He answered the phone, forcing his churning stomach to settle.
“Yes, Father.”
— Jurim, where are you?
“Ah… I’m nearby, so there’s no need to worry…”
— Gwandpa, Groo wants to talk to Daddy too.
— Yes, come here.
“Groo?”
— Yeaah. Daddy, hurry and come home!!
“Why aren’t you asleep?”
— The light was going blinky-blinky, so I couldn’t read my book. It got all dark.
“It won’t do that anymore.”
— Why? Why won’t it?
“Because Daddy heard Groo’s voice.”
— Blinky-blinky, Daddy did that?
“Mmm, I suppose that’s what happened?”
Groo giggled as if she had heard a funny joke.
He clamped his mouth shut, unwilling to miss a single note of the child’s laughter.
Truly absurd, yet with just one burst of the child’s laughter, his agitated heart calmed in an instant.
“Dad will be right there. Groo, go to sleep.”
— Umm, I can not sleep and wait for you too, Daddy….
— Groo, let’s sleep. Now Grandpa will read you the book. Your father is really no good, isn’t he?
When On Su-hyung gently stoked his competitive spirit, Jurim immediately rose to his feet.
“Dad will come read you the book right now. Wait for me.”
— There’s no need to rush. I will read Groo her book.
— But Gwandpa can read it to me though.
“Really? But Dad reads better than Grandpa?”
— How amusing. Surely that’s not the case?
— Reaally?
“Really. I’ll come show you right now.”
— Not a word of your father’s is trustworthy. I’m hanging up now, Jurim. Come slowly.
“Father, Father! Don’t hang up!”
Jurim hastily continued speaking.
His steps toward the child quickened.
Warm light leaked from beyond the phone screen.
The master of the 99th floor remained seated in place, staring blankly at him as he left.
The man’s retreating figure was disappearing amid the city nightscape.
As promised, the lights would no longer flicker now.
The deep footprint left where Jurim had stood remained for a long time on the snowfield where time had stopped.
What is it that can quell seething rage in an instant?
What is it that transforms steps heavy with despair light as feathers?
The master of the 99th floor still does not know.
*
[(Breaking) Doan secures management rights to SSPED with 59.2% stake]
[Doan, crowned largest shareholder, toys with SSPED Korea relocation card]
[(Exclusive) Amakusa Kazuki acquires Korean citizenship]
[Amakusa: “I decided to naturalize because I believe there is much to learn in Korea.”]
[Amakusa Kazuki heading to Korea, will competition between guilds to recruit him begin in earnest?]
[Prime Minister Takahashi achieves lowest approval rating in history… ‘plummeting’ to 4%]
*
[Title: (Today’s News) Doan, having swallowed SSPED, establishes new subsidiary]
They say the CEO is a sham lol
Doan is hitting 300k today
Loyalty loyalty ^^7
[Comments]
- Is this for real????
They say Doan alone holds 59% of the shares now
Didn’t they just buy 10% yesterday?
There’s a founding majority shareholder of SSPED, and rumors are going around that they secretly transferred their stake to Doan
They wouldn’t have given it for free. What money was used to buy it? Without anyone knowing?
That’s the skill
He sold his son too, so he must have stacked up quite a bit, right? lol
Here we go again with the “sold his son” conspiracy theory
[Title: What do I do with SSPED stock,, will it get delisted?]
lol I put 300 mil into SSPED
What do I even tell my wife… *sigh*
[Comments]
- Traitor cut (image of tearing the Rising Sun flag)
- That’s why you should’ve been patriotic with domestic stocks zz. I told you five hundred times that this is the period when Ungnyeo’s luck is flooding into the Republic of Korea
Patriotic fortune teller 1 win
- With that level of judgment, let your wife go
[Title: Only inferior commoners are buying Doan stock now]
How much can you gain getting on Doan now?
Low-T man: (gets in at 290k) Let’s go Doan to 300k~
High-T man: CEO is a sham… undercooked bear… Bear Brand…?
Going all-in on Daehan Flour Mills (Bear Brand company)
(image of buying Daehan Flour Mills stock)
[Comments]
- Holy shit this high-T guy is a domestic stock genius lolololol
- Let’s go Daehan Flour Mills~~~
- Bear Brand for real lolol true heart of a beast lolololol
[Title: (Analysis) Doan is only full of positive catalysts going forward]
Doan installed a figurehead chairman and a sham CEO.
Plus Amakusa’s naturalization is still on the table.
He’ll probably be an advisor or something in this new subsidiary.
Doan is Jurim-hyung’s dad’s company, damn.
A collaboration between a sham CEO, Amakusa, and SSPED?
Don’t you hear something big coming?
Doan is really at its floor right now.
[Comments]
- If you’re a patriotic ant, let’s go Doan~~~
- Really, if you’re Korean, buy Doan
- Yeah, gather a super lineup and it’s a water rocket, ffft~
Mr. Takahashi Norio, with your 4% approval rating, you can’t do this here
lolololololol how is your approval rating 4% lolololol
[Title: But why did Amakusa suddenly naturalize?]
Do people usually leave their country just because they fought with the Prime Minister?
It didn’t even look like he struck an amazing deal in Korea.
[Comments]
- He met Groo, Groo (photo of Kazuki, Jurim, and Groo talking at Yeonhamsa)
What did Groo do?
Amakusa Kazuki visits Korea -> meets Groo (the only S-rank drug permitted by the state) -> situation ‘over’
Over, acknowledged lololololololol
It has… persuasive power!
- It was Heonbong who told Groo to bring Amakusa, or was it me who said it?… Groo, are you watching?
Crazy bastard lolololololol
Groo: I made it come true.
Thank you, thank you.
F*ck lolololololololol
- At this point shouldn’t Groo become President? She’ll probably gather all S-ranks lolol
Please, Korea is in your hands. The Great Groo
S-rank human magnet God Groo
I really want to see Groo just once. What’s Groo up to now?
Checked Blah Blah and apparently she got a new bike lolol
What? lolololol
[Title: Cheerful Hyeonak status update lolololol]
(photo of the guild master’s office with a sign reading 20km)
Speed limit sign appeared
(photo of Groo on her bicycle getting pulled over by Jurim)
1. Amakusa made Groo a 20 billion won tricycle with a dragon head.
2. With strength buffs and boosters attached, it’s very fast (for a tricycle)
3. Fear of accidents led to a 20km speed limit inside the company.
[Comments]
- Crazy cute lolololol
- lolololol why did Hyeonak become cute
- Ppojjakie saves even Hyeonak lolololol
- A 20 billion won tricycle, that’s a whole different world lolol
Oh, since it’s the Amakusa brand, there’s even more of a premium~~
- That’s the life of a 5-year-old celeb…?
- I want to ride a 20 billion won tricycle and get pulled over for speeding too.
Agreed lolololol