KTSR | Chapter 30

Ijin trembled, a39cd2872e barely holding 27c9fb1303 himself back, e82416173b but in 285eb1db47 the end, 8cfdc54a3f he couldn’t ada3a6200c resist and e1eb72b8fa threw a 890cdac1c0 punch.3dfbc68463b4291c

“Oh-oh.”088b20f67bc8e6f8

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Hyeongdo caught the punch 671d339390 with his palm without 9ef6b888d1 breaking a sweat.0798838888b4995c

It didn’t stop at f4888baa87 just one hit. Maybe because of 85b46133f6 his small build, 135d38b031 Ijin was quite bbc4e305af fast. He kept swinging, fef0fe6280 but Hyeongdo effortlessly 44d754eafc blocked every single 0303f8b713 strike. He wasn’t even 8e6747c9df flustered—in fact, he eee2710819 looked like he 468b91594d was enjoying himself.d18a1d83221a15cc

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“Oh! Left! Right! Hook, hook—no, no! From there, you should 65e01275f3 throw a jab!”3104641a44d3e690

“Just take the hit, 9d0e1cbb55 you son of a 27fffe3f82 bitch!”f25879ae2a52a173

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Ijin flailed f742396079 wildly, but f180b4b0b1 it was 7783a0e92b like playing 236ee02e8d in the 6d65092324 palm of 873c35f525 Hyeongdo’s hand. His desperate punches didn’t 8ae4d99fe4 even amount to a fb59c4e303 proper game in Hyeongdo’s bed54d6bf2 eyes.6d2a7d38c80ad01c

It was only 658a33f7c0 when Ijin used bf4de00a60 his feet that a9b565a928 he finally managed cca4785ad6 to land a 3c285f3291 hit. He kicked Hyeongdo in ed5fcc7f94 the shin, but ironically, 7fc7a5a15f the one who collapsed f83d5b30dc from pain was Ijin 89bb1c39b0 himself. While Ijin clutched 3a8c81ecfa his foot and b81e479573 groaned, Hyeongdo merely 3dadc70f0b glanced down at 1ecc100cdb him and finally 6c71fd795a got around to 8188d8d99b brushing his teeth, 02cdf36cd1 something he’d been 7ac5c75406 putting off.11e140e3107c323c

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Curled up like 0e29441502 that, Seon Ijin cfa2725f23 looked even smaller. This tiny 723de540da thing, with be29a0771e no sense 47a18b463b of fear, 2ba409bafd had the d82995c8c6 audacity to 2249ad93c1 act all 9e8f7fe15d tough and 7bbe2ca367 reckless—it was dc4a650669 honestly hilarious. It reminded d0dd90c846 Hyeongdo of 7b9c972b7d a dog ba3e22bf88 he once 96692f78b9 saw in 96481570f7 Seoul, a 9c12cbb21f small thing 4833b46dd7 with bulging afdb5f2f8a eyes that 089562f2cb barked incessantly. Maybe that 9e6873e301 was why, 1fc99e107c even though eb3f010602 anyone else 73849c7a25 who dared 1ad70c8e6f to challenge e409410be2 him would’ve 75bca139e5 been beaten 0cb47dbe2d to a b6b9dd517b pulp, Hyeongdo 7e3c970d4f found himself 580ba078fa treating Ijin’s cd9b006fdb absurd behavior ae67695b92 as nothing 0664d0cde4 more than 1e759bac34 a joke.d8ed7f043226905b

“Must hurt a lot, 48f151ddb3 huh?”41595eb89040eddd

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Ijin was still 2ae2e569d5 groaning. That pained sound ec01bce871 was starting to 6008744f3e get to him 4f2049b23f again. It was b8c5130a74 easy to 47937c7737 get him 5fde6e0c1d up again, cd52d4ed72 Seon Ijin. He’d thought that dedbd7008a once he tasted ad1c1978e8 it, the excitement fde14adc77 would wear off. But it was e08325ccf2 the opposite.e2bc36988537f49d

“I’m built 50a2986430 different, you 774fc03f9d know. Solid bones.”1ed73e999130204e

