122. Knuckle Jaw (2)
At Joe’s words, the face of the man who looked like a skull twitched.
“what? Would you like to let go? ····why? Do you know anyone?”
“okay.”
“Ho-ho-ho. It seems that your fear has completely disappeared these days because you announced your name? Hey, do you think you’ve become a director of a crime firm just because you’re a security guard here?”
“no way···. That’s not what I mean. You shouldn’t touch that person.”
“…?”
The skeleton man frowned as if he did not understand.
Joe was reluctant to lift his finger, but he tilted his head slightly and listened.
Joe whispered. Then his eyes widened slightly and he looked at Oliver again.
“…are you Dave?”
“Yes, this is Dave Wright.”
When Oliver answered, the skeleton man beckoned his men to let him go, then changed his posture and apologized.
“Oh, I’m sorry. I’ve been a bit harsh on this market these days. sorry.”
Oliver responded politely to the polite attitude.
“no. I am sorry if I have caused you any inconvenience.”
The skeleton man looked at Oliver strangely.
There was something awkward about seeing an unfamiliar creature.
The skeleton man thought for a moment and then opened his mouth.
“…it’s called Beanie, a medicinal planter. If you need medicine, come to me. Pilgeret, drug potion, cannabis, banned cigarettes, stimulants, painkillers and even the orphan poppy from the East…. Even if it’s not a large amount, we treat it evenly.”
“Yes, so can you answer the question I asked earlier?”
Oliver asked persistently. I’ve been reconciled, so maybe it’s possible.
But that seemed to be Oliver’s mistake.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can tell you that easily. First of all, we don’t know anything about places that make gifts, and we’re barely making a deal with them… You can’t divulge information recklessly. You can unilaterally cut off the transaction if you feel offended there.”
“ah·····. Then there is nothing we can do.”
Although Oliver was sad, he accepted it.
Because Binnie’s words were sincere. I now know that it’s not good to mess around with other people’s livelihoods.
I wish I could find out sooner, but it wasn’t urgent. Oliver decided to find out slowly.
Vinny advised whether he had read the thought.
“I’m just saying this just in case, but it would be better not to ask other stores.”
Beanie said, pointing to another drug store.
There were small shops in the form of retail stores like Beanie, and there were also places like wholesalers that dealt with large quantities of products.
Shop owners range from pale women to fat, young men and turban-wearing foreigners. They all had a dangerous atmosphere.
“Even from the looks of it, we are quite fierce behind the scenes. They’re growling at each other because they’ve already secured things, so they’re pretty sensitive. So I hope you don’t get bored. You may be misunderstood like me. Do you have any such words? Curiosity kills cats.”
“If you can satisfy your curiosity, it doesn’t matter if a cat is dead, right?”
Oliver was really curious and asked.
To satisfy curiosity, it’s about a cat.
However, because of some misunderstanding, the expressions on the faces of some people, including Binnie, hardened awkwardly.
It even felt a little creepy.
There was something wrong with the flow of the conversation, so Oliver hurriedly finished it.
“Well, I know what happened. I will try not to make a fuss.”
Binnie nodded her head. Then, a man who seemed to be a subordinate whispered in his ear and opened his mouth at once.
“Hey there, Dave. May I call you Dave?”
“Yes.”
“Hey, can you tell me why the gift is being investigated?”
“····· As I said before, it is a bit difficult to say because it is a personal matter.”
Binnie shrugged.
“…well, I can sell you one thing in particular. If you’re okay.”
“Didn’t you say it was all sold out earlier?”
“I was talking about not talking about mine.”
“okay. So, can you sell it to me?”
Beanie reached deep inside her shabby coat and pulled out things.
After looking through a few times, he pulled out a pack of cigarettes.
It was a cigarette pack with its own logo and inscriptions, like Murphy’s magic spell, rather than the ready-made cigarette packs you see in the Joseph Family in the past. Are you thinking of creating a brand?
“how much is it?”
“Money? Well····. That’s it. Let’s call it a gift that I disrespected earlier.”
Oliver shook his head.
“No, I made a mistake, so it’s okay…. At first glance, it’s 300,000 won for a cigarette. It is said that the shortage of the quantity puts more money on it… Would it be okay if it was 7.2 million?”
Oliver asked, forcing a bundle of money out of his mouth.
Beanie tried to refuse, but after looking into Oliver’s eyes for a moment, she accepted the bundle of money.
“···you’re right.”
“thank you. Thank you for your kindness.”
Oliver bowed politely and shoved the pilgaret-gift into his arms.
It was a painful expense now that I have a lot to live for, but I have no regrets nonetheless.
