I’M A Max-Level Regressor [EN]: Chapter 44

44.

“Why, what’s wrong?”

-I’ve never seen a guy say such crazy things in my life.

Shinwa could sense it.

Joo Cheon-ho was still speaking calmly, but the ends of his words were trembling.

Originally, guys who put on a lot of weight on the outside tend to panic even more when their empty insides are exposed.

All this knowledge was learned later, after Joo Cheon-ho was eventually eliminated by the KSA [Korean Special Ability Association].

The private matters about him that were revealed in the process of conducting a thorough investigation completely reversed the image that had been represented as a macho man in the world.

“If you really need the antidote, send Jang Seong-young himself, or come yourself. Don’t just act important from behind.”

-Do you think you’ll be safe even after turning our Black Cross into an enemy?

“What about you? I have the Yanghwa Guild behind me, and a lot of people are interested in me. If the Black Cross gets involved, they’ll probably start thinking about bounty hunting.”

-I have never spared a guy who has ever hurt me or my men.

“So come. Come on. Stop talking and do something!”

-I’m going to kill you…….

“Tsk.”

Shinwa didn’t think there was any need to talk any more, so he immediately pressed the end button to end the call.

‘It’s safe as long as you don’t go to the Black Cross’s home ground. He has a lot of people under him, so he won’t be able to come to the White Zone [safe zone] with just personal feelings.’

Shinwa was sure.

He had already seen enough in his previous life that Joo Cheon-ho was a cautious person.

Considering Jang Seong-young’s past wrongdoings, he will carefully consider the causal relationship and gains and losses.

‘Well, if he comes to find me, then I’ll risk my life and go bounty hunting.’

After finishing his thoughts.

“Eubeu, beobeobeo.”

Shinwa met Park Sang-hyun’s eyes, who was looking at him with desperate eyes, begging for mercy.

Whoosh!

Shinwa grabbed Park Sang-hyun’s hair and pulled him up.

Park Sang-hyun’s condition, which had already been stretched out, was on the verge of collapsing from shock.

“Don’t come looking for me next time. Got it?”

“Yes! Yes, yes! I understand!”

Park Sang-hyun nodded repeatedly at Shinwa’s words, which seemed to be trying to save him, and let out a sigh of relief.

But.

Bang!

In a moment, Shinwa’s hot fist, which had been slammed down from the top of his head, shattered Park Sang-hyun’s skull.

Shinwa’s right hand, which had been transformed into a steel plate shape, crushed Park Sang-hyun’s head as it was.

“Keureuk…….”

“Ah, I missed a word. In the next ‘life’, if you want to take revenge, regress like me.”

“Keueuk.”

That’s how his life ended.

The hefty down payment!

As always, the plan to quickly kill the target of the request and collect the remaining payment in full had completely gone awry.

It was Park Sang-hyun’s ‘lucky day’.

* * *

I immediately made an emergency call to the KSA.

Even if you only look at the CCTV or the situation at the scene, it’s obvious who the intruder is and who the victim is in this case.

It’s just that, contrary to common sense.

The victim did not die, but rather the perpetrator was beaten to death in the victim’s self-defense process.

As expected, Joonghwa Station is also a White Zone, so KSA agents arrived within 5 minutes of the report.

I wondered if Yoon Byeol or Namina would come, but they didn’t.

Well, they are closer to combat personnel than maintaining security.

They are probably attacking dungeons owned by the KSA or stabilizing dungeons with the risk of outbreaks.

That is also the main role of the Seoul branch and the teams affiliated with it.

Anyway, the situation was quickly resolved.

Through the hearing, my self-defense was immediately explained, and this guy’s intrusion route was also identified.

However, in order to collect clear evidence, I was asked to postpone the internal cleanup a little, so I decided to do so.

This level of cooperation is a matter of course for our agents who work day and night to maintain the security of the Awakened world in Korea!

Instead, I asked them to clean up neatly after the investigation was over.

Even if it’s self-defense, it’s not a pleasant thing for traces of others to remain in my house for a long time.

* * *

After spending the early morning hours with the investigation and cleanup.

As soon as morning came, I met with a real estate agent who would be in charge of the land purchase and overall contract for the Jijae Station area.

I had already decided to commit fraud, but the agent seemed worried that I might change my mind, so he enthusiastically gave me rosy prospects that didn’t make sense.

Isn’t it all about making a living? I just pushed and pulled appropriately at the agent’s words.

Then, the unit price that the landowner presented for each lot fell like autumn leaves.

It seemed that everyone wanted to sell it off somehow because a big hand had appeared at a time when they were all suffering from not being able to sell it.

After March 1, 2020, everyone will regret hitting the ground, but that’s all fate.

I promised the real estate agent that the more he lowered the land price, the more I would give him a generous commission equivalent to that, and ended the meeting with him.

I have enough cash to become ammunition, so it seems like I can just diligently stamp the contract whenever the time comes.

After finishing the work related to land purchase, I was returning home.

I received a call from Jin Bo-mi.

It seemed that the answer to the dungeon license request I had made yesterday had arrived.

“Ms. Bo-mi, I got your call.”

