Chapter 245: Cuengi, Bite!

Krueng!

“Meow?! What’s this sound?”

Hearing Uren’s scream, Theo instantly reacted.

“Theo, do you recognize that voice?”

“Yes! That’s the voice of the pushover, meow!”

“Pushover?”

Pushover... The legendary sucker... No. Legendary Merchant Uren who gave Theo nine hundred million Tower Coins and Six Clove Garlic of Agility!

“Theo, Cuengi, hurry inside!”

“Understood, meow!”

Krueng!

[Understood!]

Following Sejun’s command, Theo and Cuengi hurriedly rushed into the tent.

As Theo and Cuengi entered the tent,

“Just chew on this.”

Sejun forcefully fed Detoxifying Green Onions into the mouths of two soldiers who had turned pale due to poisoning.

However,

“......”

“......”

The soldiers had lost consciousness and couldn’t chew.

Fortunately, the Detoxifying Green Onions Sejun put in their mouths were powerful enough to neutralize the poison from the poisonous potatoes and even A-grade poisons.

The powerful Detoxifying Green Onions started to slowly neutralize the poison, even though they were just being held in the mouth.

Chew. Chew.

As the poison in their bodies began to neutralize, the soldiers, still unconscious, instinctively started to chew the onions.

Thanks to this, their faces gradually returned to their normal color.

A short while later,

“Cough!”

“Cough!”

As the soldiers spat out poisoned blood and regained consciousness,

“Golden Bat, take care of them here.”

(Okay!)

Sejun entrusted the soldiers to Golden Bat and entered the tent.

‘I guess It must be all settled by now?’

It was obvious since Theo and Cuengi had entered.

Thinking the situation was already resolved, Sejun entered but,

“What?!”

It wasn’t as he expected.

“I am the Vice Chairman Theo, meow!”

“No, meow!” I am the Vice Chairman Theo, meow!”

Inside the tent, two Theos were arguing, each claiming to be the real Theo.

Krueng! Krueng?

[There are two big brothers! Who should Cuengi punish?]

Cuengi was confused, not knowing which Theo to attack.

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Krueng!

‘Phew. Thankfully.’

Reto sighed in relief, seeing the confused Cuengi.

The moment Reto tried to attack Uren, Theo and Cuengi entered the tent.

“Stop, meow!”

Krueng!

[Stop!]

They quickly surrounded Reto.

‘It’s a failure!’

Realizing he was no match for Theo and Cuengi, Reto quickly threw a smoke bomb and transformed into Theo, positioning himself next to the real one.

The reason for transforming into Theo was just instinctive; there was no time to think.

But, it turned out to be very successful.

Because,

Krueng?!

[Which one is the big brother?!]

The bear that came in with them was confused.

“How dare you impersonate me, the subordinate of the great Black Dragon, the deadly dragon clawed golden cat, Theo Park! It’s unforgivable, meow!”

The cat, whom he transformed into, couldn’t stay quiet and kept giving away information.

“How dare you impersonate me, the subordinate of the great Black Dragon, the deadly dragon clawed golden cat, Theo Park! It’s unforgivable, meow!”

Thanks to this, Reto gained time to follow the conversation and gather information.

“Cuengi, punish this guy, meow!”

“Meow?! No, meow! Cuengi, I’m the big brother, meow!”

Reto used the information he got from Theo and his intuition to even tell Cuengi to attack the real Theo.

Krueng...

[Cuengi’s head hurts...]

While Cuengi was confused,

“Huh?!”

Another human entered.

‘How should I act?’

Faced with a new variable, Reto panicked.

“Chairman Park! Help me, meow! He’s impersonating me, meow!”

Again, Theo was the first to blurt out, giving Reto information.

Uren confidently pointed at Reto, declaring him to be the real one. Uren knew best since he chose the item himself, aware of the fantastic contents inside.

“Meow?! Chairman Park, don’t be deceived, meow!”

Theo, feeling anxious due to Uren’s comment, shouted at Sejun. Chairman Park! It’s me, meow! I am Theo Park, your right-hand man, meow!

