Seoul Station’s Necromancer Chapter 155:
Chapter 155 – Alandal in Seoul (2)
[Hah . He asked for an aircraft carrier?]
[Yes, that is what he said . The British Monarchy and the Parliament went over the decision . They came to the conclusion that the Dimensional Fragment was a very important Item, but they decided the aircraft carrier as a payment was an unreasonable . Instead, we propose dispatching an aircraft carrier to the East Sea for 5 years . It will shore up your defense…]
It was such an enormous offer that Soonghoon’s mouth dropped open .
He had never thought about this before . He couldn’t keep the surprise and confusion off of his face . He had lost the pace of the negotiations through his own fault . He had basically gave up the upper hand in the negotiation .
[We can come to an agreement on the money it takes to operate the aircraft carrier . If we split the cost down the middle, we’ll agree to station it here for the next 5 years . ]
[This isn’t something I can make the call on . I’ll have to meet the king later on, then…]
As Soonghoon was speaking, the door suddenly opened, so he shut his mouth . The person he had been waiting for had appeared .
“I guess everyone’s here . ”
“Welcome back . ”
Jung-minchan greeted Woojin in a welcoming manner .
An aircraft carrier wasn’t a child’s toy, yet he was asking for it so matter of factly . He wondered how valuable this Dimensional Fragment was…
When Woojin saw the negotiation group from Britain, he immediately asked a question .
“Do you speak Korean?”
“I can . ”
Soonghoon had on a shocked expression when the blonde British man started to speak eloquently in Korean . Of course, the man knew how to speak English, but he never expected his counterpart to know how to speak Korean .
“If you give me what I want, I’ll give you this . ”
Woojin took out the Dimensional Fragment from his Inventory, and he held it out . The gem was letting out a brilliant purple light, and it was emitting so much magical energy that normal people could feel something was off .
“Mmmm . It takes several thousand people to maintain and operate an aircraft carrier . To my knowledge, Alandal doesn’t have that many people . ”
“That’s my business . Just give me the boat and everything within it . I don’t need the people . ”
“……?”
Did Alandal have enough people to pull this off? There weren’t that many people that knew how to operate an aircraft carrier amongst the entire population of Korea . This small country had never even owned a aircraft carrier before, so why was he coveting it so much…
“I’ll take care of it myself . Will you buy it or not?”
“…we want the Dimensional Fragment for the purpose of research, but we have no idea what it can do…”
“You can purchase a Dimensional Gate that leads to another planet . Basically, with this one Item, you will be able to own a Dungeon . ”
“…… . ”
At Woojin’s words, the negotiation group and the people from the US and Japanese guild became surprised . It wasn’t known to outsiders, but each of them had also gained a Dimensional Fragment . Currently, there were researches going on…
“Will you buy it or not . If you don’t want it, I’ll sell it to someone else . ”
The negotiation group expressed their dismay at Woojin’s unreasonableness .
“I have to discuss it with my home country . Do you mind if we give our final decision tomorrow?”
“I have to wait until tomorrow? Are you willing to purchase the time that I’ll waste?”
How much was a single day of Kahng-woojin’ life worth? He was able to clear a Dungeon in few hours . How many Dungeons did he crush during his trip around the world? Yet they dared to keep him waiting for a whole day?
“Can you handle that?”
“P…please give me thirty minutes . ”
Woojin turned his head .
“Kaneda and Bad Sector? If this isn’t resolved within 30 minutes, I’ll sell it to you guys . Ah, does Japan have any aircraft carriers?”
Woojin asked the question as he looked at the man from the Bad Sector guild .
When the man from the Bad Sector guild quickly took out his phone, the negotiator from Britain suddenly stood up .
“We’ll buy it!”
Woojin smirked .
In the end, they were going to buy it no matter what, yet they had acted as if they weren’t interested .
“Bring me the aircraft carrier . ”
Woojin placed the Dimensional Fragment on the negotiation table .
“…… . ”
The man didn’t know what to do as he looked at Woojin . Woojin shrugged his shoulders .
“Take it . ”
“…just like this?”
What kind of a dealing was this?
The decision had just been made, and there were still uncertainties surrounding the deal . Was it really ok to just hand over something so valuable?
Woojin eradicated the negotiator’s worries .
“If you guys plan on reneging on the deal, I’ll erase Britain off the map . ”
“…… . ”
“All of you can all leave . No, you guys come with me to the president’s room . ”
Woojin spoke as he looked at Minchan and Soonghoon . Then he exited the prime minister’s office .
