episode_0128

A bed that is overly soft.

High view with direct sunlight.

When I open my eyes, the wide Han River comes into view.

I stared blankly at the river for a moment.

Today marks the seventh day since I spent time at the enemy’s house.

She said she had something important to do at work today and left for work early in the morning.

“Eat and go…”

He muttered with a heavy body.

Then suddenly, my eyes are drawn to the medicine on the table.

Foxtail antidote.

“I don’t know the efficacy yet…”

Actually, I’m not sure if taking medicine will help.

The fox’s ears just perk up as if they’ve become one.

“Won’t this really take root in my head?”

He took a sip of the medicine and stretched.

Well then, shall we start today as well?

The first thing to do is…

It’s cleaning.

This penthouse.

Because it is so large, there is a lot to clean.

It took an entire hour just to clean the floor.

As time goes by, the clock soon points to 7 o’clock.

The next mission is…

Wake up the vice president right away.

Her room is a challenge just to get into.

The moment you open that door, the atmosphere in the penthouse completely changes.

A smell that is both pungent and fragrant.

Even the air in the vice president’s office feels heavy.

In the past, it felt like going into my younger sister’s room during Do-hyeon’s time.

To begin with, I had almost no illusions about women.

As someone who has seen my younger sister’s ecology with my own two eyes, if it’s dirty, it’s even dirtier. Just because she’s a woman doesn’t mean she’s absolutely clean.

Yeah, just like this now.

I take in the Vice President’s room with my long, vertical eyes.

The vice president slept with the blanket rolled up like a sleeping bag.

Blackout curtains tightly shut like a child of darkness.

And a mess of cookie bags and crumbs on the desk.

There was even a black plastic bag on the floor, the contents of which I couldn’t tell…

But this isn’t it!

At this point, what’s the difference between this house and the one I first came across?

I took a deep breath and cautiously approached her bed.

And then, as if by magic, he swung the curtains open.

“Ugh…”

A woman in a sleeping bag mutters in the sudden light.

Where did the first-class ranker we saw yesterday go and only these slugs remain…

“Vice Chairman, it’s morning. You said you had to wake up early today for the shareholders’ meeting!”

“What time is it…?”

Is it because I’m not fully asleep?

She starts mumbling in a dialect.

“It’s 7 o’clock.”

“Really…? There’s still time left…”

Doesn’t it usually take women at least an hour or two to get ready to go out?

Then it’s too late.

“You should eat breakfast too!”

I ran my hands through the blanket that was like a sleeping bag.

And then he put his hands between his armpits to get her out.

“Heavy…!”

The vice president was soon dragged out of the blanket like a smothered cat.

The charisma from our first meeting has long since disappeared.

“Okay, hurry up and wash up!”

“That’s right…”

She staggers to the bathroom like a zombie.

The long hair that falls every time I walk is really annoying.

I bow my head to follow that gaze…

The hair that filled the floor was clearly visible.

“It’s not really a cat…”

The area under my eyes is twitching.

Unable to bear the sight of such a dirty surrounding, I immediately began sweeping the floor like a madman.

“—.”

Meanwhile, the phone starts ringing.

I slung my phone over my shoulder as I ran my hand through my hair.

“Hello? Oh, Mr. Black?”

“Yes, is the vice president still asleep? I heard you can’t get through on the phone.”

“Yes… You’re awake now. I sent you to the bathroom, so you’ll be out soon.”

“You must have had a hard time since morning.”

Heuksa spoke awkwardly, as if he was sorry for everything.

To this I replied with a smile, saying that it was okay.

“It’s okay. I’m used to this kind of thing thanks to my younger sister… Oh, would it be rude to call the vice president like a younger sister? ”

I tried to apologize to Heuksa in a hurry.

Then she reassured me with a bright tone of voice that I had never seen before.

“It’s okay. It’s a fact.”

Heuksa hung up the phone, saying he would come pick her up an hour later.

Today is a day when even the vice president is absent.

In the meantime, I decided to be cared for by my older sister and Anna during the day.

I feel happy at the thought of meeting them again after a long time.

The ears on his head fluttered as if they were excited.

I felt good the whole time I was cleaning, thinking about meeting them soon.

“Then, I’ll be back… My daughter-in-law…”

In the span of an hour, she went from being a housewife to a full-fledged young CEO.

However, his voice was still mumbling, as if he was still half asleep.

“Yes, don’t curse at the shareholders, and don’t hit them either.”

“Okay, okay…”

She stumbles down the apartment hallway.

The face of the black snake is visible through the open front door.

When our eyes met, she smiled at me.

I bowed my head politely in response.

“…”

The front door is closed.

Only then could I breathe a sigh of relief.

“Let’s take a break now…”

I stare blankly at the spacious penthouse alone.

Then suddenly, my eyes catch sight of the huge flat-screen TV in the living room.

To take a break, I turn on the power.

A popular soap opera was airing on television.

“Hey, who would see something like this?”

I immediately changed the channel to sports TV.

But the channel was showing the 2002 World Cup, which was even more boring than a soap opera.

“I’ve already seen it dozens of times…”

After flipping through the channels, I finally came back to…

It was the first ridiculous drama I ever watched.

I no longer had the energy to search for channels, so I just laid down on the sofa with the drama on.

“What is this…”

Several women are flocking to one man, fighting over who is theirs.

A man who was grabbed by one arm by two women ended up…

My shoulder was dislocated.

“This is a real opening scene.”

I was blankly watching the broadcast when I couldn’t help but laugh.

This might be more fun than you think…

After sending the two people to work, I was left home alone.

I sat on the sofa, giggling and eating coffee and cookies until they came back.

