The Chairman of Pharmaceutical Company is a Poison King - Chapter 178

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Chapter 178: The Upper Realm Soccer Tournament Is…

Baek Seo-yeon was frantically busy collecting the subsidiaries of the Fuji Group.

Sending acquisition due diligence teams to each company, conducting on-site investigations.

She felt like she was flying high these days.

And for good reason.

Baek Seo-yeon had made a firm resolution ever since she left Mirinaei Group and came down from New Seoul to Gurye.

She would make Taehong Bio, no, TJ Bio into the greatest conglomerate in the Samhan Empire.

Those goals were being achieved one by one, so how could she not feel good?

The subsidiaries of TJ Group had suddenly increased.

She couldn’t let her guard down and needed to solidify the foundation.

“We need to separate the wheat from the chaff. Chairman, the government principle is complete employment succession, but…”

Tae-ju agreed as well.

New wine should be put in new wineskins.

The government’s complete employment succession principle was also made with lower-level employees in mind.

They planned not to lay them off but rather improve their treatment.

“Replace the executives with our people. If necessary, promote managers or team leaders with good reputations from below.”

“Yes, understood.”

“I’ll be going on a business trip for a while. Please take care of the rest.”

“Where are you going…?”

“I’ll be back soon.”

And to Ilbaek, who was being held by Baek Seo-yeon and sucking on a treat.

“You seem to have gained weight lately?”

“…Meow?”

“You chubby little pig.”

“Meow!”

“Don’t deny it. Stop eating snacks and come somewhere with me.”

“Meow!”

Ilbaek jumped up onto Tae-ju’s shoulder.

“Ugh, my shoulder’s going to collapse.”

“Meooow…”

The place they were going now was the abandoned Chinese territory.

He had already made up his mind.

To raid a Beyond Elite monster.

The purpose of riding Manribibeom now was preliminary reconnaissance.

Screech!

The first Beyond Elite that Tae-ju had encountered was?

Identification number BEM-C04, also known as the Black Demon Dragon.

At that time, the entire Samhan Empire was thrown into chaos by its sudden northward movement toward the Great Wall of Beijing.

Tae-ju had nearly died while confronting it to collect its corrosive poison.

Fortunately, after Honweonmusangdokryeongong reached 9-star level, he barely managed to deal with it with help from Danju Seonin’s talisman.

In fact, the Black Demon Dragon was the weakest among Beyond Elites.

Moreover, it was alone.

Originally, Beyond Elite monsters were like lords ruling over a region.

In other words, they had many subordinates under their command.

The Black Demon Dragon was alone because it had fled north after being pushed out in a power struggle, which made it possible to catch.

‘Was it around here?’

Where he had encountered the Black Demon Dragon.

Then let’s go further down.

To see where it had been chased from.

Screech!

After going down for quite a while…

A massive river came into view.

The vast plains, what should have been a granary region, the Great Plains were filled with countless monsters.

‘Why are there so many?’

And the terrifying aura felt from far away.

“…Crazy!”

“Caw!”

Just the aura alone was stronger than the Black Demon Dragon.

Even much more than the giant monster that had emerged from the Mirror Gate in the Sahara Grassland.

It was fortunate that thing only guarded its own territory, but what if it moved around freely?

Despite the considerable distance, its massive form was clearly visible.

Two heads, each with a sleek single horn.

‘What was that thing’s identification number again?’

The characteristic of Beyond Elite monsters.

Each had different sizes and tendencies, but their final appearance was similar to snakes or dragons.

No matter what monster they evolved from.

Anyway, after searching.

‘It looks like BEM-C09, the Twin-Headed Demon Dragon.’

The Twin-Headed Demon Dragon probably chased out the Black Demon Dragon.

“This won’t be easy.”

“…Meow!”

There were plenty of subordinate monsters too.

It was just a field of Elite monsters.

No ordinary monsters were even visible.

Ilisambaeyi could provide backup, but…

‘Wouldn’t it be okay to bring one more person?’

For example, Earth’s Sword Emperor.

‘The military won’t work.’

This was a monster-infested area.

Modern firearms might provoke other Beyond Elites.

‘Let’s try raiding the Twin-Headed Demon Dragon first.’

What’s there that can’t be done?

Tae-ju had also become much stronger than when he defeated the Black Demon Dragon.

