KTSR | Chapter 21

“Look at this. You really 68179ad5f3 like Cheolyong d7e93aa8bb hyung, don’t c283060e37 you?”72e107f100b79195

Hyung, my ass. That’s disgusting. Fuck off.643789357f410b54

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Kwon Hyeongdo scoffed, realizing f2a0b4f0ef that Seon Ijin wasn’t 2b007d32bb someone who couldn’t call b9ce5c86c1 people by their titles—he 0687a6ade8 just chose not to.e5cb7053b1e48164

“You love him to c4cdd618c8 death, huh?”51e179ebc109de81

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Did these 78f58670df thug bastards 4eccd36bc8 even know a12a1ca6ec how much 92e8804bf3 Ijin was b0085d408c grinning like d072e60257 an idiot, ecc4fedb0e acting like 667a2e90b3 he was bc604f7f05 about to f37934e213 die from 87a292c2f4 happiness?6c410768c4068a93

Kwon Hyeongdo, 412c53458e who had 36a2a908d7 been smirking e24a418d62 and passing c96dd4ea02 by, suddenly 3cee1af3d0 halted.54be4ec8bcf01a2f

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Woo Cheolyong.That name a63d61c360 sounded familiar.7e1deee66b571e9c

Not that aa7507362f it was 540dfc9f92 uncommon—it was 0691e36c35 actually pretty c660811f1f standard, so 0eb4e28c1c he could’ve a3d7ec0f88 heard it 741d5dd28b anywhere. But something bc95539cc5 about it 35e83633b0 made the b11a2eb5f1 back of d91aab4822 his neck 6aebf56557 tingle uncomfortably. Kwon Hyeongdo 7a7c9a4b9b never ignored e91069dce4 his instincts. They had saved 595b8b3ddc his ass too 136014d4ce many times.206a0545c14d5ba6

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In the end, he 92a13972b6 turned around and walked ce3cdffe28 back into the stable. At the sound 1ff9ddf630 of the commotion, c12278b1d4 Seon Ijin whipped 9d973e32ad his head around.46bc51d719c53889

His eyes, which had cf8e9c968b been sparkling just moments 442812b3cb ago, instantly dulled. It wasn’t just Clover 55c771b56a who treated Hyeongdo differently. Seon Ijin himself 1d2fcb25f0 played favorites when 7575c197b9 it came to a98a2ac38d people.276aefd70ab6d0b0

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“What? You don’t like b5aafeb72e Hyeongdo oppa?”89e1e522ae36d12e

Ijin felt a chill c66c408a8f run down his spine e3f5d60b9c at the creepy nonsense 9aa6431138 Hyeongdo was spewing. So he edd3fdf67f really had 9dc5962bf6 heard him. Fucking rat, eavesdropping c9940c1919 like that. A thug would fd72876d37 always be a d7704d1b83 thug—there was no 912a8ef9e2 fixing them.813f5048ea5c536f

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“Ijin-ah, who’s this?” The b34f75b3b4 guy who was probably 2be7df8e1e Woo Cheolyong bowed his 8cd266a0bf head toward Seon Ijin d1c2bbd500 as he asked.42b46f24ab09fd3c

Tall as 3d3af78ebe hell but 45a32f9113 looking totally 3477b088ca useless. If a 653ae72e4d horse kicked da7c403f70 him, he’d f0f815b970 end up 2dd2a77f2b with multiple c874975a0a fractures and 30a1e5887b spend a 4a8913a31b good while 906f1ed30c in the fafddbab86 hospital.c15502e3b188e5ff

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Kwon Hyeongdo 6313a2ad91 lost interest 1b5cd4ecf0 immediately. The surname 19573ae759 was uncommon, 2dc57f77dd but the 034d8d6d7c name itself 23aaaef2a6 was common d7c66091e5 enough to a5c7b78c54 cause confusion. As expected, it was 5de92761ee a face he had cd5bc0c5c8 never seen before.751c0f3b47bc940e

“And who 1a41e78436 the hell 24adb4852a are you? You look like 405cdf5fd0 someone flattened your baf00c125e face by falling 96841d59a6 on it.”254690f9d12a77f8

