## Chapter 144 – 14. Don’t Block My Work
Team Leader Lee?
Did she come from some company?
The aura she carried, the clothes she wore, her overall skin tone, and even her features, were fundamentally different from the factory workers living in this cesspool.
Such out-of-place people would have been noticeable the moment they arrived. How did she even get here, to the heart of this industrial complex?
“You look like you have a lot of questions. I heard you weren’t one to pry.”
“…”
At Im Soo-ah’s words, disguised as “Team Leader Lee” (?), Dahn-ddo snapped out of it and strode over to sit opposite her.
Even though Lee Go-hyang was alone and Im Soo-ah had five people with her, she wasn’t particularly afraid.
She was used to this kind of setup, and besides, she was here to take on a job.
“I heard you requested me specifically. Did you hear about the land deeds?”
“Ah~? Well, yeah? I did think it was odd. Collecting things you don’t even need like that. Like a squirrel.”
“Basic commission is ten million credits. Additional fees will be determined after hearing the details of the request.”
“What about a discount for the land deeds?”
“That percentage will also be determined after hearing the details of the request.”
“Hmm~.”
Im Soo-ah twirled her hair with her right hand.
She was twisting the hair that she had specially bleached and permed for today’s mission.
Something was slightly bothering her.
Like Dahn-ddo’s attitude, for example.
Why was she being so blunt and using informal language when they had just met?
Especially to a client.
But she would hold back for now.
“Didn’t you hear anything about the request from these people?”
“No. I didn’t hear anything. That usually means it’s a top-secret request. So secret that even the club acting as the intermediary didn’t hear anything.”
“That’s right. This club doesn’t know what our request is either.”
Soo-ah said, scanning Dahn-ddo’s body.
Her chest was a bit drastically small, but her overall figure was excellent.
Especially her thighs, which were slender yet firm, with beautifully defined muscles – a perfect match for Moo-yeol’s taste for long, shapely legs.
‘Looks like she’s wearing bandages to flatten her chest. Trying to fool some detective.’
Her chest didn’t seem to be completely flat either.
If she needed to bind it that tightly, it meant it was probably quite uncomfortable to move around, which wouldn’t be the case for someone with a flat chest.
It meant they were at least big enough to be a hindrance.
‘Chest and body pass to some extent. Only the face left?’
Dahn-ddo was wearing a cat mask, as her alias suggested.
It wasn’t just an ordinary mask; it was connected to the full-body suit she was wearing, so it was impossible to tell what even the side of her face looked like.
No matter how sharp a detective’s senses were, there was no way to figure this out.
But,
– Zzzzz.
If she couldn’t rely on her senses, she could use the power of science.
At Soo-ah’s command, the implant etched into her cornea scanned Dahn-ddo’s mask.
Of course, Lee Go-hyang’s mask had the highest-grade cognitive interference and intrusion prevention firewall that could be obtained in the industrial complex.
But that was still just the level that could barely be acquired from a den of criminals.
It was far from enough to block the latest implant, which had been installed at the cutting-edge military headquarters.
It couldn’t even detect that it was being scanned, let alone block it.
Dahn-ddo Lee Go-hyang’s face was imprinted in Im Soo-ah’s mind.
Ash-gray hair that looked like it had been bleached from black, and slightly tanned skin.
Sharp features and slightly flushed cheeks from being in a confined space.
‘Hmm. Pass.’
Her face was decent too.
It felt slightly different from Go Moo-yeol’s usual preferences, but that was probably because he had never had someone with that kind of face by his side before.
He might actually like her if she brought her to him.
Just in case, she scanned her body as well.
A detective’s instincts were never wrong.
She could see the tightly wrapped bandages, and judging by their strength and tautness, she could tell that her chest was quite large.
‘So, all that’s left is her attitude….’
Of course, she couldn’t show that kind of attitude in front of him.
If she did, it was obvious that the damn girl would get a beating, and Im Soo-ah herself might even get hurt.
She had almost shed blood because of Ha Eun-young, and she couldn’t go through that shit again.
How could she waste this opportunity she had finally gotten again!
Soo-ah, having roughly assessed her, leaned back on the sofa and crossed her legs.
“But before that, shouldn’t we have some kind of introduction to you?”
“Introduction? Weren’t you the one who requested me, knowing who I was?”
“Of course, I know roughly what you do. But you’re someone we have to trust with a job, so shouldn’t we get an introduction directly from you about what kind of person you are?”
“I’m a fixer. My name is Lee Go-hyang. I’m very good at jobs that require quiet movements.”
