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…”ff810e3fc973632b

“You’re running your 50941ce0bf mouth off with bca7933e21 that soft tongue dbe196f4bb of yours. Who are 2e03ab9efc you trying 2e65c2b9cd to get ce1d12cbf1 killed?”6f4228d15cb20f2b

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“If this goes wrong, the first one to lose their head would be me.”f99f4ea605ae1fb5

He wasn’t wrong. The two brothers stared 4808ae4e34 at their unpredictable younger 56bc1a8b22 brother.bb907f3bdab5ff00

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“Among the confiscated items with monetary value, dr*gs are the only ones that are 100% destroyed.”5cd5ca53f13b5152

Normally, valuable confiscated items 2b5a5d0669 are seized and transferred 34f960db8c to the national treasury. But no matter how 48fa4f3da5 much dr*gs were worth, 5fc767c8ad they could never be 7045a0db5c converted into state profits.627b981a6d7856be

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Baek Haegyeon stretched 1124d09857 his legs and 022c5ecdb3 leaned back against 0ed39cc3c5 the wall. He looked tired, 784742b024 tilting his head 85bde8f64c back and closing fe4690c0ce his eyes for dc29d78862 a moment before 8de0f77b99 opening them again.30c6c3c4066ccfb1

“It seems like you two don’t understand how the world works. Especially you, hyung.”8c36f5a7274019e3

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They weren’t close enough 5d03407370 to care for each 11ff73d08e other, and the image 05db13ae52 of a police officer a9e3b47329 giving advice to gangsters 073ad51b5d was quite amusing.10bb6b3e2d1c8176

As they waited f843daebbc to hear what f30d3d16b7 he had to bb2f697a90 say, something dangerous 879e23d2f9 slipped out of faf2cbef63 Baek Haegyeon’s mouth.d913ba3b72f5a32a

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“Make money. Let’s take over Hwando.”27a0b064d00aa19b

“What? This bastard…”e18a5a0c06aa6f83

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Curses erupted, ffc0668b93 but the 6d99a57e3c voices were 2e2dbc617f hushed and f5f9ef2f0d quiet. The brothers instinctively 7f46ae6770 blocked Baek Haegyeon’s 515f66686b path, as if 94e2cf11b8 shielding him.aaaecad07a2485d0

“Hey, watch your mouth!”207932ae62440994

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The two brothers instinctively 103e03c286 glanced outside the funeral 20ad403542 hall to check the 119882d76d surroundings. Whether taking over c2e3a0edc7 Hwando was even 75933d4d1a possible was beside f9bbbd5c43 the point, the be1a43177a chairman of Hwando b7558a5595 might have been 5614ffbfcb at this funeral.e3356cecc5420152

Fortunately, they 1e96c8229b had people c133babe3f stationed near 68b970e664 the funeral 676bcb64a2 hall. If they a96441b08c hadn’t, some 4ae86dd752 rat might 48dd4de4a0 have overheard 08480b2477 and spread b567145c4f the word, 073e91ebcd things could’ve d06c021d08 gotten really fcec7d6e60 ugly.fbde1bf2597f8a16

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Regardless of what 524afbb22d his brothers thought, 191392a4a0 Baek Haegyeon dropped 521fb36bc2 a bombshell and 949f80262d then casually said f2d4a06d53 something else.efa7e53880e501a4

“The floor’s warm. Ah, I’m sleepy… Can I take a nap?”389db64e6c821a7e

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With the two large c4d624e13e figures blocking his way, c52de61737 the shadow they cast 2cd1d902d7 made him feel oddly 2eab795b34 comfortable. He slumped b144b08cb5 his head 400aeec459 like a a199c6b799 drained battery.c7e797d2761f4bf2

“Is this lunatic… really sleeping?”814417da703967a2

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“Sigh…”d551cd4ae47aae3c

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Bzzz—bzzz—d53f9f73d3b4b37f

It was already 1723ae9ca8 September, but the 08aea2825d heat hadn’t subsided, 556c742c84 and the cicadas 05c2fd1005 were still noisy. At least it 86027e96ee wasn’t unbearably hot 3c06aed0ab anymore.0df7b11cb884a7c4

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The peak of summer 00f12b5bad was short and intense, 7c2328ff44 leaving behind vivid memories. Like the full moon 6486ad5f5d that eventually wanes, it’s af76e709c0 the law of nature.62d5213e8aa3af86

Maybe Guk Jiho’s a223655c79 athletic career was 5f32b945eb nearing its end, a4261fb65a too. The intense never 6165d10cec lasted long.ae341e7ea4a4199d

