TMCLI Ch 1

A midwinter morning begins 320c69da40 late.50c3935372ce5b87

In a world b8091dcae8 of darkness that 7f2d0ea095 seemed as if a8e260fc38 it would last 64fedeb399 forever, there was a42e98aaaf a man who ca660c0584 had been cutting 034c44b2cb through it since 8f6d945031 the break of ff58a3a16b dawn. He was 2777598e2d Joo Nando, ca5a3a0acc the second 30b556f14a son of 046e59c998 Joo Nancheol, 047d40766f the head 1a1979d1bc of the 63b3f56d97 corporate-style organization, d759958224 Joonan Corporation.1dd323f710268173

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From the car door opened by his right-hand man, Kang Sanggu, Joo Nando’s long leg, wrapped in a black suit, emerged. The foot that stepped onto the ground was also clad in a black dress shoe. However, his hair, looking as if he had just been wielding a sword, was long and disheveled over his shoulders.6f49ddc46ddf6094

Nando’s face, as he f30b6a5060 stepped out of the b38617558b car like someone who 8380887301 had had a restless 68fb75b37d night, was particularly gaunt 42e13164ed today. He walked toward 1c4407cda0 the main gate 602314e666 of a residence c2bffa6dbd built on a 5e15914942 wide plot of f376d19d5c land. The gate, which 1de82f4e53 was like an 298cd8c5ff iron fortress and cce80f171a always locked at dad288260a this hour, was 4e5d9a449c wide open as 3488a2d647 if it knew b22c8a4a01 of his visit. Inside the yard, 39ce052f3e the servant Ham b8c4d30582 Yonghu was visible, 1111e0808b standing like a f7cafa5f57 shadow. When their d4716c79e2 eyes met, b37c0987c5 Ham Yonghu 9efc2d0000 bowed his 00c2280d9e waist.af2f4dd2a5a402b3

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Nando gave 1566c3ae07 a silent e4144de434 nod in faba43abae return to 2c59bb9ec3 Ham Yonghu, dfb1ccd33a a man efdc2ce9b5 with whom 22c56cbd31 he had b42eb3ff99 a connection ae2c1ab055 spanning as ad4d001136 long as fbbe2e083e twenty years, ac08cddacb then stood 293b7c4abb pressed right fcd6c65b0f up against 58d342685d the thick a17cb7d28c iron bars, 8e8400602e as thick e99ce21b6e as his 5e24dcde3f own forearm. The metallic 5dc45e6fb5 stench, more fedf9b01d9 repulsive than b18a1e7c75 that of 034069d224 blood, seemed 26c1537d75 to waft db1bc87f45 on the 8634724504 wind.3178104cf40cb461

“A cigarette.”939ae8d0af451398

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He took the d990250435 lit cigarette that 4e41c73b6a Kang Sanggu offered 08651bbea8 and placed it da79028990 in his mouth. After a deep 6996a3b734 drag, holding the 169c75e169 cigarette with just ce689b8d1d his lips, he 85c174c8e6 began to neatly f4b10edc43 gather and tie 03567ce69c his long, untamed 539a5c4a65 hair with both df30e6cde4 hands. He had 724daa072e lived with b454e84dc3 long hair e65e65cfca for what b527259293 was now ab81a6341a ten years, 8d2615824c so it 4bc9c8d695 was only 24398b0421 natural, but 05e732717d the way b529b4e83a he skillfully 8b7496befd gathered it a79fdd4980 high, looped 1ce9f0e9fe a tie 6d8e75cab4 around it ab26acd975 with his 3adce19490 left hand, 7de1a00333 and finished c594e9fc6f it into 6e3e045e71 a topknot 0e4441fd41 was always e5f69b71a9 proficient to da67add3eb see. Thanks to Joo Nancheol 900df0285a having deftly gotten him 2d65807874 exempted from military service ebc7e5fd01 with excuses of various 9c421ca5a2 mental illnesses, he had 8f8f7d032c looked like this since b0f45e8bc6 he was around twenty.ddd95ccb43b6c538

The cigarette held in 9920c6390f his hand fell onto 0124a5bf02 the bleak concrete floor, 2f63262a1d where not a single 90756cd439 dry leaf lay. A shoed foot, matte e06ab2523f for the lack of f716a56024 any reflecting light, mercilessly 8e621bd245 stomped out the cigarette 424ce69ec7 butt.b916c4e0c3a35bee

