Chapter 64 – Chunbae Kim (1)
[“This is what the Diamond Club ordered! I really don’t know anything!”
“What exactly did the Diamond Club make you do?”
“Juseong told me to secretly apply a buff from behind while fighting! Poetry, the referee also bought it, so I told you not to worry! They said that they would give me a lot of money when this job was done, and that they would give me a place in the diamond club. If I don’t do this, I will die! I couldn’t help it!”]
The tape recorder cut off.
Inside the room, Kim Chun-bae shook his head. Across the way, the Hunter from the Diamond Club was smoking a cigarette and staring at Chunbae with his neck slightly tilted. There was a tape recorder on the desk. The Diamond Club Hunter sighed and said.
“Hey, it’s Chunbae. I was so good at it. Uh? Fuck you hit the back of the head like this? This fuck is a baby. Did you seem complacent because I was good to you?”
“Oh no, that… Oh, if you don’t blow it, it will kill you… !”
“Are you really going to kill me, you idiot! Look at me am I dead? Did I blow it all out with my tongue flabbing like a dog-like bastard like you? Fuck you, didn’t you just run away?”
“Oh, no, that…”
“Did you fucking blow this once and try to get out on your own? It’s a dog. Uh? Who do you think will worry about you if you’re left alone? When I came to my senses, you fucking ran away and were gone? A bastard with no sense of loyalty. If my eldest brother hadn’t come, I would have been there, you bastard.”
“Oh, no… That is… !”
“Fuck you, if you go anywhere and talk more about this, you’ll really go after it. Understand? You know who won’t believe it yes?”
“Ah yes…”
Chunbae nodded her head. He could see the hope of living on his face. Hunter said, squeezing his cigarette into the ashtray.
“I’m a baby.”
Chunbae hesitated a little at his words. Hunter roared again, with a blood clot in his throat.
“Get out! Fuck!”
“Yes!”
Only then did Chunbae jump out of the door like a deer startled by the sound of his gunshot. The scenery of the city was peaceful regardless of the urgency of Chunbae. As soon as Chunbae left, Hunter sighed. I wanted to kill him right away, but that wasn’t as easy as I said. It was because the police had been keeping an eye on the Diamond Club since they killed a popular streamer not long ago.
So they planned to quietly visit Chunbae after he went home and deal with the ‘disappearance’.
Hunter looked at the name Kim Joo-seong while browsing the names stored on his phone. Hunter, too, had his neck tickled by this incident. He took all kinds of risks and put Kim Joo-sung up to the finals because he didn’t win.
No matter what unfortunate accident there was, in the end Kim Joo-seong did not win, and all the issues of the Rookie of the Year were taken by Jeong Su-hyeon.
The reason Hunter is now attached and Kim Joo-sung is still expected by the Diamond Club is because Hunter put all the responsibility on Kim Chun-bae.
He conspired with his superiors and hid the recorded files he had traded with the Black Dragon so that they would not be passed on to the higher ups. Regarding the reason for the loss, it was argued that Kim Chun-bae abruptly stopped her buff during the finals and forced her to ask for more money. According to his claim, Kim Chun-bae threatened to talk about the fact that he manipulated the match with a buff unless he gave him more money in the middle of the game. And in the meantime, Kim Joo-seong suddenly lost the buff and suffered the aftermath of the defeat.
A game that could have been won originally was lost because of Kim Chun-bae. Chunbae ran away from the scene right away, and it was an excuse that could be overturned because he came to his senses earlier than expected.
On the other hand, the upper line withheld the punishment until the next operation, while ordering Kim Chun-bae to ‘shut up’.
Even if it was runner-up, the plan wasn’t completely messed up.
The runner-up was also a decent spec, and it was hard to find another person with a background story as well as good looks and abilities like Kim Joo-sung. The plan was a little messed up due to an unfortunate ‘accident’, but it was okay as long as the year-end camp training operation was successful.
Right now, Hunter was in a state of being tightly united under the pressure that the year-end camp operation must succeed at the same time as eliminating Kim Chun-bae.
Year-end camp training. Kim Joo-seong had to become a hero there. Otherwise, it seemed that Hunter himself would go missing this time.
*******
Waking up in the academy infirmary, the championship trophy was facing me next to me. My eyes, reflected in the golden trophy, were wet with fatigue. I laughed at the funny look and raised my head.
“Woke up?”
I heard Yoojung’s voice. I hurriedly removed my head from the pillow. Senior Yoojung was smiling. Opposite me was Ichie, her face propped up on her mattress, looking up at me. She waved her hand at me and said.
“Good morning.”
“Ah yes… Hey, how did it go?”
Senior Yoojeong nodded towards her trophy.
[Rookie of the year championship trophy]
I saw it and laughed spontaneously. I couldn’t believe it, so I flicked it with my hand several times and even ran my fingers over the glass part of the trophy. After touching it several times, I took a deep breath and lay back on the bed. Senior Yoojung said.
“Reporters are in a frenzy. It’s a relief that reporters are not allowed in here.”
I looked out the window. Reporters were camped outside the window. Just looking at it gave me goosebumps because it was burdensome. Someone pointed at the window and shouted, and the camera flash went off. I hurriedly lowered the blinds and lay back on the bed.
Ichie was poking my face with her fingers. I puffed out her cheeks whenever she poked, and I teased her appropriately, twitching her mouth. She asked Ichie, looking blankly at me.
“Soo Hyun-sang. I won first place, so please grant me a wish.”
“A wish?”
Ichie nodded her head. Come to think of it, she made that bet. But she never thought about what she was going to ask Ichie to do, so she was very upset. What do you do Should I show off my talent? Ichie was shaking her head waiting for my answer. Senior Yoojeong looked at me blankly and smiled. I told Ichie.
