I Became a Scoundrel From a Wealthy Family 141

## Chapter 141 – 14. Don’t Block My Work

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Incheon City Councilors.

Unlike city councilors in other cities who are constantly criticized for being useless and doing nothing, Incheon’s city councilors are on a different level.

Since Incheon is such a large metropolis, it has considerable autonomy and the power to enact its own laws, naturally raising the status of its city councilors.

To explain it simply by comparing it to South Korea before my possession:

Incheon Mayor = President
Incheon Borough Chiefs = City Mayors
Incheon City Councilors = National Assembly Members

It’s easier to understand if you think of it that way. Therefore, the young woman in front of me is, at least on the surface, near the top of Incheon’s political power structure, and a person who carries some weight throughout South Korea.

Of course, she’s still just a rookie councilor without a solid foundation, and not powerful enough to go against the influence of the Korea Group.

Still, she’s at a level where she can get away with being slightly picky or raising her voice during city administration audits or hearings.

“You’re going to… develop the Namdong Industrial Complex?”
“Yes.”
“How, how are you going to…”
“I’m going to wipe it clean.”
“!!”

Kim Eun-ji’s eyes widened as she questioned me.
She seemed unable to believe what I was saying.

“If you do that, there will be a war! I don’t know if you’re aware, but the estimated population of criminals residing in the Namdong Industrial Complex is nearly 50,000. There are also countless unidentified weapons. It’s nearly impossible to push them all out and secure the complex without causing damage to the city.”
“It’s possible. If you and your colleagues on the council help me, it’s definitely possible. I’ve already finished talking with the prosecution, and I doubt the police will back out. I also have the assistance of my personal PMC and militarists.”
“The prosecution and the police…? When did that happen…?”
“Because my words carry that much weight.”
“…”
“So, will you join me? Even if you don’t add your strength, I will proceed with the plan. However, I won’t allow you to put your spoon in the pot later, claiming it’s your district, when things go well.”
“…”

Kim Eun-ji bit her lip and began to contemplate.

What I was asking of her wasn’t a big deal.
I was asking her to use the authority of the Public Safety Recovery Committee, to which she belonged, to request the deployment of troops from the police and the city of Incheon.
And to get some help for my business along the way.

Of course, since it wasn’t a very powerful standing committee, there was a possibility that it wouldn’t work out, but they wouldn’t be able to ignore it completely. They would send a few companies for show, and that alone would be a sufficient help.

After all, what I needed now was to prevent the gang members from spreading around and to wipe them out from within.

“I’ll… think about it.”
“I’d appreciate it if you could give me an answer as soon as possible.”
“Yes… But, what’s that sound I’ve been hearing since earlier…?”
“?”

Thwack – !

The now-familiar roar could be heard.

“This.”
“Ah.”

The sound of Go Min-ji’s knights diligently clearing the forest.
I was used to it because I had heard it so many times, but Kim Eun-ji, who was visiting the artificial island for the first time, seemed quite bothered by it.

“Right. I didn’t show you that.”

Good, I snapped my fingers and stood up from my seat.
Kim Eun-ji stood up as well.

“I’ll show you something amazing.”

I took her to the AV.
And headed to the other side of the island.

With a total area of about 10,000 hectares, one-tenth the size of Incheon, taking the AV was perfect for quick movement.

Kim Eun-ji stuck to the window and looked at the scenery.

“It’s definitely really big when you see it like this… To think that an individual owns something like this. I can feel the power of the Korea Group.”

A slightly dry voice. Judging by the fact that she didn’t seem to have much emotion, it seemed like she was expressing forced admiration.
That’s not what I was trying to show her.

“Councilor, look over there, not there.”
“?”

The place I pointed to was where the knights were busy clearing the forest.
Fifteen mechs were periodically blasting away with railguns, etc., to clear the forest.

“Th, that’s…?!”
“You may not believe it, but this island was a dense forest just two weeks ago, rivaling the Amazon. Do you see that tree? That’s 30 meters tall, 30 meters. And those were densely packed all around.”
“…”
“But you can’t use it in that state, right? I mean, you have to build buildings and make a harbor, but how can you use it with such a dense forest? So I thought, I have to clear it all. But as you can see, that tree isn’t the kind that’s easily cut down. You have to bring in a huge amount of heavy equipment to barely clear it, they’re very troublesome.”
“So… you used knights…?”
“People have to know how to use their brains.”

