Episode 152 Stealing a thief’s liver (2)
– Jeong Geun-ho? Is he calling you?
Baek Woo-jin narrowed his eyes as he looked at the cell phone screen.
I couldn’t understand why Jeong Geun-ho called when he should have run away at the mere sight of his own shadow.
“You’ll understand when you receive it.”
[Hello.]
When I answered the phone, I heard Jeong Geun-ho’s slightly dejected voice.
“What’s wrong with you? “Let’s fight again?”
[Oh no! no! Absolutely not!]
Jeong Geun-ho’s urgent voice came out from the cell phone.
-Well, no matter how stone-headed I am, I now understand the difference between you and me.
Heukam chuckled as he thought about Jeong Geun-ho’s expression.
In the black market duel, Baek Woo-jin clearly transformed Jeong Geun-ho’s personality.
As long as it has the learning ability of a human, no matter what, it won’t be able to attack it.
“Then what is it?”
[Congratulations on going to China and defeating the Cheonmu-Maeng guys. I commented that you did really well and praised you…]
“I know and you know that you didn’t do it. “Just get to the point.”
[It’s true….]
In fact, Jeong Geun-ho left a comment on Baek Woo-jin’s article.
The problem was that the comment was a malicious comment about Baek Woo-jin.
“So why are you calling?”
[Are you planning on doing escort missions?]
“Escort? “Who?”
[Actually, it is more about stopping thieves than it is about escorting. Three days later, the chairman of Daeyoung Group is holding a party and hears that a thief is coming…]
“If it’s Daeyoung Group, is it Daeyoung Park?”
[how did you know? That’s right!]
Park Dae-young was not a huge tycoon, but I remembered his name because he was caught for committing various corruptions and crimes.
“I will not.”
Baek Woo-jin immediately refused.
No matter how much money I gave, I didn’t want to help a criminal.
[That’s right! I knew it would be like that!]
Jeong Geun-ho’s voice became brighter.
He was actually happy that Baek Woo-jin refused the mission.
“But why did you suddenly call me and offer me a mission?”
[Uhm….]
“It would be better to be honest. “If you investigate, everything will come out anyway.”
[Actually, while I was having drinks with the chairman, your name came up and I asked if I could bring you too…]
“I know what it is.”
Baek Woo-jin looked at Jeong Geun-ho’s name on the screen with pitiful eyes.
“I guess the chairman was bluffing and saying he was close to me and then asked me to bring him too. So when I told him not to do it, he actually liked it.”
[….]
Jeong Geun-ho answered by not answering.
“I thought things might have changed, but the bravado is still the same.”
-After all, people don’t change easily. It seems like only the problem has been fixed for you.
[That….]
Perhaps because he was embarrassed, Jeong Geun-ho was speechless.
“No matter what, I won’t do it. “It would be best for you to cut off ties with that person.”
[what? Why?]
Baek Woo-jin warned him not because of Jeong Geun-ho, but because of Yoon Woo-min, who taught him.
“I don’t know the reason, just what I said…”
Several memories flashed through Baek Woo-jin’s mind as he spoke.
“Could it be that Muyounggaek sent a notice?”
[How did you do that?]
Jeong Geun-ho’s horrified voice was heard.
Baek Woo-jin saw Jeong Geun-ho’s embarrassed reaction and became convinced that Mu Young-gaek had sent a notice.
-What is Muyeonggaek?
‘He’s a thief. He walks quickly and quietly, and his disguise and acting skills are amazing.’
-So the thief sent a notice? What kind of crazy person is that….
‘They say it’s officialdom.’ A few years later, he wrote a book based on the true story of his theft.’
-Then you’re just a fool?
‘There were cases where he used a notice to steal, so he’s not completely crazy.’
Muyeonggaek is a person of interest in itself.
A person who needed people’s attention to gain strength became a thief who needed no attention, so what he did couldn’t be normal.
‘Still, there were some people who liked it.’
-That crazy guy? Why?
‘Most of the people who stole were criminals or rich people. I also did a bit of charity to help other people.’
Muyeonggaek was popular in his own way because he performed unusual eccentricities and sometimes committed acts of rogue.
‘If I do this well…’
Baek Woo-jin’s face brightened as he recalled past memories.
“I will.”
[Huh?]
“I do. Just tell them to keep my name a secret.”
[Are you really doing this? really? No, it’s too weak for your name, isn’t it? Plus, the compensation….]
“If you ask me one more time, I’ll go right away and get my money back….”
[Ah, I understand. I understand!]
Before Baek Woo-jin could say the word ‘shit in the back’, Jeong Geun-ho answered in rapid fire.
“Send me the address.”
[Yes…]
Baek Woo-jin hung up the phone and laughed.
“Jung Geun-ho is helpful in everything.”
-help? What on earth are you thinking?
“Several.”
* * *
After Baek Woo-jin hung up the phone, he packed up the books he had prepared in advance and headed to the Lion’s Castle.
It was to get one piece of help in return for the help of the lichs in the Karun dungeon.
“huh?”
