Chapter 157

Chapter 157

[Translator – Night]

[Proofreader – Gun]

Chapter 157: Hot Night (1)

*Clang!*

As Yeongwoo removed the golden breastplate that wrapped around his torso after taking off his cloak, Jeonggu’s expression turned to surprise.

“Huh...?”

It was because there was a spiral-shaped flame tattoo on the chest of Jeong Yeongwoo, the dreadful son candidate.

That wasn’t all.

“Why... Why is your shoulder like that...?”

Right now, Yeongwoo’s right upper arm was flickering as if covered in gray noise, like a graphic error.

Seeing this, Yeongwoo glanced at his shoulder briefly and then touched the black metal card in his hand.

“It looks like the screen is adjusting because the advertisement is about to be attached soon. I just received the advertising fee.”

#Basic advertising fee: 10 million karma per week.

#Basic contract period: 4 weeks.

With the basic advertising fee of 10 million karma that the chairman had promised along with two special clauses, it was now in Yeongwoo’s hands.

*Available karma: 14,214,000

Thanks to this, Yeongwoo’s total karma amount had increased to a whopping 14 million.

‘The timing is incredible. I was planning to visit the merchants one by one after arriving in Gangnam.’

At this rate, it was almost certain that he would enter the night dungeon tonight.

“....”

As Yeongwoo, who had finished changing his clothes, raised his head to the sky, a system message appeared in his field of vision.

「As of now, the combined advertisement for the ‘Dogo’ weapon brand will be broadcasted on your advertising tattoo ‘White Space’.」

「The content of the broadcast advertisement will be periodically changed, and the contract period is 4 weeks.」

‘Finally, it’s starting.’

As Yeongwoo read all the messages, a large Dogo emblem appeared before his eyes.

*Swoosh!*

Then immediately.

*Bzzz...*

A vibration-like sound emanated from the ‘White Space’ covering Yeongwoo’s right upper arm, and the screen adjustment stopped, turning black.

*Swish.*

It was like the moment before a movie started at the theater.

“Oh.”

As Yeongwoo searched for something resembling a mirror, he stood in front of the large two-handed sword, ‘Golden Trail’, which was floating nearby.

Then, the advertisement surface covering his shoulders and elbows was reflected on the wide blade.

“Is... Is that an advertisement from outer space?”

Both Choi Jongseon and Kim Jeonggu, his probable father, couldn’t help but be interested in the advertisement being broadcasted on the body of Joseon’s Strongest Sword, Yeongwoo.

*Gulp.*

As Jeonggu swallowed heavily and subtly shifted his gaze towards Yeongwoo’s shoulder, the advertisement started right on time.

–∠∨≪

It was the first tattoo advertisement for Yeongwoo, starting with the appearance of extraterrestrial characters meaning ‘Dogo’.

This caused the pupils of all three people, including Yeongwoo, to widen.

“Huh?”

“Can you just read that?”

Although the characters they saw with their eyes were strangely shaped, they could understand their meaning in their minds.

Within the ‘White Space,’ the red atmosphere of a desolate planet was visible.

Then.

*Whoosh!*

The camera angle descended towards the ground, revealing a desert scattered with large rocks.

It was a scene of extraterrestrial beings, small in stature with reddish-brown skin, diligently striking the rocks with their tiny fists.

Then cracks started to appear in the rocks, and thick blue liquid began to pour out from the cracks.

–°∨⌒∧∠·。

(Monocular boy Gepi from the planet Jargal had to pound the rocks every day until blood came out of his hands in order to obtain the sap.)

The camera zoomed in on one extraterrestrial in front of a rock.

Probably Gepi, the boy from the planet Jargal.

Gepi looked at the rock with a sad expression, then slowly raised his hand, which was covered in scabs, and extended his fingers.

*Swish.*

Suddenly, between his cute fingers, a scene appeared where a large anchor descended from afar and struck the ground.

‘Oh, it’s the chairman’s ship.’

It seemed to be a staging of the encounter between the impoverished Gepi of the frontier planet and ‘Dogo’.

–∩⌒×。

(But not anymore.)

The screen faded to black with extraterrestrial text.

Then suddenly the screen brightened, showing Gepi standing on a planet with a completely different feel from before.

He was standing upright, wearing a lot of unusual equipment on his small body.

–≪⌒°∨∠⊇∴∴∈。

(With the support of Dogo, Gepi became a space pirate ruling over 6 planets.)

“It seems like Gangnam... almost doesn’t show any signs of the reset.”

Kim Jeonggu opened his mouth in surprise as he looked at the neat buildings in Gangnam.

