Chapter 52 - The Working Ones
Even Blue Flower Yeom A-yun, who was the last obstacle to Dam Han-ul’s conquest(?) of the Korean underworld as planned by Cheongsoha, helplessly surrendered after directly experiencing that Dam Han-ul.
Moreover, after experiencing the disaster of miserably losing the melon-flavored ice cream she bought from the neighborhood mart as predicted later, she became even more docile.
“Hehehe… I didn’t do anything to upset you last time, right teacher…?”
“Huh? Upset? What do you mean??”
“Hehe… Still, I think I was a bit rude last time, so I sent you a little gift!!”
“???”
Thanks to that, Dam Han-ul himself received an unexpected gift.
The gift he received like that was a jewel.
And it was a very pretty and expensive-looking jewel at that.
“Well, it’s not an artifact or anything… but if you display it well somewhere, it should be pretty enough?”
“It certainly looks expensive and pretty.”
“Right?! Anyway, now that you’ve received that, we’re on good terms now, right?!”
“Uh… Yeah, well…”
Yeom A-yun had been scared in advance and even sent a gift to try to improve relations, but from Dam Han-ul’s perspective, who had no particular ill feelings, it was just getting a free jewel, so he simply accepted.
Anyway, the jewel sent by Yeom A-yun like that ended up being well stored next to the wooden chest that was kept in the fortune-telling room.
And as Yeom A-yun collapsed like that, there was no one left who could stop Cheongsoha’s evil scheme (from Dam Han-ul’s perspective)…
Finally, a guild was created, and all the forces in Korea’s underworld were forcibly brought under that guild.
“Now all that’s left is for you to name the guild, teacher, and stamp this document.”
“I see… So this time has finally come…”
Anyway, after stamping with trembling hands, Cheongsoha asked me a question.
“Do you have any thoughts for the guild name?”
“Hmm… I don’t think I have anything in particular?”
How could I have any… I didn’t even know what was going on, and I didn’t particularly want it in the first place…
“Hmm, then I have a name I personally thought of, would you like to hear it?”
“Yes. Please tell me.”
“Honwon, I think it’s a name that suits your great ability well… What do you think?”
Honwon? Universe??
Tsk, I feel like this might not be right for a guild name, but I don’t have any particular name in mind…
“Yeah, well, it sounds good. Thank you for your consideration.”
“Not at all. It’s nothing. Then we’ll go with Honwon for the guild name.
Like that… Although it wasn’t known to the public, Honwon, a guild that had three S-ranks as members but whose guild master was F-rank and had taken control of Korea’s underworld, was born as an urban legend-like guild.
And there were those who brightened their eyes at that news…
They were Dam Han-ul’s subordinates who had been staying quiet until now.
Through the name Cheongsoha gave, the Honwon Guild officially appeared.
Since it’s a guild with three S-ranks in it, I thought there might be some big ripples, but as Cheongsoha said that there wouldn’t be any annoying noise since it was handled secretly, our guild’s appearance was quietly made without even a single line of news.
Well, I’m rather glad it’s not noisy…
“Finally, the guild has been created, Han-ul!”
“I heard that the entire Korean underworld has come under your jurisdiction, teacher! This is really something to celebrate!”
“Uhuhu. Shall we prepare a home party?”
But why are these guys so excited?
Is the creation of a guild that good…?
“Ah, come to think of it, now that they’ve come under our jurisdiction, we should manage them… Han-ul, you’re not interested in that kind of thing, right? I don’t think you have any particular thoughts about them either!”
“That’s true… But well, the money comes in regularly, so what does it matter?”
I had no intention of going around managing. That was too bothersome, and scary, and I didn’t particularly want to do it anyway.
But it’s not like the underworld friends won’t send money in the name of tribute or protection fees every month. If they did that, forget about me, the five S-rank superhumans of Korea, who would be scarier than the King of Hell to them, would crush them all.
“Then leave their management to us, Han-ul!”
“Huh? You guys? Is that okay?”
“It’s better! Actually, we’ve been bored just playing around happily by Han-ul’s side, you know?”
“Salary thieves… Something like that feeling, right?”
“I haven’t been here long so I don’t have that feeling… but it seems like it would be fun to bully those underworld guys and extort some money!”
…Everything’s fine, but Yeondal-gi’s reason is really…
Is it because she’s a gumiho? She does have a wicked side…
Anyway, if S-rank superhumans are going to come out directly and manage, why would I have any reason to refuse? If they want to do it more themselves.
“Ah, and Ricone and Black Cat also want to lend a hand!”