‘I’ll need more throwing weapons.’

Unprocessed black iron ingots had their limits.

At least hundreds of thousands of bladed throwing weapons.

He could get help from the Imperial Palace for manufacturing.

If he succeeded in raiding the Twin-Headed Demon Dragon and obtained a Beyond Elite mana crystal?

‘I should send it to the Immortal Realm.’

It would be more useful there than on Earth.

Because magical engineering, whose lineage was cut off with Vincent’s disappearance, was continuing in another world, the Immortal Realm.

* * *

Representative teams from the Immortal Realm, Cheon-gye, and Hwangcheon-gye were formed.

It wasn’t a simple soccer match.

It was like a war with each side’s pride on the line.

So from uniform selection to player roster submission, it was a sharp confrontation.

“Why should Hwangcheon-gye wear black uniforms? That’s prejudice. We’ll wear white.”

“Tsk tsk, aren’t the clothes that Saja and Chasa always wear black?”

“Right, you’re wearing black robes even now.”

“…Well, that’s, but why is the Immortal Realm red?”

“The Samhan Empire representative team’s symbol is red. What, got a problem with that?”

Even during the player roster submission process.

“Cheonma and that Hyeolma bastard are too much. I don’t even know if these guys are qualified.”

“They’re the ones who contributed to building the Seongyeworld. That’s why I promoted them, see?”

“But they’re sinners?”

“Right now they’re assistant managers, and there’s room for rehabilitation. Besides, Saja are originally chosen from among sinners anyway.”

Hwangcheon-gye also found fault.

“Then what about Jecheon Daeseong? Since when is a monkey an immortal?”

“The Realm of the Buddhas handed him over. And he’s the president of Baedal’s Immortal Realm, are you going to slander an upstanding businessman like this?”

“What does being an upstanding businessman have to do with being an immortal?”

“Are you discriminating right now? Can’t a monkey become an immortal?”

Everyone had no intention of backing down.

In the end.

“Don’t fight! I approve all the player rosters!”

“…Well, then fine.”

“Let’s do that.”

Only when Haemak-i stepped forward did things finally quiet down.

However, this was just the beginning.

Even while the Heavenly Deities were laying grass to create the soccer field.

“The spell formation is complete too. Everything except physical strength will be restricted.”

“Hmph! Who’s going to trust that? The Immortal Realm will also reinforce the spell formation.”

“You guys? I trust the Immortal Realm’s reinforcement work even less. Then our Hwangcheon-gye will participate too.”

“Hehehe, so you’re going to come at us like this? Then the Heavenly Deities will do the final inspection…”

“You already did it once and want to do it again? Fine. Let’s just cover the entire stadium with formations.”

“Okay! Deal! Let’s go all the way.”

There was a reason why Cheon-gye and Hwangcheon-gye were being so persistent.

It was because of the Immortals.

They had no idea what kind of trouble these guys might cause.

They had to nip any potential problems in the bud from the start.

Danggumak remained silent during all that noisy power struggle.

Though inside he was frustrated to the point of rotting away.

‘…They’re all just troublemakers.’

Being called the same “immortal” as them was embarrassing.

They held this match to promote friendship between the upper realms, but at this rate, would they even be able to play properly?

Maybe studying would have been better.

Nevertheless, appointing Haemak Seonnyeo as referee was a stroke of genius.

The moment she stepped forward, the situation was instantly resolved.

“If it wasn’t for Haemak-i, I wouldn’t have let this slide.”

“That’s what I wanted to say.”

“Stop it already. Aren’t you ashamed in front of the celestial beings?”

With uniforms and player rosters confirmed, what remained was the tournament bracket.

With 3 teams, the numbers didn’t match up.

Inevitably, one team would get a bye.

They had no choice but to draw lots.

Haemak Seonnyeo stepped forward again this time.

She put three balls of equal weight and size but different colors into a box, and with her eyes covered, Haemak reached in and drew.

“It’s white!”

The Cheon-gye team players including Takdap Sinjang erupted in cheers.

“Hooray!”

“Straight to the finals!”

“As expected, the protection of the Heavenly Deities is directed toward our Cheon-gye.”

“Anyone can come up. We’ll send you down lightly.”

The faces of the Immortals and Hwangcheon-gye officials crumpled completely.

“No way! Something’s wrong with this! Do it again!”

