Accidentally Becoming a Great Prophet?!

The first thing Hatieri handed over, with a smile that showed his confident attitude and looked ominous to me, was a piece of paper.
…Damn, is this another paper containing some devilish document?
“That… It’s not really a gift, more like a souvenir? Don’t you like this club? It has a lot of customers.”
“Uh… It certainly does have a lot of customers.”
But if you ask if I like it… Clubs seem too chaotic for me.
“Hehe, then that’s fine! That’s a document stating that the owner of this place is transferring this club to you. Of course, our teacher can’t directly manage such an unimpressive club… Our teacher just needs to own it and take half the profits. The people who were running it before will take care of the management.”
“Y-you’re giving me this place…?!”
It’s a thought I always have, but… superhumans are, how should I put it… on a different scale. Especially S-ranks…
Who would give away a whole club as a souvenir? Moreover, this probably wasn’t even Hatieri’s property originally…
“This is the bank account where the profits from this place will steadily accumulate, so take this too… Hey! Come in!”
After handing me the document and a bank account, Hatieri snapped his fingers and someone opened the door and came in from outside.
It was big, rough-looking club guards in suits and… a man with a gold necklace whose face was quite messed up… The man with the gold necklace had swollen eyes and seemed to have had a nosebleed, as if he had been beaten up somewhere, and was blocking his nose with a tissue.
“Greet him. This is our teacher, your new boss.”
“I-it’s an honor to meet you, big brother!!”
“I heard you’re an executive of Vargfang… We’ll work hard on management and send money well… We’ll serve you with true sincerity, so please let us live with our limbs intact… Kuhuk…!!”
No, what kind of situation is this…?!
While I was just blinking, wondering what was going on, Hatieri, who seemed satisfied, leaned in close to me and said,
“I gave them some education in advance in case they might bother you! Also scared them a bit. So they won’t bother you, right? Well, even though they had their club taken away, it’s not bad for them either since they can do business with Vargfang backing them. No riffraff will dare to mess with them.”
Since Korea is a land where the power of superhumans in the light is extremely strong and the underworld is quite weak, and rather continues its lifeline somehow due to intervention from the light, it was actually not a bad thing. The owner of this club was also a superhuman active in the underworld.
Anyway.
Even if you say that… it’s extremely burdensome for me, damn it…!!
Hah… Even if I say I don’t want it, it seems like he’ll force it on me… Well, what can I do, I guess I should just think positively…
Yeah, more money coming in… and I probably won’t have to meet those guys anyway…
Anyway, once the business was roughly finished, Hatieri waved his hand to chase out the people who had come in, then giggled and used magic to float three bottles of strong whiskey in the air, ripped off the bottle necks, and showed off by downing them all at once in one shot, then smacked his lips.
“Eh- it’s a bit bland. Well, I guess the alcohol sold in a place like this wouldn’t be anything special…”
…That’s bland…?! After gulping down the pure liquor?!
Hatieri seemed to be a heavy drinker, just like his appearance, strength, and actions.
“Well, whatever, shall we get to the main point?”
Hatieri, who threw the empty bottles to the opposite sofa, handed me a phone.
“Uh… Didn’t I receive a phone for contact before?”
“Of course this is different! Did you think I wouldn’t have thought of that! My connection with the teacher is precious, you know?”
Haha, I see… I feel very burdened, though…
“Anyway! What is this! It’s a phone with the contact of a very dangerous fellow!!”
My goodness! A phone containing the contact of an extremely dangerous person that even Hatieri himself calls dangerous! I want to throw it away and smash it right now!
They say when a person is too surprised, they become calm instead, and it seems to be true. I feel calm now… No, is this enlightenment…?
But if this person mentions it as dangerous himself, just how dangerous is it?!
“You’ve made connections in Korea, and now in Japan too, so if you make a connection in China as well, wouldn’t you be able to live more comfortably as someone active in East Asia?”
“Then… the contact in this is of a Chinese superhuman?”
“Exactly! As expected, the teacher is smart?”
Hatieri giggled, ate a whole string of melon in one go, and continued speaking.
“That guy makes really excellent strong alcohol, so I often trade with him. Since we’re acquainted, I personally introduced you to him for the teacher’s sake!”
No!! What are you doing introducing me to such a dangerous person!! Damn it!!!
“Kuku, you don’t need to thank me. Anyway, that guy will contact you at an appropriate time. Then if you just prepare according to the time, they’ll come to pick you up. At this point, the teacher probably expected it, but… that guy is quite extraordinary.”
…I’m not grateful at all…
Anyway, it seems another very troublesome and burdensome connection has been made. And it’s not even by my own will…
Aoh, did I become unlucky after starting this fortune-telling job? Why are there so many burdensome things… Of course, the money is good, but think about my mental state too, damn it!
“…So what kind of person is this Chinese superhuman?”
Right, if I’m going to go anyway, it’s better to know what kind of person it is, right? There’s a possibility I won’t understand even if I hear about them.
“Hmm, it’s probably a name you haven’t heard if you’re not familiar with the superhuman world… Have you heard of the Poison Demon (毒魔)?”
“Poison Demon…?”
