The Chairman of Pharmaceutical Company is a Poison King - Chapter 60
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Chapter 60: Lightly Throwing a Punch
Even among Masters, the gap between them is extremely severe.
There are terrifying Masters who can single-handedly take down an Elite Three-Headed White Tiger, while there are also fake Masters who are too afraid of Elite magical beasts to hunt and only wipe the asses of chaebol brats.
However, the system displays both of them as the same rank.
The Emperor is a Master, and Lee Du-chang is also a Master.
In that sense, Han Dae-hyeon of Changkong Guild had tremendous pride.
He was the real deal.
A Master fundamentally different from vermin like Lee Du-chang.
He even had extensive experience hunting Elite magical beasts.
How many private guilds could actually hunt Elite magical beasts?
However, operating and managing a guild required a lot of money.
Equipment costs and maintenance fees alone were no joke.
In the end, they had no choice but to receive sponsorship from large corporations or chaebols.
In return for that, he had received an Elite mana crystal weapon.
That’s why he was here in this place.
He’d received both weapons and money, so he had to do the work.
Also, personally, he didn’t like how some bastard who wasn’t even Awakened dared to act so arrogantly.
Kim Tae-ju striding forward wearing what looked like an expensive coat.
Acting all high and mighty as a pharmaceutical company chairman, thinking no one could touch him.
Han Dae-hyeon gave brief instructions to the guild members he’d brought.
“Make that bastard kneel.”
Thwack!
Whoosh!
The Changkong Guild Awakened rushed forward.
Seasoned elite guild members who had cut their teeth fighting Elite magical beasts.
Swish!
Thud!
One flew away.
‘…Hm?’
Swish!
Thud!
Another one flew away.
‘Wh-what?’
Swish! Swish! Swish…
Thud! Thud! Thud…
The guild members he’d trusted were struck by Kim Tae-ju’s casually thrown palm strikes, losing consciousness and collapsing onto the spacious hotel room floor.
‘This bastard…’
He’s no pushover.
And he’s not even Awakened.
Now he understood why Chairman Lee Gi-eon had brought them here.
‘Did he learn martial arts?’
That might be it.
A world transformed by mana.
Even taekwondo, which had been nothing more than a sport, had become a lethal martial art.
It was a world where even Awakened could turn secret martial techniques into skills if they learned them systematically.
‘Pretty strong. No wonder he’s so arrogant.’
He had to acknowledge it.
Then he’d face him seriously without letting his guard down.
Han Dae-hyeon grabbed the Elite steel sword he’d placed beside the sofa.
‘An arm or so should be fine, right?’
Whooom!
A thick mana blade enveloped the entire scabbard.
Han Dae-hyeon’s main skill was quick-draw swordsmanship. The moment his sword left its scabbard, everything in front of him would be cut.
Han Dae-hyeon lowered his stance.
Until that Kim Tae-ju bastard entered his attack range.
With his body twisted to the side, left hand gripping the top of the scabbard, right hand gently placed on the sword hilt.
‘He’s in range.’
Han Dae-hyeon smoothly gripped the sword hilt and extended his hand as guided by the mana manifested through his skill.
Right at that moment!
Snap!
Click!
“Huh?”
The sword stopped halfway through being drawn.
‘…Why?’
Kim Tae-ju was suddenly standing in front of him.
“Wh-when did you…”
The guy’s hand was gripping the end of his sword hilt.
His quick-draw skill was blocked before it could even begin.
He tried to shake it off, but it wouldn’t budge.
“Grrr!”
Tae-ju smirked.
He was definitely strong.
Incomparably stronger than Lee Du-chang.
If the sword had been drawn, his coat would have been torn by the mana blade.
Then he’d have to get it mended again.
“L-let go of this!”
“Grow up a little.”
Smack!
Tae-ju’s palm struck Han Dae-hyeon’s face.
“Ugh!”
Splurt!
