Genius Salsu of the World to Be Destroyed - Chapter 50
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Episode 50
Youngsoo said.
I can persuade those 100 people to join my side.
Gapseok was naturally anxious.
After all, they were enemies.
Of course, they did not cause any damage to the wild.
Because they all collapsed as soon as they were summoned, there was no time to inflict damage.
However, the fact that they were summoned by someone with the intention of attacking the wild remained unchanged.
Gap-seok could not understand how such people could be persuaded.
Yeongsu continued speaking.
“Actually, to be honest, it’s a pretty good situation for persuasion.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Those 100 people, do you think they liked it so much that they stuck under the hat?”
“…no?”
“No. You said that when the civilian guilds began to revive, all the government players left for the civilian world. Don’t you think they didn’t want to go?”
“In that situation, wouldn’t those who remained on the government side have a strong sense of loyalty?”
“That may be true. But what if, on the other hand, you had no choice but to stay?”
“…What does that mean?”
Youngsoo took something out of his pocket and showed it to me.
A small golden key tied to a necklace.
It was the that Jahong had.
“Do you know what principle this key uses to summon people?”
“well……?”
“It’s a brand. If you brand someone with this key, you can summon them at any time.”
“So, all of those 100 people are stamped with the key mark, right?”
“That’s right. So, there must have been about 100 people who were living as players under Mozahong without saying a word. They would be summoned at any moment, so which civilian guild would accept them?”
“So that’s what it meant when you said you had no choice but to stay.”
“That’s right. In addition, the owner of the key can remotely inflict pain on those who have been branded. Isn’t there anyone who has been tortured like this? I don’t think so.”
“aha…….”
“In a situation like this, will dissatisfaction with one’s superior build up or not?”
“It’s a situation where complaints are bound to pile up.”
“That’s right. That’s why I said it’s a great situation for persuasion. The easiest way is to scout employees from black companies.”
“But there is one thing that bothers me. What if there were people who were truly loyal to us in the midst of all this? What if they pretended to be persuaded by us and came in and became our enemies?”
“So, in a word, you’re worried about lying?”
“Yes.”
“You don’t have to worry about that.”
Youngsu took out a long cylinder from his pocket.
“What is that?”
“lie detector.”
Youngsoo opened the cylinder lid.
Inside were numerous bundles of needles.
* * *
“It’s to relieve dizziness. It’ll sting a little.”
As he said that, Youngsoo put a needle in each of the 100 people who had fallen.
They took the spit quietly without any suspicion.
This is because the needle itself is a medical device, and because they felt some trust in Youngsu who did not attack them even though he was the enemy.
But Gapseok knew.
That needle has no effect on relieving dizziness.
Youngsoo’s purpose in sticking needles into their bodies was not to cure them.
It was to detect lies.
This is because Youngsoo had the skill to discern the truth of someone’s words and their mental state through the vibration of a needle inserted into a specific acupoint.
In the past, you had to touch the needle and feel it, but now you can tell just by looking at it.
This was thanks to the large amount of KP he had absorbed so far, which had enhanced his physical and sensory abilities.
So, Youngsoo started his persuasion work by inserting lie detectors into the bodies of 100 players.
“Your superior, Minister Mozahong, is dead. I killed him.”
After saying this, Youngsoo observed the movements of the needles he had placed.
Surprisingly, there was little emotional disturbance from them.
Even though I heard that my superior had been murdered.
This meant that he either didn’t think much about his superior’s death or was rather relieved.
‘I guess I really was the worst boss.’
… After thinking that, Youngsoo continued speaking.
“But I have no intention of killing you. You have not harmed us or shown any hostility. Oh, of course.”
“… … ?”
“If there’s anyone who wants to take revenge on their superior even now, they can come at me. I’ll fight you one-on-one, so come at me as much as you want. But.”
“… … ?”
“It’s a life or death fight. The loser dies. If you’re willing to risk this and still attack me, raise your hand. I’ll take it.”
This time there was some commotion here and there, but it wasn’t that intense.
Rather than thinking of doing something, it was more likely that he was surprised by strong expressions like ‘life or death’ or ‘the loser dies’.
Anyway, not a single person raised their hand.
“No one? Okay. Then let’s get down to business. I plan on recruiting you to our side.”
“… … !”
This time there was a bit of a stir.
“Once you get in, there’ll be a lot to do. You’ll have to farm, maintain the facilities, dismember monsters, cook, stand guard, and, oh, train and fight in between.”
“… … .”
“But one thing is certain. No matter where you look in the country right now, there is no place as safe and comfortable as this place.”
That was true.
Because it was the only place in the country where the water and energy transmission infrastructure worked.
“But I’m not saying you have to stay here unconditionally. There’s nothing we can do to benefit you if you force yourself to stay. If you want to leave, I’ll let you go. And whether you stay or not, I’ll erase the brand on the key.”
“… … !”
This time, a bigger commotion began to arise.
The brand of the key.
Because all of them had no choice but to live under the scarecrow, crying and eating mustard because of this damned stigma.
“I’ll give you five minutes. When you’ve gathered your thoughts, come forward.”
It didn’t even take 5 minutes.
A considerable number of people rose and came to Youngsu.
“I’ve decided!”
“I want to stay here.”
“What should I do?”
The majority of them expressed a desire to actively join Undercover.
In fact, from their perspective, this was the best option.
The outside world is a mess, your boss is dead, your job is gone, and yet here, the treatment seems okay.
It would have been stranger not to take this opportunity.
