Devil Returns To School Days - Chapter 102
20. Aftereffects (2)
Nam Yeon-seok.
I did enough research about it in advance.
As the principal of a communication high school, he does not commit corruption as openly as Oh Dae-hwan, but he has old-fashioned thinking and says that bastards should be punished with a stick. There was a famous incident in the past when a student confronted Nam Yeon-seok with his eyes wide open, and his teeth were knocked out by a punch from Nam Yeon-seok, who had once learned boxing.
at that time.
Nam Yeon-seok said.
How dare you be so arrogant.
His words expressing pride were enough to prove what kind of person Nam Yeon-seok was.
Hyunseong Kim said.
“The principal will not like the reputation of the communication high school being tarnished by this incident. There were teachers at the school, but a student from another school committed violence. If you don’t punish me clearly, everyone in Daesan will criticize the high school’s lax response, and the blame will fall entirely on the principal. But what do you think will happen if ‘Jung Hae-min’s incident’ becomes known?”
“….”
I was speechless.
Kim Hyun-seong and Jeong Hae-min.
I put them both on the scale.
My head was spinning rapidly, constantly weighing things.
“At that time, it doesn’t just end with a violent incident. This is an incident where a student from a communication high school forced a student from another school into a suicide attempt in exchange for compensation. Not only will communication high schools be harshly criticized, but as educators, they will also bear the responsibility for failing to teach properly. Even so, the perception of correspondence high schools in Daesan is not good, so if this incident occurs, how will people view Nam Yeon-seok, the principal of this school? Oh, and don’t doubt if what I say is true. “We have already recruited the victim of the Jung Hae-min case and secured all testimony and evidence.”
“So what do you want to do? “What should I do when a scum like Jung Hae-min causes accidents?”
Barak screamed.
He was an outsider.
Nam Yeon-seok showed a mixture of embarrassment and anger in a situation where he was being forced into a situation without giving him a way to live.
It was the reaction I expected.
The reason Kim Hyun-seong openly visited the communication high school was because he knew that this man, Nam Yeon-seok, was sufficiently corrupt.
“I have a suggestion.”
“proposal?”
“yes. Please just ignore the violence I caused as if there was no problem. I have no choice but to care about myself so that students can no longer commit school violence. It means setting a precedent. “If you do that, I will reveal ‘Jung Hae-min’s incident’ after he is expelled.”
“Does that mean… that you will expel Jeong Hae-min from school before then and relieve the communication high school of its responsibility as much as possible?”
“that’s right.”
Kim Hyun-seong’s attitude.
Kim Hyun-seong’s actions.
Hyunseong Kim’s suggestion.
Everything was absurd.
Nam Yeon-seok swallowed a groan and frowned.
No judgment was made hastily.
The incident that occurred at the communication high school deserved to be punished, but if Kim Hyun-seong was punished, he was not confident that he could handle the aftermath. Isn’t there an uncomfortable background called Myungjin Construction in the first place? However, if Jung Hae-min was abandoned, the future time bomb could be removed and the situation could be resolved as ideally as possible.
Hyunseong Kim drank water.
Seeing that he still needed some time, he glanced at his watch and spoke in a calm voice.
“I’ll give you just 10 minutes to think about it.”
* * *
The health room of the communication high school.
Jung Hae-min, who had fainted for a moment, swallowed a groan and opened his eyes with difficulty.
“…Off.”
“are you okay?”
Unlike questions asking about status.
The teacher’s gaze towards Jeong Hae-min was cold.
I explained the situation in a blunt tone to Jung Hae-min, who was still unable to come to his senses.
“You fainted for a moment. I was so badly beaten that my face was in disrepair, but fortunately, there were no serious injuries, so I was able to treat it easily. So what on earth are you thinking about getting into fights at school? “If I had been hit even slightly wrong, I would have either woken up in the hospital room or not been able to open my eyes.”
“…What about Kim Hyun-seong?”
“Him? “I am now taken away by the teachers.”
The memories came back.
Kim Hyun-seong suddenly came in.
And the fight that happened.
Although I had no memories of what happened afterward, I could have predicted what would happen if I had been taken away by the teachers.
‘Even though I was robbed by Kim Hyun-seong, it wasn’t that bad. Since the teacher found out that he came to someone else’s school and openly assaulted me, I will never be free from punishment. It’s better. Let’s hold on to this somehow and get Kim Hyun-seong punished. So that they cannot touch me, at least in this space called the communication center. The moment he appears in front of me again, recidivism will be grounds for sending him to juvenile detention center.’
I got up from my seat.
