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[Chapter 135]
[A World That Doesn't Go As Planned (4)]
Galaxy Group's direct descendant Choi Jung-hoon.
He was a treacherous minister disguised as a servant of Fairy Ha Baek-ryeon, and a traitor.
A treacherous minister who always pretended to act for her sake, but in the end gradually cut off her political limbs.
And thus a traitor who tried to manipulate the existence called Fairy as he wished.
In other words—
Why is Choi Jung-hoon here...
—He was one of No Eunha's arch-enemies.
He was an enemy that had to be kept in check by him who decided to change the future to strengthen the power of the Fairy government.
If
In the business world, Choi Jung-hoon, who would someday become the chairman of Galaxy Group, was expected to be the biggest enemy.
"..."
Eunha highly evaluated him.
Hong Jin-woo, the direct descendant of Dangun Group, was no match for Choi Jung-hoon.
If Hong Jin-woo was a simple ruffian, Choi Jung-hoon was a prodigy.
In his previous life, Eunha was repeatedly defeated by his schemes.
He never won against him once.
Clench
Such a person appeared here.
Eunha stared with wide eyes at Choi Jung-hoon pushing aside the guarding players and advancing to the center of the commotion.
His fist clenched involuntarily.
If he had an arrogant face like other chaebol group direct descendants when they met at the party venue a few years ago.
"—I followed because it was strange how people were stirring... I didn't expect to see you in such a state."
Like a well-sharpened knife.
He had a chilling gaze.
The dignity of a cold monarch.
Eunha discovered an aspect of the arch-enemy he could do nothing about before regression from the atmosphere he exuded.
So he unconsciously tensed up.
The enemy he would have to face from now on was right in front of him.
Uu...ah...auu...
"Tsk..."
Choi Jung-hoon standing in front of Choi Ga-in.
Choi Ga-in desperately stretches her hand towards Choi Jung-hoon's feet, but her hand doesn't reach.
He looked down at her who was once his sister and clicked his tongue.
"I'm really disappointed that this is all you had to show me."
Choi Ga-in's mouth moves.
An inhuman sound is heard.
Choi Jung-hoon ignored her sound and muttered indifferently.
"Hey, get out of there quickly! What are you doing now? If you're a civilian, stay far away like a civilian should. You might suddenly get killed by a dying monster like that?"
Meanwhile.
A player jumped in to grab him who approached her so boldly.
The player grabs his wrist.
Choi Jung-hoon glanced at his grabbed wrist and looked at the player with a cold gaze.
"—Move aside."
"..."
The player flinches involuntarily.
Nevertheless, he tried not to back down.
Just then, talk about Choi Jung-hoon spread among the crowd.
He's from Galaxy Group.
Ah, I remember his face. Isn't that Choi Jung-hoon of Galaxy Drone?
Huh...? Why is he here?
The crowd stirs.
The player finally realized the identity of his opponent and bowed his head deeply.
Choi Jung-hoon silently received people's gazes while sending him away with his eyes.
Soon he looks up at the night sky and closes his eyes.
Bang
Fireworks explode.
The night sky flashes.
The bloody scene is illuminated.
Eunha watched Choi Jung-hoon who was raising his head with eyes closed as if lost in thought.
Eventually he opened his eyes.
Eunha—
'—Take my hand.'
Memories of when he was powerless suddenly flashing through his mind.
Eunha saw the prodigy in Choi Jung-hoon who made an expression as if he had decided something.
He slightly raises the corners of his mouth.
At that moment, Eunha instinctively felt.
That things were going wrong.
"Ga-in, I don't know why you called me here today. Whether it was to gain my acknowledgment, or to defy me. Or to make a fool of me."
What is Choi Jung-hoon trying to do?
Eunha's eyes widened seeing him who muttered something dejectedly pick up a sword that had fallen to the ground.
Other people held their breath.
Everyone standing here now realized what Choi Jung-hoon was about to do.
"If you plotted this intending to make a fool of me. Yes, you won. You're the first among the siblings to make me eat dirt."
Fireworks bloom endlessly.
The sword in Choi Jung-hoon's hand glistens with dark red blood under the night sky.
He drags that sword and stands in front of Choi Ga-in.
O...p...pa...
