(102)
“What’s going on? Wasn’t it you who asked us not to get involved in the future on the phone last time?”
―You sent that kind of text message first, and now that kind of thing comes out!
“Did you boil the train firebox? My voice is booming. If you don’t intend to fight, just keep things simple and hang up.”
―This child is still… . Ha, even when you tricked me into saying that my whole body was paralyzed, I passed on without making a problem. But what do you mean by handing over Bennett to the police? Wasn’t that what you guys dealt with personally?
“I don’t think I said I would kill myself… no, did you? I don’t really remember.”
-what? You son of a bitch, are you saying that now?
“I just do what the victim wants. Any complaints? It’s going to be the death penalty anyway, so there’s no problem, right?”
Bennett Krygia was treated and beaten repeatedly with the help of Mr. Kim.
The more I repeated it, the more the reaction faded away. After two days, I begged to kill him, as if my heart was broken.
Mr. Kim, who at first helped me without saying anything, asked me to stop and hand it over to the police, so I plan on handing it over to the police tomorrow.
Of course, no matter how much I am an S-rank hunter and an honorary director of the Hunter Association, ‘this guy is the culprit’ without any evidence. If you do, the police will say, ‘Oh, is that so? thank you for your effort!’ I won’t believe it.
You may need to explain how you got it.
In fact, I made a recording file in which he confessed to the crime in the beginning, but I have no intention of sending Bennett to the police in a fine state like I promised Minha.
The moment the guy says he was assaulted, the recording file loses its effect.
Recordings by threats and violence are not admissible as evidence.
So he cut off Bennett’s tongue.
Of course, just cutting out his tongue could be circumstantial evidence that he was coerced and assaulted, but Bennett is a wizard.
If the measures were taken to subdue him and prevent him from using magic, the police would have no choice but to understand.
He even destroyed the mana ring in his heart, so you could argue that he even needed to cut his tongue, but that’s it.
Besides, there’s nothing wrong with proving his crime by examining his cell phone and finding that all the call recordings are stored there.
In fact, there is no need to worry and prepare for each one.
In the first place, Bennett is a fairly famous criminal who can be found just by searching the Internet.
It was expected to some extent, but it was a state of red notice from Interpol for committing a considerable number of terrorism and assassination in Italy.
On the one hand, Interpol’s Red Wanted, I am Korea’s proud S-Rank Hunter and Honorary Director of the Hunter Association.
My image that I’ve built up over the years is pretty decent, so it’s obvious which one the public, as well as the police, will trust more.
Still, in case of an emergency, I prepared thoroughly so that nothing would embarrass me.
Antas-related people are treated differently from ordinary criminals, so they are quickly dealt with and immediately executed, but one small mistake can ruin everything.
―If Bennett is handed over to the police, there will be a lot of protests from Antas Italia.
“You said you were protesting already? And I know that Antas is independent by country, wasn’t it? Inspiration is Antas. Are you afraid of Italy?”
―Nothing else, the executive was caught. What’s more, the phone call with me went wrong… .
“Did you write down the scenario?”
I was going to explain to the police that I found Bennett while tracking Antas Korea, so I sent a scenario to match with Hong Man-shik.
―How can you do something so crude… .
“But you wrote everything down to tell the police. The old man’s head is spinning well, think on your own.”
―No matter how well I try to cover it up, if Bennett opens up in court… .
“I’m worried about nothing. Bennett doesn’t say anything.”
―How can you be sure of that?
“I cut my tongue.”
-what?
“I have no will to live. And aren’t Antas-related people handled quickly, unlike ordinary criminals?”
—… I get it. So now, without really getting involved… .
“yes. By the way, inspiration, did you tell me at the beginning of the phone call that I cheated on inspiration, but didn’t argue with you?”
-No, that’s… .
The first time he called, he looked like a moneylender coming in for debt, but after telling him that he had cut off Bennett’s tongue, he seemed a bit frightened.
In fact, even in the original, he was a surprisingly timid character.
“You have to speak straight. Someone gave it to me, but I could have killed the old man there?”
—… .
“And isn’t the deceived bastard an asshole?”
-what? this child… !
“Am I an inspiration child? Still can’t figure out the situation? Mr. Hong, do you want to see an article like ‘Antas Korea boss identity revealed’ on the front page of the newspaper tomorrow morning?”
―Ji, are you threatening me now? Not to touch each other… .
“Then behave well.”
Hang up the phone without saying anything.
I thought about walking again and letting them know who is the top, but I think it would be better to stop at this point.
It’s because I’m tired when it’s too stimulating and you die and I die.
I still have a lot to prepare for.
He’s going to be put to death anyway, and even though he’s already had his tongue cut off, he can never leave his right arm behind.
When I think of Bennett, my annoyance creeps up again.
If I just killed him, I wouldn’t have to suffer like this, but I couldn’t help it.
As I told Hong Man-shik earlier, I promised Min-ha, the victim, to do whatever she wanted.
* * *
A week has already passed since Bennett was handed over to the police.
Bennett was extradited to Italy less than two days after handing him over to the police and was sentenced to death the same day he was extradited.
And yesterday in Korean time, the execution was carried out.
It was exceptionally fast even considering that he was an executive at Antas, but in a way, it was a natural result.
First of all, there is a possibility that Antas Italia will come to rescue him, and in fact, apart from that, Bennett has killed too many people.
The number of ordinary Italians who died in the terrorism led by the son alone is close to a thousand.
In addition, among the people Bennett assassinated were the family of the Italian Prime Minister, members of the Senate and the House of Representatives and their families, and even the boss of the mafia.
