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Jo Junghyun, who had been sitting in a dining chair, stood up and approached Ji Seunghyeok, hugging him while speaking softly.
“I’ll be making a delicious dinner, so don’t come back too late.”
Jo Junghyun was indirectly telling him to come home early. Ji Seunghyeok smiled and answered that he understood.
“I’ll return before it gets dark.”
“What? No, that would be too early…”
After glancing at the clock and fidgeting with his well-shaped lips, Jo Junghyun eventually nodded. Ji Seunghyeok gently stroked his cheeks, which were still flushed red.
“I’ll be back soon, so just wait a little while.”
When Jo Junghyun silently nodded, his fine hair rustled as it swayed. Having finished breakfast, Ji Seunghyeok kissed Junghyun’s forehead once before leaving the house.
After lightly waving his hand to Jo Junghyun and closing the front door, Ji Seunghyeok entered the elevator and called his driver, Kim Seongchae.
“We’re going to the boxes. Please prepare.”
In the mirror-like shiny elevator door, there was a Ji Seunghyeok with an expression he hadn’t shown to Jo Junghyun.
* * *
The car carrying Ji Seunghyeok stopped at a place lined with container boxes.
There wasn’t a single sign of life around the rectangular container boxes piled up. After getting out of the car, Ji Seunghyeok spotted Jeong Taejun standing diagonally on one leg and raised his eyebrows.
“Weren’t you busy?”
“How could I miss something this interesting?”
Ji Seunghyeok gave Jeong Taejun a glance after he responded with a shrug, then walked toward the container box where two strong men were standing.
Since he had been receiving reports daily, he already knew what condition things were in.
A single yellow incandescent light hanging from the ceiling illuminated the inside of the windowless container box.
The security guards who had been protecting Woo Cheolgon’s villa were sprawled lifelessly on the floor. Since there was no separate bathroom, there was a strong stench of disgusting waste. Jeong Taejun, who was following behind, cursed.
Ji Seunghyeok entered, but they showed no particular reaction. They were lying with their limbs stretched out, staring blankly somewhere into the void with unfocused pupils.
Their faces were already swollen with blood to the point that their original faces couldn’t be recognized.
It was obvious they were in an aroused state, with the front of their pants visibly bulging. A low, chuckling laugh could be heard.
“Director Ji is quite compassionate. You treated their wounds, gave them medicine. These bastards probably can’t even feel pain properly in this state. Why, you’ve sent them to heaven.”
“…”
As soon as Jeong Taejun finished speaking, one of the men sprawled on the floor made a strange “hiiik” sound and started frantically scratching his arm with one hand.
“Save me, save me. Bugs. Ugh, fucking bugs. Fuck, fuck!”
The man picked up a piece of metal from the floor and started scratching his arm frantically with it. The pungent smell of blood began to mix with the waste odor. Ji Seunghyeok watched the scene with emotionless eyes, then turned to leave. But something grabbed Ji Seunghyeok’s leg firmly.
The man’s pupils were dilated as he drooled from the corner of his mouth.
Ji Seunghyeok’s brow twitched.
“Ah, this is the bastard who hit Junghyun.”
As soon as Jeong Taejun finished speaking, Ji Seunghyeok’s foot accurately kicked the man’s jaw. A cracking sound was heard. The man’s massive body seemed to lift slightly backward before collapsing to the floor.
After looking down at the man, Ji Seunghyeok left the container.
“We need to package them, so don’t damage them too much.”
“Yes, sir.”
Passing by the man who answered with a bow, Ji Seunghyeok entered another container.
From inside came the sound of rattling metal. Unlike the container with the security guards, these men were tied up with restraints installed at regular intervals. They were still in their right minds, and since they could relieve themselves elsewhere, there wasn’t an unbearable stench that made it difficult to breathe.
When they saw Ji Seunghyeok entering, they began to tremble and beg.
“S-sir. Please, just spare my life. I’ll do whatever you say. I won’t ever breathe a word about what happened here, and I’ll really live as a good person.”
“Save me. P-please. Sir.”
“If you just let me out, I’ll spend my whole life repenting and truly reform myself.”
These men, who had been kneeling on the floor and prostrating themselves, changed their attitude when they received no response from Ji Seunghyeok.
“You fucking bastard! Do you think I’ll leave you alone if I get out of here? I’ve memorized all your faces, you sons of bitches.”
