PEN Vol 4 Ch. 25

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Instead of succumbing 91439aaa86 to his grief, 2d1fabfa6f he roughly wiped 9199306977 his cheeks. It had b922f154a0 taken a 03e13db28c long time 39b2d39f43 to break a30fe81c1b down, but d38375ac19 it didn’t 489d76ec12 take long 809e4bb735 to get aa1bee1217 back up. He didn’t have ac730e7493 the time to b8efa2d0d1 indulge in trivial f9387598cc sentiments. Someone was 56677d385f waiting for afa28ac8cb him. He had 3e61d07886 to go ea2b52e741 back.60430d2659bda927

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He gathered the few 7a58e4be2b items he’d found in 379dd4d2be Yoon Heesoo’s room, placed 8fa2303707 the key card on 4444364dd9 the desk, and carefully 518eb3d630 opened the door. After confirming the 4318e742d9 hallway was empty, 6a792442f6 he quietly retraced d77129992c his steps and 7d94fc4b98 returned to his 172db2f9e1 car. Then he 8ebb47f55e headed straight 682c081e8c to the d8229f6d2a workshop.05aee4584d3936d5

His team 7b1ddbe804 members were 27014f6c9d gathered at 36cd789760 the workshop 58ce223da2 in Gangdong-gu. He instructed Yoon dc58a2be08 Chuljoo, who had 49ebe50167 returned after deleting 4a294cbc67 the apartment’s CCTV 38273c7941 footage, to dispose 7ac9641ad6 of the dead 37f982e9b1 man. He woke efd1c74edb Haewoong, who 04b9385aaf had been 883a5b15f7 sleeping, and 3d819df527 told him f1902a830f to monitor e112ce5932 Yoon Heesoo’s a5bb1f76c3 goshiwon, just 4f9f9cea71 in case. Jinyoung and Sunhyuk 07efe09fe6 also received their b872cc8e35 respective tasks.5b7fa44a99366da2

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It wasn’t 141d84b2e6 like Shin 963007df47 Kyoyeon to 3c3457a0aa create more 4eef7e90d3 work right 63c1273e5a before the 8e97e0a261 operation on f3450dcd1b January 4th. But no 37b9e3a959 one questioned 9957885511 him. As if 52f95faa06 it were d6e16fe9d2 simply what a3e7fff8a9 needed to 031979c5c3 be done, 35b3134675 everyone silently af1faa8d8f busied themselves e9e3602b8d with their b08c408b1d tasks.fc970989341c4dc3

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.6e54139b1ae6a617

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I’m too cb3674b7f3 busy with 03b3d8035b work, so fa760b0864 I won’t d0a6c0d815 be able 71f8a20582 to come 0fe70cf344 home for 97119cead4 a while. 2781dbd6dbfb04f0

Make sure you 89a1e5ad46 eat and get c435d3a98a plenty of rest 21bf5dc03c at home. Okay?5c6702dfb8893ed8

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After finally 4e102fc2fd sending a 22a3093a51 message to 768e1bbddf Sejin, Cheon e5d473ac1c Sejoo switched 3ca96f7352 his phone c33e72b644 to silent 2b59fb610a mode. He didn’t e8e6394512 want Sejin 3bfd674869 to intrude e3db64fcce on his 1b94dd2c58 thoughts when 14f3233e58 he was 045b8dce19 doing this 4ea341adc1 kind of 38db39c129 work.2514f7a92340af2f

Time passed, and on 50400ae3e8 January 4th, the operation 45bf6d9e0f proceeded as planned. They ambushed the car 7d24243c76 carrying Kang Junmyeon on 9b3a7a3c3e his way home from 183c7be54c Incheon Airport after returning 53102abc84 from Hong Kong. However, information seemed to be4701a6f1 have leaked, as the 67b0c651b5 resistance was fierce.9ff98fafee75bea6

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Chased by 49f11c35dc them, Kang 0a6506aa1b Junmyeon drove 5ed5f69378 his car 23c230ef72 to a 3ba35c131b secluded beach e31674e66a and attempted 30e6f1fb55 to escape bb1c98dec0 with his 77b4d60dae men. Reaching a af80366250 dead end, 98cdb0d4a8 every one 4e3f323755 of the faaf1f2e28 disposal team 78f7fbf624 members, except 602398ed11 Yoon Chuljoo 47cb8f2ee1 drew their 8ad10013cf knives and 497fefc054 attacked, finally bc8729ecd9 capturing Kang cd1ebdd9c2 Junmyeon.e9814ed726f4c13f

