The Chairman of Pharmaceutical Company is a Poison King - Chapter 135

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Chapter 135: It Was Summer

The White House banquet had ended.

David Morgan wanted to meet Kim Tae-ju once more to confirm his intentions, but he had already disappeared.

‘Did he really leave after saying he would?’

It was absurd.

If it had been a bluff, he would have surely stayed in the American Republic for a few days to play hard to get, but he had left entirely…

Articles exploded like a burst dam.

Chairman Kim Tae-ju’s White House banquet declaration.

It was as impactful as the MRC invention.

【Taehong Bio Chairman Kim Tae-ju’s White House Declaration! The Severed Sea Route Will Be Restored.】

【Crossing the Pacific Ocean with Container Ships. Is It Feasible?】

【The Key Issue: How Will Elite Marine Monsters Be Dealt With?】

【Empty Boasting? Or Sincere Words Born from Confidence?】

【If His Words Come True, Humanity Will Progress Once Again.】

Nevertheless.

David Morgan still couldn’t believe it.

‘The more I think about it, the more absurd it becomes.’

Crossing the Pacific Ocean.

Let’s say they cross the sea on a massive container ship.

Regular monsters wouldn’t be able to do anything to such a large vessel.

The size difference couldn’t be ignored.

Moreover, regular steel produced in steel mills contained crystals mixed in, so it wouldn’t even get scratched by most monster attacks.

However, elite marine monsters would be different.

Those creatures could also handle mana barriers and aura.

No matter how thick the ship’s hull, even if the ship were made with steel plates mixed with elite crystals, it would be torn apart like paper by the monsters’ aura attacks.

‘Absolutely impossible.’

It was impossible to completely block aura.

Even the American Republic, which had the world’s best steel manufacturing technology, wouldn’t dare attempt it.

‘Then is he planning marine monster raids?’

Even if they loaded awakened raid teams on the ship to prepare for elite monsters, that was still problematic.

How would they fight?

In the deep, deep Pacific Ocean.

To stop marine monsters, they would have to go underwater.

Of course, masters were strong.

If several gathered, they could easily hunt elite monsters.

But that only applied on land.

Underwater, their combat power would obviously drop to less than half.

Half? What half?

Would they even be able to move their bodies properly?

They would obviously become prey for elite marine monsters.

‘Stupid fool!’

David Morgan knew Kim Tae-ju well too.

That he wasn’t just a simple pharmaceutical company representative, that despite not being an awakened, he possessed military power stronger than masters.

‘I suppose he’s acting up like this because he believes in that.’

The guy had shot himself in the foot.

‘Fine, let’s see how far you can go.’

Now David Morgan didn’t care about things like Whiteblack.

Kim Tae-ju, that bastard had humiliated him in front of people.

From now on, he would make him pay the price.

David Morgan took out his smartphone and dialed a number.

And a few hours later.

Articles poured out simultaneously from all media outlets in the American Republic.

【Absolutely Uncrossable. Experts Judge That Pacific Ocean Crossing Will Be Impossible by Any Method.】

【The Claims Were Grand. But There Was No Method, No Explanation, No Plan.】

【Irresponsible Remarks from a Pharmaceutical Company Representative, This Isn’t About Drug Development.】

【Don’t Tell Me He’s Planning to Release Poison into the Pacific? How Will He Handle Environmental Groups’ Backlash?】

* * *

New Seoul Imperial Palace, Samhan Empire.

The Emperor and Geum Su-ho were having a conversation with serious expressions.

Rather than conversation, it was mostly sighing.

“Whew.”

“…Hah.”

“Good grief.”

“How do we handle this…”

When Chairman Kim Tae-ju, who was visiting the American Republic, first called to request cooperation, it was truly absurdity itself.

Acquire a closed shipyard and restart operations? Recruit shipbuilding technicians? Acquire the ship hotel built near Yangsan Shipyard and float it on the sea?

What kind of rabbit purity pledge nonsense was this?

Wasn’t he talking about sailing not to nearby seas but to distant waters?

They didn’t know his true intentions, but they still had to pretend to cooperate.

How could they turn away from the request of Samhan’s hero and humanity’s savior?

First, the Yangsan shipbuilding industrial complex was state-owned.

It had been a white elephant for 50 years, so selling it to private parties wouldn’t be difficult.

And the shipbuilding technicians.

With time passing, they would currently be elderly people in their mid-70s to 80s and 90s, mostly retired or deceased.

Still, if they looked, they could find them.

While they were pondering this, news came from the White House in the American Republic.

The White House banquet declaration.

He would restore the severed sea routes.

He would cross the Pacific Ocean with container ships.

They had expected this, but… was this actually feasible?

By what method exactly?

“He’s surely not planning to use poison, is he?”

“…Poison? Release poison into the Pacific Ocean?”

“If it’s Chairman Kim, wouldn’t it be possible?”

