Chapter 98 – 098
Shabby gold and silver room.
I don’t know which old man was the owner, but he was sitting on a chair and reading the newspaper. He glanced at me and went back to reading the newspaper without saying hello.
“Elder. “Aren’t you doing business here?”
“… “I don’t buy or sell blood-stained gold after killing people.”
“… , … What on earth does that mean?”
I wondered if this old man was crazy.
But there seemed to be a certain atmosphere, so I tried to talk more.
“Your eyes. “These are the eyes that killed a person.”
“…”
“I didn’t just kill one or two people. 20 people? 30 people? No… , 40 people? 50… Number of people? How many did you kill? It seems like they didn’t just kill him, but they tortured him to death… “This is not a war, so how can they kill so many people?”
“…”
How did you know?
That’s really interesting.
I killed 47 people in ‘Park Jun-chang’s Villa Survival Escape Game’ on the 4th floor of the tower.
To be exact, we turned them into zombies during a zombification experiment, and when the experiment was over, we killed them and incinerated them.
But does this old man have any ability?
“Looking at his behavior, he definitely does not seem to be a soldier… , Did you become a mercenary? … No, people like you would rather be a pirate or a rebel. “You can’t even be a mercenary.”
I was a little offended by the remark that seemed to look down on me.
The words that come are good only when the words that go are good, damn it.
“… Haha, does this old man have dementia? . … , … But how on earth do you know that?”
“… I thought so. Anyone else would jump up and down and say it was crazy, but now you’re asking me how I knew. This is the moment when your guess becomes certain. Tsk tsk. The world is such a mess, it’s a mess…”
The world was already in the end times as strange creatures and superpowers began to appear, towers appeared all over the world, and the tower crisis erupted.
I was on my way there after hearing that villains were robbing me just a little while ago and that I had to be careful with stolen goods. What kind of bullshit is this?
‘Why is Yeonggamtaeng trying to attack the end times again?’
“Young Master. Please answer that question. … “How did you know?”
“I was the one who hunted down many Viet Cong who had infiltrated the rear during the Vietnam War, received commendations from the division commander and corps commander, returned home early, and was discharged early.”
“… ? But what? Why is there suddenly talk of the Vietnam War? Just answer the questions asked.”
“… Tsk tsk, he’s a really impatient guy. … Strangely enough, I could tell the bastards who killed people just by looking at their eyes. So we hunted down a lot of hidden Viet Cong people.”
“Then you are a detective or detective, why are you running this shabby gold and silver room in a place like this?”
“I did. Detective. … Now that I am retired, I am doing my pastime by taking care of the gold and silver room that my wife has set up.”
“Hey… “Then are you going to report me?”
“… There are very few people like you, but I’ve seen them a few times in my life. You didn’t leave any evidence or a body behind, right? Is your alibi thorough? That’s why you’re so confident in front of me. … I tried to bring in someone like you a few times, but I couldn’t because this country is based on legal evidence and the presumption of innocence. It was just me and my colleagues who had a hard time. So I just gave up.”
“…”
“… I don’t know if it’s smuggled or stolen, but I’ll tell you where to buy it… , Don’t even come near the streets of this neighborhood again… It’s a warning…”
Where does Yeongtaeng, who looks like he’s about to grow old and lose his age, get such strength? ,
He growled in a low voice, but the energy he gave off was extraordinary.
This person… , Not an ordinary person.
“Young Master, are you a survivor of the Tower Trials?”
“Whenever I turned on the TV in the country, Easy Difficulty and Easy Difficulty kept playing, so I survived. … But seeing a guy like you running around like this, I should have played on normal or hard difficulty. To be honest, Easy was too easy for me.”
“Then shouldn’t you understand even if I killed someone? “I may have killed him in the tower too.”
“Was there an ordeal that required torturing 450 people to death, even inside the tower? In other words, aren’t you the type of person who would do something like that in real life if given the chance? If he had killed someone inside the tower due to unavoidable circumstances, he would have acted as if he had to do it as soon as he heard that he had killed someone. “Aren’t you acting purely based on your own taste?”
“…”
The shabby old man, Geum-eun-bang, scribbled on his old notepad to barely legible words and handed the note out to me.
“Don’t come again. On this street… People like you are always bleeding.”
“That’s so cruel. “I will never come to this street again unless I sell gold.”
I took the note and went to the address written on it.
It was a pawn shop in a ramshackle building in a suburban area away from the city center.
Just in case, I put on a mask and entered the building.
“Who recommended you here?”
The bald owner of the pawn shop who spoke to me looked old.
Just like that old man Geum Eun-bang.
And I could feel the popularity hidden behind the pawn shop owner.
For some reason, I had a strong intuition that they were holding guns.
‘Is it because of the sixth sense skill? By the way, this bald old man from the pawn shop is also a survivor of the top trials. Easy difficulty.’
