Chapter 104 – Revenge (4)

The future of Kim Joo-sung was getting darker day by day. Just when he felt he had reached the bottom, new news always popped up, making Kim Joo-sung’s position plummet even more. Kim Joo-sung felt the malice towards him was unfair.

[Kim Joo-sung, the perpetrator of school violence, controversy]

[Kim Joo-seong, trying to manipulate all the games of the Rookie of the Year]

He had never committed any school violence and played all but two games with his own skills. It was just unfair that news like this hit him. The cell phone rang violently even while Kim Joo-seong was sitting in a wheelchair with a dazed face. Kim Joo-sung confirmed his name.

Grandma. Her grandmother, who said she would pamper her, was on her phone. Kim Joo-sung carefully picked up the phone with a frown on her face.

“Hello?”

“Oh, Joo Seong. Are you on the news right now? Are you right? Aigoo, aigoo, my baby…”

Her grandmother made her wail as soon as she called her, making Kim Joo-sung feel bad. He was dumbfounded at the thought that even her grandmother would doubt him. Wasn’t she herself someone, the hero Kim Joo-sung? So he said to her irritation.

“Grandma. What are you doing. Now?”

“Oh my gosh. What did you do that for?”

“Grandma. You can’t believe what’s on the news. It’s all lies. Would I have done that? Grandma, don’t you believe me? The Diamond Club will take care of everything later. Don’t worry, go to sleep. All right?”

“No, but isn’t that big? Uh? I did some fabrication, but reporters come and go,”

Kim Joo-seong burst into tears.

“Oh really! Just stay calm! Because I know everything! Uh? What are you worried about! What have you done to me! Uh?”

“Oh, Joo Seong. So that’s not what I meant…”

“Hang up!”

Kim Joo-seong got angry and threw his cell phone. The profile picture of his body, which he had set as his wallpaper, looked desolate. A profile with a confident expression that seems to have conquered everything in the world. When I took that picture, I thought everything in the world belonged to me, but there was nothing left.

“Fuck…”

Kim Joo-sung swears while holding his head.

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A week passed like that. The Diamond Club, which had said it would solve everything over time, was silent. The support had long since ceased, and the people who cursed at him still remained. Right away, I had to worry about the hospital bill for next month, but there was no talk of paying the money at the Diamond Club.

Sitting in the hospital room and eating snacks and bread, I gained 10kg. Seeing his hard muscles covered with fat made him feel bad, but it didn’t matter because he was thinking of working out again once his legs were healed. Because I wanted to relieve stress by eating.

“Oh.”

And finally the phone rang. It was a call from the manager of the Diamond Club. It was the call Kim Joo-seong had been waiting for, so he dragged his heavy body to pick up the phone. As soon as I answered the phone, I heard a bright voice. The tone seemed to have nothing to do with this tragedy, so Kim Joo-seong was annoyed as soon as he answered the phone.

“Mr. How you doing?”

“How are you? What do you do now? They say it will get better, but only strange articles keep popping up. If you make me succeed. Yes?”

Kim Joo-sung questioned, but nothing changed. Hunter, who volunteered to be managed, continued his story regardless of his emotional agitation.

“Yes. Mr. Jusung. Actually, it’s over now, right? The superiors have now concluded that it is very dangerous to continue carrying Mr. Juseong.”

“Yes?”

A line of cold sweat ran down Kim Joo-sung’s forehead. Confused, he stammered and asked again.

“What, what does that mean? Yes? No, what do you mean by that?”

“Yes. Mr. Jusung. In fact, you have to worry about your livelihood in the future, and your support has been cut off. Yes?”

“No, now…”

“How are you going to do it in the future? Don’t you want us to keep feeding Joo-seong?”

“…I just need a leg to heal.”

“Anyway, he’s a D-class hunter. My starting line was late due to treatment compared to others, and I’m not particularly talented. Yes?”

“Can it happen again? Yes?”

Kim Joo-sung’s tone of voice changed as if he were clinging to it. He held on to his cell phone like a rope and begged. But whether he desperately requested it or not, Hunter’s tone did not change.

“Yes. Mr. Jusung. So now we are going to make some suggestions. If this story continues for too long, it’s not good for each other. Yes?”

“Yes…”

Kim Joo-sung nodded his head. Hunter said with a laugh.

“So, I’m going to wrap it up with our Joo-seong taking responsibility simply. What do you think? I’ll make sure to pay you back.”

*******

[Apologized at Kim Joo-sung’s press conference. ‘I’m sorry to the people.’]

[“Hunter Kim Joo-seong,” The protagonist of the controversy over manipulating the Rookie of the Year, held a press conference today and admitted that he, Hunter Choi Il-guk of the Diamond Club, and Hunter Chun-bae Kim, an apprentice hunter, conspired to commit the act.]

