Chapter 164 – In Seok-Woo and Free Beef Ribs
He passed through the building of the villain camp in Namsan.
And I called Director Won Eun-kyung in the car.
In Seok-woo’s contact information written on the note.
A calm classic flowed through the coloring.
I thought In Seok-woo’s hobby was listening to classical music.
-Yes, this is In Seok-woo.
“Oh yes hello.”
I haven’t revealed my name yet,
-Ah, engineering student. Did you take my offer positively?
And realized it was me.
Did you remember my voice?
Or did you even get my phone number?
To be honest, I felt a bit reluctant, but I had no choice but to move on.
The important thing is to meet In Seok-woo in person.
According to Shizue Nawakura, he will meet me in person at least once in order to embrace me.
If I refuse there, it will now enter the stage of killing me.
In other words, you have to capture In Seok-woo in the acquisition stage.
If you go to the stage of killing me, there is a high probability that someone other than me will be involved.
“Yes, I want to hear more details.”
-First of all, thank you for the student’s positive attitude toward my sudden proposal.
Even though he is a junior, he is polite and kind.
So, among other hunters, he must be evaluated as having both skill and personality.
Instructor Si-Young Kim also met Seok-Woo In once, and he said he was a little surprised by his unexpectedly humble attitude.
… Of course, he was fed up when I told him what he looked like from behind.
-Do you like beef ribs?
“Yes I do like it.”
Is there anyone who doesn’t like beef ribs, unless they hate beef?
To be honest, I doubt that beef ribs will taste right in front of an opponent who might try to kill me.
– Then, are you okay tomorrow? I would like to meet you and talk in detail.
“Yes, it is fine.”
Because tomorrow is Sunday
In Seok-woo texted me the address of a beef rib restaurant.
He told me to take a taxi comfortably and even paid for transportation.
Well, there is nothing wrong with money, so you should accept it.
– Then I’ll see you tomorrow.
“Yes, senior.”
My calling In Seok-woo ‘Senior’ will probably end tomorrow.
No, otherwise I’m in trouble.
My life is not the only thing that depends on my life.
The lives of my permanent slaves—Katrin, Choi Da-hyun, Lee Rin, Kang Shin-ye, Jegal Ji-yeon, Seo Su-ah, and Jeong Na-jeong—are at stake.
“Ah senior, there is something I want to ask you.”
– Feel free to ask.
“You said you two would meet alone. Is it okay if I take my familiar with me?”
The opponent is Korea’s best S-class hunter.
Although Shizue Nawakura assured me that I would never get tired of In Seok-wu, that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t let my guard down.
Even when I immediately caught Kurashizu with me, I couldn’t make eye contact with her, so casting her skills was pretty tricky.
– Of course it’s fine.
“Thank you.”
I hung up.
And grinned.
In Seok-woo is looking down on me right now.
I had a feeling that things would be easier than I thought.
*
Next day.
We got into the car driven by Kang Shin-ye and went to the Korean beef short rib restaurant designated by In Seok-woo.
I was going to ask director Won Eun-kyung, but I thought he might be suspicious if I was seen with director Won Eun-kyung, so I just asked Kang Shin-ye.
After getting out of the car with Katrin, I said to Kang Shin-ye.
“If anything happens, come to me right away.”
“Yes.”
Because In Seok-woo could suddenly attack her or something.
She grabbed Katrin by the leash and entered the dining room.
Even from the outside, it was bright and shiny, and the inside was almost as luxurious as a luxury hotel.
The interior gave off the feeling of saying, “We are an expensive restaurant.”
“Welcome-.”
The waitress seemed to greet me politely, but suddenly stopped talking.
… Seeing Katrin being carried on a leash.
During Thanksgiving, I deliberately showed off Catherine, but well, not everyone watched the Thanksgiving match, so I couldn’t help it.
He coughed and said to the waiter.
“Which way should I go to room number 3?”
“Ah, let me guide you.”
The waitress knocked on the door of room 3 and politely asked the person inside if they could let me in.
Then, inside, he replied yes.
The voice of In Seok-woo I heard the other day.
My heart beat a little faster than usual.
Anyway, he’s the most famous S-class hunter in our country, and he’ll try to kill me in case of an emergency.
The employee opened the door himself.
Chiik-, the sound of grilling meat and the delicious smell came out.
In Seok-woo was grilling it himself.
Looking at another table, the waitress was grilling it, but he seemed to be doing it because he didn’t want to tell the waiter about the conversation.
“Hello.”
I greeted him and sat across from him.
Then he smiled and greeted me.
“I grilled all the meat just in time for the engineering students to arrive.”
“Thank you.”
