Chapter 181 – Episode 21. Plan B.
Pyongyang was quite hot, but Kraskino had perfect weather between spring and summer. It would be very cold in the winter, but the weather was perfect right now. I searched and found that the average temperature in July was around 24 degrees, so it was a bit warm.
After getting off the train, I found a room in a hotel near the station. Although it was a hotel, it felt like a shabby Russian building from the 90s. Well, since the city is a city, it can’t be helped. It’s not even a big city.
“First of all, we need to know the location of the human trafficker…”
Megacorp’s youngest son was 15 years old in the game, so of course the main character couldn’t use the slave market, and the reason I found out that there were human traffickers in this city was because I found it while looking at Alexandra Smirnova’s setting, so I only knew the exact name of the city. I didn’t know the location.
“After all, the only way is to use a dark app?”
Of course, since the name of the dark merchant is dark merchant (暗商: merchant of darkness), it is probably related to human trafficking. You may be able to find out information from the underworld app, but if you rescue Alexandra Smirnova, it will be easy to find out that the underworld was my work.
This was a huge problem as it automatically created an antagonistic relationship with the underworld. This would also be a significant problem since I would not be able to obtain the item and would have to be attacked by a dark figure with tremendous influence in the underworld.
“Ah!”
Yes, all I had to do was rescue him. Why did they bother to rescue him? I have a lot of points, but I just have to buy them…
I changed my route to purchase rather than rescue and turned on the dark app. I was able to get a lot of information from the Plus level, but after selling BS Group’s Ai file, I became the Diamond level, the highest level, and several features were added.
One of them was a function that allowed you to ask questions to Eve, like Chat GPT. It was expensive, costing 10,000 points per question, but since Eve was an underworld Ai who knew the underworld information very well, I was able to get quite useful information. .
Of course, this function is not omnipotent and only applies to the information collected by the dark statue, so it is not possible to know all the information in the world. And because EVE itself does not disclose sensitive information, it was not used much in the later stages.
I opened the Dark App and clicked chat with Eve. Since a new feature had been opened, I turned it on because I wanted to try it out even though it was a bit expensive.
EVE: Hello, 竜太! Are you in Kraschino today? Are you enjoying your trip?
Eve knew my location right away, probably because I agreed to receive location information when installing the app. If possible, I shouldn’t be hostile to the underworld until I stand tall. This is because they know my location.
Tae-tae: Yes. It’s interesting because the atmosphere is different when you go to Kraschino after being in Pyongyang.
EVE: I see! Seeing that you used the chat function with me, it looks like you will either report information or purchase information.
Oh right. The chat function with Eve also had a function where you could earn points by providing information. Since it was a feature that was rarely used in games, I remembered it after watching Eve’s chat.
竜太: I want to purchase information.
EVE: Please feel free to ask any questions you have. I will tell you to the best of my knowledge. Since this is your first time using it, we’ll answer your first question for free! However, please be careful because from next time, at least 10,000 points will be charged per piece of information!
Oh! It was free at first, which is something that has never happened in a game, but seeing that the minimum standard for questions is 10,000 points, it seemed like important information was more expensive. In the game, it was just 10,000 points, but it had a slightly different feel from the game. Then, I would like to ask about information that seems to be more expensive than the Croscano question when it is free…
竜太: There is a dispute between Taira Foods and Krotsukido in Akita Prefecture. Why is Krotsukido targeting Akita Prefecture?
I couldn’t understand why Kurotsukido continued to fight against the Taira group, which was competing for the best in Japan, so I asked Eve, wondering if there was something behind this attack or what the purpose was.
EVE: Kurotsukido heard from someone that mithril was buried at the Taira Foods 8th factory site in Akita Prefecture and decided to make a surprise invasion. My opinion is that Mithril is worth a lot, so I won’t give it up easily!
Ah, Kurotsukido knew about the existence of Mithril. I also knew that mithril was buried in Ikita Prefecture, but I didn’t know the exact location. Finding out through this question was very helpful. Shall we talk to Nagumo Xian later about asking for the site for Factory 8?
竜太: That was very useful information. Well, I’m curious about the following information…
EVE: Before you ask questions! If you want to know information about Kraschino, it will be cheaper to ask the information dealer registered in the dark app than to use 10,000 points to ask me a question!
Of course, I knew that it was cheaper to use a local informant, but I also wanted to try chatting with Eve because it was a new feature. Since I had just received free information and was somewhat curious about the new feature, I thought it would be better to follow Eve’s advice.
竜太: I’ll follow Eve’s advice and seek out information. Thank you for the information today!
EVE: I’m glad the information you provided was useful. Then I will end the chat now!
-Chat function has ended.
