I Alone Resurrect Chapter 198

I Alone Resurrect Chapter 198

Negotiation Expert (1)

“The world has changed. Now power is authority, and it is wealth. Those who have power no longer need to be mindful of anyone.”

Ahn Yu-seong silently nodded.

“I won’t ask for your forgiveness now.”

“…”

“Just for your sake, I’d like you to take charge of this business.”

“I…”

There’s a saying that wealthy families maintain their wealth for three generations.

Even in this changed era where power equals authority and money, the rich remained rich.

“Wow… Is this your house?”

Kang Hyeon marveled at the huge garden and mansion before him.

“No. This is just where I live. It’s like my personal apartment.”

“Personal apartment? APARTMENT? Do you even know what that word means?”

“Hmm… Since I don’t cook my own meals… Is the term ‘personal apartment’ wrong?”

“That’s not the point, punk!”

Kang Hyeon went on a tirade about modern society’s injustice, the wealth gap, and the hardships of ordinary citizens.

“Well, come to think of it, that intimidating building was yours too, right?”

Kang Hyeon recalled the Hyeseong Tower he had visited before.

At 666m tall, the world’s second-tallest building, Hyeseong Tower.

The majesty of that building, the epitome of capitalism, was still deeply impressed in Kang Hyeon’s mind.

“Compared to that, this place is quite modest.”

“Why do you keep trying to cosplay as a commoner when you’re rich too, brother?”

“Don’t compare. You were born with a diamond spoon.”

Kang Hyeon and Ahn Yu-seong entered the mansion while bickering.

People they passed by bowed their heads in greeting.

“So why did we come here? To show off?”

“No, it’s just that it would be most convenient to show you here.”

Ahn Yu-seong walked to a large glass table in the living room.

After pressing a few buttons on the table, the glass displayed a screen like a computer monitor.

Kang Hyeon gaped at the scene straight out of a movie.

“What is this?”

“I added it as an option when buying the house.”

“This kind of thing is available as an option? Really!?”

Of course, it was a lie.

Ahn Yu-seong giggled and called Kang Hyeon over.

“Never mind that, come here.”

After manipulating the screen a few more times, something appeared on it.

“What’s this?”

Strange-looking animals.

Kang Hyeon frowned at the sight of creatures that looked like dungeon chimeras.

“The Chairman, I mean… Father invested heavily in this area. I only found out about it a month ago.”

“Did he turn to this after failing to nurture ability users?”

Chairman Ahn Moo-seok had previously nurtured the ‘Kangsin Guild.’

With Hyeseong Group’s tremendous support, Kangsin Guild had risen to 6th in domestic guild rankings.

However, it turned out they were puppets of the Free Ability User Liberation Alliance, and they were annihilated by Ahn Yu-seong when they tried to kidnap Chairman Ahn Moo-seok.

Kang Hyeon thought that perhaps after that incident, Chairman Ahn Moo-seok wanted to create ‘loyal dogs’ that would never betray him.

“Maybe. Anyway, there were quite good results. Especially now that the Earth itself has become rich in magical power, causing mutations, right?”

“Yeah, right. I think I heard about that from Team Leader Shin Tae-gil.”

“That helped with the research, and there’s been more progress recently.”

Ahn Yu-seong continued switching screens, showing images of the laboratory.

“The day you went to North Korea, I visited the research facility with my father for the first time. He wanted me to evaluate whether the research results were good.”

While it wasn’t the power succession struggle Kang Hyeon had expected, he remained focused on the story.

“And that very day, foreign ability users attacked.”

“Foreign ability users?”

“We have some suspicions about where they’re from, but we don’t know exactly. They didn’t leave any evidence.”

“Hmm…”

“Anyway, since I was there, I handled everything cleanly. Though father got a bit hurt.”

“Was he hurt badly?”

“He’s almost fully recovered now.”

“I see. That’s good…”

Kang Hyeon was nodding at Ahn Yu-seong’s answer when he suddenly frowned.