While Choi Ga-in opens her mouth to say something.
Eunha manifested his internal mana to hear what Choi Jung-hoon was saying.
His prediction was correct.
Choi Jung-hoon—
—Stab
Choi Jung-hoon is trying to kill Choi Ga-in.
Eunha's face hardened seeing him stab the sword into her body without showing hesitation.
"—I could avoid getting blood on my hands. But I, Galaxy Group, cannot stand by and watch becoming a spectacle for people in the world."
Ah...ah...aah...
"In that sense. Ga-in, you're making me like this. You won. Are you happy now?"
People's faces are dyed with shock.
Eunha also witnessed the scene Choi Jung-hoon was creating with a similar face to theirs.
This was an unexpected event.
It felt like his hands and feet were turning cold.
Stab
Stab
Stab
Choi Ga-in writhes.
Nevertheless, Choi Jung-hoon stabs her again with the sword he stabbed Choi Ga-in with.
His appearance silently killing his sister with one foot on her back was incomparably cruel.
Splurt
Blue blood spurts up.
Even so, Choi Jung-hoon doesn't care and gets covered in blood falling on his head.
He takes the blood on his face wearing glasses.
Blue blood dripping from his cheeks and hanging from his chin falls in drops.
"Though you were only half... Still, you too were Galaxy Group's direct descendant. Blue blood flows in your body."
It's crazy talk.
Not many people heard this crazy talk.
They including Shin Seo-young watched him butchering Choi Ga-in with pale faces.
Eunha was the same.
"Crazy bastard..."
Though it's his first time killing a person, Choi Jung-hoon seemed to grasp the knack after a few times and naturally dismembers Choi Ga-in's body.
He's enjoying it.
Eunha couldn't help but spit out a curse when Choi Jung-hoon raised the corners of his mouth.
He's a crazy bastard.
That crazy bastard is his enemy.
It was enough to make his body tremble.
"...What on earth is he thinking?"
Soon Eunha burst out laughing.
Choi Jung-hoon's appearance was ridiculous.
Choi Jung-hoon who is set to inherit Galaxy Group is killing his sister in front of people in the world.
Though Choi Ga-in became a monster, the fact that she is his sister remains unchanged.
In other words—
"—To commit familicide..."
It's familicide.
Eunha inwardly nodded at someone's muttered words.
Choi Jung-hoon made a bad move.
The worst move at that.
Even if Choi Jung-hoon is set to become Galaxy Group's chairman, it means it can change depending on the situation as long as it's not confirmed.
So that's why he moved to avoid having weaknesses caught by succession rights holders until now.
Though it's not wrong to kill Choi Ga-in who turned into a monster.
Nevertheless, people's hearts are not easy.
People with Galaxy's succession rights could use this incident as an excuse to block Choi Jung-hoon's path.
Though he may be excellent as a manager, what's needed to manage all affiliates is human qualities more important than management skills.
They can make unreasonable excuses.
He'll have to live bearing it for life.
The stigma of killing his sister with his own hands for life.
Choi Jung-hoon grins.
He must be guessing how he'll become in the future too.
Perhaps even people following him might withdraw surprised by his cruelty.
The imperial authority Choi Jung-hoon firmly established becomes precarious because of one sister.
"...It's a good thing for me."
So Eunha muttered softly.
Choi Ga-in left a wonderful gift at the end.
How could he not be happy?
As long as Choi Jung-hoon's abilities were needed for Ha Baek-ryeon's reign, he couldn't kill him and had to keep him in check.
He was that tricky of an enemy.
But Choi Ga-in stamped an indelible stigma on Choi Jung-hoon with her death.
Familicide perpetrator, Choi Jung-hoon.
A stigma that will be his weakness for a long time.
—Still, you'll eventually become Galaxy Group's chairman.
But Eunha couldn't be unreservedly happy.
He knows Choi Jung-hoon's abilities well.
Whether he's cursed by people in the world or kept in check by succession rights holders, he will eventually become Galaxy Group's chairman.
He has that much ability.
Galaxy Group's chairman Choi Yoon-han will surely maintain his power until the end and pass on succession rights to Choi Jung-hoon born with kingly qualities among those with succession rights in his later years.
It's just a difference of receiving the chairman position comfortably or with difficulty.