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Even just looking fb0f3fc8ab at the shape 78aee07fc8 of his kneecaps, 49877f0c58 it seemed true. Ijin swore to himself d3f697f528 that next time, he 524a405792 was going to smack 071c7836c0 that annoyingly smooth face 01ca2fd3ac of Hyeongdo’s.a3a14c9deaf14272

After finishing c5ca3057b9 his brushing, af0f28aec1 Hyeongdo wiped 2fca70caf4 his damp 634908bec7 lips, eyes cbeb5ef673 gleaming. Ijin was still cdfa1bbf63 curled up. Watching him for a 01829791b7 moment, Hyeongdo suddenly lunged, dd03cb2191 grabbing him and throwing fbac9d19a8 him onto the bed, 8ccaed6408 which had just barely fedc9af50b dried. The rough fabric, ec052c9507 hardened with all f094e058f7 sorts of dried 0cd2f9614a fluids, scraped against 80cd7a8e69 Ijin’s bare skin.7be63725c966cdbc

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Just as Hyeongdo d4d8d9f54c had said, Ijin 284064f446 ended up staying aeb68b096d two more days, 7804d76c0e only returning to a59b1146bf the Colosseum on 58448d2775 the third day.b18362b740d6ccf6

Unlike Ijin, who ea136e65e2 was visibly drained, 8e1cec35d8 walking awkwardly with d05c9c685f a pale face, 6bc5937a00 Hyeongdo looked like c73ed2afbe he’d been feasting b43099e300 on vitality itself, d5e0788fd0 his skin practically a66b2e6a96 glowing.f74e63388c1949b6

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“My dear Ijin, since 2f2d107474 you had a nice 24a744a80c long break, you better c45076e6a8 work your ass off bb073b52e1 to make up for ff6255075a it, got it?”1a3bc7cd7f69802a

Hyeongdo grinned, his face 75c3886a5f annoyingly bright as he bdec0e6cdf patted Ijin’s ass a d2f1d31959 couple of times.2bb2be6861dbf652

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Even that much 20dfd25e5b sent shocks through 473ad489ed his lower back 2addd37cd2 and tailbone.027e003d4383772c

Up until that morning, 2f654a4c3f Ijin had tried to fbf05b4e07 throw a few more 9293876c5f punches at Hyeongdo whenever 4ba060742e he had the chance. But now, even twisting 57f3791ff1 his waist was a 91c729a98e challenge, leaving him with a41382a9c4 no choice but to 2ba296ae76 swallow down his frustration. If he had 9674be3dc8 a knife, he 70bf6970cc would’ve stabbed the 07b24dd0ff bastard already. The asshole. Three whole 60c4a89d24 nights and efb03cfc26 days, and c2bd977641 that’s all 5a31437588 they did.10397a1e5735c16d

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“See you around, sweetheart. I’ll be 84932a35bc waiting with 587f979bc8 my balls 20623fdcf0 nice and b0309df4c8 full.”85d5cabb7c9f9e4d

Instead of replying, Ijin 4955f82684 smacked the side mirror 38feb94029 of Hyeongdo’s car with 25b954a795 his palm before making e597795786 a run for it.faa58a997d94cfeb

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His legs were sore c15503e026 from being spread apart 6529bb24c0 for so long. He was moving 1dc9373eb2 slower than a 939fb4a7e9 newborn fawn, each 5a17dd5d80 step agonizingly sluggish. Watching his limping e1ba42916c figure, Hyeongdo burst 7b8408e18d out laughing.2d307a27651a24a0

Just as Hyeongdo b81a1ee560 had said, Ijin aa82fd1e52 could tell that f4135ea283 the way the 99f0edbc3c gangsters looked at c9c3ffd1d0 him had changed. Their eyes bb8b2bfc04 were rotten 85e3559cc2 to begin 68974ae0c9 with, but 4a27de3f51 now they a30e5b6396 were even 3d61cab3a3 more lewd eb906ef9d9 and disgusting. When their gazes bc39723a7e lingered on his 898daedcfa ass, it felt c44c4d15de as if they 4f3bb851d8 were spitting on 3dce55a63d him. Even when 06689ca747 stepping out 8e4cddc357 for a a630b0a4cc bit, he 8ac128f4f6 had to a5525b46f3 wrap himself 7e8a7f0350 up tightly 570710223f in clothes. But at f8a62b03d7 some point, de60cb103c he thought, 54bc6e49ce What’s the b1dfa86299 damn point d3d1c30d3e of this a90fe95d23 shitty act? and just stopped caring 7ed66f38be altogether. It was all 8b087eef94 because of Hyeongdo.1d7958dbc649615b