Even before the door to the top floor was opened, voices of intense discussion could be heard coming from within the room.
-Have there been any arguments about magic?
“I don’t know.”
Baek Woo-jin opened the door and went inside.
The Riches were sitting down in the center of the room, watching the game console.
He was so focused that he had no idea he was there.
“Here, you have to ask Seonhee on a date!”
“Then you won’t be able to see Yuri’s ending!”
“Yuri is my childhood friend, so he ends up following me! “Here, we need to increase Sunhee’s likeability rating!”
“I listened to what you said, but I couldn’t defeat anyone in the previous episode!”
“That’s because Mr. Carden built up favorability too promiscuously…”
Baek Woo-jin, who was approaching the lichs, stopped as tall as a stone statue.
When I looked at the game console screen with trembling eyes, I saw a scene where a woman with pink pigtails was smiling.
-Isn’t that the game console you gave me?
‘I gave it to you…’
Even Baek Woo-jin didn’t know what the game was in there.
‘Kim Woo-hyuk brought that.’
-Kim Woohyuk?
‘I was busy preparing for training, so I couldn’t get them a gift. So, I asked Kim Woo-hyuk, who seemed to have the best fun, if he had any interesting stuff these days.’
-Oh, I saw that too.
-Kim Woo-hyuk handed them over with a smile, so I took them to the Riches, but I didn’t know it was a game like that…’ I knew it was a game, but I never opened it, so I never imagined it was a
game like that.
“Why are you asking Yuri out on a date again? “Let’s go see Sunhee!”
“I like glass! “I actually like lamb braids!”
“Please pay for the night! “Why are we so divided when we’re over 600 years old!”
“You like the ponytails of people over 400 years old!”
Carden and Fes were still arguing without knowing that Baek Woo-jin had arrived.
-Am I dreaming?
“….”
* * *
“Hmm! “If you come, tell me you came.”
Carden scratched his cheekbone with an embarrassed smile.
Fes was hiding behind Carden and kneeling because he was embarrassed.
“I stopped by to give you something new and to ask you a favor…”
Baek Woo-jin looked at the portable game console behind Carden with dumbfounded eyes.
“Oh this. It was quite fun. “There are many different flavors.”
-It wasn’t my fault, it just fell out?
“I see…”
Just as the darkness said, Carden and Fes looked like they did a little while ago before engaging in battle with the enemy of life and death.
“What is your favor?”
“I want to track down a person. Is there an item or dark magic that can do that?”
“Tracking?”
“It doesn’t matter if the distance is short, but the location must be accurate.”
“If it’s okay for it to be disposable, I can make an artifact.”
Carden immediately nodded as if he was confident.
“How long will it take?”
“You said it’s disposable and it doesn’t matter if the distance is short, so I can complete it by tomorrow.”
“Then make it for me.”
Baek Woo-jin nodded.
“All right. But what is that?”
Carden’s eyes glowed blue when he saw the bag Baek Woo-jin had brought. It was a look full of expectation.
“These are some new books that might be helpful to you.”
Baek Woo-jin gave the books in his bag to Carden.
These were books about history and culture.
“Hmm….”
“Hmm….”
Carden and Fes came to the front and looked perplexed when they saw the book Baek Woo-jin had brought.
The two pretended to look through the book and then put it down.
“Is there a prequel to this?”
Carden placed the game console on top of the book Baek Woo-jin brought.
“Prequel?”
“yes. I heard this is part 2. So that means there is a prequel. “I want to do a full story.”
“….”
Baek Woo-jin’s expression turned blank because he didn’t know if there was a prequel or what the name of the game was.
“I’ll find out later.”
I nodded, thinking that since Kim Woo-hyuk brought it to me, I could just ask him.
“thank you!”
“You will be blessed!”
Carden and Fes jumped up and bowed their heads.
Fes was using the word blessed in the theme of lychee.
He looked completely different from when I gave him the book.
“I have one question.”
“yes!”
“How did you guys charge that?”
“Oh, charging. “The manual said it needed electricity, so I did this.”
After creating a lightning bolt in his hand, Fes was manipulating the lightning very thinly and pouring it into the battery part of the game console.
-You charged the game console using advanced mana manipulation? That advanced technology can only be used to charge game consoles?
The Liches were showing off their energy by charging the game console using advanced mana manipulation that only top-level wizards could do.
-You have corrupted the lichs once more.
“….”
– Even the devil can accomplish the impossible. Baek Woo-jin accomplishes this difficult task!
“….”
* * *
Baek Woo-jin asked Carden for an artifact and then went to Geomgak and called Kim Woo-hyuk.
“I’m talking about the game console you gave me.”
“Are you doing well?”
“I don’t know, but he was very crazy.”
“That’s a good thing!”
Kim Woo-hyuk smiled brightly.
I gave it to him after putting some thought into it, but I felt good when I heard that the response was positive.
“So, you said you wanted to do a prequel. Is there a prequel?”
“Of course there is! “What does he know?”
-Not a person….
