Tomb Raider King Chapter 45

The message was simple .

[Eat shit . Find someone else . ]

That was the message that Yoo Jaeha wrote .

Honestly speaking, Yoo Jaeha's heart was beating wildly .

Having the truth revealed and getting back his name and painting as an artist?

Yoo Jaeha thought about that future for a moment . Thinking about that future gave him the chills as he saw a future where he was so happy he could die without any regrets .

It was to the point that even the non-religious Yoo Jaeha was willing to stupidly choose Ju-Heon .

However, at that moment…

'Oops . '

He quickly snapped out of it and erased the message .

[Please let me know the time and place . There is something I must propose first . ]

That was indeed the case .

'Good . Did he say his name was Seo Ju-Heon? There's no reason to completely trust this bastard . '

Yoo Jaeha barely managed to be rational .

Furthermore, there was always the possibility . If it was possible for Ju-Heon to return his painting to him, Chairman Kwon might be able to do so as well .

'So, I will keep it a secret from this bastard first, and then……'

However, Ju-Heon chuckled at that moment .

“Are you done responding to Chairman Kwon?”
“Gasp!”

Yoo Jaeha's heart almost jumped out . He hid his cellphone behind him on reflex .

“R, responding to Chairman Kwon? What do you mean? I responded to my dongsaeng!”

However…

'What bullshit . '

Ju-Heon's hand moved at the speed of light . He then started to laugh in front of Yoo Jaeha .

“See, you did send it to Chairman Kwon . ”

Yoo Jaeha gasped . It was because Ju-Heon was looking at his phone while laughing .

“Crazy, when did he!”

“Hey! Give it back . ”

Yoo Jaeha then thought that his plan was ruined . Based on this bastard's attitude, he might stab him with the knife right away after seeing the message .

However, Ju-Heon who saw the message was laughing too calmly .

"A proposal for Chairman Kwon? You're going to ask him to take care of Jean Richard and reveal the truth or something?”
“……Ugh!”

Ju-Heon laughed toward the anxious Yoo Jaeha .

“Do whatever you want . You can do that if you want . ”
“……!”

'What is this bastard planning?'

Ju-Heon then threw something toward Yoo Jaeha .

[Marie Antoinette's Necklace (B-Grade:Rare-Grade/Consumable Artifact)]

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“Huh?”

It looked like a simple silver necklace . However, this was an artifact . That was why Yoo Jaeha looked toward Ju-Heon as if he didn't understand .

Ju-Heon just waved at him .

“By the way, that is a small gift from me . Use it if Chairman Kwon makes you angry when you meet . ”

'Damn it . '

There was no way he could like this bastard who was acting like he knew everything, but Yoo Jaeha grabbed the mysterious necklace and turned around .

“You! Don't regret this!”

However, Ju-Heon didn't hold him back .

Why?

It was because Ju-Heon knew Yoo Jaeha and Chairman Kwon all too well .

He could already tell what was going to happen .

“Welcome . The Chairman-nim has been looking forward to meeting you . ”

A meeting room somewhere in the middle of LA .

Chairman Kwon who had rented out an entire seminar room was waiting for Yoo Jaeha . Yoo Jaeha clenched onto the artifact Ju-Heon had given him before entering the room .

'I don't know what artifact this is, but I probably won't need to use it . '

He then walked into the seminar room to see Chairman Kwon greeting him .

"Welcome . I've been waiting for you . ”

Yoo Jaeha hesitated before starting to speak .

“I will keep it short and get right to the point . ”
“Haha, just what is it you are going to ask for that your shoulders are so stiff? Ask away . I will get you whatever you want . ”

Yoo Jaeha continued to swear internally .

'I must totally be crazy, f*cking crazy . '

Honestly speaking, he didn't know if he was doing the right thing right now .

However, he saw a small ray of hope .

Even if it was just a lie to convince himself, Yoo Jaeha's actions were set now that his heart was already beating quickly .

That was how thirsty Yoo Jaeha was already . He was not at the point where he was willing to throw away his dreams .

“Sir, you are familiar with Jean Richard?”
“Jean Richard? Are you talking about the professor at Yale University? That genius artist?”