“Ah~. So that’s why your alias is Dahn-ddo?”
“…I won’t deny it.”
“But why have you been using informal language since earlier?”
“…I don’t know how to use honorifics.”
“Ha.”
.
.
Im Soo-ah’s request was to find the remaining 5% of the owners.
Out of the 23% of the Namdong Industrial Complex land deeds in the Namdong Industrial Complex, 5% excluding the 18% owned by Dahn-ddo.
She had all the names.
They were so accurate that Lee Go-hyang felt a chill down her spine, and there were even photos of their faces attached.
“There’s no need to be wary. We do need the land in the Namdong Industrial Complex, but we’re buying it fairly, paying the proper price. The reason we hired Dahn-ddo is because we heard rumors that you own a large amount of land. You know it well, right? Where these people are.”
“…”
That was true.
Lee Go-hyang herself had been working diligently to secure as much land as possible, and as a result, she knew everyone who had land deeds in the Namdong Industrial Complex, at least.
It was just that she hadn’t been able to get her hands on them for various reasons.
“Tell me where they all are. After we recover all the land deeds they have, we’ll buy the land you have at the highest price. That’s my request. What do you think?”
“Really…?”
“Have you only been deceived in your life? Then would I be lying? We don’t want to cause a commotion by coming all the way here either. Don’t you know the saying? That the easiest thing to do is something that can be solved with money.”
“…”
“What, should I draw up a contract for you? But can you trust a contract? If you’re that suspicious, there’s nothing we can do for you.”
“So you guys are the ones from the rumors? The ones buying land for a thousand credits per square meter.”
“A thousand credits per square meter?”
Soo-ah burst out laughing.
Even so, a thousand credits was too much.
“That’s too much. Do we look that evil?”
Soo-ah laughed heartily and spread her palm in front of Dahn-ddo’s face.
A hologram in the form of a document unfolded, showing a list of how much land in the Namdong Industrial Complex had been traded for how much per square meter.
Dahn-ddo’s face was filled with shock as she read the automatically scrolling document.
“This is…!”
“The purchase price is at least 5,000 credits per square meter. We’ll give you more if you sell a large area at once.”
At least 5,000 credits per square meter.
Even if she sold 500,000 square meters at 5,000 credits, that would be a whopping 2.5 billion.
But that wasn’t what surprised her.
‘2 million square meters…?!’
The area that had been traded was a whopping 2 million square meters.
The total area of the Namdong Industrial Complex was approximately 2.8 million square meters.
In other words, Im Soo-ah and her group already had 71% of the land.
What if Lee Go-hyang’s 500,000 square meters were added to that?
That alone would be close to 90%.
Of course, it was possible that it was a lie.
It was possible that all of that was fabricated.
But at least the information that Im Soo-ah and her group had about the landowners was real, and they also knew exactly how much land Lee Go-hyang had.
They knew the internal situation of the closed-off Namdong Industrial Complex so well, so how could they not know about the outside?
With that level of information and activity, they would have already acquired all the land deeds that could be obtained from the outside.
Their last remaining target must be the Namdong Industrial Complex land deeds inside the Namdong Industrial Complex.
‘To be collecting this much…!’
Lee Go-hyang knew instinctively.
These people were ‘serious’.
She felt that a huge amount of capital and power that she could never have imagined was moving.
And that this was the very situation she had always dreamed of.
‘…I’m all in, no matter what.’
The dream she had longed for her entire life.
Escape.
It was right in front of her eyes.
“I have a condition.”
“…A condition?”
Im Soo-ah’s eyebrows twitched.
“Take me…. outside.”
“Outside?”
“Yes. The land price…. 5,000 credits per square meter is enough.”
“Oh.”
“Instead, you have to take me outside, no matter what.”
“…”
Soo-ah read the desperation in her face behind her mask.
She smiled coldly.
“You’re quite famous, you know. It’s not like we’re just getting out of here on our own, and it seems like it would be quite difficult to take a burden like Dahn-ddo with us?”
“That’s why I’m only asking for 5,000 credits per square meter. The minimum purchase price…. that you’re asking for.”
Soo-ah pretended to think for a moment.
Since she was going to forcibly take her and bring her to Go Moo-yeol anyway, now that she had caught her eye, Dahn-ddo’s hope (?) had already been achieved.
“Hmm~. Well, you do have a conscience.”
“…”
“Well, fine. I like clean business. How about this? You don’t even have an identity, so even if you have a lot of money, you’ll just be prey. So I’ll help you. I’ll create an identity for you, provide you with a place to stay, and even get you a job.”
