The Chairman of Pharmaceutical Company is a Poison King - Chapter 173
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Chapter 173: Results Briefing
Paju, Samhan Empire.
Jeong Yeon-hee was also watching the live broadcast.
The massive Mirror Gate.
The unidentified monsters emerging from within it
And the swords of powerful energy slashing and piercing them.
‘Ahhh!’
The swords displayed precise techniques as if they were moving alive.
Several of them were very familiar.
It was the Demon-Subduing Sword Technique.
‘…Master.’
To be able to see the essence of the Demon-Subduing Sword Technique on screen.
‘The Chairman is… Ah! He’s there with him.’
Chairman Kim Tae-ju’s face didn’t appear on screen.
However, his throwing weapons and black metal ingots that flashed by momentarily.
Could only she see them?
She didn’t know if they were already watching.
She sent the channel link to the TJ Guild members as well.
‘I’d like to donate too.’
What’s the maximum amount?
‘Let’s do as much as we can.’
New Seoul Imperial Palace, Samhan Empire.
The Emperor and Geum Su-ho were also watching the live broadcast.
“He’s not human. Not as a figure of speech, but he literally can’t be human.”
“That’s right. I felt the same way the moment I first saw him.”
“Phew, Chairman Kim at least has some human aspects.”
“Does he?”
“…For now, at least.”
That old man is definitely a Soul Connector too.
The police denied it, but how else can you explain those terrifying abilities?
Anyone would think the same.
“Anyway, a gate – Vincent Moretti, that bastard must have done it, right?”
“Almost certainly.”
“Now I understand how dangerous a mad scientist can be.”
The Emperor shook his head back and forth.
Where on earth did that bastard summon those monsters from?
Could he handle them himself?
Not a chance.
Even dealing with one monster would be overwhelming.
If Chairman Kim and that inhuman old man, those two Soul Connectors, hadn’t been there?
Just thinking about it gave him chills.
“But the European Empire is demanding an explanation.”
“What explanation?”
“They’re saying they suspect Chairman Kim Tae-ju intervened in the Sahara Grassland incident…”
“Tell them we don’t know. And if it’s true, what are they going to do about it?”
“They said if we spirit Vincent Moretti away, they won’t let it slide?”
While they claimed to want to arrest Vincent in connection with the Emperor’s death, they were probably more worried about Enchant Magical Engineering falling into the Samhan Empire’s hands.
“Emperor Julian, who succeeded Alex Caesar, is quite ambitious too, isn’t he?”
“Hmph! Damn it, if they want to die, what won’t they do?”
In any case, the live video was a big hit.
└ Amazing, just amazing.
└ That old man must be a Soul Connector too, right?
└ What else would he be, an Awakened Guard? Can’t you tell just by looking?
└ With those skills, he could probably handle Beyond Elite monsters too.
└ He’d probably tear them apart completely.
└ I wish he’d catch some for us.
└ But why isn’t the replay video being uploaded?
└ It’ll probably come out if we wait.
But that was the end of it.
People waited for the recorded edited version to be uploaded, but it never appeared.
* * *
Tae-ju briefly stopped by New Seoul before returning to Gurye.
He had caught Vincent Moretti, and now there shouldn’t be any more gates like that appearing, so he could breathe easy.
He needed to plan mass production of raid doping potions and research hair growth formulas… especially the hair growth formula seemed urgent.
Jecheon Daeseong’s avatar was like a strategic weapon.
A hidden card that could instantly reverse even the worst situations.
But he had used it all up.
He needed reserves.
‘Just a handful during the next delivery…’
Hair growth formula aside.
First, he needed to check the spoils of war.
Tae-ju took out the subspace bags that Vincent Moretti had from the Infinite Space.
However.
‘They won’t open.’
They were locked.
Normally, subspace bags sold commercially come without locks.
Not many people bother to lock them.
Going through authentication procedures every time you put things in or take them out is inconvenient.
Tae-ju had also been using his without a lock.
