The Second Coming of Gluttony Chapter 204:
Chapter 204 . Chohong’s Vow (2)
The communication crystal glowed earlier than expected .
Seol Jihu had expected it to take a minimum of a few weeks to a maximum of a few months, but he was contacted only after a few days .
Needless to say, it was a call from Pavlovici’s crystal .
Seol Jihu placed his hand on the crystal and let some mana flow into it .
—It’s me .
As soon as the crystal lit up, a familiar voice rang out .
Because it was the middle of the night, the crystal was filled with darkness, but he could tell the caller was Phi Sora just from her voice .
Phi Sora calling him from the crystal he had given to Pavlovici meant…
“There must have been an attack . ”
—Yep . You should set up a tent and a crystal ball .
Phi Sora giggled . Seeing as how she was laughing, she must have accomplished her mission without a hitch . Thinking so, Seol Jihu’s voice became lighter .
“I’m glad you’re okay . ”
—Why? They weren’t even enough for a warmup . Well, they were more than enough to kill these four, but they were nothing in front of me .
Phi Sora boasted proudly .
“What about Mister Marcel Ghionea?”
—I think I heard him say he was going to catch the guys keeping watch… Ah, wait a moment . He’s coming over now .
The dark environment displayed through the crystal slightly shifted .
—Yes, leader .
Marcel Ghionea’s voice was so calm that it was hard to believe he was in combat just a moment ago .
—Reporting . 12 combat members and 4 sentries . A total of 16 men in the ambush squad . Of these, 10 people in the combat team were killed while the remaining 6 have been captured .
“You’ve killed quite a few . ”
Marcel Ghionea clicked his tongue .
—There was no choice . Not only did Miss Phi Sora not restrain herself, one of the four men got hurt, raising a lot of commotion…
—Why are you using me as an excuse?
Phi Sora’s disgruntled voice rang out .
Seol Jihu quickly opened his mouth .
“I’ll head over right now . ”
—I don’t think you need to come .
“Huh? Why?”
—There was a face I recognized .
Marcel Ghionea quietly continued .
—I interrogated one of the sentries on my way back . They’re ruffians that wander around the backstreets of Haramark . They live by what they earn day by day .
“Then… . ”
—It’s the same method as before . They commissioned this work without revealing their identities, making it no risk even if they fail .
—If I may speak my opinion, they may just be trying to test the waters…
‘Were they suspicious that we let the four walk away alive?’
Seol Jihu’s eyes narrowed .
“Can you show me the face of any one of them?”
—Of course!
Marcel Ghionea obediently complied to Seol Jihu’s troublesome request . After seeing the captured men for himself, Seol Jihu became certain .
‘It’s different . ’
The scene was different than what he had seen in the vision . And there weren’t just one or two differences .
The assailants were all male . There wasn’t a single woman seen in the team . Also, a purple snake tattoo could not be found on any of their necks .
—What should we do with them?
“Kill them all . ”
Right after saying that, Seol Jihu was surprised at himself for having given such a command . Telling him to kill them came out too easily .
He suddenly thought about whether to use the six captives like he did with Pavlovici .
‘…No . ’
But as soon as he asked himself, ‘What happens to them on Earth if I kill them in Paradise?’ he realized it was a silly compassion and decided to harden his heart .
He had already murdered people . And above all, it was a dog-eat-dog world .
Seol Jihu did not withdraw his command and asked to talk to Pavlovici instead .
—…Yes .
A low but clearly trembling voice rang out . It sounded like he was in a daze .
“I won’t speak long . ”
Seol Jihu asked in a tone that told him he expected an immediate decision .
“What do you plan to do?”
A reply did not come right away .
But as if he had somewhat come to his senses while Seol Jihu was talking with Phi Sora and Marcel Ghionea, Pavlovici replied quickly .
—What… What do we need to do?
Heavy breathing flowed out as if he had only started to breathe again now .
Seol Jihu, who had been concentrating on the voice over the call, curled his lips up .
