50 – From now on, it’s a problem for adults to solve. (4)
1.
Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump!
From the stairs.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
From below the stairs.
Thud-.
And in the elevator, dozens of suit-wearing gangsters seemed to overflow into the first-floor lobby like a pack of wild animals.
Having received the call, they rushed in with briefcases in their hands, silently looking at Ha Hyuk-su and then turning their gaze to the original gangster who called them.
“Just because of two guys, did you call in all the staff at the company?”
Among those who gathered after the call, one of the biggest and most prominent, with clear knife marks on his face, spoke up.
“I understand if that guy in the suit is involved, but the other one seems like a neighborhood old man who would rather drink. Did you make an emergency call just because of a puny gangster and an old man?!”
Let’s just call him the assault squad leader, not a gangster. He had a face like a assault squad leader.
The anger in the assault squad leader’s voice was directed not at us, but at the gangster who called them.
His face twisted, his chin tightened, and his clenched fist trembled as if he was about to stab his subordinate who called him······.
“I, I’m sorry, hyungnim! But that guy doesn’t seem like an ordinary guy······.”
Crack!
Well, yeah. These guys seem like a perfect projection of the stereotype of gangsters. Hasn’t anything changed since seven years ago? They may seem tough on the outside, but the stench of rotting insides and trembling vibrations are still the same.
“This damn idiot, Gilmyeolpa, dares to provoke me today…”
Just as I was about to sigh at the sight of the typical “assault leader who personally confronts and scolds his subordinate who asked for help after being beaten up,” the assault leader’s hand rose again.
Is he not going to let it end with one strike? Well, in this situation, I suppose several punches are necessary to truly teach them a lesson.
Although I understood the assault leader’s feelings in this situation, there was no need to witness such a predictable situation.
“Ahem! Ahem!”
I coughed purposefully towards the assault leader, who was once again raising his hand to strike his subordinate’s face.
The sound of my cough caught their attention once again, and I spoke to Ha Hyeok-soo, who was behind me, in a low voice, while receiving the gaze of everyone.
“Ha Hyeok-soo, would you please take care of the guide behind?”
“What, what? Are you going alone right now?”
“It will be over soon, so please bear with it for a little longer.”
“Just a moment, you crazy–!”
Without listening to whatever Ha Hyeok-soo said behind me, I walked towards the assault leader with my usual footsteps.
“Huh.”
The assault leader, whose famous act of “striking the subordinate who asked for help” was interrupted by an unwelcome guest like me, lowered his hand and let out a bewildered laugh.
“Well, if you’re so desperate to pull your own leash, I guess I have to listen.”
Then, he dramatically took off the watch on his wrist and rolled up his sleeves to his elbows, just like he did to his subordinate gangsters, and clenched his fist.
“First, let’s fix that worthless look in your eyes. Dying comes next…”
Thump! …Thud!
The assault leader was punched in the jaw and could no longer continue his assault. As a result, he transformed into a leader who remained silent, lying on the ground, and I became the one in control.
The gazes of everyone looking at me were filled with astonishment.
“I wonder where they learned this. If they have some kind of lineage. How is it that you’re still the same after seven years?”
From their words, actions, to the stunned look in their eyes when their comrade fell.
These bastards haven’t changed at all during the seven years I spent in prison, and that fact only intensified the anger I had been suppressing all this time.
All because of these useless idiots. Because of these worthless pieces of trash, Lira couldn’t rebel properly and almost died. It means that Lira couldn’t resist properly against that pathetic bastard, Gumdoksu, who couldn’t even throw a decent punch.
The reason I’ve been holding back my anger until now wasn’t because of some grand reason like “three times of patience prevents murder,” but rather because I wasn’t the one who would release it.
It was Lira’s job to get angry at Gumdoksu, and it was someone else’s job, not mine, to deal with the leader of the Geumilpa, Gumi Ilpa.
So, until now, any anger wasn’t my responsibility, and I had kept my anger inside to allow Lira to pour out her own anger without any hindrance.
But these bastards, these trash, give me no reason to hold back.
Furthermore, until now, there was always someone, like Haan or Lira, who had to leave a good impression when fighting.