“Sujin also said she’d help! Isn’t that admirable?”
“Really? Then well… Handle that issue yourselves.”
Even Ricone, Sujin, and Black Cat say they want to do it.
I didn’t have any particular thoughts or anything… So I just left that matter to the friends who volunteered.
‘Tsk… But why do I feel slightly uneasy…??’
…But is it just my imagination that the smiles of these guys who grin after getting my permission seem a bit ominous???
As expected by Cheongsoha and other S-rank superhumans, Dam Han-ul didn’t show any particular interest even after getting the underworld in his hands. Rather, there seemed to be a slight feeling of wanting to distance himself.
So, as they expected, the management of Korea’s underworld fell into the hands of the high-ranking superhumans under Dam Han-ul.
And that was… clearly nothing but bad news for the underworld superhumans who had been continuing their lineage obediently without any particular interference until now.
Those who were entrusted with their management… had no intention of properly nurturing the clearly limited Korean underworld forces to the extent of encroaching on the territory of Korea’s S-rank superhumans who had good relationships with their master, and were just thinking of playing with, bullying, and rolling those frogs in a well to relieve their boredom when they were bored.
As such, their actions were carried out tremendously actively.
“Hey… What kind of guy is this who’s stuck in a high position telling us to pay tribute?”
“I wonder?? Maybe he’s the hidden lover of some S-rank… Something like tha… Urk!!”
Kwang!!
“Let’s see… You’re the ones with the biggest scale in Seoul, right? The Deoksu faction friends?”
Not long after the guild was established and they received orders from S-rank superhumans, underworld forces all over the country were suddenly attacked simultaneously! By the members of the Honwon Guild.
“F-Flower Sword Sarame Akame?! N-no, why are you doing this to us…!!”
“When a new master appears, you should have immediately come with gifts and bowed prettily, right? Huh? You’re so slow!”
Paak! Pakak! Bbeoeoek!!
“Urk! Uuk!! S-sorry!! P-please spare our lives…!!”
In fact, whether they did anything wrong or not was secondary, they were just bored, so they made up some reasons and beat them up indiscriminately.
Of course, besides simple stress relief, using the overwhelming difference in strength to establish discipline from the beginning was actually the biggest reason, but still. Even if it was on the orders of S-ranks, it was obvious there would be some who looked down on them, and some who would try to test the waters, right?
Even if the Korean underworld forces are small and weak, that doesn’t mean they’re pure and kind, right?
“I hope our bastards don’t go around calling themselves an assassination organization. They’ll die early.”
“I heard bruises or burns are better than frostbite, so I just lightly froze their arms and legs, do you like it?”
Anyway, like that, all the forces with some name in the Korean underworld were attacked and forcibly injected with etiquette education for the new boss…
In less than four days, all those with some name across the country had their discipline properly established. They were also marked to be bullied periodically…
Ah, of course, there were exceptions.
“It’s good that you line up well? You’ve risen in the world, risen~.”
“Th-thank you, Miss Ricone!!”
“Hmm! It seems you pay money well every month and your attitude is good, so I won’t touch you unnecessarily, nya?”
“Oh my, it’s an honor, Miss Black Cat!!”
The Korean branch of the Black Dog Society, which had come under Dam Han-ul even before the guild was created, and a certain club that Hati Eri had handed over, survived intact!
Anyway, except for those two places, everywhere else suffered misfortune…
In that battered state, they were forced to gather at Dam Han-ul’s house, carrying loads of gifts.
“G-greetings to the great… I-I am…”
“????”
What is this ridiculous situation where suddenly a person with broken teeth and a swollen face comes leaning on crutches, prostrates himself in front of me, and gives me something…?
Moreover, it’s not just this person, but behind him are people scattered around waiting while holding back groans in a battered state.
“No, Akame. What’s all this situation?!”
“Hmm, it’s better not to have unfortunate incidents where newly joined subordinates don’t recognize the boss and commit rudeness, right? So we taught them a lesson while also relieving stress and such.”
“??????”
Ah, no… Why did you do such a thing?!
They say bad premonitions don’t miss… I didn’t hide my surprised emotion and gaped.
Kugh…! The feeling of my stomach hurting after a long time…!! I trusted and left it to them, but to cause such an accident…!!
Moreover, seeing them looking at me proudly with pure smiles even after causing such a major accident made my stomach hurt even more…
But even so, nothing changed… This strange greeting of these superhumans, who had no place that wasn’t smashed, continued, and through this, I ended up becoming their undisputed boss and the owner of Korea’s underworld.
Damn it all…!!