Episode 159
The prosecution applied for an arrest warrant on the grounds of destroying evidence, and the court quickly accepted and arrested the suspect.
The subjects were all the guild heads and key executives of the 15 guilds listed in the ledger.
“CEO Jung!!!”
The assistant guild leader of the Firebird Guild who came to me with a pale expression.
“How the hell did this happen?!”
I said with a firm expression.
“We are looking into it now.”
“Changsu and all six executives have been arrested!!”
As if it were a secret operation, the prosecutor’s office mobilized national hunters to surprise them at the same time.
Thanks to this, the guild leaders who had been vigilant with the intention of negotiating with the government did not even respond properly and were arrested.
Among them, Yeom Chang-soo was placed with Kim Woong and half of the Hanmu Guild, who were equipped with special treatment.
The one-on-one confrontation in the dungeon was a win for Yeom Chang-soo, but this time, he had no equipment and was not even prepared, so there was no way he could resist even if he was Yeom Chang-soo.
“Didn’t you obviously say that you would build a bridge between the government and the government?”
“Yeah, I was talking directly with the Chief of Staff at the Blue House… I am embarrassed right now.”
Of course, the reason for the government’s sudden move is simple.
A minister who is not anyone else received a direct threat from his home, and where in the world is there a government that can endure it?
“calm down. For now, I’m looking all over the place. What the hell happened?”
The deputy chief said with a worried expression.
“I beg you, please. Changsoo isn’t the kind of guy who can stand still like this. Before Chang-soo has a bigger accident…”
“I know it well. That should be stopped.”
I spit out a sound that I didn’t even want to say, looking at the vice guild leader.
“I will do anything. So, please read the guild members as much as possible. If the guild members take one more step from here… because I have no other way to do it.”
“All right. I will try to calm you down as much as possible.”
Having sent the deputy guild leader back like that, I said with a smile.
“You still escaped the arrest?”
To steer clear of the government’s sharpening knives.
It meant that he had thoroughly taken care of himself and, although he had neglected illegal activities, he had avoided direct involvement.
It is a bit surprising considering that most of the other guilds also had their deputy guild leaders arrested.
“Come on, the guilds were hit by the government’s counterattack.”
I said raising the corners of my lips.
“This is the start of the guilds’ great counterattack.”
The Blue House officials were all furious at the fact that they even broke into the justice minister’s bedroom.
Because they were all in the same position as the Minister.
Therefore, they united and put all their efforts into smashing the heads of the guilds.
The prosecution and the Blue House successfully arrested guild leaders and executives.
However.
“In addition!?”
“Yeah, the chief economics pillow . . . had a dagger in it too.”
Kim Kang-gyun shouted with a red-hot expression on his face.
“How dare these criminals!!!”
At first it was a rose, but when the guild leaders were arrested and the level of pressure increased, the level of intimidation rose accordingly.
But even so, it’s a dagger threat.
This was nothing more than a death threat to a high-ranking government official.
“CCTV!”
When the Justice Minister was threatened with roses, Kim Kang-gyun immediately prepared himself by installing CCTVs in the homes of high-ranking people in the Blue House and deploying security hunters.
“Probably the holder of the invisibility skill.”
However, as if to ridicule such efforts, a blackmailer who freely enters and exits the private residences of government officials.
“Hey, like this dog…”
Jo Man-cheol said cautiously to Kim Kang-gyun, who was angry.
“President, everyone is agitated.”
He was angry at first, but as the threats were repeated, all of the Blue House officials began to be engulfed in fear one by one.
A presence of force majeure that cannot be stopped even by a hunter bodyguard even if CCTV is installed.
Isn’t it something that someone might be killed as an example?
“Who do you think the blackmailer is?”
“Neither do I.”
The guilds under investigation and the other guilds watching it with anxious eyes are all suspects.
In the past, there were not many skills, but now, many skills have been released, and the guilds also do not disclose any information, so it is virtually impossible to identify a suspect based on skills alone.
In other words, there was no way to catch them unless they were arrested at the scene.
“But one thing is certain.”
“What is it?”
“Now I have to decide. Will you succumb to the intimidator or will you push forward?”
“Submission?!”
“I’m talking about a realistic plan. The fact that we are being threatened has not yet been made public. So now, it means that you can keep your pride and compromise with the guilds to get rid of it. But if this fact becomes known to the outside…”
Jo Man-cheol said with a firm expression.
“Then it was really irreversible. No one in the world can support a government that has succumbed to blackmailers. From then on, it will be a battle that will end only when one of the guilds dies, whether the guilds really die or we die. In other words, this is the last time we can step back.”
“The last point at which you can back off.”
“Yes.”
Kim Kang-gyun, who had been thinking about Jo Man-cheol’s words for a long time, said.
“I cannot back down. If you step back now, it’s all over.”
At Kim Kang-gyun’s choice, Jo Man-cheol nodded and said.
“I knew you would. So the first thing we need to ensure is safety.”
Kim Kang-gyun is the owner and head of the Blue House, and his secretaries, ministers, and chiefs are his assistants.
