The Chairman of Pharmaceutical Company is a Poison King - Chapter 49

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Chapter 49: Shared Storage

Lee Dong-woo of Mirinai Pharmaceutical was a Compatible.

On the other hand, his father, the chairman, was an Awakened.

He had hoped for awakening when he was young, but whether due to lack of talent or bad luck, he was still stuck as a Compatible even in his late thirties.

But he had nothing to feel inferior about.

What’s so important about awakening?

Even if they were Masters, he wasn’t afraid.

Even now, there were plenty of Masters who would come running if he called, dropping everything.

Today too, he had brought along a Superior-grade Awakened.

Originally, Dong-woo had a cruel personality.

A sociopath who wouldn’t hesitate to use any means for his goals.

Murder, kidnapping, violence…

He had no hesitation whatsoever.

That’s how he had built the kingdom called Mirinai Pharmaceutical.

So when he heard that Taehong Bio was expanding into New Seoul, he just found it laughable.

Eventually, they would be absorbed into his kingdom.

Dong-woo believed this without a doubt.

Since Kim Tae-ju had come up to New Seoul, he planned to give him a grand initiation ceremony to clearly imprint that this place wasn’t to be taken lightly.

Of course, he had also investigated Kim Tae-ju separately.

Including the fact that he possessed combat power rivaling a Master.

So he had set a trap.

As soon as he came up to Seoul, he would create a scandal and bury him socially.

He had decided to personally star in that play.

He would deliberately provoke conflict, and all he needed was for the guy to react.

With proper staging, the journalists he brought would make even non-existent facts seem real, adding flesh to the story and greatly exaggerating it for newspapers and broadcasts.

Let him experience firsthand how spicy New Seoul’s media could be.

And he was half successful.

Since there had already been a collision.

Tomorrow, all newspapers and news would be plastered with it.

– Taehong Bio Chairman Kim Tae-ju exercises abuse of power and violence at New Seoul Station, claiming someone blocked his path.

– Businessman Mr. E, who happened to meet and offer greetings, suffers unexpected assault.

– This isn’t Gurye. Acts that ignore the Imperial Household and law must be punished through strict investigation.

Like this!

But what was this situation?

Forget kneeling, he was pissing his pants?

He was a Compatible.

He had only failed to achieve system awakening, but was strong enough to devour most Awakened.

How many elixirs had he consumed over the years?

Yet just from making eye contact, he was streaming piss down his pants.

Caught by an unknown energy, all his muscles had stiffened completely.

And the tension that released in an instant – the result was catastrophic.

“Wh-what are you doing!”

“What am I doing? What did I do?”

Tae-ju said, still with his hands in his pockets, looking down at the collapsed Dong-woo.

“I was going to just let it slide…”

Dong-woo’s fat cheeks were trembling.

“Let’s play fair, don’t pull any dirty tricks.”

“…”

“I’m trying to live as a businessman while keeping to the line. But if you trample that line first, then I become a thug too.”

“…”

Dong-woo didn’t open his mouth.

He just glared at Tae-ju with bloodshot eyes as if he wanted to kill him.

An attitude that he would never acknowledge this.

If you just leave guys like this alone, problems will definitely arise.

He had experienced this many times.

As Danggumak of Gangho.

“Sigh, I really don’t get it. Kids from chaebol families should have received good education, but aren’t you being too stupid? Is it just you?”

“…”

“Want to just end it here?”

Tae-ju secretly pulled out a needle as thin as a hair from his infinite space.

Swish.

If he stabbed the guy with this, even if not immediately, he would meet his end within at least five days.

Suddenly!

A man who had been just watching among the journalists took off his mask and walked forward, speaking to Tae-ju.

“Please stop.”

I was wondering when he’d come out.

“Who are you…?”

“Nice to meet you for the first time. I’m Jeon Gyeong-cheol, Vice Guild Master of Galaxy Guild. We have a business agreement with Mirinai Pharmaceutical Company.”

“Ah, I see. But what were you doing hiding among the journalists?”

Gyeong-cheol bowed his head politely.

“I’ll apologize on his behalf. Anyway, there seems to be some misunderstanding… how about we end it here?”

“You started it there, and now you want to end it as you please?”

“I can only apologize.”

While saying this, Gyeong-cheol took out a business card from his jacket and handed it to Tae-ju.

“Please give me a call sometime. As an apology, I’ll treat you to the full New Seoul course.”

“Full course – it won’t be just empty words, right?”

“You’ll definitely be satisfied.”

“Really? Then as they say, strike while the iron is hot – how about today?”

“…Pardon?”

“I’ll contact you later, just me alone.”

“Uh, y-yes, please do that.”

While Tae-ju and Gyeong-cheol were talking.

Baek Seo-yeon glared at the journalists and warned in a cold voice.

