Genius Manager Who Hears Voices - Chapter 77



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Episode 77

The thieves began to panic at Hayden’s unexpected appearance.

That’s understandable, since his appearance at this time was completely unplanned.

Meanwhile, Hayden, with his gun pointed at him, was right in front of them.

“Hey, guys. Can you show me that video again? So I can see how elaborate it is. I wonder how much effort went into it that Ravi was fooled so easily by something like ‘deepfake porn’?”

“Deepfake porn… …?”

“Ravi, this is really disappointing. Even if it’s Karen, shouldn’t she be able to recognize my body right away? We’ve been together for so long. Isn’t that right?”

When he heard the words deepfake porn, Ravi felt like he had been hit hard with a hammer.

It was something I remembered hearing about before, but I never imagined that it would be applied to video.

“Then this was all fake… … .”

“Do you understand now? I’m not really interested in that kind of thing. Even if I had, I would never let it leak out. You know better than anyone how thorough I am.”

Ravi suddenly lost all strength in his legs and collapsed.

After seeing such Ravi, Hayden aimed the gun at their heads.

“Don’t worry, your friends who were sent to our house are fine. The security staff greeted you very kindly as soon as you arrived. Whether you were crying or laughing, the expressions on their faces when they were caught were really something to see. Hehe.”

“… … .”

“Now, what should I do with you two? Should I just wait patiently for the FBI to come, or should I just blow their heads off? I’ve been thinking about it all the way here, but I can’t come up with an answer. I’d like to just get them over with, bang, bang!

The eyes of the thieves seen through the mask were trembling violently as Hayden moved his wrist and looked as if he was about to shoot at any moment.

“If you think I’m just trying to scare you, you’re sorely mistaken. Because if I were to shoot you both right here and now, I could claim innocence. ‘Castle Dotrine.’ I could say it was an act of self-defense under unavoidable circumstances.”

“… … Don’t make me laugh. You know full well that self-defense is not something you can use in a situation like this. We didn’t make any threats.”

“And the Castle Doctrine only applies if you break into a house. This isn’t even a house, it’s a lakeside. What are you going to do?”

Hayden laughs as if he finds the criminals’ words amusing.

He scratched his head with the muzzle of his gun and scanned the lakeside with his eyes.

“I thought you were a well-prepared bunch, but it seems you’re not? You suggested a meeting without even knowing who owns this place.”

“……what?”

“I guess I didn’t do enough research, but everything from here to the end is mine. I felt bad about buying just the house, so I bought the lake in front of the house as well. So I can go fishing and grill fish sometimes.”

Hayden’s mouth corners, which had risen as he returned the direction of the gun, also returned to their original position.

“I’ve got all my money in my safe here, and you’re trespassing on my property, so I can do whatever I want with you now. Dead men tell no tales, and I have two friends here. Do you know what I mean? When the FBI shows up, it’ll only take three seconds to describe your bodies.”

The thieves looked at Hayden’s cold expression and only then did they begin to understand the situation.

Now Hayden really intends to shoot them.

widely-!

“Okay, I was wrong! Please spare my life! I’ll pay the price no matter what, so please, please… …!”

“I’ve committed a mortal sin, Hayden! When the FBI comes, I’ll confess everything, so please don’t shoot me! I beg you. Please!”

The thieves’ confident attitude disappeared without a trace and they even threw away the masks they were wearing.

Without a moment’s hesitation, he knelt before Hayden and began begging for his life.

“Hmm, but what should I do… … . After seeing your faces, I feel even more determined to shoot you guys.”

But Hayden, who seemed to have no intention of forgiving, pulled the top of the gun up and prepared to load it.

Then he placed his hand on the trigger and said his last words.

“Consider this your retribution for your bold actions. Please live well up there.”

With those words, Hayden pulls the trigger twice in succession.

And at the same time, an FBI vehicle arrived at the lakeside.

***

After the so-called ‘Great Road Incident’ was concluded, the group gathered at Hayden’s house again.

Heeseong looked dumbfounded as he looked at the two pistols in front of him.

“… … So you’re saying that both of you put on such a bold show with empty guns? Without even bullets in the first place?”

Hayden smiled with great satisfaction as he poured whiskey into four glasses.

“How was it? Was it really a foolproof acting skill? If you can do this in real life, then it’s going to be a piece of cake in front of the camera, right? Hahaha.”

“Surely this isn’t the gun from back then, is it? It’s the prop used for the photoshoot that was used to prank Jungwoo.”

When Heesung asked, Hayden raised his eyebrows and asked why not.

“I’ve never bought a gun in my life. So of course I brought it from the set, haha.”