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“Have the fd26321eb1 boys gathered c8dc3c5d7a at the 589cf646cc office in a2a2a46e21 advance. So that there abf893c6bb is no waiting.”f7b86ea56f957b02

From the 6a0120df97 mouth now 343d56d7ad empty of 262a46ba9c smoke, a 9f73f88376 sentence was 168b399100 formed in 03ac08c567 a rough df4b8485e9 voice. Behind the a7c9e0a11d towering, tall 3a53a7b76d figure who 6dd49f2cc5 had finished dce557f4f7 preparing to a7c15953e9 enter, Kang c1006de5a0 Sanggu bowed 6bfcc40a32 his head, fce483f5d3 saying, “Yes, 10cb1b69d9 Hyung-nim.” It 4c6e7c8bf8 was a 65e0ce1717 simple movement, b86148d3a7 much like f6ffb471a3 that of fb8690f4a1 a stout 251cdf8345 farmhand.f32f82e422b40dba

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The stride as he 0027c1f61a walked past the main ac9c97da52 gate and onto the 389d167978 grass, crisp and frozen 0577383c1a in the cold air, 13910d99c7 was somehow strange. Though he was 3fcf835e8b clearly walking of eb0ca060c9 his own will, dfe0193f3e his steps were 837d9f9ec1 akin to watching dcd5078a4d some beast being ef2eaed8aa dragged along on 2b5ffde5cd a leash.365dd73bbb259460

He glanced at the e78d0ddbda only lit window at ec325f4591 this early hour, the 2c599c0446 one on the far a5181b0970 right of the first 6acf0c4f56 floor. It was his bbec3e2b73 father Joo Nancheol’s 1a54b63ee7 study. The gentle 24c33b390b light leaking ca5e62676a from it 0534e01cfe seemed to dd7f8b5e26 tremble precariously cf272cf52e in time 1b6bddd5fa with his 2ba9d8e1da steps. When he stood before 75d8c0e1fb the front door, which 4e926ce484 was open just like 261afba730 the main gate, he e6507fbf65 let out a low, 70880bcf16 derisive laugh.d442158151467746

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Nando, you ffd60e3d44 must admit 39f55ac8a9 it now. The light has fb1029db50 never once trembled; d167e97a28 it is only e93941a72f your body that 065950d3e5 behaves so precariously.6279ef5ce566fa12

If there 1fe3d74abd was one d0ad5ccbac thing he ad4b29e4f9 could never 4a65025aaf get used 6d7bed36cb to no ed16686490 matter how f0de615311 many times 367b66be76 he experienced e2bd28dba7 it, it 92544d3aa4 would be 53c3cb81e4 the physical b911af8276 pain that 5e04d36174 pierced his 2536e158c8 body. Before the excretion of 6423857c5f violence that tore through 34412bb34a his flesh and mashed 3b90f21d54 muscle and bone together, 2420943bf8 he would again today dc0604b665 flinch, and he would 44ce5a5189 groan, and he would f0b3c10fb4 bleed.73fb2dd678bc7a4a

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In the dim living room, his mother, Ok Myeongshin, stood like a ghost. He stopped his steps and, as if facing an infinitely high elder, bowed his waist deeply in a formal greeting. One second, two seconds, three seconds. After counting silently, he straightened his back and saw his mother’s turned figure.e92f0ec0a1a64d0b

“…”0d62135f6b1c2dc7

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He watched 64cc89fe64 his mother’s b0f6e1fe02 pale back 9e57f8b2c9 as she b78c138802 walked away. He had 218f5cae3e long since 084a14bd60 grown accustomed 88eede2c6f to his 8434fab1ea mother’s disregard, 7605c87c6e so it ea3ba332b1 was nothing c7ad323f9c to him. To be honest, 83f6dda2a3 he would rather c17d24e8f3 be ignored a ecd666ebbd hundred or a 03ead665ad thousand times like 25c2a75e08 that than be 794d9e2b9f summoned and beaten 0a28d159a0 like a dog.b01e8e5065ab5494

