## Chapter 351 – 35. Chairman Min Ji-Ah (3)
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The grand banquet that Go Mu-yeol was promoting was being conducted with a certain level of security, but it wasn’t strong enough to prevent anyone with decent intelligence from noticing its existence.
It was a given that the National Intelligence Service, which prided itself on being the best intelligence agency in South Korea, and even the Abyss within the NIS, shrouded in secrecy, would be aware of it.
“A golden opportunity to keep an eye on both Chairman Min Ji-ah and the delinquent of the Goryeo Group…”
Even those in the Abyss had to go through various security procedures, including memory removal, to enter the A-Floor headquarters director’s office. As always, the director, revealing only his composed yet stern half-face, slammed down the documents. Han Chae-young stood rigidly and replied.
“Yes. From Monday, May 18th, to Wednesday, May 20th, a large-scale banquet is scheduled to be held on the artificial island owned by Go Mu-yeol. Almost all high-ranking politicians and officials based in Incheon have expressed their intention to attend. It’s practically the largest banquet in Incheon.”
“And Min Ji-ah of Biotech is attending as well?”
“Yes.”
“I see… So Go Mu-yeol has managed to gather all of Incheon.”
“…Do you know him?”
Sensing a peculiar tone, Han Chae-young asked, and the director chuckled, waving his relatively intact hand.
“Do I know him? What kind of question is that? I simply have information about him. The worst delinquent of the Goryeo Group. Drugs, women—a typical spoiled third-generation chaebol. But now, he’s become a figure powerful enough to control the entire Incheon political scene, as you reported.”
“Yes, I did. He amassed a vast fortune by leveraging the influence of his family.”
“According to previous reports, he seems to be quite diligent himself.”
“He appears to have a knack for investment. He also exploited ordinary people by using large-scale short selling to increase his initial capital.”
“Heh. That’s how chaebols usually operate. Anyway, an opportunity to check on both Min Ji-ah and Go Mu-yeol… It’s certainly not common.”
There had been a similar opportunity before.
It was a yacht party hosted by Go Mu-yeol on a super yacht.
However, at the time, there wasn’t a significant need to take the risk.
Aside from Min Ji-ah, approaching Go Mu-yeol meant thoroughly investigating the Goryeo Group, and there wasn’t sufficient reason to do so.
But the situation was slightly different now.
It was almost certain that Goryeo Prestige was behind the large-scale hacking incident last time, and a base they had painstakingly built was completely destroyed in the Biotech raid a month ago.
A whopping 23 Daema-in were lost at the time. Three of them were S-types equipped with the Abyss’s cutting-edge technology.
The financial loss was significant, but the loss of a large number of personnel was a truly painful blow.
It was fortunate that Han Chae-young, the director in charge of research, had returned alive.
Having suffered such damage, they needed to be more proactive to make up for it.
“But even considering that, this is a rather drastic method. Have you thought about the aftermath?”
“…We plan to use them to the fullest and then dispose of them in a way that resembles a disappearance over time.”
“An operation of this scale puts a considerable burden on our side. It requires a lot of resources, and if it’s discovered… you know?”
“Yes, but I believe it’s worth it.”
“I see… I approve your plan.”
“! Thank you.”
“However, I think it needs some adjustments.”
The director pointed to a part of the document with his index finger.
It was the part with Go Mu-yeol’s face printed on it.
“Focus on checking this delinquent.”
“Go Mu-yeol… instead of Min Ji-ah?”
“Based on your reports… as well as the rumors I’ve been hearing lately, this guy is not to be underestimated. Well, he is the grandson of the Goryeo Group, so it’s to be expected.”
“But he—”
Han Chae-young tried to say something, but the director raised his index finger to stop her.
She closed her mouth somewhat discontentedly.
“Min Ji-ah is trying to attend Go Mu-yeol’s banquet for the second time, and there have been reports of them contacting each other quite frequently. Doesn’t that suggest there’s something between them?”
“That’s… true.”
“And that’s the relationship you want to investigate. So, of course, it makes sense to dig into Go Mu-yeol.”
“Is that how it works?”
“Do you know what’s most important to the Goryeo Group?”
He turned his body to face her for the first time in a while.
He stared straight at Han Chae-young, who was startled by his grotesque half-body.
“Blood.”
“…Blood?”
“Blood is the most important thing to the Goryeo Group. In many ways.”
“…”
“Even if Min Ji-ah is the chairman of Biotech, if she meets Go Mu-yeol, Go Mu-yeol becomes the central figure in that meeting.”
It was hard to believe.
