Meanwhile, shortly after an enormous explosion was heard at the villa, a luxury SUV sped out and was racing toward somewhere in the distance.
-Vroooom…!
“Mr. Kim, is that true? Se-ah broke free from the mind control all by herself? And as soon as the control was lifted, her first action was… to try to kill me?!”
“Yes, absolutely, Mr. President. We found butcher knives in Young Miss’s suitcase, and even specialized cleaning equipment for covering up evidence of murder. We don’t know where she got them.”
“Ugh… Yoon Se-ah, if only that woman, Lee Seol-hwa, hadn’t left the house, that test subject would still be under our control…”
-KOOM!
His fist slammed down so hard that the car bounced, and the driver looked back at Yoon Seong-ho through the rear-view mirror with a concerned expression.
“President, please calm yourself. Fortunately, you managed to notice and prepare ahead of her ambush. With your keen foresight, we’ll certainly–”
“What’s there to be fortunate about?! All our plans have fallen apart. Now that Yoon Se-ah has broken free from the mind control, she is clearly no longer looking at me as a father. And once she leaves this house like Seol-hwa, who knows what kind of scandalous secrets she will expose!”
But Yoon Seong-ho found it impossible to calm down, as memories of losing such a nearly perfected battle wizard came rushing back.
Yoon Seol-hwa, who had legally changed her name to Lee Seol-hwa and left the house.
In the past, thanks to the experimental data from Yoon Se-ah and the exceptional corpses of various monsters, Yoon Seol-hwa was developed into a candidate for the 11th S-Rank Hero of South Korea. However…
“A-Ah, Daddy, what is this….?”
It was a mistake not locking the lab door, which led to Seol-hwa accidentally discovering all the experiments.
Yoon Se-ah, who had to be treated like an experimental rat, required heavy mind control. But for his precious daughter, Yoon Seol-hwa… The only kind of control that worked on her ended up intensifying her hatred for Yoon Se-ah, which ironically caused problems.
“How… how can you treat people so cruelly…!”
And in that moment, Seol-hwa was about to freeze everything in the lab when…
Ironically, it was only because of the deep mind control put on Yoon Se-ah that Yoon Seong-ho managed to save his life.
By threatening her that should she expose the experiments, Yoon Se-ah would be killed, Yoon Seong-ho convinced Seol-hwa to pack her bags and leave, her emotions torn between betrayal and relief.
So, they turned their sights toward Yoon Se-ah.
The mind control was simple for Yoon Seong-ho, who had the ability to hypnotize as a power. He made her a perfect puppet by intensifying the control even further, thinking that if she ever slipped from this state, he could always create a new child through different experiments.
The process they undertook was the Medusa Eye Transplantation Project.
Originally, the S-Rank monster Medusa’s eyes were intended for Yoon Seol-hwa, but Yoon Seong-ho had taken the rare specimen and painfully replaced Yoon Se-ah’s eyes instead.
To suppress her body’s natural regeneration ability, they mutilated her eyes to prevent healing.
The results were, unexpectedly, very successful.
While Yoon Se-ah didn’t gain the ability to petrify people or the Medusa’s ability to charm others, her magical power skyrocketed. That was all they needed.
As if leaving without a word, Seol-hwa had rushed off to the Academy, leaving behind a trail of chaos. In preparation for creating another subject like Yoon Se-ah, Yoon Seong-ho had begun abducting nameless orphans, conducting unethical human experiments, and escalating his concerns further.
[Yoon Se-ah]
[Seems like I’ll enter on the 24th.]
Her sudden return, accompanied by an announcement of her upgraded abilities, shocked everyone.
Even compared to Yoon Seol-hwa, who left abruptly, Yoon Se-ah showed a remarkable increase in magical power. It wasn’t long before thoughts of Seol-hwa faded completely from Yoon Seong-ho’s mind.
Yoon Seong-ho congratulated himself for purchasing expensive luxury items and a high-end car in preparation for bribing her loyalty, and now he envisioned a perfect world where he’d use her as a perfect puppet to form a new guild, which would enable him to finally deal with those who disrespected him.
-KOOM!
“Damn it! I can’t believe I’m back in this mess with that bastard!”
Not only had Yoon Se-ah broken free from the mind control, but she’d come here to kill him, a fact that utterly devastated what little mental fortitude Yoon Seong-ho had left.
“Should we call the mercenary guild?”
“No, they’ll surely demand exorbitant amounts of money. And I have no doubt they’d continue to extort us with threats of going public about this whole ordeal.”
The screen displayed Yoon Se-ah’s abilities—on par with an S-Rank hero. Eliminating someone like her wasn’t something just any mercenaries could handle. In fact, the security guards stationed at the mansion, former C- to B-Rank heroes themselves, had likely all fallen to her not long ago, given their silence after that explosion.
