The Chairman of Pharmaceutical Company is a Poison King - Chapter 170

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Chapter 170: Now We’re Going to Catch Him (2)

The Sahara Grassland Underground Bunker Facility where Vincent Moretti was hiding was located near the Cairo, Egypt Forward Operating Base.

Currently, he was deep in thought.

Intelligence agents from countries around the world had spread throughout Cairo, Egypt.

They were undoubtedly looking for him.

During the Moscow experiment, not only Alex Caesar but also Intelligence Director August had died, so all evidence had disappeared…

On the other hand, the Gurye Jirisan experiment was a complete failure.

The souls didn’t merge, so there was no explosion either.

For that reason, there was a very high possibility that the golem Daniel, who he thought was dead, had been captured by Kim Tae-ju.

‘Sigh, the Gurye Jirisan experiment should have succeeded.’

If it had, a massive explosion would have occurred, and all the nations’ attention would have been focused there.

Soon, Kim Tae-ju might come charging into the Egyptian Sahara Desert as well.

He had to make a decision.

Should he abandon this bunker base and prepare another hideout, or should he have a showdown with Kim Tae-ju?

But both Kim Tae-ju and himself were Soul Connectors anyway.

What was there to be afraid of and run from?

‘…Come then, I’ll kill you.’

Of course, he had a way to finish him off.

Recently, through soul connection and unification with Jacques Deluane, who shared the same soul as him, he had found a method.

Jacques Deluane, the same soul from another world.

How did his world perish?

It was right after the first soul connection.

After Jacques realized that other worlds existed, he conducted indiscriminate dimensional gate experiments.

The so-called ‘Random Dimensional Gate’ generation experiment.

The experiment required enormous energy sources, even using Dragon Hearts.

And then it was destroyed.

By countless hordes of monstrous creatures that emerged from there.

‘I just need to create the same random dimensional gate generator that Jacques made.’

Just open the door.

Although it’s called random, since it was already specified through one experiment, the same connection gate would be generated.

But there was a problem.

The gate generator that Jacques Deluane had created.

It consumed an enormous amount of energy.

‘I have 8 fake Dragon Hearts remaining… is that slightly insufficient?’

The energy sources that Vincent on Earth possessed.

They were fake Dragon Hearts made by compressing Elite Mana Crystals to the maximum using the power of magical engineering and scientific technology.

Each fake one contained over 3,000 Elite Crystals.

However, compared to genuine Dragon Hearts, it was nowhere near enough.

Still, it should open.

The question was how long it would last.

‘I need to install it right away.’

The moment he comes looking for me here!

Destruction will come to Earth.

* * *

Tae-ju came to New Seoul Airport with the Swordsman.

If he had taken Manribibeom, he would have come with Ilisambaeyi, but since he had to take a plane, he left him in Gurye.

Well, he’s the type who plays well by himself anyway.

Currently, Tae-ju’s face was changed using transformation magic.

Along with a disguised identity created by the Imperial Intelligence Agency.

Even while boarding the plane, the Swordsman was busy playing with his smartphone.

His first smartphone on Earth had been a burner phone, but while the Imperial Intelligence Agency was creating his passport, he was officially issued the name ‘Dongbin’ and a resident registration number.

Now, on paper, the Swordsman was a perfect Samhan Empire citizen.

So he could officially join SNS platforms like Inbyeolgram, KeTalk, and NeTube.

“…Do you find communicating through SNS interesting?”

“Of course it’s interesting.”

“You said that Immortals forming ties with the secular world would disrupt harmony…”

“Heh heh heh, isn’t SNS a virtual world anyway? We communicate anonymously, and we don’t meet face to face either.”

Well, that was also a valid point.

Ordinary people wouldn’t even know who the Swordsman was.

“Tsk tsk, no followers.”

There was no way a newly created SNS channel would have followers.

But there were ways around everything.

The Swordsman sent a message to Jeong Yeon-hee.

Jeong Yeon-hee was quite a famous influencer.

When her master commanded ‘Follow my channel,’ how could she disobey?

Shortly after.

Starting with Jeong Yeon-hee, people who were considered somewhat famous began following the Swordsman’s channel.

“Ohhh! As expected of my disciple.”

“…”

Jeong Yeon-hee was truly kind.

She could have just followed alone, but it seemed she mobilized her entire network.

Influencers known to be somewhat famous began following the Swordsman’s channel.

The coordinates were marked.

Ordinary people were also increasing in droves.

Everyone must have been curious.

Who this person named Dongbin was that famous influencers had followed.

The Swordsman’s full-scale broadcast began the moment he sat in his first-class seat on the plane departing for Cairo, Egypt.

When he pressed the live broadcast button with his smartphone equipped with a selfie stick, viewers came flooding in.

– DM Attack Squad has entered the channel.

– Senaldu has entered the channel.

– Yakkoong has entered the channel.

– user45874 has entered the channel.

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The Swordsman’s heart was pounding.

Earth’s streaming live broadcast.