“If our chairman’s name is mentioned in any article, I won’t let it slide. Write your articles properly.”

Then she crouched down in front of Dong-woo and said.

“Hey there, President Dong-woo.”

“…”

“From now on, watch who you’re messing with before pulling tricks, you stupid chaebol bastard!”

“…You think you’ll be safe after this?”

“What are you going to do? When my eyes roll back, I don’t see anything either.”

“Crazy bitch!”

Seo-yeon waved her smartphone in front of Dong-woo’s eyes.

“I filmed everything earlier, the scene of someone getting humiliated. It was really flowing, wasn’t it? You have such a large quantity. Good thing your prostate is so strong.”

“Fuck!”

“I could upload it to every internet forum in the Empire. What should I title it? 【Chaebol 3rd Generation Has Too Strong a Prostate】 or something? I’ll decide whatever you want.”

“…You think you’ll be safe then?”

“I know that too. Do you think I’d be doing this without that level of resolve? Should we try it right now?”

Dong-woo shut his mouth.

This bitch, turns out she’s completely crazy.

“I trust you understood well. And go shut the witnesses’ mouths. Well then, goodbye.”

Kim Tae-ju and Baek Seo-yeon’s group left New Seoul Station.

Three passenger cars were waiting in advance.

The awakened officer escorts had agreed to take on the driving duties.

As soon as they got in the car, Baek Seo-yeon bowed her head to Kim Tae-ju.

“I’m sorry, Chairman. For letting our movements be known.”

“Hahaha, can something like that really be hidden?”

“I really didn’t expect President Lee Dong-woo to come all the way to the station. I wanted to resolve it amicably at first too, but…”

“They came with determination from their side, so don’t worry about it, Mr. Baek. I’ll handle this matter myself.”

“…Yes.”

Lieutenant Do Min-ho, who was sitting in the passenger seat, also said.

“I’m sorry, Chairman. I should have stopped it beforehand.”

“Sigh! From now on, saying ‘sorry’ is forbidden. And let’s have a drink together when we get to the hotel today.”

“How can I as an escort…”

“It’s an order. Otherwise, take the train down to Gurye today.”

After giving a firm warning.

Kim Tae-ju’s group arrived at the hotel like that.

Kim Tae-ju gathered people in the meeting room attached to his suite.

And after ordering abundant food and alcohol through room service, he enjoyed a feast with everyone.

After everyone returned to their respective rooms.

Kim Tae-ju called Jeon Gyeong-cheol, the vice guild master of Galaxy Guild, late at night.

“Is the full course ready? Then let’s meet.”

Jeon Gyeong-cheol’s voice seemed flustered by the sudden call.

– A-are you really coming?

“Would I be lying? I said I’d go, alone.”

Silence flowed through the smartphone.

They were probably discussing among themselves.

Soon after.

– May we send a car to the front of the hotel?

“Do as you please. I’ll wait in front.”

– …Understood. We’ll send a car in two hours.

Two hours.

They’ll probably scheme something during that time.

Tonight, he planned to move alone without being disturbed.

It would be cumbersome if someone followed unnecessarily.

Kim Tae-ju waited leisurely.

New Seoul full course.

What would it taste like?

‘Oh! What should I wear?’

The dress code was also very important.

‘Let’s just wear a tracksuit.’

And a little later.

A luxury sedan stopped in front of Kim Tae-ju, who was waiting in front of the hotel.

The person who opened the door and came out was Jeon Gyeong-cheol, vice guild master of Galaxy Guild.

“I’ll escort you.”

“This is exciting. Honestly, I’ve only heard about the full course but never experienced it.”

“You can look forward to it.”

Kim Tae-ju sat in the back seat of the sedan.

Then the car started smoothly.

Would the Lee Dong-woo course also appear in the full course?

He hoped it would.

* * *

The Immortal Realm, a dimension different from Earth.

Unlike internal energy, immortal energy cannot be replenished through circulation via mental techniques.

However, lacking immortal energy doesn’t cause major problems in Immortal Realm life.

Still, there are a few disadvantages.

Being restricted from occasionally granted descents to the mortal world, weakened immortal arts, and being ignored by the spirit kings of the beast realm.

‘Now that I think about it, it’s infuriating.’

Perhaps due to the two soul connections with Kim Tae-ju, trendy expressions frequently used on Earth unconsciously slipped from the mouth of Poison Immortal Danggumak.

‘I can’t live being ignored.’

Staying quietly in the Immortal Realm does gradually fill immortal energy.

Of course, there are ways to fill it quickly.

Eating the heavenly peach, a treasure of the Immortal Realm, would solve everything.

It would probably fill it and then some.

But where is that easy to obtain?

If there’s an alternative, eating the immortal peaches distributed to immortals once a month can replenish immortal energy.

