The Baby Seizes Fortune - Chapter 83
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Episode 83
“You’re a bad mister…!”
Seungcheol raised his hand to his forehead.
“You kids have been listening well all this time, why are you suddenly acting like this today? There’s no way the lawyer mister would be here… Oh my!”
Keum-hae Construction Madame, who had been forced to return here by the children, peeked her head out and widened her eyes in surprise upon discovering Seungcheol.
“What… what brings you here… how did you come in?”
Unlike before, her voice was polite yet clearly guarded.
“Ah. I dropped a button while walking. It rolled in through the open door.”
Seungcheol spoke while turned away, firmly pulling off one of his shirt buttons in the shadows.
Then he pretended to pick something up and showed it to Keum-hae Construction Madame.
“Ah… I see. Haha…”
Samo awkwardly nodded and made way for him.
The guilt she had when receiving the business card had somehow turned into slight suspicion.
Seungcheol’s face looked very tired as he came out of the wine cellar.
Seeing the faces of the little kids who were wary of him, a sudden thought crossed his mind.
“….”
‘Geumhae Construction’s kids, and…’
Gu Jun-ho’s face that he had seen earlier came to mind.
There was a girl named Gu Chaea next to him.
His thought process became complicated, but there was no opportunity to ask anything.
Seungcheol moved his feet.
“Right? I told you he’s suspicious.”
“We need to be careful.”
The voices of the kids behind him were annoying.
* * *
‘This is really nostalgic.’
A square green floppy disk.
A tool used to store and input data in the past.
The capacity wasn’t large, but it was good for saving documents.
“Is it done now?”
As we came out to the mansion courtyard, Hee-jae asked.
As soon as I found this, the wine cellar door opened, and I was so startled thinking Seungcheol had already come.
Fortunately, the person who entered was Hee-jae, and Hee-jae helped me reorganize the cellar before we came out.
“Yeah, this is what I wanted.”
Before we knew it, a yellow moon was shining down on us against the darkened sky.
I suddenly looked at Hee-jae.
“But Hee-jae, aren’t you… curious about what this is?”
“…Yeah.”
Thinking about it, it was an absurd plan.
Going into someone else’s house to take something unknown. Especially for a chaebol family’s young master like this.
But when I said ‘there’s something I need to find,’ Hee-jae willingly offered to help.
“If you found what you wanted, that’s enough for me.”
It was the same when we looked for the time capsule last time.
‘Is this kid really… the same Kang Hee-jae I know?’
The CEO of Tomorrow Finance who had a particularly cold impression and was often called inhuman.
But the Hee-jae in front of me was a child who helped others’ problems as if they were his own.
“As long as you’re happy, that’s all that matters.”
My eyes wavered at Hee-jae’s words.
A cool breeze gently ruffled Hee-jae’s hair.
“You really are…”
I smiled brightly and nodded.
For some reason, I couldn’t think of what to say next.
“Chaeaaa!”
Soon, a voice calling my name could be heard from far away.
The man running hurriedly toward us was none other than Junho.
Junho, who had reached us, said breathlessly.
“Where did you disappear to? Father was looking for you for so long.”
At his face that looked genuinely worried, I said apologetically.
“Sorry. I was playing hide-and-seek with my friends…”
“I was worried. And Hee-jae, you…”
Junho slightly bent down and spoke to Hee-jae.
“Did you come with Grandfather?”
“No.”
“Then how will you get home? Should I give you a ride?”
“It’s okay. Park Manager will take me home.”
At the mention of having transportation home, Junho nodded understandingly.
“Well then, say goodbye to your friend and let’s go home now?”
“Yes.”
I waved at Hee-jae.
In my arms, the floppy disk we had found was well hidden.
“Goodbye, Hee-jae.”
“Goodbye, Chaea. See you tomorrow.”
* * *
“Noah, read this.”
As I spoke while holding the floppy disk in my hand, Noah began to read it.
Noah, a 5th-stage body-implanted AI, could read memory media like this.
It could also create scans through my eye sensors, like taking pictures.
[Reading…⟲૮₍˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶₎ა⟳]
Soon, a list of hundreds of files appeared on the screen before my eyes.
‘This is…’
There are too many.
“Organize these files into a report. Identify the key points. Also extract a list of involved people.”
After a moment, Noah, who had read the files, spoke.
Beep-
[૮₍ ¬ᴥ¬ ₎ა]
I guess it’s too much for the current level.
I didn’t expect much anyway, sigh.
“Then I’ll extract the valid data and organize it, so you just perform simple instructions. Got it?”
After struggling for four hours to check everything, I looked at the materials Noah and I had created together.
[Summary of Gyeongyang Group Corruption-Related Bribery Evidence Files
File Nature: Unofficial records combining Gyeongyang Group finance team internal management documents and personal memos
Subject Range: 6 former and current high-ranking officials, 7 financial institution executives
Bribery Forms: Cash bundles, overseas account transfers, luxury entertainment and family-name asset provision
Bribery Period: 1994~1997, coinciding with major loan approval and extension periods
Quid Pro Quo: Overlooking poor evaluations, credit limit and excess approvals…]
[૮₍ ✧ﻌ✧ ₎ა]
Noah looked at me as if impressed.
Ah, hurry up and grow bigger to make things easier for me!
‘Speaking of which, Gyeongyang Group…’
It’s a group that went bankrupt not long after the IMF crisis hit.
‘If Gochan-hyeong gets his hands on this file, what he could do is….’
Quite a lot.
Among the 6 former and current high-ranking officials was even the party leader of the National Party that Gochan-hyeong currently belongs to.
The names of the 7 financial institution executives also had many potential uses.
Besides that, there were over a hundred people who had taken various bribes.
With this data, he could exploit their weaknesses and form strong alliances with them.
‘Among the 7 executives, there’s also someone from the bank that funded Haeryeong Resort.’
My clenched fist tightened with force.
Rather than revealing this to the media and the public, Gochan-hyeong would likely use it as his own weapon.
Perhaps the reason why the opposing party candidate who was leading over Gochan-hyeong in the last parliamentary election voluntarily withdrew was also related to this.
The day of the previous transaction with the anonymous figure was one day before the opposing party candidate’s voluntary withdrawal.
“Noah. This time, answer me properly.”
I licked my lips.
Unlike the two villains, I had no need to use this as a weapon.
But the enemy was clear and this was the enemy’s weapon, so the most enjoyable method was….
“Let’s turn the world upside down.”
To scatter this corruption data so it couldn’t be used.
[Yes, Master. ૮₍ ˘ᴥ˘ ₎ა]
* * *
[Breaking News – Gyeongyang Group Corruption Case ‘Bribery File’ Leaked]
Along with the blue prompt, the anchor’s stern face appeared on camera.
-This morning, internal files containing evidence of bribery involving high-ranking officials and financial institution executives related to Gyeongyang Group were simultaneously leaked to major media outlets. Let’s look at the coverage.
Soon a reporter took over, and the screen switched to the data footage.
-The leaked files contained borrowed-name accounts, overseas remittance records, entertainment records before and after loan approvals organized by date and amount, and some individuals’ real names were also confirmed to be included.
I grinned while watching the screen.
[Sub Quest ‘Unstoppable Force’ has been completed.]
[Assets increase by 30%.]
[10,000 Karma Points have been awarded.]
[Hidden Achievement ‘Throwing Sand in the Villain’s Rice’ has been completed.]
[Achievement Reward: Noah’s upgrade Level 5 > Level 7]
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