Does it feel like a souvenir of some sort?
“Oh, Joe. Thank you for your help.”
After finishing his chores, Oliver greeted Joe. Joe greeted me.
“Just call me Joe. by the way····.”
Joe glanced at Oliver.
“Has your appearance changed quite a bit?”
“How are you?”
Oliver looked at himself at those words. what has changed
“Oh, it’s about clothes. I think it’s the same for Joe, right?”
“I have to work here, so I just wore it.”
“Are you working?”
“I was hired as a black market guard and security guard for work in a polluted area.”
“Oh, I see····. It’s from the Fighter Crew, are you okay?”
“The Fighter Crew isn’t that tight, so it doesn’t matter… Rather, did you come to buy medicine?”
“Yes, but I have something else to buy.”
“Something else?”
“Drugs and a large tank, some surgical instruments and a few corpses.”
“dead body?”
“Yes·····. They say you can get it at the black market, do you sell it here?”
“·················ogue.”
Joe was silent and looked around.
“Uh, can you wait an hour?”
“An hour? . . . It’s fine, but why?”
“I got used to it while working as a security guard. I’m leaving work in an hour, and I’ll help you if it’s okay.”
unexpected kindness. Oliver did not refuse.
In the black market, there were many cases of bargaining other than direct trading at the crime firm, and I would only appreciate it if you could help.
Of course, bargaining was fun, but this time was an exception.
I had quite a lot to buy and, above all, didn’t want to risk buying a special and important thing like a corpse.
I wanted to get help if I could.
“I will appreciate the offer.”
“Okay then, see you here in an hour.”
“By the way, can I ask why you are helping?”
“Let’s meet again and talk.”
Joe answered after a moment’s silence, and Oliver agreed.
After that, some time passed.
Oliver didn’t want to waste his time, so he spent the rest of his time browsing the black market.
Located deep in the basement of a small general museum in Area R, the Black Market was not much different from the Gray Market on the surface, but what it looked like was not everything.
The black market had stricter security than the gray market, and the atmosphere was somewhat more cautious.
The merchants were wary rivals rather than neighbors, and there were some who harbored hostility.
Even so, there was nothing special because someone was watching.
Perhaps, that someone was a crime perm.
The crucial difference between the gray market and the black market is that the proportion of directly-managed stores operated by the crime firm is higher.
Directly managed stores traded more drugs than tenants who rented and sold drugs in the black market, or even handled raw materials for drugs.
In addition, it handles personal weapons such as guns, attracting a lot of people such as fixers and gangs to visit, adding vitality to the heavy atmosphere of the black market.
I thought it wouldn’t be any different from the gray market because it’s a popular place with a low rating among black markets, but it doesn’t seem to be the case.
The black market and the gray market were subtle, but there was a distinct difference.
However, the directly managed stores were relatively uninteresting, so Oliver looked around where the tenants were not directly managed by Crime Firm.
In addition to medicines, they also sold medicinal herbs, animal bones, claws, bast, human body parts and even plant seeds.
Oliver felt the urge to buy a few dogs, but he had a lot to buy, so he decided to hold on.
A lot of money came in, but I didn’t want to waste it carelessly.
This part was especially emphasized by Cant, so I had to follow it.
At first glance, the solver seems to be making good money, but the work is not regular, and the body is the only source of income, so if the income is cut off, you may be in a very difficult situation.
So Oliver was going to have minimal cash.
Just looking around for a while. An hour later, Oliver met Joe.
He was wearing a suit he had never seen before.
“I was waiting for you.”
“Because you told me to wait for help.”
Joe asked without saying a word and nodded.
“What did you say to live?”
“Well····. First of all, a bucket or a water tank. It should be large enough to lay a whole person on it. It is made of special non-corrosive steel made by William Heavy Industries.”
“It’s kind of hard to find.”
What Joe said was true. A tank or barrel that could lay a whole person down could be found in the general market, but the fact that it was made of non-corrosive steel made by William Heavy Industries was a different story.
Although not immortal, the corrosion-resistant steel was used only for special industrial and military purposes, and it was not easy to find on the market.
At best, a pot or a frying pan?
To get such a thing, you had to place a custom order. In that case, it could attract unnecessary attention.
So I searched the black market according to Glip’s journal, and this was the correct answer.
“Well, how about this? Guest. Enough.”
On the other side of the black market, said a merchant selling various experimental instruments, containers, and suspicious tools.
What he said was true.
When I beat it, the material seemed to be the right thing, and the size was not good enough.
It was tall enough to stack three people on top of each other.
