Damn System

Episode 21

Chapter 6 Player (1)

An office lined with antique furniture and expensive fixtures.

The space where he had been alone without an owner was desolate.

But it wasn’t long before the office door burst open and two men entered.

A man in his 40s who looks like he could easily weigh 100kg and a young man who is estimated to be in his early 30s with a normal physique.

It was Choi Seong-woo, an executive of an organization that had been smuggling precious metals for the past three years, and his secretary Ha Kwon-chan.

Among the two, Choi Seong-wu, who had a huge appearance, said as he headed toward the desk.

“How is it?”

“As planned, disguised as car parts.”

While Choi Seong-woo sat down, Ha Kwon-chan, standing across from him, answered in a calm voice.

“A prosecutor?”

“You should be able to get through without too much fuss. The customs officer was arguing.”

Choi Seong-wu, who was pouring the liquor on the desk, gestured as if asking for more.

“The market value of the item is 1.5 billion, and if it is disposed of in Japan, the profit will be close to 200 million.”

“200 million… … Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, it’s really annoying

“Still, isn’t the market profit good?”

“So keep doing it.”

Seongwu Choi emptied his glass at once and continued talking.

“Kuh, tell me not to take my eyes off you until you dispose of it. If you get caught, it hurts.”

“All right.”

Immediately after, Ha Kwon-chan left the office and was about to pour another drink into the empty glass.

“Is the smuggling profit 200 million won?”

I heard the voice of a stranger in a space where I was supposed to be alone.

Choi Seong-wu’s body trembled as he was holding the liquor bottle.

The moment he quickly looked back, Seongwoo Choi’s eyes widened as if they would tear.

“The amount of money coming and going is bigger than I thought.”

A person was standing behind the chair.

It was a man wearing a baseball cap and a mask.

He was wearing a plain white tee, cargo pants, and military boots.

His height in his late 180s, broad shoulders, and strong muscles that could be felt through the fabric gave him a sense of intimidation.

“You, you bastard… … !”

The moment Choi Seong-woo, who was surprised, kicked out of his seat and was about to stand up.

“You shouldn’t be too surprised. I came here with good intentions.”

said the man who covered his mouth.

‘Muh, what power!’

I struggled right away, but the strength was so strong that I couldn’t escape.

“Nice to meet you, Mr. Choi. It’s difficult to reveal my name, so I’ll just say hello.”

Right after that, the man began to gently press Seongwoo Choi on the shoulder.

“Ugh… … .”

I tried to hold on, but the force to press down was overwhelming.

In the end, Seongwoon Choi groaned and sat down again.

I thought my shoulders were free, but the man’s hand suddenly entered the top.

Choi Seong-wu, who couldn’t even react in time, shuddered, and the man succeeded in pulling out a small knife from the inside pocket of his jacket.

“I want to quietly settle my business and go. Can we talk? or not… … .”

The moment the blade protruded from the handle with a pop, Sungwoo Choi’s eyes started to tremble.

“Should I do it by force?”

This is because the unknown man folded the blade in half.

When the man’s hand covering his mouth disappeared, Choi Seong-wu gulped and swallowed his dry saliva as he answered.

“Do, speak, speak.”

“I think that would be good too.”

The corners of the man’s eyes, exposed above the mask, gently curved.

* * *

About 3 weeks since the main server was active.

A new player entered the community five days ago.

In the meantime, I’ve cleared 4 more level 2 missions.

A total of five missions showed a two-legged fox monster.

In this case, the number of monsters is around 10.

When other monsters appear, it may increase to 3 or 40.

What I experienced was a cow with 30cm horns on its head.

A twelve-legged spider that spins webs as tough as wires.

They were two-headed birds and beasts.

After going through the missions a few times like that, my mana accumulated quite a bit and I was able to go shopping.

[Invisibility (7.19%)]

• Classification: permanent technology

• Description: You can use magic to hide your form.

When I think of the price of this technology, the back of my neck gets sore.

