Perfect World [EN]: Chapter 85

Uuung.

A gray van-type flying car descended into the parking lot of the Gods Knights training camp. As soon as it landed, the doors on the front and sides slid open, and several figures began to disembark. They had been arrogantly puffing out their chests, but they seemed intimidated by the long line of broadcasting staff and reporters at the training camp, hesitating for a long time before daring to step out.

“W-What on earth is going on?”

Soon, an even more bewildering situation befell them. The people gathered at the training camp were all approaching them. It was only natural that broadcasting staff and reporters who came for filming and coverage would flock to Bumseok, the main figure of the day, who had come out to greet them.

He sent a welcoming smile to the bewildered promotion evaluation team.

“Hello, evaluation team members. Welcome.”

A man with half-gray hair standing at the entrance of the flying car approached him and asked.

“Hello. I’m Gordon. I’m the representative of the group here to evaluate the promotion of the Gods Knights team.”

“Yes. Pleased to meet you. I’m Oh Bumseok, the chairman of the Gods Knights team. I look forward to working with you today.”

“I see. But what about the reporters and filming crew gathered here?”

Bumseok scratched his head, looking embarrassed.

“Hahaha. WBS [World Broadcasting System] is planning a program, and I was selected as one of the cast members. And the reporters from our region came to cover today’s filming.”

WBS was a major broadcasting station spanning the world. He was curious as to why they, who were rarely seen even once in a lifetime, had come all the way to Rima City, a remote area, to find him.

“No. What made you decide to appear on the show?”

“Hehe. WBS selected the five most promising prospects in the world this year, and I was, embarrassingly, included.”

It was joyful news to promote the local Gladiator world to the world, but Gordon’s expression was not good. If today’s events were known to the outside world, a big problem would occur.

In fact, the promotion evaluation team was only nominally present this time; in reality, there was no point in evaluating. This was because the higher-ups of each faction had already agreed to disqualify the Gods Knights team from becoming a professional team. For this reason, they made the unreasonable move of including Gloria, a prohibited outsider, on the evaluation team, and they had perfectly inputted the pre-designated scores into their heads.

But from this morning, things suddenly started to go wrong. A man named Ross, who had led this matter, was arrested by the police before going to work, and they had to hurriedly bring in a new person who knew nothing about it. A cooperative evaluation team member from a powerful faction boldly expressed his intention to withdraw from this matter. Now, even the filming crew from a major broadcasting company and local sports reporters were gathered, pointing their cameras at them.

Gordon was at a loss as to how to handle the current situation.

“Hmm. Is that so? Congratulations.”

“Hahaha. Thank you.”

“But did you really have to film today? As you know, today is an important promotion evaluation day. You could have postponed it to another day… Tsk, tsk.”

“I’m really sorry about that. WBS said they didn’t have time and insisted on filming today. How could I, with no power, refuse? Please understand.”

Bumseok, who lightly apologized, gave a signal to several men in suits who were lingering behind him. Soon, they began to surround Gordon.

“W-Who are these people?”

“They are sports dispute lawyers I hired for this evaluation. I didn’t know what the promotion evaluation process was, so I invited them. It’s my first time going up to the professional league, so I wanted to get some advice.”

Gordon glanced at the lawyers and made a face as if he had eaten something unpleasant. His words sounded plausible, but there was no way he wouldn’t know his intentions. He had done numerous promotion evaluations so far, but there was no promotion team that had brought along a line of litigation lawyers like this. It seemed that they knew about their conspiracy in advance and were threatening them.

“Hmm, but lawyers… We can handle everything ourselves…”

“Ah, is that so? Then I did something unnecessary. It’s my first time doing something like this, so I made a mistake. Please understand with your generous heart, as it was something I did without knowing. Hahaha.”

Gordon shook his head and walked away with an uncomfortable expression. Then, a middle-aged man approached him. He looked around and whispered in a polite tone.

“Hello. I’m Brian, in charge of the Gladiator composition section this time. I’ll definitely give you a perfect score, so rest assured here. But you have to be careful. Except for me and one other person, most of them have already agreed to give you low scores.”

Judging by his friendly demeanor, he seemed to be a member of a faction that had joined hands with the Black Society. If so, he had secured 10 points for sure, and now only 26 points remained.

“Thank you. But who is the other person?”

Brian pointed to a young blond man who was coming out and said.