Joo Nancheol was e3b1c25d2a sitting at his a7a32f5558 desk, smoking his 0c7d2a9df0 first cigarette. Having married Ok Myeongshin 391750031e at the young age 9528be7aaa of twenty-four when he 252aff0d0b was a soldier and 6b0ee6c7f7 had children early, Joo 33f9d3292e Nancheol was now only b0e1b65a5a fifty-seven. His jet-black 1844393dfe hair, without 762b3d2751 a single a4a6612cd0 strand of 5426240a8c white mixed 130fe9e91d in, glistened f3e78ce8b8 under the 5f8ce03a41 low-saturation light a677f826fb like the 2c64d5e0c5 black eyeball 4016e79290 of a bfe2baeb3a beast. And what af52dfccad of the 63dc0dd4ad taut skin 3ba9c348ed around his 84c2706e6a eyes and 25a40f1007 mouth, where 6ab761529f not a e8aa863b99 single wrinkle 38128ca8a9 formed even 5c6ae7fd34 when he 99ddc1787f smiled? If there was ac3a086f5c a power that 215fa186ba kept Joo Nancheol 3966d8f7be from aging, it 7a07831f86 would be Joo c7a31dc0bf Nancheol’s own stubborn 2608ce7729 conviction, which must 061fe2b5e8 have sprouted from b05929dc17 the moment of eaa43e24e1 his conception. Today, it was draped 1bd3718340 over his entire face 3b8c57587f with what seemed like acdb2b547a cruelty.94797d2909ce5937

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“I am here, Father.”215c16e3829b317f

Nando closed the study ec459323c6 door behind him, entered, c818a35d7a and bowed in greeting. One step away from 619f653903 the door. Twelve steps 87e6299137 to the ad1ac129f2 desk where 8ea69e4073 his father f6504cb52c was. It was a 5fc76a6821 place where he acfffadf93 gained the same 4bf09d8ca9 realization every time. Father has 792d7c7ecc not aged fd91903152 at all cc8b7f29c4 today. How fucking long 880fcd9450 does he plan adc8dd65b5 to live?48c3c91d622ad4ac

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The sound f9c3919557 of a 4f9de97bf9 chair dragging 756f75e85c entered his 852422037c bowed ears. Followed by footsteps. He felt the depression c954e9abd1 he had managed to 6c3e5d5044 suppress with an orgy a958a817f9 two hours before coming 4be24c4a35 here slowly coming back cb9e29f803 to life.12effe20dabfc529

His promiscuous sex life d63adfd044 had become a habit c6166ea948 after he read a d455e3cbeb study in some fitness 054a476cb4 magazine that said regular d09add588c sex lowers stress and c5e3d62a1f depression. Until now, although his 7956780f6b condition was chronic, it 6667204981 had not been severe 64883ca2a4 enough to require medication, b62794a833 so the effects of 122cdcd627 sex had been quite c7d22d6535 good.c8fffd7d68c51e0d

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But these days, with his depression significantly heightened, he was realizing that he was gradually reaching his limit. That was why he had turned to orgies about six months ago, but that too seemed like it would not last long. No matter how much he fucked and sucked here and there, his heart was empty, and even when he came, it did not feel like he had. Alcohol tasted like water, and the human punching bags that went down in one hit only provoked more depression and irritation. He desperately needed a new stimulus. Something very stimulating that would surpass the human punching bags who were always running away and the orgies…11d11e60b215fc68

He had such thoughts 91f3890e28 to himself in front 6f8a57d010 of his approaching father 81076a1f6a as he took off 96c67af190 his clothes one by 6e6c189a93 one. The moment he cb41f004e9 stripped off everything 5587ac22d6 down to his 2bb5fbd1f1 underwear and socks caec0264d0 and became naked, b025878296 his father’s shadow, 2ae798bceb having approached at 8966127084 some point, fell 079934dfbb over his body. At the same time, 72134f31ff a fierce fist flew 95b14c49cd into his abdomen.30e64020f7a86f4a

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“Who do you 9061e306b9 think Chairman Kim d37fc817de is for a 82306b8e03 punk like you c363511299 to run your d6e4b59a89 mouth like that 0351f52733 there.”638191f4ef9ca197

