Chapter 245 – Cuengi, Bite!

Kquiiik!!!

“Meow?! This sound?”

As soon as Yuren’s scream was heard, Theo reacted immediately.

“Vice President Theo, do you know that voice?”

“That is right, meow! This voice is the voice of a pushover, meow!”

“Pushover?”

A pushover… the massive great pushover who gave Theo 900 million tower coins and six-clove garlic… no, Great Merchant Yuren?!

“Theo, Cuengi, go inside quickly!”

“Understood, meow!”

Kkueng!

[Understood!]

At Se-jun’s instruction, Theo and Cuengi hurriedly ran into the tent.

As Theo and Cuengi entered the tent like that,

“First, try chewing this.”

Se-jun forced the Powerful Detoxifying Green Onion into the mouths of the two soldiers whose faces had turned black from being poisoned.

However,

“……”

“……”

The soldiers had lost consciousness, so they were in a state where they could not chew the green onion.

However, fortunately, what Se-jun put into the soldiers’ mouths was the Powerful Detoxifying Green Onion, which could detoxify even A-grade poisons, having grown by detoxifying the poison of the toxic potatoes.

The Powerful Detoxifying Green Onion began to slowly detoxify the toxic energy even while simply being held in the mouth without chewing, and

Chew. Chew.

As the poison in their bodies was detoxified little by little, the soldiers chewed the green onion even while unconscious, perhaps instinctively feeling that they had to chew it to live.

Thanks to that, the soldiers’ faces returned to their original skin color faster and faster.

After a short while,

“Cough!”

“Keu-heok!”

When the soldiers spat out dead blood and regained consciousness,

“Golden Bat, please take care of this place.”

(Yes!)

Se-jun left the soldiers who regained consciousness to the Golden Bat and entered the tent.

‘It must have been sorted out already, right?’

Since Theo and Cuengi had gone in, it was natural.

Although Se-jun thought that the situation would have already ended like that,

“Huh?!”

It was not so.

“I am Vice President Theo, meow!”

“No, meow! I am Vice President Theo, meow!”

Inside the tent, two Theos were claiming to be Theo, and

Kkueng! Kkueng?

[There are two Big Brothers! Whom should I punish?]

Cuengi was in confusion, not knowing whom to attack as he looked at the two Theos.

***

Kkueng?!

‘Whew. Thank goodness.’

Reto breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the confused Cuengi.

Theo and Cuengi entered the tent at the moment he was about to finish off Yuren.

“Stop, meow!”

Kkueng!

[Stop!]

They quickly surrounded Reto, and

‘It is a failure!’

Having seen Theo and Cuengi before, Reto realized he was no match, and hurriedly popped a smoke bomb, transformed into Theo’s appearance, and stood next to Theo.

There was no special reason for transforming into Theo. Since there was no time to even think, he had acted on instinct.

However, looking at the result, it was highly successful.

Because,

Kkueng?!

[Who is Big Brother?!]

The bear who came in together fell into confusion, and

“How dare you copy the appearance of me, the great black dragon’s subordinate, the deadly dragon claws golden cat, Theo Park, meow! I cannot forgive you!”

The cat he transformed into could not stay still and continuously gave information, getting excited and blabbering by himself.

“How dare you copy the appearance of me, the great black dragon’s subordinate, the deadly dragon claws golden cat, Theo Park, meow! I cannot forgive you!”

Thanks to that, Reto could buy time to obtain information by copying the opponent’s speech.

“Cuengi, punish this fellow, meow!”

“Meow?! No, meow! Cuengi, I am Big Brother, meow!”

Reto even told Cuengi to attack the real Theo, using the information and cues obtained from Theo.

Kkueng…

[Cuengi’s head hurts…]

While Cuengi was confused like that,

“Huh?!”

A human entered.

‘How should I behave?’

As Reto was flustered by the new variable,

“Chairman Park! Help me, meow! This guy is copying me, meow!”

Again, this time, Theo talked first and gave information, and

‘Ah! I guess I just need to call that presence-less human Chairman Park.’

“Chairman Park! No, meow! This guy is copying me, meow!”

Reto also hurriedly copied Theo and spoke.

However,

‘What is this? Disguise technique? They are completely identical.’

