Became a CyberPunk Tycoon - Chapter 164



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Episode 164. Eyes and Ears (5)

“There’s a lot of trash that’s disappeared recently. Our grandchild must have had a hard time.”

Hansanmok was looking at Blakron through the screen from a high battleship.

“He is an honest and hard-working person. You don’t have to worry.”

Brandon, who came out wearing huge implants, answered his words with a bright smile.

“Come to think of it, I heard you’ve had some twists and turns in your life too.”

“I participated in the corporate war a long time ago. I spent a lot of time wandering around the back alleys of Stella City…… but thanks to the grace of the boss, I was able to stand on the battlefield again.”

“Yes. If you live your life without wasting any thought, you will eventually see the light.”

“For my part, I can only be grateful for your kindness, sir.”

“Humility is good. But even if your implant aptitude was a talent, aren’t your combat experience and loyalty built up through blood, sweat, and tears? It’s okay to be proud.”

“I think I’ve seen enough of how trashy the city is. Show me the data.”

Hansanmok’s intervention was ostensibly carried out under the pretext that the US government would drive out the Stella City military and directly stabilize the security of Blacrone.

But in reality, Hansanmok just took over Hansanwoo’s work. The data and know-how that Hansanwoo had collected were completely passed on to Hansanmok.

“Blacron… a useless city. I didn’t ask for much, but I didn’t know it couldn’t even do something so simple.”

“It certainly didn’t seem like a nice place to live.”

A wealth of information unfolded before Hansanmok’s eyes. The population, the working people, the gangs and their members, the taxes they paid and the products they produced.

It was a pitiful figure, too pitiful to be considered a city.

“This is enough. Uh… How’s the tracking of that guy going?”

As he spoke, the data on the screen changed.

“The enemy had a capable hacker. We worked with civil society to secure eyewitness information, and with the Stella City police to conduct a countermeasure using numerous personnel-.”

Brandon began to recite his prepared report in a tense voice, but Hansanmok cut him off with a very short word.

“Okay.”

The moment Brandon questioned his words, he realized that he had made quite a mistake.

Talking back to the chairman of Hansan was not considered a very good way to behave.

“Oh, there’s no need to be nervous. You’re a friend who hasn’t worked with me for long, so you might misunderstand.”

But Hansanmok laughed heartily and patted Brandon on the shoulder.

“I thought you understood, so there was no need to explain further.”

Hansanmok turned his eyes and leisurely watched Evan’s ugly figure running away.

“Since you didn’t hire a proper hacker, you wouldn’t be able to use quality ice. You had no choice but to come up with such a plan… It’s a shame.”

“Are you disappointed, Poet?”

“Not at all. Rather, I think it’s great. Isn’t it a creative method?”

Even to Brandon, his smile didn’t seem fake.

“A skilled craftsman can make a better product even with inferior materials. My grandson’s choice, your hard work was not in vain.”

After saying that, Hansanmok shook his head.

“But that’s useless information to me.”

“Yes? But… why is that?”

Although the capture failed time and time again, the know-how accumulated in the process was not in vain.

The human network of Blacrone that Hansanwoo had acquired by spending money like water was not something that could be easily thrown away.

“We don’t need to do that. There’s no reason to shower support on worthless idiots.”

“But if it’s to catch Evan-.”

“It’s just a problem that can be solved if you make the striking range a little more generous.”

Even if Hansanwoo had brought a bunch of ‘combat’ weapons, they were ultimately just Stella City weapons.

Hansanmok was different. He had more power and force than the mayor of a city.

Once the battleships’ bombardment begins, it’s not a big deal that a small city like Blakron can be reduced to ashes in an instant.

“My grandson… is smart, but he’s still young. He makes the same mistakes you’d make when you were younger.”

Brandon kept his mouth shut and listened to Hansanmok’s words in silence.

“You are mistakenly assuming that others… have a similar level of intelligence and thinking to you simply because they belong to the same species as Homo sapiens.”

His words are powerful. The situation of a grandfather who is truly concerned about his grandson and a ruthless businessman overlap.

