Chapter 421: Special Abilities Division VS Seo Ji-woo
Seo Ji-woo sat in the abandoned Xu's Pharmaceutical Group building, which originally accommodated nearly a thousand employees.
But after Seo Ji-woo took control of the chaebol, he directly abandoned all businesses, converted most assets into cash, and started a business with the [Final Empire] previously.
Seo Ji-woo leaned on the sofa. In the empty Chairman's office, only the sofa under him and the cabinet against the wall remained now.
Seo Ji-woo smashed the baseball in his hand against the cabinet one by one, then caught it on the rebound.
He was waiting for a message, a reply from the [Final Empire].
Crack!
The cabinet smashed too many times by the baseball suddenly cracked open. Two corpses in suits and leather shoes fell out from it.
These two corpses were already full of maggots, and the smell of rotting flesh assaulted the nose.
"Tsk, can't you stand properly even after death..."
Seo Ji-woo got up, lifted the two corpses again. Scarlet light on his right hand like a giant python forcibly bound the two corpses to stand up.
These two people were his father and younger brother, previously the Chairman and Director of Xu's Pharmaceutical.
Seo Ji-woo gently swept away the maggots on his father's and brother's faces, tidied their hair, and then sat back.
"People can lack talent, but must learn to pick a side, father, brother..."
"I clearly told you that the future era would become like this, asked you to assist me to be the King of Goryeo (Korea), but you said I was crazy. Sigh, I will be sad too."
The woman standing outside the door saw this scene, lowered her head, daring not to enter.
Cha Ji-hee increasingly felt that Seo Ji-woo was probably completely mad.
No normal person would manipulate and play with his father's and brother's corpses like this.
"Come in."
Cha Ji-hee trembled, but still pushed the door open and walked in. That smell of corpses rushed straight into her nasal cavity; she immediately wanted to vomit.
Whoosh, puff puff!
Seo Ji-woo appeared behind Cha Ji-hee in an instant. Two forces pierced Cha Ji-hee's head.
In the next moment, Cha Ji-hee found she couldn't smell that stench anymore. She sniffed, then realized she had lost her sense of smell.
"Relax, Miss Cha. I just temporarily took away your sense of smell. tell me about the matter I asked you to investigate first."
When not crazy, Seo Ji-woo was quite gentle and elegant. Cha Ji-hee once thought the other party was that kind of true chaebol noble son.
However, now she was deeply involved in various affairs of the [Isshinkai]. Her true identity and home address were known by Seo Ji-woo, leaving no chance to break away from him.
"Yes, Chairman. Cheong Wa Dae (Blue House) has indeed secretly established a Reincarnator squad. This department is hidden inside other departments. I haven't found its specific location yet, but it can roughly be determined that the scale isn't large. The number of Reincarnators should be around 10, with no traces of Title Level Reincarnators existing."
"In addition, Lee Xianhou of Samwol Chaebol discussed this matter with the President previously, but was rejected by the President. It can be presumed that this department doesn't belong to Samwol Chaebol. At the same time, Samwol Chaebol also has the possibility of establishing its own Reincarnator force."
Smash!
Seo Ji-woo suddenly threw the baseball forcefully, smashing his father's corpse's head to pieces.
"Look, father, you are just inferior to Lee Xianhou."
Cha Ji-hee lowered her head, pretending not to see this scene, and continued analyzing other intelligence.
"Miss Lee Chae-rin of Samwol Chaebol, whom you ordered us to pay attention to, went to Southeast Asia previously and has now returned to the country. Someone claimed she brought back a man."
Subsequently, Cha Ji-hee took out a tablet. Inside was only a very blurry portrait. Behind the man in the portrait was a terrifying huge phantom.
Seo Ji-woo took the portrait, tapping lightly.
Beep beep, beep beep.
His phone rang. He answered the call; inside was a deep male voice.
"His Majesty said, abandon the plan to seize Goryeo. Go directly to the teleportation point. We will receive you into the Empire."
Seo Ji-woo's tapping hand froze. He frowned, his voice becoming gloomy and cold.
"I remember we reached an agreement."
The man on the other end of the phone didn't accept Seo Ji-woo's threat. He explained simply:
"We have our own intelligence channels. Simply put, Mercenary Tao has landed in Goryeo. Upholding the principle of avoiding losses of high-rank Reincarnators, we believe seizing Goryeo is no longer cost-effective, thus abandoning it. That's all."
Whether population or resources, Goryeo couldn't be considered rich. The only commendable economy wasn't an irreplaceable resource in the current situation.
