Don't come to work starting tomorrow
Don't come to work starting tomorrow
Mother was startled at the sight of Dohun donating a huge sum of money.
"Dohun-ah, where did you get such a large amount of money...!"
I cut off the words she was about to use to stop him.
"I gave it to him."
"...Huh?"
"Shall we talk for a moment?"
I patted Dohun's head once and stood up.
"Dohun-ah, I'm coming to check tomorrow, so if you haven't spent at least 100 million won, you're in trouble, okay?"
"But I can only donate 30 million won per account?"
"Then make new accounts. You can just make up to Mk.4. Use that card, I'm leaving for today."
"Okay, see you next time!"
It's just a matter of limits; it's possible if I use the power of Baekseong Group.
I even got him a US Visa, so that much is nothing.
Dohun sends me off with a smile.
I could have held onto him, but right now, the kid was focused on experiencing the best dopamine rush of his life.
A bit of a shame, that.
I turned my back.
[ King God Dohun Mk.2 has donated 1,000,000 won. ]
- So, it's common sense that the jungle would come from this path, okay?
[ So refreshing ]
[ Finally ]
[ Ah, so that's why ]
[ Just got here, what's with the backseat gamer? ]
[ Can't you see the number 1,000,000 won in your eyes? ]
-I understand, of course!
I could see the look of bewilderment on Mother's face.
It seems she hasn't grasped the level of my wealth yet.
I took Mother out of the hospital room.
And asked.
"Tell me everything you know about Dohun's illness."
"...."
There are two things I hate most in the world.
One is when someone I love is sick, and the other is when a young child can't smile.
Since Dohun perfectly satisfied both of those, my mood right now wasn't very good.
"...Did you hear it from that child?"
"Yes."
Mother finally opened her mouth.
The story I heard was the usual cliché tale of misfortune.
A happy family.
A sudden diagnosis of the child's terminal illness.
Turns out, the mother who left was a divorcee who abandoned her children.
The atmosphere gradually falling apart.
Family discord.
Money problems.
Listening to it made me incredibly angry.
"No, if you were going to abandon me and leave, you should have at least lived happily."
"...."
"What are you doing right now, Mother."
Deep down, I was someone who hoped she would live happily after leaving.
I still resent her, but I had loved her too.
"What is this, really."
But I don't even know what she's trying to do, it's almost laughable.
"Good grief."
If you committed a wrong, you should be the one taking the punishment, not having your son take it for you.
I want to curse her out properly, but my Confucian values wouldn't allow it.
Instead, I decide to take a petty revenge in a way that helps Dohun.
"You said you were working a dual-income job. What kind of work do you do, Mother?"
"...What kind of work?"
"Yes. Tell me the name of the company you work at, too."
Mother had a look on her face as if she didn't understand, but she eventually answered my persistent questions.
"Dohun's father is..."
"...Daehyung Construction."
I immediately called Yoo Seol-ssi.
"...Yes, Yoo Seol-ssi. It's me. There's a place called Daehyung Construction, right? ... Yes, with my money."
"And please take care of Yummy Food as well. Yes, excuse me. By the way, how long will it take?"
"Ah, it can be done today? As expected of Baekseong Group."
A few minutes later.
"I decided to acquire both of those companies. I'm the boss starting tomorrow."
"...What are you talking about all of a sudden?"
"I'll give you a one-year paid leave, so don't come to work starting tomorrow and just stay by Dohun's side."
As a parent, Mother is the worst.
She's not worth pitying, and I have no intention of taking care of her just because she's my mother.
I didn't even intend to take revenge.
But seeing how she spoke today, my thoughts changed a little.
Conversely, Dohun was just born.
There are no bad children in the world.
What the kid needs most right now isn't a family falling apart because of him, but a loving family to be by his side.
Mother makes an unpleasant face as if asking what kind of joke I'm making.
"Does it sound like a joke?"
Mother's expression stiffens for a moment as she thinks of my car.
"If you go to the company tomorrow, you'll realize it's no joke."
I'm the boss of the company where my son works.
But we don't have a good relationship.
It might help while the kid is sick right now.
But after that, her heart will be racing with anxiety.
If I fail to win and Dohun dies, then...
A quite interesting life will be waiting for her.
"...Dohyun-ah, just how much money do you have?"
