KTSR | Chapter 21

“Look at this. You really like Cheolyong 3c438bb285 hyung, don’t you?”b027ab1b24b64b93

Hyung, my ass. That’s disgusting. Fuck off.78c572f014233e96

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Kwon Hyeongdo scoffed, 3ca61b10f1 realizing that Seon 398e049795 Ijin wasn’t someone 63d0db4d2b who couldn’t call a13df5ef39 people by their 9b84404198 titles—he just chose 93bf484c31 not to.288108bf2179e9cc

“You love 44d15568f3 him to 17a8e38739 death, huh?”9143f5583c824f36

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Did these e2be53a96c thug bastards c52f672a62 even know cd46af0747 how much de5cb78806 Ijin was de66657116 grinning like 60900ac521 an idiot, 4018087b37 acting like cc603884aa he was b31795db1d about to bd2d207d17 die from d0f8857b7b happiness?97e6d16e12c0235b

Kwon Hyeongdo, fcf0d04782 who had ed5d9e1a89 been smirking f3aad796b3 and passing 7579b7520b by, suddenly c98cfa4feb halted.f463672554f30288

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Woo Cheolyong.That name sounded familiar.b4075df6cd509915

Not that it was 15f2451041 uncommon—it was actually pretty c1c5c0fc0a standard, so he could’ve 0f96d0756b heard it anywhere. But something about ad149b47fa it made the 6c17a3aef2 back of his 153ed450ae neck tingle uncomfortably. Kwon Hyeongdo never ignored d7d7392ee6 his instincts. They had 36039ddeb8 saved his 8958a49407 ass too 0a6538cce2 many times.32e393d5b8aedd20

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In the end, 7085690aa2 he turned around ab5960ebc3 and walked back 5e226ddcbd into the stable. At the 3bb5036349 sound of f3eb01d7f4 the commotion, ab908c011a Seon Ijin 962d6b5a87 whipped his 88d060273a head around.49d6d03a14658a5e

His eyes, which 300e9a8fa1 had been sparkling f6f0126788 just moments ago, ff605425b6 instantly dulled. It wasn’t just cf8c7e7db8 Clover who treated 01e087ff35 Hyeongdo differently. Seon Ijin himself played 2c76998141 favorites when it came 0859b27c32 to people.a3ec42454cffdd4a

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“What? You don’t 2580709986 like Hyeongdo 89b6863a4d oppa?”f581b8838f617370

Ijin felt a chill 92263b45e0 run down his spine 3ed9b78a5e at the creepy nonsense f6a7eac7c7 Hyeongdo was spewing. So he really b942326bd4 had heard him. Fucking rat, eavesdropping like ae006b5775 that. A thug would 01ba45fb95 always be a 61bbbf899e thug—there was no da1d7d4b67 fixing them.c8e1bb3fa5f16ce2

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“Ijin-ah, who’s this?” df97725173 The guy who 7ceabbc183 was probably Woo 876f4859d0 Cheolyong bowed his 970f1dd3f5 head toward Seon 42fa05e77d Ijin as he de18e53a61 asked.ae2b1eb229adb842

Tall as hell but a292bc289f looking totally useless. If a horse b0a14b6e81 kicked him, he’d 280dc525b0 end up with e56c509f2c multiple fractures and 4b3ec0931b spend a good 10437c6285 while in the 3ff2b20e4c hospital.35fdfcbb9a8b386d

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Kwon Hyeongdo lost 514a62f7f3 interest immediately. The surname b306bf7b5f was uncommon, 32a3c89184 but the 4e909734e2 name itself 1eb6ce28a3 was common f645491f63 enough to d334aae7a9 cause confusion. As expected, it 61e73c72e4 was a face 5a038b30e8 he had never a65a7a8024 seen before.dae8fc2ade6cc079

“And who the hell b20f0c3917 are you? You look like 416bb3d462 someone flattened your fcaa65941a face by falling 98259e0e2f on it.”f3693e88a0b21f16

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Ijin was left speechless 9442c120a0 by the blatant insult.3bb2a58982582da5