After finishing chatting with Eve, I immediately made an appointment to meet with Kraschino’s information dealer. We were supposed to meet in front of Kraskino station in five minutes, so I left leisurely.
Since the hotel was close to the station, I could get there in 3 minutes by walking slowly, so I had a drink at the convenience store in front of the hotel and went to the front of the station.
“Who made the request for information?”
The intelligence officer was a half-Russian man who spoke awkward Korean with a slight Russian accent. To begin with, there was no one in front of Kraskino Station other than me, so the information dealer seemed to recognize me right away.
“Yes, I want to ask you a few questions.”
“I accept questions. “Each question is worth 50 points.”
“I want to know the location of the trafficker.”
“Oh, 70 points if you even provide guidance. Okay?”
Even if I tell you where it is, you’ll have to get lost in the city if you’re new to it, so I nodded at the man’s words.
“It will just follow you.”
The man took the lead and I followed him. As we gradually moved out of the city center, the place of human trafficking was in the dark back alleys.
When I entered the building, it looked like an office, and Russians and half-Russians stood up and greeted me with eyes that asked, “What the heck?” Since I had no fear of these village thugs, we continued to stand glaring at each other.
“What are you doing, I am a customer.”
When the information merchant who guided me spoke, they finally sat down. After I paid 70 points to the information dealer, a fat and slightly dark-skinned Korean man came out from the innermost part of the room, which resembled the president’s office, to greet me. Doesn’t his appearance look very similar to that of a slave trader?
“Oooh~! Customer. I’m sorry if you were offended. “I’ve had a small difference of opinion with the kids in the neighborhood these days.”
“It’s okay.”
“I’m glad you’re okay! Can I ask what ‘thing’ you are buying?”
He’s a very sly man.
“I came here because I wanted to buy things that have special abilities. “I came here after hearing a rumor.”
“Oh, there are a few. “Most of them have ambiguous abilities, but sometimes there are people who are looking for guys with these abilities.”
Wasn’t Alexandra the only one with the ability? It’s possible that everyone who was here with any ability was sold to the first group, and only Alexandra survived.
“Please follow me. “Following Yeongcheol means that you are a member of a secret society, so I will inform you right away without going through any additional procedures.”
I followed the slaver’s lead to the president’s office and entered through a side door in the corner of the president’s office. After passing through the side door, there were two more doors, and the slave merchant opened the door on the right.
“Watch your head~!”
Inside the door on the right was a staircase leading to a low-ceilinged basement, so I had to bend down to go down.
“This is a normal item. “Most of them were brought in because of debt.”
Several people sat with empty eyes in a small, shabby room in the basement with iron bars. The slave dealer said that many people were brought in because of debt, but there were definitely people who were kidnapped. I was expecting a scene like this, but it was quite unpleasant. I don’t know if it was out of sympathy or just the morals I had before the possession, but I couldn’t help but feel unpleasant.
Still, we can’t cause a scene when we’ve come this far. I abandoned my sympathy and followed the slaver with emotionless eyes. If you continue to feel this way, you can free the people here later. Now I had to think about what I came here for.
The slave dealer went down even further. Perhaps because they were talented people, they seemed to be in a more strict place.
“This is where we gather our troublemakers. It looks like you’ve probably heard rumors about this guy…”
As the slaver spoke to me, he opened the door to the first room. As expected, Alexandra Smirnova was standing in the first room. She was wearing a white short-sleeved t-shirt that went down to her loose thighs, almost like a hospital gown, and had beige hair. Her eyes were yellow and she looked much smaller and younger than I remembered. Is it because he’s not getting enough nutrition? Alexandra Smirnova quietly looked at me and her slaver.
“This is probably the ‘electric eel’ you’ve heard rumors about. It was sold several times because it was so symmetrical, but it ended up being returned. Electricity flows through the body, making it unusable sexually. Since it has been returned several times, I will give it to you for 8,000 points.”
Surprisingly, it was a slave dealer who honestly told Alexandra Smirnova about her flaws(?). 8,000 points… Roughly converted, it’s about 10 million won. Being able to buy Megacorp’s youngest son’s infamous mid-boss for just 10 million won is incredible, but…
“I’m not buying just one, so please give me a little more discount.”
I asked for a discount because I felt like I would get caught for nothing if I didn’t get it. Although he had a lot of money, he didn’t want to be caught off guard.
“Hmm, there’s a discount on this one too… Great! Let’s do it this way. Let’s just go ahead and give a percentage discount from the total amount.”
Does this mean that the discount rate will vary depending on how much you buy? I wasn’t worried about the discount rate because I was planning on buying them all if there were a lot of them with decent abilities.
