Chapter 66: Welcome to the Kindergarten of Destruction! (66)/ 790 |
TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
Inside the CK Entertainment building.
‘The basics of infiltration are concealment and cover.’
Shashashak.
As someone approached, Sejun quickly hid his body behind a vending machine. Even though he was invisible due to the invisibility magic anyway.
On top of that, with the Silence magic active, no sound was made, yet he still tiptoed and walked quietly.
Sejun was playing infiltration by himself.
There are quite a few people here.
Like that, Sejun enjoyed his infiltration game for about 30 minutes.
Now it’s boring.
As the infiltration game began to feel dull, he began wandering around the company freely, as if it were his own house, gathering information in earnest.
It was to obtain evidence to identify those involved in stealing the music of Suzbub Music.
I’ll catch them all.
While moving to gather evidence,
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, it looks like they’re talking about Jo Kyung-su over there, meow!”
“Really?”
Theo pointed inside the office, and Sejun quietly approached and eavesdropped on the conversation.
“Composer Jo Kyung-su composed a hit song in just a week, but lately, the songs uploaded to the shared folder have been terrible.”
“What’s so strange about that? It’s not just singers who are one-hit wonders. There are a lot of composers who make one hit and disappear. Continuously making good songs is the abnormal thing.”
“Besides, I heard some weird rumors.”
“What kind of rumors?”
“I heard from someone on the marketing team who manages the Instagram account recently, that one of the songs submitted by another composer through the company account is really similar to Jo Kyung-su’s ‘Second Wind’.”
“No way. Seriously? What kind of idiot would steal a publicly submitted song like that unless they were crazy?”
“Right? That’s what I thought too. But the vibe is just really off.”
“Off?! Hey! Remember when you said actress Han Sua gave you a bad vibe last time, so I gave up our chance to work with her to Team 3? What happened then, huh?! The movie you passed on because of your ‘bad vibe’ was a big hit! She did 10 commercials just last year!”
Hmm. So the company people don’t know that Jo Kyung-su stole the song?
Sejun left the office and moved on.
The next place he visited was the break room.
“Oh. Lots of snacks here?”
“Puhuhut. Great Hybrid Chairman Park, let’s take them all, meow!”
Theo said excitedly as he opened his bag.
“Shall we?”
As Sejun started sweeping the snacks into Theo’s bag,
“No matter how I look at it, something’s fishy.”
“What is?”
Two men entered, talking to each other. Their employee tags said A&R Team 2.
Same team as Jo Kyung-su.
Sejun knew because Jo Kyung-su’s team was listed in his interview.
“I’m talking about Jo Kyung-su. If he was really talented, shouldn’t he have stood out during the quarterly composition evaluation three months ago?”
“That’s true. Since every composer submits their own work and gets evaluated in front of everyone each quarter, he would’ve gotten a lot more attention by now…”
“Exactly. But a year ago, he just slightly rearranged a crappy song he’d already composed and submitted that. Do they think we’re idiots? Like we wouldn’t notice. Director Choi is just staying quiet because he’s Jo Kyung-su’s uncle.”
The two continued their conversation, unaware that Sejun was listening.
So even his teammates don’t know that Jo Kyung-su stole the song?
After hearing all he needed, Sejun quietly slipped away.
And then.
“Huh?! Why are there no snacks left?”
“No way. They should restock them right away if they run out. Even the fridge is empty. Ugh. Let’s just go to the convenience store.”
“Yeah.”
All the snacks in the break room had vanished. Even the contents of the fridge.
Puhuhut. Great Hybrid Chairman Park and I, Vice Chairman Theo, took them all, meow!
As expected, the culprit was Theo.
Big hyung is so cool!
That’s how you do it!
Cuengi’s eyes sparkled as he looked at Theo.
So this Director Choi of CK Entertainment is Jo Kyung-su’s uncle?
Thinking that Jo Kyung-su might have done it under Director Choi’s orders, Sejun headed to the director’s office.
There were five director offices, but fortunately, there was only one director with the surname Choi.
[CFO Choi Doyun]
“Director Choi, I’m not holding you back from leaving from work, right?”
“No. I was just handling some remaining tasks.”
Voices could be heard from inside the closed room.