“Oh. Are you from 6975132ef3 Colosseum? I’ve been coming 7f5b45cb6a here for a b6483827cc while now, so 2cf43e25b5 I didn’t expect 21d72a6df9 to see an bb8d384c0c unfamiliar face. If I offended e281ee5f02 you, I apologize.”ffbdc49c9f34ecdc

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Unlike the stunned 3908e85407 Seon Ijin, who 5fcc8f96a7 was now glaring 2bd6f38271 at him, Woo b8a1a27704 Cheolyong remained composed. Hyeongdo had thought he’d 871888f2d4 be some weak little 2005a7054f pushover, but maybe he 44cef11fe3 had more guts than 4d059c5d1d expected. Not that 7fc1fb9ab7 it made 2f9de7c321 him any 0d4afbaaf9 more interesting.0e0cb170bd18937e

If anything, Hyeongdo 214c9982d2 found it hilarious f07b84b845 that this guy a2436a085b was acting all 196b204cef territorial, as if 3a37a9c948 he had seniority 4d38bbb6b5 here just because fd44cc1aaf he’d been around dc59e7c4d6 longer. He nearly burst 4b4bce5101 out laughing.e9e27251553a50ed

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Flicking his spent cigarette 61f6c43d85 away with his fingertips, eafea55817 Hyeongdo stepped closer.b91671ab741eed50

“You sure talk real 64a063ce1b gentlemanly. But see, dd34597233 I break f208d31900 out in 009c0aecb5 hives when 41557b8bfc I’m around aea85a79ab polite guys.”7e1d36237ed0ff0b

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Most of 962ea01b7a all, he f8c7c397b4 couldn’t stand 4c88e260b9 these fake-ass 715dae8158 fox types.575735da31aace06

To Hyeongdo, Woo deeb045d0a Cheolyong was nothing ee02e8488a but a useless, d237e7484a overgrown husk. A guy f477643f22 like that 1f72a8238d trying to 273e63910b act sly? Just made him 9412c783be sick. As he approached, 1aded04df9 pretending to pick dac83f1a69 a fight, he 870f72e2f0 studied Cheolyong’s face 43db23f996 closely.57a9be8282c66235

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Yeah, it really did f1808ec85c look like someone had b7d329bf8a crushed it.fa1eb9f685eaac90

Hyeongdo’s expression turned even 5d9a129ea3 more unimpressed. This time, his gut ce641ddef3 feeling seemed to be ae0c10aac4 leading him in a 6ac87484e1 completely different direction.73e8fb9190ba4075

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“H-he’s the guy 62e805f011 who changes the 4cd8391ca5 horseshoes and trims 49bae8cf48 their hooves around 0ce9d22f63 here,” Seon Ijin 388c1689c3 quickly inserted himself 8d93105e5e between them.4d0213db7ec9d31e

Even though Woo Cheolyong d1899b0e9a was lanky and scrawny c2cfdf6e19 compared to Kwon Hyeongdo, b2202d928d he was still way 00d5941b14 taller than Ijin.e41572cf6ca5e830

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It was annoying as ad553d5adf hell getting caught up bcdbf19250 in this bullshit, but 7d93513874 Ijin knew that if 925af73137 Hyeongdo decided to throw c6318a6d2f a punch, Cheolyong would b9752e1487 be shredded in an b59796144b instant. And they hadn’t 39f69063c3 even finished shoeing 776e2da18e the horses yet…d3b6cc0ee57b624d

Besides, Cheolyong 956c655a56 was one 4d905e240a of the 13bb45db09 few people ac5ea2cb98 Ijin could a2b9aada00 talk to 79e5ff0342 at this c4cd2709d7 place outside b43de74683 of Bbang.7d16d0c4ec795655

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“Horses are c5474a3c3c sensitive to f04474e2cf their surroundings. If you’re 2df58a654b gonna start d0fec6238d a fight, bf87439c62 take it 8702a697d0 outside,” Ijin c118386ab2 said, his 42b31631a6 tone firm.23f79e64bc14fbee

