Chapter 235

235 Choice

[A blitz tax investigation on K-edu started this afternoon. This investigation is part of the liquidation work of the National Tax Service’s extrinsic tax investigation that took place during the last national audit. ]

The empire was falling apart.

In just a few days, those who had no hands or feet disappeared one by one, and those who were standing in line to lick their feet were running to bite them.

It was a tragic downfall.

As if ridiculing the personal, academic, and blood ties he had built up for decades, a huge wave was coming over him.

Ho-beom Kim, who was quietly looking at the TV screen, threw the glass he was holding in his hand.

OK.

Wow!

Drops of amber whiskey crumbled to pieces and fell to the floor.

Why did things happen like this?

Why is his empire crumbling in vain?

Who really destroyed my empire?

He pondered and pondered.

And as a result of worrying over and over again, he was able to come to one conclusion.

His empire that seemed only perfect, the person who destroyed his K-edu. That person is…

Joon-Young Kim.

It was all the fault of that cheeky guy who raised his head proudly in front of him, and climbed up no matter how high a cliff he dropped.

If it wasn’t for him, if he hadn’t appeared in front of him, there would be no reason for him to suffer from drinking alone like he is now, or for his K-edu to collapse with each other.

Moment.

“nice… .”

Kim Ho-beom raised his hand and grabbed the air.

Then, as if there was Kim Jun-young in front of him, he started pouring out intense anger with a red-hot face.

“Because of you… .”

He gripped the air as strongly as if he were grabbing Kim Jun-young’s neck, and stared into the air with his burning eyes.

“Even without you… Even if it wasn’t for you… .”

However, no matter how strongly he gripped the air, no matter how fiercely he stared at him, Jun-young Kim’s smiling face did not disappear.

No, the more it happened, the more Kim Jun-young’s face became clearer.

“flaw… damn… .”

after a while.

Ho-beom Kim, who poured all his strength into the fight against his fantasy, sat down as if he was about to collapse.

“haha… Hahaha… under.”

He let out a mad laugh and looked down at his hands.

Then, without elasticity, the sagging flesh and soft muscles.

A feeble hand that could no longer grab his opponent’s neck came into his eyes.

Noh (老虎).

Originally, it was ‘Old but a Tiger’.

But now, ‘I am a tiger but I am old’

“… … .”

With a bitter smile on his lips, he slowly raised his hands and covered his face.

As the cold skin touched his face, his hot head cooled down slowly.

If you think about it, there was a time when he also dreamed like Kim Jun-young.It was a long time ago, but there was also a time when he had a big dream and tried to burn everything and change the reality.

But reality was huge and terrifying.

No matter how hard he struggled to change reality, no matter how mad he screamed, reality did not change.

No, the more he struggled and shouted out loud, the harder he moved, the more he only squeezed and pushed him.

Because of this, he soon gave up on changing his world and began to immerse himself in building his own castle.

It was because he thought that if he could not overcome reality, if he could not change reality, then the only solution was to compromise with reality and create his own world.

‘In this place, I can do everything I want.’

But now it’s all over.

The high castle he had built up and the people in it were all crumbling like a handful of sand and falling out of his hands.

He sharpened his teeth.

‘Yeah, it would be comfortable if we all gave up.’

But he couldn’t give up. Giving up is a weak emotion suitable only for herbivores, and he had never felt such a feeling before.

If he just gives up like this, if he doesn’t make any choices and gets frustrated, if that’s the case.

It was clear that the K-edu he had dedicated his life to would also be ripped to shreds by the teeth of hungry bastards.



‘It’s just not possible.’

It was an ending he never wanted to see as he had been making K-edu all his life.

Because of this, he began to move his aging head to protect his K-edu, or more precisely, his life and ideas.

‘The government has already cut the line. So, should I look into the school association? No, it’s going to be difficult because the people of the association are also being attacked here and there. yes then… .’

But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t think of a good way.

‘What do we do? What should I do? Should I just give up like this? No, I can’t. i wasn’t wrong So, it’s impossible to give up on everything now. At least he… Kim Jun-young, only him… .’

But then, an idea ran through his mind.

‘Yeah, if that’s the way… ’

He put a contemplative smile on his lips.

Joon-Young Kim. He thought of a way to kill him.

“The revenge of a gentleman is not too late even after 10 years have passed. no! Even after a hundred years!”

If this method were successful, it was clear that even this terrible humiliation could be repaid.

‘great. Unconditional success.’

Park Ho-beom, who had made up his mind, heard the phone call.

Then, in an unfamiliar form, he pushed the button and left.

after a while.

Tour-r-tour-

After a few ringback tones and passing.

click-

The phone is connected.

Kim Ho-beom, holding his handset and holding his breath, slowly opened his mouth.

“… Representative Kim. I am Ho-beom Kim.”

* * * *

“Are you serious about that now?”

When I asked in a surprised voice, Kim Ho-beom showed a creepy smile with strange heat in his eyes.

“Of course I’m serious. If only you accept it, we are ready to put it into action right now, so make a decision with confidence.”

I couldn’t keep up with his strange words.

Because the weight of the offer he had just thrown at me was too heavy.

“… … .”

This afternoon, Hobeom Kim called me.

‘CEO Kim. I am Hobeom Kim. I’m sorry, but I have to take some time today.’

He called and invited me to take some time because he had something to tell me.

Of course, if it were normal, I would have hung up the phone right away without asking or questioning, let alone taking the time…

The moment I listened to his continued words, I had no choice but to press down the words that came up to the end of my neck.