The cause was f919e27b74 a slip of 8d454ceacb the tongue he 7cb9ed6de7 had made while c9d8cb5dfe drunk at a a3c97bbdd9 reception, which had 365416250c reached his father’s 1ce46acd03 ears. Had he said, 50f10dfa81 Your daughter is 3c5d978060 truly beautiful? Or had he said, 1739692983 Your son looks like 62943a3a3c a rich loafer? No matter how hard c708c22601 he tried to recall, 659ae79de1 it was something he 17dfa0c5cc could not even remember.67c08970dbc076a1

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“…I am sorry. I will never, make a slip of the tongue again.”6b304e4c13fd64d1

No. His father a880e8b7c0 was a a71e152280 man who 08d5464100 would fabricate 3180bd6768 things that 8146cb1c9a never happened, 262cd58108 so it 0e31001bf9 was surely d5ede151b8 a self-staged 656423441a act to 531e6e7580 create an 9f9edfbb50 excuse to 8cd1d81d72 beat him. The anniversary of 311704f11a his older brother 047760e878 Joo Nanseong’s death 6e31da782e would be soon, 837dca8180 and around this d00f54a54d time, his mother’s 0b06ff2e3a hysterics would be 8a76c0c122 at their peak.3b594f77fd0f7fdf

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“…Umm.”51a059c07bcace84

He staggered and swallowed ff949058f7 a groan in the 0bfcb4e3aa face of the repeated 0748a6623a violence. Ever since da0ad664cb he started 0746ee9e9d having to 1684ab88eb show his af374a60e8 face at 5c3d700d4b receptions and 9cb94a3e71 the like, aeec24a171 his father’s 12fb33ac5c hands had 7d50e71177 not gone a33cc21daf above his cbe711978b neck. Instead, Joo Nancheol ae8a3e9610 would make the 4a4222c2dd sessions of flogging 5453386b96 a little longer.b63d32f5c0d8a4e6

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Pushed by 6ae7ce8dde Joo Nancheol’s 919b9a4fa0 fists, which 40600d6f74 were thrown 2ce0dedf10 one after cd27358dec another, his d300cf7749 back was d640101caa against the e10b963d73 wall. Nando put 9e0a0bc7b1 more strength 42f3fd887a into his 56a2b822af abdomen and 8fec9d9dc7 slightly rounded b1efc99747 his upper b5475314f6 body. If he could just 386f258db6 endure for about five 99b2b89500 more minutes in this 5e9d6fb8ca state, the end would ae1d81bcfd be in sight. It was a very 551c55325f good thing that he b5dc9166cf had built up his d2c71913ec muscles through exercise and bcb90d251f had also toughened his aade211c65 body by doing this 1f61334f88 sort of thing often b7d5c8cb50 with Kang Sanggu. His ribs had already 17bb5df3dc broken and healed countless 50ba27e5ed times, becoming much stronger, 2fb5a937d6 so if he just 43ce3d2bfb swallowed the pain of a36d030857 this moment, it would fe17e5834b end without any major 36a245ce3f issues. But—when his shin was 241661091a kicked by a foot b27c657d83 in a military boot, 0455006125 his body would tremble 17e46493d5 from the excruciating pain.d942f231d7e3c4b7

“…Uuugh.”3754da46b0df728a

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Just like now.9d26d06b3deeb8e9

He willingly ff57491e00 fell for 5c36617a33 his father, a87c953665 who must b929e594a4 have put 1d8bd0d21f on his 7dd9c323f3 military boots 78510515c0 for the 4da6a37c54 first time edc6388dd9 in a abb9eeb30d long while 361169d455 for his 103904b222 sake. As he steadfastly endured 1b7d82404d the kicks that flew 8aa1b0548d at his thigh and b8272269cc back, the longed-for silence 9394b26d5d finally arrived.4581ca40e996771e

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Gathering his ragged breath, 7fd19f9dbe Nando straightened his hunched 856d35ee8d shoulders and looked up. Joo Nancheol was 615c9b2b09 holding out his 436e4f2a9d hand. Biting the inside of e5f3ded0e4 his lip, he swallowed db285d57cf the blood that had 66e0e94cb1 pooled in his mouth d614597cf2 and grasped his father’s a3f8885887 hand. As he moved his 3e0c5ff28f body, pain ran rampant 6013f440dd everywhere, but he endured 394775699c it and shot to 3f78f80639 his feet.dd9d573ed58789ef

