Episode 160. Many (2)
“start!”
With Hong Ah-jin’s cry, Park In-soo and Kim Jae-jin quickly picked up a hold and went up.
widely-! Tarak! Tarak!
Both of them had a lot of experience, so the speed was fast. People began to gather one by one to watch the confrontation.
“and-!”
The pace of 8 and 12 years of climbing experience was considerable.
The two went up nervously for a game just for fun.
“ah-!”
At that time, people’s exclamation burst out.
It was because Park In-soo, who was a little ahead, slipped while holding a hold he was trying to catch.
Kim Jae-jin spurred through the gap and got ahead.
The distance once opened was not easily shortened. Then Kim Jae-jin pressed the big red button on top.
Ti-!
“Whoa—!”
Park In-soo, who arrived late, fell off the rock wall with Kim Jae-jin and came downstairs clinging to a robe.
“You are really amazing, Manager Park In-soo. If it hadn’t been for a mistake, I would have been completely defeated.”
“no. I made a mistake because I was impatient, but even if it wasn’t, I would have caught up because I didn’t have enough determination.”
It was quite a business message.
At those words, Kim Jae-jin smiled and said.
“Oh, maybe you’re old… … .”
“I am thirty-seven this year.”
“Then you’re more like an older brother than me and Seunghyuk. You can speak comfortably.”
In a short period of time, I was interested in competing with climbing.
However, Park In-soo bowed his head at Jae-jin Kim’s words.
“Oops! How can I treat Director Kim Jae-jin comfortably?”
“If this is the case, I am very sorry.”
“no… still… … .”
In the meantime, Lim Seung-hyeok approached.
“This friend looks a little strict, but when there is someone he wants to get close to, his façade easily disappears. So you can feel at ease, In-soo hyung-nim.”
As soon as he called it like that, Park In-soo felt embarrassed.
In the meantime, Lim Seung-hyeok’s eyes turned to Kang-soo.
“This time it is our turn. Even if you say it’s your first time doing sport climbing, you won’t look at it.”
Kang-soo warmed up and looked at him calmly at those words.
“I will do my best too.”
After saying that, Kangsu continued to twist his body around and finished the stretch.
The tight-fitting clothes were reflected in the veins of the muscles, evoking the admiration of the people around them.
Lim Seung-hyeok was also a little nervous after seeing such precipitation. It was because, if you only look at Kang-su’s body, he didn’t know what kind of exercise it was made of, but it wasn’t serious.
After the warm-up exercise, Kang-su and Lim Seung-hyeok stood in front of the rock wall.
“… Climb up the wall quickly and press the button over there, right?”
“That will do. It will be fine if you don’t overdo it with holds in difficult positions.”
It was referring to the colorful projections installed on the hold and the rock wall. Originally, the color of the protrusions was determined according to the level of difficulty, so you had to catch only the corresponding ones.
However, now it was only a speed competition in the form of a bet, so I just had to catch it without deciding.
Of course, Kangsu didn’t know that well.
“Prepare… … !”
Hong Ah-jin from behind said again, adjusting her voice.
“start-!”
When the slogan was shouted, Lim Seung-hyeok placed his feet and hands on the hold he had set as the starting point and headed upwards. In fact, after seeing Kang-soo’s body, he came to have come.
Pak- Papak! Pak! Papapak!
Lim Seung-hyeok’s hands and feet quickly kicked off the hold and moved up, getting closer and closer to the button.
Then, among the cheers of the people, the sound of precipitation was heard.
Tatak—! Tatak—! Tattak!
It was an instant.
A large figure rose to the line next to Lim Seung-hyeok, who was busy climbing up, as if he had been shot from the ground.
“… … !”
It was river water.
Kang-soo kicked up as soon as his toes fell on the hold.
Papak-! Papak-! widely-!
At once, the distance between Kangsu and Lim Seunghyuk widened. Then, when Kang-su grabbed the last hold, she pressed the red button with her other hand.
Ti-!
