Ch.281[Chapter 281] Tycoon City

Sir Dominic woke up in an unfamiliar bed.

As Sir Dominic was about to go outside for training as usual, he suddenly remembered that this wasn’t his home but an inn.

“Right. This is Tycoon City.”

Sir Dominic had come to Tycoon City to see the building he received after saving the son of the Kanku Warrior.

The issue with the building, which had been illegally occupied by Mountain Bridge Marsh’s underlings, had been resolved yesterday through an honest conversation with Wang Yi, a Mountain Bridge Marsh executive. However, because the building had been left in disarray during the illegal occupation, he had no choice but to stay at an inn.

Of course, the fact that there was no space in the building that could be used as a bedroom also played a part.

Having woken up early as usual, Sir Dominic picked up a pamphlet placed in front of the mirror.

The pamphlet listed breakfast hours, and it seemed he would have to wait about two more hours.

Since Sir Dominic was the type who felt stiff if he didn’t stretch his body in the morning, he decided to walk around the inn for a while.

…

Tycoon City.

Unlike Gacha Land, which revolved around gacha, this was a city where surprisingly solid businesspeople gathered.

An honest city where one could reap more rewards the harder they worked.

On the surface, it seemed more solid and better than Gacha Land, but…

The world was always relative.

The Red Queen effect.

A place where everything around constantly develops, so one must also run endlessly to keep up.

A place where standing still meant regression.

Tycoon City rewarded effort, but in exchange, one couldn’t rest from work even for a day.

That one day’s difference would become an unbridgeable gap.

A city where one must work forever.

Looking at it this way, Gacha Land, where one could enjoy things in moderation, seemed a bit better.

Of course, only under the condition that it wasn’t too excessive.

Sir Dominic bought fish-shaped bread from a street vendor that opened early in the morning.

There were things called landmarks in this Tycoon City, and this fish bread stall was said to be one of them.

He wasn’t sure how a street stall could be a landmark, but at least the fish bread was delicious.

Sir Dominic looked around Tycoon City while walking around the inn.

All buildings were designed to maximize their purpose without wasting any space, and all structures and districts were built in the most effective and efficient way.

Changes were constantly occurring, such as a police station suddenly appearing between buildings already under construction, or a fire station suddenly appearing next to a burning building in the distance. Everything seemed to move for one thing only: efficiency.

“What a dreadful place.”

When Sir Dominic first came to Tycoon City, he was amazed by its prosperity, but after staying for a few days, the city’s flaws became too apparent.

If it was this obvious to Sir Dominic, who came from outside, what must it be like for those living in Tycoon City?

Sir Dominic shook his head, put another fish bread in his mouth, and threw the empty bag into a nearby trash can.

It was almost time for breakfast, so he needed to return to the inn.

At that moment, Sir Dominic saw someone looking around with a perplexed expression while unfolding what appeared to be a paper atlas.

She was a soldier wearing a blue beret and seemed to be in trouble, as if something had gone wrong.

“…It’s not Kun City but Tycoon City!”

Oh dear. It seemed she had come to the wrong place due to misreading the map.

Sir Dominic expressed deep regret in his heart for the soldier who had taken the wrong path and returned to the inn.

The inn was next to a medieval-style castle and was being expanded by one floor almost every day.

Seeing that another floor had been added today, Sir Dominic shook his head.

Such diligence in Tycoon City!

Sir Dominic entered the inn, expressing his sincere condolences to the citizens of Tycoon City who had to run endlessly.

The inn was starting to get crowded with people, apparently all coming for breakfast.

There were also people drinking alcohol in broad daylight, who would silently drink and then leave the inn, disappearing somewhere.

On the first day, Sir Dominic had followed someone who was drinking in broad daylight, but at some point, all traces of the person he was tracking vanished without a trace.

“I wonder if the cleaning is finished today.”

Sir Dominic suddenly thought of the building under his name.

When he first went to see the building, it looked smaller than the surrounding buildings, but as he approached, he was surprised to find that it was an 11-story building.

