Chapter 67: Welcome to the Kindergarten of Destruction!(67) / 791 |
TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
Inside Jo Kyung-su’s mental world.
I want to give this guy who stole the original’s song a serious scolding!
So, Mini Chairman Park No. 6 shouted with all his might until his throat hurt.
However, having inherited Sejun’s cowardly nature, Mini Chairman Park No. 6 couldn’t raise his voice as loud as he wanted.
He was afraid to raise his voice, and contrary to what he thought, only a sound smaller than a mosquito’s wing fluttering came out.
Heeing.
No matter how much he shouted, Jo Kyung-su couldn’t hear him, so Mini Chairman Park No. 6 jumped down from Jo Kyung-su’s body and trudged back to Theo with a gloomy expression.
Mini Chairman Park No. 6 clung to Theo’s buttocks and climbed up diligently by grabbing fur, then settled on Theo’s knee.
I’m going to grow up quickly and make my voice louder!
He decided to absorb Theo’s strength and make his voice louder. Mini Chairman Park No. 6 believed that the reason his voice was small was because he hadn’t grown enough yet.
Meanwhile,
“That’s too much. Let’s reduce it a bit.”
“Meow?! Then I demand a fine of 1 trillion Tower Coins, 10,000 years of slavery, and 100 hits with the staff by Cuengi, meow!”
Sejun and Theo were adjusting the sentence.
Kueng!
[Cuengi can swing the staff very well!]
At Theo’s words, Cuengi swung the Thunderbolt Staff around with a whoosh.
“Let’s leave out the staff for now. If he gets hit, he’ll disappear.”
“Meow?! Not even one hit, meow?”
“Yeah. He’ll disappear if he gets hit.”
“Our Cuengi can control his strength well now, meow!”
Kueng! Kueng! Kueng!
[Big bro is right! Cuengi can control strength well now. I’ll just hit hard enough so he doesn’t die!]
Cuengi swung the Thunderbolt Staff more gently than before.
However,
“No.”
Cuengi, I’m sorry. It’s still not going to work.
From Sejun’s perspective, even if Cuengi reduced his strength, the result would be the same: disappearance.
“Meow… Got it, meow! Then I’ll take out the staff, meow!”
Kueng…
[Cuengi can control strength well…]
Thus, the staff punishment was removed.
“Let’s also reduce the fine and slavery period.”
“Meow?! No way, meow! Then there’s nothing left, meow!”
“What do you mean nothing’s left? You here to sell stuff?”
“Puhuhut. Don’t scold me too much, meow! It’s an occupational habit, meow!”
After that, a fierce negotiation over the sentence continued.
A moment later.
“The criminal Jo Kyung-su is sentenced to a fine of 250 Tower Coins and 10% of the salary received over 10 years. In addition, he is sentenced to 10 years of arranger slavery.”
The verdict was delivered.
For reference, the fine amounted to all of Jo Kyung-su’s assets, and the arranger slavery sentence was given because no one in the group knew how to use a composition program.
They planned to have Jo Kyung-su add the desired sounds or instruments. Jo Kyung-su wasn’t that skilled, but he was expected to improve rapidly.
(Pip-pip. Why can’t you do it?! Can’t you do it right?!)
Because Paespaes would make sure of it. Normally quiet, Paespaes is very scary when angry.
Moreover,
“Kali, you stay here and keep an eye on Jo Kyung-su.”
He assigned the demon Kali to monitor Jo Kyung-su, so he probably wouldn’t be able to slack off and would have to work hard.
“Yes! I’ll do my best!”
Freedom!
No longer having to walk on eggshells inside Theo’s mental world, the demon Kali cheered with joy.
Thus, the trial ended.
“Hm.”
Sejun came to his senses.
“Blackie, you must’ve been bored, huh? Thanks for waiting.”
104.28.193.250
He spoke while lifting the waiting Blackie with both hands.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! great Blackie wasn’t bored at all!]
Our Blackie is admirable.
To wait so quietly without causing any trouble.
Sejun, moved by Blackie’s answer, looked at him with affection and made a call.
“Yes. This is Han Tae-jun.”
“Tae-jun nim, hello. This is Sejun.”
To Han Tae-jun.
“Yes, Sejun nim. But what’s going on?”
“Tae-jun nim, could you come to CK Enter now? I need someone to handle negotiations.”
“Of course. I’ll head there right away.”
