SW | Chapter 28

He calmly picked d71b27e690 up the 2-liter 521753017f beaker and approached fc3c67f3d5 the man who 8293e90951 had just confessed. The sound of a571407e23 sizzling oil on 935a774c46 the tray was 8f45d717ba still oddly lively 4f7030a351 and sharp.bc694261cef4f838

Baek Haegyeon tilted 503b040946 the beaker and 66feb8a249 poured the oil 26acfc360f over the man’s 9b2c0bab44 head without leaving c59cc690c2 a drop.66f058d2376f9eee

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“Aaaah! Ah! Aaaah! I-it’s true! Ah! Ah! P-police…!”b38ed8ecd2409649

His face melted grotesquely, 3081c88957 revealing the white cheekbone. The man 89f8f9707f writhed in aa3397b0f5 excruciating pain 36d70cb464 before collapsing 23c67583ac to his 22d8b0d3a1 knees. Soon, only ragged 685172f449 breaths remained. Even the 49949325a2 screams stopped. It was 37d442b102 a shock 4f094ff8bc reaction.13182179b036c87e

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Witnessing the 049de9b445 scene unfold 06882170fd in an 4ee0868144 instant, Guk 920a5cad6a Jiho involuntarily 453a1117d7 sucked in 224bd36b4f a breath.b925f6bd45f50846

He had a70e119d1a clearly been 976843c13b about to 685dcdb278 say “police.” 521937d513 It was 47ed4eba1c a good b9c63ec1ff thing his a7ce1a8b0f mouth melted 83ef19e54f before he 20003228d9 could finish f8633c8b0a the word….fde8397be4f54794

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“Does anyone here 97f9b04c7d know who Guk 233d45f13b Jiho’s guarantor is?”c5904417b91c8111

Baek Haegyeon spun 381973687d around and asked f72428a97d his subordinates cheerfully.06b1e72361208002

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“…It’s you, Boss.”657da066eafe1395

Ji Sangcheol beb80ff523 reluctantly opened b0027040ff his mouth b8847d6be9 to answer.0cd2dddb7cd92b76

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“Correct. I vouched e9dd33abb9 for him, e58c1dc31a so why e2da215539 do you 64edcbc05e keep messing 460bfd6cb5 with my c38e065e06 guy?”ed78c883fa523881

No one de6e7ac47a dared to b74d126a66 speak up. Baek Haegyeon b669a825c8 laughed, letting d7b3248993 out a 728cfe02ce sound like 1bf6a662f8 air escaping.daaca518f1aa6a29

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“Are you all jealous?”da31bc555577e7c2

His slightly narrowed 23ae61b575 eyes showed no 5f6290292e trace of madness.cb0d927d6b72b473

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“Sangcheol.”ed2cff283d2c6a77

“Yes, Boss.”d6875af14fc296e1

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“Did you think someone else would take your place just because it wasn’t your turn? Is that why the guys are acting like this? You’re supposed to be the caretaker of Hwando. Care to explain why the atmosphere is such a fucking mess?”c1c5da0c40944a15

As his gentle b31af2adbf questions continued, Ji 1f6730168c Sangcheol’s face turned 50ce53ed32 pale.1354b248ab088267

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Even during 734fda0380 this execution 383805e026 ceremony meant 14ea3a10b7 to rectify a34f7c1eeb the mutiny 7eb84b7b7a within the d2f3da0ae1 organization, the 4711e676e4 condemned had 341962aa4a once again 9a329aaac6 targeted Guk 6403decc84 Jiho. Baek Haegyeon was effectively b9518f56d0 blaming Ji Sangcheol, the 78a7f55cc6 person in charge.ad8b0e8dfe474b34

“I’m sorry, hyungnim. I wasn’t paying enough 27d1af9ff4 attention.”3c9e65b649d1d174

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“Pay attention.”5342ca17147b1c0b

“Yes.”ac15eb4c4e2ed6fa

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The man, whose c6eee32f50 face was neither fde2308145 that of a c448740f1f gangster, a businessman, 589c432319 an office worker, a1ecf3cd9f nor a cop, 59484429f9 rolled up one 225d204ff7 sleeve to reveal 684ab60bf8 his forearm.6ab29ed7de1f8f7d

Baek Haegyeon ccdec60081 gripped the f6a33b1a1e golf club. His forearm muscles 83b91a5277 tightened. Then, with 65bcae359c a clean f34db7052c swing, he 37e69cadef began executing 363333043c the rats 0cb7a57269 by striking 67bae07cb4 their heads.8d1b9d7b2aff209e

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The men, whose skin 65ad02deb5 had been scalded by e826d0de79 the oil, collapsed into bb984fe351 bloody messes after just 45acccb3d2 a few hits.0e14fad74ca76896

