episode_0013

As I came out of the warehouse and attracted attention, everyone’s eyes, including Sooyeon Choi, turned towards me.

“What is that?”

“Are you different from the person you were with yesterday?”

The gangsters slightly loosened the siege surrounding Choi Su-yeon in front of the cash register and turned to me.

“Look, we came here to buy cigarettes, but our part-time job doesn’t sell cigarettes.”

“Really? From what I heard, they said they would just check your ID and sell it right away, right?”

“Ah, these fucking bitches can’t even communicate, it’s so fucking bad.”

“Are you just talking about me?”

“Then who the fuck is the ‘guy’ here besides you?”

They were people whose spirit I had to admit to because they could maintain that attitude even after looking at my height and size.

Most students get scared just by looking at my scary appearance and physique.

“Well, aren’t you guys ‘bastards’? Just by looking at it, it doesn’t seem like a ‘bitch’. Or are they psychopaths who believe themselves to be homoromantic, non-binary, asexual, androgyne? The mental hospital is two blocks down.”

“What a fucking bastard-”

“Seo, senior! Why are you like that!”

The gangsters who had turned their heads all at once flocked towards me, and the situation reached a tipping point.

Choi Soo-yeon, who thought I was doing something reckless, was shocked and tried to stop me, but the situation had already crossed many rivers.

When the gangsters heard Choi Su-yeon call me by the name, they blatantly laughed at me.

“Senior? Ha, what? So this bastard is trying to be rude in front of a woman he already knows?”

“I guess you still don’t know that if you joke around without knowing the topic, you’ll be really screwed?”

“Hmm, that’s harsh. At first glance, you guys look like Mija, but I’m a 20-year-old third grader like the sky. Could you please speak more politely?”

“Puhahaha!”

The gangsters burst into laughter at my words.

Among them, the raven-haired guy who seemed to be the leader laughed at me, tears streaming down his face.

“20 years old? No, fuck it, then you weren’t a college student but a student at an education academy? Hey, did you say you’re in third grade? I guess you thought we would treat you well if you knew that. Aren’t you Kang Baek-san from Eunbong High School?”

“Gangbaeksan Mountain? Well, you know. It’s a silver barrel.”

“Hey, they are the direct juniors that our Kang Baeksan brother cherishes, right? If you don’t want to get screwed, I think you should take back what you just said and kneel down and beg like a dog, right?”

“Aha, I was wondering why they were so brave, and it turned out to be the Eunbong School guys. But since they don’t even know me, I guess they are first year freshmen?”

“What are you talking about, this bastard.”

The first-year students at Eunbong High School, who did not know English, became irritated and gradually narrowed the distance with the intention of striking each other.

“Guys, I started working here yesterday and I don’t want to make a fuss in the store, right? Why don’t you go out and resolve it through conversation slowly? Even for you.”

“Oh fuck. This guy is holding a hookah in front of a real woman, it’s disgusting.”

Whoa!

And the head of the group of gangsters, the black haired one, punched me.

However, because the fist hit my cheek instead of my chin, I only took a step back, but I was still standing in my seat.

Instead, I felt a fishy taste in my mouth.

As a result of being punched in the face, the cheek flesh was chewed and burst open, causing bleeding.

When I put my hand to my mouth, the blood that came out of my mouth was still on my hand.

“Aaaa! senior! Rain, emergency bell-”

“Choi Su-yeon, don’t do anything and stay still.”

I stopped Choi Su-yeon, who was about to press the wireless emergency bell, and looked down at the Eunbong School guys.

The guys were giggling among themselves and looking at me, as if they hadn’t figured out the situation yet.

“Ol~ You didn’t faint when you got hit by that? Do you feel confident in your tenacity?”

“I thought I could do anything if I grew taller, but don’t you feel like you’re regretting it now?”

“Choi Soo-yeon, you clearly saw it just now, right? Did you clearly see that these guys first resorted to violence against me while I was trying to resolve the issue through dialogue? It must have been caught on CCTV, right?”

“Yes? Ah, yes…”

“Then that’s it.”

I adjusted my posture by tilting my head to both sides.

“Guys, I told you earlier that you don’t know that you’ll be screwed if you make fun of me without knowing the topic, right?”

“?”

“But I think you need to know who you really don’t know.”

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After a short time has passed.

Outside the convenience store, there was a scene that seemed quite strange to others.

Six boys were maintaining their posture with their heads pressed against the ground with their hands clasped behind their backs, and in front of them was a large man crouching down with a candy stick in his mouth.

Anyone could see that it was a sight that could only be seen in the military in the past, not a sight seen in society.

“Ugh…”

The gangsters kept moaning and staggering around as if the top of their head was hurting from the ground, and each time, I took out a piece of candy in my mouth instead of a cigarette and took a bite.

“Guys, are you sick? You keep tickling?”

“Oh, no.”

The guys who had been beaten to pieces barely responded while trembling in fear.

Among the six, none had bruises on their eyes or lips, and three had missing front teeth.

There were people who were hit so hard in the abdomen that they were still having trouble breathing, and those whose jaws had been rotated had barely come to their senses and were unable to maintain their balance properly.

