The Genius Grandson of the Loan Shark King - Chapter 29 (29/840)
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Who Told You To?
“F*ck, Hyun-sshi. Who told you to? There’s no way you’d do something like this, and who else could it be?”
Park Dong-su glared at Heo Gi-hoon, his voice rough.
Heo Gi-hoon snorted.
“Who told me? It’s all because of Park Sang. We all four think the same way. Isn’t that right?”
The other three nodded.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Park.”
“Dong-su-sshi, I understand.”
Park Dong-su’s face was covered in anger.
Given how he had shown kindness to them, it was understandable that he was furious.
Besides the four bosses—Byeon Sung-ho, Son Gang-seok, Kim Byung-su, and Heo Gi-hoon—six more large men were blocking the door to the office.
“Uncle Dong-su, are you going to join us?”
I said casually.
The tense atmosphere in the room, which had been like standing in front of a nuclear bomb ready to explode, suddenly relaxed.
“Don’t worry, I’ll handle it. Stay in that corner. This is different from a school fight. Hurry.”
At first, I was taken aback when the large men burst in, but it only took a few seconds to understand the situation.
It seemed that Park Dong-su, being a senior, had shown some leniency to these people.
‘Tsk.’
I clicked my tongue.
This was the reality of organized crime.
Honor?
Romance?
All nonsense.
In the end, it was a world full of betrayal.
“Will you be okay?”
“Shut up.”
At Park Dong-su’s words, I moved to the corner of the office.
I didn’t know Park Dong-su’s skills. He was someone who hadn’t come out of prison until I died, so I couldn’t be sure.
But I wasn’t particularly worried because of the lawyer, Lee Sang-geun, standing next to Park Dong-su.
He couldn’t have risen to his position in Seoul’s Gangnam just by being smart.
‘I’ve heard he’s really good with a knife.’
It was time to see the skills I had only heard about.
“... Sang-geun, go to the temple.”
“Ha~ Mr. Park, you think I’m weak? I’ll take care of myself, and you take care of yourself.”
At Lee Sang-geun’s response, Park Dong-su laughed in disbelief.
“Is there no one around me with a clear head? I’m going to go crazy.”
But a smile appeared on Park Dong-su’s face.
“Can’t you read the room? Hey, guys!”
At Heo Gi-hoon’s shout, the large men blocking the door tightened their grip on the baseball bats and iron pipes in their hands and started to approach.
Lee Sang-geun calmly pulled out two knives, estimated to be about 15 centimeters long, from inside his suit and held them in his hands.
Park Dong-su looked at him with a bewildered expression.
“Hey, do you carry sushi knives when you meet me?”
“It’s a habit, a habit.”
The six large men were already within striking distance of Park Dong-su and Lee Sang-geun.
As soon as someone made the first move, the fight could start at any moment.
“Let’s take care of these guys and talk again, okay?”
With those words, Park Dong-su charged at the large men with his bare hands.
He struck the chin of the nearest opponent with the edge of his hand. But at the same time, an iron pipe hit Park Dong-su’s shoulder.
“Gah.”
“Gah.”
Park Dong-su’s face contorted as he grabbed the hair of the opponent who had been hit and pulled him forward.
Thud!
His knee hit the face squarely.
Meanwhile, the other five men charged at Park Dong-su.
Lee Sang-geun intervened at that moment.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
The sound of the knives slicing through the air echoed in the room.
At the same time, two of the large men dropped the weapons they were holding.
“Gahhh!”
Blood spurted from their wrists, splattering Park Dong-su, the large men, and Lee Sang-geun.
The office, which had instantly turned into a battlefield, was filled with shouts and the sounds of blows.
The sounds of the fight outside were also getting louder.
Byeon Sung-ho, who had been watching from the side, finally pulled out a knife from his pocket.
“I’ll take care of the one who started it. The rest, take care of yourselves.”
With those words, Byeon Sung-ho walked toward me with the knife.
Park Dong-su turned to look at me.
