The World's Greatest Troublemaker

Chapter 15

"No. Of course not. How could that be?"

"So you think I won't say anything even if you treat me roughly. Huh? Right?"

This time, he grabbed the person in charge's cheek and pulled him up.

"Aah!!"

The escort captain tried to move, but when Mok Wigun moved while holding the person in charge's cheek, he sighed and gave up. Because he couldn't do anything about the third young master's movements. Mok Wigun pulled the person in charge's face forward.

"If you had acknowledged me as the owner of this merchant guild, would you have been able to look at me and sneer? Huh?"

"Sneer? No, sir. I have never done such a thing."

Mok Wigun looked the person in charge straight in the eye and asked.

"Really? Can you take responsibility for that statement?"

The person in charge looked at Mok Wigun's face and then immediately looked away. His body trembled as if he had a chill, even though the room wasn't cold.

He had heard that the youngest young master, Mok Wigun, had changed. Still, he didn't know it would be to this extent. This was not the weak and clumsy third young master of the past.

The person in charge could only think of one word. Killing intent! When he met Mok Wigun's gaze, the thought that he could die popped into his head.

"Let's start talking again."

Mok Wigun let go of the person in charge's cheek, went to the desk, and sat down in a chair.

"Bring all the ledgers."

Still, the guys hesitated.

"Should I grab and shake that place this time?"

Mok Wigun pointed his hand downwards and made a gesture of squeezing something tightly.

"No, sir. We will show you."

The person in charge was terrified and moved in a flurry.

It didn't take long to bring all the ledgers. Because they were all in the room.

"Now we're talking."

Mok Wigun picked up a ledger and said to them.

"Why are you all standing there blankly? I have things to ask."

The guys tried to sit down in chairs. But Mok Wigun coldly instructed.

"Kneel on the floor."

* * *

The conversation lasted for a considerable amount of time. The guys twisted their bodies as their legs went numb, but Mok Wigun didn't let them get up.

And when the general story was over, he gave a word of warning.

"I only treat people who act like people as people. So behave yourselves."

"Yes. We understand."

The three of them could only answer that they would do whatever he said. Mok Wigun continued.

"And don't touch the people who work here. They will soon be my people."

A little while ago, they would have thought it was nonsense, but not now. The three of them thought it might really happen.

"Stand up."

"Thank you!"

The three of them answered louder than ever and stood up from their seats.

"Ugh!"

"Aigugu!"

The three of them made all sorts of groaning sounds. Mok Wigun looked at them and then stood up from his seat. It was time to meet Heo Seongon.

The three of them saw Mok Wigun off with great care.

"Please take care, Young Master."

Mok Wigun was about to leave but paused for a moment and stood in front of the escort captain. And then he kicked him in the chest.

The escort captain was also a martial artist who was confident in his skills. He instinctively dodged the attack. But the kick followed his movement.

Thwack!

He was hit in the chest and fell to the floor.

"You hit a father in front of his child? Hey. If you're human, there's a minimum level of decency, you bastard."

Mok Wigun approached the fallen escort captain, looked down at him, and said.

"I guarantee it. If something like that happens again, you'll be crying and begging me."

The escort captain saw Mok Wigun's face getting closer and closer. And when it was close enough, he said with a glint in his eyes. In a very small voice. A whisper that only the two of them could hear.

"To please kill you."

As soon as the escort captain heard those words, goosebumps spread all over his body. It was scarier than when a sword had pierced his side during a fight.

Leaving those words behind, Mok Wigun went outside. And he looked for Heo Seongon.

Heo Seongon was still outside.

"Let's talk."

"What do you have to talk about with someone like me?"

There was a hint of resentment. Well, he hadn't met him even when he had come to see him like that before. Even when they met and talked, he hadn't listened to a single thing.

If he hadn't protected and treated his wife and child, he would have been even more blunt.

"I'd like to hear your opinion."

"What can I do? It's practically the Second Young Master's merchant guild now."

Mok Wigun knew that too.

"It's too late to do anything."

He could read many things from Heo Seongon's tone and expression. Thank you for today, but this is it. There is no expectation or trust. Discouragement, disappointment, resignation. Those were the things he saw.

In times like these, it's better to arouse interest than to try to force something.

"I've looked into it all too. Even in this situation, there's a way to get this merchant guild back. Would you like to hear it?"

At those words, Heo Seongon turned his head and looked at Mok Wigun. In his eyes, a small flame of hope was burning. He hadn't wanted it to end like this either.

Heo Seongon thought for a moment and then asked.

"I'm asking just in case. Do you know the exact situation of the merchant guild right now?"

"Are you talking about how those guys embezzled the merchant guild's profits?"

The profits went to Mok Wipyong's companies, and the losses went to the Eastern Heaven Merchant Guild, which was under Mok Wigun's name.

"Yes. The Eastern Heaven Merchant Guild is just a shell now. No. I should say it's just full of debt."

So there's no point in getting it back. It will go bankrupt from struggling with debt. He laid out such a story. But in Mok Wigun's eyes, he could see it. The desire to get it back despite that.

