Chapter 36 – Episode 36 Kidnapped Yuara

Yooara said that she would go down to her parents’ house for about a week.
Where did she say her home was?

‘I think they said Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do.’

After the gate opened 15 years ago, countless monsters came out of the gate.
Countless cities have been burned and destroyed by monsters.
Even though the Korean military responded quickly in the beginning, they could not prevent the damage.
The damage was greater in larger cities.
Except for Incheon and Seoul, most of Gyeonggi-do’s major cities have been wiped out by monsters.
Okay.
Except for Pyeongtaek, where there were US troops.

Among the cities in Gyeonggi-do that were at the level of destruction due to the quick response of the US military and the support of the Korean army, Pyeongtaek was able to survive.

All other cities were burned and destroyed.
Numerous Gate refugees flocked to Pyeongtaek, and after the Gate subjugation entered a stable period, Pyeongtaek prospered due to the people gathered.
As a result, Pyeongtaek became the central city after the gate.
It was because there were too many unorganized gates and dungeons to restore the city devastated by monsters.

Of course, unlike Seoul, there is a prejudice that people who do not have much money live together.

After the gate was created, there were not many surviving cities in Korea that could be called cities.

Seoul, Incheon, Pyeongtaek, Mokpo, Busan, and Jeju Island.

These six cities became metropolitan cities, and cities large and small were being recreated around them.
If all other places were cleaned up, the prosperous city of the past would be recreated, but that was a story in the distant future.

“There’s no way something could happen in Pyeongtaek.”

There was no such thing as an urgent text message.
In particular, Pyeongtaek was famous for its good security.
It was such a quiet city that it was called the City of Nojam because there were almost no villains.

Even Yooara is now a talented prospect.
Even if some thugs attacked, they would be able to destroy them all.

‘It’s not like the gate broke in Pyeongtaek…’

If so, it would have reached my ears.

I quietly looked at Yuara’s text.
The urgency felt in her talk.
I wasn’t a kid who would make up lies just to see me.
If I had to guess…

Debt.

Nothing came to mind except the debt she owed to enter her academy.

I called.
There was no answer.

Sure
Something happened with the debt.

“Let’s go for now.”

She is a student who will become my important power.
I didn’t want to miss or lose anything like this.

I went down to Pyeongtaek that day.

Whoops!

I didn’t even notice that another text message came after that because I was going down in a hurry.

***

“Why no reply… ?”

Hyeri Lee looked down at her smartphone.
She just finished training and she texted Siwoo Kim.
Endurance training.
It wasn’t as easy as I thought.

– Failed. 20 sets.

Again, it collapsed in the 20th set.
She thought she could do a little more, but her thighs and leg muscles just couldn’t keep up and she collapsed.

I thought about lying, but I couldn’t.
Her pride couldn’t tolerate faking it.

“I don’t even check.”

An hour has passed since it was sent, but the number 1 has not been erased.

“Are you trying to fool me with this?”

Annoyance welled up.
Her head simmered.
In her 20 years of life, she has never been ignored by anyone.

“It’s annoying. It really annoys me.”

She was a person who never cared.
Isn’t it too irresponsible that she didn’t even check it when she ordered it?

“Ugh!!!”

Lee Hye-ri stomped her foot.
Lee Hye-ri, who was always blunt at the academy, was completely invisible to her.
Perhaps she would have liked it, saying that if Li Kangsan had seen this figure, she had seen her brother’s human side.
Apart from it, and.

“Okay. Let’s see who wins.”

Lee Hye-ri gnashed her teeth as she glared at her smartphone.

***

I took the express train to Pyeongtaek and arrived in Pyeongtaek in an hour.
After arriving in Pyeongtaek, I saw Lee Hye-ri’s text message.
Specifically, the text that appeared in the preview.

– Failed. 20 sets.

She didn’t bother to reply.
Corporal punishment could not have been given until next week anyway.
You don’t have to check every time.

“It’s been a while here.”

When she was active under the pseudonym of Shadow Mask, it was a city she often visited.
It was because several gates were connected to Pyeongtaek.