“The people are no better than beasts. Some may deny this, but what can we do if it is true?”

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“Is that so……?”

“Of course. But this beast of a thing is not one to repay the favor by being treated kindly.”

The image on the screen disappeared for a moment. It was as if the room had become transparent and a window had appeared, revealing a clear view of Blakron.

“It can’t be helped. What can I do if I have no intelligence?”

Hansanmok’s cold voice rang out as if he truly believed his own words.

“How could the pigs in our house know? They have no idea who it is thanks to their grace that they are alive, or whose pocket the food and water they drink comes from.”

“It’s cute and young for our grandson to make such a mistake, but at my age, it’s just ugly to wallow in such pity.”

His eyes were blazing. Brandon had to muster up the strength to deny his words.

“But it takes a lot of people to track it-.”

“From now on, the less people know about this, the better. It involves my personal issues.”

Hansanmok put a hand on Brandon’s shoulder.

“If there is support promised in advance, it is okay to continue it. But keep in mind. I came to this city to catch terrorists, not to volunteer.”

The old man nodded. Hansanmok smiled with satisfaction.

“How ungrateful.”

The painter, who had roughly put down the tablet, stared at the screen as if he still had not gotten over the thought.

“What are you so angry about? This isn’t something you didn’t expect.”

“But this is…….”

As expected to some extent, there was no one to take Hansan’s side.

“With such a wide-ranging operation, it would be difficult to even determine which companies were involved.”

“We need to look into the reporter’s side. We can’t make a judgment based on what’s posted on the Internet.”

“It seems that companies and journalists who were cooperative with us… also joined in this.”

“Because they weren’t friends who moved by loyalty in the first place.”

It got loose.

Restoring public order and driving out Evan may have allayed public anxiety, but it did nothing to allay corporate anxiety.

The world they lived in was different from the beginning. It was common for citizens of Stella City to be shot dead on the streets at any time. They were sensitive to positive changes.

But the wealthy corporate heads didn’t think so.

For them, who spend most of their time in the city center, gang threats and murders were just ‘events that happen somewhere in the city but have nothing to do with them.’

They were focused on the collapse of Elecharmony and were confused that Hansan might not be able to protect them.

Eventually, they cautiously turned their backs on Hansan. Since it was impossible to know who had turned their backs, the connections between the companies that were ‘cooperating with Hansan’ also continued to weaken.

“Even if they were to say so… this is not a level of slander that can be dismissed as corporate machinations.”

“Considering what the Lord has done for us, shouldn’t the citizens of this city treat Hansan like this?”

“……Maybe so.”

The citizens were not afraid, partly because of my machinations.

Those who thought they were free from immediate threat began to act according to their own definitions instead of uniting ‘against the external enemy’.

These were the people who had once destroyed the company with their own hands. Their demands were getting louder and louder.

“The young master has to personally come out and explain about the ‘Black Shark Mercenaries’… This is ridiculous.”

“There is no need to respond.”

“Even if you don’t respond, the problem won’t be solved.”

Even if I explain this in an official capacity, people’s views will not change.

In the end, what remains in people’s minds is the image. Few people know who the mercenary was under the orders of, or how far the negotiations between the dead and Hansan went.

Even if some courageous reporter miraculously uncovers the truth about the incident, it’s meaningless. People won’t see it.

If I explain this matter, people will naturally associate this incident with Hansan.

“There’s nothing we can do right now.”

As the saying goes, not responding will not solve the problem. Those who criticize Hansan will raise their voices and say, “Hansanwoo is being stubborn and is not able to give a proper explanation!”

“And… that’s not all. There are people who insist that we dig into the Elecharmoni incident and subtly drag Hansan into it, and other incidents as well-.”

Besides, solving that one thing didn’t end their questions.

When one suspicion is resolved, another suspicion will arise, and when that suspicion is resolved, another suspicion will arise.

I knew something like this would happen at some point, but it happened a little sooner than I expected.

“Let’s try.”

But I had no intention of giving in.

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