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A large door opened, and a neatly dressed man bowed at a 90-degree angle.

Then he strides into the spacious office and speaks.

“Representative, stabilization has been completed. The medical team has determined that it is safe to discharge you.”

“Really? Bring it here.”

“Yes.”

The man who left after saying goodbye came back here ten minutes later.

He brings two medical staff members and various maintenance devices to Minji-ah and bows down.

“Tsk tsk tsk.”

Minji-ah got up and clicked her tongue as she approached the medical bed.

I felt very sorry for Do Eun-ju, who was tied to the bed, wearing a hospital gown, and staring blankly at the ceiling.

Jia waved her hand and made the rest of the people leave.

So, Do Eun-ju and I are left alone.

“Come to your senses, bro?”

Do Eun-ju just rolls her eyes and glares.

But a lot of the venom was gone.

His bloodshot eyes are filled with only regret and sadness.

Just a week.

Because in that short period of time, she lost everything.

When the loss is too great, a person cannot bear the emptiness before revenge.

Jia came closer and crouched down to meet my gaze.

And he speaks in an elegant tone.

“What kind of implants does the daughter of a conglomerate have? It’s embarrassing, brother. I told you before. People should live within their means. That’s not just a contemptuous remark. ‘We’ should maintain the dignity that fits our status. What if we put things in our bodies that only those lower-class people would do?”

Having lost all of her sons and made a final stand, she was captured and surprisingly had a significant number of implants in her body.

I wondered if it was put in for revenge, but looking at the timing of the procedure, that wasn’t the case.

How hard I’ve worked to get it out over the past few days.

The procedure itself wasn’t a problem, but a lot of effort went into getting my body acclimated and back to normal condition in a short period of time.

“If you take such a shameful thing into your body, your life will become shameful too. Do you understand?”

“!”

Do Eun-ju is angry.

But there is nothing we can do.

Just tossing and turning.

Even that is just a noisy commotion because the body is tied to the bed.

“Oh my. It’s ugly. I shouldn’t be like this.”

That was when.

The door to the representative office opened loudly and Min Ji-ah’s husband and Do Eun-ju’s younger brother came in.

“Who, sister?!!”

Then he runs towards Do Eun-ju, who is tied to the bed.

Minjia sighed and got up.

“You, didn’t I tell you to stay home quietly?”

He stuttered and continued speaking, startled by Minjia’s cold words.

“What are you going to do with me, sister?”

“What should I do? I should offer it to the master. If he wants, I can kill him. It would have been nice if I had a daughter.”

“… You killed my father, you killed my nephews, you killed all my mother’s relatives… !! Now you want to kill my older sister too?”

“Then what should I buy?”

“… .”

“If you’re going to bother me, get out. Right now.”

Her husband felt completely drained by her reaction, which showed no sign of empathy.

I should be angry, but I don’t have the strength to be.

It’s like I’m a livestock that has been gaslighted for a long time.

It’s scary to the point where I feel like I’m taking things for granted.

‘No… . I can’t stand it… . You’ve been running away all this time!!’

But take courage.

During that time, he had never been able to properly express his own opinion, oppressed by the influence of his wife, who was a collateral member of the Koryo Group and the de facto daughter of Chairman Ko Young-man.

Even within the home, he was always treated last, and was treated more like a servant than a husband.

So this time I was silent again.

When your father died?

There was no contact anyway. In fact, our relationship was even worse.

When your mother died?

He was originally in poor health.

When your nephews died?

It’s not like my child died, it’s my nephew, so I don’t feel much.

I hid my fear by making all kinds of rationalizations.

The truth is, I was just trembling and not having the courage.

still….

But this is not it.

No matter what, this is really-,

“Ah. It’s really frustrating.”

“Who-,”

Just as my husband was about to say something,

Minjia took a gun out of her bosom, put it toward her husband’s head and shot him.

Taang-!

A corpse collapses limply, blood and brain fluid bursting out.

“!!!”

Do Eun-ju opens her eyes wide and goes crazy.

“I should have done this a long time ago. What is that guy’s affection?”

Minji-ah puts the gun down on the desk and posts a message in the family chat room.

-Your father is dead.

There was no response.

Minjia pressed the button on the desk.

“This manager is telling me to come in.”