Because if I didn’t hold back, I could scare them off, so violent scenes had to be short and concise.
But now, in this Geumilpa headquarters, there was no one I had to be cautious of.
So. I can get angry to my heart’s content, I can rampage to my heart’s content. There won’t be any repercussions.
“You said to come at you, but you’re the ones who didn’t come at me, and since it seems like you won’t come at me no matter how long I wait, I’ll just come at you. Got it?”
I turned my stiff neck, staring at these gangsters, and rotated my shoulders, finishing my stretching.
Then, I clenched my fist and pulled my elbow back.
“You f*cking bastards.”
I began to vent my anger.
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“Whew. It’s over. I wanted to do it more thoroughly, but since Mr. Hahyuksoo was waiting, I finished it concisely. Still, it didn’t take that long, did it?”
“······.”
“Mr. Ha Hyeok-su?”
With both fists covered in blood, Kang Jin-hyuk asked Ha Hyeok-su the only question he could ask.
“What the hell are you doing?”
There were clearly dozens, if not hundreds, of gangsters in the lobby. But after Kang Jin-hyuk made his move, there were only three left standing.
He knew Kang Jin-hyuk was a skilled fighter, but he never expected him to be so unbelievably good. It was beyond his expectations.
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The gangsters lying on the floor, with at least two broken limbs each, were all low-level thugs working for the Gold Star Company. They each carried a personal extension, and when the first five were taken down, they all reached for their extensions from their briefcases.
Even if they were caught off guard at first, seeing their comrades being attacked, they quickly regained their composure. They were fully alert, erasing any trace of carelessness from their minds.
If it were me, I would have fought those five bastards with a knife and risked my life. But Kang Jin-hyuk didn’t have a scratch on him.
But even though they were fully alert and eliminated any sense of carelessness, the outcome didn’t change.
None of them could stop the fists that came through countless blades, and no one could halt Kang Jin-hyuk as he calmly moved through the sea of knives.
No one could stop him, no one could halt him. The result was predetermined.
Each person received three blows, one for each room, and one blow to silence their screams of pain. And so, every gangster in the lobby met a fair end.
Kang Jin-hyuk, who had effortlessly performed this absurd act, scratched the back of his head in response to Ha Hyeok-su’s question and answered as if it were obvious.
“Well, of course, I’m the manager. Why are you asking such a stupid question all of a sudden?”
In response to his blatantly obvious answer, a hollow laugh burst out of Ha Hyeok-su’s mouth.
“Ha, this crazy bastard…”
Kang Jin-hyuk was undoubtedly an ally, and although they hadn’t known each other for long, Ha Hyeok-su could still trust that he was the same Kang Jin-hyuk he knew. This allowed him to relax.
Yeah, if he’s so good at fighting that it surpasses imagination, then it’s a good thing, right? He’s not just anyone, he’s the one who will manage our Lira. He has to be this good to protect our Lira, don’t you think?
Ha Hyeok-su’s tense face relaxed, and Kang Jin-hyuk smirked when he saw it.
“How about it? Can you finally believe me?”
“Yeah, man. You do such unbelievable things so casually, I can’t help but believe you.”
“Then, now that you can trust me and rely on me, we can fight with all our might without any worries, right?”
“······.”
Fight with all our might? Hahyuk-soo was momentarily speechless at that question, but he soon recalled the image of Gang Jin-hyuk that he had just seen in front of him and opened his mouth again.
“Yeah, because you proved yourself. I also have to prove what kind of person I am.”
With those words, Hahyuk-soo took the first step ahead of Gang Jin-hyuk for the first time today.
“Let’s go tell that damn bastard, who thinks he’s stronger than us, whether our Rira’s strength or his own strength is greater.”
And he turned his head and even told Gang Jin-hyuk, who was standing behind him, to follow.
It was hard to imagine Hahyuk-soo, who had only been repeating “Ottokke, Ottoge” from behind all this time, in such a confident and overflowing self-assured state. Seeing this, Gang Jin-hyuk smirked and stood beside him.
“Yeah. Let’s show those bastards on top just how terrifying our Rira is. Let’s go tell them ourselves!”
This time, there was no tackle-like suggestion to add “(진)” after “our Rira.”
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