Chapter 90
Chapter 90
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 90
Chapter Title: Black Rock's Interest
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**BAM-!!!**
Lee Dae-hwan slammed his desk as if Kim Hyun-seung were standing right in front of him, unable to contain his rage.
He was currently in the study of his private residence.
He was just as displeased about failing to deal with Lee Dae-hyuk.
But things were getting worse by the minute.
‘Now even this pathetic scum is trying to blackmail me?’
He wanted to twist Kim Hyun-seung’s neck right then and there.
However, Lee Dae-hwan was a man who knew how to restrain his emotions… or at least pretend to.
“Fine. I won’t resort to empty threats.”
***
- But what if the sparks fly back to me? Who do you think will have your back then?
“…….”
- I believe you won’t make a foolish choice.
“…Don’t worry about it.”
Kim Hyun-seung replied, having somewhat calmed his anger.
“So, how exactly will you help me?”
Confident that he had the upper hand, Kim Hyun-seung made the first move.
A faint groan leaked through the phone line for a moment, and soon Lee Dae-hwan spoke.
- Figure it out yourself and take care of that bastard. Once he’s gone, I’ll handle the cleanup.
“You mean it?”
- Yeah. But don’t expect your life to change.
“Understood.”
*Click-!*
Having heard Lee Dae-hwan’s response, Kim Hyun-seung ended the call.
“…….”
Though he kept his mouth shut, he didn’t trust Lee Dae-hwan one bit.
‘This is the guy who tried to abandon me once. Even if I take out Lee Dae-hyuk, he’ll never leave me in peace.’
Kim Hyun-seung knew the ways of this world better than anyone.
In the end, to survive, he had to eliminate Lee Dae-hyuk.
‘And Lee Dae-hwan too.’
But right now, his only lifeline was Lee Dae-hwan.
‘First, think of a way to deal with Lee Dae-hyuk.’
The videos of Lee Dae-hwan enjoying the hospitality he provided were all safely stored in a secret location.
Plus, he had just recorded their entire conversation.
No matter what, if Lee Dae-hwan didn’t help him after Lee Dae-hyuk was dealt with, he could take care of him then.
‘Ah, I need to ask that person.’
Kim Hyun-seung thought of one individual.
His reliable backer, someone who could even control Lee Dae-hwan.
“I’ll just send one text and go.”
At Kim Hyun-seung’s words, Sergeant Yoon Dong-chul waved his hand as if to say get on with it.
But Kim Hyun-seung made a request first.
“Could you step out for a bit? I won’t do anything stupid. Hyung-nim.”
“Hey, come on….”
“Should I keep calling you hyung-nim? The guys outside might hear and it’ll put you in an awkward spot….”
“…I’ll come back in when time’s up, so make it quick.”
Unable to resist Kim Hyun-seung’s threat disguised as a request, Sergeant Yoon Dong-chul left the office pretending to relent.
*Thud-.*
As soon as the door closed, Kim Hyun-seung hurriedly made a call.
To the Gold Moon investor who could resolve this tangled mess entirely.
***
Ryu O-chang, a former executive of the Samhap Society, had been running businesses in Korea—his second home—after turning fifty.
He had chosen Korea as his second home for two reasons.
The official one was his desire to spend the remainder of his blood-soaked life in peace.
The second was that it was the homeland of the one woman he had ever truly loved.
Being in Korea at least made him feel like he was under the same sky as her.
However, Ryu O-chang failed to achieve the peaceful life he desired.
He had made far too many enemies during his time in the underworld.
And those enemies now targeted the lives of Ryu O-chang and his men in Korea.
As a result, he had no choice but to form a new organization.
The group was called the Black Rock Society.
It brought together heavyweights not just from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Korea, but across Asia.
Under the pretext of providing for his subordinates, Ryu O-chang launched various ventures.
Such as casinos, underground fight clubs, pawnshops, and investments in clubs like Gold Moon for profits.