Immortal peaches containing small amounts of immortal energy.

Though not as much as heavenly peaches, they’re extremely effective for filling immortal energy.

The problem is the insufficient quantity of one per month.

So he was in the middle of gently coaxing fellow immortals.

“Sambong Seonin, please just one favor. Aren’t we both from Gangho origins? There’s also a connection with my Mudang Sect.”

“Hmm, if you carve the infinite space spell formation on my hand, I’ll consider it.”

“No, how much immortal energy goes into that spell formation? If I carve it for one peach, I’d actually lose out.”

“Then forget it.”

Damn Taoist bastard.

He talked about a simple life and such, but was covered in greed.

“…I could carve it for about 6 peaches though.”

“Huh, since ascending to Poison Immortal, poison energy flows all over your face. Asking for 6 months’ worth of immortal peaches, isn’t that too shameless?”

“…”

“That infinite space thing, it’s fine with or without it.”

This made him even angrier.

How dare he ignore infinite space?

This is such a miraculous and valuable technique.

Being able to put any object into infinite space…

‘Huh?’

While unconsciously examining his infinite space, Danggumak’s eyes caught a strange part he hadn’t seen before.

The edge of the space was sparkling and shining.

It was an area he hadn’t set up.

‘What is this?’

There seemed to be objects inside too.

‘Should I take them out?’

Danggumak took out objects from that area.

One was an object he knew very well.

A willow leaf throwing knife.

‘Did I put this in?’

Probably so.

But there were more objects.

Swoosh!

A small metal object in his hand.

“Gasp!”

Danggumak was startled.

His hands were trembling so much from shock.

This was the first time he had been so astonished since achieving uwhadeungseon.

‘…Spam?’

He remembered.

An item he had learned about when indirectly experiencing Kim Tae-ju’s world through their soul connection.

‘Why is this here…’

There was one more thing.

When he took it out.

“Oh!”

There was a fancy gold-foiled paper box, and inside were two glass cups and a black bottle.

He knew this too.

‘It’s Dom Pérignon.’

A fairly high-end champagne, if not the absolute finest.

Why was this in his infinite space?

And an item from Earth at that?

‘…Ah!’

Only then did Danggumak realize.

‘It was Kim Tae-ju.’

When he had transmitted seongi to him to create the infinite space, some kind of shared storage must have been created.

Kim Tae-ju and Danggumak.

Since they had the same soul and even identical seongi.

‘Amazing.’

He could taste Earth’s alcohol and food in the Immortal Realm?

Slurp, his mouth watered instantly.

Sambong Seonin, who had been watching from the side, asked Danggumak.

“Dokson, what are all those items you just took out? I can tell that hideous weapon is a hidden weapon.”

“You don’t need to worry about it. You must be busy, so go on your way.”

“What could an immortal possibly be busy with?”

Danggumak skillfully uncorked the Dom Pérignon.

Pop!

Even the sound was delightful.

He picked up one glass cup.

Glug glug glug!

As he poured the alcohol, golden liquid with bubbling carbonation rose up.

And with trembling hands, he brought it to his mouth for a sip.

“Ahh!”

It was moving.

Wasn’t this truly a heavenly taste?

Sambong Seonin was staring blankly at the sight.

The liquid Danggumak was drinking seemed to be alcohol, but it was something he had never seen before.

Gulp.

And he was drinking it so deliciously.

“Um, Dokson.”

“What is it? Haven’t you left yet?”

“Please give me just one cup too.”

Danggumak stared intently at Sambong Seonin.

How precious this was, yet he had no shame.

“Three seon peaches.”

“…What?”

“I’ll consider it for three peaches.”

“That’s ridiculous!”

“If you don’t like it, forget it.”

Danggumak also opened the spam can.

Sizzle!

And when he cut it small with his Yueopbido and put it in his mouth.

A stimulating taste where sweet and salty harmonized.

“Hehe, my mouth has become the Immortal Realm.”

Sambong Seonin couldn’t stand it anymore.

“I’ll give you three peaches. In exchange for one cup of that alcohol and one piece of that meat, how about it?”

“Deal!”

“Huh? D-deal?”

“It means good. Give me the three peaches first.”

Danggumak received the three peaches and poured one piece of spam and one cup of Dom Pérignon for Sambong Seonin.

Sambong Seonin hurriedly took a sip.

“Hehe, to think such alcohol existed.”

Danggumak opened his infinite space again.

He should save it for later.

Where should he store it?

In that sparkling, glittering area?

But right at that moment!

The light disappeared with a flicker!

‘Huh?’

It returned to normal again.

‘The connection seems to have been severed.’

It was similar to the soul connection.

Connected and disconnected without him knowing.

‘…It will connect again, right?’

He really hoped it would.

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