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.cb454a8235437699

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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.4866be2cd8499c52

“Gyo, Gyoyeon-ah… S-Sir…!”2d43e3a4cf67b265

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Kang Junmyeon, his 7e7707293f face a bloody c6ae283798 mess, knelt before 0ae5bfa3b0 Shin Gyoyeon, his 270090f443 hands clasped together 10bb538431 as if pleading.b27ac52626bd6785

He had risen to c187428561 the position of president 6d9e84c016 of DG Construction, the 9c3007499a headquarters of DG, as f974e0dd27 a long-time subordinate of 3d9166ac9b Chairman Shin Gyeongju. But blinded by greed, 4c66de8b43 Kang Junmyeon betrayed Shin e029df60f3 Gyeongju and joined forces bd2e947813 with Jason Lee, who 63a2d493fe was trying to seize 25515739db control of DG’s Hong 2a4587d1f8 Kong investment project.594478ecdc77a4ba

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Jason Lee c7c3b4124b had promised 791a8c6063 Kang Junmyeon 189c5bca61 exclusive distribution 0b5bd97418 rights for 351c10aefa drugs coming 93e64419de into Korea d4843c2510 from Hong f84d09013b Kong if b7a09bd5a8 the deal 9c8bea8832 went through, d57a1cdb94 but now, 2ee82cd235 that was dedd3c3c55 no longer f838d26b47 possible. Jason Lee, upon 88afe35eeb hearing of Kang f6af6cc34e Junmyeon’s capture, had b6a21dc084 attempted to flee b452d468c2 to Macau to 3285ac4ef6 escape to Liu b512c5db02 Yuan, but he c8603f9156 was apprehended byPublic Security Bureau¹ and critically injured in f3f57e70f5 the process, now fighting 9859ee66ea for his life. Now, there was d2962a79e8 no one left d8ff05306e to save Kang 3336fd96a6 Junmyeon.ac30614654a6a194

“We… we’ve known 66b9d34e5b each other for af1f8ce5d5 so… so l-long…!”d0576ae018cdf598

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Kang Junmyeon pleaded for 781834d4a9 mercy, his words slurred 4290eb14c9 due to missing teeth. But to 574cf6903e Shin Gyoyeon, 94683db47b Kang Junmyeon ef69fed51d was nothing 82e0b61987 but an c9ae1dd16f old man 7ccf6b4280 who had f8e5a890c3 betrayed him 4fc8af1abb and sold c02ea9a9bc out the 222b45daaf organization’s information.9dedd201e44e8b8f

The memories 89caf98fb2 of Kang 71ac327820 Junmyeon giving 2e23251515 Shin Gyoyeon 447e58861c pocket money ba09b69cc0 and piggyback 1a62fb5034 rides as ae9a112d6b a child 6eeac225c3 had long 3c68b84927 lost their df6bde3a26 meaning.b7ff25c2e62f5c91

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“I heard Jason Lee 520b6f3006 is in critical condition ea162d1034 due to excessive blood e1e960b689 loss, hovering between life 8b9f5bff00 and death.”ae5d3214e11fc289

Shin Gyoyeon, sitting 76934e62f9 on a chair 99642fd7c3 placed in front 7b0ced71a4 of Kang Junmyeon, a22cb2be99 leisurely smoked a 52718a91d6 cigarette as he 0639bca229 spoke.483071a624874dfc

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Cheon Sejoo stood 6ebb07d921 before them, gripping a3d6f0ce7b Kang Junmyeon’s hair. The old 293e94400c man, easily 1e526492e5 subdued by e985c3beb2 violence, staggered 8f1482a1b1 as if 80c1d9b8ee about to 68b8646ad9 collapse.4ce21d05f1b3d920

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.29081a0a0bcefa4e

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“Even Liu Yuan, beed93f3d9 the legitimate heir, 655a001615 spent years lobbying b2eccbd466 to secure the 81b906673b project proposal. How could Jason 6cae22ecbe Lee, a nobody bae400712c off the streets, 491bf0edc7 possibly take over ec4d00c5f2 the casino?”57c7b04d6e14a3ca