‘1090 mana.’

It was a waste to use the free pass, so I just paid for it and bought it.

‘Voucher is used after at least 3,500 purchases.’

Considering the condition of 5 times the amount of magic you possess, you have to collect that much to buy the skill you are interested in.

As a result of buying the transparency at the right price to save the right to use, the magical wallet became thinner.

Fortunately, the effect was not bad, so the emptiness was quickly shaken off.

Unlike magic detection, there is no level, only proficiency.

It took more mana than other techniques, but the effect was quite good.

Because my reality is completely gone.

Traces such as body odor, breathing, and footsteps remain, but you have to be careful.

Humans are more dependent on vision than we think.

I bought it because I thought there should be a hole to live in in case of an emergency, and I liked it.

Thanks to this technology, it is also easy to hide my identity in reality.

It was also thanks to the transparency that Choi Seong-woo and Ha Kwon-chan were able to secretly follow them when they entered the office.

I waited in the CCTV blind spot until Ha Kwon-chan left, and then I unlocked the invisibility a little while ago.

‘Once I got over the steamer.’

Now we need to start trading in earnest.

I looked down at Choi Seong-wu, who was obviously nervous, and chewed on the details of my research over the past few days.

His name is Choi Seong-woo, 47 years old, and an executive of a fairly large-scale trafficking ring.

He had been following the precious metal dealers who were making some money for the past four days, day and night, and was the one who managed to rescue them.

“As I said before, I have no intention of reporting it. I came because I wanted to be a customer.”

He patted Choi Seong-wu on the shoulder as he swallowed dry saliva while sitting down and put down the bag he was wearing on his back.

“Do not ask about the source, can it be disposed of?”

Choi Seong-wu’s eyes widened as he opened the bag while hesitating.

“Now, let’s take a quick look… … .”

“of course.”

Choi Seong-wu’s eyes changed as he took out the loot from the bag.

Jewelry including a pair of earrings, a necklace and a ring, as well as 6 gold coins and 1 gold bar in the form of a gold bar weighing 1kg.

In the case of gold bars, the shape was distorted, but the weight was certain.

Choi Seong-wu looked at the contents for a while and said with an awkward smile.

“May I take out the appraisal equipment… … ? It’s in the desk drawer.”

I nodded meekly.

But he did not take his eyes off his hand.

A person who doesn’t like my visit is moving, but it doesn’t make sense that I don’t even monitor it.

‘I know what to do.’

Fortunately, Choi Seong-woo really only took out the equipment that was in the bottom compartment of the drawer.

He inspected the jewelry with a magnifying glass, then scraped gold ingots and coins against the stone, spraying the solution.

While going through several works, Sungwoo Choi’s tremors slowly subsided.

‘Looks like he’s not just a gangster.’

Looking at what he was doing, he seemed to have some knowledge of precious metals.

I watched Sungwoo Choi and waited with a relaxed mind.

How many minutes had passed? Seongwoo Choi put down his magnifying glass and said.

“It’s all pure gold.”

“How much will it cost to dispose of it?”

“If you dispose of all jewels at the market rate… … There will be about five or six small ones for one large one.”

I paused for a moment and then asked again.

“150 million?”

There are 8 diamonds and a 1kg gold bar.

“yes.”

Seongwoo Choi shook his head as if it were natural.

‘100 million!’

Suddenly, a scream almost came out of my mouth.

I gritted my teeth, enduring the thought of clenching my hands.

After my parents passed away, I’ve never had such a large amount of money in my hands.

A shudder rose from the depths of his heart.

The silence inadvertently lengthened as he tried to control it.

Possibly misunderstanding my condition, Choi Seong-woo said, breaking into a cold sweat.

“Yeah, gold is pure gold, but this is the shape… … Since it cannot be distributed on the market in this form, it must go through casting. Considering that part, 6,000… … Up to 7,000 is the limit.”

It doesn’t get any better than this when you know how to raise the price.