He grew the organization while adhering to a bare minimum line: no selling drugs to civilians or harming them.
The outcome was a peaceful… if boring… life in a mansion over 100 pyeong in size.
The very peaceful existence he had longed for.
But that peace was about to end.
A new enemy had emerged.
Yoo Jae-man.
A giant who dominated the economy and now sought to seize the underworld as well.
War with this giant loomed on the horizon.
‘I need talent.’
Talent that could stand with him against Yoo Jae-man.
‘…Street thugs alone can’t beat Yoo Jae-man.’
Fists had their limits against a giant like him.
From his experience, Ryu O-chang knew he needed a new card to face Yoo Jae-man.
‘A legal one, not fists.’
But he hadn’t found a solid card yet.
‘…….’
As Ryu O-chang sank into thought,
His phone on the desk buzzed loudly.
*Vrrr-! Vrrrrrr-!!!*
Ryu O-chang glanced at it and tilted his head.
It was a call from Kim Hyun-seung, the president of Gold Moon.
“What’s he calling at this hour?”
- …I’m sorry. Chairman.
Kim Hyun-seung apologized first in a trembling voice.
Then he briefly explained what had happened to him.
.
.
.
“Please, take care of a guy named Lee Dae-hyuk for me.”
Finishing with a plea to eliminate Lee Dae-hyuk, Kim Hyun-seung begged in an earnest tone.
“Please help me, Chairman.”
- Help… Help comes at a price. I’m no philanthropist.
“I know. I’ll pay any price you want.”
Despite Kim Hyun-seung’s pleas, Ryu O-chang coldly assessed the situation.
- Even if we take him out, Gold Moon will shut down. You’ll lose everything. So what can you offer me?
Ryu O-chang was utterly rational.
Even if he eliminated Lee Dae-hyuk and Lee Dae-hwan helped Kim Hyun-seung, Gold Moon’s misdeeds would become public.
Using Kim Hyun-seung, the face of Gold Moon, as a front would be impossible.
Thus, Kim Hyun-seung had nothing left to give.
Realizing this, Kim Hyun-seung didn’t respond immediately.
“…….”
A few seconds of silence passed.
Then Ryu O-chang spoke from the other end.
- I’ll hang up now.
“I do have one thing to offer.”
Kim Hyun-seung spat out the words to Ryu O-chang, who was about to end the call.
- What is it?
“A video of the Daehan Group heir receiving hospitality from me. With this alone, you can control him.”
Kim Hyun-seung was gambling everything.
‘Just kill Lee Dae-hyuk.’
Lee Dae-hwan had promised to clean up afterward.
Lee Dae-hwan was also a threat who could harm him anytime… but that was a problem for later.
For now, he just wanted to exploit Ryu O-chang’s ambitions, which he knew well.
‘This man wants influence not just in the shadows, but in the light too.’
Ryu O-chang often told those around him that he wanted to run a proper business or foundation someday.
For the woman he loved and her son living in Korea, he wanted to do some good, even if just a little.
Was that why?
At Kim Hyun-seung’s proposal, Ryu O-chang’s interest piqued over the line.
- I’ve no interest in controlling someone. But… becoming friends? That could work.
“We captured video of the Daehan Group heir enjoying himself at our Gold Moon. Take that USB, and you’ll become very close friends with the Daehan Group heir.”
After a brief silence, Ryu O-chang, who had been listening, spoke.
- …Alright. So how do I get the video?
Kim Hyun-seung answered swiftly.
“I have an officetel under a proxy name. I just texted you the address. In the desk, third drawer. The USB’s there—just take it.
- Got it. Hang in there for now.
“Thank you.”
With a brief farewell, Kim Hyun-seung hung up.
“…….”
Moments later.
Having ended the call, Kim Hyun-seung let out a long breath and muttered.
“…I’m saved.”
.
.
.
At that moment.
“Hmm, young folks these days are certainly entertaining.”
Ryu O-chang grinned broadly after the call.
It was an opportunity useful to him in many ways.
