Chapter 120 – Audacity

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“What are you doing? Walk quickly.”
“Now, wait a minute. You really want to go like this?”
“Of course. Where did you hear me until now?”
“No! I absolutely hate it!”

I dragged Sun-kyung Jang and arrived near the survivor’s residence in the safe zone.

Far…
It’s not just that it’s far.
Jang Seon-gyeong tried not to move, so it felt farther away.

I know the location and there are no obstacles on the way.
A road where you just have to walk the shortest distance in a straight line.
However, Jang Seon-gyeong did not want to walk down that path.

“How do you make your legs not move?!”

Still, her leash was tied, so if she was forced to drag her, she would be dragged.

“It’s hard. Please go slowly.”

He had been doing that until just before, so it was understandable that his legs were weak.

“Then… Pick me up…”

… However, there was no reason for me to listen to everything Sunkyung Jang had to say.

“Ah! It hurts! Because it hurts!”

After forcibly pulling, intimidating, threatening, teasing, and coaxing, I was finally able to get there.
However, even after coming this far, Jang Sun-kyung stopped again.

“Eh, to go out in front of people like this?”

It was because she was naked.

“You want to be a slave? Do you still not understand your position?”
“I still hate it! Absolutely hate it!”

You can lead her horse to water, but you can’t force her to drink.
Hmm. Is it slightly different from that?

Anyway, I had to stop again because of Jang Seon-kyung, who didn’t want to appear in front of people.

I can’t.
After Jang Seon-gyeong had her hide behind a large tree on the outskirts of her residence, I decided to call someone to talk to.

The living quarters of the survivors here have changed quite a bit in a single day.
Small tents were erected here and there, and people’s faces were animated. It was still a bit of a squeak, but it was still a refugee level from the homeless.

I approached the survivors on the outskirts of the village with a long rope tied to Jang Sun-gyeong, who hid herself behind a tree.

The mask was not worn. Anyway, my face was sold out in the rankings.
If you have to wear a black mask to meet him, it’s obvious that you’ll only give a bad impression.

As soon as I got closer, they noticed my presence. There was also a small commotion on the other side.

“I want to speak with the leader of this group.”

He spoke loudly so as not to sound like a threat, but still clearly audible.

Then, some who understood what I was saying ran towards the village.
He must have gone to call for the leader of this group, a man named Cha In-cheol, who shined at the top spot in the ranking announcement.

Even while I waited like that, the survivors looked at me and giggled.

“Isn’t that the Holy Gyowang you saw in the video?”
“That person is the sex king…”
“Oh my god. How can 5 people every day…”
“It’s not some kind of rabbit.”
“Shh. I can hear you.”

… I hear everything.

As expected, the ranking announcement seems to have spread to all other survivors as well.
The survivors were talking in whispers, glancing at me.

The eyes that looked at me were generally unfavorable.
Those who despise, those who are surprised, those who look with curiosity, and so on.

Should I just say that I’m glad I didn’t show hostility purely?
I think it’s thanks to a title that isn’t even funny, such as number 1 in the intercourse rankings.

Rather, it was a good thing.
It would be better than judging by the enemy and being attacked.
I decided to comfort myself like that.

After waiting for a while, amidst the stinging attention of the people, I saw a man hurriedly running from the other side of the tent.

A tall, muscular man.
It was a man named Cha In-cheol whose face was revealed to the whole world at the ranking announcement just like me.

And I saw a woman running after him.
That too is familiar. She was one of the girls from the group over there just yesterday.

“Hey, hey, sorry. Were you waiting?”
“Not really.”

Cha In-cheol, who came running first, stopped in front of me panting.
It smells like sweat. I took a step back.

“I came to see if the girls I sent yesterday had joined, but I don’t think it was necessary.”

Following Cha In-cheol, a woman also arrived.

This woman was the little boy’s mother. Was her child’s name Jinyoung?
Among the women released yesterday, she seemed to be the eldest.

“Ha, ha, sorry for being late. Haha, because I, running, is slow.”

A woman on her knees panting for breath upon arrival.
Rather, I don’t know why I ran so hastily. I didn’t ask you to come right away.