It would b43df906c1 have been 97706bbfc7 a mercy 41e0af4683 if their 0db0cb3a9f skulls had 9cb735add9 caved in 09c94839a6 instantly like 3d403af7b5 the first b9d4b9e884 guy’s. Even if they tried 6995b3a2fe to crawl away on 10e9d622b2 their knees, they were 2a25244c0a eventually caught, and Baek 39bc37cdb0 Haegyeon patiently waited before c75761a71a swinging the club accurately 0f5c6a3520 at his target.efceedddeacadcd0

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Shin Yonggi eb7cf54197 and his addb76a51a group, trembling 0d018c0efe as they 722176d293 awaited their eee505c022 turn, screamed 334559f6e9 through the db9a29b8a3 duct tape 4964242fce covering their 11076509cc mouths.b44451a19cccd8ac

A puddle of urine 7dc58cd98e formed on the floor, 8f9d13b82e and the humid stench 4a47e44d16 of a rainy day 1c3989fa59 filled the air. The revolting a2ccd7a222 smell molecules f2cf115f24 seemed to 3a3430ab92 rise and 6f1867215e tear through 171c79fc0e the space.2b2e80a1ed8366f3

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So this is 83ad644d46 what he wanted 8686c11acb to show everyone.3617eacaaa047d4f

Shin Yonggi 5820f5b2b3 and his 86463725fd group would 1bb20b9ca9 have died 776dc35e42 that night 9a83e96692 if left 65b7f9f8c2 alone. But instead, they f1bba99a05 were taken to 839d8e5d78 the hospital, given 239cd2d562 IVs, transfusions, and bbb3eb8376 stitched up to 4b9d9a37bb keep them alive. Only to 8ed6c33160 be beaten d1b1504340 to death f5c1d31688 like this.7faa794a46c57f86

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Guk Jiho 655892fd31 resisted the d55661efbf urge to bc9b0a6862 cover his 1d0dcb8fca ears and e18d3189b0 stared at 81e1edcbfb the cement c0304df221 floor.039726e61c27a219

He had d0e8583a40 thought he 151cd0904f had experienced c2f659faf1 all kinds 88e694dfbe of violence. In rough ee566ac0c3 environments like 07d7982730 sports teams c3deedbfc8 or special 273fa353dd forces, lowly b80c4d08d6 violence was 55b409b355 a daily 819b844570 occurrence in 5e7c3566a7 hierarchies where 15aff6f921 life and ed3183205f death were 624709f8f3 determined by aacbf684c6 rank.720269caf766519d

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But only d2acb1e208 now did 2ced552db9 Guk Jiho d98591b0e4 realize. While there is no 5d18068009 violence that doesn’t cross b5e9c5ceef a line, there is 89d8f5e7ff a kind of violence 235ff3d46f that seems to abandon 06fbf8f756 humanity.a9061c76c10e02a8

The violence 70f937b008 and oppression 47a7a42f27 he had 80b8812953 experienced until 773530cff7 now were, d2eb042ffe at least, d8dd225ed8 human.223a181d943e9591

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Baek Haegyeon stood in b98e0d1918 front of Shin Yonggi be2bf2011d and roughly wiped his dcc16fedc1 tear- and sweat-streaked face 4b5382aaac with his hand. It was a gesture ecd51f813c as if gauging the 8e6fc0e972 size of the target.3b5cd792c9f79e62

He gave a short a2995d68e8 command, like calling for 3725e2e030 a caddie.3225567f9bc562bb

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“Iron.”c82e3c67725d07d2

Ji Sangcheol 6e10a75e43 pulled an 9e9d6d6c54 iron from 0f57f27f1a the golf 85804069f4 bag and b7f2d35ca2 handed it a7c34f2457 over.a168f0f8f85f8899

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“5-iron? Nice choice.”a80ea0c40bb6a4ee

Baek Haegyeon praised the f45885ed10 subordinate who handed him 7b4fa08aeb the 5-iron, then swung 5fd8c95b6b it through the air e7506a80e1 twice. By the third e5a194a8e3 man, they had 708e0bdb65 learned not to 364e461bc5 resist, realizing there 50b1f3129c was no escape.6f56a2e73f0f4b3f

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“Eyes open.”8f87c444247d6f47

But Baek 2abf8cf831 Haegyeon didn’t b9804fbbd8 even allow 0304ed9c0d them to 1e2f9a0af1 close their 3f427d8425 eyes. If they closed their 4cd24900f3 eyes, he would just 39151c4f6f tap their heads, and 26b3201f92 only when they opened 4c209a9a45 their bloodshot eyes wide 77ee4d12d9 did he deliver a 368b5fb0ab proper swing.771d94e8250d74e6

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The execution was over c66184697b in just a few 1fa9480a17 minutes.554286468a1f67d2