Still, he couldn’t just blindly kill some guy named Lee Dae-hyuk based on Kim Hyun-seung’s word.
He needed to do his own checking.
“Shen Wu.”
At Ryu O-chang’s call, his attendant Shen Wu entered the study from the living room.
“Kim Hyun-seung’s made an interesting request.”
“You’re going to grant it?”
“It’s perfect timing—I need new cards for firepower. I’ll test the ones I’ve had my eye on, see if they’ll help us or not.”
The Daehan Group heir Lee Dae-hwan, or perhaps Lee Dae-hyuk, could become new strength.
Of course, Kim Hyun-seung was unaware of Ryu O-chang’s ulterior motives ahead of his showdown with Yoo Jae-man.
He had unwittingly helped Ryu O-chang by chance.
“…….”
“First, look into Lee Dae-hyuk—the youngest son of Daehan Group Chairman Lee Myung-guk.”
“Understood.”
The pale-faced handsome man, Shen Wu, bowed to Ryu O-chang and turned to leave.
Exactly 30 minutes later.
Shen Wu returned to the study and gave a concise report on Lee Dae-hyuk.
“Oh?”
Ryu O-chang’s eyes widened as he listened.
“He took down Park Chun-ho and Park Jung-ki, even captured Wolfgang? And squeezed 100 billion out of Seo Jin Construction?”
Ryu O-chang knew Park Chun-ho and Park Jung-ki well.
Wolfgang had even been part of his Black Rock Society.
Ryu O-chang was well aware of his skills.
‘Whoever he is, he’s one hell of a guy.’
As Ryu O-chang admired, Shen Wu’s report continued.
“But he didn’t take Wolfgang down one-on-one.”
“Hm? Even with some clever trick, would Wolfgang go down to an ordinary civilian?”
Wolfgang wasn’t the top of the underworld.
But he was beyond what a normal person could handle.
Shen Wu fell silent for a moment at Ryu O-chang’s question before speaking.
“…No.”
He had to admit it.
In a pure fistfight, many could beat Wolfgang.
But in a no-holds-barred deathmatch with weapons, fewer than ten could win.
Yet this ordinary guy Lee Dae-hyuk had taken him down.
“…….”
Unlike Shen Wu’s silence, Ryu O-chang burst into hearty laughter, as if finding it hilarious.
“A fun one’s appeared before us. Haha!”
In his youth, Ryu O-chang had achieved even greater feats than Lee Dae-hyuk.
He had toppled countless small organizations and beaten down the so-called strongest fist- and blade-masters.
But his circumstances differed from Lee Dae-hyuk’s.
He had been born into the brutal streets, fighting tooth and nail to survive.
To live, to fill his starving belly, he had to smash fists into faces and stab knives into guts.
That was the only way.
In contrast, wasn’t Lee Dae-hyuk the sheltered son of a chaebol, raised like a flower in a greenhouse?
For such a man to suddenly shine in the underworld?
Even a veteran like Ryu O-chang couldn’t help but be astonished.
His curiosity was piqued.
If Lee Dae-hyuk was the ‘caliber’ he imagined, securing him would be more valuable than the Daehan Group heir.
In that case.
‘I need to test him.’
To confirm his hunch.
“Shen Wu. Go to this Lee Dae-hyuk yourself.”
At Ryu O-chang’s order, Shen Wu’s eyes flickered.
He was Ryu O-chang’s strongest attendant and his reliable blade.
His main role was assassinating traitors within Black Rock or enemy bosses.
Sending him meant Ryu O-chang saw more than just interest in Lee Dae-hyuk.
“What should I do when I find him?”
Stroking his chin at Shen Wu’s question, Ryu O-chang’s steadfast gaze—unwavering like an ancient tree—gained a playful glint.
“Between men, the only way to know each other is with fists.”
“……?”
“Test him yourself and judge. If he’s useless, kill him as Kim Hyun-seung requested. Otherwise, bring him to me.”
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