“Yes, give me this. Good stuff.”
“You can see things. Joe brought them here, so they take extra care. What else do you need? It would be better for me to live here.”
The owner asked skillfully as if to show off his fine bones on this floor.
Oliver also decided that it would be better to buy them all at once, so he started ordering products of relatively low importance.
A laparotomy that opens the abdomen, tongs to take out the intestines, a scalpel, a saw, a hammer, a storage bag, a bone-to-flesh excavator, and a special welding machine for reconnecting the flesh.
In addition, we ordered a large amount of antiseptic liquid required for embalming treatment, a coating liquid to strengthen bones, and special paints, powder, and processed bast to decorate the appearance of the mortuary doll.
The owner of the store was enthusiastic enough to stop by the store next door and buy it for him.
Of course, Oliver had to spend a little more in return, but it wasn’t too bad.
Thanks to you, I saved time and footwork, so it seemed to be good enough.
“what? Where do you set up a workshop?”
A passerby saw Oliver’s order and said:
Apparently, the items Oliver ordered piled up one by one to form a small mountain.
The cost came out quite a bit according to the size and number of items.
If I hadn’t taken on Edith’s job, it would have been a big deal.
“Here you go.”
“Hey…. It was a big hand.”
said the shopkeeper, taking the pile of money Oliver had offered.
The black market was an unconditional cash transaction, so the store owner skillfully counted money.
“One, two, Seoi… uh! That’s right. That’s right.”
said the store owner.
I used a handful of the pay I had already received, but it was not wasted.
Rather, I was just looking forward to the thought that I could finally make a corpse doll with this.
“By the way, guest. Can you take all this with you? It’s a bit pricey here, but they do deliveries. How are you? May I introduce you?”
Shop owner’s suggestion. Oliver politely declined.
“No, thanks. I have a way to take it.”
“How to take it?”
“Yes, Big Mouse.”
Oliver said as he pulled the Big Mouse out of his bare leather case behind his back.
The folded Big Mouse swelled up like bread dough as usual.
As in the gray market, all the customers in the black market looked at the big mouse in surprise and all at once.
The Big Mouse seemed to stand out everywhere.
Personally, he didn’t want to get attention, but he couldn’t help it, so Oliver ordered Bigmouth to pretend he didn’t know.
“Big Mouse. If it’s okay, can you swallow some?”
“Rubble gurgling . . . Kuruk…”
Big Mouse groaned. Also, it seemed like he was calling me to do something after a long time, but he made a gesture with his protruding arm, which made it even more lively.
Everyone around him, including Knuckle Joe, looked at him curiously.
He didn’t like getting attention, so Oliver pulled out Randa 10,000 to get the job done quickly.
“Sorry. just make it work I’ll give you this first, can’t you?”
Big Mouse, who saw 10,000 randa, tried to reach out, then pulled back and folded his arms.
Her arms were short compared to her body, so she looked like she was touching her own body.
It means that you haven’t gotten angry yet.
Oliver pulled out his spleen.
“After work, I’ll give you 10,000 Randa.”
“Kuruk-!”
It seemed that the gluttonous bag had relieved his anger, and he began to swallow the freshly purchased product.
The tank was swallowed upright like a hot dog, and other items were grabbed in chunks and stuffed into their mouths.
Like Child and Big Mouse, everyone had a good taste.
After eating 10,000 randa for dessert, Big Mouse shrank again.
Oliver folded the glutinous rice bag, which had turned into a furoshiki, one by one and put it in the leather case.
“Now I just need to buy the body.”
“The corpse cannot be bought immediately, it must be ordered.”
“Is that so?”
“The corpse is dangerous to handle and difficult to store . . . Can I just use any body?”
Oliver shook his head.
“I want a warlock who specializes in corpses, or a corpse with medical knowledge.”
“Then, no matter how hard I try, I’d say it’s at least 670 million. No matter how bad a professional corpse is, that’s the basics.”
60, 70 million randara. It was quite a large amount. Even Oliver didn’t need just one, he needed three or five.
So, even if we roughly estimate, we easily exceeded 300 million, but it was already over budget.
It’s hard to earn, but easy to write. I wondered if that meant this situation.
Maybe the plan needs to be drastically revised.
“I’ll tell you where to order and how to use it, so the bargain is up to you.”
“Oh, thank you.”
“It’s nothing. Follow.”
Joe took the lead again. Oliver called Joe to him and asked.
“There, Joe.”
“Well?”
“Thank you for your help. But I haven’t heard the answer yet, can you tell me why?”
Joe thought for a moment and answered.
“…I also want to ask you a favor.”