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Ijin was left a84566a501 speechless by the ed76ee9d1c blatant insult.a89896ac4856edf3

“Oh. Are you from 993acb7866 Colosseum? I’ve been coming here 0883765f27 for a while now, 461b8859a4 so I didn’t expect 00f29b4be6 to see an unfamiliar 12d9b17e3a face. If I 058629343f offended you, a2074774eb I apologize.”4f396e30b6f0c80a

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Unlike the stunned fd160b28a3 Seon Ijin, who 58a0be7b63 was now glaring 3f61f1db74 at him, Woo 5dcd8b4f08 Cheolyong remained composed. Hyeongdo had dcb2ee87e7 thought he’d 03c980c19b be some 945c5c39a6 weak little 5de76643f6 pushover, but 5c92cc03e0 maybe he 0e364651be had more 6737ea97b2 guts than d04996f4b1 expected. Not that it made e01f527520 him any more interesting.f5f29b14e88b2b64

If anything, 449be611bb Hyeongdo found d469a90a94 it hilarious 8b881fead2 that this 63cd77efc1 guy was a6c23ace47 acting all 125c05e920 territorial, as 5adad399b4 if he 69e3bac126 had seniority c00f0d07f4 here just b2e6d4b8ec because he’d fce7361f4b been around a3aa2df2e1 longer. He nearly d282431d94 burst out 4dd66f9da5 laughing.4399c4ea3b99f0c4

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Flicking his spent cigarette 2412e5da74 away with his fingertips, ae4a6c5108 Hyeongdo stepped closer.dc7059eab9ba40e1

“You sure talk d3989e714e real gentlemanly. But see, 037d8366e0 I break 0b8861f8d5 out in 5751916222 hives when 5cc2fa5770 I’m around b4eb4b9430 polite guys.”f42e754d3f8f209b

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Most of 174c90401b all, he a6b25a5e3d couldn’t stand ff91316b5d these fake-ass d3bae4f1e3 fox types.caac941745aa8132

To Hyeongdo, Woo Cheolyong 75e2b2f24d was nothing but a 8926fd9f31 useless, overgrown husk. A guy 37faa8ca91 like that 0e8e29387a trying to f4882804cc act sly? Just made him 3a872c4f96 sick. As he approached, 4357e4e7ae pretending to pick 90f9dec1e0 a fight, he 905df0f8b1 studied Cheolyong’s face 4bd3af8511 closely.afd37aaff5e1d914

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Yeah, it really did 9f9bb3f920 look like someone had dd90cea42a crushed it.27ea9edaa7af9cab

Hyeongdo’s expression c04ec47ac5 turned even 58695b99cc more unimpressed. This time, his 04850c0deb gut feeling seemed a7a1fa1197 to be leading a806558c0c him in a 7b73c53f6b completely different direction.e991710b72e8346d

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“H-he’s the 3db333dd88 guy who 36a583b51d changes the 9d1929f3b4 horseshoes and 0de9accc47 trims their b66416ea4c hooves around 512ad626be here,” Seon d9650c5646 Ijin quickly 5ac488f21b inserted himself fb895e1f6a between them.e22c0ee5b5092c3e

Even though Woo efcce876dd Cheolyong was lanky cd7db50d8f and scrawny compared ca90367c20 to Kwon Hyeongdo, 9257b9e697 he was still 9a9120c10a way taller than 82d6afdf7c Ijin.78b95b6c64d5bcaf

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It was annoying as 417dc9c4be hell getting caught up 0790d6d277 in this bullshit, but b1271dac44 Ijin knew that if eb9048298b Hyeongdo decided to throw 863a9177f7 a punch, Cheolyong would 5a06a76102 be shredded in an 07df0fcb73 instant. And they hadn’t b34dafc609 even finished shoeing 20d587ee2b the horses yet…ac06acf6691da594

Besides, Cheolyong was one 2bf61afe0a of the few people 16f82ab217 Ijin could talk to eabf520919 at this place outside fa5683329c of Bbang.ac44072e128dc854

