The Dungeon Cleaning Life of a Once Genius Hunter - Chapter 349
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350. Side Story After Episode 7
“It was about a year ago.”
Gold Mine Capital Office.
Choi Jang-seok avoided my eyes and lowered his head as he spoke.
“My daughter said she wasn’t feeling well. I thought it was a bad cold, so I went to the hospital with the intention of taking some medicine… but they said it was pancreatic cancer. “At the age of 29.”
“….”
“Well, the metastasis was quite advanced and surgery itself was impossible, so the doctor said it wouldn’t last more than 3 months.”
I hesitated for a moment due to the unexpectedly heavy story.
“I tried chemotherapy, but the results were not good. “It eventually spread throughout the body, and all treatment has now been stopped.”
“I’m sorry to say it, but the fact that you’re still holding on even though you were sentenced to 3 months a year ago gives me hope…”
“It’s my daughter’s unique skill.”
Choi Jang-seok looked into my eyes while saying those words.
“Immortal, yes.”
“…!”
“Even if cancer cells spread throughout the body and organs lose their function, breathing does not stop.”
For a moment, I felt like I had been hit in the head with a hammer.
“Do you know anything? “The pain caused by cancer is beyond imagination.”
“….”
“The pain that will make you lose your mind continues for 24 hours, but you won’t die, so you have to endure it with your sanity.”
He looked at me quietly and added one word.
“For life.”
Although I didn’t show it, it was quite a shocking story even for me.
Therefore, I held back on answering and waited for him to finish speaking.
“Currently, we are putting him to sleep all day with narcotic painkillers, but it is difficult to financially afford even that now. “If I wake up even for a moment, I have to feel that terrible pain.”
“That means…”
“Yes.” Choi Jang-seok folded his hands and brought them to his mouth.
“What I need is not Lee Neung-seok.”
***
Mirae Choi’s hospital room at Kiseok University Hospital.
“You mean…”
As I relayed the story that happened in the office, Lee Ah-young’s pupils began to tremble greatly.
“that’s right. “Choi Jang-seok is not trying to save his daughter.”
I looked at the sleeping woman and spoke calmly.
“I’m trying to send it to you.”
By using Ban Neung-seok, not Lee Neung-seok.
‘….’
The words Choi Jang-seok said to me as I was leaving the office never left my mind.
As I gave up my thoughts and glanced at Lee Ah-young, she was struggling to hold back tears.
“At that time, Choi Jang-seok said that you have to get married to know something, and you have to have a child to know something else.”
“….”
“Maybe that’s why I don’t know yet. “Should I accept this… or should I reject it?”
I continued speaking while looking at Mirae Choi.
“I came because I thought meeting Mirae in person would help me make a decision… but I don’t know why.”
“….”
Just because something like this happened, it doesn’t in any way justify his past actions and methods.
Choi Jang-seok himself also acknowledged this and said that he would be punished along with sufficient compensation to the victims.
Of course, this does not mean that the damage to employees goes away.
It is true that completely unrelated people were hurt due to personal circumstances.
But if I were to grant Choi Jang-seok’s request here… what would happen to my employees?
In a situation where it is not enough to hold the perpetrator strictly responsible and compensate him, it is shameful for the Secretary-General to sympathize with the perpetrator and accept his request.
Above all, WDSO and I have only just established ourselves.
If the trust of employees is lost due to poor choices, WDSO will be pushed to the edge again.
At the same time, civic groups and organizations that have looked upon us with disdain will probably bite us mercilessly because they think this is the time.
‘There was always a lot of talk about the monopoly on bank items and the monopoly on subjugation rights…’
However, I thought it would be better if I didn’t know, but it’s humanly difficult to pretend not to know.
Damn it.
This is why I tried to avoid meeting him as much as possible.
“Now I don’t even know what’s right.”
In the end, unable to choose anything, I let out a deep sigh.
“So, I’ll leave it to the association president’s judgment.”
“….”
She remained silent from before.
Is it because she is afraid that she might explode the moment she opens her mouth, or is she also unable to make an easy choice?
“Of course, I will take responsibility for whatever choice I make. I can also help with cleaning up afterwards. So you just make a choice.”
“…Easier said than done.”
Lee Ah-young stared at the ceiling without making eye contact with me.
She thought about it for a while.
“…convene a board meeting.”
Eventually, I made a choice.
***
WDSO Korea Association Seoul Headquarters.
The board of directors convened with a total of 16 directors, including me and Association President Lee Ah-young.
Association President Lee A-young explained the events so far and also conveyed Choi Jang-seok’s request.
Any future decision would require the consent of the directors, but they were already quite negative about this matter.
“Did you say it was the Black Light Sect? The media caught wind of it because the gang members who participated in the assault rushed to the police. “It will only be a matter of time before it becomes a public issue.”
Director Song Cheol-sik spoke first.
Other directors followed suit and added their words one by one.
“It is clear that our employees have been harmed, but if we were to arbitrarily grant the request of the perpetrator, public opinion would be very negative.”
“This incident may lead to more people making more demands based on their own circumstances.”
“In fact, regardless of all that, there is no shame in looking at the employees who have been harmed.”
“….”
Association President Lee A-young was silent.
Of course, her ability was enough to persuade them.
Unfortunately, my mentality hasn’t been very good since I went to the hospital.
“There are measures.”
So I stepped forward on her behalf.