"Can't we just undo what those guys have messed up?"

"How can that be as easy as it sounds? They'll hide it, deny it, pass it on to their underlings, and cut them off."

Heo Seongon shook his head.

"The ledgers you just saw are not the real ones either."

Those guys would never show the real ones. They might be able to get the merchant guild back, but there was no way to get back the money those guys had embezzled. Heo Seongon said so.

"Young Master. The people here are not fools either."

Mok Wigun listened quietly and then threw out a completely unexpected statement.

"What do you think will happen if we sell the merchant guild?"

"What? Sell the merchant guild? What do you mean by that?"

Heo Seongon's eyes widened.

"I'm thinking of putting the merchant guild up for sale."

At those words, Heo Seongon tilted his head. Then he suddenly stood up from his seat, muttered to himself, and paced around.

"Wait. The merchant guild is up for sale? Then the buyer's side will come for due diligence."

It's natural to inspect the goods when making a deal. That's how you can accurately know the value of the goods. After that, you decide whether to buy or not. And after deciding to buy, you negotiate the price.

"To do that, they'll have to look at the ledgers..."

Is a merchant guild something that costs a penny or two? They'll examine the ledgers so meticulously that they'll wear out.

Heo Seongon clapped his hands as if he understood and said to Mok Wigun.

"Those guys will have no choice but to show the real ledgers."

"They'll have no choice. Of course, if the other party is a place with that much power."

That's right. The reason those guys can hide the real ledgers and hold out is because they believe in Mok Wipyong's power. Even if they don't give the ledgers, Mok Wipyong or the Jang family will block it. In other words, they were still looking down on Mok Wigun.

But what if the opponent is someone Mok Wipyong can't handle?

They have no choice but to show everything. Because if they hide it and it's revealed, they won't be able to handle the aftermath.

"If that happens, we can get back what those guys embezzled somehow."

If the merchant guild is sold, those guys will have to spit out what they embezzled. And that money will come back to Mok Wigun as the sale price.

It doesn't matter even if the deal falls through and the merchant guild isn't sold. Because the contents have all been revealed, he can just get it from the other party with that. Heo Seongon was impressed.

"It's a truly exquisite method."

But soon, Heo Seongon's expression darkened.

"But there are almost no places that can buy a property of this size."

"Almost none means there are some, right?"

That's why I had asked for an investigation in advance.

"Shall we go and listen to the story together? It seems like it would be helpful to have an expert like you."

Mok Wigun stood up from his seat, and Heo Seongon followed behind him as if possessed.

* * *

The Hao Sect branch head, Magistrate Chu, had a pouty expression.

"I'm disappointed. I even told you that the regional governor would be nagging this morning."

The appointment that was scheduled for the morning was postponed to the afternoon. It was for Pyeon Jeoksu, who had been cooped up all this time.

"I'm sorry. I won't forget today's work and will repay you instead."

"Everyone says that."

But almost no one keeps their word. Magistrate Chu's expression was saying that.

"I'm a person who is clear about my debts and grudges, so you can trust me."

At that, Magistrate Chu smiled faintly and waved his hands.

"No, sir. I was just saying. I am satisfied with just strengthening my friendship with you, Young Master."

He skillfully puts you in his debt without making you feel bad. Magistrate Chu was definitely a person skilled at dealing with people. Mok Wigun suddenly had a thought. A person like Magistrate Chu, what position would he be in at Hao Sect? And how far could he go up?

As he was thinking that, he brought up the main topic.

"I've organized it focusing on places with a bit of scale."

"Only places with scale? What's the reason?"

Mok Wigun asked as he received the documents.

"Is there any reason for the Young Master to care about small places?"

Magistrate Chu quickly added.

"Of course, I have the small places organized as well, so I can give them to you if you need them."

His work was also clean. Mok Wigun immediately looked at the documents.

There were about five or six places, and two of them were marked in red.

"What does this red color mean?"

"Those two places are the most aggressive."

Mok Wigun nodded and handed the documents to Heo Seongon. He corrected his posture and began to look at the documents meticulously.

Magistrate Chu looked at Heo Seongon for a moment and then spoke to Mok Wigun.

"By the way, for what reason are you looking into merchant guilds? It doesn't seem like you're trying to pioneer a new market."

There was no way Magistrate Chu didn't know the situation of Mok Wigun and the Eastern Heaven Merchant Guild right now. In that situation, to be looking into merchant guilds that want to advance into this area? His expression was one of dying of curiosity about the real reason.

"I'm planning to put the Eastern Heaven Merchant Guild up for sale."

"Hup!"

Magistrate Chu was startled. The Eastern Heaven Merchant Guild was a large-scale merchant guild. To put such a merchant guild up for sale. This was a pretty big incident. But he thought for a moment and then smiled faintly.

"It seems you have something else in mind. I will keep what I have heard to myself."

"You'll keep it to yourself?"

"Yes. You know I'm tight-lipped, don't you?"

Mok Wigun said with a laugh.

"Then that's troublesome."

(End of Chapter)