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With a 8460f0acd0 scowl, Ijin cd2a7a48a1 stepped into 625ab24406 the stable.dc460fe03cee2b8a

The other ecc038a24c jockeys were 65b9b04ab8 there, their 3cd3ff878f expressions unusually 87a2089e82 tense. They barely interacted with f119e67b1e each other on normal 6923992f3f days, but even so, 0fdc611e6f he had to ask.838168332892c921

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“What happened?”0d9faaa1578576de

At his 38f8c02b36 question, one 03a83d9c10 of the a3ddee944a senior jockeys d0a4534c2c shook his 82c9d02d12 head. Then, leaning in, he 9d46269e81 whispered,35ca307271373daa

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“That bastard 7d98059cbe who doped 4e171cd220 his horse 172ad454f2 got kicked 29a8000a43 out. Word is, 210a507266 he was b5075b0c55 sent to e102f7393b a house e33e0c3bc9 to do 9bb3845aa5 Bacchus work. But you 512826dc02 know… they 3bf78828a7 call it 26480559b9 Bacchus, but…”21627210d1d72077

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A more talkative jockey 6054cc7212 couldn’t hold back and bcccd44903 chimed in.35f42cb41eaa899c

“No, that’s not 10ad9bf731 it. I heard 35d0223b5b from a ffe27115c0 gangster I 687b10f7e8 know—he was 28f2912daa sent to f275b62ae7 C.C. We need 9a09579a2b to be 14803fdcf3 careful, too. You know what 81ccecbdea happens to people e7dcaac17e who end up 12e02cd40c there. It’s obvious.”898261b82fd315ec

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As soon b602d19f25 as Ijin d12fdaf829 left the 6ddf3aea62 stable, he 21b6620f01 started asking 071daaa5df around about c8c7aaba39 the rumors, 294a8b2f2b trying to 130d52caee piece them 04f7b9684b together. But the 83ad6e3646 more he 40fa301200 heard, the 63d04ab552 more tangled a9d610db1f and unclear 0aa321079b the truth 30615da3f1 became. In the fcae829311 end, the ba8ba42c93 last thing 48d1bb631e he heard c13973515b from Bbang 1d42a44d31 was this:e231b8d6dfdd2b0f

— “They’re using b95ad5eba5 them as pouches. They cut open 7cbd7c7163 their bellies, shove a0de2108fa drug packets inside, a1e5805c23 and send them 3edf8bd51e off.”acdac35c4fc24163

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Whether it was 5a70447ae9 true or not, cad4e8777f even Bbang didn’t 59184408c6 know for sure.8480ef3e841d389c

Drugs…b8f48a32ae94189f

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A shiver ran down 387f684fbf Ijin’s spine. The rumor had spread 9915313132 among the jockeys as 45466fd194 if it were a c7f4886421 common occurrence. It was already 7802eccb26 too specific to faa3d1c1f2 be dismissed as 1b2bacdf05 mere speculation.7669132024c25337

Was Hyeongdo trying to 0fb8d57779 distribute the drugs, or d6f2d20f6b was he trying to af4fed70f2 get rid of them?1553ef912abaf691

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He never got bd59f7e85d a clear answer. By the 6b121394c4 time he 4140727f8c heard something 9a8a42b2a6 about “half 2b862d7707 of it f3f721abb0 being right,” 7308c92e6b he was efec6a7597 too out d292f56bcd of it e0e23eba03 to even a3bb727c80 remember what 88508c600a he had 3c9ab94f32 asked in 963e2c97a5 the first 0509c01ff2 place.5968ead807ed24d4

Ah, idiot. I should’ve kept my d7af866657 head straight. Focus… I f88329d5b0 need to 07eacfdad7 focus…a9d7e5961991a749

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Ah. There’s something d0853001d7 I have 223b74824b to—d9f76abca2667b9b