‘Taking him out and making him unlock them is also…’
Who knows what he might do if brought out carelessly.
This guy was the most dangerous Soul Connector villain he’d encountered so far.
‘Let’s just send everything to the Immortal Realm.’
Dok-seon had made a request too.
If it was confirmed that Vincent Moretti could enter the Infinite Space, please send him to the Immortal Realm.
He said there were many who wanted him.
‘I can roughly guess why…’
Vincent Moretti was a gate specialist.
Also, Enchant Magical Engineering had surprisingly many similarities to formations, techniques, and treasures.
‘They want to open a door to Earth.’
Tae-ju had hoped for the same thing.
If the Immortals could travel back and forth to this place, Earth would become safer.
Suddenly!
Buzz.
Just then, a delivery signal appeared.
Taking things out and putting things into the Shared Warehouse.
Vincent Moretti, the golem Daniel he created, and 10 locked subspace bags as well.
‘Oh right, I need to put in the mango shaved ice too.’
Before coming to Gurye, Tae-ju had stopped by the Newseoul Baekdu Hotel and packed 100 servings of the mango shaved ice that the Swordsman had eaten, storing them in the Infinite Space.
Since he would surely return to the Immortal Realm and brag to the Immortals about it, he thought he’d let them taste it too, and along with that, even a new motorcycle that had been in the Baekdu Hotel parking lot.
Tae-ju knew the Swordsman’s personality well.
How much would the Immortals be annoyed?
Now to check the items.
First, he took out the letter.
As he slowly read through it.
“Huh?”
It contained content he had never expected.
‘Wow! As expected, our Dok-seon has a grand scale.’
Cheongyae Sindosi construction, it said.
I could understand up to Seongyeworld, but a large-scale officetel complex?
But this wasn’t a plan to take lightly.
It had to be viewed from a long-term perspective.
Starting from architectural blueprints, construction materials, equipment—there were more than just one or two things to do.
‘I can’t do this alone.’
So he decided to accept Danggumak’s advice written in the letter.
The suggestion that to become a true conglomerate in the Samhan Empire, he should have at least a construction company.
He had been thinking about it anyway.
Medicines like Saengibulkkun were selling like hotcakes, and since supply was insufficient, new factory construction was needed.
On top of that, Paju Domain development, shipyard dock expansion, additional port construction for the shipping business… thinking about it again, the construction industry was essential.
‘Isn’t there a decent company somewhere?’
Tae-ju met with Baek Seo-yeon.
“We need a construction company.”
She brightened up as if she had been waiting for this and agreed.
“That’s a good idea. I was feeling the necessity too. Should we start one? Or go with acquisition?”
“Starting one would take too long. Acquisition would be better, right?”
“Do you have a company in mind?”
“No. I don’t have one right now. It would be good if it’s large enough to handle at least a major apartment complex on its own…”
“Hmm.”
Baek Seo-yeon pondered for a moment, then carefully spoke up.
“It’s quite large, but… how about Fujii Construction?”
“Fujii Construction?”
“Yes, they’re currently struggling so much that management is difficult.”
“Tell me more details.”
Listening to it, it was a butterfly effect caused by the accident the Swordsman had caused when he came to Earth.
The Arabian Octagon incident.
The guy who got beaten up by the Swordsman there was the son of Fujii Construction’s CEO.
Geum Su-ho wouldn’t just let it slide.
The Samhan Empire’s Ministry of Land was conducting special safety inspections on Fujii Construction’s construction work.
Evidence of shoddy construction had emerged, and some apartments were evacuated due to collapse risks while facing damage compensation lawsuits.
Even tax audits and short selling.
Fujii Construction’s stock price plummeted endlessly.
“Do we have sufficient acquisition capacity?”
“It’s tight, but it’s worth trying.”
“Then let’s get to work.”
* * *
Heavenly Realm.
A large banner was hung in front of the multiplex.
【Swordsman’s Earth Visit Results Briefing】
They rented an entire movie theater.
