The Crazy Demigod Returns

black market

“What are you saying, bitch?”

“From now on, I will be the owner of this place.”

The two men, who were looking at Ha Yeon-woo with an absurd expression, immediately changed the atmosphere and began to raise mana.

More than 90% of the visitors to this black market are awakened people.

Of course, the cougar, the management organization, was also made up of awakened people.

Fighting here meant a clash between Awakeners.

After hearing words insulting the organization twice, the two members took out large and small weapons one by one from their arms and were holding them.

Ha Yeon-woo’s words are in line with the men insulting themselves, all members of the organization including the boss, and even the cougar, the largest and most influential organization in the country.

It was a black market where bloodshed was not allowed, but the story was different if the victim was a cougar.

“This b*tch… !”

Soon, the man who asked the question from close by extended his hand holding the knife.

The direction is Ha Yeon-woo’s chest. It was in the hands of people who didn’t seem to care much about being killed or injured.

Mana was not released, but judging from the bluish glow of the knife, it was about 3rd tier.

Ha Yeon-woo watched the scene, and moved just before the blade touched his chest and grabbed the man’s wrist.

“uh?”

It’s scary to hear the bewildered voice.

sigh-

The stretched wrist twisted 180 degrees in the direction of the body, not Ha Yeon-woo.

“ugh… aaagh!”

The organization member dropped the knife and tried to sit down, but that was not possible.

It was because Ha Yeon-woo was still holding the wrist of his bizarrely bent right hand.

I had no choice but to stand there hesitantly, like a dog in need of poop, screaming.

“Call your master. There will be a new owner starting today, so come say hello.”

The other members of the organization, who had been watching the series of events in a daze, were startled.

Ha Yeon-woo, who spoke in a commanding tone, added without even looking at the man.

“I only need one person to contact, right? He’s the kind of person who feels relieved when he pulls out every tooth I stick into.”

Then, with a thoroughly businesslike expression, he began to tense his hands.

Woojik- Ujijik-

“Aww… aaagh!”

When Ha Yeon-woo raised his head after the attacking man’s right hand was completely separated from his body and the other hand was in the same situation.

Only then did the remaining members of the organization hurriedly take out their cell phones with trembling hands.

I was in a state of being consumed by the fear that I would die unconditionally if I didn’t do as I was told.

* * *

Most of the long-established criminal organizations that have taken root in Korea used to be called old-fashioned nicknames.

Olympics, five-way intersection, South Gate, Korea-Japan, World Cup… .

However, Cougar, the largest single criminal organization in Korea that has the greatest influence in all of Seoul and is active nationwide, was short enough to be called a newcomer, just like its name.

The beginning, as is usually the case, was a small town gangster in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul.

A local thug with about 30 members who manages a small liquor store and two underground karaoke rooms.

The odd thing is that they were all very young and aggressive.

In the meantime, the gate incident occurred.

Surprisingly, all members of the organization spontaneously awakened in a short period of time.

There are an estimated 100 million Awoken worldwide. In terms of population, that’s about one in sixty.

There were about 700,000 awakened people in Korea, and the probability of awakening was about 1.5%.

All 30 or so members of the organization passed through that 1.5% chance and went through a natural awakening.

Ten years ago, when I was just in the early stages of learning what it was like to be an Awakener.

Of the single organizations that used force, both legal and illegal, the military was the only one with that level of Awoken.

Just as Gaebyeok occurred in the sunny world, of course, a storm broke out in the negative world as well.

The emergence of new organizations led by the Awoken. The downfall of organizations made up of ordinary people. The Awoken Recruitment War between them. New faction fights and organization amalgamations. Even a new food called gate by-products, which have no laws or rules.

While that was happening in the shadows, the cougar set out to hunt the gates faster than any criminal organization or guild in the sun.

It’s as if you’ve cut your hands off the crime at all.

In the process, a few people died, and a few people came in to maintain the number, and in the end, in just 5 years, the average military strength reached the 4th rank.