Han Dae-hyeon flew away, spraying blood like a fountain.
Now for the next one.
The middle-aged man who resembled Lee Dong-woo.
He was an Awakened, but only Expert level.
‘What does he know to come here?’
Anyway, his behavior was no different from his son’s.
Bringing Awakened and trying to suppress him from the start. How could they be so identical?
The things Lee Dong-woo had done must have been learned from his father.
Tae-ju sat on the table in front of the sofa, leaned close to Lee Gi-eon who was clearly flustered, and asked.
“Now then, tell me. What’s your reason for seeking me out? Chairman Lee Gi-eon of Miri-nae Group.”
Lee Gi-eon didn’t move from his seated position.
He was completely overwhelmed by the presence.
But he was also an Awakened.
A mid-Expert level at that.
He forced his lips to part and spoke with difficulty.
“My, my son… did you kill him?”
“Well, did you bring evidence that I did?”
“…”
“If you don’t have evidence, why did you come looking for me?”
“The evidence? I just confirmed it. Isn’t that powerful strength of yours evidence enough? I’m certain you killed my son.”
“Does me becoming the culprit depend on your certainty?”
“My certainty is enough.”
Well, it’s true that I killed him.
Tae-ju spoke with a cold expression.
“Fine, let’s say I killed him. No, I did kill him.”
“You bastard!”
“And I’ll allow you to take revenge.”
“…Allow?”
“I’ll accept it, so you can do whatever you want. Report me to the police, interfere with my business, send killers,”
Lee Gi-eon looked dumbfounded.
But then he smiled as if finding it ridiculous.
“You underestimate Mirinaei Group. Do you think this is all the power I have?”
“That’s why I’m telling you to take revenge.”
“Hehehe, acting so arrogant just because you trust the Fifth Prince.”
This meant Lee Gi-eon also had connections to the Imperial Household.
It would be one of the princes or princesses.
Or possibly the Emperor himself.
“Don’t tell me you’re acting tough because you trust the military? Do you think I have no strings to the military?”
Lee Gi-eon’s smile grew deeper.
“You’ll allow revenge? Good. I’ll mobilize all the assets of the group I’ve built over the years to deal with you. If you kneel and beg right now, I might consider showing mercy.”
“If I were afraid of that… hmm?”
Tae-ju paused as if something occurred to him and took out his smartphone.
“Wait a moment, I need to check something.”
Tap tap, tap tap tap tap.
He sent a message.
Ding!
A reply came immediately.
Once more.
Tap tap tap tap.
Ding!
Tap tap, tap tap tap.
Ding! Ding!
That’s enough.
The confirmation was complete.
Tae-ju put away his smartphone and moved closer to Lee Gi-eon.
Close enough that their mouths could touch.
“Try whatever you want. I’ll gladly face you.”
“…”
“But! You’ll have to stake your life on it. Are you confident?”
“…I’ll stake everything I have to destroy you.”
“Oh! That sounds interesting. Well, since the fight has started, I’ll throw a light jab.”
“A… jab?”
Lee Gi-eon flinched and shrank back.
This was the guy who took down Han Dae-hyeon in one hit.
He would never be a match for him.
“No need to be scared. I’m not talking about throwing punches.”
Tae-ju held up his smartphone and dialed a number.
He switched to speaker mode.
Ring, ring… Click.
“Hello.”
– Yes, member Kim Tae-ju. I’ve answered your call.
It was Igor Baranov.
“I have something I’m curious about. May I ask you something?”
– Of course.
“Is Chairman Lee Gi-eon of Mirinaei Group also a Leaders Club member?”
– Yes, he’s a Diamond-grade member.
This was what he had confirmed through text messages earlier.
“As of today, he and I have become mortal enemies. So it’s a bit awkward to attend the same club.”
– Ah!
“It seems like either I should leave, or Chairman Lee Gi-eon should leave…”
Lee Gi-eon inwardly scoffed as if finding it absurd.
