Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 82

The Tower’s Chosen Top Star 082. New Feature (1) (82/401)

082. New Feature (1)

2022.01.21.

“This was an act of God.”
“I know. It couldn’t be helped. The Woo family’s dog stepped in directly. For now, I’ve tripled the security at the mansion. I was lucky enough to get in touch with a security company that specializes in former special forces soldiers.”

‘There won’t be anything like this again.’ Watching Kwon Seong-hyun say that with a smile, Yeon-woo thought, ‘He definitely found them on purpose.’

He’d bet all the remaining spiritual power on it, although there wasn’t much left now. ‘Come to think of it, when will this be restored?’ He wondered if he should stay in a sacred place and accumulate energy.

Well, he could live without it, but wouldn’t people feel empty if they had something and then lost it? But there was a man next to him who would oppose it even if it meant shortening his lifespan, so that would be difficult.

‘Wait a minute.’ Come to think of it, there was a great battery next to him! It was a problem that he was too handsome to be called a battery and sometimes did unexpected things.

“…Why are you looking at me like that? Even if you look at me pitifully, I won’t allow you to be discharged.”

‘Isn’t permission given by the doctor? No, more than that.’

“Kwon Seong-hyun. Would you like to go outside for a moment?”
“Why?”
“It’s nothing, I just have something to check.”

Kwon Seong-hyun was puzzled, but he faithfully followed Yeon-woo’s words.

‘Definitely…….’

It had slowed down. Besides, he felt like he had a headache and his stomach was empty. It was a typical symptom of depletion.

“You can come back in now.”
“What did you check?”

The walking health tonic asked.

“I confirmed my determination to listen to Kwon Seong-hyun.”
“Why did you suddenly have such a commendable… no, such a pleasing thought?”
“Well…….”

His conscience pricked him at the thought of saying that staying as close as possible would be good for his health.

“Then you’re not going to talk about being discharged anymore. Got it?”

It was when Kwon Seong-hyun asked again as if to get a definite answer.

“If it’s about being discharged, I’m against it too.”

A heavy voice filled with the smell of blood cut in. Woo Do-gyeom, wearing a long black coat over a tailored suit, walked in with shoes that reflected a smooth light in the light.

“There were a few rats that got away, so I recommend staying here. If you don’t like this place, my house is fine too.”
“You came without being called. You haven’t shown your face, why are you here all of a sudden?”

Before Yeon-woo could answer, a sharp retort popped out.

“Then are you saying I should just throw away the valuable information that Yeon-woo gave me while he was collapsing? The information that my benefactor, who saved my children, struggled to find at the cost of his own life? As expected, you’re still a young master who doesn’t know much.”
“There should be some etiquette for people, shouldn’t there?”
“I thought you’d be more angry if I didn’t use the information I’d worked so hard to find, but I guess all you need is the best hospital and doctor?”
“Just because you’re obsessed with money doesn’t mean you still don’t know that material things aren’t everything?”

It was a point where the two people’s ways of thinking diverged sharply.

‘They’re too different, aren’t they?’

From the first meeting, it seemed like they would never find common ground, like water and oil. But listening to them, there was something that bothered him. No. He didn’t sacrifice his body or anything…? It was just that a bad timing overlapped and things didn’t go as planned.

“Anyway, I’m against being discharged.”
“I don’t want to agree with you, but I have no choice but to agree with that.”

The two people’s eyes turned to Yeon-woo. The atmosphere was ominous, and if he said he was going to be discharged right now, they would tie him to the bed.

“…What do you mean rats got out?”
“Ah. The curse target you told me about was my brother. It was surprisingly unsurprising.”
“I’m sorry……?”
“There’s no reason to be sorry. I knew that trash would stab me in the back someday, but I didn’t know that the target would be my children. I barely kept him alive, but he stabbed me in the back like that.”

In an instant, Woo Do-gyeom’s eyes flashed with murderous intent. Soon, he made a smiling face as if nothing had happened, but the once revealed murderous intent was not easily erased.

“Still… isn’t he family?”
“He’s trash that’s too shameful to even be called family.”

Woo Do-gyeom shrugged. His brother, Woo Do-hoon, was truly trash who was not worth considering as family. Woo Do-hoon, who was born as the eldest son, had no useful abilities. Because he had no outstanding qualities, the family’s expectations naturally turned to the second son, Woo Do-gyeom.

“It’s hard to treat a lump of desire full of inferiority complex as a person when he has no ability, right? Don’t you think so?”

Woo Do-hoon’s inferiority complex, which had been pushed back by his younger brother since he was a child, grew deeper and deeper as he grew up. The problem was that it started to be expressed in a bad way. Violence, gambling, unlicensed driving, and even drinking. If the family hadn’t covered it up, he would have received dozens of stars [criminal charges]. If the former chairman hadn’t sent him overseas, he would have been on the media already.

“All he does with his drug-addled brain is try to kill my nephews and nieces. I just treated him very mercifully.”

Woo Do-hoon, who went abroad, went even further down the road. There was no better way for a rich trash to pass the time than drugs. The more Woo Do-gyeom established himself, the more Woo Do-hoon went crazy.

[What’s wrong with trying to kill your bastards? Huh? You took mine, so I have to take one of yours to make it even, right? Your precious children. Your disgusting bastards who will steal mine!]

When he went to Woo Do-hoon’s residence after leaving Yeon-woo, who was vomiting blood, Woo Do-hoon, who had been revived after CPR, drooled and said that. His eyes were already gone from how much drugs he had taken, and he couldn’t even control his body properly.