Now, about twice as much, five more years have passed since then. Considering that the average armed force of active duty awakeners is around 4th tier, it has achieved tremendous results.

Did you say you can’t forget the water you used to play with?

Although they had already achieved great success as Awoken, they returned to the shadows.

In fact, from the time they quickly swept the gate in the first place, they had an aspiration to eat the dark side of Korea.

That’s why they chose the black market as their first prey and base.

At the time, it was not enjoying the current prosperity, but it was because of Cougar boss Lee Il-hwan’s idea that the black market would become the base of the South Korean industry in the future.

They took over in less than a month the place where several factions had already been fighting over stakes.

And within a few months, the system and discipline were established, and stabilization was successful.

Rumors spread, people flocked, and it led to a boom.

By the time the government tried to pull the knife, there was already a huge economy of scale.

By the time the number of Awoken seekers is so great that the government can’t control it and let go.

Cougar had transformed into Korea’s largest criminal organization in name and reality, with more than 1,200 Awakened members alone.

The owner and king of such a cougar.

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Lee Il-hwan, who became the number one person in the shadow world at the age of his late thirties, was pounding his head as if his head would burst at the report that had been going on for several tens of minutes.

“f*ck… . So, is that really true?”

“Yes, Manager Jeong went and checked it himself.”

“now?”

Of course, he was asking what Ha Yeon-woo was doing at the moment and what the situation was like.

Similar to other corporate organizations, Cougars are ranked by company rank.

Chief Kang Hyeon-woo, who is the confidant of Chairman Lee Il-hwan, continued the report.

“It was reported that one of the first runners we encountered seemed to have already died from excessive blood loss, and that Chief Jeong was in a confrontation with no more bloodshed. After confirming that they were contacted, they said they were going around the black market… . It’s all about watching.”

“A man with a lot of money saying he has something to eat… .”

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Lee Il-hwan pressed his throbbing temple and leaned on the backrest.

Ha Yeon-woo’s behavior was the behavior of someone who wanted something even if he pretended to.

Stupid gatekeepers.

No matter how much they live without interest in worldly affairs, the awakened bastards still don’t recognize Ha Yeon-woo. It was absurd.

One of the two who survived the first collision with Ha Yeon-woo about thirty minutes ago.

Nom, a low-level member of the organization, heard him tell him to call the owner and called the manager in charge of the Jongno area.

What would happen if he did not know that the opponent in front of him was Ha Yeon-woo and recruited some members of the organization? It was a request for support with a vague idea to do.

As soon as he was contacted, Chief Jeong went there with about 10 subordinates and recognized Ha Yeon-woo before a report came up to him.

Fortunately, I didn’t know exactly what the guy was thinking, but the fact that there hadn’t been any major damage yet.

It was unfortunate for Lee Il-hwan that Ha Yeon-woo was interested in this side and was sincere enough to kill people.

“Do you want the same thing?”

“… yes. It is the same as what we delivered earlier.”

The new owner has arrived, so come and say hello.

As if that sentence did not come out of his mouth, the head of the department expressed an indirect affirmation.

“What the hell do you want to be the owner or what the f*ck? f*ck… .”

It was only after a deep sigh echoed through the luxurious room several times that Lee Il-hwan’s mouth dropped.

“How ready are you?”

“About 300 people have gathered and an additional 200 are on the move. The rest are in the provinces below Gyeonggi-do or abroad, so that seems to be the limit.”

As he said, it would not be an exaggeration to say that 500 members were all members of the organization in the vicinity of Seoul and Gyeonggi.

“after… . Tell them you are going.”

“All right.”

There was no gata buta comment.

Along with the manager’s answer, Lee Il-hwan also raised his heavy body to move.

* * *

The tension-filled confrontation on one side lasted for about thirty minutes.

The idiot who called for the first time thought that the situation would be resolved if he brought a few colleagues, because he only brought a lot of minnows.

