Chapter 46

Chapter 46: Kwak-jung is dead?

“Old man, I’ll give you the liquid for the Talking Tree within two months . We’ll talk in more detail later . ”

Kang Chul-in stood up .

“W-where are you going?”

“I have something that I need to do . ”

“Hmm… okay . Well, I’ll start getting prepared for that . ”

“I’m leaving now . ”

“Wait!”

Old man kwon grabbed Kang Chul-in .

“Let me go, I’m busy . ”

Kang Chul-in coldly snapped out, and pushed Old man Kwon’s arm off of him .

“Your car!”

“Ah…”

“The Jaguar you asked for is still coming here…”

“Give me a car key, anything is fine . ”

“Then use this . ”

Since Kang Chul-in was in a hurry, Old man Kwon handed his own car key over to him .

“A porsche?”

“Yep, the best there is . ”

“… This old guy…”

Startled, Kang Chul-in started mumbling to himself .

“Age doesn’t matter . To a man, his car, suit, and watch is key . ”

“…… . ”

“Well then, you should get going . I will put your new house’s location on your phone, so put it there later . I’ll also put the Mustang and Jaguar . Also, is this truly enough to show my sincerity for you?”

“It’s definitely enough . Thanks, old man . “

Kang Chul-in said something that was truly rare coming from him, he thanked someone .

Old man Kwon was right, a car was really something important to a man . He knew what it meant, lending a car key over to someone else . At least, Kang Chul-in did .

“I’m leaving . ”

Kang Chul-in hurriedly left Old man Kwon’s office .

And… 1 hour later, Old man Kwon felt his strength from his prime coming back, and reminisced of his glorious past .

After eating the meat from the Peac.o.c.k Dragon, he felt as if he got at least 10 years younger .

“Kukuku, I might even get another child from this . Hahahaha . ”

Old man Kwon’s opinion of Kang Chul-in rose even more .

Startlingly, Old man Kwon’s car was a Porsche 911 boxster, and was even a convertible . For a man that was 80 years old, he truly had some good tastes .

‘VROOM’

Kang Chul-in immediately started heading towards Park Doo-sik’s office .

Although feeling the F6 engine was something someone wouldn’t be able to experience often, he had no time to feel the enjoyment .

“Kwak-jung . ”

Kang Chul-in read the message that Doo-sik left for him . This is what it said:

Park Doo-sik: Big boss, I think I’ve found him, but something’s off . If you read the message, please contact me as soon as possible .

Although he felt anxious when it said something was off, he started off immediately when he heard that they had found a lead .

‘BOOM!’

As soon as Kang Chul-in arrived at Doo-sik’s office, he broke the door open . It wasn’t intentional, but the door broke due to his immense strenght .

“W-what?”

“Get your weapons out!”

“Big boss, big boss!”

Doo-Sik’s underlings took out their weapons and got ready to fight .

“……?”

Kang Chul-in was very fascinating to look at right now . He thought that they were overreacting for just a broken door .

“You crazy b.a.s.t.a.r.ds! Aren’t you going to put the weapons away immediately? Huh?”

Doo-sik hurriedly came out and stopped his underlings from doing something stupid .

“Sorry, I’m truly sorry, big boss . They’re nervous recently because the situation for us isn’t very good right now . Hey, you b.a.s.t.a.r.ds! What are you doing? Apologize quickly!”

After recognizing that it was Kang Chul-in, some of the gangster’s faces turned pale, and did a 90 degree bow .

“I’m sorry, big boss!”

“Please forgive me!”

Although Kang Chul-in face turned stiff because of the gangsters, it wasn’t really a problem . He had no time to dwell on this matter .

“I’m truly sorry . ”

Doo-sik apologized again .

“Something had happened to our people in Incheon, because of a guy called Black Leopard . Ai, he really is like a ghost . We can’t catch him . ”

Sighing, Kang Chul-in stated: “It truly is difficult trying to eat and stay alive now . ”

Pangaea was in a war, Old man Kwon was in a war, and even these gangsters were fighting a war to feed themselves and keep themselves alive .

“Anyway, what did you mean by you think you’ve found him?”

Kang Chul-in directly asked .

“Th-The thing is… . Well, I think it’s better if you sit down first…”

Doo-sik’s forehead was covered in cold sweat . It seemed like he was afraid of getting beaten up again .

“Just say it . Did you manage to find him?”

“The thing is… . ”

With his hands trembling, Doo-sik handed Kang Chul-in some doc.u.ments .

“What’s this?”

