Chapter 174 - Last Chance
Huk—!
I barely twisted my body, and Yoon Seol's foot slammed into the wall.
My spinning kick must have wounded her pride pretty badly, because she came at me with raw rage, pressing me harder and faster than before.
Every time her fist cut through the air, the wind whistled sharp. Every kick grazed my collar by a hair.
The second my concentration slipped, I knew I'd end up with broken bones.
"Are you just going to keep dodging?! Like Baek Hayoung?!"
Yoon Seol poured her fury into a punch...
And I had no choice but to take it—barely, painfully, stubbornly.
Because... I couldn't let Yoon Seol go. Not yet.
If she walked away now, I'd lose Minseo right in front of me.
And if that happened... the last shred of hope would die.
I can't let that happen.
I have to... buy time, no matter what.
Then Yoon Seol's leg slammed into my side.
"Keuheok—!!"
I blocked with my arm, absorbed some of the impact, but the stinging pain shot deep into my body.
Gwak—
Even so, I grabbed her leg and threw a punch with everything I had.
Thwack—!
Wham—!
Thump—!
My fist hit her stomach dead-on while I held her leg...
"Keuheut..."
Yoon Seol barely flinched.
That was it.
She yanked her leg back and, in the same motion, kicked me in the neck with her other foot.
"Keuheok—!!"
Whish—
THWACK—!
Thump—
WHAM—!
I staggered, and she landed clean hits on my legs, my stomach, my face.
Fuck.
Hurts like hell.
First time in a while I felt this kind of crushing pain...
"Kuh-eok—"
I coughed blood. It dripped onto the floor.
"That's why you shouldn't have acted up."
Yoon Seol grabbed my hair and lifted my head.
"Heo-eok... heo-eok..."
I just gasped for air, hating myself for being so weak.
If I'd known it would come to this... I should've learned to fight instead of just playing around with Minseo.
THWACK—!
Yoon Seol drove her fist into my face.
Sharp pain exploded across my face... blood streamed from my nose and lips.
"Never thought I'd see the head of the nation's biggest mafia organization like this. Quite a sight."
Yoon Seol smiled with pleasure, shaking my head in her grip.
"I'm bored now. Let's end this."
She slammed her fist into my face again.
THWACK—!
I collapsed, bleeding.
No...
Fuck...
Please... don't go...
Thump.
Thump.
Her footsteps faded.
I didn't give up. I forced myself up, twisted my body, stood.
Please... don't go... Minseo-ya...
I dragged my limping body toward the black van, but—
"I'll come crush your organization soon."
Yoon Seol closed the car door...
And the car pulled away.
Don't go...
Don't... go...!!
"Nooooo—!!!"
I screamed—more desperate and pitiful than anyone could be.
I kept bleeding... my body ached unbearably... but I had to keep chasing.
That car...
If it disappeared now... I'd never catch it...
So... please... don't go...
Tears spilled as I stared at the car carrying Minseo.
"Please... don't go... Minseo-ya..."
But the car was getting farther away...
Right before I fell into panic,
the time I'd bought with my desperate stalling finally paid off.
CRASH—!!!
A car burst through the iron fence beside me, metal screeching...
Through the thick smoke—
"Let's go fuck that bitch up."
Chae-ryeong was there, teeth gritted, cursing.
Ah.
It wasn't for nothing.
Wait for me, Minseo-ya. I'm coming to save you for real now.
I climbed into the car and wiped the blood from my face.
VROOM—!!!
The engine roared, overheating—
The car shot forward. Everyone was giving everything to save the one person who had become indispensable to the mafia: Kang Minseo.
"You got hit hard. You okay?"
"Yeah. Hurts a bit, but... fuck."
I cursed and watched the black van we were closing in on as we raced down the road.
"Where were you until now?"
"I leaked the information that's going to completely destroy Yoon Seol."
Chae-ryeong smiled and floored the accelerator.
"But can we take her on by ourselves?"
"We have to try. Somehow."
I clenched my fists and steeled myself.
"What's the plan?"
"Beat them all to a pulp."
"Sounds good."
The car carrying me—Hayoung—sped wildly down the dawn road, closing in on the black van.
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah."
Yoon Seol said nonchalantly, rubbing her jaw where a faint ache lingered.
So annoying.
Thinking of Hayoung, clinging like a cockroach that wouldn't die.
It just pissed me off for no reason.
It's fine. Right now... I only need Kang Minseo.
Seu-euk—
I stroked Minseo's hair...
His eyes—cute like a rabbit's—opened slowly.
