Chapter 63 – The 2nd Black Dragon Room Regular Meeting

“Hey Seong Ha-yeon.”

In the dark room, the half-naked hair reflected the light of the light bulb and shone brilliantly. Seong Ha-yeon bowed her head and nodded her head.

“Yes. Jun-hyeok sentenced to death.”

“You, what is this, your main room? Are you the owner of the Black Dragon Room?”

“No.”

“Why did you do something you weren’t told to do? Uh? Hey, let’s say the diamond club manipulated it. Uh? What are you going to do with the testimony obtained by threatening to cut off all your limbs? If this explodes, why are all the Diamond Club kids going after it? Or what, all of the S-classes suddenly quit and the Diamond Club is ruined?”

“Sorry.”

“If you’re sorry, why do you do something you’re sorry for? Hey. If you’re going to do it like this, get out. Why are you doing what you’re not told to do? Uh? If something like this explodes once, are you the only one avoiding it? It’s a relief that you had at least some discernment and handed over the data to me first. The recording you handed over. Have you been to the police or the media? What could have happened? Investigations are chaotic as they are, but there is no evidence. We’re just fools. Tell me Do you have any other evidence besides Kim Chun-bae’s testimony here? If you buy the referee and cheat all the S-class hunters there, can you beat them with this one recording? Are you sure?”

“…No.”

“Or you kid. Let’s say this blows up and everyone involved gets fucked. Then what do you think we can handle? Hey, how much difference in weight class is there? Did I make you do this? There are only 3 S-class people in the diamond guild, what were you really trying to do with this?”

“…Sorry.”

“Be careful. Uh? It’s not just one or two people who get hooked after doing something like this every year. Do you know who pretends not to see all these things because they want to live a dirty life? There’s no way, so I just close my eyes and live. Uh?”

“Sorry. I will be careful in the future.”

Seong Ha Yeon lowered her head. Lee Jun-hyeok sighed heavily and threw his papers on the desk. His face was full of fatigue. He said while fiddling with his cigarette pack.

“I met with the Diamond Club people today and reached an agreement. I heard that you put it into your account, so whether you share it with your kids or what you do, do it yourself.”

“Yes? No, that’s why money doesn’t need that… !”

“Ugh!”

Seong Ha-yeon was taken aback by those words and shouted at Lee Jun-hyeok. Lee Jun-hyeok cut Seong Ha-yeon’s words with a stern expression.

“Baby. Would you believe that if you don’t get paid, you keep your mouth shut? Just take it okay?”

Seong Ha-yeon let out a deep sigh. Although this behavior was not normally allowed in a place like this, Lee Jun-hyeok did not scold it. She said with a nod of her head.

“All right.”

He looked around and put the cigarette pack back in. He shook his head and smiled.

“…Still, I did a good job feeding those bastards. Naughty babies. Are you openly manipulating the Rookie of the Year? Then you should get a good shot. It’s a pity that we can’t include the people involved, but what can we do? There is no proper evidence.”

As he said, the evidence was lacking. It was for that reason that Seong Ha-yeon did not hand over her recordings to the police but gave them to Lee Jun-hyeok, an executive in the Black Dragon Room. It was clear that she would end up cutting the tails of Kim Joo-sung and Kim Chun-bae, who were involved, only when the police investigated.

It would be an issue, but the Diamond Club wasn’t going to collapse with this one shot.

It becomes annoying when guilds buy grudges.

After that, considering that the Diamond Club would retaliate in some way, I’d rather just get paid and bury it. It was because the size of the guild was too disadvantageous. However, Seong Ha-yeon seemed very unhappy that this big case ended with her taking the money. She let out a deep sigh, revealing her discomfort.

Kim Yoo-jung carefully tapped her on the shoulder.

Lee Jun-hyeok changed his expression. The time of scolding was over with this. Now it was my turn to share the good news. He said as he rearranged the papers he had thrown on the desk.

“And, this time, we have good news. Our ark was discharged yesterday. Did you send a message to the Ark to congratulate you on being discharged from the hospital?”

“Yes.”

“Yes.”

Kim Yoo-jung, who was not in the mood, wanted to be sorry, but she nodded her head and affirmed. She felt that after the meeting she would have to let go. Lee Jun-hyeok seemed to have no intention of checking whether or not he had sent a separate text message, but continued the conversation after hearing the reply.

“Originally, I was planning a performance where we all bowed in front of the hospital, but our ark told us not to say that it went too far. Did you guys honestly want to bow too?”

Neither answered. Lee Joon-hyeok was offended by the sight, so he twitched his lips and narrowed his eyes. Kim Yoo-jung smiled bitterly at her and Sung Ha-yeon said.