[So I tried to kill them! I almost succeeded! They said the curse would be stronger if there was blood of kin! So I drew blood too! But why didn’t they die? Why? Why? Why?!]

Woo Do-hoon’s appearance, shouting like a madman, was very ugly. The method was just like Woo Do-hoon. He was too scared to confront Woo Do-gyeom directly, so he was doing this ugly and insidious thing from behind.

“Did you kill him?”

At Yeon-woo’s question, Woo Do-gyeom shook his head.

“How could I let him have such a comfortable end?”
“Then?”
“I just threw him into a facility with good mountains and good water [a rehabilitation center]. How is it? Isn’t it merciful enough?”

The world without drugs would be terrible for a drug addict. But Woo Do-gyeom didn’t care. Death can never be a punishment. Woo Do-hoon would live and struggle, feeling all the pain in the world from now on. Rewarding good and punishing evil. The wicked must be punished. That’s how the scales will be balanced. The opposite was also true. However.

‘I don’t know about the benefactor’s case because it’s the first time.’

There was a slight difficulty, but it didn’t matter. Hiding those thoughts, Woo Do-gyeom smiled brightly.

***

“…Well. If Woo Do-gyeom says so.”

It was completely incomprehensible to Yeon-woo’s family values, but there were many people in the world. It’s not something he should arbitrarily interfere with as a third party.

“I took care of the rat, but it seems that some of the rats that the rat played with as the boss have fled overseas. I’ve already put a tail on them, so they’ll be taken care of soon. Just in case my precious benefactor gets hurt, please refrain from being discharged.”

It seemed to be Woo Do-gyeom’s own concern.

“Anyway, I’m really grateful to you. I almost lost all my children, but I was able to protect them safely thanks to you.”
“Ah. Are the children okay? If it were normal, the curse would have disappeared by now.”
“Of course they’re safe thanks to you. Actually, they’re here too. They want to thank you. Ah, come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve properly thanked you yet.”

Woo Do-gyeom stroked his chin with his finger. Then he suddenly asked.

“Do you want any land?”
“…Excuse me?”
“I have some land, and I want to give it to you as a gift. Don’t worry about taxes. Ah. Would you rather have a building than land? It would be annoying to build a building separately, so it would be better to have a building if possible. Let’s see…….”

It was when Woo Do-gyeom was muttering as if he was really going to give him land and buildings.

[Truth]

“…?”

No, why is this coming out here?

“If you don’t like the building, how about giving you stocks? Ah. I can just hand over the affiliate itself. Hmm. It would be appropriate to give you one of the affiliates that moved into my building.”

[Truth]

“…….”

No matter how absurd it sounded, the system window that suddenly appeared in front of him clearly stated. Woo Do-gyeom’s words were not just words, but he was really, sincerely, and seriously saying them. And one more thing…….

‘Is it the effect of Poker Face?’

The notification window that popped up with the quest completion notification just before he fainted comes to mind. Although his vision was blurry, the moment he received the reward was clear.

‘It makes sense if I couldn’t see Woo Do-gyeom because of the Poker Face effect, and this time I got the same stat again and the offset effect happened and I was able to see through it.’

Presumably, Poker Face was probably a kind of special stat. So it could have bounced off Yeon-woo’s ‘Intent Detection’.

“That’s strange.”

Woo Do-gyeom suddenly muttered.

“Has anything happened in the meantime? I feel like I can’t read anything from your face anymore.”
“Is that so? Nothing special happened…….”
“Something definitely happened.”

There was. A very big one. Surely the grade of Poker Face was S+.

‘I want to check it.’

The shame of vomiting blood in front of those people still remains. This is something that must be protected for the sake of human dignity.

‘Wait. Wasn’t there one more thing besides that?’

Just before he collapsed. He definitely confirmed that he had gained additional stats. He thought something else came to mind the moment his eyes closed.

[There is a new feature available.]

That phrase that kept popping up and shining above Woo Do-gyeom’s head. That was the notification that he could check when the quest was completed.

‘Hoo… I’m dying to know.’

Before checking, Yeon-woo turned his attention to the first thing.

“…Rather than that, didn’t you say the children came?”
“They’ll be waiting outside.”
“Tell them to come in quickly. I’m sorry to keep the children waiting.”
“That’s unexpected. Are you weak to children? Come to think of it, I think you listened to my request because the children were mentioned.”

When Woo Do-gyeom gestured, the black suit, who had been standing silently at the door, opened the door. Yeon-woo’s eyes widened. The children’s appearance, which was revealed so cleanly without a single strand of curse, was cute and adorable.

It wasn’t because the two children of different genders were looking at Yeon-woo with sparkling eyes with a lovely appearance that looked exactly alike.

The reason why Yeon-woo was surprised was,

[Euhueoeoeong… Yeon-woo ahyaaah…….]

It was because there was a child spirit tightly squeezed in the boy’s hands.

[Please save me, Yeon-woo! They’re demons, demons!]

The children look more like angels than demons. Besides, the child spirit who is shouting that they are demons is……

‘A ghost is calling a living person a demon. Is this the end of the world…….’

Isn’t that a ghost with 100% purity?

[If I just take off my body, these little ones won’t be able to handle me! Euhheongheongheong!]

I guess he should just take off his sparrow body. He wondered why the guy who didn’t leave Kwon Seong-hyun’s side wasn’t visible.

He must have been caught by the children with divine power and couldn’t move.

‘Well, Kwon Seong-hyun was able to come because that guy was occupying the body.’

Since he was helped, Yeon-woo decided to save him.