– Boom!
The black sky flashed white for a moment.
“Wow, it’s pouring rain.”
As Yu Myeong-gu said, the ‘Happiness Loan’ employees all looked out the window.
What had been drizzling a little while ago had suddenly turned into heavy rain and pouring down.
Palbong got up from his seat and looked out the window.
“ha.”
A sigh came out of my mouth. As Palbong sighed, Myeonggu approached and said.
“Brother, why are you sighing? It’s a good day like today. Hehe, look at this money. “It’s awesome, awesome.”
It was a huge hit. The gold price was better than expected. Today’s sales alone are 550 million. I received 5,000 more than expected.
‘Then our income is 110 million?’
I made it so easily that I wondered if I could make money like this.
“Put all the cash in the safe. “Put the 440 million in a separate bag.”
“All right. older brother.”
Myeonggu answered with a smile, then scratched his head and spoke again.
“But brother, I know it’s polite not to ask questions like this, but I just can’t figure it out. “Where did your nephew get this from?”
Palbong was also the thing I was most curious about.
“I decided not to ask.”
That’s what I said, but it felt like a stone was stuck in one side of my chest.
He wondered if he might be leading Kang Min down the wrong path.
‘In less than a month, he brought 2 billion won in cash and 500 million won worth of precious metals. ‘Is this possible?’
It wasn’t. This was a level of fund mobilization that only the chairman served by Palbong could do.
As Palbong’s face hardened, Myeonggu lowered his head.
“I understand, brother.”
Myeong-gu went without a word and put the cash in the safe.
– Kkkwang!
Lightning continued to strike and thunder rang out.
At that time, Palbong’s cell phone rang. When I opened my phone, I saw a text message.
[Are you curious about this week’s lotto winning numbers? If you visit corora18xxx.com, your chances of winning are 100 times higher!]
It was a common spam ad. But Palbong’s eyes wavered when he saw the caller ID.
Palbong went straight to the site in Spam.
It was a site with a lot of pictures of women, lotto, and gambling.
Palbong didn’t pay attention to the photo, but entered ‘88880000’ in the ‘Search’ window at the top of the site and pressed the search button.
Then the page changed and simple text appeared.
[Jinho Bang moves with his subordinates after taking drugs. Obtained information about Choi Kang-min from ‘Taenggu’. The current location is xxx.]
After 10 seconds, the page changed automatically. It was the first page I saw.
But Palbong didn’t notice that.
‘what? Bang Jin-ho went to Kang Min? Bringing his men?’
Palbong opened his eyes wide. Her lips were pursed and her fists clenched. I felt like I knew right away why I went.
‘I… I was so sloppy!’
I learned a while ago from Seo-ra’s report that Bang Jin-ho had a spy inside.
Normally, he would have investigated and eliminated the spy mercilessly, but at this time, even Palbong was shaken.
‘Myeong-gu, Jong-nam, Jeong-sik.’
These three people had been in a relationship between Palbong and death for five years.
They were the only three people who followed him when he branched out, and Palbong was the only person he could trust.
So, even when told that there was a spy, Palbong hesitated.
‘That hesitation put Kangmin in danger!’
Palbong immediately opened the innermost cabinet. Inside was a jungle island called Maseti.
When Palbong took out the jungle sword, everyone in the office held their breath.
“Brother, what’s going on?”
As Myeong-gu tried to approach, Palbong pointed the Masetti at Myeong-gu.
“Stand still!”
Palbong’s words were too young to live.
“older brother!”
Myeonggu’s eyes wavered. He was a Palbong who had never pointed a sword at them.
“I don’t have time, so I’ll be blunt. “I know there is one among you three who listens to Bang Jin-ho.”
The three people’s eyes widened at Palbong’s words.
“Brother, this is ridiculous!”
Myeonggu spoke first.
“you’re right. There’s a spy among us! “It doesn’t make sense!”
Then Jongnam spat and refuted.
However, only the third official frowned and did not speak. When Jeongsik did not speak, Myeonggu and Jongnam looked at Jeongsik.
“no way… Are you Jeongsik?”
