After Taking Gongjindan, My Alpha Era Began

ATGRA 32

by reckless

“Anyway, no!”

For a moment, my mind became too complicated. I had never thought deeply about my feelings for Jung Pureum, but it felt like I had been forced to rip open a Pandora’s box that should not have been opened.

What did I just think? Of course, it is true that Jung Pureum is special and precious. Where else in the world would you find a next-door younger brother like him? A rare species like that is precious. It is only right to protect a natural treasure.

But this felt different from that. It seemed my brain had gone haywire because we accidentally slept together once, and I had been feeling a little restless ever since.

I got angry for no reason, telling him not to talk nonsense. It was dark, so I couldn’t see Jung Pureum’s face well.

“……I understand.”

I couldn’t see his face, but just from his voice, I could tell he was crestfallen. I walked back towards Jung Pureum.

“If you don’t like it, hyung, I won’t do it.”

Jung Pureum, so obedient and gentle. Jung Pureum, who would probably even pretend to die if I told him to.

I awkwardly stretched out my arms and pulled him into a hug. His body, which had a higher-than-average temperature, was warm, as if he were a living heater.

“As long as I’m not the only one at a disadvantage, it’s fine, right?”

Jung Pureum, his head buried in my chest, asked that question. And just like that, as if possessed by something, I nodded.

They say if you wait with patience, the head of the enemy general will one day float down the river. That’s definitely what it said in the martial arts novel my grandfather used to read.

However, Baek Wonhee did not float down. Why the heck not? What on earth is protecting him?

Ms. Kim Minah used her You-Tube channel to reveal the harmful effects of Riritang. With her hair falling out in patches and her teeth becoming loose from severe weight loss, Riritang was the talk of the town for a while.

Since she revealed that the ingredients were different from the ingredient list and that the side effects were severe, a majority of people criticized Riritang using that as a pretext.

But even in that situation, there were people who marveled at Riritang’s effects.

Because it meant you could lose that much weight by drinking it, even if it was bad for your health. Riritang sold like hotcakes until its sale was suspended. Ms. Kim Minah’s pursuit of justice was about half a failure.

Still, the lawsuit went through spectacularly. Wonhee Korean Medicine Clinic eventually closed temporarily. To be honest, it was called a temporary closure, but for them, it was closer to a business suspension.

At least the Gongjindan I made didn’t get reported for drugs, but Baek Wonhee’s Riritang was a hot topic for detecting drug components. No matter how much Dietamine is for medical use, a drug is a drug.

However, Baek Wonhee’s license as a Korean medicine doctor remained intact. How could this be. I couldn’t believe the Korean Medicine Association had left him alone. Does justice not exist in this world? It’s truly lamentable.

“What do we do now?”

Today again, Ms. Kim Miyoung and Nam Jungyoon were at my house. As the temporary closure period lengthened, both of them started commuting to my house.

Nam Jungyoon muttered that his stomach hurt because of Baek Wonhee. Hearing him say that his hatred was so excessive it now felt like love, it seemed Nam Jungyoon had also lost his mind a little.

“It’s a relief that Riritang sales have been suspended, at least.”

“But you said they sold a ton before it was suspended.”

“In Korea, they shouldn’t ban other things, they should ban dieting by law.”

To my words, Nam Jungyoon retorted, “That’s a bit……” I feel wronged. He was being abnormal himself just a moment ago, but he responds to my words so normally.

In any case, even after several days, not much had been resolved. Wonhee Korean Medicine Clinic hadn’t closed down for good, and the misunderstanding about our clinic hadn’t disappeared either.

In the sluggish situation, Ms. Kim Miyoung let out a deep sigh.

“Now that it’s come to this, let’s just use Pureum……”

“No way.”

“Well, everyone who knows, knows, so what’s going to happen if we just officially disclose it?”

“Even if everyone who knows, knows. It’s a different matter to be publicly revealed as ‘Jung Pureum, the boy who went from beta to alpha.’”

“Director, what’s the problem with revealing that he went from beta to alpha?”

That is a valid point. Most people would probably consider becoming an alpha a good thing.

But I hated the idea of Jung Pureum being talked about by others because of me. And it is not like selling out Jung Pureum’s identity would neatly solve the problem.

“Huh?”

At that moment, Nam Jungyoon, who had been frantically searching for Wonhee Korean Medicine Clinic on my laptop, stopped clicking the mouse and looked up.

“Look at this. Isn’t this the show that screwed us over? This time they’re hitting Riritang?”

On the laptop screen Nam Jungyoon showed me, there was a notice from looking for informants.

is waiting to hear from those who are well-informed regarding Fentanyl and Dietamine prescriptions.

Phone: 02―1234―5678

Email: algoshipdaeverything@beakmail.com

Messenger Plus Friend: IWantToKnowEverything

Nowhere was the word ‘Riritang’ mentioned, but given that there had been a lot of talk about Dietamine being detected in Riritang for a while, an announcement like this. Anyone could see it was a targeted attack.