“Oh ho, is it a name you know, teacher?”
“No, it’s not that… I heard it when listening to Akame’s story.”
At that time, didn’t she say that guy Inui Fujio poisoned Akame by mixing the Poison Demon’s poison into her food?
“Heh~? Is that so? I thought I didn’t know but you did, I almost felt sad! Kyahaha!”
I know it’s a joke, but it’s chilling even knowing that…
“By the way, do you have a connection with that Poison Demon?”
“It’s not strange for someone like me, is it? Anyway, do you have any hard feelings towards the Poison Demon?”
“It’s not like I was directly harmed by the Poison Demon, I was just affected by the poison he sells, and it was practically due to my own carelessness, so I don’t have any particular feelings…”
“Hooh, you seem worried about the teacher? Well, that guy’s rumors are quite ominous! But don’t worry too much! He’s not crazy enough to harm his own customer!”
“Is that so? That’s a relief then.”
…My goodness, just how dangerous and scary is this Poison Demon person?!
The nickname itself sounds scary… Anyway, I’m already scared! If the other incidents were stones flying at the back of my head, isn’t this an 8-ton truck rolling towards me head-on?! An unavoidable disaster that I can’t dodge even knowing about it!
…Damn, I won’t die, right? Hatieri did say it’s not that dangerous… It’ll really be okay, right?
By the way, China… I know it’s not as bad as the former North Korean land that has become a lawless zone, but I understand that the situation there is also very chaotic…
After the advent of the age of superhumans, the world was greatly shaken and faced various changes and confusion.
And China was one of the countries that faced this confusion greatly among them.
China initially oppressed superhumans and tried to draw them under the government, which caused great backlash from the superhumans. How could oppression be welcome to people who had strong powers and were intoxicated by them?
To make matters worse, the ‘Demon Realm (魔境)’, which appeared from the early days of the superhuman era but was neglected due to the power struggle between superhumans and the government, slowly built up its power and swallowed all the surrounding dungeons, eventually bursting out and becoming the strongest and worst dungeon eroding the Earth, swept through China. The government’s influence weakened as they exhausted their power trying to respond to this, and superhumans rose up forming factions.
As a result, China is currently in a situation where it’s half torn into several factions by superhumans who have formed forces like warlords.
Although China’s government power hasn’t completely collapsed so the name China still remains, looking inside, it has become a situation similar to the Warring States period, torn apart.
To make matters worse, the Demon Realm, the Great Heat Sand Demon Realm (大熱沙魔境), which still remains and shows its might, turning one-third of China’s territory into uninhabitable land, is still intact.
Anyway, the conclusion is that China is now a dangerous land.
…Now that I think about it, I’m even more scared. Will I really be okay?
“Well, I’ve guided you through everything I needed to, so here’s the final gift!”
The last gift Hatieri threw to me was… a car key!
“Th-this is…?!”
“Oh, do you know it? I have quite a connection with that company! I’m also a major shareholder.”
The car Hatieri gave me is from a brand called ‘Wolfhead’.
It’s one of the brands I mentioned before that grew rapidly by riding the changing trends of the times well.
It’s made of materials mixed with monster bones and metals from dungeons, with protective magic added on top, to the extent that it won’t get a scratch even if you shoot a machine gun at it head-on and can even withstand attacks from D-rank and below.
They say it even creates a sonic boom when running at top speed… Anyway, it has excellent performance and is correspondingly expensive.
If the car I received from Akame is a golden flower blooming on a cliff that few people seek, this would be a lump of gold bars placed right in the middle of downtown…
But to give such a car?!
“I saw you came in something like a paper car earlier, so use something sturdy instead of that?”
“Hoho, a paper car? Don’t you know that that antique and luxurious feeling suits Han-ul well?”
“What use is that if it gets smashed? Besides, this design is better in the first place? Our teacher will prefer this one too!”
“No, stop competing over strange things, you two…!!”
I’m scared I might get caught in the crossfire of this whale fight! How can Ricone be so calm?!
“…Ahem, anyway, thank you for the gifts. I’ll use them well…”
I’m not sure if I’ll be able to use anything well except the car… Actually, I wonder if I’ll even drive the car well…?
“Well then, now that I’ve given all the gifts I wanted to give, shall we set the night on fire, teacher, putting aside all the trivial things?”
After giving all the gifts he wanted to give, Hatieri smiled playfully again and offered me a drink, and I picked up the glass with a soulless smile.
Akame and Ricone also naturally joined in, perhaps not disliking such an atmosphere.
…Yeah! Maybe it’s not bad to escape reality with alcohol!!
Anyway, not long after that, I, who had gotten quite drunk, collapsed,
…When I opened my eyes, I was at home. Moreover, it was the evening of the next day.
My goodness, how much did I drink?!
To make matters worse, while I was in a daze, I received a call on the phone Hatieri had given me.
Of all the timing!! I hurriedly answered the phone, and a voice flowed from the other side of the phone.
[This is 00 Bank calling, customer~!! Do you perhaps need a loan~??]
And as soon as I heard the voice, I quietly ended the call.
…My goodness, even such a phone gets spam calls…?