But when these limbs are paralyzed, no matter how much the head is alive, the body cannot move properly.
“If the safety of you and your family is not guaranteed, no matter how much you believe, you will collapse someday. So before we fight the enemy, we must first make sure we are safe and move.”
“How do you mean?”
“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. You have no choice but to fight as a hunter.”
Kim Kang-gyun was silent for a moment, then bit his lip and said.
“Jeongin… guild.”
“That would most certainly be.”
The strongest guild in Korea that has never given up the top spot since the dungeon crisis.
“The Jeongin Guild is the most elite of its members, as it is said that every member of the guild is at the same level as other guilds. If they protect you, even the blackmailer will not be able to come out easily.”
Kim Kang-gyun said with a disappointed expression.
“After all, it’s Jung In-soo again.”
“…because that’s the reality.”
“Isn’t it okay to have only the Hanmu Guild and National Hunters?”
“Honestly, there is a possibility for the Hanmu Guild, but it is impossible to protect so many people with them alone.”
Kim Kang-gyun, who had been thinking for a while, said with sharp eyes.
“By the way, Chief Joe.”
“Yes.”
“Is there any possibility that Jeong In-soo is behind the blackmailer?”
“. . . I am open to all possibilities. And Jung In-soo was also on the suspect line. But no matter how much I think about it, there is no motivation for Jung In-soo to go that far.”
Jeong In-soo, who owns the guild, can never be free from relationships with the guild, but he also runs many businesses and has a relationship with the government.
In other words, Jung In-soo is saying that the more close he is to both sides, the better.
However, he is struggling to release the guilds, even by threatening the officials of the Blue House?
This was in stark contrast to what Jung In-soo had shown so far.
“It is much more advantageous for Jeong In-soo to act as a bridge between the government and the guilds as it is now. As if they are actively taking the role of a mediator now. That way, you can show your presence to both sides.”
“So it’s not Jung In-soo?”
“There is no such thing as 100% in the world… At least, I think the chances are less than the guilds.”
“Ahh!!”
In the end, the government’s choice was me.
It’s like entrusting safety to the person who threatened you.
Of course, it is not surprising that the government is mistaken.
The reason that both the government and the guild looked at each other and acted recklessly is because of lack of confidence.
who will win
How the world will eventually change.
But I already know all the endings from my previous life.
In addition, the fact that he has only played the role of an intermediary in the meantime must have had a major impact on this misjudgment.
I said raising the corners of my lips.
“You must not have thought that I would completely choose one or the other.”
Through this battle, I will advance the era of the Great Hunter in my previous life.
That’s why I chose the hard line instead of the neutral route I’ve been taking.
“Anyway, you asked for protection, so I must protect you.”
If you think about it, isn’t this some kind of zoning?
Unlike the guilds that take responsibility for the safety of local people, the difference is that I take the scale to the government unit.
“This increases my grip on government officials.”
Even if this situation is all over, the fear I felt at this time will not go away easily.
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Moreover, the guilds will push and shrink, so the worry about safety will grow even greater.
The more you do, the more you will depend on my power to ensure complete safety.
A government that has lost its power and the only person who can protect it is Jeong In-soo.
It is perfect.
Just like the government gave the cause of vigilantes.
Although losing power, the government has a cause.
A solid cause of being the governing group that has gone through the legally elected process of the Republic of Korea.
If I can hold this cause in my hand and shake it… I will be able to have absolute power.
“Come on. It will keep you very safe.”
At first, I requested that the Jeongin Guild be dispatched to the Blue House, but I refused with a single blow.
The reason was that the Jungin Guild also had its own schedule, so we couldn’t waste all our time there.
As a result, government officials gathered in Dangjin in the opposite direction.
“It is here.”
As the vigilante group was also making small rural housing complexes for the upper class, the housing complexes were provided as accommodations for government officials.
Chief Minjeong nodded and said.
“Thank you, CEO Jung.”
“By the way, I heard that you were threatened, but what kind of threat did the high-ranking people come down to here?”
When I asked after taking the shichimi off, Senior Min Jeong shook his head and said.
“I can’t tell you that.”
“okay? Hmm, I get it anyway. The vigilantes will patrol from time to time, and the Jeongin guild members will take turns resident, so I don’t know what’s going on, but please feel free to stay while you’re there.”
At my words, Chief Minjeong said with a bewildered expression.
“Hey, how many people are there?”
I said with a puzzled look.
“Yes, but…”
“Too few! If we include our family, there are more than a dozen people, so how many people are there to protect such a large number of people?”
I said with a smirk.
“Senior.”
“Yes.”
“This is Dangjin. Dangjin. A place where there are thousands of resident hunters and over a thousand vigilantes, and the headquarters of the Jeongin Guild is located.”
I said with a confident expression.
“I can assure you, there is no safer place in Korea than here.”
“Ah, no matter what…”
don’t worry?
I will keep you very safe.
“Give it a try.”
I said with a smirk.
“I don’t know who you are, but you’ll regret it the moment you set foot here.”