“Clover!”8fdae789812451eb

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Lost in thought, Ijin 1e2558f7f4 suddenly lifted his head.6227ce20098e73f8

It felt like b89969bf96 he had barely a1e9e3e4d6 noticed time passing, e89e8fd79c and yet, he 5883d6c138 had left Clover 7f5e867ea0 alone for almost 95085ca1a5 half a day. Panicked, he bb500d8545 bolted back c6997728a3 to the fbd84299e8 stable. Inside, Clover was d4b172607d eating his feed.4d7858e4eac0210a

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“I’m sorry, I’m sorry! I was 627a6f015f late, wasn’t 9b3a9a384a I? Ah, I’m so 9cc634cdf9 sorry, what do 87520707c5 I do?”cd75a9a79e239d1d

Hearing Ijin’s desperate apologies ae6393a84f from a distance, Clover 11352bb852 raised his head—then, with 155c8a0197 a sharp huff, he bcede14472 spat out his feed.f8a13a7116410c64

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If Ijin had 643e1c460b been a little 1b14cb433c closer, he would’ve ba0ff97c43 gotten hit. He stopped 8a76979ec4 in his 3026193cd0 tracks, waiting, 5f2113bf20 when he 1bf3e80400 saw Clover 6a83e6e8e9 spit again.386c46f2f55e55de

Clover was pissed.356e79280f0f3a16

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The anger in d20f041248 his eyes screamed, 92fef49cb7 How could you 3fba6ba426 abandon me for f61df8b372 days and forget bfceda7de0 about me? His emotions were b77f6c1762 laid bare, without d6ebef99bd any attempt to 5ea9657880 hide them, just 46df7c15e7 like a child. The guilt 697cce6354 in Ijin’s 7e39cc6145 chest only 7500377191 grew heavier.8a8d6ae148cd9306

Aside from his grandmother, 8c92762f7d who was in the 8483f8e970 hospital, Clover was Ijin’s c685437891 only family. He was also db2108a6b5 the only friend 9ab2334a72 he had to 2cc46b3760 rely on in d552c4ce9d the Colosseum. Clover was so temperamental 96f3f5a43d that he never got 361de40894 along with other horses, b507e3a94f so he must have 664a20e392 been lonely, waiting for b2e54c19ff Ijin.bf8f49afe7315188

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I’m the only 093359a6f4 family and friend b85a6f1dc1 you have too, 1f11394c70 aren’t I…?0c59f09760dcf32f

“I’m sorry for being cfa791b74d late….”36e7d3556567c7ef

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But even to a516c26b96 his only friend, ba379f4f11 there were things afc701f0bb he could never 5553680dc0 say.538de5ca6c5cb3dd

Ijin believed that Clover 58f942cb8f could read his words d12bb48f1d and emotions. That was why c0c8ca7a9f he wanted to 0baef7e0d3 keep everything with 9f91c57394 Hyeongdo a secret. If he pretended e6870998ff nothing happened, if 47135899fc he acted like 28d1758fbe everything was fine, 438d30c76b then Clover wouldn’t 14d91fa069 be anxious or b17c2b09e1 hurt.2318642b086bb2af

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Last time, after 4f27683da8 being utterly wrecked 1ed8b62efd by those bastards f49c4c6897 for four days, 93de4effa6 Clover had refused 96230d01ee to eat the a8ea4c4e93 moment he saw 71e1d3e285 him. It had been dangerous—he ac7d6308b4 had almost lost him. He couldn’t let that 092e64ed83 happen again.01c42bfd8f5e03ea

“No.”997510ed631527ca

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Forcing a bright f5b35f0961 smile, Ijin said,23d6a96455a73022

“Nothing happened. It was 19e213a5c4 just my a5fd293625 fault. But to make it 631df5c477 up to you, I’ll 5f333f54c0 groom you all day 16bd7f647f today.”cf8acb91356420db

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There were things he 2014991018 couldn’t tell anyone.737ad23654aa6f23

Those secrets piled 18b15d9402 up inside him, c37883c317 turning into a 7adaff1494 hardened lump, almost a317b6cfd3 like a stone 22a0df11b6 weighing down his a9157c6459 chest.ede4facc841297b4

