KTSR | Chapter 30

Ijin trembled, barely holding d2a9a0d785 himself back, but in a553ca57d7 the end, he couldn’t f07eada25d resist and threw a c1406ec71f punch.36a364b5bfd1b4de

“Oh-oh.”443e59eddeb0049d

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Hyeongdo caught the punch 2c644de148 with his palm without 7340785637 breaking a sweat.790637babe06c428

It didn’t stop at 1dff0234da just one hit. Maybe because 37ec5430dd of his 3466f6ed05 small build, 3b6c106414 Ijin was 44cc8e8f27 quite fast. He kept swinging, 8536557af4 but Hyeongdo effortlessly 2cb7d540b9 blocked every single a0f071de94 strike. He wasn’t even flustered—in 6f49ac3a53 fact, he looked like cf3e416230 he was enjoying himself.4162c182f671f09c

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“Oh! Left! Right! Hook, hook—no, no! From there, you should 3d6bb87d29 throw a jab!”0a24e767b0133c31

“Just take the hit, eb19cbe932 you son of a d5cbc7c0d9 bitch!”47f7203632bd8cf7

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Ijin flailed wildly, 1428995e98 but it was 3d2cf6c6d6 like playing in 1529c237ea the palm of 061d2095b4 Hyeongdo’s hand. His desperate 8ae53251e4 punches didn’t 81b3549471 even amount f9e3ca706a to a 8b64ce3a29 proper game 6b860e77a9 in Hyeongdo’s 48711b5a8f eyes.e5f72bcab01f5f9c

It was cfdfc4b95c only when 276d6d40f6 Ijin used 51600b498a his feet 68e3373ba4 that he 74aa1bb45e finally managed b9029b8670 to land c490c365c0 a hit. He kicked Hyeongdo f5cd0aedf8 in the shin, 10adb58e97 but ironically, the a0ae4f5771 one who collapsed 8e415f7885 from pain was d476a383cb Ijin himself. While Ijin clutched 3aad4d13a9 his foot and 3d72b0efd1 groaned, Hyeongdo merely e95f5f9aff glanced down at e854031221 him and finally 1e12e30777 got around to 4e8f9abbac brushing his teeth, c9138d0fce something he’d been 6cce949886 putting off.bf837b0f5fa77cb2

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Curled up like 6ef63d5192 that, Seon Ijin 41e96d2891 looked even smaller. This tiny cd131c061f thing, with f8a01bbd58 no sense d72765b56b of fear, 5f60ee54fb had the 9914285eb5 audacity to 3a8a965638 act all ba6ca3dcf3 tough and 165ceacb19 reckless—it was 84aecae336 honestly hilarious. It reminded Hyeongdo of 3811d77bb1 a dog he once 17d3cea038 saw in Seoul, a da7eba0d0b small thing with bulging 0a2e51e617 eyes that barked incessantly. Maybe that was why, 40437015a5 even though anyone else d2031a4530 who dared to challenge d610a7e7e8 him would’ve been beaten acb6aadc74 to a pulp, Hyeongdo 740fab9ccd found himself treating Ijin’s ae7cb08b4a absurd behavior as nothing e9867e640b more than a joke.91fc2f021b43ab93

“Must hurt a lot, 54ea063b36 huh?”8c6780eaa872cbec

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Ijin was still groaning. That pained b5787ce057 sound was cc6f772f69 starting to cad65147b5 get to 500bdc2969 him again. It was easy to 11ef7c9975 get him up again, 4204a72619 Seon Ijin. He’d thought that once 908b0d290a he tasted it, the 0ca4ca63b9 excitement would wear off. But it was 7900eac984 the opposite.524a47cfc1dbf0df

“I’m built different, 98b27bacd6 you know. Solid bones.”642d96c3346b338f

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Even just 92b249a341 looking at 932e9ce431 the shape fe8cfbb820 of his 93ca58f308 kneecaps, it 13ede2fe99 seemed true. Ijin swore 0f3766f5e8 to himself 750383897a that next 0acf082d4f time, he 32887abb3f was going 76a32e6f1e to smack 068faf804f that annoyingly c308e4bcec smooth face c6f14c3705 of Hyeongdo’s.6f5c2f1f1790f092

