Guide Me If You Dare novel Chapter 16

Chapter 16: DEAL WITH THE DEVIL

"I ALREADY heard what happened."

"I'm sure you already did, President Cheol," Moon Noa said while pulling out a sofa chair from his Inventory. The President was sitting behind his desk, and there was no receiving chair there. Hence, he brought out his own seat and sat there comfortably. "So, what did Bambam ask you to tell me, President?"

President Cheol Kang was only ten years older than Noa.

And yet he looks so much older than me~

Most of all, anyone could tell that the President was wearing a wig.

All that money and he can't even get a nice hair transplant...

"I don't know what you're talking about, CEO Moon," President Cheol Kang said, leaning against the chair while crossing his arms over his chest. "Guide Bambi confessed that he stole a bottle of aphrodisiac from your convenience store because he got impatient when your part-timer wouldn't sell it to him. But it seems like you're not here to complain about Guide Bambi-ssi's theft."

"It's just a bottle of aphrodisiac, so I'll let it slide. But I'm not sure if the victim would be as forgiving as I am."

"What victim?"

"Bambam used the aphrodisiac that he stole from my store to sexually assault Esper Ki Gayoon."

The President scoffed. "I don't think Esper Ki Gayoon would make a huge deal out of something so trivial."

Yes, of course.

For scumbags like this balding old man, a sexual assault between a Guide and an Esper was just a "trivial" matter.

No wonder the first generation of Guides suffered a lot in the early days.

"What?" President Cheol Kang asked nervously when Noa just kept staring at him. "Will Esper Ki Gayoon really sue Guide Bambi for sexual assault?"

"Esper Ki Gayoon is considering it quite seriously. He said that if he was going to do it, then he would make sure that the case would reach international news."

The President flinched.

Esper Ki Gayoon isn't the #1 Esper in Korea, but it's only because he often goes on a Rampage. And, globally, Esper Ki Gayoon is more popular than Esper Ryu Sungbin. In short, if Esper Ki Gayoon really sues Bambam for sexual assault, Korea would be in the spotlight.

And the attention of the entire world was the last thing someone like President Cheol Kang— someone who was deeply involved in illegal activities— would want.

"That threat won't work on me, CEO Moon."

Tsk.

"I won't allow Esper Ki Gayoon to have an exclusive Guide. The Guide-Esper ratio in our country is already low, so we can't allow an Esper to monopolize a Guide," President Cheol Kang said sternly. "Moreover, I only released Guide Noh Yuno from the Bureau because he can't guide Espers. But since he has an overflowing Mana that you can use to make those HoneyMoon Guiding Pills, I allowed him to work for you to make himself useful to the country."

Yes, that was how Noh Yuno ended up working for Noa instead of the Bureau.

We have the President's permission and the legal documents to prove it. But since the government wanted to keep it a secret, not even Bambam knew about Yuyu's status as an E-Class Guide. Only me, the President, Yuyu, and a select few knew about the contract.

"Please don't talk as if you did us a favor, sir," Noa said, smiling. "In exchange for allowing Yuyu to work for me instead of the Bureau, I agreed to sell my HoneyMoon Guiding Pills to the government at a very, very low price that I practically give them to you for free."

But the government's budget allocated to purchasing Guiding Pills to distribute to their Espers never changed.

In short, the excess funds go straight to President Cheol's pocket.

"You paid for Guide Noh Yuno's freedom, not for him to be Esper Ki Gayoon's exclusive Guide, CEO Moon."

"The reconstruction fees for the Blue House and the Namsan Tower..."

As expected, the President's ears perked up.

Espers who accidentally destroy properties during their Rampage are exempt from paying for the damages since it's not something they can control. Since Esper Ki Gayoon lied about going through a Rampage, he's not obliged to fix the Center. So, right now, Esper Ki Gayoon looks like he's being generous.

I thought President Choi would forbid Yuyu and Esper Ki Gayoon from Imprinting.

That sounds like something Bambam would come up with.

I'm sure Yuyu won't mind anyway~