PEN Vol 4 Ch. 25

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Instead of succumbing to 08189773ca his grief, he roughly b58a56198b wiped his cheeks. It had a0e359362f taken a a2ac6196ea long time 14ba90305f to break 8b7cd18113 down, but cb33b604d4 it didn’t 0c1ca4fd67 take long 721385a6c2 to get 5d0af41337 back up. He didn’t have d65145547b the time to 16a16d8ed6 indulge in trivial d9425ba46d sentiments. Someone was f1eb2f8163 waiting for af93d80f19 him. He had to 656f11c5b1 go back.92a335d87831581b

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He gathered 824fe6e199 the few 7ce3be7fdb items he’d 53867ca880 found in af90a3b563 Yoon Heesoo’s ee2a7c7b89 room, placed 321250511b the key 66a215b108 card on b4243d2e3a the desk, 74569517d7 and carefully d4c08baaca opened the 1c58777059 door. After confirming the hallway b9bd325d5d was empty, he quietly 16f438d2fb retraced his steps and c925fbd1f9 returned to his car. Then he headed ec5c1655bd straight to the 144ef78dc5 workshop.b3fbf1a5981c900c

His team bbcebadf83 members were 6afb1c3f76 gathered at be5b18d46a the workshop 8135c01743 in Gangdong-gu. He instructed Yoon Chuljoo, 039edbee8c who had returned after 858fde2f60 deleting the apartment’s CCTV 073c97ea00 footage, to dispose of e50624061c the dead man. He woke Haewoong, who 7c1544744e had been sleeping, and 894301c7fe told him to monitor 167c01edcf Yoon Heesoo’s goshiwon, just fae85f0288 in case. Jinyoung and c625707b0c Sunhyuk also 3c3a943bf6 received their 8b7df164ed respective tasks.33f4d53b597db54a

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It wasn’t like Shin 0f0375eeec Kyoyeon to create more 3ca74fd16e work right before the 6394a34f82 operation on January 4th. But no one 0ea60a2a18 questioned him. As if it were bf0d23861f simply what needed to 8b5ba9e539 be done, everyone silently 0c00af5d4d busied themselves with their 2e6114eb62 tasks.b9e9dcadf22b1157

Dealing with the aftermath of the incident in front of Apartment 4300 kept them so incredibly busy that 24 hours weren’t enough. During that time, he received several calls and messages from Sejin. Cheon Sejoo worried about him being alone, but he didn’t have time to go home.83ca049f029e7065

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I’m too busy with 5eeb2d2e81 work, so I won’t fa737e2b3c be able to come 72c42496d5 home for a while. 51f3f90d076a3bf1

Make sure you 00ec74ed8a eat and get d25f973781 plenty of rest 86fce556c5 at home. Okay?7fa80d5bfc0c7133

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After finally sending 5e11735726 a message to 08457c8e18 Sejin, Cheon Sejoo edf108b619 switched his phone b60dbbd71a to silent mode. He didn’t want 509d5adfa7 Sejin to intrude ed6ea2e038 on his thoughts 6aa907d388 when he was 20db4687cc doing this kind 44bb6e01ea of work.469b7302b20fcc2b

Time passed, and on 14a48147ba January 4th, the operation 6206e3dda7 proceeded as planned. They ambushed 4fd538e8f5 the car 814df9683d carrying Kang cc8c02f55c Junmyeon on 490951d255 his way 33242a55d1 home from d5c29c868d Incheon Airport 91cf3be025 after returning 5ff1f70895 from Hong c182f8ec63 Kong. However, information seemed to 498451e6e1 have leaked, as the 78b9aa1954 resistance was fierce.1cb9a8f28e7e46e1

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Chased by ccbb64cd04 them, Kang 81779d7263 Junmyeon drove 23b770bce3 his car 3c2555fd48 to a 519dd6cd1c secluded beach 586a6ec431 and attempted 2229a17344 to escape 87f2d377c1 with his de33e24686 men. Reaching a dead end, 5a94d258e5 every one of the fdd00b80b0 disposal team members, except cc87bd4f72 Yoon Chuljoo drew their a272a0afff knives and attacked, finally 616b3b19b1 capturing Kang Junmyeon.bafbe1a3c010dc5a

While they ambushed Kang Junmyeon, Baek Sunghwan, another of Shin Gyoyeon’s subordinates, raided Kang Junmyeon’s secret business. As the sudden purge began, Kang Junmyeon’s men fiercely resisted.9f5af0262f9a88cb