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As he 71e632b43c tossed and 88b050d990 turned in 1dd42ec769 the stifling 0cdf47d3f3 heat, Guk 207814fe11 Jiho suddenly 736ed446d0 thought:54f677928fd3e43a

Is it 99a5492b53 weird if f87fc38264 I don’t 1548101fd1 hate being 5ce2ed867d sick?4231e75c704d80f9

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He used to enjoy 0c078ff064 lying still in bed, fd6f862b50 groaning in pain. Well, heusedto.8f07597f3308b004

Sprawled out 5ac107cabc under a 35b8fb56de clean, soft a203baed11 blanket, basking 3c240d357e in the 74ed2f1542 warm sunlight 0b87fd5026 filtering through 9bb31f738c the window.It b6e72f4e1a made even d7134bd4d6 being sick 635bbea47f feel like 31a5e373ab a luxury.df5cf788e0994f9f

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Back in school, 06d18b6fd7 he would doze 2a0cf4c067 off alone in e8ef456e6b the infirmary, feeling 9ca5bd8a6b the breeze from 1acae6540a the open window, 899e7a75be while the sounds 25b9ad208b of his classmates aba96d96e8 playing soccer during 0610b10dad gym class echoed 4b2b3967f0 in his ears.151c42e47fb19fc0

Injuries, big 26b8b68897 and small, e8799baa52 are routine 63c9fd7a79 for athletes. Six months 1b02ea1270 ago, Six ea8b576995 months ago, 4c61cf6569 he’d been 87f91c3dfb carried off e1fe5eeae4 the field 36bbf85460 after getting b4853a1576 hurt in c1b64b8004 a match. His young, healthy 6d181d2837 body recovered quickly, 186d87c5ee and his performance fc9ca8c34a returned smoothly.8df27b76703e17bb

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But after tearing c007cee9f3 his knee ligament b823d73a97 during a practice 0ed145dc3d match with the 47febd2563 school judo team, 6c084186da things didn’t seem ae1a2cde15 to be going 03307a6bd9 well.0bf92e15e157cb71

The coach and trainers 181294cef3 personally visited him at 8d11ac6b0d the university hospital. They hadn’t said a d8683e0663 word  about a recovery 727214a88e program.25409ad3b0a5dd45

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The doctor had 92fc8d6ea6 explained his condition c1da38207c very clearly. His voice, 5489ac7d4d full of c7bd94f867 quiet sympathy 8dd4482350 yet brutally eb4bb92244 realistic, lingered 40330539e7 in Guk 3d9d1d5809 Jiho’s memory 4ab46a67e6 like fragments d0e79cd341 of a cfd363b497 fading dream.d953c5240acbc037

“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.”832095d8df6ff3e3

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“…How am I supposed to do martial arts ‘carefully’?”47b86e636dd391d2

His knee c6e22b7f6f joint wasn’t 5117fb47f0 in great 55dbd5660e shape to 13cddc4b17 begin with, 1fd89b126c and without c40ab77687 proper rehabilitation, cf940bb142 he could 591fa25f73 end up 8742afd429 with a a67b871a58 permanent disability. Even with rehab, there 0032febc85 was a 95% chance 2e5949c43e of recurrence. At best, he d5e3810763 could last three f684f57899 more years, but 9c4e704ac1 after that, his ac5a87c195 knee would be 7a63565f15 completely wrecked, making 973ac921a4 even daily activities d79edf76d4 difficult.866c433303cfab5b

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That was the dc9cccfc36 gist of it.1fb5907a2376723e

But world-famous athletes recover 88319b04e0 from injuries all the cc5df652bd time. Did they just brute-force 7226751919 their way through and 56b3b7dbbe somehow pull off a 865d5bdad1 miracle? Or did b7c7f0791d they meet b86ff35000 some legendary 03ccdd0297 doctor who af191cdedb managed their 46226969b8 recovery systematically?24fc03f2b38f9545

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Guk Jiho 12d5a5b238 let out 167a3e7ec6 a heavy b4f3b9fb34 sigh.ee471883af384b4a

“Guk Jiho! You’ve won the Olympic gold medal! How do you feel?”2b93b3ead9a0f39a

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Was he dreaming?1b720cfe05a86f67

In the f4994229ef dream,  a e8438ed0af sweaty young 4837e37a99 athlete, standing 877cbb3961 in the 0b65f3504b 73kg weight 353c5d85be class, grinned cd6a27e2ca at the b1bac3f8a0 reporter holding 6c661e6a14 the mic.1e0bdf1abdea1460