“Did the PD change in the meantime?”

I pushed Nam Jungyoon aside and sat in front of the laptop, looking up the PD for . Unless the update was missed, the PD for that show was the same sleazy guy I had met.

“Don’t you think they’re trying to peck at Baek Wonhee since he seems to be going down?”

“That possibility is high, but……”

Something felt a bit off. It is true that broadcast station people lack loyalty. But it was a bit strange for them to already be hitting Baek Wonhee when he hadn’t even gone to jail yet, his Korean medicine doctor license was still intact, and he would probably resume selling Riritang after paying some fines.

If their goal was to attack a Korean medicine clinic, wouldn’t it be better to finish me off for good? I look like I’d keel over with a single poke.

“For now, let’s just watch a little longer.”

There is a saying that you can know the depths of a thousand-fathom river, but not the heart of a single man. Just like that saying, I have no idea what is going on in the PD’s head right now.

There is no choice but to wait and see what he is up to. Perhaps, even though ‘Dietamine’ was explicitly mentioned, it might not be related to Riritang.

The drug problem is just so serious these days. The Republic of Korea is no longer a drug-free country. I shouldn’t get my hopes up for nothing.

But unlike my rational mind, my heart was pounding as if I had overdosed on caffeine. Please let it be an internal conflict! I would have no other wish if the broadcast PD and Baek Wonhee tore each other apart and self-destructed on their own.

A few days later, a new preview for was broadcast.

“It is Riritang!”

The PD is crazy! When did he ever join hands with Baek Wonhee to beat me down, and now he is attacking his own kind?

I was grateful, but it felt a bit awkward. Weren’t you guys on the same team? I wanted to unblock the PD on messenger and ask him. Just what in the world happened between the two of them in the meantime?

To be precise, the theme of this episode of was not Riritang. It was about raising awareness of the dangers of easily prescribed Fentanyl patches and Dietamine, which is often used in diet pills.

But the ‘diet pills’ featured here were, even if you did a forward roll and a backward roll and observed them with a telescope from a running KTX, Riritang. Just because they generalized it as diet pills does not make the blurred Korean medicine look like a different drug.

My certainty grew stronger thanks to the narrator saying, “The price of this diet medicine is a whopping 800,000 won……” How common are 800,000 won diet Korean medicines? It seems the PD and Baek Wonhee have become enemies in the meantime.

In any case, public opinion was stirred up even faster than when Ms. Kim Minah revealed her damages on You-Tube. Even if they say public broadcasting is dead, it was bound to have more influence than a personal broadcast. It hadn’t been long since the preview ended, but articles related to Riritang were popping up one after another.

It did seem like the impact was a bit greater than during our clinic’s time. It was a natural thing, since there are probably more people who want to lose weight than people who want to become an alpha.

As I was reading the article comments with great interest, my phone vibrated. A messenger notification from Jung Pureum flashed on the screen and disappeared.

[Hyung]

[Did you see?]

It seemed Jung Pureum had also seen the preview for . So the head of the enemy general does float down the river after all. As expected, martial arts novels were not wrong.

Instead of replying via messenger, I called Jung Pureum directly.

“What is all this?”

—I know, right. Baek Wonhee must have been a really bad person.

“He who rises by the broadcast, falls by the broadcast, they say. It’s really true.”

It is not wrong, since I also rose by the broadcast and fell by the broadcast. I laughed heartily. At this rate, Baek Wonhee won’t be able to recover, will he? I’m so excited.

Now, if only I recover, everything would be perfect. As the temporary closure dragged on, interest in the Gongjindan I made had died down quite a bit, but there was no suitable way to properly clear up the misunderstanding I had once received.

“If the PD has really gone crazy, I wish he would retract the broadcast about our clinic too.”

That would be the simplest way. I thought of the omega god I look for whenever things go wrong. I know you’re an incompetent god, but please help me out a little. Your moderately young omega awaits a miracle.

And two days later, a notice was indeed posted on the account.

We would like to provide an announcement regarding the content of episode 196, ‘The Desire to Become an Alpha,’ from .

Some parts of the content in episode 196 were based on distorted facts during our reporting… (omitted) …Accordingly, apologizes to the business and individuals who were harmed by the broadcast.

……Could it be that the omega god really exists?

I seriously considered becoming religious. Either the PD has really gone mad, or the omega god actually exists. It has to be one of the two.

I checked the notice posted by the team again. It was written that a correction broadcast would be reported next week.

Is it all fine if you just grab an innocent person by the hair, post one notice saying you’re sorry, and then air a correction broadcast? I will definitely file a criminal complaint against the broadcast company. After winning, I will also file a civil suit and get compensation for emotional damages.

A smile spread across my face, as if a nagging tooth had been pulled. It was a bit unsettling that the broadcast company was suddenly retracting its broadcast, but in any case, it was a fortunate thing for me.

I immediately contacted Ms. Kim Miyoung. The long temporary closure is over. Now that it’s come to this, from now on, it’s all about noise marketing.

ATGRA 32

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