“Iona, Blink.”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Yes. Power of space…”
Shwoong.
Sejun and his group entered the room effortlessly through Iona’s magic.
“Director Choi, don’t take this the wrong way, but I had a drink with Kyung-su yesterday and talked with him, and… I just don’t think he made it himself.”
“No, I agree. In fact, I’ve been investigating because I don’t think Kyung-su made it either. He’s my nephew, but no matter how generously I view him, he doesn’t have the talent to compose something like that.”
“So, what did the investigation show?”
“First, we confirmed that a place called sjbb Music sent a music file via DM to our company account. Judging by the message, it seems they were thinking about selling the song, so I believe we can resolve this through a conversation.”
“Good. Resolve it as soon as possible so it doesn’t make the news. If an article comes out saying our company snatched a rookie composer’s song, it’ll be all over the press as a power abuse scandal from a major entertainment company. In that case, not only will it be a problem for Pinky Girls promoting with a stolen song, but all the other comebacks will be delayed too.”
“Yes, understood. I’ll meet the composer tomorrow and report back with the outcome.”
“Alright. And in the worst-case scenario, we’ll release it as if Kyung-su acted alone. That would be true anyway. Don’t take it too personally.”
“Yes. I’m truly sorry because of my nephew…”
“No, it’s fine. It hasn’t turned into the worst yet.”
Sejun was able to hear the CK Entertainment president and Director Choi talking about Jo Kyung-su.
So even his uncle, Director Choi, wasn’t involved?
Various circumstances were pointing to Jo Kyung-su acting alone.
“The case is solved. This was a solo crime by Jo Kyung-su.”
Detective Sherlock Sejun has solved the song theft case!
“Puhuhut. Then let’s go catch Jo Kyung-su, meow!”
“Alright, Iona.”
Sejun called Iona.
Shwoong.
Iona once again used her magic to transport Sejun and the group out of the director’s office.
“Fuhut. Then, shall we go catch the culprit?”
“Puhuhut. Sounds good, meow!”
Kueng!
Kking!
“Let’s go go!”
As they searched around the recording studios for Jo Kyung-su,
“Oh. It’s Phoenix. Meteor is here too?”
They found some singers in the middle of recording.
And then.
“This bastard didn’t just steal one song.”
Sejun realized that Jo Kyung-su had stolen every single song he had sent.
A short while later.
“Found him. This is the guy, right?”
Sejun asked the group as he compared the face of Jo Kyung-su with the photo on his smartphone.
“Puhuhut. That’s him, meow!”
Kueng!
104.28.193.250
Kking!
“That’s him! Dad, can I arrest him?”
The group responded.
Just then.
Bzzzz.
Sejun’s smartphone vibrated.
“What is it?”
When Sejun checked his smartphone,
-Hello. This is composer Jo Kyung-su from CK Entertainment. I saw the song you sent and wanted to reach out…
A message from Jo Kyung-su had arrived via DM.
“Hehehe. Perfect timing.”
Sejun grinned as he looked at Iona.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Cancel.”
Iona canceled the invisibility and silence magic that had been cast on the group.
“You’re Jo Kyung-su, right?”
Sejun spoke.
“Mommy!”
Jo Kyung-su flinched in shock at Sejun’s sudden appearance.
“Haak. Haak. Haak.”
From Jo Kyung-su’s left ear, Theo let out hissing noises.
Kueng! Kueng! Kueng!
From the right ear, Cuengi let out a roar.
Kking! Kking! Kking!
Great Blackie must protect his butler in times of emergency!
Blackie barked fiercely while sticking right next to Sejun.
“Dad, Taecho caught the criminal!”
Taecho was tightly holding onto Jo Kyung-su’s feet.
“Well done, Taecho.”
“Heehee.”
Sejun gave a thumbs-up toward Taecho and praised her.
Then.
“Jo Kyung-su, I’ve come to collect payment for stealing the songs I sent.”
“Haak! That’s right, meow! I’ve come to collect payment for stealing from great Hybrid Chairman Park, meow!”
They confronted Jo Kyung-su.
“What?! Songs? Don’t tell me you’re from sjbb Music?”
“It’s Suzbub Music.”
