Shinwha Electronics Headquarters.
Choi Sangjin was feeling somewhat uneasy due to what had happened with Seongjun.
“Tch, should I have just fought him regardless of whether it worked out? No. If I’d fought there, I would have lost 100 percent. Even Kim Seongjun alone was tough, but there was also that unidentified assassin. And it wasn’t a situation where I could run away, so that was the best move in that situation.”
If there had been even the slightest chance, Choi Sangjin would have chosen to fight rather than accept Seongjun’s proposal.
But in that situation, winning the fight was out of the question, and there wasn’t even a hole to escape through.
“Anyway, at this rate, I’ll have no choice but to be dragged around by that bastard Kim Seongjun. Haah, this is getting tiring.”
It couldn’t be helped, but he had told Seongjun everything about Revolution.
And he only later found out that all those words had been recorded.
If that recording file somehow fell into Revolution’s hands through any path?
Choi Sangjin would be as good as dead that day.
In the end, it was as good as having a weakness seized by Seongjun.
But he couldn’t just get rid of him quietly either.
The opponent was an S-rank Healer with attack power so strong that even the same S-rank Ju So-jeong and Choi Gang-hyeok yielded, all while enjoying nationwide popularity as the Saint.
No matter who he sent, getting rid of Seongjun wouldn’t be easy.
Rather, if he made a wrong move, it might backfire on Choi Sangjin himself, so he couldn’t even entertain the idea of assassination.
“Of all the people to get caught up with, it had to be him. How the hell did he find out about my identity? Is there a spy inside? But even if there is a spy, they wouldn’t know my identity. Or does he really have some information network I don’t know about?”
What Choi Sangjin couldn’t understand the most was how the other party had known his identity.
Even if there was a spy inside, not even the executives knew each other’s identities, so they wouldn’t have been able to pinpoint him as Pascal.
“Tch, anyway, things have happened and can’t be undone. That means I have to use the current situation as advantageously as possible, disappointing as it is.”
Just then.
Knock!
Knock!
“President. May I come in for a moment?”
Click!
After the knock, the door opened and the chief secretary entered.
“What is it?”
When Choi Sangjin asked what was going on, the chief secretary said with an expressionless face.
“I heard you met with Kim Seongjun to retrieve the device. If you had given me a heads-up, I would have assisted you by your side.”
It seemed he had only now heard about Choi Sangjin meeting Seongjun separately in the early morning.
“I was contacted while I was at home after work. It was just a matter of retrieving the device, so I only took my personal bodyguards.”
“Then, did you succeed in retrieving the device?”
At the chief secretary’s question, Choi Sangjin shook his head.
“No. He said he had no intention of selling it for money. He said he had more than enough money anyway. Instead, he demanded something else, so I said I’d think about it.”
For some reason, Choi Sangjin did not tell the truth to his own chief secretary.
“What exactly did he demand that makes you hesitate?”
“He said that if the device’s value were converted to money, it could be appraised at roughly 20 billion won. Well, it’s larger than the amount I had in mind, but it wasn’t out of the expected range, so I was going to accept it. But then he said he had enough money and demanded equity from the Shinwha Electronics shares I own equivalent to 20 billion won.”
Choi Sangjin claimed that the reason the deal didn’t go through was because Seongjun demanded stock equity.
Of course, Seongjun had never made such a demand, but since he needed a reason to give the chief secretary for the failed deal, it seemed like a hastily made-up excuse.
“Stock equity, you say? Hmm, if he’s demanding equity, that would certainly give you pause. So, what do you plan to do?”
“Well, I’m not sure. I plan to think it over a bit more. Either way, whether the deal goes through or not, until my negotiations are over, that device won’t end up with Karl Buckman or Holy Emperor.”
At that, the chief secretary nodded.
“I see. Normally, it should have disappeared along with the dungeon, but now that it’s fallen into Kim Seongjun’s hands, things have become troublesome. It seems headquarters doesn’t know yet, so it would be best to handle it before they find out.”
“Haah, indeed. Anyway, I need to think quietly by myself, so please leave.”
At Choi Sangjin’s dismissal, the chief secretary bowed his head.
“Yes, understood. If you need anything, please call me right away.”
Then the chief secretary went out.
Click!
Left alone again, Choi Sangjin’s expression subtly twisted.
“Tch, now that things have come to this, that guy is getting on my nerves. He’s a person assigned by headquarters, so I can’t just cut him loose as I please. He might pick up on something suspicious, so I need to be as careful as possible.”