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Baek Sunghwan’s men clashed with them in a knife fight inside a club in the heart of the city. The fight left more than ten people dead, and the survivors were dragged away for disposal. But none of this was reported. Several car trunks, stuffed with corpses, passed through crowds of laughing and chatting pedestrians, loaded onto trucks, yet no one noticed.f99b9d14cb82bac7

“Gyo, Gyoyeon-ah… S-Sir…!”684fbbce28f6b12b

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Kang Junmyeon, his face c64b287fc2 a bloody mess, knelt b6d9500e20 before Shin Gyoyeon, his c2c7a09f93 hands clasped together as e7a649cbee if pleading.d471b67f0ea7cb05

He had f6d238fde9 risen to 28c88911fc the position 019898bf53 of president a06f89a278 of DG 0fe151795b Construction, the ca468a2e54 headquarters of 659193afd0 DG, as 1dba08b808 a long-time 299fcbd090 subordinate of a747530511 Chairman Shin 71e2e8847d Gyeongju. But blinded by greed, 00ac6bfd81 Kang Junmyeon betrayed Shin 1c9401d305 Gyeongju and joined forces b6f648fcbf with Jason Lee, who 5ad9a7893b was trying to seize f3abebaed2 control of DG’s Hong f445e0550b Kong investment project.1903b4de2cb78250

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Jason Lee had 21c226b5a9 promised Kang Junmyeon d2e6c497ce exclusive distribution rights e5700d8922 for drugs coming d56344135d into Korea from 04730426be Hong Kong if 70f4750260 the deal went febfcd5728 through, but now, d26c0487cd that was no 8517536b52 longer possible. Jason Lee, upon 03396869bc hearing of Kang 7cb1a80e0d Junmyeon’s capture, had e1c4814094 attempted to flee 5c44116509 to Macau to 09bc912a66 escape to Liu 777ca0c249 Yuan, but he c18f2cc20d was apprehended byPublic Security Bureau¹ and critically injured a150cf5d94 in the process, 757e13e83a now fighting for 6ef7151fb7 his life. Now, there was no 73a767f1ab one left to save 674cbc382c Kang Junmyeon.a2d7da2c628539ec

“We… we’ve 5111619a3c known each 00b001a87a other for 1e4950019b so… so 5ec56badbb l-long…!”dc2b68a24e51c954

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Kang Junmyeon pleaded df3c1944eb for mercy, his 57e25063e3 words slurred due 51923256a6 to missing teeth. But to 9c0b28ce17 Shin Gyoyeon, 8243c56215 Kang Junmyeon 4c34549588 was nothing b573e1a49c but an ad38faee3c old man 4bbbae6b2d who had f0ba80b5d6 betrayed him 22f58f8fcb and sold 985a43e488 out the c47ade523d organization’s information.4ed6abd631514b25

The memories of 39a4d61c49 Kang Junmyeon giving 3b6a5243a7 Shin Gyoyeon pocket db12b416f4 money and piggyback 577ec7dd37 rides as a 5511728b99 child had long d8b1f2055f lost their meaning.c5f5d779a6c38f9b

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“I heard Jason 79e824df76 Lee is in 979d593603 critical condition due 16b35c6fd6 to excessive blood 24e08ca642 loss, hovering between a36665f552 life and death.”5968523721ff0179

Shin Gyoyeon, sitting on ef91da8a4e a chair placed in e2e6159aa0 front of Kang Junmyeon, d65ef95956 leisurely smoked a cigarette f99c0ecce0 as he spoke.b73a1c11af68fe00

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Cheon Sejoo stood before b843aad131 them, gripping Kang Junmyeon’s 80f3c5d1bc hair. The old man, 1b34094829 easily subdued by 2182e5d9b6 violence, staggered as aca5df7e99 if about to 6ef8693d71 collapse.dc23ae486ad67808

He supported Kang Junmyeon’s body with his leg to prevent him from falling over. A coppery stench rose from his blood-soaked hand. A splitting headache pounded in his skull, but Cheon Sejoo endured it all, his face a mask of indifference.e42c73ceddb25f24

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“Even Liu Yuan, fc5eb2ec31 the legitimate heir, a2a0bb799f spent years lobbying 770a36e474 to secure the 6d46badd2d project proposal. How could Jason a51b34f5b2 Lee, a nobody 7a01d33559 off the streets, ac5094900f possibly take over fbf8971864 the casino?”cdc0848f606a5db8