‘Hehehe, and here I thought what he was going to do.’
All he’s doing is calling the club to whine?
It’s pathetic, but it’s also pointless.
Igor Baranov isn’t a fool either, and between a country bumpkin from Gurye and the chairman of one of the Empire’s leading conglomerates, who would he choose?
Moreover, if they kicked him out, a third of the club members would leave together.
If he had any sense, he would never do such a thing.
But then.
– Yes, Chairman Kim Tae-ju. I’ll have Chairman Lee Gi-eon of Mirinaei Group withdraw from the club.
Lee Gi-eon’s eyes widened.
…What the hell?
“Is that okay? It seems like it might cause problems.”
– We can handle that much. We can accept someone else.
“Someone else?”
– There’s one chairman who hasn’t joined the club because of Lee Gi-eon. Chairman Jeong Uk-cheol of Baekdu Group. If Lee Gi-eon leaves, he’ll join immediately. There will be many members who’ll join following Chairman Jeong as well.
“Ah, those two don’t get along, I suppose?”
– Lee Gi-eon openly said he would leave the club if Chairman Jeong Uk-cheol joined, and Chairman Jeong Uk-cheol also said he would never join as long as Lee Gi-eon was in the club. Since Lee Gi-eon joined first, we’ve just been watching until now.
“I think I understand. They say the enemy of my enemy is my friend, so please arrange a meeting with Chairman Jeong Uk-cheol sometime.”
– I’ll contact him right away. Chairman Jeong will probably be pleased too.
“Is that so?”
– As you said, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. By the way, I should sell my Mirinaei Group stocks right away.
“Haha, yes yes, well then.”
– Thank you for calling, Chairman! Please contact me again anytime.
After hanging up, Tae-ju stared directly at Chairman Lee Gi-eon and said.
“Do you like it?”
“You, even after this…”
“Anyway, whether it’s the son or the father, they start things first but then get angry when they get beaten. They do all the bad things themselves.”
“…”
Tae-ju patted Lee Gi-eon’s shoulder and said.
“I’m fighting against the giant conglomerate Mirinaei Group, so it’s better to have as many allies as possible.”
A slight crack appeared in Lee Gi-eon’s confident expression.
What exactly was this guy’s identity?
The military, the Imperial Household, Leaders Club, and now even the damn Baekdu Group joining in?
‘The losses would outweigh the gains.’
Of course, he could fight if he set his mind to it.
But Mirinaei Group wouldn’t come out unscathed either.
Lee Gi-eon pondered.
His son’s revenge.
Was it really meaningful enough to risk the danger?
But his son’s revenge isn’t the problem.
Right now, his own dignity has fallen to the ground.
Moreover, that bastard has gone even further.
“Don’t worry about it. Don’t give up and keep fighting to the end. Either way, you and your group won’t remain unharmed.”
“…You bastard!”
Tae-ju left Lee Gi-eon fuming behind him and walked straight out of the room.
He couldn’t kill the bastard here.
There were too many witnesses.
But when he patted the bastard’s shoulder earlier, he had already injected poison.
A new poison he had mastered when Dokjeong dominated mana and reached 8-star level.
It could be called poison, or it might not be poison.
Mutated heterogeneous mana transformed by Dokjeong.
That mana contained microscopic poison that would never be detected.
Lee Gi-eon is an Awakened.
The mana existing in his body and the mana poison he injected would mix together, slowly eating away at the bastard’s body.
He would probably notice in a month or two.
That something was going wrong.
Going to the hospital would be useless.
What Tae-ju injected was just mana with different properties.
As soon as he left the room, Tae-ju called Baek Seo-yeon.
“Check out of all the hotel rooms starting today. Yes, all of them! I’ll explain the details later.”
Even if Lee Gi-eon reported to the police, it didn’t matter.
There would need to be substantial evidence.
They wouldn’t even be able to find the body.
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Goryeo Hotel.