I was able to hear that the guys who had been contacted had recognized me, and had been told to wait after contacting them here and there.

Ha Yeon-woo waited in silence as they said.

In the first place, to him, killing someone is an act done out of necessity. There was no reason to catch and kill them when they were going the way they wanted.

Didn’t even cross the line.

Above all, they were also people who would become their dogs in a big way.

Of course, being silent didn’t mean being nervous and vigilant like them.

I went inside the fence and leisurely looked at the surrounding shops, sometimes looking at the goods sold inside the shop.

At that time, he had a time that was no different from any other walk, except for the members of the cougar who surrounded him and moved together, and those who avoided the seat in confusion.

After walking for about 10 minutes, when I came out of the fence again.

Through Ha Yeon-woo’s senses, I began to feel the presence of many people surrounding the entire alley here.

“A little over two hundred.”

His skills were also outstanding. If they were on the same level as the first guys I met before, I wouldn’t have been caught in the curtain of marriage that is always unfolding even without being aware of it.

For a while, I hope you’ll be happy with the results that are more satisfying than you thought. Footsteps filled the entire alley.

Men in black suits filled the entrance of the narrow black market, and soon three men walked towards Ha Yeon-woo through the roads formed as they diverged.

“Ha Yeon-woo?”

Could it have been mid-thirties?

Her hair was neatly styled with pomade for a rather tall look. Up to a stylish high-end suit.

A man who gave off an aura like the second generation of a conglomerate spoke to me.

“Are you Lee Il-hwan?”

The man who spoke to him and the person standing to his right as if he were an assistant were faces he had seen several times when searching for information related to the black market.

Cougar’s boss, Lee Il-hwan, and Kang Hyeon-woo, his right-hand man.

“What do you want?”

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Lee Il-hwan, with a hard expression, immediately asked the main point.

There were too many things that depended on oneself to confront with question and answer dance, and the opponent was too strong.

If we could negotiate amicably and somehow, we were willing to do so.

Even if it means giving money in the name of protection.

Some might say that it was long from the beginning, unlike the largest criminal organization in Korea.

He, too, was proud and ashamed.

But I can assure you, I thought it was a wise decision.

He was also one of the unofficial Awakeners of the 6th hierarchy, who knew better than anyone else the gap that widened whenever he ascended the hierarchy.

Jeong Hee-jin, who was weaker than herself among the two 6th-tier Awakeners present at the scene when Wendigo appeared. The fact that she visited this place as a customer not long ago and shared her experiences helped me in my decision to bow down and enter.

‘… If you mess around, everyone will die.’

Ha Yeon-woo, who was looking at the thoughtful Lee Il-hwan, opened his mouth.

“I’m going to be the new owner of the black market and the cougar.”

“… It came suddenly, what do you mean by that?”

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Lee Il-hwan seems frustrated and asks if he has been asked to give up his seat for several tens of minutes in a row.

“Exactly, I plan to reign not only here, but over everything that goes on behind the scenes.”

At Ha Yeon-woo’s words that continued, everyone around him turned into a dazed look.

“The reason I came here for the first time was because you guys have the strongest influence among the dark forces in Korea. Coo or black market, that doesn’t matter to me.”

“What is that… .”

“Do not own, but rule. Have you heard?”

never heard of it However, it was a sentence that could be inferred by simply interpreting the meaning of the words in one’s head.

“… I see what you mean.”

“I only want one thing from you. Taking care of the troublesome things that happen to me and around me. On the Pan continent, they see such things and call them shadows. I wonder if there is something similar here.”

In a word, it meant that the entire organization should be supported. In the dark deeper than the dark.

It was a remark reminiscent of the secretary’s office that handles the chairman’s dirty work at a large company.

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Lee Il-hwan, who thought about the protection fee or the share, hardened his face at the demand that was no different from a threat.

“What if I refuse?”

“At least everything here and the black market will be gone clean as of today. And I will go to the next influential organization and make the same offer.”