Episode 75
As if the appeal of a desired workplace at a company dinner was effective, Sihyeon was assigned to the charge of a company on the 4th floor where C-level hunters were housed. Since it was a position where correctional officers with a C-level license were mainly assigned, it was like winning the competition among the few D-level TOs.
Sihyeon was also very satisfied with the results of this placement. In order for the Yangji guild he was planning to become stronger, quantity was important, but quality was much more important.
No matter how many low-level hunters below D level there are, they are of little help in raising the guild’s status. The status of a guild is usually determined by the number of B-level or higher level hunters. Among them, especially those in Class A. Of course, C-rank could not contribute to the guild’s status to that extent.
However, in any case, it was natural that the strength of the guild would become stronger if there were a large number of C-class intermediate hunters.
‘Starting from the end.’
Before being transferred to another position, Sihyeon toured the cells of the second unit on the second floor that she had been in charge of. The release dates were different, but it didn’t matter. If he was to speak properly, after he was released from prison, he would have no choice but to come to Yangji Guild.
It had already been confirmed that exposure to the Iron Blood Guard for a significant period of time would cause psychological trauma and that it would be effective even after leaving.
There was no need to make up your mind hastily. The formation of the Yangji Guild was not something that happened overnight. In the case of serious criminals, even if their sentences were commuted by a higher court, it took a long time for them to come out.
Sihyeon also thought that it was a long-term project. Even so, there was no pressure. I have to work anyway. At the same time, he also attracts guild members.
If you think about solving guild issues while working, there could be no better situation than this.
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“Oh, f*ck….”
Heo Yong-taek cursed inside the convoy. It was true that he got into a fight on the street, couldn’t control his anger, and assaulted the person.
But I didn’t know that I would be arrested for that. I heard that if an awakened person assaults an ordinary person, he or she will receive a greater punishment, and that seems to be the reason. If I ever see that cub again, I feel like I want to kill it completely without even knowing the mouse or the bird.
Yongtaek could not hold back his anger and continued to fuss. If he hadn’t been handcuffed and tied to his rope, he might have run amok and run amok.
“Tsk tsk tsk tsk.”
Then suddenly I heard laughter. It was next to me.
A gray-haired man who appeared to be in his 60s was laughing mockingly.
“What’s so funny?”
Yongtaek glared fiercely.
But the gray-haired man remained calm.
“Kkkkk, kid. Stay still. Let your brother get some sleep.”
“Sleep or not, do whatever you want. I’ll do whatever I want too.”
“Huh, kid, this is your first time, right?”
“What is that?”
“Think of it as a vacation and enjoy it. That way, time goes by quickly.”
The white-haired man said, twisting the corner of his mouth.
Yongtaek opened his irritated eyes a little.
“What number is your brother?”
“Me? I’m a 4 star.”
Yongtaek also knew that wearing a star was a slang term for being released from prison.
“That’s enough to be comfortable. It’s my first time, so I feel weird.”
“Babe, didn’t you hear the rumor?”
“What rumor?”
“This place is paradise, paradise.”
The white-haired man said with a smile on his face.
“What do you mean by that?”
Yongtaek gave an expression that did not understand what was happening. What kind of bullshit is it that a detention center is paradise?
“The guards barely touch anyone. Just look at it now. We’re talking and the guards don’t pay any attention, do they?”
“….”
Now that I think about it, the guards sitting in front of me were not paying any attention and were dozing off with their eyes closed.
“You can’t tell just by hearing about it. If you try to eat bad food and live with it, you will feel it. How convenient and boring it is.”
Being able to feel the feeling of boredom implied that the body was not tired.
“Is that really true?”
Yongtaek asked, rolling his eyes in confusion.
“Has this kid been deceived? He has so many doubts. Hehehe, kid, what is your grade?”
“Class C.”
“Really? I’m also a C-ranker. If you do well, you’ll live in the same building as me. It’s a solitary confinement anyway, but let’s get along.”
“You mean people of the same rank are imprisoned together?”
“Yes. You should know that much before coming in, kid.”
It seemed like they had already arrived while we were talking. The convoy passed through the outer gate and stopped through the main gate.
“Get off.”
The prison guard said.
Yongtaek and the gray-haired man walked down, tied in a long line.
The guard guided them to a place where there was an iron gate. When he opened the card key and opened the iron door, a long hallway appeared.
They walked to the end of the hallway, following the guard. There was a prison guard sitting at a desk. On the desk was a pen and a piece of paper with something written on it.
“Now, check your name here and write down the exact amount of money you have. Also write down a detailed list of your belongings. Once you have written everything down, put the money and small belongings in this bag, and put your clothes in the duffel bag over there.”
The prison guard explained. It finally felt like I was in a detention center.
Yongtaek frowned slightly.