I headed straight to the teacher’s office.
For Kim Hyun-seong’s punishment, he must be a powerful witness and victim.
You will need it right away.
I made a plausible plan in my head, but the situation I actually encountered was different from what I expected.
Nam Yeon-seok said.
“You are the victim? Ha – indeed. The world has become so much better. A world where people say they are victims just because they hit first and get beaten up a bit. So, self-harm blackmail is popular these days. Jeong Hae-min. All the kids have already testified. Kim Hyun-seong came to talk to you, but you attacked Kim Hyun-seong first by swinging your fist. “In the world, that kind of situation is called ‘justice defense.’”
“What do you mean? I attacked first. Absolutely not. Kim Hyun-seong suddenly came to visit me and…”
“So. “Who is the witness who will testify to that?”
“The kids saw it. “All the kids saw it!”
Jung Hae-min’s face turned pale.
It was unfair.
I didn’t expect a situation like this.
Nam Yeon-seok smiled bitterly at the sight of Jung Hae-min shouting in frustration.
“Didn’t I just make it clear? All the kids testified. As you said, after putting together the children’s words, every single one of them pointed out Jung Hae-min as the perpetrator. Jeong Hae-min. Just because you have a lot of scars doesn’t mean you’re a victim. “You swung your fist first, and as the principal of this school, I should punish ‘you’ who used violence as a weapon first, not Kim Hyun-seong, who opposed violence.”
“What the fuck is that!”
Kwaang-!
Jung Hae-min kicked the desk.
Words didn’t make sense.
punishment?
I had no intention of receiving anything like that.
Obviously, Kim Hyun-seong touched him first and he has scars on his face, so if he goes to court, it will be to his advantage. Testimony and evidence were not required. Whether it was self-defense or something else, the messed up face will prove it all.
Nam Yeon-seok looked around.
He stuck his head into a quiet space where no one was present and whispered in a quiet voice.
“Hey, you know my name is Moon Byeong-seon, right?”
“…!”
“The conversation ended with that student testifying against you. This is not a problem that will simply end in a violent incident, but a problem that will spread into judgment against you for forcing an innocent student to attempt suicide. Do you know what I mean? If you continue to insist that you are innocent, it means that we have no choice but to insist that your punishment be stronger than now. therefore.”
We made eye contact.
High school students don’t know.
Jung Hae-min was left speechless by the adult’s cold and cold eyes.
“If you don’t want to fall into the abyss of life, just shut up and get out of school, you bastard.”
* * *
A few days after that.
Jung Hae-min looked blankly at the sky.
It only took a moment for his life to collapse like a rolling dark cloud.
withdrawal from the school.
And my parents’ unemployment.
The father suddenly opened the door and barged in, punching Jung Hae-min in the face several times with a wide-eyed look on his face.
“This bastard. “What on earth were you doing at school!”
Crack, clap, clap!
Jeong Hae-min’s father.
He was a worker at a construction site.
He was also a person who had no worries about retirement as long as he had considerable experience, but he was told to quit overnight. Of course, Myungjin Construction was in the background. For those who controlled Daesan’s construction industry, it wasn’t difficult to fire a worker with no connections.
The justification was sufficient.
On the pretext of his son committing serious school violence, he said he could not accept the father of such a bastard.
It was a harsh hit.
Domestic violence was a daily occurrence for Jung Hae-min, but on that day, he was hit with a deadly force.
I ran out of the house.
There was no other way but to run away.
The friends who had known Jung Hae-min during this time did not receive any calls from him, and after wandering around for a while, the sun was already setting. A sight where the clear sky was covered with dark clouds and soon turned black. For some reason, I felt like that was my life, and tears came to my eyes.
‘Where on earth did it go wrong?’
Did you touch Kim Hyun-seong?
You accepted the Golden Circle’s request?
Why did you bully the kids in the first place?
It was a meaningless worry.
If we look at the starting point of his life, he lived by sowing the seeds of disaster every day.
It was then.
Ugh.
My cell phone rang.
It was an unfamiliar number.
Jung Hae-min hurriedly answered the phone, fearing that it might be a call from a friend who had not abandoned him.
Take off.
[long time no see. It’s me, Byeong-seon.]
“…Moon Byeong-seon?”
[Yes, Moon Byeong-seon.]
His eyes shook violently.
Moon Byeong-seon.
A victim whom he had pushed to the edge at the request of the Golden Circle.
I didn’t know he would contact me first.
In fact, if it weren’t for Kim Hyun-seong, Jung Hae-min would have remembered Moon Byung-seon as a good example of someone who made him a lot of money.