And Mercenary Tao had now been proven to possess the strength to kill high-rank Reincarnators like [Millennium Bug] and [Sage] in frontal combat, and even successfully returned from a world where Supreme Powerhouses went missing.
Making an enemy of Mercenary Tao for Goryeo was not cost-effective.
Seo Ji-woo frowned. He felt he just hadn't returned to the Infinite Dimensional Space for a few days; how come he started not understanding these people's words?
Mercenary Tao landed in Goryeo, so what?
Mercenary Tao was just a newly promoted fierce person. Such guys appeared one or two in the Space almost every few missions. Some rose and some died; this was nothing special.
Beep beep beep.
The phone hung up. The Final Empire obtained the manpower resources they wanted, and their attitude towards Seo Ji-woo became much colder.
Seo Ji-woo raised the baseball, making a gesture to continue smashing his younger brother's corpse.
Cha Ji-hee spoke immediately:
"Chairman, Mercenary Tao survived the B711 Secondary World anomaly event that just ended. Now many people speculate he possesses [Fierce] tier combat power. The Empire just lost [Tang Sanzang] there, so they should be unwilling to make an enemy of Mercenary Tao."
Seo Ji-woo frowned. His figure flashed immediately, returning to the Space. Because of the different time flow, he appeared in front of Cha Ji-hee again just after disappearing.
But he had already purchased a quite detailed intelligence report from the Space.
"Moon Demon, Mercenary Tao..."
Seo Ji-woo knew very well that Lee Chae-rin was Moon Demon, so he also knew the man brought to Goryeo by Lee Chae-rin was Mercenary Tao. He just didn't expect that after one mission world...
Mercenary Tao, who wasn't taken seriously by him before, had become a "High-rank Reincarnator" that made the Final Empire retreat because of his name.
Beep beep, beep beep.
His phone rang again. He glanced at the caller ID, shockingly displaying the name [Lee Chae-rin].
After answering, Seo Ji-woo didn't speak. On the other end of the phone came a light chuckle.
"Mr. Seo Ji-woo, I'm still thinking about that treasure map. Hope you didn't trade it away."
In that voice, there was unconcealed greed.
Seo Ji-woo got up and went to the window. Sure enough, he saw the street below the building was empty at some point.
"It seems Mr. Mercenary Tao wants that treasure map very much..."
Click.
An almost inaudible sound of a gun bolt being pulled rang out. Seo Ji-woo pressed Cha Ji-hee's head with one hand. Then the world seemed to pause in his eyes.
A large-caliber bullet pierced the wall, shooting towards him from his nearly stopped world. Through the bullet hole left on the wall, he clearly saw several figures wearing black leather jackets appearing in the building.
Bang!
"Careful, missed!"
The sniping woman saw no blood flowing from the figure in the thermal imaging scope and warned immediately.
In the next moment, the big man standing at the very front roared. His body size enlarged instantly, crashing through the wall directly and pouncing on Seo Ji-woo.
This was their [Goryeo Special Abilities Division]'s first operation. Absolutely no failure allowed.
Whoosh.
The woman codenamed [Blue Firefly] suddenly saw the target's trace lost in thermal imaging. She raised her head to remind her teammates, but opened her mouth without being able to speak.
Splurt!
Blood gushed from her neck. Large amounts of air rushed into her chest cavity. Covering her neck, the woman turned her head, only to see Seo Ji-woo wearing a blue suit already appearing behind her. What slashed her neck... was the other party's fingernail...
Thump.
Amidst the sound of Blue Firefly falling to the ground, the few people rushing into the Chairman's office in front realized what happened. Turning back, they only saw their teammate lying in a pool of blood.
Seo Ji-woo lowered his eyelids, holding the phone to his ear. The corner of his mouth curled into a cruel arc.
"Mercenary Tao, interesting..."
The world almost froze in his eyes again. Taking a step, he appeared behind these few men in black. Lines of blood appeared on their necks one by one.
Mercenary Tao's voice also came from the phone at this time.
"Do your best, Mr. Seo. Kill through your President's Special Abilities Division. I will finish things here and come to find you."
"Ah!"
Screams rose one after another in the phone. Obviously, Mercenary Tao was also carrying out some plan.
Seo Ji-woo was quick-witted, realizing instantly that the opponent was using him.
But with the help of Samwol Chaebol, he probably had no power to reverse it.
Roar!
A howling sound erupted from the bottom floor. In the next moment, a huge white tiger galloped directly from the facade outside the building, stepping on the wall.
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