“But Haemak-i drew it?”

“Did I do something wrong?”

“…”

“…”

Finally, the first match.

Everyone knew the soccer rules.

Previously, celestial beings, immortals, and Hwangcheon-gye officials had often played futsal or soccer matches together.

The Immortals gathered in a circle and pledged victory.

“This is practically the finals. If we just beat those Hwangcheon-gye guys, it’s over.”

Hwangcheon-gye thought the same way.

“We need to focus on marking the Swordsman and the monkey. The rest are just scarecrows.”

Wheeeet!

The whistle blew and the match began.

The Hwangcheon-gye officials went into intensive pressing defense, conscious of the Swordsman.

“Come on, Kang Rim, there’s a limit to close marking – two people sticking to him?”

“…Well, he’s the most dangerous.”

However, even with his immortal energy sealed and unable to use internal power, the Swordsman was still the Swordsman.

Swish!

He first escaped the pressure with quick movements.

Sambong Seonin made a light pass, targeting that opening.

Thwok!

The Swordsman raised his hand like a commander of the central plains and shouted.

“Monkey! Run!”

Bababababat!

It was tremendous speed.

Jecheon Daeseong instantly crossed the midfield line and ran toward the opposing goal.

Boom!

The ball kicked by the Swordsman drew a graceful curve and was delivered precisely to Jecheon Daeseong.

Too high?

It wasn’t.

Whoosh!

Jecheon Daeseong shot up into the air.

At the same time, he soared higher than the ball, did a somersault, and headed it down.

Thwack!

Swish! Ripple!

A perfect heading shot.

Before the goalkeeper could even react, the soccer ball shook the goal net.

“Ukkeek! I scored!”

“It went in!”

“Our monkey is the best! Yeah!”

“I’ll buy you all the banana milk you want after the match!”

“Let’s finish them off ten to zero.”

Jecheon Daeseong took off his uniform and ran to the Swordsman in joy.

“Ukkeek, what an amazing assist!”

“Come here, monkey!”

The Swordsman also spread his arms wide to welcome him.

However.

Peeeeet!

When assistant referee Odo Pangwan raised his flag, Haemak-i blew her whistle.

“Offside!”

“…What?”

“Huh?”

“Why?”

Though Haemak-i blew the whistle, the immortals rushed toward Odo Pangwan with menacing momentum.

“Damn it, are your eyes crooked?”

“Odo Pangwan, are you taking sides because you’re both from Hwangcheon-gye?”

“What did you eat? Did Yama promise to give you coins?”

“Turn on VAR!”

Video review?

Of course it was possible.

There were countless smartphones installed around the arena.

“Come on! Check it out!”

“…Huh?”

It was indeed offside.

And it was thoroughly calculated by Hwangcheon-gye’s defense.

“What the?”

“An offside trap in neighborhood morning soccer?”

They also figured out who was commanding the defense.

“…It’s Cheonma.”

“Ah!”

“That bastard…”

They had forgotten.

Cheonma was also a soul connector, one connected to the same soul from Earth.

Naturally, he would know soccer well.

And Cheonma was also the leader of the Demonic Cult who had experience commanding great armies.

From this point on, a nightmare unfolded for the Immortal Realm team.

The defense led by Cheonma was terrifying.

The Hwangcheon-gye team’s strength was their organization.

They must have prepared meticulously as their coordination was perfect.

Following Cheonma’s gestures, they moved forward in a line defense formation, then backward, setting offside traps, along with the pressing defense of the Chasa and Saja.

Hyeolma also played his part.

Fast feet like Jecheon Daeseong.

With excellent individual skills, he pushed past the immortals and tormented the Immortal Realm team’s defense.

Danju Seonin in the center-back position was anxious.

He wanted to throw a talisman to tie up that rat bastard Hyeolma tightly, but his immortal energy was sealed so he couldn’t.

“You bastard!”

Danju Seonin stuck close to Hyeolma’s side.

Hyeolma didn’t even pay attention and lightly tapped the ball forward, doing a one-two.

Suddenly!

“Ouch!”

Danju Seonin rolled around on the arena floor.

“Ahhhhh! My ankle…”

An ear-splitting scream too.

The immortals each raised both hands and protested to the assistant referee.

“Ha Seon-go, what are you doing?”

“Why aren’t you raising the flag?”