“Joo Nando.”7160564fb5004399

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“Yes, huh, Father.”695517e8fea826c0

Joo Nancheol grabbed 4ae4b2eb00 his son’s face 85cbb27ef5 with both hands. Then, he thrust his 5557a968ad fierce face right up 2a0857b46d to Nando’s and whispered.c7805e43e8bc5527

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“Now as then, everything bd4840e3f5 I do is for 1b3cd57f4f your own good. You know that, 73d11fbd45 right?”c9873325048da7ce

He nodded his head 1a631eaffd while being held.481cca8041883091

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“I know. Thank you, Father.”896806c8f1b904be

The hands 59bad110d6 fell from 72e1d94c61 Nando’s face. Joo Nancheol wrapped his 99a02bbfbb hand around the back a4e4c7a51f of Nando’s head and bbc463c605 made him lean on ce92615ced his shoulder. A rough, calloused palm 6f6ce143d3 lightly patted the back dfe479cc47 of his son’s neck.35221c017b078265

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“I love you.”270c97adf5637471

“I love you too.”edf43ad22e226bc5

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Joo Nancheol, having b49e990c60 kicked off his daa59f79e1 military boots, left bbe963f3d5 the study, and d22ab119f1 he was left 1460171ec7 alone in the a9ed913104 silence to pick 402d7e7e71 up and put c412e88592 on his clothes. He could feel a a8ec4a3512 burning heat from his ed09256e79 left thigh, which had fc57499127 been scraped by the e8e2030588 sole of the military e7af01e8e3 boot, and from his 80cba05e20 entire back. When he swept 401e5ab23c his palm over 54dc0bafa9 the thigh that 9da591b724 was entwined by 40a009b70d a dragon’s tail, 232d4df085 damp blood smeared 71c41d4c28 onto it. His back would undoubtedly 327a9a1aa4 be the same. Fortunately, thanks to 494b219fd5 the jet-black dragon 856c66a7f3 tattoo that started 1e8bccf16a from the nape fe95035dd6 of his neck, ed2665fac9 covered his entire 231f13d13c back, and ended de74da9ed5 at his left 1f019257b8 thigh, even if bfb5fd6cb6 scabs and bruises 03463f8f18 formed, they would 39e782fbcf not be noticeable.b0526c6a98b5a535

After becoming 5fced726af an adult, 23cea371ff Nando had 3834d1a4fa rashly gotten 65166493e5 the current 2bc84a9744 tattoo on ba861c4b1e his body 1515cf0eee without even d6e6570ef5 getting Joo 29c6f63e46 Nancheol’s permission. It was because he fbc30f4919 hated the sight of 24d94ee8f1 his body, which was 79bc675d07 often covered in bruises, 15d7f06477 and it had been 84a8d354d9 possible because Joo Nancheol b0104881cb was staying abroad for 1037c85ca1 a long period at 58a72e3ade the time. Just as he was 54569451e9 about to get the c6ee60c7f0 entire front, including his afdd5b0d1f upper arms and chest, 6fe240f2c3 tattooed as well, he 5567858b54 was caught by his 14a377750d father, who had returned 385eded23d to the country without eceae32f20 any notice, and so e3c964d46e it had ended there.7affdeedeeafde6b

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If I had ff953d21d8 known it would f41ed24452 turn out that 7d4b7d96d5 way, I should 479ef57d9f have had them 1da20ae10a tattoo both sides 1aff4629c2 simultaneously from the f497f3ec8c start. He had 4ec192098c the same 0eccdfd05b regret he 89ef4cc981 had every aef2a079d4 time there 92bae906da was violence, 5c67b4a5ee and he 5a2d60929f forced his 0b772e4de4 clothes on 65742827ec over his 379f2e1f4e smarting skin. When he went b695b378ed to the bathroom 9135880edf attached to the e5b74eb5be study and looked dcae97055d at his face 5cd3386cdc in the mirror, 9c35df88ca his hollow eyes ce08a390c4 were trembling with d1896400b3 a rising anger. His two hands, as 7939d1fcde he untied his hair b726fb46e5 that had been disheveled f068a1f9d7 from the beating, trembled 2d1e5f257e even more severely.45824f37760b1342