This was also something he had really wanted to try.

“Heh heh heh, greetings everyone. As you can see, this is the airplane’s first class…”

└ Ah! Damn, what a shock!

└ What? It’s just an old geezer?

└ Grandpa, did you want to brag about riding first class?

└ Or maybe you wanted to try intergenerational communication.

└ Just go to sleep. Though I guess old people don’t sleep much

└ Bye!

“Ah, no, wait, th, that’s not it.”

– Jjolli has left the channel.

– Strawberry Stem has left the channel.

– km34 has left the channel.

– MZ Fresh has left the channel.

– DM Strike Force has left the channel.

– Senaldu has left the channel.

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“…Don’t leave.”

He cried out desperately.

【Currently connected viewers: 0】

He had no choice but to end the broadcast.

And so the Swordsman got a taste of Earth’s harsh live personal broadcasting reality.

Tae-ju felt sorry for the Swordsman.

“Don’t be disappointed. The first time is always difficult.”

“Actually, I never intended to broadcast in the first place. Even in a virtual world, one shouldn’t carelessly form connections.”

He had to rationalize it somehow.

“Would you like to sleep? Or perhaps have a meal.”

“…Should I eat first?”

But the Swordsman didn’t give up.

‘I chose the wrong content direction.’

He had underestimated it too much.

Aren’t personal broadcast contents, combining short and long videos, uploaded hundreds and thousands of times daily?

If you don’t stand out, you get buried quickly.

‘First-class airplane seats weren’t stimulating enough.’

More provocative content was needed.

He couldn’t rely on looks alone.

‘Should I use rejuvenation again… no.’

Since it had come to this, it was time for a head-on confrontation.

First, he would fully master broadcasting skills.

His contemplation was over.

The Swordsman turned on his smartphone again.

This time for video recording, not live streaming.

“Ahem, do you know where this is? This is airplane first class. I ordered a meal, and oh! A flight attendant is coming.”

Currently, the most important thing for the Swordsman was to be reborn as Earth’s influencer.

Vincent Moretti?

That guy was merely a side hobby.

* * *

The airplane landed in Cairo, Egypt after stopping at several intermediate destinations.

A city adjacent to the vast Sahara Grassland, a monster-infested area.

It could be considered specialized for monster raids.

More than half of the passersby were Awakened.

“What should we do first?”

“Let’s head to the outskirts first.”

Before departing, they had received a briefing from Chief Mun Gyeong-sik of the Ministry of National Intelligence.

European Empire intelligence agents were sweeping through all of Cairo, but seeing they still couldn’t find even a clue…

‘He’s probably not in downtown Cairo.’

Daniel had supposedly taken a flight from here, but that could also be a smokescreen.

They had come prepared.

The Ministry of National Intelligence had scraped together information about Vincent Moretti from the ground up while operating in Europe.

They had barely managed to obtain a photo presumed to be Vincent Moretti.

Though the information was insufficient, he read it over and over, visualizing the guy’s appearance in his mind.

Tae-ju and the Swordsman came outside Cairo.

There were no people around anyway.

He released his transformation technique and bone-shrinking skill.

Maintaining disguises also consumed energy.

‘Let’s begin.’

He took out a tracking talisman from Infinite Space.

“It’s Danju Seonin’s talisman.”

“Yes, it should help.”

“Why didn’t you track with that from the beginning?”

“It doesn’t work if the target is unclear.”

“Then what about now?”

“Well. If he’s in this vicinity… the probability increases when we’re closer.”

“Tsk, when I return to the Immortal Realm, I’ll have to tell Danju Seonin firmly. To pack plenty of immortal energy when making talismans.”

If he was nearby, it would definitely work.

Tae-ju infused immortal energy into the tracking talisman and thought of Vincent Moretti.

If it burst into flames, they’d found him.

‘Please catch fire.’

If even this didn’t work, finding the guy would be extremely difficult.

In other words, this was the last resort.

Vincent Moretti’s identity constructed in his mind.

Imperial Crystalline Research Institute Director, magical engineer, creator of the golem Daniel… and the vague appearance from the faint photograph.

Suddenly!

Flicker, flicker, flickerrrr!

Flames rising from the bottom of the talisman.

‘Got it.’

The tracking talisman burst into flames.

Then it flew away lightly.

Direction: southwest.

Tae-ju could feel it faintly in his mind too.

The guy was definitely in the Sahara.

Though he couldn’t pinpoint the exact location.

“Let’s follow it.”

“Understood.”

Swoosh!

Tae-ju and the Swordsman mounted their respective swords and followed the burning tracking talisman.

However.

Hissssss.

The talisman quickly turned to ash and disappeared.

‘Is it here?’

Let’s check.

He took out another tracking talisman.

Flicker!

This time it caught fire immediately.

The direction was still southwest.

Swoosh!

After flying for some distance, it went out again.

Hiss.

Though it disappeared quickly, hope arose.

Just the fact that it caught fire meant somewhere?

He took out another one.

Flicker!

Screech!

