## Chapter 4 – 01. Adaptation Complete
Once completely outside the building, there were more police.
The total number was about 15, with even two police vans heavily armed with machine guns.
Anyone would think they were invading somewhere.
Im Sua sent a hand signal to get all the officers into the vans, and then she came to my side.
“You don’t have a driver, do you? Shall I drive for you?”
“The police are being awfully kind, aren’t they?”
“The police should be kind to the public.”
“I guess so, then.”
“Yes. Leave it to me.”
Im Sua playfully added a salute and then got into the driver’s seat.
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The first place we headed was a remote part of the Namdong Industrial Complex, which was more like a slum and had become a haven for violent gangs. It wasn’t far from Songdo Future City, a playground for the upper class, but it was one of the most chaotic places in Incheon.
Im Sua, who had been chattering non-stop while driving, stiffened her face here and busily scanned her surroundings.
“Doryeonnim? This place can get you killed if you’re not careful. Are you sure this is the right place?”
“Yeah. Turn right there.”
“Aish~. We need to be careful. We might poke a hornet’s nest.”
With a fancy car and two police vans passing through the heart of Namdong Industrial Complex, people came outside wondering what was going on.
None of them looked to be in good shape.
It was common to see arms and legs replaced with machines, and some guys had even replaced their heads with strange robot heads.
The common denominator was that they all had weapons.
If I had come alone, my car would have been hit by a stray bullet or grenade and flipped over. Even if I had brought the hotel security detail, they probably would have taken a stab at it.
The only reason they were just watching was because of the police vans, especially since there were two of them.
It would be their loss if they messed around and got mowed down by a machine gun.
“Over there. In front of that abandoned warehouse.”
In the meantime, we arrived at our destination.
The place where I could farm ‘ninelord,’ which could solve my drug addiction, as well as various other items.
Im Sua listened to her radio.
“You guys stay out and block the entrance with the vans. Warn anyone who approaches, and if they still come closer, just shoot.”
– Roger.
Then, she skillfully parked.
As we got out, the sunlight beat down on us as if to burn the top of our heads.
It wasn’t an exaggeration; the sun was incredibly hot. This was because global warming and ozone layer depletion were quite advanced in this world.
“But why did you come here? Is there something here?”
Im Sua took out her gun and looked around.
Of course, there was nothing to farm inside the outwardly visible abandoned warehouse; I had to find the secretly hidden basement.
I took her with me and walked around the abandoned warehouse.
“Here. Underneath here.”
I kicked the ground.
It was thickly covered with dirt, so it didn’t look any different from the surroundings, but it was definitely familiar.
The location was exactly here.
Press.
I squatted down and tried to dig with my hands, but the ground was too hard.
I needed a tool.
‘It just dug up in the game.’
Come to think of it, that was possible because I played as the protagonist with overpowered stats in the game, but Go Muyeol’s stats were at the middle school level.
“Is there anything we can borrow around here? Like a shovel.”
“A shovel? I don’t know…”
Im Sua guarded the surroundings and called one of the police officers on the radio.
“You called?”
He was a giant who looked to be about 2 meters tall, and both of his arms were mechanical.
“He says there’s something here. Dig it up.”
“Hmm.”
Indeed.
The giant quickly dug up the spot I pointed to, and soon discovered a steel door and looked at me.
It was a structure that couldn’t be opened without the password.
“Step aside.”
Of course, I knew the password.
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.
Clunk.
Kuuuung.
The door opened, revealing a staircase that looked like it had been abandoned for about ten years.
“…How did you know? The password.”
“Secret.”
“…”
As I went inside, Im Sua had the giant stand guard and followed me in.
‘Should I keep her from coming in?’
I thought about it for a moment, but soon shook my head.
“It’s deeper and darker than I thought… Should I go first?”
“There’s nothing much.”
“…Is it Doryeonnim’s secret vault or something? But why would you build a vault in a place like this?”
She was so noisy.
She was like this in the car too.
‘Should I shut her up? My dick would be the best way to do it.’
….
Thinking like that, I suddenly started to get an erection.
Aside from her name being a bit old-fashioned and her being noisy, Im Sua was a pretty woman with a seductive body. It would definitely be fun to do her.
‘Ah, shit.’
My thoughts expanded endlessly.
In my head, Im Sua was already stark naked, sticking out her white ass and getting pounded.
My lust was burning.
‘Is it because of the sex addiction? This isn’t easy.’
But I endured it.
Fortunately, sex addiction was easier to endure than drug addiction.
It was all relative, though….
Tss.
I took out a cigarette from my pocket and lit it.
