Chapter 676: Hahaha. I was the one who raised our Vice Chairman Theo.
TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
[Code No. 2]
→ This is the second code to access [System 371].
→ You need to collect all three codes (1, 2, and 3) to access [System 371].
Contents of the tablet revealed through <Title: One Who Glimpsed Long Into the Beginning>. The explanation was too unfriendly for its value.
However,
“Hehehe.”
It was not a problem for Sejun, who was one step closer to the impeachment of [System 371].
He had finally gathered one. Wait for me, System 371.
“Vice Chairman Theo, you did very well!”
This could never have been found without Theo.
Sejun laughed like a villain and gave Theo high praise.
As Sejun praised Theo greatly,
“Puhuhut. I, Vice Chairman Theo, always do extremely well, meow!”
Theo bragged,
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. That’s my boyfriend for you.”
Iona also boasted.
And then,
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. As expected, Cuengi's Big Brother is amazing!]
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. He’s worthy of being the big brother of great Blackie!]
Cuengi and Blackie, who regarded Theo as their big brother, also swelled with pride.
As the wave of pride spread in succession,
Hahaha. I was the one who raised our Vice Chairman Theo.
Sejun also felt proud.
“Meow! Chairman Park’s face is rotting, meow! Everyone, charge, meow!”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Okay!”
Kueng!
[It’s time to knead Dad’s face!]
Kking!
[Step on him!]
Theo, Iona, Cuengi, and Blackie all charged and stomped Sejun’s face, ending the chain reaction of boasting.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, just wait a little, meow! It’s almost back to normal, meow!”
"I'm fine already!"
“No, meow! It’s because I, Vice Chairman Theo, fixed you, meow!”
Kueng!
[Cuengi also had a part in it]
Kking!
[The great Blackie also stepped hard!]
While Sejun’s face was being stomped on and purified by everyone,
“Hmm…”
Hett, who had received mental training from the Blackie Family, regained consciousness.
“Huh?!”
What is this?
Hett discovered a cat paw stamp imprinted on the back of his hand.
That's right. While unconscious, Theo had stamped him, making Hett a full-time employee of Sejun Company.
“Puhuhut. Hett, from now on, you’re the team leader of Sejun Company’s Lottery Department, so bring lots of things to draw, meow!”
Theo, who had healed(?) Sejun's face, approached Hett and said this.
For reference, the Lottery Department was just established by Sejun, and Hett held the roles of team leader, deputy leader, and youngest member.
In short, Hett was a solo team.
However,
“Um… Vice Chairman Theo, I actually belong to the Ritna Trading Company…”
Hett already had an affiliation.
“Puhuhut. Resign from there, meow!”
Of course, Theo didn’t care.
“Do you not know about the Ritna Trading Company? If you want to leave, you either have to cut off both legs or pay 10 billion Tower Coins!”
The one being told to resign was internally panicking.
Damn it! If only I hadn’t signed back then!
At the same time, the resentment of being tricked into joining the Ritna Trading Company in his youth under the promise of making lots of money surged.
"Then I'll resign from here first!"
In a fit of rage, Hett applied for resignation.
However,
“How dare you raise your voice in front of our great hybrid Chairman Park, meow?!”
Grrr. Kking!
[Grrrr. Big brother! Leave it to great hybrid Blackie!]
Thunk.
Instead of resignation, he received mental re-education from the Blackie Family.
A little later.
“Puhuhut. Hett, don’t worry, meow! Now that you’re a full-time employee of Sejun Company, we’ll protect you, meow!”
As Theo spoke reassuringly to Hett, who had finished Blackie’s mental training,
“…So… what should I do...? If I move around, I’ll definitely run into the Ritna Trading Company… It’s not like Vice Chairman Theo will always be with me…”
Hett cautiously asked while watching Theo and Blackie.
“Meow…”
Hett is right, meow!
At Hett’s reasonable point, Theo pondered briefly.
Chairman Park, help me, meow!
Eventually, he sent a pleading glance at Sejun, signaling an SOS.
And then,
“Hmm. Then just assign him a bodyguard. Cuengi, assign one Bukbuk to Hett for close protection.”
After a brief moment of thought, Sejun decided to assign a Planet-Destroying Turtle as Hett’s bodyguard.
It was an excessive level of protection, but since it was Sejun’s command, no one objected.
Kueng!