"Why are you curious about that, Mother?"
"...That is."
"Don't be curious."
Because you might end up not wanting to live anymore.
*
The air on the way back was cooler than I thought.
My head is clear.
Because now I know exactly what I need to do.
I returned home with a sharp mind.
The day is getting dark.
The air in the house was frozen for some reason.
Ha-rin-nuna and Yoo Seol-ssi are looking at an old man sitting in a chair with stiff expressions.
"So it's you?"
Baek San-woon.
The current Chairman of Baekseong Group was waiting for me.
"You're late, did something happen?"
I don't know who this old man thinks he is, trespassing into my house.
Even his own son was waiting quietly in front of the door.
Well, still, a man who becomes a conglomerate chairman came to meet me in person.
It worked out well.
Because there's something I want to talk about while looking at his face.
"I had some busy work to attend to."
It would have been right to meet sooner, but my US schedule and the Chairman's schedule overlapped, so the meeting only happened now.
He asked.
"Hmm, are you busier than me, the Chairman of Baekseong Group?"
"I met my mother who divorced and left home today. I heard I have a younger brother I didn't know about, so I went to see his face for the first time."
As I spouted TMI, the Chairman was speechless for a moment.
"...You are busy."
I asked Yoo Seol-ssi.
"His name is Lee Dohun, just in case, please keep an eye on him."
"Understood."
There's no need to look after Mother.
I sat in the seat opposite him.
"So, what brings you here?"
It's a strange feeling.
No matter how much money I had, the old me would have been nervous and trembling if I met someone like a conglomerate chairman.
But now, what should I say?
"I came to talk about the future."
Yes, I'm looking forward to it.
The Chairman uncrossed his legs.
"Give me a body that doesn't age. In exchange, I promise you the full support of Baekseong Group."
It's the wish exactly as Nuna said.
As death approaches, he is obsessed with life.
"So you're saying you want me to use my Wish ticket on you, Chairman."
"It doesn't have to be just for me. You can just increase the targets of your wish."
Even if I meet Dohun, the wish I originally intended to make doesn't change.
The health of the people I want.
Adding the names Lee Dohun and Baek San-woon to that list isn't difficult.
"Fine."
Then the question is how to win.
My Probability Manipulation isn't a combat-oriented trait.
Phantastia has excellent realism, and stats like evasion probability don't exist.
As I said, in Phantastia, which is overflowing with all sorts of absurd traits, you can't win just by equipping one strong item.
There's even a case like the 'Hero' who is equipped with both a Mythic-grade weapon + Mythic-grade trait.
This bastard even brings along the 'Saintess', who is also a holder of a Mythic-grade trait.
What kind of item should I make, and what strategy should I set to increase my chances of winning?
The weapons I have are 'infinite money' and unconditional 'success'.
And the keyword that keeps stimulating me lately, 'over-the-top'.
The 'elementary schooler' I met today.
I thought of an interesting idea.
"Chairman, shall we try being truly over-the-top for once?"
*
< Baek Jeong >
[ Lv. 288 ]
"Here it is."
Look at that level.
Having logged into Phantastia, I arrived at the group's territory following his lead.
A place I'm visiting for the first time today because I had no reason to come here back when I was Ssal-muk-ing.
"Oh."
As expected, a conglomerate is a conglomerate.
All sorts of building infrastructure, residents living there, security facilities.
It was at the level of having built an entire city.
There is no better place to use as a combat base.
"...Don't you get any warnings for building facilities to this extent?"
Wouldn't the nearby national NPCs make all sorts of fuss?
I asked out of curiosity.
"My business career spans decades. There's a way for everything."
He says he's managed to butter everyone up through deals, so there's nothing for them to find fault with.
Is it good to live in, too?
Not only Baekseong Group's guild members or players, but many NPCs are visible as well.
"I've finished all the preparations. You can just come with your body. But before that."
The Chairman turned around and looked at me.
"I want to verify if your trait is real."
"Are you doubting me?"
"Because trust is the most important value in a company."
I casually took out a few random boxes that were floating in my inventory.
And I pulled out items worth 500 million won in Korean currency 10 times in a row.
"I just earned 5 billion won."
The Chairman is very slightly flustered.
"...That's an amazing ability."
5 billion won is a fund he can easily manage, too.
