The Man with Hypnotic Powers Doesn’t Hold Back the Second Time Around

Chapter 88



Chapter 88 Do Not Negotiate with Strategic Nukes (2)

The Chairman’s original request to Yu-jin:

Control the Winterer well and use her for the gate conquest.

Yu-jin, who realized her sinister plot, sprang to his feet.

‘She was aiming for this from the beginning!!?’

-Bam.

“You want to use me for free too, you old hag!!”

I would rather conquer the gate alone.

Take that disrespectful brat with me? If her abilities are unsealed, who knows what she might do?

Moreover, since this is a lecture, I won’t even get paid. You want to exploit me just like you did with Winterer?

Even if I forgive you, the labor laws won’t. You wicked old hag.

That was why Yu-jin’s eyes turned fierce.

-Snicker.

“Free, you say? I wouldn’t do that. I’ll give you a generous allowance. From my own pocket. So, don’t worry.”

Of course, the Chairman had no intention of exploiting Yu-jin…

“How much?”

“I’ll pay you the average rate for gate conquests. For a C-grade gate, it would be about ten million won.”

“This old hag, really. Who would be satisfied with that!!”

Who was Yu-jin?

A young man who earned ten million won per treatment.

The young man who just extorted a donation of one billion won from the Shinsung Church.

Trying to bribe him with a mere B~D-grade gate conquest fee was futile. Especially since he already foresaw the hardships due to Winterer.

The Chairman’s eyes also turned fierce.

“Has your sense of economy already become so distorted? Ten million won is just a trifle? Go dig the ground outside for a hundred days. See if you find even ten won.”

“I don’t need to dig the ground. I just need to go to the hospital to earn.”

“Ahem. Uh, um. How dare you talk back when an elder is speaking!?”

…Despite her raised eyebrows, her anger was somewhat slow. She felt a pang of conscience.

To think of pushing Winterer onto a mere cadet like Yu-jin. Though she trusted her intuition and ‘that’ for this decision, it was admittedly crazy.

Even the eloquent Seol Ha-yeon had to hesitate.

Yu-jin did not miss that brief moment of hesitation.

“Elder? Is being old a privilege? Does age make you superior!?”

“Don’t you know about the order of seniority!? The lower should naturally….”

“You’ve aged until your skin sags, and now you’re trying to exploit a young man!!!”

Straight to personal attacks. Mentioning age.

Your skin must be sagging now, right? There should be smile lines under your eyes. You’re treating me like this at your age.

Unable to contain her anger, Seol Ha-yeon…

“……?”

‘What is this kid talking about? I’m even curious about when I’ll get old.’

…did not get angry.

Unless it was before her regression, when she was in her 70s. Now, she was far from aging.

Hearing about sagging skin didn’t scratch her at all.

Instead, a broad smile spread across her face.

It was a smile born from the thought of teasing Yu-jin.

“My skin is sagging?”

“Yes. Very much so….”

“I’m not that old yet, you rude brat! Should I take off my clothes and show you?”

She quickly began unbuttoning her shirt.

Anticipating how Yu-jin would react with her intuition.

And then…

“……!? Wait, wait. Calm dow….”

-Snap!

“Look closely!”

The Chairman dropped her strategic nuke.

Revealing her extremely granny-like underwear that she favored.

Seeing Yu-jin’s reaction from the front was needless to say. It was the reaction of someone hit by a nuke.

“Kyaaaak!! This old hag really stripped!!!”

Yu-jin screamed sharply, covering his eyes.

Though he closed his eyes quickly…

The floral-patterned fabric was imprinted in red on the edges of his vision.

No matter how much he covered his eyes, it remained like a burn mark.

Yu-jin could only groan in agony.

‘Negotiating with a strategic nuke was a mistake…!!’

Regret came belatedly.

From the beginning, I had no chance of winning.

Negotiating with a strategic nuke, an asymmetric power? Ridiculous.

I should have just surrendered unconditionally.

“I’m sorry… Please stop…….”

-Tremble.

In the end, Yu-jin lost his will and slumped down.

His face turned blue, making him look pitiful.

But,

“Alright, alright. You can touch if you want? If you still say it’s sagging after touching, I’ll acknowledge it. Okay?”

“No, it was about wrinkles…!! Not the chest!!”

“Why are you acting like this? When did you slander me? Are you scared now that I’m about to show you? Want to confirm by touching?”

-Suddenly.

“Kyaaaaak!!!!”

Seol Ha-yeon’s punishment did not stop.

It was fun to see that promising young man scared.

She was delighted to see Yu-jin, who even joked with her, after so many decades…

And honestly, she was a bit pissed off.

‘No matter how old I am, I look fine on the outside. What’s with all this fuss?’

-Swoosh.

“Why? Should I take off my underwear too? To check for wrinkles?”

Without realizing it, she fired back.

Her head heated up, and her hand unconsciously reached for her bra hook.

Someone like her almost crossed the line in a fit of anger.

Then, Seol Ha-yeon…

“Alright. I’ll take it off, so watch carefully. Where….”

“Grandma?”

“What are you doing naked in front of a man, you perverted rice cake?”

“……!!!”

———Her karma came back swiftly.

‘Damn. I acted foolishly. It’s been so long since I met someone daring enough to match me….’

-Grab.

“Grandma pervert. Trying to show dad her naked body. Sis. Don’t look. It’s gross.”

“I tried to risk my life to kill such a woman, ew. I feel like a gross rice cake.”

