Chapter 138:

Chapter 138:

Chapter 138

Huff, huff!

Seong Yuchan ran desperately inside the black market, avoiding the people who were chasing him.

‘Damn it! Damn it! I left too many traces!’

Seong Yuchan was a hacker.

He made money by buying or selling information.

As a hacker, he didn’t always earn money honestly.

He often hacked into the information of criminal organizations and sold it to other groups.

Seong Yuchan was proud of himself as a genius.

He was confident that he wouldn’t get caught no matter what he did.

Being chased right now was a consequence of that.

He left too many traces and got tracked down by a hacker hired by the rival organization.

‘Huff. It’s okay. I know this area well.’

Seong Yuchan checked that the bulky men behind him were getting farther away and hid in an alley where no one was passing by.

It was unlucky that he got exposed, but that didn’t mean he would get caught.

This was the black market, where everyone hid their identities and operated.

As soon as he got out of their sight, there were plenty of places to hide.

“Damn! Where did he go?!”

“Damn it, they all look the same. I can’t tell them apart.”

“Stop talking and find him fast! He screwed over our organization! If we lose him, we’re dead by our boss’s hands!”

‘I did it!’

Seong Yuchan hid between the alleys and eavesdropped on their conversation.

The men from the organization couldn’t find him and scattered.

Seong Yuchan leaned his back against the alley wall and slid down to the ground.

The tension was released late, and his lungs demanded oxygen.

“Huff. Huff. If I knew this would happen, I would have exercised more.”

Seong Yuchan resented his poor physical condition. But he survived this time, so he decided to improve his fitness next time.

He made such an impossible promise to himself as he got up from his seat.

“There you are.”

“...!”

Seong Yuchan shivered at the sudden voice in the alley.

The owner of the voice was a young man.

Even looking at his face, it was like a foggy mist covering it, making it impossible to recognize.

At first, he thought it was someone who chased him, but it wasn’t.

He looked more dangerous than that.

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People usually wore masks in the black market, but if their faces were hidden like that, it could only be an artifact, a magical tool with mysterious power.

And those who used them were not ordinary people.

The man was with a woman who looked like his secretary. Her face was also invisible.

‘Could they be high-ranking people from the organization?’

Seong Yuchan was about to run away when the man, Yu-hyun, waved his hand at him not to be too scared.

“Don’t be like that. We have nothing to do with those guys who chased you.”

“What?”

Seong Yuchan wanted to ask what he meant by that.

“Hmm. Well, I’m interested in your ability...”

“There he is!”

Someone interrupted Yu-hyun’s words and shouted.

Looking back, he saw the bulky men who chased him earlier.

Seong Yuchan turned pale. He thought he had shaken them off, but he got exposed because of these two people.

“Oh dear. Is it because of me?”

Yu-hyun, who caused this situation, laughed exaggeratedly.

Seong Yuchan glared at him with resentment.

The bulky men approached the entrance of the alley.

“Who are you two? Are you his accomplices?”

“Not accomplices.”

“Then get out of here. Unless you want to get hurt.”

“No. I can’t do that.”

“What?”

‘He knows everything about me!’

The awe towards him made him bow his head even more.

Yu-hyun didn’t intend it, but Seong Yuchan completely gave up on resisting him.

“Shall we move to a quiet place then?”

Kwon Jia, who had resolved the situation by now, came closer.

Seong Yuchan nodded his head. He had nothing else to do.

***

“Wow.”

A cafe in Seoul where people came and went.

Seong Yuchan looked at the two men and women sitting in front of him and couldn’t help but exclaim again.

“Kang Yu-hyun... You’re a teller. And next to you is Kwon Jia, a collector.”

“You know them well.”

“Well, I hear all kinds of things doing this kind of work.”

Seong Yuchan said in a crawling voice. He was even a unique figure in the same hacker field.

He was chased because he was careless and unlucky, but that didn’t mean his skills were dimmed.

He knew almost everything.

Yu-hyun found him because of that.

“You said you wanted to recruit me, but what exactly do you want from me?”

“I know that you’re good at programming. More than that, you collect various information that others don’t know, right?”

“That’s true.”

“We needed someone like that.”

Seong Yuchan didn’t understand for a moment.

If they were looking for him, they must have had a great source of information. Why did they choose him?

“Do you think it’s strange?”

“Yes, yes? No, no.”

“No. I understand. Well, let’s just say that the types of information are different. I’m a teller, so naturally the information I get is related to collectors. But lately, there have been a lot of other things happening. You know what I mean, right?”

“...Yes.”

The incident of Congressman Kwon Dongjin visiting White Flower Management’s office was quite famous in this underworld.

There was also a rumor that Yu-hyun joined hands with another party. Seong Yuchan realized what he wanted from him.

“Your ability to get information, I want that.”

“That’s...”

Seong Yuchan hesitated a bit.

He felt a slight aversion to becoming part of White Flower Management.

He was always a free person.

He hated being tied to somewhere.

But he couldn’t say that honestly, since Yu-hyun already had his neck twisted.

He had to do anything to survive, but he still had human feelings.

“I won’t force you. Even if you refuse, I won’t retaliate by spreading your personal information or anything like that. It’s all up to you. I’m just making an offer.”

And when he saw his generous attitude in front of him, Seong Yuchan felt himself drawn to him.

Awe that was not caused by coercion, but by voluntary acceptance.

Maybe this man could help him achieve his goal.

Seong Yuchan thought so.

“Seong Yuchan. What will you do?”

“...I’ll do it. Just leave it to me.”

Seong Yuchan took Yu-hyun’s hand.

It was logical and emotional to say that this was right.

There was no reason not to take his hand.

“I’m glad.”

Yu-hyun smiled at Seong Yuchan.

“I’m glad the devices I ordered didn’t go to waste.”

“What?!”

Seong Yuchan was shocked.

This man, did he already expect him to come here and buy things for him?

“You have the devices you used before, right? In addition to that, I’ll provide you with some more support. Just use them as you wish.”

“Th-thank you.”

Was this what it felt like to be on Buddha’s palm?

Seong Yuchan felt nervous as if he was dreaming, but he made a firm promise to himself.

Never mess with this man.

That’s how a new employee in charge of information gathering was added to White Flower Management.