Solo Farming In The Tower-Chapter 676: Heheh. I Raised Our Vice Chairman Myself.

[Second Access Code]

- Required to connect to [System 371].

- All three codes (1, 2, and 3) must be collected to access [System 371].

The text revealed by the <Title: One Who Gazed Upon Primordial Secrets> was disappointingly vague compared to the code’s immense value.

But—

“Hehehe.”

For Sejun, who had just taken another step closer to overthrowing [System 371], that didn’t matter.

I finally got one. Just wait, System 371.

“Well done, Vice Chairman Theo!”

There’s no way anyone but Theo could’ve found this.

Sejun praised Theo extravagantly, grinning like a villain.

Hearing Sejun’s praise—

“Puhuhut. I, Vice Chairman Theo, always do an excellent job, meow!”

Theo puffed up proudly.

Quet! Quet! Quet!

[My boyfriend is this amazing!]

Iona, equally proud, flaunted Theo’s accomplishment.

And then—

Quhehehe. Queng!

[Hehehe. Big Brother Queng is amazing, too!]

Kihihit. Squeak!

[Heehee. The Great Blackie is worthy of having such a Big Brother!]

Queng and Blackie, who saw Theo as their big brother, also joined in the boasting.

With the chain reaction of pride spreading—

Hehe. I raised our Vice Chairman Theo well.

Sejun smirked, basking in his own satisfaction.

“Meow! Chairman Park’s face is rotting! Everyone, charge, meow!”

Quet! Quet! Quet!

“Yes!”

Queng!

[It’s time to trample Dad’s face, queng!]

Squeak!

[Step on him!]

Theo, Iona, Queng, and Blackie pounced on Sejun, trampling his face, thus ending the chain of pride.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, just hold on a little longer! You’ll be good as new, meow!”

“I’m already fine!”

“No, you’re not, meow! It’s only thanks to Vice Chairman Theo’s touch, meow!”

Queng!

[Queng helped too, queng!]

Squeak!

[The Great Blackie also worked hard stomping you!]

While Sejun’s face underwent a collective “purification” through trampling—

“Ugh...”

Hett, who had undergone a mental re-education session from Blackie’s family, finally regained consciousness.

“Huh?!”

What’s this?

He noticed a paw-shaped stamp on the back of his hand.

While unconscious, Theo had stamped him, officially making him an employee of Sejun Company.

“Puhuhut. From now on, Hett is the team leader of Sejun Company’s lottery division, meow! Bring lots of lottery items!”

Theo, who had just finished fixing Sejun’s face, approached Hett and declared his new role.

For the record, the lottery division had been established by Sejun just minutes earlier, with Hett assigned as both team leader and vice leader—essentially making it a solo team.

“But... Vice Chairman Theo, I already belong to the Ritna Trading Company...”

Hett protested.

“Puhuhut. Quit, meow!”

Theo, of course, didn’t care.

“Do you even know Ritna Trading Company?! To leave, you either have to cut off both legs or pay 10 billion Tower Coins!”

Hett’s voice rose in panic.

Damn it! I should’ve never signed that contract!

As despair set in, he recalled how he’d been tricked into joining Ritna Trading Company as a child, lured by promises of wealth.

“Then I’ll resign here first!”

In a fit of frustration, Hett impulsively declared his resignation.

But—

“How dare you raise your voice in front of the Great Hybrid Chairman Park, meow?!”

Growl. Squeak!

[Grrr! Big Brother! Leave it to the Great Hybrid Blackie!]

Thud!

Instead of resigning, Hett received another round of mental re-education from Blackie’s family.

A Short While Later—

“Puhuhut. Don’t worry, Hett! Now that you’re a full-time employee of Sejun Company, we’ll protect you, meow!”

Theo reassured Hett, who had just finished Blackie’s mental re-education program.

“...But what do I do...? I’ll definitely run into Ritna Trading Company while traveling around... You’re not going to stick with me forever, are you, Vice Chairman?”

Hett nervously glanced at Theo and Blackie as he spoke.

“Nya...”

Hett’s right, meow!

Theo briefly hesitated, acknowledging the problem.

Chairman Park, help meow!

He shot Sejun a desperate SOS look.

“Hmmm. Then we’ll assign a bodyguard. Queng, have one of the Planet-Breaking Turtles provide close protection for Hett.”