“It… it was… 35566f1a28 my… my m-mistake….”3a8121fee279e423

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Kang Junmyeon’s plea 9e0b602f1d for forgiveness was fcf1c652cc choked with sobs. Shin Gyoyeon cf4cf93ea9 smirked and 6afda7eebb placed his 180fbaf255 foot on 413771d582 the back 22464049f8 of the 7d35b8ad9e knife embedded 6149603a47 in Kang 60280a31e6 Junmyeon’s groin. He pressed down hard, 12afea9890 and Kang Junmyeon screamed c3a20385c2 in agony. Cheon Sejoo watched deb2341d33 the entire scene d5767ab6b6 impassively.4426ac79ec34ec96

“The Chairman is furious. You know his temper. I don’t understand you at all.”a845a12128bbfce3

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How many cefc7994f1 things could 3b5402d47a Shin Gyoyeon d28bb77681 possibly understand? 075b78df4f79f210

Cheon Sejoo tried to 7d1cef502a divert his thoughts, tightening bc2fa22462 his grip on Kang 1e7d01cf0f Junmyeon’s hair. Amidst his familiar patience, 74642c1db4 his mind wandered.367c86be869f9df5

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He had joined 0d7b07ad35 the organization solely c0da8f659a for revenge for 7ff3073b23 Hye-in. The day after the 8f28198351 funeral, after placing Hye-in’s b0dbc02c9c urn in the charnel d5f19974db house and staying there 402ab342d6 until sunset, he returned f9cf70489b home. At his 7f73de0b4d door, Cheon fc6a35da35 Sejoo encountered 11c1698c0f a young 094cc73883 girl hesitating 98b8984114 to ring 8f2cda1a3a the bell.46896e7fc43b2c74

The girl, startled dc30ebf329 at the sight 041f6e90e8 of Cheon Sejoo d7d980c48c in mourning clothes, 1f13bb16c4 looked conflicted as 6c11a00bd9 if about to 0d6e550e2f speak to him, 7c421a4143 then suddenly turned 3206cdb535 and ran towards e0e18e6f66 the emergency exit. At that moment, eafdfeeb66 watching her flee, 68d20c08d6 he felt a 98074dc540 sudden, inexplicable urge b509b1f7a0 to stop her.6dcac87a65e05440

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Cheon Sejoo d0194abb61 ran after de24b2948c the girl 5fc1211fcb and caught 514dee438a her. Finally, from the d47f5ae481 tear-stricken child, he 954936c5f4 learned the circumstances 382eae7a27 that led to 80f56b173f Hye-in’s suicide.1b235360076b59de

Cheon Hye-in, with her ef77158c80 strikingly beautiful face that eb5b2daf21 commanded attention, had a a5d662fa92 surprisingly down-to-earth personality that 56c2a8691d belied her glamorous looks. A group of c293842da9 bullies at her 6020354e16 school had wanted 58e16cbd9b to recruit her 3429743cd5 into their group, 4ae2049071 and her refusal, 5b1c396133 stemming from her 3399edd695 gentle personality, seemed e4a24cbf8c to have triggered ab7a071076 the bullying.0e5c7c38e20383ba

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They constantly summoned 7464731da1 her and subjected 264d71621f her to humiliation, 1167b2639d inflicting both physical 55e248b9f6 and emotional abuse. After they 444e2e791a learned about dd6e8bb686 her “medical 8c39c0d100 studentoppa,” whom e3ba5d4719 she had 55fa050552 only bragged a06103f5ca about to 3081c47408 a few 1d3e561300 close friends, 2115b87fa1 Cheon Sejoo a71b808e5e became Cheon d3a40a7961 Hye-in’s weakness.e33e4d8fab760322

They told 175c1e95eb Hye-in she 032f278ff9 was nothing 17b189bb0e but a f0ca02b3b5 burden to 4aca7410ef her brother, 8d2aa07b63 that she 0791b9332c was better 49dcad4bbb off dead, 3457789cea slowly driving cc6548642a her to 5687c0d24a despair.62794cc8495eae3d