At the same time, Kangsu kicked off the wall and came down at a rapid pace as if rappelling.
Soon after, Lim Seung-hyeok came down dumbfounded and smiled dejectedly before approaching Kim Jae-jin and asking.
“Jaejin. What happened? did you see it?”
It was almost the last thing Lim Seung-hyeok saw. He didn’t understand how Kang-soo, who was later than he was before starting, even overtook him.
“and… You really should have seen it from underneath.”
“How was it?”
“You started jumping for the first time when you were about a third of the way up, and you thought you had a spring on your feet. and… I keep snatching holds and bouncing up, and I wonder if speed climbers can do that too.”
“Do you have any videos?”
“Could it be? I was holding the rope.”
Jaejin Kim’s explanation made Lim Seunghyuk very curious.
In the meantime, Kim Jae-jin laughs and tells me.
“It looked like the center staff was filming it earlier.”
“really?”
Lim Seung-hyuk immediately went to the person Kim Jae-jin had told him about and asked to see the video. Being a regular, it was easy to check.
Lim Seung-hyeok, who started seeing it, couldn’t help but be astonished from the start.
It was because the precipitation rose by more than 50 cm every time he stepped on the hold and jumped. In addition, the speed at which he grabbed the hold with his hand was several times faster than Lim Seung-hyuk.
The timing of those movements was exquisitely matched, and he even beat Lim Seung-hyuk.
Lim Seung-hyeok couldn’t help but understand at once how he had been caught up.
“Wow— how could this… … .”
With an exclamation, Lim Seung-hyeok’s gaze turned to Kang-soo, who was surrounded by people, on his cell phone.
I walked straight towards it.
“Wow— Kangsu… hey. It was really great.”
“Kangsu-san, it was really great.”
“oh my god! Were you a player?”
Praise continued to pour in. Then Lim Seung-hyeok stuck out his face between them.
“I was really surprised too. Didn’t you make a bet while hiding the fact that you were a player?”
“It’s really a first. But it wasn’t that different from what I had done before, so it was okay.”
“Don’t you have any intention of trying to be a good player?”
“It can’t be. I was just a little better today.”
To be honest, it was difficult to understand with such words.
At this, Lim Seung-hyeok laughed again and looked at Kang-soo’s body. Sweat was flowing from Kangsu’s body as if it had been rained on.
“Are you all right?”
“… I guess it’s because I’ve been using my body properly for the first time in a while.”
Kangsu wiped the sweat off his neck and face once again with the towel given to him by Yoo So-hyun.
In fact, it was because I tried to raise my concentration just like when I fought gangsters in Daejeon while climbing the artificial rock wall. And the results were beyond imagination.
I was able to climb up quickly, accurately grabbing the hold in the blink of an eye with the leap.
However, the side effects were the same as then. It wasn’t as much as then, but the body was overheated and tired.
“Are you okay?”
Yoo So-hyun also had a worried expression beside him.
“Whoa—it’s fine. More than that, I think there are too many people.”
“Ah, I see.”
In addition to the recent confrontation, there were celebrities such as Lim Seung-hyuk, Yoo So-hyun, and Hong Ah-jin, so they gathered.
In response, Kim Jae-jin, who was watching the situation from the side, suggested.
“There is a quiet pub I often go to. How about a beer?”
“… Is it a pub?”
“It’s a place where there’s not much attention from people, so it’ll be fine.”
Yoo So-hyun and Hong Ah-jin looked at each other, then moved their eyes to Park In-soo and Kang-soo.
It was because there was someone else to decide than they thought.
“Brother Insoo. No?”
“that is… … .”
“You don’t even have a schedule for tomorrow~”
“ah… I don’t think there will be a problem, but what will Manager Kang-soo do?”
After receiving that question, Kangsu looked at Yoo So-hyun.
“First, I’ll ask Manager Bo-ran Kim over the phone.”
The actual manager is Kim Bo-ran.