Now that the culprit had been caught, it was time for business.
It wouldn’t be good for either Sejun or the company if noise started spreading about a publicly released song. There was more to lose than gain for both.
No. For CK Enter, it was simply a matter of whether they lost less or lost more.
Because Sejun planned to make them pay for everything.
After finishing the call with Han Tae-jun, Sejun left the recording studio, leaving the still-unconscious Jo Kyung-su behind.
At that moment.
“……”
“……”
He ran into the girl group Phoenix, who had just finished recording in the neighboring studio.
“Kyaa!”
Phoenix screamed upon seeing Sejun’s face and then collapsed en masse.
Hehe. Were they so moved by Great Blackie’s artwork that they lost consciousness?
Blackie was filled with pride.
“What the…?”
Is something wrong with my face?
Sejun quickly pulled out his smartphone to check his reflection.
A devil with a black face and bleeding wounds appeared.
And on the philtrum, there was Korean writing:
[Drawn by Park Blackie on his butler’s face]
“Hey! Park Blackie!”
Kking!
Run away!
A chase between Sejun and Blackie began inside CK Enter’s building.
***
A peaceful afternoon at the Kindergarten of Destruction.
“Hehehe.”
“Hihihi.”
“Puhuhut.”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot.”
[Hehe.]
Kueng.
Kihihit.
“Hehe.”
Sejun was lying on a bench, enjoying a sunbath with his group.
It had been one month since the negotiations with CK Enter.
A lot had changed in that time.
One week ago, after watching Sejun and his group’s “Grateful Magpie” performance, Pungpung and Rangrang awakened as [Children of Creation].
The two newly awakened requested to go to the Blue Tower and the Silver Tower respectively.
Sejun sent Pungpung to Kin Aster, the head of the great Blue Dragon, and Rangrang to Crisella Hisron, the head of the great Silver Dragon.
With two fewer children to manage, Sejun now had more free time. He increased his farming time on the 10th Tower, and as a result, the farm continued to grow.
Thanks to the improving farming skills of the Destruction beings who followed Sejun to the 10th Tower, the expansion of the farm accelerated.
After working on the farm all morning, the kids would be tired and hungry, and once they had lunch, they’d go straight to dreamland, making them easier to look after.
On the third floor of the 10th Tower, as promised, Sejun planted Extremely Delicious Royal Honey Sweet Potatoes and appointed Blackie as the manager.
Although the size of the sweet potato farm was still only about 100 pyeong (330 square meters),
Kihihit. Kking! Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! Leave the third floor to the great Manager Blackie! Great Blackie will turn it into the most productive sweet potato farm ever!]
Blackie was full of confidence.
As if. It’d be a miracle if you don’t eat all the sweet potatoes yourself, Blackie.
Sejun didn’t have high expectations.
‘So what should the next performance be?’
The Golden Axe and Silver Axe? Or maybe The Fairy and the Woodcutter?
As Sejun pondered the next performance while looking at his smartphone,
Bzzzz.
A text message came in, and the phone vibrated.
[Hello. This is CK Enter. The first settlement for ‘Second Wind’ is complete, and we’ve transferred the song fee and copyright royalties.]
It was a message from CK Enter.
CK Enter had signed a contract to pay 50% of the music revenue to sjbb Music.
It was an unfair contract where the more the song was streamed, the more CK Enter would lose.
“Give it all, meow!”
But on this side, they had the opportunist Theo. Since the negotiations started at 100%, the final 50% looked like a bargain.
Still, Han Tae-jun promised to invite them to events hosted by the Korean Awakeners Association and Hansung Group, and the song was so good that by selling merchandise to fans brought in by the concert and the music, they could earn dozens of times more than the loss. It was a manageable expense.
Let’s see how much came in?
Sejun opened the banking app and checked the deposited amount.
[352,481,217]
It was a large amount, combining 300 million won from the fees for the 10 songs Sejun and his group composed, along with 3 months’ worth of copyright royalties for Second Wind.
This should be our Paespaes’ allowance.
Sejun decided to give all the earnings from songwriting to Paespaes.
“Eok-Samchiri, from now on, deposit the copyright royalties directly into Paespaes’ account.”
[Yes. Understood.]
Yes! I’ve got another cash cow!
[System Eok-Samchiri] rejoiced at Sejun’s order.
He planned to take a tiny fee while converting Earth money into Tower Coins. Around 0.00001%.
