TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
<Grondra>
Crack. Crack.
In the process of being reborn, Sejun’s bones twisted grotesquely and reassembled.
Kuehehehe.
Cuengi helped with Dad’s treatment fee! So he got even better! Now Dad can withstand Cuengi’s one finger!
Cuengi looked at Sejun with a proud expression.
Of course, the finger Cuengi referred to was the weakest pinky.
[Hehe. The way butler is writhing is just like Mukbupal! Mukbupal, remember this and let’s show the butler later!]
Ppuu!
[Okay!]
Next to Cuengi, Blackie was excited at the thought of teasing Sejun.
Ppuung? Ppuu?
[Like this? Like this?]
Mukbupal was eagerly mimicking Sejun’s movements, writhing around.
“Blackie and Mukbupal, you mustn’t do that, meow! Great hybrid Chairman Park is narrow-minded, so if you tease him, he’ll definitely sulk and not give you any roasted and dried sweet potatoes, meow!”
Theo advised Blackie and Mukbupal.
Puhuhut. Our Chairman Park is a petty man who sulks when teased, meow!
No. It was a boast. For Theo, everything about Sejun was something to boast about.
As the group watched over Sejun, the transformation process continued for several hours.
Waste started to be expelled from Sejun’s body, and a poop smell began to waft around.
At the same time, the group hurriedly put on gas masks.
“Puhuhut. Looks like the poop smell from Chairman Park’s body is almost gone now meow!”
“Kyoo- That’s a relief.”
Kueng! Kueng!
[That’s a relief! But Dad’s poop smell is really strong!]
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Kabulto is the fart captain, and the butler is the poop-fart captain!]
They chatted while looking at Sejun.
A moment later.
“Mm.”
Sejun, regaining his senses after the transformation.
“Why are you guys…”
He looked puzzled at the group wearing gas masks as they stared at him.
“Ugh! What’s this smell?!”
He quickly covered his nose and mouth with his hands as the stench pierced his nostrils. Not knowing it was his own smell.
Uwek!
Thanks to that, Sejun only felt nauseated from smelling his own stench.
“Maintain cleanliness! Maintain cleanliness!”
Realizing belatedly that the smell came from his own body, Sejun quickly used the skill to wash off the poop smell.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, do it to us too, meow! The smell from you got into our fur, meow!”
“Okay.”
Only after Sejun used his skill hundreds of times on himself and his group members
Sniff sniff.
“I think the smell’s gone now? Guys, can you smell me and check?”
Sejun asked the others to confirm since he had already adapted to the smell.
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“Hehehe.”
Sejun extended his right hand and sneered maliciously.
I can’t be the only one to suffer this.
The hand Sejun extended was the one he hadn’t used the skill on.
Sejun showed an unnecessary passion to make the others smell him by deliberately not washing his right hand.
However,
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, we don’t fall for such cheap tricks, meow!”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. I’ve been watching since earlier, wondering why Sejun-nim hasn’t washed that hand.”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Cuengi won’t fall for Dad’s prank!]
The party members had caught on to Sejun’s trick and didn’t take off their gas masks.
“Tch. Maintain cleanliness.”
Sejun washed his right hand with his skill, disappointed.
Then suddenly,
‘Why is Blackie so quiet?’
He should’ve made a fuss, saying he’d been tricked, right?
Or at least act all smug for not getting tricked.
With a question in mind, Sejun looked at Blackie.
Kking… Kking…
[Got fooled… Great Blackie got played by the butler…]
Blackie appeared in shock, holding his nose. It seemed he had removed his gas mask before Sejun washed his hand.
Hehehe. It really makes the prank worthwhile to have our gullible Blackie around.
After washing his hands completely, Sejun hugged the dear Blackie who fell for his prank and put him into his sling bag.
“But guys, what happened? How did I end up unconscious and even smelling like poop? And weirdly, my body feels light too?”
He asked about the situation.
“Puhuhut. I, Vice Chairman Theo…”
Theo explained the situation to Sejun.