But he couldn’t intervene immediately. Park Dong-su was already quite injured.
The situation became even more chaotic as the other bosses joined the fight.
I watched Byeon Sung-ho, who was approaching with a knife, with a calm expression.
“It’s because of you that I’m like this. I won’t kill you, but you’ll live as a cripple. It’s your karma, this guy.”
With those words, Byeon Sung-ho lunged at me with the knife.
I immediately threw a nearby chair. As Byeon Sung-ho stumbled from the impact, I moved closer.
“Hey, die! Die!”
Byeon Sung-ho swung the knife wildly.
I dodged the trajectory of the knife and punched him. He moved in the opposite direction, trying to avoid the punch.
Seizing the moment, I punched his right eye with all my strength, gripping the car keys in my pocket.
Thud!
The strong impact made Byeon Sung-ho dazed. I grabbed his collar and pulled him toward me.
Thud! Thud!
I punched his face repeatedly, and in the process, my arm was cut by Byeon Sung-ho’s wild slashes.
But I didn’t stop and continued to punch his face.
Eventually, Byeon Sung-ho dropped the knife.
“Why are you making a fuss with me? What did I do to you? You started it, and now you’re making excuses?”
I sneered at the staggering Byeon Sung-ho.
“And if Uncle Park Dong-su hadn’t come that day, you would have died by my hands. You’re causing a ruckus without even knowing who saved your life.”
He glared at me with unyielding eyes as he regained his senses.
Thud!
I punched his face again. His head snapped back from the impact.
“Not going to back down?”
Despite the beating, Byeon Sung-ho’s eyes still had life in them.
I laughed.
“Even as a thug, you have some pride.”
I grabbed Byeon Sung-ho by the collar again and started to beat him up.
A man’s pride is hurt more by a slap than a punch.
How long had it been? My hands were numb.
“Hey! Dong-sang! Stop it!”
Park Dong-su’s shout from the side snapped me out of it.
Byeon Sung-ho had already lost consciousness and collapsed when I let go of his collar.
I sighed and turned to look at Park Dong-su.
“... Uncle, you said it was almost over, right?”
“... I’m sorry.”
“What about outside?”
“Hyun-sshi!!!”
Someone ran in and called out to Park Dong-su.
“Is it over outside?”
“Yes, but... they’re all injured... They’re really good, aren’t they?”
“Enough of the nonsense, gather everyone in the office.”
“Okay.”
Park Dong-su’s subordinates entered the room and dragged the men lying on the floor outside.
“Dong-sang, is your arm okay? It’s bleeding.”
“No, Uncle! Look at your face. You’re almost dead. Rather, Mr. Lee Sang-geun looks more alive.”
At my words, Park Dong-su looked at Lee Sang-geun, who was standing next to him, and shuddered.
Lee Sang-geun, who looked like he had taken a shower in blood, stood calmly, making him even more terrifying.
“F*ck. Hey, Sang-geun. Do you really carry sushi knives all the time? Are you saying you could have framed me at any time?”
“My money comes from you, so why would I do that? You and God are the ones who give me money.”
Lee Sang-geun casually threw the knives aside and wiped the blood off.
At that moment, Yang Su-hyung entered and said,
“Hyun-sshi, I made them all kneel outside.”
“Good. Let’s go.”
“Wait a moment.”
I took out my phone from my pocket.
“What is it? What’s that?”
“It’s the new phone from Il Sung Electronics.”
I had obtained the phone, which was recently made as a test model by Il Sung Electronics, through Chon Ji-soo.
Since I was used to smartphones, the old one was inconvenient to carry, but fortunately, this new phone was the right size to hold in one hand, making it easier to use.
“Is that so? It looks good.”
I called my father.
“Yes, Father. It’s Mu-hyuk. I’m at the department store, and some thugs suddenly attacked me, and I’m a bit injured. Father, you need to come and sort things out.”
– What? Thugs? What are you doing? You’re worrying your grandmother. If you keep causing trouble like when you were young, it won’t do.