“…… . ”
For a while, the office was silent as a grave . The air was heavy as it was sucked into Woo-soonghoon’s lungs .
‘What the **** just happened now?’
The aircraft carrier had been thrown back and forth in the negotiations… In a flash, an item worth billions of dollars had exchanged hands .
Is this how it feels to have the world at one’s beck and call? Soonghoon had stood at the center of the negotiations . He felt afraid, and thrilled at the same time .
“Well, let’s conclude the negotiations with the Bad Sector guild tomorrow . ”
Minchan tidied up the situation as he sent away the other delegations .
Afterwards, Soonghoon and Minchan walked the corridor together .
“Whew . I wonder what the king wants to do with that aircraft carrier . ”
“Maybe he just wants one?”
“Mmm . ”
Soonghoon had just tossed that idea out there, but somehow there was a ring of truth to it . Minchan let out a groan .
Well, they could just go ask him right now .
“Uh . You guys are finally here . ”
Woojin buried his body into sofa as he greeted them .
“The other party members didn’t come with you?”
“They are still rolling along . I thought we were going to do a Guild General Assembly? Why is it being put off from day to day?”
“The size of assembly got too large . ”
“What do you mean?”
“All the guilds of the world showed interest in it . They are all hoping to attend . ”
“Tsk . Is that so?”
“The Hammer guild is doing their best . It is scheduled to be in 15 days . ”
“That is way too late . ”
He had planned on going to Alphen after the general assembly ended .
“This is why you don’t outsource tasks like this . ”
Woojin looked at his dependable subordinate Jung-minchan .
Woojin didn’t want any constraints on his work . This was why he had founded a country, and he chose Jung-minchan as the prime minister .
“We’ll have it in 6 days . I’ll talk to all of the guilds before I head towards Alphen . If they can come, they’ll be there . The ones that can’t attend can watch it on the news . ”
“…if you suddenly propose such a tight schedule… . ”
“I’ve waited this long . That’s enough . Those people from Hammer are too slow . You take over . ”
“…… . ”
If he was told to do it, he would do it . However, the thought about doing it made Minchan’s head hurt .
“So why do you need the aircraft carrier?”
“Ah . I have something I want to test . ”
“Are you trying to make a Golem?”
“Huh? I can give Dolsae scrap metals, so why would I buy an aircraft carrier for him?”
There was no good reason to buy such an expensive aircraft carrier for the purpose of using it as ingredients for his Golem .
Minchan’s eyes turned round .
“What can we do with just the aircraft carrier? We really need a lot of people to move that big thing… . ”
Woojin grinned .
“You’ll have to fill it up . ”
Woojin didn’t have to worry about the task, since he had someone else that would be doing the worrying for him .
“…… . ”
Minchan’s head was hurting already .
“Or I might fill it up in some other way . ”
“Perhaps? From the Dimensional Domain?”
“Yes . It’ll be beyond our ability to fight the war with only people from earth . ”
“…… . ”
Woojin looked at Soonghoon .
“Do you know how to do the SNS? Sign me up . ”
“What? You want me to register president’s SNS?”
Soonghoon was surprised .
“Bring me my hand phone . ”
“Yes, sir . ”
Songhoon fiddled with Woojin’s handphone, and he registered Woojin to the SNS . The country of Alandal wasn’t even available at registration . As a dual citizen, Soonghoon registered Woojin as a Korean citizen .
“…so that is how you put up a post . ”
“Mmm . All right . ”
“I’ll put up on the official Alandal account that president has joined the SNS . ”
Woo-soonghoon worked quickly, and suddenly, Woojin’s hand phone kept vibrating .
Ddi-ring, ddi-ring .
<TheLight-nim just followed you . >
<Asdf-nim just followed you . >
…… .
“What’s going on?”
“Ah . I’ll turn off the notification . ”
Woojin’s followers were increasing rapidly, and he was jumping the total followers ranking several dozen spots at a time .
‘He’ll pass me by in a flash . ’
Woo-soonghoon had a lot of followers . He had as many followers as famous actors . However, it seemed Kahng-woojin was going to pass him by at any moment . .
“I’ll use this later . Is there any Dungeons that are about to Break? Do we have any requests that are already in?”
“Mmm . That’s… . ”
Minchan’s face darkened .
“There are several imminent Breaks, yet none of the governments are asking for help . ”
“So they want to take care of it through their own efforts . ”
“Yes . I don’t know the exact reason behind it, but I would hazard to guess it has something to do with the Dimensional Fragment you showed earlier . ”
“Mmm… . ”
Woojin tapped on his armrest .