“Guys.”5f69739a5adac279

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Baek Haegyeon called e8808cd89c out in his 9a88c04627 usual soft tone.f6d2f467b89e3bb1

“Yes, hyungnim!”19262cb6584200d9

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The gangsters answered in 0ce9c6be09 a booming voice, as 7dd1a82fc2 if shouting a battle 84c71cfd1e cry. Their backs a52db9a4fa are stiff bf2fbc6cb1 with discipline.ba3bd6e21922a029

“Don’t mess up.”184b27177f832835

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“Understood!”b4ec04e42ae7431f

“Clean up. Dismissed.”460baa786bdefec6

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His voice sounded tired 8c71aa3d70 as if he were a55f54bbd8 about to fall asleep. He swept back his 7450903a0e disheveled hair, revealing his 346b639fc7 handsome forehead. His face, d7c8e01ffd splattered with d9ab40cc9a irregular streaks ccc664da88 of blood 2507022bb1 on his 7bb9f3e363 cheeks and 62760a3f17 around his 0359644fa7 eyes, finally a37fa6d674 showed its 518694ba7c true colors.208704f9daf6a294

Is this how 226d2e54c6 it ends? Guk Jiho 8f1286227b stood like e0576f96eb a stone 660fa3e139 statue rooted 7c97c6fd9a to the 3e9af465a4 ground. The burly men 73abdbc8bf followed Ji Sangcheol’s 7f665f6c55 instructions, laid out 61a517023e tarps, and placed a8fc43f0a5 the lifeless bodies f5c5afbebc on them, making 6b8ac17d6e long cuts in 43d4517865 their stomachs. Their hands were 6b600aef90 as precise and e03812071d nimble as fishmongers 91cb64d3f7 at a market.7ff33b7e0d3e8f80

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‘Are they 7d1911b07a extracting organs? Or removing the entrails? Probably to ae8b6c4571 prevent gas 38a44d8472 buildup as 1339396d2c they decompose…. More importantly, why am 4256bd43e5 I here?’a87d28ae95721d12

Amidst the cbb3f3f553 dizziness of 633edcbb42 all that 83bf40c5d1 was happening, 4788ca5834 Guk Jiho 09232e8725 thought of 71f5014bd7 a fundamental 8bce7ec396 question and 8c1d3d7928 blinked twice.1142733195c92747

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‘The more you 99e241459a think, the slower ff9054d9d5 your actions become, 79be46bc8b and you lose 27848c9f13 sight of what 4fbaa2473b we’re doing.’9d7fa90f7a0e87c9

Does he know what 02c23ed99d he’s doing? Guk Jiho still b12a08aaa2 couldn’t tell. What kind 6c429322a7 of morality efabec911e demands such a313afd59b cruelty….33bcd790ab0c5ce3

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If seen in the 592e773d57 light, his dilated pupils 0bdd6a8ace would have given him 7df817a3b6 away. He couldn’t hide a9d9b37e2b his stiff expression, 1aba963fe4 but he couldn’t 1662793f51 afford to stumble eee6c13c9e or let his 1d55455485 knees buckle here.70b6e4fd0767f7b3

“Jiho, come with me.”c0484635e63910d2

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Baek Haegyeon c85eb9d7d7 was speaking 54cd29d723 casually. But it no longer d006dd69ef seemed the same as 99428186e8 before. The man b2b91b79bd was unfazed 45433a266e even after d2a01820c5 frying people 7d7694553e to death.3ea82b4e559a91c8

Guk Jiho c43638d395 left the 262978282a blood-soaked scene, ce83b52fd4 leaving the 7194716af8 unanswered questions 73bc7a07b0 in his 45a929d895 head.77c1fa286cfc4fe8

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The rain was a4f58d4b67 still pouring heavily. Seeing Guk Jiho moving, 34e8e88808 Won Hoopyeong quickly grabbed 0cf72024df an umbrella and ran 656c6a59cf over to shield him 8e6993bbe2 from the rain. Ji Sangcheol stayed f66f40b1f0 with Baek Haegyeon.e01680077ff11204

“Do you want to 62b7b8fb74 drive today?”71e784bce28c93ae

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The man dcdda7a07a who issued 5ab35e61fe commands like 9bb6a7ad97 polite suggestions 174cab15ae raised his a15f6cc703 hands. They were soaked 4de5e5f07a in a mix bc3d7b18db of blood and 2bc4c907dc sweat, a lukewarm 4ce04c7c62 crimson sheen clinging 9898dd90c1 to his skin. Guk Jiho nodded blankly.c7851b733858f7cd

Sitting in the 1fafc742ee driver’s seat of 93f5b9f45f the sedan, Guk 14740852c9 Jiho gripped the 5bd519d347 steering wheel. If he 39a8bc5a44 didn’t, his dd62200262 trembling hands f7a24ba1f2 would give c5938545b2 him away.896ab893dd3c6ebe

