Chapter 119 – Starting Pistol (1)

Starting Pistol (1)

Ugh-

A small noise indicating that the elevator has started to operate.

“I am surprised.”

Another noise rang in my ears, which had been hearing the noise more clearly than anyone else.

He opens his mouth first and turns his head –

A slightly familiar face by now.

Do-jun Lee.

He was the delivery man of the water supply furnace.

“Unexpected?”

I lightly asked back to the delivery man who had remained silent except for pressing the 6th floor, the destination.

The deliveryman who continues to follow the water that was opened once in my question.

“The central library of Banseok University.”

He muttered as he looked up at the elevator that was ascending toward its destination.

“Besides, the 6th floor.”

The eyes alternately stare at the screen that outputs higher and higher numbers and the button on the top floor that is already glowing red.

“It’s true that I’ve delivered important information, but I don’t think that will be a reason to get into the core area of ​​the rock at once?”

Besides, isn’t the 6th floor of the Central Library the most important area among core areas?

The delivery man returned his gaze from looking around the elevator to me.

“I remember right away that the most recent information delivery was in front of the university gate? And while receiving plenty of wary eyes as a service.”

The deliveryman’s shoulder shrugged briefly, full of questions.

“So I have to say that it was surprising.”

After that, I answered the delivery man who was waiting for my answer.

“I think I told you that our alliance needs the most time.”
“… Hour?”
“Okay.”

Is it because of the light smile, or because of the cloudless explanation like a Zen dialogue?

Questions still linger in the deliveryman’s eyes.

I smiled deeper and finished the dialogue I had started.

“Now, it must have been an absolute amount of time to build mutual trust.”
“… Yes?”

After my supplementary explanation was over, the delivery man’s mouth came out with a stupid sound.

The courier said with a more grotesque expression, rather than clearing up his doubts.

“Isn’t that happy look you received at the front door yet to be digested in your stomach?”
“Is it?”
“…”

A delivery man who more dynamically utilizes his once-broken poker face at my question.

“Well anyway—it’s true that more time has passed than then.”
“…”

Whether it was 3 days or 4 days, it was an undeniable fact that absolute time had accumulated.

It is an undeniable fact that trust has built up between them.

But-

“…”

The deliveryman’s expression was still complexly distorted.

No.

It was even more crumpled by my nonchalantly shrugging gesture.

From thorough vigilance at the front gate to entry and exit to top priority key areas.

The deliveryman’s complex eyes are measuring the trust built up in less than five days.

“And I’m the type of person who believes in someone until the end if I can.”
“… Her.”

Instead of untying the knot, he bursts into laughter at the answer that twists it more complicatedly.

The deliveryman, who laughed while showing his uvula on the ceiling for a moment, faced me again with a rather refined expression.

“I don’t know why, but I feel like I should report this conversation to my employer.”

Like-

“Follow the red underline that someone has drawn all the way as if to emphasize it.”
“…”

His eyes staring at me clearly, as if to capture that someone.

I shrugged my shoulders once more and replied to those eyes.

“Well—if that’s what you think, that’s what it is.”

Ding-!

As soon as I finished my answer, the arrival sound of the elevator announcing that we had reached the 6th floor.

The top core area of ​​the rock enters through the door that gently opens with a small mechanical sound.

“Then…”

The deliveryman gestures politely out of the elevator.

I nodded at the gesture and stepped onto the 6th floor.

“””Are you here, President-!”””

As soon as you set foot on the 6th floor, the overlapping sound of greetings from campers and the top of everyone’s heads are clearly visible.

With no sign of stretching, I walked along the procession of my waist leading to my destination, the conference room.

Thud- thud-

A courier following me and a little behind me.

An orderly silence where only the footsteps of the two echoed.

“I am surprised.”

Through the silence, words like deja vu came out.

“Yes?”
“Coming to think of it, it seems that unexpected events are not unique to us.”

Delivery man.

