Ch.212Fun Plan

Kim Donghu is an irreplaceable talent in Korean boxing.

As soon as he turned 20, he won an Olympic heavyweight gold medal.

Two years later, he immediately claimed the Asian Games heavyweight gold medal as well.

The time it took him to claim these victories was about 12 minutes or less.

Looking through boxing history, no athlete had ever shown such performance.

So when Kim Donghu announced he would open an intensive training camp for athletes,

active boxers had enormous expectations.

They didn’t think there would be anything special.

They just wanted to experience it.

How high is the wall of the world they should aspire to?

How strong is humanity’s strongest at this point?

They wanted to experience that firsthand.

But.

“Gack!”

They never dreamed they would experience it this quickly.

And this directly.

“Your breathing maintenance when taking hits seems weak. If this had been serious, you would have been down immediately.”

“…Gack, huff… huff… Thank you.”

“If it’s too much, you can stop anytime.”

“No! One round, I definitely want to complete one round!”

This is a golden opportunity.

I absolutely cannot miss it.

With that thought, Park Jihong bit down hard on his mouthpiece.

‘This is 50%?’

He had trained his abdomen quite well.

He had never been knocked down by a body shot.

But to experience this during training.

And in sparring where the opponent was only using 50%.

He didn’t find it humiliating.

Rather, he was glad.

That this was the current strongest human form.

That he could enter a camp run by this strongest human.

He was overjoyed.

‘But this pressure feels like… facing a wild beast.’

Park Jihong was surprised as he looked into Kim Donghu’s eyes right in front of him.

Could a human really emit such an aura?

A form like rough, untied lines forcibly woven together.

Fists that could perfectly send a person flying no matter where they hit.

A posture that still faced opponents with composure, without changing expression.

These things piled up to create fear.

And among them, the most frightening was the breathing.

Even though not even a minute had passed.

‘I’m struggling so much.’

Unlike himself who was panting, Kim Donghu was too composed.

The pressure from that was beyond imagination.

Does the opponent never tire?

Am I the only one wasting effort?

Why am I doing this when I can’t win anyway?

Even though he clearly knew it was sparring.

Even though he recognized they were having a light match.

That thought clung to his ankles like shackles.

“Your feet stopped moving, that’s dangerous.”

And as if not to miss that opening.

Kim Donghu’s fist sinks into his abdomen again.

Thud!

He could feel it was deliberately held back.

But the impact still traveled straight to his internal organs.

“Guhook!”

Unable to bear the pain, Park Jihong exhaled sharply, and in his field of vision,

he saw other athletes outside the ring, barely breathing.

Twenty people including himself.

The time it took to handle all of them was about 30 minutes.

‘…And this isn’t the end, we have to do this for 7 more hours?’

And we have to do this for three months?

‘Just kill me instead.’

With that final thought, Park Jihong collapsed and closed his eyes.

It was time to take a sweet rest.

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Kim Donghu’s intensive boxing training camp starting in mid-September.

Since he entered it almost immediately after winning the gold medal, without any advertising activities.

The public’s interest was tremendous.

Some even said South Korea might become a boxing powerhouse.

Of course, it made the news.

YouTube talked about this story for a while.

Since most people were aware of this topic.

“…Brother is really busy.”

Kim Donghu’s younger sister, 6-year-old Kim Seohyun, also realized this fact.

Being smart for her age is both a blessing and a curse.

The faster you understand the situation around you,

the more you can somewhat predict your own future.

“Hiiiiing….”

The camp was scheduled to run for about three months.

Even being generous, it would last until the end of December.

The kindergarten performance was on December 24th.

“Huiiiiing….”

The possibility of him not coming was over 80%!

“…I’m playing the princess.”

How much effort it took to win the princess role.

She had thoroughly memorized the script, studied acting a lot,

and even watched princess animations to research elegant behavior.

She even played more with princess dolls recently!

But despite all this effort, if her brother didn’t come.

“Nngh…!”

Kim Seohyun’s eyes welled up with tears, but she barely managed to hold them back.

No.

“Hueeeeeng!”

She almost held back.

Her thinking changed to believing it was better to cry now.

After crying freely for about three hours,

Kim Seohyun, with puffy eyes, made a resolution.

“B-brother not coming is okay! I’m a princess!”

That no matter what situation arose, she would never cry again.

No, never crying is realistically impossible.

So she would at least try her best not to cry.

And this thought…

“Hiccup….”

“Seohyun, should I just call your brother now and tell him to come?”

Had disappeared as soon as December 24th arrived.

“Hiccup… R-really, it’s okay.”

No matter how bravely she spoke, she couldn’t help the tears forming in her eyes.

Just as the play was about to start, exactly 5 minutes before,

Just as the tears she had been holding back were about to burst forth.

“There’s our princess.”

“B-brother?!”

Her brother appeared at the perfect timing.

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‘I really thought I was going to die from being so busy.’

