Chapter 67

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Translated by Jinmu

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“This is driving me crazy, really.”

Yeonhwa Gaming, a subsidiary of Yeonhwa Group.

Lee Han-sol, the eldest daughter of the Group’s Chairman and the CEO, sighed heavily looking at the monitor screen.

The list of articles about Record Project was growing by the second.

There was only one reason Han-sol was clutching her head.

Because her company had the opportunity to scout him.

“I am sorry! I am sorry!”

The scouting attempt fell through around the time the Rashten corporation’s monopolization incident occurred.

Due to the poor judgment of the employee in charge of contact at the time, they suddenly expressed strong doubts toward Black Dragon and Loafer.

Naturally, it wasn’t their fault, and eventually, the name Yeonhwa grew distant from the two people.

“I can’t even tell them to report things… a bit quicker.”

Regardless of Loafer, the existence of Black Dragon is a natural disaster.

It was difficult for anyone to immediately realize that value.

There must have been many ambiguous things for a mere employee to judge.

Making the decision to suddenly report to the CEO is not something anyone can do.

“The contract conditions are way far off too. The donation amount as well.”

The new contract conditions offered to put out the urgent fire and the donations thrown into the stream.

Considering Black Dragon’s value, it was a ridiculously low price.

Though it from a department head’s position it must have been an agonizing decision…

Tap- Tap-

Han-sol’s mind, tapping the desk, wandered searching for a solution.

However, the existence called Black Dragon had transformed into a massive mountain, from the hidden skills right up to the episode reset.

Hearing that there was no response even to the continuous attempts to contact, it felt as if the sky was falling.

And what’s worse, now they are saying he is entering the company Loafer is creating.

Could it be that he holds hostility toward other corporations?

“Haa…”

Bang-!

At that time, a noise intruded into the ears of her who was sighing.

Turning her gaze, Han-sol spat out annoyance towards the culprit.

“Does my younger sister not have a sense of time? Kicking the door open at this hour?”

“What sense of time. Have you ever fallen asleep at 4 AM?”

The one who barged in kicking the door was a woman with short hair.

It was her younger sister, Lee Seol-ah.

Inside the luxurious leather jacket was blue sleepwear.

“Lee Seol-ah, what are you going to do if someone sees you wearing something like that?”

“I looked, but there’s barely anyone else in the company. Are you going to eat this?”

“Hey, are you going to keep referring to your Unni as ‘you’?”

“Your Grace is immeasurable~. Should I do it like this?”

“You seriously…”

Seol-ah, replying playfully, grabbed some snacks from the desk and walked towards the wide window.

The top floor of the high-rise building offered an unobstructed view of Seoul.

“Doesn’t the raid strategy start tomorrow? If you have nothing else to do, go to sleep quickly.”

Massaging her glabella, Han-sol said as if she gave up.

And for good reason, because her younger sister Seol-ah was a vanguard belonging to Yeonhwa Gaming.

A raid intended to break through an episode they’ve been stuck on for a long time was scheduled for lunch.

“Do you think you can clear it just by brainlessly ramming your head against it? Not a chance.”

“You’re stuck too. The results painstakingly analyzed by the world’s master’s and Ph. D.’s are still somewhat better.”

“I figured out how to clear it.”

“What?”

At the extremely sudden confession, Han-sol’s eyes widened.

Jumping up, she asked her sister.

“What is the strategy? No, rather, why didn’t you share it?”

“Why would I share it with bastards worse than pebbles? Just thinking about the noise my head hurts already.”

“No, why didn’t you tell me!”

“I can tell you after I clear it.”

“No… Ha.”

Due to the dizzying answers, Han-sol’s body leaned.

Sitting back down on the chair, she massaged her glabella and said.

“How were you born into our family.”

“Dad said the same thing so I stole his wig and left.”

“Haa.”

To the incredibly sister-like behavior, Han-sol let out a sigh.

However, the talent she possessed was not something she could compare herself to.

Because the person that the word ‘genius’ fits best in the world is that Lee Seol-ah blankly chewing on snacks.

It wasn’t merely the realm of intelligence, she was a human tightly packed with talent in all areas.

‘How did she end up like that?’

The younger sister who was treading an elite course suddenly went astray around high school.

Because her scale was as different as the talent she possessed, everyone in the family ultimately had to give up.

At least after Record Project was released, she settled on a single task.

Though she ended up taking over the management of Seol-ah while founding Yeonhwa Gaming.

“Ah, I don’t know anymore. Go quickly if you’re busy. I don’t have time to pay attention to you.”

“Why, because of Black Dragon?”

“…If you know, just get going. Because I need to quickly find a way to establish a string of connection with him.”

As the RP world was in an uproar, Lee Seol-ah also knew of Black Dragon’s existence.

Swallowing the snack, she quickly spun her body around and approached.

“I came because of that though?”

“What? Why would you?”

“I developed some interest. Aren’t you curious?”

“…You developed an interest? No, you’re curious?”

At the absurd story, Han-sol’s eyes widened.

To think that damn genius younger sister showed interest in a living creature.

It was the first time since that deep-sea fish with a weird name.

“Isn’t everything fascinating from one to ten? His strategies make no sense either. Shall I say it doesn’t feel like he’s playing a game?”

“The web novel Erport? Haven’t people been saying he got his information from that?”

“Do you believe that? Even if he truly read the original story, there are much more things that cannot be explained.”

Seol-ah found points of doubt with sparkling eyes.

Before that turned into madness, Lee Han-sol spoke.

“I don’t know what it is, but this is company work. If you’re curious, at least browse the community. Don’t poke around needlessly and ruin the work.”