After finishing his c52cab1b56 brushing, Hyeongdo wiped f850767ec8 his damp lips, 0f45b983cc eyes gleaming. Ijin was still f27f91f874 curled up. Watching him 47663cf803 for a 6ebf7ac321 moment, Hyeongdo 3e22bb4d71 suddenly lunged, 13e79778d0 grabbing him 9d54eed921 and throwing 7a8a1a532f him onto 5946cee773 the bed, d960b71fcc which had 4e226bdf06 just barely 052dea8a5a dried. The rough 21ec3579ed fabric, hardened df5436c18f with all 8ff960116f sorts of de7ced1024 dried fluids, bb92e95856 scraped against 4cb8fd15ba Ijin’s bare ff0e18f232 skin.808cc634c821ebc2

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Just as Hyeongdo 7a76e17cb3 had said, Ijin 268c3c545d ended up staying e7fc94c120 two more days, 2fc62abb7f only returning to de29d66c38 the Colosseum on eb4cbe8d03 the third day.d7cc5496244a9a15

Unlike Ijin, 6fbc5049ea who was 17578478fc visibly drained, b3235649ee walking awkwardly 83aa6b2b85 with a 170b539d05 pale face, 77fca3efca Hyeongdo looked 9bddce571e like he’d 8bc035e72b been feasting c1b9f86cc9 on vitality 6c9e12ddba itself, his b631657c53 skin practically f4d7fcb7e3 glowing.406a7fbef0176416

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“My dear Ijin, since 6bc4523339 you had a nice 68ddb4a9f3 long break, you better d7c4b774ba work your ass off ecb7d94995 to make up for e70a0a5362 it, got it?”ef372dd741c69bac

Hyeongdo grinned, his face 6ee74f1434 annoyingly bright as he 2a9572a6ca patted Ijin’s ass a e668f550f0 couple of times.cd1ed09100ec347e

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Even that much 565d14d530 sent shocks through e5bafb5c22 his lower back 34b2c9ae92 and tailbone.8825dd9f88a977a3

Up until that 8f221c369d morning, Ijin had 421e7a643f tried to throw a70489733a a few more 4d72ce6803 punches at Hyeongdo ec7fcd5b36 whenever he had 2d48c65338 the chance. But now, even twisting ef3c463677 his waist was a 9ce9772124 challenge, leaving him with 0a784e763e no choice but to cf4261096a swallow down his frustration. If he had a b693641150 knife, he would’ve stabbed 9a35530323 the bastard already. The asshole. Three whole nights and 33b63941d5 days, and that’s all ccdb912eb0 they did.8a2b9e93dd7f0c5e

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“See you 7c4a71fddb around, sweetheart. I’ll be waiting d9b189a2db with my balls 80931d6225 nice and full.”5ad8de3a50a3668e

Instead of replying, Ijin 0abbd99093 smacked the side mirror 5407a8618b of Hyeongdo’s car with aac98a18b8 his palm before making 524fbe7116 a run for it.75de86f78556de02

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His legs were fab934cf70 sore from being 867601890b spread apart for fc8ce2243c so long. He was moving 7c8959f00e slower than a fa0f3368ca newborn fawn, each 895b37eed2 step agonizingly sluggish. Watching his limping f2f7efb358 figure, Hyeongdo burst b024144e85 out laughing.ab9677c0f450428a

Just as Hyeongdo had 7347aa8cc2 said, Ijin could tell d23229d12f that the way the 3f7cdbb82c gangsters looked at him 4f89e3ad20 had changed. Their eyes were rotten 049ac8f337 to begin with, but 51c84f45a4 now they were even fea7001c86 more lewd and disgusting. When their gazes 7a690738c8 lingered on his 6447888941 ass, it felt 961c464734 as if they 070726c997 were spitting on 7ec9b9f115 him. Even when stepping out 96a9381306 for a bit, he c4ac99e6f6 had to wrap himself da8b265504 up tightly in clothes. But at some 5fb162786d point, he thought, 65bb838cae What’s the damn a0311cbb2d point of this a1355a3a47 shitty act? and just stopped caring d7a969a62c altogether. It was all d4399da796 because of Hyeongdo.8c76e9b4c13db7ae