But he wouldn't be able to copy it with a few clicks like I can.
He handed me a rainbow-colored fragment flowing with brilliant energy.
< Fragment of God >
[ Mythic-grade material ]
- When used as a material, there is a possibility that the power of a god will dwell in the item.
"I will give this to you. If it's you, you will surely be able to craft a Mythic-grade item."
The last remaining Fragment of God that Baekseong Group possesses.
I quickly took it.
"Do you happen to have an idea of what to make?"
The Chairman asked out of curiosity.
The initial plan was to use the Fragment of God I would obtain in the upcoming event and the fragment Baekseong Group has. With those, I would craft two Mythic-grade pieces of equipment to arm myself.
A mage usually uses a wand and one sub-weapon.
But my trait is Probability Manipulation.
The fact that I can adjust all probabilities in the system means I can even craft items that would be impossible to make unless you had a 1 in a billion chance of winning the lottery 100 times in a row.
Wouldn't it be too much of a waste to use it on just making two weapons?
"I told you, didn't I? Let's try being truly over-the-top."
That's why I proposed it.
Starting with the Fragment of God, I'll pull together nearly a trillion credits to craft an item that goes beyond the category of conventional 'equipment'.
No, I don't even know if this can be called an item.
"Anyway, we're going to make something fucking huge."
If you put it on your hand, it's a weapon.
Using a steering wheel as a handle, I'll plaster all sorts of parts underneath it to create one giant something.
Whether it's a battleship, a robot, or a super-giant cannon, it doesn't matter.
Either way, I'm making something fucking huge.
Just as even special forces who have finished all kinds of training cannot defeat a fighter jet.
Something of such a massive scale that even Mythic-grade trait holders cannot dare to resist, something untouchable.
"Look here, there's no way that's possible..."
It's truly a delusion an elementary schooler would have.
It's impossible with current technology.
It hasn't even been 5 years since 'Magitech', which combines magic and technology, started being researched.
Unless a miracle happens about 1,000 times in a row, doing this level of over-the-top is close to impossible.
"...Probability Manipulation."
"If I succeed in a miracle 1,000 times in a row, doesn't that mean I can somehow make it?"
Just like programmers who code something but don't understand why it works even though they made it.
I'm going to create something of a massive scale that I don't even know why it works through Probability Manipulation.
I'll force all the parts to be crafted using Probability Manipulation.
And then I'll inject the Fragment of God into the assembly process.
'Mythic-grade super-elementary over-the-top weapon.'
Since the size of the fragment is as small as a bean compared to the scale, the probability will be as low as the chance of winning the Powerball 100 times in a row, but.
I can make even that 100%.
Just like how I made several legendary-grade accessories even though I'm not a craftsman.
The giant something I'm trying to make, I might be able to make it with the power of Probability Manipulation too.
What I need for that is manpower and land.
Baekseong Group has all of that.
"I will provide the money, materials, and probability. So please give me the manpower and technology."
The Chairman swallows a groan.
"...But if you craft an item with these specifications, no one will be able to use it."
In this case, the wearing requirements might exceed 10 million strength, 10 million magic, etc.
"Isn't there one person who can?"
Ha-rin-nuna's unique trait is 'Premium Slot'.
If I borrow that power, which allows one to ignore the conditions and wear any item.
"I see."
The Chairman, who imagined how chaotic the war would become, smiled bitterly.
"That's a truly insane idea."
"So, are you not going to do it?"
"Let's do it right now."
It's the 21st century now.
"Who swings a sword in modern warfare? You use a nuclear bomb."
"Good. However."
Our faction crushes them with money.
The Chairman looks around the city for a moment.
"There will be interference from some bastards."
"Who?"
"My sons and daughters. The ones who are determined to take over the chairmanship after I die might try to interfere with you. Of course, I will block them as much as I can."
I didn't even think it would be made easily without any problems.
Well, whatever.
"It's fine. There's no one in the world with more money than me."
"Hah."
Let them come and try.
Where else should they beat the drums and play the gongs.
Let them have a terminal illness, let A-yeon find her biological mother, let the Baek family interfere, let hostile forces attack, let them try to be over-the-top as fuck.
There is no more misery porn in my life.
Nothing.
Everything I do from now on will not fall short of any over-the-top act.