Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 1485

“Um…”

“Ah, yes…”

“We… we made a mistake earlier…”

“No, I also made a mistake…” Joo Young-gi and Sung Joo-chan awkwardly faced each other.

‘No, why are the Chairman’s friends here?’

‘No, why do all the employees of Jin-ho’s company look so menacing?’

A bizarre situation unfolded where they were all sweating bullets while looking at each other.

The General Assembly members were half-panicked by the fact that they had dared to speak harshly to Kang Jin-ho’s friend. Even though Kang Jin-ho wasn’t the type to use his power for personal matters…

‘Isn’t this unprecedented?’

It was uncertain whether he would react so calmly to this. There had to be a precedent of someone cursing at the Chairman’s friend.

It was well-known within the General Assembly that Kang Jin-ho thought differently about his family and acquaintances.

Therefore, they couldn’t imagine what would happen when this situation reached Kang Jin-ho’s ears.

‘You bastard, you should have stopped them!’

‘I did stop them, you idiot!’

‘Stop them my ass! You should have stopped them earlier! What’s the point of stopping them after everything has happened!’

Sung Joo-chan was frustrated to the point of madness, but that didn’t make the sharp glares directed at him disappear.

And as much as they were suffering, Joo Young-gi was also suffering in his own way.

‘Ugh, this is so awkward.’

Who would have imagined that the thugs who barged into the newly opened shop would be Kang Jin-ho’s company people?

‘No, why do they look like that!’

And it wasn’t just a matter of looks.

Joo Young-gi, who had some experience in that world, could tell. Those who were half-removed from the law-abiding society had a unique scent about them.

He could smell that scent from them.

That’s why he was so furious. Barging into a shop on its opening day, causing a ruckus, and finding fault to extort money was a typical tactic of those thugs.

But…

“…You came to have coffee?”

“Yes… that’s right.”

They came to have coffee.

It was driving him crazy.

What was even more maddening was that those guys, who looked like they could eat a cow whole, were acting timid in front of him.

“No, Kang Jin-ho, that bastard…”

“Eeeek!”

“Oh, God. Oh my God.”

“I didn’t hear anything! I didn’t hear anything! I didn’t hear anything!”

Joo Young-gi shut his mouth at the atmosphere that seemed like they were about to start confessing.

‘I can’t say anything.’

As Joo Young-gi was hesitating, Park Yoo-min sighed and opened his mouth.

“Young-gi.”

“Huh?”

“You’d better stay quiet for now.”

“…Okay.”

Joo Young-gi would have been furious under normal circumstances, but now it felt like things would get more tangled every time he opened his mouth, so he had no choice but to shut up.

“First of all, I’m sorry for the misunderstanding.”

“Ah, no, it’s okay.”

Everyone bowed their heads as if they were sorry.

Park Yoo-min was slightly flustered by their overly polite behavior.

“Please, speak casually. You look older than me.”

“Well, age doesn’t matter at all on our side. What matters is that the people here are the Chairman’s friends!”

Park Yoo-min would normally have asked them to speak casually, but…

‘This will drag on for another 30 minutes.’ There are times when you have to bow down.

“Then let’s move on from that.”

Park Yoo-min scratched his head.

It was awkward for him to be treated with respect by his elders, but there was nothing he could do about it now.

“Did you come to boost sales?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Isn’t Jin-ho’s company far from here? How can you come here like this on a weekday morning?”

“Ah, please don’t misunderstand.”

Jeon Seok-jin waved his hand and replied.

“We didn’t skip work or sneak out during work hours. Actually, we received orders from above.”

“Orders?”

“Saying ‘orders’ makes it sound like we’re spies. To be precise, we received instructions… to come in pairs and boost sales.”

“What?”

Park Yoo-min looked at them with a strange expression.

“Does sales go up just by a few people coming in?”

“Ah, that’s…”

Jeon Seok-jin slightly turned his head. Just in time, the shop door opened, and another group of shoulders(?) came in.

“Huh? What are you doing?”

“It’s like that.”

“Ah!”

Park Yoo-min nodded as if he understood. It seemed like they were controlling the flow so that they wouldn’t all rush in at once.

“But why during work hours?”

“Director Lee… Ah, you know Director Lee, right?”

“Yes, I know him.”

“Director Lee said that having the place packed when it opens would help with sales… so he told us to go and hold our spots.”

“Help with sales?”

Park Yoo-min’s cheek twitched slightly. Joo Young-gi grabbed his head and let out a deep sigh.

Park Yoo-min opened his mouth with a ‘surely not’ tone.

“Is this something you do at other stores as well?”

“Yes. We’ll be doing it at 100 stores nationwide at the same time.”

Park Yoo-min slowly turned his head and looked at Sung Joo-chan.

Sung Joo-chan’s face was rotten.

“…Is this okay?”

“Is this okay?”

Park Yoo-min eventually let out a deep sigh.

“Young-gi.”

“Yeah.”

“Go call Jin-ho.”

“…Why not you?”

“I think it’s better for you to do it than me.”

“Okay. I got it.”

Joo Young-gi snorted and got up from his seat. Park Yoo-min covered his face as he watched Joo Young-gi leave the cafe.

“Ugh…”

“Don’t be dramatic.”

