Chapter 241

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Chapter 241: Powdered Bean (1)

Uncle.

From Song Taeho’s perspective, if he looked at it in reverse, Yeongwoo was his nephew.

A nephew born from the misdeeds of his estranged younger sister.

And that nephew was coincidentally the Strongest Sword in Joseon, and had already killed a dragon once.

—I... I have a nephew?

And not just any nephew.

Jeong Yeongwoo was a powerful nephew who survived the reset world.

—.....

Song Taeho, shocked, couldn’t find the words to speak.

Then,

Whish!

The red sky returned to its normal state, and the presence he felt beyond the clouds disappeared.

‘He’s gone?’

It was probably because he used the General mark earlier, and the allowed time had run out.

But soon, the mutant appearance time would come, and they would meet again quickly.

Boom, crack!

Yeongwoo quickly drove the Negwig into Gangnam.

Soon, Lim Suna, Kim Jeonggu, and the top swordsman of Yangju, Choi Jongseon, waiting in front of the Parnas Hotel, came into view.

As it approached 1 PM and Yeongwoo had not returned, they decided to come out, heavily armed.

“Oh, Suna!”

Yeongwoo waved to Suna, as he had some information to relay to Taewon.

Jeonggu and Jongseon, standing on either side of Suna, sheepishly put the weapons they had been holding back into their belts.

Seeing Yeongwoo, riding an iron horse from another world, made their attempts to fight in his place seem ridiculous.

Of course, Yeongwoo himself had no such thoughts.

“Nothing happened during that time, right?”

“No... Are you alright, Yeongwoo? Nothing happened to you?”

Suna looked Yeongwoo up and down, noticing he was only wearing pants and no shoes.

Yeongwoo glanced at the still-clear sky and spoke in a nonchalant tone.

“Something did happen to me.”

“Pardon...?”

“This afternoon, someone will come near Busan. He’s an acquaintance of mine... make sure he gets to the lodging without any interference.”

“Oh, understood. Can I ask his name?”

Suna hurriedly took out a notepad to write, and Yeongwoo realized something.

“...Oh.”

He should have asked for the name before parting, but he forgot due to the time constraints.

“...Chan?”

He still only remembered one syllable of his student’s name.

Then,

“Oh, Yechan?”

Finally, he remembered the name of the first companion he met after the reset.

“I think it’s Yechan.”

Suna nodded and asked a question Yeongwoo didn’t expect.

“Then what is his last name?”

“...?”

Knowing the first name should suffice, why ask the last name?

“Not sure. It’s been a while since we met... if he gets stopped at a checkpoint, ask him for me. I’m curious too.”

“Oh... okay.”

Suna wrote down the name ‘Yechan’ with a reluctant expression.

“Next.”

“Is there something else?”

“Yes. But this isn’t something Suna can handle.”

Swoosh.

Yeongwoo’s gaze shifted to Jongseon and Jeonggu, whose faces darkened.

“What, what is it?”

Jeonggu reflexively responded bluntly.

Jongseon also looked uneasily at Yeongwoo.

Yeongwoo pointed west and spoke meaningfully.

“Someone needs to go to Incheon and collect money. Every day.”

“Every day? From Incheon? Are you extorting nationwide now?”

Jeonggu, worried that Incheon was a rough place, didn’t understand Yeongwoo’s request.

“...”

“One side is my father, and the other is mother, after all. Think of it as a family business.”

With Yeongwoo saying this, Jeonggu, and even Jongseon, who wasn’t actually part of the family, had nothing to say.

“The collection starts today. Refrain from killing civilians during the collection process, but it’s acceptable to kill those at the top level. Just report afterward.”

“Of course.”

“...Understood.”

The two nodded, finalizing the collection job agreement.

And right on cue.

Ding!

As the notification sound, which felt like he hadn’t heard in a long time, rang, Yeongwoo saw that a quest he had been holding onto for three days had been completed.

[Quest Complete – “Paternal Confirmation”]

[Reward Granted]

| 20,000,000 Karma

“Oh, it’s already been three days.”

Dogo’s will, wanting the biological father to stay alive for three days, had finally been realized through the quest.

Then.

*Whaaaaaaaam!*

A black debit card shot down from the sky.

“W-what are you getting paid for again?”

Not realizing the money was related to him, Jeonggu blinked, while Yeongwoo picked up the card that held 20 million.

*Tap.*

With that, Yeongwoo’s wealth quickly surpassed the 30 million mark again.

* Available Karma: 36,938,500

‘I have more money for taxes now.’

Moreover, today’s expected income was at least 70 million Karma.

The two people in front of him would bring 10 million from China, and the total defense fee from various parts of Seoul would be 55 million.

‘If there are no major incidents, Yechan will bring in 8.6 million later... Today might be a bit of a financial celebration.’

Indeed, good things come from a well-stocked granary.

With a much softer expression than before, Yeongwoo looked at the two Strongest Swords.

“It’s time to head out. The mutants will appear soon.”

Jeonggu was the first to step forward at Yeongwoo’s words.

“Right. Do we bring them to Gwangjin-gu again today?”

“Yes. I’ll lend you the Negwig. Drop Jongseon off in Yangju first.”

*Tap!*

As Yeongwoo got off the Negwig and handed the reins to his father, Jeonggu swallowed heavily.

“Why? You’ve ridden it before.”

“It’s not that...”

“...?”

“Your mom isn’t coming today, is she?”

“Oh.”

Yeongwoo finally realized that his father might have overheard parts of his conversation with his uncle earlier.

While he wouldn’t have heard Yeongwoo’s words, he would have heard what the uncle said to him.

For example:

― Who the hell is this Kim Jeonggu?

“Mother? Well, if she was scheduled to appear today, she would have shown up to place a mark like Uncle did.”

Jeonggu flinched at Yeongwoo’s mention of his uncle.

Yeongwoo’s uncle, who would be Jeonggu’s brother-in-law, was someone he had to call ‘brother’ due to Confucian traditions.

“What did you tell your uncle... I mean, brother, about me?”

There was a hint of fear in Jeonggu’s voice.

Having a son who was the Strongest Sword in Joseon was terrifying, but even more terrifying was the brother-in-law who had returned as a dragon.

This fear was rooted in Confucian traditions.

“What did you say? You didn’t say anything weird, right?”

Jeonggu pressed his son for an answer.

Yeongwoo rolled his eyes upwards.

“Dad? What did I say?”

Then he recalled and recited the conversation.

“The man who had a one-night stand with President Song...?”

“What the hell!”

At the unbelievable reality, Jeonggu’s jaw dropped.

*Paaaah!*

At that moment, countless beams of light began to descend from the sky.

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