Se-jun got the feeling that the Theo on the right was fake as soon as he saw him. The reason was because of Se-jun’s Theo Detector.

At that moment,

Kkueng! Kkueng?!

[Dad, there are two Big Brothers! What should we do?!]

Cuengi spotted Se-jun, ran over, and blocked the front. He was protecting Se-jun, just in case.

“Hey, pig… no, Yuren, come this way.”

“Yes!”

Se-jun called Yuren to his side for now to protect his money source from getting hurt.

When Se-jun stood behind Cuengi and Yuren stood behind Se-jun like that,

Flinch.

“Vice President Theo, you cannot.”

Se-jun stopped Theo, who was trying to run toward him.

“Chairman Park, I want to go too, meow!”

“Chairman Park! Can I not go too, meow?”

Theo, who wanted to go to Se-jun’s lap, whined, and Reto hurriedly copied him.

“Meow! Because of you, I cannot go to Chairman Park’s lap, meow!”

Bbatching!

Annoyed that he could not approach Se-jun’s lap, Theo unsheathed his dragon claws, and

“What are you talking about, meow?! It is because of you, meow!”

Bbatching!

Reto also unsheathed his claws.

If they clashed their claws here, a conclusion would easily be reached, but

“Wait. I have a way to find out which of you two is the real Theo.”

Se-jun did not do that.

“Puhuhut. As expected of Chairman Park, meow! Speak quickly, meow! This body will prove that I am Vice President Theo, meow!”

“Puhuhut. As expected, Chairman Park is wonderful, meow! I want to prove it quickly and return to Chairman Park’s lap, meow!”

The two answered confidently at Se-jun’s words.

“It is very simple. Bring the best item inside this tent.”

Se-jun had the two find and bring the best item inside the tent. It was a scheme to officially take Yuren’s things.

“Puhuhut. Good, meow! Actually, there was something I was drawn to since earlier, meow!”

“Puhuhut. Victory is mine, meow!”

The two Theos began to rummage through the tent.

***

Reto was planning to escape when given the chance.

However,

‘Bring the best item?’

He changed his mind at Se-jun’s words. Because Reto knew what the best item inside the tent was.

It was none other than the prize prepared for the winner who defeated the Great Merchant Yuren in the Food Fighter Selection.

‘This is it.’

Reto picked up the colorful box containing the prize.

‘It is rather for the best.’

If he proved that he was the real one here, the real Theo would receive the party’s attack, and in the meantime, he could look for a gap to kill Yuren and take the land deed.

And,

Pretend.

As Reto pretended to look for items, he pulled out the land deed detector and injected mana, and a massive light appeared in the surroundings.

It was an opportunity to even obtain the land deed he was originally targeting.

While Reto was targeting the land deed again like that,

“Eunyang! It is too hot, meow!”

Theo was carefully pulling out coals from the brazier with his dragon claws, looking for an item his front paw was drawn to.

***

Kkueng!

[Dad, Cuengi is sleepy!]

“Come here.”

When Se-jun held the sleepy Cuengi and rocked him,

Kyurorong.

Cuengi fell asleep in no time. It seemed he had received a lot of stress from using his brain in his own way.

Rock. Rock.

Se-jun rocked the sleeping Cuengi.

At that moment,

“Excuse me… will we be able to find Theo-nim in this manner?”

Not even knowing that his goods were being pilfered, Yuren asked Se-jun while worrying about Theo.

“Don’t worry. If it is Theo, he will bring something amazing.”

“I see. My greeting is late. I am Great Merchant Yuren.”

“Yeah. I am Tower Farmer Park Se-jun.”

While Se-jun and Yuren exchanged greetings like that,

“Puhuhut. Found it, meow!”

Theo, whose front paws had turned black from touching the coals, walked over majestically, holding a piece of black coal. ‘Now Chairman Park’s lap is mine, meow!’

Before he knew it, Theo had put the thought of defeating the fake Theo on the back burner and was only thinking of occupying Se-jun’s lap.

And,

“Puhuhut. This is the best item inside the tent, meow!”

Reto also came, carrying the box containing the prize.

In that way, the two Theos arrived in front of Se-jun at a similar timing.

“This person must be the real Theo-nim! Because I put the Food Fighter Selection winner’s prize inside this box.”

