THE MY GREAT PAINTER SYSTEM
'Zero Balance'

[Guildings!]

[Work is not original]

[The original work was only sold by Chang Shin]

"Fake? Did the system warn that the 'Zero Balance' I saw was fake?" sean muttered to himself, the voice from Sean was so soft, it was barely even heard by the merchant in front of him.

Sean was speechless with a serious face and he suddenly said his words. "Fraud!"

The word attack from Sean made the merchant's eyes glare as if they had been caught in the dark, but he was not easy to give up and keep kinking until the end.

“How dare na I wear deception, this original painting from there na,” Men 50 years it again fabricate a million reasons.

Denial for the sake of merchant denial pronounce in order to maintain his confession. However, in between that one from inside the shop shifted the dividing curtain and exited the place.

He was a white-skinned and narrow-eyed man, 26 years old, not much different from Kenzo Karrin, only the man in front of Sean was tall so he had to duck a little to get through the door.

"I'm Chang Shin" said the man who called himself Chang Shin. "I heard you want to buy the original ‘Zero Balance”?”

Hearing that remark, it was impossible for Sean to miss the opportunity to find the original painting. Seems clearly Sean is more interested in the man named Chang Shin than the merchant abal-abal who is good at shiny tongue in front of him.

"Right, do you have it?" Sean asked, but Chang Shin only gave Sean an eye code to go follow him.

Without a doubt Sean walked behind Chang Shin who entered inside the small corridors and was filled with piles of untidy and messy items, even the floor wood in that place looked worn with a spider web decoration between its ceilings.

The man in front of him stopped in front of a sliding door that was filled with wooden ornaments. When the door opened, it was polite enough for Chang Shin to let Sean in.

“You're looking for ‘Zero Balance’ right?” he ignored Sean. The gaze from Chang Shin's narrowed eyes was busy looking for something among the paintings that were not well placed. “I don't need to ask how do you know that the painting my employees sell is not original, but I admit your greatness.can ibtamidate with it Everyone just bought the painting without realizing it.”

In this situation, it was impossible for Sean to admit that the system had warned him, even to find an excuse for Sean being reluctant to do so, so he was silent not responding to Chang Shin's remarks.

Amidst Chang Shing's flurry, the man suddenly stopped his movements when he found a painting he was looking for. He looked at her deeply and gave the thing to Sean.

“I found it. Ah, but it's a pity that this has been broken,” Chang Shin said casually, as if the valuable item in front of him had no meaning. 

“What? Broken? You mean ‘Zero Balance’ is broken?” A little surprised, Sean immediately took the painting.

Parts on the subject's body look smudged by puddles. Some parts also appear yellow due to improper painting storage. ‘Zero Balance’ is a classic painting that only wears watercolor and does not get varnish for the protective layer so vulnerable to damage.

Sean seemed speechless thinking of a way to fix it, but nil. There could be no way other than the painter himself to fix it. Sean's eyes turned to Chang Shin.

“Can't you fix it?” Sean asked expectantly, but apparently he would not get the desired answer.

Chang Shin shook his head in confidence. “The problem is not in the repair of the painting, but the paint used is very step and is not imported anymore.”

Now Sean just understood the reason Chang Shin duplicated ‘Zero Balance’. He can only make the painting from ordinary watercolor, whereas ‘Zero Balance’ uses ink from natural materials, such as red color in obtained from teak leaf sap, black color of soot stone and so on.

“Do you know where I can get it?” Sean enthusiastically looked at him, but again Chang Shin in front of him could only shake his head and shrug.

Not wanting to give up, Sean returned the painting to Chang Shing and promised to return with the ink he intended.

Sean exits the store and contacts Kenzo Karrin to find the place where the ink was sold. There is no exact answer, but Kenzo only asks for time to look for information and the connection ends.

***

From behind, Sean follows Mr. Klano who will be back in his room. The man already knew where Sean was behind, but pretended not to know. That is the distance they provide so as not to appear to have a close relationship in the campus environment.

Arriving in the room, Mr. Klano entered and left the door open. Sean who understood the movement immediately entered before knocking on Mr. Klano's room.

“There's something I want to ask you," Sean said.

“Sit, Sean.” At the speech of Mr. Klano Sean sat down casually, but his facial expression did not look like that.

“Do you know painting ink? a kind of paint for painting traditionally?” sean was the one who immediately asked the question.

Mr Klano thought for a moment, “What do you mean ink to paint a typical chinese painting?”

Simultaneously, Sean's face immediately brightened to hear him, but he had to again swallow the disappointment of Mr. Klano. The man only knew a fraction of the ink Sean intended.

“That ink stopped circulating 10 years ago, not many had it back then. Even if someone still stores it, it is impossible that the ink does not dry if it does not know how to store it properly,” explained Mr. Klano once again. “I think you'll have trouble getting it this time."

Sean was half desperate after listening to Mr. Krano, but in the middle of it his phone rang and a call from Kenzo Karrin came in. When Sean answered the call, Kenzo said he was near the campus to pick him up.

Sean said to leave immediately, but Mr. Klano held him back. “Wait a minute, Sean.”

The man turned to look for something in his desk drawer and pulled out three sheets of paper that looked more like an invitation.

“Take it, this is an invitation to the exhibition ‘Harmony Spaces’, explained Mr. Klano.

Sean was reminded of the Harmony Spaces exhibition where one of his paintings named ‘Tender Air’ participated in the exhibition. Sean accepted the invitation and thanked him before leaving Mr. Klano's room.

***

At a place not far from the entrance of Sean's campus, a sedan was parked between the streets. Sean went back to see the situation around and when it felt safe, he immediately went inside.

“Why so long ago, we have been waiting for you from earlier!” Sean gets a bad reception from an unlikely person is Kenzo Karrin .

The source of the sound came from the back seat and when Sean turned around, there was already Luis sitting with his hands folded. It was clearly a bored expression of Luis waiting for Sean.

“Why are you in this place?” Sean turned to ask her.

Kenzo Karrin took over to speak. While running his car he gives some catalog sheets to Sean.

"Luis asked me to sell him 6 paintings" said Kenzo Karrin.

Sean turned to the man beside him before returning to look at the papers. All catalogues contain paintings of Luis and Carla Edena as models.

"You're working hard on this" Sean commented directly at Luis. Before long, the young man turned to Kenzo Karrin. "So, did you get a prospective buyer?"

Paying attention to the steering wheel, Kenzo Karrin seemed to think. "Fastly. I'll offer it to Yohan Hillion or my acquaintance collectors."

Sean was remembering the name of Yohan Hillion the crazy man who owned the Imperial Restourant. With the quality of Luis' painting, it was certain that the clean crazy guy would be interested and furniture it.

Kenzo Karrin immediately sent a catalogue of Luis's paintings to Yohan Hillion and sure enough the man bought almost half of Luis's paintings. Of course Luis is happy to have bagged 60 million for his 3 paintings.

Luis really can't wait to get back to the hostel and show off his 60 million on Zavier.