After some thought, Sejun decided to give Hett an escort—though an excessive one.

No one questioned Sejun’s decision.

Queng!

[Got it, queng! Iona, Sister-in-Law, use dimensional magic for us!]

Quet! Quet! Quet!

“Yes. Power of mana...!”

With Iona’s assistance, Queng used teleportation magic to travel to the Black Queng’s Ark.

Queng!

[Unit 23, come with me, queng!]

Bokbok! Bokbok!

[It’s an honor! I’ll follow you to the ends of hell!]

Queng!

[Good, queng!]

Queng brought back Bokbok 23, one of the Planet-Breaking Turtles, and pinned it to Hett’s chest like a brooch.

Queng!

[Bokbok 23, protect this guy from now on, queng!]

Bokbok!

[Yes, sir!]

Thus, Bokbok 23 was assigned as Hett’s bodyguard.

Why do I have to guard this pathetic guy instead of fighting alongside Queng?!

Bokbok 23 wasn’t happy about its assignment but obeyed without complaint.

“Wait. What’s this tiny turtle supposed to do...?”

Hett muttered under his breath, not understanding the situation.

How dare he!!!

Ziiiing!

Bokbok 23 fired a mini destruction beam, instantly disintegrating an entire building.

“Gahhh!”

After that display of power, Hett carefully cradled Bokbok 23, treating it like a sacred treasure.

Of course, Hett also had to pay for the destroyed building.

“See you later.”

“Puhuhut. Bring lots of lottery items next time, meow!”

Sejun and his party left Hett behind and continued to their original destination—the pirate bank.

Black Tower – 99th Floor

Bzzzz. Bzzz.

[Alright, I’m off. I’ll gather lots of information.]

The Half-Spirit Poison Queen Bee, Sweetie, spoke in a determined voice while tying dozens of liquor bottles to her body with rope.

“Good luck out there.”

Bzzzz!

[Sweetie, be careful!]

Bzzzz!

[Come back safely!]

Torongi, the seventh child, and the other Poison Queen Bees bid Sweetie farewell.

[Teleporting to Hera’s Pawnshop.]

Sweetie and the liquor vanished.

“Hehe. Sweetie, welcome!”

Hera, the Merchant God, greeted Sweetie warmly.

Wow! Sejun’s liquor!

Or rather, Hera seemed more excited about the liquor Sweetie brought than about Sweetie herself.

Bzzzz. Bzzz?

[Hello, Hera. Sejun and Theo told me all about you. They said you’re so hardworking and competent.]

Sweetie spoke in a sweet, seductive tone while Hera’s eyes were glued to the liquor.

“Hehehe. Did Sejun and Theo really say that? That I’m competent?”

Bzzzz. Bzzz?

[Yes. How do you manage to be so amazing?]

Surely, they must’ve said that.

Hera was instantly flattered by Sweetie’s words.

“Hehehe. It’s a trade secret, but I’ll tell you everything, Sweetie.”

Bzzz?! Bzzzz! Bzzz...

[Really?! Tell me! But about Tartarus—]

“Heheh. About that...”

Completely disarmed, Hera began eagerly spilling secrets to Sweetie—without even drinking the liquor first.

*****

<Grondra>

Sejun and his party asked the locals for directions and finally arrived at the Pirate Bank Headquarters.

“Welcome! This is the main branch of the Pirate Bank!”

The staff greeted them politely.

But—

“Puhuhut. Hand over the money, meow!”

Sejun and his party weren’t there for peaceful business—they immediately started robbing the bank.

They had come to inquire about issuing cards, but more is always better. Since this was dirty money looted by pirates, it was probably fine to take it. Probably...

After subduing the bank guards—

Quet! Quet! Quet!

[It’s open.]

Iona used magic to unlock the vault, and they secured 1,000 trillion Tower Coins.

“Now, how do we issue new cards?”

Sejun woke up the unconscious bank manager to ask about the process. By then, Theo had already stamped the manager’s hand with his paw print.

“Card issuance? You just need to stamp the Pirate Bank mark on a card with the name engraved on it.”

The bank manager pulled out an expensive-looking seal and explained.

“Is that so?”

That’s easy. But I don’t like the design.

“Theo, your claws.”

“Puhuhut. Here they are, meow!”

Slash.