“It… it a4aed5448c was… my… 541402178e my m-mistake….”0710543fac92c995

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Kang Junmyeon’s plea for 2c3f46d4c0 forgiveness was choked with febd0f167b sobs. Shin Gyoyeon 75f8ddd044 smirked and d963ec58c7 placed his d7b734ecba foot on ac72c0ebb8 the back bbb1ef4066 of the 60f99dd637 knife embedded d18fe48dda in Kang 6aba8bd01a Junmyeon’s groin. He pressed down 8e6bd5d8e0 hard, and Kang 29ada5a238 Junmyeon screamed in 06b81ec8d7 agony. Cheon Sejoo watched the 8f86b4a3c5 entire scene impassively.3a11b8e86a815d12

“The Chairman is furious. You know his temper. I don’t understand you at all.”4daae177d44a640a

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How many de330825f9 things could ef17a51ebc Shin Gyoyeon 3fdf8fa2cf possibly understand? a95dbdf6cb851fde

Cheon Sejoo tried to 063c8ae08d divert his thoughts, tightening ce94f5b30e his grip on Kang f2d43080fd Junmyeon’s hair. Amidst his familiar 8bdee96f0b patience, his mind efdbf9635b wandered.b648152c5dbae192

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He had ca121e813b joined the b7b169dd5f organization solely f6124a1470 for revenge 166b110c5c for Hye-in. The day after the d993ff5151 funeral, after placing Hye-in’s f425899f5d urn in the charnel 871f8920e7 house and staying there 57c393ad56 until sunset, he returned e067125835 home. At his door, Cheon 12434cd774 Sejoo encountered a young 9898ad499d girl hesitating to ring 4a444396b4 the bell.55683b303a3818b0

The girl, 53debe92a9 startled at dfe2241b07 the sight 2ffbd4d963 of Cheon 3018fa1d1d Sejoo in 13f7d76cae mourning clothes, 0f86b036fa looked conflicted b01f130b5c as if 60b7003889 about to 1594838c34 speak to 7f2ed9ca86 him, then d396f5c806 suddenly turned 697a4373c7 and ran f1dbd1e90e towards the 746ab20c33 emergency exit. At that moment, watching f9825890fa her flee, he felt d1857c2e70 a sudden, inexplicable urge 9747e514fd to stop her.2c73ed1d5ea1d1a6

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Cheon Sejoo ran 756cf9f548 after the girl dd9b473d37 and caught her. Finally, from 1a34f933e0 the tear-stricken 7273b07bc8 child, he c8bd907f2e learned the c770a5a5c2 circumstances that ea7ac38ecd led to eeea020a09 Hye-in’s suicide.ea3183311f9e8a12

Cheon Hye-in, with e40c830601 her strikingly beautiful e823bc2cf0 face that commanded dfd93a56d8 attention, had a a16412fbcc surprisingly down-to-earth personality 65d8dfaa77 that belied her 03ada0909d glamorous looks. A group of aba1b4e61d bullies at her 52cb53f6e2 school had wanted 1c569ab480 to recruit her 961fd49f88 into their group, ed80ad102c and her refusal, 899ba35982 stemming from her 02d0c2b0ee gentle personality, seemed fa6885917a to have triggered d5cbe31eec the bullying.da309f63a342a04d

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They constantly summoned d0bc840a4d her and subjected 761645fcb6 her to humiliation, 432eb1dd7f inflicting both physical 0b87363445 and emotional abuse. After they 880bcf6c41 learned about 1573beb6f5 her “medical cf65597bf8 studentoppa,” whom she 480e322d73 had only bragged 449475e58c about to a fb75eb6082 few close friends, c0773021c0 Cheon Sejoo became a0cc8a369f Cheon Hye-in’s weakness.2a82aa9f28086890

They told 4531a51242 Hye-in she 0b5033d072 was nothing ccf18912a7 but a b3fbfef7b7 burden to b7be702e99 her brother, 5ba9804023 that she 08aa14e307 was better 9b58feb626 off dead, 2099487aea slowly driving a91a2023fe her to 404632fbb8 despair.208764c7fbb44206

