Chapter 266 – -265- Beyond GK Group, Beyond the World (3)

“I’ll admit it, you seem to have skills?”

Even as she walked through the streets of Paris, naked and shameful in high heels, she tried to look dignified by holding her head upright.

While she was trembling with fear, she was showing off her bluff. It was Kang Soo-ah who showed a reaction that was exactly the same as when she brainwashed Chae Yu-na, who was her subordinate.

“… I have a rough guess as to your identity. I can count them on one hand.”

“…”

As she listened to her nonsense without saying a word, Kang Soo-ah seemed to have gained confidence and spoke in a more confident voice.

“… Altwin Holdings, right?”

Seeing me not reacting, she cleared her throat and corrected her words.

“I only wanted to scare you. I didn’t mean to completely collapse Palia Media.”

“No, judging by the reaction, it must be Daehyun Group. I never thought there would be someone who was loyal to the deceased owner’s family.”

“…”

“Hmm, by any chance. Are you from the AIGN lab? I think it’s really unfortunate that their AI lab was completely burned down. I hope we have a chance to clear up any misunderstandings…”

“…”

“I get it now. Jacob, is that you? It really wasn’t our fault that Samantha committed suicide.”

She rolled her eyes and said, ‘Mr. Ah, then who is it?’ This was her thinking.

I suppressed my laughter and watched her struggles happily.

This woman seems to have built up a lot of new grudges in the meantime.

‘Even if I wasn’t there, wouldn’t you have paid your karma at some point?’ Because it was a list that made me think.

I suppressed the sneer that was coming to her face and looked down at her with an expressionless face.

“… Well, it doesn’t matter who you are. All that matters is that you impressed me. Okay, I’m ready to negotiate.”

She spoke with an elegant smile, as if she were having an interview.

Even though her physical freedom was completely restricted, she pretended to be relaxed and tried to trade on an equal footing.

“You know who I am, right? Whatever you want, I have the ability to give it to you. Now, just tell me, what do you want?”

“Do I need to say it twice? I think I already said it. I want it all.”

She furrowed her pretty eyebrows and responded with a short nod.

“… Oh, yes. I said everything. Well, but I’m a businessman, so I don’t want to use such vague language as a contract condition. It would be nice to see a compromise between ‘everything’ you want and what I can provide. What?”

“It’s a compromise. Do you think something like that is possible between us?”

“Yes, compromise and transactions. Aren’t they the core of all business?”

She said, rounding the corners of her mouth.

“And speaking of our relationship… I’m embarrassed, but maybe it’s because I have such wide feet. I don’t really remember who you are. Can you give me a hint?”

She looked like she didn’t understand the meaning of the words ‘between us’ and made a bold and confident request.

Even though my body is being controlled against my will, I constantly open my mouth and try to get information!

Even though I repeated the disconnection command endlessly, there was no response, so it was natural to panic… It was a strong spirit.

“… And, now that I know your abilities, please stop with this… Um, ‘walking’. I’m begging you. I’m clearly aware that you have the upper hand.”

Even though she has a strong spirit, the shame and humiliation of her exposure to the outdoors is not easy to overcome, so she asks to be treated a little more politely.

“Before discussing each other’s interests, I hope you show a little respect for me… I don’t believe it’s an unreasonable request.”

I scoffed and returned her cold answer.

“… In the past”

“Huh?”

“Once upon a time, someone I loved told me something”

“Uh… What was that…?”

With an expression that did not understand her, she asked back carefully.

That beautiful, innocent-looking face that I loved.

When I rested against her shiny hair, there was a time when I believed that I had nothing else to wish for in the world.

When she didn’t know her true nature, she mistakenly thought she was a pure woman who had not experienced any troubles in the world.

Was it all my mistake?

“They say you can’t marry a corpse.”

“… Huh?”

Are you recalling intense memories of murder? Kang Soo-ah spoke with an expression as if she had been hit by a hammer.

“Likewise, I can’t do business with someone like you who’s practically a corpse, right?”

She seemed quite surprised, as she had not expected to hear a conversation that only those present at the scene of the murder would know.

“Wait, no way, you…!”

The emotional turmoil that started with embarrassment quickly converged into astonishment.

As soon as she heard what she said about killing me, she started spewing out meaningless words into the air.

“Ah. That means, no one in the world would know… Jeong Jin-hyuk…? No, that can’t be possible… He’s definitely dead…”

“Do you finally know who I am?”

In response to his scornful gaze, she lowered her eyes and said.

“No… You, you are not Jeong Jin-hyuk…! Okay, no, actually, I don’t know who you are, but you found out my secret, right?”

She swallowed her saliva and said, closing her eyes tightly.

“Okay, you win. I think I’m ready to really talk now. U-how can I call you… Sir?”

Even her tone changed to polite, and now she couldn’t even hide her fear.

“Anyway, the one you loved was me… Can you please explain?”

Even now, I decided to drive a wedge into her who was desperately denying that the person in front of her was me.

“You still don’t recognize me? Hmm, how about this?”

I approached her in the form of her body that I took before her death.

A disabled person with a pale complexion who is tired of life.

