I Became a Framed Villain

72 – Controversy

“What kind of grain is that?”

“Chairman…!”

I was quite embarrassed, but the moment I asked the chairman in a calm voice, I started hearing the trembling voice of the secretary who was pointing a gun at my temple next to me.

“What nonsense…!”

“Put the gun away.”

“Yes?”

“Don’t provoke me for nothing.”

However, the chairman gave the order in a calm voice without blinking an eye.

“But…”

“He’s not a guy who can do anything with a pistol.”

“…….”

“I don’t need an escort.”

The hesitant secretary closes her eyes at the president’s determined voice and quietly lowers the pistol she was aiming at me.

“Chairman, nothing has changed.”

“You’ve changed quite a bit.”

As I muttered while looking sideways, the chairman responded with his chin resting on his hand.

“In the past, the secretary’s arm would have been blown off.”

“What do you see me as?”

“An uncontrollable monster?”

“I didn’t know you were such a good joker.”

“Ha ha ha…”

Suddenly, the annoyance started to rise and he muttered that with a sullen look on his face.

“What’s wrong? Are you finally senile?”

“You…!”

“Secretary, you should have taken care of your mental health as well as your physical health.”

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No matter how powerful people or high-ranking heroes are, making such comments in the face of the Shinwa Group chairman would be tantamount to committing suicide.

If the person who puts the world’s financial and political world in his hands and rolls it as he pleases, if he has the power to protect it, then no one in the world can kneel before him.

“Stop laughing and tell me what you mean by what you said earlier.”

Of course, there is one exception.

“Isn’t it between us pushing and pushing like lovers?”

A person who has nothing to lose even if he dies right away. To such a person, even if the president of the Shinwa Group as well as the president of the Earth come to visit, they will just be squeamish.

‘If anything, I just need to call Kyureuk.’

If the chairman wants to do something, all he has to do is bring out the quill.

I’m not even alone, and even though I’m naked, I’m a reliable companion? There are also

If you have to, it’s enough to dress up with hypnosis and then go into battle.

“Yes, that’s right.”

But the president didn’t want to fight with me.

Well, that’s not a bad thing for me.

To be honest, I don’t know because I’ve never fought with the president, but seeing that even after most of my emotions have been removed, I can still feel his intimidation in the room, so it’s not normal after all.

“It’s my motto not to do anything you don’t understand.”

“Actually, your answer alone was enough, but if you want an explanation, I will.”

Because it was forbidden to let go of one’s guard in front of such a person, the chairman calmly opened his mouth while looking at me as he relaxed his body and created a state in which he could prepare for emergencies at any time.

“You know that all my sons have been killed or banished, right?”

“…Do you explain from there?”

For some reason, the story seems to be getting longer, so I should have just nodded right away and regret it inside, so the chairman continues the story with a voice mixed with laughter.

“It happened because most of them rebelled against me. I didn’t even know that wanting to feel like sitting on top of the world would be an immoral condition.”

“………”

“Of course I was very angry. So I trampled on them without hesitation, and after a while, I realized that only scarecrows were left around me in fear.”

I wanted to say something, but I wasn’t in the mood to do that. I wasn’t cold-blooded enough to laugh at other people’s poor family backgrounds.

“They pointed a finger at me and left. Now I have only grandchildren and grandchildren left.”

“Is that the reason for your boundless love for your grandson and granddaughter, even called your weakness?”

“That’s it.”

The chairman muttering and closing his eyes, for the first time since I’ve seen him, looked older.

“The first grandson is the world’s idiot, the second granddaughter lacks emotion, and the third granddaughter lacks ability.”

“………”

“Nevertheless, they were precious children to me.”

The chairman’s voice trembles slightly as he continues his story with his eyes closed.

“Among them, the second granddaughter was special.”

“…You mean Himari?”

“Except for the lack of emotion, everything was perfect.”

Yeah, I can’t help but talk to him about Himari. It was expected.

“That’s why I hired you.”

“………”

“I thought that with the ability you have, you might be able to imbue your granddaughter with emotions.”

“…I still vividly remember being transported to Japan as if I was almost kidnapped from the academy.”

I said it in a slightly sarcastic way, but the chairman didn’t blink an eye.

Anyway, like a crazy old man.

“And that prediction came true. A few days after I had you healed, Himari came to me and smiled for the first time in his life. How pleasant that simple expression was.”

“…Was going to give you a blank check, maybe?”

“Don’t look at me like that. You’re the weirder one for rejecting it.”

The president, who said that while clicking his tongue, continues the story in a low voice.

“As her days passed, her granddaughter’s condition improved. The emotions she expressed increased more and more, and she began to empathize, which she did not understand.”

“…….”

“Maybe it was then?”

Then, the chairman sighed quietly.

“She started liking you.”

“…You speak as if some kind of disaster has struck.”

“I’m not in the mood for a joke.”

After saying that, the chairman stared at me and opened his mouth.

“It was around that time that you told the truth about Himari’s treatment.”

“…I did.”

“Honestly, at that time, I couldn’t help but feel dizzy even as I had gone through a lot of prenatal battles.”

His expression was slightly distorted.

“The improvement in Himari’s condition is only a temporary phenomenon. If you don’t hypnotize her constantly, she is destined to slowly lose her feelings.”

“…….”

“Isn’t that cruel. If you didn’t know it at all, you wouldn’t know it, but how terrible it is to slowly lose what you know.”

The president shook his head, and his eyes darkened even more.

“For me, it was a one-shot.”

“…….”