Before long the door opened and a man in a neat suit came in.

He flinched for a moment when he saw Minjia’s husband dead, but soon came in without caring.

“Did you call?”

“Clean this up and pack that up. I have to go see the master today.”

“Yes, sir.”

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October 17th.

It’s Saturday again.

What that means is that today is LUMINA’s debut.

To be exact, it’s a bit different, but anyway, since it’s my first time appearing on a music show, I guess it would be correct to call it a debut.

Thanks to that, I have been personally visiting the broadcasting station located in Ganghwa since early in the morning.

It’s to boost the morale of the members and to prevent strange flies from gathering.

“As you commanded, all new songs by other singers that were scheduled to be released today have been canceled, and we have made it so that no new or returning artists will be able to perform for the next three months, except for those under our company, Koryo Entertainment and Rainbow Miracle.”

“Hmm. Okay.”

In fact, it’s not like LUMINA has incredible competitiveness right now.

Even though they are kids that I discovered and raised, I have to admit what needs to be admitted.

In the original, these guys were stuck in the deep sea and only came into the spotlight in 1978, so I don’t think it would cause a huge shock to the market if they debuted now in 1976.

If you just throw it into the market.

‘If you get the timing right, there’s no reason it wouldn’t work out.’

I wiped out all the other new returns to coincide with LUMINA’s debut.

They were only allowed to promote with the songs that came out last week, and the ‘new album’ was restricted to only LUMINA.

That too for the next three months.

Well, actually it didn’t require much force.

Because the sexual bribery scandal blew up so big, most of the groups that were planning to release new albums also naturally blew up.

It wasn’t difficult at all, because even before I could do anything, there was already a shortage of groups to appear on music shows.

In addition, because of the broadcast time, they had no choice but to do three or four songs per group, and they plan to lay the groundwork for the broadcast screen by saying, “Due to recent unfortunate events, this and that happened.”

Then people probably won’t think anything is strange.

You might think that the reason new songs aren’t coming out naturally is because of the sexual bribery scandal.

‘And LUMINA’s exposure time is increasing. It’s really great.’

Jiying.

Just then, the phone rang.

It was a text message from Minjia.

– Sir, we’ve taken care of the entire Daejin Group family. And the one with the most responsibility, Jeon Seong-hyeon’s mother, Do Eun-ju, has been captured and packaged up cleanly.

packaging?

What the heck is packaging?

I called right away.

– Yes! Do, Dodo Doryunnim! Minji-,

“I told you to come and do the final report in person, right? Why are you sending me a text message so arrogantly?”

– Ouch! I’m sorry!! I was planning on giving you the final report in person this evening, but I thought I should let you know the circumstances first…!!

“Oh, are you coming today?”

but.

The time I gave you was only until this week.

– Yes! I will personally go see your Majesty and tell you!!

Her choice of words made me chuckle.

It’s John An… .

Is there really a nephew who hears such honorifics from his aunt?

“Come early.”

– Okay, I understand-,

I hung up the phone without listening to the rest of the story.

A strange feeling of pleasure rises in my chest again.

I don’t know why, but she’s a bitch who likes to bully others.

What should I do to him if he comes today?

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“Don’t you say hello?”

“… Yes?”

It wasn’t Gomuyeol who first found LUMINA, who was busily preparing.

The girl group, ‘Nokonoko Girls’, debuted three weeks ago with ‘Jigamotaenokonoko’ and has been ranked #1 on music shows for two weeks in a row.

Consisting of five members, they each had a somewhat shocking concept: a high school girl gang (adult), a gyaru girl, a gangster, a triad, and a mafia. All of them had retro elements that would have been recalled from decades ago, but somehow they became hits at the right time.

As befitting the concept of “All-Out Nalari,” the image, the outfit, and even the song had a rather ragtag feel, but surprisingly, they were found not guilty in this special prosecution of sexual bribery.

This is because the mother of the member in charge of the high school girl (adult) concept is the CEO of the agency, and the scale itself was so small that it was difficult to even afford to pay tribute.

“Ha. Look at these bright and shiny things.”

“These days kids have no manners~.”

“Latte would go around each waiting room from early in the morning to greet new employees, and would even touch his head to the ground, but how come you guys don’t even get up when your senior comes to see you in person?”