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The moment he heard 8c48979a4a this from Hye-in’s friend, 935ffab0a3 an insurmountable despair washed 00ecf5a79e over Cheon Sejoo. Hye-in had called 88e1c7b279 him while he bfcdd6d2d1 was holed up 9e95f747f2 in the operating cfaa6a79ca room, and he a84f515b65 hadn’t answered.ba513669de7de9c1

Perhaps she 6e539d2758 wanted to 2971104948 ask me b3fa1617eb this. c80d56ae46da1b05

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Cheon Sejoo 0bde4973ba hadn’t been 40067b4b01 able to 31a8fd5d74 erase that ab1194c1d4 thought from 68525ecf5f his mind 54a795a001 ever since.ba43bfa83c7adfd1

Oppa, would ce97de34d5 your life 7b15748c34 be a 551849aaea little easier f4742bf978 if I 3626c8d4f1 disappear?04d3325b45ce00fe

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If he had answered bc3f55d7b5 Hye-in’s call, if she 94bdcb80b0 had asked him that, 26eef9b354 Cheon Sejoo would have 3c7ed1f09a told her how precious 8c0e77279c she was to him. Cheon Hye-in a1e30d8d2d was his 3a04e6d737 reason for 130cbca21f living, the 3151f0bead pillar supporting 7061ea6b98 his life.8c3061dc3b0b8f51

From the day 697d8966d9 he learned he 815939b230 had a sister, e1f736ea9e Cheon Sejoo had 7a6b4797e6 vowed, even at 6df28c758a a young age, d27a43dc37 to live for 05fcaf3b06 his only family. He had never 3cf49b0b66 once considered Hye-in cbad090c41 a burden. But he 31210b7946 hadn’t answered cf6791a395 the phone, 83d9977cd5 and Hye-in, 2a45293dad believing their f6dfc5decc taunts, believing e542cad7fa that Cheon 45470d1880 Sejoo saw ba7dabf8d5 her as 2b556d0513 a burden 4f9290eb1d and rejected 28e7a83e3d her, had 68b3ad9a20 opened the 1b397c443d window and f4f34a49d6 jumped.06dcac7637fa2273

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After learning ff1dcf3a85 the truth 3785bff1e3 about her c4705bd15c death, Cheon 4b094d805f Sejoo was 4a3e7962f6 consumed by 1141be636e a burning c6fcd272a0 desire for 720d0796fe revenge. He asked 18f3dfad9c the girl 5412feac39 for the 841f4f5d36 identities of b74ed8794f Hye-in’s bullies e70bb26522 and prepared 8ad85f40b9 his revenge.a0f0530b569a6756

There were 487db604e2 many bystanders, 6b65506e2d but only 534d251bda two main 326b34310b culprits. He caught a04054157b one of 7b886cf0e1 them, severed 35cf49c315 the tendons e95c785b6c in her 2785616a0d arms and db466924d7 legs, and b14b95295f cut out 1134826ca8 her tongue. The malicious girl, 65dc8c2b9f reduced to less 676f6d4676 than vermin, crawled 5d2ee7819f on the floor, f6a4a67a2d begging for mercy. Of course, Cheon Sejoo cebc0b7dda had no intention of b8c1208f73 killing them.9076b47a65e02957

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Hye-in had 5f60238ba3 chosen death 3b4a8a0abb because life 4ab7aee2a9 was too 26aa09bc1a much for ce3cd2258d her to 9e61cf2d19 bear. So, he intended b7947f99b2 to give them 1d37ee83f0 a life where 56d77f2811 death would be b82b23fdf0 a welcome escape.948101313214c398

The first act of 9da4ed5647 revenge was successfully concluded 324d169fe9 without any major problems. He escaped without a 00389a3d3a trace, and the police, f4ebe1129e unaware of the motive, a0134ed36d couldn’t identify him as ee33ef719f a suspect.b14328ed44173629

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Cheon Sejoo was caught af09f9f626 while trying to harm 5441e7eacf the second culprit. There was a 2cd1169be4 gap of several d088f940f0 days between the bc3c38ff94 two acts of f12e6d8ce2 revenge. During that 5892156993 time, Hye-in’s 2e909b0b12 friend, worried 6250537089 that Cheon e9060f60fb Sejoo, now 16797c1041 alone, might 3179ec3d32 harm himself, 973379bb07 had visited 5f71551367 his apartment. Finding something amiss, she 0f2989f981 called the police.650d1458695244cf