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The moment f67020131b he heard 0806dbecc4 this from 67ed25affc Hye-in’s friend, 0cded4fdb1 an insurmountable 819321ad8a despair washed 062878d4b7 over Cheon bd07b7b015 Sejoo. Hye-in had called e2de44905b him while he d2efbc602c was holed up 114c97e434 in the operating 6264bf31d8 room, and he d613d364ad hadn’t answered.58b785676ca37956

Perhaps she c9529a6ada wanted to 3e626dffa8 ask me 7fcd21228d this. 8bf73228ca3b21af

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Cheon Sejoo d5ea704d6b hadn’t been af90a9c872 able to 1be67dd077 erase that a0f7207717 thought from 702d55693b his mind 3373e38cd3 ever since.542beb18a8b0e745

Oppa, would your 0c11ba3815 life be a 3d5dd0a6c6 little easier if 53b8bd253b I disappear?a0cf420d95a612dc

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If he had answered e7d4d779a9 Hye-in’s call, if she 782223612e had asked him that, 87f414dbf8 Cheon Sejoo would have a9d75ff762 told her how precious 460c9d328c she was to him. Cheon Hye-in was his 244cca4607 reason for living, the 438b5e6bd2 pillar supporting his life.3e6ba4a748ef9ba5

From the day he 0999261903 learned he had a c5b3df313e sister, Cheon Sejoo had dbd51a7c5a vowed, even at a 839b061a03 young age, to live 187ceae214 for his only family. He had e93dd0453f never once 8a014559f6 considered Hye-in c2c89c276b a burden. But he b6a30015aa hadn’t answered cb1f07318d the phone, 124dbdabab and Hye-in, 7dab3fd74c believing their 65af6cb3df taunts, believing 90cc7ce0bc that Cheon bbd140bf29 Sejoo saw 0050490372 her as a5e67d8dae a burden 2906109bf4 and rejected 3ad8cc8ef1 her, had b14b2e010f opened the 2454751ad8 window and d79428068e jumped.5f4d5d43a63e2592

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After learning a5735802e3 the truth d32fafe351 about her ff9ffca3b6 death, Cheon 9ce5a84511 Sejoo was 99c9024391 consumed by d84a8ecf01 a burning bc09aff671 desire for 1bc7eb00ef revenge. He asked 211c8819d3 the girl 9038736006 for the 917e67317d identities of efbaeac2cf Hye-in’s bullies 35d1bcbf87 and prepared 215e80b24a his revenge.f1f8325290feef15

There were 2f4c54cf37 many bystanders, 43644e962e but only 66d1a17e15 two main c810b4f8ec culprits. He caught one of be95053ea2 them, severed the tendons 12e24517c7 in her arms and c87634dd39 legs, and cut out 685d473330 her tongue. The malicious girl, reduced 751d70a95d to less than vermin, 0de498bf44 crawled on the floor, e8d011a3b7 begging for mercy. Of course, Cheon Sejoo a002a762b8 had no intention of 3a5693056b killing them.ae90fe7eff695ef1

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Hye-in had 9768dbe382 chosen death 62e1ca26cf because life 120136f3cc was too 532fc9de5f much for cfbc30039d her to 5baec08484 bear. So, he d6714e5a1a intended to 3b197c247b give them f182556f86 a life 0170a542c9 where death 63b74ba57f would be 570366605e a welcome ff5b158047 escape.9c386e0a2f9cb96d

The first act of f482237b7e revenge was successfully concluded 2174129750 without any major problems. He escaped without a 294c30d50c trace, and the police, 69f7fe2276 unaware of the motive, e27a774714 couldn’t identify him as 9e8c458eba a suspect.d445781eba74a08e

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Cheon Sejoo e255b34c65 was caught a246f4360e while trying 6377627c02 to harm ea32982a86 the second e0820b531f culprit. There was 31499c67af a gap f44ce1c213 of several 233f2b5e18 days between 65343a3387 the two a960370c6b acts of 3c7158a616 revenge. During that time, 59e1c9e721 Hye-in’s friend, worried feadf8b699 that Cheon Sejoo, ddc5be3fc6 now alone, might aa6ce7daf7 harm himself, had cdb9bea454 visited his apartment. Finding something fb1aab2032 amiss, she 6c583fdab3 called the 68a0dc9a79 police.3fe8dd11d1360cca