Yeongsu briefly exchanged questions with them and closely examined the needles stuck in them.
It was to determine whether they were lying or not.
Fortunately, no one lied or showed hostility toward Youngsoo.
Yeongsu pulled out the needles from 100 people’s bodies and erased their marks.
Of course, not all of them decided to stay here.
This is because some people felt fed up with their player life, and others could not shake off their suspicions about Undercovers.
“Then, those who want to leave should follow this employee and go out through the main gate.”
“… Thank you.”
“Goodbye. Even if we meet again, let’s not be enemies.”
So, out of a total of 100 people, 92 joined Undercover.
The remaining eight went out into the wild.
As Youngsoo said, close to 100 colleagues were secured.
And it wasn’t just a random merger, but rather a very meticulous screening process.
‘That guy has that kind of side to him too.’
Gap-seok couldn’t help but feel admiration as he watched Young-soo handle the work.
This is because, just because he is a murderer, he does not always solve problems through murder, but is also skilled at dealing with people by keeping them alive.
Thinking that he had seen a new side of Youngsoo, Gapseok stepped out of the hall… … .
“hmm?”
At the entrance of the hallway where I was entering alone, I encountered a cadet.
It was the elementalist, Noh Ji-an.
“Oh, hello, President.”
“What’s going on here?”
The reason Gapseok asked was simple.
Because Gian was holding a staff in one hand.
Usually, when moving around in a store, you keep your weapons in your inventory.
Because there’s no particular reason to bring it out.
But if you insist on taking it out, it means you have another intention.
“Oh, Professor Chun asked me to do something. That’s why I’m waiting here.”
“huh?”
Youngsoo has something to ask of Ji-an?
“What do you want?”
“Oh, right, you said that if I give you the signal, you’ll immediately fire Chain Lightning at those people lying down?”
“… … !”
Chain lightning.
A brain attribute magic that spreads chain-shaped lightning to multiple targets.
Yeongsu was planning to have Ji-an strike those 100 people with lightning if things went wrong.
Well, even if they were in a state of motion sickness, those 100 people wouldn’t die from being hit by Chain Lightning… No, wait a minute.
‘Come to think of it, I put iron needles in all 100 of those people!’
But it’s a different story if you have metal needles stuck in your body.
Because the current will pass through the needle and completely burn the inside of the body.
In other words, Youngsoo was planning to kill those 100 people for real if necessary.
Gapseok felt a chill down his spine.
At the same time, I remembered what Youngsoo had said earlier.
-Would I have ever planned something like this without any safety measures?
Only then did I understand why Youngsoo said that.
Yeongsu showed mercy in front, but at the same time, he judged the truth of the statement behind the scenes, and furthermore, he carried out the work while setting up a safety device to kill everyone if anything went wrong.
A terrifyingly meticulous and cold-blooded tolerance technique.
‘… Well, that’s the kind of person he was originally.’
At the same time, Gap-seok couldn’t be more relieved to have this kind of person on his side.
* * *
The 92 people who were left in the wild were immediately distributed to various tasks.
Because not all 92 were perfect players.
Some are full-time players who have passed all the previous quests.
Some are ordinary awakened people who have never even attempted a job change quest.
The rest are players who challenged the previous quest and failed.
Among these, the official players were taken separately by Yeongsu to test their combat capabilities.
The rest was put to work on general commercial management.
The work that involved the largest number of people was none other than farming.
“On the commercial property… the field is quite large?”
The gardener who guided them answered their questions.
“It was a lot of work, digging up concrete and digging up dirt from a nearby mountain. But it was worth it because the land was quite fertile.”
“Oh, really… … ?”
Just when I was wondering how a field made by breaking up a concrete floor could be fertile, the gardener was the first to give me the answer.
“The land under the influence of the divine tree becomes fertile on its own. This is because the divine tree continuously captures the mana in the air and sends it down to the ground.”
“aha……!”
This was followed by an explanation of what crops to grow and what work to do.
“You don’t have to worry too much about the seeds.”
“It looks like you secured it in advance.”
“Huh? No. Our boss has a skill that copies seeds.”
“ah?”
In fact, all the crops grown here were copied and produced by Youngsoo using the skill.
Meat is obtained by hunting monsters, and plant-based food is obtained by growing them.
The wild food warehouse was starting to fill up like this.
Meanwhile, Youngsoo declared a break after completing the combat capability test for the new recruits.
“Everyone, take a break.”
Then I escaped for a moment and met Gapseok.
“Why did you call me?”
“If things went wrong, were you really going to kill all those people?”
“huh.”
The calm answer was rather creepy.
“… Then why don’t you just leave the key’s branding? It would be better if you want to control it.”
“If you hold people back and restrict their freedom, they will eventually explode.”
“ah……?”
“Think about it when you hear that Mo Ja-hong died. Out of those 100 people, not a single one of them felt sorry. I don’t want to be that kind of person.”
“aha…….”
While we were taking a walk and talking about these things.
The guard standing guard at the main gate came running and said.
“Someone has come.”
“who?”
“He, he only revealed his name as Kim Seok-gu. He looks to be in his mid-60s… … .”
Gap-seok’s expression hardened when he heard the name.
If it’s Kim Seok-gu, he’s the current Minister of Science and Technology.
“No, why is the minister… … .”
“That guy didn’t reveal anything other than his own name, did he?”
In response to Youngsoo’s question, the employee said yes.
“Then come in.”
“yes……?”
“Don’t worry. What you’re worried about won’t happen.”