DOOMED TO BE A VILLAIN

Chapter 130 CHAPTER 130: THE POWER OF MONEY IV

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Davies merely let out a sigh at Lee Jung's blatant revelation of his identity, but since it wasn't something to dwell on at the moment, he simply brushed over it and moved on to the next line of questioning,

"While it is true that I own the place,"

"And it's also true that I personally created the security systems, I'm not foolish enough to believe that it was uncrackable, after all, I did just mention that there was an attempt on our technology and the culprit had actually managed to steal a fair bit of technology before he was apprehended…"

"I'm not sure of anything at this point," Davies bluffed brilliantly.

"But just so I don't seem discriminating, let's say I believe that you did not sell information about Imperium Technologies, right?" Davies continued, purposely speaking slowly.

"Right!"

"You better believe that I didn't sell any information about Imperium Technologies, cuz I didn't," Lee Jung said affirmatively, his voice a bit loud.

"Ok then… would you be so kind as to explain to me how you were able to accumulate such a great amount of wealth in just two weeks, especially since you're not an activated human? (another word for Mega)" Davies smiled as he asked the million-dollar question.

"I-…" In his thoughtlessness, Lee Jung's mouth started moving and almost said something that should never get out, but he managed to catch himself in time before he said something that he would regret if it ever got out.

Lee Jung was relieved that he had managed to catch himself in time before he made a mistake and said something he never should, but to the crowd, the scene where he had almost spoken but held himself back only cemented the fact that he had something to hide.

"No answer, huh?"

"What? Cat got your tongue?" Davies spoke, his tone not having a single drop of respect present anywhere inside of it.

"..." Lee Jung stayed silent as he had no words to say. He couldn't tell them that the system was responsible for everything that he had presently, as he couldn't afford to have any news of the system getting out, thus, he had no story to whitewash himself with, so he fully executed his right to stay silent. 

"... hmmm, I understand that we all have our secrets, and your sudden acquisition of great wealth is probably one of yours, so I won't ask any further,"

"But, due to this, investigation of your account would have to continue, so it would have to stay frozen," Davies said with a sigh like he couldn't help it. He was using this chance to make his actions seem like it was due to his aggrievance at almost having his beloved technology stolen from him.

His reason for going out of his way to act like this was especially due to having his identity revealed by Lee Jung, as while he may be a villain, the general public did not need to know that information, and he'd rather just have the image of a handsome and elusive genius, than someone who used his wealth power and fame to get his way.

He couldn't afford to have the women, especially the heroines running away from him due to a bad reputation, thereby increasing his workload as he'd have to put in extra effort to get close to them, to sway their minds from whatever protagonists they were attached to, and to get them into his bed.

His life was already way too complicated for more difficult shit to come cropping up when he could avoid it by just acting a little.

"I hope for your case, that there is nothing that points at you being involved in this case, otherwise…"

"…" his gaze turned cold as he let out a chuckle,

"... well, people who piss me off enough never have good endings," he spoke as his mana charged out of his body, sending out an aura of suppression around the surrounding area and making it quite hard to breathe for weaklings in the environment.

His eyes glowed eerily as he kept them locked on Lee Jung. It almost felt like he'd attack him the next second, and to be perfectly honest, Davies did want to attack him, but he couldn't… at least not yet.

Suddenly Davies felt a hand on his shoulder much to his surprise, so he turned to see who had put a hand on his shoulder only to see an unknown face.

The unknown face was wearing a black suit and was quite muscular, as he filled out the suit he wore. As for his face, Davies had no intention to pay attention to it as he was currently wondering who gave the "mutt" the right to touch him.

"I'd have to ask you to refrain from using mana on the premises," the unknown face who will be called the security guard 1, as there were a few other people that were dressed up the same as him appearing from the surrounding crowd.

Whatever the guy had said had flown over Davies's head as he first turned over to look at Daniella to wonder how he had managed to escape both his and her senses, but with the stunned look that he saw on her face, he was able to confirm that it wasn't due to her being careless, but that the unknown face had some means.

Well, that would explain the mana he sensed when the guy touched his shoulder, but putting that aside, Davies turned back to the important part in all this, which was that some mutt had decided to grab his shoulder and even tried to tell him what to do.

"While your movement methods might be intriguing, I'll advise you to get your hand off of my shoulder, unless you're prepared to lose it," Davies's already chilly gaze turned even icier as he looked at the hand on his shoulder and the mana that was coming off his body increased even more.

Security guard 1's hand that was on Davies's shoulder was suddenly attacked by frost due to Davies's icy mana coming off his body, and ice began to appear on the back of security guard 1's palm and quickly began spreading to his upper arm, causing him to quickly retreat his arm in horror.

Security guard 1 jumped back, his gaze alternating between Davies and his now almost frozen arm that he could no longer feel anything from except numbness. He looked horrified as he had no way to understand how Davies had almost managed to make his arm freeze just with his mana.

He was a Mega himself and was already at the third stage of possession as a Transmopher, but for Davies to manage to almost incapacitate him with just his mana alone… didn't that mean he was stronger than he was?

His eyes widened in surprise as he came to that realization and his look of horror became even worse, but at the same time now had a look of respect and reverence in them as he widened up the distance between him and Davies, only stopping when there was over five meters of distance between them.

"I apologize for roughly handling this matter, but I still have to ask you not to use mana on the premises," he repeated his request with evidently more respect in his tone, as even though he didn't want to, this was currently his job and he had to do his job if he was going to get paid for it.

"..." Davies simply stared at security guard 1's face for a few long seconds but then stopped releasing his mana into the surroundings, causing the suffocating pressure to be alleviated.

He turned his head away from the direction of the strangely appearing security guard as while his methods were enough to provoke his curiosity, there was a more important matter on the ground: Lee Jung.

Security guard 1 was quite surprised that Davies simply complied and let him off. He had expected Davies to make a big deal of the whole issue, especially since his reaction to just being touched was quite "explosive", but surprisingly, Davies had complied with his request and took his eyes off the matter, and for that, he felt quite relieved.

He had heard Davies's identity being revealed by Lee Jung earlier and it had been difficult for him to even find it somewhere inside of himself to try to do his job and prevent Davies from using his mana to inconvenience the other visitors of the establishment, but after being on the receiving end of Davies's explosive reaction to being touched unawares, he had almost lost his head in regret for making a move that had offended this little ancestor.

He heaved a sigh of relief thinking he had gotten off the hook, but if only he knew that Davies had plans for him that were only being delayed by Lee Jung, and the crowd watching him.