“Really?! I transformed again?!”
Is this the third time now?
Or the fourth if I count when my bones were changed to dragon bones?
As Sejun was counting the number of times he had undergone transformation,
This wasn’t the time to be counting such things.
“No wonder my body feels so light. Guys, thank you!”
He sincerely expressed his gratitude to the group.
Theo, who always devoted himself to Sejun.
Iona, who suffered while following Theo.
Cuengi, the son who only thought of his dad.
Blackie Family, who quit being Apostles of Destruction and came along, despite being so easily fooled.
They all had gone through so much for his sake.
It was treatment far beyond what he deserved.
“What am I even…”
Unknowingly, Sejun let his heart speak aloud.
“Puhuhut. If someone asks who the great hybrid Chairman Park is, it is only natural that we answer in his stead, meow! Everyone, tell us who Chairman Park is, meow!”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. He’s the Chairman of Sejun Company!”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. He’s Cuengi’s dad!]
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hihit. He’s the Great Blackie’s butler!]
The group members responded to Sejun’s words. They answered who Sejun was.
Honestly, they weren’t exactly profound answers, but to Sejun, they were more touching than any other.
“Puhuhut. On top of that, Chairman Park is the man who gulped down 1,000 trillion Tower Coins meow!”
Until Theo said that.
“Huh?!”
I gulped down 1,000 trillion Tower Coins? What does that mean?
“Puhuhut. I, Vice Chairman Theo, burned all of Chairman Park’s wealth to heal his body, meow!”
You burned all of that on my body?!
Thud.
At Theo’s answer, Sejun slumped down helplessly.
“Puhuhut.”
Lick. Lick.
Theo climbed onto Sejun’s lap and began grooming himself and Iona, who clung to his tail.
Kuehehehe.
Cuengi also clung to Sejun’s side and closed his eyes.
Kihihit.
Guys, this is our chance!
Blackie, along with his subordinates, launched a covert operation aiming for the roasted and dried sweet potatoes in Sejun’s pocket.
And then,
Blank stare.
‘With that kind of money, I could’ve bought Earth and had change left over…’
Sejun was so shocked from losing 1,000 trillion Tower Coins that he couldn’t come to his senses for a while.
A bit later.
I spent that much money, so something must have changed, right?
With anticipation, Sejun checked his status window. His body felt lighter and stronger, so he was sure his stats had increased.
But,
What?! Why haven’t they gone up even a bit?!
There was no change in his stats. The improved efficiency of his body due to the transformation had caused Sejun to misunderstand.
Still, there was one thing that had changed.
→ A remarkable talent that allows one to surpass limits to some extent through effort.
→ All base potential for stats increases to 1000.
→ Receive 10 bonus stats every time you level up.
→ When effort toward something exceeds a certain level, stat increase, skill acquisition, and talent awakening may occur.
The once ‘Beyond Mediocre’ had evolved into a ‘Hardworking Talent’.
A meager result compared to the enormous amount of money spent.
Theo had used healing magic to treat and strengthen Sejun’s bones, muscles, heart, and more, but the body’s design remained the same.
Changing that design was impossible, no matter how much money one had. Unless one was reborn. The law of unchanging blueprints applied here too.
The next best option was to continue undergoing transformations periodically to expel waste whenever the body deteriorated.
And,
“I feel like Chairman Park’s face is rotting meow!”
Sejun’s body was already beginning to deteriorate again. Fortunately, the speed at which it was decaying was significantly slower than before.
This was because the evolution of his talent had increased his base potential from 100 to 1000.
Where once he had endured immense stats with a potential of 100, now he was doing so with 1000, reducing the burden by tenfold. It was similar to a rubber band becoming more elastic.
Just a talent change, and that’s it…
Sejun faced the disappointing result.
I need to earn even harder!
He realized anew that he was the biggest money-consuming hippo and decided to work even more diligently to earn money.
“Guys, let’s head back to the Black Cuengi Ship.”