“Right. Suzbub Music. So those songs, did you really make them?”
“You could say that.”
“Actually, I just contacted you, so this is perfect timing. How about we make a deal? I’ll buy all the songs you made. 1 million won per song. I get full copyright ownership.”
There had never been such a shameless thief. Forget the song fee, one of a composer’s main sources of income is copyright royalties. They get paid every time the album sells or is streamed.
But this guy wanted to keep that for himself?
Unfortunately, today he had messed with the absolute wrong person.
“Haak! Not even 100 trillion Tower Coins, but just 1 million won?! Are you joking, meow?!”
He was up against Theo, infamous across the Nine Great Towers and Earth,
“Vice Chairman Theo, to the Room of Truth.”
And the mastermind who raised Theo to be a proper cat gangster, Sejun.
“Puhuhut. Sounds good, meow! Let’s take him to the Room of Truth, meow!”
Theo replied without even knowing what the Room of Truth was.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! Great Blackie will take him to the Room of Truth!]
Blackie, excited, ran toward Jo Kyung-su to give him a headbutt.
“Hey!”
Kking…
Sejun quickly grabbed Blackie by the scruff of the neck.
If you do it, it’s the Room of Annihilation.
When an ordinary human soul comes into contact with a soul body from the Blackie Family, it will disappear instantly.
Meanwhile.
“Puhup. What are you guys doing? Don’t tell me you’re going to hit me? Can’t you see the CCTV over there? Just try touching me. I’ll sue right away…”
Jo Kyung-su laughed mockingly at Sejun.
“Haak! Shut it, meow!”
Thwack.
Theo smacked Jo Kyung-su on the back of the head, knocking him out. He was so fast that nothing was caught on the CCTV.
“Blackie, wait here. Guys, let’s go.”
Sejun left the Blackie Family behind, sat down on the couch, and put his arm around Jo Kyung-su’s shoulders.
Kuhhh.
Gororong.
Kyurorong.
Kurorong.
Kuhhh.
Sejun and his group sat on the couch next to Jo Kyung-su and lost consciousness together.
Kking…
[Great Blackie is bored…]
Left alone, Blackie soon found something interesting.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Eomdol, open this lid for me!]
“Yes!”
I’ll show my butler great Blackie’s artistic skills!
Blackie held a marker in his mouth and started drawing. On Sejun’s face.
***
Inside Jo Kyung-su’s mental world.
“Then let the trial begin!”
Bang. Bang. Bang.
Sejun banged the judge’s gavel.
“Where is this?! Where did you take me?!”
Jo Kyung-su, standing to Sejun’s left, shouted in confusion.
“Ahem! Causing a commotion in a sacred court, defendant Jo Kyung-su, remain silent.”
As soon as Sejun finished speaking,
“Mm! Mmm!”
A gag suddenly appeared in Jo Kyung-su’s mouth, and his hands and feet were bound with rope. Because Sejun’s mental strength was overwhelmingly high, it was possible to restrain Jo Kyung-su within his own mental world like this.
“Puhuhut. Judge Park, great Hybrid Chairman Park! I, Prosecutor Vice Chairman Theo, request a fine of 10 trillion Tower Coins and a sentence of 100,000 years of slavery for the crime of stealing 10 songs from Judge Park, great Hybrid Chairman Park, meow! I also demand 10,000 lashes, meow!”
Theo, standing to Sejun’s right, shouted.
This time, it was court play.
Kueng!
[Cuengi want to do the lashes!]
Cuengi, seated in the gallery, shouted with his hand raised high.
On the opposite side of the gallery from Sejun sat Iona, Cuengi, Taecho, Demon God Kali, and the Demon King of Good Dreams, Gilsun Nightmare, watching the proceedings.
And then.
“You… you know… your crime…!”
Mini Chairman Park No. 6, clinging to Jo Kyung-su’s left ear, shouted bravely.
Now grown to the size of a finger, Mini Chairman Park No. 6.
However.
……
Jo Kyung-su couldn’t hear Mini Chairman Park No. 6’s voice.
Just like the original Sejun, Mini Chairman Park No. 6 was a coward, and his voice was far too soft.
Hiiing.
Mini Chairman Park No. 6 was heartbroken.
*****
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