Chapter 118: Attachment Doll Park Yu-jeong tilted her head as she stared at the monitor.
Recently, the number of times her group's business ventures were mentioned on the internet had increased.
According to a report from the employee in charge of monitoring, internal company matters that no outsider should know had even surfaced on a certain community forum.
It was just a verbal spat between users, so no documents or data were leaked, but details were mentioned that couldn't be known through mere speculation—including projects that were strictly confidential.
'Based on the timing, this started after I told Seo Yeon-woo to seduce Merina Graham...'
The group owned many companies and was involved in so many diverse projects that Seo Yeon-woo wasn't the only possible lead. However, Park Yu-jeong's first prime suspects were the Grahams.
If it were the Graham family, they would have already noticed she was pulling strings to push Merina to the head of the family.
'Even though the Graham family would have wanted Merina to take power because their collateral branches have grown too vast...'
Profit is profit, and schemes are schemes.
No matter how much it benefited the family, they wouldn't tolerate an outsider's intentions interfering in their business. Ancient, prestigious families were notoriously prideful.
Thinking it was a warning from the Grahams, Park Yu-jeong ordered a full security audit of the entire group.
However, not a single suspicious lead was found. The only result of the sudden audit was the dismissal of a few high-ranking officials who had been secretly committing fraud.
"It was a bit of a fluke, but it proved helpful," the secretary said with a smile, but Park Yu-jeong's expression remained grim.
"This is no time to laugh."
"...My apologies."
"Internal affairs are being posted openly on the internet, yet you're telling me everything is fine? That means our security is full of holes, and we don't even know where they are. If this continues, some unknown culprit will just come and take whatever they want, whenever they want, like they're going shopping."
Park Yu-jeong pondered for a moment before instructing the monitoring department to focus solely on that specific community.
Then, she personally began browsing the forum, spreading "heartwarming stories" about her group.
Despite her busy schedule, she posted whenever she had a spare moment and scrutinized every single comment.
'Hooked him.'
Park Yu-jeong smirked at one particular comment.
The "heartwarming story" she had posted was publicly framed as a massive donation, but in reality, it was a specific transaction that no outsider could possibly know about.
Unless someone was intimately familiar with internal affairs—at least at the executive director level—they wouldn't know it wasn't a simple donation. Yet, the user who commented was mocking the original poster for being "clueless" and praising the group.
'Desire for attention, a sense of superiority, neurotic, yet cautious. He acts tough, but his actual life is probably quite suppressed.'
Park Yu-jeong gauged the person's personality through their arguments in the comments.
Since she was judging based on short comments, the accuracy was low, but the important thing was to determine if this was the same person who had mentioned the internal data earlier.
When the tendencies, tone, and frequently used vocabulary showed significant overlap, Park Yu-jeong intentionally began to provoke the person, starting a full-blown keyboard battle.
At first, the opponent tried to be logical, but as Park Yu-jeong kept pushing with nonsense and mockery, they grew increasingly aggressive and emotional.
Look at this forty-year-old loser, probably a jobless parasite sucking the life out of his parents.You're the jobless one. Look at how fast you're replying. Do you have nothing but time?Oh really? Hey, Masao living in City B, I can hear your parents sighing outside your door. Go fix your phone, you prick. I guess you don't have the money since you're forty and unemployed. Pathetic, you don't even have friends to call."Oh."
Park Yu-jeong let out an audible exclamation of admiration.
In her hand was a smartphone with its camera and microphone physically blocked.
Park Yu-jeong, who had been browsing the community using a burner phone, flashed a happy smile when the opponent correctly identified the owner who had lent their name for the phone's registration.
"Did you find him?"
As Park Yu-jeong turned to ask, the secretary answered immediately.
"Yes, we've tracked the location."
"Just identify him. Don't forget, I told you not to bring any electronic devices. Every record must be handwritten. It's been a while since I've seen some diligent handwriting."
"I will remind them once more."
A week later, Park Yu-jeong received the report.
"Ahaha! The handwriting is so crooked!"
"I will have them retrained."
"No, it's fine. As long as I can read it. It would hurt their feelings if you said that to someone who worked so hard. So, the person I had that soul-searching keyboard battle with is named Trevor."
Park Yu-jeong read the handwritten report with an amused expression.
The report contained everything from Trevor's past records to the results of a week-long surveillance using magic.