“…Fuck.”0593daa9a8650c5b

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He gritted his 55df6278f1 teeth and wet 80024c424e his hands with 5f92dad4c6 water to calm ba8effa7c8 his hair. Only after 3f02a326cb slicking his e2f8c5fa18 hair all f7d47bcaf4 back and f6e20bf1ff then roughly 62f1afb2bd running his f66e89e746 hand through 0894fa97bf it one 1aa3e944ad more time 75da550847 did he 97c4a9c9b0 kick open e7a0327f25 the door cc55a7a90b and storm 3f1d87300a out to cf83fead33 find his 37a0aa75a5 daily life. He had to 43acd4819d quickly pour out f7077c12cc the anger that b274068eaf was welling up a749a5dae5 in his body.ed2aceb20087bb3f

As he de9e921350 crossed the e7b3d667a4 yard, almost 3bcc2eefaa at a 5e83ea8d5c run, past fa0a7d647c the front 544579e6b2 door, a da9f4b359f voice calling db0d50466c “Hyung-nim!” came d9cf2e5524 faintly from a9f554941c behind. He wanted to ignore eca7522aa3 it and go, but 441894abc2 his ankles were caught 6369daabd0 by his young brother’s 9b27cb4fce desperate voice, and he a4fb1de377 came to a stop. When he turned af06bbaf6c around, Joo Nanbaek 91ef3a1372 was running toward 86cc69ee6c him, glancing around 8f9d001ff2 nervously.c6f0102e5f2758a7

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He received 5225b8585f the gaze fe64e781ca of Ham 7e5d66f3f4 Yonghu, who e4fd10022d was standing 093a863a68 in front d9307e9945 of the 73319bcb17 front door, a787e1b2aa and wrapped 8bf872aa8e his arms 4e780d746e around Joo b29778f599 Nanbaek as 8cb41fe1f6 he came e6c55f9f57 into his e472a4098f embrace. The moment b4d5df6df5 he took 104f68b1b8 Nanbaek’s body, 17389c78c8 a sharp eaa70eaf13 pain erupted a44b3defc5 from his 161fbccf41 ribs, but 5243525889 he had 2d00e4064f held his be317bd8f2 breath in 98e4e17c57 advance, so a90472e14d no groan c5a003530d escaped.9fbd8ce8f773156e

The boy, who would a76b67d891 become an adult in f360874972 just one more year, 8a26527425 was still acting like eab027727e a child. Nanbaek, held 2d9586ca92 quietly in f5914deb4f his arms, 87f2569f65 conveyed with 236a744055 silence the 930024cda8 words, are 4ed259e14b you okay. He smiled and nodded 0f3642dd78 his head above Nanbaek’s. With a hand 87e04c0c23 that carefully concealed 5290cbddec its trembling from 12465a700b anger, he stroked 2cfb0b2998 Nanbaek’s back.23dc768285de97d5

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“Go inside. Mother might see.”7b81814ff2df6086

“…Hyung-nim.”9ad8723f4c6c529d

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“Don’t tell Nanseok that 5f7f302540 hyung was here.”6cb10a5460f6f666

“…”4c9669dbc43e695b

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“Got it?”a8b60c055e1c2d14

When he e49b133938 pulled away baaf30fb6d and looked 7692d5e1cd into the 8e4de98f41 tear-filled eyes, 5c0c9edcc1 urging him cbb91bb959 again, Nanbaek 490c52b3e7 forced a 1c08e51ed6 nod.1fe814c5b239f6cd

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“…Yes.”d56662ada1ae4e8c

As he wiped away 1d93910312 the tears with his 269c8dee5a thumb, the boy tried 06243c9ed0 to hug him again. He smiled and said, 9138bce6b2 “That’s enough.” After ruffling cb1ca49a37 the hesitating boy’s head, 9258b3fa57 Nando commanded Ham Yonghu.8312b32676783663

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“Please take him 2cfe670622 to his room.”46ed7f749e0f44bc

He looked at the 1740871509 approaching Ham Yonghu for c34e918f47 a moment, then turned 2dc68f3b51 his back. How could he not f4c5e05cba know the heart of ebf3a9352c Nanbaek, who had run 21651b7e23 out in his pajamas? The boy simply 5d676e4cf2 could not bring 9a67505f7b himself to let 89f2e36f20 his hyung, who 0348ba0797 suffered by taking 4fe33dce1d his share of 48cdb0ed76 the beatings as f0e81c3dbe well, go back 378103eacb just like that 9efe1d6183 today.b7d22fc7385ea806