Since there was no need to subdue the gate, there was no need to come.
It’s already been 2 years.

“Nothing has changed.”

I picked up my smartphone and made a call.

Again, there was no answer.

“It would have been helpful to know the exact address…”

Before I could finish talking to myself, my smartphone rang.

Whoops!

It was Yuara.
I saw her number on my smartphone.

One, two, three.

Click.

“Hello.”
– Brother, did you arrive already?

Unfamiliar voice.
It was a man’s voice.

“Who is it?”
– Who is it? I’m in debt Our customer borrowed money and didn’t pay it back.
“So you kidnapped him?”
-Ah, what are you saying so uncultured? It’s what we’ve gathered ourselves for a healthy conversation for a while.
“With the scholarship Yoo Ara received, she should be able to repay the money she borrowed.”

Even if the academy admission fee and tutoring fees are combined, it will not exceed 30 million won.
In the first place, there would be no problem in terms of money, as I would be given the top priority scholarship this time and all tuition fees would be refunded.

-Ah, my older brother doesn’t have economic ideas. Don’t you know? If you borrow money, you have to pay interest.
“So how much is it?”
-Our Ara customer borrowed 15 million won and 45 million won in interest. And if we include 33.5 million won for other labor costs and 12 million won for meals, it is 155.5 million won.

It’s an obvious story.
Those who harass people with ridiculous interest rates just because they lend money.

15 million won is called 100 million won.

‘These are bastards.’

The feeling of wanting to slap the grinning guy’s face as it is came creeping up.

“The interest is high.”
-Of course. He even wrote a contract to pay back at a high interest rate.

There is this guy.
Those who put people on leashes with ridiculous contracts.
They were the kind of guys I most annoyed.
Why?
Daesung Those bastards were just like that.
Those who turn rookie hunters into half-assholes with unreasonable contracts and throw them away like expendable supplies.
These are the types of pups I hate the most.

No matter how hard and hard it is to live in this world.

You shouldn’t treat people that way.

“Okay. Let’s meet and talk.”
– Is it impossible without money?
“I’ll take it, just tell me the address.”
– Hmm, what do I believe in?
“Don’t you want to receive money?”
-Anyway, if I sell this friend to a back alley guild, I can get enough money. If you’re a cadet who won first place at the academy, you’ll get billions of dollars, right?

He’s a bigger kid than you think.
They were familiar guys whom I had seen many times.
Those who are parasitic to the Hunter system and eat the plate.

“You are stupid. Does your mind only reach that far? Well, that’s why you’re probably content with the private loan business.”
-What?
“If it were me, I wouldn’t sell them to back alleys, but to regular guilds.”
– What is this bastard…
“It’s a contract with the guild. I’ll take a portion of the money in exchange for claiming some of the cadet’s rights you sold. That way, even if you can’t make enough money right away, you’ll be able to collect the income from the cadets you sold.”
-What kind of pun is this bastard…
“You think it’s a pun? How much do you think an A-rank hunter would get if he attacked a gate or dungeon? 5 thousand? 1 million? No, at least 200 million. If you don’t die by conquering just one dungeon, just taking a portion of the stake in it will far exceed the 100 million you mentioned.”
-…
“At the same time, there is an opportunity to create a line with a regular guild. I don’t know about back alley loan sharks like you, but the guild guys aren’t as righteous as I thought.”

Create regular guilds and lines.
It would be a dizzying proposal that a mere loan shark could not stand.
The reason I tell you this is simple.
Anyway, even if they tell me, they can’t do it.

In fact, it was a technique Daesung liked to use, but he did not entrust it to a moneylender in the back alley.
The guys had a separate professional company, and the company’s method of attracting new hunters was secretive and meticulous.

-I know a lot about regular guilds.
“Of course.”
– But why are you telling me that? Aren’t you this student’s teacher?
“A teacher.”
– But why?
“Do you know why I am acting as her teacher?”
-… Ah.

As soon as I realized it, I heard a fishy laugh.