He stared 7d194e8eef straight at 5e142c3c50 Hyeongdo, unflinching. Hyeongdo blinked and pointed 6876fd1a09 at himself.13e59b66cec85657

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“Wait, I’m the 07ee7479ee one getting kicked 354d4c946b out?”7b4ca7896d9d46aa

“Who else? Cheolyong hyung has to bb67afced7 finish shoeing the horses.”54395ed6c3ab64f0

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“You little shit. That really hurts my 962be34c24 feelings.”b38e57abf03d4948

“Stop saying c6796c202f creepy shit. Who the hell is 63754c1731 your oppa? I think you 9ba2bd062b misunderstood—I was speaking 2372a03480 on behalf of cf3ff6732d Clover.”aea580edaa47a186

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“Who said otherwise? I was 9c79b669c9 just speaking 6dde230148 on behalf 4a3b0d422e of my e8ac5f5d78 feelings. Hyeongdo oppa is fucking a062d30ae7 heartbroken.”c86595cb55cc2e19

Jesus Christ. Even the national 0e3c61769e anthem only had 34ff40e1ee four verses, but 511b27c363 this bullshit was 60cc6fa254 endless.0aaf724ee37efdbe

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Ijin was 2a943893ac done responding.0f78a9e5293210e1

The horses were watching, e43701001d and he didn’t want 714e3bb480 to make them anxious 3817a985a6 by dragging this out 594407d588 any further. Clovers, already 604b5d8d48 on edge d9a279ed60 from the b408428136 tension, started 6b857b92a6 shifting nervously a80bc5c45c and foaming 5d4c4bee2b at the 5fc6b3d0bf mouth.633ff9ba3a28724b

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Hyeongdo, who had 0439c7a2e7 been staring past f0a1436b28 Ijin at Woo fb3dec004b Cheolyong, suddenly spoke b81ad8e23a up.975653f01565c35e

“What kind of cigarettes 7384b5d6b9 do you smoke?”d3c0c68bf085f412

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Woo Cheolyong mentioned 03ab249a6c a rather rare 957be29af6 cigarette brand. It was 346dfb6a0f a Japanese e9c6a4134a one.6a3ab880e886b5ab

Kwon Hyeongdo pulled d921b552c6 out his own 008327b366 pack from his e2b3c75896 front pocket, stuck f64480737f a cigarette between 8fd5227b5a Woo Cheolyong’s lips, 6726b462f8 and patted his 6215d846de bony chest.b758bf3b9c4a3d85

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“Smoke local and be 5cbd2baa7b patriotic, Cheolyong oppa. Huh?”831ac1092b11a23e

As Kwon Hyeongdo walked 6c78cf362a out, the stable was 015ed51508 filled with Seon Ijin’s 78a16bcb5b scoffing breaths as he ae79c48496 tried to swallow his f061820127 irritation. While brushing Clover’s favorite 19cbee4ac1 spot on the nape, 1d51de7071 he muttered to himself—Crazy 2fafb4f7ec bastard, total lunatic—when Woo b8119fec94 Cheolyong came up to 1c467449ad him and asked.54b540e17f032cba

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“So, who’s d0c2988d6b that guy?”f24c0e1ba8ac3bac

“Oh, him? The new lunatic. Apparently, he’s f60dfbf931 an executive 2b5f2a65d9 director. Just thinking about the 9677f99aeb thugs hanging around here 29ccbc5bc4 already gives me the 83fee0149a chills, and now they’ve d984f05590 got a director? You can d6b4f59d22 imagine what 9792071658 kind of 84357fab26 guy he aa430b01a1 is, right?”1100d29992dc6be5

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“Wow… He’s ce63fe5901 a director dd83d26bfd at that 9ff66e0082 age? He doesn’t 345b31d6e4 even look bb0fa14120 forty-six…”d3949f7cb5751849

