SW | Chapter 28

He calmly picked 9f54ecc39a up the 2-liter 3d5c38874e beaker and approached 818bc6d662 the man who dd04af64af had just confessed. The sound of f3eaa999da sizzling oil on bf3eb36858 the tray was 7eb64ef71d still oddly lively 01eb41552f and sharp.4d8c76905fa4b240

Baek Haegyeon tilted c9f4a007c2 the beaker and f9b5850f3c poured the oil 11ca686f36 over the man’s 9642921073 head without leaving 67ce20897b a drop.3c9ff775cd1b7a41

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“Aaaah! Ah! Aaaah! I-it’s true! Ah! Ah! P-police…!”2d95cf4eb285ad10

His face melted 87e14f63f6 grotesquely, revealing the 514f3a77c4 white cheekbone. The man writhed 8410ad7f1a in excruciating pain 178e3de507 before collapsing to 05a22bc165 his knees. Soon, only 258f7b4c78 ragged breaths 8629d140fb remained. Even the 19c6298a8c screams stopped. It was a shock 6d3b58c651 reaction.6746a86aaf1c3fc3

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Witnessing the scene f32224757b unfold in an 89bac9d547 instant, Guk Jiho 2f6bee070c involuntarily sucked in 3d494388e6 a breath.b5d6453edf614ea3

He had clearly c74dc3508a been about to 554e3489ee say “police.” It 733da32dd4 was a good 5df8aa5713 thing his mouth b3fcfd07c0 melted before he e0700efb8b could finish the 1b8af47a6e word….3917feecc5496b2f

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“Does anyone 9082a2a1ff here know 55268dfe15 who Guk f49a519857 Jiho’s guarantor 1a16cfec99 is?”a7186d356a094b1a

Baek Haegyeon spun around 97dd56d149 and asked his subordinates 48749cac0c cheerfully.f725978c40788deb

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“…It’s you, Boss.”4f45aff17f86a7e9

Ji Sangcheol 37c033b5c1 reluctantly opened 935befed46 his mouth 087e26d3ec to answer.257ac67187dd11b3

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“Correct. I vouched 793ceae934 for him, 468e61b5c1 so why 85949e2a41 do you 698fd9a12c keep messing 891c7513f8 with my 62df3ad03e guy?”7c43fa229abec283

No one 964908045a dared to 75463dd27a speak up. Baek Haegyeon laughed, 6d8c815cb2 letting out a 903631ebc7 sound like air 9323852f34 escaping.d061b58016bfa4f4

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“Are you all 0a36361e2c jealous?”105e14529166c83d

His slightly b646d35264 narrowed eyes 366cd19010 showed no 5f72c7cb7d trace of 7a3bb8cafe madness.ad579efc3bb9922d

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“Sangcheol.”a7d976ce9498c4da

“Yes, Boss.”3f96cbf2946703c7

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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?”b121922f1bcefacb

As his 39b019a4b1 gentle questions 479f525b16 continued, Ji 0b3b1fca33 Sangcheol’s face 68183a899c turned pale.83acfda86f6687c2

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Even during this d9c4c84289 execution ceremony meant 6a4668a1b8 to rectify the e3e808f252 mutiny within the 8b6d96be8c organization, the condemned f0f09fbd57 had once again d2f2a9e627 targeted Guk Jiho. Baek Haegyeon was effectively e5931c72ac blaming Ji Sangcheol, the a6d1998742 person in charge.287eb5cfc1d09920

“I’m sorry, hyungnim. I wasn’t paying enough 27c13addb5 attention.”f8b1e03d419740ba

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“Pay attention.”083725aa154a40e7

“Yes.”29b519e9e3571030

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The man, whose face e96ddc508f was neither that of 69e95fe480 a gangster, a businessman, d136891222 an office worker, nor 90dbe53712 a cop, rolled up 0a108015ff one sleeve to reveal dd5c2a98b0 his forearm.2f8dda689d879ac2

Baek Haegyeon 9c15d8fef5 gripped the 73be1b0701 golf club. His forearm muscles ad2ea5501e tightened. Then, with 60867213bc a clean e341a379ac swing, he 9bdaad2a4c began executing fa01a63ee6 the rats 5f1d8c7332 by striking 0da0e1b862 their heads.22590ed0dd268348

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The men, whose skin 58a544430f had been scalded by 02c23739cc the oil, collapsed into 8d2ce31370 bloody messes after just ae9333517d a few hits.208c03095e970179