The time required to fulfill volunteer hours was about two and a half months.

This was assuming there were no weekends.

Of course, since rest is important for training, including weekends made it about three months.

In this case, I would spend most of my time at the athletes’ village.

But the problem was that my work didn’t end there.

‘Even if I can’t appear on variety shows, I still have to film commercials.’

Since I didn’t want to miss my duties as an actor,

Even though I couldn’t work on productions, I still appeared in CFs regularly.

And wanting to promote boxing more, I also consistently participated in interviews.

And in the midst of all this.

>You’re going abroad?! For about a year?!

>Then can we have a date or something before you go?

>I… want to

I had to explain my overseas schedule to people around me.

>Really? Then we won’t see each other for a while, I’m going on an overseas tour too. ㅜ.ㅜ

>Before you go, should we take a short trip somewhere?

And although it normally wouldn’t be possible,

I became greedy and went on separate trips with Sujin and Jaerin.

‘I didn’t know going on trips without being discovered would be this difficult.’

We mostly had indoor dates,

But it was still a happy trip.

Then I belatedly thought.

‘Don’t kindergartens usually have performances around this time?’

So I asked my parents and to my surprise,

They said yes, and when I asked why they hadn’t told me.

>You were too busy, son

>I think dad just didn’t say anything because of that

I could understand my parents’ circumstances.

I could understand their feelings of caring for their child, but.

‘Still, it’s not right for no one to be there on a day like this.’

This was definitely one of the events I had to attend.

In my previous life, after losing my entire family and having to live alone,

I deliberately didn’t go to school on high school graduation day.

If I went, I would obviously see kids taking pictures with their parents.

I could imagine how miserable that would feel.

Knowing that, how could I not attend the kindergarten performance?

That was nonsense.

So I pushed my schedule forward.

To ensure I could rest on the 24th no matter what.

“Son, are you sure it’s okay with your busy schedule?”

“Seohyun’s princess play takes priority.”

“Hmm, I really raised my son well.”

“Honey, Donghu seems to have grown up well on his own.”

“…”

Listening to my parents’ banter after a long time,

I watched the play being performed at the kindergarten.

But the content was very different from what I expected.

“Aah, I don’t like any of this! I’ll just, I’ll just slay the dragon myself!”

Seohyun was definitely a princess.

But not an ordinary one.

She was wearing a dress, but why was she holding a sword and shield?

So I asked my parents.

“…What’s the title of this play?”

And heard something shocking.

“It’s called Princess Knight, the princess is a knight… and the boys agreed to play dinosaur roles.”

Dinosaurs? So they’re playing bad dragons or something?

‘Girls are princesses… boys are dinosaurs?’

Genius.

Writing a story that can satisfy both.

‘A 6-year-old boy wouldn’t be able to resist being a dinosaur.’

But how could such a creative play exist?

While I was thinking that, I overheard a hint from in front.

“Did he create this?”

“Yes, that’s right. That… Bong Jinwoo? The kid who became famous for plays.”

Bong Jinwoo.

A nostalgic name.

‘He’s still giving dreams to children.’

With that thought, I leisurely watched the play.

This situation was very different from what I’d experienced before.

No matter how carefully I appeared, when I showed up, attention would be drawn to me.

But now, no one was giving me any attention.

People focused solely on their own children’s performances, regardless of who was sitting next to them.

Yes, this is what I’ve been working hard to experience.

‘This is nice.’

After enjoying a brief moment of relaxation in my busy life,

On December 26th.

I immediately flew to America.

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Early morning of December 26th.

Before Kim Donghu arrived in America.

“I don’t know how many times I have to say this, but an Asian person imitating a monkey is dangerous in itself.”

“Since when did we care about that, and wasn’t the race issue resolved long ago? Why are you suddenly making this claim?”

“With the new mask and his skills….”

“Skills, skills, those damn skills! Then let’s just prove it!”

Click.

Berillard Ice irritably ended the video meeting.

These people with no sense whatsoever.

How did they get to such high positions?

If you don’t have the ability, you should leave on your own.

Maintaining positions that don’t match their caliber, just picking fights over everything.

“When something works, they say it doesn’t, and when that’s resolved, they say something else doesn’t work.”

He didn’t like what any of them were doing.

“He was born in England to begin with! It’s just a tan, isn’t that all resolved?”

Born in England.

Yet they’re desperate to inject PC issues because of his hairstyle and skin color.

Do they want to see the movie fail?

And then blame the audience?

“You won’t see that happen before I die!”

I will definitely, definitely make Kim Donghu into Tarzan.

While making that resolution.

As if waiting for this moment.

Ring ring ring.

The phone rang.

“Hello?”

-Hello, this is CAE. Are you available to talk?

“CAE?”

Where had he heard that before?

As soon as that thought occurred, Berillard Ice smiled deeply.

“Has Evelyn come up with an interesting plan?”

CAE.

The abbreviation for Evelyn’s agency.