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– All five people have been secured.
All the plans were perfect by catching the top-level merchants who were the last puzzle.
“You didn’t resist?”
-I was hesitant and wasting time, so I took one person as an example, and they came to me.
They released and monitored people before they betrayed them, but they failed to find the whereabouts of the two people because the top merchants prepared and moved more thoroughly than expected.
However, contrary to their thoughts, who thought that the situation was not going to be the worst, they completely hid themselves, and when another top merchant was caught, they thought it was a matter of time too, so they eventually gave up and surrendered the white flag.
“Good job.”
This completely cut my connection with the black market.
To the newly appointed merchants under Yoon Sang-deok, I am merely an enemy who tolerated the black market and then suddenly pushed it away.
– What do you do with them? You can make it disappear forever if you want.
I said with a relaxed expression.
“Let it live.”
– Hmmm, I don’t know if I’m going to have a remorse if I just let it live… .
I said with a smirk.
“Do you think I told them to live because they were pitiful?”
I was reborn and vowed to live for myself.
Although I have never killed anyone before, if my future or position is shaken by that person’s existence… I’ll probably make a decision.
But not these guys.
“A defensive weakness is not a weakness. Rather, it is a good bait to attract enemies.”
taken from noblemt l
My point of view boils down to whether it is profitable or not.
I weigh the pros and cons of killing them. If the cons are greater, that’s my loss.
The moment I order their disposition, I assume another weakness of being a murder teacher.
taken from noblemt l
Maybe that kind of weakness accumulates and builds up and someone might take advantage of it.
So I’d rather use it.
“When someone targets me, where do I go first?”
-… Links to black lake organizations or black markets.
“It is correct. Then when the top merchants appear, the enemy will use them to prepare to attack me. You’ll be completely blown away by that. So our job is to make that weakness not a weakness.”
All defenses are made with manipulation and false evidence.
And using them as bait.
The enemy will think that they have the trump card in their hand and use it to prepare a new scheme, but I am already ready for it.
“You don’t even know you’re ready for the perfect defense, and while you dig into its weaknesses, you can harpoon the enemy in another way.”
Yoon Sang-deok said in a voice admiring my words.
– You are also the president. You see farther than me. I admired it.
“Until admiration. By the way, what about the black market?”
Black markets are being built all over the country centering on the guilds that have joined the organization.
And now it’s time to expand it even further.
– It’s smooth.
Hue is the goat
Guilds in each region go through zoning and expand their influence within the region.
And it uses its influence to promote the safety of the black market.
On the surface, it looks like a black market protected by each guild, but in fact, it’s all organically linked together.
-I tried to contact the Phoenix Guild by sending a merchant, but the story went better than I expected, and in exchange for paying the bonus, the construction of the black market was tolerated.
I said raising the corners of my lips.
“It’s good.”
The Firebird Guild is a guild that is not affiliated with an organization.
However, the moment the black market is built, the Firebird Guild will be seen as a member of the organizations.
This effect is used to boost the size of the organization and strengthen the cohesive power, while at the same time putting pressure on the government.
* * *
Hue is the goat
Guild leader Kim Soo-min of the Daon Guild said with a happy smile when he saw the money in the safe.
“It was a good thing you signed up.”
Joining an organization and connecting to the first organization black market.
This black market is disguised as a dungeon goods store, but in reality it was nothing more than an intermediary for all black market goods.
The Daon Guild was also benefiting from the black market by selling smuggled various dungeon items as stolen goods through this place.
However, the bigger benefit for Kim Soo-min is the reward.
A guild, like a company, must be registered with a corporation.
And hunters are registered employees of this corporation.
As a result, the current guilds were actually taking the form of a kind of cooperative.
A structure that takes all but a portion of the share it has earned.
For general guild members, this is the best situation, but the guild leader and other executives are bound to be dissatisfied.
Although the distribution is based on skill, the difference in distribution between executives and general guild members is not overwhelming.
Still, he’s a boss and an executive, but it’s not like he’s getting paid similar to that of a regular employee.
However, when the black market appears, the gap widens.