“You seem to have gotten a lot closer than when we first met, is it because of your mood?”

Clearly, at the first meeting, he was a delivery man who acted businesslike and rigid like a government official facing the truth.

But now he could tell jokes and crumple his hardened face colorfully.

“Strictly speaking, you were a customer back then, and now you are an ally on the same boat.”

Also-

“Even my employer is the type who tells me that once you believe in something, believe it until the end.”

The answer that came back like déjà vu again made me laugh out loud.

“Can you feel the red underline in what you just said?”
“Well, that’s what the President thinks so.”

While we were looking at each other, we arrived at the conference room before we knew it.

At the same time as the glass door was wide open, the whispering chatter that had flowed outside suddenly stopped.

Awesome profit!

And the void was immediately filled in by the sound of dragging the chair back.

“Are you here, President-!”

Just like when we arrived on the 6th floor-

Loud greetings echoed through the meeting room in different tones.

I was greeted by the campers who were waiting for me at the long table and sat down at the table prepared in advance.

After I sat down at the top of the table, the camp members opened a dangerous distance that seemed like their noses would touch the table.

Thud- thud-

Still footsteps resonate among the camp members who straighten their deeply bowed backs and sit down.

A deliveryman who walks to his destination as if nothing happened even after I, who was his own guide, disappeared.

I glanced at the back of the courier while feeling the soft cushion of the chair that seemed to have been specially taken care of.

No, following the back of the delivery man, I swung around the entire meeting room.

Thud- thud-

A projector illuminating the beam screen in front and the basic background image of the computer displayed on the screen.

Gazing at the approaching delivery man, Koh Ji-hoon swung his mouse cursor around the desktop as if doing a final inspection.

After confirming that there is nothing wrong, Goh, Goh, released his hand from the mouse.

When he arrived at his destination just in time, he held out his hand to the other courier with his characteristic cunning smile.

Two people who seem to be talking in detail with the affinity of the goja, who would be sad if they were second to each other.

I moved my gaze to the long table as I heard them chattering about.

People who have been quietly waiting for the meeting to start since I took my seat.

Starting with Kapoor Yoo Seo-jun, search team leader Park Tae-ha and strike leader Bang Dae-hwa.

And next to them, Chun-shik and Kang Cheong-shin, who are smiling the same way as my seniors.

Cha Seol-hee and Cha Ha-yan sit closest to me, except for the seats closest to me on the right.

And even Linnea, who is sitting next to Cha Seol-hee with a somewhat awkward expression.

The conference room on the 6th floor where all the executives, who can be called the executives of the current rock, are seated.

“… Take care of this too, Mr. Dojun. It is a laser pointer. It will probably be useful for briefing.”
“Oh, thank you.”
“Hehe, say something. Then—let’s talk about it after the briefing.”
“Yes, you do.”

Then-

Koh Jang-hoon returns to his original place after a short bow to each other.

“…”

As soon as our gazes met, Koh Goh-hoon sat down with a sly smile on his face.

The conference room was filled with even the empty seats on the right.

“It’s PPT…”

There, the delivery man’s quiet chanting flowed.

His eyes alternately stare at the laser pointer given to him by Koh Koo and the PPT he has displayed on the screen.

“It feels like coming here and seeing something like a university library for the first time.”

A vertical and orderly atmosphere reminiscent of an army and fragments of the past that still remain.

Someone must have checked the presentation assignments, no, the delivery person standing in the seat created for that purpose in the first place swung around the meeting room.

The executives of the rock are quietly waiting for their next words.

Among them, the eyes that had been looking at Cha Seol-hee and Cha Ha-yan for quite a long time turned back to me.

He was a courier who had already grasped Linnea’s existence in Daehangno, but—

The difference between one High Queens and three members was different.

Besides, those two additional members are Cha Seol-hee and Cha Ha-yan sisters.

Shock.

No, the astonishment that a man would inevitably feel hovered in the deliveryman’s eyes.

‘Didn’t I tell you?’