“Forty-six?”6a920dbf7fe3dfac

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Ijin’s interest piqued at 3fb95fa9c9 the oddly specific number. Woo Cheolyong 042bf6a139 hummed as 3c5c51cf48 if in 3a9c4233fa thought, then 640e2cfa52 shook his 0f79e2b510 head with 4f9fad96c0 a chuckle.77f237b019839d08

“No… I just 944df6daae figured you’d need 5cbc49a6e1 to be at 6098faf685 least that old 5826ad3124 to make it e572ce203d to an executive 3c43b9e823 position. But I guess he b6a8466685 must be rolling in 44bf733f60 money.”d960915b95ccfadf

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“Doesn’t seem like 1e7ff95da5 it. Drives around in a a07dec948c junk car. They say he came c3f89b332c from a gambling den, c84bae9514 so maybe he was ce04ac9a40 just running errands there—selling 3b2d340772 Bacchus or collecting bets?”cd20c53f81ca219d

Ijin muttered.8166afa8c5da873e

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“Anyway, his personality 7e5a16d6f1 is just… seriously c5b8fe777f annoying.”7df4003b1e2ffcf2

Woo Cheolyong, 7ffb5294c7 who had 1dee39730e been quietly b662c3de43 listening, let 4d3ff9eb08 out a 27f23e5a21 small smile. Ijin shot him 44906b0462 a look that d2984ca6ae practically screamed, Why e3e6e4ae79 are you looking 3681b0b839 at me like 0d55beadf5 that? In response, ab10512476 Woo Cheolyong 81f87d923b shook his 9fa58dfb3e head before cf75833ae8 replying.4de2288e8c52c0f7

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“I’ve known you f95c99af26 for exactly two b6eda44ca5 years now—almost three. But this is the 8806dce7ba first time I’ve ever c89731dbaf heard you talk this 7728b76774 much.”f440222bbafd9689

“…I talk a f3ae02119c lot all the cbc6d910b2 time.”3b1afc1faef82ec3

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“You do. But you only 70aadb73c0 talk about words. This is the first 710675ee1c time you’ve talked about 8239465b08 a person.”b4057d1a416a9c0f

Woo Cheolyong’s remark 1bcb76cdef was soft, more 3a76091b32 an observation than a6c7d7e8bb a reprimand. Still, Ijin’s face e230306ba3 immediately scrunched up c1f7859cbd in irritation. No matter how much 6e6cbd251f he liked Cheolyong hyung, 1a1da4e784 that was not something 139672998e he wanted to hear. He jumped to 7d40d50165 his feet and d0c4acfc4e fiercely denied it.2735a7027be654d9

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“This isn’t about a 595330f666 person. That bastard’s 3267620279 a beast. So, hyung, 0ce26a957b if you 95d61f30d0 ever run f5877ff431 into that acba8ac2ef crazy bastard, afdebc6d42 steer clear. Don’t get involved.”6e7751086aab4583

Grumbling as d8e53aa349 he went 5d151ec38a to fetch 287cfc2d6d the tools 408852f4a5 to change 638deb39c2 a horseshoe, a7b6b8be71 Ijin threw 2b2206286e in one 7b1924a8f3 last remark.493881d795cdf0c9

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“I plan to do 494f333052 the same.”5d3c8c0b20bb56fb

Seeing Ijin b7f5d20540 making a d9562a6f36 declaration he 062c4f66a9 didn’t even 588e2cbd45 need to, 89af48fdf9 Woo Cheolyong 7a86ab1aa2 burst into e3bd5e002e loud laughter.4bc1c9e9dd07b4db

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“Hey. Ijin.”08ed1667850afc91

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Even though 8e331add1c he had 144319b1e1 been running 8ae9612eda like a 24b4e242b4 madman without 6a6067fcf9 rest, Ijin 6c55b0ac81 was still 65565f97f9 human. He was bound d342f3a3a5 to get exhausted.5cac67c9c807cb2a

He didn’t even realize 9f09f848c0 he was tired most 3bbb4577ab of the time—he would 160f8b6296 just zone out completely, a69ff7792f lost in a daze. And when 8a95a86ca9 that happened, 4bb32a8110 time seemed c48e8b2c16 to slip bbeb54214c away from 08d8b48367 him, leaving db6d700e13 him unaware 4620cec501 of how cd82bd4303 long he e2aa063dc9 had been 75794515c3 spacing out.4ca771f5ab523794