And even though Bennett was in very poor condition when I handed him over to the police, my image is barely hit.
No, it just got better.
The Italian government put a considerable bounty on Bennett’s neck, worth almost 5 billion won in Korean money, but if he is captured alive, it is twice that amount, a whopping 10 billion won.
It’s not a small amount of money, but it’s not that much money, so when the Italian government contacted me to give a prize, I refused, saying that it would be used for the bereaved families of the victims of Bennett.
I didn’t ask for an article, but the Italian government published an article and became a national hero in Italy.
I’ve never really been to Italy.
To be honest, I like pizza or pasta, so I thought about going there sometime, but I wonder if it will be difficult to go there for at least 10 years.
At Antas Italia, you’ll be grinding your teeth.
Later, when Lee Ji-sung graduates and organizes everything, I will have to go there.
And in fact, I wondered if Antas Korea and Italy would collide one big time because of this incident, but Hong Man-sik seems to have covered it well.
I haven’t been contacted other than the last time I contacted Bennett before handing over, but there is a saying that no news is good news.
Oh, and not only in Italy, but also in Korea, with an article with a slightly cheesy headline of ‘I protect my students’, the image has improved considerably.
To be honest, I’m not very happy.
[2-10]
As I walked while thinking, I arrived at the front of the classroom before I knew it.
If it was like before, it would have been better to talk loudly, but it is so quiet.
When I open the door and enter, the children are all sitting.
It has already been 10 days since the practice incident took place, and Yeonsu, who was addicted to it, as well as Jaehyun, who had ankle surgery, returned yesterday.
But one seat is still vacant.
The atmosphere in the class has been drastically down since the training session is over, as if it is true that the saying “I know where I am” is true even if it is not obvious where I have been.
As a homeroom teacher, I am trying to renovate the atmosphere, but honestly, it is very difficult.
You can’t force kids to laugh and walk around.
At times like these, it would have been nice to have a guy like Jinsu in our class.
not.
That guy is also a guy who secretly takes a lot of atmosphere, so there must have been nothing different.
Today, the atmosphere feels even more depressed because it rained in the morning.
We talked about the delivery and finished the inquiry.
“Everyone, have a good class today, have a good lunch, and see you at the closing ceremony. Then half… No, that’s it.”
I should have been careful, but I made a stupid mistake without realizing it.
Some kids are about to burst into tears… I thought about making a clumsy joke, but I thought it would backfire, so I ran out of the classroom as if running away.
Among the deliveries today, there was good news that kids would really like, that they would send them home from Children’s Day to Parents’ Day next week.
But no one openly showed their liking.
Sigh… .
A real sigh comes out.
Why did I make such a stupid mistake… .
I blamed myself and headed to the swordsmanship training ground.
“Good morning, Mr. Kang.”
Good morning to you. It’s raining, but what a good morning… .
No, I shouldn’t be so depressed.
“Yes. Good morning.”
I tried to say hello brightly, sat down, turned on the laptop, and ran the Hangul file, but I couldn’t get my hands on the work.
“Mr. Kang?”
“Yes?”
“It’s time, aren’t you going to class?”
Has it already been that time?
I have so many things to do, but my laptop screen is still blank.
I closed my laptop, left the office, and came to the 2nd grade principal to see all the children standing in line.
I didn’t even give a separate instruction, but I’m wearing a poncho and raincoat in advance.
There are many students in my class, including Eunseo in the morning class, and the atmosphere is not very different from our class atmosphere, probably because it is Zora who had Minha.
In the afternoon class with Jinsu and Minhee, there were no students in my class, so the atmosphere was a bit better… .
“I didn’t even order it, but everyone was wearing ponchos and raincoats… great. Kubo is taking a break today.”
“Yes? Teacher, can’t we just run?”
“that’s right. I just want to run.”
“Me too.”
“I want to canter.”
If it was normal, they would have whined about why it was raining and why they didn’t want to run… .
“Okay, let’s run. Today, especially the teachers are running.”
I never played with the kids on rainy days from 1st grade until now, but today I want to run too.
After morning classes, I came to the office.
The lunch menu isn’t good either, so I bought some snacks for the kids and ate some snacks, so I’m thinking of skipping lunch and doing some paperwork.
Still, I ended class early and bought snacks, so by the end of class, everyone’s expressions were better than at the beginning.
I don’t know if it’s because of the snacks or because I ran for a while in the rain, but I’m glad anyway.
I hope time goes by quickly because it’s good even if it’s just a little bit.
Of course, I don’t mean to rely on the saying that time is medicine.
In fact, Min-ha didn’t quit school, she’s just taking a break.
In the first place, it was impossible to drop out without my permission, so even if he said he would drop out, I was going to hold him back by force, but fortunately, Min-ha said he would trust me.
And I have no intention of betraying my student’s faith, as I have ever been.
As I flip through the calendar on my desk, two dates circled in red catch my eye.
[6/13]
It is the departure date of the school trip.
[6/20]
It is the day when the two-month deadline I promised Minha ends, and the day I prove what it means to take responsibility for everything.
“uh? Mr. Kang? Aren’t you eating?”
“Ah, Mr. Park… The menu today is not good.”
“Why? Dongtae jjigae was so amazing that I immediately thought of soju. Oh… Did you see the business contact? There was great news.”
“Are you taking a break from school from May 5th to 8th? In the morning, the head of the school affairs department talked about it.”
“Don’t do that. From May 16th to 18th, I heard that they are hiring a teacher to go on a field trip on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday?”