“Ah, no, I’m not being dramatic…”

“I said don’t be dramatic.”

“Ugh…”

There were two people in the Chairman’s office of the General Assembly.

One was Kang Jin-ho.

Kang Jin-ho was sitting at his desk, working. He was wearing horn-rimmed glasses that didn’t suit him.

He had said several times that such things were meaningless to him, but Choi Yeon-ha had stubbornly given him blue light blocking glasses, saying that presbyopia [age-related farsightedness] was not something humans could control.

It felt like there was a deep malice in the word ‘presbyopia,’ but anyway, it was a gift she bought for him, so he decided to use it as much as possible when working.

Then, a report submitted by Lee Hyun-soo caught Kang Jin-ho’s eye.

Kang Jin-ho stared at the report on the screen for a long time before letting out a deep sigh.

‘It’s my fault.’

Recently, he had trusted Lee Hyun-soo so much that he had been approving reports without asking any questions. That’s why this mess happened.

Kang Jin-ho slightly turned his head.

Next to his desk, Lee Hyun-soo was groaning with his head on the floor.

“Get up.”

“Ugh!”

Lee Hyun-soo quickly got up and stood at attention. His flushed face showed how much he was struggling.

‘No, why did that guy go to the military?’

He could have avoided it, but he went to the military and learned strange things.

Normally, Lee Hyun-soo wouldn’t be damaged by doing a headstand. Even though he was a bit rusty, he was still a martial artist. In terms of physical strength, he was incomparable to ordinary people.

But if the opponent was Kang Jin-ho, things were a little different.

For Kang Jin-ho, it was nothing to use his energy to suppress Lee Hyun-soo while working.

‘Is he going to lose his hair?’

Lee Hyun-soo swallowed hard at the intense pain he felt on the top of his head.

“So…”

Kang Jin-ho opened his mouth with a slightly pissed-off voice.

“You just shoved those dark figures into the shop?”

This was a problem that Lee Hyun-soo had not anticipated at all.

The plan to fill the place on the opening day was good. But the problem was that the guys who filled the shop were all from the General Assembly.

What kind of place was the General Assembly?

It was a place where men who had been half-disconnected from the secular world since childhood gathered in groups. There was no place in Korean society with a higher male ratio than this.

Even the physical education universities or construction sites, which were called extreme male-dominated areas, would have a higher female ratio than here. The only place that could be compared was the military.

In other words, it meant that the already rugged guys were showing off the worst fashion sense. Moreover, for the men of the General Assembly, fashion was just an adornment to look strong.

Naturally, the most disastrous fashion was in vogue, with things like tight-fitting shirts that could no longer be found, wide pants that looked like they were sweeping the floor, gold necklaces, sunglasses, and buzz cuts that would horrify any barber.

What would have happened when such people entered a newly opened shop as a group?

Local thugs who were passing by were horrified and ran away.

“What were you thinking?”

Kang Jin-ho knew that he had no right to criticize others about fashion. But at least Kang Jin-ho’s fashion didn’t threaten or disgust others.

‘He has a good face, but he dresses terribly’ was the kind of evaluation Kang Jin-ho received. But the members of the General Assembly had gone beyond that level.

“Well, there was a slight error.”

“Slight?”

As a vein popped out on Kang Jin-ho’s forehead, Lee Hyun-soo quickly changed his words.

“Of course, even if it’s slight, an error is an error! I take full responsibility!”

“Keep going.”

Lee Hyun-soo swallowed hard.

‘It was a mistake.’

This was literally a mistake.

He should have considered this part.

However, there was a reason why Lee Hyun-soo missed this part.

‘Our guys are cute…’

They were kind of round and cute when you looked at them. Seeing them flustered with their big bodies made you laugh.

But Lee Hyun-soo quickly admitted that this perspective was only from his position. What if Lee Hyun-soo wasn’t a martial artist… no, what if he was a non-martial artist, or not the director of the General Assembly, and looked at them?

‘They’d probably piss their pants.’

It would be less scary than a rabid dog without a muzzle.

“I admit that there was a big mistake. So, I quickly corrected it. I will make sure it runs smoothly.”

“Smoothly?”

Lee Hyun-soo wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

“It’s still morning, so there aren’t many people. If we fix this problem quickly, it will be fine. Lunchtime is the focus…”

Kang Jin-ho looked at Lee Hyun-soo with a displeased expression. But Lee Hyun-soo desperately maintained a blank face.

“Lee Hyun-soo.”

“Yes, Chairman!”

“I am disappointed in the director.”

Kang Jin-ho glared.

“You have no will to do anything!”

No, why is that guy suddenly possessed by the military again? Does he want to enlist again?

Kang Jin-ho frowned and spoke in a slightly murderous voice.

“Do better.”

“I will correct it.”

“Fix it quickly.”

“Yes!”

As Lee Hyun-soo hurriedly ran out of the Chairman’s office, Kang Jin-ho let out a deep sigh. Then, he picked up the phone and made a call.

“Hey, Young-gi.”

“[Did you tell him?]”

“Yeah. I told him to fix it. Thanks.”

“[Thanks my ass, think before you act, you idiot! I almost pissed myself in the cafe when your employees came in.]”

Kang Jin-ho had nothing to say, even if he had ten mouths.