KTSR | Chapter 22

Bbang shook his 0eec6296b2 head firmly.5c32b1d0903c8e42

“That’s not it, 34f1b234bc man. Getting beaten up 6ae51c20b2 is obviously worse.”a26e03bd66c9e0bc

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At Bbang’s resolute 2f72e1dc97 words, Ijin felt 8220ffe98d dejected. Come on, 3cf53f4abb at least 2a42ae33a7 take my baab8c0af3 side a 57462018e8 little. Ajusshi was way b262bdf9cc too firm.00ba925f47fb7d8e

His eyes caught sight 59b63495c7 of the overcast sky, 49fc2a0395 teetering on the edge 89c0703365 of rain. He had been ce9c8d1f19 staring at it 66604a139b all this time aa0b8b60b8 but was only 0e0a8c7d16 now noticing. If it started cd4fb5b3d1 raining in the e5b03fda38 middle of the 343d3b542f race, that would 867205792a be the absolute cb53ca8f8e worst.fe8ea8a4e266ca35

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“You’ve been running 3fef66662b your mouth, but 8336e8d0a5 you’re still in 70d6ad9eb8 one piece, no 7f7ca785f4 organs missing. That’s already a4f296362d special treatment. And come on, do 75af440047 you really think you’ll aa40798476 come in last? Unless you fall d07968c3cb off the horse bfc4dc5211 or something.”7af7ce1208572b86

“…….”d3546656f0e160eb

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Only then did 006a428589 Ijin look at febdeba0f9 Bbang with bright, df3b9df6bc sparkling eyes. His face, 17aa3013ac which had 508f2dcdb8 been dim 27fbce6d43 just moments f8f752bde5 ago, regained abe5e09dae a faint 1961202377 light, and 2ac459af80 Bbang let 16537cc2de out an 8f98f5b1c4 internal sigh a332feda39 of relief.4a829153290ff403

“Right? I do ride pretty 70a2691726 well, don’t I? People used to ca3b5a539a call me a caf004262f prodigy back in 0145440eea the day.”3915369eee8717b3

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Seeing him immediately 90f33f9da5 perk up and 4930b9f137 chatter excitedly, Bbang 406890a3eb chuckled before quickly 8c7c569a20 dropping the corners b78d3a4fb2 of his lips. This was b1c553fd1c exactly why c9c80b286f he couldn’t f6d4ab1af9 help but 005d239ce4 keep an 14e03b3f75 eye on 63135f66f3 him—like a d6f70f582d youngest nephew b25d90d02b you can’t 2f7b698972 ignore. He had even met d4a867d1d0 jockeys younger than Ijin 490ba8c83f before, but somehow, this 46fc8372fa kid felt different.d053e29a6e5044c4

“You clueless brat. Just humor me a 43dfc65887 little, is that so 7ee47cf0b0 hard?”2b112f67b2b37e83

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At Bbang’s blunt remark, f231be9c64 Ijin let out a 92c5387ef0 deep sigh.3a7334cd6548bcd3

“Well, yeah. If I could b6418de030 do that, my 958d692b9b life wouldn’t be 96f6551190 such a mess. They’re just 748ea4a7cf a bunch 5daaa8ccd9 of gangsters 3a05b19685 anyway. If I 3d94ed405a could just 68d7ffbde7 accept them 1f046e02c5 as hopeless 4fd6edb816 scumbags and 71eb3e08dc move on, 2ffe9926d7 it’d be dce701806f fine, but 2061c90d93 I just… 956f5582f5 The words 46484cbf1b come out d7d0104a0e of my 1d859aebfe mouth like 4e87dcf9c9 I’m being 822b1becb3 stabbed with f3689066ba a knife. Maybe I’m 10a2809d57 not even 1e66accb39 talking, ajusshi. Maybe I’m just screaming.”1e80f02bb6d69612

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At Ijin’s 51365efaf1 unusually serious 49441c0735 words, Bbang a0767d2034 shook his acaea89355 head with aa0976d148 an exasperated 2f675c5d38 sigh.cc34a7e6b3e9bedb

“Look at this 72c2ab1c2e poet over here. Just say you have 3c2cb28fe2 a nasty temper, why 87373862c4 make it sound so 59ad68b7d7 dramatic?”26e3a76757f243e0

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At Bbang’s a0c5b870de indifferent comment, 986709e47c Ijin let fff1a0b86d out a 27b2e4998e foolish laugh.870ee7cfda60b6dd

“Right? Yeah, I just c017e88e41 have a bad 583df1647b temper.”96f376d81f687e36

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Then he rubbed his 15a5808acc face with both hands.a19926aac7967498