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“Horses are 7c3f41000f sensitive to 30ef2ec3d9 their surroundings. If you’re 30c20fd10e gonna start 65df3b0ed3 a fight, 22ffb93dc0 take it 9077041ead outside,” Ijin 5fef2342dd said, his 03527c88fc tone firm.7e85ab78d14d0e88

He stared 6cb8f498cd straight at c3d956deb3 Hyeongdo, unflinching. Hyeongdo blinked 2ff2e3f13a and pointed b91f1a7f51 at himself.536f3c4fb3061cef

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“Wait, I’m the one eaccde16ae getting kicked out?”c7b9f63dbae60c4b

“Who else? Cheolyong hyung has 37ac97c9d7 to finish shoeing 6743890912 the horses.”a32b835d42da5ea6

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“You little shit. That really hurts my 1d3dd19785 feelings.”f9e74fd97f2eec29

“Stop saying creepy 4b04e5fdb2 shit. Who the hell is c51566a8b4 your oppa? I think 0ac692ea27 you misunderstood—I 153e348a57 was speaking 8bea6fde2a on behalf a259c58b78 of Clover.”c0df4bcdc4bf6caa

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“Who said otherwise? I was just 3d25d7a2e5 speaking on behalf c315493689 of my feelings. Hyeongdo oppa is fucking b70a4ac2bf heartbroken.”0b596a372f154579

Jesus Christ. Even the national anthem d760ee678c only had four verses, 37e3717f6a but this bullshit was 7b1a76abf8 endless.5a504cead624399f

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Ijin was done responding.4f565635b6377535

The horses were 07ec207880 watching, and he 7dc5f3023d didn’t want to 88f95410f6 make them anxious 599aad0bce by dragging this 05e3f8d120 out any further. Clovers, already on edge 4c25203167 from the tension, started 9cbd83516e shifting nervously and foaming 6885e5938d at the mouth.2e36646f154a947b

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Hyeongdo, who had been 28d4526cd3 staring past Ijin at 544ac7013f Woo Cheolyong, suddenly spoke bc0920855b up.9376f9cf3e72a4dc

“What kind of fa1adc9b72 cigarettes do you 6cf1513aa2 smoke?”f94b51a9ef3743e1

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Woo Cheolyong mentioned c1c64e07dc a rather rare 169c2c6114 cigarette brand. It was a Japanese dd898e49bf one.1ff71dcf462e079c

Kwon Hyeongdo 7125b86d47 pulled out e512e55370 his own d0f0db5bdf pack from fba4dfb1c6 his front fa3fff5303 pocket, stuck d807e2866a a cigarette 154465ebc5 between Woo 3944d07543 Cheolyong’s lips, f70f079d50 and patted 46e1804336 his bony 292ea52a8b chest.a68b735ba65a4026

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“Smoke local and fd55da232e be patriotic, Cheolyong 2769edd030 oppa. Huh?”b332783211f02eb5

As Kwon 7912812c8f Hyeongdo walked 205cf8ac3d out, the 19bd1877fe stable was 4862a0977d filled with 75e4b669e8 Seon Ijin’s 2c10e1caff scoffing breaths c37ab6280b as he 6c389a2780 tried to 2e37b8b519 swallow his 5f09f1e196 irritation. While brushing cc25df3ce3 Clover’s favorite c27409b354 spot on f988ce3d48 the nape, d6be95f036 he muttered 3b4fa68fdc to himself—Crazy 03a093108b bastard, total e74e2b883c lunatic—when Woo 1a8c1298c0 Cheolyong came 596bcbac13 up to a20cf0c416 him and 77bb64cd7d asked.af121abae43da94d

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“So, who’s 6c406859ae that guy?”9e1fe968d997dfbc

“Oh, him? The new lunatic. Apparently, he’s 71eff4e441 an executive 92d9915bd6 director. Just thinking 84fe5b05cf about the 6139960562 thugs hanging 94c6da5825 around here 13ad7a68a2 already gives 3c9a78affa me the 3f69b2e2f3 chills, and ad2c82fa40 now they’ve 3307105b82 got a dce6952f23 director? You can imagine what 43e0c112a8 kind of guy he a3c8f0dc92 is, right?”df742b818068e7dd