“Right now, that is meaningless. They were just talking about contract killers anyway.”

Snorting, Seol-ah approached right up to the monitor.

Lightly tapping the media articles that popped up, she chuckled.

“Does looking only at articles work?”

“We need to find another way. Because Black Dragon will be helpful in whatever form.”

As the episodes progressed, the subjugation methods rapidly became complex.

Because the top vanguards hid all their information, assistance couldn’t be expected.

In such a situation, a player named Black Dragon suddenly appeared.

Episode 1 is merely the early stage, but the things he showed were on a different level.

It was more than enough to expect possibilities of anything.

“If push comes to shove, I’m going to make direct contact at least.”

“If you headbutt in needlessly, you’ll probably only buy antipathy from Black Dragon. The image of large corporations won’t be good because of Rashten.”

Seol-ah firmly denied her Unni’s opinion.

With a statement she couldn’t refute, Han-sol asked with a frown on her face.

“You keep saying ‘no’. Tell me your opinion then.”

“I am already done though?”

“What?”

At the sudden words, Han-sol let out a question.

Then the younger sister smiled broadly and showed her smartphone screen.

On it, the auction post registered by Black Dragon was displayed.

“100 million. I spent my own money.”

***

Walking out of the office, Han-bit went out to the emergency stairs.

“Let’s be calm. It might not be reality.”

He calmly closed his eyes.

And slowly opening his eyelids, he looked at his smartphone screen.

“Wow, crazy.”

The amount precisely pinned at the tip of his gaze.

There was no need to deliberately pinch his cheek, this was reality.

“100 million…”

Because he saw the possibility during the stream, he expected to earn hundreds of millions someday.

However, he never thought he would achieve it this quickly.

That’s how significant the meaning of this unit was.

“She bid in 3 minutes?”

The auction ended 3 minutes after Han-bit posted it.

Regardless of competition or anything, she just put in the immediate buyout price.

“Who is Luna?”

Curious about the winner bidder’s identity, Han-bit quickly connected to the community.

That place was already bustling with the story of Han-bit’s auction.

Seeing them guess who the winning bidder is, it seems it is not disclosed to others.

“Luna… huh?”

When he searched the name, a character info window popped up right at the top.

A vanguard of Yeonhwa Gaming, and a woman using 4 main skills.

He guessed her main ability was Ice-type skills.

“If it’s Yeonhwa, they are those people.”

The scouting offer from Yeonhwa Gaming that fell through due to the Rashten incident.

Perhaps feeling apologetic for that, they had expressed their presence in various ways since then.

Because they had sent their scouting condition again multiple times, and poured out quite a lot of donations as well.

“But she is an individual, not a corporation.”

Naturally, being a vanguard affiliated with a corporation, it was clear they were related.

Did she not use Yeonhwa’s name because that side was also mindful of the past incident?

“Hmm.”

Regardless, their rough intent was expected.

A price 10 times more expensive than the market value.

Whether it’s a vanguard or a corporation, the amount of 100 million won is not small.

Wasn’t it the price paid to obtain some kind of information?

“Still, I can’t say no to 100 million.”

Although he had no intention of getting involved with corporations, turning away money already rolling in was also an absurd thing.

Entering the settlement page, Han-bit finished inputting his information according to the instructions.

Ding-

The refreshed page contents and the alarm ringing from his phone.

Carefully turning on the screen, Han-bit connected to the bank app.

“Crazy…”

The amount deposited excluding the 1 percent commission.

An exclamation popped out at the length of the beautiful number.

Han-bit quickly called his mother.

Beep-

(What is it? Is something wrong?)

The worried words heard as soon as the call connected.

Han-bit, who naturally repented his unfilial piety, slowly took a deep breath and said.

“Mom, don’t be surprised.”

(What is it about? Why?)

“I, I earned 100 million.”

(…What?)

At that moment, a singular sound of doubt and silence flowed.

(What did you say just now? Million? 100 million what?)

“100 million won! Oh wait, it is 99 million actually, but anyway, I earned it!”

(What are you suddenly talking about?)

His mother couldn’t accept it easily.

Fully able to understand her, Han-bit decided to give her some time first.

“Let’s talk about the details at home. I’ll wake up early in the morning.”

(Not at home, what… Ah, yes! Give me a second!)

The voice of a customer was faintly heard beyond the noisy surroundings.

His mother, who let out a short sigh, spoke quietly.

(I don’t know what it is, but got it for now. Let’s talk later.)

Click-

His busy mother’s voice was disconnected just like that.

100 million.

It’s a lot of money, but it’s not an amount that would flip one’s life upside down.

If he has to weigh the priorities, the house is first.

If combined with the money he had, it was more than enough to escape this monthly-rented room.

“Heh.”

Looking at the bank account balance once again, a smile leaked out.

After checking it for the handfulth time.

Ding-

An alarm popped up from the Trader site he had left on.

Clicking it, a 1-to-1 chat window appeared.

[Luna: Hello?]

“Yeah, they should.”

Auction items in the inventory are automatically sent to the winning bidder.

If she went out of her way to talk to him like this, her intention was probably exactly what he expected.

[Black Dragon: Hello. I saw you’re affiliated with Yeonhwa Gaming, if there’s any information you need, I will let you know.]

Han-bit got straight to the point.

He wasn’t stingy enough to feign ignorance after receiving that kind of money.

The important thing was a clean transaction leaving no a sense of debt remaining.

Finishing it clearly without going overboard is a good thing.

Ding-

The opponent’s reply arrived quickly.

However.

[Luna: Information is fine, how about we just have a little conversation?]

An unexpected answer was written.