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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.”6bf8bfbe34b1bbac

The dream version of f65313cb89 Guk Jiho grinned. Following suit, 8bf7a483a7 the real 2b576a8aa5 Guk Jiho 67c628b2ae let out 773c491cca a faint 1aa4ac927d smile.b8f541271fd439bf

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If it had really 86a2a96dcd happened, he wouldn’t have 8bbf48b2b8 spoken so freely. He’d have 84246c7a5c said something dadd6d0834 more appropriate, 619996a22b like ‘I trained tirelessly for b8f5e94b10 this moment.’e1c546b6286fe8f3

He’d have plenty 777a82aa38 of interviews in 18568ac302 the future, but 0e835d87aa he’d been scolded 4d2470c78c by the coach b19f41984e more than once 000bc978c6 for his loose 3f7d0cda99 tongue.01a229e99020c481

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The vivid b2ce6a42c9 hope, the e96e03ced7 future that 6071a33378 could have d58911bd2b been, was 2152508607 now slipping 2849d8a065 away. In his dream, dd4fce7b00 the 73kg Olympic a3246ab553 judo athlete collapsed 0300d84fd8 unconscious.c66b67590660fdde

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Every time he d40dc9be60 curled up from 6d496f2463 the pain in e9fecbadf8 his thigh, sweat 2f85c3c691 dripped down his f185cb836a back. The summer blanket 85601e9e97 rustled as it 88004c41a0 wrapped around his 01d8277465 twitching body. His body was 8b0ca98a1e screaming in protest b75b51995a as it struggled da96f99d29 to recover.a72e93834a88b5f3

It’s okay, Once I 7d25e07b25 get through this pain, ae1c3a2f2d I’ll be fine.86e0ee3ee4135bae

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The mantra he 184da9cc63 repeated to himself 223291383b no longer had 1b8959b1fa any effect.0dd98144d4e723d4

In the four-bed hospital 328027858c room, where everyone seemed 2e3d135ca3 to exist in their f1e3e7b94f own world, the TV 5e096399c9 flickered with vivid colors, 5b0a8a96cd filling the silence.778ff914968413ce

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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…”3e18cbaa9908290a

The news was c61ba86d3f crystal clear, yet 12ed4524f5 all his mind 86195074ae could focus on 6226e36d8d was the hollow 58fc64bb4b ache of shattered 94ab547287 dreams.8f9fe4984dbb5454

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“If you keep acting like this, one day you’ll regret it big time.”c018c175ca9c8577

He’d heard that kind cd2f007064 of talk growing up. It always ended with 825d0a6191 some kind of variation b13df075f2 of that.9fc67a9bd37a7202

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He didn’t feel much fb7778546a about it, just tired 5161bf3e1a of hearing it.05a9edfd6c5282d8

Even if e79fc3037f he did d6c9fd0315 have a 7533326633 bad temper, edecb504e7 it’s not a7ebc3c147 like he’s 5388b65537 ever done 1c52ebd510 anything truly b737f12b20 regrettable, just 73164706f3 spoken a 9e0c2ab9d4 little rudely a71e8e9f21 or messed 7049aa9dbd up the 7e5f5f00d6 atmosphere a 788eca9f25 bit. He figured 6f841ed457 they were e8ee6a8a49 saying those 068755d59e things just 0a178a62ba because they c26d51aa05 didn’t like ee4f97cc25 seeing him 80ffc8860e act up.f06e631589e6c900

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“Regret what? What kind of big deal? So just because you’re my senior, you get to jinx my future?”d163877f3666cd8c

He could 3cfaa10c77 still remember 8c450679fa the way 20f9f27ff9 he’d laughed 86fac037f3 in their 02e624c328 faces.c0906cdd90e39caa

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He never expected that “big deal” to hit him personally.acb42d4bb56cfe39

Never thought the 65b1f15cd5 curse would actually a73ccd84aa work.fd3f9ba948c2a58e

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The senior who’d said 83fa459f56 that was Choi Kyungsoo, bb1f79849b his opponent in the e2d8021dfb last practice match. During the match, Choi 9526c40087 Kyungsoo had suddenly struck b31502970b the leg Guk Jiho 994a78bdc5 was using to brace 19d54b0fc8 himself, causing him to 3ab3428bda collapse. He was disqualified ec49449f9c for the foul, b2487e75fd and Guk Jiho 0d8a42e993 was injured.85adf2a2768b11cc