The theater was packed with Immortals and Hwangcheon-gye administrators including Yama.
“What great experience did he have that he’s even holding a briefing?”
“What could there be? He probably just took a few building photos and watched people passing by.”
“Or maybe he went to restaurants and took photos.”
“Does he think we’d be envious seeing that stuff?”
“Well, let’s pretend not to know and humor him.”
Honestly, they were curious.
The vivid, raw Earth civilization, not what they saw in movies or dramas.
The first was a video of him swiping a black card around.
Ah, the Swordsman’s confident expression, how annoying it was.
– Full payment, please.
– …The amount is quite substantial?
– Don’t worry. It’ll definitely go through.
Stopping by a motorcycle shop to swipe for the latest model, going to a hotel to buy expensive mango bingsu, shopping frantically at a department store’s luxury section…
“Ahem.”
“…As expected, nothing special.”
“Don’t we have that stuff in our shopping mall too?”
“Going to Earth just to do shopping?”
“We brought in a bingsu machine to Seon-gye Cafe too. We’ll be selling Seondo bingsu as a new menu, so please visit often.”
The Immortals tried to disparage it.
Because being envious meant losing.
The Swordsman came up to the podium prepared on the movie theater stage.
“This is the black card that Kim Tae-ju gave me. I wonder if you’ve heard of unlimited credit limit.”
He took out and showed the actual black card.
“My goodness! Why did he bring it back instead of returning it?”
“It’s not even his card.”
“How troublesome it is to report it lost and get a new card.”
“Tsk tsk, what a nuisance, such a nuisance.”
The next video showed him boarding first class on an airplane, being treated exceptionally well by flight attendants while cutting steak with premium wine.
Moreover, actual photos, and even a passport with the Korean name Dongbin and English name printed on it.
“…”
“…”
“Whew.”
“Tsk.”
“Damn it.”
Frustrating.
Even if they didn’t know about first class, they were a bit envious of the passport.
You couldn’t get it just anywhere.
A rare and unique item.
Wouldn’t that make him a dual citizen?
Having citizenship in both Earth and the Heavenly Realm.
Nevertheless, the Immortals gritted their teeth.
“Couldn’t we ask Kim Tae-ju? It seems like he could definitely make passports…”
“Right. It’s not like we can’t go to Earth either.”
“Let’s suggest it to Dok-seon.”
The Swordsman smiled slyly.
The atmosphere was gradually building up.
To think they’d be shaken by just a passport.
‘The real thing is separate.’
So he played the video from Arabian Octagon Club.
Psychedelic lighting and Earth’s youth frantically shaking their bodies.
The screening room where the briefing was being held was turned completely upside down.
“Swordsman! Are you in your right mind? A club, at your age.”
“No way, you used rejuvenation magic just to get into a club? You’ve completely lost it.”
“Tsk tsk tsk, as a fellow immortal, I’m too ashamed to face Kim Tae-ju.”
“What? You spent five million won just to book a room?”
“How shameless.”
“You call this something to brag about?”
“Don’t tell me you even did bottle service?”
He had done bottle service too.
The club’s waiter brought pretty earthly women to the room.
– Please, everyone sit comfortably.
– What’s with this guy? Why does he talk like that?
– We came to the wrong place. Let’s just stay a bit and leave quickly.
– You could be my boyfriend.
– Do you want to die?
Then the immortals mocked him.
“Hehe, I knew this would happen.”
“No matter how much you rejuvenate yourself, can you change your true nature?”
“Right, if he went to the fish market, the merchants would have welcomed him.”
“Giggle giggle, as expected, the ladies of Samhan have good eyes. They could tell right away he wasn’t the one.”
“This was the most entertaining thing I’ve seen so far.”
The Swordsman hurriedly stopped the bottle service video and played the next one.
But this one was not ordinary.
A young woman, completely drunk, was being carried by a waiter.
– It looks like she was drugged. I’ll handle this.
A moment later, when the door opened, two thugs were seen grabbing the woman’s hair and causing trouble.