“Wow… … What the heck. It looks like my liver is twice as big as other people’s.”

It wasn’t until the FBI arrived that I found out that neither Hayden nor Ravi had even prepared bullets or anything like that from the beginning.

However, he boldly pointed a gun at the criminals and threatened them, and what is even more horrifying is that the criminals had two pistols with real bullets on their bodies.

If they had known that and pulled out their guns, it could have been a really terrible situation.

Hayden was the one who overwhelmed the criminals with just his acting skills.

“Ravi, now raise your head. You didn’t do anything wrong. Rather, I should be the one who doubted you and apologized and reflected on it. When I think about our history, I absolutely should not have done that.”

Handing over the whiskey, Hayden placed a hand on Ravi’s shoulder.

Ravi felt guilty and sorry for not handling things wisely from the beginning.

If I hadn’t fallen for that trick in the first place, this situation wouldn’t have come to this.

Karen also offered words of comfort to Ravi.

“You didn’t put us in danger, you saved us. This incident taught me so many things. Please stay by our side forever, Ravi. You are our friend and family.”

Ravi ends up shedding tears.

Hee-sung glanced away from the slightly awkward friendship scene between the three people and took a sip of whiskey.

‘Wow, this is so bitter. What on earth does this taste like?’

This time again, it was Heeseong who received great help from the voice.

If it weren’t for their criminal plan that I heard the moment I met Ravi, this might have ended tragically.

Ravi would have chosen the path of sacrifice as Ravi, and Hayden would have ended up in the future he first saw while fighting off the robbers who broke into his house.

Things that didn’t make sense at first began to make clear sense once all the puzzle pieces came together.

‘By the way, I really don’t understand rich people. If there’s a thief, you should report it. Why do they all just keep quiet?’

What I learned through this incident is that the rich don’t seem to have a strong reporting spirit.

I heard from the FBI that there have been more than ten thefts recently, but not a single one has been reported.

Even though billions of dollars in damage were incurred, it was just quietly passed over.

In the end, that was the starting point and it led to this point.

“Heesung, I should say thank you now. If it weren’t for you, this would have been a terrible thing. I sincerely thank you for saving my precious friend Ravi.”

“You’re finally calling me by my name? You keep calling me Hisang, so I was thinking I should make up an English name.”

“You said you were going back to Korea soon? Can you wait until we get there? Like we said before, I asked you to take over the Asian leg of Karen and I’s world tour.”

Karen also opened her mouth and continued Hayden’s speech.

“It’s not just because of the tour. I’m planning to stay in Korea for about a month, separate from Hayden. There are some promotions and advertising schedules that are currently being discussed, and it’ll probably take about a month to get everything done. So I need someone to take care of me even more.”

Since it seemed like the topic would come up anyway, Heesung asked the questions he had prepared in advance.

“Do you usually hire a separate manager for each country you go to? Is my job really business-related, or is it like being a tour guide…?”

“Both, I guess. Isn’t that what a manager is supposed to do? Being with me wherever I go.”

Karen continued with a smile.

“If you were to ask if it was always like that, the answer would be no. I’m always fully prepared wherever I go in the world, so there was no need to do that. But this time, the schedule was long, so I wanted to have a special time. This tour is my first experience.”

“Is this your first experience?”

“Korea. Korea is the only country I’ve never performed in. It wasn’t intentional, but the contract terms and schedule didn’t work out. So I’m already really excited. I’m going on a world tour starting next month, and Korea is the final stop on that schedule. Korea is the country of K-pop and is famous for its group singing, right?”

For a moment, I almost burst out laughing.

Because I never thought the word ‘singing’ would come out of Karen’s mouth.

“Your pronunciation is really good. How do you know the word ‘te-chang’?”

“How could I not know? When I watch videos of singers performing in Korea, they all do that. I couldn’t help but wonder how curious I was after seeing that. I wondered if Korean fans would do the same if I went there.”

“Well, I think there will be an unprecedented chorus. Karen is a world-class artist and this is her first concert in Korea. It seems like it will be a huge battle just to get tickets.”

Ravi, who had regained his expression, smiled and said.

“That’s already the case not only in Korea but all over the world. Paris, Sweden, England, Japan, Singapore, and even other European and South American countries. It’s set a record of selling out as soon as it opens. Is it not for nothing that Karen is called a unicorn?”

Unicorn.

That’s right. She was dressed so comfortably and bare-faced, so she felt friendly. She was called a walking unicorn company.

After realizing that again, Heesung suddenly had something he wanted to ask the two people.

To Hayden and Karen.

It was none other than about the four little lambs left behind in Korea.