“How do you think this brother feels about having to end up like this after getting beaten up by you when he was so young?”

“Sorry, sorry…”

“I was wrong, please forgive me this once…”

“Whether he knows it or not, if he gets caught selling cigarettes to Mija, the seller will have to take full responsibility, right? Because of you, this older brother or that older sister will have to be called to the police station and have to pay a fine?”

“Oh, no.”

“And you, black hair.”

“Yes, yes!”

The guy who seemed to be the leader of the first-year class at Eunbong High School answered in a spirited voice.

“You guys are no longer 14 years old, so you can’t receive the benefits of being a boy. There are witnesses who saw you beat me up first, and it was all captured on CCTV. If I submit this to the police, you will all be sent to juvenile detention. Of course, there is evidence that I was hit first, so it is self-defense.”

When I exaggerated and scared them a little, those guys who had no idea what was going on started shaking even more in fear, with their heads still stuck.

“Now, I was wrong! Please just take a look!”

“Really? Did you really do something wrong? Do you want me to forgive you?”

“Yes, yes!”

“Everyone, wake up.”

The six guys suddenly got up at the same time.

Like a boss disciplining an employee, I sat cross-legged at the table outside the convenience store and held my cell phone out in front of me.

“Here, write down your name, grade, class, and phone number on your cell phone. After receiving it, I’ll call and check, so I’ll search for those who are lying on the spot, okay? Come forward one by one. From the black hair there.”

One by one, they came forward without even uttering a word, and with trembling hands, they wrote down everything, including their numbers, in my phone book.

“Well, there is no such thing as a fool. I also like honest guys.”

“……”

“Now, I have a few things to ask you. First, from now on, inform not only you but also all your friends who are not here. Don’t even think about coming to this convenience store to smoke a cigarette.

From now on, the moment I see Eunbong High School bastards, regardless of grade, coming here and trying to smoke a cigarette, you will be the first to fall into my hands. Do you understand?”

“Yes, yes!”

“And what did you do about Mt. Gangbaek earlier?”

When I pointed my cell phone at him and pointed his head at him, his face turned pale and his back was bent 90 degrees.

“Now, I was wrong! I was wrong!”

“If you want to tell Kang Baek-san, tell him. If you juniors come to this convenience store and try to smoke cigarettes, your friend who goes to Jinsugyo will come and visit you. Just say this and they will understand.”

“Ugh, uhhh…”

“Now, secondly, is there anyone you can blame for being wrong?”

“You were wrong, brother! I was really wrong!”

The six guys must have taken it as a sign that they were begging me, so they bent down and begged with their hands and feet.

I immediately stopped their apology.

“Stop stop. I’ll assume that you’ve paid me back by beating me up for wronging me.”

“……?”

“You guys, you don’t understand what I’m saying. I was so fucking nervous because you guys were swearing at my sister in there and crowding around her.”

“I was shaking…”

“I have to ask my sister for forgiveness too, right? Everyone follow me.”

I lined up the guys behind me and went into the convenience store.

Su-yeon Choi, who watched me take out the guys one by one with one punch, just looked at me with a bewildered expression.

“Seo, senior…?”

“They have something to tell you. Come on, guys. Should I be sincere and tell my sister that I did something wrong?”

“Now, I was wrong, sister… I won’t do it again.”

“He told me to be sincere.”

When I lowered my voice slightly, the guys freaked out and immediately fell to their knees and hit their foreheads.

“Wrong! I was so wrong! Please forgive me this once, I won’t do it again!”

“Huh? Uh, uh…”

“Okay, if you’re going to ask for forgiveness for something you did wrong, you should do that. Everyone wake up.”

The guys woke up at the same time again.

And I put my arm around the raven-haired guy’s shoulder and pulled him towards me, and the guy, who had been beaten to a pulp, was dragged away, trembling in fear and unable to resist.

“Come on, guys. I started work yesterday, so I’m quite busy, but honestly, going back and forth about submitting this evidence to the police station is a hassle, isn’t it? So I’m going to make a suggestion.”

“Yes, yes… Ma, Ma, just say the word.”

“Well, you have a good attitude. The suggestion is that nothing happened here at the convenience store today. You’ve never been here, and we’ve never seen you. The reason you are like that now is because you fought among yourself.

It doesn’t matter what the reason is. Whether it’s a fight over rank, a girl, or a gang fight with another academy, it’s okay. The point is, ‘You guys have never been hit by me.’ Oh, you can tell Kang Baek-san. Andastan?”

“Yes…”

I put a little more pressure on the arm that was holding the raven-haired man’s shoulder.

The frightened boy was almost on the verge of crying, his teeth chattering. With a few front teeth missing.

“Guys, I’m giving you a chance now. What should I answer in times like this?”

“Thank you, thank you…”

The six guys answered in hushed voices, looking at the ground, and only then did I loosen my arms from around my shoulders.

“You’re welcome. Well, then, let’s go in. Keep in mind what I said earlier.”

“Yes…”

“Then have a nice day.”

“Ah, hello…”

Immediately instilled with courtesy, the guys ran away without even looking back.