Chapter 10

Chapter 10: The Second Skill #3

“The banks are closed at such a late time, so go to the nearest ATM machine . ”

Those were the instructions Tae-hyuk received .

‘They deliberately aimed for the evening . ’

There was a higher probability of someone being alone at around the time when the banks were closed, making for a perfect situation for voice phishing .

Tae-hyuk arrived at the ATM and waited for the call .

Not long afterwards, the person contacted him .

-Have you arrived at the ATM?

'Oops . I almost forgot to turn on Voice Modulation . ’

Tae-hyuk used the Demon Revealing Mirror to activate Voice Modulation .

[Voice Modulation has been used . ]

-You can directly imitate the voice of Seo Ha-ran .

“Yes . . . I arrived . ”

-I thought I just heard a man’s voice .

Tae-hyuk made a mistake, and the skill had been released .

He manipulated the Demon Revealing Mirror at lightning speed to reactivate Voice Modulation, and then gave a trembling reply .

“I’m not quite sure what you’re saying . I’m currently alone so why would a man’s voice . . . Did some type of confusion happen?”

-Indeed . Then, please proceed to deposit the surgery and repair fee into the account that I previously mentioned .

15 million won in total .

‘It is obvious that he wants to shout with joy right now . ’

“Yes, I understand . Please wait for a moment . ”

Tae-hyuk went to the ATM and deliberately wasted time in order to make the opponent nervous, rendering him unable to make any calm decisions .

After five minutes, the voice phishing scammer spoke .

-Are you done yet?

Tae-hyuk made a fuss, as if he was confused .

“I-It is strange . I have the money in the account, but I can’t make a deposit . W-what is this?”

-Slow down and try again .

“Is the machine broken? I’ll try another bank account . ”

Tae-hyuk put his bankbook on the ATM and sent the money .

Of course, it wasn’t 15 million won .

The reaction was immediate .

-I’ve confirmed that 10,000 won has been deposited .

“Really? That's strange . The money was taken out of my living expenses account, so why can’t I withdraw from my savings account?”

– . . . The money is in your savings account? Then it is natural that you can’t withdraw the money . A savings account can’t be withdrawn from unless it is expired or cancelled .

“Eh, t-then what should I do?”

-You’ll have to go to the bank and cancel it .

"The bank isn’t open right now!”

– . . . . . .

‘Isn’t this enough to make it seem like I’m willing to pay? This way, it will be hard for them to give up on my case . ’

Tae-hyuk exclaimed like he was just reminded of something .

“Ah! There is a way to withdraw money without having to go to the bank and cancelling it!”

-There is a way?

“Yes . My savings account is a little unusual, as it is a limited savings account . It is a type of savings account where you sign up to collect a certain amount of money before withdrawing it . I signed up to pay for my brothers’ university tuition . As long as I have a certain amount of money in my bankbook, I won’t have to go to the bank to cancel it . ”

-There is such a thing?

“Yes . However, the interest rates are low so it isn’t popular . . . ”

-Indeed .

‘He believes me . Believes me! Of course, this is a lie . ’

"At any rate, the limit is 20 million won, so I need three million won before I can withdraw all the money . But getting three million won all of a sudden . . . ”

-Cough .

‘He is conflicted! Conflicted!’

The voice phishing scammer didn’t realize that he himself was being scammed .

Tae-hyuk said the decisive words .

“ . . . I will borrow it from a friend . However, I don’t know if I can borrow three million won so suddenly . . . ”

-P-please wait a moment .

The voice phishing scammer was confused .

If Tae-hyuk contacted a friend then he would have to explain the situation to them, making it obvious to the friend that it was a scam .

The scammer would then miss a valuable fish .

“Huh?”

-Let's do this instead . I will lend you three million won . Let me clarify – you’re saying that if you put three million won into the limited savings account, then you can withdraw it right away?”

"It seems so . ”

-Cough! Then please withdraw the money and send me 18 million won . How about that?

"T-thank you! You are my brother’s lifesaver!"

-Then the account number is . . .

Tae-hyuk receiving the scammer’s account number was like finding an oasis in the vast desert .

-Please wait . Oh, don’t hang up the phone .

He wanted to stop Tae-hyuk from calling anywhere else and asking around .

"Yes, I understand . ”

‘I’m sorry but I have one more call to make . ’

The phone connected to the scammer was Ha-ran’s, and Tae-hyuk still had his own phone .

Tae-hyuk silenced the phone to stop the scammer from hearing his conversation and called Kang-suk .

“Kang-suk hyung?”

-Ah, is this Ha-ran ssi?

“ . . . . . . ”

'Whoops . I forgot to turn off the skill . ’

-It is late so what is going on?

“Ah . Hyung, sorry . It is Tae-hyuk . ”

-Ah . Is that so? It is late . Go to sleep early .

Tae-hyuk laughed at the clear disappointment in Kang-suk’s voice, and proceeded to describe the situation to him .

-Hmm . Let me know once you receive all the information . They called Ha-ran ssi’s handphone? I will check the time that it was received, but it will probably lead to a foreign country . It is harder to arrest that way .

"Even if I have the chief bank account information?”

-Hey . How did you get something like that?

Normal bank accounts were points where the money was passed through, while a chief account was the central point where the money was actually gathered and originated from .

The voice phisher had to use the chief account to deposit money into Tae-hyuk’s account .

"I will turn over as much information as possible and catch all the people that are in South Korea . ”

-Yes . This brat, I was just laying down watching TV, and now I have to work because of you .

"The special diligence will help when you get married . ”

Tae-hyuk ended the call with Kang-suk and used Voice Modulation again . He then said to the phishing scammer .

"How is it?"

-I have deposited the three million . Please check it as quickly as possible .

“Yes, I understand . ”

Tae-hyuk went to the ATM and checked the bankbook .

There was a deposit for three million won .

Their account information was stamped as well, meaning the bank log would have their IP address .

Tae-hyuk ended the conversation with the voice phishing scammer and sent the information to Kang-suk .

He had earned himself three million won, while Kang-suk would be able to catch those voice phishing scammers in South Korea .

"I ate well . ”

And . . .

[Crime Skill: Voice Modulation has been acquired . ]

-You can directly imitate the voice of the target .

-It is completely learnt .

‘Nice!’

He fully gained Voice Modulation, meaning that he could now use it without worrying about it ever disappearing .

‘I can directly imitate the voice of someone else . . . Isn’t this a good skill?’

He already came up with several useful ideas to use it .

Tae-hyuk showed a warm smile .

* * *

"I've finished, Noona . "

"Oh . Tae-hyuk came . ”

“Huh? I thought you were watching a drama . ”

"No, I prepared some rice for us to eat together when you got back . "

“Oh, really? I am hungry after working so hard . ”

"Did you study that hard?”

“ . . . Wah, looks delicious . ”

"Tae-hyuk, don’t change the subject . Answer my question . ”

“I will eat it well . Oh right, Noona . ”

“Huh?”

“Thank you . ”