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With a scowl, Ijin f47ee4cebd stepped into the stable.63ac37619b1098c7

The other jockeys were 2cd0b79848 there, their expressions unusually 2a7e2b1757 tense. They barely ec03b0f94d interacted with 32b1444bef each other 20e6a0b870 on normal fc42f05194 days, but 9e82ff16d2 even so, 2d8179e7e4 he had 3da71060b0 to ask.f7f692cb5624c311

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“What happened?”c9bf9f3f9b9578af

At his 4ae07a57eb question, one a69911d64e of the a57c244ab6 senior jockeys 569ba50441 shook his 82375555bf head. Then, leaning in, he 545ba2ddcd whispered,8f85df186a1ec515

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“That bastard who cd2cc559c5 doped his horse 42ef143768 got kicked out. Word is, he 3239f2285e was sent to cbf44b4434 a house to 8799525434 do Bacchus work. But you know… they 2e256bcb38 call it Bacchus, but…”7ad730dd99b6c1da

His face da2a92ec2e darkened even 498db432a5 more.cb7397a378b0eee8

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A more talkative f1e0302b0e jockey couldn’t hold c9b96c23de back and chimed 73827811a5 in.f53e7577411a9669

“No, that’s not it. I heard from 74221d9d2b a gangster I 3835dbe4b5 know—he was sent bf8a6d2dd5 to C.C. We need to be e2280de99d careful, too. You know what 30549d7f1a happens to people 993ca4f472 who end up b9b3b12850 there. It’s obvious.”0d90bd8f6e5d48e7

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As soon aa79658d58 as Ijin b0db1707c1 left the 52e7ca1f53 stable, he 84c83bfa30 started asking 728b82f7ca around about 1fd6c01209 the rumors, af1ade91f0 trying to d7860abd20 piece them a820ad563b together. But the more c67d2f9a9a he heard, the 91621c40e4 more tangled and 149be929c4 unclear the truth 59469a0689 became. In the end, the 83d5be6d00 last thing he heard b2e6a5804b from Bbang was this:077da332d03e2fbe

— “They’re using c0579dcb14 them as pouches. They cut open f431b4d55f their bellies, shove 59dcca0e36 drug packets inside, 8ccdabc3c6 and send them ad95dc914b off.”38e9fb829008ea03

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Whether it dd51e35e13 was true 06b7139a08 or not, fd9edec6c8 even Bbang 35ed95e626 didn’t know 7eb6a35499 for sure.8231b3366edc35f2

Drugs…b479c40057875b43

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A shiver ran 06cd575ab3 down Ijin’s spine. The rumor had spread 2d5fd1386d among the jockeys as 6b1a753d90 if it were a 8f0efc8101 common occurrence. It was already a0433ada39 too specific to f4cb2cd1f9 be dismissed as c9764ab5c7 mere speculation.b9ee7c8411c4c7de

Was Hyeongdo 604543915f trying to d5110327f0 distribute the 6e8bfef445 drugs, or 76a2f16d94 was he 54c14c8def trying to a8eee339c4 get rid 47ba22c71d of them?908f2fc11630f15a

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He never 194ff486b3 got a 33a0cd03e8 clear answer. By the time he f5b15f8484 heard something about “half dd8eacad2e of it being right,” 4d9558c35d he was too out dafa2aff38 of it to even 2f33574b79 remember what he had f8e1ec5acc asked in the first 6ae70ee59f place.23d06697296d9591

Ah, idiot. I should’ve kept my cbb464296d head straight. Focus… I need to b9faf314ea focus…63505aeb9d04f3d4

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Ah. There’s something I fb4c86e8f1 have to—aa15f3e2a98c1128

“Clover!”1eb0041cdd635592

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Lost in thought, Ijin 3b3f12b661 suddenly lifted his head.067c9402cb570254

