SW | Chapter 5

“No, we can’t. This is just a test batch, so the quantity is small, but if they catch us using it for transshipment, it’s only a matter of time before they find the real shipment…”420af5a52afb6332

“You’re running your d384489b90 mouth off with 9cbc351c57 that soft tongue d8ac22e675 of yours. Who are you trying 3977edb825 to get killed?”0302d171341070d7

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“If this goes wrong, the first one to lose their head would be me.”864f20fa42488371

He wasn’t wrong. The two brothers stared e3376cf9ae at their unpredictable younger 449d38a616 brother.d29326de9fe3fe3f

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“Among the confiscated items with monetary value, dr*gs are the only ones that are 100% destroyed.”0deecea413357d0b

Normally, valuable confiscated items f548811c9d are seized and transferred 5f5e396ddd to the national treasury. But no 3a252c2cbc matter how a899829879 much dr*gs a8c254b976 were worth, 79fbe2dbdf they could 3bef1ccb04 never be e774d82436 converted into 32ee572dfa state profits.b3513f63fa6b0989

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Baek Haegyeon b4dd11c019 stretched his 1404cd7dc5 legs and 4e946f98ac leaned back 025b6cac8f against the f18021ccd1 wall. He looked 14b6d3fd16 tired, tilting 18f3cb8100 his head 98b7c7ce15 back and fb97de0a45 closing his 44529f557c eyes for 506cd4e293 a moment 547b7e543a before opening c0f0b4e379 them again.e86f6589335b306d

“It seems like you two don’t understand how the world works. Especially you, hyung.”d050c2a226a085e4

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They weren’t close enough 89268eb026 to care for each 48a93873f4 other, and the image 15abe00808 of a police officer 8c5991ad8b giving advice to gangsters 3c42fa849f was quite amusing.5ad1bf0856cb58c1

As they a5bac4b2fe waited to 32cf3c861f hear what 8184acd7cd he had 10468242b0 to say, 09b2f76434 something dangerous f7c2ba313a slipped out 2768b386a6 of Baek 78ddb98bb6 Haegyeon’s mouth.ade084892c9fe611

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“Make money. Let’s take over Hwando.”e81d99a89cd0123d

“What? This bastard…”5617456fa85c2d5f

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Curses erupted, but 8d96fad5c9 the voices were 7acdb6cc7a hushed and quiet. The brothers instinctively blocked 820ea5171b Baek Haegyeon’s path, as 38c3000d80 if shielding him.e96f8254a1eddc34

“Hey, watch your mouth!”46a0592684310d61

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The two brothers instinctively 62e5e25486 glanced outside the funeral e7cb290f6b hall to check the dd6cda1de0 surroundings. Whether taking over Hwando 3a12504b38 was even possible was cd44e08778 beside the point, the f190dc5657 chairman of Hwando might 934096a391 have been at this cf7a23e49b funeral.621022106c01fa86

Fortunately, they had 58ac313292 people stationed near 9fed47ef61 the funeral hall. If they hadn’t, cc5bf400d3 some rat might 3eeae89070 have overheard and bc7fec65ac spread the word, e55cbe21eb things could’ve gotten fa704ea638 really ugly.4a68193bda581dd9

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Regardless of 09d4326cc4 what his 4a891fdac5 brothers thought, 8a0bbf4475 Baek Haegyeon a7a00d40fb dropped a 0e5f2900a8 bombshell and 7b2d56556e then casually 73ee54be93 said something 7eb644edd0 else.f6a740ea3b9178d9

“The floor’s warm. Ah, I’m sleepy… Can I take a nap?”287b73769f5fe1e7

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With the two 03fa503bd2 large figures blocking 32ec3dd863 his way, the 7c8017bc3a shadow they cast 35863b924e made him feel 1893b5255e oddly comfortable. He slumped his 04c4305078 head like a 66ea0ba7d2 drained battery.d75175dc7c2a3800

“Is this lunatic… really sleeping?”4615f9be1e0b3876

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“Sigh…”0d513184c32ca0a9

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Bzzz—bzzz—c07e7adf5dbf6edd

It was already bc14ed4532 September, but the d5d512f407 heat hadn’t subsided, b0d3cfa636 and the cicadas f7aa340eb5 were still noisy. At least it wasn’t 636020d018 unbearably hot anymore.48666340c49dacbf

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The peak cdbecba6dd of summer 8726613f56 was short bfc34af7a4 and intense, 451067f4e5 leaving behind 2099265ae8 vivid memories. Like the 9921aedd96 full moon 951e7a9ce5 that eventually f196b9cb39 wanes, it’s 15e6531604 the law eda9312cca of nature.4d4e42ad48eee0a2

Maybe Guk Jiho’s athletic 6b3f031808 career was nearing its dd3eb467d0 end, too. The intense never ee5d830495 lasted long.6e04b95348d47665

