Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Ability to Make Money (1)

The miraculous recovery of his leg! The mysterious silver hair that grew on his head .

It seemed like an unbelievable dream, but this was actually happening .

It wasn’t a dream . It was reality .

But he couldn’t just enjoy the situation . This wasn’t a miracle .

Last night, he fought against monsters in the world of Hwanmong, and dying there meant permanent death .

It was the same in the future . If he didn’t win in the world of Hwanmong then he would die immediately .

‘Win! Unconditional victory! If you don’t want to be a corpse like me…’

The corpse said .

‘He was defeated . ’

This was an important matter . Kang-jun wasn’t sure why the corpse had the mission of giving the power of Hwanmong to him . But the corpse had clearly lost . And he turned into a corpse after losing .

‘I can never become like him . ’

He needed to win . In order to do that, more strength was needed . In other words, he needed to raise his level .

‘First I need to fill the black magic energy . ’

It stated that the door to Hwanmong would open in three days . However, he never knew what could happen, so it was better to fill it as quickly as possible .

‘I should eat something before that . ’

Kang-jun grabbed a bag and chopsticks and headed to the kitchen . Kang-jun was walking to the kitchen when he suddenly turned and looked at something .

Room 413 .

The room the ratians kept pouring out of in Hwanmong . Why did they only come out from that room?

It was at that moment .

New words appeared in front of Kang-jun .

Mission 3

Turn Room 413 into a military barrack after making it your territory .

-Compensation: Experience

‘Mission!’

Kang-jun received the 3rd mission out of 100 that he needed to complete!

‘Turning a territory into barracks?’

Of course, Kang-jun was well aware of what barracks were . Barracks were places where soldiers rested . But what was this mission to turn Room 413 into a barrack?

‘Damn! How am I going to change it into a barrack?’

It would be easy once he got a contract for Room 413 . He only needed to pay money . Then it would be Kang-jun’s territory .

But this talk about barracks construction was nonsense . How was he going to turn a small room into a barrack?

‘Ah, perhaps?’

Then Kang-jun was struck by a thought .

That’s right .

The missions given were in conjunction with Hwanmong . In other words, the barrack wasn’t something he needed to worry about here and now .

All Kang-jun needed to do in reality was form a contract for Room 413! So he would be able to create a military barrack when entering Hwanmong .

It was just like Room 406 . In order to do this, Room 413 had to be empty . If someone else had a contract then he wouldn’t be able to perform the mission .

‘I should ask the manager . ’

Kang-jun immediately walked towards the room of the goshiwon manager .

‘Not here?’

The manager was absent . He must have been busy with some things .

‘I am hungry so I’ll eat first . ’

Then he would look for the manager again . Kang-jun headed towards the kitchen .

The kitchen was a joint place where people living in the goshiwon could use the sink, fridge and simple cooking appliances .

Someone else was already in the kitchen . A skinny young man in his 20s with a suspicious-looking face .

He was Kim Sang-min . Someone who worked overnight at the PC room on the 3rd floor of this building .

Kang-jun waved a bag of ramyun and said .

“Sang-min, if the water is boiling then please pour in a little more . ”

Then Sang-min asked with confusion .

“Who are you?”

He was being looked at like he was a stranger . The expression made it seem like Kang-jun was annoying him .

“What? What’s with that expression? It might be annoying but I’m only asking you to pour in more water . ”

“Why are you talking so informally?”

Sang-min had an offended expression on his face . Kang-jun was outraged .

“What? Speak informally? Why? It’s me, Lee Kang-jun . ”

Sang-min stared with a bemused expression . Then his eyes widened .

“Kang-jun hyung…? Is it really Kang-jun hyung?”

“Yes, that’s right . Did you get some sleep yesterday? How could you not know me?”

“No, is that really Hyung’s hair?”

“My hair?”

“Don’t tell me that it is a wig?”

“What is a wig?”

“Look! The wig is the reason why I didn’t recognize you . You look like a completely different person . ”

Wig on his head?

‘Ah, that’s right . ’

Sang-min’s reaction finally made sense to Kang-jun .

Kang-jun was the same Kang-jun as yesterday . He had been a cripple with a hat covering his balding head .

However, now his leg was fixed and he had silver hair so it was natural for Sang-min to not recognize him .

“Amazing! It doesn’t look like a wig . I thought you were a celebrity . Where did you buy the wig?”

“Why? Are you going to buy it?”

Kang-jun grinned . Sang-min nodded with an envious expression .

“Yes . How much did you get it for?”

“One billion . ”

“Don’t play around . One billion for a wig? And where would you get that kind of money?”

Kang-jun was staying at a 250,000 won goshiwon, so it was ridiculous that he would buy a wig for one billion won .

“Don’t believe it then . Anyway, I’m hungry so boil the water quickly . ”

“I understand . ”

Kang-jun didn’t bother saying it wasn’t a wig . People would just think he was crazy if he told them that his body was reconstructed with the power of Hwanmong . Even he wouldn’t believe it if he heard those words . It would be wiser to keep the special power to himself . Kang-jun had no intention of bragging about the power .

“Hyung, the ramyun is ready . ”

“Okay . Then I will take out the kimchi . ”

Kang-jun opened the fridge and took out the kimchi labelled with Room 406 . It was a public refrigerator so everyone needed to label their own containers .

“This! The kimchi is all gone . ”

“Then take out mine . ”

“What room number?”

“Room 412 . ”

Room 412? That was right next to Room 413 . Kang-jun turned and looked at Sang-min .

“Is Room 413 empty right now?”

He had the room next door . The goshiwon wasn’t soundproofed so noises like snoring or changing clothes could be heard .

“R-Room 413?”

Sang-min stiffened . Kang-jun nodded .

“Yes . I was wondering if it is empty right now . ”

“Do you want to move to that room? No way . Never go there . ”

“Why?”

Sang-min hesitated before saying to Kang-jun .

“There is a ghost in that room . ”

“What? A ghost?”

“The real thing . Even Manager hyung is scared to enter that room . ”

A small smile formed on Kang-jun’s face .

“Then it is empty?”

“Probably . ”