Chapter 2249 – 2249. Plum Blossom Sword Master Reincarnated Into The Baek Family
The wealth I had accumulated so far was considerable. Mostly because I hadn’t spent it and had saved it.
It wasn’t like I had been saving money to save money. It was more that even when I earned it, there wasn’t much to spend it on.
The three essential elements for human life: food, clothing, and shelter.
Clothes? Designer brands are nice, but I’m not particularly obsessed with them. Depending on the occasion, I tend to wear whatever is comfortable. I also didn’t have a hobby of collecting clothes.
Food? I have a picky palate. Most high-end dishes don’t satisfy me. Of course, there are exceptions. Things like cola and chicken. Seeing this, I wonder if my taste is actually high-end… but even chicken is not all the same. More than 95% of the chicken sold in the market didn’t meet my standards. Pizza was the same.
The reason I prefer high-end cuisine is because most of it suits my taste. And I didn’t need to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars for high-end food.
The food Milyeong makes is more than enough to satisfy my palate, and when Milyeong isn’t around, I bring food from the [Baekhwan] world. If I put it in my inventory, the food is preserved as is, so I can eat it when I’m hungry.
Shelter? I wasn’t very interested in real estate. People tell me to invest in real estate for financial gain… but I don’t think I’ll be worried about money in the future.
In the past, I was desperate for money, so I brought gold from the amusement world and sold it… but now, money was piling up in my account even if I did nothing.
‘How much exactly is my wealth? Is it around 2 trillion? No, I spent quite a bit of money last time… Hmm. I don’t know.’
The profits from ‘Black River’, the game Milyeong and I created? That hasn’t been settled yet.
The way I accumulated wealth is through the sales of HB-1, a replica of Hebill’s stimulant. Every time Ha Seunghee, the daughter of Sejin Group, sells HB-1, a portion of the profits goes to me. The important thing here is that HB-1 is very expensive and sold through illegal routes all over the world.
Besides that, the money I earn from hunter activities also piles up because I don’t spend it. I’ve also sold gold, jewels, and dwarven weapons from other worlds on the black market quite a few times.
‘Ha Seunghee is dispersing and rotating my assets here and there because she says she’s getting taxed a lot. I have quite a few burner accounts.’
Tax evasion was the second reason. The real purpose was to hide my identity. I agreed to it. If the fact that I provided Hebill’s stimulant became known, flies would swarm from all over. The reason it’s going well so far is thanks to Ha Seunghee doing a good job.
‘I’ve saved up quite a bit of money, so I should spend it.’
I got up from my seat. After using the Infi-Mask to roughly conceal my identity, I tore a space-movement scroll.
I moved to a warehouse in the United States. Inside the dark warehouse, items purchased through a black market dealer were piled up.
I approached a pile of sacks. Inside the sacks were full of white powder.
It was definitely not drugs.
‘Even a black market dealer can’t get this much drugs. Even if they could, there’s nowhere to use it. It’s dangerous because it can be tracked.’
These were all sugar.
I took out a space box from my pocket and put the sugar sacks in it. Space boxes are essential items for absolute masters in the [Gwangmyeongseungcheon] world. To be more precise, space expansion boxes. You need to use a space box to put things in your inventory and move them all at once.
Where am I taking it? To the [Baekhwan] world, of course.
‘The maids like sugar too… and sugar is one of the main products of the merchant guild. Especially the nobles are crazy about it.’
Besides sugar, salt and pepper also sell very well. MSG too, of course.
Why not make it in the [Baekhwan] world?
It’s not that easy.
From growing sugarcane to refining it into sugar. When I actually tried to do it, nothing was easy.
‘I was blocked from the start. There’s no land with an environment suitable for growing sugarcane near my territory.’
Solve it with magic or technology? It wasn’t as easy as it sounds. As I said, the infrastructure of the [Baekhwan] world is non-existent except for my territory.
‘It’s not just sugar that’s needed in Baekhwan. We also need things like salt and pepper. Instead of being self-sufficient, it’s easier for me to do some annoying work.’
I also thought about developing the Baekhwan world. But to do that, I would have to start by unifying the world, and the amount of work would increase tremendously. Why did I give up on a country and settle for a territory? Because I hate that kind of annoying work. Besides, it would take at least decades to hundreds of years to develop it to the level I want.
‘I feel like I’d mess it up a few more times if I did that… My goal in the Baekhwan world is to live and play.’
After taking the sugar, salt, and pepper, I went to another warehouse and started taking things. Shoes, clothes, adult products, drinks and snacks, tissues, pots, ramen, cosmetics, etc. I put an amount that was dizzying just to look at into the space box.
‘The space box is already full. I’ve put in the equivalent of 30 wagons…’
But my work was not over yet.
In some ways, the most important things were left.
Guns and bullets. Bombs and shells, etc.