“That’s Melvin, the person who was hurriedly added after Ross was arrested this morning. There was no one who could evaluate the financial side, so they brought in a general office worker who doesn’t belong to any faction. If you can persuade him, you can get a high score.”

“Is that so? Who exactly is he?”

“That’s him.”

“Yes. I understand. Then I look forward to working with you today.”

Bumseok walked towards Melvin. He seemed burdened by the attention and cameras focused on him, looking around, not knowing what to do.

“Hello? I’m Oh Bumseok.”

“Ah, yes. I’m Melvin. Nice to meet you.”

Bumseok, who shook hands lightly, said with the kindest smile possible.

“Seeing that a fairly young person like you has participated in the evaluation team, it seems that you are quite recognized for your abilities in the professional association in this area.”

“Ah, no. I was doing accounting work in the office, but I was suddenly called out. Originally, another person was supposed to come.”

“Still, that’s something. Everyone recognizes you, so these opportunities come along. Anyway, I hope you will give a fair evaluation today.”

“Ah, yes. I understand. Then I’ll be on my way…”

As Melvin passed by, a woman dressed in a well-tailored women’s suit stepped out of the flying car. She was probably in her early twenties, and her silver hair, which shone particularly brightly in the bright early summer sunlight, was quite impressive. Moreover, she was so beautiful that if he hadn’t seen her small, round ears, he would have mistaken her for an elf.

‘W-Who is this woman?’

Bumseok forgot that he had to chase after Melvin to persuade him and was staring at her intently.

Was she about 160 centimeters tall? Her exceptionally clear and blue eyes resembled sparkling emeralds, and her smoothly connected features, like well-crafted porcelain, extended to her graceful neckline. And her figure, revealed in her tight suit, was thin enough to look delicate, which Bumseok liked very much. However, a slight dissatisfaction was that her chest was quite voluminous. He somehow had a slight aversion to women with large breasts. Still, she was a woman worth trying to conquer. He slightly opened the information window to check the contents.

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Name: Gloria Bricket.

Classification: Modified human (16 years).

Affiliation: Rainbow Corporation (Rainbow Women’s Rights Group).

Fame: 2109.

Infamy: 5682.

Favorability: 17.

H Status: None.

Stamina: 4198/4200.

Sociability: 91+5, Strength: 43, Stamina: 42.

Agility: 47, Balance: 51, Intelligence: 87+5.

Mental Strength: 91+5. Judgment: 92+5, Skill: 94+5.

Luck: 100+15.

Current Skill/Potential: 738/756.

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Trait: Lucky Entrepreneur.

Special Notes: After being infatuated with a man who was deeply in love with elves and being frustrated, she came to hate elves extremely. After that, she started a small one-room rental business and built the current Rainbow Corporation. Currently, she has founded the Rainbow Women’s Rights Group and is actively engaged in enthusiastic women’s rights movements.

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‘W-What? This woman is Gloria!’

Bumseok, who had thought of her as just a sharp-looking middle-aged woman, was quite surprised. He couldn’t believe that a woman with such a beautiful appearance was that picky Gloria. But there was no way that false information would be recorded in the information window, and since she was a modified human, it was understandable. One of the great advantages of modified humans was that they could maintain the youth of their early twenties for a considerable period after the procedure.

‘Hmm. Still, her stats are good.’

Her physical abilities were low, but all of her mental abilities except for intelligence were over 90. In addition, her luck was increased by +15 with the trait ‘Lucky Entrepreneur,’ and all other mental abilities were increased by +5. Moreover, she had built Rainbow Corporation, the largest real estate company in Rima City, through self-reliance, and was even serving as the head of a powerful women’s rights group that exerted great influence in the local political world. He would definitely be in big trouble if he underestimated her.

Bumseok, who had quietly lowered the window, approached Gloria and lightly greeted her.

“Hello…”

However, she was emitting a cold aura and passed by without even acknowledging him. Bumseok, who was embarrassed by this, folded his arms and quietly watched her back. As expected, she was not easy to deal with. He was worried that 10 points would fly away just like that.

But he couldn’t give up like this. Because she was an outsider with no understanding of the interests of the factions, he could get a high score if he changed her mind, and a challenge arose in him to plant his flag on that proud female body.

‘Okay. Then let’s start.’

He headed to the medical room to receive the first evaluation. The field he was most confident in was the medical field. He was going to take the lead here and drive the evaluation team crazy.

“Here it is.”

The place where Bumseok led the evaluation team and the filming crew was the Second Medical Room. This was where the robotic arm surgery table and the MRI whole-body diagnostic machine were located. It was more effective to show them directly like this than to write a line on a document and show it to them.