In response, Kang-soo went to the center desk to find his cell phone and called Kim Bo-ran.
Turururu— Turururu—
The beep was connected shortly after.
[What happen? Maybe something happened to Sohyun?]
“It is not. It must be during a class reunion, sorry.”
[are you okay. Right now, I was watching two of my friends fighting head-to-head in a dark history diss battle. Why did you call?]
Kim Bo-ran was relieved and changed to a joyful voice.
In response, Kang-soo asked, feeling sorry for interfering.
“I met a singer named Seung-Hyuk Lim and his friend while climbing—”
[what? Seunghyuk Lim?]
Kang-soo’s brow furrowed at the sudden cry.
“Do you know me?”
[Ah— no, that’s not it. Why is Seunghyuk Lim there?]
“Your friend and I asked you to join us and have a beer. I think I should go to the place, but if it is a place that needs attention, I think it would be okay to cancel it then.”
Kim Bo-ran thought for a while, and then answered.
[Lim Seung-hyuk is good friends with So-hyeon, so it should be fine. But just in case, Mr. Kang-soo stays with So-hyeon until she goes home.]
“All right.”
[Sohyeon’s busy schedule has ended to a certain extent, but she will be busy again soon. I think it’s because I need to relieve stress.]
It meant that he thought that Kang-soo was going through hardships instead of him, so he wanted to understand.
Of course, Kang-soo also guessed what kind of heart she was.
“You don’t have to worry.”
[thank you.]
After finishing the call, I went to the place where the party had gathered.
Everyone was waiting for Kangsu’s answer.
“They say it’s okay. Instead, it may be uncomfortable, but I think I have to stay until the end.”
“Of course, I will also invite manager Han Kang-soo and manager Park In-soo.”
Lim Seung-hyuk and Kim Jae-jin were very excited.
I was interested in Kang-su, who showed fearsome climbing skills.
After everyone washed up, changed clothes, gathered in the parking lot and moved to the car.
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The Hope House was located in Gayang-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, a 30-minute drive from the climbing center.
Since the store was located in a narrow alley, we parked our car in a nearby public parking lot and everyone got off and walked a little.
“There, right? The signboard lights are off, but isn’t the store closed?”
I heard the name of the store beforehand. However, Ah-jin Hong first found the signboard that read ＜HOF J2＞ and asked.
“Don’t worry about that.”
char-
Jaejin Kim took out a package of keys from his pocket.
Yoo So-hyun was also surprised by the appearance and asked.
“Does the general manager carry the key to the pub house?”
“Actually, it is also my store. Please wait.”
The Hope House was in the basement. When I went down the stairs, opened the door and turned on the light, the interior of the pub house was revealed, as if it were in an old drama or movie.
“How is it? The actual operation is done by my close hyung, but now I’m going abroad to play and I’m closing the door. Draft beer is difficult, but any other alcohol is fine.”
“and-!”
“You can use this place as if you were renting it.”
Yoo So-hyun and Hong Ah-jin seemed to be strange, but they went around and saw them.
It was because both of them were so famous celebrities that it was difficult to go into a bar and drink or eat normally.
In response, Lim Seung-hyeok took out a bottle of beer and a glass that he had made cool in the refrigerator and brought it.
“It’s a place I often come to play when I’m in the mood to eat outside. Even when there are customers, I hardly notice them if I sit in the corner.”
It was an explanation given for Kang-soo and Park In-soo, who might think it strange.
In the meantime, Kim Jae-jin took out his cell phone and his expression crumpled.
“I’m going to call you in a minute. It’s a company, so if you don’t accept it, you’ll be furious.”
Everyone gave permission, holding out their hands as if to accept it quickly.
In the meantime, beer was poured into each glass. I took one sip at a time and let out an exclamation.
“cadet! good night!”
“therefore. Sister, it’s so good!”
Lim Seung-hyuk also drank beer and put down his glass when Kang-soo caught his eye.
Because the glass of beer was still full.
Returning life of a retired S-class mercenary