Author's Note: Another day and a new chapter, but I wonder if I should officially create a schedule for the chapters or just keep releasing chapters according to my mood.
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Author's POV
Hanju Gu was following his former subordinate who was explaining the situation to him in more detail along the way.
"If I understood correctly, members of Jaeha Han's crew managed to beat you up and they're holding Hyeondong Lee hostage," said Hanju with an empty stare.
"That's the current situation," he replied, embarrassed.
At first, Hanju was disappointed in them for asking him for help against another crew, but after observing them more closely, he could clearly see signs of fighting on their clothes.
"Maybe they didn't just run away like cowards but tried to fight," he thought, arriving on the scene, accompanied by Dahyeon Kim who was silently following behind him for some reason.
"So that's all you've got, sunbae?" said an overweight teenager who was receiving a barrage of attacks from Suhyeon Kim without apparent difficulty.
(Author's note: Sunbae. This term refers to someone from the same company or university as you, but more experienced, to whom you owe respect and obedience. But here it was more to mock Suhyeon Kim.)
Looking at the scene, Hanju Gu was wondering how Suhyeon Kim could have defeated the former Hanju without the author's help.
"How could I have lost against a loser like you, seriously?" he said in a clearly annoyed voice.
"Hanju?..." mumbled the overweight teenager named Daeseong Hwang.
Hanju paid no attention to Daeseong Hwang and approached Suhyeon Kim, who was on the ground after being knocked down a second ago by a blow from Daeseong Hwang.
"Tell me, why isn't this loser unconscious on the ground yet?" he said, lighting a cigarette while staring at Suhyeon Kim with an expressionless look.
"I.. I'm warming up.... Yeah yeah that's it, I was warming up," he said, getting up as if he hadn't just been thrashed.
Really a man without shame or dignity.
"Excellent, so show me what you can do," said Hanju, moving off to the side.
"Guys, no one interferes in this fight, it's between Daeseong Hwang and Suhyeon Kim," he said, taking his cigarette to smoke it.
"We only obey Jaeha Han, who do you think you are..." he didn't have time to finish expressing himself when he received a straight punch to the jaw before falling unconscious to the ground.
"Damn, I underestimated the force needed," expressed Hanju, releasing smoke from his cigarette.
"The scumbag, he got Kang Seung-ju," said another rushing towards Hanju with a wooden bat he picked up off the ground.
Unfortunately for him, Hanju had already seen him take it and was therefore already prepared.
As soon as he reached his range with the wooden bat, he received a violent kick to the groin, an "Ap Chagi", which sent him straight to the ground.
"Don't throw up on my shoes, scum," said Hanju, knocking him out with another kick to the face.
"I see you guys don't want to keep still, it's too bad but I'm going to have to take care of you while Suhyeon Kim takes care of your buddy," he said, approaching the rest of the group.
"Please, don't die," he finished with a smile that sent shivers down everyone present.
"I just wanted to test my taekwondo in a real situation," thought Hanju, walking slowly towards these future guinea pigs.
The fights, or rather the massacres, were quick. The members of Jaeha Han's crew couldn't touch Hanju from start to finish.
"I should maybe consider attacking Jaeha Han when he comes to personally take care of Suhyeon Kim," he thought, slightly lost in thought while smoking.
"Wow, that was so cool!" shouted Hanju's former subordinate in front of the scene.
As for Dahyeon Kim, she seemed to be thinking deeply about something, looking at me and the abnormal scene in front of her.
"Instead of marveling at me, go help Suhyeon Kim, he's your boss after all. He seems to have had some trouble with this loser," expressed Hanju, taking the road to leave, leaving behind him Dahyeon Kim who had a complicated look in her eyes.
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After Hanju had dealt with the situation with Suhyeon Kim and Hyeondong Lee, he carried out his afternoon and evening routine which consisted of collecting data at the library, being tortured by Han Seong, and ending at the gym.
The only difference from the other evenings is that he took the time to discuss his future Newtube channels, Instagram account and TikTok with Dahyeon Kim.
"So I suggest starting with a Newtube channel similar to Solution TV but slightly different," said Dahyeon Kim on the phone.
"Solution TV? Viral Hit's secondary channel?" asked Hanju out of curiosity.
"Yes exactly, but we'll just be taking fight requests to help people being intimidated by others," explained Dahyeon Kim in an excited voice on the phone.
"That's interesting," replied Hanju with a smile at the idea of being able to test himself in combat and gain popularity at the same time.
"And for your Insgta account, unfortunately I don't have any ideas for a main theme other than bodybuilding," she said.
"But I'm sure with your physique, it'll work for TiK tak tok but if you want ,You can just make short videos about taekwondo or boxing."
Outside of their conversation about these future channels and their partnership for his Newtube channel since Hanju will need a cameraman, the two discussed various other things even if it was more Dahyeon Kim who seemed interested in Hanju's past.
"Fortunately with the AI I won't have any issues with video editing and photo retouching since I think I've amassed enough data on IT at the library," he thought, lying on the bed.
But he still needs to get used to practicing IT. After all, knowing something is different from experiencing it yourself.
"But I've saved so much time," he murmured, smiling in anticipation.
"I wanted to know how long it would take me to become a millionaire with your help through trading," he asked out of curiosity.
[AI: With my help and enough data on trading and IT, I'm sure I can help you become a millionaire in a few months. But...]
[AI: I recommend, host, that you obtain your starting capital honestly to avoid any legal issues in the future.]
"Seriously? So I can start now?" he said, excited by the news.
[AI: Negative. Although I have enough data to help you create software to track the flows of various markets, I do not have enough data to help you trade while minimizing failures close to zero.]
"So I still need more data, huh," murmured Hanju, taking his phone to buy ebooks online.
He wanted to capitalize on his subscription to the local library at first, but he quickly remembered that he can always go to North Gangbuk if he runs out of money this month.
Author's Note: There, the protagonist is on his way to getting rich. I don't know about you, but I can't wait to see Hanju sitting at the same table as Charles Choi.