Soon, one of the cameramen who had entered first took a picture of the entire medical room and turned to the evaluation team. Susan, who had been waiting, greeted Bumseok and the evaluation team with a smile on her face.

“Come on in. This is the Second Medical Room that our Gods Knights are proud of.”

At his words, Gordon, who looked at the interior, looked embarrassed and looked at the black-haired man standing next to him. He was Alfred, who was in charge of evaluating the medical part this time. Even at a glance, he could tell that the medical equipment inside was quite expensive, so if he gave a high score to the medical part, the future work would be completely messed up.

As expected, Alfred was making a quite difficult expression.

“What are those devices?”

“Hmm. Yes. It’s the latest robotic arm surgery table and MRI [Magnetic Resonance Imaging] whole-body diagnostic machine. They are such expensive items that ordinary area league teams can’t even think of buying them.”

Gordon quietly whispered to him.

“Is it possible?”

Alfred glanced at Susan and said.

“Well, if they’ve brought in such expensive items, it seems that there’s nothing to criticize in the medical equipment. But don’t worry. If you turn your eyes to other places, there are things that are missing.”

“Yes. I understand. Then I’ll trust you, Alfred.”

Alfred nodded and examined the MRI whole-body diagnostic machine as a formality and moved back to Gordon. Since he already had a plan, it was a waste of time to look further.

At that time, a man who seemed to be a PD [Production Director] had all the cameramen in the room film him and hurriedly blocked the way.

“Excuse me. Are you the promotion evaluator who is evaluating the medical part of the Gods Knights this time?”

“Ah, yes. That’s right.”

“Even I think the medical facilities of the Gods Knights are quite excellent, what do you think, evaluator?”

“Yes. Even I think the medical facilities look very excellent.”

“Is that so? Then surely a high score will be given.”

Alfred looked at the PD with strange eyes. If he came to film Bumseok, he could just film him, but he didn’t understand why he came to him and asked so many questions.

However, since there were so many eyes of all the cameras and reporters in the room, he couldn’t help but answer. He looked at Susan and barely opened his mouth.

“Well, it will be difficult to give a high score. No matter how excellent the equipment is, if the person operating it is not skilled, it will all be in vain, right?”

Bumseok, who stopped Susan, who was blushing and trying to step forward, approached Alfred. There was nothing to gain from her stepping forward here. And he couldn’t stand the act of cutting down his lover candidate. His expression was full of anger.

“No. What do you mean? What’s wrong with our team doctor that you’re saying such ridiculous things?”

“W-Well, before coming here, I had a chance to look at the career of Susan, the team doctor of the Gods Knights. But I confirmed that the evaluation at her previous job was very low. She was forcibly dismissed for stealing items from the treatment center, so it’s obvious, isn’t it?”

He seemed to be referring to the incident at the Mikhail Treatment Center. Bumseok, who knew the situation at the time, snorted and glared at him.

“Huh. Did you see her stealing directly? Or do you have evidence?”

“N-No, but… It was clearly stated in the personnel record.”

“Then you’re saying there’s no evidence? If you’re a promotion evaluator, are you allowed to falsely accuse others without any evidence and use this as an excuse to influence official duties? And as far as I know, the situation is completely different. That’s why I brought her in as a team doctor after three attempts. If you want, I’m willing to take the time to discuss it in detail with all the evidence and witnesses. What do you want to do?”

Alfred was at a loss because of Bumseok’s strong stance. Certainly, his words were not wrong. He couldn’t influence official duties with facts that had no evidence.

Of course, he could have avoided the crisis by pushing through with his position in normal times, but now there were so many eyes around him that he couldn’t act recklessly.

============================ Author’s Notes ============================

As promised yesterday, I will explain the league.

First of all, the league consists of four types.

1. World League: The highest league spanning the world, there is only one. Only 20 teams participate.

2. Central League: There is one league in each of the 8 central governments around the world, with 160 participating professional teams.

3. Wide League: There is one league in each of the 64 metropolitan governments around the world, with 1280 participating professional teams.

4. Area League: There is one league in each of the 512 local governments around the world, with 10240 participating professional teams.

5. Amateur League: Held by each local government, it is a competition between amateurs. The number is unconfirmed. ^^;;;;;;

Then tomorrow I will explain the governing government. Have a comfortable day everyone. I’ll see you again tomorrow.