「—.」

I went to work alone, leaving Siho behind.

I tried my best to be cute while I had him…

It hasn’t been easy because the world has become so unstable these days.

Every time I come home from work, it’s a late night.

Meanwhile, Siho was always asleep.

I heard that foxes are nocturnal animals… but that’s not the case…

I sat in the team leader’s office and blankly turned my pen.

The blank A4 paper was covered with drawings of foxes.

While I was lost in thought, the phone rang.

“Yes, this is Team Leader Han Soo-rin.”

“Sister…!”

It’s a business deal.

But the guy’s voice is unusual.

Is it more urgent than usual?

“This is a big deal…!”

“What’s going on?”

“Our Gangdong-gu branch, Anyang branch, and Suwon branch were all attacked.”

The brows furrow.

Who dares to reach the point of one mind?

Moreover, completely unrelated points were hit simultaneously.

This is seriously suspicious.

“Who?”

“That’s…”

Sangmoon hesitated to answer for a moment.

He’s rarely been this flustered…

“Just small local hunters.”

“Hunter…?”

Why are the hunters from a group with no specific affiliation so focused on one thing…

No, but rather, our children were treated by those kinds of guys?

“I’m sorry.”

“What is the extent of the damage?”

“That’s… considerable. At least 50 people were injured, and two are in critical condition.”

When I hear that there are serious injuries, I automatically get up.

“Where did the injured person come from?”

“Anyang branch.”

“Gather over there. I’ll check it out for myself.”

I felt uneasy all the way to Anyang.

These days, it’s not uncommon for individual hunters to rapidly become stronger.

The reason is the bizarre pills that are on the market.

All sorts of evildoers are running rampant in the province because of that drug called Angel Tips.

Since I couldn’t deal with them all, I just watched for now.

But, why are you messing with our kids?

This is something I just can’t let go of.

When I arrived in Anyang, I found myself frowning.

Because several sinkholes appeared on the road.

The black cars belonging to Ilsim were crumpled like junk cars, and there were traces of blood on the floor.

The first people to arrive, the officials and executives, rush over.

They all bowed their heads and greeted me.

“Are you here, Sister?”

“So this is all the work of a single hunter?”

“Yes… I had a hard time believing it, but I became convinced after seeing the CCTV.”

Sangmoon shows me the video file he transferred.

It’s so unpleasant to look at it.

At first glance, they look like B-class villains.

They took a strange pill and started to emit energy comparable to that of a Class A or higher.

“This is… similar to the medicine the Counters took.”

“Yes, it wasn’t the same level as what they ate, but the effect was great enough.”

I took a cigarette.

Siho told me to quit, but today I just couldn’t help but smoke.

“I need to find out where that medicine came from quickly.”

“Finally, we captured one survivor.”

“Really?”

“But… no matter how much I interrogate him, he just won’t tell me.”

Is there any loyalty to the end?

He flicked his half-smoked cigarette onto the dented tea.

“I will question you myself.”

He carelessly threw the cigarette butt on the floor.

And press hard with your shoes.

Soon the colonel brought in the man his subordinates had captured.

A guy with a bag over his head.

When I take it off, a young face comes into view.

A boy who looks to be in his mid-20s.

His eyes were bloodshot and red, perhaps due to a side effect of the medication.

“…”

“Where did you get that medicine?”

“You don’t know.”

The guy laughed like he was on drugs.

As if I don’t even know who is in front of me right now.

“Unlike other kids, I don’t have much patience. So if you want to get back alive, you’d better speak quickly.”

He looked down coldly with red eyes.

But despite those eyes, the bastard didn’t open his mouth.

As if I was being threatened by something more terrifying than my own eyes.

“I can’t help it.”

Well then, I have no choice but to let you know that I am scarier than that being.

He took an awl out of his pocket.

It is an object used to tear off flesh from a corpse.

But sometimes… I write to living people.

“It’ll be noisy, so keep his mouth shut.”

“Yes, Sister!”

Sangmoon brought some blue tape.

And it was firmly stuck to his lips.

“—!”

The sound of the man’s grumbling echoes throughout the interrogation room.

However, I didn’t care and just stuck the needle into the guy’s arm.

“—!”

The bastard’s eyes bulge out as if they might burst.

It must hurt, because I said it hurts.

But I didn’t stop there.

As someone who likes symmetry, I did the same thing to the other arm.

“I bet you had a good time.”

“Because I got a little stronger with just one pill, I would have happily tormented innocent people.”

He whispered softly in his ear.

Then the hunter starts to twist his body as if he is about to die.

“Tape off.”

Sangmoon immediately removed the tape.

Then, the guy starts shouting in a very excited voice, unlike when we first met.

“I can’t say..! If I say, if I say…”

“What happens if I say it?”

“I said it was going to explode…!”

The bastard’s face is distorted in grotesque ways.

I frown at the sight I see for the first time in my life.

“Explosion?”

Is it possible that it has self-destruct capability?

That’s the method I mostly used…

I can’t help but laugh at this unremarkable device.

Park Shin-ae, did you get a lot of inspiration from seeing me?

Everyone swallows hard at the word self-destruction.

But I leisurely half-closed my eyes.

And I whispered to the insolent bastard who hurt my children.

“Then, blow it up.”

“…!”

“You’ll either explode and die anyway, or be tortured here for the rest of your life.”

He shows me an awl covered in the bastard’s blood.

And then she gently placed it on his cheek.

“Wouldn’t it be less painful to just explode and die?”

I will never let anyone mess with my family.

Especially the years when the posthumous title was changed.

I’ll find it for you somehow.

And I’ll make it into my collection.