Hiss.

After going through this process about five or six more times.

Whoosh!

Flames erupted and the tracking talisman spun around in place.

“It’s here.”

“…But there’s nothing here, is there?”

“Hmm, maybe it’s underground.”

“Like an underground bunker?”

Horizons stretched in all directions.

It was a vast grassland area.

No building structures were visible either.

Only mutant beasts of the grassland were wandering around lazily.

Since Danju Seonin’s talisman had activated, he was definitely somewhere nearby.

Then?

If not in the sky or on the ground, it had to be underground.

“Then let’s search. I’ll look around this way.”

“Yes.”

Tae-ju and the Swordsman began their search.

If it was underground, it would be hollow, and they should be able to feel it by stomping their feet or exploring with their qi.

Thump thump! Thump thump!

He leaped across the grassland using the Thousand Pound Drop technique.

Whooom.

He also tried spreading his qi.

Suddenly!

“Hm?”

He could see something wriggling on the nearby ground.

It moved unnaturally.

Its movements were also slow.

‘…Is it a lizard?’

Tae-ju caught the small lizard with his hand.

It didn’t look like a magical beast.

With its triangular head, tail, and four legs, it looked no different from a lizard, but…

‘It’s heavier than I thought.’

Tae-ju’s eyes met the lizard’s eyes.

“Huh?”

Whirr!

The lizard’s eyeball made mechanical sounds as it contracted and expanded, focusing.

‘…It’s a camera lens.’

It was a robot lizard.

It seemed like something Vincent Moretti had made.

He was watching him.

“This bastard…”

That’s when it happened.

Rumble rumble rumble rumble!

The ground surface shook as if an earthquake had occurred.

Crack!

The ground split open and a structure that looked like a giant tower burst through the surface.

“Kim Tae-ju!”

Whoosh!

The Swordsman instantly closed the distance and came running.

And.

Bzzzzzz!

Zap zap zap zap!

White beams shot from the tower!

Crash crash crash crash crash!

At the same time, a massive mirror gate 50 meters in diameter appeared in mid-air.

It was instantaneous.

Everything happened within just a few seconds.

‘What’s that?’

Whooooom…

The mirror gate he had witnessed in Moscow and Jirisan.

The difference was its tremendous size.

Tae-ju opened his Infinite Space.

He had filled it with things he could use as projectiles in case of emergency.

If the gate had opened, something would come out from inside.

What would emerge?

‘…Humans from another world?’

It wasn’t.

Slither slither, a bundle of tentacles with suction cups emerged first from the mirror gate.

‘Ah, damn it.’

The tentacles were disgusting.

But that was only part of it.

Swoooosh!

A massive creature that looked like a dinosaur squeezed through the narrow gate opening and revealed itself in the Sahara Desert grassland.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

‘Crazy!’

That was just the beginning.

Swoosh, swoooosh, swish, swish! Swish!

“Gwek!”

“Gwiiik!”

“Krararark!”

Creatures of various sizes and forms emerged from the mirror gate, shrieking.

“…What the hell?”

What were those things?

The big ones were as tall as high-rise buildings, and even the small ones were bigger than dump trucks.

Whooooom.

Flutter flutter flutter.

Flying ones, walking ones, crawling ones like centipedes.

Countless numbers emerged.

Meanwhile.

The Swordsman was just staring blankly at the gate.

He had lived for thousands of years in both the human world and the Immortal Realm.

‘What kind of creatures…’

He had never seen such creatures before.

He had never even heard of them.

It was truly an overwhelming sight.

‘They’re that big?’

The Swordsman’s mouth fell open on its own.

His hands were also trembling.

His chest also pounded relentlessly without rest.

Finally, drool flowing down from his lips.

“Haaah.”

Taking one deep breath.

“Kahahahahaha!”

The Swordsman laughed loudly.

He was truly incredibly delighted.

To think he would encounter such fortune.

“This is content!”

That’s right.

Truly novel content.

This will definitely be a hit.

How many concurrent viewers would come in?

His heart couldn’t help but race.

It felt like it might burst completely.

With hands trembling from anticipation, he first picked up his smartphone, quickly added a title, pressed the live broadcast button, then.

“I-I shall begin the live broadcast.”

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh…

Thousands of qi swords that the Swordsman had conjured soared up into the sky.

Thus, controlling swords with qi.

Thousands of swords flew toward the giant creatures all at once.

Tssssssssssss!

Simultaneously, each executed different sword technique forms.

Demon-Subduing Sword Technique, Four-One Sword Technique, Taiji Wisdom Sword, Emperor Sword Form, Purple Mist Divine Sword, Heaven Shield Sword Technique…

Thousands of swords made of qi, each and every one of them was swordsmanship executed by the Swordsman.

Among all of this, the part the Swordsman put the most effort into.

Was precisely the safety of his precious smartphone.

He layered three protective barriers of qi to prevent it from breaking.

The smartphone began live filming.

Like a drone, it flew through the sky on its own.

It was controlling phone with qi.

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