My head became a little dazed, and the thoughts of sex disappeared a little.
“Hoo…”
As I stood there blankly smoking, Im Sua turned her gaze around.
A steel space with traces of rust and corpses of rats and bugs scattered everywhere.
All sorts of things were piled up haphazardly, so it would take quite a while to search everything.
“But this place seems to have been abandoned for a long time, what is it?”
“I don’t know.”
I put out the cigarette and started looking for ninelord.
“Look for something like an ampoule. Something with a clear liquid inside.”
“Can I touch things here and there?”
“Yeah.”
“Then…”
There was nothing much besides ninelord anyway.
Of course, if I had come as the protagonist instead of Go Muyeol, there would have been a lot to gain.
For example, a new drug that hasn’t been released on the market yet.
It was a kind of cheat drug that was much stronger than the existing ones but had weaker side effects. It was a great way to quickly make money and build a business in the early stages when you didn’t have any money.
But I’m a chaebol, right?
I already have a company.
Instead of going out of my way to be efficient and suffering, it would be better to just quietly run the company.
‘Still, it’s a waste to just throw it away… Should I leave it to her?’
Sweeping back her blonde hair, which was slowly getting wet with sweat, and looking around with her pretty face, she was undoubtedly a corrupt cop.
What if I could make this woman dominate the underworld of Incheon and use her as my henchman?
‘Just because I’m in the light doesn’t mean I have to give up the shadows.’
Loyalty can be bought with money and other things.
Compared to Ha Eunyoung (Seo Eunmi), who was a mole for the National Intelligence Service, her stats were lower and she was older, but that woman was unusual, and this was normal. No, she was actually excellent.
“Kyaa!”
In the meantime, Im Sua opened a door and screamed.
Did she find it?
Thinking that, I went over to see her, and she was frozen with a box spilled out.
“Th, this…”
Drugs.
And a huge amount of them.
Just one box would easily be worth tens of billions, and the room was filled with such boxes.
If they could be sold off properly, they could make a huge fortune.
Im Sua swallowed hard and picked up one of the spilled bags.
Inside the thick, transparent bag was a powder like salt.
“…I’d have to test it to be sure, but,”
“It’s drugs.”
“…Ah, you knew? I guess so. You knew the password here too. Did you used to do drugs… Hup! I, I’m sorry!!”
She was greatly surprised by the words that came out of her mouth and bowed repeatedly, but when I told her I didn’t care, she awkwardly stood up and fiddled with the bag.
Greed flashed in her eyes.
She bit her lip with a serious face that I had never seen before, and it was quite a sight to see.
‘She must be conflicted.’
Even if she only took one box, she could make enough money to last her a lifetime.
That new drug was worth that much.
The problem was that I was here.
It wouldn’t make sense to kill her because of my status, so she couldn’t just swallow it.
Well, she could confiscate everything as a police officer and use it as her achievement, but honestly, what would be better, filling that achievement or the profit from selling the drugs? Moreover, this woman was a corrupt cop.
“Why? Are you going to use that to arrest me?”
“Th, that’s not possible…”
She trailed off and stuffed the bag she was holding and the things that had fallen on the floor back into the box.
Seeing her even reattaching the torn tape, it seemed like she was planning to cover it up as it was if I didn’t say anything.
“Are you confident?”
“Yes?”
“Are you confident that you can sell that off without any problems?”
She stopped abruptly as she was about to put the box back in place.
“Isn’t it a waste to just leave it there? If we don’t take it, the higher-ups will take it.”
The police were keeping them away, but they were already watching this place.
As soon as we left, they would come in and see what was there.
Therefore, if we didn’t take what was here now, we would lose everything.
“Wh, what… are you saying…”
“You’re a cop, and I’m the grandson of the Goryeo Group.”
“…”
“I’m going to buy a house in Songdo. Move it there. We’ll talk about the details later.”
“!!”
She widened her eyes in shock, swallowed hard, and quietly put the box down.
“Y, yes…”
And then she immediately called on the radio.
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[NINELORD]
A drug that normalizes the abnormal.
Sometimes, as a side effect, it can make the normal abnormal.
Effect: Can delete one trait.
Back in the car, I immediately drank the ninelord.
The item description was a bit ambiguous, but in easy terms, it meant that I could choose one trait and erase it. The side effect was that it could erase good traits, so it was attached, but it was a very useful item if used properly.
I wanted to erase all the bad traits, but unfortunately, I only had one bottle, so I erased only the drug addiction.
Still, that was something. I escaped the drug addict life.
[Trait has been deleted.]
With the message window popping up, my head cleared.
I feel like I can finally live.
