Chapter 420: Ambition to Seize Korea
The chaebols of Korea really knew how to enjoy life. In the manor, a team of over thirty servants was on standby at all times to serve the members of the Lee family who only occasionally came here to rest.
Because the family's eldest daughter was currently in the manor, the white-haired butler was carefully confirming dining and living details in the garden.
Kaito Shirogane was wearing only a pair of swimming trunks, lying on a chair by the pool.
Servants had already prepared fruits and tea snacks in advance, likely all exquisite high-end goods.
The white-haired old man's peripheral vision kept sizing up the man brought back by the eldest miss. The other party was handsome and strong, not looking like someone from a place like Northern Myanmar.
He didn't expect that Miss Lee Chae-rin, who had always been strong to the point of being domineering, would silently bring back a man, and seemed to behave... submissively.
The old man was very good at reading expressions. Although the two didn't show it obviously, from the look Lee Chae-rin occasionally gave the man, he could feel that in this relationship, the one dominating wasn't his own miss.
And this point, he had already truthfully reported to the true master of the Samwol Chaebol—Lee Xianhou.
He pressed his earpiece, heard the report from the manor entrance security, and knew Lee Xianhou had arrived, so he went to the other party's side.
"Mr. Shirogane, Chairman Lee Xianhou is here. He wants to see you."
The old man didn't rely on a translator. Although his pronunciation wasn't standard, it was sufficient for communication.
He hadn't revealed signs of knowing the Eastern Xia language in front of Lee Chae-rin and Kaito before.
Kaito, lying on the chair, opened his eyes, glanced at this deep and thoughtful old man, then closed his eyes again, only saying:
"I'm tired. Let him come to see me."
His tone was casual, showing little special respect for the old man who built the Samwol Chaebol from scratch.
The white-haired butler was stunned, opening his mouth to rebuke him, but held back. Fortunately, at this time, Lee Chae-rin walked out from the inner room.
This woman seemed to have just bathed, changing into a red and black long dress, looking majestic and bewitching.
Kaito's nose twitched. He smelled a special scent; there was an extra smell on this woman's body.
Even though she used perfume to cover it after bathing, Kaito's perception ability was abnormally high now; he could still detect the changes in her body.
"Go invite Grandpa over. I will explain to him."
Lee Chae-rin looked cold but arrogant. She knew Kaito's thoughts very well. In fact, her own thoughts were getting closer to his.
The rules of the world had changed silently. The definition of "power" in this world had been secretly modified.
Wealth, power, and even armies were no longer absolute power.
And they, the Reincarnators, especially high-rank Reincarnators, were the true power itself!
Lee Xianhou wore a white loose robe. Although well-maintained, his aging state could not be concealed.
Leaning on a cane, he entered from the garden and saw his eldest granddaughter, on whom he placed high hopes, standing behind a man with a naked upper body. Although she was looking at him, she didn't step forward to welcome him.
The smile on Lee Xianhou's face remained unchanged. He waved his hand, signaling the directors, butlers, and bodyguards behind him to disperse, then walked to the pool side alone.
He looked down at the man with closed eyes. Just by looking with naked eyes, he could feel the powerful vitality in the other party, completely different from an old man like himself who was walking towards the grave.
The other party was clearly in his manor, yet his bearing made it seem like he was the guest.
Lee Chae-rin was about to speak, but Lee Xianhou had already sat on another lounge chair.
He spoke, his voice somewhat hoarse.
"Mr. Shirogane is that kind of person with special talents, right?"
Lee Chae-rin glanced at her grandfather, preparing to translate truthfully, but Kaito raised his hand. Before returning to the real world, he also found someone to make a Language Proficiency Magic constant.
[Constant · Language Proficiency (C · Buff) — You will be able to automatically understand and master most human languages that do not possess mysterious power]
For just 800 Dimensional Points, through a magic not considered high-level, one could easily master nearly a hundred languages. Reincarnators possessed crushing advantages over ordinary humans.
"My granddaughter also got involved."
Because Lee Xianhou had enough financial power and influence, he naturally realized through various information channels that more and more ability users were appearing in the world today.
Even those guys, a few days ago, broke out into conflict with the current order off the coast of Australia.
Based on this understanding, he quickly realized that there were probably many such ability users hiding among ordinary people.
Thus, he guessed that his granddaughter Lee Chae-rin, who was excellent but always involved in various "incidents," also belonged to that category of people.
Kaito's mysterious appearance and Lee Chae-rin's obedience to him all had explanations.
Lee Xianhou didn't need Kaito to answer. He was just stating that he knew all this.
He then looked at his proudest granddaughter, shaking his head and sighing.
"You, oh you, your vision is ultimately still too small."
"Since you had that kind of opportunity, why hide? If I had news of this earlier, I could have long helped you recruit more of that kind of people, and our Samwol Chaebol would have long ago..."
In the old man's few words, there was quite a bit of regret.
Lee Chae-rin raised her eyebrows. Although she knew her grandfather was an excellent person, his reaction and boldness at such a time still moved her.
Kaito also opened his eyes at this time, his eyes full of appreciative smiles.
Kaito clapped his hands, then sat up from the lounge chair.
"Not bad, Chairman Lee Xianhou. You indeed have more talent than her."
Kaito appreciated these people with outstanding talents. If the other party could become a Reincarnator, presumably even if his combat talent wasn't as good as Lee Chae-rin's, his development potential wouldn't be weaker than hers.
The difference between the two lay in their thinking. For a long time, Lee Chae-rin still maintained the thinking mode of an "ordinary person."
If Kaito were the eldest son of the Samwol Chaebol, he would have probably snatched control of the chaebol long ago, then used the chaebol's power to start hunting Reincarnators on a large scale without scruples.
For Reincarnators inside Korea, the local emperor Samwol Chaebol itself was a huge threatening force.
Lee Chae-rin only used information channels to a limited extent, still having the weakling mindset of wanting to hide herself.
"It seems cooperating with you is a good idea."
Kaito smiled. Lee Xianhou paused for a moment, then immediately reached out his hand too.
Lee Xianhou felt this young man completely saw through his thoughts, and his thinking shifted so fast that his aging self had trouble keeping up.
"In this era of great change, we should hold this country in our own hands."
Lee Xianhou shook hands with Kaito. Both revealed greedy smiles.
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