“Where was it? It was a young man who was cruel to me… , He was a detective doing things like hunting down Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.”
“… Ah, Grandpa Hong. … It’s a big deal. That person has never recommended anyone in his life his his…”
“That old man has never recommended anyone before, so can you trust me?”
‘… It’s not like you’re imitating a movie, what are you doing?’
When I laughed at him, the old pawnbroker frowned.
“Hey young man. Act like a gentleman. My age or Mr. Hong’s age is 90 the day after tomorrow. “If it were like the old days, I would have been like your great-grandfather or great-great-grandfather.”
“… “Forget the trivial age talk, let’s just make a deal.”
I took out a 1kg gold bar and showed it to the pawnbroker.
“This isn’t the last deal, right?”
“If I say I’ll come again next time, will I get paid more? “Because I’m a regular?”
“We are different from regular stores. “I wanted to hit you harder if this was the last time.”
“If you’re a regular customer, shouldn’t you give them a discount?”
“Maybe if it were someone else… , I feel very uncomfortable with you. Be honest. “Who did you kill to get this?”
“Oh my… , This is legal. “What do you kill?”
“Then why are you here? It’s legal. Didn’t you come here because you couldn’t proudly reveal to the world where you got it? Stolen goods or smuggling? Isn’t this the end? I’m going to make a large transaction now, but didn’t you come here to make a deal with me just to see what I could do? … Haha, looking at the expression, I guess I got it right. Young friend, you need to learn how to control your facial expressions. “It’s amazing for that age, but there’s still a long way to go.”
“… Damn it. “You talk a lot.”
I felt like shit because my expression was read by this old man.
I kept urging the deal.
Then the pawnbroker Yeongtaeng called the price.
“42 million won.”
“Bald old man, are you a thief? Do you like free stuff because you’re bald? “Where else in the world is there a case where they cut the price by half from the beginning?”
“Isn’t this smuggling or stolen goods? You can’t prove where you got it. I also have to think about the risks I take. If the police come to investigate, I will have to close my business and move out or change my business name. Now, if you sell 1kg of 99.99% pure gold bar to a gold and silver store, you will receive about 84 million won in back money. If you think it’s stolen property and take a 50% risk fee, it’s about 4,200.”
“No, fuck. No matter what… This isn’t anything else, it’s gold… I also looked into everything on the internet. This is going to be sold for money anyway through Nakama and then go straight to the manufacturing plant to be melted down. So you say it can’t be tracked?”
“50 million won.”
“How about it? Just because I pretended to know something, they immediately gave me 800 points… What kind of idiot are you really trying to catch? Fuck.”
“Even if I upload it, it’s shit. Damn it.”
“Ah, it’s gold, but 5000 is nimi, damn it. Don’t joke around and ask the right price.”
“…”
“This isn’t anything else, it’s gold. Gold. G.O.L.D Gold.”
“Whoa… , 58 million won. I can’t give you any more. If you don’t like this price, go somewhere else.”
It was a dirty game, so we had a bit of an ugly fight.
And a dramatic agreement was reached for 60 million won.
He also said that if trust is built up through continued transactions, the commission will be lowered further.
‘This is my first transaction, so let’s leave it at this…’
“Next time, let’s take a little more of the fees. Because this is a really problem-free product.”
“I think I’ve seen someone talk like you once or twice… Phew… , I guess I should catch a tiger, make him the boss of Baji, and then get ready to run away.”
“I’m different from those guys.”
I received 60 million won in old-looking cash, took it with me, and returned home.
This time, I didn’t put it directly into my bank account through the ATM.
Like last time, it may only have been a few hundred, but the amount of money was quite large as 60 million won was put in all at once.
I decided to just store it in a subspace.
I’m looking at a delivery app to order delivery food at home,
I received a call from Jun Chang.
“Hello. Hey, Junchang. What’s going on?”
-“Are you not going to the funeral? “I thought you were coming.”-
“Funeral? Ah… , Funeral…”
I don’t want to go, but why does this bastard keep taking care of me?
To be honest, I don’t know Kim Min-woo very well and I’m not close with him.
To be honest, I really hate paying relief…
Do you think that bastard wouldn’t have been born when I died?
“Ah, I’m a bit busy these days, so I don’t think I can go…”
-“Okay? Too bad… , I was wondering if I’d seen your face after a long time. … Wait, but why did that busy guy ask for the password for that game I made a while ago?”-〈 Br〉
“…”
-“Ugh, you don’t want to come? Done. “Then.”-
I missed the time to make an excuse.
I had no choice but to say that I was not close to Kim Min-woo…
The sound of someone having a conversation could be heard through Jun-chang’s smart phone, as well as girls’ voices.
‘Unless I heard wrong… , I think I just slightly heard Lee Ji-min’s voice…’
“Hey. But is anyone there now?”
-“Huh? Who’s here? Here and now…”-
