The Chairman of Pharmaceutical Company is a Poison King - Chapter 165

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Chapter 165: Master and Disciple

Sahara Desert Underground Bunker Facility.

Vincent Moretti was watching the situation unfolding in Gurye Jirisan of the Samhan Empire through monitors.

He had received separate contact from Daniel.

Saying he had located Kim Tae-ju’s position and would execute the mission soon.

Vincent Moretti expected another dimensional gate experiment failure this time as well.

Kim Tae-ju would also end up merging with the same soul from another world.

Once the gate opens, there’s no way to avoid it.

Even Emperor Alex Caesar, who could be called Earth’s strongest, and Sword Kaiser Trillian Lancer, who shared the same soul.

Kim Tae-ju would be the same.

No matter how much of a Soul Connector he was, could he be stronger than Trillian?

A Soul Connector is ultimately human.

He absolutely cannot escape that limitation.

A massive explosion would occur like in Moscow.

Gurye City would leave no trace behind.

Along with evidence like Daniel and the drones.

Drone filming began.

He could see Kim Tae-ju subduing an elite magical beast alive and dragging it forward.

‘He’s definitely a Soul Connector.’

How could an ordinary Awakened Guard capture an elite magical beast alive? Even a Master couldn’t do such a thing.

That wasn’t all.

‘…Huh? How?’

He precisely pinpointed the location of the golem Daniel, whose vision was distorted by optical camouflage and enchanted magical engineering.

‘Well, that much is possible.’

He must be someone with good observation skills.

Also, there’s the reason that the optical camouflage’s invisibility function isn’t perfect.

Daniel splendidly completed his mission.

He approached Kim Tae-ju closely, and the dimensional gate generator operated safely.

‘It’s over.’

Now he won’t be able to move a muscle…

“Gasp!”

Vincent doubted his own eyes.

“Wh-what?”

Does this make sense?

He broke free from the dimensional gate generator’s restraints with force?

It’s not a simple mechanical device.

It’s an artifact containing the essence of ultra-advanced magical engineering.

In magical terms, it’s high-level magic of 9th class or higher.

“Good heavens…”

The restraints were both the unique function and limitation of the dimensional gate generator.

Since dimensional connection is established through the soul as a medium, it binds even the physical body tightly.

That’s why when the device is activated, the target absolutely cannot move.

In a way, it was a weakness.

Because of this, Vincent couldn’t summon Jacques Deluane either.

They might explode together if he wasn’t careful.

But what is this Kim Tae-ju?

To so easily break the power of dimensional restraints that’s equivalent to, or might even surpass, 9th class magic.

‘Has he surpassed human capabilities?’

Moreover, he seemed to know the results after the dimensional gate occurred.

As soon as the mirror door appeared, he quickly escaped that area, and even shot down the micro drone with a long-range projectile.

Video transmission was cut off.

From now on, there’s no way to know what’s happening.

Experimental results that completely exceeded expectations.

Dangerous.

Did he choose the wrong opponent?

‘Conversely, I’ve become the one in danger.’

He would try to find him by any means necessary.

‘I need to prepare.’

If he had known he was this kind of person, he wouldn’t have sent Daniel.

‘How should I handle this?’

He suddenly became anxious.

Then a thought suddenly occurred to him.

‘…Could it be that Drek Karaks too?’

As the curator of Imperial Crystals, Vincent Moretti could access all information collected by the European Empire Intelligence Agency.

When did Drek Karaks disappear from Europe to conduct the ritual in Moscow?

‘It was right after the assassination attempt on Kim Tae-ju in the Samhan Empire failed.’

After Edward, one of Drek Karaks’ subordinates, and the Mages died to Kim Tae-ju in Paju, the two must have met for the first time.

‘He would have recognized Kim Tae-ju’s abilities then.’

Now I understand.

‘The purpose of the ritual was Kim Tae-ju.’

To survive against him.

That’s why he forcibly induced the Moscow civil war and conducted the ritual to become Deus Lich using human souls as sacrifice.

Vincent Moretti’s artificial heart beat violently.

Anxious.

He had a bad feeling.

Setting aside dying, he was afraid he might not be able to conduct experiments smoothly in the future.

‘What should I do?’

Should he abandon the underground bunker?

If he abandons this place, where would he go?

Suddenly!

Vincent’s consciousness was sucked somewhere.

“Ah!”

An overwhelming sense of unity.

A welcome face came to mind.

‘Jacques Deluane…’

In the Sahara Desert Underground Bunker.

Soul connection between Vincent Moretti and Jacques Deluane, the same soul from another world, was established once again.

* * *

Tae-ju was dumbfounded.

Someone did come out of the mirror.

Rolling and tumbling out at that.

A person he had met recently, no, an Immortal.

From the Immortal Realm, not Earth.

