Gwon Damjin who had earlier tried to pay with points and been rejected, returned. However, this time he didn't bring crystal cores to make a fair purchase; instead, he came with a group of four or five men. Ignoring the long line queue, they swaggered straight toward Kim Haru's stall.
Gong Daesung, the muscular man who is guarding the queue, quickly stepped in front of them. "What do you think you're doing? Don't you have eyes? Everyone's in line. If you want to buy, get to the back!"
Gwon Damjin didn't even spare Gong Daesung a glance. With a wave of his hand, a gray vine shot up from the ground and struck Gong Daesung violently!
Bam!
Gong Daesung was flung against a nearby building with a loud crash.
In an instant, he was lying motionless on the ground, unable to get up.
The people waiting in line to buy vegetables immediately panicked.
They scrambled to get out of the way, terrified they'd be the next to end up like Gong Daesung.
Gwon Damjin and his group walked straight up to Kim Haru.
He flashed a flattering smile to the young man beside him. "Young Master Yoo, do you see it? I told you I wasn't lying. These vegetables are top-quality. Take them back, and Mr. Yoo will surely be pleased."
Kim Haru who seen this commotion, raised his eyes but remained expressionless.
Yoo Wonduk was the son of the chief of the patrol station in the Third District, and he himself was a metal-type ability user. Among the various abilities, the metal-type ability was already known for its powerful offense, and Yoo Wonduk's talent in this field was quite impressive. He absorbed crystal cores faster than most people, which made him incredibly arrogant.
In addition, Father Yoo doted him very much since he was his only son. This allowed Yoo Wonduk to strut around with his head held high, walking with arrogance throughout the entirety of the Third District and the neighboring Fourth District, which his father's patrol station governed.
The patrol station was responsible for the security of the area and was, without a doubt, the strongest official force around. While some independent ability users or small ability-user teams might be stronger than the patrol, since the patrol was an official group, there were rarely conflicts between them.
Not to mention, this was the Third and Fourth Districts—the outermost regions of Pyeongseong Safe Zone. Any powerful ability users had already migrated to the inner zones, leaving only a handful of people in these outer areas.
Although Yoo Wonduk was arrogant, he knew how to pick his battles. While he still flaunted his authority in the District, he wasn't as blatantly domineering as he was here in the Fourth District, where he could really flex his power.
Gwon Damjin is a plant-type ability user, who had recently managed to cozy up to Yoo Wonduk. Yoo Wonduk had asked him to grow a unique and useful plant that could be given as a birthday gift for Father Yoo, whose birthday was approaching.