won’t he?”

“…It’ll be difficult right now, but in the future.”

Since he has a plan, he won’t try again something that failed once.

If he lies low like that and Johann starts modeling work and builds his position, he’ll target him again.

“Then he’ll use the information updated today too.”

“That’s right…”

‘I can’t leave this alone.’

It seems like he needs to be eliminated.

Not softly like Ellis Burma, but decisively.

Johann’s eyes sank coldly.

 

* * *

 

“Um, excuse me…”

“Here.”

Phil Morris, parked far away from Rocky Management, hands a white envelope to the woman who claimed to be Johann’s birth mother.

“Shh. You know, right?”

“Yes! Of course!”

She gets out of the car and walks away.

Phil Morris picks up his mobile phone.

“Yes, Mr. Kurtz. It failed. The preparation seems to have been insufficient.”

According to the interview article, Johann was known to have no memory of his birth mother at all.

So he thought it would be easy, but there was information that wasn’t revealed in the interview. That became a fatal dagger.

Moreover…

‘That boy Johann…’

He was smarter and more perceptive than expected.

‘This will be difficult.’

Phil Morris clicked his tongue.

 

* * *

 

“Just rest for now.”

At Larry’s house, Ada closes the door and sighs.

Although he said he didn’t expect anything, Johann must have been quite disappointed.

Today’s events showed how smart Johann is, but she doesn’t feel at ease.

“We need to somehow get back at him…”

Ada bites her lip and heads to her room, and after confirming she’s gone, Johann closes his eyes.

‘Entry.’

The universe unfolds.

“Search. Beck Kurtz. CEO of Star Model Agency.”

Enemies must be bitten to death.

This is the law of the wilderness.

Beck Kurtz brought this all upon himself.

Swoosh!

One orb flies from far away.

A murky brown orb slightly larger than a fist.

Johann grabs the orb and reads Beck Kurtz’s life.

“As expected…”

He knew from the moment the orb’s color was murky.

Beck Kurtz, who committed various acts while walking the line between illegal and legal to grow his company.

Johann frowned as he read the memories of Beck Kurtz, who had no qualms about harming others to satisfy his own desires.

‘They really made double books.’

“The best method would be to hand over the criminal evidence to the police…”

Without any context, the police wouldn’t investigate Beck Kurtz based solely on a child’s words, and there’s no possibility of a warrant being issued.

“Hmm… would that method work?”

There is one way.

A method to bring down Beck Kurtz without revealing that he’s just a child.

A method that even his accumulated connections couldn’t interfere with.

Johann organized the words in his head and spoke.

“Search. Handwriting Forgery.”

Whooooom!

The rivers and celestial bodies of the Galaxy trembled as countless orbs began flying toward him.

 

* * *

 

Click!

Beck Kurtz clicks his tongue as he turns off the internet.

Three days have passed since the incident with Giselle, but Johann is still hot news.

“I need to bring him over before the H&M photo shoot comes out…”

H&M’s upcoming regional customized photo shoot.

If meaningful sales occur, Johann’s photos will be displayed across the entire US. He’ll truly start to soar.

“What method should I use?”

His top product Ellis Burma will whine, but this is talent recognized not only by Giselle Buncheon but also by H&M’s chief photographer.

After 1 year, 2 years, 5 years, as time passes, Johann’s value will skyrocket endlessly.

By then it’ll be too late. It’ll cost too much money.

Also, even if not himself, others who covet and envy his talent will continue to scheme.

No matter how extraordinary a child he is, he’s still just a child. If such things repeat, his mental state will surely break eventually.

If he can’t have him, it wouldn’t matter if he breaks, but since he’s determined to obtain him, he can’t let him be destroyed.

He had to bring him over before that.

Talent that doesn’t shine is useless after all.

“Should I destroy Larry and Ada Wong?”

Physically. So they can’t move around.

It was the moment Beck Kurtz was lost in thought.

Murmur murmur.

“…What? Why is it so noisy?”

Bang!

Beck Kurtz stops mid-anger at the ruffians who entered without knocking.

Because of the letters “IRS” written on the blue jackets the ruffians were wearing.

“Mister Kurtz? We’re from the IRS.”

The US Internal Revenue Service, commonly known as IRS.

Beck Kurtz turns pale at the appearance of the IRS, infamous for the saying that you’d rather steal from banks than fail to pay even 1 cent in taxes.

“W-why is the IRS here?”

“Do you see this?”

What the IRS Agent held out was pages from a ledger densely filled with writing, contained in a transparent evidence bag.

“Based on a report from a brave citizen, we’ve secured evidence like this, so we’re arresting you on charges of tax evasion and embezzlement.”

“W-what?! N-no, wait!”

“You can discuss the details with your lawyer later… The safe is over there, right? Search and seize.”

“Yes!”

‘Safe? Search and seizure?’

“N-no!”

No. Absolutely not.

The safe contained things that could serve as evidence of the illegal acts he’d committed.

If the safe was opened, everything would be over.

“Subdue him.”

“Argh! No-!”

Subdued and forced to lie face down, Beck Kurtz could only struggle helplessly.

 

* * *

 

Tap tap tap!

Ada runs down the corridor of Rocky Management.

“Larry! Beck Kurtz was taken by the IRS…”

“Models will soon come pouring out of Star Model Agency, Johnny!”

“I’ll make a list of models we can recruit to our side! Sales Team, Scout Team! Prepare for a meeting!”

The IRS raided Star Model Agency after securing part of the double books through an insider report.

A ship that loses its captain is bound to run aground.

They had to prepare to take in the crew members who would come running out.

“Phew. This year 2009 is going to be busy from January… Hm? You’re here?”

That’s Larry for you. Even though he seems like a good person, he has business sense and drive.

“Won’t we be short on funds?”

“We will be.”

Given the Company’s available funds, the number they can contract is limited.

They can bring over at most three or four people.

In other words, they need to select the best gems from among the over 100 models belonging to Star Model Agency.

Beck Kurtz had a bad personality but excellent eye for talent.

It was both happy and troublesome.

“Would $500,000 be enough?”

“…Did I say I loved you?”

“S-shut up!”

“Hehe! I’m going to the meeting!”

As Larry excitedly rushed out of the CEO Office, Ada looks at Johann reading a book.

“Hm? What’s wrong? Did you ask something?”

“…There’s hair here.”

‘What am I thinking right now.’

Beck Kurtz was just caught through an insider report.

Except for a brief neighborhood tour three days ago, Johann had been with them the whole time. It has nothing to do with Johann. The timing was just fortunately good, as if God helped.

‘The IRS…’

No matter how much he evaded taxes, since the IRS stormed in, it’s at least a prison sentence.

‘Plus they found evidence of other crimes Beck Kurtz committed?’

Now it seemed they wouldn’t need to worry about Beck Kurtz. The scammers who caused the birth mother incident would also be arrested.

Tap tap tap! Bang!

“Ada!”

“Larry?”

“E-Edward Sher-Sherman is…”

Edward Sherman, BlackRock’s LA branch manager who they met at the department store Johann went to.

The Father of Emily Sherman, who became Johann’s first friend.

“Why is Mister Sherman?”

“H-he wants to tour our Company-!”

“What?!”

Ada stood up in shock.

 

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