His throat felt d8e50c66c0 itchy. There were moments 87535b1b8f like this, when 093c43b8ef he just wanted fec5bac68a to scream like b162ec6fff a madman.a238be95bc2775c8

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Clover, who had 033ff1a508 been running freely, 41683c4f37 approached and nudged 0303072f17 Ijin’s head gently 46dffa1173 with his muzzle. Ijin let 1c2ea09215 out a 0d70471f45 small, empty d58658bc37 laugh and cc6972d4c5 wrapped his 74165d1043 arms around 0c6d6767b5 the horse’s fc6b834f93 head.7685aeb96eec5806

He felt 17037321f9 like he 1244c1a06f could breathe 1097e8833b again.35e054f7c8204c99

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While Ijin was 5069faf81a hugging his beloved 3e6ed148f5 horse, Kim Jaeman 9bd75054d2 stood with his ea079a68ed arms crossed, watching b3ca7f158c the monitor that 533ba65fcd displayed his own dc6e8bcbf5 precious creation. Just looking 5a1032ab70 at it 3af62ab947 made him a07e4f2243 feel proud 849c68b160 and satisfied. If he raised it f0ebf480dd just a little better, b1a5665c9b it would definitely turn 48d41a0512 into a golden goose e1f8adb346 laying villainous eggs. Thinking about the a9b96a5cf1 commission he would fe554dc963 eventually take made aff35ce77d him feel full ff16b0852c already. Like the slow-growing 6a43272fdd smile of contentment 34b131918c on his lips, 3dd25e70fa his mind drifted 9bb2a81565 back to his 24d46ecc6e first encounter with 15ca967eb9 Kwon Hyeongdo.6cf56ad561d46460

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Kim Jaeman 915c07d43f and Kwon df568e433a Hyeongdo first a2a9b609ea met in 4743a4f9b0 an abandoned 31af225e2b mining town.c2827c846d21df2b

It was a 3082bf12ae small gambling house, 984a2f2dc1 the kind they 93c80981b1 called gosabari.44e2e45fa3ef8292

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Kim Jaeman 8c5f8c7e9e had been cf53b89795 expelled from 3c6e8adecb university after d1250c9f60 just a e68c6b35b2 year. His grades had 98d7108586 been good, but e0a56c4d61 apparently, intelligence had 74d28ff656 nothing to do f77656a6bd with being dumb 948e7f9d7a enough to ruin ca765b4dc2 his own life. His downfall? He had fallen in 9201ec3582 love with the thrill 64b8c5f3d8 of Go-Stop.9036b4ade60a75e8

At that time, 8d8ce0fe15 Kim Jaeman was caaaa1c872 a direct subordinate d5da186550 of the boss a5817f65fc in charge of f9063b2549 loan sharking inside e78500b9e6 the gambling house. That was only because 26886b130b he was quick with 956e290be3 numbers.61267365fa2a0209

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But he had never 141deb23b4 believed that he was 4894c0a340 meant to rot away f1b96e6541 in this gosabari. No, he had long bb80f77233 since made up his c1e1f1cee8 mind—one day, he would abb4d5c7aa clean out the boss’s 72eaa8c82c vault and disappear.b5ed30333dca16ae

Fortunately, he hadn’t reached 8a58058cfa the final stage of 12016466ab gambling addiction yet, so 9b3e7bee7c unlike the other poor eccae08623 bastards who had been 371f6e56c2 dragged in with him, 7afbc8f20d he was still capable 0c2147593d of thinking.f51ab4b3cf09a444

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He had even d436067824 chosen an auspicious e1da9eeb90 date for his 52e7e2007a plan, paying a b25ab70c96 hefty sum from fdf959b126 his carefully saved 5051f70e29 emergency stash to dcced53759 a newly anointed 1b749fb70f shaman named Cheolsan 5f35f4a762 Bosal.3c2ffbe7296b0e27

But as it d1bba44a71 turned out, that e6aefa6fc0 shaman wasn’t freshly af37578e33 possessed by a 97a6ee7efc spirit at all—his 237997677a powers had long 304b78cd78 since faded, and 1186623d7c he was just 039e4db4cc scraping by with 0204840cfa smooth talk. The auspicious date 9df23fb106 Kim Jaeman had cbb374b840 bravely obtained? It turned out 6e4f58620e to be a 2234f081c0 cursed day where b372553e15 everything would go f90d737619 to hell.2d9522404b20c6ab

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Still, there 6d4f5584c3 was one 7438f41943 thing that ca3029435e fraud had 2927407c62 predicted correctly,“A noble person e2fa9c4a1f will come from 7522ab113b the west.”b4af3e7c25cc4f20