The shape of my mouth reflected in the eyes that sway in the raging waves.

‘It’s a principle that once you believe in it, you believe in it until the end.’
“… Under.”

The deliveryman shook his head with a clear mouth and a thin smile.

The courier pointed at the screen with a laser pointer as if he had given up on figuring out my true intentions.

“Then—we will start delivering the newly collected information since the last one.”

Widely-!

Go back to your computer and lightly press the space bar.

At the gesture of the deliveryman, a person’s face filled the screen.

“Yeon Siwoo.”

Even looking at it again, the face of a young man whose energy jumps out of the picture.

The deliveryman’s voice follows the red laser light that circulates around the man’s face.

“‘Baeksan’, a giant company that has always been counted among the top three in Korea. One of the 3rd generation conglomerates of Baeksan and—”

It was not clear whether he existed, hidden by Chairman Yeon Baek-gi, who was the first founder and the face of Baeksan.

“The first enemy of our allies.”

The king of the temporary capital, Baeksan.

“This is a report on the dynamics of the common name ‘Bornie’, unified under the temporary name ‘Bornie’ due to the fact that the exact name is unknown.”

Widely-!

PPT skips to the next chapter at the dull sound of pressing the space bar once more.

There were numerous office workers in suits clearing the complicated roads.

The ‘Baeksan Man’ who are securing the way for the black sedan to come and go in perfect order.

A red laser hits the face of an office worker who was the object of envy in the 21st century.

“This photo was not taken in Seodaemun-gu, the home of ‘Baeksan’.”

It is the home of the four people who know of course because they are the ones who sent the invitations to everyone in the first place.

Among them, the delivery man suggests that the location of the photo is not Seodaemun-gu, Yeon Si-woo’s hometown.

This meant only one thing.

“This is a picture of Mapo-gu, not Seodaemun-gu.”

That the master’s hand is getting closer and closer to me.

“Bocchan is taking advantage of the temporary protection period to quickly explore the surroundings. No-“

The delivery man turned his gaze away from the PPT and met my eyes.

“I am looking for the president.”
“It’s fast.”

This was one of the first impressions I could spit out.

Fast.

Exploring Mapo-gu means—

It is said that he finished his search in Seodaemun-gu, his home base.

The time from the Lions Meeting where the asarifan occurred to today.

Considering that only about a week had passed, the action was too fast.

… The ability to act that could not be demonstrated if it had not been prepared in advance.

“But-“

Baeksan Man, which is still being output through the beam projector, was captured one by one.

He laughed at the orderly movements conveyed only by the photo and muttered the following words.

“So you must have chosen me.”

It reminded me of the lion meeting room that became an asari pan too softly and Yeon Si-woo, who left the seat very naturally.

And even the eyes that weren’t like those that had been looking at him for a long time.

“So, he must be a poor and unlucky young master from a conglomerate family.”

Now that I think about it, Yeon Si-woo did not attend the Lions Meeting to seek a constructive future in the first place.

The guy has come to choose.

‘That prejudice is the reason humans were able to become the lord of all things, bastard.’

‘Babies and old people are the most easygoing, so it’s easy for him to target those kids first.’

‘Hey-‘

The next prey that you can easily gobble up.

‘I remembered the face.’

The opponent who seems to have the highest win rate in the absolute rule of the weak.

“So—how long do you think it will take them to get to the Rock here?”

So, this current situation is probably natural.

By analogy, we were 4 snakes who fell into some kind of giant pot.

The situation of desperate situation where the biggest snake is opening its mouth to catch and eat the smallest snake.

Here, with the smallest snake, no snake wants the largest snake to swallow the smallest snake unscathed.

After the smallest snake is eaten, they will be eaten by the biggest snake.

So, in order not to be weeded out, you should get attached to the biggest snake early or help the smallest snake not to be eaten.

Even if you have to take care of the falling soybeans, you can plan for the next one.