“Wow, scary. Seems like you had some power outside?”
Jeong Taejun’s mocking voice was heard.
“You fuckers, South Korea is a country ruled by law!!”
Ji Seunghyeok approached the man who said those words.
The man who shouted loudly was named Park Chaedeuk. Ji Seunghyeok already knew from the reports that this man had assaulted Jo Junghyun. He had also heard that those present had readily confessed who did what and how after being persuaded that they would receive some leniency if they told the truth.
It seemed pathetic to him that they were asking to have their throats cut when they would have been devoured anyway even if they had stayed quiet.
Ji Seunghyeok exhaled briefly.
“In that law-abiding country, were all the things you’ve done so far acceptable and tolerated?”
Park Chaedeuk’s face immediately turned pale. Putting his hands together in a servile gesture, he begged in a cowardly voice.
“S-save me, please. Please. I have a child just under a year old at home. If I die, my wife will look for me. If I’m missing, how hard will it be for those left behind? Please…”
Park Chaedeuk’s voice changed to sobbing. Ji Seunghyeok, who had been listening impassively, exhaled with a “hmm.”
“If we throw each of you into an abandoned hospital, you might be discovered by kids who come for a haunted house experience, so you won’t be missing forever. Don’t worry.”
Behind him, Jeong Taejun laughed with a deflating sound, while the man, on the contrary, wailed “hueuuk.”
“Why are you so terrified? I was just joking.”
“F-fuck… fuck…!”
Ji Seunghyeok strode toward Park Chaedeuk, grabbed his hair, and slapped his cheek mercilessly. Loud slapping sounds filled the small container box.
“Why do you keep saying ‘fuck’ and making me feel like shit?”
Blood flowed from the man’s nose, and his cheek instantly turned crimson red. The man who was groaning was already somewhat disoriented from the relentless violence.
“Do I have to listen to your shitty moaning?”
At the threatening voice, the man, despite his dazed state, immediately bit his lips and struggled to breathe.
“Your child and wife. Do you think I wouldn’t have done such basic investigation? I even know how many people you’ve dealt with who were dragged in like this. Don’t you think so, Mr. Park Chaedeuk?”
Ji Seunghyeok released Park Chaedeuk’s head and immediately trampled his genitals with his dress shoe. This time, Park Chaedeuk’s eyes rolled back, and a sound that couldn’t even be called a scream came out of his open mouth.
As he ground the man’s genitals with his foot like putting out a cigarette butt, Park Chaedeuk began to foam at the mouth with white bubbles.
“Where else would you hit a child?”
As the genitals were crushed with a crunching sound, the other restrained people started to cry out in terror. Ji Seunghyeok kicked Park Chaedeuk’s head like kicking a ball, as he now lay on the floor convulsing with his limbs, almost unconscious. Blood spattered in droplets.
“You should have considered who you were messing with.”
As Ji Seunghyeok turned around, the remaining men began to make excuses with pale faces.
“Th-they enjoyed it too!”
“Fuck, what did we do so wrong! We just did it because we were paid! There was nothing personal!”
They began to shout at the top of their lungs.
After Ji Seunghyeok signaled to Jeong Taejun, he said something to those outside, and people began to enter the container. Each of them was holding items like hammers and baseball bats.
The faces of those who were tied up turned deathly pale.
“We need to send them over, so please control yourselves appropriately.”
“Yes, sir.”
Shortly after Ji Seunghyeok left, the sounds of something being beaten and screams began to be heard from inside. Next, Ji Seunghyeok’s steps led to a container box with red spray paint on the wall.
Opening the door and entering, Ji Seunghyeok looked at the man sitting on the floor.
Two men who had followed Ji Seunghyeok in stood on either side of Woo Cheolgon.
Woo Cheolgon was in the best condition among the people here. There were also no restraints. Still, his disheveled hair and greasy face from not washing showed that he was being held captive.
Ji Seunghyeok greeted him with his head held high.
“Congressman, it’s been a while since I’ve seen you.”
“…”
“I see you don’t have the leisure to greet me. It’s quite something here, isn’t it?”
At Ji Seunghyeok’s voice as he spoke with a shrug, Woo Cheolgon finally opened his heavy mouth.
“You, you dog-dicked bastard…”
At those words, Ji Seunghyeok let out a small laugh.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