[Got it. Iona sister-in-law, please use the dimensional transfer magic.]
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Okay. Power of magic…”
With Iona’s help, Cuengi used teleportation magic to move to the Black Cuengi Ship.
Kueng!
[Bukbuk No. 23, you’re coming with Cuengi.]
Bukbuk! Bukbuk!
[It is an honor! I will follow you to the ends of hell!]
Kueng!
[Good.]
He brought back one Planet-Destroying Turtle and attached it to Hett’s chest like a brooch.
Kueng!
[Bukbuk No. 23, from now on, you’ll protect this guy.]
Bukbuk!
[Yes, sir!]
And so, the planet-destroying turtle, Bukbuk No. 23, became Hett’s personal guard.
Do I really have to guard this lowly being instead of fighting alongside Cuengi-nim?
He didn’t like it, but followed orders without complaint because it was from Cuengi.
But then…
“What can such a tiny turtle possibly do…”
The protectee grumbled, unaware of his place.
How dare he!!!
Zing.
Bukbuk No. 23 didn’t hold back and fired a mini destruction beam, vaporizing a building to make a point.
“Ugh!”
Thanks to Bukbuk No. 23’s show of force, Hett quietly and dearly clung to the turtle on his chest.
Of course, Hett also had to compensate for the building Bukbuk No. 23 destroyed.
“Well then, see you next time.”
“Puhuhut. Bring lots of things to draw, meow!”
And so, Sejun and his party parted ways with Hett and headed to the Pirate Bank as originally planned.
***
99th Floor of the Black Tower.
Whirr. Whirr.
[Then I'll be off. I'll also gather lots of information.]
Poisonous Queen Bee Sweetie spoke with determination as she tied dozens of liquor bottles to her body with rope.
“Alright, come back safely.”
Whirr!
[Sweetie-nim, please be careful on your way!]
Whirr!
[Take care!]
Toryong, Seventh, and the other queen bees saw Sweetie off.
[Transferring to Hel’s Pawnshop.]
With that, Sweetie and the alcohol disappeared, and
“Heheh. Sweetie, welcome!”
Hel, the God of Merchants, warmly greeted Sweetie.
Wow! It’s liquor made by Sejun!
Or perhaps, it was the liquor Sweetie brought that she was welcoming so warmly.
Whirr. Whirr. Whirr?
[Hello, Hel-nim. I heard a lot about you from Sejun-nim and Theo-nim. They said you’re so diligent and competent?]
Sweetie, the Poisonous Queen Bee, greeted Hel with an alluring voice, never letting her gaze stray from Sejun’s liquor.
“Hehehe. Sejun and Theo said that?! That I’m competent?”
Whirr. Whirr?
[Yes. How can someone be so competent like you?]
I’m sure they did.
Hel was completely charmed by Sweetie’s words.
“Hehehe. It’s a trade secret, but I’ll tell you everything, Sweetie.”
Whirr?! Whirr! Whirr...
[Ah. Really?! Please tell me! But in Tartarus...]
“Heheh. About that…”
Fully disarmed, Hel started gleefully leaking secrets to Sweetie. This time, not even under the influence of alcohol.
***
<Grondra>
As Sejun and his party asked the locals for directions to the Pirate Bank,
“Welcome! This is the Pirate Bank’s main branch!”
The staff greeted Sejun and the others.
However,
“Puhuhut. Hand over the money, meow!”
Sejun and his party hadn’t come with good intentions, and they immediately began robbing the bank.
Although they originally came to inquire about how to issue a card, more is always better. Since the pirates earned this bad money through plunder, it should be okay to take it. Probably... it’ll be fine.
After subduing the bank’s security,
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. It’s open.”
With Iona’s magic, they opened the vault and took about 1,000 trillion Tower Coins.
And then,
"How do you issue cards?"
They woke the unconscious bank manager to ask how to issue a card. Of course, the back of the manager’s hand already had Theo’s stamp on it.
“A card issuance? You simply stamp the Pirate Bank mark with this stamp on a card engraved with a name, and the card is issued.”
The bank manager said this as he took out a stamp made of what appeared to be a luxurious material.
“Is that so?”
That’s easy. But I don’t like the mark.
“Theo, your claw.”
“Puhuhut. Here it is, meow!”
Snap!
Sejun had Theo take out his claw.
Scrape.
