8. When compromise is impossible (3)
Under the tunnel.
In that quiet space where people usually don’t go, students wearing school uniforms gathered and puffed out a cloud of smoke.
About 50 people?
Most of them were lined up in a square shape, and in the center of them was Shin Young-min, squatting down and continuously inhaling cigarette smoke.
“Youngmin. Let’s just screw it up. Even if the principal and Kim Young-cheol look after you, they won’t be able to do anything about your after-school work. “If you just break one limb, Kim Hyun-seong won’t be able to survive.”
“no.”
Shin Young-min shook his head.
How a friend said.
It’s not that I haven’t thought about it.
That would be the most ideal scenario, but there was a very fatal problem with that method.
“Kim Hyun-seong may be reckless, but he is not a stupid bastard. So, he must have come to me separately and threatened me. You can drag Kim Hyun-seong and beat him like a dog at least once, but if you drag Myungjin Construction to protect yourself after school the next time, there is no way from then on. Teachers at school and Myungjin Construction outside. “If we are not prepared to make sacrifices, we will repeat the same problems.”
All the cigarettes were burned out.
Feeling like he was in trouble, Shin Young-min nervously threw his cigarette on the floor and looked up at his friend.
“At the end of the day, we have to make the most of our status as students. In a school where outside intervention is not permitted, we can only succeed in our mission if Kim Hyun-seong feels unsafe as a student. Ultimately, there are limits to what teachers can do. No matter how much they protect Kim Hyun-seong, how can we stop them if they decide to target Kim Hyun-seong? “I don’t even have a bodyguard that protects me 24 hours a day.”
“… … If that were the case, it would be difficult to avoid disciplinary action. “You’ve already proven yourself as part of Park Min-cheol’s gang.”
“Yeah, that’s the problem.”
I was very annoyed.
Park Min-cheol’s gang.
They set a bad precedent.
If I touched Kim Hyun-seong wrongly, my entire high school life could be ruined, so even as Shin Young-min, I couldn’t make a rash move. It was a dilemma. He was pushed to the brink and had to complete his mission somehow, but he knew that hitting blindly was not the solution.
I asked for a cigarette.
As I was about to light the fire and take a deep breath, one of the juniors lined up raised his voice.
“Seniors. “May I tell you something?”
“say.”
The name is Bae Seong-ho.
He was a second grader and was called a monster gorilla.
As he is considered to be next to Shin Young-min, one of the few juniors that Shin Young-min cares about spoke in a serious voice.
“Isn’t it true that everyone knows that the principal wants to make Cheonil a prestigious school? If that’s the case, then all of us are causing trouble with Kim Hyun-sung. You can discipline the first one or two people as strongly as Park Min-cheol’s gang, but if there are 10 people. Even if there were 20 or 30 students, would the principal be able to punish them equally? It’s impossible. “If all those students were expelled, Cheonil would lose its meaning as a school, and a principal who is crazy about Cheonil would never cross the ‘line.’”
Moment.
Shin Young-min’s eyebrows twitched.
Throwing the cigarette that he had not yet smoked properly on the floor, he stood up and smiled.
“That’s a good idea.”
* * *
A few days later.
Kim Hyun-seong felt a strange atmosphere.
Whisper quietly.
First-year classmates.
Among them, the guys who were classified as gangsters lowered their voices and talked about something every time Kim Hyun-seong passed by. A wary gaze glances at oneself. From their blatantly revealed hostility, Kim Hyun-seong knew that Shin Young-min had made a move.
‘Is this starting now?’
100 points in all subjects.
It was truly a declaration of war.
As Shin Young-min, he will not be able to withstand the pressure of the Golden Circle, so he will definitely have no choice but to start with the midterm exams. The Golden Circle never allows exceptions. Since a 100% success rate establishes a relationship of trust with the client, it is a foolish judgment to expect that this matter will be completed roughly.
The sea I expected.
And that was what I wanted too.
‘Yes, it should come out like that. Only then will it be worth tearing your life apart.’
Why?
Right now at this moment.
I was so excited.
In a situation where the plans in his head were turning into reality, Kim Hyun-seong felt a strange atmosphere and his body began to tremble.
I kept clenching and unclenching my fist.
My hands were soaked with sweat.
Although he was fully prepared, a strange tension enveloped Kim Hyun-seong’s body.
‘While I was living in a vegetative state and reviewing my plans countless times, the scenarios after Kang Chang-seok were always just a delusion. The plan was sound, but I wasn’t sure if it could actually be accomplished. Because imagination and reality are different. In my imagination, I can wipe out anyone, but in real life, if that were possible, I wouldn’t have been bullied in the first place. Will I be able to take revenge in the future or not? It will be decided by a fight with Shin Young-min. If I can’t handle even that, I will pay the price for my malice, but if I organize the situation according to my plan, the delusion I dreamed will become reality.’
The gap between reality and imagination.
It was different.
In my imagination, I hit Park Min-cheol as if I was going to kill him, but when I actually hit him in reality, each punch caused pain. Human bones are harder than you think. If his fist cracked when dealing with Park Min-cheol’s gang, if the situation turned out even a little differently than he had imagined. The desire for revenge to tear everyone apart, including the Golden Circle, may have ended up being more futile than expected.
I swallowed my excitement.
The more times like this.
You have to control your emotions.
Definitely, perfectly.
Only by carrying out the plan in your head can you organize the thousand days and challenge the gigantic force called the ‘Golden Circle’.