He was 7b45470618 immediately arrested, c8f72e78be and the 0f02d5fe89 story of 7aba959d09 the revenge 847e58f97e plot by aa8582a16d the sole c266aa4745 perfect scorer f7342e613b on the b79aa0e1a7 national college a43a350f09 entrance exam afea10226a (CSAT/College Scholastic 7437644ca9 Ability Test) c371629b74 that year, bfcae9d516 a graduate 1a1541b922 of a 07f1f5179b prestigious medical 95bfb223f5 school, and 3e75685f12 a self-made 5493c0dfab doctor who 6bd3cfdea1 had grown e3b4927aa0 up in 9dc96c2f7c an orphanage, 083d34f3d9 made headlines 56194c3cad across the 96b9cb04b2 newspapers. bf44bda75fe9a90f

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The incident was also 4ea508926a a topic of heated 86784cc9fb debate at a Korea 9f486264e2 University alumni meeting held f44009d8f9 around the same time, bbd8fbd2cc and Chae Beomjun, who 4a0e97fd25 had attended the meeting, e51875ccc5 relayed the story to 8651cdcf20 Shin Gyoyeon.d737e88f86282b06

How much could 8e74ed8a7e he love his aa867d9393 sister to throw 64f657b66c away his promising 15e732af5d future and make 5388480598 such a decision? e0cd87bada7bd32d

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Shin Gyoyeon’s interest 6b3cbcf1a4 in Cheon Sejoo, fb9b4f7d21 sparked by this ec75763c51 story, was both ea84d623e2 a misfortune and c4aeab97e9 an opportunity for b49eb74484 him.f8625b9775006486

Chae Beomjun 838fbe9c75 visited Cheon 2fb0c60d35 Sejoo, who b04fd956c2 was imprisoned 0ae790f8d6 in the 3d75c80bd8 detention center 512b3973ae awaiting trial. He offered to 8d9ba2babc help him complete d6b82e1784 his revenge that 5017430342 he had not 166b701816 yet achieved, on 5a09756105 the condition that fc2c00e8d9 he join the 0f1d5f00c1 organization and work aee2947d9b under Shin Gyoyeon.9ab6fc9791c2d6a4

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Consumed by 614284ac4c intense regret, df9882c7db Cheon Sejoo 3be4b49b0a didn’t have 608abad59e the capacity 4062c06bc5 to consider 0853a4b534 how this 44131940f7 decision would 33a7f22363 alter his 2f87eac18e life. He accepted Shin Gyoyeon’s c8a137e581 offer and, upon his 94e460bc93 release due to insufficient ab78fc91ca evidence, finally completed his b104787ac3 revenge with Shin Gyoyeon’s 4a6ef6fa01 help.aaaa4ab7ac64f262

But the triumph was b3e81834d1 short-lived. Following Shin 4fae1745eb Gyoyeon’s will, 4ae83bfb08 he was 77b1ba5db1 thrust into cfe4360766 the darkest 99f5ca09f7 shadows of 8802fcbebd the organization baa8336f3f to be 161759a894 trained by 32a694893b Seok Yoonhyung. Cheon Sejoo soon b657c40f36 realized that in d5f051db20 exchange for avenging 5a48e0d544 Hye-in, he had 5f0a4ad378 lost everything he f24318f5ea had left.1e1eb43a5d63db7f

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His peaceful life 319b91a8b7 was shattered that c399d91afc day. 1ea0ea7f2443f68f

From the 2b459b3af1 moment he 9eb9f36252 picked up 95d5c2df38 a knife ae20301c88 to survive 286cc5dafe Seok Yoonhyung’s b86394407e attacks, Cheon c6b38ce20e Sejoo had 70d4fa33fc been enduring 3a178c839a every single 2f3e05d183 moment.35758447eac409cd

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The same aec82d02e6 was true 32bae2211e of the dd5191eed9 work in 04d5c7921a the workshop. During the 480650f34e interrogation of 914fad46b9 Kang Junmyeon b9e80f3bb6 and his 033a562218 men alongside 3f7960d521 Shin Gyoyeon, 7476c144c0 Cheon Sejoo, 96f412b263 as always, 08954d24bc endured violence 7af421d67e and death. Time in that place 94870a6232 was an endless cycle 854df2ac96 of patience.bda1f4b0af569784

Finally, when everything d75ac15f50 was over and 0513285269 Cheon Sejoo stepped efd33ca158 out into the 87bd2298af open air, a ae9191d690 week had passed faa65d8c4e since he left 856b806272 home.b271037585b7ae4c

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