“Heh heh heh, if what you’re saying is true, I’m really worried.”

“Because the ocean environment might be polluted by poison?”

“What nonsense! Do you think the ocean environment would change from mere poison?”

“Hmm, that’s true.”

The ocean environment had already changed 300 years ago.

Mana invasion, sudden global warming.

What happened to the oceans because of that?

Nuclear power plants from various countries were submerged.

Simultaneously, serious radioactive leaks occurred.

But absurdly, environmental changes due to radiation didn’t happen.

This was because mana’s damage was stronger than radiation.

Mana even devoured radiation to grow its power.

This could be clearly seen from the example of Beyond Elite monsters roaming the former Chinese lands.

“The ocean, I’m talking about the Pacific Ocean! Even if poison were released there, would it make any difference?”

The Pacific Ocean was too vast.

The size of the ship trying to cross it was also enormous.

“It’ll probably end in failure. We still don’t have a good grasp of what kind of demonic beasts live in the ocean. There might be ones immune to poison.”

“But seeing how confidently he claimed it, don’t you think he might have some other plan?”

“Hmm, truly incomprehensible. Just how exactly…”

That’s when it happened.

Ding.

A message notification from Geum Su-ho’s smartphone.

“Ah! Chairman Kim has arrived at New Seoul Airport.”

“Really? Then tell him to come to the Imperial Palace quickly. Let’s at least hear what his plan is.”

* * *

He didn’t have much time anyway.

But the Emperor wanted to meet him, so he came in a hurry, only to be asked this.

“Me releasing poison into the Pacific Ocean? Come on, the Pacific isn’t some neighborhood pond.”

Tae-ju’s expression showed his disbelief.

The Emperor looked at his reaction and said.

“…Right? You’re not going to release poison, right?”

“Do you think I’m someone who solves every problem with poison?”

“I didn’t think that. But Su-ho…”

Geum Su-ho shouted indignantly.

“When did I say that?”

“Earlier you said Chairman Kim could do it?”

“That was praise for how strong Chairman Kim’s poison is.”

Tae-ju bore some responsibility too.

He had just blurted it out without explaining the details.

He should clear up the misunderstanding.

“Anyway, it’s definitely not poison.”

“Then with what? Just give me a hint.”

Tae-ju took out one black iron ingot from the Infinite Space and handed it to the Emperor.

“I’ll cross with this.”

“Huh? What is this?”

“It’s called Hell’s Iron, it has the property of driving away demonic beasts.”

“…What?”

His expression said ‘what nonsense is this?’

“No, it looks like ordinary iron…”

“Take it and experiment with it. Don’t forget to return it when you’re done.”

“…Really?”

“Just try it first. I’ll be at Yangsan Shipyard.”

“Ah, understood.”

Tae-ju left the palace and flew to Yangsan on Manribibeom.

After flying for a while, he saw a large ship below his feet.

‘That must be the Ship Hotel.’

Having already been purchased, the Ship Hotel was slowly being moved to an empty dock using cranes and heavy equipment.

Once it settled in the dock, repair work would begin immediately.

Tae-ju jumped down from his sword and approached Baek Seo-yeon, who was directing the ship moving operation.

“Chairman! When did you arrive? I heard you were going to the Imperial Palace.”

“I went and came back.”

Let’s start repairs quickly.

The repairs would start with welding the ship’s hull, then processing black iron into steel plates to attach at regular intervals to the ship’s bottom.

Since this was a shipbuilding industrial complex, processing black iron would be easy.

If only they could secure the workforce.

“I’ll handle things here. Seo-yeon, please hurry with the mass production of Saengibulkkun and Saesalssugsseug. Aim for at least 10,000 containers worth.”

“Yes! I’ll get them produced.”

Baek Seo-yeon was definitely different from other people.

She didn’t have even a trace of doubt.

Even the Emperor and Geum Su-ho had questioned him persistently.

The Gurye Factory would focus entirely on MRC production.

All the other factories would concentrate on producing Saengibulkkun and Saesalssugsseug.

The facilities were sufficiently equipped.

The New Seoul Factory and Baekdu Science, the former Mirinai Taehong Bio Factory whose acquisition was complete, plus the Paju Factory.

Tae-ju had also seen the news articles.

Somewhat malicious reports from American Republic media.

Impossible, irresponsible, is he trying to release poison into the Pacific? It will definitely fail…

However, he was curious what expressions they would make once the ship repairs were finished and the container ship was launched into the sea.

If the ship’s performance remained the same as before, it wouldn’t even take ten days to cross the Pacific.

A moment later.

Ding!

The Emperor called Tae-ju’s smartphone directly.

– What exactly are you? MRC and this Hell’s metal thing too, are you an alien? Don’t tell me you’re a god?

He must have experimented with it.

“I’m neither an alien nor a god.”

But it was somewhat similar.

The same soul was an immortal after all.