“Um- I’m not sure, but it won’t take too long. If you look at their search patterns, they put more emphasis on identifying a specific area rather than searching the entire area.”

For example― places such as schools, universities, and academies―

The delivery man quietly looking at my face and explaining their search pattern.

“However, it is impossible to identify all the schools in Mapo-gu in a short period of time, so there is still room.”

I laughed lightly as I remembered the boy who kept calling me ‘baby’.

This- should I have worn a mask instead of a pseudonym?

My home base where I can be identified through face value including age.

He shook his head as he recalled the boy who was rushing towards the correct answer.

“Baeksan.”

… And a rock.

“One of the many, many universities in Seoul that barely have a foot in a prestigious university with a giant corporation that is said to be Korea’s best.”

Took-!

Fingers tapping lightly on an elongated table.

“The ‘Baeksan Man’, a job that was admired in Korea, and a college student who barely wore a prestigious university student name tag.”

Took-!

Our enemies in PPT and us sitting here now.

The gap is so huge that it would be embarrassing to even call it David and Goliath.

A real ‘group’, not a playhouse within a university such as an engineering college or student council, was approaching to point a knife at us.

Took-!

The faces of the executives darkened as they continued to tap on the table.

However, even at such a moment, I smiled lightly as I looked at the executives of the rock who were looking at me without blinking an eye.

“Anyway, it’s a company.”

It was a very light name in this catastrophe now that the country is paralyzed and the hegemon of the earth is collapsing.

The weight of a company staggering here and there due to people’s money play was too light to level the scales of disaster.

Thud-!

“Get up right now and pack your things.”

The dull noise of fists hitting the table, not fingers.

“It looks like you started the action, so we move faster.”

Awesome profit!

The sound of the chairs filling the conference room being dragged back as soon as my order was finished.

“The search battle ends with this.”

Literally, the exploration is now over.

“… Wait a minute, President!”

At that moment, the delivery man called me in a higher-than-usual voice.

The king of the rock and the executives stood up to pack their luggage without asking any questions.

The deliveryman’s face was stained with deep embarrassment as he looked at them all.

“It may be a bit arrogant to say this, but I don’t think this search match is one that ends just because you want to end it.”

Still the Bocchan and the President-

“Aren’t you under the protection of a temporary protection period? No matter how you want to decide, the system itself won’t allow it? It may be impossible to open a skirmish at all.”

Scramble.

The biggest piece of competition in the chicken race between kings.

However, a wall called the ‘temporary protection period’ that blocks direct competition for a certain period of time.

Right now, this exploration battle was almost forced to continue until the temporary protection period ended.

“In addition, even if we want to back up the President, this decision is too hasty. First of all, we are fully prepared to support the president-“
“Who told you?”

A resounding voice cut off the urgent courier’s extensive reading.

“War is—”

I continued to say the following while looking at the delivery man who closed his mouth and the executives who were staring at me.

“It’s momentum.”

And again-

“It’s called upheaval.”

The war is-

“It’s not something I do when I’m ready.”

“It’s something you do when your opponent isn’t ready.”

Between the master and me, I was still the one with the upper hand in information.

Me, who knows the exact hometown of the boy, and the boy, who is still conducting a full-scale exploration.

The moment to act was now.

“You said it was difficult to open a skirmish because of the temporary protection period.”

Surely-

It might be difficult to invade Seodaemun-gu and end the boy immediately.

But-

As I have said over and over again, the only moment to act was now.

“Our goal now is not to be the young master of Seodaemun-gu.”

Took-!

On the map of the districts of Seoul projected on the beam screen, he points to Seodaemun-gu, the base of Baeksan Mountain, with his finger.

I will break through to Seodaemun-gu right now and do what I do best.

“We will do our best to secure Seodaemun-gu as of this time.”

Prior to Eunpyeong-gu, which will be our home base.

Before the arrogant and insignificant young master of the conglomerate family.

“Our goal now is Seodaemun-gu itself.”

Winning before fighting.