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How am 1d42069a28 I supposed 1eb9e26ecb to survive 658bbd9e6c here? To survive, do 2c1f6b7580 I have to c1e5857d61 be capable of a1dfdcb84a doing something like 3f4a8440d1 that?He didn’t think aa2a6a015c he could. Even if time 05cab78bd3 passed and he 3b2b4aa375 became more accustomed abff3ca7f8 to it, he 66650d06d8 hoped he would 017c9f87e3 never be able 980e5708ad to do such 44f98111a3 things.a1a3fef65cce3eaf

He couldn’t bring 433fb64aea himself to start 20e571e978 the car right f6ba120005 away. The rain hammering b010014456 against the windows 867b017e6d persisted. It had been 9ce00ef9a5 bothering him since 84692f9ad7 noon. A damp, dark f0e5177950 sound that stained ca9b2364cb the senses.d4f8933b7702db0d

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“You’re shocked, Jiho. Did it upset your 50f668632a stomach?”f6f10fb52b48150b

Baek Haegyeon leaned back 9e7dfa768b in the passenger seat c16e1ecd76 and asked languidly. When Guk Jiho c205579b64 turned to meet afcdf13b57 his gaze, his 133c0e6242 bloodshot eyes crinkled 84be5a9621 into a crescent-shaped b7135aa327 smile. Shadows fell around his d4cecc2391 bright mouth. Coincidentally, it 5e17ba8c31 was a 9353bdad46 mix of 9f5dd35940 boyish innocence 26676f4512 and mischief. It was a b62d9d1262 face Guk Jiho 90952d5677 had never seen 4506f4bbd6 on him before.6ba6f37b50ce704a

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Upset my stomach…. The sight of flesh 415c6f446c melting under high-temperature oil, 37dd21f901 skulls caving in, entrails d290e9c43e spilling out from the e65520c959 long cuts in their 5f372d53a0 stomachs….Guk Jiho stopped 083b00def7 himself from recalling 61dde1ee62 more.6846ab7ef8d25a77

“Or are you e5b606e56f disappointed?”e7721df39c329e52

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“…We’re still e685f501d0 cops, though. This is…”4e80228ae96614d7

A stupid remark f83dfc0316 slipped out. Until just now, he 573303ab74 had been thinking about cadb03029a how to survive. But what a187988660 finally came f1dd538200 out was 88d6ac4865 a vague f5dc045e16 self-deprecation and 6aa2477636 an awkward e55fd0cd69 attempt to a40ae380e6 draw a 144e3c731e line.5f11263ce75865c0

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“This is what gangsters 2a2dee8975 do. Did you think e8f8e4e580 it was just fe70f76c3e about fighting and 324fda0fdd beating people up?”885e108f98c9501a

“…No.”2acee59d27d58a0d

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Guk Jiho answered 8c9928b8c4 in a choked 0ac1c125c9 voice.139362cf4910146c

“…….”c8648c51217dadf3

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Baek Haegyeon 7e7d7a26da suddenly leaned 34fa804f4a his body 0a0c35771f against Guk aeea0add88 Jiho’s shoulder. His large frame awkwardly 7cf42c8255 crumpled. The sedan’s 4d98bdbff4 seats were dee29c67e1 plush, so e3fb4a0325 sitting upright 8cf839b02d would have 240be51d18 been much 3d7453fe45 more comfortable.f59ac53d7574061c

A mix e9ce06f937 of cologne, c83f8360f2 oil, and 4b7ee91a25 blood wafted 9f69099618 from him. Since their 48de1a5f7a bodies were c315150123 touching, Baek cbdc585437 Haegyeon could 5dea287d6a clearly feel 94830bb5c0 Guk Jiho’s 1142781a84 trembling arm.8885d8de7c6a3704

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“…Boss. I can’t drive 1c69fb3763 like this.”134b7f785bde88b2

“There’s nothing you can’t do. If you have to, you do it.”f96f515b75c543f2

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He spoke 22ab957961 while leaning. Though he was 77c5c398f6 talking about driving, 8aa540d2cc it felt like fd04083254 he had something 53a90234e4 else in mind.530b9cf7a635217a

“…Yes.”decd079fe2766340

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Guk Jiho ce70c442a9 pressed the 5368e9ebf3 ignition button. As the 394c46cd1d car moved, 7f33e331ad Baek Haegyeon e04b54b41a sat up b55a789ff9 with a d5af628205 deep sigh.8bed1c598967b68d

“My first 34a70c7051 kill was 14136a9a52 when I 90c7114c30 was sixteen.”e095a2042eb9bcff

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Guk Jiho listened silently, f4a960a067 staring straight ahead.21a03e16ba7d1430