Jeongsik turned his head sharply at Myunggu’s words and said.
“Stop talking nonsense. “I was wondering who might be the spy.”
“So you think there’s a real spy among us?”
“Did you see Brother Palbong talking nonsense?”
Everyone pursed their lips at Jeongsik’s words.
Palbong told everyone.
“As you all know, I treated you like my brothers. It was the same for you too. The guy who betrayed me probably also has a story he can’t tell. So I’m giving you one last chance.”
Palbong looked around at the three people and said.
“I’m going to set up camp now. “If I tell this news to Bang Jin-ho, I will be on my way to death.”
The three men swallowed dry saliva.
“But if you don’t tell me, I will leave behind closed doors what I have done so far. “Come visit me quietly later.”
Palbong said that and opened the office door.
“And this is my personal business, so you don’t come.”
Palbong said those words and ran out of the office.
The remaining three people looked at each other and fidgeted.
“Nimi! “When was the last time you did public work and private work separately?”
Myeonggu ran out and the youngest Jeongsik followed without saying a word.
The last person was Jongnam. He bit his lip until it bled, then grabbed a hammer and a sashimi knife from the cabinet and ran out.
“I’m not bringing tools!”
* * *
– Sigh! Sigh! Sigh!
The rotating edge of the shield tore the five men apart. Blood spurted from the bodies of the big guys.
Some people were bleeding from their necks, some from their eyes, and some from their noses.
It was because they were all different heights. But the effect was similar.
“Ahh!”
Everyone screamed and stepped back. I held onto the wound with my hand, but it got worse.
But Kangmin was not fine either. His nose was bleeding and his eyes were bleeding.
The pain in his head was unbearable, but Kangmin gritted his teeth.
‘You can’t miss this time!’
A little while ago, I created a shield about 1 meter away, but the big guys stepped back and couldn’t do any more damage.
Kangmin moved his shield a little wider. Extending the shield distance was something he had never done before.
The recoil was enormous.
– Phew.
It felt like my head had been hit by a hammer. She was in tremendous pain and vomited blood from her mouth. For a moment, concentration was lost and the speed of the shield decreased.
I wanted to collapse like this.
‘no!’
Kangmin concentrated as he swallowed the blood remaining in his mouth.
The shield speed, which had been slow, increased again and the radius began to gradually expand.
‘1.1m, 1.2m.’
The shield, which was slowly expanding, widened to nearly 1.8m at some point.
“Ahh!”
The screams of the giants were heard again. The hand that was covering the wound fell to the floor.
The big guys screamed like crazy. But it was drowned out by the sound of pouring rain.
Next was the face.
Some had their heads cut off in half, while others had their faces split in two, starting from the nose.
After a while, no one screamed.
All five of them were lying on the floor in a terrible state. Occasionally there were people shaking, but not a single one survived.
“Sigh… Haak.”
Kang Min-man was standing staggering around with blood all over his face.
And there was one other person who survived. It was Bang Jin-ho.
Bang Jin-ho, who was watching this from behind, trembled and pointed at Kang-min with his hand.
“you… “What the hell are you!”
* * *
Bang Jin-ho couldn’t believe what was happening right before his eyes.
‘monster? Super power? no. Nonsense! Then, have you recovered from the medicine yet?’
I was completely dazed and it seemed like I was still feeling the effects of the drug.
It had to be that way. This didn’t make sense.
Jinho thought that it must have looked like this because of the drug.
‘Well, that doesn’t make sense. Does it make sense for someone to suddenly cut off their wrists and slit their throats without even attacking them?’
Jinho shook his head. I thought this was a fantasy. As a result, my attention became focused on other things.
– Sniff.
A smell pierced Jinho’s nose.
‘The smell of blood.’
Jinho was particularly sensitive to the smell of blood. He felt a strange sense of pleasure every time he smelled blood.
That excited Jinho more than any other drug. However, there was a strange smell of blood that I had never smelled before.
‘It’s him.’
Choi Kang-min was bleeding all over his face. It was clear that this smell was coming from that guy.
‘It looks delicious, blood! blood!’