She had been smiling brightly, thinking the messy handwriting was actually quite charming, but her expression gradually hardened as she read further.
"...Is this for certain?"
"I can't guarantee it, but we estimate a high probability. Shall I call the team leader?"
"Yes, call him in."
Park Yu-jeong listened to the detailed account from the team leader, who had personally witnessed the investigation, before dismissing him.
The secretary grew tense seeing the Chairman, who usually wore a smile, looking so serious.
While the secretary broke into a cold sweat, Park Yu-jeong contemplated how to handle this.
Trevor's ability was incredible.
'No, it's excessively incredible.'
Magic that allows one to access the internet? Park Yu-jeong had never heard of such a thing.
Yet, he entered highly secure areas as if he were just snacking on potato chips. He accessed systems with just a click of a mouse, without using any hacking tools or writing a single line of code.
His actions, devoid of even the thought of being caught, revealed just how often he had done this.
It had the drawback of needing information on a specific target rather than being able to search as quickly as an internet search engine, but that wasn't much of a flaw since he could reach any desired destination by tracing back from a small piece of information.
"What do you think?"
At Park Yu-jeong's question, the secretary tensed up, their brain working at full capacity.
Whenever she asked such questions, she revealed an extraordinary insight that an ordinary person couldn't fathom. And the ordinary secretary, tasked with answering, was destined to give the wrong answer every time.
"Well... there were issues, but wouldn't persuading him to join us be a great asset to the group?"
"First, does our group have the power to handle this?"
"...If we can't handle it, who can?" the secretary asked back, showing pride in the group.
The group, which had grown significantly since Park Yu-jeong took over, was indeed powerful, so the secretary's pride wasn't empty arrogance.
However, this time, the opponent was too dangerous.
"Can we win against the Government?"
"..."
"Second, if we possess this power and the Government questions us, what excuse should we give?"
"..."
No matter how carefully it was used, continuous use of the ability would eventually leave traces.
There was no point in recruiting him if they weren't going to use him, and the ability was too useful to just keep tucked away. If the Government caught wind of it and applied pressure, the group might be dismantled.
"Third, what happens if the Government gets their hands on this power?"
"..."
The secretary couldn't answer this time either.
If there were a mage who could peek into data at will, no organization—not the group, not even the Graham family—could escape the Government's eyes.
If they set their minds to it, a dystopia under totalitarianism would unfold, where the Government could monitor and control every organization.
Park Yu-jeong smiled brightly at the secretary's frozen face.
"This is a power that shouldn't exist in this world."
Leaving the secretary to gulp in fear, Park Yu-jeong turned her gaze back to the report.
'The problem is...'
Seo Yeon-woo. Why was this man's name here?
There were records of two payments made to Trevor.
'The first one, based on the date, was for Yukina. They really are close. It makes me jealous.'
Park Yu-jeong felt a sense of relief as a puzzle piece that had been missing for a long time finally clicked into place.
How did he find the members of the Union that even the Government couldn't fully identify?
How did he gather criminal evidence committed by a bunch of idiots who didn't know the meaning of the word "records" and send trucks to City Hall?
Everything was explained by the payment record to Trevor on that day.
'The second one... must be for me, right? He's so cute in everything he does.'
The timing was just before he seduced Merina.
There was no way he only investigated the Graham family; he must have looked into her information as well.
Recalling Yeon-woo's face—how he looked so innocent yet didn't easily trust others—Park Yu-jeong giggled.
'I like him so much. It makes me want to torment him even more.'
If Trevor's ability became known to the Government, they would suspect everyone associated with him, and that included Yeon-woo.
She couldn't let others have a prey that was so much fun to toy with.
Seeing Park Yu-jeong lick her lips with an excited expression, the secretary turned pale and lowered their gaze.
The secretary knew from experience that whenever she made that face, she would thoroughly crush her opponent to the point where one would want to pray for their soul.
"Now then, let's just observe for a while."
"Observe... ma'am?"
"Yes, let's wait. I'm curious to see what he'll do."
Even though she had just said the power must be eliminated, the secretary obeyed the order without complaint, despite not understanding her change of heart.
The surveillance on Trevor continued, and all the information he extracted was relayed to Park Yu-jeong through monitoring magic.