Yoo Jaeha started to grind his teeth . However, Chairman Kwon started to laugh without knowing what was on his mind .

“I know him well . He is a world-renowned painter . His unique style of painting he revealed not too long ago has given him the title of genius painter . They said he was the second coming of Picasso . ”

'The second coming of Picasso my ass . '

“Haha, sure . I heard that he was a respected mentor for all art students . Now that I think about it, you went to Yale for art too right? Was he one of your professors?”

Yoo Jaeha started to frown and got to the point .

“Please don't say something like that . That person stole my style of painting . ”
“What?”
“He's a thief who stole my work . ”

The seminar room turned cold after that remark . Chairman Kwon had a terrible expression on his face while wondering what this punk was saying .

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'Now that I think about it, Richard's style of painting had changed too quickly . I remember he said he was going to test out an artifact……'

That was indeed the case .

Chairman Kwon and Jean Richard had known each other in secret for a long time .

That wasn't the only thing .

Richard was one of Chairman Kwon's very important business partners . He was one of the core individuals of the business Chairman Kwon has been developing in secret .

He was one of the core individuals for < Pandora > .

It would not be wrong to say that the foundation of that business would falter if Richard was not there . That was why Chairman Kwon had paid special attention to get rid of any rumors surrounding Richard .

However, Yoo Jaeha who had no way of knowing that continued to speak .

“Please reveal that man's wrongdoings . Then I will sign an exclusive contract with you . ”

Chairman Kwon started to laugh as if it was unbelievable .

'What did he just say?

Reveal Jean Richard's wrongdoings?

Is he telling me to ruin my business with my own hands?'

That was why the truth subconsciously came out .

“Are you crazy?”

He might have been honest because he had heard something so shocking .

“So you are insisting that Jean Richard is a plagiarist?”
“I am not insisting on anything, that is the truth and he is a plagiarist . I truly had my painting stolen . ”
“Ho . ”

'This crazy bastard . '

Chairman Kwon could not speak anymore .

It was difficult to find a restorer so he was going to take this punk in because he happened to be one .

He never expected this punk to be a complete nutjob and a headache .

However, Chairman Kwon started to laugh as he responded .

“I understand . I don't know the situation but I will thoroughly look into it . So please restore the artifacts first…”
“No . My conditions are that I will restore your artifacts once the truth has been revealed . ”

Yoo Jaeha was not an idiot . He needed to make the conditions clear if he did not want to be used . Chairman Kwon sighed and sent the secretary out before calling someone .

'Who is he calling?'

However, Yoo Jaeha could not help but gasp after hearing the words that came out of Chairman Kwon's mouth .

“Ah . Richard? Do you know someone named Yoo Jaeha? There's something I want to ask you . ”
“!”

That was indeed the case . He was talking to Jean Richard .

'This bastard!'

Chairman Kwon chatted with Jean Richard in French before putting the phone on speaker phone . Yoo Jaeha then started to hear him mock him in English .

[Yoo Jaeha, you retard . You should at least be smart if you have nothing . ]

[Didn't I tell you last time? You might die without anybody knowing if you keep running your mouth . ]

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[I told you to live like a damn rat if you don't want to die . Are you really that dumb? I guess being buried in the art community wasn't enough to make you come to your senses?]

Yoo Jaeha's fists started to shake after hearing Jean Richard's comments .

'This motherf*cking bastard . '

Chairman Kwon then hung up the phone and started to speak as if he had made up his mind about something .

“I tried to help you out but I guess it won't work . You just speak nonsense and talk back to me . ”

Whether the plagiarism was real or not, Richard would be buried if this information leaked . Any bad press could ruin his business .

'I can't let anything about this leak out . '

He had no way of knowing what would happen if he let this bastard go . It was better to get rid of any potential dangers completely .

Furthermore, it was obvious who he would choose if he had to choose between Yoo Jaeha who could somewhat handle a restoration artifact or Jean Richard, his friend .

'It'll be bad if Richard later found out that I hid something like this from him too . '

That was why Chairman Kwon's plan was simple .

It was submission .