“Well… 35 years old right now, the man called Kwak-jung who lives in Seoul…”

Listening to Doo-sik talking with his year, he skimmed through the doc.u.ments with his eyes . And while reading, his eyes suddenly widened . These doc.u.ments…

“He died last summer from a car crash . ”

It was his birth certificate, as well his details of death .

… . . !

What kind of bulls.h.i.+* was this?

Kwak-jung was dead?

Last summer, before Kang Chul-in had even come back with the Soul Backup (reviving)?

No, everything that Doo-sik brought to him was not facts, but utter nonsense . This nonsense truly incurred Kang Chul-in’s temper, as he fought to calm himself down .

“No . ”

He threw away the doc.u.ments that Doo-sik had handed him earlier .

“N-no?”

“Long story short, this isn’t him . ”

The Kwak-jung that Kang Chul-in knew worked under a Lord that was part of the Gulveig alliance until he died of lung cancer at the age of 38 .

But it was currently 2021, and Kwak-jung was only 35 . He should still be working as an adventurer . He should be roaming around some dungeons at this point .

“Look again . ”

Kang Chul-in shook his head .

“T-The thing is…”

“Do you have more things to say?”

“Big boss…”

“Just say it . ”

“Every policeman, government working . They helped us . Not only Seoul, we searched other areas too . ”

“Not only that, we looked at criminals with the name of Kwak-jung . There was one living in prison, as well as a maths teacher named Kwak-jung . But there was none that was 35 years old this year, who smokes . ”

“Go on . ”

“Yes, boss . ”

After drinking some coffee, Kang Chul-in signaled with his hands to continue .

“Although I’m not very smart, I’m not too stupid either . I used my brain too . If what big boss said was right, and that there was a Kwak-jung that smoked, we found him . ”

“Yeah? Continue . ”

“So we hurried to a non-smoking clinic to find him, and found a dead Kwak-jung . ”

……!

“The dead Kwak-jung had gotten nicotine patches to stop his addiction . It seemed like he was a serious smoker after looking through his details . ”

“Still no . ”

When he said no, it truly was not .

“Although it makes sense why you think it is this Kwak-jung, the Kwak-jung I’m looking for is alive, not dead . ”

“Are you sure?”

“I’m certain . ”

“Sigh, I’m sorry then . There was too little information…”

“No, well done . At least you got something . ”

Listening to Doo-sik’s story, he could truly feel that Doo-sik had worked hard in order to locate Kwak-jung, so he consoled him .

“You there . ”

Kang Chul-in pointed at one of Doo-sik’s underlings, and handed a card to him .

“Take out 3000 (equivalent to 30,000 dollars) . ”

“Th-Thank you!”

“A-are you continuing?”

“Of course . ”

“If he’s not in Seoul or anywhere near Seoul, try looking anywhere in Korea . The price doesn’t matter to me . “

“Y-yes sir . I will try calling as much centres as possible . ”

“I like your att.i.tude . Oh, I have one more piece of information . ”

“I-information? Wow, that would really be helpful . ”

“It seems like Kwak-jung has become an adventurer in the Pangaea continent . ”

… . . !

“It looks like the search will become much easier now! Thank you, sir . ”

Doo-sik’s face countenance brightened, it truly would be much easier to find an adventurer . Since there wasn’t that much adventurers, he could look through communities and look for them more easily .

Lucia, Old man Kwon, and even Doo-sik now . Kang Chul-in felt like he didn’t need to do that much work nowadays, and felt a little bit uncomfortable .

“Big boss, it seems like you need to leave soon . Black Leopard, we don’t know when that guy will strike . ”

“Is that so?”

“Although Black Leopard isn’t worth anything to Big Boss, doesn’t Big Boss dislike a commotion?”

“Don’t you think it’d be better if I was here though?”

“Ahh, what do you mean? How could we ask for Big Boss’s help? We aren’t that kind of gangsters . Not even close . ”

Kang Chul-in thought that what Doo-sik said was honorable, and was impressed .

“If you have any thoughts, you can quit this job and do something else . I’ll introduce you . ”

“W-what do you mean?”

“Old man Kwon Hyung-woo . Do you know him?”

“W-WHAT?!”

Which gangster wouldn’t know the true boss and holder of power over all of Seoul?

Old man Kwon was truly a giant in the underworld business . Someone like Doo-sik wouldn’t have a chance to even see his face one .

“I have a business relations.h.i.+p with that old man . There will be a period in time where he will need some manpower . At that time, I’ll introduce you to him . How long are you going to be able to feed yourself fistfighting?”

“T-Thank you sir!”