The name of the hotel where Tae-ju and his party had stayed.
After hearing from Tae-ju why they needed to check out, an enraged Baek Seo-yeon led the Awakened Guard escorts to meet the hotel manager.
Checking out was obvious.
“Give us the CCTV footage right now.”
“…Footage?”
“The footage showing people who secretly invaded the room while Chairman Kim Tae-ju was away, and the hotel staff member who opened the door with a master key.”
“Ah! You mean that incident. We’ve already notified that employee of termination. Currently, he’s disappeared and we can’t find him…”
“I understand, so hand over the footage!”
The manager shrugged his shoulders.
“It’s personal information, so you need to bring a warrant. And when we checked, it was already deleted from the storage device.”
Baek Seo-yeon’s eyebrows twitched.
As expected, they were all in cahoots.
Well, wouldn’t the Miri-nae Group chairman be able to manipulate one hotel manager?
“So this is how you want to play it? I will never let this slide, even if I have to pursue every legal means available.”
The Goryeo Hotel manager replied in a sarcastic tone.
“That’s up to you. But you’ll need to take responsibility for the damage to hotel property and assault on staff.”
“…What did you say?”
“I reported it to the police. You’ll probably need to take the chairman to the police station for questioning.”
“…”
Baek Seo-yeon bit her lips hard.
Do Min-su, who was standing behind her, stepped forward with an angry expression.
“You bastard, how can you have no conscience…”
However.
“Major, please don’t get involved.”
“No. I’ll handle…”
“Stay put. I’ll take care of this myself.”
Baek Seo-yeon stopped Do Min-su.
He was a soldier.
If he got involved in civilian matters, there would definitely be problems later.
Right at that moment!
Stomp stomp!
The hotel lobby became bustling.
Armed police burst into the hotel.
And people in black suits too.
The hotel manager smiled smugly and said to Baek Seo-yeon.
“Oh my, the police came directly. It seems Chairman Miri-nae Group pulled some strings with the police…”
Baek Seo-yeon stared quietly at the manager.
“Don’t be too angry. Do you think I wanted to do this? I just did as I was told…”
Meanwhile, a man in a black suit approached the manager.
“Are you the Goryeo Hotel manager?”
“Yes! That’s me.”
He took out his identification.
“I’m from the Imperial Intelligence Agency Demon Division Special Investigation Unit.”
“…What? The Imperial Intelligence Agency?”
“Yes, we received a tip about demons and came out.”
“Uh, we never reported demons, demons at our hotel!”
Not the police but the Imperial Intelligence Agency?
What was going on?
The manager was flustered and didn’t know what to do.
“From now on, we’ll also confiscate all CCTV footage from the hotel. Please cooperate with the investigation.”
“No, wait a minute!”
“Begin!”
Rumble rumble rumble!
Police and Imperial Intelligence Agency agents entering the Hotel Management Office.
The Imperial Intelligence Agency had sufficient justification.
The collaboration with Chairman Kim Tae-ju had already been approved by higher-ups.
Therefore, if anything happened to Chairman Kim Tae-ju, it automatically became the Imperial Intelligence Agency Demon Division’s business.
Baek Seo-yeon was bewildered.
The Imperial Intelligence Agency out of nowhere.
Then a Special Investigation Unit agent quietly approached and whispered to her.
“Chairman Kim Tae-ju asked me to tell you. Don’t worry about this matter anymore and you can go to the company.”
“Ah!”
Baek Seo-yeon had an expression of finally understanding.
But did the chairman have connections in the Imperial Intelligence Agency too?
No, how long had he been in New Seoul?
His friendship with Prince Oh, Leaders Club Diamond grade, and now the Imperial Intelligence Agency.
Even though he was the chairman she served, she really couldn’t figure him out.
Anyway, there was still time left in the New Seoul schedule, so she needed to find another place to stay. Wasn’t there a suitable hotel somewhere?
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