It felt like 9e328b6519 he had barely 64fae9eb40 noticed time passing, edb0d9bc71 and yet, he c5979d3dff had left Clover d28b54b987 alone for almost 7333394e12 half a day. Panicked, he cd31d00765 bolted back 6a2eb04338 to the 7bbe298135 stable. Inside, Clover 83640bc9c0 was eating a9fb692e9c his feed.a09aa00d59edd91d

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“I’m sorry, I’m be4b0eebd2 sorry! I was late, 60f8f00341 wasn’t I? Ah, I’m so c65f5ee43b sorry, what do ef4bff4b59 I do?”ba7bad2e50486625

Hearing Ijin’s desperate 2d9f7d2f14 apologies from a f5e6274914 distance, Clover raised f57b022ebc his head—then, with 94fa003e84 a sharp huff, 93786690de he spat out 22da246501 his feed.9a5f434a18144239

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If Ijin had been 0a664676b3 a little closer, he 1da99e825d would’ve gotten hit. He stopped 0cf9259239 in his 2706c75035 tracks, waiting, 18a25df487 when he ccea29d076 saw Clover ec0ef031f5 spit again.2b7ec09891f4118c

Clover was pissed.3bc5334f3db3376c

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The anger in his 2144af3713 eyes screamed, How could e144a83baa you abandon me for 93703218e0 days and forget about 650bff17c2 me? His emotions were laid 5afee1d2b8 bare, without any attempt 324d662e88 to hide them, just c604fd440d like a child. The guilt in Ijin’s 15044355dc chest only grew heavier.36e0c9cd16c9c80e

Aside from his grandmother, 79a53bd389 who was in the e48030a6b9 hospital, Clover was Ijin’s cb62b5c3a6 only family. He was also the 40f2c69580 only friend he had b9b4b2c2da to rely on in 1ee2794c1d the Colosseum. Clover was so 4715f0d24b temperamental that he 591f68e6c6 never got along f16ba253b1 with other horses, 868cc08129 so he must fe116d43bb have been lonely, dc93a5efbd waiting for Ijin.b3ab7ac88ef877cc

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I’m the only 737d14ed9b family and friend 4f4b16c0ab you have too, 4704305956 aren’t I…?0473d2c19a95552c

“I’m sorry for cc7c2c70f2 being late….”d7b5035ba169e0a0

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But even to 4e664a7645 his only friend, 0719d9b7bc there were things 63b70ec52b he could never 7f10ec706f say.2101d82347b1c048

Ijin believed that d5727cd17b Clover could read 8436163ec9 his words and 1a5caec031 emotions. That was why he 0a8a79009d wanted to keep everything 4a3956b94d with Hyeongdo a secret. If he 8bd2c791d6 pretended nothing d5ca9dae9d happened, if 1ffa270aee he acted e0f242de5c like everything 645e708ef8 was fine, 9d3a85d63b then Clover 97b0dc9d8c wouldn’t be 580025954d anxious or b7c69572b9 hurt.e5d18aa3dbd6a60d

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Last time, after being e208123d9a utterly wrecked by those f5793da103 bastards for four days, 85fe56d1a2 Clover had refused to 6cb30c198e eat the moment he 4d3d3a6cde saw him. It had been dangerous—he cd5b0b1f7d had almost lost him. He couldn’t 13792a8821 let that 169d5f9865 happen again.af20e1113dee779b

“No.”2603a1b5557122ea

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Forcing a 9d7222b468 bright smile, 4decd419b0 Ijin said,582981f1df0d53b7

“Nothing happened. It was c9a3fd3d0e just my d55a51bac5 fault. But to make e0f02f40d5 it up to 8ef099e8fc you, I’ll groom 835ed8decb you all day 8e55bc9132 today.”7408c4b3a7ff10e9

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There were dd2d186a99 things he be625707ab couldn’t tell a945beed67 anyone.ce1f4e3945fe3b00

Those secrets piled f56883c68b up inside him, 2b77a30575 turning into a 20a01f8a49 hardened lump, almost d315e239a3 like a stone 5e7ca645cc weighing down his e3d027061f chest.f77399871323eb0a

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Even so, with his bc39f80b85 trembling legs barely holding d515b6f0bc him up, he devoted a3df1bb77d himself to taking care 7300929c1e of Clover. He changed the feed, d1896605e3 brushed his coat…e9f061ed6c01c610