Jinho held the sashimi knife tightly. His men were down, but he didn’t think it was Kang Min’s doing.
‘It must be an illusion.’
I had no hesitation because I thought it was a fantasy. I wanted to taste that delicious-looking blood right away.
At that moment, Kangmin seemed to have no strength to resist as his body swayed.
Jinho grinned and rushed towards Kangmin.
Kangmin flinched as he grabbed something into the air, but there was nothing in his hand.
‘Is that kid on drugs too? Are you fucking doing it with your bare hands? ‘Kkkkkk.’
Jinho ran and hit Kangmin with a sashimi knife.
But that was then. Something passed by his arm holding the sashimi knife.
‘huh?’
Jinho didn’t know what happened at that moment.
When he looked down, his right hand holding the knife had fallen.
It didn’t feel real, but soon there was tremendous pain.
“Ahh!”
I screamed.
‘what! what! what!’
This didn’t make sense. If it was an illusion, this kind of pain shouldn’t have happened.
Jinho rolled on the floor. She felt the cold of the floor all over her body.
‘This isn’t an illusion?’
When he looked to the side, he saw his subordinate who had already stopped breathing. His head had been cut off and his blood and brain fluid were flowing out.
“Yuck!”
I vomited despite the unbearable pain.
At that time, Kangmin came to me, staggering. Jinho finally realized this.
‘It was all real.’
I don’t know how he did it, but that monster must have killed his men and cut off his own arm.
“monster… monster.”
“I am… “It’s not a monster.”
“If it’s not a monster, how…?” “How can you do this!”
“You do this much too. There is only a difference in method. “Isn’t it worse than this?”
Jinho was unable to respond to Kangmin’s words. Because that was true.
Kangmin raised his hand. He still didn’t have anything in his hands, but it was clear that if he hit that thing, his own head would be cut off.
“fat… help me!”
“Did you save the person who asked for it?”
“money! I’ll give you whatever money you want! How much do you need! “Just say it!”
Kangmin shook his head. He had a lot of money.
“It really seems like you and I have a terrible relationship. “I got to kill you twice.”
“that… What are you talking about?”
“When you go to the afterlife, ask King Yeomra!”
It was then. Someone’s voice was heard from the lower floor of the building.
“Kangmin! Kangmin Choi! “Where are you?”
At that moment, Kangmin saw hope in Jinho’s eyes.
“eight! Palbong… … .”
Jinho tried to call Palbong with all his might. But he couldn’t finish his words.
– Snip.
The shield Kangmin was holding cut off Jinho’s head.
“… under”
Jinho’s neck rolled on the floor. When Kangmin saw that, all strength went out of his body.
‘This is my second time seeing this.’
Kangmin fell to the floor.
The last thing Kangmin saw before losing consciousness was Palbong running towards him.
“three… uncle.”
* * *
It was 12 hours later when Kangmin opened his eyes again.
“Are you coming to your senses?”
Kangmin’s eyes were sore and he kept closing them and opening them. Sunlight was shining brightly outside the window.
When I looked to the right, there was Palbong there.
“uncle?”
“ha.”
Palbong sighed first.
“You seem to be coming to your senses.”
“yes. By the way, uncle, where is this place?”
When I looked around, it looked like a hospital, but it was a little different from a regular hospital.
“Let’s leave it as a hospital for now. “How are you feeling?”
“Your body?”
Kangmin raised his upper body from the bed. There was an IV and a needle connected to the back of his hand.
My head hurt a little, but it was better than I thought.
“I think it’s okay.”
“Thank goodness. “I thought something was very wrong because my face was covered in blood.”
‘bloodiness?’
Only then did Kang Min remember what happened last night. Kangmin’s eyes wavered.
‘I… I.’
killed a person That’s 6 people.
However, it wasn’t as shocking as when I first killed Bang Jin-ho. Honestly, that was more shocking to Kangmin.
‘I guess I’m used to killing.’
I felt bitter and worried at the same time.
‘I committed murder in the real world.’
In a parallel world, it didn’t matter if you killed people. A time without law or morality. It was a world where survival was the only virtue.
But the reality was different.