Even Dobong-gu had considerable damage on the first day of the reset, so most of the low-rise buildings had one defect after another.

“Yes. I heard the previous holder of Gangnam was a chaebol, so the order was established early on.”

“Gangnam chaebol...? By the previous holder, do you mean the Gangnam’s Strongest Sword?”

“Yes. Gangnam’s Strongest Sword.”

“....”

Upon Yeongwoo’s words, Kim Jeonggu glanced at Yeongwoo’s title, which read ‘Joseon Strongest Sword.’

After all, the title of Strongest Sword could be seized.

“What happened to the previous holder?”

“Of course, he died. And now I’m also the Gangnam Strongest Sword.”

He didn’t explicitly mention swinging his elbow to cut the throat of the previous Gangnam Strongest Sword.

Nor did he mention the presence of the son’s body of the former Gangnam Strongest Sword at the scene.

“The people who used to help the previous Gangnam Strongest Sword run Gangnam are now helping me. It’s a strange world, isn’t it?”

“The bottom of Seoul was really chaotic.”

Jeonggu finally realized that the monster on horseback he had heard about through the ‘wave’ announcement the other day was Jeong Yeongwoo in front of him.

At that time, he hadn’t paid much attention to the situation in the southern part of Seoul, but now he realized that it was the time of upheaval in Seoul.

Squeak, squeak!

As they exchanged various conversations, the three of them entered the central part of Gangnam, and they could feel that the number of citizens along the roadside was gradually increasing.

It was because there were more and more people following them as they talked.

“Huh...?”

“Strongest Sword?”

“Did your title change again?”

The rumor that the Gangnam Strongest Sword was riding a horse had already spread throughout Gangnam, and even if it hadn’t, thanks to the golden rain that had fallen today, all the residents of Gangnam knew Jeong Yeongwoo’s face.

However, because they hadn’t heard the story of him flying around with a greatsword, they didn’t approach the Strongest Sword rashly but followed from a distance.

“It’s fortunate. It used to be so congested that it was difficult to move.”

Yeongwoo glanced back slightly and said, making Jeonggu look at him with a puzzled expression.

“Why do the people in this area like you so much...?”

It was understandable.

All Jeonggu had seen of Jeong Yeongwoo so far was when he had split the Uijeongbu Strongest Sword in half and stabbed him with a sword.

“I wonder. Maybe because I’m the representative of their region?”

Yeongwoo said this, looking at the Coex building and the Parnas Hotel on the other side.

It was because he could see that the protocol team of Taewon Group was already gathered there.

They must have been standing there for hours, not knowing when he would return.

“...What’s that?”

Dobong’s Strongest Sword Kim Jeonggu, who was once again in culture shock due to the protocol of a large company, opened his eyes wide, and a person from the Taewon side who recognized Yeongwoo ran towards them.

It was none other than Lim Suna from the secretary’s office.

“Yeongwoo!”

Lim Suna’s expression froze in real-time as she ran towards the Gangnam’s Strongest Sword.

It was because she had just realized that this troublemaker had brought two more Strongest Swords from other regions.

Moreover, what did he do?

Wasn’t his title changed to Joseon Strongest Sword?

At this point, it wasn’t surprising that the golden greatsword was flying around by itself.

“S... So many things must have happened.”

“Yes. Was there any trouble during that time?”

When Yeongwoo asked like this, Lim Suna cautiously opened her mouth after glancing behind him.

“The family of chairman Kim Taejoon requested a meeting while you were away.”

“Want to see me?”

“It seems like they want to meet Kim Taejoon again.”

“Ah, that makes sense.”

Yeongwoo smiled awkwardly.

But it was awkward.

Although there was one more chance with the whistle, it was intended to be used in the dungeon tonight at 11 o’clock.

“Uh... the chairman has to go to the dungeon tonight, so he can’t go out. What should I do?”

Yeongwoo fiddled with the whistle and then his eyes lit up as if he had a good idea.

“Please tell his family. If it’s okay with them, how about staying at my place tonight?”

“Huh...?”

Lim Suna, who didn’t fully understand Yeongwoo’s words, made a face asking for more explanation.

So Yeongwoo made a square with his index fingers and thumbs.

“Kim Taejoon will appear on TV tonight. This time, it’ll be a human appearance, so it’ll be more pleasant to watch.”

Yeongwoo said this and then made a request.

“Oh, but it’s better not to let the children see it after 11 o’clock.”

“Why? Why is that...?”

“At that time, the chairman might be doing something dangerous.”

[Translator – Night]

[Proofreader – Gun]