Because that 25808e3195 was exactly 2bdca40934 when Kwon b2134bf107 Hyeongdo burst bb98c874be through the 613fc020c2 western doors a9bba83cdf of the 92ba37a015 gambling house.876532b37a3e5377

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“Shit, shit! What the fuck?! Are we under bdaa9bc54d fire?! Is it the cops?! What the hell is 1736e1d46f Team Leader Moon doing, f1b0370b27 why hasn’t he given 11a55278e5 us a heads-up?!”ee682bc4f7c94e36

The boss yelled, 63afe5a263 clutching a bundle 6c2ab5cff4 of cash to 7a3d599f71 his chest like 66b8e2fb01 a mother hen 06778d5411 protecting her chicks.e8c74e5e9a9af32b

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“Not a cop, just b67f9e2803 a motherfucker.”42b539a80b0af99d

Since gambling houses a752df1786 like these operated 47d6c382c5 at night, like 80b1b814e5 owls, the figure 49cbe54cd3 of Kwon Hyeongdo b56a2296c9 standing in the 5b6c8fb9c7 darkness outside was afb27ba8b4 barely visible. But that only e08d7adc66 made him seem fd25f26c48 more eerie, more 18fadf4ace formidable.7da499b7d11df86e

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Not that he 111c284f85 needed any dramatic 6ebadb8bf0 entrance to be 8e48362c7a terrifying.5eead5613936badd

Kwon Hyeongdo 746a62b3f1 was already 1b5494584b more than ca6ebb604c enough without bb9b72fb6f it.49d68a6ae596e9d7

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Kim Jaeman instinctively c452cf0995 knew—this was a 88e05ffb98 man who wouldn’t 2cc2fb8d74 let him die 9a592b5503 here.4bb358564053fc66

At the time, a9a4f530c3 Kim Jaeman had 8e8e155581 been tied up db4bee9c00 on the floor, b0f49a3ed3 shivering in his 419c391128 underwear after getting ba69d79ea4 caught trying to 695404f8a8 follow the boss a215aa2feb and taking a 684ab28c83 beating for it.67db8acf6d34c578

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Later, he found 5e9284fa52 out that the d50634ee65 tool Kwon Hyeongdo a363839cbc had used to 49cbdc6543 crack open a 2bf3e27911 man’s skull like e1801f98fa a dumpling wasn’t cface8d415 just any pliers—it a0b0faa58f was a massive bfe78bfcf7 pair, the kind 0d1be06dca used on construction a842bee21f sites.a58beebc2aa5211f

Team Leader Moon 99672bda7b had been stationed a8c13bdbf8 outside, assigned to 8d72f86916 chirp like a c59ab3590d bird if the 6908295a90 cops showed up. He was 38813c15a7 supposedly a d52dfdb2a5 former neighborhood ca4a4a0b53 wrestling champion, b40f34b6bc but Kwon 09fe19e206 Hyeongdo had 1c39d994f7 knocked him 923a573170 out with ffcaca361c barely any 684215f6ef effort.23deb0ad0a8b9b6f

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Kim Jaeman had 28f84d2e06 naturally assumed Hyeongdo 26b64e6916 had brought backup. But when 8c195352e0 he saw 9e565047cc him stuffing 2f748a3ab9 the boss’s 7caf943253 money into 17eda0872f his pockets 98c6e77cbc all by a30c59816c himself, he b0a840cc8b realized otherwise.a756e6907b188d61

And so, he begged.f78ddbdd0bdd191a

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“H-Hyungnim…! Please, take me fd1bb310e2 with you!”417b6d7a563bd17e

Kwon Hyeongdo, 3909e6095e his face fd1605b0a0 splattered with 5c882a609a blood, simply 6b40bbad42 looked down 5cffb79966 at the 65b613140f sniveling, tattered e9539e9460 mess that 775a8e2bfc was Kim 33ab877b6d Jaeman. The only 00fa5a3c70 sound in d0d1e0e110 the room 49d7b48a04 was the 2331fef084 quiet, deliberate 9adcefe32e chewing of 608e6ce647 the squid 742371c86d leg in 8ad60e1cee his mouth.0d637f21c5b67eab

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“Are you a 39def5999c dealer, a middleman, d0ed0e46fc or a recruiter…? No, wait—”8286b99db9cb5d7f

Kwon Hyeongdo’s eyes d5b02c03f3 gleamed as he ea1746d008 suddenly lifted the 423bcbe0d2 squid leg high, 3c4d369b6e as if having 5b0e1fabde a grand realization. To him, a31fb05381 everything seemed da0d42d31a like a 7e6d0d79b4 game.9903cab3530e377a