For now, Sejun returned to the ship and stamped the pirate crew, who were under surveillance by the Planet-Destroying Turtles, as full-time employees of Sejun Company.
“I’ll give you your missions.”
He instructed the pirates to shift from piracy to a business of dimensional trade and providing security to worlds.
And then,
“Iona, let’s go home now.”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Yes!”
With Iona’s dimensional transfer magic, they returned to the Black Tower.
***
<Grondra>
Ritna Trading Company Branch.
“Here is my resignation.”
When Hett submitted his resignation,
“Hett, you’re leaving our trading company?! You must be rich then? Or maybe you don’t need both your legs?”
Vank, Hett’s direct superior sitting at the desk, stared coldly at Hett’s legs and spoke.
Step.
Sensing a murderous aura, Hett instinctively took a step back to protect his legs.
And then,
I trust in Bukbuk No. 23!
Grabbing Bukbuk No. 23, who was hanging from his chest, Hett gathered his courage.
“No. I don’t have money, and I still need both legs.”
“What?! Are you kidding me?! You want to leave the company without giving anything in return?!”
“Yes. Bukbuk No. 23-nim, please.”
Hett respectfully raised Bukbuk No. 23 with both hands.
Ziiiing.
With its destruction beam, Planet-Destroying Turtle Bukbuk No. 23 blew away the top of Vank’s head along with the building above it in one clean shot.
In the process, Vank’s head also became perfectly smooth.
“Can I leave now?”
When Hett asked,
“Th-th-then yes! Hett, from now on you are no longer part of the Ritna Trading Company!”
Vank hurriedly replied.
However,
Bukbuk!
[You must become a subordinate of Cuengi-nim!]
Bukbuk No. 23 did not let Vank off.
“Yes…”
The answer was, of course, yes. In the face of a destruction beam, everything was a yes.
And so, Vank also betrayed the Ritna Trading Company and joined Sejun Company.
Naturally, following the long-standing(?) tradition of Sejun Company, Hett, who joined first, became Vank’s superior.
“Vank will now be the youngest member of the Lottery Department.”
Hett was no longer the youngest in the Lottery Department.
***
“Aileen, I’m home.”
As soon as Sejun arrived home, he informed Aileen of his return.
“Yeah. I’m fine. Actually, I feel even better.”
Sejun responded cheerfully on purpose to ease Aileen’s concern.
Then,
“Aileen, what do you want for dinner?”
He asked Aileen if there was any dish she wanted to eat.
Sejun intended to repay everyone who had worried about him with his cooking.
Aileen, concerned that Sejun had only just recovered, significantly lowered the layer level request from 100 to 10.
“Hehehe. Got it. 100-layer pancakes, order confirmed!”
Sejun was touched by Aileen’s kind heart and accepted the order, then
“Dragons, I’m back. Is there any snack you’d like?”
He also visited the Nine Dragons and asked for their order.
Then,
“What do you guys want to eat?”
After taking orders from the group members, he had Sejun No. 12 assist him and began cooking personally. Today was a day that called for it.
A while later,
“Aileen, here.”
“Here are your snacks.”
As Sejun finished cooking and served the food to the dragons,
[Due to the talent: Hardworking Talent, your area of effort has grown.]
[Skill: Cooking (Master) has evolved into Delicious Cooking (Master).]
[You can now bring out flavors that surpass the limits of ingredients through cooking.]
A change occurred in Sejun’s cooking skill, which had long remained the same.
And then,
[Congratulations, Guardian of Fine Cuisine, Park Sejun-nim!]
Star [Delicious] sparkled hard in the night sky, congratulating Sejun on his growth.
“Hehehe.”
Just to let you know, I wasn’t just slacking off all this time.
Thanks to this, Sejun’s smug face gleamed even brighter under the starlight of [Delicious].
“Chairman Park’s face is rotting meow!”
Press. Press. Press.
Theo, who would not normally have discovered such a minor sign, spotted the subtle decay on Sejun’s face and healed it.
*****
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