Kim Eun-ji turned her head with a creak and looked at me like I was crazy.

“It takes too long with heavy equipment? Then use mechs!”
“What kind of nonsense is that…!”
“Yeah~, even I thought it was an amazing idea. So, as you can see, it’s been neatly cleared in two weeks. It’s almost done now. Just need to clear around there. Then what happens to those fifteen knights in the private jet,”

I looked at Kim Eun-ji.

“They’ll have nothing to do.”
“!!!”

I continued the topic from earlier to her, who was in shock.

“Now, what if those fifteen knights in the private jet were deployed to the Namdong Industrial Complex? Is it still impossible?”
“…!”

Kim Eun-ji swallowed hard with a shocked expression.
After alternating between looking at me and the outside of the window with that face for a while, she suddenly had an expression of great determination, and quickly got up from her seat and straightened her clothes.

“I’ll give you a big bow. Young Master.”
“?”

Then she suddenly bowed to me.

“If you take me in!!! I will be loyal to you!!!!”
“Ah, geez, you surprised me.”
“Ah, sorry…”

Why is this woman suddenly like this.

“Councilor,”
“Please, speak informally! You can just call me Kim Eun-ji!!”

Kim Eun-ji replied with her head still on the floor.
It’s a place where people come and go with their shoes on, but she has a good stomach.
Even her aide is watching.
The female aide was also like, “Uh, uh,” and eventually bowed to me.

“Oh, my. This is embarrassing.”

Tsk tsk.

“For someone who’s a city councilor, you kneel so easily.”

I took off my shoes and socks.
Well, if she wants to serve me, there’s no need to refuse, right?

But it’s a bit much to just accept it, so I think I should have her make some kind of oath of allegiance.
In a symbolic way.

“Hey.”

I tapped her head with my bare foot.

“Ye, ye… es??”

She raised her head slightly and was surprised to see my foot.
I rubbed her nose with my foot.

“Anyone can say they’re loyal.”
“Ah…”

Her lips trembled, but she slowly opened them wide.

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– The cleanup is complete. Team Leader.
“Good work. Finish up and come back.”
– Yes.

After ending the call, Sua took a sip of the coffee her assistant gave her.
She had killed all of her younger siblings, whom she had known for quite some time, with a single command, but she didn’t feel much guilt.
In the first place, she would never think of gangsters as colleagues.

They were just inconvenient and useless lumps that she had inevitably come to know while living as a police officer.

Although she did receive some help this time.

“I gave them 30 million won as a farewell gift, so I hope they don’t resent me~.”

Sua, who had sent all memories of them away with a cup of coffee, checked the progress while receiving reports.

After Go Mu-yeol’s urging, she had sped up and secured a whopping 70% of the land in the Namdong Industrial Complex, but things hadn’t been easy since then.

“About 7% is owned overseas, and the remaining 23% is owned by people within the Namdong Industrial Complex.”
“Ha. Those who don’t even follow the law own land?”

She said that, but she had expected that there would be owners within the Namdong Industrial Complex.

“What should we do? Problems could arise if we go in rashly.”

They could be attacked,
Or, even if they don’t attack because they recognize us, unnecessary rumors could spread.

She wanted to solve the problem as cleanly as possible, so she didn’t want that.

“Have a dedicated team handle the overseas ones… Who are the owners in the Namdong Industrial Complex?”
“A woman named Danto has most of it.”
“How much does she have?”
“About 500,000 pyeong.”

Sua made a ‘wow’ shape with her mouth.
Considering that she had secured about 2 million pyeong over the past few months, it was too much pyeong to be owned by an individual.

“She owns almost 18% by herself… Did she own it from the beginning? Did she fall into poverty because the land she owned happened to be in the Namdong Industrial Complex?”
“Ah, that’s not it. It’s estimated that she’s been steadily collecting it while working as a fixer for the past few years.”
“Land she didn’t even need?”

Did she have some kind of foresight?

“Wasn’t it like buying a lottery ticket? She had the hope that this land would become valuable someday.”
“That makes sense. There are dreamers everywhere.”

Whether that will come true is another matter.