“Actually, the fact that there is a sequel means that the previous film is a masterpiece. “It would be great if you tried it too, Master.”
“I’m sorry, but it’s not to my taste. But have you always liked comics like that?”
“I really liked it since I was little. I healed the pain of training with games and comics. “When I was at Jegeomgak, I almost went crazy because I couldn’t play games.”
“Ah…”
Baek Woo-jin felt belated regret after hearing Kim Woo-hyuk’s words.
If Hong Nam-gi had recommended a gift, the strange situation of Richie becoming an otaku wouldn’t have occurred.
“I’ll bring you part 1 right away.”
Kim Woo-hyuk smiled and left the lounge.
He seemed happy as his otaku comrades increased.
“I should have prepared from the beginning…”
-The lichs have already crossed the river of no return. Give up.
* * *
Baek Woo-jin headed to Park Dae-young’s private residence on the morning of the day when Mu-young was announced to be arriving.
“You really came.”
“Then are you going to come fake?”
When Jeong Geun-ho saw Baek Woo-jin, he looked helpless and stepped back.
“Sigh!”
As Baek Woo-jin approached, Jeong Geun-ho unconsciously covered the back of his head. It was an instinctive move.
“What are you doing?”
“Oh no!”
Sweat was seeping from Jeong Geun-ho’s forehead.
“But if it’s worth your name, I guess there’s no need to come here…”
“That’s it. Please guide me.”
Baek Woo-jin put on a gray mask and waved his hand.
“I understand…”
With an awkward expression, Jeong Geun-ho led Baek Woo-jin to Park Dae-young’s room on the fourth floor of the mansion.
“Welcome!”
A middle-aged man with a sagging belly and a glowing face walked out of the most luxurious room on the fourth floor.
After that, a young man and woman who appeared to be secretaries followed.
“My name is Daeyoung Park of Daeyoung Group.”
“My name is Baek Woo-jin.”
Baek Woo-jin took off his mask and said hello.
“You look much taller in person than on screen!”
Daeyoung Park burst into laughter, puffing his cheeks.
“Thank you so much for coming. I asked you to make an offer, but I really didn’t expect you to come. “I guess you are really close to Master Jeong Sohwan, as you said!”
Hearing Park Dae-young’s words, Jeong Geun-ho looked at Baek Woo-jin with a prickly expression.
“It is said that Muyounggaek’s walking techniques and movements are as good as those of most martial artists. “I wanted to compete once.”
Baek Woo-jin did not look at Jeong Geun-ho and answered lightly without any change in his expression.
“You came because you wanted to catch Mu Younggaek yourself! “You are amazing!”
Park Dae-young’s eyes lit up as if he was impressed.
“After seeing the prosecutor’s face and hearing his words, I finally feel relieved. “Please sit down first.”
“no. “I’ll get to work right away.”
Daeyoung Park put his hand on the sofa as if telling him to sit down, but Woojin Baek shook his head.
“You don’t have to start working anymore. “If you’re enjoying the party and he shows up, all you have to do is catch him.”
“Muyeonggaek is a thief who is excellent at disguise and movement. “If you let your guard down, you will be robbed.”
“As expected, professionals are different. Secretary Kim. “I will show Prosecutor Baek a tour of the house.”
“My name is Jintae Kim. “Please come this way.”
The young man behind Daeyoung Park bowed his head politely.
When Baek Woo-jin got up, Jeong Geun-ho also got up in an awkward posture.
“You stay here.”
After making Jeong Geun-ho sit down, Baek Woo-jin put on his mask again and stood up.
“Only the CEO’s room is on the 4th floor. Most documents and important items are in the safe in the representative’s room. That’s why we have the most surveillance and protection.”
“okay.”
“Then I’ll go to the third floor.”
Kim Jin-tae introduced the mansion to Baek Woo-jin, showing all the rooms from the 4th floor above ground to the 2nd basement floor.
-Is that strange?
‘what?’
-That guy is deliberately hiding the lightness of his steps. Sometimes I can see that my steps are strangely light. It looks ordinary, but its movements are smooth.
‘It’s darkness after all. ‘You have a keen eye.’
-what?
‘This is a martial arts guest.’
-Huh?
It jumped and bounced like a carp in a dark lake.
-That guy? So the secretary was the culprit?
‘That’s not it, he was disguised as a secretary named Kim Jin-tae. I told you that Muyounggaek’s specialties are disguise and acting. The real secretary is locked up somewhere.’
Baek Woo-jin nodded as if it was no big deal.
-How did you know that?
‘I told you. Mu Young-gaek wrote down the theft he committed and submitted it. I don’t know everything, but I saw something about this on the internet. And just like you, I became convinced after seeing that guy’s footwork.’
-Huh….
Darkness was speechless as if it was absurd.
-Then you’ll catch that guy when he steals and play hero again? Ugh, I hate to see this.
‘no. I’ll let you go.’
-What? Let go, let go?
‘You can’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.’
Seeing a smile blooming from the corner of Baek Woo-jin’s mouth, Darkness felt an inexplicable sense of anxiety.