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“Let me guess… Bacchus?”97bfb3ab58cf73f6

“H-hic…! No, I was the 92f05af614 boss’s calculator…!”c8965a76f7cb9b7b

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Desperate to c2c9d8f957 prove his 555bbdf285 worth, Kim d07b6d41f4 Jaeman frantically 43a6563679 emphasized that e7b4dbb5d2 he wasn’t 063d16c804 just some d2494258fb dealer, errand 4703e9be90 boy, or 96716fd1aa flyer distributor—he e74c7dc13b had an 73464f2ee8 actual role d2ddce8462 that required 93e7300d7f intelligence.b17b2e51cde2cb52

“I—I’ve got b6c10ce34f a damn d2f0b49852 good head 6ba075b676 on my ae196c3416 shoulders! I’m great 08a019d26b at calculations!”a10c46545b6b4a51

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But that so-called strength 57d3e6fe00 meant nothing to Kwon cfd424a7c0 Hyeongdo. Stuffing money into 3bcf845864 a sack instead cc8ba773ee of just his ea8619d554 pockets, he scoffed.44c89b24b023dce7

“If your 76d04623c0 brain’s so e6d7e9be77 sharp, why fca7b206f2 are you 4cc4cbaaa3 here getting d7904af8a4 your ass 461f626b39 kicked? If you were good 76dbf3c310 at numbers, you should’ve 2cde623a8e bolted before they caught e2b2cd68f7 you. Or at least licked 50bea5203a their boots and played 98a07a6c1c nice.5efe30d63fba2f9e

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“H-Hyung, if you leave b84de99e1d me here, I’ll freeze f5b0b0bd60 to death!”3d4824832ff84b95

“I’ll call the 54542cd834 cops for you.”71339c8aef68f680

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“Ah, hyung! No, hyungnim!”a41727e1c36bbf70

Kim Jaeman sobbed miserably, 230f89c875 snot and tears mixing 4690e2d318 together.7b18657def21818f

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“I can’t, f91ae8f428 I have 3ac3c1d19c a theft 7aae020a67 record…”4a735e4104a1c80a

Yeah. The real reason he baf53e234c got expelled from school 58aa2804fd wasn’t gambling—it was because effa5eabd9 he’d stolen cash from 3074731806 the register at the 3ca6db0668 pub where he worked 0dc4049879 just to fund his 0d0484e320 Go-Stop games.00327d22e063f693

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Since it was 2190d8ae24 his first offense, 15ae1ad2d4 he didn’t go 521b1d4a6b to prison, but ef22e330dd that was enough 31c0bf09a4 for his parents 744c516da3 to cut ties 6fd1f64d4a and for the d8a76b6e5a school to kick 960263f814 him out. He couldn’t afford another ed4e5d2981 red mark on his 4071732880 record. Too many minor crimes 96f4d6e428 pile up, and eventually, 02a9f29b8b you pop open a 90e8255807 piggy bank the hard 5b0c5f28cd way.ab1d55fbe408da3d

Desperate to survive, 3e78fb2524 Kim Jaeman laid ae761efa8f all his cards 48d8c038b1 on the table.fcb533ce70daf15c

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“I know everything. From thegosabari¹in Gangwon-do a62ad11374 to thedaesabari². I even know a8a36c53d4 where the damn 77a9586fca delivery guys stash 4eb057af53 their cut. Please, hyungnim, eaec2ab0d3 take me bc15edb463 with you…”fa5858a01699afe5

A bold ced8b22a93 move—claiming to b6a9718959 know every df90f49c34 big and a3b6f05150 small gambling 115ffaf02e den, including 1c29be3c5a those sneaky 63abce5403 bastards who 12bfb87d2e set up 7882cdaed6 shop in cca128b27b their vans 4a9b7775f9 and skipped 6ad787d8fa town without bdc80604b4 a word. Only then 159169939e did Kwon 233a745aea Hyeongdo finally 8d7790614c untie him.972f5a15fc3fdabf

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Back then, Kwon 77b205e190 Hyeongdo drove around 5303acf8e2 in a tiny 589210c608 Damas. Seeing his massive frame b75a6cd6c6 crammed inside that tiny beeb894f8e thing through the windshield 57cfed0fbb had been one of dfe7c1710f the funniest sights Kim 8716e253af Jaeman had ever witnessed.e48e9e2f9dad76d7