“Don’t worry. I’m not a child anymore, and I’ve calmed down. Please come over. It’s the third floor of the department store. I’ll take care of the prosecutor’s side. Just come and see how much you need to sort out.”
– Got it. I’ll be there in 20 minutes.
“Yes, Father.”
After hanging up, Park Dong-su looked at me with a disbelieving expression.
“Is the father you just mentioned not Mr. Park Ban-ja? No, please say it’s not.”
“It’s him. He’s coming. Let’s go out and talk. He should arrive soon. Let’s go.”
“Hey, you crazy guy! Who calls a strong detective to a gang fight? Cancel it!”
“Why worry? We can take care of these guys. Trust me and let’s talk. We need to find out who told them to do this.”
“Ha~ I’m going crazy. I can’t keep my head straight with you around.”
Sighing, Park Dong-su left the office.
After Park Dong-su left, Lee Sang-geun, who had been standing quietly, asked me.
“What’s your real identity?”
“Huh?”
“No matter how I look at it, you don’t seem like someone who has only been in a few fights. I heard you’re a 20-year-old student at Korea University, but you don’t seem to hesitate when it comes to hitting people.”
“Hahaha. Let’s take it slow. Just think of me as someone who can be a golden lifeline for you. You like money, right?”
“...”
“Let’s go. Let’s see what happens.”
As I walked out of the office with Lee Sang-geun, it seemed that things had been roughly sorted out.
Park Dong-su was looking down at Heo Gi-hoon, Byeon Sung-ho, and their gang, who were kneeling, with a cold gaze.
“Hyun-sshi, why did you do this? Didn’t you give me the territory to manage so I could eat and live? You can’t stab me in the back like this. F*ck, what’s the point? Did I look like a pushover? Is that it?”
“...”
A subordinate handed him a towel.
Park Dong-su wiped the blood from his face and neck and sat down in a chair.
“Say something. Why did you do this?”
“I’m sorry, brother.”
“F*ck, sorry and nonsense, you can say that at home. Who told you to do this? Speak.”
“...”
Heo Gi-hoon didn’t answer.
“Anyone else. Got nothing to say?”
Everyone remained silent.
Park Dong-su laughed in disbelief and looked at me.
“Hey! Dong-sang! Can you take responsibility for whatever happens here? You said Mr. Park Ban-ja is coming?”
I answered confidently.
“Don’t kill them. I’ll take care of it.”
“F*ck, I’ll be so embarrassed I won’t be able to show my face anywhere. Just when Mu-hyuk is here. Su-hyung, knife!”
At his words, Yang Su-hyung pulled out a knife from his pocket and handed it to Park Dong-su.
Holding the knife, Park Dong-su glared at the four men and said,
“Hyun-sshi, I won’t treat you like a senior anymore, so don’t feel bad. You stabbed me in the back first, so you dug your own grave. Su-hyung, let’s start with Gi-hoon!”
“Hyun-sshi, I’ll do it. It’s not something you should do yourself.”
“Stop the nonsense and bring them over. Have one of them go outside and see if Mr. Park Ban-ja is coming.”
“Okay!”
One of the subordinates ran outside.
Two subordinates dragged Heo Gi-hoon and laid him in front of Park Dong-su.
“Retire. I’m only going to cut one of your legs. Don’t even look at me from now on.”
“Brother! Dong-su!”
“Brother, shut up, don’t call my name, f*ck. If I treat you like a senior, you take advantage of it. Why did you do this?”
Yang Su-hyung, who received a nod from Park Dong-su, grabbed Heo Gi-hoon’s left leg.
The Achilles tendon was visible on the heel.
As the knife slowly approached, Heo Gi-hoon struggled desperately.
“Sung-ho-sshi is coming! Sung-ho-sshi! Stop! Dong-su!”
Park Dong-su ignored him and moved the knife.
The blade sliced through Heo Gi-hoon’s Achilles tendon.