Greed might burn them, but that was the natural consequence of thier deed .
“They’ll get a stomach ache . ”
“What?”
“It’s nothing . Just leave them be . ”
Anyways, Kahng-woojin couldn’t shut down all the Dungeons . The places that’ll Break will Break . The ones that are able to defend their Dungeons will defend them .
If they were desperate, they’ll ask for help . It wasn’t a bad idea to give them autonomy .
“How’s the recruitment of new Roused for the guild going?”
“The resumes for the recruitment are flooding in . In the end, president will have to make the choice . Please tell me the time, so I can send out a notice . ”
Woojin didn’t care about resumes . Their current ability to clear a Dungeon had nothing to do with their growth potential . Who would have expected Hong-sunggoo to become one of the top Roused of this world?
Woojin will choose them based on what he saw .
“Then schedule it 3 days from now . I’ve said all I needed to say, so I’m heading out . ”
The future work would be done by the people left behind .
“Where are you going?”
“I’m heading to the Dimensional Domain . ”
“Before you do that, could you leave behind a photo?”
“Huh?”
“It’s for verifying your identity . No one is posting on the president’s SNS bulletin board . ”
“All right . Photograph me . ”
“Could you tilt your head a little bit this way? Yes, like that . ”
Soonghoon put Woojin in the right pose, and he took a photo with the hand phone .
Click .
“You upload it . I’m going . ”
“Yes . Take care . ”
“Also, you should just give up being the minister of foreign affairs . You should continue your work as my secretary . It feels awkward seeing other people . ”
“…… . ”
“I saw your negotiation skills earlier . You weren’t that great . I don’t think you have the aptitude for it . ”
My king… Didn’t you buy a hand phone from this hopeless negotiator? What does that say about you?
“Well, I’m going for real now . ”
“Yes . ”
He didn’t have to go the Seoul station . Woojin opened a portal that connected to his Dimensional Domain, and he disappeared .
“So did I just get promoted or demoted?”
“Mmm… . I think it is a promotion . ”
He was the chief secretary directly under the king of Alandal .
Woo-soonghoon uploaded the photo he took with Woojin’s hand phone up on the SNS .
***
– Alandal Guild is recruiting new Roused!
– The Noah’s Ark of the Modern Age . Your only chance to gain citizenship to Alandal .
– Kingdom of Alandal finalized a deal for an aircraft carrier… .
– Nationality doesn’t matter . Recruitment for Support Division . Preference given to those with experience aboard an aircraft carrier .
– Breaking News . Kahng-woojin started his SNS!
…… .
There were several dozen…no, several hundred articles pouring out . Moreover, the trending search words were all related to Kahng-woojin .
Cindy was holding up her phone as she sighed .
“Ha-ah . ”
She had received a big shock from what happened at the reunion . She had stopped working, and she was resting at her home as she received psychiatric treatment .
“Maybe I should apply?”
There was no meaning behind being an entertainer, or having money .
This was a world where one’s death could happen at any moment . It was an end to an era where money protected oneself from everything .
Moreover…
“Will I be able to see him more often?”
When she thought about Kahng-woojin, it pulled at her heartstrings .
Cindy scrolled down the address book in her hand phone, and she located Do-jiwon’s information . She was about to press the call button . However, she just sighed as she lowered her head .
“Ha-ah . I must have gone mad . ”
She was insanely jealous of Do-jiwon .
“Eh-whew . Get a hold of yourself . ”
What was the point of pining for a man that is taken?
She just couldn’t stop thinking about him . However, it wasn’t as if she had fallen for him at first sight . It wasn’t to the point where she loved him .
Yearning?
It was a feeling her fans felt when they looked at her . This was the feeling Cindy felt when she looked at Woojin . She had never gave this level of interest and attention to a man before .
She wasn’t passionate enough to commit her life to something based on a brief flash of feeling she felt . She was level headed enough to control herself .
“Uh whew . I should start working again . ”
There was a limit to how much break she was willing to take . She couldn’t take time off for the rest of her life .
He threw her phone on her pillow as she got up . She took out a cold bottle of water from the refrigerator, and she drank it .
“Kyahh . ”
Her head felt refreshed when she drank the cold water .
She was picking up her hand phone to call her manager when Cindy’s body stiffened .
[Hello? What’s up . Speak to me, Cindy . ]
Jiwon’s voice was heard through the phone, and Cindy had no idea what to do .