Pavlovici was fear-stricken but Seol Jihu did not feel any distrust coming from him anymore . Then again, since Seol Jihu had accurately proven himself as if he knew both their past and future, Pavlovici would have had no choice but to believe .
“There’s nothing you need to do right now . ”
Seol Jihu opened his mouth .
“I will call later . But until then…”
—You want us to stay low and hide ourselves .
Survival instincts caused humans to overcome their limits . Pavlovici, who had immediately understood Seol Jihu’s intentions, continued with clenched teeth .
—I know a hideout that only the four of us know . We will be hiding there for a while .
“Where is it?”
—…It’s the Eva Church . Its exact location is a bit hard to explain .
Pavlovici hesitated, but he did not hide everything . Seol Jihu smiled, carefully observing the crystal .
“Okay then . I hope my call reaches you in the future . ”
After cheerfully bidding farewell, Seol Jihu ended the call .
His smile receded the moment the light turned off, and he tilted his head back to look at the ceiling .
‘Testing the waters, huh… . ’
The enemy was not stupid . Rather, they were a professional group with a lot of experience in these matters .
Jang Maldong, Seo Yuhui, Agnes .
The three people that had their own unique perspective of Paradise had all cautioned him to be wary of this enemy . As such, they shouldn’t be dumb enough to pounce on a bait he had thrown out just once .
‘I shouldn’t rush in recklessly . ’
There was an old term called ‘Sun Run’ in the game of blackjack . Simply put, it was another word for a winning streak due to a continuous stream of good cards .
It was a gambler’s rule of thumb to never leave the seat when they were on a Sun Run .
On the other hand, there were also situations when they had to immediately get up and leave .
Seol Jihu had felt the fire on the cards, that were the four men, weaken just a moment ago .
His long experience in gambling told him .
If he kept playing because he was winning, he would get swept into a ‘bad shoe’ (a situation where only bad cards come in), so he had to quickly fold .
‘Slowly . ’
Either way, he had already succeeded in keeping the noose alive . The only thing left was to slowly tighten it without having the enemy notice . Then at some point in time, the rope would choke the enemy’s neck .
“Fuu… . ”
After organizing his thoughts, Seol Jihu let out a sigh . He still had some regrets . There must have been a better way of utilizing the four men . After all, he needed more information .
He would feel reassured if he had an expert in these kind of things .
The person that came to his mind was naturally Kim Hannah .
He had an unfounded belief that as both Paradise’s greatest scout and its most infamous scammer, Kim Hannah would have screamed ‘Just which **** dared to touch my contractee?’ before solving everything .
It wasn’t that he didn’t try contacting her . He had actually tried calling her for advice, but the call didn’t go through . It had never happened before, so he couldn’t help but be worried .
‘I hope nothing happened to her… . ’
Of course, he had to consider the possibility of her having gone back to Earth, but he still felt uncomfortable .
‘Do I have to visit Scheherazade…?’
He finally knew why Kim Hannah had placed so much importance in keeping in contact . Just as he was about to call her again, just in case…
“Hey!”
Accompanied by the sound of the door slamming open, Chohong barged in the room . She must have just taken a shower as water dripped down the ends of her hair .
“Whacha doing? You look like you were trying to call someone . ”
“Ah . I was just thinking about a few things . ”
“Thinking? About what?”
“I feel like we need more people . ”
When she heard that he was considering recruiting more people, Chohong stuck out her lower lip and nodded .
“Umm… Well, capable people would always be welcomed, but why? Are you going to recruit a Priest?”
“We definitely need a Priest, but I was also thinking of someone who could help me . A secretary if you will . ”
“Do you have anyone in mind?”
“I do . Although it’s only a thought . ”
Chohong who had only asked casually suddenly became curious .
“Oh? Who is it? Tell me . I want to know . ”
“Well . Yuhui Noona would be perfect as a Priest . ”
Chohong’s face hardened at that moment .
“And I was thinking Kim Hannah would be good as a secretary . ”
She knitted her eyebrows as if she was saying, ‘What kind of dog-eating-grass nonsense are you spouting?’