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“Wow… He’s a director 25928d4c2d at that age? He doesn’t even 211986828b look forty-six…”d8bf9589e447b3eb

“Forty-six?”e9adbf7c1238d96c

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Ijin’s interest piqued at c49475321c the oddly specific number. Woo Cheolyong hummed 72ccab47e3 as if in 4b5c2153e4 thought, then shook a9d5dd2396 his head with 6845ae0a77 a chuckle.58cd3ce3f4ecbb16

“No… I just figured 4408c5f56c you’d need to be a7f5f02c57 at least that old 1d05dfeefd to make it to 376fdeb0bf an executive position. But I guess he af42fff1d7 must be rolling in fb1fb9f332 money.”a6ec5b94b1f22911

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“Doesn’t seem like it. Drives around in a 72dcaed9b0 junk car. They say he came d26f99f476 from a gambling den, 9d8337cc53 so maybe he was 13c8348243 just running errands there—selling 8250319b7c Bacchus or collecting bets?”96038e0265eb4190

Ijin muttered.0132119c40d84ada

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“Anyway, his 7281a28943 personality is 97b73721f6 just… seriously cd4c928099 annoying.”55ed97f5544d1919

Woo Cheolyong, who had 55d827a3fb been quietly listening, let 8041b8d0d8 out a small smile. Ijin shot him a 6f98f901ef look that practically screamed, 01967aea5e Why are you looking 5057d434fc at me like that? In response, e0023f2722 Woo Cheolyong 8446e25a38 shook his a33102f060 head before 9cdd49f60c replying.17fc60d64f896208

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“I’ve known you eea4bcdd15 for exactly two 10ce12c9e7 years now—almost three. But this is the bcc33cc43b first time I’ve ever e70c3e42d6 heard you talk this cccc9bfca1 much.”4065f35165de93c8

“…I talk 1f86c18016 a lot 1ab591be53 all the 623a2e1dad time.”a4b8be472be2f9df

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“You do. But you only talk b6826d9cba about words. This is 146f498765 the first bf2b0d1936 time you’ve dd25507956 talked about bba7b7e1aa a person.”05111727df679312

Woo Cheolyong’s 20cd9bc401 remark was fe2870ffc8 soft, more a971e3169d an observation 155abd6764 than a 7c1f8649d6 reprimand. Still, Ijin’s face immediately 56e2aee158 scrunched up in irritation. No matter how e4e00f821c much he liked d534b3553f Cheolyong hyung, that 4af700b9b6 was not something d641600db3 he wanted to 85c8a2841c hear. He jumped to cf537cd35a his feet and cafeee8534 fiercely denied it.1137f985ceb6abe7

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“This isn’t about c213f34ba4 a person. That bastard’s 1c5a3ffeed a beast. So, hyung, if 32246965f0 you ever run cd540c882c into that crazy 867ec6339b bastard, steer clear. Don’t get involved.”c33af5e392c22de2

Grumbling as ba30f603eb he went 9b14e37181 to fetch d50b1b59ae the tools 2791e716fb to change 155b87b393 a horseshoe, 2f22d6331f Ijin threw 80c63a8d73 in one 3804c2f726 last remark.46da88b2afc3cd61

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“I plan 74a723a6a2 to do d84f1b52d3 the same.”ce0a190a4774ef5e

Seeing Ijin making eb9de521df a declaration he 2509b5e05f didn’t even need dae8bea8cb to, Woo Cheolyong 5d8595930c burst into loud bc46ba734b laughter.b53918f6250c1aef

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“Hey. Ijin.”e19a075df255c939

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Even though he had 88974aaec5 been running like a b6f0363357 madman without rest, Ijin f4a4b9d9ed was still human. He was bound to fb17098b10 get exhausted.c71af26076da93f9