Though of course, they were swollen red from my torment.
"H...Hayoung-nim...?"
Minseo looked at me, voice trembling as he surfaced from unconsciousness...
"Heugeup... heu-euk..."
Then reality hit, and he shook uncontrollably with fear and dread.
Because in front of him wasn't Hayoung, the one he so desperately wanted to see... but me, Yoon Seol.
"I half-killed Hayoung. Wonder if she's still unconscious?"
I smiled as I watched tears of fear stream down his face.
Every moan of terror sent a wave of pleasure through me. I was turning him into even more of a toy.
"I've escaped the mafia now. After I regroup and gather my forces, I'm going to destroy everyone connected to you."
I laid out the situation... and gave a wicked smile, forcing him to face reality.
"Your plan has fallen apart, Minseo-ya. All that's left is for me to slaughter them all, right?"
I deliberately emphasized 'slaughter' as I looked at him...
"Heugeuk... plea...se... please don't..."
At my words, his pupils shook like an earthquake, and he started sobbing.
"Why should I?"
"Because... heuk... ha... heu-euk..."
Minseo didn't know what to do, trembling and crying...
"Well... if you listen to me properly, I might show some leniency..."
"I'll do anything—!! I'll do anything, just—"
It seemed Minseo would rather die than watch the mafia organization he belonged to get slaughtered.
Dalkak—
I nodded and took a whiteboard marker out of my pocket.
Minseo flinched, probably remembering what he'd suffered in the basement.
I intended to make Minseo completely mine.
This is what happens when you disobey your master and try to escape.
"Prove it."
I threw the marker to him.
"Wha...t..."
"Draw hearts on your body to show how much you're going to get fucked."
Tears poured endlessly from his eyes.
Eyes filled with rage, humiliation, and... bottomless despair.
"Kkeuheuk... heuk..."
"The more you draw, the more people survive, right?"
"You're saving everyone. With your dick and your ass. Isn't that great?"
At that, Minseo wailed until he could barely breathe...
I watched the light in his eyes die into despair. I was certain of my victory.
From now on, Kang Minseo would be a sex slave—raped ruthlessly by me, laughing when I told him to, crying when I told him to.
I'll make sure he gets three meals a day, no worries there.
Clothes... he won't need those.
A slave has to be ready to get hard at any moment.
I hugged Minseo, who was shedding transparent tears and falling into panic, and whispered in his ear...
"Draw quickly. Ten, twenty, whatever."
A cheeky slave who rebels against me needs the right punishment.
"I was wrong—!! I won't do it again—!! I'll never act up again—!!! So please spare the Baekhwa organization... You can treat me as rough as you want—!!"
Minseo knelt, grabbing my pant leg, begging more desperately and pitifully than ever before.
Eyes swollen from crying, snot running down his nose.
Ah. So this is what conquest feels like.
It's thrilling.
The proud Minseo who was spitting in my face just a while ago...
I broke him like this.
So easily.
I couldn't hold back my laughter as I looked at him, naked on his knees, begging.
"Yeah, this submissive look suits you. Right, Minseo-ya?"
I reached out and crooked my finger.
Minseo started licking my hand with his ruined face.
"Your crying face is pathetic."
"Hireuk—! Kkeueuk—!"
At my single word, he even hiccupped, trying to stop crying, trembling as he carefully licked my hand.
Ha. I'm going to enjoy myself quite a bit today.
My body started heating up. I turned my gaze to Minseo's frail body and was about to touch him when—
"Something... is wrong."
The secretary driving spoke up.
"What?"
"The car behind us... keeps following."
"What?!"
I looked through the window at the car behind...
VROOOOM—!!!!
A black sedan was chasing us at crazy speed, like it was going to ram us.
"Fuck... don't tell me..."
Anxious, I made a call.
Dalkak—
"....."
"Commissioner, the mafia is chasing me right now... I need backup..."
"Haven't you checked the internet?"
"What?"
"It's chaos right now. Because of you."
"Why—"
"Word is you secretly stole and sold drugs confiscated by the police."
At those words, my face went cold.
How did they...
"Surrender quietly. You're not even a police officer anymore."
Then he hung up.
Fuck... fuck...!!!!
Why is everything going...
Suddenly, I knew the culprit behind this.
There could only be one.
My enemy, the Baekhwa organization.
Those bastards leaked my information...
I'm fucked.
"Haha. Fine. Let's see this through to the end."
With a hollow laugh, I gritted my teeth.
And—
Minseo's eyes, where the tears had stopped... slowly began to shine with hope again.