All of the payouts are cash, and this money is not registered in the corporate account book, and can only be shared among executives who know the fact of joining.
“Hunting was not the only skill.”
In the end, the profits of hunting are divided according to how skilled you are, but the black market is maintained by the power of the guild, not your skills.
And the fruits can be shared by himself and the executives.
“I should pay more attention.”
Hue is the goat
Guild members need to come in and out more often and subtly put pressure on friendly local police to make sure the black market is in place.
“By the way, something similar happened to the Firebird Guild? It’s a lot bigger than I expected, isn’t it?”
The man in the mask who said the black market was a gift to the guild belonging to the organization.
In other words, the guild where the black market was located meant that it belonged to an organization.
From the Firebird Guild to the many top guilds, this is an organization.
Where else can you find a stronger backbone than this?
Kim Soo-min said with a smile.
“I have to work a little harder.”
* * *
Although Kim Kang-gyun managed to overcome the crisis a year ago, Kim Kang-gyun’s will to reform was broken in the aftermath.
Of course, on the surface, they are still shouting for regulation, but in reality, it was just an ineffective show-off measure.
It is one of those things that he and Jeong In-soo pushed the black market and made him his own achievement.
“Shops are popping up all over the country dealing with goods that were traded on the black market.”
“Whoa.”
Kim Kang-gyun sighed and said.
“Chairman Jung… No.”
Jung In-soo, who pushed the black market and officially took office.
“It is presumed that the guilds in each region are related. Some guilds are openly looking after their guild members. In the process, of course, there will be a lump sum payment, but if Chairman Chung is really the owner of the black market, there is no reason to pay so much money. anyway… no.”
Seeing Jo Man-cheol cut off while talking, Kim Kang-gyun continued what Jo Man-cheol could not do.
“Even if we make the same black market in another place, we can’t use our hands.”
“… … .”
The Kim Kang-gyun government holds its current position thanks to a subtle balance between Jeong In-soo and the guilds.
Jeong In-soo’s cooperation is absolutely necessary to maintain the government.
“I suspect that the guilds that used the black market may have intervened directly or indirectly by taking advantage of the gap in the black market. The black market was one of their main sources of income. However, Chairman Chung said the black market had gotten out of control and pushed it away. If there is a Black Tiger organization behind all of this… And if the guilds that look after the black market are part of the Black Tiger organization, things get worse.”
Jo Man-cheol said with a serious expression.
“Now, there are dozens of guilds that we have identified. All of them were guilds with considerable power above the middle rank. If all of them were one match… .”
Kim Kang-gyun, who was worried about Jo Man-cheol’s words, said.
“… It’s a game you can’t really win. No, to be precise, a game that should not be won.”
The Black Tiger organization is the past erased by the government and guilds.
The moment you touch it, the government is digging up their secrets that they were trying to hide with their own hands.
“If you use your hands… Is it possible to eradicate it?”
Then Jo Man-cheol said with a skeptical expression.
“I think it will be difficult. As long as the guilds look after them, we need a way to pressure them, and even if it succeeds, they will disguise themselves as another shop and hide more secretly. Snow White is… It is not something that can be replaced.”
“Is it known to the general public?”
“They are hiding it quite thoroughly, and since they only deal with dungeon items in the first place, they have no contact with the general public, so… .”
Kim Kang-gyun felt it.
taken from noblemt l
Maybe that’s what they intended.
Complete concealment is impossible.
However, if only the general public does not know, there is no reason for the government to step forward.
Even more so if it may even have something to do with their teeth.
Kim Kang-gyun said with a weak expression on his face.
“Now you are making excuses. ha.”
* * *
The black market disguised as a variety of stores has taken root all over the country.
When I was in Dangjin, it was an open market, but this time, the black market spread out in a way that avoided the public’s eyes.
And the government’s judgment on such a black market was negligent.
“Good good.”
I really like the situation.
Thanks to the misunderstood guilds and the government, the Black Tiger organization is growing with more and more reality.
“Now the black market will take care of itself.”
With the increase of hunters, the black market will also grow bigger and bigger.