That was right.
Choi Sangjin’s chief secretary was actually a person assigned by Revolution headquarters.
Outwardly, he was said to be an assistant to help Choi Sangjin, but strictly speaking, it was more accurate to see him as a watcher.
In the past, he had thoroughly acted as Pascal, the Revolution Korean Branch Chief, so his surveillance hadn’t been particularly bothersome, but after the incident with Seongjun, he began to notice every move the chief secretary made.
This was because, if he were to find out about his relationship with Seongjun, he might report it directly to headquarters.
—
Several days passed, and finally the first-floor remodeling was completed, and Seongjun’s uncle and aunt opened their chicken restaurant.
At first, they considered going with a franchise, but after consulting with Seongjun, they decided to go independent.
The first floor of the building could house four to five stores, but Seongjun knocked three of them together to create one large space and remodeled that into a chicken restaurant.
It was possible because he had no intention of taking other tenants anyway.
Bustle bustle!
The entrance of the chicken restaurant was covered with various flower wreaths, and the inside was also crowded with customers.
Naturally, most of the customers in the store were Seongjun’s guests.
Many came from the top 10 domestic guilds, including Changcheon, Genesis, and Path of Glory, and Association officials including the President were also there.
“Wow, it’s so packed there isn’t an empty seat in this wide store. It seems combining three storefronts was a stroke of genius.”
Gwang-taek, Yuseon, Chang-su, and Seon-hwa had visited with Seongjun, and seeing the atmosphere with no empty seats, they seemed quite surprised.
“It’s just the opening buzz anyway. It’ll calm down in a few days, right?”
As Seongjun said, the current situation could be seen as opening buzz.
Since Seongjun’s uncle and aunt were opening a business, people who had connections with Seongjun or wanted to build a connection had flocked there.
At least for a few days, this situation would continue, but once the opening buzz passed, it wouldn’t be as crowded as now.
Frankly, if they could fill even half of this large store, it would be considered a success.
“Chicken is served.”
Chicken was brought to Seongjun’s table.
Since Seongjun had given a heads-up that many acquaintances would visit before the opening, they had already hired three floor staff.
The store was very large, and since there was no separate rent, they had generously hired three servers.
“Oh! At first glance, it looks delicious. Pass!”
Yuseon shouted “Pass” and picked up one chicken leg.
“Hey! Don’t you know about age seniority? Give those drumsticks to us oppas.”
“What are you talking about? Of course Seongjun oppa should have one, and as the only woman on the team, isn’t it only right that I eat the other one?”
“Only woman? Were you a woman? Ah, whatever! I’m always the meat shield when we hunt. Since I take on the tanking, shouldn’t I eat well?”
One drumstick had already been placed in front of Seongjun, and Gwang-taek and Yuseon were snarling over the remaining one.
But just then.
“We meet again, Healer Kim Seongjun.”
Someone approached Seongjun.
“Hm? How did President Choi Sangjin come here?”
That was right.
He was none other than Choi Sangjin.
“I heard Healer Kim Seongjun’s uncle opened a business, so I came to congratulate him and also to pay a visit. By the way, we still have unfinished business, don’t we? Ah! This is my chief secretary.”
As soon as Choi Sangjin finished speaking, the chief secretary, who had been standing behind, slightly bowed his head.
“Nice to meet you. I am Kang Jisang, the chief secretary serving President Choi Sangjin closely.”
At Chief Secretary Kang Jisang’s words, Seongjun looked at him with a meaningful expression.
‘Oho, so this is the guy that Revolution headquarters attached to Choi Sangjin.’
Actually, Choi Sangjin had secretly called Seongjun in advance and explained the current situation in detail.
That his chief secretary was actually a person placed as a spy by Revolution, and that to deceive him, he had no choice but to say Seongjun had demanded stock equity.
So he said he would visit Seongjun with the chief secretary soon under the pretext of renegotiation.
And that was today.
“Nice to meet you. I’m Kim Seongjun. It’s a bit noisy here, right? Let’s move to another place.”
Saying so, Seongjun slowly rose from his seat.
“I think I need to step away for a bit to talk with these people. You all eat first.”
Seongjun first excused himself to his companions.
“Oh, sure. Go ahead.”
The companions looked at Choi Sangjin as if in awe.