“Then why did you disappear for a month?”

“I was busy. I was tracking down the identity of the attackers. And…”

Ahn Yu-seong trailed off without finishing his sentence.

“What?”

When Kang Hyeon pressed, Ahn Yu-seong opened his mouth with an embarrassed expression.

“Father said he would hand over all ability user and dungeon-related businesses within the group to me.”

Kang Hyeon’s eyes grew round at Ahn Yu-seong’s words.

“What? He’s giving that to you in this situation?”

Even though Kang Hyeon wasn’t particularly business-savvy, he knew that ability user and dungeon-related businesses were currently of utmost importance.

“It’s basically like handing over the group’s future.”

“So, did you accept?”

Kang Hyeon looked at Ahn Yu-seong with excited eyes.

“No. Why would I want to take on such a hassle?”

“You ungrateful brat! You should have accepted right away!”

“The family opposition was too strong anyway, it would have just been noisy even if I accepted.”

“Really?”

“Of course. I’ve basically been the outcast child in the family until now. For me, who hasn’t participated in management until now, to suddenly take the most important and profitable business…”

“Well, I guess that makes sense.”

“When father brought it up, my brother and sisters all went crazy, foaming at the mouth.”

“So what happened in the end? Did you just walk out saying ‘I can’t do it’?”

“Not exactly. About the guys who attacked my father. It was concluded that I would take over management rights after finding and cleanly dealing with those guys.”

Kang Hyeon tilted his head when Ahn Yuseong, who had refused to take over the business until just before, suddenly said he would take over management rights.

“Huh? How did the story end up like that? Didn’t you just say you didn’t want to do it because it was bothersome?”

Ahn Yuseong smiled awkwardly at Kang Hyeon’s question.

“It’s a long story. Anyway, this is the most condensed version of what happened over the past month.”

“Hmm…”

Kang Hyeon stroked his chin, contemplating something.

“So, the immediate task is to find and deal with those attackers?”

“That’s right. Even putting aside the management rights issue, leaving guys like that alive would be risky.”

“You said earlier you had some suspects in mind?”

“Yes. I have circumstantial evidence but no physical evidence.”

“Then let’s go right now.”

“Just like that?”

“If we go flip their table once, won’t they spill everything?”

Kang Hyeon met Ahn Yuseong’s eyes and grinned.

“That would be interesting.”

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Ippotranslation

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Peezer Group.

A massive corporate group ranked 3rd in global brands.

Elio Peezer, the chairman of Peezer Group, was recently focused on one thing.

Among Peezer Group’s numerous subsidiaries.

One of them was Peezer Bio.

It was about the biological experiments being conducted there.

Thanks to Chairman Elio Peezer’s full support, Peezer Bio achieved rapid growth and quickly produced results.

The Korean branch of Peezer Bio, which was increasing in value day by day.

“What happened to the test subject that came in this time?”

Holland, the Korean branch director, was reading a report.

“There haven’t been any notable results yet.”

“Tch. I wasn’t expecting much anyway, but this is too much.”

Holland clicked his tongue and threw the report on the table.

“How’s the situation with Hyeseong Group?”

“They’re still silent.”

“Wasn’t Ahn Moo-seok, that old man, said to be alive?”

“Yes. He’s still recovering, but it seems he’ll be up from his sickbed soon.”

“Yet they’re staying quiet… Has he become a coward in his old age?”

Holland knew Chairman Ahn Moo-seok well.

A man with tiger-like eyes and mountain-like presence.

That man would surely have guessed who attacked him even without physical evidence.

After all, Peezer Bio’s Korean branch was created purely to check and spy on Hyeseong Group.

“It’s good for us if they stay quiet. When will the next plan be ready?”

“It looks like it will take about another week… Are you really planning to attack again?”

Holland smirked at his secretary’s question.

“Look here. This is no time to move while being mindful of others. The world might end. How long do you think the government will protect its citizens? To survive in the changing world ahead, we need to gather power by any means necessary.”