-Mr. Shinwa! Are you okay? I just heard the news. I heard there was an intruder who was after Mr. Shinwa’s life?

The news is fast.

I didn’t tell her directly, so it seems she had connections among the agents who were dispatched to the scene.

Considering the Yanghwa Guild’s excellent information gathering ability and connections, it wasn’t really surprising.

“There was a little commotion. It’s nothing. I’m fine.”

-That penthouse is too frugal for Mr. Shinwa’s level! You need a safe house for sure.

“That’s what I’m saying. So I’m going to buy a few more houses this time. Of course, if I become a multi-homeowner, I’ll have to pay a lot of taxes.”

-Don’t worry about others, and take care of Mr. Shinwa’s safety! Do you know how much my heart sank as soon as I heard the story?

“Huh?”

I didn’t really worry about others, so am I confused or mistaken?

I could feel that she was very interested in everything I did, in her tone and emotions.

Anyway, I needed a house to use for rotation.

I did that because of a similar problem in my previous life, and it seems like I’ll become a multi-homeowner faster than I thought in this life.

“Did you call about the Cheolwon dungeon license?”

I naturally changed the subject.

-Ah, yes! That’s right! Mr. Shinwa, are you really okay?

“I told you I’m okay. If I wasn’t okay, I’d be lying in a hospital room making a phone call. Or I wouldn’t be able to make a phone call.”

-The KSA has given conditional approval. It seems like they thought it was strange that we applied for a license for a dungeon that our guild had never been interested in.

It seemed that the high pass had not been opened yet, as she was talking. Then the starting comment would have been different.

“If it’s conditional approval, what are the conditions?”

-They say you need to have a sparring match with an agent designated by the KSA. They say they will check your capabilities to see if they can issue a special attack permit for the dungeon?

‘Is the Yanghwa Guild being checked by the KSA? Or are they deliberately probing me, thinking that I would have applied?’

I don’t know whose idea it was in the KSA, but I felt like they had laid the groundwork quite well.

It’s easy to verify the qualifications of the license applicant without having to spar.

I was going to try to go around appropriately, but it seemed much faster to go straight this way.

“Then I’ll apply directly. If it’s as the KSA says, it means they need to verify the applicant, right?”

-That’s right.

“Then, I’ll have to go the orthodox way.”

-You said you wanted a borrowed name…….

“No. I was trying to avoid things that would be annoying for both of us, but it’s faster to do it the orthodox way.”

I came to a brief conclusion.

The KSA made a good excuse.

They’re going to measure my abilities for sure, even if they have to do it that way, but I was actually curious too.

I haven’t yet figured out how good I am in a head-on fight with an Awakened.

Park Sang-hyun, who I beat up last night, was a surprise attack received with a surprise attack, so it wasn’t a battle of strength against strength.

-I’m sorry. I should have handled it well with tact.

“No. Rather, it seems like I made Ms. Bo-mi do unnecessary work. Just tell the KSA this. Ask them when and where I should go.”

-Yes, I understand.

That’s how the call ended.

Jin Bo-mi seemed to keep feeling sorry, but I was okay.

She is not an all-purpose problem solver.

Also, the KSA is not stupid.

If the KSA is interested in me, it would be better to connect with them this time and sort things out coolly.

‘I don’t want to hide my power.’

In his previous life, Nicholas hid his power.

So he called himself ‘Power Hiding Pro’. He made up his nickname so cheerfully.

But I’m different from him.

Power itself has tremendous ripple effects and deterrent power.

The value of power is also money, a key that easily solves complex processes, and a reason for goodwill. There was no reason to hide it at all.

‘Anyone who wants to be my rival is welcome, of course. Constant motivation is always good.’

Right then.

Drrr.

The smartphone vibrated.

I checked the caller, wondering if it was a call from the KSA, and it was a call from a welcome person.

[Father Choi Ji-hyeok]

Father Choi.

A precious relationship from my previous life that I never want to lose in this life. I got a call from him.

“Father! You called me sooner than I thought!”

-Haha, I need to put a comma in my peaceful religious life sometimes. Today seems to be the perfect day.

“It’s my day off today!”

In fact, if there is no need to go on a dungeon raid, all 24 hours are free time for me.

A life spent without being bound by time or roles, whether it’s a guild or an organization.

I am very satisfied with my current lifestyle.

Of course, it’s a shame that I’ve only filled about 1% of my retirement fund target so far.

-I’d like to formally thank you for that day today. Where would you like to go?

“How about Sinchon Station?”

-You mean Hongyeon Station.

“Haha, that’s what many people call it.”

Anyway, I was going to take Line 1 from Jijae Station and go up to Sinchon via Sindorim.

It’s also a place I went to once when I was young in my previous life.

As the priest said, I wanted to take a look around because it was a place where the power of the Hongyeon Guild was strong.

What would it be like to go anywhere near the station and only see the emblems and marks of a specific guild?

I wanted to take a look.

-I’ll go right away. Where are you?

“I’m on Line 1.”

-Huh? Are you perhaps…….

-The next station is Osan, Osan Station.

The train announcement I heard and the announcement in the phone matched exactly.

The priest and I were on the same train!