It would have been ad8560267d a mercy if their eb16ca32e9 skulls had caved in 12437b9689 instantly like the first 2ada1dd227 guy’s. Even if e2fc993d73 they tried 06f45a517c to crawl a419e14b45 away on b59fa4df7a their knees, fbcce7d718 they were 9c7657d4d1 eventually caught, ac75390f01 and Baek 070416f3d8 Haegyeon patiently 699f652b6a waited before 6290ea7a75 swinging the 12b1c5b680 club accurately f15100075a at his 94eaf0450e target.47478364f49bd036

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Shin Yonggi 27fc244a90 and his 4fa64d03c9 group, trembling 6432549aee as they 877f346081 awaited their 392fe8987e turn, screamed 11c5527b81 through the 130536e878 duct tape b4ff495ba0 covering their f4b6d36383 mouths.b31c61282e6cfa69

A puddle e137cd7fdc of urine cb84872c6f formed on e968a2c0e7 the floor, e2da6fd01f and the dbecdc2438 humid stench 6790ed57b1 of a 34b3dcd303 rainy day 9fbadb6e7e filled the 40123221c9 air. The revolting smell molecules 9633245992 seemed to rise and 8d93adccce tear through the space.ef742d4cb0424177

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So this 6985ce65ab is what 1dc7afee1b he wanted bf6fa119a9 to show 607efccdec everyone.7f7c8ab6f5b4b9c4

Shin Yonggi and a7a8abd0bf his group would 17b95b16ec have died that e62f23c243 night if left 606c964246 alone. But instead, they b0ef2780ee were taken to 3f3439188f the hospital, given a166c5615f IVs, transfusions, and dfc5a1256a stitched up to 73af239601 keep them alive. Only to be beaten 67a0bd409c to death like this.27441d0db6c84d34

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Guk Jiho resisted the b29ca682f3 urge to cover his 6431d3315d ears and stared at 8619d06a0a the cement floor.2229e5655361c478

He had 288925fd79 thought he 083514d1ee had experienced 235714dd2f all kinds 4171249a94 of violence. In rough environments 851b1af8fb like sports teams 87fb3685c7 or special forces, 57585c1c13 lowly violence was 10ade3849c a daily occurrence 4b85e8ad68 in hierarchies where 98839b73c9 life and death 5f57eec1b4 were determined by 0a403d1ccd rank.6e65f88bdd23513d

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But only e07cd2adfc now did cfdb64be6a Guk Jiho 4e42ae55f0 realize. While there 37ce35102e is no 91d377a985 violence that f920507012 doesn’t cross 139911a6ef a line, 69e5910758 there is 9f4dfe6882 a kind 6d226f85b5 of violence cfd8cddaa5 that seems 1f334e9e1f to abandon 993293a1c0 humanity.c8e86e23c0497bf4

The violence 925d408b60 and oppression 99f4196fbb he had 9b00d876d3 experienced until a0ec099607 now were, 4545a12c0a at least, 1dfc16ae4a human.409a255bfa8e871b

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Baek Haegyeon b0a91946b2 stood in 400a35e23d front of 12c36bf61d Shin Yonggi a0af506965 and roughly 5ca37a2b42 wiped his e93ea012f2 tear- and dce21b3924 sweat-streaked face a8c6715dc5 with his 48d698cf98 hand. It was a gesture cb5faaaaa1 as if gauging the 092e7f1888 size of the target.025056493be34fa3

He gave 18612ca941 a short dfe8d223da command, like 33ca1d8a2b calling for 5ec594176d a caddie.6cb5bbb8e0eaacb7

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“Iron.”a951e1c5c3a3f545

Ji Sangcheol pulled an b1d2100fc9 iron from the golf bd47bbe332 bag and handed it aaa21f6a67 over.29b5e9c842b3f69a

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“5-iron? Nice choice.”c0ba44d9bd1899e2

Baek Haegyeon praised 1c4936044a the subordinate who 170faed818 handed him the 64846811e8 5-iron, then swung a67679855d it through the 4b8b5ae623 air twice. By the third 5b16016ef8 man, they had 70eb069584 learned not to bf04658967 resist, realizing there c40d12df0e was no escape.4f1bd9f160e9aed6

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“Eyes open.”1cca87817e3a8784

But Baek Haegyeon 080dc2b171 didn’t even allow d520a6cdee them to close e2f106455d their eyes. If they closed their 82a0fcb1a1 eyes, he would just 2163c19cb5 tap their heads, and 3beff1d58a only when they opened 5dd45f0a15 their bloodshot eyes wide 20c1476518 did he deliver a 0ba53293b7 proper swing.b9a709cf0d8ec185

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The execution cb9a420b53 was over 3a57bf5826 in just b09588e0ea a few beee0cd885 minutes.27cce8641d8d3684