Kim Chun-bae was crouching in a small warehouse, reading a newspaper article. On the front page of the newspaper article, Kim Joo-seong was seen apologizing after getting out of a wheelchair. In the future, he will undergo rehabilitation treatment, concentrate on his life as a hunter again, and expressed his aspirations to serve hard for the safety of the people.

“Fuck you.”

However, Kim Chun-bae was not enough. What will happen if Kim Joo-sung succeeds again after going on like this? What would happen if the rehabilitation treatment was successful and the hunter life resumed? Thinking of Kim Joo-sung succeeding again, Kim Chun-bae felt his stomach twist.

“I’m home!”

Kim Chun-bae was startled by the sudden voice and shrank his body. Then, he identified the owner of the voice and let out a tantrum.

“I told you to be quiet and come in!”

“Oh, sorry!”

Hanagawa Misaki. The summoner Kim Chun-bae could summon with her ability, wearing a thick coat over her brown hat, answered with a smile. Even in the poor environment, Misaki was smiling at Kim Chun-bae. She had cup noodles and gimbap for today in her hands.

It was difficult for Kim Chun-bae to go outside, so he tended to have Misaki do simple errands like this. Chunbae Kim was wanted, but she was not wanted by Misaki.

Kim Chun-bae silently snatched the envelope and took out the gimbap and cup noodles inside. Misaki was looking at Kim Chun-bae with a smile. Chunbae Kim said.

“What, what are you looking at?”

“Is there anything else you want me to do?”

“Oh, no.”

Kim Chun-bae looked at the newspaper again. Misaki was looking at Kim Chun-bae with a pitiful face. Kim Chun-bae was thinking about how to get revenge on Kim Joo-seong.

*******

Several days passed again.

Kim Chun-bae started walking around Kim Joo-sung’s house. The house where the reporters lingered was now almost empty. Kim Joo-sung commuted from home for rehabilitation treatment every day, and in the quiet house, his grandmother did her housework or tended the flower beds.

Kim Chun-bae felt his stomach twist when he saw this peaceful scene. He himself suffers and suffers like this, but it was because Kim Joo-sung seemed to be living well somehow even in the bottom of his life. He must be destroyed He must be destroyed to the very bottom, to the point of no return.

So, Kim Chun-bae checked several times to see if there were people around. It was because people would come and go and see him in big trouble. As a result of a thorough search of the surroundings with Misaki mobilized, no one was monitoring the area around Kim Joo-seong’s house.

Kim Chun-bae put on his clothes tightly and put a mask on his face. And he knocked on the door of Kim Joo-sung’s house, aiming for the time when Kim Joo-sung was leaving for her rehabilitation treatment. After rush hour, there was no one in the neighborhood.

“Who are you?”

I heard Kim Joo-sung’s grandmother’s voice. Chunbae Kim felt her stomach twist when she heard her calm voice. She didn’t understand why her own grandson committed her ridiculously ugly crime, and she was so shamelessly living her life.

When her grandmother opened the door for her, Kim Chun-bae frowned at her and said.

“Everyone, are you Grandma Kim Joo-seong?”

“Yeah, by the way.”

Her grandmother glanced at Chunbae Kim with her embarrassed face. She didn’t know much about her Kim Chun-bae. The news occasionally showed her Kim Chun-bae’s face, but it was because she was dark about her outside world.

“Boo, no shame! Your grandson lived that way, and I’m not ashamed. Oh, isn’t it!”

“What are you talking about? Get out!”

Her grandmother shook her head and tried to shut her door. To Kim Chun-bae, that appearance also felt very mean. Chunbae Kim shouted as he pushed the door against her.

“I apologize! Apologize! Because your grandson did something bad! Apologize to me!”

“Why, why are you like this! I’m going to call the police!”

Chunbae Kim, unaware of her fault and called the police, pushed her on the shoulder to scare her grandmother.

“Call me! Call me!”

“Oops!”

Kim Chun-bae only pushed slightly, and her grandmother lost her balance and bounced behind her. The back of her head hit the corner of her flower bed as she fell to the floor. Her eyes widened, her mouth wide open, and her legs trembled as she drooped.

Kim Chun-bae looked at her grandmother with her puzzled face.

“Uh?”

Her grandmother didn’t move. Her blood dripped from the back of her head and soaked her floor. Kim Chun-bae looked around with a puzzled face. Because of the commotion not long ago, there were people all over the neighborhood opening windows and doors to look out.

“Huh?”

Kim Chun-bae felt his body tremble. He pulled his hat on and started running. He himself did nothing wrong. He was only punishing Kim Joo-seong’s grandmother for not reflecting. Since he only received the punishment he deserved, he didn’t even have to feel guilty.

Leaving his fallen grandmother alone, Kim Chun-bae fled to his hideout. His heart kept beating faster and faster.