“Why are you staring at me like that?”
“…Hey! You’re not serious, right? You’re just joking, right?”
“I’m serious . Why? Can’t I recruit them?”
Seol Jihu asked her with a serious face .
Chohong carefully stared at his face for a while before suddenly roaring with laughter .
“Puuhahahheheha!”
Seol Jihu dumbly looked at Chohong, who was grabbing her stomach, dying of laughter .
“Wow, just… Wow…”
After a good laugh, Chohong took deep breaths while wiping off tears from her eyes .
“Ahh— I haven’t laughed like this in so long . They say that stupid people are the funniest when they’re serious . ”
“I don’t understand why you’re laughing . ”
“Well, would you look at yourself? Hey, being overly serious is an illness, you know? Or what, do you have narcissism?”
“… . ”
“Look here . Even if we’re Haramark’s greatest team, those people are surrounded by High Rankers!”
Again .
“Pffft!”
Chohong barely stifled her laughter and slapped Seol Jihu’s shoulders .
“I wasn’t going to laugh if it had been someone like Kazuki, but what? The Daughter of Luxuria would be perfect? Miss Foxy would be good? I can’t even, pffahahaha!”
She couldn’t hold back anymore and laughed her head off .
“Those two have reached the pinnacle of their respective fields, but here you are trying to recruit them into our team . Go drink some cold water and come back to your senses, you **** . ”
Seol Jihu got angry hearing Chohong repeatedly tell him to stop dreaming .
“Who says they won’t come?”
“Oooooh? Reallllyy? Well it’s good to dream big . ”
“Chung Chohong…”
Seol Jihu’s eyes became serious .
“Just what do you plan to do if I actually go and manage to recruit them?”
“Oh?”
Chohong made an expression that said ‘Will you look at this?’ and snickered .
“Hah! Hey, if you manage to bring in even one of those two, then I’ll serve you as my hyung for the rest of my life . No really . I’ll call you Hyung whenever I see you . ”
Seol Jihu clenched his teeth seeing Chohong act cheeky .
“I wouldn’t be your Hyung, but your Oppa . ”
“Sure sure~ Whether it’s Hyung~ or Oppa~ I’ll be very~ polite and well-mannered . So go ahead and recruit them first . ”
Seol Jihu ground his teeth .
“You, don’t you dare forget what you said just now . ”
Chohong raised both her hands and nodded her head .
“Yes, yes~ Although I currently serve Ira, as a former Priest, I vow upon my divine powers with Invidia as my witness . Are you happy now? Hmm?”
A vow with divine power on the line . A glint flashed past Seol Jihu’s two eyes .
“…Good . Now let’s see how things turn out . ”
“Ehew . You cute little punk . Still unable to come out of your rose-colored dream . ”
Lightly pinching Soel Jihu’s cheek, Chohong giggled before turning around . She plopped herself down on his bed and suddenly asked a question she had just thought of .
“Hey, assuming that you somehow manage to bring them, what are you planning on making me call you?”
Seol Jihu, who had been grumbling to himself, placed a cigarette in his mouth before glancing sideways .
And he replied .
“Hubby . ”
Chohong’s face was replaced with a dumbfounded look .
Seol Jihu smirked .
“You think that’s all? The next day will be ‘My love,’ the day after that will be ‘Dear,’ and the day after that will be ‘Darling’…”
“Uhuh . Keep dreaming . How dare you make this Chung Chohong-nim… Hmph . Why don’t you just go and make me call you ‘Dear Husband’, huh?”
“Ah . How about ‘Master’? Or…”
Seol Jihu quickly ducked in the middle of speaking . It was because a pillow had come flying at him out of the blue, breaking the sound barrier .
“You sure dream big, huh? Ya bastard!”
“Dreams become reality, don’t you know?”
In that deep night .
“Whatever, say that after you bring them!”
“Ah I will!”
The voices of a man and a woman roaring at each other were heard in a room of the Carpe Diem office for a long time .
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