You probably know that well too.
Because you know well... you're doing this.
So Eunha judged coldly.
He judged that he who betrays heavenly principles grasping his authority, ability, and situation is dangerous.
At the same time—
"—Really... a dangerous bastard."
Eunha couldn't relax.
The worst move Choi Jung-hoon made this time could perhaps become an excellent move.
It's as good as decided that he'll become Galaxy Group's chairman.
Through this incident, he can distinguish people hostile to him, and more firmly solidify the cohesion of forces supporting him.
In his previous life, though he became Galaxy Group's chairman, he had to pay attention to frequent power struggles occurring internally.
It was also a method Eunha used to attack Galaxy Group in his previous life.
But Choi Jung-hoon could strengthen his control through this incident.
Above all—
"—History becomes the victor's."
Just as Eunha himself covered the essence of the problem with the alias
Choi Jung-hoon will cover the stigma of familicide perpetrator with a new name.
"...But isn't it a bit cool? In the end, he's saying he'll resolve his family matters himself."
"He has a sense of responsibility."
"I wonder how he feels killing his sister who became a monster with his own hands..."
History is, in a sense, the victor's record.
Even now, sympathetic public opinion towards Choi Jung-hoon is being created.
So on the day he becomes chairman, the stigma of familicide perpetrator will disappear, and he will be revered as a hero.
He'll be called a hero despite not being a player.
No, he is a hero but—
"—He'd be a treacherous hero. Not a hero with a truly pure heart."
Eunha asserted.
While clearly capturing with his eyes the scene of a treacherous minister, a traitor changing into a treacherous hero.
"...Is she dead?"
That's when.
Choi Ga-in stopped moving.
Her arm is limp.
Choi Jung-hoon stabbed the sword once more to confirm her death.
Then he flips her body over and cuts her chest.
The center of her chest splits open, and a large magic stone was emitting a mysterious light where the heart should be.
He who threw the sword to the ground quickly tore out the magic stone.
""""...""""
Choi Ga-in disappears.
And Choi Jung-hoon who isn't even a player raises the magic stone high, imprinting on people in the world that he killed his sister.
"This is familicide!"
"How could he kill his sister?"
"It's cruel, it's horrible. I got goosebumps."
"He's a leader with guts. A leader leading an organization should naturally be able to judge and act coldly."
"That's right. What does emotion matter?"
Contrasting opinions from each person.
Eunha watched Choi Jung-hoon standing indifferently with blood on his face while listening to their words.
"...You really can't be let down your guard against."
Eunha quietly muttered.
This is clearly a favorable development.
But the favorable development will become an unfavorable one.
So when it can be called favorable, Galaxy Group's influence must be weakened somehow.
The stage Choi Jung-hoon will stand on must be reduced before he completely becomes a treacherous hero.
—Still, you'll always exceed my expectations.
Just like in my previous life.
Only Sirius Group can keep Galaxy Group in check.
So Han Seo-yeon who will inherit Sirius Group must be pushed to keep him in check.
Not just her.
Han Seo-yeon alone is too much.
Yoo Do-jun must quickly be made Eternal Group's chairman, and given the role of keeping Choi Jung-hoon in check along with her.
Not just Yoo Do-jun.
Everything that can be used must be used to keep Galaxy Group in check.
Eunha clenched his fist tightly.
Jeong Geum-jeon, Donghae Group's direct descendant, must also be given the task of keeping Galaxy Group in check, and somehow Jin Seo-na must be made to exert influence within KK Group to lead in keeping Galaxy Group in check.
Ask Lee Yoo-cheon, Luminous Group's direct descendant, for help too.
Use everything that can be used.
Therefore, Alice Group also—
—Grind
Eunha gritted his teeth.
He had to resign himself.
In the end, to the fact that the path he must walk is such a difficult one.
There's no leisure to put a comma.
He must pull himself together from becoming numb.
Emotions, must be suppressed.
To catch and punish the traitors who will appear in the world starting with Choi Jung-hoon.
So this is as far as it goes.
—Because I don't want to use that child's heart too.
Eunha muttered silently.
The day Choi Eun-hyuk was decided as the comprehensive division competition winner.
The cultural festival scheduled for five days finally came to an end on the fourth night.