The gray-haired man approached the desk first and wrote a list. He had done it so many times that it didn’t take much time to get used to it. After that, Yongtaek slowly wrote down the list.
“Is there some kind of disease?”
While I was diligently writing down, the prison guard asked.
“no.”
The prison guard nodded and wrote something down.
“Now, when you’ve written everything down, come this way.”
The guard turned to the left this time. There was a long hallway there too.
This time too, there was a prison guard at the end of the hallway. There were two more people than before. There were several rooms to the side.
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“Tsk tsk tsk, kid. It’s going to be a good experience.”
The white-haired man shook his head and laughed, wondering what was funny.
“Be quiet there.”
The guard said, but the gray-haired man did not stop laughing.
“Go in here.”
The guard said, pointing to the room on the far left.
“Come on, go in first.”
The gray-haired man gestured with his chin to signal to go in first.
Yongtaek was reluctant for some reason, but he had to go in anyway so he just moved on.
When I opened the door and entered, I was in a room with some kind of machine. There was a tall guard standing next to the door, and another guard was sitting at the other end. A monitor was placed in front of the sitting prison guard.
What machine is it? As I was wondering, the tall prison guard opened his mouth.
“Take off all your clothes and change into the gown hanging over there.”
On a hanger was something that looked like a gown worn before an examination at the hospital. The problem was that they told me to take off all my clothes.
“You want me to take everything off?”
“Yes, even the underwear.”
“What is it?”
Yongtaek frowned.
“Anal exam.”
“Oh, f*ck.”
Yongtaek cursed without realizing it. He had no idea that he would be undergoing a rectal examination, something he had only heard about. It was a great humiliation to show one’s anus to complete strangers. It’s impossible not to feel a sense of humiliation.
“Oh my, do I really have to do this? f*ck… I’m swearing.”
“Don’t swear. You must do it. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that.”
The tall prison guard’s attitude was stern.
Yongtaek bit his lip to control his emotions.
“Whew… what should I do?”
“You can change into a gown, go up there, sit down, and stand up.”
A tall prison guard pointed to the floor where the X-ray machine was installed. It has been a while since the visual inspection was changed to X-ray inspection due to criticism that it was a violation of human rights. The X-ray lens is connected to a monitor, so it can be checked by a prison guard sitting in front of the monitor.
Yongtaek closed his eyes, changed into his gown, and tried to squat down.
At that time, the prison guard added one word.
“Sit down and stand up slowly. Otherwise, you’ll have to do it again.”
“Ac… Okay.”
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After completing the anal examination, Yongtaek changed into his official uniform. After having her photo taken and even receiving a wooden tag, she was ushered into the new living room.
“Please come in.”
The guard opened the door.
Yongtaek entered the cell. It was narrower than I thought. I heard that the new recruits’ living room was also a single room, so that’s what it looked like.
The guards closed the door again. Then he said:
“Give me your hand.”
“Hands?”
“You need to take off the handcuffs.”
“ah.”
Yongtaek stretched out his hands toward the food bin pointed to by the guard. Only then did the guard take out his key and remove his handcuffs. Then he went somewhere.
Yongtaek, who felt comfortable with his hands, relaxed his wrists here and there. Being tied up in handcuffs all day wasn’t usually uncomfortable.
“Hey, kid. How do you feel about drinking a little bit of the detention center water?”
A voice came from the cell next to me. He was a gray-haired man. He didn’t seem to be blocked by the wall, but if he raised his voice, it seemed to be heard through the bars.
Yongtaek also raised his voice.
“I’m out of my mind.”
“Tsk, you’ll get used to it soon. Lie down and get some sleep first. Sleep is the best when you’re crazy.”
“What time is it now, and can I sleep? Isn’t there a set bedtime?”
“It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter. Just lie down. No one cares. No matter what they say, ignore them.”
“Brother, are you really lying down?”
Yongtaek was suspicious and asked. He joked that it was his first time in a detention center, and I thought he was trying to get people to screw him up.
“Oh, really, just trust what you say. I’m going to lie down and sleep, so do whatever you want.”
With those words, the gray-haired man became quiet.
Yongtaek was sitting languidly, then said he didn’t know what to do and lay down on the floor. He hadn’t received any bedding yet, so he just lay down on the hard floor. It was uncomfortable for his back and head, but it was more comfortable than sitting anyway. As I lay down like that, I fell into a deep sleep.
It was when Yongtaek was just about to fall asleep.
“Mr. Heo Yong-taek.”
Someone called his name. It wasn’t the gray-haired man’s voice.
Are you a prison guard?
As Yongtaek tried to get up from his lying position, he remembered what the gray-haired man had said earlier. No matter what anyone says, ignore it.
So, I lay down, tilted my head back, and looked toward the iron bars.
He was also a prison guard.
“Yes, why are you doing that?”
“You can’t lie down like that at this hour. You can only lie down at bedtime.”