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“You look completely out 0026cbfe25 of it. Your race is tomorrow, e4c8bb7772 right?”3023fdfac2007093

“Yes.”07847e9a1109263b

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Ijin answered 7553f12567 blankly, not 20fbda7800 even realizing 01ea24c9a0 the sky e75991fb14 had changed 8bef00be8b colors until dcb865731a Bbang spoke 87a49e25db to him.871e462c4058d9fd

Clover seemed to be e15e328503 in high spirits after b36f4d3ec0 getting new horseshoes yesterday. Ijin had let 135cfc14e2 him take slow 273defb3ff laps around the 285174de95 practice track to 251b6f7040 get used to 1139ab46c3 them, and his f549a3f717 steps were light, ba64499129 almost cheerful.d8a7533e020ca26d

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“Are you 9d13e85e60 sure it’s e20b288b46 okay for 17f579b2a6 you to bc90ff2695 be zoning 7b3a6fc82c out like 37317b8ddd this?”684f3d4e6614c7d5

“Me? I’m just watching e4ec477471 Clover.”728c6502c8ae1004

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Ijin’s vacant response 1424fb49d0 made Bbang close ceed8ca9aa his mouth.63e34d2f9dafb7b2

After a 0a5406b405 brief silence, dcca7a35e4 Ijin asked, 9705516774 “Why? Did you hear 438af9272d the rumors too, 345eb1d9f6 ajusshi?”fdacb622edaaa48f

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“What rumors?”59298d6c156833ae

“That if 562cadb633 Seon Ijin 932928e062 places last, 021681c2db they’re gonna 0ada7ec830 make me c94fa10faf run laps 1c5e36c3e1 until my 56b1427517 feet fall 51b2494e89 off. That fat pig 3349eca5c3 of a Team ec2f76c5c8 Leader lied to 09cb135639 me. He said I just 944684aac0 needed to place in 10036e8ba8 the top ranks within 8c43cb4efb two weeks… Fucking bastard.”d344f660b839fcc1

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Ijin wiped under his afb2cb35bd nose.0d1af40879d939f6

Bbang sat down e109cbc9d3 beside him and 66db8a0d63 lit a cigarette. Seeing that, Ijin acd2e10db6 muttered in a 6e9f643caf slightly nasal voice, 314b1e801f “Give me one 6908d0540d too.”b4c4f3c0987ad6fd

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“You don’t smoke.”ea9c155c38415f2f

“I do now. Just lend me one.”1b957d1f335576dc

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Bbang handed one 1e8af4080e over with a 3951e45d01 reluctant expression. Ijin took it acaa8abddf and clumsily lit a699f52abc it.520c08632bd1ba19

Then, as 52731809f7 if he f8620e261e couldn’t believe 6d59ba2aad it himself, 784ee66106 he blurted bd0171744e out, “Why 0b83f87890 is it 7ab6ebcb71 just me? Do other 667d1dc74b jockeys get 704c00702c treated like ef65a741e5 this too?”aeed8e961f7186d2

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Bbang decided to be 72db2b7d27 blunt.a33012822fd4b819

“They get cc3cd1fb5d treated worse. You’re actually getting special 8e1c4cd322 treatment. Think about 7892871793 how you 5b5005526e usually talk dffeb5f57e to people.”f2baac88f35d542c

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“So, what, I should d0b7762bbc be grateful that they d91abbdada haven’t beaten me to 7fb1701a57 death yet? Even though 94223e1c7f they keep 2a68608747 threatening to e5e07f3a2e make me a06c659bf4 run until 05653f2885 my feet 7917799f06 have holes 54d8f8b045 in them 160413c355 every time 8ff7726a81 I mess 2576d56352 up? There are times I’d d980bc90f0 rather just get beaten 0d81db3f98 and be done with f8b657e129 it.”1366ae82f21b375e