Most of it was useless gossip, but occasionally he obtained information so vital that Park Yu-jeong had to fight the temptation to imprison him and use his power indefinitely.
The secretary marveled at Park Yu-jeong's foresight regarding the unexpected gains, but Yu-jeong herself was only looking forward to when Yeon-woo would visit Trevor again.
However, the wait yielded no results, and the Government eventually noticed him.
"Command, suspicious individual spotted. Moving from Zone C4 to B4."
'No, you shouldn't call him a suspicious individual. If you do that, you're essentially stating you don't know Trevor. When he gets caught later and your relationship is revealed, how will you explain yourself then?'
Hearing Yeon-woo's radio transmission during the mission, Park Yu-jeong let out a snicker.
'Is it because you're flustered? You're even cuter when you're flustered.'
As expected, she couldn't give him to anyone else.
She had to torment him and love him forever.
She couldn't let anyone snatch away this fun toy.
To do that, she had to erase his flaws. So the Government couldn't take him away.
Just like now.
"Gah...! Who, who are you?! Why are you doing this to me?!"
Trevor, who had luckily escaped the scene safely, was ambushed by Park Yu-jeong in the warehouse he intended to use as a hideout if he ever got caught.
"What? You don't know me?"
"You must be an agent from the Government! Fuck! Cough!"
"The mission ended a while ago, so I have nothing to do with the Government~"
Park Yu-jeong smiled brightly as she looked down at Trevor, who was hacking and coughing after being kicked in the stomach.
"Do you really not know me?"
"..."
"You know me. I'm the Chairman of the SA Group~ Is it because it's our first time meeting face-to-face? Do I look that different from my photos? Haven't you watched my masturbation videos a lot? I recorded them on my phone on purpose because you seemed to like that kind of thing."
Trevor's face turned deathly pale.
As if enjoying his miserable expression, Park Yu-jeong happily pulled out a dagger and pressed it against his heart.
Since his mana barrier was shattered, Trevor tried to push her away in terror, but his battered body couldn't offer any real resistance.
His face was squashed by his own frantic, flailing hands, and blood stained his body, but Park Yu-jeong didn't care and only continued to smile.
"Grab the blade. Before I just plunge it in."
Trevor couldn't refuse the command and grabbed the blade.
His hands, lacking a mana barrier, couldn't withstand the sharpness of the blade, causing him immense pain. Trevor, unable to grip it properly, looked up at Park Yu-jeong with tearful eyes.
"I-I'm sorry... I won't peek ever again. I, I can be very helpful. Isn't that why you came?"
Park Yu-jeong listened quietly, then took her hand off the dagger and straightened her posture.
Just as he was letting out a sigh of relief, her foot stepped onto the handle of the dagger.
"AAAAARGH!!"
"Hold it tight. If you let go, it's going straight into your heart."
Trevor, who couldn't even hold it properly earlier due to the pain of his hands being cut, now gripped the blade tightly, ignoring the slicing pain.
Park Yu-jeong looked down at Trevor while stepping on the dagger and said, "Do you know how much damage you've caused? Projects that shouldn't have been mentioned were leaked, and I spent hundreds of millions just cleaning that up."
"I, I can fix that! I'll give you useful information! Anything, just say the word!"
"Hmm~ Honestly, I was tempted."
While monitoring him, Park Yu-jeong had to fight the temptation several times.
With this ability, she could dominate the market and become a corporation that no one could touch.
But that would only make her the best among corporations; it wouldn't stop the physical might of the Government.
And above all...
"But there's something I want even more."
A handsome and capable man she wanted to torment relentlessly.
She was so excited to see how he would react if she pushed him that she couldn't even sleep.
Park Yu-jeong chose Yeon-woo over Trevor's ability.
To play with him for a long time, Yeon-woo had to be flawless.
If she erased these minor blemishes, he might be praised not just as one of the 12 Zodiacs, but as an even greater figure.
If she could torment Yeon-woo when he stood at a higher position than anyone else in the future...
Feeling her womb throb with excitement, Park Yu-jeong bit her lip.
Creeeeeak—
Had she spent too much time because she was overexcited?
Park Yu-jeong smiled brightly as she saw Yeon-woo appear before she could finish off Trevor.
That flustered face is just too cute.
Feeling a small climax at Yeon-woo's expression, Park Yu-jeong stepped down on the dagger.
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