“System Eok-Samchiri-nim, don’t you dare touch Sejun-nim’s money! I’m watching you!”
Because of [System SJC], he couldn’t take much without being noticed.
As Sejun was transferring the copyright royalties into Paespaes’ account,
[You have raised over 100 World Trees and over 10 Dimensional Trees on the 10th Tower.]
[You have met the hidden condition.]
[The growth conditions for the sealed 10th Great Tower have been revealed.]
A message appeared before Sejun.
“Huh?”
Growth conditions for the 10th Great Tower?
So the 10th Tower can grow into a Great Tower too?
Well, if the other towers can grow into Great Towers, there’s no reason the 10th Tower couldn’t do the same.
“Eok-Samchiri, what is this? If something like this existed, you should’ve told me earlier. Are you still not thinking straight? Do you seriously want to be impeached?”
Sejun immediately scolded Eok-Samchiri.
[I’m really innocent. The sealed information only gets released when the conditions are fulfilled, so I honestly didn’t know.]
[System Eok-Samchiri] explained desperately to clear up Sejun’s misunderstanding. It was true. The growth condition for the 10th Great Tower was hidden so deeply that even [System Eok-Samchiri] hadn’t known about it.
You could say it was like an Easter egg left by the Creator God when he made the original Great Destruction contingency manual.
Something like, ‘There’s no way anyone could do this, right?’ and still added it just in case.
Of course, in normal circumstances, it would be absolutely impossible.
But Sejun had the Destruction children and Taecho,
[Hehe. Please eat up and grow strong.]
and also Flamie.
The reason the 10th Great Tower’s growth condition was revealed was because Flamie had been feeding nutrients to the Banana World Tree, which then grew into a Dimensional Tree, fulfilling one of the conditions.
“So, what exactly are the growth conditions for the Great Tower?”
When Sejun asked,
[10th Great Tower Growth Conditions (0/2)]
-Grow 100 World Trees on every floor (1/10)
-Grow 10 Dimensional Trees on every floor (1/10)
[System Eok-Samchiri] displayed the growth conditions before Sejun. The 1st floor had met the condition, so the count was at 1.
The conditions were simple, but extremely difficult.
“At this rate, it shouldn’t take too long, right?”
Maybe about a year if done at a relaxed pace?
Of course, not for Sejun.
At that moment.
[Sejun-nim, I found something good.]
[System Eok-Samchiri], reviewing the newly unsealed data to regain Sejun’s trust, cried out.
“Something good? What is it?”
[If you grow the 10th Tower into a Great Tower, Aileen-nim’s power acting on Sejun-nim inside the 10th Great Tower will be reduced to one one-hundredth!]
“Seriously?!”
“Eok-Samchiri, is that true?!”
Aileen, who had been listening nearby, jumped up and asked.
[Yes, Aileen-nim. If we proceed with an additional upgrade, it could even be reduced to one-thousandth.]
“Is that really possible?”
[Of course! I’m very capable, after all!]
[System Eok-Samchiri], wanting to prove his usefulness to Sejun, answered confidently.
In truth, it would require a tremendous amount of causality, but he didn’t say that so he could appear competent.
Because he had Uren.
He could easily get astronomical amounts of money to substitute for causality. As long as he had creative methods.
What kind of method should he use to take money from Uren this time?
[System Eok-Samchiri] began brainstorming ways to extract money from Uren.
However.
Piyo?! Piyo!
[Not a single incident in a week?! Our Uren-nim has changed!]
“Moeh. Uren-nim has become boring…”
These days, Uren wasn’t like he used to be.
“Uhehehe. Yesterday I even found a Tower Coin on the street! From now on, call me Lucky King Uren!”
Uren’s misfortune had vanished.
Kaung?
[Uren-nim, then you can’t make gold anymore?]
“Gold? Gasp! Huh? Kkuiik! Huh? It’s not working.”
Along with his bad luck, he had also lost the ability to produce gold. Uren’s ability to create gold was proportional to his misfortune.
With no misfortune, he couldn’t make gold either.
And.
“Uhehehe. Then there’s no need to visit Ditto, the God of Ruin, anymore.”
The reason for seeking out the God of Ruin had also disappeared.
No way! Uren, you have to stay unlucky!
“SJC, initiate Misfortune Revival Protocol!”
“Yes!”
[System Eok-Samchiri], together with [System SJC], launched a new operation to make Uren unfortunate once again.