Seeing directly the royal family of the Shinwha Group that leads the economy and the president of Shinwha Electronics was simply amazing to them.
Despite the fact that, in a way, Choi Gang-hyeok, Ju So-jeong, and others who were here were more impressive figures, and Seongjun was even more impressive than them.
“Let’s go to the fifth floor. The remodeling isn’t completely done yet, but it’s in the final stages, so it shouldn’t be too inconvenient for conversation.”
Seongjun led Choi Sangjin’s party out of the chicken restaurant and took the elevator straight up to the fifth floor.
Although the remodeling wasn’t entirely finished, Seongjun’s office was well-furnished enough to be used immediately.
“Please sit.”
Seongjun invited them to sit and then took his seat.
After him, Choi Sangjin and Kang Jisang sat down on the sofa.
“I heard from the President. You demanded equity in Shinwha Electronics in exchange for handing over the device.”
At Kang Jisang’s question, Seongjun smiled and played along.
“Yes. Isn’t equity worth 20 billion won not that much anyway? It doesn’t seem like it would be too much trouble.”
“Whether it’s trouble or not isn’t the issue. With the other siblings eyeing Shinwha Electronics covetously, it’s never desirable for the President’s equity to shift. Please don’t do that, and just take it as cash. The President said that if Healer Kim Seongjun agrees to take cash, he is willing to offer up to 25 billion won.”
Kang Jisang asked him to take cash instead of equity and hand over the device.
At that, Seongjun smirked.
“As I already told President Choi Sangjin, I’m not exactly hard up for money. That amount of equity doesn’t seem like it would affect the big picture, but even if it did, the shares I hold would be friendly shares, wouldn’t they? Unless President Choi Sangjin and I fall out, I won’t transfer those shares to anyone else.”
Shinwha Electronics stocks?
Honestly, Seongjun didn’t really care about that.
And even if he was actually given the shares, he had no intention of handing over the device right now anyway.
He was just echoing the scenario Choi Sangjin had set up.
At Seongjun’s words, Kang Jisang subtly frowned.
“I heard the device has already lost its function. Do you really have to go that far? You won’t find anyone to buy that device anyway. Even if you do, it would be hard to get proper value for it.”
“As I said before, I’m fine on money. I have enough as well. If it comes down to it, I could donate it to the Association from a grand perspective, or if not that, I could hand it over to a prominent overseas guild interested in the device and strengthen my connections. For example… Holy Emperor? I already have ties with Karl Buckman anyway, so handing it over to them and strengthening my relationship with Holy Emperor wouldn’t be bad either.”
Seongjun deliberately mentioned the Association and Holy Emperor, provoking Kang Jisang.
Kang Jisang was displeased, but the opponent was no less than Seongjun, called the Saint.
He was not a person he could treat badly on a whim.
When Kang Jisang showed signs of discomfort and shut his mouth, Choi Sangjin sighed and spoke.
“Haah, I guess our conversation ends here for today. Could you give us a little more time to think?”
“Yes, please take your time. As long as the negotiations aren’t completely broken, I’ll keep the device safe and not hand it over anywhere else.”
Choi Sangjin slowly rose from his seat.
At that, Kang Jisang also stood up in turn.
“Then we’ll meet again next time.”
“Haha, yes. I won’t go far.”
As Choi Sangjin and Kang Jisang left the office and took the elevator down, Seongjun slowly stood up.
Then he looked down through the window.
A moment later, Choi Sangjin and Kang Jisang drove away, and Seongjun, confirming the sight, smiled and left the office.
—
Meanwhile, inside the car returning to the company.
Chief Secretary Kang Jisang frowned and spoke.
“It seems Kim Seongjun deliberately mentioned the Association and Holy Emperor. Could it be that he knows something?”
What they worried about most was the existence of the device being exposed externally and that device flowing into Holy Emperor.
And Seongjun had brought up both of those worrisome situations.
Naturally, they couldn’t help but think that he knew something.
“How could that be? The device was tested only twice in Korea. Even the first test disappeared along with the dungeon. This is his first time dealing with the device, so how much could he know about it? Anyway, at this rate, we have no choice but to accept Kim Seongjun’s proposal? This is really becoming a headache.”
After showing a thoughtful expression for a moment, Kang Jisang carefully opened his mouth.
“What if we tell headquarters the truth and ask for help?”
At that, Choi Sangjin’s expression subtly hardened.