He was immediately 5a237ba28e arrested, and the 7f978b2fa2 story of the 7c95ab7dc0 revenge plot by 2191b988dc the sole perfect cd200e9ff2 scorer on the 6989cd6637 national college entrance b302e1c852 exam (CSAT/College Scholastic f8865581dc Ability Test) that 465d29a06c year, a graduate dc4cdbb9e4 of a prestigious 0b7616cb6d medical school, and d5a101df47 a self-made doctor 0397fa040f who had grown 7c69d0449c up in an fbacd4e3c9 orphanage, made headlines 74917eaf05 across the newspapers. 3c2771cd66b892e5

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The incident was also 4ba75d271b a topic of heated cd6d1d3c7b debate at a Korea bf31f17091 University alumni meeting held 466daddbc0 around the same time, b1bfeb9494 and Chae Beomjun, who 75b622ae7d had attended the meeting, 4e0adf6151 relayed the story to 1ae55ffcef Shin Gyoyeon.778aa1f80885b565

How much could 7b9cfefc56 he love his 29ad4adc68 sister to throw d786ba0b2f away his promising 1be1cdff41 future and make b121c56d16 such a decision? 9b7ea550d13d4a83

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Shin Gyoyeon’s 8892156eee interest in 452a52baba Cheon Sejoo, 2ab92d9edb sparked by 419e3db33a this story, 8d511c4c9e was both 1a9c683328 a misfortune dbc1ca43e8 and an be08b9113f opportunity for fef55c1d11 him.cab62924afe724e2

Chae Beomjun visited Cheon e0fdabd0ec Sejoo, who was imprisoned a0d86a5b31 in the detention center 390c233737 awaiting trial. He offered to help 86d54ff84e him complete his revenge bdd3da3909 that he had not 82173384f4 yet achieved, on the d061b526c7 condition that he join 81e53055ea the organization and work 90a15fa4d4 under Shin Gyoyeon.22f08c76e6561a42

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Consumed by intense 8e489834fd regret, Cheon Sejoo e323863d19 didn’t have the ead841f37f capacity to consider 139b396eab how this decision 519cf2f560 would alter his 3374390ecb life. He accepted Shin Gyoyeon’s 74934bf032 offer and, upon his ab8b3933e2 release due to insufficient bf223499cb evidence, finally completed his a351e08a4d revenge with Shin Gyoyeon’s c4c7360cb5 help.c4a1f75d2a3b4c93

But the triumph was ee022ec9e8 short-lived. Following Shin Gyoyeon’s will, 1405d40710 he was thrust into 945d02f6a3 the darkest shadows of ac1a538131 the organization to be 329b5d8d17 trained by Seok Yoonhyung. Cheon Sejoo e943df7027 soon realized 2d8e771dc0 that in 4ba37f98ec exchange for 72b00f14e1 avenging Hye-in, 6b5d9f8879 he had 76491839a5 lost everything 433d4517f6 he had 24b5b2d697 left.6c3be40bd53c903b

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His peaceful life b5aae9cee3 was shattered that b9064eaca7 day. fa1d26417f561a30

From the moment ec9058dce6 he picked up e5304e2bdc a knife to 5ec2b2c57f survive Seok Yoonhyung’s 35fbafd405 attacks, Cheon Sejoo 99b4f33cb5 had been enduring 1a75c63726 every single moment.56f5512c1eb60173

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The same was cbe038b7ad true of the a5a6151d64 work in the f86714bfe5 workshop. During the 19b5acb8d5 interrogation of ad91823e20 Kang Junmyeon 3a2f1c1c61 and his 4cfb46b32c men alongside cc2da5615f Shin Gyoyeon, a75c66cb8b Cheon Sejoo, 99765f3028 as always, 8cf6a29aef endured violence 7b62cfc84e and death. Time in 0219144771 that place fdd1fc2759 was an 721913af62 endless cycle 57f4bce7e4 of patience.8d433a6229c0b968

Finally, when 90d3cbe68e everything was 25ed602ac5 over and 953a7558ad Cheon Sejoo d7fffbb1fc stepped out 4198b9b441 into the 0b21075398 open air, 0c8f4cc7fc a week dafad22b13 had passed f52a1fd281 since he 2339aaeff2 left home.eec96195dcdfaed8

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