“That’s a foul!”

“Are we strangers to you?”

Ha Seon-go didn’t budge at all.

Because the being who would resolve this ridiculous situation was running over from far away.

Thump thump thump thump!

Haemak Seonnyeo running energetically with colorful flowers in her hair.

“Danju Seonin-nim!”

“Huh? Oh, it’s Haemak-i. Hy, Hyeolma did something to me…”

“I saw everything! Get up!”

“You, you saw?”

“You two didn’t even collide!”

“…No, that’s not it!”

“Oh my.”

Haemak-i sighed.

“It’s Hollywood!”

“…”

“Lying is bad!”

“…”

The flustered Danju Seonin sought help from his teammates, but.

“Ahem, Haemak-i is right.”

“Get up quickly, it’s embarrassing.”

“If you’re going to cheat, you should do it seamlessly.”

“Tsk tsk, even I could see it was sloppy.”

So Dan-ju also jumped up.

“Hehe, I must have misstepped. I’m fine.”

Of course, it didn’t end there.

Haemak Seonnyeo plucked a yellow flower from her hair and held it out to Danju Seonin.

“Warning!”

“…”

Of all people, Haemak-i was the referee.

They couldn’t even protest.

Weren’t they going to lose like this?

They had to come up with some plan.

Maehwa Seonin with a determined expression.

“I’ll take the bullet.”

Swordsman nodded solemnly.

“Your noble sacrifice will be the foundation of our victory. Good luck!”

The game resumed.

When the tiki-taka pass between Swordsman and Jecheon Daeseong, who formed the two tops, was intercepted by Cheonma.

Thump thump thump thump thump!

Maehwa Seonin gritted his teeth and ran.

Running close to Cheonma, he slid in a sliding motion.

Swoosh!

Lifting his foot high, he tackled hard toward the ankle bone!

Crack!

“Ahhhhh!”

With the sound of bone breaking.

Cheonma spun twice in the air before falling to the ground.

“Oh no!”

“That Cheonma bastard, that’s Hollywood acting.”

“Stop whining and get up!”

“Me, medical team!”

“Oh come on, what medical team? Don’t heal your wounds. We agreed from the start to use only physical strength.”

“You, you damn thugs!”

Again, Haemak-i came running with a pitter-patter!

Tweeeeet!

And with a serious expression, she pulled out a red flower from her head.

“Maehwa Seonin! You’re ejected!”

“…So, sorry.”

Maehwa Seonin hung his head low.

Because of the foul?

No.

It was because of Haemak Seonnyeo’s reproachful gaze.

For Haemak-i to scold him.

It was quite a blow.

But for the greater cause, it couldn’t be helped.

Maehwa Seonin was ejected, Cheonma was substituted.

But the Heavenly Realm Team didn’t stop.

Swoooosh!

Gonryun Seonin’s vicious tackle from behind came at Hyeolma once again.

Actually, Hyeolma was expecting it too.

Since Cheonma had been hit like this

The moment he tried to jump lightly to avoid the tackle.

“Huk!”

Sambong Seonin, who had appeared at some point, jumped up to face him and spun his body.

Whirrrr!

At the same time, he struck Hyeolma’s philtrum directly with his elbow.

Crack!

Snap!

“Grraaaah!”

It was truly a beautiful elbow attack.

Tweeeeet!

“Both of you are ejected!”

Haemak-i frowned and thrust two red flowers forward with fierce eyes.

“Hey you, fucking bastards!”

Yama King, filled with rage, stormed into the arena.

The Pangwans followed behind him.

“I knew this would happen.”

“Are you immortals? Even thugs don’t do this kind of thing!”

“Is this soccer?”

“Even Shaolin Soccer would be more peaceful than this.”

“Throw them all into Hell!”

Not to be outdone, Taesang Nogoon and the other immortals also came rushing out.

“What? What?”

“This can happen during a game.”

“It’s legitimate physical contact.”

“Isn’t it the fault of the one who got hit? He used to be the Hyeolma Cult Leader, couldn’t he avoid that?”

“There’s a limit to acting hurt. Falls down with just a touch? He used to topple mountain peaks in the human world.”

Seo Wang-mo sighed and held her head.

Sangje squeezed his eyes shut.

Danggumak regretted it to his very bones.

The Upper Realm Soccer Tournament was…

A complete mess.

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