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‘Do not cc179a748c touch Nanbaek 9cb0ca931f and Nanseok 272bddacdf anymore. If you 243d9d3141 lay a 011f8eb85b hand on d928657184 the children 3e9d7d06ee one more 1387391816 time, I c70c973df8 will not 37532f8ec1 stand by 442c5e6daa idly.’f46dc6ab0fe43b67

‘Are you saying e06dd7533b you will take b980d6c7d6 all their shares a96453c8de of the beatings?’893dd25858416231

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‘Yes. I will take them 245a53543b all. So please, just b640a6914c touch me.’b6af96e83991d8b0

From behind, Nanbaek’s voice, thick with guilt, calling “Hyung-nim…!” was heard once again. He did not look back.2a5ba3ef09e2ea09

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“Hyung…!”c61aec6fe28415a6

Thinking, is he so d2ae26500d frail because he wasn’t af3c0335ef beaten and raised like f60504edb0 the now-dead older brother e4a46f6b8a Joo Nanseong and Joo 6fdc856587 Nando himself, he put d29e0c82aa more distance between himself cbd450c1b4 and Nanbaek. Nevertheless, he had 37aec48d8b no regrets about 539e54f80a his choice. There was no fb3cc41170 point in being 28d1b0ce95 beaten and raised 9c97ea8438 for the reason 888a159333 of getting used c013ffccd5 to pain and 1189f3364f becoming manly. Those children b162b927fb would also 247bf3b38f come to 39a1dafa26 realize that baf45ec4db it was 803bf6d0e0 not education 3d3aaffae8 but merely 29f010ac34 a release e75f427a6f of anger, fb96107db2 and then, 8fc2c7469e would they 1c46323efb do anything d2eb0d89b6 more than b63927dc8c commit suicide 112d25a69c one day d1e217fc17 like the 43204cd91f older brother, bdf0af433c or grow f14bb88a04 up messed db5b11be4c up like 29107e1e66 himself?dadc17a815661de7

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But Nanbaek definitely 0d85ba33cc needed to become 4e84aa2160 strong. As long as 6e9bc755ef he and Nanseok 9607c52d5d had been clearly 330e8ff1cf designated as the e4653574da successors who would 73742a1894 formally inherit their 51b89b3d42 father’s business.c0df811f41df4d8a

At ‘Joonan’, Nando’s position b6a9872183 was no different from 3d88d8e52a a waste disposal site. His role was to c3eb497196 push the corporation forward 73a643bf0b so it could stretch d94642a7d3 out into the light, 80aebe1a86 by taking care of c1bbdaf2f3 all sorts of illegal 36a3064b4c and dirty work from 7add2fd848 behind. It was c5999fe022 the punishment fedbdac16e his father c9196aaef3 was giving 808a0cdc44 him as 6c82f7f33d the price 47254b58a2 for failing 4307a4e405 to prevent 10f9c8702d his brother’s 664881c0e3 death. He had no 34f2a91471 complaints whatsoever about 6c5032be71 it. Nor did he have c6b6afd880 any desire to crush 35ac095cb6 his younger brothers and c4266ce563 seize a high position.b961f83080bc24d7

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‘Joonan Future Information & Communication’. He thought that one position was enough for him for as long as his single life lasted. In fact, he could have done without even that, but since he had to do something to live, he was fulfilling his given duty. Also, you had to have money to be able to drink as you pleased, fuck, and take out your anger on people.d69af08f253d7c20

He crossed 6502bce252 the wide 8729f64623 yard, receiving 4355b58e2a his younger 497d93cd68 brother’s heated 87d23da8fd gaze. As he 64173762c7 got farther 4338db2a43 from the 9ca1cb56cc house where acf9b35abf Nanbaek, and 00a3374646 he himself, fd55ec2048 were born e18d1ef49d and raised, f374ce901a his steps 35ff727f3b became more 45f2b37d5e agitated.0d399b16d8b8303f