“……!!? Ah, no. It’s not like that. This is just.”

The punishment for violating the Geneva Convention was harsh.

Haru, whom she cherished like a granddaughter, declared her a ‘grandma pervert.’

Added to that was Winterer’s sincere disgust.

The price of her war crime was her reputation, which hit rock bottom on the first day of living together.

It crumbled completely.

‘What did I do wrong? I just wanted to teach that cheeky brat a lesson….’

The Chairman inwardly lamented her misfortune.

But given her foolishness, it was a fair price to pay.

* * *

After Haru and Winterer’s chaotic intervention, the Chairman and I agreed through telepathy.

To pretend this incident never happened.

[Chairman, I’m sorry….]

[I’ll pretend this never happened, so please help me. Seeing Haru look at me like that makes me feel like my heart is breaking.]

[Yes. Please play along well with the act.]

We decided to stop fighting and focus on resolving the situation. A truly S-class agreement that didn’t care about sunk costs.

So, I…

-Tap. Rub, rub.

“…Huh!?”

“Haru, Grandma’s stomach is upset from the galbi she ate earlier, so she asked Dad to use his magical hands to make it better~.”

I quickly ran over and patted the Chairman’s belly.

I felt a sense of shame having to do this, but there was no other way. This situation was too chaotic to resolve with ordinary means. I had to at least rub her belly.

-Flinch.

“Y-yes, Yu-jin, thank you. Thanks to you, my indigestion is all gone….”

The Chairman seemed to understand my intention and acted along.

She flinched as if ticklish and her voice trembled, making it obvious she was overacting, but…

‘I don’t even know what I’m rubbing. Is this her belly or her ribs?’

-Slide. Slide.

“Huh… I feel so much better.”

I was also overacting, staring at the floor the whole time to avoid another explosive reaction from the Chairman.

Still, this much should be enough to deceive an innocent child.

“…!! Dad. My stomach feels upset too. Do it for me too.”

Apparently, it worked, as Haru puffed her cheeks and tapped her belly, claiming she felt the same way.

I quickly switched from the Chairman to Haru.

“Haru too? Oh dear, let’s make it all better~.”

-Rub, rub.

“Hehe. Daddy’s hands feel nice.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

Did we manage to get through this? Phew.

I let out a sigh of relief.

Of course, it didn’t seem to work on someone a bit older.

Winterer’s eyes looked at us skeptically…

-Staring.

“What. Winterer, do you have indigestion too? Want me to prick your finger?”

What can you do?

We’re acting as if nothing happened, and Haru believes it completely.

What can you do by looking at us like that?

Apparently, Winterer felt the same as she didn’t probe further.

“Why only pricking my finger, you rice cake?”

“Pricking a finger is best for overeating.”

“Tch. Forget it. You rice cake.”

“…?”

She’s surprisingly compliant.

She was so prickly before we came to the dorm.

But now she looks weak and a bit flushed.

What happened? Did something occur while brushing teeth with Haru?

“You look unwell. Did something happen with Haru?”

“…!!!!!?”

-Jump.

When I asked just in case, Winterer jumped up like a cat seeing a cucumber.

She seemed extremely startled.

“Did you see something!? You perverted rice cake!?”

“No. Why would I watch you brush your teeth? I just asked because your face is red and you seem weak.”

“Tch. You rice cake of a man, really.”

-Tap, tap.

But it was only for a moment.

She soon kicked the ground, signaling she didn’t want to answer.

Her face turned bright red as a bonus.

‘Hmm… Did she have an accident in the bathroom? Maybe she got scolded by Haru for peeing on the floor?’

-Grin.

“Well, if it’s hard to talk about, that’s fine.”

I decided not to pry further.

Having grown up among villains, she must have picked up some bad habits.

No need to point them out unnecessarily.

“Wait. Did you just have rice cake thoughts? My mood just took a rice cake dive.”

“Not at all? Ah. By the way. Winterer.”

“What. Just so you know, I didn’t do anything with Haru….”

“——You’re now going to conquer gates with me.”

Instead, I informed her of the agreement with the Chairman.

You, my buddy. Twice a week. Looking forward to it.

Winterer’s expression twisted.

“Leaving Seol Ha-yeon aside, just the two of us?”

“Precisely, with the Cheonhwa Clan people too.”

“That’s practically the same, you rice cake. I’m very strong? I’ll kill you in one hit? I will kill you?”

She tapped her temples as if questioning my sanity… Hmm. A rather elegant way to ask if I’m in my right mind.

I felt like giving her a noogie.

“She says so. What do you think, Chairman?”

-Whirl.

Instead of the noogie, I turned to the Chairman.

I had similar thoughts as Winterer.

How could you burden me with such a heavy responsibility—?

The Chairman, who had been rubbing her lower belly, turned her head toward us.

“Huh? What? I didn’t hear it well.”

“Oh, dear. Already hard of hearing… Ahem. Winterer here says she will kill me if we go to the gate. What do you think?”

“Oh. That.”

The Chairman’s blushing cheeks returned to normal as soon as I mentioned death.

A smile spread across her face.

“Did you think I left Winterer to you without any plan?”

“What do you mean?”

“Just wait a moment.”

Then she turned around and started rummaging somewhere.

The rustling sounds followed.

She seemed to be looking for something.

Then, we…

“Here. Wear this, and you’ll be safe no matter what happens.”

“A-a-a-are you crazy, you perverted rice cake!?”

“I’d rather be killed by her a hundred times than wear this!!”

Faced something inhumane.


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