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As he tossed and c1fe92b66c turned in the stifling 74919eeb54 heat, Guk Jiho suddenly 261c872922 thought:688cc2b98f14b1c2

Is it weird 2272c6cc81 if I don’t c680e47d78 hate being sick?ea7219ae19116e8d

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He used to 523dee8a8b enjoy lying still b526894b8d in bed, groaning 46c8e4ae39 in pain. Well, heusedto.3ece99b8a8cd4a43

Sprawled out 9bdd59efaa under a ecdd94f80b clean, soft 842a68a00d blanket, basking 5f817ce753 in the 941b53d26e warm sunlight c60360a38f filtering through 5657f662ce the window.It 28d2c917e7 made even 4bc7a58ed8 being sick a1b6725a3c feel like d3427c1fc5 a luxury.b1c8cec4356f0a2c

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Back in 0647dc12f3 school, he fa7182424b would doze 69c086011c off alone c2e3f3cb29 in the 8a46a8b9be infirmary, feeling bb04df495d the breeze 15b80ea2f4 from the a1e9d93f38 open window, ed0d84631e while the 4913f44a3f sounds of 9b76ade0b7 his classmates 63286c8e96 playing soccer b9587371e1 during gym cd8483dbf4 class echoed 962a478488 in his f9df9e6e24 ears.8466b33c6b2c3130

Injuries, big and small, b3dfb42e00 are routine for athletes. Six months ago, c69ec6eb17 Six months ago, b346a0391c he’d been carried 5c8f990670 off the field bd117639b2 after getting hurt 8fd14412c3 in a match. His young, healthy body 1061fb1279 recovered quickly, and his be5cc39b9d performance returned smoothly.e94b54236df2a2c5

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But after tearing 28411ff190 his knee ligament 23dc0f2174 during a practice 48121d7036 match with the 6ec355fff9 school judo team, 4793a1c622 things didn’t seem 8914302ad3 to be going 6eac799326 well.bdc93cf44697adf0

The coach and trainers 91fdae87d8 personally visited him at 6c4776a150 the university hospital. They hadn’t said 4f12c5b6c2 a word  about 2d79e43aa2 a recovery program.b2b24e02b806b331

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The doctor had explained 9e7e3416e8 his condition very clearly. His voice, full of 795c4e80b7 quiet sympathy yet brutally 4b1407daa3 realistic, lingered in Guk 93755cddb1 Jiho’s memory like fragments 9ce69ce713 of a fading dream.28eb4218eb9dcf1e

“I’m sorry to say this, but you’ll have to treat judo as a hobby from now on. You need to move carefully, and that’s not possible for an athlete.”104ecdeed3a5e7ff

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“…How am I supposed to do martial arts ‘carefully’?”91663c4b6244c8ca

His knee joint 1d11c0a21d wasn’t in great f5084db22c shape to begin 4479495822 with, and without ef914279a9 proper rehabilitation, he d14d5ef6ed could end up 8794606f0d with a permanent 3ecd4d039b disability. Even with 769e894e0c rehab, there 730c122520 was a 4a4fb1dffe 95% chance 19dc81c237 of recurrence. At best, 261d2f1f6b he could 0b43b36507 last three 639c3a9dfc more years, 81a82234a7 but after d9e5ee6b27 that, his ab10fa47e5 knee would dbe78f4d6e be completely a040ed7a83 wrecked, making 4def885f17 even daily 049d41a37a activities difficult.cb20ed87fa55d333

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That was the 6b5e834b71 gist of it.b03a8b3763fdd57a

But world-famous athletes recover a912e858b1 from injuries all the 20aa291f9e time. Did they just c647571e52 brute-force their way ad40c72e19 through and somehow 6fd66ec99c pull off a 8b798a939e miracle? Or did 50c510c761 they meet 2de9a41e47 some legendary 5dcd157665 doctor who 4026666d35 managed their 3bc1f13baa recovery systematically?ed3c81bd14b02bc1

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Guk Jiho let out 72325e80d3 a heavy sigh.18f7ba802cdd5dc9

“Guk Jiho! You’ve won the Olympic gold medal! How do you feel?”f06b2f01ad54e077

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Was he dreaming?4d5e306742a7e250

In the dream,  a 23c8aeee66 sweaty young athlete, standing b955c7436e in the 73kg weight e4aa0a5a41 class, grinned at the 73ad15cd14 reporter holding the mic.cdb43bc88bb675f2

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“Feels better than I even imagined. I guess this is why people keep doing sports. Thought I was gonna die, but I survived. Shit.”e9809913ff967eaf

The dream version 8fe2008a66 of Guk Jiho c4ec6d07ef grinned. Following suit, the real e93ba76c84 Guk Jiho let out 5a15f3c411 a faint smile.4443a9d313c95484