As soon as he came out, he was poking the Elite Giant Panda Bear, which couldn’t move due to the binding and barrier talismans, with his finger curiously.

He removed and reattached the talismans, but the Elite Panda Bear just trembled and couldn’t even think of moving.

“…Swordsman?”

Turning his gaze at the voice calling him.

“Oh! Kim Tae-ju!”

Spot!

He rushed over in an instant.

“Uh, how did you get here?”

“Hmm, well, you see…”

The Swordsman explained to Tae-ju how he came to Earth.

It was a bit disorganized, but he understood it well.

“So that’s how it happened.”

“I, I was trying to stay far away, but I misstepped and ended up… hahaha…”

Was that really what happened?

Anyway, that was close to being a disaster.

What if Dok-seon had been pulled into that gate?

And then merged with himself?

Even Tae-ju had some difficulty breaking the restraints.

How many people would be able to break free from that?

It was only possible because it was himself and Dok-seon – it was by no means a trivial power.

‘It was fortunate that I warned him in advance.’

However, a problem remained.

Even if he crossed through the gate to get here, how was he planning to return?

“Don’t worry. Well, when the time comes, I’ll return to the Immortal Realm.”

“What?”

“As you know, my crossing over here wasn’t exactly normal.”

“Well, that doesn’t seem wrong.”

“You can think of me as an alien existence on Earth. It means I shouldn’t be here. In terms of our world, it’s no different from going against the natural order. Hmm, I wonder if you’ve heard the term ‘defying heaven.'”

Defying heaven.

“…That sounds a bit scary.”

“Ah, it’s nothing special. Do you think this is the first or second time I’ve defied heaven? Going against the natural order is familiar work for me. Hehehe.”

This didn’t seem like something to laugh about.

Such a nonchalant attitude even when mentioning defying heaven.

But it wasn’t strange.

‘Rather, it’s very immortal-like.’

For them, laws and rules existed to be broken.

That’s probably why they’re confined to the Immortal Realm.

“Anyway, I’ll return somehow. I just don’t know when that will be.”

“Ah, yes, that’s unfortunate.”

“So, speaking of which.”

“Please go ahead.”

“Since I’ve come to Earth anyway…”

That’s when it happened.

Rustle!

A familiar presence was felt from over there.

“Someone’s coming. An enemy?”

“No.”

It was a familiar presence.

It must be Jeong Yeon-hee.

She said she’d catch one elite magical beast and still hadn’t returned, so she must have appeared out of worry.

“Should I step away?”

That wasn’t necessary.

Because Jeong Yeon-hee was also someone who had a connection with the Swordsman.

“It’s fine. Just please don’t reveal that you’re an Immortal…”

“Hahaha, I have that much sense.”

“From now on, please speak casually. Use informal speech.”

“Should I?”

Soon, Jeong Yeon-hee revealed herself.

“Chairman, I was waiting and got curious if something happened… Oh my?”

Her eyes turned toward the Swordsman.

Her eyes gradually widened.

And for a while, she just stared without saying anything.

The moment their eyes met, she knew.

The Demon-Subduing Sword Technique demonstration video saved on her smartphone.

She had watched it countless times.

She viewed it several times a day.

Slow playback, fast playback, repeat playback, zoom in and out…

‘That’s him.’

He was wearing a nice suit and shoes with short hair, quite different from his appearance in the video.

But how could she not recognize him?

Jeong Yeon-hee was flustered.

What should she say first?

Also, how should she address him?

Suddenly!

“Good bone structure.”

“Right?”

“That sword the young lady is carrying also seems to be one I gave you.”

“Ah! Come to think of it, I didn’t even ask for permission.”

“It’s fine, the sword found its owner. And she definitely has the qualities of a sword master. It was worth teaching.”

She realized.

How she should address him.

“M-Master!”

“…Oh!”

The Swordsman’s eyes sparkled.

When was the last time he heard the word “master”?

‘A disciple.’

An Earth disciple at that.

‘Is this also fate?’

So he looked at her and nodded with a warm smile.

“Yes.”

“Ah!”

Jeong Yeon-hee was moved.

Didn’t this mean he would acknowledge her as his disciple?

It was truly a heartwarming scene, but…

Tae-ju stepped forward and spoke.

“Now, now, we don’t have time for this.”

Looking at Jeong Yeon-hee.

“Yeon-hee.”

“Oh, yes?”

What should he say about the Swordsman’s identity?

Since he spoke the Samhan Empire’s language naturally from watching dramas without any sense of alienation, let’s just make up something simple.

“This person has been in the mountains for a long time, so he currently has no proper identity. He needs to handle daily life matters and get a cell phone, so…”

Jeong Yeon-hee understood perfectly.

“I’ll take care of that. I’ll contact the secretary’s office to create an appropriate identity. I’ll handle it without any problems.”