“Tell them the truth? If that happens, the fallout will reach me too. Do we really need to go that far to headquarters? Besides, even if we ask for help, there’s no real solution. The opponent is the Saint, Kim Seongjun. Unless we were somewhere else, within South Korea, that’s practically impossible.”
“If just one of the three Overlords comes, they’ll be able to handle Kim Seongjun quietly. No matter how much of an irregular Kim Seongjun might be, he won’t be able to handle the Overlords, who have already entered the realm of transcendence.”
Within Revolution, only the three Overlords knew the Master’s identity.
The Overlords who actually operated the organization were known to have gone beyond S-rank into the realm of transcendence.
Kang Jisang judged that it might be cleaner to simply summon one of them to Korea and deal with Seongjun.
“Tch, do you think the Overlords would move for something like this? And even if they did move, it’s a problem. If I fail to handle this myself and end up making them move, it would be like admitting my own incompetence. Rather, as I said earlier, I’ll just give up the equity and retrieve the device.”
Though he said this, Choi Sangjin hoped Kang Jisang would not change his mind.
From the very beginning, this scenario started from Choi Sangjin’s lie, but through conversations with Seongjun, the flimsy scenario began to gain flesh and bone.
What they ultimately wanted was to have headquarters send someone to Korea.
And then Seongjun would capture that person to secure more detailed information.
But Kang Jisang was going beyond that, saying they should bring in one of the Overlords.
‘Calling someone from headquarters is according to plan, but of all people, an Overlord? Can Kim Seongjun really handle an Overlord? Well, I don’t stand to lose anything either. If the Overlord deals with Kim Seongjun, I’ll just continue acting as the Revolution Korean Branch Chief like before. If Kim Seongjun captures the Overlord, then I’ll just follow the scenario I’ve set up with him.’
In fact, Choi Sangjin didn’t really care how things played out.
If the Overlord captured Seongjun, he would just hide the fact that he had dealt with Seongjun and continue as the Korean Branch Chief; conversely, if Seongjun captured the Overlord, he would just move according to the story he had already coordinated with Seongjun.
Unaware of Choi Sangjin’s inner thoughts, Kang Jisang spoke with a serious expression.
“The moment Kim Seongjun mentioned the possibility of handing the device to Holy Emperor, he was already classified as a dangerous figure. To eliminate variables as much as possible, it’s better to deal with Kim Seongjun. Leave it to me. I will handle it in a way that doesn’t harm you, President.”
There weren’t many people who could replace Choi Sangjin within Korea.
That was why Kang Jisang also wanted Choi Sangjin to maintain his position as Korean Branch Chief as much as possible.
“Haah, is it really necessary to go this far? If by any chance an Overlord eliminates Kim Seongjun, Korea will go through a huge uproar. It might even be necessary to keep a low profile for a while. But if it’s still fine… Do as you please, Chief Secretary.”
At Choi Sangjin’s words, Kang Jisang gave a bitter smile.
“Don’t worry too much. Everything will flow naturally.”
After that, they headed to the company without much further talk.
—
It was nearly 1:00 AM.
Lee Seon-jae and Yu Mi-ran, who had fully enjoyed the opening buzz, wrapped up the day with happy expressions.
Seongjun, who had helped with closing, confirmed that his uncle and aunt had headed home and returned to the hideout.
Gwang-taek, Yuseon, and Chang-su had already gone home, and only Seon-hwa was on the second basement floor.
He was resting on the sofa for a while when.
Ding!
A message arrived.
[As planned, Kang Jisang contacted headquarters and got them to send someone. But it seems they intend to bring one of the three Overlords. The Overlords are beings who have entered the realm of transcendence beyond S-rank. Can you handle them?]
Judging by his expression when leaving the office, he didn’t seem like he would let it slide, but to think he intended to bring in an Overlord.
Seongjun smiled a meaningful smile.
‘An Overlord, huh. The ones who practically lead Revolution. I knew about them roughly, but I never thought I’d catch such a big fish. But ‘the realm of transcendence beyond S-rank,’ is it? I wonder how strong they are. Can I handle them at my current level?’
Seongjun was also only S-rank in terms of rating, but practically possessed abilities beyond S-rank.
So he didn’t think he would lose easily, but since he didn’t know how strong those called Overlords were, he planned to prepare as much as he could.
I Became an EX-Class All-Round Priest Chapter 116
E-book publication date: 2025.11.14
Author: Kim Hyeon-jun (김현준)
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