“Kuh-uh, if you do this, hmm, do you understand now?”

When she saw me limping towards me, she cried.

“No… No…!”

Ah, if it were me before. When he saw her crying, he might have felt even a faint sympathy for her.

But it wasn’t my personality that was reconstructed after she killed her.

Vengeance and sexual desire. My ego, which was running wild based on two strong desires, had no desire to control itself in the face of the awaited harvest.

I looked into her eyes, feeling a low pleasure run down her spine.

“… Kill”

She spoke in a calm voice.

Anger, despair, and regret mixed together like a cocktail. It has become a thick resignation.

I guess I still had some hope, but there was also a mix of weak expectations.

“You don’t plan on saving me anyway, do you?”

… Seeing her tear-filled eyes, the fire of my revenge died down a little.

As soon as her eyes met, her forgotten, muddy depression came over her.

Am I qualified for revenge now?

My reason, which was red with impulse, cooled down, and I had an eerie feeling.

‘What have I done so far?’

It felt like the sins I had committed for revenge and for my own pleasure were tightening around my neck.

Brainwashing, kidnapping, adultery, etc. Self-indulgence that knew no end.

Revenge was meaningless.

Even if I kill her or make it worse than her death, it won’t make me feel better.

The chain of hatred must end here.

As I die.

The Paris of the cyber world, it wasn’t a bad place to die.

It is my job to put an end to my unfinished execution.

I decided… I decided… To put an end to this futile revenge…

It’s a mess to make a decision.

I immediately blocked the mental attack that was trying to twist my thinking in a strange way.

‘Ha, cute number…’

Her secret trick didn’t work on me.

What worked, even if only for a moment, was shamefully base emotional manipulation.

Although it didn’t work for me as I was getting sick of the prank called emotional manipulation.

‘It was a fun move’

The system that ‘defends’ her mind was neutralized, but it seems that the program that ‘attacked’ the attacker was not neutralized.

This mental attack, which was a reversal of the suicide prevention psychological care program, instilled in me a strong sense of futility and suicidal impulses, even if only momentarily.

It was an unpleasant experience, like being buried in an emotional trash can that everyone shared.

“You’re using the same moves.”

I glared at her, hiding her claws until the end, and let out a low growl.

“… Ha, it doesn’t work, ha. It worked well for Samantha… But the head of the lab, you son of a bitch, said it was a tour de force, but it’s useless.”

She spat her spit and glared at me.

“Now I understand. Are you really Jeong Jin-hyuk?”

“Okay, do you understand now?”

“Oh, there’s no way there’s anyone other than you who could do something like this. What are you doing? Now kill me.”

She proudly stuck out her neck and spoke to me.

“What?”

It was an unexpected development.

“Ha, did you think I would cry and beg for my life like you wanted? Wake up. I am a businessman who built a group that dominates the world. I don’t have time to waste on begging for my life that won’t work.”

Was he intoxicated by his stolen achievements? Her ego was extremely enlarged, as if she considered the results obtained from AI and my legacy as achievements based on her own abilities.

Enough to suppress the desire for survival with pride and self-esteem.

I hated seeing her intoxicated by accomplishments that were not hers.

I had no intention of giving him an honorable death that did not suit him.

What suited her was a slightly more miserable future.

‘… It’s too easy to kill’

“… When I think about it, killing him is too merciful.”

“What is mercy”

“Before you killed me, you amplified your sexual drive 500 times, right? Well, I want to tell you what it felt like.”

“Ha! Do the same thing to me? You disgusting pervert… Just kill him cleanly! Besides, my mind is completely protected.”

“Hmm?”

“I don’t know what they did to gain control of my body, but… They won’t be able to interfere with my mind.”

Um, isn’t it?

“That idiotic AI is strict in that regard. Don’t waste your time, kill it quickly.”

She had only put aside her fun for a moment, but she still believed that her sanity was safe.

‘Then… Shall we try it like this…?’

As we talked, I began to chip away at her pride and self-esteem.

As her instinctive desire to survive gradually develops.

“… Hmm, if it’s just a sincere apology, I wonder if there’s a need to kill him…”

“… Don’t lie”

A brief silence with obvious agitation.

“It’s true. If you beg for your life as humbly as possible, I think my resentment will be relieved a little.”

“… Really?”

Without her even noticing it, her pride and dignity, which had been chipped away, soon began to approach her servility.

“Oh, instead, you have to beg as servilely and miserably as possible.”

“Really, you promise, no, you promise…?”

“Then”

“… Ugh”

After making a promise I had no intention of keeping, I snapped my fingers and regained my physical freedom.

“Don’t cover it”

“Ugh…!”

She instinctively tried to cover herself, but stopped as soon as she heard my command.

“Let’s see how touching it would be to see the Chairman naked begging for his life.”

An expression full of shame and contempt. And a servility so strong that it suppressed everything was evident in every movement.

Her knees slowly touched the cold streets of Paris, showing a lot of unwillingness.

“I’m sorry… I’m sorry… Please, please save me…”

“Huh, keep going”

The multiple appetizers provided a very refreshing feeling.