‘… I’m begging you.’

It was a word he never thought would ever come out of his mouth.

So I had no choice but to accept his invitation.

‘all right. Then, let’s see you this afternoon.’

Well, it was a request from someone who had lived twice my age, and I also wondered why he invited me.

However?

Afraid of getting to my appointment, he threw me a huge offer.

That’s right…

‘Take care of K-edu.’

It was about what it would be like to promote the merger of K-edu and hermit crab, or to be more precise, the hermit crab academy wanted to absorb and unify K-edu.

For a moment, I was stunned.

It was because, up until the first time I heard his invitation, I could only say that I had to take a peek.

‘This is a bit surprising… .’

I shook my head and looked at Kim Ho-beom.

Then the figure of Kim Ho-beom, who was smiling like never before, caught my eye.

‘Who would nod their head when they say something like that with that kind of expression?’

I sighed and slowly opened my mouth.

“I think it’s a bit sudden.”

“Don’t do anything. But you know best, don’t you? If K-edu and hermit crab work together, the things you told me will be able to proceed more easily.”

At his words, I nodded.

Obviously, as he said, if K-edu and hermit crab academy join forces, the largest private education dinosaur in history will be born. Naturally, the normalization of education that I was promoting was also able to gain momentum.

‘Because the weight of the horse will change.’

But while he and I had just been aiming for each other’s necks. It was an opponent who was trying all sorts of ways to overthrow the opponent.

So, no matter how sweet and suggestive he was, I couldn’t accept his offer.

‘I don’t know what the plot is… .’

However? Kim Ho-beom, who was looking at my face, whether he had even read my expression, suddenly started to burst into madness.

“Kah ha ha! I know what you’re worried about. Maybe that’s what bothers me because I don’t have any other ideas.”

I nodded.

“To put it bluntly… . Yes. That’s right. We haven’t been very good until now, have we?”

Then, Kim Ho-beom’s smile grew even deeper.

“You. Do you think this is a good offer now?”

“… Yes?”

I put on a bewildered expression.

No, then K-edu without any enuri, cleanly. I’m going to hand it over to you without any regrets, but wouldn’t it be good?

With a market capitalization of 300 billion won, 500 affiliated academies, and 10,000 people working under the name of K-Edu, it’s almost like eating this huge company for free, isn’t it?

‘Even if it’s something parents give to their children, it’s impossible to achieve such a full-fledged succession.’

Because of that, I couldn’t understand his proposal even more.Because I remembered him looking at me as if he was going to kill me just a while ago.

I opened my mouth slowly, looking at him with a puzzled expression on his face.

“… I don’t understand at all. Why the hell are you making this offer to me? To be honest, I think a lot of people would want to take over.”

Then he shook his head with a determined expression.

“… I can’t hand over the K-edu that I’ve been cultivating all my life to. At least I’d rather get rid of it unless it’s someone I can accept.”

“No, are you saying I’m fine? Were you so vehemently opposed to my education policy?”

Then he makes a face like a full-fledged tiger.

“Of course it’s not okay. You are by far the worst.”

“… Yes?”

I looked at him puzzled by his words, and he looked at me with gleaming eyes.

Looking at his gleaming eyes, he could see the shadow of a monster lurking inside him.

“You will inevitably perish.”

His mouth didn’t move for a moment at his words, which even felt like madness.

Hobeom Kim continued his words in a strong tone.

“You are not going to destroy yourself, but you will ruin the future of millions of boys and girls, and even the future of this country and Korea.”

???

I was genuinely perplexed.

‘No, what are you talking about?’

I stare blankly at him for a moment, and he makes a happy expression.

“It’s a fortress I’ve built all my life. The reason I am passing this on to you without a drop of blood is because I do not doubt that you will be destroyed unconditionally in 10 or 100 years.”

“… … .”

“If you don’t have the power of my K-edu, you will be bitten by a lot of miscellaneous things in the future, and your wings and neck will be forcibly broken. When that time comes, Lee Sang-eun will lament that he was noble but lacked strength. You son of a disgusting hypocrite.”

“… … .”

He looked at me with malicious eyes.

“But if I had my K-edu, I wouldn’t be able to give such a sloppy excuse. Because the only reason you are going to fail is because your thinking is wrong. And the damage caused by it will be suffered by all of the people of Korea! Just the sin of playing with your fancy delusions!”

Education is one hundred years old.

If one policy goes wrong, the repercussions last a hundred years.

And because of that, tears of blood flow from the eyes of tens of thousands of people, and they spend their whole lives cursing their lives, society, and humans.

As soon as I realized that fact, I got chills down my spine.

Now I see that Ho-beom Kim was trying to put a heavy iron stake in my chest that I could not pull out for the rest of my life.

I looked at him with a firm expression.

OK.

“Hi-Hi… hee hee hee… … .”

Kim Ho-beom suddenly started laughing like a sincere person.

A few drops of saliva flowed from the corners of his mouth, along with blood foam, and strange heat rose from his body.

“cancer… I can’t give you… For the incompetent nerds… I can’t hand it over… only you… The one who can feel my heart… You can’t help but feel… If you can’t feel it before… You will feel it even in the grave… that i was right… And you’re wrong… maybe… for a lifetime… across… You will regret… .”

full power.

It was a sword that a person who had lived his whole life as a king put all of his power down.

As if there was no second time, he burned all his life and threw one final blow at me.

But.

“That’s Okay.”

I diddge that last blow so easily that it was futile.

“I don’t buy it.”

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