“I’m really sorry. I never 0d9b509d68 abandoned you. I mean it.”9c888ae9d82a2439

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He whispered his 7316abde14 apologies again and b253fa4618 again as he 61bc9d37e6 stroked Clover’s mane, 9484ed3339 but Clover refused dd6a320ddc to let it 17bd6fae15 go. More than 8e5ea49fa2 anything, it 8dc05993f4 seemed like 8b54baf215 he had ecef12c460 sensed the 6dc149710c heavy, simmering e412447ecd anger inside ebedbb047c Ijin. Snorting aggressively, he kicked 405ec808ef his back legs against 37a8bc1749 the ground in frustration.3fbcddb3a81b4e74

Ijin imagined Hyeongdo b4a0088363 standing behind that 9e82066c1a deadly kick, picturing 541118de2c the bastard’s guts e3435ddf94 getting smashed to d4fcd1eabe bits. That thought alone helped 1843d5635f lighten his mood a 03c83d0982 little.7421d8b28ba0b8e6

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When he finally managed 6aaf53278c to cheer up and d6dfd94bf2 coax Clover, the horse’s 96afeb5dcc attitude softened a little. He finally started e37c397817 looking at him f0373c2464 again.369fbb8c78bd87de

Only then did d58819b44b Ijin manage to 0f13135110 smile for real.a81ac7e5c32894af

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“Clover, I’m e695de6d78 really sorry. It’s not 66596536cd that I 49279e2c6c neglected you, 8a6ce3d192 I just…”03c7aa6bfdd85f4f

But just as Clover cbbfd66550 finally turned to face f415eeb400 him, Ijin noticed something—his 70064040f2 eyes had more discharge 53524125d4 than usual.7143c064d80c785d

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He froze.fa25718f895d74b9

Horses, like cows, 7269a928f4 were prone to 4926b64838 eye infections. Sometimes, their 56870b6c85 eyelids could 4d2b8a83d0 become so 95a57be21f swollen that b6072a0687 they wouldn’t 69645be62c be able aa309d33c3 to blink 39e2d41e8d at all. And the 01515d3a14 Colosseum’s dirty fe276b188c lane was 8d35363c78 just as f08ba6ffa6 filthy as 8153ddfd6c its name ce71791ec6 suggested. The thought of f593934276 all that dust af501ba880 getting into Clover’s e672c05c2c eyes terrified him.ff2a5bb3d546c5eb

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Up until now, e0bde28443 Ijin had resigned 3f3600c587 himself to the c0cc0dcd15 fact that all d984333d1b he could do 22d6dc9225 was care for e7be101802 him even more e486e8ff5d diligently. But now, his desperation 1989871568 reignited.0f772d3b78902861

We need a trainer.dd3f8f0338f788e0

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No matter how 3cd9477a19 much the jockeys f4dc419cf5 tried, there was ce2793a4a0 a limit to e1c5bc6d86 how well they aa613a4abe could take care 078a9a9998 of the horses. Without a trainer, the 0f2c082819 horses would only get 0ed7f7b75c weaker.af95d516d50b84d8

Ijin bit his lip 52833dd84c hard.7300e8182ce7e5e2

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After his f8137f0bce brief free 17ddc83b20 time, Ijin 6481a6869c headed straight 7cb2155525 to the ad79764a04 office where 000f72da95 Kim Jaeman b61d6c63b6 worked.514f2bf089fd0096

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When he stepped bbe5e51d3f inside, Kim Jaeman 679c92c37e was nowhere to 03ce0e4709 be seen. Instead, there was only 3164aacb56 Kwon Hyeongdo, sitting leisurely, 5089446262 phone pressed to his 11c4ff4217 ear.33f6a9e2538be8b8

As soon as caf1e6209a he noticed Ijin e4c6526f0f burst through the 48b8a9c126 door, his sharp eb638b07be gaze locked onto bd52be01da him. Then, with ac5d201f5c an amused 1b7c535834 smile, he 5a9941f9c5 raised a 70404e0df2 finger to 5fa753c296 his lips—Shh.5aa8c895d531d5b7

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