Yuren pointed at Reto and spoke confidently. Since it was an item Yuren himself had chosen, he knew it best, how great of an item was inside.

“Meow?! Chairman Park, you must not be deceived, meow!”

Theo, who became anxious because of Yuren, shouted to Se-jun. ‘Chairman Park! It is me, meow! Chairman Park’s right arm, Theo Park, meow!’

‘Yuren, can you not recognize me, Vice President Theo, your lifesaver, meow?!’

At the same time, he glared at Yuren.

“Indeed, the Theo-nim over here must be the real one. The Theo-nim over there just glared at me!”

Yuren shouted, looking at the real Theo who was glaring at him.

“Yuren is a fool, meow! I am the real Vice President Theo, meow!”

As Theo felt frustrated,

“Don’t worry. I will check the items of both and decide. Yuren, take out the item inside the box.”

Se-jun reassured Theo and had Yuren take out the item in the box.

“Yes.”

Click.

When Yuren opened the box with a key, a beautiful white gem was lying inside.

And,

[Holy Stone Piercing]

The name visible above it.

“Huh?! Holy Stone?”

Se-jun grabbed the white gem and tried to examine it closely, but

-I am the Holy Stone Piercing. You are not qualified. Get lost!

The Holy Stone rejected Se-jun. ‘Telling me to get lost… I should ask Aileen to massage (?) it.’

Se-jun, who felt hurt by the Holy Stone Piercing, laid the gem down and this time examined the coal the real Theo had brought.

[Black Coal]

???

An unappraised item with no content.

However, because Theo had brought it, expectations were high. ‘This means this is a greater item than the Holy Stone, right?’

“For an accurate judgment, I will entrust the appraisal to an expert. Aileen, please appraise these.”

[The Tower Administrator says to leave it to her.]

Along with Aileen’s answer, the Holy Stone and the Black Coal disappeared.

“Oh, right. The Holy Stone told me to get lost, so please make it behave.”

Se-jun added a word, showing his lingering grudge.

[The Tower Administrator is enraged, asking how a mere Holy Stone dared tell you to get lost.]

[The Tower Administrator says she will take responsibility and make it obey absolutely.]

Once the conversation with Aileen ended like that,

Tap. Tap.

“Cuengi, wake up.”

Se-jun, who packed the items, patted the sleeping Cuengi’s butt and woke him up. It was time to finish it now.

Kkueng?

[Is it time to eat food?]

Cuengi looked for food as soon as he woke up.

“Yeah. Before that, Cuengi, bite!”

He set Cuengi down and pointed at Reto, who was off guard.

Kkueng!

[Cuengi will bite!]

Bang!

At Se-jun’s instruction, Cuengi kicked off the ground and ran forward,

Chomp.

And by biting Reto, the murder case was concluded.

And,

“Puhuhut. As expected, I knew Chairman Park would recognize me, meow! But Yuren is stupid, meow!”

Theo, with lingering resentment, clung to Se-jun’s lap and glared at Yuren.

“I… I am sorry!”

While Yuren repeatedly bowed his head and apologized to Theo,

“Huh?! A land deed!”

Se-jun spotted the land deed that fell from Reto’s body.

“Coco. Tell the Black Rabbit that we caught the culprit and return these to their owners.”

“Yes!”

Se-jun had the land deeds packed and delivered to the Black Rabbit.

Honestly, although Se-jun wanted to take the land deeds, this incident had occurred to those who came to participate in the founding ceremony of the Red Ribbon Kingdom and the wedding of the Black Rabbit and Pyupyu.

If he, as the Black Rabbit’s uncle, took these land deeds, the Black Rabbit might get criticized.

‘Hehehe. Still, since I packed two good things.’

As Se-jun smiled warmly thinking of the items Aileen would be appraising,

“Yuren-nim, the contest will begin shortly.”

The Food Fighter Selection staff member shouted from outside the tent.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Cuengi will win and give the prize to Dad!]

As Cuengi, who did not know Se-jun had already taken the winner’s prize, spoke,

“Even if you are the lifesaver who saved my life, I cannot easily hand over the Food Fighter championship.”

Yuren spoke, burning with competitive spirit. ‘I have not lost to anyone in eating yet!’

Sizz.

Cuengi and Yuren engaged in a battle of nerves. The contest to determine the true food fighter was beginning.