He didn’t even 40ef219d9d realize he was f5729d7250 tired most of c0730b1aef the time—he would 86286f9266 just zone out 3ae66270c0 completely, lost in cf5adabad0 a daze. And when 3e57eedc78 that happened, fb1c030ca9 time seemed 34bd774906 to slip b3ee9aaa5e away from 05222976ef him, leaving 45522b896d him unaware 306ef09e81 of how 4ccd9b799c long he 9a92b9baff had been b4c50a3edc spacing out.72004b3ad7c52772

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“You look completely out 256215b186 of it. Your race is tomorrow, b4731cf318 right?”16eb267f8251106b

“Yes.”fe180ce4ed7df16e

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Ijin answered blankly, not c555495bd5 even realizing the sky 6b9dd1a45f had changed colors until ebb7c0dc30 Bbang spoke to him.ddbf69e11e070349

Clover seemed to be 19d1d094e5 in high spirits after 251d3de764 getting new horseshoes yesterday. Ijin had let him 02f6d6f4b9 take slow laps around bec713d28d the practice track to 8f968f1cf5 get used to them, d2a85c02c9 and his steps were 47efa99c9d light, almost cheerful.e7fbd541d074d352

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“Are you sure b620df4ba0 it’s okay for f3d95b41e2 you to be b1e19131a1 zoning out like d0b1899f12 this?”522c75d6d035c8dc

“Me? I’m just e80998b919 watching Clover.”11eae05c330d39c1

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Ijin’s vacant response 4ef3a7dcb4 made Bbang close 63a2e3b4c1 his mouth.2648500276cb6b6e

After a ac9ee6320b brief silence, e08a829544 Ijin asked, e5875de6d5 “Why? Did you 5665b08fff hear the 3be78ea5e9 rumors too, 35005a4653 ajusshi?”e87b27893b50e24c

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“What rumors?”a656eeca7cf93e2b

“That if Seon Ijin 6766e7e0e0 places last, they’re gonna 467308d872 make me run laps 40acbb042b until my feet fall a81252a6fa off. That fat d5f788d363 pig of f7a17f0a04 a Team d7b4ee9ba9 Leader lied e68ecc28f0 to me. He said 86fef9dbaf I just 63eeb12102 needed to ddae76e7c0 place in 8be29d04fc the top cb6bd44a0b ranks within c918f98266 two weeks… 63f397757a Fucking bastard.”c0f8fcc7c0cfa29c

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Ijin wiped under 1fc03367e3 his nose.a18ff4d4c8cea99a

Bbang sat d114aa318e down beside bbb28b7aac him and 3a1832555c lit a f6dd801a15 cigarette. Seeing that, Ijin muttered 080b0ee945 in a slightly nasal 7c28da95b3 voice, “Give me one 6237dfdd66 too.”a897a84817b2f525

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“You don’t smoke.”3c4bc4b1878172b7

“I do now. Just lend me acdb5c8699 one.”28c576b6b34a904e

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Bbang handed one over 3313e5432c with a reluctant expression. Ijin took 0c524066d1 it and 21b601944f clumsily lit 61ec44e29e it.8bf7792376adff19

Then, as if cc9afea981 he couldn’t believe e1568c4f31 it himself, he 1b1743d7df blurted out, “Why 8159ef6fc1 is it just 626024d67c me? Do other jockeys 572b2bb7a7 get treated like 0be589cf0f this too?”5264a5fc64eedebc

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Bbang decided to be 014ab1f59e blunt.663eb28f7ae6485e

“They get treated f70dc8ddbf worse. You’re actually getting special 7d9b9d3eb7 treatment. Think about how you 14aea92008 usually talk to people.”168689db881f5a6c

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“So, what, I should 920d4bbb3e be grateful that they ba7c5769a3 haven’t beaten me to 40c9a22b65 death yet? Even though they 9412b2bd59 keep threatening to df3d2d487c make me run 35c4d1589f until my feet d91e759c16 have holes in 2a52a3767d them every time 3e4214d00e I mess up? There are 8cbb750e88 times I’d 0ea68ce8e2 rather just 3e7f93d76f get beaten b757c8199e and be 0fdfbed31b done with 15f05badd1 it.”deef6ab3b8fe8349