“That monster woman….!!”
We at least need an attack squad capable of dealing with A-Rank gateways to handle her.
“Damn it. With all the current hassle with the potion price agreements, who knows how they’ll try to leverage this request to eliminate Yoon Se-ah…!”
Recently, larger guilds began to look down on Yuseong Group, which didn’t have a guild alliance.
Back when they were a minor guild, the guild masters used to grovel on their knees asking for potions…
-Ding!
“President, it seems we’re receiving a message.”
“I can see that!”
[President Ryu Seong-ho of Na-Sun Guild]
[The prices for the potions are too high. We will not purchase if the price for upper-level potions isn’t lowered to 15 million won, intermediate-level potions to 5 million won, and lower-level potions to 500 thousand won. Mr. President Yoon Seong-ho, we will initiate a group boycott across all guilds if necessary. Of course, if you provide 10 superior-level potions free of charge exclusively to our guild…]
-KOOM!
“Ughhh!!! You useless brat!!!”
These guilds had grown powerful enough to threaten a group boycott across multiple guilds if Yuseong Group didn’t lower their potion prices.
“President… please calm yourself!”
“Shut up! This is all because of you. If you had realized the mind control was failing back then, maybe we wouldn’t be here now!”
-Punch!
“Ugh…!”
Yoon Seong-ho’s foot struck the bodyguard in the driver’s seat.
-Screeeech!
“Watch where you’re driving!”
-Punch, Punch, Punch!
“I’m sorry…!”
After repeatedly kicking the driver’s seat, Yoon Seong-ho’s anger seemed to subside slightly.
“Well, at least we made it out. Where are we going?”
“I’ve already arranged for a group capable of restraining Young Miss.”
The chauffeur handed over his smartphone, which Yoon Seong-ho quickly snatched up and examined closely. A smile stretched across his face like that of a child.
The reply on the screen offered an assassination of Yoon Se-ah in exchange for just one Superior-Level potion.
“Really? They’ll eliminate Yoon Se-ah, without demanding additional compensation?”
“Yes, they’ve only asked for one Superior-Level potion. Apparently, they have someone they desperately want to save.”
“Then send the potion immediately! Tell them to come here now!”
Yoon Seong-ho was pleased.
Of course, he was. Yoon Seong-ho had planned to contact the guild who had originally acquired the S-Rank monster’s eye, but their main motive was profit. He had been ready to accept the significant financial loss that would come with dealing with them. But now, killing Yoon Se-ah for merely the price of a single superior potion?
What a profitable deal.
“Judging by their need for potions, we may even be able to leverage this situation to control them. Driver, contact them right away. Get detailed information about the person they want to save. We need to tailor the potion’s effect so it aligns with their condition, which will give us an opportunity to control them in the future.”
“Yes sir!”
“Hmm… It’s fortunate that we made the right decision.”
After overcoming this potential crisis, some might lose focus or even pass out due to the sudden emotional exhaustion.
However, Yoon Seong-ho was a meticulous man. He kept his sharp gaze on the surrounding scenery, ensuring his attention would remain undivided until Yoon Se-ah’s threat was permanently dealt with.
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…
…
-Screech!
“We’ve arrived, President.”
“Good. Once this is handled, you’re first in line for the secretary position.”
“It’s an honor to serve you, President.”
Arriving at a quiet mountain pass, Yoon Seong-ho and the chauffeur surveyed their surroundings.
“Still… it’s getting pretty dark out here, and there aren’t any cars passing by.”
“This mountain pass sees only one or two cars daily, and it’s also a spot where accidents frequently occur. Therefore, it’s not a common place for illegal racing.”
“Perfect location for a rendezvous, isn’t it?”
With leisurely conversation, Yoon Seong-ho accepted a thermos from the chauffeur and gulped down a mouthful of water.
But likely due to the falling snow and an overwhelming sense of cold, his nerves were frayed, and he began to take his irritation out on the driver.
“Also, where are those mercenaries?!”
“Ah… They’re coming!”
The chauffeur pointed towards the oncoming headlights, and Yoon Seong-ho eagerly stepped out with a welcoming smile, ready to meet the driver.
-BANG!
“AHHHHHH!!”
Unfortunately, the window opened instead of the door, and a single bullet flew past.
“AHHHHHHHH!!!”
Amidst splattered blood, Yoon Seong-ho fell to the floor as a figure appeared before him.
“Your reaction suggests that you’ve seen something you should not have.”
Through one glowing, sinister eye…
“AHHHHHH!!! It’s YOU!!”
“Taking into account the time spent driving, it has been 1 hour 20 minutes since your last order, Father?”
It was Yoon Se-ah, i.e., none other than…
ME.