“No, I’m only doing this because I was impressed by you . Keep up the hard work . ”

“Thank you, thank you, big boss!”

“I’m leaving now . I’ll be back in a month . ”

“Yes, sir! Have a safe…”

It was at this moment .

When Doo-sik was about to do another 90 degree bow to Kang Chul-in, a man suddenly appeared in the office .

“AH!”

“Black Leopard, you b.a.s.t.a.r.d!”

As luck would have it, Black Leopard came in coincidentally at this moment .

“Where the h.e.l.l do you think you are?” is what one of Doo-sik’s underlings said before…

‘POW!’

… and he fell to the ground, screaming in pain .

“Oh?”

Looking at this, Kang Chul-in’s eyes gleamed with interest . This Black Leopard truly had some skill . Although it was just one punch, Kang Chul-in’s eyes were sharp .

“You’re Park Doo-sik?”

Black Leopard, who seemed around 30, looked at Doo-sik, smirking and smoking his cigar .

How could he look so annoying, although it was a handsome looking face, anyone looking at him would want to beat him up . He truly was not a normal type of human .

“And who the h.e.l.l are you?”

Black Leopard looked at Kang Chul-in and said .

“Hey Black Leopard . If you touch him, you might as well prepare your funeral . We should talk amongst ourselves . ” Doo-sik stated .

“Oh, so this guy’s the boss of the gang? I thought that the boss of Isu (area name) was you, Park Doo-sik . ”

“Shut the h.e.l.l up, you b.a.s.t.a.r.d!”

Doo-sik went back to looking intimidating like a gangster, and ran towards Black Leopard with a sinister expression on his face .

“Hmm, that won’t work . ”

Kang Chul-in predicted the outcome of this battle .

“Argh!!!”

As expected, Doo-sik clutched his face in pain from the punch of Black Leopard .

“B-boss!”

“You want a taste of this too?”

“You crazy b.a.s.t.a.r.d!”

Looking at their fallen boss, the gangsters of Isu started piling on Black Leopard, wanting to beat him up .

“Still not enough . ”

Kang Chul-in predicted that this still wouldn’t be enough to defeat him .

Fighting a battle with multiple members in a small area wouldn’t benefit the gangsters . Not only that, Black Leopard was not a normal fighter .

Footwork, smoothly flowing martial arts, as well as a kick at a decisive moment . Instead of a gangster, Black Leopard resembled a boxing, judo, kickboxing MMA player .

“You f*cker!”

Finally, one of Doo-sik’s underlings took out a knife, no longer able to handle the humiliation .

“Hey, hey . ”

Even though there was a sharp knife in front of him, Black Leopard didn’t lose his calm and confidence .

“Using a weapon?”

Out of Black Leopard’s hands came out a blackish mist . Surprisingly, Black Leopard wasn’t a normal civilian, but someone who knew how to use mana .

“Hmm, an adventurer . ”

Kang Chul-in looked at this scene in interest .

“You’re so f*cked now . ”

Using mana, Black Leopard started beat up the gangster who took out the knife . It seemed like his specialty was Muay-Thai (a type of martial art) .

POW!

PAPOW!

With some satisfying noises…

“ARGH!!!”

“WH-WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME! ARGHHH!!”

“M-MY ARM!!!”

Like leaves, Doo-sik’s underlings fell down . It wasn’t even 5 minutes . This was the difference between a civilian and a mana user .

“Huuu…”

Smoke filled the office . Black Leopard didn’t even stop smoking in the midst of the fight .

“After fighting the guys at Isu, should I take Gangnam (another area), or hmm… Yeongdeungpo

doesn’t seem bad either…” Black Leopard mumbled to himself .

It was as if he thought it was a game of hopscotch, where he could take the territory of opponents for fun .

“Oi . ”

Walking in front of Kang Chul-in now, Black Leopard started staring at him, and spoke .

“Who the h.e.l.l are you to stand in front of me so arrogantly?”

With a ‘Tshhh’, the cigar smeared all over the table that Kang Chul-in was sitting in front of .

“Did you say it was Black Leopard? You’re not bad . ”

Smirking, Kang Chul-in complimented him .

“Black Leopard? Sigh . Who the h.e.l.l gave me this kind of stupid nickname? I have a proper name that’s the letters long too (Korean names are typically 3 letters long . Mine is Cho Young-woo . ) Oh wait, it’s actually two letters . ”

Saying this, Black Leopard took out a new cigarette and lit it up .

“Huuu, my name is Kwak-jung, not some cheesy and childish name like ‘Black Leopard . ’”