– He must have been more communicative than I thought.
“Quickly give me your address. Don’t scratch my merchandise.”
-Hmm… But do we get anything from this woman?
“Pay enough. And…”
-And?
“Shouldn’t you guys also make at least one line with a regular guild?”
-… I understand your intentions. But what should we believe and tell?
“If you tell me the location, I’ll give you the guild’s contact information.”
-Only as a customer center…
“It is direct.”
-Direct line?
“Okay. It is the number of the guild master. If you call me on my number, I will be able to reach you right away.”

The voice cuts off.
The sound of breathing over the receiver becomes rough.
The sound of swallowing saliva could be heard from here.

욕심 들린 개새끼가 발정 나서 헥헥 거리는 게 여기까지 느껴졌다.

“Give me five seconds. Then the negotiations broke down…”
-Okay! As an urgent friend.
“I don’t have time.”
-But contact first…
“If you send an address, we send a contact to that number. I’m not a laid-back person to chat like this with you guys.”
-I get it. Send the address
“Then I will wait.”

I hung up first.
And within 10 seconds, the address arrived.

-Pyeongtaek-si @@ro 108. Factory zone.

“Young. It’s a trick.”

It won’t be a real address.
But I will send the real contact information.

Dusk.
It was once a guild that I briefly entrusted myself to.
It was quite a mid-level guild.
And the guild master of twilight, the swordsman, was a person who could tell who he was just by hearing his voice because of his characteristic gruff voice.

It must be an attractive place to be tempted by a loan shark.

I handed over the Twilight Guild Master’s contact information.

I’m sorry. Uncle Swordsman.
Take care of yourself.

Has it been 5 minutes since you sent the contact?

-Pyeongtaek-si #@ro 119. Factory zone. Sorry. I had doubts.

Also.

I moved quickly to save Yuara.

***

-Who is it?

The moneylender, Koo Jung-moo, froze as soon as he heard the voice over the receiver.
The power that comes from your voice.
And mana.
He was a formidable talent.

“I’m sorry. I dialed a wrong number.”

He hastily hung up the call.
My heart raced like crazy just for a brief phone call.
I was trying to check if this teacher’s words were a lie, but it’s true.

“Whoa, whoa… This crazy bastard. Was it real?”

Really, if I didn’t care, I almost fell behind the Sword Saint.
As Gu Jingmu shuddered, his subordinate asked from the side.

“Brother, are you for real?”
“Okay. It was a real twilight swordsman. I can tell just by hearing your voice.”
“So, is it real? Selling her…”
“I guess so. I thought that swordsman was a righteous person, but he was committing human trafficking behind the scenes.”

In the end, they were no different from themselves, pretending to be righteous only in front of them.

“This is an opportunity. An opportunity to graduate from Pyeongtaek and move on to Seoul.”
“Brother, then we really…”
“Let’s seize the opportunity. Do the best you can for that person. Oh, and tell me the address again. Say goodbye to your apologies.”
“All right.”

Gu Jung-moo calmed his trembling body and looked at Yoo-ara.

“Did you hear? The private tutor you believe in is no different from us. Now there is no one to protect you for four years. Heck, play that body well for us. Hehe.”
“Ugh!!!”

Yuara struggled, her arms and legs tied and her mouth sealed with tape.
The way she glared at Gu Jeongmu with her teary eyes was appetizing.

“Calm down. It’s troublesome when an important product is damaged. Wouldn’t you want to pay a high price too?”

My mouth watered.
A huge amount of money that Yooara will earn.

Yua Ra, who thought she was a paid student, is a lumberjack who could become an A-class in the future.
Her second exam was broadcast live and everyone saw it.
Yua Ra said she was number one among her cadets this time her first year!

She had no idea how much her value would go up.
She used the money Yuara had borrowed from her as an excuse so she could hold on like this.
That meant that she didn’t care how she treated this woman.

“Is this really the year?”

It was Gu Jeong-mu, who rubbed his hands while recalling the four weeks he had seen the other day.

Kiki-ik, thump!

Then, the door opened.

“Hey, brother! You are here!”

He was a teacher who would become his reliable business partner in the future.
Koo Jung-moo welcomed Kim Si-woo with open arms.