– Where did you get such a miraculous metal from…? Even elite demonic beasts were terrified and ran away.

“What do you think?”

– I’m confident this will work! What do you need help with?

“I need workers. Heavy equipment too.”

– I’ll designate it as a top priority national project and provide support. Even if it means halting currently ongoing state-led civil engineering and construction projects.

Tae-ju hung up the phone.

He just had to wait.

By the way, it looked like his businesses would increase.

Two at the same time.

Shipbuilding and shipping.

Since crossing the ocean would only be possible with black iron, it would be a global monopoly.

He should file for company incorporation.

What should he name it?

* * *

Danggumak was pleased.

Black iron ingots began piling up neatly in front of the multiplex.

They had risen to about half the height of the building.

“This should be enough.”

The next delivery would be 100,000 black iron ingots, 600 tons.

He had barely managed to meet the quantity.

The immortals dispatched to Scorching Hell seemed to have done their part properly.

Demon Valley Immortal and Galhong Immortal had also heard from Danggumak about how these black iron ingots would be used on Earth.

“So the amount of goods that big ship can send at once is equivalent to 550 million bags?”

“Hehe, I can’t even imagine how much that is.”

“I’m curious what kind of world Earth was 300 years ago.”

“Exactly! To think that ships crossing the seas like that stopped because of sea monsters, how much damage that must have caused.”

But soon the sea routes would be restored.

Actually, crossing sea routes with black iron was more like a workaround.

The best method would be to cleanly sweep away the sea monsters.

“Sea monsters are difficult to deal with.”

“That’s right, it would be hard to even swim underwater.”

“Wouldn’t it work if we learned water techniques?”

“Water techniques only have meaning in human-to-human combat.”

That was true.

Water techniques wouldn’t be nearly enough.

“If we could just send one mackerel from the East Sea Dragon Palace to Earth…”

“Mackerel? Ah…! You mean General Pyeongwi from the Dragon Palace?”

“That’s right. That blue-backed fish.”

There were spiritual beings in the sea as well.

What Gwi-gok and Gal Hong were talking about wasn’t an ordinary fish but a mackerel that had evolved into a spiritual being, holding the rank of General Pyeongwi bestowed by the Dragon King.

Its true form was a large blue-backed spiritual mackerel, but it could transform into human form, and its power and abilities in true form couldn’t be ignored even by immortals.

Sea monsters would die just from being grazed by it.

“The octopus would be fine too.”

“You mean the Octopus Prime Minister of the Dragon Palace? That one’s a scholar graduate.”

“Don’t underestimate him for being a scholar. When things get serious, even the Dragon King can’t treat him carelessly.”

“Well, if you put it that way, the Hairy Crab Doorman, Blue Shark Colonel, and Orca General are also…”

“Tsk, what’s the point of talking about this? Can we even go to other worlds? We can’t even go ourselves.”

“True, if only we could cross over…”

Danggumak listened to Gwi-gok and Gal Hong’s conversation while lost in thought.

Come to think of it, all the upper realms had formed connections with Tae-ju, but the Dragon Palace was left out.

He hadn’t even considered the Realm of the Buddhas anyway.

What might be in the Dragon Palace?

It would be good if there were items to trade with them too.

Of course, it would have to be something that could help Tae-ju.

Just then.

Ding ding ding.

A delivery signal appeared at just the right time.

“It’s here.”

“Oh! Quickly put in the black iron.”

“Will it all fit?”

“We’ll know once we try putting it in.”

Danggumak checked the Shared Warehouse.

But then?

“Huh!”

He was startled.

But he calmly first divided the black iron ingots and immortal realm flowers between the subspace bag and Shared Warehouse.

“What is it?”

“Something strange came?”

“Show us quickly.”

Something red smoothly emerged from Danggumak’s infinite warehouse.

It was bigger than expected.

“Good heavens!”

“Crazy!”

A two-door coupe, convertible open-top red sports car.

Danggumak sat in the driver’s seat.

“Get in. Let’s have a change of mood.”

“…B-but there are two of us. There’s only one spare seat.”

“What are you going to do with bone-shrinking techniques if you don’t use them?”

Vrooooooom!

The red sports car raced down Seongyae Road.

Vroom, vroom! Vrooooom!

Originally, electric cars don’t make noise.

However, every time the accelerator was pressed, the distinctive exhaust sound of a sports car echoed through external speakers.

Everyone paid attention.

The immortals who came outside after hearing the sound, the magistrates, underworld officials, messengers, and sinners working on the Seongyeworld construction, and even the heavenly deities who had secretly come to play, all just gaped with their mouths wide open.

A beautiful and outstanding roofless sports car, much larger than the electric cars the heavenly children rode around in, raced down the road.

Even a Swordsman’s Harley bike coming from the opposite direction stopped.

And just stared endlessly at the rear of the passing sports car.

It was summer.

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