It is also under the tacit protection of each local guild.
The black market in the previous life was also protected by the guilds, but if the black market in the previous life was actually Eul’s position to look out for the guilds, the black market in this life is a kind of partnership protected by the Black Tiger organization.
“President.”
Then a man knocks on the office and enters.
It was Kim Byung-tae, a former director of Daein Group and now the president of Jeongin Development, a subsidiary of the Jungin Group, scouted.
“I have come to report on the progress of the redevelopment.”
“Are there any problems?”
“It is not.”
“Then just take care of it and see you later.”
At my words, Kim Byung-tae looked at me and said,
“… You are more generous than you think.”
“I am trying to do that. To be honest, it was difficult for me to make all decisions on my own. I believe in the ability of President Kim, so I trust him and leave it to him.”
Actually, it’s difficult to push the black market out, because it’s not a big deal to build a building on the vacant lot that has been pushed out like that.
“All right. I will give you an interim report later.”
But then.
– Breaking news.
“yes?”
Breaking news from the news.
– It has been understood that a coup d’état has occurred in North Korea, and intense street fighting is taking place in downtown Pyongyang. As soon as new news comes out… .
Then, President Kim Byung-tae was astonished and said.
“A coup in North Korea?!”
Even in South Korea, where law and order are well maintained, the government suffers from hunters and guilds, not to mention a closed country like North Korea.
In a place like that, power proves everything.
The conflict between the people with random power and the North Korean authorities trying to gather those people and make it their own power has been around for a long time, so it just exploded.
Just like in a previous life.
However.
I said with a frown on my face.
“… now?”
* * *
In a previous life, the Kim family was completely overthrown in a coup in North Korea.
The Labor Party’s army had no way to stop the Hunter, a living human weapon.
Of course, the hunter group that the Kim family has gathered.
Although the so-called Labor SS existed, there were already secret coup plots among hunters, and in the end, North Korea was overturned by even participating in the coup by some of the SS.
South Koreans cheered for such a change in North Korea.
I thought that maybe the wish for unification could finally be achieved.
But nothing changed.
The hunters took the liberation of the people as the cause of the coup, but in the end their goal was to glorify their wealth.
North Korea was simply a change of power from the Kim family to the Hunter group.
Therefore, even though I was aware of the North Korean coup, I did not prepare much.
Although exchanges will be expanded a little later, there is no big change anyway, so I thought there was no benefit to extracting it.
Just a little bit of investment in North Korea-related stocks in advance?
However.
I said while checking the notes with a puzzled expression.
“… You still have a year left?”
I can’t remember exactly the date.
But I know the year for sure.
The coup will certainly happen a year later.
Under the leadership of a hunter named Pan-Ho Jang.
And this hunter named Pan-ho Jang reigns as the new dictator of North Korea.
But has this already happened?
“The future has changed.”
Of course, the impact of changes in North Korea will be limited, but it is definitely a strange sign that the future has changed.
While I was checking the news in real time, I was constantly provided with new information from senior government officials who had been bribed.
Then my cell phone rings.
“Yes, sir.”
A call from the chief of the Blue House.
– A coup d’etat.
“Yes, how is it going?”
– It’s called a lull.
Silenced state?!
Obviously, in a previous life, you pushed it in an instant and turned it over in a few days, right?
I said with a serious expression.
“Who is in charge?”
– It’s not exact, but it’s a hunter named Pan-Ho Jang. He is said to be one of the most popular hunters in North Korea.
Up to Pan-ho Jang is correct.
However, the timing and pattern of the coup are different from those of the previous life.
“Is that so… Anyway, thank you. Please contact me as soon as there is news.”
– There is something the president has done for you, and it’s like this. haha.
After finishing the call, I stroked my chin and said.
“… Is this going to be a problem?”
Isn’t the coup supposed to fail?
Of course, a failed coup d’etat won’t bring about dynamic changes, but it’s terrifying to say that the future will change no matter what.
I thought for a while and said.
“Let’s see for a moment.”
* * *
And the next day.
The news that greeted me when I woke up was a letter from the chief of the North Korean coup failure.