“First of all… of course, we plan to indict Choi Jang-seok, the leader of the Black Light Sect, on charges of inciting assault. Of course, this includes gang members who directly participated in the assault.”
“So you’re saying you won’t listen to Choi Jang-seok’s request?”
“no.”
I answered immediately.
“His request will be granted.”
“But…”
“If that fact gets into the media, the repercussions will be serious.”
“The situation is unfortunate, but let’s look at it from a more objective perspective…”
I shook my head at the directors’ comments.
“Instead of granting Choi Jang-seok’s request, I plan to completely exclude its contents and detailed circumstances from this matter.”
“…?”
“Excluded from this matter?”
“What does that mean?”
Faces that don’t seem to understand.
I continued speaking slowly.
“We have decided to treat this matter as an act carried out by a gang member named Choi Jang-seok, who took Lee Neung-seok from me, awakened him as a person with superpowers, and absorbed the surrounding organizations. Mirae Choi’s work has nothing to do with this incident. “For now, I plan to proceed like that.”
“…!”
“…!”
“Fortunately, there is someone in the police department who knows this and will relay this to the media.”
For a moment, the room was agitated.
“We will find the perpetrators who committed terrorism against our employees and hold them accountable without tolerance. In the end, we did what we had to do. Even if it spreads in the media, there will be no problem externally or morally.”
“….”
“….”
“So what do the directors think?”
They also seemed to have difficulty making a decision.
They just kept clearing their throats and looking at each other.
If this bill is passed, Choi Jang-seok, who was praised as a street hero in the past, will be covered in all kinds of stigma and will completely lose the path he has walked.
A prison sentence will be inevitable, and even if he is released from prison as he is already middle-aged, he will have to face a daunting reality.
Our choices can completely destroy a person’s life.
The directors probably know that too.
But we all vaguely know.
In fact, such things are not worth worrying about for Choi Jang-seok.
As long as there is something that must be done, even if it means sacrificing all of your past and future.
“If the Secretary General says so…”
“I don’t feel very comfortable, but… I think that’s the best way.”
Eventually, everyone gathered their opinions as one.
I glanced at Lee Ah-young and she nodded once instead of answering.
“Then we will proceed like this.”
***
“…This is a difficult task.”
Eclipse.
I came face to face with Director Chloe.
“Would you like to?”
“Well… nothing is impossible. “Except for me having a hard time.”
“Is it really difficult to help just one person?”
“It’s kind of funny that you say that. “Since when did you become someone who was so loyal to humanity?”
“….”
Her words made me look contemptuous without realizing it.
“what? “You’re not asking me to appreciate something trivial like a family child, are you?”
“I didn’t have any expectations… but I was still surprised.”
“I saw a lot of things that were done while working at the International Association. Of course, I know that it is a bad thing to consider the gravity of a situation, but…”
She continued with a very empty look in her eyes.
“I tried so hard to ignore it that I became insensitive to it.”
“In the public, they call it a sociopath.”
“i know. But… what should I do? “They say I’m like this.”
“….”
Let’s stop talking.
“Anyway, please prepare as I said. as soon as possible.”
Chloe crossed her arms and nodded.
Then, as if something occurred to him, he opened his mouth again.
“Oh right. What are you going to do with your budget? “If you want to go with your plan, the amount of money must be a joke.”
“I have something in mind. “It’s not confirmed yet.”
“You’re not planning on using the headquarters budget, are you?”
“Well, that’s not it…”
He continued with a slight smile.
“I was thinking about starting a new business at this time.”
“…?”
“Speaking of which, let’s get permission right away.”
I immediately took out my cell phone.
And then I called that number after quite some time.
“Secretary General! “It’s been a while.”
A lively voice rang out as always.
“How are you, Chairman?”
“Oh really! I don’t know about other people, but the Secretary General shouldn’t do that. “I’m asking you to please feel free to call me.”
“Haha, I understand.”
Former head of Karma Corporation’s overseas business division.
And now it was Chairman Ha Seong-il, who became the head of Hanbyul Group.
“Anyway, what’s going on?”
“I’m sorry that I only contact you when necessary, but…”
“It’s enough that there are times when you need me. “Please tell me.”
“I need some money.”
“How many trillions will it cost?”
“…?”
Are you crazy?
After becoming president, the scale changed.
“I don’t think it’s necessary…”
He told the story so far.
“I see…”
His voice also sank as the content was heavier than expected.
“I’ve seen many parents trying to save their children, but this is the first time they’ve tried to let them go. “It must be very difficult.”
“I guess so.”
“So you’re trying to use the anti-neungseok to unlock Mirae’s abilities? Well, we have enough operating costs…”
“No.”
I answered immediately, cutting him off.
“Not Banneungseok. “We plan to use Lee Neung-seok.”
“…Yes, yes?”
“Immortality is a skill of the Berserker class, so although it appears to be very efficient at first glance, it is quite a self-destructive skill.”
“That’s right.”
“That’s why I plan to use Lee Seok-seok to greatly increase Mr. Mirae’s abilities and put him in a runaway state. If his abilities become extremely unstable, I will try to interfere with other abilities by controlling his abilities waves.”
「….」
“Director Chloe also said it was a possible theory, so it might be worth a try.”
“Now, wait a minute.”
He cut me off as if he needed to clear things up after the words poured out non-stop.
And then…
“So what the Secretary General is saying now…”
“Yes.”
This is why people who listen well are good.
I smiled slightly and answered immediately.
“I plan to save Mr. Mirae.”