Beef ribs cooked by an S-class hunter.
… Certainly, those who did not know his back would find it very attractive.
But it’s all postponed.
Knowing that fact, I couldn’t help but feel infinitely hypocritical.
“You must have had a hard time coming from the academy, so let’s have a meal first and talk about the details.”
“Yes.”
Cutlery and plates were properly prepared, even for Catherine.
I wondered if the meat had been poisoned or drugged.
Or they smeared it on a spoon or installed a magical device.
When I moved cautiously and carefully,
“Mm, delicious, master!”
… Katrin first put the cooked beef ribs into her mouth without hesitation.
“Master, hurry up and eat!”
“Uh, yes.”
Well, Katrin ate, and looking at how good it looked, she didn’t seem to have done anything strange to the food.
As Shizue Nawakura said, it seemed to be aimed at conciliating me as much as possible.
I picked it up with my chopsticks and ate a piece.
Wow, delicious.
It is also expensive Korean beef 1++ beef ribs.
The seasoning is also properly soaked.
In Seok-woo smiled at me as he said he liked it.
You probably think things are going as planned.
‘I’ll have to keep fooling myself like this for now.’
Gijing should aim for when he is careless.
Let’s not be too hasty.
If he takes other guests hostage and fights, it puts me at a disadvantage.
We ate while chatting with him.
It’s free food, so I don’t hesitate.
Katrin probably knew that too, so she even ordered an extra one and ate it to her heart’s content.
After drinking the tea for refreshment, he said.
“Students of Daeseung Engineering, have you ever thought that something was unfair or wrong while living in Korea, or just living in the world?”
Now it seemed like they were about to enter into a full-fledged takeover.
Questions like this aren’t usually used when bringing in a new party member, at least not in general.
I wondered if it was about the association, specifically about In Seok-wu’s purpose to summon the demon king.
I heard from Shizue Nawakura that they basically came together for the common goal of summoning the demon lord, but the purpose of summoning the demon lord was not the same.
“There is none. Well, for example, my father died in an accident, but the accident happened while working in a hurry to meet the construction deadline. At that time, I thought a lot about whether the construction deadline is more important than human life.”
There will be few people who have not had a single complaint about the world while living in the world.
Even Seo Soo-ah, the granddaughter of a conglomerate family, is like that, but I wonder if anyone else is shocked.
Inseok-woo nodded his head.
It seems like you’re very sympathetic.
… Words like the collapse of the bridge over the Han River and whether you’re the kind of person who makes extreme absurdities filled my throat, but I managed to hold it in.
“The beginning of all problems is that hunters like us are ruled by the foolish people.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. Even though we have power, we cannot cope with such injustice. By greedy politicians voted on by stupid people.”
I don’t know about this kind of ideology, but it’s called middle-right politics.
In any case, he seemed to hate democracy extremely.
Then, the purpose of his summoning the Demon King is…
In Seok-woo looked me straight in the eyes and continued.
“Shouldn’t what the engineering student went through happen again?”
“Well, you’re right, but do you have any specific methods?”
He grinned.
He seemed to think I was going a little overboard.
“Do you know the Demon King?”
“Are you the Demon King? Doesn’t it only appear in games… ?”
“No. The Demon King is real. An unrivaled absolute monarch who controls the monsters of the other world. That is the Demon King.”
Catherine shouted angrily with flames.
-No!! Monsters are, so to speak, just beasts with magical powers!! The Demon King does not rule over the monsters, but is the representative of the Demons!! He treats monsters as livestock, but is that correct to say that he has put them under his control?!
… In a word, even if a person raised a cow and killed and ate it, it would be strange to say that people dominated the cow.
Right now, those details are not important, so I moved on.
In Seok-woo rolled his eyes once to the left and right.
It seemed like he was checking to see if anyone was eavesdropping.
“Wouldn’t you like to summon the Demon King and rule our country properly with Daeseung and I?”
“Reign… ?”
“Yes. Without being swayed by the foolish people, with our overwhelming force. Robert Matthews is also part of my plan.”
It’s a fact I know, but I pretended to be surprised by widening my eyes.
Seeing my expression, he raised the corner of his mouth even wider and continued talking.
“Gongdaeseung student, let’s change the world together. If you and I are students, we can do it.”
He held out his hand and asked for a handshake.
Perhaps holding this hand is a sign of acceptance.
I also put my hand forward.
And held his hand tightly.
“I am also an engineering student. No hesitation.”
“Yes, of course.”
She looked straight into his eyes.
A close distance that can never escape my sight.
“I will refuse without hesitation.”
“What… ?!”
‘3000 times the fatigue.’
