Chapter 101. Information Gathering (1) (2/2)
“Get the others We’re leaving” He ordered the lastaround
“Hey, where do you think you’re going? I’ll let it go if you come here, but you’re dead if you try to run away” Seo Jun-Ho’s voice was light but it was laced with a subtle threat
“Goddaain when he realized just how badly he hadslowly toward Seo Jun-Ho
“Hurry up 3, 2, 1”
He ended up running toward Seo Jun-Ho before the countdown could reach zero
“You’re faster than your lackeys, at least How about we start with you kneeling?”
“Yes, sir” He knelt without hesitation and looked up at Seo Jun-Ho as if he aiting for the latter’s order His obedience was adorable Seo Jun-Ho smiled and called over the lackey that had held his hand up earlier
“Here” He handed hi your boss says”
“Everything?”
“What, you don’t want to? Do you wanna join your friends?”
“N-not at all! I want to do it!” The ripped the pen in a hurry
Seo Jun-Ho squatted down so that he was at eye level with Ply “It’s s that I don’t know I trust that you’ll be able to teachtirinned and patted Ply’s head Ply laughed nervously
“W-what kind of infor”
“Excuseyou know I’ll decide later what’s important or not”
“S-sir, it would takeI know”
“What are you saying?” Seo Jun-Ho tilted his head “If a few hours are not enough, then you can take the whole day And if that’s not enough either, you can just take the whole week”
“”
He had really
“The steak and soup are pretty good here”
“The tea isn’t bad either”
It was one straight to sleep His breakfast was theat the table next to hi inforoods store is worried about her stock decreasing”
“Harotten into ga up”
“The tycoon who has recently set up a shop in the city has a huge surplus…”
Ply’s left eye was dark and bruised He had gotten it when he tried to escape earlier but Seo Jun-Ho caught him
‘Hm I don’t like that he tried to run away, but he knows more than I expected’
Ply had more information than Seo Jun-Ho had hoped—infore that would cost a fortune to get frouilds
“You know…” Seo Jun-Ho spoke as he chewed on his steak “You’ve only been talking about things related to ht that you were famous around here”
“T-that’s correct They call ”[2]
“Why don’t you start telling s? I need information on the nobles around here” nobles were powerful in the Ruben Empire and if he wanted to establish connections with theet solanced at hi his voice “Actually, our job involves collecting debts and interest, or gathering protection fees”
“What the hell, you guys are loan sharks?”
Ply cleared his throat In other words, they would know nothing about s related to money?”
“Yes, but there is no one else who knows that stuff better than me I’m one of the 2 Scoundrels of Gilleon, after all” He seeely proud of that
“2 Scoundrels? Who’s the other one?”
“His name is Haus He has always been ambitious”
“Is he a loan shark too?”
“No He ht district He cheats his players and dilutes his alcohol ater He’s a horrible person”
“You’re one to talk, you’re a loan shark” Seo Jun-Ho snorted and lowered his fork “So you’re telling me that he’ll have infores private venues for nobles, he’ll definitely know ood Lead the way”
“Excuseden Lead the way”
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1 His naht that would be too distracting ☜
2 Can be read as Gold Bug It’s a pun ☜