“That’s right.”
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Guild member Jeongin, who was ordered to patrol, grumbled and said.
“Now, they even go on patrol.”
A guild member who is proud of being a member of the Jeongin Guild, but is a little dissatisfied with having to do tasks that have nothing to do with hunting like this from time to time.
However, this dissatisfaction was nothing more than a small grumbling, as it was Jeong In-soo who always rewarded him for the work he did.
Besides, I have already received so many things.
It was to the extent that one guild member, not even an executive, absorbed dozens of skill stones that others said was difficult to even watch.
That time when I was walking down the road like that.
“Well?”
The guild member felt a strange popularity nearby.
But the appearance is invisible.
“Ohh? Look at this…”
The Jung-in Guild, who had conquered all of the Busan dungeons, had already fought countless monsters using invisibility skills, so he was very familiar with this situation.
The guild member pretended not to feel it and walked towards it slowly.
The very moment you reached the nearest point.
The guild member’s fist flew toward Inkigae.
And something transparent that received such a guild member’s fist.
“Look at this. Are you good enough?”
The guild member smiled and said.
“Let’s play somewhere!”
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Government officials jumped out, confused by the sound of something being smashed.
“I. Look at that!!”
I saw Jeongin guild members exchanging workshops with something invisible to the government officials at such a speed that they could not even be seen.
“Wow.”
Jeongin guild member, who stepped back, said with a surprised expression.
“Is that great?”
A transparent uninvited guest who attacks with strength despite having already allowed his fist several times.
“who are you?”
At first, I expected that the skill stone would not be an easy opponent because only the top hunters who could be active in the Busan dungeon could be obtained, but this is beyond my imagination.
Jeongin guild is strong enough to hear that each guild member is the level of an executive of another guild.
In addition to absorbing a large amount of skill stones, I was confident that I would not be easily pushed by any other guild leader, but that’s it.
“·················ogue.”
“Aren’t you going to answer me? If you have this level of skill, you must be someone I know…”
A guild member who was sure that he would be one of the people he met while traveling to and from the Busan dungeon.
But then the transparent intruder withdrew at a fast pace.
“uh?”
The guild member Jung-in hurriedly chased after him, but the transparent uninvited guests quickly widened the distance and disappeared completely at some point.
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Guild member Jeongin said with a bewildered expression.
“What, what?”
While guild member Jeong-in was surprised by the speed beyond imagination, government officials approached and said:
“Hey, did you kick me out?”
“Ummm…”
Jung-in guild member felt as if he was looked after rather than chased away.
“I do not know. Once I ran away…”
“It’s also the Jeongin Guild!”
Succeed in stopping the first raider that no one could stop.
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Guild member Jeongin said with a firm expression.
“I don’t think it’s something you would like that much right now. He’s not usually a good guy. The minimum is guild leader level. Even at the higher guild level.”
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Government officials said with a frightened expression.
“So, you mean you can’t stop me next time?”
“It is not. Instead, we need to increase the number of personnel a little. I think it would be enough for two people to do it.”
The government officials were relieved again at those words.
“Fortunately, the.”
“Anyway, it looks like it’s almost finished, so go in and rest. It’s still a long way from morning.”
“Good work.”
Jaejin Lee nodded at my words and said.
“It didn’t matter.”
“What do you think? Our guild member skills?”
“It was fine. Even though you can’t see it, you’ve found me exactly. Of course, I purposely pretended to be popular.”
That’s right.
That guild member He is now a member of one guild, but in his previous life he was the guild leader of a guild.
“right?”
“Now what?”
“If you forget sometimes, go and practice with me. It’s a skill test.”
“All right.”
I said lying on the sofa.
“Now, we must empower the government.”
The government has secured the minimum level of safety while being angry all the way to the top.
If you give me a weapon to wield here, the government will attack the guilds without hesitation.
And the guilds that hit it will now collide with the government head-on.
From then on, even if I don’t directly intervene, I’ll take care of myself.
“You’re giving me strength?”
“yes.”
“How do you mean?”
I said with a smile.
“Do you know if it’s a limited-time weapon? A very strong weapon that fades over time.”
“Yes.”
“To grab it.”
It is the brilliance of Kim Woong’s green skill.
The term “limited period” meant that Kim Woong’s brilliance was activated only for a certain period of time, but at the same time, it was brought out because there was one more aim.
I picked up the phone and called Kim Woong.
– Yes, CEO Jung.
“Guild Kim, are you busy these days?”
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Government officials have fled to Dangjin, but even the president cannot empty the Blue House.
Therefore, Kim Kang-gyun had the Hanmu Guild resident in the Blue House.
– I’m a little busy.
“It’s nothing but that green skill stone.”
-Yes.
“I first told you it was a teleport, but it wasn’t. Actually, I noticed it earlier, but I was embarrassed and kept quiet. I thought it wasn’t, but just because I didn’t know what kind of skill it was. By the way···.”
I said with a smirk.
“I guess I figured out what that skill was this time. So I contacted you.”