This wasn’t just Holland’s thinking.

The man at the top of Peezer Group.

It was Elio Peezer’s thinking, and he was just one of the people carrying out his plan.

“Hyeseong Group entered research early and is producing world-class results. If we had enough time, we might catch up… But we can’t afford to take our time in a situation where every day counts. We need to somehow steal their research data.”

“Understood.”

Just as the secretary bowed his head.

-Ring ring ring!

Holland’s phone in the office rang.

“What is it?”

When Holland answered the phone, an anxious voice came through.

-Director, we have visitors.

“Visitors? Today’s meeting schedule should be over?”

-Well… It’s people from the Badass Guild.

“Badass Guild?”

It was quite a familiar name.

‘Ah, the place where that man named Kang Hyeon is the guild master.’

Though it was a Korean guild, he knew it well because it had such a famous ability user as its guild master.

And the vice guild master position was held by Hyeseong Group’s youngest son.

“Damn. I thought it was too quiet, so they moved the Badass Guild.”

As expected, that cunning man wouldn’t just sit still.

“Did the two of them come?”

-Yes. Kang Hyeon and Ahn Yu-seong. Just the two of them.

“Is that so…”

Holland slightly raised the corner of his mouth.

“Guide them to the combat testing ground.”

-Pardon?

“And prepare all available test subjects right now.”

-But Branch Director…

“It’s a good opportunity to check the performance of the test subjects for free. We can’t miss an opportunity like this.”

After all, they plan to leave Korea after raiding Hyeseong Group’s laboratory.

Until then, they just need to hide the deaths of Kang Hyeon and Ahn Yu-seong.

“I’ll get to see something good after a long time.”

Holland activated the CCTV with a smirk.

Holland’s face remained carefree.

There wasn’t even a hint of concern about what would happen to his test subjects.

***

Ippotranslation

***

“This way, please.”

Following the guiding woman, Kang Hyeon looked around.

“This building is nice too.”

“That’s because Peezer Group has a lot of money.”

“More than your family?”

“Probably about the same.”

Kang Hyeon frowned deeply at Ahn Yu-seong’s response.

“You. Why are you being so annoying today?”

Kang Hyeon and Ahn Yu-seong walked down the spacious corridor for a while.

“How much further do we need to go? We came here to meet the boss.”

The guiding woman gave an apologetic, embarrassed smile at Kang Hyeon’s question.

“The Branch Director is in the middle of urgent business… He asked you to come directly to the site. Otherwise, you’ll have to wait until he’s done, would that be okay?”

Kang Hyeon shook his head with a sigh.

“Fine, let’s just go.”

This woman is just a low-level employee.

And there’s still no physical evidence that this Peezer Bio company attacked Hyeseong Group.

It wouldn’t be right to just destroy everything recklessly.

“We’ve arrived.”

Finally reaching a massive door, the woman turned around.

“Please enter through this room.”

“Aren’t you coming in with us?”

“The Branch Director prohibited entry to anyone other than you two.”

Kang Hyeon nodded at the woman’s response.

“I guess that’s that.”

The automatic door opened to reveal an incredibly vast space.

“Is this a reception room?”

No matter where you looked, it was far from being a reception room.

But if you asked if it was unfamiliar, that wasn’t the case either.

Kang Hyeon knew places very similar to this one very well.

“Looks like a combat training ground.”

“It does.”

“Let’s have a physical conversation, something like that?”

Just as Kang Hyeon was giggling while making pointless remarks.

-Wheeng! Wheeng!

An alarm sounded and red emergency lights flashed.

And the sturdy steel doors located throughout began opening simultaneously.

“Well, well?”

“Seems like this is definitely the place.”

Grotesque monsters appeared through the steel doors.

Kang Hyeon grinned while looking at them.

“It’s good we’re getting straight to the point.”

If they want to negotiate through physical means from over there, he intends to show them properly.

“I’ll have to make sure they can’t act cocky again.”

That the real expert in physical negotiations is on this side.

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