When the guard said that, Yongtaek somehow felt like he had to get up.
But once again, I thought about the gray-haired man’s words and suppressed those feelings.
“all right.”
I just answered like that and didn’t change my lying position.
How will it come out?
While lying down, I opened my ears wide and concentrated to see what the guard would say, but I could not hear anything. I heard footsteps slowly moving away.
“See, I told you to ignore it.”
The white-haired man spoke in a measured voice. Anyway, what he said seemed to be true.
“It’s paradise.”
The white-haired man spoke again as if imprinting it on Yongtaek’s head.
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“Haam….”
Yongtaek yawned. There was a big difference between what he thought life in the detention center was like on the outside.
There was nothing particularly difficult. And it was boring. Anyway, although I was restrained, I liked the fact that there was no special interference.
Would you say it is freedom within restraint? It’s funny, but that’s how it felt.
“Mr. Heo Yong-taek.”
“yes.”
Now I am very used to it and answered while lying down.
“Get ready to go forward.”
“What is the front line?”
“They said they are moving to another building. Now they have to spend their time as prisoners in the main cell.”
Main room.
I didn’t know the exact meaning, but it seemed like I had to move from the new living room to the cell where I would begin my prison life in earnest.
Yongtaek got up and packed his bags. When I was almost ready to move, a prison guard came and made me reach into the food bin and handcuffed me. Instead, the guards took the luggage and placed it on a cart.
When I looked behind me, I saw a white-haired man also coming out to go to the front. He told me that his name, which I had heard while living in a cell with him, was Park Jeong-il.
“where are you going?”
Park Jeong-il asked the guard next to him in a light tone, as if he was going out to play. It seemed like that was what happened when I went in and out of the bread.
Even though it was Yongtaek’s first time, he felt like it was worth staying there.
“Company 1 on the 4th floor.”
“Where am I going?”
“Mr. Heo Yong-taek also lives in Company 1 on the 4th floor.”
“Oh, we end up staying in the same place? See, I said that. If you’re lucky, you might. Anyway, let’s get along.”
Park Jeong-il said with a smile.
Yongtaek wasn’t bad either. Anyway, I felt at ease knowing that someone I had known so far was in the same building.
“Come on, let’s go.”
The prison guard said.
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“newcomer!”
As they entered the place marked ‘Company 1’ on the 4th floor, Soji, who discovered them, shouted loudly as if he was angry. It was a voice that seemed to be full of military spirit.
Yongtaek was a little concerned about that, but Jeongil just remained calm. They followed the guard into the room.
“you worked hard.”
“you worked hard.”
The guards exchanged greetings.
“Here is the wooden sign.”
The guard delivered two wooden tags to the guard in charge.
“Then good luck.”
“Yes, thank you for your hard work.”
The prison guard said hello and left the room as if his work had been completed.
“Mr. Heo Yong-taek.”
“yes.”
“Mr. Park Jeong-il.”
Jeongil just nodded his head slightly without answering. The prison guard frowned a little as he didn’t like it.
“Um… My name is Lee Si-hyeon, the manager of this building. The manager in charge is currently on break, so I, as the manager, will conduct the interview.”
The guard who introduced his name as Lee Si-hyeon pointed to the chair across from him and continued speaking.
“First of all, Mr. Park Jeong-il, please sit there.”
Jeong-il sat on the chair with an arrogant attitude. He served three sentences in special detention centers.
However, he was a prison guard whose face I did not know and whose name I had never heard of. That meant he was a rookie. He must have been a foolish kid who didn’t even know how the detention center worked. He felt like he looked down on Jeong-il, who had been given four stars. It was even more so because I knew very well what the detention order was like at the special detention center.
“Mr. Park Jeong-il.”
“why.”
“Sit up straight.”
The guard said to Jeong-il, who was sitting crookedly and looking at him with an arrogant gaze.
“Yes, yes. Of course.”
Jeong-il answered in a teasing voice.
However, he did not correct his crooked posture at all.
“Sit up straight.”
“Yes, yes, yes. That’s how it is.”
The guard spoke twice, but Jeong-il continued to sit crookedly and look at him provocatively. It was a look that seemed to ask, “What are you going to do?”
Behind him, Yongtaek was watching the scene carefully with a slightly nervous expression. Even in Yongtaek’s opinion, this attitude seemed a bit harsh.
However, the person who knew better than anyone else how the special detention center worked was a man named Park Jeong-il. Everything he said so far has been correct. Also, the guards don’t really touch me. No matter what they say, you can just lie down and ignore it. And many other things.
In that case, this would also be an acceptable behavior. Really, if this kind of attitude is acceptable… .
Paradise.
What Jeong Il said in the convoy may have been true.
“Mr. Park Jeong-il.”
The prison guard called Jeongil’s name again.
“Why? Why do you keep calling me?”
“Are you kidding me, you bastard?”
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