Well, she’s a chaebol granddaughter – couldn’t she handle at least that much?

“But may I ask Master’s name…”

The Swordsman answered.

“Do-bin, his name is Do-bin.”

A suitable name.

“Yeon-hui, could you take him to our house for a while? And please get him a smartphone too.”

“I’ll escort him right away.”

“Thank you. I’ll finish the scheduled experiment and then head out.”

People are waiting.

I need to proceed with the doping potion experiment before I go.

* * *

Today’s scheduled experiment was completed successfully.

The results?

Do I even need to say?

A 20-member raid team composed entirely of Junior Experts killed the Elite Giant Panda Bear with about one minute remaining on the doping potion’s duration.

Now let’s go meet the Swordsman.

But before that.

Tae-ju went to Kim Dong-hun at the TJ Bio Security Center.

He showed him the micro drone recovered from Jirisan.

“What do you think, Dong-hun? Can you disassemble this and investigate it?”

Kim Dong-hun examined the drone carefully.

“Ugh, this isn’t my specialty though? It’s a magic enchanted device. Look here, there are patterns drawn on it.”

“Still, it has a lot of electronic components. There’s a communication device too.”

“So what if there is? I can’t even disassemble it.”

“You can’t disassemble it?”

“Usually magical devices are made so that the internal mechanisms burn up when disassembled. Unless you’re the person who made it.”

This is troublesome.

I was hoping to use this to track down where Vincent Moretti is.

“But why the drone?”

“Ah, this was filming our experiment site at Jirisan. It seemed to record video and transmit it somewhere, so there’s a possibility that the experiment results were leaked…”

“What? You should have told me this earlier. If that’s the case, there’s no need to disassemble the drone.”

“Huh?”

“Anyway, it means it was in a place on Jirisan where wireless signals could connect. There wouldn’t be that many IPs accessing wireless communication from there.”

“That’s right.”

If the video filmed by the drone was transmitted over the internet, there must be traces left behind.

“…It would be possible, but IP tracking is illegal.”

“It doesn’t matter. I’ll take responsibility.”

“Haha, well then, just give me the exact location and time. Then I might be able to find out where the video was sent. It’ll take a little while.”

I will definitely catch him.

He’s the bastard who tried to execute the plan knowing full well what would happen if souls merged.

All of Gurye City almost disappeared.

Also, am I the only soul connector?

Even now, they are exposed to danger.

As long as Vincent Moretti is alive.

* * *

The Immortal Realm.

The Immortals’ anger had not yet subsided.

What a great opportunity it had been.

And the Swordsman just snatched it away?

Really, even though he’s a fellow Immortal, he was shameless and even disgusting.

“Hogging it all alone, visiting Earth alone – you could write a web novel with the Swordsman as the protagonist.”

“He doesn’t know the meaning of compromise at all. That greedy old geezer covered in avarice.”

“He’s not a Swordsman, he’s a Greed-man.”

“Sigh, I wonder if there will be another opportunity.”

“You think so? Is Kim Tae-ju a fool? Would he fall for the same trick twice?”

“He might let himself be tricked on purpose.”

“If he would do that…”

“Hey! Don’t just rely on Kim Tae-ju, we need to find our own way.”

And so they swarmed to Hwangcheon-gye.

They stormed into Eophwagung where Yama was.

“I say! Yama, what are you doing now? We have something to discuss.”

“Ugh, I can’t breathe because of the smoke. Are you catching moles?”

“Always smoking like this, no wonder your brain has hardened.”

As the Immortals rushed in like a pack of dogs, Yama pressed his forehead with his hand as if he had a headache.

What’s wrong with these guys now that they’ve come here?

“So, what brings you here?”

The Immortals poured out their complaints as if they had been waiting for this.

“Do you know where the Swordsman went? He crossed the gate and went to Earth.”

“You probably can’t even guess who opened the gate. It was a crazy scientist.”

“No, any Tom, Dick, or Harry can open gates, but what is our Hwangcheon-gye doing?”

“Don’t you have the ability? If this is how it’s going to be, just hand over the throne to some suitable Magistrate and step down.”

“If you can’t open one to Earth, then try opening one to that Demon Realm or whatever.”

“You probably can’t do that either?”

I have no idea what they’re talking about…

If they came to complain about something, shouldn’t they at least explain the circumstances in detail?

Though expecting that from the Immortals is foolish.

‘I’d better just hear it from Dok-seon.’

The appointed time has come anyway.

Let me take this opportunity to escape.

“Hmm, it’s already this late. It’s time to attend the representatives’ meeting, so I’ll be going. Feel free to hang around.”

Swoosh.

Yama opened a gate leading to the Heavenly Realm.

“Hey, Yama! Where are you going?”

“You should at least give us an answer before leaving.”

“Catch him!”

Swoosh.

And he crossed through the gate.

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