I pressed down the corner of my mouth trying to ascend to heaven and pretended to be calm.

“Then let’s make it 170 million. Oh, I forgot to ask, are you willing to buy it?”

“of course. Do you want to dispose of it right away? How can I arrange the payment?”

I hope I get the money by wire transfer.

“Cash, please.”

“Then I will… … .”

I shook my head and clenched my chin to the left before Choi Seong-woo could finish his words.

It was next to the desk where he was sitting, in the direction of the safe.

“That should be enough.”

Two days ago, when I came to do a preliminary investigation, I saw that safe being opened.

Inside the safe, there were heaps of 50,000 won bills piled up.

‘It’s easily over 100 million.’

Seongwoo Choi should be grateful to me for not jumping out with what I put in there.

It may seem ridiculous to keep this kind of conscience when you’re dealing with traffickers.

Disposing of what I had gained through my efforts was definitely different from just stealing without any effort.

It wasn’t that I cared about other people’s eyes, but I didn’t have the confidence to be proud in front of my younger siblings.

That’s why I didn’t touch the safe that I could open if I wanted to and left it alone.

Choi Seong-woo does not intend to move.

I think I can hear the sound of my head rolling from here.

I’m not the one who will wait for that.

“We’ve been seeing each other for a long time, so let’s go easily.”

At the same time as I finished my words, I grabbed Seongwoo Choi’s shoulder tightly as if it would crush me.

In an instant, he felt a crack in his shoulder blade.

“Keep it off!”

“uh… … .”

Since I became a player, I hadn’t used my powers on people, so I couldn’t control it.

It wasn’t my intention, but… … Thanks to that, Seongwoo Choi could move a little faster, so it wouldn’t matter.

Soon, heaps of 50,000 won bills were piled up in front of me.

‘I’m going to take the kids to a department store.’

With a huge profit in front of my eyes, I made a very extravagant spending plan.

After I bought a laptop for the new semester, I couldn’t properly take care of anything else.

‘I should have broken a lot of money to go to the painting.’

At that age, you need a lot of new shoes, new bags, new clothes, everything.

I’m going to have to take him out this weekend.

Humming a song, I dutifully put the cash into the bag that had been holding the loot.

Just as I was about to pick up the last bundle.

I heard a system notification sound.

I reflexively looked at the reduced message window.

「Progress rate 100%」

There were a total of two update patches that were in progress until just before.

One started when I was on a level 2 mission.

The other one started after the first players’ tutorials.

And it was the former that had just been patched.

Seeing that the latter also reached 99.9%, it seemed that the patch would end today.

I checked the remaining progress at the bottom of my field of view and turned on the message window.

“The patch has been completed.”

「The item management program is running.」

“It becomes possible to view information on real items.”

What I found there was an unexpected word.

‘item?’

The patch that started in the mission magazine is an item-related update?

I stopped putting the money in my bag and hurriedly reached out my hand.

“Goodbye!”

What I was holding onto was Choi Seong-wu’s wrist as he was collecting loot.

“Huh!”

Frightened, he tried to withdraw his hand.

“Wait, let’s look at things again.”

Instead of letting him go, I tightened my hands and pulled the loot back.

Just in case, I picked up the nearest object, and unlike before, a translucent window appeared.

[Expensive Necklace]

A necklace made of pure gold and diamonds.

Disposing of them can cost you a lot.

‘This is also an item?’

It’s not sold at the store, it’s something I picked up in the mission magazine.

After a while, I checked the other loot in turn.

[Delicate Gold Coin]

A gold coin crafted in an elaborate manner.

It is highly likely that it was used as a currency somewhere.

[half earring]

Expensive jewelry that has gone through the hands of a craftsman.

Finely crafted emeralds will be traded at high prices.

It was when I picked up the ring after passing through the necklace, gold coins and earrings.

[Mysterious Ring]

The sapphire contains someone’s magic power.

It seems to have a special function hidden, so let’s keep it.

A completely unexpected sentence appeared out of nowhere.

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