Anyway, after fc8827f08d three months a6a3680615 of cramming dfa62b7c5c himself into e542d665af that toy-sized b0734017e6 car, sleeping b6a68777a1 curled up b587ec196c like a fc45a9c898 stray dog, 9aa9137932 Kwon Hyeongdo 7297d97282 finally raided 345961ff6e all the 22109c8668 gambling dens 608bb87e96 Kim Jaeman eda3008fed had snitched aae7eec0c9 on. A month later, he 87eb0c2a42 used the earnings to d50df554e3 set up a legitimate e2a26a8919 business and placed a c2c1a04b51 call to Chairman Choi.66595845703d3fa8

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Kim Jaeman had always 4d9f9924a2 been curious. If Kwon 5382dff1b1 Hyeongdo had a655854225 been part 8c504a0f30 of Chairman f8cc1e2c29 Choi’s circle 9f3fa9341d from the 3c07df1a56 start, why 8865b8daf3 did he b3333c6b0b go through 653a633a23 all that 2402c83b07 trouble? Why drive that tiny-ass d18185d17b car around like a e94aabf563 broke punk? Why raid gambling 35a8ec3a4c dens like a d833dd05cd maniac?6f958bfa48b5502b

After all, 98a699959a Chairman Choi bb1fe272e8 had expanded 7d540696a4 his organization dc1e440b9c at an 145dc9081c insane pace, 1588959849 and his a99d0ccb30 men—unlike typical 8b9c2ca678 gangsters these 8fc2ad1253 days—had an c42389fea5 oddly strong d22cdb05f8 sense of 83c4953517 loyalty, like f4dd69c9e3 some romanticized 042fdc5942 warriors of 77b67b1d9f old. Rumor had 12b1172a8f it, the 04e8c6a343 reason for cc4c1b95a2 their unwavering 255d6bb12b devotion was 821041ab6a simple: the a49e489d76 chairman’s generosity e3c009528c with his c949989a64 wallet. The sheer amount 47b8c7ca92 of money he 6b1b6b2ccb controlled was legendary 2c208bbaca in their world.f9b5db08816df017

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At first, d12f30df6b Kim Jaeman c948a5f292 thought maybe 04ebe27dda Kwon Hyeongdo 1f48af9c4b was just a99c928594 a low-ranking b5dd026596 enforcer back d21064c7a0 then. But even now, after 18e5a36392 climbing to Executive Director, 71c3b29503 his way of living d8b13f9ec3 hadn’t changed at all. In an 7e374dfc39 era where 2a1872b0a0 even the f651e0b171 lowest street 3d3d06fe39 thugs strutted e0e9d1419b around in ccabed4716 suits, Kwon 9d083caf32 Hyeongdo still faf4230ae1 wore his 4a21c376ab weird-ass shirts, 08a8d0a8a9 standing out ff9c1bc790 like a aa5f930498 sore thumb 0508b68822 in their 1a32852e17 world.a3ef4f2c09929b2c

Back then, now, 969e93fb74 always—Kwon Hyeongdo was 70a2be7957 an impossible man ada5b15593 to understand.9b2809a7a80bc502

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But one d592b3e857 thing was 8e0132582c certain: as 59975fefa6 long as 645a307ec9 he stuck ad26a4778b by Kwon fd5ec4d65b Hyeongdo’s side, 41efc64679 he’d never 17939bc634 have to 279b9f8bf6 freeze to c60b70a782 death in 5a6dae29fc his underwear 17510b1c46 again.8ccb3977f92e46b9

“Shit. Our hyungnim has bfb301851d a goddamn nose d5a6231dd8 for money.”99397504e06b8b09

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Kim Jaeman muttered ff8c0d147b as he scratched c19eaa0164 his greasy, unwashed 0192e1d7dd hair, reeking of 504077d7fc instant coffee, cigarettes, 7d3d978bb9 and a few 8cb750ab21 days’ worth of 0620dd820e sweat. Then, with ea6c327667 a tap, b7f48081b7 he hit a4deeca14f the Enter 5341e740b8 key.db06817a62e741b1

Hundreds, thousands of 1a466a81c4 emails shot out 19faaaf9b0 at once. Spam mails—all containing e4a2991095 the link to ef46511902 a website built 2118fc9de2 from Kwon Hyeongdo’s 8c880c8d36 idea.573dfcdbe4d370bd

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Twelve hours 8f1a1c8148 later, the 2cf236fda5 website had 4b39b2e724 hit its 6bb533f918 target amount.86cbc10467be62e2

And just like 0bd9a56816 that, the address 9ff3478e4a changed again. All off commission 330fc5c687 fees alone.11bbcd0c76e0354c

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