Even if there are no enemies in the [Baekhwan] world, I can’t let my guard down. I had to bring guns and bullets for the maids’ armament and training.
‘I bought a helicopter last time too… and to use the helicopter, I have to bring oil too… Shit. Thinking about it, the money goes out as fast as I earn it?’
I miss the [Vampire Detective] world. When that world was running smoothly, I didn’t even think about the money that went out for supplies. The [Eternal Eden] world is not yet in the normalization stage, so it’s impossible to bring in large quantities of supplies.
‘It can’t be helped. This is an investment to live a rich and fun life in the Baekhwan world. And Yuria’s delivery is not far off.’
It was only after an hour of hard work that I was able to put all the supplies in.
As I was standing outside the warehouse, taking in the American air, three cars came speeding towards me from afar. The people who got out of the cars were armed with guns and knives.
“You’re a little late, aren’t you?”
Richard, the broker I met and contracted with in the United States, grinned. He was the broker who filled the warehouse with goods.
“Did you come to play with your friends?”
“Pozer. I’ve been a bit curious since I was a kid, you know?”
Pozer was the alias I used.
“So?”
“I was wondering where you take all those supplies every month? So I hid a camera in one of the warehouses. And I saw you have an amazing box? Those amazing boxes, hand them over to us. It’s too precious a treasure for you to use alone.”
“I can’t believe a broker would stab me in the back. I trusted you.”
“That’s how it is in this business. See my friends here? They’re from the Black Guild ‘Nanba’. They’re experts in killing. If you hand over the boxes, I’ll let you live.”
I can guarantee it. The moment I hand over the space box, they will attack immediately. They are wary of the space box breaking due to an accident.
“Ah, shit.”
“Pozer. Don’t be too upset. Isn’t that how life is? I said I’d let you live if you hand over the boxes. You have to live to do anything, right?”
“It’s so annoying. I have to find another American broker. I even gave you a sucker’s fee, and this is how you treat me? Ah, did you treat me like this because I gave you a sucker’s fee?”
“Pozer. You don’t understand the situation-“
[Using Meteor Sword.]
A meteor sword created in the air fell on the head of a burly man next to the broker Richard. The man fell down dead. His blood splattered on Richard’s cheek. Richard stared at his friend’s corpse with trembling eyes.
“You’re the one who doesn’t understand the situation. You should have brought at least 10 A-class to kill me. Not trash that’s barely C-class.”
“……”
“Well, an A-class wouldn’t have been with you in the first place.”
[Using Meteor Sword.]
Several meteor swords are created in the sky. The enemies who saw it shouted.
“Shit! Run away!”
“Richard, you bastard! You said the opponent was a pushover! He’s obviously A-class or higher!”
“I, I surrender! Please spare me!”
The meteor swords fell to the ground. Some dodged, but meteor swords were created again in the sky and fell to the ground. By infusing mana into the meteor swords to increase their speed and destructive power, C-class trash had no choice but to be massacred unilaterally.
Richard, who was left alone, sat down on the floor.
“P, Pozer… I think I lost my mind for a moment… I’ll do better in the future. I’ll work without a fee. Huh? Can’t you just let it go? We’ve been getting along well.”
“We were getting along well. Until you stabbed me in the back.”
I approached Richard. I was relaxed. Richard was a black market broker, but he was an ordinary person, not an Awakened. He took out a palm-sized stick from his pocket and pointed it at me.
“Don’t come any closer! Do you know what this is? It’s a magic wand that can summon lightning! It’s an artifact!”
“Lightning? Interesting. Go ahead.”
“D, die, you bastard!”
A blue bolt of lightning shot out from the end of the stick and flew towards me. I caught the lightning that flew at me without even a moment’s delay.
It was pathetic in terms of speed and power to call it lightning.
“It’s just a dangerous electric shocker. I’ll give it back to you.”
I controlled the power and threw the lightning back. If I threw it back with its original power, he would surely die.
“Kkyaaaaaaak!”
“You’ll be alive for a few hours, so don’t worry. I wouldn’t kill someone who stabbed me in the back so easily.”
I put my foot on the head of the guy who was electrocuted and smelled like burning meat.
“I’m personally going to electrocute you. You should be grateful.”
I killed Richard an hour later. I could have tortured him for a few more hours, but I lost interest in the middle, so I killed him.
‘I need to find a new warehouse somewhere else in the United States. I have to find a new broker… that’s work too.’
I scratched my head.
There were also warehouses in Japan and China. But it wasn’t as easy to get large quantities as in the United States. Especially in China and Japan, it was difficult to get guns. In the case of China, they are sensitive to supplies because they are still dealing with the large-scale dungeon breaker that happened a few years ago. And I personally don’t like Chinese products.
‘Should I go to the Baekhwan world first?’
[You have selected Plum Blossom Sword Master Reincarnated into the Baek Family.]
[The game begins.]