“Are you the leader of this group?”
“Yes. Once you are in a similar spot. My name is Cha In-cheol.”

Then, Cha In-cheol holds out his hand.
He didn’t really want to hold hands, so he shook his hand and said no to a handshake.

“I’m glad you seem to have joined well.”
“Yes… Ha, thanks…”

The woman who had followed her also answered, barely catching her breath.

But why did this woman come? I was supposed to talk to the leader.
It’s not like I became a co-leader overnight. It was a little questionable.

“I heard that you saved these people. On behalf of everyone, thank you.”

Cha In-cheol bowed his head at me.

To be honest, I was a little surprised.
He bows even to men who are clearly younger than him.
Cha In-cheol seems to have a much more personality than he looks.

“Okay.”

… On the other hand, how trash I am.
Don’t you say tick tick to someone much older than me? He refuses to shake hands and doesn’t speak rudely.

But I want you to know that this is also my own way of survival.

If I apply the system of the outside world, such as Confucianism, to this world, I will only lose money when I am young. They will be dragged around by adults, then belittled, exploited and abandoned. I also had to open my eyes and deal with adults.

Fortunately, Cha In-cheol was not a race to argue with me, saying that he was a cheeky bastard.

“I saw it in the video, but he said it was Kang Chang-jae. Would you like to join us?”

Well. I thought something like this might come out, but Cha In-cheol skipped this and that and suddenly got to the point.

“In a situation like this, the more people come together, the safer it is. While we were helping each other like this, not a single person died. If someone like Changjae joins us, I think our group will become stronger. So how about it? Of course, if you have a partner, your partner too.”

He was very honest and direct. To put it badly, it is simply ignorant.
I felt the authenticity of the story, but honestly, it was a story without merit for me.

“That…”

The moment you open your mouth to say no.

“I will ask you this too!”

Jinyoung, who had been following her, suddenly interrupted her mother.

“Thank you so much for saving us. If Mr. Changjae lives here, he will have nothing more reliable than that. So, can’t he stay with us from now on?”

Jinyoungie’s mother, who puts her hands together as if praying, and looks up at me and appeals to me.
At least, it was much more appealing than Cha In-cheol’s words.

“That won’t work.”

Of course, my answer was fixed.

“I also have a safe hideout, and I am satisfied with my current life. I don’t want to move to the point of taking risks.”

At my answer, both of their shoulders drooped at the same time.

“There’s nothing we can do…”

Surprisingly, he backed off smoothly.
I thought so…

“How about partying with us instead?”
“… Party?”
“Yes. Then we can keep in touch even from a distance, and when something happens—”
“No. That’s fine.”
“Ah…”

I quickly declined before the story got too long.

If it’s a party, I’ve been with Seungpil.
It had several useful features. But there were not only advantages.

First of all, the biggest drawback is that each other’s location is exposed.
Even if you are far away, you can know where your party members are. It means that even if I go back to the hideout, the party members will know where I am.

I wouldn’t know if we were living together like Seungpil did, but we had to avoid exposing our hideout to them. Even if he’s not a bad guy.

“If we build mutual trust, we might even have a party. Even if it’s not right now.”
“Ah… When trust is built… That’s right. Yes.”

Of course, it was left out.
We haven’t built up trust in each other yet. However, depending on what you guys do in the future, you could form a party.

For some reason, these two people were actively sending love calls to me. Maybe saving the girls yesterday had an effect.

Then I couldn’t help but use that psychology. When my stock price was high, I had to pick and eat whatever I could.

“And even if it’s not a party, there’s a way to help each other, right?”
“What do you mean?”
“For example, a trade.”
“Transaction… Are you talking?”
“Okay. Or find something you need. I’ll solve problems that can’t be solved there. Instead, they give me what I need in return.”

The story just went in the direction I wanted.

However, Cha In-cheol, a simple ignorant man, seems to be weak in complex stories. He just blinks as if he didn’t get my story right.

“But we don’t have much… Coins, food, anything else that could be used as money…”
“Hey.”

He cuts off Cha In-cheol, who continues to talk in frustration.
And I brought out the main topic that I had been waiting for.

“Female. I heard there are more than 10 people on your side.”