Chapter 121: Affection is thicker than blood 2 (1/2)
Ju-Heon's eyes shined viciously.
‘Who do they think they’re trying to rip off?’
Ju-Heon could not hold back during this ridiculous situation any longer.
Inspector Kim seemed to have faced a shocking situation a month ago. He was preparing dinner when his 20 pyeong house suddenly turned into a low-grade tomb.
It was just a lowly level 1, Grade tomb. It was the lowest-grade tomb so that rather than the entire area turning into a dungeon, it only turned a wall or a portion of the floor into a tomb, making it possible to continue with everyday life.
‘Even a layperson would be able to easily clear it.’
That was how not dangerous level 1 tombs were said to be.
In simple terms, it would be as if there was a fire, but it was small enough to put out with a fire extinguisher.
However…
[In Korea, anybody without permission cannot possess or gather artifacts or enter tombs.]
Whether this was an order from Pandora or the Korean government did it on their own, civilians were not even allowed to clear tombs.
But when did things go as planned in the world?
[#&$*#!]
What a cute kid! How cute! Cry some more! Cry!
The artifact pulled at the infant’s hair and tormented(?) it, and the shocked Irene and Eun Ji-Yoon went nuts.
‘Doh Yoon!’
Inspector Kim ended up grabbing anything he could grab, which happened to be the head of napa cabbage kimchi his wife was cutting, and slapped the artifact’s face.
Then the artifact went, ‘waaah, it’s spicy! Spicy! Human food is too spicy!’
And then the tomb was cleared.
That possession-type artifact then attached itself to one of Inspector Kim’s faucets.
This artifact was one that poured out gold instead of water.
‘But a fine?’
Are they shitting him or something?
Of course, he understood the reasoning behind it. Artifacts were a type of disaster. They were things that made the human society chaotic, regardless of whether they seemed like trivial jokes or terrible grand disasters.
‘That’s why they could make a law for people’s safety.’
The problem was that it was obvious that wasn’t the goal of this law.
Ju-Heon started to launch his attack.
”What did you just say? Illegal tomb infiltration? Illegal excavation? Failure to report? Illegal usage?”
The employee looked down at the document and triumphantly started to smile.
“Yes sir, anybody under Grade 5 public servant is restricted. They cannot get close to tombs or artifacts.”
“Even cops who have to protect the safety of the citizens?”
The employee fearlessly started to sneer.
“Ah, Mr. Kim Gun Woo is an inspector. It is different based on the situation for inspectors, but……”
The employee mumbled as if he wanted Mrs. Kim to hear him.
“That’s why they should have cooperated while we were being nice…”
Ju-Heon started to smirk after hearing that.
‘Just as I expected. It’s obvious he’s been marked by the people above him.’
He knew something seemed odd. That stupid hyung of his was a single-minded simpleton and seemed to have gotten on some of his superiors’ bad sides.
‘That’s the reason I like him though.’
On the other hand, the employee tapped the faucet with the document and started to speak.
”Anyway, if it continues like this, Mr. Kim Gun Woo will…”
But the Pandora employee who was blabbing suddenly fell down.
“Aaaaaaaaah!”
It was because Ju-Heon had coolly kicked the employee’s leg.
Boom!
“Ow, what the hell did you do that for?!”
However, it didn't end there.
“Damn it, my arm, my arm!”
Ju-Heon had twisted the employee’s arm back as if he was suppressing a criminal.
He wasn’t even pressing very hard, but the employee who didn’t know anything about fighting felt as if he would die from the pain.
“Aaaaah! Let go of me! Who the hell are you?! I'll get you arrested!”
“Do whatever you want. You stupid idiot.”
“Aaaaah! “Damn it! Let go of me! It’s for the safety of the civilians. What’s your problem?!”
“Shut up. Instead of teaching people how to use the fire extinguisher, you bastards are just plotting to gobble up the artifacts for yourselves.”
The employee flinched before he started to shout.
“Whatever, civilians should just not touch artifacts! All they have to do is shut up and report it to Pandora! You got that?! They just need to wait until the special team arrives!”
“Oh is that so? Okay.”
But as Ju-Heon easily accepted what the employee said…
Flash!
There was a spark and the employee's clothes caught on fire.
The employee foamed at the mouth and shouted in shock.
“W, what the? What is this?! Fire? Fire! Why did a fire suddenly appear?!”
Why else?
[#$#&!]
Haha! Let everything burn! Human! Burn!
The thing going wild was none other than Ju-Heon's artifact.
The flint shaped artifact was jumping up and down on the sink in joy. The employee who was rolling on the ground opened his eyes wide.
“T, that’s definitely an artifact!”
It seemed to be a new type of artifact, but he didn’t have time to think about that.
“Ah, it’s hot! Water, water!”
The employee urgently turned the faucet. He then poured the gold water on his body.
However…
“Aaaaaah!”
The gold water turned into oil, probably because it was used by someone other than its master.
The small fire now turned into something that covered the employee's whole back.
“Ahhh! Please, please give me some water! Please put it out!”
Ju-Heon calmly started to speak.
“Then tell me Pandora’s phone number.”
“What?!”
”What’s wrong? I thought you said civilians are not allowed to touch artifacts. I think we need to report it to Pandora and wait until the special team shows up.”
The employee wanted to swear.
‘This bastard!’
But Ju-Heon just ripped the documents the employee had been holding.
Riiiiiiiip!
“!”
Ju-Heon then started to speak as if he found it all to be ridiculous.
“Now do you get it? Do you understand how shitty the things you guys are shoving at people are?”
The employee gulped while watching Ju-Heon but urgently started to shout.
“Yes, yes sir! I understand! I completely understand! I apologize! I'm really sorry! So, please!”
At that moment… The employee's jaw dropped the moment Ju-Heon snapped his finger.
His body that had been burning turned to normal as if it had never been burning in the first place.
It wasn’t hot and it didn’t hurt at all either.
‘Why?'
The people around him started to whisper as if to answer his question.
”Why is this person suddenly screaming?”
“He's acting like an idiot.”
“!”
Indeed.
His body had been fine the whole time.
His senses were just dominated to think that the fire illusion the artifact made him saw was real!
The artifact he had thought was a flint turned into the shape of a Sansevieria.
‘Was it an illusion-type artifact…?!’
Ju-Heon smiled and reached his hand out toward the embarrassed employee.
“Enough, now it's time for you to hand it over. The artifact usage tax.”