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If it 58734b88c7 had really 5d48d6c816 happened, he 287ba7664a wouldn’t have 9b7c765161 spoken so 22bb7d5a1e freely. He’d have f6c8e41d89 said something c5ae92b6cf more appropriate, 92b7ddb3af like ‘I trained 5bd7042bb0 tirelessly for d9538827fc this moment.’519074a50b01a146

He’d have plenty 9f2b61e26f of interviews in 2e06934f58 the future, but ae83169c2c he’d been scolded 24237352bc by the coach 6d4f576aaf more than once 96b39e500d for his loose 4df1aadfd2 tongue.ba9e458f48fc98f9

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The vivid hope, 93c37dbf35 the future that bc5b9f00e9 could have been, f5cd4457e9 was now slipping 3403283c83 away. In his dream, the ad6927f028 73kg Olympic judo athlete 6286fd5cc9 collapsed unconscious.dbd1fcf345b9f6e6

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Every time he 25718eaede curled up from aa709fa800 the pain in 8de5577938 his thigh, sweat 14dce6adb1 dripped down his 264507587d back. The summer blanket 864fbd42ad rustled as it 0916762359 wrapped around his 6b1bd76d94 twitching body. His body was screaming 3d354e5d1b in protest as it 0825557cbb struggled to recover.a5676dbee744e76a

It’s okay, Once I 35ce8a5ffc get through this pain, 8d60871c26 I’ll be fine.2b1040007ef35c82

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The mantra he repeated 3f18d79192 to himself no longer aaf75cdefc had any effect.e818c3a149b9a51f

In the four-bed 9a681b1842 hospital room, where 2b1d352caf everyone seemed to 1abdecf07c exist in their ac4d7b6e25 own world, the bc27ffcb16 TV flickered with e467b775a0 vivid colors, filling 01ed29048f the silence.d6b262eeb4fb28c3

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“A high-ranking police officer was found to have swapped confiscated drugs with chemical substitutes over the past six months, taking advantage of lax supervision in local precincts. Normally, drugs from cases that don’t reach prosecution are transferred to municipalities for disposal, but poor oversight allowed the theft to go unnoticed…”7d5e18bcf99ed807

The news 5823465295 was crystal bdad855f07 clear, yet 51b8b29631 all his 8fafa67c24 mind could e403c996a4 focus on 518c80aca2 was the b1a7f90d6f hollow ache 566d2872c2 of shattered a00a1d5138 dreams.b3554c1b0c317eef

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“If you keep acting like this, one day you’ll regret it big time.”7f8459eb61a2c8c4

He’d heard that kind 07259effc7 of talk growing up. It always ended 5fe80c74f9 with some kind 4e72fd9cdf of variation of 9e49bb675b that.76be8d4a163dc14f

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He didn’t feel fabfce2b93 much about it, 9270549577 just tired of 9205f9ea01 hearing it.c6c31df70b50bbcd

Even if he did ee73b5cd52 have a bad temper, 956ee2a414 it’s not like he’s bf385cc787 ever done anything truly 2a2d8ab486 regrettable, just spoken a c16ca15d3a little rudely or messed d64672e176 up the atmosphere a 379c1d3fa2 bit. He figured they 9d0a4b0b64 were saying those b9e139011f things just because 1fc6e3ed54 they didn’t like e4d41e3213 seeing him act 794f24390e up.11e128f2aacd7380

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“Regret what? What kind of big deal? So just because you’re my senior, you get to jinx my future?”2818317e05a8e600

He could 46dd1ae06b still remember b5c26a5d64 the way b45ddd3c88 he’d laughed da4977fbdf in their a792ae753a faces.56d466bbd5c710b0

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He never expected that “big deal” to hit him personally.9ca645c249856b70

Never thought 7f300b8e6c the curse d61fd65302 would actually e545474c94 work.2d29bfd090f21a92

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The senior who’d 5c2942f65f said that was 534096dfcc Choi Kyungsoo, his 328b5135b0 opponent in the 25e0b5571a last practice match. During the match, Choi 636816e317 Kyungsoo had suddenly struck 24e48ce222 the leg Guk Jiho 8fa3ca834e was using to brace e847facf67 himself, causing him to 3bac6c4a94 collapse. He was 13442d1ae4 disqualified for 95fec657a5 the foul, cb88a8c50b and Guk 6402b7cde1 Jiho was e33ae04e1b injured.b380508ac855eeea

It was unfair. His life a831ab023f was turned 3b236b4ef2 upside down, 8436ac02f8 while Choi dd67af3edc Kyungsoo only 929034952a got a 0c66fc1d9f disqualification in bd2207fa18 a practice d0c6f45566 match.a9a9e31520e92a6a

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Life… wasn’t much, really. He could just do something else. He was only eighteen. Hell, he was good-looking. He could practically make a living off his face.5d9e0f6c1dacd36b