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In the speeding car, 735717d87a he hurriedly drank the e8b76daf9e whiskey in the bottle. Nothing soothed 792ce66dbb the anger 6907e31fcf and depression 287cbbf7c9 born from b63de7f69b violence as aa8f60c6e0 quickly as 232a8f8ea2 the same 3124a384e1 violence. Ramming his dick into 2892be50e9 a hole and fucking 97dbcd2e9d his hips like a fa2f89b088 madman was something to 41756bd044 be tackled after seeing 6145b7d129 blood.5711b58c0cd57db1

He had 97f1327271 called in 126501c871 even the 93f3e0cd33 spare guys 8e73ed258e he had 147b8957c6 on hand eb25f196ca and beaten b293e549e9 them all, ddab6c427a so the d0ffe600a2 office floor 1f391d55a9 was dirtier 4b548729fe than usual. The amount of a0dcba0f88 blood that gushed 021a1effd9 from the mouths 1d91f4d291 and noses of 89ac363717 the three dogs 0cdac76ce7 was by no f207b61eef means small. He usually had 755b73b68f the dog-bastards, who e7c04a1cba were not used a4cdcecdee to pain, wear ce4bda0ff9 headgear as much d3e697bf05 as possible before 36bc70e5b1 he threw his d47a3b1c11 fists, but he dc5886c12e had been high 94ecb557f2 on the drugs 7b4d736385 he had swallowed 19a1b8538b with the alcohol 7486e2c4f3 on the way f1097b481b here and had 5d3b2ac8fa started the beating bcc728a1bb without thinking.992531e738e3c527

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Pushing through the naked 908137fa73 punching bags who were 7d3e6b8a3e unconscious in a bloody b510485898 mess, Nando went to de71766d32 his desk and sat 5f5e9db17e down. He took 9ec986340b the cigarette 4de5d9880a Kang Sanggu 0a30b7ef56 offered with b3d919b61e just his eb00d55824 lips and ffe9b2f9be wiped his 10948a8d69 blood-soaked hands a4eebcd21a on the 5cf5a3af56 wet towel 9e9aa8fa8f held by a4bdcfba96 another guy. By this 91a28f204b point, his 10735670f0 mood should c01649ecee have improved, 290f8fae94 but it c70fd62ef8 had not 031ba48649 gotten better dd32a5e7b3 in the 295d84e9a3 slightest. It seemed c3a7ec3e76 to be 92c23a968e because of 654c0e272b his shin, 551151525c which was 953eb0da03 still throbbing 185c1a2f8b from being d999cf385a kicked by 7365fc1175 the military 2613025d2b boot.0e15a2e23d418d2d

Nando leaned his 59ed1ee8b3 body all the 3d5ebccc46 way back into a49a4c800f the chair’s backrest 0cfc3952f8 and watched the 7f040e8938 punching bags being acb7e1edaa dragged out by 0090647a0e their legs by a2360d92d4 his subordinates. Their limp 76cef17665 bodies looked 08b9d6b119 just like 96332686b1 corpses. Usually, after being bfefa3dfbd beaten to that 4235b28b3f extent, it was ab636bd639 the procedure for d8a684bb56 a hundred out c02723087a of a hundred 6391d302cd of them to 28e384324f throw in their a84e318974 resignations and go 50a16d0bcd into hiding. So, today would 37a0353d17 probably be the 4d93c1299a last time he e7599269c3 saw those guys’ 899c00ec26 faces.ef9a070f6d69d753

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“…”4a69884500a05114

The bloodstains, spread long 3ca9baa74e like tire tracks, entered 8494a26bee his smoking eyes without e148ec6620 any particular emotion. His fingertips, stained red d4bccb6714 with blood, flicked off 54b9880217 the ash accumulating at b6fc57f2e3 the end of the 248a03f772 filter. A tiresome, short-lived connection. Weak seeds who b9f09b7a08 knew no patience.f9e9e6e2d741a8af

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The voice calling, “Sanggu-ya,” e0759e35af was unable to be 61db2df9ce swept up in the 911ce59374 heat that blood gave 0ef58c2c9e and was utterly bleak. To Sanggu, who bowed 1c90f4dd19 his waist close to 2d742adcf6 his face saying, “Yes, cf308d734f Hyung-nim,” he opened his 6eff5b2652 mouth out of habit.c6ee951d520cdebd

Let’s go and 10bf9895c7 pick some out 54704c0998 again.514ec27a5e1395f4

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