[I heard your news. You were expelled from school and your parents were fired from their jobs. Shall I tell you some more interesting stories? Joo Dong-jun. Their house was completely ruined too. Loan sharks were raiding the school and destroying it, and I, who dropped out of school, went to the school to watch over it. I couldn’t take my eyes off the sight because of how thrilling it was. Oh, you don’t know who Joo Dong-jun is? The client you made to harass me by placing a request for a fucking organization called Golden Circle is none other than Joo Dong-jun.] He
pursed his lips.
I couldn’t say anything.
I wanted to retort and get angry, but I reacted blankly, as if my thoughts were frozen.
[And Hyunseong said that. Not only the client but also you who received the request. Rather than end with this ordeal, I will definitely crush your life. You said it before. I think I was born with athletic ability, so I decided to become a fitness trainer later. So, I remember going to the gym every day to build my strength and show off my muscles. That dream. I will never achieve it.]
“What is that…”
“Hey.”
Moment.
I got goosebumps.
A familiar voice was heard right behind me.
Jung Hae-min, frozen in place, slowly turns his head.
[Because from today onwards you won’t be able to use your hands properly.]
“It’s been a while?”
Bae Seong-ho and his gang.
They were looking at Jung Hae-min with cold faces.
* * *
Tonghonggo incident.
It was a huge impact.
Kim Hyun-seong really achieved the conquest of Daesan and clearly demonstrated what would happen if things got out of his control.
The rumor spread quickly.
Not only schools that are interested in fighting.
Those in the humanities who are devoted to their studies also heard the news.
“Is this what I heard from my friend? They say that because of Kim Hyun-seong, all schools where school violence was frequent have become quiet. Hyunseong Kim already proved it. If it goes out of its control, it will wipe out the entire group no matter how many times you bring it with you, and if you run away, it will come to the school and trample you. “The most horrifying part is that even though there was an outcry at the communication high school, Kim Hyun-seong didn’t have any problems, let alone discipline.”
“creeps. “How is that possible?”
“There’s a rumor that Kim Hyun-seong is going to be the X. Cheonil High School Principal Myeongjin Construction, etc. “Everyone is on Kim Hyun-seong’s side.”
Conquer Daesan.
It was bound to be a hot topic.
At the end of class, everyone was talking about him, and suddenly one student asked this question.
“But does this have anything to do with us? I didn’t hear an outright warning from Kim Hyun-seong, but what happens if school violence occurs at our school? “I wonder if Kim Hyun-seong is going to come and start talking shit.”
“no way. “You only control shitty schools full of scum, but you also want to control schools with nerds like us?”
This incident.
The center was the SNS page.
Usually, the focus was on schools where school violence was rampant, and the humanities field generally had no choice but to escape the incidents. This did not mean that perpetrators did not exist in the humanities. Even in the humanities world, there were kids who were picked on by Kim Hyun-seong and got ripped off, but the schools that formed a faction and attacked Kim Hyun-seong head-on were all in the business world.
Children who have lost a lot.
They took a step back.
I didn’t want to ruin my school life by getting caught up in a gang fight.
It was then.
As I was passing through the hallway, chatting excitedly, I bumped into someone on the shoulder.
Pop!
“ah!”
“sorry.”
The other person immediately handed me an apology.
In fact, it was the mistake of a student named Han Byeong-su, who had been talking excitedly just a moment ago.
Even though I bumped my shoulder while not looking straight ahead, I apologized and frowned at the sight of my friend passing by.
“Why the fuck aren’t you apologizing properly?”
Stand tall.
I stopped walking.
My friend turned around and said.
“…I apologize.”
“Oh sorry. Is that an apple? Do it right. “My shoulder hurts because of you.”
“I don’t think there’s any reason for me to apologize any further than this. You bumped into me first, but I still thought it was my fault, so I just apologized. “It’s not a situation for you to get angry.”
“Oh yeah?”
Byungsoo Han chuckled.
Even in this school where people risk their lives for studying.
Of course, there was a hierarchy.
Regardless of whether I was a nerd or not, it was impossible for there to be no conflict at the age of 17 and my blood was boiling.
The world was the same.
Both the humanities and business fields.
There were perpetrators everywhere.
Byungsoo Han approached right in front of his nose and looked down at his opponent fiercely and frowned.
“So Hyunjin, you’re saying you can’t apologize properly?”
Friend’s name.
It was like that.
The opponent is a prestigious family from Daesan.
It was Kim Hyun-jin, a first-year student at Daesan Science High School.