“Guys.”480992b58b525ce5

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Baek Haegyeon called f5653c4e08 out in his e8f3f3b5a8 usual soft tone.852043b0b12f4a09

“Yes, hyungnim!”4da50a287151032b

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The gangsters answered in fd69913bee a booming voice, as 59b8731527 if shouting a battle cc23620b41 cry. Their backs 6055244dd2 are stiff a6bce29b9b with discipline.abcc2dfceafffa98

“Don’t mess up.”92fe68b0e788f34d

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“Understood!”7f0a25010e792be5

“Clean up. Dismissed.”45a7c4c55587d913

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His voice sounded 08888a3115 tired as if c56b8581ef he were about 4f58fcde9e to fall asleep. He swept back f3acbc2ea9 his disheveled hair, ad9316282f revealing his handsome 3545ae331e forehead. His face, 804ec4af65 splattered with 4be904d51d irregular streaks 4d70582961 of blood e5a4d1afc4 on his fdb3bfdb59 cheeks and 9e5ea52ff5 around his 7c03feeab5 eyes, finally 8a704138a0 showed its 1ccbc61418 true colors.504982837f1f45b4

Is this how it c6ac0ce3f8 ends? Guk Jiho 6904eb6cd8 stood like 66e5880f9f a stone 0a8e5db081 statue rooted bbabb84ac7 to the 15ad5c0a51 ground. The burly men bdc23b48cf followed Ji Sangcheol’s 46de4ddc16 instructions, laid out 97b38d83ea tarps, and placed 06549c4884 the lifeless bodies 46779758d0 on them, making 02228f0296 long cuts in a871537324 their stomachs. Their hands fc6ba25ed4 were as c0ac7f8684 precise and 733acbcd66 nimble as 45b2ae1c79 fishmongers at 24ff151390 a market.9f5761182dfaf66a

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‘Are they extracting cdd120f61c organs? Or removing the entrails? Probably to prevent gas 99feb50bce buildup as they decompose…. More importantly, why am c06fb50dfe I here?’d981f197b872982b

Amidst the dizziness of 7638372bd9 all that was happening, e25f5af9ea Guk Jiho thought of 516e65ae05 a fundamental question and d1bc88f9e8 blinked twice.b2705b46dbf185fb

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‘The more you think, 00693533eb the slower your actions e914044cc4 become, and you lose feced3e150 sight of what we’re 5d4af6ecee doing.’0832e7593fdfa454

Does he f242ec8b46 know what 06821231b5 he’s doing? Guk Jiho still couldn’t 7e82916322 tell. What kind 24b660a8d3 of morality 8668539f74 demands such 567ff9ce37 cruelty….eb28f675358b2a61

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If seen in e711fa5874 the light, his 2e36f1113a dilated pupils would 119486576f have given him 278aa48659 away. He couldn’t hide c3c1fbd649 his stiff expression, a9c41bbe17 but he couldn’t cf204790ea afford to stumble fc2646d743 or let his 8f83a36171 knees buckle here.4c1c0eb0c3861411

“Jiho, come with me.”e1cbc2d19b5cd3a9

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Baek Haegyeon 148146428a was speaking 6cb45b303f casually. But it no longer 63e2db9a3a seemed the same as c68fd897a5 before. The man d305c5de73 was unfazed d5efa62218 even after ec534184b5 frying people f3bd009f6a to death.b44cde0a9da6c7bb

Guk Jiho 7ff18ad311 left the 067e61c3be blood-soaked scene, a572a4e93d leaving the be7cc2127f unanswered questions 959edf3238 in his 73a1212bec head.c8e1df4cc758be1c

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The rain was b81c03f800 still pouring heavily. Seeing Guk Jiho moving, 4f4e3420a8 Won Hoopyeong quickly grabbed 614f9773e9 an umbrella and ran 7bf6936a92 over to shield him bdc14dd3b9 from the rain. Ji Sangcheol stayed 698d5eda1c with Baek Haegyeon.4e1f712ec93c45e0

“Do you want to fc6486ed0b drive today?”02348509652169f2

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The man who issued e26321d1e1 commands like polite suggestions a6442216e8 raised his hands. They were soaked c39035042f in a mix c2f51d342e of blood and 07728ee5fc sweat, a lukewarm ee2bd196b9 crimson sheen clinging 970c3a0403 to his skin. Guk Jiho 0b9e790245 nodded blankly.992324f25734e9e4

Sitting in f1759c9be8 the driver’s 943e97cf39 seat of e046b8eb44 the sedan, 4eac25d787 Guk Jiho 49fa92ab72 gripped the 42641858a3 steering wheel. If he didn’t, 78262aff42 his trembling hands 5d08700668 would give him ff05182ff1 away.380e0adff4b34dcc