‘me! Am I going to jail?’
Kangmin held his head.
“Uncle, did I kill someone? Should I turn myself in?”
Palbong shook his head and said.
“No, there is no need for that. “I finished cleaning up.”
Kangmin looked at Palbong and looked surprised.
“yes?”
“Don’t worry, the bodies will be sinking to the bottom of the sea off Incheon by now. Even the blood stains were removed with a tool. “No one can find it.”
Palbong’s cleanup was more than Kangmin expected.
“still… It’s true that I killed someone. “Don’t I look like a monster?”
Palbong tapped Kangmin’s shoulder.
“This isn’t your fault. It’s all my fault. On the contrary, I am grateful that I am alive.”
“uncle.”
Palbong held Kangmin’s hand. And they told me why Kangmin was captured by them.
“So, the spy among the three didn’t tell Bang Jin-ho. “I’m glad, but aren’t you anxious?”
“There are people who are anxious but have to embrace them. “It’s like a parent-child relationship.”
It wasn’t something I completely understood, but Kangmin seemed to understand a little bit.
Kang Min wondered if he would be able to kick Palbong out if he had betrayed him.
I hated it. I wanted to believe in Palbong somehow.
“I understand, uncle. thank you.”
“But it’s just this one time. never… “You must not kill people.”
Kangmin nodded and said.
“I would never do that unless I was in danger of dying.”
Palbong nodded.
“That’s enough. By the way, how on earth did you kill those guys? “I don’t think you were carrying any weapons?”
Kangmin’s face hardened. He had a lot of things he wanted to say, but couldn’t.
It wasn’t that he didn’t trust Palbong, it was his secret. Moreover, even if he told the truth, it was clear that people would think he was not telling the truth.
“Uncle, I’m sorry.”
“Is there a force that is helping or using you? “Is that why you can’t speak?”
It was natural for Palbong to think that way. Palbong knew Kangmin’s skills better than anyone else. It made no sense for Kang Min to kill six gangsters.
“Uncle, I will tell you everything someday. “Please wait just a little longer.”
“Ha, it seems like I just sigh when I see you these days. Okay, I’ll skip it for now. But I hope you tell me someday.”
Kang Min also hoped that such a day would come.
“Yes, uncle.”
* * *
Kangmin got out of the taxi and started running frantically.
While talking to Palbong, I realized that the time was 10 o’clock.
‘crazy! ‘Why am I looking at the clock now!’
We had to move to a parallel world at 11:30.
Kang-min came in such a hurry that he put on a hospital gown and ran into the house.
I looked at the clock and it was 11:05.
‘I do not have time!’
Kangmin quickly changed into sweats and sneakers and entered the living room.
The master bedroom was full of boxes. It was all ramen.
Kang Min was thinking about what to bring to the parallel world and chose ramen, which has the most efficiency compared to its weight.
‘It looks like the rice was brought in some time ago.’
The rest was a box of cookies, a carton of cigarettes, and asthma medicine for the children.
‘This is 48 kg.’
The remaining 2 kg was left considering the weight of the clothes and sneakers he was wearing.
Kang Min tied them up with string. If it was somehow tied up and Kang-min was holding it, he could take it to a parallel world.
Before I knew it, it was 11:20.
‘Is there anything missing?’
As I looked around, wondering if anything, a message appeared in front of me.
Kangmin’s body and box disappeared from the master bedroom.
* * *
Kangmin did not lose his mind. In fact, I feel a little refreshed now.
‘Is it because I got used to it?’
Looking around, he saw that the room was exactly the same as when he moved to the real world.
Kangmin again made up his mind and redistributed the boxes.
There were too many boxes to take all at once, so I tied two boxes each with string and carried a total of four boxes, one in each hand.
When I searched the house, I found a student bag with snacks and cigarettes in it.
‘Now let’s go to them.’
Kangmin left the living room. But that was then.
Kangmin’s eyes widened. It was because I saw an unexpected message.
Moreover, the message did not end there. A nonsensical message came next.
Kangmin gritted his teeth after reading the message.
‘Oh my god, this is a skill?’