“If you had threatened me with that, it would have been really dizzying.”

That’s right. Because without me, Himari’s feelings gradually disappeared.

In the end, I have to stay by her side, the next successor of the group, for the rest of my life.

From that moment on, Gap was me, not the chairman.

So, no matter how unreasonable he was, he would probably have listened.

“Perhaps this whole group might have fallen into your hands.”

“You’re exaggerating too much. Do you think the chairman just watched it with his eyes open?”

But that’s just an assumption. The reality is not as easy as you think.

“If you were the one I watched, it would have been possible.”

“Yes?”

“I have quite a few enemies.”

But the chairman seems to have a slightly different opinion from me.

“How many people actually noticed and approached you?”

“………”

“Including a few exiled sons, led by the eldest grandson.”

For a moment, I felt goosebumps all over my body.

How the hell does that old man know that?

“It’s not a big deal. There’s a way to see something because you’re back.”

I thought there was nothing to be surprised about anymore, but it doesn’t seem like it.

“You look quite surprised, don’t you?”

Looking at the chairman with such a dumbfounded expression, he smiled and spoke.

“But what surprised me more was me.”

“………”

“Because you gave up all those opportunities and chose to hand over your feelings permanently to her granddaughter.”

A faint smile that I had never seen before appeared on the corner of the president’s mouth.

“What did he say? Did he just say he wanted to see Himari’s smile?”

“…I don’t even remember.”

“Doesn’t my granddaughter still know that?”

And the next moment, the chairman asked with a slightly distressed expression.

“Because of your contract with me, the positions of your granddaughter and you have been reversed?”

“…….”

“Are you still unaware that it is you, not yourself, living with false emotions created by hypnosis?”

With a quiet sigh, I answered.

“I won’t divulge the secret to anyone but me and the chairman. Isn’t that the contract?”

“………..”

“In addition to that, I don’t know why the prohibition of murder was included in the article, but I’ve been keeping it well so far.”

The president’s expression gets more and more distorted.

Maybe he feels guilty?

“I thought that if Himari knew the secret, it would surely collapse.”

“…….”

“I didn’t know that the provisions put in to prevent that would lead to such a catastrophe.”

I think it must be the correct answer.

The chairman of the Shinwa Group muttered in a low voice while covering his forehead with his hand.

“My granddaughter’s choice is no longer within my control. I’m too old, and I don’t have much time to live.”

“………..”

“There is a limit to sustaining life in the treatment room. You probably won’t last less than a month.”

I don’t know what to say, so I’m just standing still, the voice of the chairman flying in.

“…That’s why I broke the contract.”

“If you unilaterally break the contract, the chairman’s soul will be collected.”

“It doesn’t matter because I’m going to die in a month.”

Muttering that, the chairman looked at me with helpless eyes.

“…If my granddaughter knew the truth even now.”

“Just thinking about it is terrifying.”

I’d rather not know is medicine. With that thought in mind, I immediately answered, and a deep sigh leaked from the chairman’s mouth.

“You know what?”

Soon, the chairman looked at me quietly and started talking.

“From the moment you offered the contract, I considered you my son.”

“Are you really senile?”

I said that while raising my eyebrows, but the chairman’s voice did not change.

“…I wanted you to be my blood, not those motherf*ckers.”

“Are you serious?”

“Coming to think of it, you were the only person I could talk to with a smile, since I was in my 20s.”

For some reason, the chairman, who had been burdened by it, began to look pitiful.

“Even people like me become emotional when it comes to dying.”

“Honestly, I’m a bit surprised.”

“It’s an old man’s last gift.”

He took out a familiar piece of paper from his bosom.

“…I have a favor for my third granddaughter. I left a will, so I’ll probably need your help.”

“Dating again?”

“I’m just asking, I never asked you to go out with me.”

Then, the chairman quietly took out a cigarette from his pocket.

– Chiik…

He puts a strong cigarette in his mouth, lights it and takes a sip of smoke.

“…The second granddaughter.”

The chairman whispered in a low voice as he brought his lighter to the paper.

“Do as you please.”

“Are you trying to arouse my sympathy?”

“Anyway, you’re quick to notice.”

He smiles at my question, looks straight at me and answers.

“It’s the last gamble that an old man kicked out into the back room can do.”

“………”

“Anyway, since I’m a grandfather.”

I couldn’t think of what to say, so I was just blankly staring into his hard eyes.

– Clap…

“This is a very tearful story.”

The secretary, who had been standing next to me until then, muttered in a chilling voice and pointed a gun at my temple again.

“…You.”

Suddenly wondering what this was all about, I glanced sideways, but soon realized.

“Who are you?”

The one who was next to me until now was not the direct assistant to the president I knew.

“You’re duller than I thought, Mr. Trauma.”

Her captivating eyes, which she could not build, and her awkward voice, which had changed for some reason, were proving that fact.

“By the way, aren’t you old enough to play with fire?”

“For some reason, he didn’t talk much.”

Did he wear a disguise? But, unless it’s Ira’s ability, such a perfect disguise would be impossible.

As she thought about that, cold sweat broke out on her forehead, so the chairman opened her mouth with her expression hardened.

“What is the 7th Juseon doing here?”

Only then did I realize the identity of the woman next to me.

“I came to destroy the impure.”

“………”

“I never expected to encounter trauma.”

And then the static began.

“…That’s just fine.”

“”……?””

When I opened my mouth in that silence, the eyes of the two focused at once.

“I’m a little hungry.”

– Kyurrr…

After saying that, my stomach began to groan quietly.