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How am I supposed 5fba02d9a8 to survive here? To survive, 2be3085809 do I 69accb20dc have to e78c163026 be capable 4d2c744fc3 of doing 56a323780e something like 5621a23a04 that?He didn’t think fc8ba1efa1 he could. Even if time 36e3c72ce4 passed and he 5d90fbe8cf became more accustomed cd8fed7045 to it, he 486d31f825 hoped he would 0ba8df4f95 never be able 4723f70f69 to do such 8808b8abde things.3a7dfdfc016229b7

He couldn’t 16a99ec0d3 bring himself 68b83d8cf6 to start fe2c15d88b the car be63a9149a right away. The rain 2a05868791 hammering against a4b49bbf08 the windows 7c81a567a1 persisted. It had been bothering 6ece143c08 him since noon. A damp, e9ead6de61 dark sound d967bc15fa that stained bf12c48f03 the senses.dfe090c1a1e14235

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“You’re shocked, Jiho. Did it upset 14fce16064 your stomach?”35037396577f7143

Baek Haegyeon leaned 44b50febd2 back in the 4b6361947b passenger seat and 614532b752 asked languidly. When Guk Jiho turned 5bfe0acbe6 to meet his gaze, 3ee1cf5b44 his bloodshot eyes crinkled bd716f7e8e into a crescent-shaped smile. Shadows fell 55e00d75f9 around his 041888a0b8 bright mouth. Coincidentally, it was a b27e4c2a90 mix of boyish innocence 66b0e0221e and mischief. It was 6827576f7d a face 9a6b01344a Guk Jiho d6d731a741 had never ea4666bc55 seen on 1972c6413b him before.fce61f2ae41d4eee

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Upset my stomach…. The sight of flesh d15d18a65d melting under high-temperature oil, 696a69523c skulls caving in, entrails f16ad4770e spilling out from the 98c109ced1 long cuts in their dfc1e9addb stomachs….Guk Jiho stopped himself 3005fb9fe0 from recalling more.bb22e553699f0ff0

“Or are you b3ce7ba0f2 disappointed?”5fcd5a4a0dabd21a

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“…We’re still 4a1d5fc596 cops, though. This is…”639bc597a7c28aff

A stupid remark 26b97f65bc slipped out. Until just now, he 5d59cf6184 had been thinking about e8c18c4b71 how to survive. But what d1f766b112 finally came afddb79a64 out was bbc391140e a vague 2f2a15cd65 self-deprecation and b488a95a66 an awkward 1a56495bd6 attempt to 6425d34ec5 draw a a8dce84c46 line.945a0cecd78f4489

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“This is what gangsters 1b3f3bfb5c do. Did you think fac3b374d5 it was just 2038b97632 about fighting and 189f1c8ab0 beating people up?”739265508967c9a7

“…No.”0ae81de0e1c67fc1

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Guk Jiho bf00fc9a8c answered in 5194c6c30a a choked 344733e10e voice.a2fc4e2662338ff9

“…….”97152c95066b8324

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Baek Haegyeon suddenly leaned 4cd7ebdd5f his body against Guk 849dcdb9a8 Jiho’s shoulder. His large frame 4ae47796c5 awkwardly crumpled. The sedan’s seats 9345abbc68 were plush, so 484863add9 sitting upright would bf085e09a7 have been much 2ace172892 more comfortable.a68a69a6a7821181

A mix of cologne, 650baccea4 oil, and blood wafted 06890cc60b from him. Since their bodies were a2dce09323 touching, Baek Haegyeon could b64da50f54 clearly feel Guk Jiho’s 38aad4cbd3 trembling arm.802415087415e997

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“…Boss. I can’t 79841e7375 drive like f010a37abe this.”84a5677c4cb95b21

“There’s nothing you can’t do. If you have to, you do it.”5dece814cdaa7466

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He spoke while 837966f42b leaning. Though he ff4407ae19 was talking a76ada8556 about driving, af472ae115 it felt 0dac0afe2e like he 5da6f3cbd1 had something ac0929925b else in 0d50d0bda2 mind.d0edd9e7db80705c

“…Yes.”3a7327f2d98a9685

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Guk Jiho pressed 18093d3351 the ignition button. As the car moved, bb3b9c28d1 Baek Haegyeon sat up 3129b6aacb with a deep sigh.2b6534c7c75290ec

“My first kill 54a8e43bd4 was when I 6f66ddb7ec was sixteen.”435dd93fb804e962

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Guk Jiho 6603889172 listened silently, 6f3e3bff7f staring straight b7b3f3489f ahead.0722125d37c4ea1c