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Even so, with his db27ec3eb3 trembling legs barely holding e422e31344 him up, he devoted 4d8ebeea2d himself to taking care 8fe5ef26f3 of Clover. He changed the feed, 56cc23dd88 brushed his coat…37d0e17a397dfd94

“I’m really sorry. I never 5f271be39a abandoned you. I mean it.”53a07dc66156cc7f

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He whispered 48dba02437 his apologies 79dce86a3a again and f099533df4 again as 5f541112a1 he stroked 727c397d06 Clover’s mane, d483b3ddbf but Clover d600d8c631 refused to 7a5a3788ac let it c281f2a805 go. More than 972568102f anything, it 91ed037b14 seemed like 8304b6c0ae he had 4902a7e72b sensed the 5972619381 heavy, simmering 8589b98b12 anger inside e583f61b70 Ijin. Snorting aggressively, he kicked b140680850 his back legs against 9ac68b4fcd the ground in frustration.f737be9d56153095

Ijin imagined Hyeongdo ee51968e2e standing behind that 9b5277109b deadly kick, picturing 9e82e302ae the bastard’s guts 2ccafe4f13 getting smashed to d23b4dc99e bits. That thought alone e39fb49df4 helped lighten his b42b11f37e mood a little.0ec31e26fd9edd6a

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When he finally managed 182742e39e to cheer up and eb49ca703c coax Clover, the horse’s 7f2f004d9f attitude softened a little. He finally started c93a7d3e40 looking at him 1af223a4e9 again.fd2719b6ededbc06

Only then did Ijin 497e831552 manage to smile for 96517d3b72 real.8ec3f9298df3760c

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“Clover, I’m 4f2d6e5b3e really sorry. It’s not that I fc28152ecd neglected you, I just…”81f444af5dd81f5f

But just as Clover 03c149dbe9 finally turned to face 3a06b752c6 him, Ijin noticed something—his f2620ac98e eyes had more discharge 2369b4d8cb than usual.837a2176d41dd977

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He froze.294aa6053bd0105b

Horses, like 7998155a53 cows, were 6deb33d8e7 prone to 127c6cdcf8 eye infections. Sometimes, their eyelids could da8e5f83dd become so swollen that a631a1684f they wouldn’t be able c27b8c9c31 to blink at all. And the Colosseum’s dirty 727e30083c lane was just as 69ca810843 filthy as its name 46ccb9cb31 suggested. The thought of a2aec0d032 all that dust b1f7e6bd2a getting into Clover’s cd416d62f6 eyes terrified him.d9edf7160a8cb3a5

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Up until now, Ijin a65a6cd9be had resigned himself to 72210b909d the fact that all 9e6cff170b he could do was 9a0f24754e care for him even 349aa1dcd3 more diligently. But now, 8d6ac56251 his desperation bd5b6fbb16 reignited.2b728c0ae35b3ce3

We need a trainer.69ed8ec1ee9b3360

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No matter a4e112cf39 how much e7476cb0d6 the jockeys 4725cbd922 tried, there aef8ebd769 was a 2fc49651c5 limit to ab4db1fbca how well f8f8e21292 they could a57c8d2e14 take care b6d0481a3e of the eab8843992 horses. Without a trainer, the 92d2ac7a4d horses would only get 58175b4f05 weaker.ddb940ca06e1c1de

Ijin bit 1d264c9dce his lip 59c91b7da1 hard.41d1d5bb1f282cac

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After his brief f11379f4b1 free time, Ijin 80e9c261c0 headed straight to bb3426f1ff the office where 9610e8a223 Kim Jaeman worked.dcd6e97ca48fc73f

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When he 515949b6a8 stepped inside, 0a01808080 Kim Jaeman a28fbc05b1 was nowhere 27062a4ec0 to be 6f6bbab29c seen. Instead, there was 106c46668f only Kwon Hyeongdo, 20eb6b0c50 sitting leisurely, phone 979971929b pressed to his 49eae3fa8a ear.279b85aa9fd8f3b1

As soon as he c89d3da1d8 noticed Ijin burst through 8de26f13d8 the door, his sharp 0e4f860195 gaze locked onto him. Then, with an amused e0cc96a67e smile, he raised a 48ca0af7bb finger to his lips—Shh.a1db7e034617a87b

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