Using Theo’s claw, Sejun lightly sliced off the part of the Pirate Bank mark on the stamp to make it flat.
Then,
Scratch, scratch.
He began engraving his own name.
He was trying to create a card issued by Sejun Company.
Originally, the Pirate Bank mark contained an invisible, complex magic circle that made it impossible to issue cards otherwise.
But since [System SJC], which had absorbed the Pirate Bank system, was supporting Sejun, he could engrave whatever strange thing he wanted and still successfully issue a card.
“Hehehe. All done.”
With that, Sejun had finished engraving his name on the stamp.
“Puhuhut. I, Vice Chairman Theo, will engrave mine too, meow!”
Press.
Theo then stamped his own paw print onto the stamp.
Kueng!
Kking!
Cuengi and Blackie, who had been eyeing the stamp from the side, quickly added their own paw prints.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot.”
Iona also quietly stamped the center of Theo’s paw print with her own two dainty front paws.
Thus, around Sejun’s name, paw prints of Theo, Iona, and Cuengi were engraved,
Kking?!
[Why is great Blackie’s paw not imprinted?!]
Blackie, being too weak, couldn't leave a paw print.
"Stay still and put your paw there."
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! That tickles!]
What's done is done. Sejun held Blackie’s paw to the stamp and carefully traced it.
Scratch, scratch.
He engraved it himself.
Then,
"Paespaes, put some strength in your paw for a moment."
(Pip-pip!)
Press.
He even stamped the paw print of the sleeping Paespaes onto the stamp.
Thus, the initial version of the Sejun Company emblem was born.
It was called the initial version because many more would likely step up to add their paw prints. Soon, the Sejun Company mark would be filled with many more.
“Then shall we make a card for our Cuengi? Cuengi, flatten this.”
Sejun pulled out one of Kaiser’s scales and asked Cuengi.
Kueng!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Cuengi placed the slightly curved Kaiser’s scale between his two front paws and struck it dozens of times to flatten it.
Then,
“Theo, cut this to the same size as the other pirate cards and engrave Cuengi’s name.”
He instructed Theo to cut the flattened Kaiser scale into a card-like size.
“Puhuhut. Leave it to me, Vice Chairman Theo, meow!”
With full focus, Theo neatly trimmed the scale and engraved the name: ‘Park Cuengi.’
Theo’s front paw glowed faintly.
Though Theo had dragon claws, Kaiser’s scale was so tough that cutting it cleanly required a lot of magic power.
Burn brightly, meow!
Unbeknownst to Sejun, his money was being consumed in that process, of course.
Thus, after spending a tremendous amount of money, the black card was finally completed.
Press.
Sejun stamped the card.
[You have issued a Black Card.]
The black card was issued.
Did it work?
Sejun checked the options.
[Park Cuengi’s Black Card]
→ A card made from the scale of the great Black Dragon leader, Kaiser Pritani. It is linked to Park Cuengi’s Sejun Company account.
→ You can use the money in the account by swiping the card.
→ Remaining Balance: 50,313 Tower Coins
→ If the account has no money, credit transactions are available.
Grade: Black
Limit: None
Issuer: Sejun Company
Our Cuengi has saved up quite a bit of allowance.
‘Wait, what do you mean the limit is unlimited?!’
Sejun began to have second thoughts about whether he should really give Cuengi this black card.
However,
Hehehe. With just that, Cuengi can buy anything he wants to eat.
Cuengi's eyes were already locked onto the black card in Sejun’s hand, simply waiting for Sejun to hand it over.
“Cuengi, using a card is dangerous. Make sure to think three times before you use it. Got it?”
Kueng! Kueng!
[Got it. I’ll think three times before using it.]
With a firm promise from Cuengi, Sejun handed over the black card to him with trembling hands.
But Sejun didn’t know.
Cuengi usually thought about it around 100 times before buying food.
Can I eat this?
Can I eat this?
Can I eat this?
Hehehe. I thought three times, so now I can use the card.
Telling Cuengi to only think three times was essentially unlocking his restraint.
Sejun’s money was now in danger.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Cuengi hyung! Buy some food for great Blackie too!]
Even Blackie joined in, further threatening Sejun’s funds.
However,
Puhuhut. Since there's a lot of money saved up, I want to make Chairman Park’s rotting face a little less rotten, meow!
The one who always posed the greatest threat to Sejun’s money… was Theo.
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