And the Swordsman’s punishment began.
Thwack thwack thwack thwack! Thwack thwack!
The thugs were beaten senseless.
There was no mercy in his fists.
The immortals frowned.
“Even so, that’s going too far. An immortal hitting people…”
“Affairs of the human world should be left to humans.”
“This time was too harsh.”
“A good scolding would have been enough…”
But when the woman’s identity was revealed.
“Gasp! That, that woman is Lee Yun-mi, the actress who appeared in Strange Judge Yoon A-yoon?”
“Wh, what on earth is going on?”
“Did he really meet a celebrity?”
“You can see celebrities if you go to clubs?”
The immortals were shocked.
They were also envious.
An actress they had only seen on TV or screens.
To the immortals, they were objects of admiration.
The Swordsman grinned and even showed his smartphone.
“Here’s a photo we took together as proof. I even got her phone number.”
It was hard to believe, but it was real.
Especially the Heavenly Realm Administrators were startled and jumped up.
Yama was the same.
“Those bastards dared to touch actress Lee Yun-mi!”
“Hey, Swordsman! You just beat them up? You should have cut something off and brought it back.”
“Why didn’t you kill them?”
“They should be thrown into hell immediately.”
“Haha, I thought this only happened in dramas, but how do such things happen in reality.”
Police Officers arrived and even put on handcuffs.
“Look at that, those corrupt cops are the same everywhere.”
“They must have taken bribes.”
“But why didn’t he run away.”
“Is the next video a prison break?”
The immortals and other higher realm beings were already completely absorbed in the videos the Swordsman was showing.
Cursing, feeling satisfied, and exploding with anger.
This time it was a different video.
It wasn’t filmed with a smartphone.
The quality was poor, and the audio didn’t match the people’s lip movements well.
But the content was anything but simple.
Police Officers trying to frame actress Lee Yun-mi and the Swordsman, Earthly Authorities barging in claiming to be victims when they were the perpetrators, exercising the right to remain silent…
“Damn bastards!”
“But why the right to remain silent?”
“Did you drink black soup? You should have cut their heads off with one stroke.”
“So frustrating, so frustrating. What will happen to our actress?”
“I can’t watch anymore.”
The immortals were sweating with tension.
They couldn’t come to their senses due to the dramatically escalating story.
Finally, our allies appeared.
The Merchant Guild Owner, an acquaintance of Kim Tae-ju, and the Imperial Palace Authority.
The Police Officers and Villains held their breath and prostrated themselves flat.
Finally, the refreshing and powerful relief burst forth.
Everyone in the screening room clapped their hands and stood up from their seats.
Clap clap clap clap!
The Swordsman waved his hands in response to the enthusiastic reaction.
It was like a film festival awards ceremony.
The applause continued without stopping.
Clap clap clap clap clap clap…
“My heart feels completely refreshed.”
“As expected, you had a trick up your sleeve.”
“I believed in you.”
“You got me good. I acknowledge it.”
“I lost. It’s worth bragging about.”
“Are there any post-credit scenes?”
It was a real situation without a script.
It was much more interesting than dramas.
They thought it would be nothing special, but that was a huge mistake.
The Swordsman also closed his eyes gently, recalling that time.
Living both human and immortal lives, had there ever been a moment when his heart swelled more than this?
The video had completely ended.
With the lingering afterglow, no one was leaving their seats.
The current common thought among the immortals.
They were insanely envious of the Swordsman.
No way, he’s only been on Earth for a few days and he experienced all that?
If only I could go to Earth too.
If such an opportunity came again.
Yama felt the same way.
‘A gate to Earth…’
Honestly speaking, he had no desire to open it at all.
That was until he saw the footage that Swordsman had recorded on Earth.
But now his thoughts had changed.
Was there any reason why he couldn’t go to Earth as well?
‘I absolutely must open it.’
In any case, the Earth visit report meeting ended successfully.
It went without saying that Swordsman’s objective had been achieved.
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