Chapter 473: Chapter 473
Sejun had breakfast with his companions.
“Now it’s time to work.”
On the third day of the Harvest Festival, there were no competitions, so he decided to work in the Void Storage in the morning.
“Cuengi, I’ll give you some pocket money, so buy lots of delicious food.”
He gave Cuengi pocket money to play in the Raccoon Market.
[Hehehe, Dad, thank you!]
As Cuengi ran off toward the Raccoon Market, getting further away,
It was only natural, given that Cuengi, who could easily spend that money by himself, had been spending it on the 301 hungry Black Bears.
“Uhehehe. How much is this?”
Cuengi heard a familiar voice.
If I go around with rich Uren hyung, I can feed my subordinates until they’re full!
With a sense of responsibility to take care of his subordinates, Cuengi hurriedly ran toward Uren.
As Uren was about to greet the approaching Cuengi, he was suddenly surrounded by figures wearing black hoods.
“We got him! Quickly, let’s get out of here!”
The figures in black hoods threw a smoke bomb, and the area was soon covered in a gray mist.
Cuengi quickly used his Kueng-fooo to blow the smoke away, but by the time the smoke cleared, Uren and the black-hooded figures had already disappeared.
[Where did Uren hyung go?!]
Cuengi was confused by Uren’s sudden disappearance.
“Cuengi-nim, it seems Uren-nim has been kidnapped.”
Rak explained the situation to Cuengi.
[Uren hyung got kidnapped?! Then Cuengi will go save him!]
“Shall we track them down right away?!”
Rak and the Kueng gang began to move quickly, but
[No! First, we need to tell Dad!]
As expected of the filial son Cuengi.
Cuengi hurriedly went to find Sejun to tell him he was going out for a while.
A little while later.
“What?! Uren got kidnapped?! Then Detective Sherlock Sejun must step in!”
As expected, Uren the Misfortune King had gotten himself into trouble again, unable to stay out of harm’s way for even a moment…
Upon hearing Cuengi’s words, Sejun stood up, putting the All-Devouring Jelly Seed, now at 15 gulps, into his pocket.
“Puhuhut. Then, Detective Sherlock Sejun’s brilliant assistant, Theoson will step in too, meow!”
[Then Detective Cunan will join too!]
Sejun, Theo, and Cuengi set off to find Uren.
“We’re not detectives though, what should we do?”
“Well, the boss is going, so we should at least follow, right?”
The 301 Black Bears also followed the three from behind.
Uren, who had lost consciousness after being kidnapped, awoke to see a pink pig standing in front of him and spoke.
“It’s been a while, Uren. I’ve heard you’ve been doing quite well recently. So, where are my brother Magin and the others?”
“Machun, don’t tell me you’re involved in this too?!”
Uren’s face filled with disbelief.
Unlike Magin, Machun had always helped him in difficult times.
Even within the family, Machun had a stellar reputation.
“Yes, Actually, I’m the one who gave the orders. It’s all to become the head of the Daemon Family.”
Machun was, in fact, the mastermind who had driven Uren out of the family in order to become the next head of the Daemon Family.
“Eek! How could you?!”
“If someone soft like you becomes the head, our Daemon Family will collapse in no time.”
Furious at Machun’s words, Uren tried to get up, but Machun’s subordinates held him down, making it impossible to move.
So, he didn’t kill them. As expected, he’s soft.
Seeing Uren’s reaction, Machun became certain that Magin and the others were still alive.
“Hurry up and tell me where Evis and Nellie are, or you’ll face some very unpleasant torture.”
Machun threatened, pressing a knife against Uren.
The truth was, Machun wasn’t in a good situation either.
A problem arose when Evis, the heir to the Green Pig family, and Nellie, the heir to the Red Pig family, both branch families, went missing.
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However, among the branch families, the Black Pig Family was the strongest, while the Yellow Pig Family was the weakest, putting Machun at a significant disadvantage.
To make matters worse, rumors had recently spread within the family that Uren was recovering the money he had previously lost due to his gullibility, improving his reputation little by little.
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Of course, it was a huge mistake.
[Detective Cunan found them by scent!]
“That’s not true, meow! Theoson, Detective Sherlock Sejun’s assistant, pointed this way with my front paw first, meow!”
[No, Detective Cunan found them!]
“That’s not true, meow! It was Theoson, meow!”
As Cuengi and Theo, who had burst through the cave wall, argued over who had found the location first,
“Hehehe. This is a locked-room case. Everyone stop! The culprit is in here!”
Sejun slowly entered, calling out.
“Kyoot, kyoot, kyoot. Oh, power of ice, freeze everything. Freeze.”
From Sejun’s shoulder, Iona, who had been protecting him, cast a spell.
“Alright. Everyone except Uren is the culprit, right?”
And just like that, Uren’s kidnapping case was solved anticlimactically.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, are these ones full-time employee, meow?”
“Of course. They dared to try and kidnap Uren, who is the very essence of Sejun Company’s finance department.”
“Puhuhut. Got it, meow! Then it’s an eternal contract, meow!”
Following Sejun’s words, Theo used the Nine Dragons’ Employee Contract Seal to make Machun and his subordinates full-time employees.
“Puhuhut. Assistant Manager Jeff, here are the new interns, meow!”
Theo handed Machun and his subordinates over to Jeff.
After being handed over to Jeff, Machun met Magin, Evis, and Nellie, who had been working as wandering merchants.
Silver Tower, 82nd Floor.
A wasteland where sharp winds, sharp enough to cut anything, blew fiercely.
Rocks that were being pierced by the sand carried by the wind stood precariously, as if they could crumble at any moment.
“Sephiro, are we there yet?”
“Great Chieftain, we’re almost there.”
Two men walking through such a wasteland.
One of them, the man being guided, was a head and a half taller than the other.
Both men had silver hair, and strangely enough, no wind blew around them—it was eerily still.
The guide pointed toward a grapevine that had been reduced to just bare branches.
“Sephiro, you said you saw that grapevine full of grapes just yesterday?”
“Hmm. That confirms it—its the Harvest Festival.”
“Yes. The first grape harvesting competition has ended, so the second grape eating competition will soon take place. Sephiro, this is a chance to eat our fill. Hurry and spread the word to all the residents of the Tower.”