‘Uren, how can you not recognize me, Vice Chairman Theo, your life’s savior, meow?!’

Simultaneously, Theo glared at Uren.

“Indeed, this Theo must be the real one. Just now, the other Theo glared at me!”

Uren exclaimed, having seen the real Theo glare at him.

“Uren is a fool, meow! I am the real Vice Chairman Theo, meow!”

As Theo was getting frustrated,

“Don’t worry. I’ll check both items and then decide. Uren, please take out the item from the box.”

Sejun reassured Theo and asked Uren to take out the item from the box.

“Yes.”

Click.

As Uren unlocked the box with a key, there was a beautiful white gem inside.

And,

[Sacred Stone Piercing]

The name displayed above it.

“Huh?! A sacred stone?”

Sejun tried to take a closer look intending to examine the white gem closely, but

-I am the Sacred Stone Piercing. You are not worthy. Get lost!

The sacred stone rejected Sejun. Telling me to get lost... I should ask Aileen to give it some polishing.

Sejun, slightly offended by the Sacred Stone Piercing’s reaction, put down the gem and turned to examine the charcoal brought by the real Theo.

[Black Charcoal]

???

An unappraised item with no description.

However, since Theo brought it, expectations were high. Could this be even more remarkable than the sacred stone?

“For an accurate assessment, I’ll have an expert appraise these. Aileen, please appraise these items.”

[The Tower’s Administrator says to leave it to her.]

With Aileen’s response, both the sacred stone and the black charcoal vanished.

“By the way, since the sacred stone told me to get lost, make sure it listens well.”

Sejun added a remark with a bit of a grudge.

[The Tower’s Administrator is furious that such a mere sacred stone dared to tell you to get lost.]

[The Tower’s Administrator says she will personally ensure that it obeys you absolutely.]

After finishing the conversation with Aileen,

Tap. Tap.

“Cuengi, wake up.”

Having secured the items, Sejun tapped the sleeping Cuengi’s buttocks to wake him. It was time to wrap things up.

Krueng?

[Is it time to eat?]

Cuengi, upon waking up, immediately thought of food.

“Yes. But before that, Cuengi, bite!”

Pointing at Reto, who was off guard, Sejun instructed Cuengi to attack.

Krueng!

[Cuengi bites!]

Bang!

Following Sejun’s command, Cuengi dashed forward and

Snap.

bit Reto, thus concluding the murder case.

And,

“Puhuhut! As expected, Chairman Park recognized me, meow! But Uren is an idiot, meow!”

Theo, still holding a grudge, clung to Sejun’s knee and glared at Uren.

“Sorry... I’m so sorry!”

Uren repeatedly bowed, apologizing to Theo.

“Huh?! Land deeds!”

Sejun spotted the land deeds that had fallen from Reto’s body.

“Coco. Tell Black Rabbit we’ve caught the culprit and return these to their owners.”

“Okay!”

Sejun instructed Coco to deliver the land deed to the Black Rabbit.

Honestly, Sejun wanted to keep the land deeds for himself, but this incident involved the participants of the Red Ribbon Kingdom’s founding ceremony and Black Rabbit and ChuChu’s wedding.

If he, Black Rabbit’s uncle, kept these deeds, it might bring shame to Black Rabbit.

‘Hehehe. Still, I managed to secure two good items.’

Sejun smiled contentedly, thinking of the items Aileen was appraising.

“Lord Uren, the contest is about to start.”

An event staff member from the Food Fighter Selection Contest announced outside the tent.

Kuehehehe. Krueng!

[Hehehe. Cuengi will win and give the prize to Dad!]

Cuengi, unaware that Sejun had already secured the winning prize said.

“No matter how much I owe you for saving my life, I can’t easily concede the victory in the Food Fighter competition.”

Uren, burning with competitive spirit, stated. I have never lost to anyone when it comes to eating!

Spark.

Amidst the tension between Cuengi and Uren, the real Food Fighter contest was about to begin.

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TL: Theo in this chapter:

(Credits: AI)

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