Chapter 60: Past Life Returner Chapter 60 \nChapter 60\n
I could not help but think of the past as I stared at Yeonhee Woo lying unconscious. I thought I could not forget the youngsters who died in vain, but their faces were not as clear as I wished now. Time had passed, and I could hardly remember the voices that had called out to me.
“Guild Leader! An S class dungeon has appeared in Hong Kong!”
I had put in much effort to turn them into survivors and had worked especially hard on one of them, the one with the most luck. I smoked a cigarette, which was the first one I had since coming back. I heard Yeonhee Woo’s moans as I blew out smoke through the opened window.
“Don’t move. You have to lie down for at least a week.”
“I should have gone to the hospital if I knew my body would end up like this.”
Yeonhee Woo’s face darkened with a moan as she discovered that she had on completely new clothes including underwear. She did not speak for a while but turned her gaze on the IV attached to her arm.
“You really can do anything.”
It was a non-opiate analgesic, as I could not get her addicted to painkillers.
“Am I slowing you down?”
“There’s a lot to do other than dungeons. Just get well.”
“I saw the computers over there, along with the whiteboard and the bulletins. They’re used for trading stocks, right?”
“Are you interested?”
“I’m rich now, thanks to someone.”
Yeonhee Woo smiled faintly as she spoke.
“What’s your relationship with him? He was friendly and worried about you.”\n
“You may think yourself healed due to the painkillers but sleep now.”
“I want to, but I’m worried. I have too much money.”
“Where did you put it?”
“I put the bags in my closet. You said I shouldn’t put it into a bank, and I’m worried if I get robbed. I want to check now if I can.”
“…Just place the money in the bank then. It was only a possibility I mentioned.”
“I’m like this now. Can you help me?”
Yeonhee Woo lifted her arm with the IV needle.
“Quests give me points, but…”
I turned my back.
“Do you know where I live? The keys will be in the car…”
Yeonhee Woo continued to explain behind my back.
What she had feared had not happened, as her apartment was the same as it had been two days ago. I brought in the bags containing her clothes, underwear, and cosmetics.
“Thank you.”
Yeonhee Woo had unrolled the bandages on her stomach, and while she seemed a bit embarrassed, she was more surprised.
“It’s healing by a bit.”\n“Stay here until you’re fully healed. Tell your family, so they won’t worry.”
“You don’t need to worry about that.”
Yeonhee Woo spoke it was nothing, but I knew the reason for that fleeting bitter smile.
“Are you helping him out?”
She was talking about Jonathan again, and she seemed to have decided on an answer as she looked at me the same way Jonathan did.
“I don’t know what to do with the money.”
“The interest is 17% if you put it into a bank.”
Yeonhee Woo would not know how amazing that number is, as a two-digit interest rate was considered the norm in the era right before the IMF. So, the public placed money in the banks to gain profit, which would be impossible in the future.
“You’re talking about money?! While we’re preparing to risk our lives in dungeons?!”
“Dungeons won’t feed me. I need time to plan and money to achieve my projects.”
Yeonhee Woo smiled and then grimaced from the pain, and I let myself smile a bit. I was opening up a bit to her, as she was following my orders better than I expected. She began to accept herself as an Awakened, and while her mental and physical capacities were lower since neither of us have taken the Trial Tests, it may be a plus for me. I could show her my back and not have to worry she would betray me.
“Don’t touch stocks. Go to sleep.”
***
A female pro golfer from Korea had become an American LPGA champion, and on the same day, Yeonhee Woo could move around again.
Yeonhee Woo was exclaiming while we saw the same scene on the new television set in her apartment. She was looking at the final putt that decided the win, but I was looking at the sponsor logo on her cap.
\n“I know. I’m Jonathan.”
“Congratulations, I heard about Onider. You will be our competitor soon, and how do you like it?”
“It’s amazing.”
“Are you buying too? A chance like this would never come again.”
“I’m shopping now.”
Jonathan held his sample report, which Silverman Sox had handed out to the participants. It also held stickers with a name, and the red ones meant VIP level. Jonathan’s sticker was red.
“You can see that this event is a success, as Russia will gain breathing room. You should hurry before all the bonds are sold since there is not much left.”
The man left, and Jonathan smirked mentally.
‘Does Silverman really believe that Russia won’t go down? How much are they receiving to help maintain this pretense? Laugh while you can, since you’ll be bankrupt soon.’
Jonathan smiled since he had also thought that Russia would not go down until recently, after talking to Sun. It was then Jonathan’s eyes widened as he found the person he was looking for.
He had not come here for only Russian bonds, and he had taken this long flight due to Sunhoo’s advice that had been included in his notes. Jonathan straightened his clothes and approached him. He had learned simple Russian despite his busy schedule for this day.
“Hello, are you Vladimir, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office?”