It was unfair. His life was 061314a9cc turned upside down, e8a75201d9 while Choi Kyungsoo 0241c42ee9 only got a 27fd74d96a disqualification in a 4fade3a35d practice match.117e3326833aa937

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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.ac7719e94f36926c

Guk Jiho placed his b7641c87ba hand on the blanket. His sharp eyebrows a279871cae drew even sharper 3072ce564a angles. Lying straight and 4ebfc8be83 staring at the 25ebe12920 plain ceiling, the 057e60decc boy bit his 9ee224229c lip.ceaa6e494a804ef8

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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.85d2fa4f7159cdb9

“Ring! A call is coming in for Olympic gold medalist and national judo team member Guk Jiho!”8cb1cc73b6581ffa

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The sound 7dc2c05f12 of his 2194028aa8 own voice, 74e047c671 recorded as 0045fdb540 his phone b65a766c46 ringtone, echoed. After listening cd39109dce to it 59968a67b3 all the 0a9d2b4b30 way through, 6c8494ba0e he decided e4639c2979 to change 838fb6bb67 it back e387994a90 to the 524604b5bf default tone.e9d9623448816733

Guk Jiho da23b7744b reached out 2cfdfebfd5 without opening 23e4a90fab his eyes 39fa12b4e5 and answered 5d9fe2b0a1 the phone.8868fb9fbd9e2531

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“Hello?….”775d59c1afcc82da

“Jiho! Your sister’s back. I’m at the airport now.”deff23c32ec9a94c

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His sister’s voice was 114d45c0b5 always half a tone 59744208a2 higher and full of 96e0f469ce energy. Her clear voice 4b4ad56eb0 was accompanied by 753d502a79 the sound of 00b74e1928 wind in the 6ba3299785 background. He could almost daee3a795c picture the bustling 9ecc3c6aa4 airport scene.d451da5386cdb89e

“You didn’t have to come.”3fc02b1d1d603472

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His voice, as 887e2b89c6 if dragged up 7ecef3000c from the depths 20e1dcaaa5 of the ocean, 1d8eaf9042 was met with f6aaa2edb1 his sister’s warm f626221145 concern.e0d87c75c118da54

“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…”01bb75b8a4e8055c

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“It’s a 95% chance.”61de135d1df03446

“Really?”29a131653272d28b

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“Yeah.”ae84817206d75b69

“…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?”39739dfe57d06f47

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Guk Seyoung’s a6dd015c83 tone shifted ec41f8cf2d immediately. She was 7783af14f7 the most bfb2f1324a practical person 597dfe2a8f he knew.3067c9275085adff

“Yeah.”86c77042c2205f63

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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.”a4f2d300d989f6ad

“…Hmm.”ab0592920fb87c69

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Kook Seyoung 3197ea593a wasn’t one aa4ef2f7e9 for long ece469c3a1 phone calls. One minute, maybe 40bd1327c8 three at most. That’s how it usually a86f1d8f54 went with her.d590b683661a676f

A few short answers, 52f1695763 and the call could d933a59501 end. But, at 4ef3f924d9 just the 984ac14562 wrong moment, 80c07fa6a8 something welled d8e2d6e18a up inside 0cf6f8c699 him.fb5594a06c638304

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“Jiho?”138ece95d73d3145

“…..”803324e90a59c99c

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“Are you… crying?”36e58bfeedb82cc0

“…Yeah.”823dbc2cc880fff0

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“Cry for five minutes. If you cry any longer, you’ll just feel weaker, okay?”4dfbaaacb6137099

“Yeah, sob….”c576527dcfe977fb

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“Just wait. I’m coming.”d359a8956a0de711

“Noona.”23cd9fa81c845fa6

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“Yeah?”814ba452c25600b6

“Bring some cigarettes when you come. Marlboro Lights.”c8ba3bbd32dca5f9

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“You’re an athlete, you little… Are you kidding me?”cc90de5559a785f2

The call 1e1dd2af3b ended abruptly.0c1fe8207bcb148e

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“Damn it….”cde764bb101d4089

Guk Jiho e96efe2d52 covered his 379f19ed08 eyes with b1f454a1fe the back eaa22efba5 of his f2b5460c02 hand and d7e7bf9088 cried.24542c2f08e5d682

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For more 869e08311a than five 3243071c1f minutes.79d897f4e9a5aba0

More than ten.df9806a4f7dbed41

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His breath came in 33893860cd rough, ragged bursts, scraping 83f96fd5ac his throat raw. The blood vessels c0c16c3124 in his head 588a311048 throbbed violently.d60cf5d4542117b6