“Then, shall we all go out together?”
I didn’t really want anything from Ichie. She was doing so well that I couldn’t ask for anything in particular. Ichie was a little surprised. She opened her eyes round and looked at me. Senior Yoojung also looked at me with a surprised expression. Senior Yoojung asked.
“Are the three of you together?”
“Yes. Three of us Come to think of it, I didn’t really want anything from Ichie. Then I think it’s right to listen to what Ichie wants.”
Ichie seemed to be in a good mood. If it had a tail, wouldn’t it be wagging wildly right now? It really felt like that when his shoulders moved and his lips twitched. Ichie asked.
“Where are you going? Go anywhere.”
Senior Yoojeong smiled and said.
“Miss Ichie. Suhyun needs to rest now. After the Rookie of the Year, you have some time to spare, so think about it slowly. You’re leaving the hospital tomorrow, right?”
“Then tomorrow. We all gather together at Suhyeon-sang’s house and have a meeting.”
“The three of you?”
Ichie nodded. Senior Yoo-jeong seemed a little taken aback. She glanced at me. I nodded her head and said.
“Is it so.”
“Flirt.”
Yoojung-senpai grumbled a little. But she couldn’t help it. Because she can’t make plans to go out alone with Ichie. Our house is also the best.
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“If you don’t tell the truth from now on, I’ll freeze your ankles and wrists and break them. Do you understand what I mean?”
Chunbae recalled what had happened that day. The silver-haired Hunter threatened Chunbae with a stern frown. Her hands were cold, and the Hunter of the Diamond Club, which she seemed to be protecting herself, was lying badly on the floor. Beside him, Ichigaya Ichie glanced at her blood dripping sword, then plunged her sword into Misaki’s corpse once again. As if sucking blood through a straw, the blood flowing on the floor soaked into the sword.
“Blow straight from now on. What did they do to you?”
“That, that’s why… !”
At that time, she had no choice for Chunbae. A bloody smell emanated from her side, and Seong Ha-yeon was determined to kill him at any moment. What could Chunbae do in the midst of confusion when Misaki was also gone?
“Fuck! Fuck! I, what did I do so wrong!”
He slammed into the corner of the room, banging his pillow and swearing. There was no one in the room, only one camera he didn’t know was spinning.
“Fuck! Fuck it! Pup! What a fucking year! Fuck bitch!”
Chunbae thought to himself, he hadn’t done anything wrong. On the contrary, he did his best, so he was only aggrieved. Seong Ha-yeon Hunter immediately sent the recorded material obtained from Chun-bae to the Diamond Club, and seemed to have made a deal in connection with this case.
It was unknown what the deal was, but the doping case was not publicized and neither he nor Kim Joo-sung were punished. Kim Joo-seong only had a broken arm, and Kim Chun-bae only had his pet, Misaki, killed once.
Chunbae remembered going to the academy right after the tournament.
There was no one by Chunbae’s side. At her academy, Kim Joo-seong, who pretended to be close to her, turned away from Chun-bae, and other academy students dismissed Chun-bae, calling her a ‘unloyal bastard who didn’t even cheer for the finals’.
When he was criticized, Kim Joo-sung completely ignored him. Rather, he raised an eyebrow at Chunbae and said:
“Hey, it’s Chunbae. Couldn’t you give me some support for that? Look at this. Your arm is broken because of you.”
And at those words, Chunbae exploded. He hated Kim Joo-sung, who treated the sacrifice he had made as nothing and made fun of him one-sidedly by taking advantage of his situation to keep his mouth shut. He was so sorry for his cold jokes that he thought he was a friend.
“You, you were helping me!”
So Chunbae exploded there. The students all looked at Chunbae with bewildered faces. Kim Joo-sung hardened his face. Chunbae shouted, cold sweat running down her face and his chin trembling.
“You couldn’t come out because you gave me a buff! But, but why are you doing this to me! Uh? Uh? How could you do this to me!”
“Hey, Chunbae, what’s wrong with you when you said a joke? Uh?”
Kim Joo-sung smiled and tried to defuse the situation. But Chunbae did not stop there.
“Oh, that’s a joke! You made me feel bad and said no, no, I was kidding!”
And there, Kim Joo-sung’s face hardened. He got up from his seat and pushed Kim Chun-bae. Kim Chun-bae realized that Kim Joo-sung was big and very intimidating. Kim Joo-seong looked down at Chun-bae with a grim face and said.
“Hey, Kim Chunbae. Do it with the fucking words covered. Say it again. You said I buffed you during the tournament? Uh?”
Kim Chun-bae turned his head and looked for Jeong Su-hyeon. Jeong Su-hyeon was flirting with Ichie while looking at the pad. Will Jung Soo-hyun represent me? The anger that burned like a fire cooled down again there. The regained reason made his body cold.
“No, that… Therefore…”
“Well, that. Hey. Speak up did you really walk? Uh?”
Kim Joo-sung’s arm touched her. Chunbae could not stand the feeling of contempt and fear. He didn’t want to imagine the future that his words would bring. He closed his eyes and ran out of the classroom.
*******
The diamond club, which he believed would put him in, cut off contact, and the 10 million won that he said he would give if the job was done well didn’t come in either. Chunbae hit his pillow and lay flat on the floor. He was dripping with sweat. I hated the world and felt bad. And, it was so unfair that his own life seemed to be going downhill.
Knock. Knock.
That moment. A knock was heard.
Kim Chun-bae raised his head and looked at his door.
“Who, who are you?”