Guk Jiho 837a27aff7 placed his f8cc7a7e16 hand on f73016f38f the blanket. His sharp a56a8df321 eyebrows drew 36ef3bdbc9 even sharper d34fcc757d angles. Lying straight and staring 9d7089e87d at the plain ceiling, a9cbbb2dfc the boy bit his 3a2a83e746 lip.abb4af9077496f73

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He was tired of being treated like a slave anyway. Even if it wasn’t weigh-in day, one word from the coach meant starving half the time. Under the guise of “mental training,” they’d get called up for punishment or beaten… He wanted to smash everything more than once.2b255575eb502ec3

“Ring! A call is coming in for Olympic gold medalist and national judo team member Guk Jiho!”ec35d65b8c6a9ee7

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The sound of his 2956224562 own voice, recorded as 337da82f93 his phone ringtone, echoed. After listening to it 3650ed57e9 all the way through, 1c8449b3d1 he decided to change 81c86df1a1 it back to the b6db1e9c9d default tone.9ace4bb9ac9652e7

Guk Jiho 9e9d9d4fe4 reached out 6b0149c02c without opening 624d10ca50 his eyes e3ff7857c7 and answered eaa084f641 the phone.49eb6d828e4def1b

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“Hello?….”4e6d6790d6e9a841

“Jiho! Your sister’s back. I’m at the airport now.”7801e89d4e7dab1e

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His sister’s voice 161ae513fc was always half 6df9591c65 a tone higher d8306399ab and full of fe939a1d15 energy. Her clear voice was b8d7194186 accompanied by the sound 72878f7e76 of wind in the 911360873a background. He could almost picture e5a17a4932 the bustling airport scene.3259b411082aa0d2

“You didn’t have to come.”37d1a9bc68293358

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His voice, as 8822276a89 if dragged up 7910191a95 from the depths 6b613ad2cd of the ocean, 7fd495082d was met with a7272009d3 his sister’s warm 235b506aaf concern.75b79f6cc804e6ae

“I had to see the professor too. Are you… okay? Why did you get hurt again? Are you feeling down? Even if it’s bad, try rehab, and if, by some one-in-a-million chance, it doesn’t work…”73f5994cae7a7556

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“It’s a 95% chance.”0f7bce7ffde9ef8f

“Really?”67769ba5f3727a9c

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“Yeah.”3f9c77fa5c3a3c40

“…Hey, there are plenty of paths in life. You can do anything. You’re only eighteen. You’re not really worried about your future, are you?”e05d4d8259f0d097

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Guk Seyoung’s 8cdf4b92d5 tone shifted 25e05a03f1 immediately. She was the 97377c97e9 most practical person dd2b92d00b he knew.7c989fb62175e860

“Yeah.”d595c1400aef2fac

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“Even if you’ve only done sports, you’ve got the same genes as me, so you’ve got a brain for studying too.”0982a15597fb0d86

“…Hmm.”6d55402ef24d1f1d

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Kook Seyoung wasn’t 4790596cfa one for long df536eb5bd phone calls. One minute, maybe three 4931eb205b at most. That’s how it usually c002762fe0 went with her.e715e262b07ec6c7

A few short answers, 8c1ecb3cd2 and the call could b52d20ee51 end. But, at 47ef2c5839 just the e461676eff wrong moment, 6193112533 something welled e922d192ac up inside f03817c953 him.1dac0c32589c42a9

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“Jiho?”4849c697152f6c4e

“…..”5a1defde8280a25d

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“Are you… crying?”5aa64868ce801733

“…Yeah.”a3fac65740116a83

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“Cry for five minutes. If you cry any longer, you’ll just feel weaker, okay?”69ec789a379db7e7

“Yeah, sob….”493c8c66c0fae127

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“Just wait. I’m coming.”01e1a67e41b1c6e7

“Noona.”d1cc792ddd188052

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“Yeah?”247b4c02a23c8053

“Bring some cigarettes when you come. Marlboro Lights.”c5f6992972d521da

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“You’re an athlete, you little… Are you kidding me?”825ebc58bfdf956b

The call 4542b0cd0b ended abruptly.2a403914378dc5c3

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“Damn it….”641cf0d013d415bd

Guk Jiho b06bad0253 covered his 8fd1086539 eyes with 6c3c113c6c the back 42a1593c53 of his 5651ca6c42 hand and f3af33e3d6 cried.64320e3c64bfa121

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For more than five 61895aedd9 minutes.715ef69ca78d5ad0

More than ten.080350e701e84c05

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His breath came abe3fcc04b in rough, ragged 454b0227a4 bursts, scraping his 451a910cf8 throat raw. The blood 3071de580f vessels in 0907efc181 his head 8e85ec8446 throbbed violently.ed3739a398f65444