“Ah, but that’s a bit.”

When Seong Ha-yeon said that, Lee Jun-hyeok shouted in excitement.

“Hey, our ark has been discharged, can’t you do that too? I don’t know about other kids, but you can’t do that, can you? You, our ark, even took you on a plane when you were young.”

Seong Ha-yeon relaxed her hard expression at those words and replied with a smile.

“Oh, when are you talking about? Since I’m really going to be in the facility, isn’t this a story from over 10 years ago?”

“This is why raising children is useless. No avail uh?”

Lee Jun-hyeok nodded as if asking Kim Yoo-jung for his consent. Kim Yoo-jung only smiled bitterly at her. Lee Joon-hyeok shook his head and went back to the main topic.

“Anyway, with the return of the ark, I came down as a manager again. I’m a little worried that he’ll be returning to work as soon as he arrives, but he’s an ark, so he’s doing well.”

Both Kim Yu-jung and Seong Ha-yeon nodded her head. Lee Jun-hyeok brushed his hair back and continued.

“And, you know that the movie [The Tale of the Heavenly Demon] Is coming out this time, right?”

“Ah yes.”

The two nodded. [Downtown Cheonma Heat War]. A novel that the Black Dragon Ark loves so much, it deals with the story of a reincarnated Heavenly Demon in the 21st century eradicating corrupt evil in the world and leading the Republic of Korea to a prosperous nation. The part that was made into a film this time was the part 2 [Fake Heavenly Horse] Of [City of Heaven and Demons], Which depicts an adventure story to catch a fake Heavenly Horse impersonating the main character.

Lee Joon-hyeok took out a poster from among the documents and showed it to me.

“Now look at this.”

[Who is the real Heavenly Demon? Who is the one blocking the Heavenly Demon’s path?]

The two slightly frowned and read the words on the poster. In the simple poster, a young man wears a suit with long hair tied back. At the bottom, the name of the leading actor was written, and Lee Hyun-woo, a hot S-class hunter these days, appeared as the lead role of [Cheonma]. Junhyeok Lee said.

“Doesn’t the poster text kill? ‘Who is the real Heavenly Demon?’ Kke! This is another famous line in the novel! When the news came out that my older brother was coming out with a movie, I still vividly remember how excited he was like a real child. Hyung-nim was in charge of the extras and the martial arts advisor for the supporting cast.”

“Ah yes. I know.”

Kim Yoo-jung nodded her head and pretended to know her. Lee Jun-hyeok put the poster back in and said.

“So our guild members are obligated to watch this movie, okay?”

“Yes.”

That was all I could do. Seong Ha-yeon actually seemed quite interested in movies, and it was good that Kim Yoo-jung had an excuse to go on a date with Jung Soo-hyeon. Junhyeok Lee said.

“I saw this first at the premiere, and the action and story were very good. Did you almost shed tears during the fight scene at the end? Uh? Hey, the movie should be like this. From my point of view, this should be the director’s award.”

“Is this the end?”

Seong Ha-yeon shook his head and asked before the story got any longer. Lee Jun-hyeok shook her head and said.

“No. Fill in a sheet of A4 paper with your impressions. Our ark likes analog stuff like that again. Write it out by hand and bring it. Okay? The money for watching the movie will be refunded to you at the end of this month if you submit a receipt.”

“…I’d like to do something a little easier.”

Seong Ha-yeon let out a deep sigh. She suddenly became annoyed with watching movies because she thought she had to write a review. Kim Yoo-jung thought she could write a sentimental essay. Junhyeok Lee said.

“Then break up.”

Kim Yoo-jung thought it was fortunate that Lee Jun-hyeok didn’t bring up the story of Jung Soo-hyun. Don’t you think it’s strange that he couldn’t fight on an equal footing against the buffed Kim Joo-seong and then crushed him? Kim Yoo-jung did not have to scratch and make a boil, so she did not ask Lee Jun-hyeok’s intentions.

The conference room door closed and the two walked out. As soon as she came out of the building, Seong Ha-yeon leaned on her phone pole and lit a cigarette. Kim Yoo-jung said.

“Are you okay?”

“No, it sucks.”

She erased the smile on her face a moment ago and put on a rotten expression. She looked like someone who had taken a handful of bitter pills. Kim Yoo-jung said carefully.

“It can’t be helped. Actually, that plan was also a bit impulsive, and I didn’t even think about the aftermath.”

“Still, I don’t like the aftertaste because I think I made money using you guys. I mean, I hate this.”

“Please buy me something delicious later.”

“Fuck. Will that work?”

Seong Ha-yeon threw her half-smoked cigarette on the floor, annoying her.