He had found Yoo Jaeha's attitude that seemed to be testing the waters to be annoying anyway . Furthermore, the other person he was with before was Seo Ju-Heon .

Chairman Kwon started to grind his teeth .

“I think giving you a choice was the problem . Youngsters these days always do this when someone is nice to them . They try to be smart and take advantage of every situation . Such wicked bastards . ”

Yoo Jaeha looked toward Chairman Kwon in disbelief .

However, Chairman Kwon who could change attitudes quickly coldly continued to speak .

“Alright, take your pick . Shut up and become my restorer, or… Be sued by a world-renowned artist and become completely buried . ”
“!”

Yoo Jaeha looked at him as if he was ruined . However, Yoo Jaeha wasn't very anxious .

Why?

The witty bastard had been recording everything on his phone from the moment he came to meet with Chairman Kwon .

'It'll be bad for TKBM if I leak this recording . '

However, Chairman Kwon started to laugh after seeing him being quiet .

“Do you think you're special because you are an artifact user?”

The guards that the secretary called over soon entered the room . The guards instantly suppressed Yoo Jaeha and took away his phone that was recording the conversation .

“Hey! Let go of me!”
“A stupid dime-dozen artist dares to go against me?”

Yoo Jaeha became upset .

“What did you say? You stupid phone salesman bastard!”
“Haha . Sounds like something I've heard before . Lock him up and start with the mental training . Or we can shut you up here if you don't want to do that . ”

Yoo Jaeha started to scream as soon as he saw Chairman Kwon take out an artifact .

He didn't know what it was, but it seemed extremely dangerous .

“F*ck!”

'I might really die like this . ' Yoo Jaeha flailed as the guards slammed him down, but he could not overcome them .

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It was at that moment .

'By the way, that is a small gift from me . Use it if Chairman Kwon makes you angry when you meet . '

He suddenly recalled Ju-Heon's words . Yoo Jaeha then used the artifact Ju-Heon gave him .

However…

'Damn it, why is nothing happening?!'

Did that bastard scam him?

'This bastard, did he give me a useless item as a gift?!'

Yoo Jaeha grinded his teeth as they captured him .

'Damn it, you motherf*cking bastard!

Dream, my ass!'

He had thought he was worth something because of that bastard .

He should have just lowered his head and thought about ways to make money as he had done in the past .

It wasn't like he didn't know who he could press and who he couldn't press . Yoo Jaeha started to cry in fear .

“Aigoo! People really can't to do things they don't normally do!”

It was at that moment .

“But there are things that can change because of that as well . ”

Bang!

The seminar room's door was slammed open . Both Yoo Jaeha and Chairman Kwon became shocked after seeing who ran into the seminar room .

The person who appeared like a savior was Ju-Heon .

Chairman Kwon gasped in shock as soon as he saw Ju-Heon's face .

'How did this bastard?!

There should be guards outside to prevent Yoo Jaeha from running away!'

However, Ju-Heon who had knocked all of them out on his way here was sneering at him . Yoo Jaeha started to shout as soon as he saw Ju-Heon .

“You!”

Ju-Heon who looked at Yoo Jaeha and Chairman Kwon started to laugh as if he knew it would go down like this . Ju-Heon then calmly asked his former subordinate whom he cherished .

"Alright then, really make your decision now . Will you be that bastard's slave forever or will you become my subordinate, restore your name, and get out of here?”

'Damn it . '

Yoo Jaeha closed his eyes as if he was both relieved and angry .

This bastard really was the devil .

'The answer is obvious!'

He didn't know what this bastard was planning to do from here on, but he wasn't going to waste his time plotting things anymore .

He was the only person who was willing to help him get his painting back in the first place .

That fact alone made him very happy . Furthermore, he had no choice but to trust him in the current situation .

“Fine! You, I choose you! I'll be your exclusive subordinate! Take my kidney, my gallbladder, take everything, you bastard!”

Ju-Heon started to smile wickedly at that response .

'Punk . You should have said that from the start . Took you long enough to listen . '

That was how Yoo Jaeha became a restoration slave, no, no, once again became a member of Ju-Heon's tomb raiding team .

Ju-Heon activated an artifact at the same time .

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