As he later learned, buildings in Tycoon City with 100 or 200 floors weren’t even considered tall.

So, from the Kanku Warrior’s perspective, he had indeed handed over a building of just the right size.

Sir Dominic sat down at an empty seat with a plate containing five slices of toast, 12 fried eggs, 7 strips of bacon, and a cup of caramel macchiato for breakfast.

It was a strange experience that there was always an empty seat despite so many people.

Sir Dominic ate like a barbarian the crispy and savory toast, the perfectly half-cooked fried eggs that oozed yolk when pierced, and the thickly sliced, crispy bacon—none of which felt like food served to so many people.

He was a bit hungry after his walk.

After finishing breakfast, Sir Dominic immediately got up from his seat.

Above his head, with a “ding!” sound, the characters +7,500ⓒ appeared.

It was the automatic payment system that Tycoon City prided itself on.

Of course, these days, all other cities used it too.

Sir Dominic got up from his seat, left his room card at the desk, and went outside.

“Now, let’s go see the building.”

Sir Dominic walked toward the building he owned, which wasn’t far from the inn.

In fact, Sir Dominic had chosen this inn because it was the closest to his building.

After walking a bit further than his earlier stroll, Sir Dominic could see the building, now clean enough to be called perfect.

As Sir Dominic looked at the building, a worker who had been painting inside rushed out.

“Ah, you’re here! We’ve completely repaired everything!”

The worker gave a bright smile with a thumbs up.

His smile was so wide that his mouth seemed to take up half his face.

“It’s fortunate that it was clean before, otherwise we might have had to rebuild it. The facilities were worn out everywhere. It hadn’t been maintained for a whole 3 days!”

The worker exaggerated his surprise. My goodness! 3 days!

“Of course, we’ve replaced everything with new items, so don’t worry.”

The worker gave another bright smile with both thumbs up this time.

His white teeth sparkled in the sunlight.

“You must be the new owner of this building.”

Sir Dominic saw someone who had suddenly joined the conversation with the worker.

She was a woman wearing a form-fitting women’s suit, with her long hair rolled up and tied in a round bun at the back of her head.

Perhaps because of her sharp eyes, she looked quite strict, which might have been enhanced by her thin, long glasses.

“And you are…?”

Sir Dominic spoke to find out the identity of the woman who had suddenly appeared.

“I apologize for being late as I was handling other matters. I’m Choi Jin-mi, one of Kanku Warrior’s secretaries. I was managing this building until recently.”

“I am Sir Dominic. I received this building from Mr. Kanku Warrior.”

“I know. The chairman delegated all the necessary transfer tasks to me.”

Choi Jin-mi handed Sir Dominic a card.

It was shaped a bit differently from a character card.

“This card allows you to view information about this building. It was previously under Kanku Warrior’s name, but for the transfer, I left the current owner section blank. Now, if I write Sir Dominic’s name here—”

As Choi Jin-mi wrote “Sir Dominic of Feralant” on the card, it flew by itself into Sir Dominic’s hand.

“Now you can check everything about this building through that card.”

“To verify that the transfer has been properly completed, let’s try an experiment. Go to the genre tab on the card and select a genre you want.”

Sir Dominic nodded at Choi Jin-mi’s words and pressed the genre tab.

Then various management-related genres began to be listed.

Sushi, game development, film production, as well as things like ranches and farms.

Sir Dominic quickly scrolled down, but from what he briefly checked, there seemed to be over hundreds of options.

“Now you just need to choose one of them. You can choose multiple at once, but I recommend starting with just one.”

Sir Dominic thought for a moment and chose one.

At least it seemed better to choose from things he knew rather than things he didn’t know.

Seeing Sir Dominic’s choice, Choi Jin-mi nodded as if it was a good selection.

“Not a bad choice. It’s also a safe choice. Food, clothing, and shelter are necessary elements for living.”

Sir Dominic fiddled with the card as he listened to Choi Jin-mi’s words.

The genre Sir Dominic chose was—