Sejun instructed Theo to extend his claws and scraped off the Pirate Bank’s mark, flattening the surface.

Scratch. Scratch.

Sejun began engraving his own name into the seal—creating the first-ever Sejun Company Card.

Normally, cards couldn’t be issued without the intricate magic circle embedded in the Pirate Bank’s original seal.

But thanks to [System SJC], which had already merged with the Pirate Bank’s system, Sejun could issue cards even with his customized nonsense seal.

“Hehehe. Done.”

Sejun admired his finished work.

“Puhuhut. I, Vice Chairman Theo, will add my mark too, meow!”

Stamp.

Theo immediately pressed his paw print onto the seal.

Queng!

Squeak!

Seeing this, Queng and Blackie quickly rushed in to add their paw prints as well.

Quet! Quet! Quet!

Iona slyly followed suit, stamping her dainty front paws within Theo’s larger print.

Now, alongside Sejun’s name, there were paw prints from Theo, Iona, and Queng.

Squeak?!

[Why isn’t the Great Blackie’s paw print showing?!]

Blackie’s strength wasn’t enough to leave a mark.

“Hold still.”

Kihihit. Squeak!

[Heehee! Butler, that tickles!]

Sejun, undeterred, held Blackie’s paw against the seal and carefully etched the print by hand.

And then—

“Bet-Bet, press your paw here for a second.”

(Bet-Bet!)

Thump.

Even the sleeping Bet-Bet had its paw stamped onto the seal.

Thus, the Sejun Company Logo (Prototype) was born.

Prototype?

Because it was only the beginning. With so many eager to stamp their paw prints, the final Sejun Company logo was bound to end up covered in an absurd number of prints.

“Now, shall we make a card for our Queng? Queng, hold it steady.”

Sejun pulled out a Kaiser’s scale and handed it to Queng.

Queng!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Queng pounded the slightly curved scale between its two front paws, hammering it flat with tremendous force.

“Vice Chairman Theo, cut this to match the other pirate cards and engrave Queng’s name.”

Sejun handed the now-flat scale to Theo, instructing him to shape it into a card.

“Puhuhut. Leave it to Vice Chairman Theo, meow!”

Focusing all his energy, Theo carefully trimmed the Kaiser’s scale into the size of a standard pirate card.

Gleaming claws.

Even for Theo, who possessed dragon claws, cutting through the incredibly tough Kaiser’s scale required a large amount of mana.

Burn brightly, meow!

What Sejun didn’t know was that his money was burning in the process to fuel Theo’s magic.

Finally, after spending an absurd amount of resources, the Black Card was complete.

Stamp.

Sejun pressed his custom seal onto the card.

[You have issued a Black Card.]

The Black Card was successfully registered.

Did it work?

Sejun checked the card’s options.

[Queng’s Black Card]

Made from the scale of the Great Black Dragon Kaiser Frittany.Linked to Queng’s Sejun Company account.Allows spending money directly from the account.

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Remaining Balance: 53,130 Tower Coins.

Credit Option Available: Yes.

Grade: Black.

Limit: None.

Issuer: Sejun Company.

My Queng saved up a lot of allowance.

...Wait, unlimited credit?!

Sejun suddenly hesitated, wondering if it was wise to entrust such a limitless card to Queng.

But—

Hehehe. With this, Queng can buy all the food it wants!

Queng’s eyes were already locked onto the Black Card, eagerly waiting for Sejun to hand it over.

“Queng, using a card is dangerous. Make sure you think carefully—three times—before using it. Got it?”

Queng! Queng!

[Got it! I’ll think three times before using it, queng!]

Sejun, with trembling hands, handed the Black Card to Queng after securing a solemn promise.

But Sejun didn’t know—

Queng always thought about food 100 times before eating anything.

Can I eat it?

Can I eat it?

Can I eat it?

Hehehe. I thought about it three times! I can use the card now, queng!

Telling Queng to think three times only unleashed the beast, not restrained it.

Sejun’s finances were now in grave danger.

Kihihit. Squeak!

[Heehee! Queng! Buy food for the Great Blackie too!]

Even Blackie joined in, threatening Sejun’s wallet.

But—

Puhuhut. Now that we’ve collected so much money, I’ll make Chairman Park’s rotten face a little less rotten, meow!

The greatest threat to Sejun’s finances was, as always, Theo.