The size of Go Mu-yeol’s company and Min Ji-ah’s Biotech were hardly comparable, yet Go Mu-yeol was the central figure?
Even though he had the Goryeo Group behind him, wasn’t the difference too great?
In the first place, Biotech was a company of a scale that even the Goryeo Group couldn’t ignore.
“He seems to have close relationships with other women in the owner’s family as well as Min Ji-ah, so you can look into that too. Digging into Go Mu-yeol is the right approach.”
“…I understand.”
“Keep my words in mind. I approve all the proposals you submitted. You may leave now.”
“…Yes. Excuse me.”
But since the order had been given, she had to follow it.
Han Chae-young left the director’s office with a somewhat unsettled feeling.
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“Haa…”
Heo Ye-won, a district councilor for Juan Gap, returned home with a tired face.
The dark house instantly lit up, welcoming her.
“Welcome home, Master. Would you like to shower first? Or have dinner?”
A housekeeper robot, indistinguishable from a human, approached and spoke.
“Shower first.”
She answered casually as usual and took off her clothes.
She sighed deeply with each piece she removed.
“Ugh… that perverted bastard, really.”
In a few days… no, tomorrow was that guy’s grand banquet.
If she wasn’t careful, she might catch the eye of that lecherous young master and end up spreading her legs.
Some of her colleagues said it was a good thing, an opportunity to make something of her life, but she didn’t really agree.
“Someone got permission to be absent because it’s their father’s death anniversary… I wish something like that would happen to me. Seriously, my parents are no help at all. They should have an accident or something at times like this.”
She grumbled impossibly and took off all her underwear.
At that moment, the housekeeper robot approached.
“Do you dislike attending the grand banquet?”
“Huh…? Well, yeah? Who would want to go? To something weird like that.”
“There is a way to avoid going.”
“Huh??”
“I can attend in your place, Master.”
“Wha… what?”
She was stunned for a moment by the unexpected words.
Then she chuckled.
“Wow. The latest models even have a sense of humor? That was kind of funny?”
“…”
Thump.
She poked the robot’s forehead with her finger.
“…!”
It felt strangely soft today, but Heo Ye-won didn’t think much of it.
“Stop talking nonsense and make me some dinner while I shower.”
“Yes, Master.”
She walked into the bathroom naked without hesitation.
Soon, the sound of water and humming leaked from inside the bathroom.
“…”
The housekeeper robot, which had been staring blankly, moved to the kitchen to carry out its master’s orders.
There, it picked up a sharply sharpened kitchen knife and returned to the front of the bathroom.
Grab.
It gripped the door,
Click.
And opened it without hesitation.
“…?”
Heo Ye-won turned around, wondering what was going on.
Looking at her, it stepped into the bathroom and closed the door.
– Hey, what are you,
And soon,
Thwack!
– Ughhh!!!
Low screams and the sound of something piercing flesh echoed several times.
Thwack,
Thwack, thwack,
– !!!
The sound of the shower effectively masked them.
Click.
The bathroom door reopened, and a woman disguised as a blood-soaked housekeeper robot came out.
The hologram field covering her body ended, revealing her true appearance.
Press.
“Phase 1 complete. Entering Phase 2.”
After pressing her temple to report somewhere, she quickly began the next action.
Based on Heo Ye-won’s facial data scanned with a visual implant, she printed an infi-mask.
Whirr.
Flutter.
Whirr
Flutter
It printed the skin stitch by stitch, emitting a strange blue light and eerie sounds.
It was quite slow, but in about an hour, a custom mask that even family members would have difficulty recognizing would be completed.
In the meantime, she disposed of Heo Ye-won’s body.
She also didn’t forget to extract fragmentary memories and knowledge by inserting an extractor into the brain.
About an hour later.
Finally, Heo Ye-won’s facial skin was created.
If she wore this and supplemented it with a hologram field, even family members wouldn’t be able to recognize her, even up close.
Moreover, since the secretions naturally produced by the skin were the same, it was impossible to distinguish even by touch.
The problem was the voice.
But she had already extracted that while talking. It wasn’t difficult to imitate.
Press.
She put on the facial skin and pressed it tightly, making it adhere.
Then, she covered it with a hologram field and subtly supplemented it.
Looking in the mirror, a perfect Heo Ye-won was there.
“Ah, ah-, aah,”
Voice reproduction.
“Aah-, damn bastards. Aah-, a-, hello, good evening. Young Master… Hello, Young Master, I’m Heo Ye-won, a district councilor for Juan Gap. Nice to meet you.”
After a few practices, the agent became the perfect Heo Ye-won.