The eyes turned cold.
Your friends won’t know.
What’s going on in Kim Hyun-seong’s head?
like that.
Ding dong ding dong~!
It was lunch time.
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In an imminent situation where nothing had happened yet, Kim Hyun-seong took a step toward the cafeteria.
It was then.
As I was walking down the hallway, there was suddenly a shock behind me.
Sigh!
“Oh, f*ck.”
Our shoulders collided.
It was enough of a shock that Kim Hyun-seong was pushed forward, and when he turned around, he saw a gangster who had been looking at him with hostile eyes since this morning, with a nervous expression on his face. There are 3 people including him. Even though it was clearly the fault of the person who hit from behind, the group, including him, let out bloody voices as if they had been waiting.
“Keep your eyes straight.”
“Hey, aren’t you going to apologize? “If you bump your shoulder, you have to apologize first. What’s with that f*cking look in your eyes?”
The fuse was lit.
It has begun.
The moment when he faces the malice that drove him to death.
“Okay, this is it.”
“What bullshit… … . “Wow!”
Bah!
Just like that, he blew off the opponent’s face.
* * *
Three bastards.
When the bully in the lead fell, the faces of the two people right next to him were stained with embarrassment.
It was different from what I expected.
I thought a little war of words would lead to a fight, but Kim Hyun-seong immediately attacked the two as well.
sudden.
Bah!
One more person.
I got hit in the face.
I tried to react late, but Kim Hyun-seong nimbly dug between the two arms that raised the guard and cut off the bridge of his nose. His blood spattered. His unfocused eyes fell back toward the ceiling, and the last remaining bully aimed at Kim Hyun-seong’s defenseless face.
slap.
avoided.
It was a narrow difference.
The whole series of situations was in my head.
From the moment their shoulders collided, a fight began in Kim Hyun-seong’s mind, and he turned around and punched one of them in the face while plotting a plan to finish off the other two. The opponent’s counterattack was very obvious. It wasn’t difficult to dodge the attack he had already anticipated, and he let go of the attack and hit his opponent in the abdomen at the same time.
Sigh!
“Gagging.”
My eyes rolled over.
I forgot reality due to the unfamiliar pain, and before I could do anything, a terrible pain exploded across my face.
Bah!
Only four attacks.
The situation was resolved in an instant.
Friends who were running to the cafeteria gathered around them, and they bowed in excitement, not knowing how the fight had started. What is certain is that the situation is already over. In the past, Kim Hyun-seong was not this strong. He barely entered another world, enough to wipe out three people in less than 10 seconds.
And then.
“hey.”
closely.
Kim Hyun-seong was the first to grab the fallen guy by the collar and lift him up.
His eyes slightly lost focus and he lost his fighting spirit, but Kim Hyun-seong punched him in the face several times.
“Including you.”
puck!
“All the other bastards.”
puck!
“Tell me to keep that in mind.”
puck!
My body was shaking.
Even though his face was covered in blood and he lost strength, he did not stop punching his opponent as if he was going to kill them.
“It won’t just end the moment you catch my eye.”
Bah!
That moment.
The surrounding noise disappeared.
Due to the indiscriminate violence, the friends could no longer make a sound.
* * *
Kim Hyun-seong’s work.
It was immediately known to the gang.
In a different development than planned, Bae Seong-ho stopped eating and started walking with an angry look on his face.
“김현성, 이 개새끼가.”
Quickly.
I gritted my teeth.
This incident.
Shin Young-min nominated Bae Seong-ho as the leader.
This was because I trusted Bae Seong-ho the most, and I promised to introduce him to a Golden Circle broker if he handled this matter well. That was something Bae Seong-ho always wanted. Bae Seong-ho, like Shin Young-min, has a romantic feeling about using violence for money, so he decided that this would be a good opportunity to prove his worth.
‘Things went wrong.’
If it goes according to the original plan.
After messing with the first-year juniors a little, he planned to step up and hit Kim Hyun-seong properly.
But things went wrong from the start.
The plan was to end it with a light declaration of war, but the atmosphere of fear became contagious as Kim Hyun-seong literally blew away three of his juniors. Only then did I realize it. The fact that Kim Hyun-seong is a monster who trampled on Park Jin-woo, the best freshman in the class. The first-year junior who reported the situation to Bae Seong-ho looked horrified at the fact that touching him would not just result in bleeding.
It’s actually over.
I knew that first graders wouldn’t have any fun.
So Bae Seong-ho immediately led the group and walked away, and eventually arrived at the first grade class where Kim Hyun-seong was.
bang-!
I opened the door.
As I scanned the surroundings with bloody eyes, I saw a face identified in the photo.
“Is it you, Kim Hyun-seong?”
Okay.
Hyunseong Kim turned his head.
We made eye contact with a calm face.
At that look.
Bae Seong-ho’s anger boiled over.
No matter how great Kim Hyun-seong’s background is, the entire Cheonil, led by Shin Young-min, is hostile to him. But how on earth can you afford to be so relaxed? If Cheonil’s principal was going to cause an accident that he couldn’t do anything about, Bae Seong-ho decided that he had to make sure the job was done.
I went inside.
An imminent situation.
But then.
“If you fight here, you will be in trouble too. “Why don’t we just move places?”
A voice suddenly spit out.
And those unwavering eyes.
“To an incinerator that teachers don’t often go to.”
Bae Seong-ho’s eyebrows twitched.
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